Dhanvantari Mantra

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• verse 1

  ध्यानंअच्युतानन्त गोविन्द विष्णो नारायणाऽमृतरोगान्मे नाशयाऽशेषानाशु धन्वन्तरे हरे ।आरोग्यं दीर्घमायुष्यं बलं तेजो धियं श्रियंस्वभक्तेभ्योऽनुगृह्णन्तं वन्दे धन्वन्तरिं हरिम् ॥

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  dhyānaṃachyutānanta gōvinda viṣṇō nārāyaṇā'mṛtarōgānmē nāśayā'śēṣānāśu dhanvantarē harē ।ārōgyaṃ dīrghamāyuṣyaṃ balaṃ tējō dhiyaṃ śriyaṃsvabhaktēbhyō'nugṛhṇantaṃ vandē dhanvantariṃ harim ॥

  meaning

  Meditation verse: O Achyuta, Ananta, Govinda, Vishnu, Narayana, ambrosia — Dhanvantari, Hari, quickly destroy all my diseases; I salute Dhanvantari-Hari who graces his devotees with health, long life, strength, splendor, intellect and prosperity.

• verse 2

  शङ्खं चक्रं जलौकां दधदमृतघटं चारुदोर्भिश्चतुर्भिः ।सूक्ष्मस्वच्छातिहृद्यांशुक परिविलसन्मौलिमम्भोजनेत्रम् ।कालाम्भोदोज्ज्वलाङ्गं कटितटविलसच्चारुपीताम्बराढ्यम् ।वन्दे धन्वन्तरिं तं निखिलगदवनप्रौढदावाग्निलीलम् ॥

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  śaṅkhaṃ chakraṃ jalaukāṃ dadhadamṛtaghaṭaṃ chārudōrbhiśchaturbhiḥ ।sūkṣmasvachChātihṛdyāṃśuka parivilasanmauḻimambhōjanētram ।kālāmbhōdōjjvalāṅgaṃ kaṭitaṭavilasachchārupītāmbarāḍhyam ।vandē dhanvantariṃ taṃ nikhilagadavanaprauḍhadāvāgnilīlam ॥

  meaning

  I salute Dhanvantari, holding in his four lovely arms conch, discus, leech and pot of nectar, with fine translucent silken garments, lotus-eyed, his body gleaming like a rain-cloud, his waist adorned with beautiful yellow cloth — whose play is the forest-fire that burns the whole forest of diseases.

• verse 3

  धन्वन्तरेरिमं श्लोकं भक्त्या नित्यं पठन्ति ये ।अनारोग्यं न तेषां स्यात् सुखं जीवन्ति ते चिरम् ॥

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  dhanvantarērimaṃ ślōkaṃ bhaktyā nityaṃ paṭhanti yē ।anārōgyaṃ na tēṣāṃ syāt sukhaṃ jīvanti tē chiram ॥

  meaning

  Phalashruti: Those who recite this verse of Dhanvantari daily with devotion will suffer no sickness and will live long in happiness.

• verse 4

  मन्त्रंॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय धन्वन्तरये अमृतकलशहस्ताय [वज्रजलौकहस्ताय] सर्वामयविनाशनाय त्रैलोक्यनाथाय श्रीमहाविष्णवे स्वाहा ।

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  mantraṃōṃ namō bhagavatē vāsudēvāya dhanvantarayē amṛtakalaśahastāya [vajrajalaukahastāya] sarvāmayavināśanāya trailōkyanāthāya śrīmahāviṣṇavē svāhā ।

  meaning

  Mantra: Om, salutation to the Lord Vasudeva, to Dhanvantari, bearer of the nectar-pot [variant: bearer of the thunderbolt-leech], destroyer of every illness, lord of the three worlds, to the glorious Mahavishnu — svaha.

• verse 5

  [पाठान्तरः]ॐ नमो भगवते महासुदर्शनाय वासुदेवाय धन्वन्तरये अमृतकलशहस्ताय सर्वभयविनाशाय सर्वरोगनिवारणाय त्रैलोक्यपतये त्रैलोक्यनिधये श्रीमहाविष्णुस्वरूप श्रीधन्वन्तरीस्वरूप श्री श्री श्री औषधचक्र नारायणाय स्वाहा ।

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  [pāṭhāntaraḥ]ōṃ namō bhagavatē mahāsudarśanāya vāsudēvāya dhanvantarayē amṛtakalaśahastāya sarvabhayavināśāya sarvarōganivāraṇāya trailōkyapatayē trailōkyanidhayē śrīmahāviṣṇusvarūpa śrīdhanvantarīsvarūpa śrī śrī śrī auṣadhachakra nārāyaṇāya svāhā ।

  meaning

  Alternate reading: Om, salutation to the great Sudarshana, to Vasudeva, to Dhanvantari, bearer of the nectar-pot, destroyer of every fear, remover of every disease, lord of the three worlds and their treasury, form of Shri Mahavishnu, form of Shri Dhanvantari, Shri Shri Shri, to the Narayana of the medicine-wheel — svaha.

• verse 6

  गायत्री मन्त्रम्ॐ वासुदेवाय विद्महे सुधाहस्ताय धीमहि ।तन्नो धन्वन्तरिः प्रचोदयात् ।

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  gāyatrī mantramōṃ vāsudēvāya vidmahē sudhāhastāya dhīmahi ।tannō dhanvantariḥ prachōdayāt ।

  meaning

  Gayatri mantra: Om, may we know Vasudeva, may we meditate on the nectar-handed one; may Dhanvantari inspire us.

• verse 7

  तारकमन्त्रम्ॐ धं धन्वन्तरये नमः ।

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  tārakamantramōṃ dhaṃ dhanvantarayē namaḥ ।

  meaning

  Taraka mantra: Om Dham, salutation to Dhanvantari.