cākṣuṣopaniṣad (cakṣuṣmatī vidyā)

The sage for this Chakshushi Vidya is Ahirbudhnya; the meter is Gayatri; the presiding deity is Surya; the recitation is intended for the removal of eye diseases. Om! O Eye, O Eye, O Eye, be steady and full of radiance. Protect me, protect me. Quickly pacify, pacify my eye ailments. Reveal, reveal to me your golden luster. So arrange, O Lord, that I may not become blind. Grant me welfare, grant me welfare. Root out, root out all the obstacles to my vision caused by the misdeeds of my past lives. Om! Salutations to the Divine Bhaskara, the giver of light to the eyes. Om! Salutations to the compassionate one, the source of nectar. Om! Salutations to Surya. Om! Salutations to the radiant Lord Surya, the source of ocular brilliance. Salutations to the one who traverses the sky. Salutations to the Great One. Salutations to Rajas (the active aspect). Salutations to Tamas (the inert aspect). Lead me from the unreal to the real. Lead me from darkness to light. Lead me from death to immortality. The Lord is heat and the form of purity. The Lord is the swan, the embodiment of purity. A brahmin who studies this Chakshushmati Vidya daily does not suffer from eye diseases, nor is there any blindness in his family. By teaching this to eight brahmins, one attains the perfection of this knowledge. O Lord Surya, who assumes all forms, who possesses rays of light, who knows all that is born, who is golden-hued, who is the light itself, who radiates heat, and who travels in a hundred paths with thousands of rays—you rise before all beings. Om! Salutations to the Divine Aditya, the source of eye-radiance; hail to the one who carries the light of the day!

Om! Salutations to the Divine Aditya, the Sun, the bearer of the light of the day; hail to the one who carries the light of the day!