Lord Rama

śrī rāma bhujaṅga prayāta stotram

(Sri Rama Bhujanga Prayata Stotram in English (IAST))

Adi Shankaracharya

Attributed to the legendary philosopher Adi Shankaracharya, this stotra is composed in the rhythmic Bhujanga Prayata meter, mimicking the graceful movement of a serpent. The hymn venerates Lord Rama not merely as an epic hero, but as the transcendent Brahman—the formless, eternal, and blissful supreme reality. By chanting these verses with devotion, seekers aim to transcend worldly limitations, dissolve ego, and attain profound spiritual clarity. The stotra serves as a powerful meditative tool to fix the mind upon the divine attributes of Rama, bestowing inner peace, liberation, and protection from the sufferings of material existence.

viśuddhaṃ paraṃ saccidānandarūpaṃ
guṇādhāramādhārahīnaṃ vareṇyam |
mahāntaṃ vibhāntaṃ guhāntaṃ guṇāntaṃ
sukhāntaṃ svayaṃ dhāma rāmaṃ prapadye || 1 ||
śivaṃ nityamekaṃ vibhuṃ tārakākhyaṃ
sukhākāramākāraśūnyaṃ sumānyam |
maheśaṃ kaleśaṃ sureśaṃ pareśaṃ
nareśaṃ nirīśaṃ mahīśaṃ prapadye || 2 ||
yadāvarṇayatkarṇamūle'ntakāle
śivo rāma rāmeti rāmeti kāśyām |
tadekaṃ paraṃ tārakabrahmarūpaṃ
bhaje'haṃ bhaje'haṃ bhaje'haṃ bhaje'ham || 3 ||
mahāratnapīṭhe śubhe kalpamūle
sukhāsīnamādityakoṭiprakāśam |
sadā jānakīlakṣmaṇopetamekaṃ
sadā rāmacandraṃ bhaje'haṃ bhaje'ham || 4 ||
kvaṇadratnamañjīrapādāravindaṃ
lasanmekhalācārupītāmbarāḍhyam |
mahāratnahārollasatkaustubhāṅgaṃ
nadaccañcarīmañjarīlolamālam || 5 ||
lasaccandrikāsmeraśoṇādharābhaṃ
samudyatpataṅgendukoṭiprakāśam |
namadbrahmarudrādikoṭīraratna
sphuratkāntinīrājanārādhitāṅghrim || 6 ||
puraḥ prāñjalīnāñjaneyādibhaktān
svacinmudrayā bhadrayā bodhayantam |
bhaje'haṃ bhaje'haṃ sadā rāmacandraṃ
tvadanyaṃ na manye na manye na manye || 7 ||
yadā matsamīpaṃ kṛtāntaḥ sametya
pracaṇḍaprakopairbhaṭairbhīṣayenmām |
tadāviṣkaroṣi tvadīyaṃ svarūpaṃ
sadāpatpraṇāśaṃ sakodaṇḍabāṇam || 8 ||
nije mānase mandire sannidhehi
prasīda prasīda prabho rāmacandra |
sasaumitriṇā kaikayīnandanena
svaśaktyānubhaktyā ca saṃsevyamāna || 9 ||
svabhaktāgragaṇyaiḥ kapīśairmahīśai-
-ranīkairanekaiśca rāma prasīda |
namaste namo'stvīśa rāma prasīda
praśādhi praśādhi prakāśaṃ prabho mām || 10 ||
tvamevāsi daivaṃ paraṃ me yadekaṃ
sucaitanyametattvadanyaṃ na manye |
yato'bhūdameyaṃ viyadvāyutejo
jalorvyādikāryaṃ caraṃ cācaraṃ ca || 11 ||
namaḥ saccidānandarūpāya tasmai
namo devadevāya rāmāya tubhyam |
namo jānakījīviteśāya tubhyaṃ
namaḥ puṇḍarīkāyatākṣāya tubhyam || 12 ||
namo bhaktiyuktānuraktāya tubhyaṃ
namaḥ puṇyapuñjaikalabhyāya tubhyam |
namo vedavedyāya cādyāya puṃse
namaḥ sundarāyendirāvallabhāya || 13 ||
namo viśvakartre namo viśvahartre
namo viśvabhoktre namo viśvamātre |
namo viśvanetre namo viśvajetre
namo viśvapitre namo viśvamātre || 14 ||
namaste namaste samastaprapañca-
-prabhogaprayogapramāṇapravīṇa |
madīyaṃ manastvatpadadvandvasevāṃ
vidhātuṃ pravṛttaṃ sucaitanyasiddhyai || 15 ||
śilāpi tvadaṅghrikṣamāsaṅgireṇu
prasādāddhi caitanyamādhatta rāma |
narastvatpadadvandvasevāvidhānā-
-tsucaitanyametīti kiṃ citramatra || 16 ||
pavitraṃ caritraṃ vicitraṃ tvadīyaṃ
narā ye smarantyanvahaṃ rāmacandra |
bhavantaṃ bhavāntaṃ bharantaṃ bhajanto
labhante kṛtāntaṃ na paśyantyato'nte || 17 ||
sa puṇyaḥ sa gaṇyaḥ śaraṇyo mamāyaṃ
naro veda yo devacūḍāmaṇiṃ tvām |
sadākāramekaṃ cidānandarūpaṃ
manovāgagamyaṃ paraṃ dhāma rāma || 18 ||
pracaṇḍapratāpaprabhāvābhibhūta-
-prabhūtārivīra prabho rāmacandra |
balaṃ te kathaṃ varṇyate'tīva bālye
yato'khaṇḍi caṇḍīśakodaṇḍadaṇḍam || 19 ||
daśagrīvamugraṃ saputraṃ samitraṃ
sariddurgamadhyastharakṣogaṇeśam |
bhavantaṃ vinā rāma vīro naro vā
suro vā'maro vā jayetkastrilokyām || 20 ||
sadā rāma rāmeti rāmāmṛtaṃ te
sadārāmamānandaniṣyandakandam |
pibantaṃ namantaṃ sudantaṃ hasantaṃ
hanūmantamantarbhaje taṃ nitāntam || 21 ||
sadā rāma rāmeti rāmāmṛtaṃ te
sadārāmamānandaniṣyandakandam |
pibannanvahaṃ nanvahaṃ naiva mṛtyo-
-rbibhemi prasādādasādāttavaiva || 22 ||
asītāsametairakodaṇḍabhūṣai-
-rasaumitrivandyairacaṇḍapratāpaiḥ |
alaṅkeśakālairasugrīvamitrai-
-rarāmābhidheyairalaṃ daivatairnaḥ || 23 ||
avīrāsanasthairacinmudrikāḍhyai-
-rabhaktāñjaneyāditattvaprakāśaiḥ |
amandāramūlairamandāramālai-
-rarāmābhidheyairalaṃ daivatairnaḥ || 24 ||
asindhuprakopairavandyapratāpai-
-rabandhuprayāṇairamandasmitāḍhyaiḥ |
adaṇḍapravāsairakhaṇḍaprabodhai-
-rarāmābhidheyairalaṃ daivatairnaḥ || 25 ||
hare rāma sītāpate rāvaṇāre
kharāre murāre'surāre pareti |
lapantaṃ nayantaṃ sadākālamevaṃ
samālokayālokayāśeṣabandho || 26 ||
namaste sumitrāsuputrābhivandya
namaste sadā kaikayīnandaneḍya |
namaste sadā vānarādhīśavandya
namaste namaste sadā rāmacandra || 27 ||
prasīda prasīda pracaṇḍapratāpa
prasīda prasīda pracaṇḍārikāla |
prasīda prasīda prapannānukampin
prasīda prasīda prabho rāmacandra || 28 ||
bhujaṅgaprayātaṃ paraṃ vedasāraṃ
mudā rāmacandrasya bhaktyā ca nityam |
paṭhansantataṃ cintayansvāntaraṅge
sa eva svayaṃ rāmacandraḥ sa dhanyaḥ || 29 ||
iti śrīmacchaṅkarācārya kṛtaṃ śrī rāma bhujaṅgaprayāta stotram |

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