Pretraj Chalisa, Shri Pretraj Sarkar Chalisa
Pretraj Chalisa, Shri Pretraj Sarkar Chalisa
Pretraj Chalisa, Shri Pretraj Sarkar Chalisa
Jai Jai Pretraj Jaga Pavana
|| dohā ||
gaṇapati kī kara vaṃdanā,
guru caranana citalāya|
pretarāja jī kā likhūṃ,
cālīsā haraṣāya||
jaya jaya bhūtādhipa prabala,
haraṇa sakala duḥkha bhāra|
vīra śiromaṇi jayati,
jaya pretarāja sarakāra||
|| caupāī ||
jaya jaya pretarāja jaga pāvana|
mahā prabala traya tāpa nasāvana||
vikaṭa vīra karuṇā ke sāgara|
bhakta kaṣṭa hara saba guṇa āgara||
ratna jaṭita siṃhāsana sohe|
dekhata suna nara muni mana mohe||
jagamaga sira para mukuṭa suhāvana|
kānana kuṇḍala ati mana bhāvana||
dhanuṣa kṛpāṇa bāṇa aru bhālā|
vīraveśa ati bhṛkuṭi karālā||
gajāruढ़ saṃga senā bhārī|
bājata ḍhola mṛdaṃga jujhārī||
chatra caṃvara paṃkhā sira ḍole|
bhakta bṛnda mili jaya jaya bole||
bhakta śiromaṇi vīra pracaṇḍā|
duṣṭa dalana śobhita bhujadaṇḍā||
calata saina kā~pata bhūtalahū|
darśana karata miṭata kali malahū||
ghāṭā meṃhadīpura meṃ ākara|
pragaṭe pretarāja guṇa sāgara||
lāla dhvajā ur̤a rahī gagana meṃ|
nācata bhakta magana ho mana meṃ||
bhakta kāmanā pūrana svāmī|
bajaraṃgī ke sevaka nāmī||
icchā pūrana karane vāle|
duḥkha saṃkaṭa saba harane vāle||
jo jisa icchā se āte haiṃ|
ve saba mana vā~chita phala pāte haiṃ||
rogī sevā meṃ jo āte|
śīghra svastha hokara ghara jāte||
bhūta piśāca jinna vaitālā|
bhāge dekhata rupa karālā||
bhautika śārīrika saba pīr̤ā|
miṭā śīghra karate haiṃ krīr̤ā||
kaṭhina kāja jaga meṃ haiṃ jete|
raṭata nāma pūrana saba hote||
tana mana dhana se sevā karate|
unake sakala kaṣṭa prabhu harate||
he karuṇāmaya svāmī mere|
par̤ā huā hū~ caraṇoṃ meṃ tere||
koī tere sivā na merā|
mujhe eka āśraya prabhu terā||
lajjā merī hātha tihāre|
par̤ā hū~ caraṇa sahāre||
yā vidhi araja kare tana mana se|
chūṭata roga śoka saba tana se||
meṃhadīpura avatāra liyā hai|
bhaktoṃ kā duḥkha dūra kiyā hai||
rogī, pāgala santati hīnā|
bhūta vyādhi suta aru dhana chīnā||
jo jo tere dvāre āte|
mana vāṃchita phala pā ghara jāte||
mahimā bhūtala para hai chāī|
bhaktoṃ ne hai līlā gāī||
mahanta gaṇeśa purī tapadhārī|
pūjā karate tana mana vārī||
hāthoṃ meṃ le mugadara ghoṭe|
dūta khar̤e rahate haiṃ moṭe||
lāla deha sindūra badana meṃ|
kā~pata thara-thara bhūta bhavana meṃ||
jo koī pretarāja cālīsā|
pāṭha karata nita eka aru bīsā||
prātaḥ kāla snāna karāvai|
tela aura sindūra lagāvai||
candana itra phulela caढ़āvai|
puṣpana kī mālā pahanāvai||
le kapūra āratī utārai|
karai prārthanā jayati ucārai||
unake sabhī kaṣṭa kaṭa jāte|
harṣita ho apane ghara jāte||
icchā pūraṇa karate janakī|
hotī saphala kāmanā mana kī||
bhakta kaṣṭahara arikula ghātaka|
dhyāna dharata chūṭata saba pātaka||
jaya jaya jaya pretādhipa jaya|
jayati bhupati saṃkaṭa hara jaya||
jo nara paढ़ta preta cālīsā|
rahata na kabahū~ dukha lavaleśā||
kaha bhakta dhyāna dhara mana meṃ|
pretarāja pāvana caraṇana meṃ||
|| dohā ||
duṣṭa dalana jaga agha harana,
samana sakala bhava śūla|
jayati bhakta rakṣaka prabala,
pretarāja sukha mūla||
vimala veśa aṃjina suvana,
pretarāja bala dhāma|
basahu nirantara mama hṛdaya,
kahata bhakta sukharāma||
About This Stotram
Overview
Pretraj Chalisa (also known as Shri Pretraj Sarkar Chalisa) is a 40-verse Hindi devotional hymn dedicated to Pretraj, a deity associated with the governance of departed spirits and sometimes identified with aspects of Yama, the god of death. The text seeks Pretraj's protection against malevolent spirits and unseen dangers. It belongs to the regional folk devotional tradition in Hindi-speaking areas of India.
What are the benefits of chanting Pretraj Chalisa?
- Invokes protection from harmful spirits and negative supernatural influences
- Removes obstacles and difficulties attributed to spirit-related causes
- Cultivates courage in the face of fear and adversity
- Honors a deity associated with the realm of departed souls
When is the best time to recite this?
The chalisa may be recited in the morning or evening. It is also recited during periods of difficulty, on occasions associated with ancestor or spirit veneration, and on days near Amavasya.
What is the historical and traditional background?
Pretraj is worshipped in certain folk and regional traditions of North India as a guardian deity of departed spirits and a protector against their malign influence. The chalisa form became widespread in northern India during the medieval and early modern periods as a popular devotional vehicle. The Pretraj Chalisa does not appear in major Puranic or Vedic texts and is instead a product of the oral folk devotional tradition. Its author and composition date are unknown. The text begins with invocations to Ganesha and the Guru, consistent with standard chalisa literary conventions.
Available scripts
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Related Texts
- Pitar Chalisa — another chalisa in the same ancestral/spirit-protection tradition, directed toward the Pitru Devas as benevolent ancestors
- Pitru Tarpanam — the Vedic ritual for propitiating departed ancestors, addressing the same concern with the ancestral and spirit realm