Lord Hanuman

śrīhanumatsaṃstavaḥ (āpaṭīkaraviracitaḥ)

(Srihanumatsamstavah Apatikaraviracitah in English (IAST))

Apatikara

Also known as shri hanumat samstavah apateekaravirachitah · namamyanjaninandanam vayuputram

Nine verses by Apatikara, and the whole hymn is addressed to him in the second person, which gives it a directness the older stotras avoid. You leapt the great ocean in play; you consoled the daughter of the earth in her grief; you burnt the Lanka of the lord of demons; such was the service you did your master. No wind is equal to your speed, nor the mind of men, and it was for the saving of Sumitra's son's life that you tore off the peak of the mountain-lord and carried it. Where it goes from there is unusual for a stotra: your service is the most generous there is, and Ramachandra was pleased by you alone — you are the model set before men, and the leader of all who worship strength. It closes by promising the reciter that his sorrows will be brought to nothing.

namāmyañjanīnandanaṃ vāyuputraṃ
namāmi prabhuṃ vānarāṇāṃ gaṇānām |
sadā rāmanāmāmṛtaṃ sevamānaṃ
namāmi prabhuṃ mārutiṃ rāmadūtam || 1||
taḍittejasaṃ vāyuvegaṃ baliṣṭhaṃ
cirañjīvinaṃ divyavajāṅgadeham |
diteḥ santatiṃ saṃharantaṃ kapīndraṃ
vareṇyaṃ śaraṇyaṃ nitāntaṃ bhaje'ham || 2||
mahāsāgaraṃ līlayā laṅghayitvā
tvayā''śvāsitā bhūmikanyā saśokā
tvayā rākṣasendrasya laṅkā vidagdhā
tvayaitādṛśī svāmisevā vidhattā || 3||
tvadīyena vegena tulyo na vāyu-
rna vā mānasaṃ mānavānāṃ kapīśa |
sumitrāsutaprāṇarakṣārthameva
girīndrāgramutpāṭya vegena nītam || 4||
variṣṭhā vadānyā'sti sevā tvadīyā
prabhū rāmacandrastvayaiva prasannaḥ |
tvamevāsi cādarśabhūto narāṇāṃ
bhavatpādapadmaṃ sadā vandanīyam || 5||
tvamevāgraṇīdhīrvarāṇāṃ narāṇāṃ
tvamevāsi netā balopāsakānām |
bhubhuḥkāranādena rakṣaḥ samūhās
tvayā nāśitā vānarendreṇa sarve || 6||
daśāsyasya kīrti vināśaṃ nayantaṃ
sudīnāñ janāṃstārayantaṃ kapīndram |
prabho rāmacandrasya bhaktānavantaṃ
hanumantamekaṃ smarāmi prabhāte || 7||
ahaṅkārayuktaśca vidyāmadāndhaḥ
sadā dravyalubdho'hamakrodhahīnaḥ |
mahāmohayukte bhave'sminnimagnaṃ
hanuman hatāśaṃ janaṃ pāhi nityam || 8||
imaṃ saṃstavaṃ rāmadūtasya ramyaṃ
paṭhet sādaraṃ yo naro bhaktiyuktaḥ |
samastāni duḥkhāni nītvā vināśaṃ
bhavettasya vātātmajaḥ saukhyadātā || 9||
|| iti śrī āpaṭīkaraviracitaḥ śrīhanumatsaṃstavaḥ sampūrṇaḥ ||

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