Lord Hanuman

śrīhanumaccaturviṃśatiḥ

(Srihanumaccaturvimsatih in English (IAST))

Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati

Also known as shri hanumachchaturvimshatih · yo balye pi dinesam prodyantam pakvadivyaphalabucya

Twenty-four verses in arya metre by Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati, the thirty-third Jagadguru of Sringeri, taking the childhood and the Lanka journey in order and never lingering. In infancy he flew up at the rising sun, having taken it for a ripe and marvellous fruit. Brahma gave him boons in order to appease the Wind. He went into Surasa's wide mouth and came out of it again while the gods stood amazed. He tore up the pride of Lanka's guardian goddess with a single slap. He crossed the sea as though it were a hoofprint and saw Sita in the Ashoka grove, unafraid, at the foot of the shimshapa. He took the scent of grief off her with the joy of Rama's message. He killed Akshakumara and the chief demons alone and unaided, for sport. Its last verse asks only to be forgiven.

yo bālye'pi dineśaṃ prodyantaṃ pakvadivyaphalabucyā |
vyudapatadāśu hi puṣkaramādātuṃ naumi taṃ samīrasutam || 1||
yasmai bhagavānbrahmā prāyacchadvāyutṛptaye pūrvam |
vividhānvarāṃstaṃ vande durjhayadivyamahimānam || 2||
surasāvadanaṃ vipulaṃ tarasā gatvā vinirgataṃ dṛṣṭvā |
yaṃ suranikarā vismayamājagmurnomi taṃ mahāprājñam || 3||
laṅkāpurādhidaivatagarvaṃ vegāccapeṭikādānāt |
nirmūlaṃ yaścakre vande taṃ vāyusūnumamitabalam || 4||
goṣpadavatsaritāṃnidhimullaṅkhyāśokavipinagāṃ sītām |
adrākṣīdbhayarahito yastaṃ praṇamāmi śiṃśupāmūle || 5||
rāmādeśaśravaṇānandāduddhṛtaśokagandhāṃ yaḥ |
sītāṃ cakre matimāṃstamahaṃ praṇamāmi śokavicchittyai || 6||
yo'kṣakumārapramukhānpravarāndanujāñjaghāna kutukena |
ekaḥ sahāyarahitastamahaṃ praṇamāmi gandhavahasūnum || 7||
prāpya maṇiṃ sītāyāḥ kānanamasurasya satvaraṃ bhalā |
dagdhvā laṅkāṃ yo'gādraghuvaranikaṭaṃ sa māmavatu || 8||
sītāproditavacanānyaśeṣato yo nivedya raghuvīram |
cakre cintārahitaṃ vande taṃ cintitārthadaṃ namatām || 9||
samare vakṣasi yena prahataḥ saṃmūrchitaḥ sasaṃjño'tha |
praśaśaṃsa rāvaṇo yaṃ tamatibalānandavardhanaṃ naumi || 10||
oṣadhigirimativegānnatvā''nīya pravṛddhadivyatanuḥ |
yo lakṣmaṇāsudānaṃ cakre taṃ naumi garuḍanibhavegam || 11||
raghupatimukhāravindasravadāgamaśīrṣatattvamakarandam |
āpīyāgalamaniśaṃ nandantaṃ naumi pavanamūladhanam || 12||
kanakādrisadṛśakāyaṃ kanakapradamāśu namrajanapaṅkteḥ |
raktāmbujāsyamīḍe saktāntaḥkaraṇaminakulottaṃse || 13||
kāruṇyajanmabhūmiṃ kākutsthāyanapūjanāsaktam |
kālāhitabhayarahitaṃ kāmavidūraṃ namāmi kapimukhyam || 14||
kuṇḍalabhāsikapolaṃ maṇḍalamaṅghipraṇamrajantūnām |
kurvantamīpsitārthaiḥ sarvairyuktaṃ bhaje'ñjanāsūnum || 15||
nayanajitahemagarvaṃ navanayapārīṇamañjanātanayam |
gativijitajanakakīrtiṃ matimatiniśitāṃ dadānamahamīḍe || 16||
purato bhava karuṇābve bharatāgrajaraṇalagnacittāja |
hara mama nikhilāṃ cintāṃ karajitapāthoja kalitavaṭurūpa || 17||
ravisutamantrivareṇyaṃ pavitāḍanasahanadakṣadivyahanum |
kaviśiṣyaharaṇacaturaṃ savitṛvineyaṃ namāmi vātasutam || 18||
vakṣastāḍitaśailaṃ rakṣaḥpatisainyamardanapravaṇam |
rakṣākaraṃ namasyāmyakṣādhipadūtamanilapuṇyacayam || 19||
suradeśikasadṛśagiraṃ karajairhārasya kaṭhinatāgarvam |
naraśṛṅgatāṃ nayantaṃ naramaniśaṃ naumi vādyamanilasutam || 20||
śrīpārijātapādapamūle vāsaṃ karoṣi kiṃ hanuman |
adhyetumavanatākhilavāñchitadātṛtvamavanijeḍūta || 21||
puradagdhāraṃ manasijajetāraṃ bhaktamantusahanacaṇam |
tvāmīśānaṃ ke vā na bruvate brūhi vāyusūno me || 22||
puradagdhāraṃ manasijajetāraṃ rāmanāmarucivijñam |
hanumanbhavantamīśaṃ vadati na kaḥ praṇatasarvadoṣasaham || 23||
sahamānāparamūrte sahasva mānāthadūta mama mantūn |
pavamānapuṇyarāśe plavamānābdhau namāmi tava caraṇau || 24||
|| iti pūjya śrīsaccidānanda śivābhinavanṛsiṃha bhāratī racitā śrīhanumaccaturviṃśatiḥ samāptā ||

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