Ekatmata Stotra — full text with meaning
- Verses 1 – 3Invocation & the cosmos
-
Invocation1
Salutation to the Supreme Selfपरमात्म-नमस्कारः
ॐ सच्चिदानन्दरूपाय नमोऽस्तु परमात्मने।
ज्योतिर्मयस्वरूपाय विश्वमाङ्गल्यमूर्तये॥oṁ saccidānandarūpāya namo'stu paramātmane
jyotirmayasvarūpāya viśvamāṅgalya-mūrtayeOm. Salutations to the Supreme Self whose form is being-consciousness-bliss — the embodiment of radiant light and of the auspiciousness of all the worlds. The stotra begins by placing itself under the shelter of Paramātman — the ground from which land, river, scripture and exemplar all arise.
-
Cosmos2
The elements, the planets and timeप्रकृति-तत्त्व-ग्रह-कालाः
प्रकृत्यै पञ्चभूतेभ्यो ग्रहेभ्यो भुवनेषु च।
सप्तस्वरेभ्यो दिग्भ्यश्च कालायाहोरचे नमः॥Salutations to Prakṛti — the primordial nature — and to the five great elements, to the planets and the worlds, to the seven svaras of music, to the directions, and to Time. The invocation widens from the Self to the whole cosmic order.
What it names
PrakṛtiPañcabhūtasGrahasBhuvanasSeven svarasDiśasKāla -
The Land3
To Bharat Mata — crowned by Himalaya, bathed by two oceansभारत माता
रत्नाकराधौतपदां हिमालय-किरीटिनीम्।
ब्रह्म-राजर्षि-रत्नाढ्यां वन्दे भारत-मातरम्॥ratnākara-dhauta-padāṁ himālaya-kirīṭinīm
brahma-rājarṣi-ratnāḍhyāṁ vande bhārata-mātaramSalutations to Bharat Mata — whose feet are washed by the ocean of jewels, whose crown is the Himalaya, and who is adorned with the jewels of brāhmanical sages and royal seers alike.
- Verses 4 – 7The land itself — mountains, rivers & sacred cities
-
Mountains4
The seven great ranges that shape the subcontinentसप्त कुल पर्वताः
महेन्द्रो मलयः सह्यो हिमालयो नगोत्तमः।
रैवतश्च विन्ध्यश्च गिरिरारावली तथा॥mahendro malayaḥ sahyo himālayo nagottamaḥ
raivataś ca vindhyaś ca girir ārāvalī tathāMahendra in the east, Malaya in the south, the Sahya range along the western coast, the Himalaya in the north — the greatest of mountains; Raivataka and the Vindhyas in the centre, and the Aravalli range in the west.
Seven mountain ranges
MahendraMalayaSahyaHimālayaRaivatakaVindhyaAravalli -
Rivers5
The ten holy rivers that nourish the landदश पुण्य-नद्यः
गङ्गा सरस्वती सिन्धुर्ब्रह्मपुत्रश्च गण्डकी।
कावेरी यमुना रेवा कृष्णा गोदावरी तथा॥gaṅgā sarasvatī sindhur brahmaputraś ca gaṇḍakī
kāverī yamunā revā kṛṣṇā godāvarī tathāThe Ganga, the hidden Saraswati, the Sindhu, the Brahmaputra, and the Gandaki; the Kaveri, the Yamuna, the Reva (Narmada), the Krishna, and the Godavari. Ten rivers across the length and breadth of Bharat.
Ten sacred rivers
GaṅgāSarasvatīSindhuBrahmaputraGaṇḍakīKāverīYamunāNarmadāKṛṣṇāGodāvarī -
Sacred Cities · I6
Eleven puṇyapuris — from Ayodhyā to Vaiśālīपुण्यपुर्यः पूर्वार्धम्
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची अवन्तिका।
वैशाली द्वारिका ध्येया पुरी तक्षशिला गया॥ayodhyā mathurā māyā kāśī kāñcī avantikā
vaiśālī dvārikā dhyeyā purī takṣaśilā gayāThe great sacred cities — birthplaces of avatars, seats of ancient learning, pilgrimage anchors of the subcontinent: Ayodhyā, Mathurā, Māyā (Haridvār), Kāśī, Kāñcī, Avantikā (Ujjain), Vaiśālī, Dvārikā, Purī, Takṣaśilā and Gayā.
Eleven sacred cities
-
Sacred Cities · II7
Six more civilisational anchors — Prayāga to Amṛtsarपुण्यपुर्यः उत्तरार्धम्
प्रयागः पाटलिपुत्रो विजयानगरं तथा।
इन्द्रप्रस्थं सोमनाथः तीर्थेशोऽमृतसा स्मृतम्॥Further centres of civilisational memory — Prayāga at the triveni sangam, imperial Pāṭaliputra, the magnificent Vijayanagara, Indraprastha of the Mahābhārata, the restored Somanātha, and the holy city Amṛtsar.
- Verses 8 – 9The scriptures of every Dharmic path
-
Scriptures · Vedic8
The Vedas, Puranas, Upaniṣads and the six darśanasवैदिक-शास्त्राणि
वेदाः पुराणाः उपनिषदो रामायण-महाभारते।
गीता सत्सम्प्रदायाश्च षड्दर्शनानि नित्यशः॥The four Vedas, the Purāṇas, the Upaniṣads, the two great epics — Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata — the Bhagavad Gītā, and the six darśanas: the entire sastraic foundation of Sanātana Dharma.
Scriptures & philosophies
Four VedasPurāṇasUpaniṣadsRāmāyaṇaMahābhārataBhagavad GītāSix Darśanas -
Scriptures · Inter-tradition9
The Jain Āgamas, Tripiṭaka and the Guru Granth Sāhibसर्व-धर्म-शास्त्राणि
जैनागमास्त्रिपिटकाः गुरुग्रन्थः सतां गिरः।
एष ज्ञान-निधिः श्रेष्ठः श्रद्धेयो हृदि नः सदा॥The Jain Āgamas, the Buddhist Tripiṭaka, and the Guru Granth Sāhib — the sacred utterances of noble beings. This treasure of wisdom is the greatest, worthy of our hearts' reverence always. In one verse, the stotra claims every Dharmic tradition as its own inheritance.
Three traditions
Jain ĀgamasBuddhist TripiṭakaGuru Granth Sāhib - Verses 10 – 11Women exemplars — ancient and modern
-
Women · Ancient10
Ten women of itihāsa and purāṇaआर्या-स्त्रियः
अरुन्धती अनसूया च सावित्री जानकी सती।
द्रौपदी कण्णगी गार्गी मीरा दुर्गाश्च वन्दिताः॥Arundhati the model of wifely virtue; Anasuya and Savitri, saviours by their steadfastness; Janaki (Sita) and Sati; Draupadi who held five husbands and the Mahabharata together; Kannagi of the Silappatikaram; Gargi who questioned Yajnavalkya; Mirabai the bhakta-poet; Durgavati who died fighting.
-
Women · Modern11
Six women of the last four centuriesआधुनिक-स्त्री-रत्नानि
लक्ष्मीबाई अहल्या च चेन्नम्मा रुद्रमादेवी।
निवेदिता शारदा मातृविभूत्य: नमो नमः॥Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi who died in battle; Ahalyabai Holkar who rebuilt the Hindu temple-geography; Rani Chennamma of Kittur, the first to raise arms against the East India Company; Rudrama Devi, the warrior-queen of the Kakatiyas; Sister Nivedita, Vivekananda's foremost disciple; and Sharada Devi, the Holy Mother.
- Verses 12 – 14Male exemplars from Itihāsa & Purāṇa
-
Male Exemplars · I12
Ten figures from the great epicsइतिहास-पुरुषाः
रामो भरतश्च कृष्णो भीष्मो धर्मपुत्र: तथा।
अर्जुनो मार्कण्डेय: हरिश्चन्द्र: प्रह्लादो नारदस्तथा॥The ideal king Śrī Rāma; his loyal brother Bharata; the divine statesman Kṛṣṇa; the celibate warrior Bhīṣma; the dharmic king Yudhiṣṭhira; the archer Arjuna; the ever-young sage Mārkaṇḍeya; the truth-vowed Hariścandra; the devotee Prahlāda; and the celestial messenger Nārada.
-
Male Exemplars · II13
Eleven devotees, sages and seersभक्ताः ऋषयः च
हनुमान् जनको व्यासो वसिष्ठः शुको बलि: तथा।
दधीचिर्विश्वकर्मा च पृथु: वाल्मीकिरेव च॥The embodiment of devotion Hanumān; the philosopher-king Janaka; the compiler Vyāsa; the family-sage Vasiṣṭha; the enlightened youth Śuka; the generous demon-king Bali; the self-sacrificing Dadhīci; the divine architect Viśvakarmā; the first-ruler Pṛthu; the sage-poet Vālmīki; and the warrior-brahmin Paraśurāma.
-
Puranic Exemplars14
Six figures of sacrifice and dharmaपौराणिक-पुरुषाः
भगीरथश्च एकलव्यो मनुर्धन्वन्तरिस्तथा।
शिबिश्च रन्तिदेवश्च दर्शितं धर्म-लक्षणम्॥Bhagīratha who brought the Ganga down to earth; Ekalavya the self-taught archer; Manu the first lawgiver; Dhanvantari physician of the gods; Śibi who gave his own flesh to save a dove; and Rantideva whose generosity shamed the Yama himself.
Six Puranic figures
- Verses 15 – 18Teachers & saints across traditions
-
Cross-Tradition Teachers15
From Buddha and Mahāvīra to Basaveśvaraसर्व-सम्प्रदाय-गुरवः
बुद्धो जिनश्च गोरक्षो वल्लुवस्तिरुनामकः।
नायन्माराश्च आळ्वाराः कम्बन्बसवेश्वरौ तथा॥Buddha and Mahāvīra (Jina) founded distinct śramaṇa paths; Gorakṣa the Nath yogi; Tiruvaḷḷuvar of the Tirukkural; the Śaiva Nāyanmārs and Vaiṣṇava Āḻvārs of the Tamil bhakti renaissance; the poet Kamban; and Basaveśvara of the Lingayat tradition.
Teachers across traditions
-
Medieval Saints · I16
The bhakti revolution — Ravidas to Guru Gobind Singhभक्ति-सन्ताः
देवलो रविदासश्च कबीरश्च गुरुर्नानकः।
नरसी-तुलसीदासौ गुरुगोविन्दसिंहकः॥The medieval bhakti saints who dissolved caste through song: Devala; the mystic Ravidās; the uncompromising Kabīr; Guru Nānak, founder of Sikh dharma; the Gujarati bhakta Narasī Mehtā; the author of Rāmcaritmānas Tulasīdāsa; and the warrior-saint Guru Gobind Siṁh, tenth of the Sikh Gurus.
Seven medieval saints
-
Regional Saints17
Saints who gave their regional language a bhakti canonप्रादेशिक-सन्ताः
शङ्करदेव: सायण-माधवौ ज्ञानदेवस्तुकारामो।
रामदासश्च पुरन्दरदासश्च सम्भाव्या सदा हृदि॥Śaṅkaradeva, Assam's bhakti pioneer; Sāyaṇa and Mādhava, foundation-stones of Vijayanagara scholarship; Jñāneśvara whose Jñāneśvarī opened the Gita to Marathi; Tukārāma the warkari saint; Samartha Rāmdās, Shivaji's spiritual guide; and Purandaradāsa, father of Carnatic music.
Regional saints & scholars
-
Later Saints18
Nineteenth-century acharyas and reformersनव्य-सन्ताः
विरजानन्दः सहजानन्दो रामानन्दः परात्परः।
धर्मोद्धारकर्तारो नमस्यास्ते मुहुर्मुहुः॥Virajānanda, teacher of Dayananda Saraswati; Sahajānanda Swāmī, founder of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya; and Rāmānanda, whose fourteenth-century reform brought the Rāma-bhakti tradition into the open and whose disciples included Kabīr and Ravidās.
Three acharyas
- Verses 19 – 20Poets, musicians & artists
-
Poets & Musicians19
From Kālidāsa to Tyāgarājaकवि-गायकाः
भरतो मुनिरीशानः कालिदासो महाकविः।
भोजो जक्कणसूरदासस्त्यागराजो रसखानकः॥Bharata Muni, author of the Nāṭyaśāstra; the matchless Kālidāsa; the patron-poet-king Bhoja; the Chalukya sculptor Jakkaṇa; the Krishna-bhakta Sūrdās; the Carnatic composer Tyāgarāja; and the Muslim Krishna-devotee poet Rasakhān.
-
Artists20
The painters who made the gods visibleचित्रकाराः
रवि-वर्मा च भाग्यचन्द्रः चित्रकारौ प्रसिद्धौ।
येषां तूलिकया सन्धीयते देव-सन्निधौ नरः॥Raja Ravi Varma, whose oleographs gave the devotional imagination of nineteenth-century Bharat its most widely-recognised faces; and Bhagyachandra, the Manipuri king whose patronage shaped Manipuri classical dance and Vaishnavism.
Two artists
- Verses 21 – 24Rulers, statesmen & warriors
-
Ancient Rulers21
Early sages and empire-buildersप्राचीन-शासकाः
अगस्त्यः कम्बुरुचिरः कौण्डिन्यो राजेन्द्रचोल:।
अशोकः पुष्यमित्रश्च खारवेलः प्रकीर्तिताः॥The dakṣiṇāpatha sage Agastya; Kambu, legendary founder of Kambuja (Cambodia); Kauṇḍinya, who established Hindu polities in Funan; Rājendra Cōḷa whose fleet reached Śrīvijaya; Aśoka after Kalinga; Puṣyamitra who refounded a Hindu order; and the Jain-Hindu emperor Khāravela of Kalinga.
-
Great Statesmen22
The architects of empire — Chanakya to Bappa Rawalसम्राट्-सचिवाः
चाणक्यश्च चन्द्रगुप्तो विक्रमादित्यशालिवाहनौ।
समुद्रगुप्तो हर्षः शैलेन्द्रो बप्पारावलः॥Chāṇakya, author of the Arthaśāstra; Candragupta Maurya whom he raised to the throne; Vikramāditya, legendary justice-king; Śālivāhana, founder of the Shaka era; the "Napoleon of India" Samudragupta; the poet-emperor Harṣa; the Śailendra dynasty that built Borobudur; and Bappa Rāwal, founder of the Mewar line.
-
Defenders23
Those who held the line against invasionरक्षकाः
लाचित्-भास्करवर्मा च यशोधर्मा नृपोत्तमः।
कृष्णदेवश्च ललितादित्यो वीराः प्रकीर्तिताः॥Lāchit Borphukan who defeated the Mughal fleet at Saraighat (1671); Bhāskaravarman of Kamarupa; Yaśodharman who broke the Huna armies at Sondani; Kṛṣṇadevarāya of Vijayanagara at its height; and Lalitāditya Muktāpīḍa of Kashmir, whose armies reached Central Asia.
-
Warriors24
The warriors of resistanceवीर-योद्धारः
मुसुनूरिनायकाः प्रतापो रणजीतसिंहश्च।
शिवाजी नृसिंहसत्त्वो धर्म-रक्षण-दीक्षिताः॥The Musunūri Nāyakas who reclaimed Warangal from the Delhi Sultanate; Mahārāṇā Pratāp who never bowed; Chhatrapati Śivājī, founder of Hindavi Swarajya; and Mahārāja Raṇjīt Siṁh who ruled the Punjab and kept the Khyber closed to invaders.
Four warriors
- Verses 25 – 26Scientists — ancient and modern
-
Ancient Scientists25
The six foundational mindsप्राचीन-विज्ञानिनः
कपिलः कणादश्च सुश्रुतश्चरकस्तथा।
भास्कराचार्यो वराहमिहिरस्तेजस्विनामहम्॥Kapila, founder of Sāṁkhya; Kaṇāda, atomist of the Vaiśeṣika school; Suśruta the surgeon; Caraka the physician; Bhāskarācārya, the greatest Indian mathematician of the medieval period; and Varāhamihira, astronomer-polymath.
Six ancient scientists
-
Scientists II26
Bridging the ancient and the modernआधुनिक-विज्ञानिनः
नागार्जुनो भरद्वाजः आर्यभट्टो वसुस्तथा।
रमणो रामानुजश्च नवदीप्त्या विराजिताः॥The alchemist-philosopher Nāgārjuna; the aerospace pioneer-sage Bharadvāja; Āryabhaṭa of the Āryabhaṭīya; Vasu of the Śulba traditions; and the twentieth-century masters: Nobel laureate C. V. Raman and the mathematician of the infinite, Śrīnivāsa Rāmānujan.
Six scientists
- Verses 27 – 30The modern renaissance & freedom era
-
Renaissance27
Those who woke the sleeping civilisationनवजागरणकर्तारः
रामकृष्णो दयानन्दः ठाकुर रामतीर्थकः।
विवेकानन्द-मोहनौ राष्ट्र-जागरणेऽग्रिमौ॥Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṁsa, who verified every path and found them one; Dayānanda Saraswatī, who returned Bharat to the Vedas; Rabindranath Tagore, who gave her a song; Rāja Rām Mohan Roy, father of modern reform; Rāmatīrtha; and above all Swāmī Vivekānanda, whose Chicago address was a civilisational awakening.
Six renaissance figures
-
Freedom Era I28
The Grand Old Men and the gentle revolutionariesस्वराज्यप्रणेतारः
दादाभाई-गोपबन्धुः तिलको गान्धि-महर्षिकः।
मालवीय: भारती च सप्तर्षयो नरोत्तमाः॥Dādābhāī Naoroji, who diagnosed the "drain of wealth"; the Odia hero Gopabandhu Dās; Lokmānya Tilak who said Swaraj was birthright; Mahātmā Gandhi; Ramaṇa Maharṣi, silent sage of Arunachala; Madan Mohan Mālavīya, founder of BHU; and the Tamil poet-freedom-fighter Subrahmaṇya Bhāratī.
Seven freedom-era leaders
-
Freedom & Reform29
The fierce voices — Netaji to Ambedkarक्रान्तिकारिणः समाजसुधारकाश्च
सुभाषश्च प्रणवानन्दः सावरकरस्ठक्करबापा।
अम्बेडकरो नारायण-गुरुर्वन्द्या जयन्ति धर्मिणः॥Netaji Subhāṣ Candra Bose who raised the Azad Hind Fauj; the sannyasi-leader Praṇavānanda; Vīr Sāvarkar, the first to articulate "Hindutva"; Ṭhakkar Bāpā, selfless tribal welfare worker; Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, architect of the Constitution; and Śrī Nārāyaṇa Guru, Kerala's great social reformer.
-
Organisational Founders30
The architects of the modern Sanghसङ्घ-प्रतिष्ठापकौ
केशव: माधवश्चैव पूज्यौ धर्मप्रबोधकौ।
यौ प्रचण्ड-तपो-दीप्तौ राष्ट्र-जागरण-कृतौ॥Dr. Keśava Baliram Hedgewar, who founded the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Nagpur on Vijayadashami 1925; and Śrī Mādhav Sadāśiv Golwalkar ("Guruji"), who guided it for 33 years. Teachers and awakeners of dharma, luminous with tapas, dedicated to the awakening of the nation.
Two founders
- Verses 31 – 33The nameless, the servers & the phalaśruti
-
Unnamed Devotees31
The countless unnamed who gave their livesअनाम-भक्ताः
अनुक्ताश्च बहुश्रेष्ठा धर्मरक्षण-तत्पराः।
वन्दनीयाः सदा ते च विस्मृता नामधारिणः॥Salutations to the countless unnamed devotees, warriors and sages who gave their lives in dharma's service without being remembered by name. The stotra pauses here to acknowledge that for every exemplar it has named, a hundred thousand went nameless.
-
Social Uplifters32
Those who served the forgottenसेवा-भाविताः
सेवाभाविताः सन्तः दीनानाम् उद्धारकाः।
वन्दनीयाः सदा ते च विश्व-कल्याण-सम्मुखाः॥Salutations to the uplifters of the poor and the marginalised — the good people, in every age and village, who have made the welfare of the world their vocation. The last human category in the stotra is not a category of heroes but of ordinary servers.
-
Phalaśruti33
The fruit of recitationफलश्रुतिः
इदमेकात्मता-स्तोत्रं श्रद्धया यः पठेन्नरः।
राष्ट्र-धर्मे स्थिरो भूत्वा अखण्ड-भारत-स्मृतिं लभेत्॥Whoever recites this Ekatmata Stotra with faith will remain steadfast in the dharma of the nation, and will carry in their heart the living memory of an undivided Bharat. A quiet closing — not a promise of liberation, but of civic steadiness and civilisational memory.
Completed Ekatmata Stotra?
Mark it, light a diya, or share it with your shakha.
Read nextSurya Namaskarसूर्य नमस्कारA map of everything the land has given us
The hymn of oneness
Thirty-three stanzas of Sanskrit that read as a cultural map of Bharat — the mountains and rivers that shaped us, the sacred cities that remember us, the scriptures of every Dharmic path, and the hundred-thirty exemplars who lit the way. Recited daily in thousands of sabhas, it may be the most inclusive devotional composition of modern times.
The Ekatmata Stotra was composed in Sanskrit in the twentieth century as a daily recitation that gathers, in thirty-three verses, the full breadth of Bharatiya civilisation. Where a conventional stotra invokes a single deity, this one invokes an entire inheritance — the rivers that irrigate, the mountains that shelter, the cities that remember, the scriptures that teach, and the lives of a hundred and thirty exemplars across traditions and centuries.
"Jata mat, tata path" — as many beliefs, so many paths. The stotra names Buddha and Mahavira alongside Shankaracharya, Guru Nanak alongside Tulsidas, Ambedkar alongside Hedgewar, Ramanujan alongside Charaka.
Below are all thirty-three stanzas, each with its theme, opening Sanskrit, and the names it enumerates.
