Sītā praise · Complete physical root · One provisional reading
श्रीसीतास्तोत्रम्
Placed in Nārada's voice by the witness
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Sūta's frame · witness marker १ · checked
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एकदा नैमिषारण्ये शौनकाद्या महर्षयः । नारदं परिपप्रच्छु कथां परमपावनीम् ॥ १ ॥
Once in the Naimiṣa forest, the great sages headed by Śaunaka questioned Nārada about a supremely purifying account.
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कथयस्व महाबाहो स्तवं च परमं परम् । यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥ २ ॥
Tell us, mighty-armed one, that hymn which is supreme beyond the supreme—by merely hearing it, one is released from every sin.
Nārada's hymn · witness marker ३ · checked
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सीतास्तोत्रं प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । सीता च जानकी चैव मैथिली राघवप्रिया ॥ ३ ॥
I shall proclaim the hymn to Sītā, destroyer of every sin. She is Sītā, Jānakī, Maithilī, and the beloved of Rāghava.
Nārada's hymn · witness marker ४ · checked
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लोकमाता जगद्धात्री कुशस्य जननी शुभा । वैदेही वेदमाता च सावित्री भुवनेश्वरी ॥ ४ ॥
She is Mother of the world, sustainer of the cosmos, the auspicious mother of Kuśa, Vaidehī, Mother of the Veda, Sāvitrī, and Sovereign of the worlds.
Nārada's hymn · witness marker ५ · checked
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रामस्य महिषी पुण्या सर्वपापप्रणाशिनी । अयोनिजा महाविद्या महापातकनाशिनी ॥ ५ ॥
She is Rāma's sacred queen, destroyer of every sin, unborn from a womb, the Great Wisdom, destroyer of the gravest transgressions.
Nārada's hymn · witness marker ६ · checked
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नमस्तस्यै जगन्मात्रे सीतायै च नमो नमः । इदं स्तवं महापुण्यं महापातकनाशनम् ॥ ६ ॥
Homage to her, Mother of the world; homage again and again to Sītā. This hymn is greatly meritorious and destroys the gravest transgressions.
Nārada's hymn · witness marker ७ · provisional
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यः पठेद् यातरुत्थाय वैष्णवस्तोत्रमुत्तमम् । सर्वपापविमुक्तात्मा विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति ॥ ७ ॥
Whoever recites this excellent Vaiṣṇava hymn upon rising [the preceding witness word is uncertain] goes to Viṣṇu's realm, the self released from every sin.
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पुत्रार्थी लभते पुत्रं धनार्थी लभते धनम् । मोक्षार्थी मोक्षमाप्नोति कन्या विन्दति सत्पतिम् ॥ ८ ॥
One who desires a son obtains a son; one who desires wealth obtains wealth; one who desires liberation reaches liberation; and a maiden finds a virtuous husband.
Nārada's hymn · witness marker ९ · checked
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तस्य गृहं सदा लक्ष्मीः सर्वदैव न मुञ्चति । दातव्यं भक्तियुक्ताय शिष्याय विदितात्मने ॥ ९ ॥
Lakṣmī never leaves that person's home. This is to be given to a devoted disciple who knows the Self.
Nārada's hymn · witness marker १० · checked
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दाम्भिकाय न दातव्यं भक्तिहीनाय सर्वदा । गोपनीयमिदं स्तोत्रं त्रिषु लोकेषु दुर्लभम् ॥ १० ॥
It must never be given to a hypocrite or to one devoid of devotion. This hymn is to be kept guarded; it is rare throughout the three worlds.