Shri Rama Stavaraja is a hymn written in praise of Lord Rama. It describes the divine qualities, beauty, compassion, and bravery of Shri Rama. The hymn portrays his divine form and his role as the destroyer of demons. Devotees recite this to receive Lord Rama’s blessings and to focus on his virtues.

॥ viniyoga ॥

Om asya shrI ramachandrastavarAjamantrasya sanatkumAraRishiH anuShTupchandaH shrIraamo devatA sItAbIjaM hanumAn shaktiH shrIraam prItyarthe jape viniyogaH॥

vANIvedavidhAyakaM svajanahRidadhvAntAdividhvansaM.
vAtsalyAdiguNArNavaM raghuvaraM shrIsItayA saMyutam ॥
shyAmaM sarvagataM shivAdipraNataM sadavaibhavaM siddhidaM.
vande chitsukhavigrahaM bhavaharaM rAjAdhirAjaM vibhum ॥

॥ shrI sUta uvAcha ॥

sarvashAstrArthatattvaj~naM vyAsa satyavatIsutaM dharmaputraH prahRiShTAtmA pratyuvAcha munIshwaram ॥1॥

॥ shrI yudhiShThira uvAcha ॥

bhagavan yoginAM shreShTha sarvashAstravishArada .
kiM tattvaM kiM paraM jApyaM kiM dhyAnaM muktisAdhanaM ॥
shrotumichchhAmi tatsarvaM brUhi me munisattama ॥2॥

॥ shrI vedavyAsa uvAcha ॥

dharma-rAja mahAbhAga shRuNu vakShyAmi tattvataH ॥3॥

yat paraṃ yadguṇAtItaṃ yajjyotirmalaṃ shivam.
tadeva paramaṃ tattvaṃ kaivalyapadakAraṇam ॥4॥

shrIrAmeti paraṃ jApyaṃ tArakaṃ brahmasaṃjñakam.
brahmahatyAdipApaghnamiti vedavido viduḥ ॥5॥

shrIrAma rAmeti janA ye japanti cha sarvadA.
teShAM bhuktiścha muktiścha bhaviShyati na saṃshayaḥ ॥6॥

stavarAjaṃ purA proktaṃ nAradev cha dhImatA.
tat sarvaṃ sampravakShyAmi haridhyAnapuraḥsaram ॥7॥

tApatrayAgnishamanaṃ sarvAghaughanikṛntanaṃ.
dAridryaduḥkhaśamanaṃ sarvasaṃpatkaraṃ shivam ॥8॥

vijñAnaphaladaṃ divyaṃ mokShaikaphalasAdhanam.
namaskṛtya pravakShyAmi rAmaṃ kRiShṇaṃ jaganmayam ॥9॥

ayodhyA nagare ramye ratnamaNDapamadhyage.
smaret kalpatarormūle ratnasiṃhAsanaṃ shubham ॥10॥

tanmadhye’aShṭadalaṃ padmaṃ nAnAratnaishcha veShṭitaṃ.
smarenmadhye dāsharathiṃ sahasrAditya tejasam ॥11॥

pitureṅkagataṃ rAmamindranIlamaṇiprabham.
komalAṅgaṃ vishAlAkShaṃ vidyudvarṇāmbarAvṛtam ॥12॥

bhAnukoṭipratīkāśaṃ kirīṭena virājitam.
ratnagraiveyakeyūraṃ ratnakuNDalamaṇḍitam ॥13॥

ratnakaṅkaṇamañjīrakaṭisūtrairalaṃkṛtam.
shrIvatsakaustubhoraskaṃ muktāhāropashobhitam ॥14॥

divyaratnasamAyuktamudrikābhiralaṃkṛtam.
rAghavaṃ dvibhujaṃ bAlaṃ rAmamIShatsmitAnanam ॥15॥

tulasīkundamandārapuShpamAlairalaṃkṛtam.
karpūrAgarukastūrī divyagandhAnulepanam ॥16॥

yogashAstreShvabhirataṃ yogeśaṃ yogadAyakam.
sadA bharatasaumitrishatruGhnairupaśobhitam ॥17॥

vidyādharasurādhīśaiḥ siddhagandharva kinnaraiḥ.
yogIndrairnāradAdyaishcha stūyamAnamaharniśam ॥18॥

vishvAmitravasiShThAdi munibhiḥ parisEvitam.
sanakAdimunishreShṭhairyogivṛndaishcha sevitam ॥19॥

rAmaṃ raghuvaraṃ vīraṃ dhanurvedavishāradam.
maṅgalAyatanaṃ devaṃ rAmaṃ rājīvalochanam ॥20॥

sarvashāstrārthatattvajñamānandakarasundaram.
kausalyānandanaṃ rAmaṃ dhanurbāNadharaṃ harim ॥21॥

evaṃ sañchintayan viṣṇuṃ yajjyotiramalaṃ vibhum.
prahRiShTamānaso bhūtvā munivaryaḥ sa nāradaḥ ॥22॥

sarvalokahitārthāya tuShTāva raghunandanam.
kRitāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā chintayannadbhutaṃ harim ॥23॥

yadekaṃ yatparaṃ nityaṃ yadanantaṃ chidātmakam.
yadekaṃ vyāpakaṃ loke tadrūpaṃ chintayAmyaham ॥24॥

vijñānahetuṃ vimalāyatākShaṃ prajñānarūpaṃ svasukhaikahetuṃ.
shrIrAmachandraṃ harimādidevaṃ parātparaṃ rāmamahaṃ bhajāmi ॥25॥

kaviṃ purāṇaṃ puruShaṃ purastāt sanātanaṃ yoginamīshitāram.
aNoraNIyānsamanantavIryaṃ prāNeśvaraṃ rāmamasaṃ dadarśa ॥26॥

॥ shrI nArada uvAcha ॥

nArAyaNaṃ jagannAthaṃ abhirAmaṃ jagatpatiṃ.
kaviṃ purANaṃ vAgIshaṃ rAmaṃ dasharathAtmajam॥27॥

rAjarAjaṃ raghuvaraṃ kausalyAnandavardhanaṃ.
bhargaṃ vareṇyaṃ vishveshaṃ raghunAthaṃ jagadgurum॥28॥

satyaṃ satyapriyaṃ shreShThaṃ jAnakIvallabhaṃ vibhuṃ.
soumitripUrvajaṃ shAntaṃ kAmadaṃ kamalekShaṇam ॥29॥

Adityaṃ ravimIshAnaṃ ghṛNīṃ sUryamanAmayaṃ.
AnandarUpiṇaṃ saumyaṃ rAghavaṃ karuṇAmayam ॥30॥

jAmadagnyaṃ tapomUrtiṃ rAmaṃ parashudhAriṇaṃ.
vAkpatiṃ varadaṃ vAchyaṃ shrIpatiṃ pakshivAhanam॥31॥

shrIshAraṅgadhAriṇaṃ rAmaṃ chinmayAnandavigrahaṃ.
haladhṛgvishṇumIshAnaṃ balarAmaṃ kṛpAnidhim ॥32॥

shrIvallabhaṃ kṛpAnAthaṃ jaganmohanamachyutaṃ.
matsyakūrmavarAhAdirUpadhAriṇamavyayam ॥33॥

vAsudevaṃ jagadyonimanAdinidhanaṃ hariṃ.
govindaṃ gopatiṃ viShṇuṃ gopIjanamanoharam ॥34॥

gogopAlaparIvAraṃ gopakanyAsamAvṛtaṃ.
vidyutpuñjapratIkAshaṃ rAmaṃ kṛShṇaṃ jaganmayam॥35॥

gogopikAsamAkIrṇaṃ veṇuvAdanatatparaṃ.
kAmarUpaṃ kalAvantaṃ kAminIkAmadaṃ vibhum ॥36॥

manmathaṃ mathurAnAthaṃ mAdhavaṃ makaradhvajaṃ.
shrIdharaṃ shrIkaraṃ shrIshaṃ shrInivAsaṃ parAtparam ॥37॥

bhUteshaṃ bhUpatiṃ bhadraṃ vibhUtiṃ bhUtibhUShaṇaṃ.
sarvaduḥkhaharaṃ vIraṃ duShṭadAnavavairiṇam ॥38॥

shrInṛsiṃhaṃ mahAbAhuṃ mahAntaṃ dIptatejasaṃ.
chidAnandamayaṃ nityaṃ praṇavaṃ jyotirUpiṇam॥39॥

Adityamaṇḍalagataṃ nishchitArthasvarUpiṇaṃ.
bhaktapriyaṃ padmanetraṃ bhaktAnAmIpSitapradam॥40॥

kausalyeyaṃ kalAmUrtiṃ kAkutsthaṃ kamalApriyaṃ.
siṃhAsane samAsInaṃ nityavratamakalmaSham ॥41॥

vishvAmitrapriyaṃ dāntaṃ svadāraniyatavrataṃ.
yajñeśaṃ yajñapuruṣaṃ yajñapālanatatparam ॥42॥

satyasandhaṃ jitakrodhaṃ śaraṇāgatavatsalaṃ.
sarvakleśāpaharaṇaṃ vibhīṣaṇavarapradam ॥43॥

daśagrīvaharaṃ raudraṃ keśavaṃ keśimardanaṃ .
vālipramathanaṃ vīraṃ sugrīvepsitarājyadam॥44॥

naravānaradevaishcha sevitaṃ hanumatpriyaṃ.
śuddhaṃ sūkṣmaṃ paraṃ śāntaṃ tārakabrahmarūpiṇam॥45॥

sarvabhūtātmabhūtasthaṃ sarvādhāraṃ sanātanaṃ.
sarvakāraṇakartāraṃ nidānaṃ prakṛteḥ param ॥।46॥

nirāmayaṃ nirābhāsaṃ niravadyaṃ nirañjanaṃ.
nityānandaṃ nirākāramadvaitaṃ tamasaḥ param॥47॥

parātparatarāṃ tattvaṃ satyānandaṃ cidātmakaṃ.
manasā śirasā nityaṃ praṇamāmi raghūttamam॥48॥

sūryamaṇḍalamadhyasthaṃ rāmaṃ sītāsamanvitaṃ.
namāmi puṇḍarīkākṣamameyaṃ gurutatparaṃ ॥49॥

nomo’stu vāsudevāya jyotiṣāṃ pataye namaḥ.
nomo’stu rāmadevāya jagadānandarūpiṇe ॥50॥

namo vedāntaniṣṭhāya yogine brahmavādine.
māyāmayanirāsāya prapannajanasēvine ॥51॥

vandāmahe mahīśānachaṇḍakoḍaṇḍakhaṇḍanaṃ.
jānakīhṛdayānandachandanaṃ raghunandanam ॥52॥

utphullāmalakomalotpaladalashyāmāya rāmāya naḥ .
kāmāya pramadāmanoharaguṇagrāmāya rāmātmane.
yogārūḍhamunīndramānasasarohaṃsāya saṃsāravidhvaṃsāya .
sphuradojase raghukulottaṃsāya puṃse namaḥ ॥53॥

bhavodbhavaṃ vedavidāṃvariṣṭhamādityachandrānalasuprabhāvaṃ.
sarvātmakaṃ sarvagatasvarūpaṃ namāmi rāmaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt॥54॥

nirañjanaṃ niṣpratimaṃ nirīhaṃ nirāśrayaṃ niṣkalamaprapañchaṃ.
nityaṃ dhruvaṃ nirviṣayasvarūpaṃ nirantaraṃ rāmamahaṃ bhajāmi ॥55॥

bhavābdhipotaṃ bharatāgrajaṃ taṃ bhaktapriyaṃ bhānukulapradīpaṃ.
bhūtatrīnāthaṃ bhuvanādhipaṃ taṃ bhajāmi rāmaṃ bhavarogavaidyam ॥56॥

sarvādhipatyaṃ samarāṅgadhīraṃ satyaṃ cidānandamayasvarūpaṃ.
satyaṃ śivaṃ śāntimayaṃ śaraṇyaṃ sanātanaṃ rāmamahaṃ bhajāmi ॥57॥

kāryakriyākāraṇamaprameyaṃ kaviṃ purāṇaṃ kamalāyatākṣaṃ.
kumāravedyaṃ karuṇāmayaṃ taṃ kalpadrumaṃ rāmamahaṃ bhajāmi ॥58॥

trailokyanāthaṃ sarasīruhākṣaṃ dayānidhiṃ dvandvavināśahetuṃ.
mahābalaṃ vedanidhiṃ sureśaṃ sanātanaṃ rāmamahaṃ bhajāmi ॥59॥

vedāntavedyaṃ kavimīśitāramanādimadhyāntamachintyamādyaṃ.
agocharam nirmalamēkarūpaṃ namāmi rāmaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt ॥60॥

aśeṣavedātmakamādisaṃjñamajaṃ hariṃ viṣṇumanantamādyaṃ .
apārasaṃvitsukhamēkarūpaṃ parātparaṃ rāmamahaṃ bhajāmi ॥61॥

tattvasvarūpaṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇaṃ svatejasāpūritaviśvamekaṃ.
rājādhirājaṃ ravimaṇḍalasthaṃ viśveśvaraṃ rāmamahaṃ bhajāmi ॥62॥

lokābhirāmaṃ raghuvaṃśanāthaṃ hariṃ cidānandamayaṃ mukundaṃ.
aśeṣavidyādhipatiṃ kavīndraṃ namāmi rāmaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt ॥63॥

yogīndrasaṅghaiścha susevyamānaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ nirmalamādidevaṃ .
nato’smi nityaṃ jagadekanāthamādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt ॥64॥

vibhūtidaṃ viśvasṛjaṃ virāmaṃ rājendramīśaṃ raghuvaṃśanāthaṃ.
achintyamavyaktamanantamūrtiṃ jyotirmayaṃ rāmamahaṃ bhajāmi॥65॥

aśeṣasaṃsāravihārahīnamādistu saṃpūrṇasukhābhirāmaṃ .
samastasākṣi tamasaḥparastānnārāyaṇaṃ viṣṇumahaṃ bhajāmi॥66॥

munīndraguhyaṃ paripūrṇamekaṃ kalānidhiṃ kalmaṣanāśahetuṃ.
parātparaṃ yatparamaṃ pavitraṃ namāmi rāmaṃ mahatomahāntam॥67॥

brahmā viṣṇuścha rudraścha devendro devatāstathā .
ādityādigrāhāśchaiva tvameva raghunandana ॥68॥

tāpasā ṛṣayassiddhāḥ sādhyāścha marutastathā.
viprā vedāstathā yajñāḥ purāṇā dharmasaṃhitāḥ ॥69॥

varṇāśramāstathā dharmaṃ varṇadharmāstathaiva cha .
yakṣarākṣasagandharvā dikpālā diggajādibhiḥ॥70॥

sanakādimuniśreṣṭhāstvameva raghupuṅgava.
vasavoṣṭā trayaḥ kālā rudrā ekādaśa smṛtāḥ ॥71॥

tārakā daśadikchaiva tvameva raghunandana.
saptadvīpāssamudrāścha nagā nadyastathā drumāḥ ॥72॥

sthāvarā jaṅgamāśchaiva tvameva raghunāyaka.
devatiryaṅmanuṣyāṇāṃ dānavānāṃ tathaiva cha ॥73॥

mātā pitā tathā bhrātā tvameva raghuvallabha.
sarveṣāṃ tvaṃ paraṃ brahma tvanmayaṃ sarvameva hi ॥74॥

tvamakṣaraṃ paraṃ jyotiḥ tvameva puruṣottama.
tvameva tārakaṃ brahma tvattonyannaiva kiñcana ॥75॥

śāntaṃ sarvagataṃ sūkṣmaṃ paraṃ brahma sanātanaṃ.
rājīvalochanaṃ rāmaṃ praṇamāmi jagatpatim ॥76॥

॥ shrI vedavyAsa uvAcha ॥

tataḥ prasannaḥ shrIrAmaḥ provAcha munipuṅgavaṃ.
tuṣṭo’smi muniśārdūla vṛṇīṣva varamuttamam ॥77॥

॥ shrI nArada uvAcha ॥

yadi tuṣṭo’si sarvajña shrIrAma karuṇānidhe.
tvanmūrtidarśanenaiva kṛtārtho’haṃ mamepsitam ॥78॥

dhanyo’haṃ kṛtakṛtyo’haṃ puṇyo’haṃ puruṣottama
adya me saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ saphalaṃ cha me ॥79॥

adya me saphalaṃ jñānamadya me saphalaṃ tapaḥ.
adya me saphalaṃ yajña tvatpādāṃbhojadarśanāt ॥80॥

adya me saphalaṃ sarvaṃ tvannāmasmaraṇaṃ tathā.
tvatpādāṃbhoruhadvandvasadbhaktiṃ dehi rāghava!
tataḥ paramasaṃprītaḥ sa rāmaḥ prāha nāradaṃ ॥81॥

॥ shrI rAma uvAcha ॥

munivarya mahAbhAga mune tviShTaṃ dadAmi te.
yat tvayA chepsitaṃ sarva manasA tadbhaviShyati ॥82॥

॥ shrI nArada uvAcha ॥

varam na yAche raghunAtha yuShmadpadAbjabhaktiḥ satataṃ mamAstu.
idaṃ priyaṃ nAtha varaṃ prayachcha punaḥ punastvAmidameva yAche ॥83॥

॥ shrI vedavyAsa uvAcha ॥

ityevamIDito rAmo prAdAttasmai varAntaraṃ .
vIro rAmo mahAtejāḥ saccidānandavigrahaḥ॥84॥

advaitamamalaṃ jñānaṃ tannāmasmaraṇaṃ tathā .
antardadhau jagannAthaḥ puratastasya rAghavaḥ ॥85॥

iti shrI raghunAthasya stavarAjamanuttaṃ.
sarvasaubhAgyasaṃpattidāyakaṃ muktidam shubham॥86॥

kathitaṃ brahmaputreṇa vedAnAM sAramuttamaṃ.
guhyAdguhyatamaṃ divyaṃ tava snehAt prakIrtitaṃ ॥87॥

yaḥ paṭhechChṛṇuyAdvApi trisandhyaṃ shraddhayAnvitaḥ .
brahmahatyAdipApAni tatsamAni bahUni cha ॥88॥

svaṇṇasteyaṃ surApAnaṃ gurutalpAyutAni cha .
govadhAdyupapApAni anṛtAtsaṃbhavAni cha .
sarvaiḥ pramuchyate pApaiḥ kalpAyutaśatodbhavaiḥ ॥89॥

Idaṁ satyamidaṁ satyaṁ satyametadihochyate .
Rāmaḥ satyaṁ paraṁ brahma rāmātkiñchinna vidyate ॥91॥

Tasmādrāmasvarūpaṁ hi satyaṁ satyamidaṁ jagat ॥92॥

॥ Shrī Sūta uvācha ॥

Shrīrāmachandra raghupuṅgava rājavarya rājendra rāma raghunāyaka rāghaveśa .
Rājādhirāja raghunandana rāmachandra daso’hamadya bhavataḥ śaraṇaṁ gato’smi ॥93॥

Vaidehīsahitaṁ suradrumatale haime mahāmaṇḍape madhye puṣpakamāsane maṇimaye vīrāsane sansthitam.
Agre vāchayati prabhañjanasute tattvaṁ munīndraiḥ paraṁ vyākhyātaṁ bharatādibhiḥ parivṛtaṁ rāmaṁ bhaje śyāmalam ॥94॥

Rāmaṁ ratnakuṇḍalakirīṭayutaṁ keyūrahārānvitaṁ sītālaṅkṛtavāmabhāgamamalaṁ siṁhāsanasthaṁ vibhum.
Sugrīvādi harīśvaraiḥ suragaṇaiḥ sansevyamānaṁ sadā viśvāmitraparāśarādimunibhiḥ sanstūyamānaṁ prabhum ॥95॥

Sakalaguṇanidhānaṁ yogibhiḥ stūyamānaṁ bhujavijitasamānaṁ rākṣasendrādimānaṁ.
Ahitanṛpabhayānaṁ sītayā śobhamānaṁ smara hṛdaya vimānaṁ brahma rāmābhidhānam ॥96॥

Raghuvāra tava mūrtirmāmake mānasābje narakagatiharaṁ te nāmadheyaṁ mukhe me.
Aniśamatulabhaktyā mastakaṁ tvatpadābje bhavajalanidhimagnaṁ rakṣa māmārtabandho ॥97॥

Rāmaratnamahaṁ vande chitrakūṭapatiṁ hariṁ kausalyāśuktisaṁbhūtaṁ jānakī kaṇṭhabhūṣaṇam॥98॥

॥ Iti sanatkumārasaṁhitāyāṁ nāradoktaṁ shrīrāmachandrastavarājastotraṁ sampūrṇam ॥