Lord Rama

śrīrāma kavacam

(Shrirama Kavacham in English (IAST))

From Ananda Ramayana

Also known as agastiruvaca ajanubahumaravimdadalayataksa majanmasuddharasahasamukhaprasadam syamam grhita saracapamudararupam

The Shrirama Kavacham is a potent protective hymn derived from the Manohar Kanda of the Ananda Ramayana. It serves as a spiritual armor, invoking the divine grace of Lord Rama to shield the devotee from internal and external afflictions. Reciting this stotra is believed to bestow immense courage, purify the mind, and align the practitioner with the dharma of the Maryada Purushottama. It is traditionally chanted during daily morning prayers or before beginning significant undertakings to ensure divine protection, remove obstacles, and cultivate unwavering devotion toward the Lord of Ayodhya, fostering inner peace and spiritual strength.

agastiruvāca
ājānubāhumaraviṃdadalāyatākṣa-
-mājanmaśuddharasahāsamukhaprasādam |
śyāmaṃ gṛhīta śaracāpamudārarūpaṃ
rāmaṃ sarāmamabhirāmamanusmarāmi || 1 ||
asya śrīrāmakavacasya agastya ṛṣiḥ anuṣṭup chaṃdaḥ sītālakṣmaṇopetaḥ śrīrāmacaṃdro devatā śrīrāmacaṃdraprasādasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ |
atha dhyānaṃ
nīlajīmūtasaṃkāśaṃ vidyudvarṇāṃbarāvṛtam |
komalāṃgaṃ viśālākṣaṃ yuvānamatisuṃdaram || 1 ||
sītāsaumitrisahitaṃ jaṭāmukuṭadhāriṇam |
sāsitūṇadhanurbāṇapāṇiṃ dānavamardanam || 2 ||
yadā corabhaye rājabhaye śatrubhaye tathā |
dhyātvā raghupatiṃ kruddhaṃ kālānalasamaprabham || 3 ||
cīrakṛṣṇājinadharaṃ bhasmoddhūlitavigraham |
ākarṇākṛṣṭaviśikhakodaṃḍabhujamaṃḍitam || 4 ||
raṇe ripūn rāvaṇādīṃstīkṣṇamārgaṇavṛṣṭibhiḥ |
saṃharaṃtaṃ mahāvīramugramaiṃdrarathasthitam || 5 ||
lakṣmaṇādyairmahāvīrairvṛtaṃ hanumadādibhiḥ |
sugrīvādyairmāhāvīraiḥ śailavṛkṣakarodyataiḥ || 6 ||
vegātkarālahuṃkārairbhubhukkāramahāravaiḥ |
nadadbhiḥ parivādadbhiḥ samare rāvaṇaṃ prati || 7 ||
śrīrāma śatrusaṃghānme hana mardaya khādaya |
bhūtapretapiśācādīn śrīrāmāśu vināśaya || 8 ||
evaṃ dhyātvā japedrāmakavacaṃ siddhidāyakam |
sutīkṣṇa vajrakavacaṃ śṛṇu vakṣyāmyanuttamam || 9 ||
atha kavacam
śrīrāmaḥ pātu me mūrdhni pūrve ca raghuvaṃśajaḥ |
dakṣiṇe me raghuvaraḥ paścime pātu pāvanaḥ || 10 ||
uttare me raghupatirbhālaṃ daśarathātmajaḥ |
bhruvordūrvādalaśyāmastayormadhye janārdanaḥ || 11 ||
śrotraṃ me pātu rājeṃdro dṛśau rājīvalocanaḥ |
ghrāṇaṃ me pātu rājarṣirgaṃḍau me jānakīpatiḥ || 12 ||
karṇamūle kharadhvaṃsī bhālaṃ me raghuvallabhaḥ |
jihvāṃ me vākpatiḥ pātu daṃtapaṃktī raghūttamaḥ || 13 ||
oṣṭhau śrīrāmacaṃdro me mukhaṃ pātu parātparaḥ |
kaṃṭhaṃ pātu jagadvaṃdyaḥ skaṃdhau me rāvaṇāṃtakaḥ || 14 ||
dhanurbāṇadharaḥ pātu bhujau me vālimardanaḥ |
sarvāṇyaṃguliparvāṇi hastau me rākṣasāṃtakaḥ || 15 ||
vakṣo me pātu kākutsthaḥ pātu me hṛdayaṃ hariḥ |
stanau sītāpatiḥ pātu pārśvaṃ me jagadīśvaraḥ || 16 ||
madhyaṃ me pātu lakṣmīśo nābhiṃ me raghunāyakaḥ |
kausalyeyaḥ kaṭī pātu pṛṣṭhaṃ durgatināśanaḥ || 17 ||
guhyaṃ pātu hṛṣīkeśaḥ sakthinī satyavikramaḥ |
ūrū śārṅgadharaḥ pātu jānunī hanumatpriyaḥ || 18 ||
jaṃghe pātu jagadvyāpī pādau me tāṭakāṃtakaḥ |
sarvāṃgaṃ pātu me viṣṇuḥ sarvasaṃdhīnanāmayaḥ || 19 ||
jñāneṃdriyāṇi prāṇādīn pātu me madhusūdanaḥ |
pātu śrīrāmabhadro me śabdādīnviṣayānapi || 20 ||
dvipadādīni bhūtāni matsaṃbaṃdhīni yāni ca |
jāmadagnyamahādarpadalanaḥ pātu tāni me || 21 ||
saumitripūrvajaḥ pātu vāgādīnīṃdriyāṇi ca |
romāṃkurāṇyaśeṣāṇi pātu sugrīvarājyadaḥ || 22 ||
vāṅmanobuddhyahaṃkārairjñānājñānakṛtāni ca |
janmāṃtarakṛtānīha pāpāni vividhāni ca || 23 ||
tāni sarvāṇi dagdhvāśu harakodaṃḍakhaṃḍanaḥ |
pātu māṃ sarvato rāmaḥ śārṅgabāṇadharaḥ sadā || 24 ||
iti śrīrāmacaṃdrasya kavacaṃ vajrasammitam |
guhyādguhyatamaṃ divyaṃ sutīkṣṇa munisattama || 25 ||
yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi śrāvayedvā samāhitaḥ |
sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ rāmacaṃdraprasādataḥ || 26 ||
mahāpātakayukto vā goghno vā bhrūṇahā tathā |
śrīrāmacaṃdrakavacapaṭhanācchuddhimāpnuyāt || 27 ||
brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ |
bho sutīkṣṇa yathā pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā mama purāḥ śubham |
tathā śrīrāmakavacaṃ mayā te viniveditam || 28 ||
iti śrīmadānaṃdarāmāyaṇe manoharakāṃḍe sutīkṣṇāgastyasaṃvāde śrīrāmakavacam ||

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