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Rahu Stotram

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Devotional text

rāhustotramm
rāhustotramm
atharāhustotraprārambhaḥ|
oṃasyaśrīrāhustotramahāmantrasyavāmadevaṛṣiḥḥ|
anuṣṭupcchandaḥ|rāhurdevatāvatā|
rāhuprasādasiddhyarthejapeviniyogaḥyogaḥ|
kāśyapayapauvāca|
śa‍ṛṇvantuumunayaḥsarverāhuprītikaraṃkaraṃstavamvam|
sarvarogapraśamanaṃśamanaṃviṣabhītiharaṃharaṃparam||1||
sarvasampatkaraṃraṃcaivaguhyametadanuttamammam|
ādareṇapravakṣyāmiśrūyatāmavadhānataḥūyatāmavadhānataḥ||2||
rāhuḥḥsūryaripuścaivaivaviṣajvālīālībhayānanaḥ|
sudhāṃśuvairiḥḥśyāmātmāviṣṇucakrāhitotobalī||3||
bhujageśastīkṣṇadaṃṣṭraḥkrūrakarmāgrahādhipaḥpaḥ|
dvādaśaitānināmāni
nityaṃyoniyataḥyataḥpaṭhet||4||
japtvātupratimāṃmāṃraṃyāṃsīsajāṃmāṣasusthitām
tām|
nīlairgandhākṣataiḥtaiḥpuṣpaiḥaiḥbhaktyāsampūjyayatnataḥtaḥ||5||
vidhinānāvahnimādāyamādāyadūrvānnājyāhutīḥtīḥkramāt|māt|
tanmantreṇaiveṇaivajuhuyādyāvadaṣṭottaraṃraṃśatam||6||
hutvaivaṃaivaṃbhaktimānmānrāhuṃṃprārthayedgrahanāyakamhanāyakam|
sarvāpadvinivṛtyarthaṃprāñjaliḥpraṇatoṇatonaraḥ||7rāhokarāḻavadanaravicandrabhayaṅkara|
tamorūpapanamastubhyaṃprasādaṃsādaṃkuru
sarvadādā||8||
simhikāsutakāsutasūryāreresiddhagandharvapūjita
|
siṃhavāhaṃhavāhanamastubhyaṃsarvānrogānogānnivārayavāraya||9||
kṛpāṇaphalakāhasta
triśūlinnvaradāyaka|
rāhustotramm
garaḻātigarāḻāsya
gadānme
enāśayākhilān
lān||10||
svarbhānonosarpavadanavadanasudhākaravimardana
na|
surāsuravarastutya
sarvadādātvaṃprasīdasīdame||11||
iti
samprārthitotorāhuḥḥduṣṭasthānagato'pivā|
suprītoītojāyatetasyasarvānnrogānvināśayetnāśayet||12||
viṣānnajāyatebhītiḥ
ḥmahārogasya
kākathā|
sarvānnkāmānavāpnoti
naṣṭaṃrājyamavāpnuyātuyāt||13||
evaṃpaṭhedanudinaṃnaṃstavarājametaṃvarājametaṃmartyaḥḥprasannahṛdayodayovijitendriyoyoyaḥ|
ārogyamāyuratulaṃyamāyuratulaṃlabhatesuputrānsarvegrahāhāviṣamagāḥṣamagāḥsuratiprasannāḥāḥ||14||
iti
rāhustotraṃsampūrṇamm|

About this stotram — Navagraha

A Stotram is a Sanskrit hymn of praise composed by great sages and poet-saints such as Adi Shankaracharya. Stotrams describe the deity’s form, qualities and deeds in richly poetic language, and chanting them is said to purify the intellect and awaken devotion. Many stotrams carry a phala-shruti — a closing verse describing the benefits of recitation.

How to chant

Stotrams reward slow, attentive chanting. Read the meaning once before you begin so the verses resonate as you recite. Early morning (Brahma Muhurat) is ideal, but any quiet time works. If Sanskrit feels difficult, chant along with the transliteration and let the rhythm settle naturally over a few days of practice.

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