Sri Hanuman Chalisa

श्री हनुमान चालीसा

Composed by Goswami Tulsidas Deity: Hanuman Metre: Chaupai/Doha 44 verses

If there's one prayer that cuts across every region, language, and tradition in India, it's this one. Tulsidas wrote these forty verses in Awadhi, not Sanskrit, not for scholars, but for everyone. They tell the story of Hanuman: the one who leapt across the ocean, carried a mountain, and never once asked for anything in return. People chant the Chalisa when they're afraid, when they need courage, when nothing else works. Millions do it daily, especially on Tuesdays and Saturdays. There's a reason it's survived five centuries. These verses just work.

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Dōhā

1
shree guru carana saroja raja nijamana mukura sudhaari varanau raghuvara vimala yasha jo daayaka phalacaari
2
buddhiheena tanu jaanike sumirau pavanakumaara bala buddhi vidyaa dehu mohi harahu kalesha vikaara

Caupāī

3
jaya hanumaana jnaanagunasaagara
jaya kapeesha tihu loka ujaagara
4
raamadoota atulita baladhaamaa
amjaniputra pavanasuta naamaa
5
mahaaveera vikrama bajaramgee
kumati nivaara sumati ke samgee

Dōhā

44
buddhiheena tanu jaanike sumirau pavanakumaara bala buddhi vidyaa dehu mohi harahu kalesha vikaara

That's the opening and the closing. The full Sri Hanuman Chalisa continues for 38 more verses in between.

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