Mantra · Rama
श्री राम तारक मन्त्रShri Rama Taraka Mantra
Mantra text
श्री राम जय राम जय जय राम
śrī rāma jaya rāma jaya jaya rāma
Meaning
Meaning
Glorious Rama, victory to Rama, victory victory to Rama — the thirteen-syllable Taraka (liberating) mantra.
Practice details
Recommended count
108One mala — 108 repetitions
About this mantra
About this mantra
A thirteen-syllable invocation of Rama, called Taraka, the one that ferries across, because tradition holds that its repetition carries the reciter over the ocean of worldly existence. Its short, even cadence suits unbroken japa on beads and congregational kirtan alike, and it is honoured as a complete practice needing no elaborate ritual.