About this stotra
The Sri Ramashtakam is an eight-verse hymn attributed to the sage Vyasa, presenting Rama not merely as the prince of Ayodhya but as the non-dual Brahman — the supreme Reality beyond all name and form. Each verse worships Ramam advayam, 'the non-dual Rama,' through Vedantic epithets: formless, without affliction, the ship across the ocean of samsara, and the revealer of one's true Self.
This stotram beautifully bridges devotional worship (bhakti) and philosophical inquiry (jnana), making it especially valuable for those on the Advaita path.Phalashruti: Whoever recites or hears this Ramashtakam attains vidya (knowledge), shri (prosperity), boundless happiness, and eternal liberation.
भजे विशेषसुन्दरं समस्तपापखण्डनम् ।
स्वभक्तचित्तरञ्जनं सदैव राममद्वयम् ॥ 1 ॥
bhajē viśēṣasundaraṃ samastapāpakhaṇḍanam ।
svabhaktachittarañjanaṃ sadaiva rāmamadvayam ॥ 1 ॥
I worship the uniquely beautiful Rama, destroyer of all sins, who eternally delights the minds of his devotees — the non-dual Rama.
जटाकलापशोभितं समस्तपापनाशकम् ।
स्वभक्तभीतिभञ्जनं भजे ह राममद्वयम् ॥ 2 ॥
jaṭākalāpaśōbhitaṃ samastapāpanāśakam ।
svabhaktabhītibhañjanaṃ bhajē ha rāmamadvayam ॥ 2 ॥
Adorned with a glorious crown of matted locks, destroyer of all sins, who shatters the fears of his devotees — I worship the non-dual Rama.
निजस्वरूपबोधकं कृपाकरं भवाऽपहम् ।
समं शिवं निरञ्जनं भजे ह राममद्वयम् ॥ 3 ॥
nijasvarūpabōdhakaṃ kṛpākaraṃ bhavā'paham ।
samaṃ śivaṃ nirañjanaṃ bhajē ha rāmamadvayam ॥ 3 ॥
Who reveals the nature of one's own true Self, the ever-gracious one, remover of the cycle of worldly existence — the equal, the auspicious, the untainted — I worship the non-dual Rama.
सदा प्रपञ्चकल्पितं ह्यनामरूपवास्तवम् ।
निराकृतिं निरामयं भजे ह राममद्वयम् ॥ 4 ॥
sadā prapañchakalpitaṃ hyanāmarūpavāstavam ।
nirākṛtiṃ nirāmayaṃ bhajē ha rāmamadvayam ॥ 4 ॥
That which is always imagined as the universe, yet in reality has no name or form — formless, without affliction — I worship the non-dual Rama.
निष्प्रपञ्च निर्विकल्प निर्मलं निरामयम् ।
चिदेकरूपसन्ततं भजे ह राममद्वयम् ॥ 5 ॥
niṣprapañcha nirvikalpa nirmalaṃ nirāmayam ।
chidēkarūpasantataṃ bhajē ha rāmamadvayam ॥ 5 ॥
Free from entanglement in the world, free from thought-constructs (nirvikalpa), spotless, without affliction — eternally of the nature of pure consciousness alone — I worship the non-dual Rama.
भवाब्धिपोतरूपकं ह्यशेषदेहकल्पितम् ।
गुणाकरं कृपाकरं भजे ह राममद्वयम् ॥ 6 ॥
bhavābdhipōtarūpakaṃ hyaśēṣadēhakalpitam ।
guṇākaraṃ kṛpākaraṃ bhajē ha rāmamadvayam ॥ 6 ॥
The ship to cross the ocean of becoming, whose form encompasses all beings — treasure-house of all virtues, the ever-gracious one — I worship the non-dual Rama.
महासुवाक्यबोधकैर्विराजमानवाक्पदैः ।
परं च ब्रह्म व्यापकं भजे ह राममद्वयम् ॥ 7 ॥
mahāsuvākyabōdhakairvirājamānavākpadaiḥ ।
paraṃ cha brahma vyāpakaṃ bhajē ha rāmamadvayam ॥ 7 ॥
Made luminously known by the great Mahavakyas (Vedic proclamations of truth), by radiant and noble words — the supreme Brahman, all-pervading — I worship the non-dual Rama.
शिवप्रदं सुखप्रदं भवच्छिदं भ्रमापहम् ।
विराजमानदैशिकं भजे ह राममद्वयम् ॥ 8 ॥
śivapradaṃ sukhapradaṃ bhavachChidaṃ bhramāpaham ।
virājamānadaiśikaṃ bhajē ha rāmamadvayam ॥ 8 ॥
Bestower of auspiciousness and happiness, cutter of bondage, dispeller of delusion — who shines glorious as the Guru-teacher of all — I worship the non-dual Rama.
रामाष्टकं पठति यः सुखदं सुपुण्यं
व्यासेन भाषितमिदं शृणुते मनुष्यः ।
विद्यां श्रियं विपुलसौख्यमनन्तकीर्तिं
सम्प्राप्य देहविलये लभते च मोक्षम् ॥ 9 ॥
rāmāṣṭakaṃ paṭhati yaḥ sukhadaṃ supuṇyaṃ
vyāsēna bhāṣitamidaṃ śṛṇutē manuṣyaḥ ।
vidyāṃ śriyaṃ vipulasaukhyamanantakīrtiṃ
samprāpya dēhavilayē labhatē cha mōkṣam ॥ 9 ॥
Whoever recites or hears this Ramashtakam — auspicious, rich in merit, spoken by Vyasa — attains knowledge, prosperity, boundless happiness, and eternal liberation. (Phalashruti)
इति श्रीव्यास प्रोक्त श्रीरामाष्टकम् ।
iti śrīvyāsa prōkta śrīrāmāṣṭakam ।
Thus ends the Sri Ramashtakam proclaimed by Sri Vyasa. (Colophon)
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