Invocation
Invocation
शान्तं शाश्वतमप्रमेयमनघं निर्वाणशान्तिप्रदं ब्रह्माशम्भुफणीन्द्रसेव्यमनिशं वेदान्तवेद्यं विभुम्। रामाख्यं जगदीश्वरं सुरगुरुं मायामनुष्यं हरिं वन्देऽहं करुणाकरं रघुवरं भूपालचूडामणिम्॥1॥
śāntaṃ śāśvatamaprameyamanaghaṃ nirvāṇaśāntipradaṃ brahmāśambhuphaṇīndrasevyamaniśaṃ vedāntavedyaṃ vibhum। rāmākhyaṃ jagadīśvaraṃ suraguruṃ māyāmanuṣyaṃ hariṃ vande’haṃ karuṇākaraṃ raghuvaraṃ bhūpālacūḍāmaṇim॥1॥
नान्या स्पृहा रघुपते हृदयेऽस्मदीये सत्यं वदामि च भवानखिलान्तरात्मा। भक्तिं प्रयच्छ रघुपुङ्गव निर्भरां मे कामादिदोषरहितं कुरु मानसं च॥2॥
nānyā spṛhā raghupate hṛdaye’smadīye satyaṃ vadāmi ca bhavānakhilāntarātmā। bhaktiṃ prayaccha raghupuṅgava nirbharāṃ me kāmādidoṣarahitaṃ kuru mānasaṃ ca॥2॥
अतुलितबलधामं हेमशैलाभदेहं दनुजवनकृशानुं ज्ञानिनामग्रगण्यम्। सकलगुणनिधानं वानराणामधीशं रघुपतिप्रियभक्तं वातजातं नमामि॥3॥
atulitabaladhāmaṃ hemaśailābhadehaṃ danujavanakṛśānuṃ jñānināmagragaṇyam। sakalaguṇanidhānaṃ vānarāṇāmadhīśaṃ raghupatipriyabhaktaṃ vātajātaṃ namāmi॥3॥
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This is Tulsidas’s Awadhi Sundarkand, not Valmiki’s Sanskrit Sundara Kanda. Source wording is retained. Read invocation, doha groups or the whole text.
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