Salutation

Sanskrit

Transliteration

om mitrya nama

om ravaye nama

om sryya nama

om bhnave nama

om khagya nama

om pue nama

om hiraya garbhya nama

om marcaye nama

om dityya nama

10

om savitre nama

11

om arkya nama

12

om bhskarya nama

13

om rsavitsryanryaya nama

The following mantra is pronounced at the beginning of a Surya Namaskara cycle:

om dhyeya sad savitra maala madhyavart nryaa sarasij sanasanni via

keyravna makarakualavna kir hr hiramaya vapura dhtaakha cakra The following mantra is pronounced at the end of a Surya Namaskara cycle:

dityasya namaskran ye kurvanti dine dine yu praj balam vryam tejasten ca jyate For those who salute the sun every day, life expectancy, conscious, strength, courage and vital power shall grow