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Kuber mantras: the Vedic prayer to Vaishravana and the Kubera mantra, with meaning

Two Sanskrit prayers to Kuber, the treasurer of the gods: a verse from the Veda that is still chanted at the end of temple worship, and the short mantra many families say at the Dhanteras and Diwali puja.

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Who Kuber is

Kuber (Kubera) is the treasurer of the gods and the king of the yakshas, the spirits who guard the riches hidden in the earth. He is called Vaishravana, “son of Vishrava”, after his father, a sage of the line of Pulastya; the epics say his devotion to Shiva won him the lordship of wealth and the guardianship of the north. Tradition sees Lakshmi as prosperity itself and Kuber as the one who keeps and shares it out, so the two are often worshipped side by side.

This page has two prayers. The first is Vedic: a verse of the Taittiriya Aranyaka (the “forest book” of the Krishna Yajurveda) addressed to Vaishravana, which priests across India still chant as the close of the Mantrapushpam, the “flower of mantras” offered at the end of a puja. The second, Om yakshaya kuberaya, is a later mantra of the puja tradition, given in manuals with the sage Vishrava as its seer and Kuber as its deity.

The Kuber mantras, with meaning

Both are given in Sanskrit, in English letters and with a plain meaning. The Vedic accents are left out, as in everyday chanting.

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Vedic prayer to Vaishravana (Taittiriya Aranyaka 1.31)

ॐ राजाधिराजाय प्रसह्यसाहिने।
नमो वयं वैश्रवणाय कुर्महे।
स मे कामान्कामकामाय मह्यम्।
कामेश्वरो वैश्रवणो ददातु।
कुबेराय वैश्रवणाय।
महाराजाय नमः॥

Om rajadhirajaya prasahyasahine,
namo vayam vaishravanaya kurmahe.
Sa me kaman kamakamaya mahyam,
kameshvaro vaishravano dadatu.
Kuberaya vaishravanaya,
maharajaya namah.

अर्थ: राजाओं के राजा, जो अपने बल से हर बाधा पर जीत पाते हैं, उन वैश्रवण को हम प्रणाम करते हैं। कामनाओं के स्वामी वैश्रवण मुझ कामना रखने वाले को मेरी कामनाएँ प्रदान करें। विश्रवा के पुत्र, महाराज कुबेर को नमस्कार।

Meaning: To the king above all kings, who prevails by his own strength, to Vaishravana we bow. May Vaishravana, lord of all wishes, grant my wishes to me, one who longs for them. To Kubera, son of Vishrava, the great king: salutation.

Kubera mantra

ॐ यक्षाय कुबेराय वैश्रवणाय धनधान्याधिपतये।
धनधान्यसमृद्धिं मे देहि दापय स्वाहा॥

Om yakshaya kuberaya vaishravanaya dhanadhanyadhipataye,
dhanadhanya samriddhim me dehi dapaya svaha.

अर्थ: यक्ष-राज, विश्रवा के पुत्र, धन और अन्न के स्वामी कुबेर को यह आहुति: मुझे धन-धान्य की भरपूरी दीजिए, और दूसरों के हाथ से भी दिलवाइए।

Meaning: Offered to Kubera, lord of the yakshas, son of Vishrava, master of wealth and grain: give me an abundance of wealth and grain, and let it reach me through others too.

The Vedic prayer, word by word

  • rajadhirajaya: to the king over all kings.
  • prasahyasahine: to the one who overcomes by his own might (prasahya, by force; sahin, the victor). Often printed as two words, prasahya sahine.
  • namo vayam … kurmahe: we make our bow.
  • vaishravanaya: to Vaishravana, son of Vishrava.
  • sa me kaman: may he … my wishes.
  • kamakamaya mahyam: to me, who longs for them.
  • kameshvarah: the lord of wishes.
  • dadatu: may he grant.
  • kuberaya vaishravanaya maharajaya namah: salutation to Kubera, Vaishravana, the great king.

Kuber and Dhanteras 2026

Dhanteras, the first day of the Diwali festival, falls on Friday, 6 November 2026. It is the thirteenth lunar day of the dark half of Kartik, two days before the Lakshmi puja. Many families honour Kuber on this evening together with Lakshmi and Dhanvantari, the physician of the gods, and bring something new into the home; at Diwali itself the Kubera mantra is said over the account books and the safe. These are customs, not rules: a prayer to Kuber is welcome whenever your heart calls.

For the full Diwali puja with its muhurta city by city, see the Diwali Lakshmi–Ganesh puja vidhi; for a hymn to Kuber in simple Hindi, the Kuber Chalisa.

Questions

Where does “Rajadhirajaya prasahyasahine” come from?

From the Taittiriya Aranyaka of the Krishna Yajurveda (first book, section 31), where it belongs to a rite for Vaishravana. It is best known today as the closing verse of the Mantrapushpam chanted at the end of temple and home worship.

Is the Kubera mantra “Om yakshaya kuberaya” from the Vedas?

No. It is a later mantra of the puja tradition, found in worship manuals with Vishrava as its seer, Brihati as its metre and Kuber as its deity; we could not trace it to a single named scripture. It is traditional and widely used.

What does “dehi dapaya” mean?

Dehi is “give”; dapaya is “cause to be given”. The mantra asks Kuber both to give and to let what is due arrive through others.

Is there a Hindi hymn to Kuber?

Yes, the Kuber Chalisa, a recent folk hymn in simple Hindi.

Text and sources

Vedic prayer: Taittiriya Aranyaka 1.31, checked against the accented text of the Taittiriya Aranyaka on sanskritdocuments.org and against two editions of the Mantrapushpam (sanskritdocuments.org, with and without accents, and Stotra Nidhi). All agree word for word. Om at the start follows common chanting; the Aranyaka itself begins at rajadhirajaya.

Kubera mantra: checked against Drik Panchang (which gives Vishrava as seer and Brihati as metre), Shlokam.org and the Kubera Ashtottara text on sanskritdocuments.org; one of these inserts dhanadhanyadi (“wealth, grain and the rest”), the others read dhanadhanya, which we follow. The Kubera Ashtottara Shatanamavali (108 names) is not given yet, because the published lists we compared do not agree on the names and the count. The transliteration, word meanings and translations are our own.

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