Choose how you want to search above, by planet, birth nakshatra, Moon sign, deity or kind of text, pick one from the list and press Find the texts. The finder lists the texts on our mantra pages that go with your choice, each with its kind, a one-line note and the reason it is in the list. It searches the 68 texts of our mantras section, which fill 77 pages because the Sundar Kand and Sri Rudram are also given in parts. Every page has the text in Devanagari, a transliteration and the meaning.
How it works
By planet. Each planet has a remedies page on this site, under remedies for the nine planets, and that page names the texts it suggests for the planet. The finder lists those texts in the order the page gives them, and adds the Navagraha Stotra, which has a verse for every planet. That gives 5 texts for the Sun, 6 for the Moon, 5 for Mars, 6 for Mercury, 5 for Jupiter, 6 for Venus, 7 for Saturn, 7 for Rahu and 8 for Ketu.
By Moon sign. A sign leads to the texts of the planet that rules it. The sign lords are the usual ones of our other tools, with Mars for Scorpio and Saturn for Aquarius.
By birth nakshatra. A nakshatra leads to the texts of its lord in the Vimshottari scheme, the same lord our nakshatra calculator gives. Where we have a text that calls on the nakshatra’s deity, as our nakshatra pages name the deities, it comes first. Seven nakshatras have one: Krittika and Vishakha (Agni), Mrigashira (Soma, named in the Moon’s verse of the Navagraha Stotra), Ardra (Rudra), Pushya (Brihaspati, named in Jupiter’s verse), Hasta (Savitar, through the Gayatri) and Shravana (Vishnu).
By deity. Sixteen deities, from Shiva to the sacred rivers, and three themes: the Self in Vedanta, peace invocations and the Vedic hymns of creation. A text is listed for a deity only where its own page names that deity.
By kind of text. The eight groups of our mantras index: mantras, chalisas, aartis, Shiva stotras, Devi and Lakshmi stotras, the Vishnu, Surya, Hanuman and Ganesha stotras, the Sundar Kand and the Vedic hymns.
The words box narrows any list to the texts whose name or note has every word you type, so “ashtakam” with Shiva gives the Shiva ashtakams.
Reading the result
The headline says how many texts were found and for what. Each line gives the name of the text as a link to its page, its kind (mantra, chalisa, aarti, stotra or Vedic hymn), the note our mantras index gives it, its parts where it has them, and “Why it is here”: for example “Our Saturn remedies page names it”, or “It is addressed to Agni. Agni is the deity of Krittika.” Where we have no text for a nakshatra’s deity, the result says so, and the list is the texts for its lord.
Where traditions differ
Linking a sign or a nakshatra to texts through the planet that rules it is our own way of finding texts. It is not a rule of any of the texts, and teachers pair deities with planets in different ways. Our Saturn page, for instance, names texts to Hanuman and Shiva as well as Shani’s own hymn, because on Saturdays many people also turn to Hanuman and Shiva. If your family or teacher gives you a text, that comes first.
The nakshatra deities are the ones on our nakshatra pages. Some families recite a Vedic verse for the birth nakshatra itself, from the nakshatra verses of the Taittiriya Brahmana (3.1). We have not added those verses yet, as we print a sacred text only after checking it against a printed edition.
What it does not do
It does not choose a text from the strength of your chart; the Navagraha shanti planner does that from the planets below their Shadbala minimum. It does not list texts we have not published: our mantras index names a few, such as the Ganesh and Lakshmi Chalisas, that are not here yet. It does not promise any result. To count your recitations, use the japa mala counter.
Frequently asked questions
↳ Which mantra is for my nakshatra?
Choose "Birth nakshatra" and your nakshatra. The finder lists the texts for its lord in the Vimshottari scheme, and first any text we have that calls on the nakshatra's deity. If you do not know your nakshatra, the nakshatra calculator finds it from your birth details.
↳ Which mantra is for my rashi?
Choose "Moon sign (rashi)" and your sign. The list is the texts for the planet that rules the sign, for example Mars for Mesha and Vrishchika, or Venus for Vrishabha and Tula.
↳ Why does Saturn bring up Hanuman texts?
Because our Saturn remedies page names them. It explains that on Saturdays many people turn to Hanuman and to Shiva as well as to Shani. The finder follows what each remedies page names, in its order.
↳ What if my nakshatra's deity has no text here?
The result says so and lists the texts for the nakshatra's lord. We add a text only after checking it against a reliable source, so the list grows over time.
↳ Does it search every mantra on the site?
It searches every text of our mantras section. Choose "Kind of text" to see them group by group, as the mantras index lists them. Longer works with sections of their own, such as the Durga Saptashati and the Bhagavad Gita, are not part of it.
↳ Is what I choose sent to you?
No. The search runs in your browser over our own pages, and the choice is not sent to us. The first use asks you to confirm your email once, as on our other tools.