Brahma Chalisa, Shri Brahma Chalisa
Brahma Chalisa, Shri Brahma Chalisa
Brahma Chalisa, Shri Brahma Chalisa
Jai Jai Kamalasana Jagamula
|| dohA ||
jaya brahmA jaya svayambhU,
chaturAnana sukhamUla|
karahu kRRipA nija dAsa pai,
rahahu sadA anukUla||
tuma sRRijaka brahmANDa ke,
aja vidhi ghAtA nAma|
vishvavidhAtA kIjiye,
jana pai kRRipA lalAma||
|| chaupAI ||
jaya jaya kamalAsAna jagamUlA|
rahahu sadA janapai anukUlA||
rupa chaturbhuja parama suhAvana|
tumheM ahaiM chaturdika Anana||
raktavarNa tava subhaga sharIrA|
mastaka jaTAjuTa gaMbhIrA||
tAke Upara mukuTa birAjai|
dAढ़I shveta mahAChavi ChAjai||
shvetavastra dhAre tuma sundara|
hai yaj~nopavIta ati manahara||
kAnana kuNDala subhaga birAjahiM|
gala motina kI mAlA rAjahiM||
chArihu veda tumhIM pragaTAye|
divya j~nAna tribhuvanahiM sikhAye||
brahmaloka shubha dhAma tumhArA|
akhila bhuvana maha.N yasha bistArA||
arddhAMgini tava hai sAvitrI|
apara nAma hiye gAyatrI||
sarasvatI taba sutA manohara|
vINA vAdini saba vidhi mundara||
kamalAsana para rahe birAje|
tuma haribhakti sAja saba sAje||
kShIra sindhu sovata surabhUpA|
nAbhi kamala bho pragaTa anUpA||
tehi para tuma AsIna kRRipAlA|
sadA karahu santana pratipAlA||
eka bAra kI kathA prachArI|
tuma kaha.N moha bhayeu mana bhArI||
kamalAsana lakhi kInha bichArA|
aura na kou ahai saMsArA||
taba tuma kamalanAla gahi lInhA|
anta bilokana kara praNa kInhA||
koTika varSha gaye yahi bhAMtI|
bhramata bhramata bIte dina rAtI||
pai tuma tAkara anta na pAye|
hvai nirAsha atishaya duHkhiyAye||
puni bichAra mana maha.N yaha kInhA|
mahApagha yaha ati prAchIna||
yAko janma bhayo ko kArana|
tabahIM mohi karayo yaha dhArana||
akhila bhuvana maha.N kaha.N koI nAhIM|
saba kuCha ahai nihita mo mAhIM||
yaha nishchaya kari garaba baढ़Ayo|
nija kaha.N brahma mAni sukhapAye||
gagana girA taba bhaI gaMbhIrA|
brahmA vachana sunahu dhari dhIrA||
sakala sRRiShTi kara svAmI joI|
brahma anAdi alakha hai soI||
nija ichChA ina saba niramAye|
brahmA viShNu mahesha banAye||
sRRiShTi lAgi pragaTe trayadevA|
saba jaga inakI karihai sevA||
mahApagha jo tumharo Asana|
tA pai ahai viShNu ko shAsana||
viShNu nAbhiteM pragaTyo AI|
tuma kaha.N satya dInha samujhAI||
bhauTahu jAI viShNu hitamAnI|
yaha kahi banda bhaI nabhavAnI||
tAhi shravaNa kahi acharaja mAnA|
puni chaturAnana kInha payAnA||
kamala nAla dhari nIche AvA|
tahAM viShNu ke darshana pAvA||
shayana karata dekhe surabhUpA|
shyAyamavarNa tanu parama anUpA||
sohata chaturbhujA atisundara|
krITamukaTa rAjata mastaka para||
gala baijantI mAla birAjai|
koTi sUrya kI shobhA lAjai||
shaMkha chakra aru gadA manohara|
sheSha nAga shayyA ati manahara||
divyarupa lakhi kInha praNAmU|
harShita bhe shrIpati sukha dhAmU||
bahu vidhi vinaya kInha chaturAnana|
taba lakShmI pati kaheu mudita mana||
brahmA dUri karahu abhimAnA|
brahmArupa hama dou samAnA||
tIje shrI shivashaMkara AhIM|
brahmarupa saba tribhuvana mAMhI||
tuma soM hoI sRRiShTi vistArA|
hama pAlana karihaiM saMsArA||
shiva saMhAra karahiM saba kerA|
hama tInahuM kaha.N kAja dhanerA||
aguNarupa shrI brahmA bakhAnahu|
nirAkAra tinakaha.N tuma jAnahu||
hama sAkAra rupa trayadevA|
karihaiM sadA brahma kI sevA||
yaha suni brahmA parama sihAye|
parabrahma ke yasha ati gAye||
so saba vidita veda ke nAmA|
mukti rupa so parama lalAmA||
yahi vidhi prabhu bho janama tumhArA|
puni tuma pragaTa kInha saMsArA||
nAma pitAmaha sundara pAyeu|
ja.Da chetana saba kaha.N niramAyeu||
lInha aneka bAra avatArA|
sundara suyasha jagata vistArA||
devadanuja saba tuma kaha.N dhyAvahiM|
manavAMChita tuma sana saba pAvahiM||
jo kou dhyAna dharai nara nArI|
tAkI Asa pujAvahu sArI||
puShkara tIrtha parama sukhadAI|
taha.N tuma basahu sadA surarAI||
kuNDa nahAi karahi jo pUjana|
tA kara dUra hoI saba dUShaNa||
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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
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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