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Shri Rama Raksha Stotram

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Viniyoga

oṃ asya śrīrāmarakṣāstotramantrasya budhakauśika ṛṣiḥ| śrīsītārāmacandro devatā| anuṣṭup chandaḥ| sītā śaktiḥ| śrīmān hanumān kīlakam| śrīsītārāmacandraprītyarthe rāmarakṣāstotrajape viniyogaḥ||

Dhyanam

dhyāyedājānubāhuṃ dhṛtaśaradhanuṣaṃ baddhapadmāsanasthaṃ pītaṃ vāso vasānaṃ navakamaladalaspardhinetraṃ prasannam| vāmāṅkārūḍhasītāmukhakamalamilallocanaṃ nīradābhaṃ nānālaṅkāradīptaṃ dadhatamurujaṭāmaṇḍalaṃ rāmacandram||

Stotra

caritaṃ raghunāthasya śatakoṭipravistaram| ekaikamakṣaraṃ puṃsāṃ mahāpātakanāśanam||1||

dhyātvā nīlotpalaśyāmaṃ rāmaṃ rājīvalocanam| jānakīlakṣmaṇopetaṃ jaṭāmukuṭamaṇḍitam||2||

sāsitūṇadhanurbāṇapāṇiṃ naktaṃcarāntakam| svalīlayā jagattrātumāvirbhūtamajaṃ vibhum||3||

rāmarakṣāṃ paṭhetprājñaḥ pāpaghnīṃ sarvakāmadām| śiro me rāghavaḥ pātu bhālaṃ daśarathātmajaḥ||4||

kausalyeyo dṛśau pātu viśvāmitrapriyaḥ śrutī| ghrāṇaṃ pātu makhatrātā mukhaṃ saumitrivatsalaḥ||5||

jihvāṃ vidyānidhiḥ pātu kaṇṭhaṃ bharatavanditaḥ| skandhau divyāyudhaḥ pātu bhujau bhagneśakārmukaḥ||6||

karau sītāpatiḥ pātu hṛdayaṃ jāmadagnyajit| madhyaṃ pātu kharadhvaṃsī nābhiṃ jāmbavadāśrayaḥ||7||

sugrīveśaḥ kaṭī pātu sakthinī hanumatprabhuḥ| ūrū raghūttamaḥ pātu rakṣaḥkulavināśakṛt||8||

jānunī setukṛtpātu jaṅghe daśamukhāntakaḥ| pādau bibhīṣaṇaśrīdaḥ pātu rāmo'khilaṃ vapuḥ||9||

etāṃ rāmabalopetāṃ rakṣāṃ yaḥ sukṛtī paṭhet| sa cirāyuḥ sukhī putrī vijayī vinayī bhavet||10||

pātālabhūtalavyomacāriṇaśchadmacāriṇaḥ| na draṣṭumapi śaktāste rakṣitaṃ rāmanāmabhiḥ||11||

rāmeti rāmabhadreti rāmacandreti vā smaran| naro na lipyate pāpairbhuktiṃ muktiṃ ca vindati||12||

jagajjaitraikamantreṇa rāmanāmnābhirakṣitam| yaḥ kaṇṭhe dhārayettasya karasthāḥ sarvasiddhayaḥ||13||

vajrapañjaranāmedaṃ yo rāmakavacaṃ smaret| avyāhatājñaḥ sarvatra labhate jayamaṅgalam||14||

ādiṣṭavānyathā svapne rāmarakṣāmimāṃ haraḥ| tathā likhitavānprātaḥ prabuddho budhakauśikaḥ||15||

ārāmaḥ kalpavṛkṣāṇāṃ virāmaḥ sakalāpadām| abhirāmastrilokānāṃ rāmaḥ śrīmānsa naḥ prabhuḥ||16||

taruṇau rūpasampannau sukumārau mahābalau| puṇḍarīkaviśālākṣau cīrakṛṣṇājināmbarau||17||

phalamūlāśinau dāntau tāpasau brahmacāriṇau| putrau daśarathasyaitau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau||18||

śaraṇyau sarvasattvānāṃ śreṣṭhau sarvadhanuṣmatām| rakṣaḥkulanihantārau trāyetāṃ no raghūttamau||19||

āttasajjadhanuṣāviṣuspṛśāvakṣayāśuganiṣaṅgasaṅginau| rakṣaṇāya mama rāmalakṣmaṇāvagrataḥ pathi sadaiva gacchatām||20||

sannaddhaḥ kavacī khaḍgī cāpabāṇadharo yuvā| gacchanmanorathānnaśca rāmaḥ pātu salakṣmaṇaḥ||21||

rāmo dāśarathiḥ śūro lakṣmaṇānucaro balī| kākutsthaḥ puruṣaḥ pūrṇaḥ kausalyeyo raghūttamaḥ||22||

vedāntavedyo yajñeśaḥ purāṇapuruṣottamaḥ| jānakīvallabhaḥ śrīmānaprameyaparākramaḥ||23||

ityetāni japannityaṃ madbhaktaḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ| aśvamedhādhikaṃ puṇyaṃ samprāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ||24||

rāmaṃ dūrvādalaśyāmaṃ padmākṣaṃ pītavāsasam| stuvanti nāmabhirdivyairna te saṃsāriṇo naraḥ||25||

rāmaṃ lakṣmaṇapūrvajaṃ raghuvaraṃ sītāpatiṃ sundaraṃ kākutsthaṃ karuṇārṇavaṃ guṇanidhiṃ viprapriyaṃ dhārmikam| rājendraṃ satyasandhaṃ daśarathatanayaṃ śyāmalaṃ śāntamūrtiṃ vande lokābhirāmaṃ raghukulatilakaṃ rāghavaṃ rāvaṇārim||26||

rāmāya rāmabhadrāya rāmacandrāya vedhase| raghunāthāya nāthāya sītāyāḥ pataye namaḥ||27||

śrīrāma rāma raghunandana rāma rāma| śrīrāma rāma bharatāgraja rāma rāma| śrīrāma rāma raṇakarkaśa rāma rāma| śrīrāma rāma śaraṇaṃ bhava rāma rāma||28||

śrīrāma candra caraṇau manasā smarāmi| śrīrāma candra caraṇau vacasā gṛṇāmi| śrīrāma candra caraṇau śirasā namāmi| śrīrāma candra caraṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadye||29||

mātā rāmo matpitā rāmacandraḥ| svāmī rāmo matsakhā rāmacandraḥ| sarvasvaṃ me rāmacandro dayālurnānyaṃ jāne naiva jāne na jāne||30||

dakṣiṇe lakṣmaṇo yasya vāme ca janakātmajā| purato mārutiryasya taṃ vande raghunandanam||31||

lokābhirāmaṃ raṇaraṅgadhīraṃ rājīvanetraṃ raghuvaṃśanātham| kāruṇyarūpaṃ karuṇākaraṃ taṃ śrīrāmacandraṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye||32||

manojavaṃ mārutatulyavegaṃ jitendriyaṃ buddhimatāṃ variṣṭham| vātātmajaṃ vānarayūthamukhyaṃ śrīrāmadūtaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye||33||

kūjantaṃ rāmarāmeti madhuraṃ madhurākṣaram| āruhya kavitāśākhāṃ vande vālmīkikokilam||34||

āpadāmapahartāraṃ dātāraṃ sarvasampadām| lokābhirāmaṃ śrīrāmaṃ bhūyo bhūyo namāmyaham||35||

bharjanaṃ bhavabījānāmarjanaṃ sukhasampadām| tarjanaṃ yamadūtānāṃ rāmarāmeti garjanam||36||

rāmo rājamaṇiḥ sadā vijayate rāmaṃ rameśaṃ bhaje| rāmeṇābhihatā niśācaracamū rāmāya tasmai namaḥ| rāmānnāsti parāyaṇaṃ parataraṃ rāmasya dāso'smyaham| rāme cittalayaḥ sadā bhavatu me bho rāma māmuddhara||37||

rāma rāmeti rāmeti rame rāme manorame| sahasranāma tattulyaṃ rāmanāma varānane||38||

Introduction

The Shri Rama Raksha Stotram is a famous and powerful protective hymn (kavacha) to Lord Rama, ascribed to the sage Budhakaushika. Tradition holds that Lord Shiva revealed it to him in a dream, which the sage wrote down on waking. Verse by verse it invokes different forms of Rama to guard each part of the devotee’s body, and so it is also called the ‘Vajrapanjara’ (cage of thunderbolt) armour.

Significance

Devotees believe that regular recitation of this stotra wards off fear, disease, calamity and untimely death, and grants long life, victory and auspiciousness. It is recited especially on Rama Navami, on Tuesdays, and in the early morning.

How to Recite

After bathing, sit on a clean seat facing east or north. Recite the Viniyoga and Dhyana first, then all the shlokas in sequence with clear pronunciation.

Thus is completed the Shri Rama Raksha Stotram composed by the sage Budhakaushika. May it be an offering unto Sri Sitaramachandra.

Sources 2

  • Mantra - Shri Ram Raksha Stotram - BhaktiBharat.com — Shri Rama Raksha Stotram (by the sage Budhakaushika) — Viniyoga, Dhyana and 38 shlokas

    Devanagari taken from the source page; Sanskrit aksharas, sandhi and anusvara/visarga were corrected against the authoritative text (sanskritdocuments.org ITRANS edition) — e.g. 'naro na lipyate', 'ramo'khilam', 'drishau...shruti', 'sukriti', 'janakatmaja'. A final review against a printed Gita Press edition is advised.

  • Sanskrit Documents - Rama Raksha Stotram — raamarakShAstotram (Ananda Ramayana), authoritative ITRANS text

    Authoritative digital source used to verify Sanskrit aksharas and sandhi.

Meanings are compiled and edited by the Ved Path team, and are being progressively reviewed for accuracy.

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