Lord Hanuman

śrīhanumadaṣṭottaraśatanāmastotram

(Srihanumadastottarasatanamastotram in English (IAST))

Raghupravira Yati

Also known as hanumad ashtottarashatanamastotram raghupravirayati · srihanumadastottarasatanamastotra · yasya samsmaranadeva purusarthacatustayam

A hundred and eight names by Raghupravira Yati, opening on a claim of economy — by the mere remembering of him the four aims of a person are obtained. The names are mostly descriptive rather than narrative: son of the wind, Kesari's dear child, Anjana's joy, tawny-eyed, of measureless stride, complete in every good mark, an ocean of auspicious qualities, gold-coloured, great-bodied, the sun to the darkness of misfortune, who made a puddle of the sea, who longed for the sight of Sita. What sets this recension apart is its closing promise, which is unusually long and itemises the asker rather than the gift: the seeker of learning gets learning, of wealth wealth, of a bride a bride, of a son a son, of fame fame, of release release; the sick are let go of their sickness and the bound of their bonds.

yasya saṃsmaraṇādeva puruṣārthacatuṣṭayam |
labhyate śrīhanumate namastasmai mahātmane || 1||
oṃ hanūmān vāyutanayaḥ kesarīpriyanandanaḥ |
añjanānandanaḥ śrīmān piṅgākṣo'mitavikramaḥ || 2||
sarvalakṣaṇasampannaḥ kalyāṇaguṇavāridhiḥ |
svarṇavarṇo mahākāyo mahāvīryo mahādyutiḥ || 3||
mahābalo mahaudāryaḥ sugrīvābhīṣṭadāyakaḥ |
rāmadāsāgraṇīrbhaktamanorathasuradrumaḥ || 4||
ariṣṭadhvāntataraṇiḥ sarvadoṣavivarjitaḥ |
goṣpadīkṛtavārāśiḥ sītādarśanalālasaḥ || 5||
devarṣisaṃstutaścitrakarmā jitakhageśvaraḥ |
manojavo vāyujavo bhagavān plavagarṣabhaḥ || 6||
suraprasūnābhivṛṣṭaḥ siddhagandharvasevitaḥ |
daśayojanavistīrṇakāyavānambarāśrayaḥ || 7||
mahāyogī mahotsāho mahābāhuḥ pratāpavān |
rāmadveṣijanāsahyaḥ sajjanapriyadarśanaḥ || 8||
rāmāṅgulīyavān sarvaśramahīno jagatpatiḥ |
mainākavipriyaḥ sindhusaṃstutaḥ kadrurakṣakaḥ || 9||
devamānapradaḥ sādhuḥ siṃhikāvadhapaṇḍitaḥ |
laṅkiṇyabhayadātā ca sītāśokavināśanaḥ || 10||
jānakīpriyasallāpaścūḍāmaṇidharaḥ kapiḥ |
daśānanavaracchettā maśakīkṛtarākṣasaḥ || 11||
laṅkābhayaṅkaraḥ saptamantriputravināśanaḥ |
durdharṣaprāṇahartā ca yūpākṣavadhakārakaḥ || 12||
virūpākṣāntakārī ca bhāsakarṇaśiroharaḥ |
prabhāsaprāṇahartā ca tṛtīyāṃśavināśanaḥ || 13||
akṣarākṣasasaṃhārī tṛṇīkṛtadaśānanaḥ |
svapucchagāgninirdagdhalaṅkāpuravaro'vyayaḥ || 14||
ānandavāridhirdhanyo meghagambhīraniḥsvanaḥ |
kapipravīrasampūjyo madhubhakṣaṇatatparaḥ || 15||
rāmabāhusamāśliṣṭo bhaviṣyaccaturānanaḥ |
satyalokeśvaraḥ prāṇo vibhīṣaṇavarapradaḥ || 16||
dhūmrākṣaprāṇahartā ca kapisainyavivardhanaḥ |
triśīrṣāntakaro mattanāśano'kampanāntakaḥ || 17||
devāntakāntakaḥ śūro yuddhonmattavināśakaḥ |
nikumbhāntakaraḥ śatrusūdanaḥ suravīkṣitaḥ || 18||
daśāsyagarvahartā ca lakṣmaṇaprāṇadāyakaḥ |
kumbhakarṇajayī śakraśatrugarvāpahārakaḥ || 19||
sañjīvanācalānetā mṛgavānarajīvanaḥ |
jāmbavatpriyakṛdvīraḥ sugrīvāṅgadasevitaḥ || 20||
bharatapriyasallāpaḥ sītāhāravirājitaḥ |
rāmeṣṭaḥ phalgunasakhaḥ śaraṇyatrāṇatatparaḥ || 21||
utpattisthitisaṃhārakartā kimpuruṣālayaḥ |
vedavedāṅgatattvajño bhavarogasya bheṣajam || 22||
|| phalaśrutiḥ ||
itthaṃ hanumataḥ puṇyaṃ śatamaṣṭottaraṃ paṭhan |
vidyārthī labhate vidyāṃ dhanārthī labhate dhanam || 23||
kanyārthī labhate kanyāṃ sutārthī labhate sutam |
kīrtyarthī labhate kīrtiṃ mokṣārthī mokṣamāpnuyāt || 24||
rogārto mucyate rogādbaddho mucyeta bandhanāt |
idamāyuṣkaraṃ dhanyaṃ sarvopadravanāśanam || 25||
sarvaśatrukṣayakaraṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam |
samastayajñaphaladaṃ sarvatīrthaphalapradam || 26||
samastavedaphaladaṃ sarvadānaphalapradam |
paṭhanīyaṃ mahatpuṇyaṃ sarvasampatsamṛddhidam || 27||
evamaṣṭottaraśataṃ nāmanaṃ hanūmato yatiḥ |
raghupravīrābhidhānaḥ kṛtavān vāñchitārthadam || 28||
|| iti śrīraghupravīrayatikṛtaṃ śrīhanumadaṣṭottaraśatanāmastotraṃ sampūrṇam ||

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