Yuge Atthavis Viteveri Ubha (Vitthalachi Aarti) युगें अठ्ठावीस विटेवरी उभा (विठ्ठलाची आरती)
The aarti of Vitthal of Pandharpur, sung in the Varkari tradition and on Ekadashi: the lord standing on the brick for twenty-eight ages with Rakhumai at his side, the Bhima at his feet, the pilgrims of Ashadhi and Kartiki Ekadashi bathing in the Chandrabhaga.
- Deity Vitthal (Vithoba)
- Type Aarti
- Language Marathi
- Tradition Vaishnava
- Source Shri Haribhajanamrita, part 1 — ed. Jagannath Raghunath Ajgaonkar, 1865 — aarti 215, printed pp. 103–104 (archive.org in.ernet.dli.2015.366042, leaves 113–114)
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Stanza 1
युगें अठ्ठावीस विटेवरी उभा ।yugeṃ aṭhṭhāvīs viṭevarī ubhā |ଯୁଗେଂ ଅଠ୍ଠାବୀସ ବିଟେବରୀ ଉଭା ।
वामांगी रखुमाई दिसे दिव्यशोभा ।vāmāṃgī rakhumāī dise divyaśobhā |ବାମାଂଗୀ ରଖୁମାଈ ଦିସେ ଦିବ୍ଯଶୋଭା ।
पुंडलिकाचे भेटी परब्रम्ह आलें गा ।puṃḍalikāce bheṭī parabramha āleṃ gā |ପୁଂଡଲିକାଚେ ଭେଟୀ ପରବ୍ରମ୍ହ ଆଲେଂ ଗା ।
चरणीं वाहे भीमा उद्धरी जग ॥ १ ॥caraṇīṃ vāhe bhīmā uddharī jag || 1 ||ଚରଣୀଂ ବାହେ ଭୀମା ଉଦ୍ଧରୀ ଜଗ ॥ 1 ॥
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जयदेव जयदेव जय पांडुरंगा ।jayadev jayadev jay pāṃḍuraṃgā |ଜଯଦେବ ଜଯଦେବ ଜଯ ପାଂଡୁରଂଗା ।
रखुमाईवल्लभा राहीच्या वल्लभा पावें जिवलगा ॥ धु० ॥rakhumāīvallabhā rāhīcyā vallabhā pāveṃ jivalagā || dhu0 ||ରଖୁମାଈବଲ୍ଲଭା ରାହୀଚ୍ଯା ବଲ୍ଲଭା ପାବେଂ ଜିବଲଗା ॥ ଧୁ0 ॥
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तुळसीमाळा गळां कर ठेवुनि कटीं ।tuḷasīmāḷā gaḷāṃ kar ṭhevuni kaṭīṃ |ତୁଳସୀମାଳା ଗଳାଂ କର ଠେବୁନି କଟୀଂ ।
कासे पीतांबर कस्तुरि लल्लाटीं ।kāse pītāṃbar kasturi lallāṭīṃ |କାସେ ପୀତାଂବର କସ୍ତୁରି ଲଲ୍ଲାଟୀଂ ।
देव सुरवर नित्य येति भेटी ।dev suravar nitya yeti bheṭī |ଦେବ ସୁରବର ନିତ୍ଯ ଯେତି ଭେଟୀ ।
गरुड हनुमंत पुढें उभे राहती ॥ २ ॥garuḍ hanumaṃt puḍheṃ ubhe rāhatī || 2 ||ଗରୁଡ ହନୁମଂତ ପୁଢେଂ ଉଭେ ରାହତୀ ॥ 2 ॥
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धन्य वेणुनाद अनुक्षेत्रपाळा ।dhanya veṇunād anukṣetrapāḷā |ଧନ୍ଯ ବେଣୁନାଦ ଅନୁକ୍ଷେତ୍ରପାଳା ।
सुवर्णाचीं कमळें पदमाळा गळां ।suvarṇācīṃ kamaḷeṃ padamāḷā gaḷāṃ |ସୁବର୍ଣାଚୀଂ କମଳେଂ ପଦମାଳା ଗଳାଂ ।
राई रुक्माबाई राणिया सकळा ।rāī rukmābāī rāṇiyā sakaḷā |ରାଈ ରୁକ୍ମାବାଈ ରାଣିଯା ସକଳା ।
ओंवाळिते राधा विठ्ठळ सांवळा ॥ ३ ॥oṃvāḷite rādhā viṭhṭhaḷ sāṃvaḷā || 3 ||ଓଂବାଳିତେ ରାଧା ବିଠ୍ଠଳ ସାଂବଳା ॥ 3 ॥
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ओंवाळूं आरत्या कुरवंड्या येती ।oṃvāḷūṃ āratyā kuravaṃḍyā yetī |ଓଂବାଳୂଂ ଆରତ୍ଯା କୁରବଂଡ୍ଯା ଯେତୀ ।
चंद्रभागेमाजी सोडुनियां देती ।caṃdrabhāgemājī soḍuniyāṃ detī |ଚଂଦ୍ରଭାଗେମାଜୀ ସୋଡୁନିଯାଂ ଦେତୀ ।
दिंड्यापताका वैष्णव नाचती ।diṃḍyāpatākā vaiṣṇav nācatī |ଦିଂଡ୍ଯାପତାକା ବୈଷ୍ଣବ ନାଚତୀ ।
पंढरीचा महिमा वर्णावा किती ॥ ४ ॥paṃḍharīcā mahimā varṇāvā kitī || 4 ||ପଂଢରୀଚା ମହିମା ବର୍ଣାବା କିତୀ ॥ 4 ॥
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आषाढी कार्तिकी भक्तजन येती ।āṣāḍhī kārtikī bhaktajan yetī |ଆଷାଢୀ କାର୍ତିକୀ ଭକ୍ତଜନ ଯେତୀ ।
चंद्रभागेमाजी स्नान जे करिती ।caṃdrabhāgemājī snān je karitī |ଚଂଦ୍ରଭାଗେମାଜୀ ସ୍ନାନ ଜେ କରିତୀ ।
दर्शनहेळामात्र तयां होय मुक्ति ।darśanaheḷāmātra tayāṃ hoy mukti |ଦର୍ଶନହେଳାମାତ୍ର ତଯାଂ ହୋଯ ମୁକ୍ତି ।
केशवासी नामदेव भावें ओंवाळिती ॥ ५ ॥keśavāsī nāmadev bhāveṃ oṃvāḷitī || 5 ||କେଶବାସୀ ନାମଦେବ ଭାବେଂ ଓଂବାଳିତୀ ॥ 5 ॥
Share this verseRead in another script: ગુજરાતી বাংলা தமிழ் తెలుగు ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · letter-for-letter from the Devanagari text, approximate
Text: Shri Haribhajanamrita, part 1, ed. Jagannath Raghunath Ajgaonkar, 1865 (Digital Library of India scan on archive.org, in.ernet.dli.2015.366042, 'आरती विठ्ठलाची २१५', printed pp. 103–104 = leaves 113–114), the oldest complete print found; the OCR layer was taken as the base and every line was read against the scan image at full resolution. Verified on 11 November 2026 against Bhaktimarga Pradipa, 1910 (archive.org in.ernet.dli.2015.366206, OCR, 'आरती विठ्ठलाची', five stanzas; 2 identical, 20 differing, 0 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 85.3%), Shri Namdev Maharaj part 8, 1927 (archive.org in.ernet.dli.2015.364889, OCR, aarti no. 192, five stanzas; 4 identical, 18 differing, 0 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 91.2%) and the Navanit 1871 scan on Marathi Wikisource (पान:नवनीत अथवा मराठी कवितांचे वेंचे.pdf/३४५, revision 184361, unproofread OCR, three stanzas; 3 identical, 11 differing, 0 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 88.6%); Bharat part 2, 1890 (in.ernet.dli.2015.366328) and Navanit 1882/1910 also quote it. cmp.py --loose, one quarter-line per line. Lines: 22 (stanza 1, refrain, stanzas 2–5). OCR corrections, each confirmed on the scan image: ‘युर्गे’ → ‘युगें’ (OCR; scan reads युगें (1927 print युगे)); ‘अड्डाबीस’ → ‘अठ्ठावीस’ (OCR; scan and the 1910/1927 prints अठ्ठावीस); ‘विटेवरी उमा’ → ‘विटेवरी उभा’ (OCR; scan and all witnesses उभा); "दिव्यशाभा :‘" → ’दिव्यशोभा ।‘ (OCR; scan दिव्यशोभा followed by a danda); ‘परत्रम्ह’ → ‘परब्रम्ह’ (OCR; scan परब्रम्ह (1910 परब्रह्म-type, 1927 OCR परम्ह)); ‘वाहे भामा’ → ‘वाहे भीमा’ (OCR; scan and all witnesses भीमा); ‘उद्धरी जंग’ → ‘उद्धरी जग’ (OCR; scan reads जग (the later prints जगा)); ‘जयदेव लय’ → ‘जयदेव जय’ (OCR); ‘रखुमाईवछुभा’ → ‘रखुमाईवल्लभा’ (OCR; scan वल्लभा); ‘बहुभा पारवे’ → ‘वल्लभा पावें’ (OCR; scan वल्लभा पावें); ‘कर्\u200c ठेवुनि कटी’ → ‘कर ठेवुनि कटीं’ (OCR; scan कर … कटीं); ‘ठ्लाटीं’ → ‘लल्लाटीं’ (OCR; scan लल्लाटीं (1890/1910 ललाटी)); ‘सुरवर ।नेत्य येति मेटी’ → ‘सुरवर नित्य येति भेटी’ (OCR; scan नित्य येति भेटी); ‘गरुढ’ → ‘गरुड’ (OCR); ‘पुढे उभे’ → ‘पुढें उभे’ (OCR; scan पुढें); ‘वेणनाद अनक्षेत्रपाळा’ → ‘वेणुनाद अनुक्षेत्रपाळा’ (OCR; scan and 1927 print वेणुनाद अनुक्षेत्रपाळा); ‘सुवणाची कमळे’ → ‘सुवर्णाचीं कमळें’ (OCR; scan सुवर्णाचीं कमळें); ‘रुकमाबाई’ → ‘रुक्माबाई’ (OCR; scan रुक्माबाई); ‘ओवाळू आरत्या कुरवंडया’ → ‘ओंवाळूं आरत्या कुरवंड्या’ (OCR; scan ओंवाळूं आरत्या कुरवंड्या); ‘दिंडयापताका’ → ‘दिंड्यापताका’ (OCR; scan दिंड्यापताका); ‘वणीवा’ → ‘वर्णावा’ (OCR; scan वर्णावा); ‘॥ ४ !।’ → ‘॥ ४ ॥’ (OCR punctuation); ‘ओंबाळिती ॥ ५ ।’ → ‘ओंवाळिती ॥ ५ ॥’ (OCR; scan ओंवाळिती ॥ ५ ॥). Edition readings kept where the later prints differ: वामांगी (as OCR'd in every print); उद्धरी जग (later prints जगा); तुळसीमाळा (Navanit तुळशीमाळा); कासे (कांसे); दिव्यशोभा written as one word; ओंवाळिते राधा विठ्ठळ सांवळा (1910/1927 ओंवाळिती राजा विठोबा/विठ्ठल सांवळा); पदमाळा (1890 वनमाळा, 1927 पद्माळे); दर्शनहेळामात्र (later prints दर्शनहेळामात्रे). The Navanit prints give only stanzas 1, 2 and 5 and read 'वाती नामदेव' / 'रखुमाईवल्लभा पावें जिवलगा' without 'राईच्या वल्लभा'. Attribution: the last stanza names Namdev ('केशवासी नामदेव भावें ओंवाळिती'); the 1894 Namdev Gatha (dli.ministry.27483) lists it as abhang 2459 and the 1927 Namdev edition prints it among his works; some prints and booklets ascribe it to Eknath. The coda 'येई वो विठ्ठले माझे माउली ये' sung after this aarti today was not found in this wording in any pre-1950 print (the 1927 Namdev edition has the abhang 'येई विठाबाई आई माउलीये' as a separate piece), so it is not included.
The Roman line is IAST transliteration derived from the Devanagari (ā = long a, ṃ = anusvara, ḥ = visarga, ś/ṣ = sh sounds, c = ch as in “church”). In Hindi, Awadhi and Braj texts the silent final “a” is dropped. Transliteration does not show Vedic accents.
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Questions
What is Yuge Atthavis Viteveri Ubha (Vitthalachi Aarti)?
The aarti of Vitthal of Pandharpur, sung in the Varkari tradition and on Ekadashi: the lord standing on the brick for twenty-eight ages with Rakhumai at his side, the Bhima at his feet, the pilgrims of Ashadhi and Kartiki Ekadashi bathing in the Chandrabhaga.
Who is Yuge Atthavis Viteveri Ubha (Vitthalachi Aarti) associated with?
Yuge Atthavis Viteveri Ubha (Vitthalachi Aarti) is associated with Vitthal (Vithoba). The deity of Pandharpur, standing arms akimbo on a brick, worshipped with Rakhumai as a form of Vishnu-Krishna; the centre of the Varkari tradition of Maharashtra and its Ashadhi and Kartiki Ekadashi pilgrimages.
What does Yuge Atthavis Viteveri Ubha (Vitthalachi Aarti) mean?
For twenty-eight ages he stands on the brick, Rakhumai radiant at his left; the supreme Brahman came to meet Pundalik, and the Bhima flows at his feet redeeming the world. The refrain hails Panduranga, beloved of Rakhumai and Rahi, and asks him to come quickly. He wears a tulsi garland, hands on his hips, yellow silk and musk on his brow; gods, Garuda and Hanuman wait on him. To the sound of the flute the queens Rahi and Rukmabai wave lamps before the dark Vitthal; pilgrims bring aarti-plates and float them in the Chandrabhaga while Vaishnavas dance with banners; on Ashadhi and Kartiki the …
What is the source of Yuge Atthavis Viteveri Ubha (Vitthalachi Aarti)?
Traditional devotional text (common printed and recited form) — Aarti of Vitthal; printed in Shri Haribhajanamrita part 1 (1865), aarti 215, pp. 103–104. Tradition: Vaishnava.
Are there different versions of Yuge Atthavis Viteveri Ubha (Vitthalachi Aarti)?
Older anthologies (Navanit) print only three stanzas; later prints have five, as here. Prints differ in 'राधा विठ्ठळ' / 'राजा विठोबा', 'पदमाळा' / 'वनमाळा' and in the refrain with or without 'राईच्या वल्लभा'. The coda 'येई वो विठ्ठले माझे माउली ये' sung after the aarti today is a separate abhang and is not part of the printed aarti. This version follows the 1865 Haribhajanamrita.