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रघुनाथाष्टकम् Shriraghunathashtakam

raghunāthāṣṭakam

Shriraghunathashtakam (रघुनाथाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Rāma. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

  • Stotra
  • Aṣṭakam
  • Rāma
  • Ashtaka

रघुनाथाष्टकम्

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Verse 1

श्री गणेशाय नमः ।शुनासीराधीशैरवनितलज्ञप्तीडितगुणंप्रकृत्याऽजं जातं तपनकुलचण्डांशुमपरम् ।सिते वृद्धिं ताराधिपतिमिव यन्तं निजगृहेससीतं सानन्दं प्रणत रघुनाथं सुरनुतम् ॥ १॥

śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ |śunāsīrādhīśairavanitalajñaptīḍitaguṇaṃprakṛtyā'jaṃ jātaṃ tapanakulacaṇḍāṃśumaparam |site vṛddhiṃ tārādhipatimiva yantaṃ nijagṛhesasītaṃ sānandaṃ praṇata raghunāthaṃ suranutam || 1||

Verse 2

निहन्तारं शैवं धनुरिव इवेक्षुं नृपगणेपथि ज्याकृष्टेन प्रबलभृगुवर्यस्य शमनम् ।विहारं गार्हस्थ्यं तदनु भजमानं सुविमलंससीतं सानन्दं प्रणत रघुनाथं सुरनुतम् ॥ २॥

nihantāraṃ śaivaṃ dhanuriva ivekṣuṃ nṛpagaṇepathi jyākṛṣṭena prabalabhṛguvaryasya śamanam |vihāraṃ gārhasthyaṃ tadanu bhajamānaṃ suvimalaṃsasītaṃ sānandaṃ praṇata raghunāthaṃ suranutam || 2||

Verse 3

गुरोराज्ञां नीत्वा वनमनुगतं दारसहितंससौमित्रिं त्यक्त्वेप्सितमपि सुराणां नृपसुखम् ।विरुपाद्राक्षस्याः प्रियविरहसन्तापमनसंससीतं सानन्दं प्रणत रघुनाथं सुरनुतम् ॥ ३॥

gurorājñāṃ nītvā vanamanugataṃ dārasahitaṃsasaumitriṃ tyaktvepsitamapi surāṇāṃ nṛpasukham |virupādrākṣasyāḥ priyavirahasantāpamanasaṃsasītaṃ sānandaṃ praṇata raghunāthaṃ suranutam || 3||

Verse 4

विराधं स्वर्नीत्वा तदनु च कबन्धं सुररिपुंगतं पम्पातीरे पवनसुतसम्मेलनसुखम् ।गतं किष्किन्धायां विदितगुणसुग्रीवसचिवंससीतं सानन्दं प्रणत रघुनाथं सुरनुतम् ॥ ४॥

virādhaṃ svarnītvā tadanu ca kabandhaṃ suraripuṃgataṃ pampātīre pavanasutasammelanasukham |gataṃ kiṣkindhāyāṃ viditaguṇasugrīvasacivaṃsasītaṃ sānandaṃ praṇata raghunāthaṃ suranutam || 4||

Verse 5

प्रियाप्रेक्षोत्कण्ठं जलनिधिगतं वानरयुतंजले सेतुं बद्ध्वाऽसुरकुल निहन्तारमनघम् ।विशुद्धामर्धाङ्गीं हुतभुजि समीक्षन्तमचलंससीतं सानन्दं प्रणत रघुनाथं सुरनुतम् ॥ ५॥

priyāprekṣotkaṇṭhaṃ jalanidhigataṃ vānarayutaṃjale setuṃ baddhvā'surakula nihantāramanagham |viśuddhāmardhāṅgīṃ hutabhuji samīkṣantamacalaṃsasītaṃ sānandaṃ praṇata raghunāthaṃ suranutam || 5||

Verse 6

विमानं चारुह्याऽनुजजनकजासेवितपदमयोध्यायां गत्वा नृपपदमवाप्तारमजरम् ।सुयज्ञैस्तृप्तारं निजमुखसुरान् शान्तमनसंससीतं सानन्दं प्रणत रघुनाथं सुरनुतम् ॥ ६॥

vimānaṃ cāruhyā'nujajanakajāsevitapadamayodhyāyāṃ gatvā nṛpapadamavāptāramajaram |suyajñaistṛptāraṃ nijamukhasurān śāntamanasaṃsasītaṃ sānandaṃ praṇata raghunāthaṃ suranutam || 6||

Verse 7

प्रजां संस्थातारं विहितनिजधर्मे श्रुतिपथंसदाचारं वेदोदितमपि च कर्तारमखिलम् ।नृषु प्रेमोद्रेकं निखिलमनुजानां हितकरंसतीतं सानन्दं प्रणत रघुनाथं सुरनुतम् ॥ ७॥

prajāṃ saṃsthātāraṃ vihitanijadharme śrutipathaṃsadācāraṃ vedoditamapi ca kartāramakhilam |nṛṣu premodrekaṃ nikhilamanujānāṃ hitakaraṃsatītaṃ sānandaṃ praṇata raghunāthaṃ suranutam || 7||

Verse 8

तमः कीर्त्याशेषाः श्रवणगदनाभ्यां द्विजमुखास्तरिष्यन्तिज्ञात्वा जगति खलु गन्तारमजनम् ॥अतस्तां संस्थाप्य स्वपुरमनुनेतारमखिलंससीतं सानन्दं प्रणत रघुनाथं सुरनुतम् ॥ ८॥

tamaḥ kīrtyāśeṣāḥ śravaṇagadanābhyāṃ dvijamukhāstariṣyantijñātvā jagati khalu gantāramajanam ||atastāṃ saṃsthāpya svapuramanunetāramakhilaṃsasītaṃ sānandaṃ praṇata raghunāthaṃ suranutam || 8||

Verse 9

रघुनाथाष्टकं हृद्यं रघुनाथेन निर्मितम् ।पठतां पापराशिघ्नं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकम् ॥ ९॥

raghunāthāṣṭakaṃ hṛdyaṃ raghunāthena nirmitam |paṭhatāṃ pāparāśighnaṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakam || 9||

Verse 10

॥ इति पण्डित श्रीशिवदत्तमिश्रशास्त्रि विरचितं श्रीरघुनाथाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

|| iti paṇḍita śrīśivadattamiśraśāstri viracitaṃ śrīraghunāthāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ||

॥ इति रघुनाथाष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shriraghunathashtakam is a stotra addressed to Rāma, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: रघुनाथाष्टकम् (raghunāthāṣṭakam)). Source: Ashtaka.

Shriraghunathashtakam (रघुनाथाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Rāma. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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