
Sri Rama Raksha Stotram
Author: Sage Budha Kaushika
English Transliteration
Om Sri Rama Raksha Stotram
|| śrīrāmarakṣāstotram ||
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ |
asya śrīrāmarakṣāstotramantrasya |
budhakauśika ṛṣiḥ |
śrīsītārāmacandro devatā |
anuṣṭup chandaḥ |
sītā śaktiḥ |
śrīmadhanumān kīlakam |
śrīsītārāmacandraprītyarthe jape viniyogaḥ ||
|| atha dhyānam ||
dhyāyedājānubāhuṃ dhṛtaśaradhanuṣaṃ baddhapadmāsanasthaṃ |
pītaṃ vāsovasānaṃ navakamaladalaspardhinetraṃ prasannam ||
vāmāṅkārūḍhasītā mukhakamalamilallocanaṃ nīradābhaṃ |
nānālaṅkāradīptaṃ dadhatamurujaṭāmaṇḍanaṃ rāmacandram ||
|| iti dhyānam ||
caritaṃ raghunāthasya śatakoṭipravistaram |
ekaikamakṣaraṃ puṃsāṃ mahāpātakanāśanam ||1||
dhyātvā nīlotpalaśyāmaṃ rāmaṃ rājīvalocanam |
jānakīlakṣmaṇopetaṃ jaṭāmukuṭamaṇḍitam ||2||
sāsitūṇadhanurbāṇapāṇiṃ naktaṃ carāntakam |
svalīlayā jagattrātumāvirbhūtamajaṃ vibhum ||3||
rāmarakṣāṃ paṭhetprājñaḥ pāpaghnīṃ sarvakāmadām |
śiro me rāghavaḥ pātu bhālaṃ daśarathātmajaḥ ||4||
kausalyeyo dṛśau pātu viśvāmitrapriyaḥ śrutī |
ghrāṇaṃ pātu makhatrātā mukhaṃ saumitrivatsalaḥ ||5||
jihvāṃ vidyānidhiḥ pātu kaṇṭhaṃ bharatavanditaḥ |
skandhau divyāyudhaḥ pātu bhujau bhagneśakārmukaḥ ||6||
karau sītāpatiḥ pātu hṛdayaṃ jāmadagnyajit |
madhyaṃ pātu kharadhvaṃsī nābhiṃ jāmbavadāśrayaḥ ||7||
sugrīveśaḥ kaṭī pātu sakthinī hanumatprabhuḥ |
ūrū raghuttamaḥ pātu rakṣaḥkulavināśakṛt ||8||
jānunī setukṛtpātu jaṅghe daśamukhāntakaḥ |
pādau bibhīṣaṇaśrīdaḥ pātu rāmo'khilaṃ vapuḥ ||9||
etāṃ rāmabalopetāṃ rakṣāṃ yaḥ sukṛtī paṭhet |
sa cirāyuḥ sukhī putrī vijayī vinayī bhavet ||10||
pātālabhūtalavyomacāriṇaśchadmacāriṇaḥ |
na draṣṭumapi śaktāste rakṣitaṃ rāmanāmabhiḥ ||11||
rāmeti rāmabhadreti rāmacandreti vā smaran |
naro na lipyate pāpairbhuktiṃ muktiṃ ca vindati ||12||
jagajjetraikamantreṇa rāmanāmnābhirakṣitam |
yaḥ kaṇṭhe dhārayettasya karasthāḥ sarvasiddhayaḥ ||13||
vajrapañjaranāmedaṃ yo rāmakavacaṃ smaret |
avyāhatājñaḥ sarvatra labhate jayamaṅgalam ||14||
ādiṣṭavān yathā svapne rāmarakṣāmimāṃ haraḥ |
tathā likhitavān prātaḥ prabuddho budhakauśikaḥ ||15||
ārāmaḥ kalpavṛkṣāṇāṃ virāmaḥ sakalāpadām |
abhirāmastrilokānāṃ rāmaḥ śrīmān sa naḥ prabhuḥ ||16||
taruṇau rūpasampannau sukumārau mahābalau |
puṇḍarīkaviśālākṣau cīrakṛṣṇājināmbarau ||17||
phalamūlāśinau dāntau tāpasau brahmacāriṇau |
putrau daśarathasyaitau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau ||18||
śaraṇyau sarvasattvānāṃ śreṣṭhau sarvadhanuṣmatām |
rakṣaḥkulanihantārau trāyetāṃ no raghuttamau ||19||
āttasajjadhanuṣā viṣuspṛśā vakṣayā śuganiṣaṅgasaṅginau |
rakṣaṇāya mama rāmalakṣmaṇāvagrataḥ pathi sadaiva gacchatām ||20||
sannaddhaḥ kavacī khaḍgī cāpabāṇadharo yuvā |
gacchanmanoratho'smākaṃ rāmaḥ pātu salakṣmaṇaḥ ||21||
rāmo dāśarathiḥ śūro lakṣmaṇānucaro balī |
kākutsthaḥ puruṣaḥ pūrṇaḥ kausalyeyo raghuttamaḥ ||22||
vedāntavedyo yajñeśaḥ purāṇapuruṣottamaḥ |
jānakīvallabhaḥ śrīmānaprameyaparākramaḥ ||23||
ityetāni japennityaṃ madbhaktaḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ |
aśvamedhādhikaṃ puṇyaṃ samprāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ ||24||
rāmaṃ dūrvādalaśyāmaṃ padmākṣaṃ pītavāsasam |
stuvanti nāmabhirdivyairna te saṃsāriṇo naraḥ ||25||
rāmaṃ lakṣmaṇapūrvajaṃ raghuvaraṃ sītāpatiṃ sundaram |
kākutsthaṃ karuṇārṇavaṃ guṇanidhiṃ viprapriyaṃ dhārmikam |
rājendraṃ satyasandhaṃ daśarathatanayaṃ śyāmalaṃ śāntamūrtim |
vande lokābhirāmaṃ raghukulatilakaṃ rāghavaṃ rāvaṇārim ||26||
rāmāya rāmabhadrāya rāmacandrāya vedhase |
raghunāthāya nāthāya sītāyāḥ pataye namaḥ ||27||
śrīrāma rāma raghunandana rāma rāma |
śrīrāma rāma bharatāgraja rāma rāma |
śrīrāma rāma raṇakarkaśa rāma rāma |
śrīrāma rāma śaraṇaṃ bhava rāma rāma ||28||
śrīrāmacandracaraṇau manasā smarāmi |
śrīrāmacandracaraṇau vacasā gṛṇāmi |
śrīrāmacandracaraṇau śirasā namāmi |
śrīrāmacandracaraṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadye ||29||
mātā rāmo matpitā rāmacandraḥ |
svāmī rāmo matsakhā rāmacandraḥ |
sarvasvaṃ me rāmacandro dayāluḥ |
nānyaṃ jāne naiva jāne na jāne ||30||
dakṣiṇe lakṣmaṇo yasya vāme tu janakātmajā |
purato mārutiryasya taṃ vande raghunandanam ||31||
lokābhirāmaṃ raṇaraṅgadhīram |
rājīvanetraṃ raghuvaṃśanātham |
kāruṇyarūpaṃ karuṇākaraṃ tam |
śrīrāmacandraṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye ||32||
manojavaṃ mārutatulyavegam |
jitendriyaṃ buddhimatāṃ variṣṭham |
vātātmajaṃ vānarayūthamukhyam |
śrīrāmadūtaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye ||33||
kūjantaṃ rāma rāmeti madhuraṃ madhurākṣaram |
āruhya kavitāśākhāṃ vande vālmīkikokilam ||34||
āpadāmapahartāraṃ dātāraṃ sarvasampadām |
lokābhirāmaṃ śrīrāmaṃ bhūyo bhūyo namāmyaham ||35||
bharjanaṃ bhavabījānāmarjanaṃ sukhasampadām |
tarjanaṃ yamadūtānāṃ rāma rāmeti garjanam ||36||
rāmo rājamaṇiḥ sadā vijayate rāmaṃ rameśaṃ bhaje |
rāmeṇābhihatā niśācaracamū rāmāya tasmai namaḥ |
rāmānnāsti parāyaṇaṃ parataraṃ rāmasya dāso'smyaham |
rāme cittalayaḥ sadā bhavatu me bho rāma māmuddhara ||37||
rāmaṃ rāmeti rāmeti rame rāme manorame |
sahasranāma tattulyaṃ rāmanāma varānane ||38||
|| iti śrībudhakauśikaviracitaṃ śrīrāmarakṣāstotraṃ sampūrṇam ||
|| śrīsītārāmacandrārpaṇamastu ||Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Sri Rama Raksha Stotram?
The Sri Rama Raksha Stotram is a sacred Hindu devotional hymn (stotram) dedicated to Rama. VedKosh provides its complete text in Hindi and English with transliteration for regional readers.
What are the benefits of reciting the Sri Rama Raksha Stotram?
Reciting the Sri Rama Raksha Stotram with devotion is traditionally believed to invoke the grace of Rama, calm and focus the mind, and create an auspicious, sattvic atmosphere. It is practised as an act of bhakti (devotion) rather than for any guaranteed material outcome.
When should the Sri Rama Raksha Stotram be recited?
The Sri Rama Raksha Stotram can be recited during daily morning or evening worship of Rama, and especially on the deity's sacred days and festivals. A clean, quiet space and a steady, devotional mind are the main requirements.
Updated for 2026