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Pratha Smarana Rama Stotram

(Morning prayer addressed to Lord Rama)

 

Translated by

 

P.R.Ramachander

 

(Normally A Hindu prays God as soon as he gets up. These prayers are necessarily short and should make his mind dissolve in devotion to the God. Here is a morning prayer addressed to Lord Rama.)

 

Pratha smarami Raghu nadha  mukharavindam,

Mandasmitham madhurabashi  visala phalam,

Karnavalambi chala  kundala shobhi gandam,

Karnatha deerga nayanam , nayanabhiramam.                      1

 

I meditate  in the morning , on the lotus like face of Lord Raghunatha,

Who is smiling sweetly , talking nicely and has a broad forehead,

Whose cheeks are shining with moving  golden globes in his  ears,

Who has eyes stretching to the ears and which gives happiness to our eyes.

 

Prathar Bhajami Raghu nadha kararavindam,

Raksho ganaya bhayadham varadam nijebhya,

Yad raja samasadi vibhajya mahesa chapam,

Sitha kara grahana  mangalamapa sadhya.                                 2

 

I sing  in the morning about  the lotus like hand of Raghu nadha,

Which creates,  great fear among Rakshasas,

Which grants,  blessings to the devotees,

Which broke the bow,  of Lord Shiva in the King’s hall,

And speedily took in itself the hands of Sita.

 

Prathar namami  Raghu nadha padaravindam,

Vajrangusadhi shubha rekhi sukhavaham may,

Yogeendra manasa madhruvatha sevyamanam,

Shapapaham sapadhi Gowthama dharma pathnya.                       3

 

I salute  in the morning the lotus like feet of Raghu nadha,

Which has the holy marks of conch , wheel and flower,

Which gives and grants pleasures to me,

Which is served,  by the holy mind of Yogis,

And which removed the curse to the wife of sage Gowthama.

 

Prathar vadhami vachasa Raghu nadha namam,

Vaghdosha hari sakalam samalam nihanthi,

Yath Parvathi swa pathina bhokthu kama,

Preethya sahasra  nama samam jajaapa.                                        4

 

I chant  in the morning with my voice the names of Raghu Nadha,

Which removes all the problems,  of the words used,

Which destroys,  all the sins ever done by me,

Which was told , by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvathi,

With love as equivalent  of chanting thousand names.

 

Pratha sraye sruthinuthaam Raghu nadha moorthi,

Neelambhujothpala  sithethara rathna neelam,

Aamuktha  moukthika  visesham  vibhooshanaadyam,

Dheyyaam samastha munibhir jana mukthi hethum.                       5

 

In the morning  I fully depend on the Vedic form of Raghu nadha’s form,

Which is as blue as the blue lotus and the blue sapphire,

Which is ornamented , by moving necklaces of great gems,

And which is the source of salvation to great sages just by their thought.

 

Ya sloka panchakamidham  prayatha padedhi,

Nithyam prabatha samaye purusha prabhudha,

Sri Rama  kinkara janeshu  sa yeva mukhyo,

Bhoothwa prayathi hari loka mananya labhyam.                             6

 

He who reads these five stanzas as soon as he wakes up,

Daily morning without fail, becomes a great man,

Becomes most important among the servants of Rama,

And after death reaches the land of Hari which is difficult to get.