Shri Rama Raksha Stotram

Context & Dhyana Slokas

Verse 1

Caritaṃ Raghunāthasya Śatakoṭi-Pravistaram ।
Ekaikam-Akṣaraṃ Puṃsāṃ Mahāpāpa-Vināśanam ॥ 1 ॥

Verse 2

Dhyātvā Nīlotpala-Śyāmaṃ Rāmaṃ Rājīva-Locanam ।
Jānakī-Lakṣmaṇopetaṃ Jaṭāmukuṭa-Maṇḍitam ॥ 2 ॥

Verse 3

Sāsi-Tūṇa-Dhanurbāṇa-Pāṇiṃ Naktam-Carāntakam ।
Svalīlayā Jagat-Trātum-Āvirbhūtam-Ajaṃ Vibhum ॥ 3 ॥

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Core Rama Raksha Verses (Verses 4 to 34)

Verse 4

Rāmarakṣāṃ Paṭhet-Prājñaḥ Pāpaghnīṃ Sarva-Kāmadām ।
Śiro Me Rāghavaḥ Pātu Bhālaṃ Daśarathātmajaḥ ॥ 4 ॥

Verse 5

Kausalyeyo Dṛśau Pātu Viśvāmitrapriyaḥ Śrutī ।
Ghrāṇaṃ Pātu Makhatrātā Mukhaṃ Saumitrivatsalaḥ ॥ 5 ॥

Verse 6

Jihvāṃ Vidyānidhiḥ Pātu Kaṇṭhaṃ Bharata-Vanditaḥ ।
Skandhau Divyāyudhaḥ Pātu Bhujau Bhagneśa-Kārmukaḥ ॥ 6 ॥

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Verse 35

Āpadām-Apahartāraṃ Dātāraṃ Sarva-Sampadām ।
Lokābhirāmaṃ Śrī-Rāmaṃ Bhūyo Bhūyo Namāmy-Aham ॥ 35 ॥

Verse 36

Bharjanaṃ Bhava-Bījānām-Arjanaṃ Sukha-Sampadām ।
Tarjanaṃ Yama-Dūtānāṃ Rāma Rāmeti Garjanam ॥ 36 ॥

Verse 37

Rāmo Rājamaṇiḥ Sadā Vijayate Rāmaṃ Rameśaṃ Bhaje
Rāmeṇābhihatā Niśācaracamū Rāmāya Tasmai Namaḥ ।
Rāmānnāsti Parāyaṇaṃ Parataraṃ Rāmasya Dāso 'smy-Ahaṃ
Rāme Cittalayaḥ Sadā Bhavatu Me Bho Rāma Mām-Uddhara ॥ 37 ॥

Verse 38

Śrī-Rāma Rāma Rāmeti Rame Rāme Manorame ।
Sahasranāma Tat-Tulyaṃ Rāmanāma Varānane ॥ 38 ॥

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Whoever chants Rama Rama with devotion using this Rama Raksha Stotram will have all their desires fulfilled and eventually attain the realm of Lord Vishnu (Vishnuloka).

Lord Shiva reveals to Goddess Parvati in verse 38 that uttering the name "Sri Rama" is equal to chanting the entire Vishnu Sahasranamam.

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Om Shri Sita Ramachandrabhyam Namah!
Apadam Apahartaram Dataram Sarva Sampadam |
Lokabhiramam Sri Ramam Bhuyo Bhuyo Namamyaham ||

O Lord Shri Rama! The remover of all afflictions, the granter of all wealth, the delight of the worlds! We bow down to You again and again.

Om Shanti! Shanti! Shanti!

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