Sri Ramashtakam (Rama Ashtakam)

śrī rāmāṣṭakaṃ (rāma aṣṭakaṃ)

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bhaje viśeṣasundaraṃ samastapāpakhaṇḍanam |

svabhaktacittarañjanaṃ sadaiva rāmamadvayam || 1 ||

jaṭākalāpaśobhitaṃ samastapāpanāśakam |

svabhaktabhītibhañjanaṃ bhaje ha rāmamadvayam || 2 ||

nijasvarūpabodhakaṃ kṛpākaraṃ bhavā'paham |

samaṃ śivaṃ nirañjanaṃ bhaje ha rāmamadvayam || 3 ||

sadā prapañcakalpitaṃ hyanāmarūpavāstavam |

nirākṛtiṃ nirāmayaṃ bhaje ha rāmamadvayam || 4 ||

niṣprapañca nirvikalpa nirmalaṃ nirāmayam |

cidekarūpasantataṃ bhaje ha rāmamadvayam || 5 ||

bhavābdhipotarūpakaṃ hyaśeṣadehakalpitam |

guṇākaraṃ kṛpākaraṃ bhaje ha rāmamadvayam || 6 ||

mahāsuvākyabodhakairvirājamānavākpadaiḥ |

paraṃ ca brahma vyāpakaṃ bhaje ha rāmamadvayam || 7 ||

śivapradaṃ sukhapradaṃ bhavacchidaṃ bhramāpaham |

virājamānadaiśikaṃ bhaje ha rāmamadvayam || 8 ||

rāmāṣṭakaṃ paṭhati yaḥ sukhadaṃ supuṇyaṃ

vyāsena bhāṣitamidaṃ śṛṇute manuṣyaḥ |

vidyāṃ śriyaṃ vipulasaukhyamanantakīrtiṃ

samprāpya dehavilaye labhate ca mokṣam || 9 ||

iti śrīvyāsa prokta śrīrāmāṣṭakam |