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- Stanza 1 (opening)
आरती श्री गायत्री जी की।ज्ञान दीप और श्रद्धा की बाती।सो भक्ति ही पूर्ति करै जहं घी की॥
āratī śrī gāyatrī jī kī।jñāna dīpa aura śraddhā kī bātī।so bhakti hī pūrti karai jahaṃ ghī kī॥
This is the aarti of Shri Gayatri: knowledge is its lamp, and faith its wick; devotion alone fills it, standing in for the ghee.
- Stanza 2
मानस की शुचि थाल के ऊपर।देवी की ज्योति जगै, जहं नीकी॥आरती श्री गायत्री जी की॥
mānasa kī śuci thāla ke ūpara।devī kī jyoti jagai, jahaṃ nīkī॥āratī śrī gāyatrī jī kī॥
Upon the pure plate of the mind, the goddess's flame is kindled, bright and good. This is the aarti of Shri Gayatri.
- Stanza 3
शुद्ध मनोरथ के जहां घण्टा।बाजैं करैं पूरी आसहु ही की॥आरती श्री गायत्री जी की॥
śuddha manoratha ke jahāṃ ghaṇṭā।bājaiṃ karaiṃ pūrī āsahu hī kī॥āratī śrī gāyatrī jī kī॥
Where pure intention itself is the bell, it rings and brings every hope to completion. This is the aarti of Shri Gayatri.
- Stanza 4
जाके समक्ष हमें तिहूँ लोक कै।गद्दी मिलै तबहूं लगै फीकी॥आरती श्री गायत्री जी की॥
jāke samakṣa hamẽ tihū̃ loka kai।gaddī milai tabahū̃ lagai phīkī॥āratī śrī gāyatrī jī kī॥
Before you, even the throne of all three worlds seems pale and dim to us. This is the aarti of Shri Gayatri.
- Stanza 5
संकट आवैं न पास कबौ तिन्हें।सम्पदा और सुख की बनै लीकी॥आरती श्री गायत्री जी की॥
saṅkaṭa āvaiṃ na pāsa kabau tinhẽ।sampadā aura sukha kī banai līkī॥āratī śrī gāyatrī jī kī॥
Trouble never comes near them; a steady path of prosperity and happiness opens before them. This is the aarti of Shri Gayatri.
- Stanza 6
आरती प्रेम सो नेम सों करि।ध्यावहिं मूरति ब्रह्म लली की॥आरती श्री गायत्री जी की॥
āratī prema so nema sõ kari।dhyāvahiṃ mūrati brahma lalī kī॥āratī śrī gāyatrī jī kī॥
Perform this aarti with love and with discipline, meditating on her lovely form as Brahman itself. This is the aarti of Shri Gayatri.
Overview
Aarti Shri Gayatri Ji Ki is a short Hindi aarti of six couplet-verses addressed to the goddess Gayatri, each one returning to the same refrain line that gives the aarti its name: “Aarti Shri Gayatri Ji Ki.” The verses describe the aarti itself in devotional metaphor — knowledge as its lamp, faith as its wick, devotion standing in for the ghee that would otherwise feed the flame — before asking that trouble stay away from the reciter and that the mind stay fixed in loving meditation on the goddess. It is one of more than one aarti sung to Gayatri; a longer, more widely known aarti beginning “Jayati Jai Gayatri Mata” is a separate composition, distinct from the text on this page.
Origin and source
Aarti Shri Gayatri Ji Ki circulates as an anonymous, traditional Hindi composition in devotional pamphlets and aarti collections, without a settled attribution to a named author in the way the Gayatri Chalisa is attributed to Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya. As with most orally transmitted aartis, printed and online versions vary in small ways from source to source — a word added or dropped in a line, a different spelling of a verb ending — while the overall content and meaning stay stable across them. The text on this page follows one complete, internally consistent version checked against multiple independently published sources.
How it is recited
Aarti Shri Gayatri Ji Ki is sung with a lit lamp or diya circled before an image of the goddess, in the ordinary way of any Hindu aarti, and it is especially associated with Gayatri Jayanti, the festival marking the goddess’s appearance. Some devotees also include it in daily worship alongside sandhya vandan, the practice of prayer at dawn, noon, and dusk that centers on the Gayatri Mantra, and alongside recitation of the longer Gayatri Chalisa. As with other aartis, it is typically sung together by everyone present, with the refrain repeated after each verse.
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