Lord Hanuman

śrīhanumānastotram (svāmīnārāyaṇa)

(Srihanumanastotram Svaminarayana in English (IAST))

Also known as shri hanumana stotram swaminarayan · srihanumanastotra svaminarayana · nitipravina nigamagamasastrabuddhe

Nine verses, each closing on the same address — Rama's envoy, Hanuman, take away my distress — and the first of them describes a man of affairs rather than a monkey: skilled in statecraft, his understanding formed by the Veda and the Agamas and the sciences, chief among the ministers of the lord of the Raghus, his body smeared with sindura, foremost of those who keep a strict rule. The verses that follow are one long compound apiece and take the campaign in order: the sole help in driving off the great trouble that came upon Raghu's best on Sita's account; the burning of the golden capital of the lord of demons; Lakshmana at the throat of Ravana's hurled weapon, and the Drona mountain fetched for him; Bharata's ocean of grief. The sixth turns to sorcery, and has him drive off what the sorcerers send with a single red glance.

nītipravīṇa ! nigamāgamaśāstrabuddhe !
rājādhirāja raghunāyaka mantrīvarya ! |
sindūracarcitakalevara naiṣṭikendra !
śrī rāmadūta ! hanuman ! hara saṅkaṭaṃ me || 1||
sītānimittajaraghūttamabhūrikaṣṭa
protsāraṇaikakasahāya ! hatāsrapaugha ! |
nirdagdhayātupatihāṭakarājadhāne !
śrī rāmadūta ! hanuman ! hara saṅkaṭaṃ me || 2||
durvāryarāvaṇavisarjitaśaktighāta
kaṇṭhāsulakṣmaṇasukhāhatajīvavalle ! |
droṇācalānayanananditarāmapakṣa !
śrī rāmadūta ! hanuman ! hara saṅkaṭaṃ me || 3||
rāmāgamoktitaritāritabandhvayoga
duḥkhābdhimagnabharatārpitapāribarha ! |
rāmāṅgrīpadmamadhupībhavadantarātman !
śrī rāmadūta ! hanuman ! hara saṅkaṭaṃ me || 4||
vātātmakesarimahākapirāṭatadīya
bhāryāñjanīpurūtapaḥphalaputrabhāva ! |
tārthopamocitavapurbalatīvravega !
śrī rāmadūta ! hanuman ! hara saṅkaṭaṃ me || 5||
nānābhicārikavisṛṣṭasavīrakṛtyā
vidrāvaṇāruṇasamīkṣaṇaduḥpradyarcya ! |
rogapghnasatsutadavittadamantrajāpa !
śrī rāmadūta ! hanuman ! hara saṅkaṭaṃ me || 6||
yannāmadheyapadakaśrutimātrato'pi
yebrahmarākṣasapiśācagaṇāśca bhūtāḥ |
te mārikāśca sabhayaṃ hyapayānti sa tvaṃ !
śrī rāmadūta ! hanuman ! hara saṅkaṭaṃ me || 7||
tvaṃ bhaktamānasasa mīpsitapūrtiśakto
dīnasya durmadasapatnabhayārtibhājaḥ |
īṣṭaṃ mamāpi paripūraya pūrṇakāma !
śrī rāmadūta ! hanuman ! hara saṅkaṭaṃ me || 8||
|| iti śrīhanumānastotraṃ sampūrṇam ||

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