
Sri Ramanuja Ashtakam / guru stotras
ramanujaya munaye nama ukti matram
kamāturo’pi kumatih kalayannabhīkṣam |
yāmāmananti yaminam bhagavajjananam
tam eva vindati gatim tamasah parastat || 1 ||
somavacudasurasekhara duṣkareṇa
kamātigo’pi tapasa kṣapayannaghani |
ramanujaya munaye nama ityanuktva
kova mahisahacare kurute’nuragam || 2 ||
ramanujaya nama ityasakṛdgrṇite
yo mana matsara madasmara duṣitopi |
prematurah priyatamām apahaya padmam
bhuma bhujangashayanas tam anuprayati || 3 ||
vamalaka-nayana-vagurika-grhītam
kṣemaya kiñcidapi kartum anihamanam |
ramanujo yatipatir yadi neksate mam
ma mamako’yam iti muñcati madhavo’pi || 4 ||
ramanujeti yadi tam viditam jagatyam
namipi na śruti-samīpam upaiti yeṣam |
ma ma madiya iti sadbhir upekṣitaste
kamanuviddha-manaso nipatantyadho’dhah || 5 ||
namanu-kīrtya narakarti-haram yadiyam
vyomadhirohati padam sakalo’pi lokah |
ramanujo yatipatiḥ yadi na virasit
ko madrṣaḥ prabhavita bhavam uttaritum || 6 ||
sima-mahidhra-paridhim prthivim avaptum
vaimanikesvarapurim adhi-vasitum va |
vyoma-dhiroḍhum api na sprhayanti nityam
ramanujanghri-yugalam śaraṇam prapannah || 7 ||
ma ma dhunoti manaso’pi na go-caram yat
bhuma-sakhena puruṣeṇa saha anubhūya |
prema-anuviddha-hrdaya-priya-bhakta-labhye
ramanujanghrī-kamale ramatam mano me || 8 ||
śloka-ṣṭakam idam puṇyam yo bhaktya pratyaham paṭhet
akara-traya-sampannah śokabdhiṁ tarati drutam ||