Rama
Jai Shri Ram — the simple Rama jaap
जय श्री राम
Simple reading
Ja-ya shree raam
Jaya Śrī Rāma
About this mantra
The shortest of the Rama mantras: three words that need only breath where longer prayers need time. Devotional tradition holds that Rama's name carried Hanuman across the sea, and that it carries the one who says it just as far.
Meaning
Victory to Shri Rama. Three words that work as greeting, vow, and remembrance at once: dharma's side, taken out loud. Said meeting a neighbour, it blesses; said alone before something difficult, it strengthens. The smallest of the Rama mantras carries the whole of what his name promises: that the right thing, seen through, wins.
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.
Whole mantra
This mantra is a single line. Learn it whole, then add it to your review deck so it comes back for a check.
जय श्री राम
Jaya Śrī Rāma
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Aim for eleven. Stop reading as soon as the whole mantra comes on its own.
Progress stays on this device.
When to recite it
Said meeting others, setting out, and completing an effort; Ram Navami's processions ring with it.
Word by word
- जयjaya
- victory, glory
- श्री रामśrī rāma
- revered Rama
Source: Rāma-nāma jaap tradition