Sankshepa Ramayanam
Sankshepa Ramayanam
Sankshepa Ramayanam
saṅkṣepa rāmāyaṇam
śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha prathamassargaḥ |
tapassvādhyāyanirataṃ tapasvī vāgvidāṃ varam |
nāradaṃ paripapraccha vālmīkirmunipuṅgavam || 1 ||
ko'nvasminsāmprataṃ loke guṇavān kaśca vīryavān |
dharmajñaśca kṛtajñaśca satyavākyo dṛḍhavrataḥ || 2 ||
cāritreṇa ca ko yuktaḥ sarvabhūteṣu ko hitaḥ |
vidvān kaḥ kaḥ samarthaśca kaścaikapriyadarśanaḥ || 3 ||
ātmavān ko jitakrodho dyutimān ko'nasūyakaḥ |
kasya bibhyati devāśca jātaroṣasya saṃyuge || 4 ||
etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me |
maharṣe tvaṃ samartho'si jñātumevaṃvidhaṃ naram || 5 ||
śrutvā caitattrilokajño vālmīkernārado vacaḥ |
śrūyatāmiti cāmantrya prahṛṣṭo vākyamabravīt || 6 ||
bahavo durlabhāścaiva ye tvayā kīrtitā guṇāḥ |
mune vakṣyāmyahaṃ buddhvā tairyuktaḥ śrūyatāṃ naraḥ || 7 ||
ikṣvākuvaṃśaprabhavo rāmo nāma janaiḥ śrutaḥ |
niyatātmā mahāvīryo dyutimān dhṛtimān vaśī || 8 ||
buddhimān nītimān vāgmī śrīmān śatrunibarhaṇaḥ |
vipulāṃso mahābāhuḥ kambugrīvo mahāhanuḥ || 9 ||
mahorasko maheṣvāso gūḍhajatrurarindamaḥ |
ājānubāhuḥ suśirāḥ sulalāṭaḥ suvikramaḥ || 10 ||
samaḥ samavibhaktāṅgaḥ snigdhavarṇaḥ pratāpavān |
pīnavakṣā viśālākṣo lakṣmīvān śubhalakṣaṇaḥ || 11 ||
dharmajñaḥ satyasandhaśca prajānāṃ ca hite rataḥ |
yaśasvī jñānasampannaḥ śucirvaśyaḥ samādhimān || 12 ||
prajāpatisamaḥ śrīmān dhātā ripuniṣūdanaḥ |
rakṣitā jīvalokasya dharmasya parirakṣitā || 13 ||
rakṣitā svasya dharmasya svajanasya ca rakṣitā |
vedavedāṅgatattvajño dhanurvede ca niṣṭhitaḥ || 14 ||
sarvaśāstrārthatattvajño smṛtimānpratibhānavān |
sarvalokapriyaḥ sādhuradīnātmā vicakṣaṇaḥ || 15 ||
sarvadābhigataḥ sadbhiḥ samudra iva sindhubhiḥ |
āryaḥ sarvasamaścaiva sadaikapriyadarśanaḥ || 16 ||
sa ca sarvaguṇopetaḥ kausalyānandavardhanaḥ |
samudra iva gāmbhīrye dhairyeṇa himavāniva || 17 ||
viṣṇunā sadṛśo vīrye somavatpriyadarśanaḥ |
kālāgnisadṛśaḥ krodhe kṣamayā pṛthivīsamaḥ || 18 ||
dhanadena samastyāge satye dharma ivāparaḥ |
tamevaṃ guṇasampannaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparākramam || 19 ||
jyeṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaguṇairyuktaṃ priyaṃ daśarathaḥ sutam |
prakṛtīnāṃ hitairyuktaṃ prakṛti priya kāmyayā || 20 ||
yauvarājyena saṃyoktumaicchatprītyā mahīpatiḥ |
tasyābhiṣekasambhārān dṛṣṭvā bhāryā'tha kaikayī || 21 ||
pūrvaṃ dattavarā devī varamenamayācata |
vivāsanaṃ ca rāmasya bharatasyābhiṣecanam || 22 ||
sa satyavacanādrājā dharmapāśena saṃyataḥ |
vivāsayāmāsa sutaṃ rāmaṃ daśarathaḥ priyam || 23 ||
sa jagāma vanaṃ vīraḥ pratijñāmanupālayan |
piturvacananirdeśātkaikeyyāḥ priyakāraṇāt || 24 ||
taṃ vrajantaṃ priyo bhrātā lakṣmaṇo'nujagāma ha |
snehādvinayasampannaḥ sumitrānandavardhanaḥ || 25 ||
bhrātaraṃ dayito bhrātuḥ saubhrātramanudarśayan |
rāmasya dayitā bhāryā nityaṃ prāṇasamāhitā || 26 ||
janakasya kule jātā devamāyeva nirmitā |
sarvalakṣaṇasampannā nārīṇāmuttamā vadhūḥ || 27 ||
sītā'pyanugatā rāmaṃ śaśinaṃ rohiṇī yathā |
paurairanugato dūraṃ pitrā daśarathena ca || 28 ||
śṛṅgiberapure sūtaṃ gaṅgākūle vyasarjayat |
guhamāsādya dharmātmā niṣādādhipatiṃ priyam || 29 ||
guhena sahito rāmaḥ lakṣmaṇena ca sītayā |
te vanena vanaṃ gatvā nadīstīrtvā bahūdakāḥ || 30 ||
citrakūṭamanuprāpya bharadvājasya śāsanāt |
ramyamāvasathaṃ kṛtvā ramamāṇā vane trayaḥ || 31 ||
devagandharvasaṅkāśāstatra te nyavasansukham |
citrakūṭaṃ gate rāme putraśokāturastathā || 32 ||
rājā daśarathaḥ svargaṃ jagāma vilapansutam |
mṛte tu tasminbharato vasiṣṭhapramukhairdvijaiḥ || 33 ||
niyujyamāno rājyāya naicchadrājyaṃ mahābalaḥ |
sa jagāma vanaṃ vīro rāmapādaprasādakaḥ || 34 ||
gatvā tu sa mahātmānaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparākramam |
ayācadbhrātaraṃ rāmaṃ āryabhāvapuraskṛtaḥ || 35 ||
tvameva rājā dharmajña iti rāmaṃ vaco'bravīt |
rāmo'pi paramodāraḥ sumukhassumahāyaśāḥ || 36 ||
na caicchatpiturādeśādrājyaṃ rāmo mahābalaḥ |
pāduke cāsya rājyāya nyāsaṃ dattvā punaḥ punaḥ || 37 ||
nivartayāmāsa tato bharataṃ bharatāgrajaḥ |
sa kāmamanavāpyaiva rāmapādāvupaspṛśan || 38 ||
nandigrāme'karodrājyaṃ rāmāgamanakāṅkṣayā |
gate tu bharate śrīmān satyasandho jitendriyaḥ || 39 ||
rāmastu punarālakṣya nāgarasya janasya ca |
tatrāgamanamekāgro daṇḍakānpraviveśa ha || 40 ||
praviśya tu mahāraṇyaṃ rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ |
virādhaṃ rākṣasaṃ hatvā śarabhaṅgaṃ dadarśa ha || 41 ||
sutīkṣṇaṃ cāpyagastyaṃ ca agastyabhrātaraṃ tathā |
agastyavacanāccaiva jagrāhaindraṃ śarāsanam || 42 ||
khaḍgaṃ ca paramaprītastūṇī cākṣayasāyakau |
vasatastasya rāmasya vane vanacaraiḥ saha || 43 ||
ṛṣayo'bhyāgamansarve vadhāyāsurarakṣasām |
sa teṣāṃ pratiśuśrāva rākṣasānāṃ tathā vane || 44 ||
pratijñātaśca rāmeṇa vadhaḥ saṃyati rakṣasām |
ṛṣīṇāmagnikalpānāṃ daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinām || 45 ||
tena tatraiva vasatā janasthānanivāsinī |
virūpitā śūrpaṇakhā rākṣasī kāmarūpiṇī || 46 ||
tataḥ śūrpaṇakhāvākyādudyuktānsarvarākṣasān |
kharaṃ triśirasaṃ caiva dūṣaṇaṃ caiva rākṣasam || 47 ||
nijaghāna raṇe rāmasteṣāṃ caiva padānugān |
vane tasminnivasatā janasthānanivāsinām || 48 ||
rakṣasāṃ nihatānyāsansahasrāṇi caturdaśa |
tato jñātivadhaṃ śrutvā rāvaṇaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ || 49 ||
sahāyaṃ varayāmāsa mārīcaṃ nāma rākṣasam |
vāryamāṇaḥ subahuśo mārīcena sa rāvaṇaḥ || 50 ||
na virodho balavatā kṣamo rāvaṇa tena te |
anādṛtya tu tadvākyaṃ rāvaṇaḥ kālacoditaḥ || 51 ||
jagāma sahamārīcaḥ tasyāśramapadaṃ tadā |
tena māyāvinā dūramapavāhya nṛpātmajau || 52 ||
jahāra bhāryāṃ rāmasya gṛdhraṃ hatvā jaṭāyuṣam |
gṛdhraṃ ca nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛtāṃ śrutvā ca maithilīm || 53 ||
rāghavaḥ śokasantapto vilalāpākulendriyaḥ |
tatastenaiva śokena gṛdhraṃ dagdhvā jaṭāyuṣam || 54 ||
mārgamāṇo vane sītāṃ rākṣasaṃ sandadarśa ha |
kabandhaṃ nāma rūpeṇa vikṛtaṃ ghoradarśanam || 55 ||
taṃ nihatya mahābāhuḥ dadāha svargataśca saḥ |
sa cāsya kathayāmāsa śabarīṃ dharmacāriṇīm || 56 ||
śramaṇīṃ dharmanipuṇāmabhigaccheti rāghavam |
so'bhyagacchanmahātejāḥ śabarīṃ śatrusūdanaḥ || 57 ||
śabaryā pūjitaḥ samyagrāmo daśarathātmajaḥ |
pampātīre hanumatā saṅgato vānareṇa ha || 58 ||
hanumadvacanāccaiva sugrīveṇa samāgataḥ |
sugrīvāya ca tatsarvaṃ śaṃsadrāmo mahābalaḥ || 59 ||
āditastadyathāvṛttaṃ sītayāśca viśeṣataḥ |
sugrīvaścāpi tatsarvaṃ śrutvā rāmasya vānaraḥ || 60 ||
cakāra sakhyaṃ rāmeṇa prītaścaivāgnisākṣikam |
tato vānararājena vairānukathanaṃ prati || 61 ||
rāmāyāveditaṃ sarvaṃ praṇayādduḥkhitena ca |
pratijñātaṃ ca rāmeṇa tadā vālivadhaṃ prati || 62 ||
vālinaśca balaṃ tatra kathayāmāsa vānaraḥ |
sugrīvaḥ śaṅkitaścāsīnnityaṃ vīryeṇa rāghave || 63 ||
rāghavaḥ pratyayārthaṃ tu dundubheḥ kāyamuttamam |
darśayāmāsa sugrīvo mahāparvata sannibham || 64 ||
utsmayitvā mahābāhuḥ prekṣya cāsthi mahābalaḥ |
pādāṅguṣṭhena cikṣepa sampūrṇaṃ daśayojanam || 65 ||
bibheda ca punaḥ sālānsaptaikena maheṣuṇā |
giriṃ rasātalaṃ caiva janayan pratyayaṃ tadā || 66 ||
tataḥ prītamanāstena viśvastaḥ sa mahākapiḥ |
kiṣkindhāṃ rāmasahito jagāma ca guhāṃ tadā || 67 ||
tato'garjaddharivaraḥ sugrīvo hemapiṅgalaḥ |
tena nādena mahatā nirjagāma harīśvaraḥ || 68 ||
anumānya tadā tārāṃ sugrīveṇa samāgataḥ |
nijaghāna ca tatrainaṃ śareṇaikena rāghavaḥ || 69 ||
tataḥ sugrīvavacanāddhatvā vālinamāhave |
sugrīvameva tadrājye rāghavaḥ pratyapādayat || 70 ||
sa ca sarvānsamānīya vānarānvānararṣabhaḥ |
diśaḥ prasthāpayāmāsa didṛkṣurjanakātmajām || 71 ||
tato gṛdhrasya vacanātsampāterhanumānbalī |
śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ pupluve lavaṇārṇavam || 72 ||
tatra laṅkāṃ samāsādya purīṃ rāvaṇapālitām |
dadarśa sītāṃ dhyāyantīṃ aśokavanikāṃ gatām || 73 ||
nivedayitvā'bhijñānaṃ pravṛttiṃ ca nivedya ca |
samāśvāsya ca vaidehīṃ mardayāmāsa toraṇam || 74 ||
pañca senāgragānhatvā sapta mantrisutānapi |
śūramakṣaṃ ca niṣpiṣya grahaṇaṃ samupāgamat || 75 ||
astreṇonmuktamātmānaṃ jñātvā paitāmahādvarāt |
marṣayanrākṣasānvīro yantriṇastānyadṛcchayā || 76 ||
tato dagdhvā purīṃ laṅkāṃ ṛte sītāṃ ca maithilīm |
rāmāya priyamākhyātuṃ punarāyānmahākapiḥ || 77 ||
so'bhigamya mahātmānaṃ kṛtvā rāmaṃ pradakṣiṇam |
nyavedayadameyātmā dṛṣṭā sīteti tattvataḥ || 78 ||
tataḥ sugrīvasahito gatvā tīraṃ mahodadheḥ |
samudraṃ kṣobhayāmāsa śarairādityasannibhaiḥ || 79 ||
darśayāmāsa cātmānaṃ samudraḥ saritāṃ patiḥ |
samudravacanāccaiva nalaṃ setumakārayat || 80 ||
tena gatvā purīṃ laṅkāṃ hatvā rāvaṇamāhave |
rāmaḥ sītāmanuprāpya parāṃ vrīḍāmupāgamat || 81 ||
tāmuvāca tato rāmaḥ paruṣaṃ janasaṃsadi |
amṛṣyamāṇā sā sītā viveśa jvalanaṃ satī || 82 ||
tato'gnivacanātsītāṃ jñātvā vigatakalmaṣām |
babhau rāmaḥ samprahṛṣṭaḥ pūjitaḥ sarvadaivataiḥ || 83 ||
karmaṇā tena mahatā trailokyaṃ sacarācaram |
sadevarṣigaṇaṃ tuṣṭaṃ rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ || 84 ||
abhiṣicya ca laṅkāyāṃ rākṣasendraṃ vibhīṣaṇam |
kṛtakṛtyastadā rāmo vijvaraḥ pramumoda ha || 85 ||
devatābhyo varaṃ prāpya samutthāpya ca vānarān |
ayodhyāṃ prasthito rāmaḥ puṣpakeṇa suhṛdvṛtaḥ || 86 ||
bharadvājāśramaṃ gatvā rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ |
bharatasyāntikaṃ rāmo hanūmantaṃ vyasarjayat || 87 ||
punarākhyāyikāṃ jalpansugrīvasahitaśca saḥ |
puṣpakaṃ tatsamāruhya nandigrāmaṃ yayau tadā || 88 ||
nandigrāme jaṭāṃ hitvā bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito'naghaḥ |
rāmaḥ sītāmanuprāpya rājyaṃ punaravāptavān || 89 ||
prahṛṣṭamudito lokastuṣṭaḥ puṣṭaḥ sudhārmikaḥ |
nirāmayo hyarogaśca durbhikṣa bhayavarjitaḥ || 90 ||
na putramaraṇaṃ kiñciddrakṣyanti puruṣāḥ kvacit |
nāryaścāvidhavā nityaṃ bhaviṣyanti pativratāḥ || 91 ||
na cāgnijaṃ bhayaṃ kiñcinnāpsu majjanti jantavaḥ |
na vātajaṃ bhayaṃ kiñcinnāpi jvarakṛtaṃ tathā || 92 ||
na cāpi kṣudbhayaṃ tatra na taskarabhayaṃ tathā |
nagarāṇi ca rāṣṭrāṇi dhanadhānyayutāni ca || 93 ||
nityaṃ pramuditāḥ sarve yathā kṛtayuge tathā |
aśvamedhaśatairiṣṭvā tathā bahusuvarṇakaiḥ || 94 ||
gavāṃ koṭyayutaṃ datvā brahmalokaṃ prayāsyati |
asaṅkhyeyaṃ dhanaṃ datvā brāhmaṇebhyo mahāyaśāḥ || 95 ||
rājavaṃśān śataguṇān sthāpayiṣyati rāghavaḥ |
cāturvarṇyaṃ ca loke'smin sve sve dharme niyokṣyati || 96 ||
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi daśavarṣaśatāni ca |
rāmo rājyamupāsitvā brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyati || 97 ||
idaṃ pavitraṃ pāpaghnaṃ puṇyaṃ vedaiśca sammitam |
yaḥ paṭhedrāmacaritaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 98 ||
etadākhyānamāyuṣyaṃ paṭhanrāmāyaṇaṃ naraḥ |
saputrapautraḥ sagaṇaḥ pretya svarge mahīyate || 99 ||
paṭhan dvijo vāgṛṣabhatvamīyāt
syāt kṣatriyo bhūmipatitvamīyāt |
vaṇigjanaḥ paṇyaphalatvamīyāt
janaśca śūdro'pi mahattvamīyāt || 100 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe nāradavākyaṃ nāma prathamaḥ sargaḥ ||
About This Stotram
Overview
The Sankshepa Ramayanam is a condensed Sanskrit retelling of the Ramayana in 100 verses, designed to convey the essential narrative and ethical teachings of the epic in a form suitable for regular recitation. It draws directly from the Valmiki Ramayana, with its opening verses matching the Balakanda of that text, and is dedicated to Lord Rama. The text belongs to the broader tradition of Ramayana devotional literature.
What are the benefits of chanting Sankshepa Ramayanam?
- Absorption of the Ramayana's core narrative and ethical teaching through recitation
- Cultivation of devotion to Lord Rama
- Development of understanding of Dharma as exemplified in the epic
- Attainment of peace and mental clarity through regular practice
When is the best time to recite this?
Morning and evening recitation are both appropriate. Rama Navami, the festival marking Rama's birth, is a particularly auspicious occasion. It is also recited during Kartik and other months associated with Vishnu-Rama devotion.
What is the historical and traditional background?
The Valmiki Ramayana, from which this condensed version draws, is one of the foundational texts of Sanskrit literature, traditionally dated to several centuries BCE. Condensed retellings and summaries of the Ramayana exist across many Indian languages and have been a common devotional format enabling wider access to the epic's teachings. The specific author of this Sankshepa Ramayanam is unknown. The text functions as a practical recitation tool rather than a replacement for the full epic.
Available scripts
This text is available in 14 scripts: devanagari, tamil, telugu, kannada, malayalam, gujarati, bengali, iast, gurmukhi, oriya, assamese, sinhala, itrans, hk. Use the script selector above to switch between them.
Related Texts
- Sankata Mochana Hanuman Ashtakam — a devotional hymn to Hanuman that draws on the same Ramayana tradition
- Santana Gopala Stotram — another Puranic stotra in this collection associated with Vishnu devotion