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Achyutashtakam
अच्युताष्टकम्
Acyutāṣṭakam
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राक्षसक्षोभितः सीतया शोभितो दण्डकारण्यभूपुण्यताकारणम् । लक्ष्मणेनान्वितो वानरैः सेवितोऽगस्त्यसम्पूजितो राघवः पातु माम् ॥५॥
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- राक्षसक्षोभितः सीतया शोभितो दण्डकारण्यभूपुण्यताकारणम् । लक्ष्मणेनान्वितो वानरैः सेवितोऽगस्त्यसम्पूजितो राघवः पातु माम् ॥५॥
- May Raghava protect me: he who was troubled by rakshasas, adorned by Sita, cause of the earth's holiness in Dandakaranya, accompanied by Lakshmana, served by monkeys, and worshipped by Agastya.
Rama wandering the forest with Sita is the Self moving through the wilderness of samsara yet never separated from its own purity. Protection is sought not from an outer hero alone but from the inner Lord who makes even exile holy.
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