Lord Rama

śrī rāmaraghunātha aṣṭakam

(Ram Raghunath Ashtakam in English (IAST))

Also known as ram ram ji · ram ashtakam · dasarathanandana dasarathighana purnacandra tanu kantimayam

An ashtakam to Rama as Raghunatha — son of Dasharatha, his body the light of the full moon, lord of Rama, the hero, husband of Sita.

daśarathanandana dāśarathīghana pūrṇacandra tanu kāntimayam
divyasunayana raṇjītarañjana ramāpatī vīra sītānātham
gahanakānane lakṣmīlakṣmīpati pitṛsatyadhārī satyasutam
pūrṇasatyadeva rāghava mādhaba rāmaraghunātha padaubhaje ||1||
maṇḍitadharaṇī khaṇḍitatanunatamastakebhūṣita kleśabhāram
sambhabatiyugeyuge nānākṛtadhṛtarūpa arūpasvarūpa śastradharam
pāpāsuranidhana sādhuparitrāṇa daridradāruṇa trāṇamūrttim
divya kānti tanu netra śaśī bhānu rāmaraghunātha padaubhaje ||2||
ghanaghanaghanībhūta kauśalyāsambhūta rāmaramākānta jagannātham
śāntasuśītala sunīlaanala nīlataralarala tavamukham
candanavimardana madanamohana nagnanimagnadhīra bhaktaramam
hasteśastradhārī tribhubanavihārī rāmaraghunātha padaubhaje ||3||
ahalyātāraka balīsaṃhāraka śatruvināśaka viśvadevam
premapradāyaka brahmāṇḍanāyaka tāraṇapataka satyapriyam
daśamukhamarddhana bhaktaprāṇadhana nityanirañjana sarvasāram
sarvamanorañjana sarvamānabhañjana rāmaraghunātha padaubhaje ||4||
vikrāntakuṇḍīra sthiramanohara divyakalevara māyādharam
nīrajavadana paṅkajalocana puṣkaracaraṇa mokṣyapradam
rāmarāmaherāma śrīrāmajayarāma rāmaramaṇacittecittadharam
patipatisītāpati bhūpatiśrīpati rāmaraghunātha padaubhaje ||5||
mandaramāndara sānandasundara taruṇadhārūṇapati sṛṣṭidharam
sadāprajābatsala komalautpala vimalaśyāmala kalevaram
jānakīvallabha tavakarapallava saurabhadurlabha tattvasāram
mokṣyapradāyaka ānandadāyaka rāmaraghunātha padaubhaje ||6||
mārūtisevita indirāvandita viśvasandanīta śrīkandaram
caṇḍavātagati chidatidurgati sṛṣṭipralayasthiti mulātmūlam
he prabhuīśvara śrīdharabhūdhara sarvāṃgasundara raṃganātham
kṛpālusāgara nityamanohara rāmaraghunātha padaubhaje ||7||
tava anusmaraṇa tava paricintana pradhyānapaṭhana nityasukham
mukhetabagāpana tava līlāvarṇana tava nāmemārjana śuddhamayam
kleśakleśamahākleśa bhavasurā debeśa rakṣākurusvāmī gorakṣakam
he raghunandana sarvakleśakhaṇḍana rāmaraghunātha padaubhaje ||8||
mamabanarodana paritāpaardana apasāratabasaṃga raghunātham |
tabapadadarśana sadācittecintana mamaprāṇaprāṇadhana cakradharam |
utkalasambhava śubhāgasubhaga bhaṇatitabamālīkā gonāyakam |
dīnakṛṣṇadāsa pratiśvāsapraśvāsa rāmaraghunātha padaubhaje ||0||
|| iti śrī kṛṣṇadāsaḥ viracita śrī rāmaraghunātha aṣṭakam sampūrṇam||

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