Shri Sai Chalisa, Sai Baba Chalisa
Shri Sai Chalisa, Sai Baba Chalisa
Shri Sai Chalisa, Sai Baba Chalisa
Pahle Sai Ke Charno Mein, Apna
|| shrI sAIM chAlIsA ||
pahale sAI ke charaNoM meM,
apanA shIsha namAUM maiM|
kaise shiraDI sAI Ae,
sArA hAla sunAUM maiM||
kauna hai mAtA, pitA kauna hai,
ye na kisI ne bhI jAnA|
kahAM janma sAI ne dhArA,
prashna pahelI rahA banA||
koI kahe ayodhyA ke,
ye rAmachandra bhagavAna haiM|
koI kahatA sAI bAbA,
pavana putra hanumAna haiM||
koI kahatA maMgala mUrti,
shrI gajAnaMda haiM sAI|
koI kahatA gokula mohana,
devakI nandana haiM sAI||
shaMkara 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 sachche bhagavAna|
baDa़e dayAlu dInabandhu,
kitanoM ko diyA jIvana dAna||
kaI varSha pahale kI ghaTanA,
tumheM sunAUMgA maiM bAta|
kisI bhAgyashAlI kI,
shiraDI meM AI thI bArAta||
AyA sAtha usI ke thA,
bAlaka eka bahuta sundara|
AyA, Akara vahIM basa gayA,
pAvana shiraDI kiyA nagara||
kaI dinoM taka bhaTakatA,
bhikShA mA.Nga usane dara-dara|
aura dikhAI aisI lIlA,
jaga meM jo ho gaI amara||
jaise-jaise amara umara baDha़I,
baDha़tI hI vaise gaI shAna|
ghara-ghara hone lagA nagara meM,
sAI bAbA kA guNagAna ||10||
dig-diganta meM lagA gUMjane,
phira to sAIMjI kA nAma|
dIna-dukhI kI rakShA karanA,
yahI rahA bAbA kA kAma||
bAbA ke charaNoM meM jAkara,
jo kahatA maiM hUM nirdhana|
dayA usI para hotI unakI,
khula jAte duHkha ke baMdhana||
kabhI kisI ne mAMgI bhikShA,
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 shrI sAI kA,
sAgara jaisA rahA vishAla||
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 jhaMkRRita naiyA ko,
tumhIM merI pAra karo||
kuladIpaka ke binA aMdherA,
ChAyA huA ghara meM mere|
isalie AyA hU.N bAbA,
hokara sharaNAgata tere||
kuladIpaka ke abhAva meM,
vyartha hai daulata kI mAyA|
Aja bhikhArI banakara bAbA,
sharaNa tumhArI maiM AyA||
de do mujhako putra-dAna,
maiM RRiNI rahUMgA jIvana bhara|
aura kisI kI AshA na mujhako,
sirpha bharosA hai tuma para||
anunaya-vinaya bahuta kI usane,
charaNoM meM dhara ke shIsha|
taba prasanna hokara bAbA ne,
diyA bhakta ko yaha AshIsha ||20||
"allA bhalA karegA terA",
putra janma ho tere ghara|
kRRipA rahegI tujha para usakI,
aura tere usa bAlaka para||
aba taka nahIM kisI ne pAyA,
sAI kI kRRipA kA pAra|
putra ratna de madrAsI ko,
dhanya kiyA usakA saMsAra||
tana-mana se jo bhaje usI kA,
jaga meM hotA hai uddhAra|
sAMcha ko AMcha nahIM haiM koI,
sadA jhUTha kI hotI hAra||
maiM hUM sadA sahAre usake,
sadA rahU.NgA 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,
sheSha 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 darshana kI khAtira,
mila donoM ne kiyA vichAra|
sAI jaise dayA mUrti ke,
darshana ko ho gae taiyAra||
pAvana shiraDI nagara meM jAkara,
dekha matavAlI mUrati|
dhanya janma ho gayA ki hamane,
jaba dekhI sAI kI sUrati ||30||
jaba se kie haiM darshana hamane,
duHkha sArA kAphUra ho gayA|
saMkaTa sAre miTai aura,
vipadAoM kA anta ho gayA||
mAna aura sammAna milA,
bhikShA 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||
"kAshIrAma" bAbA kA bhakta,
shiraDI meM rahatA thA|
maiM sAI kA sAI merA,
vaha duniyA se kahatA thA||
sIkara svayaM vastra bechatA,
grAma-nagara bAjAroM meM|
jhaMkRRita usakI hRRidaya taMtrI thI,
sAI kI jhaMkAroM meM||
stabdha nishA thI, the soya,
rajanI AMchala meM chA.Nda sitAre|
nahIM sUjhatA rahA hAtha ko,
hAtha timira ke mAre||
vastra bechakara lauTa rahA thA,
hAya! hATa se kAshI|
vichitra 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.N se,
kuTila gae champata ho|
AghAtoM meM marmAhata ho,
usane dI saMj~nA kho ||40||
bahuta dera taka pa़Da़A raha vaha,
vahIM usI hAlata meM|
jAne kaba kuCha hosha ho uThA,
vahIM usakI palaka meM||
anajAne hI usake muMha se,
nikala pa़Da़A thA sAI|
jisakI pratidhvani shiraDI meM,
bAbA ko pa़Da़I sunAI||
kShubdha 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 chIjeM jo bhI AI,
unako lagane paTakane||
aura dhadhakate aMgAroM meM,
bAbA ne apanA kara DAlA|
hue sashaMkita sabhI vahA.N,
lakha tANDavanRRitya nirAlA||
samajha gae saba loga,
ki koI bhakta pa़Da़A saMkaTa meM|
kShubhita kha़Da़e the sabhI vahA.N,
para pa़Da़e hue vismaya meM||
use bachAne kI hI khAtira,
bAbA Aja vikala hai|
usakI hI pI़Da़A se pIDita,
unakI antaHsthala hai||
itane meM hI vividha ne apanI,
vichitratA dikhalAI|
lakha kara jisako janatA kI,
shraddhA saritA laharAI||
lekara saMj~nAhIna bhakta ko,
gA़Da़I eka vahA.N AI|
sanmukha apane dekha bhakta ko,
sAI kI AMkheM bhara AI||
shAMta, dhIra, gaMbhIra, sindhu sA,
bAbA kA antaHsthala|
Aja na jAne kyoM raha-rahakara,
ho jAtA thA chaMchala ||50||
Aja dayA kI mUrti svayaM thA,
banA huA upachArI|
aura bhakta ke lie Aja thA,
deva banA pratihArI||
Aja bhakti kI viShama parIkShA meM,
saphala huA thA kAshI|
usake hI darshana kI khAtira the,
uma़Da़e nagara-nivAsI||
jaba bhI aura jahAM bhI koI,
bhakta pa़Da़e saMkaTa meM|
usakI rakShA 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,
kRRiShNa karIma allAtAlA||
ghaNTe kI pratidhvani se gUMjA,
masjida kA konA-konA|
mile paraspara hindu-muslima,
pyAra baDha़A dina-dina dUnA||
chamatkAra thA kitanA sundara,
parichaya 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 chAhA,
bAbA ne usako vahI diyA||
aise snehashIla 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 darshana 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! vivasha ho,
sudhi terI lenI hI hogI|
terI hara ichChA bAbA ko,
pUrI hI karanI hogI||
jaMgala, jagaMla bhaTaka na pAgala,
aura DhUMDha़ne bAbA ko|
eka jagaha kevala shiraDI 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,
chAhe 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 chatura sujAna||
eka bAra shiraDI meM sAdhu,
Dha़oMgI thA koI AyA|
bholI-bhAlI nagara-nivAsI,
janatA ko thA bharamAyA||
jaDa़I-bUTiyAM unheM dikhAkara,
karane lagA vaha bhAShaNa|
kahane lagA suno shrotAgaNa,
ghara merA hai vRRindAvana ||70||
auShadhi mere pAsa eka hai,
aura ajaba isameM shakti|
isake sevana karane se hI,
ho jAtI duHkha se mukti||
agara mukta honA chAho,
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 tuchCha vastu hai yaha,
guNa usake haiM ati bhArI||
jo hai saMtati hIna yahAM yadi,
merI auShadhi ko khAe|
putra-ratna ho prApta,
are vaha muMha mAMgA phala pAe||
auShadhi merI jo na kharIde,
jIvana bhara paChatAegA|
mujha jaisA prANI shAyada hI,
are yahAM A pAegA||
duniyA do dinoM kA melA hai,
mauja shauka 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 bhRRikuTI tanI aura,
vismaraNa ho gayA sabhI viveka||
hukma diyA sevaka ko,
satvara pakaDa़ duShTa ko lAo|
yA shiraDI kI sImA se,
kapaTI ko dUra bhagAo||
mere rahate bholI-bhAlI,
shiraDI kI janatA ko|
kauna nIcha aisA jo,
sAhasa karatA hai Chalane ko ||80||
palabhara meM aise DhoMgI,
kapaTI nIcha luTere ko|
mahAnAsha ke mahAgarta meM pahu.NchA,
dU.N jIvana bhara ko||
tanika milA AbhAsa madArI,
krUra, kuTila anyAyI ko|
kAla nAchatA hai aba sira para,
gussA AyA sAI ko||
palabhara meM saba khela baMda kara,
bhAgA sira para rakhakara paira|
socha rahA thA mana hI mana,
bhagavAna nahIM hai aba khaira||
sacha hai sAI jaisA dAnI,
mila na sakegA jaga meM|
aMsha Isha kA sAI bAbA,
unheM na kuCha bhI mushkila jaga meM||
sneha, shIla, saujanya Adi kA,
AbhUShaNa 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 kShaNa bhara ke||
sneha sudhA kI dhAra barasane,
lagatI hai isa duniyA meM|
gale paraspara milane lagate,
haiM jana-jana Apasa meM||
aise avatArI sAI,
mRRityuloka meM Akara|
samatA kA yaha pATha paDha़AyA,
sabako apanA Apa miTAkara ||90||
nAma dvArakA masjida kA,
rakhA shiraDI 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,
chAhe yA hove pakavAna|
saudA pyAra ke bhUkhe sAI kI,
khAtira the sabhI samAna||
sneha aura shraddhA se apanI,
jana jo kuCha de jAte the|
baDa़e chAva se usa bhojana ko,
bAbA pAvana karate the||
kabhI-kabhI mana bahalAne ko,
bAbA bAga meM jAte the|
pramudita mana meM nirakha prakRRiti,
ChaTA ko ve hote the||
raMga-biraMge puShpa 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, shAMti,
unake ura meM bhara dete the||
jAne kyA adbhuta shikta,
usa vibhUti meM hotI thI|
jo dhAraNa karate mastaka para,
duHkha sArA hara letI thI||
dhanya manuja ve sAkShAt darshana,
jo bAbA sAI ke pAe|
dhanya kamala kara unake jinase,
charaNa-kamala ve parasAe ||100||
kAsha nirbhaya tumako bhI,
sAkShAt sAI mila jAtA|
varShoM se ujaDa़A chamana apanA,
phira se Aja khila jAtA||
gara pakaDa़tA maiM charaNa shrI 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
