रामाष्टकम् Ramashtakam (Bhaje Visheshasundaram)
rāmāṣṭakam
"Bhaje viśeṣasundaram": eight verses attributed to Vyāsa that worship Rāma as the one non-dual Brahman, with the refrain "I worship Rāma, the One without a second".
रामाष्टकम्
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भजे विशेषसुन्दरं समस्तपापखण्डनम् ।स्वभक्तचित्तरञ्जनं सदैव राममद्वयम् ॥१॥
bhaje viśeṣasundaraṃ samastapāpakhaṇḍanam |svabhaktacittarañjanaṃ sadaiva rāmamadvayam ||1||
I worship always Rāma, the One without a second, surpassingly beautiful, who shatters every sin and delights the hearts of his devotees.
जटाकलापशोभितं समस्तपापनाशकम् ।स्वभक्तभीतिभञ्जनं भजे ह राममद्वयम् ॥२॥
jaṭākalāpaśobhitaṃ samastapāpanāśakam |svabhaktabhītibhañjanaṃ bhaje ha rāmamadvayam ||2||
Adorned with a mass of matted locks, destroyer of all sins, breaker of his devotees’ fear: I worship Rāma, the One without a second.
निजस्वरूपबोधकं कृपाकरं भवापहम् ।समं शिवं निरञ्जनं भजे ह राममद्वयम् ॥३॥
nijasvarūpabodhakaṃ kṛpākaraṃ bhavāpaham |samaṃ śivaṃ nirañjanaṃ bhaje ha rāmamadvayam ||3||
Who awakens us to our own true nature, a mine of compassion, remover of worldly existence; the same in all, auspicious, stainless: I worship Rāma, the One without a second.
सहप्रपञ्चकल्पितं ह्यनामरूपवास्तवम् ।निराकृतिं निरामयं भजे ह राममद्वयम् ॥४॥
sahaprapañcakalpitaṃ hyanāmarūpavāstavam |nirākṛtiṃ nirāmayaṃ bhaje ha rāmamadvayam ||4||
On whom the world of appearances is imagined, yet who in truth has neither name nor form; formless and free of all affliction: I worship Rāma, the One without a second.
निष्प्रपञ्चनिर्विकल्पनिर्मलं निरामयम् ।चिदेकरूपसन्ततं भजे ह राममद्वयम् ॥५॥
niṣprapañcanirvikalpanirmalaṃ nirāmayam |cidekarūpasantataṃ bhaje ha rāmamadvayam ||5||
Beyond the world of appearances, beyond all concepts, pure and untroubled, whose one unbroken form is consciousness: I worship Rāma, the One without a second.
भवाब्धिपोतरूपकं ह्यशेषदेहकल्पितम् ।गुणाकरं कृपाकरं भजे ह राममद्वयम् ॥६॥
bhavābdhipotarūpakaṃ hyaśeṣadehakalpitam |guṇākaraṃ kṛpākaraṃ bhaje ha rāmamadvayam ||6||
The boat across the ocean of becoming, imagined as dwelling in every body, a mine of virtues and of compassion: I worship Rāma, the One without a second.
महावाक्यबोधकैर्विराजमानवाक्पदैः ।परं च ब्रह्म व्यापकं भजे ह राममद्वयम् ॥७॥
mahāvākyabodhakairvirājamānavākpadaiḥ |paraṃ ca brahma vyāpakaṃ bhaje ha rāmamadvayam ||7||
Shining forth in the words and phrases that teach the great Upaniṣadic sayings (mahāvākyas), the supreme, all-pervading Brahman: I worship Rāma, the One without a second.
शिवप्रदं सुखप्रदं भवच्छिदं भ्रमापहम् ।विराजमानदैशिकं भजे ह राममद्वयम् ॥८॥
śivapradaṃ sukhapradaṃ bhavacchidaṃ bhramāpaham |virājamānadaiśikaṃ bhaje ha rāmamadvayam ||8||
Giver of the auspicious and of happiness, who cuts off worldly existence and removes delusion, the radiant teacher: I worship Rāma, the One without a second.
रामाष्टकं पठति यः सुकरं सुपुण्यंव्यासेन भाषितमिदं शृणुते मनुष्यः ।विद्यां श्रियं विपुलसौख्यमनन्तकीर्तिंसम्प्राप्य देहविलये लभते च मोक्षम् ॥९॥
rāmāṣṭakaṃ paṭhati yaḥ sukaraṃ supuṇyaṃvyāsena bhāṣitamidaṃ śṛṇute manuṣyaḥ |vidyāṃ śriyaṃ vipulasaukhyamanantakīrtiṃsamprāpya dehavilaye labhate ca mokṣam ||9||
Whoever recites, or listens to, this easy and most meritorious Rāmāṣṭaka spoken by Vyāsa gains learning, prosperity, abundant happiness and endless fame, and when the body falls away attains liberation.
॥ इति रामाष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥
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Attributed to Vyāsa.
