🕉 Om Jai Jagdish Hare (Vishnu Aarti)

🪔 Om Jai Jagdish Hare (Vishnu Aarti)

Aarti

DeityBhagwan Vishnu (Jagdish)

TypeAarti

AuthorPt. Shardha Ram Phillauri

Special daysThursday, Ekadashi, Purnima, Satyanarayan Katha

«Om Jai Jagdish Hare» is among India's most popular aartis — sung at the end of Satyanarayan Katha, on Ekadashi and at almost every home puja. In it the devotee takes refuge in the Supreme as mother, father and only shelter.

📖 Full text — with meaning

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ॐ जय जगदीश हरे, स्वामी जय जगदीश हरे। भक्त जनों के संकट, दास जनों के संकट, क्षण में दूर करे॥ ॥ ॐ जय जगदीश हरे ॥

Om Jai Jagdish Hare, Svami Jai Jagdish Hare | Bhakta Janon Ke Sankat, Das Janon Ke Sankat, Kshan Men Dur Kare || || Om Jai Jagdish Hare ||

Victory to you, Jagdish Hari; you remove the troubles of your devotees and servants in a moment.

जो ध्यावे फल पावे, दुःख बिनसे मन का, स्वामी दुःख बिनसे मन का। सुख सम्पति घर आवे, कष्ट मिटे तन का॥ ॐ जय जगदीश हरे॥

Jo Dhyave Phal Pave, Duhkh Binase Man Ka, Svami Duhkh Binase Man Ka | Sukh Sampati Ghar Ave, Kashta Mite Tan Ka || Om Jai Jagdish Hare ||

Whoever meditates on you gets the fruit and the sorrow of the mind ends; happiness and wealth come home and bodily pain disappears.

मात पिता तुम मेरे, शरण गहूँ मैं किसकी, स्वामी शरण गहूँ मैं किसकी। तुम बिन और न दूजा, आस करूँ मैं जिसकी॥ ॐ जय जगदीश हरे॥

Mat Pita Tum Mere, Sharan Gahun Main Kisaki, Svami Sharan Gahun Main Kisaki | Tum Bin Aur Na Duja, As Karun Main Jisaki || Om Jai Jagdish Hare ||

You are my mother and father — whose refuge else shall I take? There is no one but you in whom I can hope.

तुम पूरण परमात्मा, तुम अन्तर्यामी, स्वामी तुम अन्तर्यामी। पारब्रह्म परमेश्वर, तुम सब के स्वामी॥ ॐ जय जगदीश हरे॥

Tum Puran Parmatma, Tum Antaryami, Svami Tum Antaryami | Parabrahma Parmeshvar, Tum Sab Ke Svami || Om Jai Jagdish Hare ||

You are the complete Supreme Self and the inner controller; you are the Parabrahma, the Supreme Lord and master of all.

तुम करुणा के सागर, तुम पालनकर्ता, स्वामी तुम पालनकर्ता। मैं मूरख फलकामी, मैं सेवक तुम स्वामी, कृपा करो भर्ता॥ ॐ जय जगदीश हरे॥

Tum Karuna Ke Sagar, Tum Palankarta, Svami Tum Palankarta | Main Murakh Phalkami, Main Sevak Tum Svami, Kripa Karo Bharta || Om Jai Jagdish Hare ||

You are the ocean of compassion and the sustainer; I am a foolish servant seeking fruits and you are the master — O sustainer, be gracious.

तुम हो एक अगोचर, सबके प्राणपति, स्वामी सबके प्राणपति। किस विधि मिलूँ दयामय, तुमको मैं कुमति॥ ॐ जय जगदीश हरे॥

Tum Ho Ek Agochar, Sabke Pranapti, Svami Sabke Pranapti | Kis Vidhi Milun Dayamay, Tumako Main Kumati || Om Jai Jagdish Hare ||

You are one, beyond the senses, the lord of all lives; O merciful one, how shall I, of poor understanding, meet you?

दीन-बन्धु दुःख-हर्ता, ठाकुर तुम मेरे, स्वामी रक्षक तुम मेरे। अपने हाथ उठाओ, अपनी शरण लगाओ, द्वार पड़ा तेरे॥ ॐ जय जगदीश हरे॥

Din-Bandhu Duhkh-Harta, Thakur Tum Mere, Svami Rakshak Tum Mere | Apane Hath Uthao, Apani Sharan Lagao, Dvar Pada Tere || Om Jai Jagdish Hare ||

O friend of the humble, remover of sorrow, you are my Lord and protector; raise your hand, take me into your refuge — I lie at your door.

विषय-विकार मिटाओ, पाप हरो देवा, स्वामी पाप हरो देवा। श्रद्धा-भक्ति बढ़ाओ, सन्तन की सेवा॥ ॐ जय जगदीश हरे॥

Vishay-Vikar Mitao, Pap Haro Deva, Svami Pap Haro Deva | Shraddha-Bhakti Badhao, Santan Ki Seva || Om Jai Jagdish Hare ||

O God, remove my sensual cravings and take away my sins; increase my faith, devotion and service of saints.

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📅 Next auspicious days (from our panchang)

25 Oct (Sunday) — Purnima
26 Oct (Monday) — Purnima
29 Oct (Thursday)
5 Nov (Thursday) — Ekadashi
12 Nov (Thursday)
19 Nov (Thursday)

Dates are for Delhi sunrise; see today's panchang for your city.

🪔 How to chant / recite

Time: At the end of the morning puja and at dusk (godhuli).
Method: Place a ghee lamp/camphor, flowers and akshata on the plate; wave the aarti clockwise before the deity — 4 times before the feet, 2 before the navel, 1 before the face, then 7 times over the whole form (common practice).
Along with it: Singing together with bell, conch and clapping is the custom.
End: After the aarti, take the warmth of the flame with both hands to your eyes/head, circle water around the aarti and offer pushpanjali.
Along with it: Before the aarti, one mala of «Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya» (tulsi mala).

🛕 Puja vidhi (step by step)

🧺 Items needed

Picture of Bhagwan Vishnu / Shri Krishna / Satyanarayan
Yellow flowers and yellow cloth
Tulsi leaves (essential)
Sandalwood, akshata
Panchamrit, conch
Ghee lamp, incense
Banana, panjiri or yellow sweets as bhog

🪷 Procedure

Bathe and wear clean clothes; clean the puja place and spread a fresh cloth on the altar (chowki).
Do achamana (sip water three times) and purify hands and mouth; sit on an asana and calm the mind.
Light a lamp of ghee or sesame oil — by tradition the lamp is kept to the deity's right.
Take water, akshata (unbroken rice) and a flower in the right hand and make the sankalpa — your name, gotra, place, date and the purpose of the puja, spoken or in the mind; then let the water fall to the ground.
First remember Shri Ganesha (Om Gam Ganapataye Namah).
Bathe the Lord with water from a conch (or sprinkle), offer yellow cloth, sandalwood and yellow flowers.
Always place a tulsi leaf on the bhog — by tradition Vishnu does not accept bhog without tulsi.
Chant «Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya» or recite Vishnu Sahasranama / Satyanarayan Katha.
Sing «Om Jai Jagdish Hare».
Finally perform aarti, offer pushpanjali (flowers) and do parikrama (or turn around in your place).
Ask forgiveness for any mistakes in the puja, distribute the prasad and take it yourself.

⚠️ Rules & precautions

On Ekadashi grains (especially rice) are given up; tulsi is not plucked on Ekadashi — pluck a day earlier.
Thursday, Ekadashi and Purnima are special for Vishnu.
Sesame is offered instead of rice (akshata) in some traditions — a regional difference.

📜 Story / origin

This aarti was composed in the 19th century by Pt. Shardha Ram Sharma Phillauri of Phillaur, Punjab — being in simple Hindi, it soon came to be sung in homes across the country.

🌟 Benefits (as per tradition)

A prayer to remove sorrow and sensual vices and to increase faith and devotion.
A wish for happiness and wealth at home and freedom from bodily pain.

These are traditional beliefs described in scriptures; results are understood to depend on faith, discipline and one's own actions.

❓ Frequently asked questions

Who wrote «Om Jai Jagdish Hare»?

Pt. Shardha Ram Phillauri (1837–1881).

Which deity is this aarti for?

Bhagwan Vishnu (Jagdish/Narayana); but its spirit is surrender to the all-pervading Supreme, so it is sung in every puja.

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