Shri Hanuman
Shri Hanuman
Shri Hanuman
Jai Hanuman Gyaan Gun Sagar
|| dohā ||
śrī guru carana saroja raja,
nija manu mukura sudhāri|
baranauṃ raghubara vimala jasu,
jo dāyaku phala cāri||
buddhihīna tanu jānikai,
sumirauṃ pavana-kumāra|
bala buddhi vidyā dehu mohiṃ,
harahu kaleśa vikāra||
|| caupāī ||
jaya hanumāna jñāna guṇa sāgara|
jaya kapīsa tihu~ loka ujāgara||
rāma dūta atulita bala dhāmā|
aṃjani-putra pavanasuta nāmā||
mahāvīra vikrama bajaraṃgī|
kumati nivāra sumati ke saṃgī||
kaṃcana barana birāja suvesā|
kānana kuṇḍala kuṃcita kesā||
hātha vajra au dhvajā birājai|
kādhe mūja janeū sājai||
śaṃkara suvana kesarīnandana|
teja pratāpa mahā jaga vandana||
vidyāvāna guṇī ati cātura|
rāma kāja karibe ko ātura||
prabhu caritra sunibe ko rasiyā|
rāma lakhana sītā mana basiyā||
sūkṣma rupa dhari siyahiṃ dikhāvā|
vikaṭa rupa dhari laṃka jarāvā||
bhīma rupa dhari asura saṃhāre|
rāmacandra ke kāja saṃvāre||
lāya sajīvana lakhana jiyāye|
śrīraghuvīra haraṣi ura lāye||
raghupati kīnhī bahuta baḍa़āī|
tuma mama priya bharatahi sama bhāī||
sahasa badana tumharo yaśa gāvaiṃ|
asa kahi śrī pati kaṃṭha lagāvaiṃ||
sanakādika brahmādi munīsā|
nārada sārada sahita ahīsā||
jama kubera dikapāla jahāṃ te|
kavi kobida kahi sake kahāṃ te||
tuma upakāra sugrīvahiṃ kīnhā|
rāma milāya rāja pada dīnhā||
tumharo mantra vibhīṣana mānā|
laṃkeśvara bhaye saba jaga jānā||
juga sahasra yojana para bhānū|
līlyo tāhi madhura pha़la jānū||
prabhu mudrikā meli mukha māhīṃ|
jaladhi lāṃghi gae acaraja nāhīṃ||
durgama kāja jagata ke jete|
sugama anugraha tumhare tete||
rāma duāre tuma rakhavāre|
hota na ājñā binu paisāre||
saba sukha lahai tumhārī saranā|
tuma rakṣaka kāhū ko ḍaranā||
āpana teja samhāro āpai|
tīnoṃ loka hāṃka teṃ kāṃpai||
bhūta piśāca nikaṭa nahiṃ āvai|
mahāvīra jaba nāma sunāvai||
nāsai roga harai saba pīrā|
japata niraṃtara hanumata bīrā||
saṃkaṭa te hanumāna chuḍa़āvai|
mana krama vacana dhyāna jo lāvai||
saba para rāma tapasvī rājā|
tina ke kāja sakala tuma sājā||
aura manoratha jo koī lāvai|
soi amita jīvana pha़la pāvai||
cāroṃ juga paratāpa tumhārā|
hai parasiddha jagata ujiyārā||
sādhu santa ke tuma rakhavāre|
asura nikandana rāma dulāre||
aṣṭa siddhi navanidhi ke dātā|
asa bara dīna jānakī mātā||
rāma rasāyana tumhare pāsā|
sadā raho raghupati ke dāsā||
tumhare bhajana rāma ko pāvai|
janama janama ke dukha bisarāvai||
antakāla raghubara pura jāī|
jahā~ janma hari-bhakta kahāī||
aura devatā citta na dharaī|
hanumata seī sarva sukha karaī||
saṃkaṭa kaṭai miṭai saba pīrā|
jo sumirai hanumata balabīrā||
jaya jaya jaya hanumāna gosāī|
kṛpā karahu gurudeva kī nāī||
jo śata bāra pāṭha kara koī|
chūṭahiṃ baṃdi mahā sukha hoī||
jo yaha paḍha़ai hanumāna cālīsā|
hoya siddhi sākhī gaurīsā||
tulasīdāsa sadā hari cerā|
kījai nātha hṛdaya maha~ ḍerā||
|| dohā ||
pavanatanaya saṃkaṭa harana,
maṃgala mūrati rupa|
rāma lakhana sītā sahita,
hṛdaya basahu sura bhūpa||
About This Stotram
Overview
The Hanuman Chalisa is a Hindi devotional hymn of 40 verses (chalisa) attributed to the 16th-century poet-saint Goswami Tulsidas. It praises Lord Hanuman's strength, devotion to Rama, knowledge, and his role as a protector and messenger. Composed in the Awadhi dialect, it is one of the most widely recited texts in Hindu devotional practice and belongs to the Ramanandi Vaishnava tradition.
What are the benefits of chanting Hanuman Chalisa?
- Removes fear and anxiety through invocation of Hanuman's protective qualities
- Grants strength and courage, consistent with Hanuman's nature as described in the Ramayana
- Cultivates wisdom and knowledge by meditating on Hanuman's qualities of discernment
- Removes obstacles in daily life according to traditional accounts of the text's efficacy
When is the best time to recite this?
Tuesdays and Saturdays are the most widely observed days for recitation. Hanuman Jayanti, Rama Navami, morning, and evening are all appropriate. The text is also commonly recited during distress or before important undertakings.
What is the historical and traditional background?
The Hanuman Chalisa is attributed to Goswami Tulsidas (c. 1532–1623 CE), who is best known for the Ramcharitmanas, a Awadhi-language retelling of the Ramayana. Traditional accounts associate the chalisa's composition with a period of Tulsidas's personal difficulty. The text reflects the Bhakti movement's emphasis on accessible vernacular devotional poetry directed at the personal deity. The chalisa's structure — two doha couplets framing 40 chaupai verses — follows established conventions of North Indian devotional verse. It has been in continuous use for approximately four centuries and is recited daily in Hanuman temples across India and in diaspora communities worldwide.
Available scripts
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Related Texts
- Shri Bajrang Baan — a Hindi invocatory hymn to Hanuman in the same bhakti tradition, recited alongside the Chalisa for direct protection
- Shri Giriraj Chalisa — another Hindi chalisa in the North Indian Vaishnava devotional tradition