जगद्भीतशौर्यं तुषाराद्रिधैर्यम् ।
तृणीभूतहेतिं रणोद्यद्विभूतिं
भजे वायुपुत्रं पवित्राप्तमित्रम् ॥ 1 ॥
- prasanna-aṅga-rāga: pleasing bodily glow | prabhā-kāñcana-aṅga: limbs radiant as gold | jagad-bhīta-śaurya: courage terrifying the world | tuṣāra-adri-dhairya: steadfastness of the snow-mountain (Himalaya) | tṛṇī-bhūta-heti: treating weapons as mere straws | raṇa-udyad-vibhūti: glory of rising battle
भजे बालभानु प्रभा चारुभासम् ।
भजे चन्द्रिका कुन्द मन्दार हासं
भजे सन्ततं रामभूपाल दासम् ॥ 2 ॥
- pāvana: purifying one | bhāvanā-nitya-vāsa: dwelling eternally in meditation | bāla-bhānu-prabhā-cāru-bhāsa: shining with the beauty of the rising morning sun | candrikā-kunda-mandāra-hāsa: smile like moonlight, jasmine, mandāra flower | brahmacārī: celibate | ānanda: bliss/joy
भजे तोषितानेक गीर्वाणपक्षम् ।
भजे घोर सङ्ग्राम सीमाहताक्षं
भजे रामनामाति सम्प्राप्तरक्षम् ॥ 3 ॥
- lakṣmaṇa-prāṇa-rakṣā-ati-dakṣa: supremely skilled in protecting Lakṣmaṇa's life | toṣita-aneka-gīrvāṇa-pakṣa: pleased the entire assembly of gods | ghora-saṅgrāma-sīmā-hata-akṣa: eyes steady in the fierce battle | kāruṇya-rāma: the compassionate Rāma | giri-suta: son of the mountain (Añjanā was daughter of a mountain)
घनक्रान्त भृङ्गं कटिस्थोरु जङ्घम् ।
वियद्व्याप्तकेशं भुजाश्लेषिताश्मं
जयश्री समेतं भजे रामदूतम् ॥ 4 ॥
- kṛta-abhīla-nādha-kṣita-kṣipta-pāda: feet deliberately placed upon the ground with a fearful crash | ghana-krānta-bhṛṅga: bees hovering like a dark cloud | viyat-vyāpta-keśa: hair filling the sky | bhuja-āśleṣita-aśa: arms embracing the horizon | rākṣasa-trāsa: terror of the demons
कठोराट्टहासं प्रभिन्नाब्जजाण्डम् ।
महासिंहनादा द्विशीर्णत्रिलोकं
भजे चाञ्जनेयं प्रभुं वज्रकायम् ॥ 5 ॥
- calat-vāla-ghāta: blow of the swinging tail | bhramat-cakra-vāla: whirling like a chakra | kaṭhora-aṭṭa-hāsa: fearsome thundering roar | prabhinna-abja-jāṇḍa: bursting asunder the cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa) | mahā-siṃha-nāda: great lion-roar | dvi-śīrṇa-tri-loka: splitting the three worlds in two
सरोषे समारोपणामित्र मुख्ये ।
खगानां घनानां सुराणां च मार्गे
नटन्तं समन्तं हनूमन्तमीडे ॥ 6 ॥
- raṇe bhīṣaṇe: in the terrifying battlefield | meghanāde sanāde: roaring with Meghanāda's thunderous sound | saroṣe samāropaṇa-amitra-mukhye: fierce, surging enemies mounted to the fore | khagānāṃ ghanānāṃ surāṇāṃ ca mārge: in the paths of birds, clouds, and gods | naṭantaṃ: dancing
घनद्दन्त निर्धूत कालोग्रदन्तम् ।
पदाघात भीताब्धि भूतादिवासं
रणक्षोणिदक्षं भजे पिङ्गलाक्षम् ॥ 7 ॥
- ghana-ratna-jambhāri-dambholi-bhāra: dense jeweled thunderbolt (vajra) heavy as pride | ghana-dat-nirdhūta-kāla-ugra-danta: massive teeth shaking off even fierce Kāla's tooth | padāghāta-bhīta-abdhi-bhūta-ādi-vāsa: earth trembling at his foot-blow | rāma-dāsa: servant of Rāma
महारोगपीडां महातीव्रपीडाम् ।
हरत्यस्तु ते पादपद्मानुरक्तो
नमस्ते कपिश्रेष्ठ रामप्रियाय ॥ 8 ॥
- mahā-grāha-pīḍā: great crocodile (danger) affliction | mahā-utpāta-pīḍā: great calamity affliction | mahā-roga-pīḍā: great disease affliction | mahā-tīvra-pīḍā: great intense affliction | harati: destroys | pāda-padma-anurakta: devoted to the lotus-feet | namas te: salutations to you
निराधारणारूढ गाढ प्रतापी ।
भवत्पादभक्तिं भवद्भक्तिरक्तिं
कुरु श्रीहनूमत्प्रभो मे दयालो ॥ 9 ॥
- jarā-bhāra: burden of old age | bhūri-pīḍā: heavy affliction | śarīre: in the body | nirādhāra: without support | ārūḍha-gāḍha-pratāpī: powerfully mighty yet unsupported | bhavat-pāda-bhaktiṃ: devotion to your feet | bhavad-bhakti-raktiṃ: filled with devotion to you | śrī-hanumān: O Śrī Hanumān
न जानन्ति तत्त्वं निजं राघवस्य ।
कथं ज्ञायते मादृशे नित्यमेव
प्रसीद प्रभो वानरेन्द्रो नमस्ते ॥ 10 ॥
- mahā-yogino: great yogīs | brahma-rudra-ādayo vā: Brahmā, Rudra, and others | na jānanti tattvaṃ nijaṃ rāghavasya: do not know the inner truth of Rāghava | kathaṃ jñāyate mādṛśe: how can it be known by one like me | pāda: feet | śaraṇam: refuge
नमस्ते महावज्रदेहाय तुभ्यम् ।
नमस्ते परीभूत सूर्याय तुभ्यं
नमस्ते कृतामर्त्य कार्याय तुभ्यम् ॥ 11 ॥
- namas te: salutations | mahā-sattva-vāha: bearer of great essence/strength | mahā-vajra-deha: body hard as the great thunderbolt | parī-bhūta-sūrya: one who has transcended/surpassed the sun | añjanā-suta: son of Añjanā
नमस्ते सदा वायुपुत्राय तुभ्यम् ।
नमस्ते सदा पिङ्गलाक्षाय तुभ्यं
नमस्ते सदा रामभक्ताय तुभ्यम् ॥ 12 ॥
- namas te: salutations | sadā brahmacarya: always observing celibacy | vāyu-putra: son of Vāyu (wind god) | piṅgala-akṣa: tawny/amber-eyed | rāma-dāsa: servant of Rāma
प्रदोषेऽपि वा चार्धरात्रेऽपि मर्त्यः ।
पठन्नश्नतोऽपि प्रमुक्तोघजालो
सदा सर्वदा रामभक्तिं प्रयाति ॥ 13 ॥
- hanumad-bhujanga-prayātaṃ: this Hanumad Bhujanga Prayāta stotram | prabhāte: in the morning | pradoṣe: at dusk | ardha-rātre: at midnight | mṛtyu: mortal/human | paṭhan: reciting | aśnato'pi: even while eating | pra-mukta-ogha-jāla: freed from the entire net of great sins | mukti: liberation
