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Rama Stuti Jatayu

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Devotional text

īrāmatutī jaṭāyuotaṃ ayāmarāmāyaṇe
{|| īrāmatutī jaṭāyuotaṃ ayāmarāmāyaṇe ||}
agayaguṇamāmayayamameya-
mikhalajagasṛṭathitasaṃhāramūla |
paramaṃ parāparamānadaṃ parāmānaṃ
varadamahaṃ ṇato'ma satataṃ rāma || 1||
mihatakaṭāivaeipatāmaraśucaṃ
rihatāvidhasukhimidarāmanohara |
yāmalaṃ jaṭāmakuṭovalaṃ cāpaśara-
komalakarāṃbujaṃ ṇato'yahaṃ rāma || 2||
bhuvanakamanīyapamīiḍataṃ śata-
rivabhāsuramabhīṭadaṃ śaraṇada |
surapādamūlaricatinalayaṃ
surasacayaseyaṃ ṇato'yahaṃ rāma || 3||
bhavakānanadavadahananāmadheyaṃ
bhavapakajabhavamukhadaivataṃ deva |
danujapitakoiṭasahaivanāśaṃ
manujākāraṃ hara ṇato'yahaṃ rāma || 4||
bhavabhāvanāharaṃ bhagavavaipaṇaṃ
bhavabhīivarihataṃ muinaseivataṃ para |
bhavasāgarataraṇāṃipotakaṃ inayaṃ
bhavanāśāyāinaśaṃ ṇato'yahaṃ rāma || 5||
igiraśigirasutādayāṃbujāvāsaṃ
igiranāyakadharaṃ igirapaāiraseya |
surasacayadanujeseivatapādaṃ
surapamiṇinabhaṃ ṇato'yahaṃ rāma || 6||
paradārāthapiravajatamanīiṣaṇāṃ
parapūṣaguṇabhūitasatuṭāmanā |
paralokaikihatinaratāmanāṃ seyaṃ
paramānadamayaṃ ṇato'yahaṃ rāma || 7||
matasudarivakisatavaāṃbhohaṃ
mṛitagocaramisatāṃbudakalebara |
isatapakajacānayanaṃ raghuvaraṃ
iitanidanīvaraṃ ṇato'yahaṃ rāma || 8||
jalapāaughathatarivamaḍalasamaṃ
sakalacarācarajīvātaḥthata |
pirapūṇamānamayamayayamekaṃ
paramaṃ parāparaṃ ṇato'yahaṃ rāma || 9||
ividhamādhavaśabhupabhedena guṇa-
itayivarāijataṃ kevalaṃ ivarājata |
idaśamuinajanatutamayatamajaṃ
iitajāmanoharaṃ ṇato'yahaṃ rāma || 10||
mamathaśatakoiṭasudarakalevaraṃ
jamanāśāidahīnaṃ icamayaṃ jagamaya |
inamalaṃ jamakamadhāramayanādhāraṃ
inamamamāmārāmaṃ ṇato'yahaṃ rāma || 11||

About this stotram — Rama

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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