Ravidas Chalisa, Shri Ravidas Chalisa
Ravidas Chalisa, Shri Ravidas Chalisa
Ravidas Chalisa, Shri Ravidas Chalisa
Jo Hovai Ravidasa Tumhari
|| dohā ||
baṃdauṃ vīṇā pāṇi ko,
dehu āya mohiṃ jñāna|
pāya buddhi ravidāsa ko,
karauṃ caritra bakhāna||
mātu kī mahimā amita hai,
likhi na sakata hai dāsa|
tāte āyoṃ śaraṇa meṃ,
puravahu jana kī āsa||
|| caupāī ||
jai hovai ravidāsa tumhārī|
kṛpā karahu harijana hitakārī||
rāhu bhakta tumhāre tātā|
karmā nāma tumhārī mātā||
kāśī ḍhiṃga māḍura sthānā|
varṇa achūta karata gujarānā||
dvādaśa varṣa umra jaba āī|
tumhare mana hari bhakti samāī||
rāmānanda ke śiṣya kahāye|
pāya jñāna nija nāma baḍha़āye||
śāstra tarka kāśī meṃ kīnhoṃ|
jñānina ko upadeśa hai dīnhoṃ||
gaṃga mātu ke bhakta apārā|
kauḍa़ī dīnha unahiṃ upahārā||
paṃḍita jana tāko lai jāī|
gaṃga mātu ko dīnha caḍha़āī||
hātha pasāri līnha caugānī|
bhakta kī mahimā amita bakhānī||
cakita bhaye paṃḍita kāśī ke|
dekhi carita bhava bhaya nāśī ke||
rala jaṭita kaṃgana taba dīnhā~|
ravidāsa adhikārī kīnhā~||
paṃḍita dījau bhakta ko mere|
ādi janma ke jo haiṃ cere||
pahu~ce paṃḍita ḍhiga ravidāsā|
dai kaṃgana purai abhilāṣā||
taba ravidāsa kahī yaha bātā|
dūsara kaṃgana lāvahu tātā||
paṃḍita jana taba kasama uṭhāī|
dūsara dīnha na gaṃgā māī||
taba ravidāsa ne vacana ucāre|
paḍita jana saba bhaye sukhāre||
jo sarvadā rahai mana caṃgā|
tau ghara basati mātu hai gaṃgā||
hātha kaṭhautī meṃ taba ḍārā|
dūsara kaṃgana eka nikārā||
cita saṃkocita paṃḍita kīnheṃ|
apane apane māraga līnheṃ||
taba se pracalita eka prasaṃgā|
mana caṃgā to kaṭhautī meṃ gaṃgā||
eka bāra phiri parayo jhamelā|
mili paṃḍitajana kīnhoṃ khelā||
sāliga rāma gaṃga utarāvai|
soī prabala bhakta kahalāvai||
saba jana gaye gaṃga ke tīrā|
mūrati tairāvana bica nīrā||
ḍūba gaīṃ sabakī majhadhārā|
sabake mana bhayo duḥkha apārā||
patthara mūrti rahī utarāī|
sura nara mili jayakāra macāī||
rahyo nāma ravidāsa tumhārā|
macyo nagara maha~ hāhākārā||
cīri deha tuma dugdha bahāyo|
janma janeū āpa dikhāo||
dekhi cakita bhaye saba nara nārī|
vidvānana sudhi bisarī sārī||
jñāna tarka kabirā saṃga kīnhoṃ|
cakita unahu~ kā tuma kari dīnhoṃ||
guru gorakhahi dīnha upadeśā|
una mānyo taki saṃta viśeṣā||
sadanā pīra tarka bahu kīnhā~|
tuma tāko upadeśa hai dīnhā~||
mana maha~ hāryoo sadana kasāī|
jo dillī meṃ khabari sunāī||
muslima dharma kī suni kubaḍa़āī|
lodhi sikandara gayo gussāī||
apane gṛha taba tumahiṃ bulāvā|
muslima hona hetu samujhāvā||
mānī nāhiṃ tuma usakī bānī|
baṃdīgṛha kāṭī hai rānī||
kṛṣṇa daraśa pāye ravidāsā|
saphala bhaī tumharī saba āśā||
tāle ṭūṭi khulyo hai kārā|
māma sikandara ke tuma mārā||
kāśī pura tuma kaha~ pahu~cāī|
dai prabhutā arumāna baḍa़āī||
mīrā yogāvati guru kīnhoṃ|
jinako kṣatriya vaṃśa pravīno||
tinako dai upadeśa apārā|
kīnhoṃ bhava se tuma nistārā||
|| dohā ||
aise hī ravidāsa ne,
kīnheṃ carita apāra|
koī kavi gāvai kitai,
tahūṃ na pāvai pāra||
niyama sahita harijana agara,
dhyāna dharai cālīsā|
tākī rakṣā kareṃge,
jagatapati jagadīśā||
About This Stotram
Overview
The Ravidas Chalisa is a Hindi devotional hymn in the chalisa format dedicated to Sant Ravidas, the 15th-century Bhakti saint and poet-saint from Varanasi. The verses describe his life, teachings on equality and devotion, and his spiritual stature as a guru and social reformer. The text belongs to the tradition of popular devotional literature centered on Sant Ravidas, whose followers are found across northern and western India.
What are the benefits of chanting Ravidas Chalisa?
- Cultivates wisdom, humility, and devotion in the reciter
- Seeks the blessings and guidance of Sant Ravidas
- Provides protection from negative influences
- Supports spiritual upliftment through the saint's teachings
When is the best time to recite this?
The chalisa is recited during morning and evening worship and is especially observed on Ravidas Jayanti, the annual commemoration of Sant Ravidas's birth.
What is the historical and traditional background?
Sant Ravidas (c. 1450–1520 CE) was a Bhakti poet-saint from Varanasi, belonging to the cobbler (chamar) community. He was a contemporary of Kabir and is regarded as a guru by followers of the Ravidassia tradition. His compositions, included in the Guru Granth Sahib, emphasize the oneness of God and the irrelevance of caste in spiritual practice. The Ravidas Chalisa is a later devotional composition celebrating his life and legacy; its author and date are unknown, placing it within the broader tradition of saint-biographic chalisa literature.
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
- Ramdev Chalisa — another chalisa honoring a saint celebrated for teachings on equality across communities
- Kabir Dohe — the couplets of Sant Kabir, a contemporary of Ravidas, expressing similar Bhakti teachings