Lord Hanuman

saṃkaṭamocana hanumāna aṣṭakama

(Sankata Mochana Hanuman Ashtak in English (IAST))

Also known as hanuman ashtak · hanuman ashtak hindi · hanuman hanuman

The Sankatamochana Hanuman Ashtak, Tulsidas's eight verses recited when trouble will not lift — each closing on the refrain that Hanuman is the one who takes the sankat away.

tataḥ sa tulasīdāsaḥ sasmāra raghunandanam |
hanūmantaṃ tatpurastāt tuṣṭāva bhaktarakṣaṇam || 1||
dhanurbāṇa dharovīraḥ sītā lakṣmaṇa sayutaḥ |
rāmacandrassahāyo māṃ kiṃ kariṣyatyuyaṃ mama || 2||
oṃ hanumānañjanī sūno vāyuputro mahābalaḥ |
mahālāṅgūla nikṣepairnihatākhila rākṣasāḥ || 3||
śrīrāma hṛdayānanda vipattauśaraṇaṃ tava |
lakṣmaṇe nihite bhūmau nītvā droṇācalaṃ yutam || 4||
yayā jīvita vā nādya tā śaktiṃ prakaṭīṃ kuru |
yena laṅkeśvaro vīro niḥśaṅkaḥ vijitastvayā || 5||
durnirīkṣyo'pidevānī tadbalaṃ darśayādhunā || 6||
yayā laṅkāṃ praviśya tvaṃ jñātavān jānakī svayaṃ |
rāvaṇāṃtaḥ pure'tyugretāṃ buddhiṃ prakaṭī kuru || 7||
rudrāvatāra bhaktārti vimocana mahābhuja |
kapirāja prasannastvaṃ śaraṇaṃ tava rakṣa mām || 8||
ityaṣṭakaṃ hanumataḥ yaḥ paṭhet śraddhayānvitaḥ |
sarvakaṣṭa vinirmukto labhate vāñcchitaphalam |
grahabhūtārditeghore raṇe rājabhaye'thavā |
trivāraṃ paṭhenācchrīghraṃ naro mucyet saṅkaṭāt ||

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