साकल्यं रामपूजाया यदीच्छेन्नियतं नरः
If a man desires the complete worship of Rama, he should do so with discipline.
श्रीरामचन्द्रभेदास्तु बहवः संति सिद्धिदाः
There are many forms of Śrī Rāmacandra, all bestowing success.
अष्टोत्तरसहस्रं वा शतं वा सुसमाहितैः
With full concentration, one should recite either one hundred thousand and eight, or one hundred, times.
अजप्त्वा लक्ष्मणमनुं राममन्त्रान् जपन्ति ये
Those who recite the Rāma mantras without first chanting the Lakṣmaṇa mantra—
यो जपेल्लक्ष्मणमनुं नित्यमेकान्तमास्थितः
Whoever recites the Lakṣmaṇa mantra regularly, in solitude—
जयप्रधानो मन्त्रो ऽयं राज्यप्राप्त्यैकसाधनम्
This mantra is chiefly for victory; it is the sole means for attaining sovereignty.
सो ऽचिरान्नष्टराज्यं स्वं प्राप्नोत्येव न संशयः
He will soon regain his lost kingdom—there is no doubt.
पञ्चायुतं मनुं जप्त्वा नष्टराज्यमवाप्नुयात्
By reciting the mantra fifty thousand times, one regains a lost kingdom.
अयुतं प्रजपेन्मन्त्रं निगडान्मुच्यते ध्रुवम्
By reciting the mantra ten thousand times, one is certainly freed from shackles.
ध्यात्वा लक्षं जपन्मन्त्रमल्पमृत्युं जयेद्धुवम्
Meditating and reciting the mantra one hundred thousand times, one surely conquers premature death.
दुर्जयं वापि वेगेन जयेद्रिपुकुलं महत्
With speed, one can overcome even a formidable host of enemies.
सहस्रं प्रजपेन्मन्त्रं पुरुहूतादिकान् जयेत्
By reciting the mantra a thousand times, one conquers Puruhūta and others.
प्रजपल्लङ्क्षमेकान्ते महारोगात्प्रमुच्यते
Reciting it in solitude for one hundred thousand times, one is freed from severe disease.
अष्टोत्तरशतैः पुष्पैर्निश्छेद्रैः शातपत्रकैः
With one hundred and eight flowers, fresh and intact, of the śātapatra kind—
निवेद्य प्रजपेन्मन्त्रं कुष्टरोगात्प्रनुच्यते
After offering them, reciting the mantra frees one from leprosy.
क्षयरोगात्प्रमुच्येत सत्यं सत्यं न संशयः
One is freed from consumption—this is true, true, and without doubt.
त्रिसंध्यं वा पिबेन्नित्यं मुच्यते सर्वरोगतः
By drinking it daily at the three junctions of the day, one is freed from all diseases.
विषादिदोषसंस्पर्शो न भवेत्तु कदाचन
There will never be contact with poisons and other afflictions.
मुखनेत्रादिसंभूताञ्जयेद्द्व्रोगांश्च दारुणान्
One conquers even severe diseases arising from the mouth, eyes, and so on.
लक्ष्मणप्रतिमां कृत्वा दद्याद्भक्त्या विधानतः
Having made an image of Lakṣmaṇa, one should offer it with devotion, according to the prescribed method.
कन्यार्थी विमलापाणिग्रहणासक्तमानसः
A man seeking a bride, whose mind is intent on a pure marriage,
ईप्सितां लभते कन्यां शीग्रमेव न संशयः
quickly obtains the desired maiden—of this there is no doubt.
ध्यात्वा च विधिवन्नित्यं जपेन्मासत्रयं मनुम्
Meditating properly, he should recite the mantra for three months continuously.
सर्वासामपि विद्यानां तत्त्वज्ञो जायते नरः
By this, a man becomes a knower of the true essence of all branches of knowledge.
ध्यायंल्लक्षं जपेन्मन्त्रं मुच्यते महतो भयात्
By meditating a hundred thousand times and reciting the mantra, one is freed from great fear.
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो याति विष्णोः परं पदम्
Freed from all sins, he attains the supreme abode of Vishnu.
स्वाचारनियतो दान्तो गृहस्थो विजितेन्द्रियः
A householder, self-controlled, disciplined in his own conduct, with senses subdued,
स सर्वान्पुण्यपापौधान्दग्ध्वा निर्मलमानसः
burns away all heaps of merit and demerit, and becomes pure in mind.
सकामो वाञ्छितान् लब्ध्वा भुक्त्वा भोगान् मनोगतान्
With desires, having obtained what is wished for, enjoying pleasures as imagined in the mind,
निद्राचन्द्रान्विता पश्चाद्भरताय हृदन्तिमः
afterwards, accompanied by sleep and the moon, the final syllable for Bharata is 'hṛ'.