The
Valmiki Ramayana contains 24,000 verses. Sage Valmiki has hidden the
24 Beejaaksharas (seed letters) of the sacred Gayatri Mantra in these
24000 verses (one Beejaakshara per thousand verses). The above collection
of 24 verses which carry the 24 Beejaaksharas is called as Gayatri Ramayana.
It is said that by chanting this everyday, one will acquire the same
merit as one acquires by chanting the entire Ramayana.
Tapassvaadhyaaya niratam tapasvee vaagvidaam varam
Naaradam paripaprachcha vaalmeekir muni pungavam 1
Sa hatvaa
raakshasaan sarvaan yajnaghnaan raghu nandana
Rishibhih poojitah samyak yathendro vijayaa puraa 2
Vishvaamitrah
sa dharmaatmaa shrutvaa janaka bhaashitam
Vatsa raama dhanuh pashya iti raaghavamabraveet 3
Tushtaavaasya
tadaa vamsham pravishya sa vishaam pateh
Shayaneeyam narendrasya tadaasaadya vyatishthata 4
Vana vaasam
hi sanjaaya vaassamsi aabharanaani cha
Bhartaaram anugachchantyai seetayai shwashuro dadou 5
Raajaa
satyam cha dharmashcha raajaa kulavataam kulam
Raajaa maataa pitaa chaiva raajaa hitakaro nrinaam 6
Nireekshya
sa muhoortam tu dadarsha bharato gurum
Utaje raamam aaseenam jataa valkala dhaarinam 7
Yadi buddhih
kritaa drashtum agastyam tam mahaa munim
Adyaiva gamane buddhim rochayasva mahaa yashah 8
Bharatasya
aarya putrasya shwashroonaam mama cha prabho
Mriga roopam idam vyaktam vismayam janayishyati 9
Gachcha
sheeghram ito rama sugreevam tam mahaa balam
Vayasyam tam kuru kshipramito gatvaadya raaghava 10
Desha kalou
prateekshyasya kshama maamanah priyaa priye
Sukha duhkha sahah kaale sugreeva vashago bhava 11
Vandyaaste
tu tapassidhaah tapanaa veeta kalmashaah
Prashtavyaah chaapi seetaayaah pravrittim vinayaanvitaih 12
Sa nirjitya
pureem shreshthaam lankaam taam kaama roopineem
Vikramena mahaa tejaa hanoomaan maarutaatmajah 13
Dhanyaa
devaah sa gandharvaah siddhaashcha paramarshayah
Mama pashyanti naatham raamam raajeeva lochanam 14
Mangaalaabhi
mukhee tasya saa tadaaseen mahaa kapeh
Upatasthe vishaalaakshee prayataa havya vaahanam 15
Hitam mahaartham
mritu poorva samhitam
Vyateeta kaalaayati sampratikshamama
Vishamya tadvaakyam upasthita jvarah
Prasangavaan uttaram etadabraveet 16
Dharmaatmaa
rakshasaam shreshthah sampraaptoyam vibheeshanah
Lankaishvaryam dhruvam shreemaan ayam praapnotyakantakam 17
Yo vajrapaataashani
sannipaataa-
Nna chukshubhe naapi chachaala raajaa
Sa raama baanaabhihato bhrishaartha-
Shchachaala chaapam muhocha veerah 18
Yasya vikramamaasaadya
raakshasaa nidhanam gataah
Tam manye raaghavam veeram naaraayanam anaamayam 19
Na te dadrishire
raamam dahantam ari vaahineem
Mohitaah paramaastrena gaandharvena mahaatmanaa 20
Pranamya
devataabhyashcha braahmanebhyashcha maithilee
Baddhaanjali putaa chedam uvaachaagni sameepatah 21
Chalannat
parvatendrasya ganaa devaashcha kampitaah
Chachaala paarvatee chaapi tadaashlishtaa maheshvaram 22
Daaraah
putraah puram raashtram bhogaachchaadana bhojanam
Sarvamevaa vibhaktam no bhavishyati hareeshvara 23
Yaameva
raatrim shatrughnah parnashaalaam samaavishat
Taameva raatreem seetaapi prasootaa daaraka dvayam 24
Idam raamaayanam
kritsnam gaayatree beeja samyutam
Trishandhyam yah pathennityam sarva paapaih pramuchyate.