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Hanuman Chalisa

Text (Awadhi, Devanagari)

॥ दोहा ॥श्रीगुरु चरन सरोज रज निज मनु मुकुरु सुधारि ।बरनउँ रघुबर बिमल जसु जो दायकु फल चारि ॥बुद्धिहीन तनु जानिके सुमिरौं पवन-कुमार ।बल बुधि बिद्या देहु मोहिं हरहु कलेस बिकार ॥॥ चौपाई ॥जय हनुमान ज्ञान गुन सागर । जय कपीस तिहुँ लोक उजागर ॥१॥राम दूत अतुलित बल धामा । अंजनि-पुत्र पवनसुत नामा ॥२॥महाबीर बिक्रम बजरंगी । कुमति निवार सुमति के संगी ॥३॥कंचन बरन बिराज सुबेसा । कानन कुंडल कुंचित केसा ॥४॥हाथ बज्र औ ध्वजा बिराजै । काँधे मूँज जनेऊ साजै ॥५॥संकर सुवन केसरीनंदन । तेज प्रताप महा जग बंदन ॥६॥बिद्यावान गुनी अति चातुर । राम काज करिबे को आतुर ॥७॥प्रभु चरित्र सुनिबे को रसिया । राम लखन सीता मन बसिया ॥८॥सूक्ष्म रूप धरि सियहिं दिखावा । बिकट रूप धरि लंक जरावा ॥९॥भीम रूप धरि असुर सँहारे । रामचंद्र के काज सँवारे ॥१०॥लाय सजीवन लखन जियाये । श्रीरघुबीर हरषि उर लाये ॥११॥रघुपति कीन्ही बहुत बड़ाई । तुम मम प्रिय भरतहि सम भाई ॥१२॥सहस बदन तुम्हरो जस गावैं । अस कहि श्रीपति कंठ लगावैं ॥१३॥सनकादिक ब्रह्मादि मुनीसा । नारद सारद सहित अहीसा ॥१४॥जम कुबेर दिगपाल जहाँ ते । कबि कोबिद कहि सके कहाँ ते ॥१५॥तुम उपकार सुग्रीवहिं कीन्हा । राम मिलाय राज पद दीन्हा ॥१६॥तुम्हरो मंत्र बिभीषन माना । लंकेस्वर भए सब जग जाना ॥१७॥जुग सहस्र जोजन पर भानू । लील्यो ताहि मधुर फल जानू ॥१८॥प्रभु मुद्रिका मेलि मुख माहीं । जलधि लाँघि गये अचरज नाहीं ॥१९॥दुर्गम काज जगत के जेते । सुगम अनुग्रह तुम्हरे तेते ॥२०॥राम दुआरे तुम रखवारे । होत न आज्ञा बिनु पैसारे ॥२१॥सब सुख लहै तुम्हारी सरना । तुम रच्छक काहू को डर ना ॥२२॥आपन तेज सम्हारो आपै । तीनों लोक हाँक तें काँपै ॥२३॥भूत पिसाच निकट नहिं आवै । महाबीर जब नाम सुनावै ॥२४॥नासै रोग हरै सब पीरा । जपत निरंतर हनुमत बीरा ॥२५॥संकट तें हनुमान छुड़ावै । मन क्रम बचन ध्यान जो लावै ॥२६॥सब पर राम तपस्वी राजा । तिन के काज सकल तुम साजा ॥२७॥और मनोरथ जो कोई लावै । सोइ अमित जीवन फल पावै ॥२८॥चारों जुग परताप तुम्हारा । है परसिद्ध जगत उजियारा ॥२९॥साधु संत के तुम रखवारे । असुर निकंदन राम दुलारे ॥३०॥अष्ट सिद्धि नौ निधि के दाता । अस बर दीन जानकी माता ॥३१॥राम रसायन तुम्हरे पासा । सदा रहो रघुपति के दासा ॥३२॥तुम्हरे भजन राम को पावै । जनम जनम के दुख बिसरावै ॥३३॥अंत काल रघुबर पुर जाई । जहाँ जन्म हरि-भक्त कहाई ॥३४॥और देवता चित्त न धरई । हनुमत सेइ सर्ब सुख करई ॥३५॥संकट कटै मिटै सब पीरा । जो सुमिरै हनुमत बलबीरा ॥३६॥जै जै जै हनुमान गोसाईं । कृपा करहु गुरुदेव की नाईं ॥३७॥जो सत बार पाठ कर कोई । छूटहि बंदि महा सुख होई ॥३८॥जो यह पढ़ै हनुमान चालीसा । होय सिद्धि साखी गौरीसा ॥३९॥तुलसीदास सदा हरि चेरा । कीजै नाथ हृदय महँ डेरा ॥४०॥॥ दोहा ॥पवनतनय संकट हरन मंगल मूरति रूप ।राम लखन सीता सहित हृदय बसहु सुर भूप ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

|| dohā ||śrīguru carana saroja raja nija manu mukuru sudhāri |baranauṁ raghubara bimala jasu jo dāyaku phala cāri ||buddhihīna tanu jānike sumirauṁ pavana-kumāra |bala budhi bidyā dehu mohiṁ harahu kalesa bikāra |||| caupāī ||jaya hanumāna jñāna guna sāgara | jaya kapīsa tihuṁ loka ujāgara ||1||rāma dūta atulita bala dhāmā | aṁjani-putra pavanasuta nāmā ||2||mahābīra bikrama bajaraṁgī | kumati nivāra sumati ke saṁgī ||3||kaṁcana barana birāja subesā | kānana kuṁḍala kuṁcita kesā ||4||hātha bajra au dhvajā birājai | kāṁdhe mūṁja janeū sājai ||5||saṁkara suvana kesarīnaṁdana | teja pratāpa mahā jaga baṁdana ||6||bidyāvāna gunī ati cātura | rāma kāja karibe ko ātura ||7||prabhu caritra sunibe ko rasiyā | rāma lakhana sītā mana basiyā ||8||sūkṣma rūpa dhari siyahiṁ dikhāvā | bikaṭa rūpa dhari laṁka jarāvā ||9||bhīma rūpa dhari asura saṁhāre | rāmacaṁdra ke kāja saṁvāre ||10||lāya sajīvana lakhana jiyāye | śrīraghubīra haraṣi ura lāye ||11||raghupati kīnhī bahuta baṛāī | tuma mama priya bharatahi sama bhāī ||12||sahasa badana tumharo jasa gāvaiṁ | asa kahi śrīpati kaṁṭha lagāvaiṁ ||13||sanakādika brahmādi munīsā | nārada sārada sahita ahīsā ||14||jama kubera digapāla jahāṁ te | kabi kobida kahi sake kahāṁ te ||15||tuma upakāra sugrīvahiṁ kīnhā | rāma milāya rāja pada dīnhā ||16||tumharo maṁtra bibhīṣana mānā | laṁkesvara bhae saba jaga jānā ||17||juga sahasra jojana para bhānū | līlyo tāhi madhura phala jānū ||18||prabhu mudrikā meli mukha māhīṁ | jaladhi lāṁghi gaye acaraja nāhīṁ ||19||durgama kāja jagata ke jete | sugama anugraha tumhare tete ||20||rāma duāre tuma rakhavāre | hota na ājñā binu paisāre ||21||saba sukha lahai tumhārī saranā | tuma racchaka kāhū ko ḍara nā ||22||āpana teja samhāro āpai | tīnoṁ loka hāṁka teṁ kāṁpai ||23||bhūta pisāca nikaṭa nahiṁ āvai | mahābīra jaba nāma sunāvai ||24||nāsai roga harai saba pīrā | japata niraṁtara hanumata bīrā ||25||saṁkaṭa teṁ hanumāna chuṛāvai | mana krama bacana dhyāna jo lāvai ||26||saba para rāma tapasvī rājā | tina ke kāja sakala tuma sājā ||27||aura manoratha jo koī lāvai | soi amita jīvana phala pāvai ||28||cāroṁ juga paratāpa tumhārā | hai parasiddha jagata ujiyārā ||29||sādhu saṁta ke tuma rakhavāre | asura nikaṁdana rāma dulāre ||30||aṣṭa siddhi nau nidhi ke dātā | asa bara dīna jānakī mātā ||31||rāma rasāyana tumhare pāsā | sadā raho raghupati ke dāsā ||32||tumhare bhajana rāma ko pāvai | janama janama ke dukha bisarāvai ||33||aṁta kāla raghubara pura jāī | jahāṁ janma hari-bhakta kahāī ||34||aura devatā citta na dharaī | hanumata sei sarba sukha karaī ||35||saṁkaṭa kaṭai miṭai saba pīrā | jo sumirai hanumata balabīrā ||36||jai jai jai hanumāna gosāīṁ | kṛpā karahu gurudeva kī nāīṁ ||37||jo sata bāra pāṭha kara koī | chūṭahi baṁdi mahā sukha hoī ||38||jo yaha paṛhai hanumāna cālīsā | hoya siddhi sākhī gaurīsā ||39||tulasīdāsa sadā hari cerā | kījai nātha hṛdaya mahaṁ ḍerā ||40|||| dohā ||pavanatanaya saṁkaṭa harana maṁgala mūrati rūpa |rāma lakhana sītā sahita hṛdaya basahu sura bhūpa ||

Meaning

Opening doha: Cleansing the mirror of my mind with the dust of my guru’s lotus feet, I describe the pure glory of Raghubar (Rama), which bestows the four fruits of life. Knowing myself to be without wisdom, I remember Hanuman, son of the Wind: grant me strength, intelligence and knowledge, and remove my afflictions and faults.

अर्थ

प्रारंभिक दोहा: श्री गुरु के चरण-कमलों की धूल से अपने मन रूपी दर्पण को स्वच्छ करके मैं श्री रघुवीर के निर्मल यश का वर्णन करता हूँ, जो चारों फल (धर्म, अर्थ, काम, मोक्ष) देने वाला है। स्वयं को बुद्धिहीन जानकर मैं पवनपुत्र हनुमान का स्मरण करता हूँ: मुझे बल, बुद्धि और विद्या दीजिए तथा मेरे क्लेश और विकार दूर कीजिए।

Meaning given for the opening doha; the 40 chaupais are explained section by section in the article below.

Deity	Hanuman
Type	Stotra
Source	Goswami Tulsidas (16th century), Awadhi; text as in the Gita Press edition
Language	Awadhi
Japa count	1, 7, 11 or 108 recitations
When	Tuesdays and Saturdays, morning or evening; Hanuman Jayanti
How	Read aloud or recited from memory before an image of Hanuman or Rama, after lighting a lamp.

Meaning

The Hanuman Chalisa is a stotra addressed to Hanuman. It comes from Goswami Tulsidas (16th century), composed in Awadhi; the text followed here is as in the Gita Press edition.

The word chalisa refers to forty verses, and the poem opens with two dohas before the forty chaupais and closes with a further doha. The opening doha sets the tone: cleansing the mirror of the mind with the dust of the guru's lotus feet, the poet describes the pure glory of Raghubar (Rama), which bestows the four fruits of life. Knowing himself to be without wisdom, he remembers Hanuman, son of the Wind, and asks for strength, intelligence and knowledge, and for the removal of afflictions and faults.

From there the verses move through Hanuman's names and forms — Ram's messenger, son of Anjani, the wind's child, the mighty one — and through the deeds remembered in the Ramayana: carrying the message, burning Lanka, bringing the life-giving herb, standing at Rama's door. The Chalisa is, in this sense, both praise and recollection. It does not read as a petition for a single outcome so much as a steady turning of attention toward Hanuman's qualities.

Benefits

Tradition speaks of the Chalisa as a support for steadiness of mind and for courage in difficulty. The verses themselves describe Hanuman as one who removes obstacles and who, when remembered, eases distress. Readers often come to it for that sense of accompaniment rather than for a specific result.

It is worth saying plainly: the Chalisa is a devotional text, not a remedy. It is not a substitute for medical care, legal advice or financial planning, and no outcome should be promised or feared on its account. Where a personal chart is concerned — a matter of jyotish rather than of this text — it is best to consult a qualified jyotishi.

How to chant (count, time, posture)

The brief gives the traditional guidance simply:

Count: 1, 7, 11 or 108 recitations.
When: Tuesdays and Saturdays, morning or evening; also Hanuman Jayanti.
How: read aloud or recited from memory before an image of Hanuman or Rama, after lighting a lamp.

Beyond this, the Chalisa is not fussy about setting. A clean corner, a lit lamp, and unhurried attention are enough. Reading aloud is common; reciting from memory is also traditional. If you are new to it, reading aloud once through is a reasonable beginning — the count can grow as familiarity does. Sitting is usual, but the text does not prescribe a single posture, and traditions differ on such details; where they do, it is better to follow the practice of your own household or teacher than to treat one form as universal.

Some readers keep a fixed time of day, others chant when the day allows. Both are within the tradition. The lamp is lit before the recitation begins, and the image — of Hanuman or of Rama — is kept in view.

Who should chant

The Chalisa is widely read across North India and the diaspora, and it is not restricted by region, sect or level of familiarity. Many read it on Tuesdays and Saturdays; many read it daily; many return to it on Hanuman Jayanti. It is commonly read by those who feel a closeness to Hanuman, and also by those who simply find the verses steadying.

Because traditions differ — North and South, Smarta and Vaishnava, amanta and purnimanta reckonings — the same text may sit within slightly different observances. That is not a problem to be resolved here. The Chalisa itself is one text, and the brief's guidance on count, time and manner is given plainly above. Where a question is personal — which day, how many recitations, what a particular chart suggests — a qualified jyotishi or your own family teacher is the right person to ask.

For those who wish to begin, the simplest approach is the one the brief describes: light a lamp, sit before an image of Hanuman or Rama, and read the Chalisa aloud, once or in one of the traditional counts. The opening doha asks for strength, intelligence and knowledge, and for the removal of afflictions and faults. That request is a fair place to start.

Questions

What is the meaning of Hanuman Chalisa?

How many times should Hanuman Chalisa be chanted?

1, 7, 11 or 108 recitations.

When is Hanuman Chalisa chanted?

Tuesdays and Saturdays, morning or evening; Hanuman Jayanti.

Where does Hanuman Chalisa come from?

Goswami Tulsidas (16th century), Awadhi; text as in the Gita Press edition.

Hanuman Chalisa

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How to chant (count, time, posture)

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