“Lokabhiramam Rana Ranga dheeram, Rajiv Netram Raghuvansha Natham. Kaarunya roopam, Karunakaram tam, Sri Ram Chandram Sharanam Prapadye”. Taken from the potent Vedic verse- ‘Rama Raksha Strotram’ these lines mean- “One who is pleasing to behold (abhiram), has eyes like the lotus (Rajiv-netram), is the scion of Raghu (Raghuvansha Natham), is the personification of compassion (kaarunya roopam) – in the feet of that Sri Rama, I take refuge.” Devotees of Sri Rama, the incarnation of Vishnu, chant this strotram to gain Rama’s protection. With a deep faith in their lord and pure love for him, they call this verse- Rama Kavach, literally, ‘the armour of Rama’.