svāmī bodhendra viracita navarasaślokam
śṛṅgāraṃ kṣitinandinīviharaṇe
vīraṃ dhanurbhanjane
kāruṇyaṃ balibhojane
adbutarasaṃ sindhau giristhāpane
hāsyaṃ śūrpanakāmukhe
bhayamaghe
bhībhatsaṃ anyāmukhe
raudraṃ rāvaṇamardane
munijane śāntaṃ vapuḥ pātu naḥ
Re-ordered word-by-word meaning
pātu naḥ vapuḥ - May (that Rama) protect us, who is the emobodiment (of the following moods/emotions/rasas in respective contexts):
śṛṅgāraṃ kṣitinandinīviharaṇe - of romantic love during his happy roamings with Sita, the daughter of Earth,
vīraṃ dhanurbhanjane - of valour during His breaking Shiva's bow in Janaka's court (leading to his marriage with Sita),
kāruṇyaṃ balibhojane - of compassion whilst partaking of the offering from Shabari,
adbutarasaṃ sindhau giristhāpane - of astonishment during the wonderful construction of the bridge across the sea,
hāsyaṃ śūrpanakāmukhe - of humour in the face of Shurpanakha's unceasing and importunate overtures (leading to her defacement by Lakshmana)
bhayamaghe - of fear of unrighteousness (which prevented Him from killing Shurpanakha)
bhībhatsaṃ anyāmukhe - of disgust shown by others= Sita and Lakshmana during Shurpanakha's episode,
raudraṃ rāvaṇamardane -of terrifying anger whilst killing Ravana,
śāntaṃ munijane - of peace and quietude in the presence of sages.
This shloka extracts the nava rasas (nine moods- romantic love, valour, compassion, wonderment, humour, fear, disgust, anger and peace) tabulated by Bharatamuni in Natyashastra.
It is a favourite of musicians and dancers. It is part of a work called Sri Rama Karnamritam by Swami Bodhendra of the Shankara tradition.
