Lord Rama

śrī rāma hṛdayam

(Shri Rama Hridayam in English (IAST))

From Adhyatma Ramayana

Shri Rama Hridayam is a profound philosophical dialogue found in the Uttara Kanda of the Adhyatma Ramayana, where Lord Rama imparts the essence of Advaita Vedanta to Hanuman. The text elucidates the nature of the Self, the individual soul, and the Supreme Reality using the analogy of space. By contemplating these verses, the seeker transcends the illusion of duality and understands the oneness of all existence. Chanting this stotra is believed to grant spiritual wisdom, remove ignorance, and bestow the supreme realization of the divine presence residing within every heart.

śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ |

śrī mahādeva uvāca |

tato rāmaḥ svayaṃ prāha hanumantamupasthitam |
śa‍ṛṇu yatvaṃ pravakṣyāmi hyātmānātmaparātmanām || 1||
ākāśasya yathā bhedastrividho dṛśyate mahān |
jalāśaye mahākāśastadavacchinna eva hi |
pratibimbākhyamaparaṃ dṛśyate trividhaṃ nabhaḥ || 2||
buddhyavacchinnacaitanyamekaṃ pūrṇamathāparam |
ābhāsastvaparaṃ bimbabhūtamevaṃ tridhā citiḥ || 3||
sābhāsabuddheḥ kartṛtvamavicchinne'vikāriṇi |
sākṣiṇyāropyate bhrāntyā jīvatvaṃ ca tathā'budhaiḥ || 4||
ābhāsastu mṛṣābuddhiravidyākāryamucyate |
avicchinnaṃ tu tadbrahma vicchedastu vikalpitaḥ || 5||
avicchinnasya pūrṇena ekatvaṃ pratipadyate |
tattvamasyādivākyaiśca sābhāsasyāhamastathā || 6||
aikyajñānaṃ yadotpannaṃ mahāvākyena cātmanoḥ |
tadā'vidyā svakāryaiśca naśyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ || 7||
etadvijñāya madbhakto madbhāvāyopapadyate
madbhaktivimukhānāṃ hi śāstragarteṣu muhyatām |
na jñānaṃ na ca mokṣaḥ syātteṣāṃ janmaśatairapi || 8||
idaṃ rahasyaṃ hṛdayaṃ mamātmano mayaiva sākṣātkathitaṃ tavānagha |
madbhaktihīnāya śaṭhāya na tvayā dātavyamaindrādapi rājyato'dhikam || 9||
|| śrīmadadhyātmarāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍe śrīrāmahṛdayaṃ
sampūrṇam ||

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