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Goswami Tulsidas

श्रीरामचन्द्र कृपालु

Shri Ramchandra Kripalu

Tulsidas’s beloved hymn in praise of Shri Ram.

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श्रीरामचन्द्र कृपालु भजु मन हरण भवभय दारुणम्।

Shrī Rāmachandra Kripālu Bhaju Man, Haran Bhava-bhaya Dārunam.

नवकंज लोचन कंज मुखकर कंज पद कंजारुणम्॥

Nava-kanja Lochan Kanja Mukha-kar, Kanja Pada Kanjārunam.

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कन्दर्प अगणित अमित छबि नव नील नीरज सुन्दरम्।

Kandarpa Aganita Amita Chhabi, Nava Nīla Nīraja Sundaram.

पटपीत मानहुँ तड़ित रुचि शुचि नौमि जनक सुतावरम्॥

Pata-pīta Mānahu Tadita Ruchi, Suchi Naumi Janaka-sutāvaram.

3

भजु दीनबन्धु दिनेश दानव दैत्य वंश निकन्दनम्।

Bhaju Dīna-bandhu Dinesha Dānava, Daitya Vansha Nikandanam.

रघुनन्द आनन्दकन्द कोशल चन्द दशरथ नन्दनम्॥

Raghunanda Ānanda-kanda Koshala, Chanda Dasharatha Nandanam.

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सिर मुकुट कुण्डल तिलक चारु उदारु अङ्ग विभूषणम्।

Sira Mukuta Kundala Tilaka Chāru, Udāru Anga Vibhūshanam.

आजानुभुज शर चापधर सङ्ग्राम जित खर दूषणम्॥

Ājānu-bhuja Shara Chāpa-dhara, Sangrāma-jita Khara-dūshanam.

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इति वदति तुलसीदास शङ्कर शेष मुनि मन रञ्जनम्।

Iti Vadati Tulasīdāsa Shankara, Shesha Muni Mana Ranjanam.

मम हृदय कञ्ज निवास कुरु कामादि खलदल गञ्जनम्॥

Mama Hridaya Kanja Nivāsa Kuru, Kāmādi Khala-dala Ganjanam.

The Ram Darbar — Shri Ram with Sita, Lakshman, and Hanuman

About this hymn

“Shri Ramchandra Kripalu Bhaju Man” is the most beloved Ram Stuti, composed by Goswami Tulsidas. In a few flowing verses it paints Shri Ram — lotus-eyed, cloud-dark, bearing bow and arrow — and asks him to dwell forever in the devotee’s heart.

Hanuman ji is never apart from his Ram. To sing of Hanuman is to sing of Ram; this stuti is offered here so the two may be remembered together.

Sung in praise of Shri Ram, morning or evening.