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YUDDHAKANDA
 
रामचन्द्रमसं दृष्टा ग्रस्तं रावणराहुणा ।
उपगम्याब्रवीद्रामम् अगस्त्यो भगवानृषिः ॥
 
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Looking at the moon of a Rama in the
grip of the Rahu ofa Ravana, the blessed
seer Agastya came near and said to Rama:
 
राम राम महाबाहो शृणु गुह्यं सनातनम् ।
येन सर्वानरीन् वत्स समरे विजयिष्यसि ॥
 
"O mighty-armed Rama, darling Rama,
hear this traditional secret by which you
will be able to conquer in battle all your
enemies.
 
आदित्यहृदयं पुण्यं सर्वशत्रुविनाशनम् ।
जयावहं जपेन्नित्यम् अक्षय्यं परमं शिवम् ॥
सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्यं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ।
चिन्ताशोकप्रशमनम् आयुर्वर्धनमुत्तमम् ॥
 
One should constantly mutter the
Aditya-Hridaya mantra which is holy,
capable of destroying all foes, hringer of
victory, indestructible and highly auspicious,
the most beneficent of beneficent things,
the destroyer of all sins, the extinguisher
of anxiety and sorrow and the best
prolonger of life.