Om shrI sItA lakshmaNa bharata shatrughna hanumat samEtashrIrAmacandra parabrahmaNE namaha||

dhyAnam(from rAma rakshA stOtram)

ramAya rAmabhadrAya rAmacandrAya vEdasE |

raghunAthAya nAthAyah sItAyah patayE namaha ||

To rAmA, rAmabhadrA, rAmacandrA; to the leader of the solar dynasty; to the supreme Lord; to the Consort of sItA; our salutations.

dhyAnam(from rAma raksha stOtram)

mAtA rAmO matpitA rAmacandraha

bhrAtA rAmO matsakhA raghavEshaha |

sarvasvam mE rAmacandrO dayALuhu

nAnyam daivam naiva jAnE na jAnE ||

dhyAnam(from rAma raksha stOtram)

ApadAmapahartAram dAtAram sarvasampadAm |

lokAbhirAmam shrIrAmam bhUyO bhUyO namAmyaham ||

dhyAnam(from rAma raksha stOtram)

neelAmbuja shyAmaLa kOmalAngamsItA-samArOpita vAmabhAgampANau-mahA-sAyaka chAru-chApamnamAmi rAmam raghu-vamsha nAtham

I do namaskarams to Lord rAmA, who was the best amongst the great kings of the family of Raghu, who wields his great bow and arrows, who has a complexion and softness like that of a blue lotus, and on whose left side sits his dear consort, Godess sItA.

dhyAnam(from the vishNu sahasranAmam, as spoken by

Ishvara or Lord Shiva)

shrIrAma rAma rAmEti ramE rAmE manOramE |

sahasra nAma tattulyam rAma nAma varAnanE ||

sItArAma stOtram (said to be composed by Lord hanumAn)

Note: The first and third lines of each stanza are descriptions of shrI rAmA, while the second and fourth lines describe sItA dEvi.

(The first five stanzas are presented here).

ayOdhyA pura nEtArammithilA pura nAyikAmrAghavAnAm alankAram,vaidEhAnAm alankriyAm || 1

Leader of the city of Ayodhya;Leader of the city of Mithila;Jewel of the Raghu clan;Jewel of the family of vidEha.

sItArAma stOtram

raghUnAm kula deepam canimeenAm kula deepikAmsUrya vamsha samud bhootAm,sOma vamsha samud bhavAm || 2

The light of the Raghu clan;The light of the Nimi clan;Born into the solar dynasty;Born into the lunar dynasty.

sItArAma stOtram

putram dasharathasyApiputreem janaka bhUpatEvasishTAnu matAcAramsatAnanda matAnugam || 3

Son of (King) Dasharatha;Daughter of King Janaka;One who followed Sage Vasishta’s advice;One who obeyed the wishes of Sage SatAnanda.

sItArAma stOtram

kausalyA garbha sambhUtamvEdI garbhOditam swayampuNDareeka vishAlAkshamsphurad indeevarEkshanam || 4

Born of the womb of Kausalya,Arisen from the Yagna floor herself,One who has lotus-like large eyes,One who has eyes like fully open blue lotuses.

sItArAma stOtram

candra kAntAnanAmbhOjamcandra bhimbho upamAnanammatta mAtanga gamanammatta hamsa vadhoo gatim || 5

One who can be likened to a lotus flower opened by the rays of the moon

One who can be compared to the countenance of the Moon

One who walks like a great, lively elephant One whose gait is like that of a lively swan.