Lord Rama

śrī rāma tāṇḍava stotram

(Shri Rama Tandava Stotram in English (IAST))

Traditional

The Shri Rama Tandava Stotram is a powerful devotional hymn that depicts Lord Rama in a fierce, cosmic form reminiscent of Lord Shiva's Tandava. Unlike the traditional depiction of Rama as the serene Maryada Purushottama, this stotra portrays him as a formidable warrior and destroyer of demonic forces, emphasizing his role as the embodiment of universal justice. Chanting this hymn is believed to instill courage, dispel negativity, and provide the practitioner with spiritual strength. It serves as a meditative tool to recognize the omnipotent, protective, and transformative nature of Lord Rama in his most intense and victorious manifestation.

|| indrādayo ūcuḥ ||
jaṭākaṭāhayuktamuṇḍaprāntavistṛtaṃ hareḥ
apāṅgakruddhadarśanopahāra cūrṇakuntalaḥ |
pracaṇḍavegakāraṇena piñjalaḥ pratigrahaḥ
sa kruddhatāṇḍavasvarūpadhṛgvirājate hariḥ || 1 ||
atheha vyūhapārṣṇiprāgvarūthinī niṣaṅginaḥ
tathāñjaneyṛkṣabhūpasaurabālinandanāḥ |
pracaṇḍadānavānalaṃ samudratulyanāśakāḥ
namo'stute surāricakrabhakṣakāya mṛtyave || 2 ||
kalevare kaṣāyavāsahastakārmukaṃ hareḥ
upāsanopasaṅgamārthadhṛgviśākhamaṇḍalam |
hṛdi smaran daśākṛteḥ kucakracauryapātakaṃ
vidāryate pracaṇḍatāṇḍavākṛtiḥ sa rāghavaḥ || 3 ||
prakāṇḍakāṇḍakāṇḍakarmadehachidrakāraṇaṃ
kukūṭakūṭakūṭakauṇapātmajābhimardanam |
tathāguṇaṅguṇaṅguṇaṅguṇaṅguṇena darśayan
kṛpīṭakeśalaṅghyamīśamekarāghavaṃ bhaje || 4 ||
savānarānvitaḥ tathāplutaṃ śarīramasṛjā
virodhimedasāgramāṃsagulmakālakhaṇḍanaiḥ |
mahāsipāśaśaktidaṇḍadhārakaiḥ niśācaraiḥ
pariplutaṃ kṛtaṃ śavaiśca yena bhūmimaṇḍalam || 5 ||
viśāladaṃṣṭrakumbhakarṇamegharāvakārakaiḥ
tathāhirāvaṇādyakampanātikāyajitvaraiḥ |
surakṣitāṃ manoramāṃ suvarṇalaṅkanāgarīṃ
nijāstrasaṅkulairabhedyakoṭamardanaṃ kṛtaḥ || 6 ||
prabuddhabuddhayogibhiḥ maharṣisiddhacāraṇaiḥ
videhajāpriyaḥ sadānuto stuto ca svastibhiḥ |
pulastyanandanātmajasya muṇḍaruṇḍachedanaṃ
surāriyūthabhedanaṃ vilokayāmi sāmpratam || 7 ||
karālakālarūpiṇaṃ mahogracāpadhāriṇaṃ
kumohagrastamarkaṭācchabhallatrāṇakāraṇam |
vibhīṣaṇādibhiḥ sadābhiṣeṇane'bhicintakaṃ
bhajāmi jitvaraṃ tathormilāpateḥ priyāgrajam || 8 ||
itastataḥ muhurmuhuḥ paribhramanti kauntikāḥ
anuplavapravāhaprāsikāśca vaijayantikāḥ |
mṛdhe prabhākarasya vaṃśakīrtino'padānatāṃ
abhikrameṇa rāghavasya tāṇḍavākṛteḥ gatāḥ || 9 ||
nirākṛtiṃ nirāmayaṃ tathādisṛṣṭikāraṇaṃ
mahojjvalaṃ ajaṃ vibhuṃ purāṇapūruṣaṃ harim |
niraṅkuśaṃ nijātmabhaktajanmamṛtyunāśakaṃ
adharmamārgaghātakaṃ kapīśavyūhanāyakam || 10 ||
karālapālicakraśūlatīkṣṇabhindipālakaiḥ
kuṭhārasarvalāsidhenukeliśalyamudgaraiḥ |
supuṣkareṇa puṣkarāñca puṣkarāstramāraṇaiḥ
sadāplutaṃ niśācaraiḥ supuṣkarañca puṣkaram || 11 ||
prapannabhaktarakṣakaṃ vasundharātmajāpriyaṃ
kapīśavṛndasevitaṃ samastadūṣaṇāpaham |
surāsurābhivanditaṃ niśācarāntakaṃ vibhuṃ
jagatpraśastikāraṇaṃ bhajeha rāmamīśvaram || 12 ||
|| iti śrībhāgavatānandaguruṇā viracite śrīrāghavendracarite indrādi devagaṇaiḥ kṛtaṃ śrīrāmatāṇḍavastotraṃ sampūrṇam ||

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