Hanuman Chalisa

हनुमान चालीसा

Tulsidas's forty-verse hymn to Hanuman, in Awadhi. Praise, episodes from the Ramayana, and a prayer for grace — verse by verse.

Goswami Tulsidas (Awadhi)

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Learn to pronounce

उच्चारणम्

Recite the stotram the way it is chanted — listen, then repeat, line by line through the whole text.

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Learn the meaning

अर्थज्ञानम्

Study each verse four ways — every name, its order, its padas, and the whole shloka.

43 verses with meanings