ભજે વિશેષસુન્દરં સમસ્તપાપખણ્ડનમ્ ।
સ્વભક્તચિત્તરઞ્જનં સદૈવ રામમદ્વયમ્ ॥ 1 ॥
I worship the uniquely beautiful Lord Rama, the destroyer of all sins, who delights the hearts of His devotees and is eternally non-dual.
જટાકલાપશોભિતં સમસ્તપાપનાશકમ્ ।
સ્વભક્તભીતિભઞ્જનં ભજે હ રામમદ્વયમ્ ॥ 2 ॥
I worship the non-dual Lord Rama, who is adorned with a cluster of matted locks, the destroyer of all sins, and the dispeller of all fears of His devotees.
નિજસ્વરૂપબોધકં કૃપાકરં ભવાઽપહમ્ ।
સમં શિવં નિરઞ્જનં ભજે હ રામમદ્વયમ્ ॥ 3 ॥
I worship the non-dual Lord Rama, who reveals the knowledge of one’s own true nature, who is an ocean of mercy, the remover of the cycle of birth and death, equal to all, auspicious, and untainted by worldly attachments.
સદા પ્રપઞ્ચકલ્પિતં હ્યનામરૂપવાસ્તવમ્ ।
નિરાકૃતિં નિરામયં ભજે હ રામમદ્વયમ્ ॥ 4 ॥
I worship the non-dual Lord Rama, who is always imagined as the manifest world though He is in reality without name and form, who is formless and free from all afflictions.
નિષ્પ્રપઞ્ચ નિર્વિકલ્પ નિર્મલં નિરામયમ્ ।
ચિદેકરૂપસન્તતં ભજે હ રામમદ્વયમ્ ॥ 5 ॥
I worship the non-dual Lord Rama, who is beyond the phenomenal world, free from all doubts, pure, free from disease, and eternally existing as the embodiment of pure consciousness.
ભવાબ્ધિપોતરૂપકં હ્યશેષદેહકલ્પિતમ્ ।
ગુણાકરં કૃપાકરં ભજે હ રામમદ્વયમ્ ॥ 6 ॥
I worship the non-dual Lord Rama, who acts as a boat to cross the ocean of mundane existence, who dwells within the bodies of all beings, who is a repository of virtues, and an ocean of compassion.
મહાસુવાક્યબોધકૈર્વિરાજમાનવાક્પદૈઃ ।
પરં ચ બ્રહ્મ વ્યાપકં ભજે હ રામમદ્વયમ્ ॥ 7 ॥
I worship the non-dual Lord Rama, the supreme Brahman who is all-pervading and who shines through the words of the great Upanishadic teachings.
શિવપ્રદં સુખપ્રદં ભવચ્છિદં ભ્રમાપહમ્ ।
વિરાજમાનદૈશિકં ભજે હ રામમદ્વયમ્ ॥ 8 ॥
I worship the non-dual Lord Rama, the glorious teacher who bestows auspiciousness and happiness, severs the bonds of worldly existence, and removes all illusions.
રામાષ્ટકં પઠતિ યઃ સુખદં સુપુણ્યં
વ્યાસેન ભાષિતમિદં શૃણુતે મનુષ્યઃ ।
વિદ્યાં શ્રિયં વિપુલસૌખ્યમનન્તકીર્તિં
સમ્પ્રાપ્ય દેહવિલયે લભતે ચ મોક્ષમ્ ॥ 9 ॥
A human being who reads or hears this auspicious and blissful Ramashtakam, composed by Vyasa, attains knowledge, prosperity, abundant happiness, and endless fame, and upon the shedding of the body, attains liberation.
ઇતિ શ્રીવ્યાસ પ્રોક્ત શ્રીરામાષ્ટકમ્ ।