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Brahma Chalisa, Shri Brahma Chalisa

Brahma Chalisa, Shri Brahma Chalisa

Brahma Chalisa, Shri Brahma Chalisa

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Brahma
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Jai Jai Kamalasana Jagamula

|| dohā ||

jaya brahmā jaya svayambhū,

caturānana sukhamūla|

karahu kṛpā nija dāsa pai,

rahahu sadā anukūla||

tuma sṛjaka brahmāṇḍa ke,

aja vidhi ghātā nāma|

viśvavidhātā kījiye,

jana pai kṛpā lalāma||

|| caupāī ||

jaya jaya kamalāsāna jagamūlā|

rahahu sadā janapai anukūlā||

rupa caturbhuja parama suhāvana|

tumheṃ ahaiṃ caturdika ānana||

raktavarṇa tava subhaga śarīrā|

mastaka jaṭājuṭa gaṃbhīrā||

tāke ūpara mukuṭa birājai|

dāढ़ī śveta mahāchavi chājai||

śvetavastra dhāre tuma sundara|

hai yajñopavīta ati manahara||

kānana kuṇḍala subhaga birājahiṃ|

gala motina kī mālā rājahiṃ||

cārihu veda tumhīṃ pragaṭāye|

divya jñāna tribhuvanahiṃ sikhāye||

brahmaloka śubha dhāma tumhārā|

akhila bhuvana maha~ yaśa bistārā||

arddhāṃgini tava hai sāvitrī|

apara nāma hiye gāyatrī||

sarasvatī taba sutā manohara|

vīṇā vādini saba vidhi mundara||

kamalāsana para rahe birāje|

tuma haribhakti sāja saba sāje||

kṣīra sindhu sovata surabhūpā|

nābhi kamala bho pragaṭa anūpā||

tehi para tuma āsīna kṛpālā|

sadā karahu santana pratipālā||

eka bāra kī kathā pracārī|

tuma kaha~ moha bhayeu mana bhārī||

kamalāsana lakhi kīnha bicārā|

aura na kou ahai saṃsārā||

taba tuma kamalanāla gahi līnhā|

anta bilokana kara praṇa kīnhā||

koṭika varṣa gaye yahi bhāṃtī|

bhramata bhramata bīte dina rātī||

pai tuma tākara anta na pāye|

hvai nirāśa atiśaya duḥkhiyāye||

puni bicāra mana maha~ yaha kīnhā|

mahāpagha yaha ati prācīna||

yāko janma bhayo ko kārana|

tabahīṃ mohi karayo yaha dhārana||

akhila bhuvana maha~ kaha~ koī nāhīṃ|

saba kucha ahai nihita mo māhīṃ||

yaha niścaya kari garaba baढ़āyo|

nija kaha~ brahma māni sukhapāye||

gagana girā taba bhaī gaṃbhīrā|

brahmā vacana sunahu dhari dhīrā||

sakala sṛṣṭi kara svāmī joī|

brahma anādi alakha hai soī||

nija icchā ina saba niramāye|

brahmā viṣṇu maheśa banāye||

sṛṣṭi lāgi pragaṭe trayadevā|

saba jaga inakī karihai sevā||

mahāpagha jo tumharo āsana|

tā pai ahai viṣṇu ko śāsana||

viṣṇu nābhiteṃ pragaṭyo āī|

tuma kaha~ satya dīnha samujhāī||

bhauṭahu jāī viṣṇu hitamānī|

yaha kahi banda bhaī nabhavānī||

tāhi śravaṇa kahi acaraja mānā|

puni caturānana kīnha payānā||

kamala nāla dhari nīce āvā|

tahāṃ viṣṇu ke darśana pāvā||

śayana karata dekhe surabhūpā|

śyāyamavarṇa tanu parama anūpā||

sohata caturbhujā atisundara|

krīṭamukaṭa rājata mastaka para||

gala baijantī māla birājai|

koṭi sūrya kī śobhā lājai||

śaṃkha cakra aru gadā manohara|

śeṣa nāga śayyā ati manahara||

divyarupa lakhi kīnha praṇāmū|

harṣita bhe śrīpati sukha dhāmū||

bahu vidhi vinaya kīnha caturānana|

taba lakṣmī pati kaheu mudita mana||

brahmā dūri karahu abhimānā|

brahmārupa hama dou samānā||

tīje śrī śivaśaṃkara āhīṃ|

brahmarupa saba tribhuvana māṃhī||

tuma soṃ hoī sṛṣṭi vistārā|

hama pālana karihaiṃ saṃsārā||

śiva saṃhāra karahiṃ saba kerā|

hama tīnahuṃ kaha~ kāja dhanerā||

aguṇarupa śrī brahmā bakhānahu|

nirākāra tinakaha~ tuma jānahu||

hama sākāra rupa trayadevā|

karihaiṃ sadā brahma kī sevā||

yaha suni brahmā parama sihāye|

parabrahma ke yaśa ati gāye||

so saba vidita veda ke nāmā|

mukti rupa so parama lalāmā||

yahi vidhi prabhu bho janama tumhārā|

puni tuma pragaṭa kīnha saṃsārā||

nāma pitāmaha sundara pāyeu|

jar̤a cetana saba kaha~ niramāyeu||

līnha aneka bāra avatārā|

sundara suyaśa jagata vistārā||

devadanuja saba tuma kaha~ dhyāvahiṃ|

manavāṃchita tuma sana saba pāvahiṃ||

jo kou dhyāna dharai nara nārī|

tākī āsa pujāvahu sārī||

puṣkara tīrtha parama sukhadāī|

taha~ tuma basahu sadā surarāī||

kuṇḍa nahāi karahi jo pūjana|

tā kara dūra hoī saba dūṣaṇa||

About This Stotram

Overview

The Brahma Chalisa is a Hindi devotional hymn in the Chalisa format dedicated to Lord Brahma, the creator deity in the Hindu trinity. The text uses rhyming verses to describe Brahma's divine attributes and role in creation, and belongs to the genre of vernacular devotional literature that developed in medieval India to make deity worship accessible to broader audiences.

What are the benefits of chanting Brahma Chalisa?

  • Invocation of Brahma's blessings for knowledge and wisdom
  • Support for creative endeavors and new undertakings
  • Development of understanding of the cosmic order
  • Spiritual connection with the principle of creation

When is the best time to recite this?

The Brahma Chalisa is recited during morning and evening devotional sessions. Vasant Panchami, associated with learning and knowledge, and other auspicious occasions related to study or new beginnings are recommended times for its recitation.

What is the historical and traditional background?

The Chalisa genre gained prominence in medieval India from the 16th century onward as a means of popular devotion, with the Hanuman Chalisa being its most famous example. The Brahma Chalisa follows this tradition, composed by an unknown devotional poet to fill a gap in dedicated worship of Lord Brahma, who has fewer temples and less liturgical focus than Vishnu or Shiva despite his role as creator. The text is composed in Hindi and is not part of the Vedic or Puranic scriptural canon.

Available scripts

This text is available in 14 scripts: devanagari, tamil, telugu, kannada, malayalam, gujarati, bengali, iast, gurmukhi, oriya, assamese, sinhala, itrans, hk. Use the script selector above to switch between them.

Related Texts

  • Brahma Gayatri Mantra — the Vedic mantra invoking Brahma's creative and purifying energy
  • Brahma Samhita — a Sanskrit text attributed to Lord Brahma describing the nature of the supreme deity