Shri Hanuman Chalisa
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दोहा
श्रीगुरु चरन सरोज रज, निजमन मुकुरु सुधारि। बरनउं रघुबर बिमल जसु, जो दायक फल चारि।।
बुद्धिहीन तनु जानिके, सुमिरौं पवन-कुमार। बल बुधि बिद्या देहु मोहिं, हरहु कलेस बिकार।।
चौपाई
जय हनुमान ज्ञान गुन सागर। जय कपीस तिहुं लोक उजागर।।
राम दूत अतुलित बल धामा। अंजनि-पुत्र पवनसुत नामा।।
महाबीर बिक्रम बजरंगी। कुमति निवार सुमति के संगी।।
कंचन बरन बिराज सुबेसा। कानन कुण्डल कुँचित केसा।।
हाथ बज्र औ ध्वजा बिराजे। कांधे मूंज जनेउ साजे।।
श्रीगुरु चरन सरोज रज, निजमन मुकुरु सुधारि। बरनउं रघुबर बिमल जसु, जो दायक फल चारि।।
बुद्धिहीन तनु जानिके, सुमिरौं पवन-कुमार। बल बुधि बिद्या देहु मोहिं, हरहु कलेस बिकार।।
चौपाई
जय हनुमान ज्ञान गुन सागर। जय कपीस तिहुं लोक उजागर।।
राम दूत अतुलित बल धामा। अंजनि-पुत्र पवनसुत नामा।।
महाबीर बिक्रम बजरंगी। कुमति निवार सुमति के संगी।।
कंचन बरन बिराज सुबेसा। कानन कुण्डल कुँचित केसा।।
हाथ बज्र औ ध्वजा बिराजे। कांधे मूंज जनेउ साजे।।
शंकर सुवन केसरी नंदन। तेज प्रताप महा जग वंदन।।
बिद्यावान गुनी अति चातुर। राम काज करिबे को आतुर।।
प्रभु चरित्र सुनिबे को रसिया । राम लखन सीता मन बसिया।।
सूक्ष्म रूप धरि सियहि दिखावा । बिकट रूप धरि लंक जरावा ।।
Please find the links to the previous posts here -
- Shri Hanuman Chalisa - an attempt to explanation - 1 - https://nitswe.blogspot.com/2024/12/shri-hanuman-chalisa-attempt-to.html
- Shri Hanuman Chalisa - an attempt to explanation - 2 - https://nitswe.blogspot.com/2024/12/shri-hanuman-chalisa-attempt-to_21.html
- Shri Hanuman Chalisa - an attempt to explanation - 3 -https://nitswe.blogspot.com/2024/12/shri-hanuman-chalisa-attempt-to_22.html
- Shri Hanuman Chalisa - an attempt to explanation - 4 - https://nitswe.blogspot.com/2024/12/shri-hanuman-chalisa-attempt-to_24.html
- Shri Hanuman Chalisa - an attempt to explanation - 5 -https://nitswe.blogspot.com/2025/01/shri-hanuman-chalisa-attempt-to.html
- Shri Hanuman Chalisa - an attempt to explanation - 6 -https://nitswe.blogspot.com/2025/01/shri-hanuman-chalisa-attempt-to_5.html
- Shri Hanuman Chalisa - an attempt to explanation - 7 -https://nitswe.blogspot.com/2025/01/shri-hanuman-chalisa-attempt-to_19.html
- Shri Hanuman Chalisa - an attempt to explanation - 8 -https://nitswe.blogspot.com/2025/02/shri-hanuman-chalisa-attempt-to.html
- Shri Hanuman Chalisa - an attempt to explanation - 9 - Shri Hanuman Chalisa - an attempt to explanation - 9
- Shri Hanuman Chalisa - an attempt to explanation - 10 - Shri Hanuman Chalisa - an attempt to explanation - 10
- Shri Hanuman Chalisa - an attempt to explanation - 11 - Shri Hanuman Chalisa - an attempt to explanation - 11
- Shri Hanuman Chalisa - an attempt to explanation - 12 - Shri Hanuman Chalisa - an attempt to explanation - 12
Today, let us look at the tenth couplet or Chaupai of Shri Hanuman Chalisa -
भीम रूप धरि असुर संहारे । रामचंद्र के काज सँवारे ॥
"Bhim roop dhari asur sanhaare
Raamchandra ke kaaj sanwaare."
"You took fearsome forms to kill demons. You accomplished Ramchandra's task.”
In this couplet, Goswami Tulsidas is continuing to praise Hanuman for his various forms specially to bring destruction on demons or problems and his virtue of accomplishing the tasks given to him by Shri Ram.
In the Hindu scriptures we have seen many gods taking various forms. Some with multiple heads, multiple limbs carrying weapons and musical instruments and even flowers. Tulsidas is portraying Hanuman in one such method by praising his multiple forms. Across India, we can find various forms of Lord Hanuman, with one of them being his viral-swarup or his cosmic form. In this form he is depicted to have multiple heads. The most popular of them being the 5 headed Hanuman or Panchamukhi Hanuman. The heads other than his monkey form being - that of Horse (representing Wisdom), Lion (representing Valour), Eagle (representing Vision) and Boar (representing Tenacity). This story comes from the Adubhuta Ramayan. The different heads of Hanuman represents a different animals, and a different attributes of Hanuman that all come together to form him as one. Also representing the integration of various elements and power in one simple form that the devotees can understand - Lord Hanuman. This form of Hanuman is called Mahabali and is usually seen independent of Shri Ram.
Continuing from the previous verse, Tulsidas is praising Hanuman for taking a fearful violent form to destroy the various demons on his path to Lanka and creating obstacles for Hanuman and possibly for Shri Rama when he would approach Lanka. In a very popular form of Hanuman, he is depicted to lift a mountain in one hand and crushing a demon (sometimes two) under his foot.
On his way to Lanka, Hanuman encounters four obstacles - Simhika, Sursa, Mainak and Lankini. Simhika was a water demon who had the power to capture her prey by catching the shadow in water. She grabs Hanuman's shadow while he was on his way to Lanka and tries to eat Hanuman. Though Hanuman does not resist his capture, he reduces his size so that Simhika could swallow him as a whole. And once inside Simhika's belly, Hanuman escapes by expanding his form so large that Simhika's belly exploded and kills her.
Sursa on the other hand was a goddess who wanted to test the intellect of Hanuman. She blocks Hanuman's path in the middle of the sea and tells him that can not pass until he enters her mouth. Since this is a boon given to her by the gods, and hanuman recognizing her actual form, bows to her and expands his size larger and larger. Sursa also opens her mouth as wide as possible to be able to swallow the expanding form of Hanuman. Suddenly, when her mouth has been widened a lot, Hanuman takes a very small form, enters her mouth and comes out telling that his promise is completed.
Mainak parvat or a underwater hill appears in the water from nowhere and offers Hanuman a place to sit while he is flying to Lanka. Mainak was instructed by the ocean to emerge and offer a resting place. Hanuman so determined determined to complete Shri Ram's task given to him, punched Mainak to clear his way. It is said that ever since, the underwater hill has gone back to its underwater state only.
Finally, when Hanuman reached the island of Lanka he was met by Lankini - the guardian goddess of Lanka. Lankini was the guard of Lanka and fights Hanuman. Upon her defeat she realizes that Hanuman is no ordinary monkey and the end of Lanka is near.
Thus in the four stories, Hanuman is shown to clear obstacles through brute force, cunning and involvement and defeating the problems.
Finally when Hanuman was captured by Ravana's demons and was brought to Ravana's court, Hanuman takes a fearful form to defeat the demons who tried to catch him or harm him. All this happens only after Hanuman tries to pass on Ram's message to Sita and tries to reason with Ravana. In this transformation, he always kept the task given to him as the supreme priority. This is the epitome of devotion and focus.
