Rama
Ramaya Ramabhadraya
रामाय रामभद्राय रामचन्द्राय वेधसे । रघुनाथाय नाथाय सीतायाः पतये नमः ॥
Rāmāya rāmabhadrāya rāmacandrāya vedhase, raghunāthāya nāthāya sītāyāḥ pataye namaḥ
Simple reading: Raa-maa-ya raa-ma-bha-draa-ya raa-ma-chan-draa-ya ve-dha-se, ra-ghu-naa-thaa-ya naa-thaa-ya see-taa-yaah pa-ta-ye na-mah
About this mantra
From the Rama Raksha Stotra — seven names of Rama strung into one salutation, recited for protection and steadiness of heart.
Meaning
Salutations to Rama, to Ramabhadra, to Ramachandra, to the ordainer, to the lord of the Raghus, to the protector, to the husband of Sita. The stotra piles the names deliberately: gracious, moonlike, ordainer, lord of the Raghus — protection is being woven name over name, like the strands of a rope. The last knot is the strongest: he is Sita's husband, and it is as her guardian that he guards.
When to recite it
Recited for protection at night, before travel, and over children; Ram Navami and the Navratri leading to it hold it specially.
Word by word
- रामायrāmāya
- to Rama
- रामभद्रायrāmabhadrāya
- to Rama the gracious
- रामचन्द्रायrāmacandrāya
- to Rama the moon-like
- वेधसेvedhase
- to the ordainer, the wise
- रघुनाथायraghunāthāya
- to the lord of the Raghu line
- नाथायnāthāya
- to the Lord, the protector
- सीतायाः पतयेsītāyāḥ pataye
- to the husband of Sita
Source: Rāma Rakṣā Stotra (Budha Kauśika)