Aasya Shriramrakshastrotamantrasya budhkaushik hrishi |

ShriSitaramcandro devta anushtup Chanda: Sita shakti |

Shriman hanuman keelkam ShriRamcandapreetyeRthe |
Ramrakshastotrajape vinyOgah ||
Dhyaanam
Dhyaaedaajaanu baahum dhyaanam dhrit shar dhanusham badhhpadmaasanastham |
Peetam vaaso vasaanam navkamaldalspardhinetram prasannam |
Vamaankaarooddh sita mukhkamal milallochanam neerdaabham |
Naanaalankaar deeptam dadhat murujataamandalam Ramchandram ||
Stotram
Charitam Raghunaathasya shut koti pravistaram |
Ekaikam aksharam punsaam mahaa paatak naashanam || 1 ||
Dhyaatvaa nilotpal shyaamam Ramam rajeev lochanam |
Jaanaki lakshmanopetam jataa mukut manditam || 2 ||
Saasitoor dhanurbaan paanim naktam charaantakam |
Swalilayaa jagat traatumaavirbhuntam ajam vibhum || 3 ||
Ram rakshaam patthet praagyaha paapaghaneem sarv kaamdam |
Shiro may Raaghavah paatu bhaalam Dasharathaatmjah || 4 ||
Kausalyeyo Drishau Paatu Vishvaamitra priyah shrutee |
Ghraanam paatu makha traataa mukham saumitrivatsala || 5 ||
Jihvaam vidyaa nidhih paatu kanttham bharat vanditah |
Skandhau divyaayudhah paatu bhujau bhagnesh kaarmukah || 6 ||
Karau seetapatih paatu hridayam jaamadagnyajit |
Madhyam paatu khara dhwansi naabhim jaambvadaashrayah || 7 ||
Sugriveshah katee paatu sakthini hanumat prabhuh |
Uru Raghoot tamah paatu rakshakul vinaashkrit || 8 ||
Jaahnuni Setukrit Paatu janghey dasha mukhaantakah |
Paadau vibhishan shreedah paatu Ramokhilam vapuh ||9 ||

Etaam Ram balopetaam rakshaam yah sukriti patthet |

Sa chiraayuh sukheeputri vijayi vinayi bhavet || 10 ||
Paataal bhutalavyom chaari nash chadmchaarinah |
Na drashtumapi shaktaaste rakshitam ramnaambhih || 11 ||
Rameti Rambhadreti Ramchandreti vaa smaran |
Naro na lipyate paapeir bhuktim muktim chavindati || 12 ||
Jagat jaitreik mantrein Ram naam naabhi rakshitam |
Yah kantthe dhaareytasya karasthaah sarv siddhyah ||13 ||
Vajra panjar naamedam yo Ramkavacham smaret |
Avyaa hataagyah sarvatra labhate jai mangalam || 14 ||
Aadisht vaan yathaa swapne Ram rakshaimaam harah |
Tathaa likhit vaan praatah prabu dho budh kaushikah || 15 ||
Aaraamah kalpa vrikshaanam viraamah sakalaapadaam |
Abhiraam strilokaanam Ramahi Shrimaansah nah prabhuh || 16 ||
Tarunau roop sampannau sukumaarau mahaa balau |
Pundreek vishaalaakshau cheerkrishnaa jinaambarau || 17 ||
Fala moolaa shinau daantau taapasau brahma chaarinau |
putrau dashrathasyetau bhraatarau Ram Lakshmanau ||18 ||
Sharanyau sarv satvaanaam shreshtthau sarv dhanush mataam |
Rakshah kul nihantaarau traayetaam no raghuttamau || 19 ||
Aattasajjadhanushaa vishusprishaa vakshyaashug nishang sanginau |
Rakshnaaya mum Ram lakshmanaa vagratah pathi sadaiv gachhtaam || 20 ||
Sannadah kavachi khadagi chaap baan dharo yuvaa |
Gachhan manorathaa nashch Ramah paatu salakshmanah || 21 ||
Ramo daashraltih shooro lakshmanaaru charo balee |
Kaakutsthah purushah purnah kausalyeyo raghuttmah || 22 ||
Vedaant vedyo yagneshah puraan puru shottamah |
Jaanaki vallabhah shrimaan prameya paraakramah || 23 ||

Ityetaani japan nityam madabhaktah shraddhyaan vitah |

Ashvamedhaadhikam punyam sampraapnoti na sanshayah || 24 ||
Ramam doorvaadal shyaamam padmaaksham peet vaasasam |
Stuvanti naambhirdivyern te sansaarino naraah || 25 ||
Ramam Lakshman poorvajam raghuvaram sitapatim sundaram |
Kaakutstham karunarnvam gunnidhim viprapriyam dhaarmikam || 26 ||
Raajendram satyasandham Dashrath tanayam shyaamalam shaantmurtium
Vande Lokaabhiraamam Raghukultilakam Raghavam Raavanaarim |
Ramaay Rambhadraay Ramchandraay Vedhasey
Raghunaathaay naathaay sitayah paataye namah || 27 ||
Shri Ram Ram Raghunandan Ram Ram
Shri Ram Ram Bharataagraj Ram Ram
Shri Ram Ram Runkarkash Ram Ram
Shri Ram Ram Sharanam bhav Ram Ram || 28 ||
Shri Ram Chandra Charan
Shri Ram Chandra Charanau manasaa smaraami
Shri Ram Chandra Charanau vachasaa grinaami
Shri Ram Chandra Charanau Shirasaa namaami
Shri Ram Chandra Charanau Sharanam prapadye || 29 ||
Maataa Ramo Matpitaa. Ram Chandrah
Swaami Ramo matsakhaa Ram Chandrah
Sarvasvam may Ram Chandra Dayaalur
Naanyam jaane naive jaane na jaane || 30 ||
Dakshiney Lakshmano yasya vaame cha janakaatmajaa |
Purato marutir yasya tama vande Raghunandanam || 31 ||
Lokaabhi Ramam rana rangdheeram
Rajeev netram Raghuvansh naatham
Kaarunya roopam karunaa karantam
Shri Ram Chandram Sharanam prapadye || 32 ||
Manojavam maarut tulya vegam
Jitendriyam buddhi mataam varishttham
Vaataatmjam vaanar youth mukhyam
Shri Ram dootam Sharanam prapadye || 33 ||

Koojantam Ram raameti madhuram madhuraaksharam |

Aaruhya Kavitaa Shakhaam vande Vaalmikilokilam || 34 ||
Aapdaampahar taaram daataaram sarvsampdaam |
Lokaabhiramam Shri Ramam bhooyo bhooyo namaamya hum || 35 ||
Bharjanam bhav beejaanaam arjanam sukh sampdaam |
Tarjanam yum dootaanaam Ram Rameti garjanam || 36 ||
Ramo Rajmani sadaa vijayate Ramam Ramesham bhaje
Ramenaa bhihtaa nishaacharchamoo Ramaay tasmai namah|
Ramannaasti paraayanam partaram Ramasya daasosmyaham
Rame Chittalayah sadaa bhavtu me bho Ram maamudhhar || 37 ||
Ram Rameti Rameti Ramey Rame manoramey |
Sahastra naam tatulyam Ram naam varaananey || 38 ||


Thus begins the hymn of Lord Ram for protection.

OM, Salutations to Lord Ganesh.


The author of this hymn is budhakaushika . The god is sitaaraamachandra .
The metre is anushTubh.h . The power is sitaa, central pivot is hanumaan.h
and usage is to recite.

Thus meditation




Thus begins the dhyaana of this mantra - one should meditate raama who
has arms reaching his knees, who is holding a bow and arrow, who is seated
in a lotus position, who is wearing yellow clothes, whose eyes compete with
petals of a fresh lotus, who looks satisfied, whose eyes are fixed on lotus-like
(pretty) face of sitaa sitting in his left lap, whose color is like that of rain
cloud, who has adorned different jewelery, who is wearing hair reaching upto
his thighs.

Thus ends meditation




The life story of Shri Rma has a vast expanse and each and every letter of it
is capable of destroying even the greatest sins of mankind . [1]


Let us meditate on the lotus-eyed, dark-complexioned Rama who is welladorned with a crown of hair and has Sita and Lakshmana alongside . [2]


(Let us meditate raama) who has a sword in a receptacle and bow, and
arrows, who destroyed the demons, who is not born but is incarnated to
protect the world with his actions . [3]


May the learned read the Ramaraksha `stotram', which destroys all sins and
grants all desires . (Begin listing details of the body to be protected) May
raama who is raghu's descendant protect my head . May raama who is
dasharatha's son protect my forehead . [4]


May the lord raama who is kausalyaa's son, protect my eyes . raama who is
favourite of vishvaamitra protect my ears . raama who is savior of yaGYa
protect my nose. raama who is affectionate to lakshmaNa protect my
mouth . [5]

May the raama who is a sea of knowledge protect my tongue. May raama
who is saluted by bharata protect my neck. May raama who holds divine
weapons protct my two shoulders. May raama who broke shiva's bow protect
my two upper arms . [6]


May the rama who is the husband of sitaa protect my two hands. May raama
who conquered parashuraama protect my heart. May raama who killed
rakshasa named khara protect my abdomen. May raama who gave refuge to
jambavad.h protect my navel . [7]


May raama who is master of sugrIva protect my waist. May raama who is
master of hanumaama protect my two hips. May raama who is the best of
raghus and who destroyed the lineage of raakshasa protect my two thighs .
[8]



May raama who built the bridge protect my two knees. May raama who killed
ten faced ones protect my two shins. May raama who gave the wealth to
bibhIshhaNa protect my two feet. Thus may he protect my entire body . [9]


May the good man who readeth this `stotra', which has all the power of
Rama, be blessed with long life, happiness, children, success and humility .
[10]


No one, who is wandering below the earth or on the earth or above the earth
or those who wander surreptitiously changing their forms, will even be able

to see the man protected by raamanaama . (let alone bring any harm to
him). [11]


No sin can attach to the man who singeth the praise of the lord and he will
prosper in this world and get salvation . [12]


One who wears this mantra of raama naama that has conquered the world
around his neck will have all the powers at his beck and call . [13]


He who wears this armour called vajrapa.njara will be unscathed and will win
victory everywhere . [14]


Budhakaushika was commanded in his dream by Lord Shiva to compose this
hymn and he did so, as soon as he awoke in the morning . [15]


Rama, who grants all desires, removes all obstacles and is the praise of all
three worlds, is our `Lord' indeed . [16]

May the two brothers ever protect us, who are young, handsome, lotus-eyed
and bark and deer-skin dressed . [17]



These two sons of Dasharatha, the brothers Rama and Lakshmana, the ones
who are subsisting on roots and fruits and practicing penance and celibacy,
(continued in the next.) [18]


these two scions of Raghu protect us, the foremost among the archers, the
destroyers of the demons and the refuge of all beings, (may they) protect
us . [19]


Rama and Lakshmana (both), their bows pulled and ready, their hands on the
arrows (packed) in ever full quivers (carried on their backs), may they always
escort me in my path, for my protection . [20]


Ever prepared and armed with sword, shield and bows and arrows and
followed by Lakshman , Rama is like our cherished thoughts come to life,
may he (along with Lakshman) protect us . [21]


Rama, the scion of Raghu and the son of Dasaratha and Kausalya, and ever ,
accompanied by Lakshmana, is all powerful and is the perfect man (Lord).
[22]

The rama, who is perceived thru vedaanta, who is lord of all yaGYa, is ancient
and the best man who is beloved of jaanakii and whose bravery is
unmeasurable . [23]


My devotee (says Lord Shiva), who recites these (names of raama) with faith,
will attain more religious merit than one obtainable by horse-sacrifice . There
is no doubt about it. [24]


Those who sing the praise of Raama (who is lotus-eyed, dark-complexioned
and dressed in yellow clothes) thro' this hymn, are (no longer) ordinary men
trapped in the world (they get liberated!) [25]




I salute that Rama who is handsome, the elder brother of Lakshmana, the
husband of Sita and the best of the scions of the Raghu race, Him who is the
ocean of compassion, the stockpile of virtues, the beloved of the Brahmans
and the protector of Dharma, Him who is the practiser of the Truth, the lord
emperor of kings, the son of Dasaratha, dark-complexioned and the
personification of Peace and tranquillity, Him who is the enemy of Ravana,
the crown jewel of the Raghu dynaty and the cynosure of all eyes . [26]


I salute that Rama who is benevolent and cool as moon, and who is the lord
of Sita and the master guardian of all. [27]




I surender to that Rama who is the delight of the Raghus, elder brother of
Bharata and the tormentor of his enemies in the war. [28]




The two feet of Rama, I remember them in my mind, I praise them by my
speech, I bow to them by my head I take resort in them! [29]




Rama is (like) my mother, father, master and friend, indeed the kind-hearted
Rama is all I have . I know of no other (like him). [30]


I salute that Rama who has Lakshmana on his right and Sita on the left and
who has Hanuman in his front . [31]

I take refuge in that Rama who is quite pleasing to the sight, the master of
the stage of war, lotus-eyed, lord of the Raghu race and compassionpersonified . [32]




I take refuge in the lord Hanuman who is as fast as the mind, equals his
father, the wind-God, in speed, is the master of the senses, the foremost
amongst the learned, the leader of the Monkey forces and the great
messengerof Shri Rama. [33]


I salute the great sage Valmiki who sings the glorious name of Rama
resorting to his Ramayana as sweetly as a cuckoo will sing sitting atop a
tree . [34]


I bow again and again to Ram who removes all obstacles and grants all
wealth and pleases all. [35]


The roar of the Ramanama is the destruction of the cause of rebirth (hence
cause of liberation), the earning of all wealth and a scare to Yama's
messengers. [36]


Rama, the jewel among the kings, Him I worship, by Him the hordes demons
have been destroyed, to him is said my prayer, beyond Him there is nothing
to be worshipped, His servant I am, my mind is totally absorbed in Him, O
Ram, please lift me up. This verse gives all the seven declensions of the
singular word raama and gives one way of remembering them! [37]


O fair-faced Parvati! I enjoy saying raama raama. Uttering but once the name
`Rama' is equal to the uttering of any other `name' of God, a thousand times
. [38]


Thus ends Ramaraksha Strotram composed by Budhakaushika.

Salutations to Sita Ram