आरती श्री गायत्री जी की
Aarti Shri Gayatri Ji Ki
Aarti of Gayatri, Mother of the Vedas
ज्ञान दीप और श्रद्धा की बाती।
Gyan deep aur shraddha ki bati.
सो भक्ति ही पूर्ति करै जहँ घी की॥
So bhakti hi purti karai jahan ghi ki.
आरती श्री गायत्री जी की॥
Aarti Shri Gayatri ji ki.
मानस की शुचि थाल के ऊपर।
Manas ki shuchi thal ke oopar.
देवी की ज्योत जगै जहँ नीकी॥
Devi ki jyot jagai jahan neeki.
आरती श्री गायत्री जी की॥
Aarti Shri Gayatri ji ki.
शुद्ध मनोरथ के जहाँ घंटा।
Shuddh manorath ke jahan ghanta.
बाजै करै पूरी आसहु ही की॥
Baje karai poori aasahu hi ki.
आरती श्री गायत्री जी की॥
Aarti Shri Gayatri ji ki.
जाके समक्ष हमें तिहुँ लोक कै।
Jake samaksh hamen tihun lok kai.
गद्दी मिलै तबहूँ लगै फीकी॥
Gaddi milai tabahun lagai pheeki.
आरती श्री गायत्री जी की॥
Aarti Shri Gayatri ji ki.
संकट आवै न पास कबौ तिन्हें।
Sankat aavai na paas kabau tinhen.
सम्पदा और सुख की बनै लीकी॥
Sampada aur sukh ki banai leeki.
आरती श्री गायत्री जी की॥
Aarti Shri Gayatri ji ki.
आरती प्रेम सों नेम सों करि।
Aarti prem son nem son kari.
ध्यावहिं मूरति ब्रह्म लली की॥
Dhyavahin moorti Brahm lali ki.
आरती श्री गायत्री जी की॥
Aarti Shri Gayatri ji ki.
When it is sung or recited
When it is sung: After chanting the Gayatri mantra or a havan, on Thursdays, and on Gayatri Jayanti (different traditions keep that day on different dates). Like other aartis, it is sung at the close of a puja while the lamp is waved.
Meaning
This aarti turns the aarti plate itself into a form of spiritual practice: the lamp is knowledge, the wick is faith and the ghee is devotion. The mind is called the pure plate over which the light of the Goddess shines, and pure wishes are pictured as the sound of the bell. The fourth verse says that before her even the rule of the three worlds looks dull. The last verses state the traditional belief that troubles do not come near a person who performs the aarti with love and discipline and meditates on Gayatri, the dear child of Brahman, and the aarti expresses the wish for wealth and happiness.
Please note
This is a traditional aarti; we did not find a reliably named composer. The refrain line Aarti Shri Gayatri ji ki is also sung once at the very beginning. Printed versions differ in verse order and in a few spellings; in particular the second line of the third verse and the opening words of the first verse are printed in different ways, and this page gives the form found in most of the sources checked. Another popular aarti to Gayatri, Jayati jai Gayatri mata, is a separate composition and is not included here.
Text compared with: shubhpanchang.com, hindi.webdunia.com, chalisasangrah.in, hindi.astroyogi.com, hindipath.com. A comparison with printed editions is still in progress. Wording differs between sources, so follow your priest’s version.