Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 73

PdP 6 73.1

महादेव उवाच- ॐरामरक्षास्तोत्रस्य श्रीमहर्षिर्विश्वामित्रऋषिः । श्रीरामो देवता अनुष्टुप्छंदः । विष्णुप्रीत्यर्थे जपे विनियोगः

mahādeva uvāca- oṃrāmarakṣāstotrasya śrīmaharṣirviśvāmitraṛṣiḥ | śrīrāmo devatā anuṣṭupchaṃdaḥ | viṣṇuprītyarthe jape viniyogaḥ

Mahādeva said: Om. Of the Rāma-protection hymn the seer is the venerable great sage Viśvāmitra; Śrī Rāma is the deity; the metre is anuṣṭubh; the application, in muttering (it), is for the sake of pleasing Viṣṇu.

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PdP 6 73.2

अतसीपुष्पसंकाशं पीतवाससमच्युतम् । ध्यात्वा वै पुंडरीकाक्षं श्रीरामं विष्णुमव्ययम्

atasīpuṣpasaṃkāśaṃ pītavāsasamacyutam | dhyātvā vai puṃḍarīkākṣaṃ śrīrāmaṃ viṣṇumavyayam

Having meditated on the imperishable one, resembling a flax flower, clad in yellow, the lotus-eyed Śrī Rāma, Viṣṇu the undecaying —

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PdP 6 73.3

पातु वो हृदयं रामः श्रीकंठः कंठमेव च । नाभिं पातु मखत्राता कटिं मे विश्वरक्षकः

pātu vo hṛdayaṃ rāmaḥ śrīkaṃṭhaḥ kaṃṭhameva ca | nābhiṃ pātu makhatrātā kaṭiṃ me viśvarakṣakaḥ

may Rāma guard your heart, and Śrīkaṇṭha the throat; may the protector of the sacrifice guard the navel, and the guardian of the universe my hips.

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PdP 6 73.4

करौ पातु दाशरथिः पादौ मे विश्वरूपधृक् । चक्षुषी पातु वै देव सीतापतिरनुत्तमः

karau pātu dāśarathiḥ pādau me viśvarūpadhṛk | cakṣuṣī pātu vai deva sītāpatiranuttamaḥ

May the son of Daśaratha guard my two hands, and he who bears the universal form my feet; may the god, the unsurpassed husband of Sītā, guard my eyes.

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PdP 6 73.5

शिखां मे पातु विश्वात्मा कर्णौ मे पातु कामदः । पार्श्वयोस्तु सुरत्राता कालकोटिदुरासदः

śikhāṃ me pātu viśvātmā karṇau me pātu kāmadaḥ | pārśvayostu suratrātā kālakoṭidurāsadaḥ

May the Self of the universe guard my crown-lock; may the granter of desires guard my ears; and at the two sides (may) the protector of the gods, unassailable through ten million ages, (guard me).

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PdP 6 73.6

अनंतः सर्वदा पातु शरीरं विश्वनायकः । जिह्वां मे पातु पापघ्नो लोकशिक्षाप्रवर्त्तकः

anaṃtaḥ sarvadā pātu śarīraṃ viśvanāyakaḥ | jihvāṃ me pātu pāpaghno lokaśikṣāpravarttakaḥ

May the endless one, the lord of the universe, always guard my body; may the destroyer of sin, the promoter of instruction to the world, guard my tongue.

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PdP 6 73.7

राघवः पातु मे दंतान्केशान्रक्षतु केशवः । सक्थिनी पातु मे दत्त विजयो नाम विश्वसृक्

rāghavaḥ pātu me daṃtānkeśānrakṣatu keśavaḥ | sakthinī pātu me datta vijayo nāma viśvasṛk

May Rāghava guard my teeth, may Keśava protect my hair; may he named Vijaya, the creator of the universe, guard my two thighs, O Datta.

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PdP 6 73.8

एतां रामबलोपेतां रक्षां यो वै पुमान्पठेत् । स चिरायुः सुखी विद्वान्लभते दिव्यसंपदम्

etāṃ rāmabalopetāṃ rakṣāṃ yo vai pumānpaṭhet | sa cirāyuḥ sukhī vidvānlabhate divyasaṃpadam

Whatever man recites this protective (charm) endowed with Rāma's power, he becomes long-lived, happy, learned, and obtains divine wealth.

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PdP 6 73.9

रक्षां करोति भूतेभ्यः सदा रक्षा तु वैष्णवी । रामेति रामभद्रेति रामचंद्रेति यः स्मरेत्

rakṣāṃ karoti bhūtebhyaḥ sadā rakṣā tu vaiṣṇavī | rāmeti rāmabhadreti rāmacaṃdreti yaḥ smaret

It gives protection from (evil) spirits — this Vaiṣṇava protection is always (effective). Whoever remembers (him), saying "Rāma," "Rāmabhadra," "Rāmacandra" —

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PdP 6 73.10

विमुक्तः स नरः पापान्मुक्तिं प्राप्नोति शाश्वतीम् । वसिष्ठेन इदं प्रोक्तं गुरवे विष्णुरूपिणे

vimuktaḥ sa naraḥ pāpānmuktiṃ prāpnoti śāśvatīm | vasiṣṭhena idaṃ proktaṃ gurave viṣṇurūpiṇe

that man, freed from sin, obtains everlasting liberation. This was declared by Vasiṣṭha to (his) teacher, who was Viṣṇu in form.

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PdP 6 73.11

ततो मे ब्रह्मणः प्राप्तं मयोक्तं नारदं प्रति । नारदेन तु भूर्लोके प्रापितं सुजनेष्विह

tato me brahmaṇaḥ prāptaṃ mayoktaṃ nāradaṃ prati | nāradena tu bhūrloke prāpitaṃ sujaneṣviha

Then it was obtained by me from Brahmā, and told by me to Nārada; and by Nārada it was brought here to the earth-world, among good people.

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PdP 6 73.12

सुप्त्वावाथ गृहे वापि मार्गे गच्छंत एव वा । ये पठंति नरश्रेष्ठास्ते नराः पुण्यभागिनः

suptvāvātha gṛhe vāpi mārge gacchaṃta eva vā | ye paṭhaṃti naraśreṣṭhāste narāḥ puṇyabhāginaḥ

Whether having slept, or at home, or even while going along the road, those best of men who recite (it) — those men are partakers of merit.

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