Shri Sai Chalisa, Sai Baba Chalisa
Shri Sai Chalisa, Sai Baba Chalisa
Pahle Sai Ke Charno Mein, Apna
|| zrI sAIM cAlIsA ||
pahale sAI ke caraNoM meM,
apanA zIza namAUM maiM|
kaise ziraDI sAI Ae,
sArA hAla sunAUM maiM||
kauna hai mAtA, pitA kauna hai,
ye na kisI ne bhI jAnA|
kahAM janma sAI ne dhArA,
prazna pahelI rahA banA||
koI kahe ayodhyA ke,
ye rAmacandra bhagavAna haiM|
koI kahatA sAI bAbA,
pavana putra hanumAna haiM||
koI kahatA maMgala mUrti,
zrI gajAnaMda haiM sAI|
koI kahatA gokula mohana,
devakI nandana haiM sAI||
zaMkara samajhe bhakta kaI to,
bAbA ko bhajate rahate|
koI kaha avatAra datta kA,
pUjA sAI kI karate||
kucha bhI mAno unako tuma,
para sAI haiM sacce bhagavAna|
baDa़e dayAlu dInabandhu,
kitanoM ko diyA jIvana dAna||
kaI varSa pahale kI ghaTanA,
tumheM sunAUMgA maiM bAta|
kisI bhAgyazAlI kI,
ziraDI meM AI thI bArAta||
AyA sAtha usI ke thA,
bAlaka eka bahuta sundara|
AyA, Akara vahIM basa gayA,
pAvana ziraDI kiyA nagara||
kaI dinoM taka bhaTakatA,
bhikSA mA~ga usane dara-dara|
aura dikhAI aisI lIlA,
jaga meM jo ho gaI amara||
jaise-jaise amara umara baDha़I,
baDha़tI hI vaise gaI zAna|
ghara-ghara hone lagA nagara meM,
sAI bAbA kA guNagAna ||10||
dig-diganta meM lagA gUMjane,
phira to sAIMjI kA nAma|
dIna-dukhI kI rakSA karanA,
yahI rahA bAbA kA kAma||
bAbA ke caraNoM meM jAkara,
jo kahatA maiM hUM nirdhana|
dayA usI para hotI unakI,
khula jAte duHkha ke baMdhana||
kabhI kisI ne mAMgI bhikSA,
do bAbA mujhako saMtAna|
evaM astu taba kahakara sAI,
dete the usako varadAna||
svayaM duHkhI bAbA ho jAte,
dIna-duHkhI jana kA lakha hAla|
antaHkaraNa zrI sAI kA,
sAgara jaisA rahA vizAla||
bhakta eka madrAsI AyA,
ghara kA bahuta ba़Da़A dhanavAna|
mAla khajAnA behada usakA,
kevala nahIM rahI saMtAna||
lagA manAne sAInAtha ko,
bAbA mujha para dayA karo|
jhaMjhA se jhaMkRta naiyA ko,
tumhIM merI pAra karo||
kuladIpaka ke binA aMdherA,
chAyA huA ghara meM mere|
isalie AyA hU~ bAbA,
hokara zaraNAgata tere||
kuladIpaka ke abhAva meM,
vyartha hai daulata kI mAyA|
Aja bhikhArI banakara bAbA,
zaraNa tumhArI maiM AyA||
de do mujhako putra-dAna,
maiM RNI rahUMgA jIvana bhara|
aura kisI kI AzA na mujhako,
sirpha bharosA hai tuma para||
anunaya-vinaya bahuta kI usane,
caraNoM meM dhara ke zIza|
taba prasanna hokara bAbA ne,
diyA bhakta ko yaha AzIza ||20||
"allA bhalA karegA terA",
putra janma ho tere ghara|
kRpA rahegI tujha para usakI,
aura tere usa bAlaka para||
aba taka nahIM kisI ne pAyA,
sAI kI kRpA kA pAra|
putra ratna de madrAsI ko,
dhanya kiyA usakA saMsAra||
tana-mana se jo bhaje usI kA,
jaga meM hotA hai uddhAra|
sAMca ko AMca nahIM haiM koI,
sadA jhUTha kI hotI hAra||
maiM hUM sadA sahAre usake,
sadA rahU~gA usakA dAsa|
sAI jaisA prabhu milA hai,
itanI hI kama hai kyA Asa||
merA bhI dina thA eka aisA,
milatI nahIM mujhe roTI|
tana para kapa़Da़A dUra rahA thA,
zeSa rahI nanhIM sI laMgoTI||
saritA sanmukha hone para bhI,
maiM pyAsA kA pyAsA thA|
durdina merA mere Upara,
dAvAgnI barasAtA thA||
dharatI ke atirikta jagata meM,
merA kucha avalamba na thA|
banA bhikhArI maiM duniyA meM,
dara-dara Thokara khAtA thA||
aise meM eka mitra milA jo,
parama bhakta sAI kA thA|
jaMjAloM se mukta magara,
jagatI meM vaha bhI mujhasA thA||
bAbA ke darzana kI khAtira,
mila donoM ne kiyA vicAra|
sAI jaise dayA mUrti ke,
darzana ko ho gae taiyAra||
pAvana ziraDI nagara meM jAkara,
dekha matavAlI mUrati|
dhanya janma ho gayA ki hamane,
jaba dekhI sAI kI sUrati ||30||
jaba se kie haiM darzana hamane,
duHkha sArA kAphUra ho gayA|
saMkaTa sAre miTai aura,
vipadAoM kA anta ho gayA||
mAna aura sammAna milA,
bhikSA meM hamako bAbA se|
pratibimbita ho uThe jagata meM,
hama sAI kI AbhA se||
bAbA ne sanmAna diyA hai,
mAna diyA isa jIvana meM|
isakA hI saMbala le maiM,
haMsatA jAUMgA jIvana meM||
sAI kI lIlA kA mere,
mana para aisA asara huA|
lagatA jagatI ke kaNa-kaNa meM,
jaise ho vaha bharA huA||
"kAzIrAma" bAbA kA bhakta,
ziraDI meM rahatA thA|
maiM sAI kA sAI merA,
vaha duniyA se kahatA thA||
sIkara svayaM vastra becatA,
grAma-nagara bAjAroM meM|
jhaMkRta usakI hRdaya taMtrI thI,
sAI kI jhaMkAroM meM||
stabdha nizA thI, the soya,
rajanI AMcala meM cA~da sitAre|
nahIM sUjhatA rahA hAtha ko,
hAtha timira ke mAre||
vastra becakara lauTa rahA thA,
hAya! hATa se kAzI|
vicitra ba़Da़A saMyoga ki usa dina,
AtA thA ekAkI||
ghera rAha meM kha़Da़e ho gae,
use kuTila anyAyI|
mAro kATo lUTo isakI hI,
dhvani pa़Da़I sunAI||
lUTa pITakara use vahA~ se,
kuTila gae campata ho|
AghAtoM meM marmAhata ho,
usane dI saMjJA kho ||40||
bahuta dera taka pa़Da़A raha vaha,
vahIM usI hAlata meM|
jAne kaba kucha hoza ho uThA,
vahIM usakI palaka meM||
anajAne hI usake muMha se,
nikala pa़Da़A thA sAI|
jisakI pratidhvani ziraDI meM,
bAbA ko pa़Da़I sunAI||
kSubdha ho uThA mAnasa unakA,
bAbA gae vikala ho|
lagatA jaise ghaTanA sArI,
ghaTI unhIM ke sanmukha ho||
unmAdI se i़dhara-u़dhara taba,
bAbA lege bhaTakane|
sanmukha cIjeM jo bhI AI,
unako lagane paTakane||
aura dhadhakate aMgAroM meM,
bAbA ne apanA kara DAlA|
hue sazaMkita sabhI vahA~,
lakha tANDavanRtya nirAlA||
samajha gae saba loga,
ki koI bhakta pa़Da़A saMkaTa meM|
kSubhita kha़Da़e the sabhI vahA~,
para pa़Da़e hue vismaya meM||
use bacAne kI hI khAtira,
bAbA Aja vikala hai|
usakI hI pI़Da़A se pIDita,
unakI antaHsthala hai||
itane meM hI vividha ne apanI,
vicitratA dikhalAI|
lakha kara jisako janatA kI,
zraddhA saritA laharAI||
lekara saMjJAhIna bhakta ko,
gA़Da़I eka vahA~ AI|
sanmukha apane dekha bhakta ko,
sAI kI AMkheM bhara AI||
zAMta, dhIra, gaMbhIra, sindhu sA,
bAbA kA antaHsthala|
Aja na jAne kyoM raha-rahakara,
ho jAtA thA caMcala ||50||
Aja dayA kI mUrti svayaM thA,
banA huA upacArI|
aura bhakta ke lie Aja thA,
deva banA pratihArI||
Aja bhakti kI viSama parIkSA meM,
saphala huA thA kAzI|
usake hI darzana kI khAtira the,
uma़Da़e nagara-nivAsI||
jaba bhI aura jahAM bhI koI,
bhakta pa़Da़e saMkaTa meM|
usakI rakSA karane bAbA,
Ate haiM palabhara meM||
yuga-yuga kA hai satya yaha,
nahIM koI naI kahAnI|
Apatagrasta bhakta jaba hotA,
jAte khuda antaryAmI||
bheda-bhAva se pare pujArI,
mAnavatA ke the sAI|
jitane pyAre hindu-muslima,
utane hI the sikkha IsAI||
bheda-bhAva mandira-masjida kA,
toDa़-phoDa़ bAbA ne DAlA|
rAha rahIma sabhI unake the,
kRSNa karIma allAtAlA||
ghaNTe kI pratidhvani se gUMjA,
masjida kA konA-konA|
mile paraspara hindu-muslima,
pyAra baDha़A dina-dina dUnA||
camatkAra thA kitanA sundara,
paricaya isa kAyA ne dI|
aura nIma kaDuvAhaTa meM bhI,
miThAsa bAbA ne bhara dI||
saba ko sneha diyA sAI ne,
sabako saMtula pyAra kiyA|
jo kucha jisane bhI cAhA,
bAbA ne usako vahI diyA||
aise snehazIla bhAjana kA,
nAma sadA jo japA kare|
parvata jaisA duHkha na kyoM ho,
palabhara meM vaha dUra Tare ||60||
sAI jaisA dAtA hama,
are nahIM dekhA koI|
jisake kevala darzana se hI,
sArI vipadA dUra gaI||
tana meM sAI, mana meM sAI,
sAI-sAI bhajA karo|
apane tana kI sudhi-budhi khokara,
sudhi usakI tuma kiyA karo||
jaba tU apanI sudhi taja,
bAbA kI sudhi kiyA karegA|
aura rAta-dina bAbA-bAbA,
hI tU raTA karegA||
to bAbA ko are! vivaza ho,
sudhi terI lenI hI hogI|
terI hara icchA bAbA ko,
pUrI hI karanI hogI||
jaMgala, jagaMla bhaTaka na pAgala,
aura DhUMDha़ne bAbA ko|
eka jagaha kevala ziraDI meM,
tU pAegA bAbA ko||
dhanya jagata meM prANI hai vaha,
jisane bAbA ko pAyA|
duHkha meM, sukha meM prahara ATha ho,
sAI kA hI guNa gAyA||
gire saMkaToM ke parvata,
cAhe bijalI hI TUTa paDa़e|
sAI kA le nAma sadA tuma,
sanmukha saba ke raho aDa़e||
isa bUDha़e kI suna karAmata,
tuma ho jAoge hairAna|
daMga raha gae sunakara jisako,
jAne kitane catura sujAna||
eka bAra ziraDI meM sAdhu,
Dha़oMgI thA koI AyA|
bholI-bhAlI nagara-nivAsI,
janatA ko thA bharamAyA||
jaDa़I-bUTiyAM unheM dikhAkara,
karane lagA vaha bhASaNa|
kahane lagA suno zrotAgaNa,
ghara merA hai vRndAvana ||70||
auSadhi mere pAsa eka hai,
aura ajaba isameM zakti|
isake sevana karane se hI,
ho jAtI duHkha se mukti||
agara mukta honA cAho,
tuma saMkaTa se bImArI se|
to hai merA namra nivedana,
hara nara se, hara nArI se||
lo kharIda tuma isako,
isakI sevana vidhiyAM haiM nyArI|
yadyapi tuccha vastu hai yaha,
guNa usake haiM ati bhArI||
jo hai saMtati hIna yahAM yadi,
merI auSadhi ko khAe|
putra-ratna ho prApta,
are vaha muMha mAMgA phala pAe||
auSadhi merI jo na kharIde,
jIvana bhara pachatAegA|
mujha jaisA prANI zAyada hI,
are yahAM A pAegA||
duniyA do dinoM kA melA hai,
mauja zauka tuma bhI kara lo|
agara isase milatA hai, saba kucha,
tuma bhI isako le lo||
hairAnI baDha़tI janatA kI,
lakha isakI kArastAnI|
pramudita vaha bhI mana- hI-mana thA,
lakha logoM kI nAdAnI||
khabara sunAne bAbA ko yaha,
gayA dauDa़kara sevaka eka|
sunakara bhRkuTI tanI aura,
vismaraNa ho gayA sabhI viveka||
hukma diyA sevaka ko,
satvara pakaDa़ duSTa ko lAo|
yA ziraDI kI sImA se,
kapaTI ko dUra bhagAo||
mere rahate bholI-bhAlI,
ziraDI kI janatA ko|
kauna nIca aisA jo,
sAhasa karatA hai chalane ko ||80||
palabhara meM aise DhoMgI,
kapaTI nIca luTere ko|
mahAnAza ke mahAgarta meM pahu~cA,
dU~ jIvana bhara ko||
tanika milA AbhAsa madArI,
krUra, kuTila anyAyI ko|
kAla nAcatA hai aba sira para,
gussA AyA sAI ko||
palabhara meM saba khela baMda kara,
bhAgA sira para rakhakara paira|
soca rahA thA mana hI mana,
bhagavAna nahIM hai aba khaira||
saca hai sAI jaisA dAnI,
mila na sakegA jaga meM|
aMza Iza kA sAI bAbA,
unheM na kucha bhI muzkila jaga meM||
sneha, zIla, saujanya Adi kA,
AbhUSaNa dhAraNa kara|
baDha़tA isa duniyA meM jo bhI,
mAnava sevA ke patha para||
vahI jIta letA hai jagatI ke,
jana jana kA antaHsthala|
usakI eka udAsI hI,
jaga ko kara detI hai vihvala||
jaba-jaba jaga meM bhAra pApa kA,
baDha़-baDha़ hI jAtA hai|
use miTAne kI hI khAtira,
avatArI hI AtA hai||
pApa aura anyAya sabhI kucha,
isa jagatI kA hara ke|
dUra bhagA detA duniyA ke,
dAnava ko kSaNa bhara ke||
sneha sudhA kI dhAra barasane,
lagatI hai isa duniyA meM|
gale paraspara milane lagate,
haiM jana-jana Apasa meM||
aise avatArI sAI,
mRtyuloka meM Akara|
samatA kA yaha pATha paDha़AyA,
sabako apanA Apa miTAkara ||90||
nAma dvArakA masjida kA,
rakhA ziraDI meM sAI ne|
dApa, tApa, saMtApa miTAyA,
jo kucha AyA sAI ne||
sadA yAda meM masta rAma kI,
baiThe rahate the sAI|
pahara ATha hI rAma nAma ko,
bhajate rahate the sAI||
sUkhI-rUkhI tAjI bAsI,
cAhe yA hove pakavAna|
saudA pyAra ke bhUkhe sAI kI,
khAtira the sabhI samAna||
sneha aura zraddhA se apanI,
jana jo kucha de jAte the|
baDa़e cAva se usa bhojana ko,
bAbA pAvana karate the||
kabhI-kabhI mana bahalAne ko,
bAbA bAga meM jAte the|
pramudita mana meM nirakha prakRti,
chaTA ko ve hote the||
raMga-biraMge puSpa bAga ke,
maMda-maMda hila-Dula karake|
bIhaDa़ vIrAne mana meM bhI,
sneha salila bhara jAte the||
aisI samudhura belA meM bhI,
dukha ApAta, vipadA ke mAre|
apane mana kI vyathA sunAne,
jana rahate bAbA ko ghere||
sunakara jinakI karUNakathA ko,
nayana kamala bhara Ate the|
de vibhUti hara vyathA, zAMti,
unake ura meM bhara dete the||
jAne kyA adbhuta zikta,
usa vibhUti meM hotI thI|
jo dhAraNa karate mastaka para,
duHkha sArA hara letI thI||
dhanya manuja ve sAkSAt darzana,
jo bAbA sAI ke pAe|
dhanya kamala kara unake jinase,
caraNa-kamala ve parasAe ||100||
kAza nirbhaya tumako bhI,
sAkSAt sAI mila jAtA|
varSoM se ujaDa़A camana apanA,
phira se Aja khila jAtA||
gara pakaDa़tA maiM caraNa zrI ke,
nahIM choDa़tA umrabhara|
manA letA maiM jarUra unako,
gara rUThate sAI mujha para||
About This Stotram
Overview
The Shri Sai Chalisa is a Hindi devotional hymn dedicated to Sai Baba of Shirdi (c. 1838–1918), the revered saint venerated by both Hindu and Muslim followers. The verses recount episodes from Sai Baba's life, describe his compassion and miracles, and affirm his role as a guide and protector. It belongs to the modern devotional literature that grew around Shirdi Sai Baba's legacy and is recited widely across India and in diaspora communities.
What are the benefits of chanting Shri Sai Chalisa?
- Cultivates faith and surrender to Sai Baba's guidance through regular recitation
- Associated with removal of obstacles and resolution of difficult life situations
- Provides emotional solace and a sense of proximity to Sai Baba for his devotees
- Supports spiritual progress through the daily discipline of devotional recitation
When is the best time to recite this?
Thursdays are the day most commonly associated with Sai Baba worship. Morning and evening recitations are standard. Guru Purnima, Sai Baba's birth anniversary (Sai Jayanti), and the anniversary of his Mahasamadhi are the most significant occasions.
What is the historical and traditional background?
The Shri Sai Chalisa is a post-1918 composition, emerging after Sai Baba's passing as devotion to him spread across Maharashtra and beyond. Neither the date nor the author has been definitively established; the text evolved through the devotional community surrounding the Shirdi Sai Sansthan. Unlike Vedic or Puranic stotrams, it draws its authority entirely from the saint's historical life and the personal testimonies of his followers. It follows the chalisa format — structured Hindi devotional verse — that was established as a genre by earlier Bhakti compositions. It is a living tradition text rather than a canonical scripture.
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
- Shri Hanuman (Hanuman Chalisa) — the Hindi chalisa format that the Sai Chalisa follows structurally, attributed to Tulsidas and dedicated to Hanuman
- Shri Giriraj Chalisa — another Hindi devotional chalisa in the broader tradition of vernacular devotional hymns
