Rama
Apadam Apahartaram
आपदामपहर्तारं दातारं सर्वसम्पदाम् । लोकाभिरामं श्रीरामं भूयो भूयो नमाम्यहम् ॥
Simple reading
Aa-pa-daam a-pa-har-taa-ram daa-taa-ram sar-va sam-pa-daam, lo-kaa-bhi-raa-mam shree-raa-mam bhoo-yo bhoo-yo na-maam-ya-ham
Āpadām apahartāraṁ dātāraṁ sarva-sampadām, lokābhirāmaṁ śrīrāmaṁ bhūyo bhūyo namāmy aham
About this mantra
A verse from the closing part of the Rama Raksha Stotra that is also recited on its own: a bow repeated until it becomes a shield, kept on the lips through hard days and long journeys.
Meaning
To the remover of misfortunes, the giver of all prosperity, the delight of the worlds, to Shri Rama I bow again and again. Lokabhirama is the verse's centre: before remover and giver, he is the one the worlds delight to look upon. And the repeated bow, bhuyo bhuyo, is what delight does when it runs out of words.
Learn it by heart
Say the first line until it comes without reading, then add the next line and say both, until the whole mantra comes on its own.
Line 1 of 2
आपदामपहर्तारं दातारं सर्वसम्पदाम् ।
Āpadām apahartāraṁ dātāraṁ sarva-sampadām, lokābhirāmaṁ śrīrāmaṁ bhūyo bhūyo namāmy aham
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Aim for eleven before the next line. Move on when the line comes without reading.
Progress stays on this device.
When to recite it
The verse for troubles, recited when misfortune is present or feared, at day's end in gratitude, and within Hanuman worship, where Rama's name is always welcome.
Word by word
- आपदामपहर्तारंāpadām apahartāraṁ
- remover of calamities
- दातारं सर्वसम्पदाम्dātāraṁ sarva-sampadām
- giver of all prosperity
- लोकाभिरामंlokābhirāmaṁ
- delight of the worlds
- श्रीरामंśrīrāmaṁ
- to Shri Rama
- भूयो भूयो नमाम्यहम्bhūyo bhūyo namāmy aham
- again and again I bow
Source: Rāma Rakṣā Stotra (Budha Kauśika), among its closing verses