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Śrī Rāma Rakṣā Stotram VERSE 3

॥ अथ स्तोत्रम् ॥
चरितं रघुनाथस्य ।
शतकोटि प्रविस्तरम् ।
एकैकमक्षरं पुंसां ।
महापातक नाशनम् ॥

|| atha stotram ||
caritaṃ raghunāthasya |
śatakoṭi pravistaram |
ekaikamakṣaraṃ puṃsāṃ |
mahāpātaka nāśanam ||

SYNONYMS

atha: thus begins | stotram: prayer | caritaṃ: story | raghunāthasya: head of Raghu dynasty | śatakoṭi: hundred crores | pravistaram: extensive | ekaikam: each | akṣaraṃ: letter | puṃsāṃ: human being | mahāpātaka: greatest sins | nāśanam: destroy |

TRANSLATION

Let us begin the Prayer. The story of Sri Rāma has many letters. However, each and every letter has the power to destroy the greatest sins of mankind.