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Bajrang Baan

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Bajarang baan

Nishchaya prema prateeti te,
Vinaya karem' sanamaana |
Tehi ke kaaraja sakala shubha,
Siddha karem' hanumaana ||

Jaya hanumanta santa hitakaaree,
Suna leejai prabhu vinaya hamaaree |
Jana ke kaaja vilamba na keejai,
Aatura dauri mahaa sukha deejai |

Jaise koodi sindhu ke paaraa,
Surasaa badana pait'hi bistaaraa |
Aage jaaya lankinee rokaa,
Maare'hu laata gayee suralokaa |

Jaaya vibheeshana ko sukha deenhaa,
Seetaa nirakhi paramapada leenhaa |
Baaga ujaari sindhu maham' boraa,
Ati aatura jamakaatara toraa |

Akshaya kumaara maari sam'haaraa,
Looma lapet'i lanka ko jaaraa |
Laaha samaana lanka jari gayee,
Jaya jaya dhuni surapura nabha bhayi |

Aba bilamba kehi kaarana svaamee,
Kri'paa karahu ura antarayaamee |
Jaya jaya lakhana praana ke daataa,
Aatura hai duh'kha karahu nipaataa |

Jaya hanumaana jayati balasaagara,
Sura samooha samaratha bhat'anaagara |
Om hanu hanu hanu hanumanta hat'heele,
Bairihi maaru bajra kee keele |

Om heem' heem' heem' hanumanta kapeesaa,
Om hum' hum' hum' hanu ari ura seesaa |
Jaya anjani kumaara balavantaa,
Shankara suvana veera hanumantaa |

Badana karaala kaala kula ghaalaka,
Raama sahaaya sadaa pratipaalaka |
Bhoota preta pisaacha nisaachara,
Agini betaala kaala maaree mara |

Inhem' maaru tohi sapatha raama kee,
Raakhu naatha marajaada naama kee |
Satya hohu hari sapatha paayi kai,
Raama doota dharu maaru dhaayi kai |

Jaya jaya jaya hanumanta agaadhaa,
Duh'kha paavata jana kehi aparaadhaa |
Poojaa japa tapa nema achaaraa,
Nahim' jaanata kachhu daasa tumhaaraa |

Bana upabana maga giri gri'ha maaheem',
Tumhare bala hama d'arapata naaheem' |
Janakasutaa hari daasa kahaavau,
Taakee sapatha vilamba na laavau |

Jai jai jai dhuni hota akaasaa,
Sumirata hoya dusaha dukha naasaa |
Charana pakari kara jori manaavaum',
Yahi ausara aba kehi go'haraavaum' |

Ut'hu ut'hu chalu tohi raama duhaayee,
Paayam' paraum' kara jori manaayee |
Om cham' cham' cham' cham' chapala chalantaa,
Om hanu hanu hanu hanu hanu hanumantaa |

Om ham' ham' haanka deta kapi chanchala,
Om sam' sam' sahami paraane khala dala |
Apane jana ko turata ubaarau,
Sumirata hoya aananda hamaarau |

Yaha bajaranga baana jehi maarai,
Taahi kahau phiri kavana ubaarai |
Paat'ha karai bajaranga baana kee,
Hanumata rakshaa karai praana kee |

Yaha bajaranga baana jo jaapai,
Taasom' bhoota preta saba kaampai |
Dhoopa deya jo japai hamesaa,
Taake tana nahim' rahai kalesaa |

Dohaa ||
Ura prateeti dri'd'ha sarana hai,
Paat'ha karai dhari dhyaana |
Baadhaa saba hara karaim'
Saba kaama saphala hanumaana |

Meaning

The “Bajrang Baan” is a forceful invocation of Hanuman, calling upon his immediate protection and intervention. It is composed in a devotional yet commanding tone, where the devotee approaches Hanuman with love, trust, and humility and requests the removal of all obstacles, fears, sorrows and enemies. The hymn recounts Hanuman’s mighty deeds — leaping across the ocean, overcoming Surasa, defeating Lankini, giving refuge to Vibhishana, slaying Aksha, burning Lanka, and reviving Lakshmana — to remind the devotee of Hanuman’s unmatched power.

Throughout the stotra, the devotee repeatedly invokes Hanuman as the destroyer of evil forces, ghosts, spirits, poisonous beings and all forms of negative energies. Hanuman is praised as the thunderbolt-bodied hero, the ocean of strength, the first among warriors and the quick protector of those who remember him. By taking Rama’s name as oath, the devotee requests immediate relief from suffering. The hymn emphasizes that Hanuman never delays when his devotee calls him with sincerity and faith.

The concluding verses affirm that anyone who recites the Bajrang Baan with firm devotion receives protection, success, courage and freedom from all afflictions. All forms of spiritual and worldly dangers are neutralized by Hanuman’s grace.

Benefits:
    •    Immediate protection from negativity, enemies and unseen forces.
    •    Removes mental distress, sorrow, fear and confusion.
    •    Breaks black magic, evil eye, curses, and harmful energies.
    •    Ensures success in challenges and gives emotional strength.
    •    Brings peace, safety, healing and divine confidence.

Frequently asked questions

Who wrote the Bajrang Baan?
Popular booklets print the Bajrang Baan under the name of Goswami Tulsidas, but the hymn carries no signature line of its own, unlike the Hanuman Chalisa. It is in Awadhi Hindi, in doha and chaupai metre.
Why is the Bajrang Baan called an arrow?
The text says so itself: "yah Bajrang Baan jehi marai, tahi kahau phiri kavan ubarai", whoever this Bajrang arrow strikes, who can save them. Bajrang is Hanuman of the thunderbolt body, and the prayer sees itself as an arrow loosed at the devotee's trouble.
How is the Bajrang Baan different from the Hanuman Chalisa?
The Chalisa praises Hanuman's qualities, while the Bajrang Baan pleads for him to act at once. It even binds him by oath, as in "inhen maru tohi sapath Ram ki", strike these down, by your oath to Rama.
Which Ramayana episodes does the Bajrang Baan recall?
It runs through the leap across the ocean, Surasa's open mouth, the kick that sent Lankini away, comfort to Vibhishana, finding Sita, wrecking the Ashoka grove, killing Akshaya Kumara and burning Lanka with his tail. It also hails Hanuman as the giver of Lakshmana's life.
When is the Bajrang Baan usually recited, and what do its closing lines promise?
It is commonly read on Tuesdays and Saturdays before Hanuman with incense, and many households keep it for times of serious difficulty. Its closing lines say Hanuman guards the life of whoever reads it and that ghosts and spirits tremble before one who chants it.

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