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Hanuman Ashtakam

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  • verse 1
    श्रीरघुराजपदाब्जनिकेतन पङ्कजलोचन मङ्गलराशेचण्डमहाभुजदण्ड सुरारिविखण्डनपण्डित पाहि दयालो ।पातकिनं च समुद्धर मां महतां हि सतामपि मानमुदारंत्वां भजतो मम देहि दयाघन हे हनुमन् स्वपदाम्बुजदास्यम् ॥ 1 ॥
    śrīraghurājapadābjanikētana paṅkajalōchana maṅgaḻarāśēchaṇḍamahābhujadaṇḍa surārivikhaṇḍanapaṇḍita pāhi dayāḻō ।pātakinaṃ cha samuddhara māṃ mahatāṃ hi satāmapi mānamudāraṃtvāṃ bhajatō mama dēhi dayāghana hē hanuman svapadāmbujadāsyam ॥ 1 ॥
    meaning

    Verse 1: O Hanuman — abode of Sri Rama's lotus feet, lotus-eyed, treasury of auspiciousness, expert in destroying enemies with your mighty arms, compassionate protector — lift me, a sinner, up! Great and virtuous souls hold their honour dear. O cloud of compassion, grant me service at your own lotus feet as I worship you.

  • verse 2
    संसृतितापमहानलदग्धतनूरुहमर्मतनोरतिवेलंपुत्रधनस्वजनात्मगृहादिषु सक्तमतेरतिकिल्बिषमूर्तेः ।केनचिदप्यमलेन पुराकृतपुण्यसुपुञ्जलवेन विभो वैत्वां भजतो मम देहि दयाघन हे हनुमन् स्वपदाम्बुजदास्यम् ॥ 2 ॥
    saṃsṛtitāpamahānaladagdhatanūruhamarmatanōrativēlaṃputradhanasvajanātmagṛhādiṣu saktamatēratikilbiṣamūrtēḥ ।kēnachidapyamalēna purākṛtapuṇyasupuñjalavēna vibhō vaitvāṃ bhajatō mama dēhi dayāghana hē hanuman svapadāmbujadāsyam ॥ 2 ॥
    meaning

    Verse 2: O all-pervading Hanuman, O cloud of compassion — grant me service at your feet: for one whose limbs and heart are deeply scorched by the great fire of samsara's sorrows, who is excessively attached to children, wealth, relatives, self, home, and the like, and who is a mass of great sin — even if some tiny fragment of merit done in a former life may exist — grant me your service.

  • verse 3
    संसृतिकूपमनल्पमघोरनिदाघनिदानमजस्रमशेषंप्राप्य सुदुःखसहस्रभुजङ्गविषैकसमाकुलसर्वतनोर्मे ।घोरमहाकृपणापदमेव गतस्य हरे पतितस्य भवाब्धौत्वां भजतो मम देहि दयाघन हे हनुमन् स्वपदाम्बुजदास्यम् ॥ 3 ॥
    saṃsṛtikūpamanalpamaghōranidāghanidānamajasramaśēṣaṃprāpya suduḥkhasahasrabhujaṅgaviṣaikasamākulasarvatanōrmē ।ghōramahākṛpaṇāpadamēva gatasya harē patitasya bhavābdhautvāṃ bhajatō mama dēhi dayāghana hē hanuman svapadāmbujadāsyam ॥ 3 ॥
    meaning

    Verse 3: O Hanuman, O cloud of compassion — grant me service at your feet: for one who has fallen into the deep well of samsara with its terrible and endless scorching, whose entire body is afflicted by the poison of thousands of serpents of great suffering, who has reached a state of terrible wretched danger, fallen into the ocean of worldly existence.

  • verse 4
    संसृतिसिन्धुविशालकरालमहाबलकालझषग्रसनार्तंव्यग्रसमग्रधियं कृपणं च महामदनक्रसुचक्रहृतासुम् ।कालमहारसनोर्मिनिपीडितमुद्धर दीनमनन्यगतिं मांत्वां भजतो मम देहि दयाघन हे हनुमन् स्वपदाम्बुजदास्यम् ॥ 4 ॥
    saṃsṛtisindhuviśālakarālamahābalakālajhaṣagrasanārtaṃvyagrasamagradhiyaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ cha mahāmadanakrasuchakrahṛtāsum ।kālamahārasanōrminipīḍitamuddhara dīnamananyagatiṃ māṃtvāṃ bhajatō mama dēhi dayāghana hē hanuman svapadāmbujadāsyam ॥ 4 ॥
    meaning

    Verse 4: O Hanuman, O cloud of compassion — grant me service at your feet: I am tormented by the powerful shark of Time in the vast and terrifying ocean of samsara, my whole mind disturbed, wretched, with my life seized by the discus-wheel of the great crocodile of Kamadeva; tossed by the waves of mighty time — lift me, this helpless one with no other refuge.

  • verse 5
    संसृतिघोरमहागहने चरतो मणिरञ्जितपुण्यसुमूर्तेःमन्मथभीकरघोरमहोग्रमृगप्रवरार्दितगात्रसुसन्धेः ।मत्सरतापविशेषनिपीडितबाह्यमतेश्च कथं चिदमेयंत्वां भजतो मम देहि दयाघन हे हनुमन् स्वपदाम्बुजदास्यम् ॥ 5 ॥
    saṃsṛtighōramahāgahanē charatō maṇirañjitapuṇyasumūrtēḥmanmathabhīkaraghōramahōgramṛgapravarārditagātrasusandhēḥ ।matsaratāpaviśēṣanipīḍitabāhyamatēścha kathaṃ chidamēyaṃtvāṃ bhajatō mama dēhi dayāghana hē hanuman svapadāmbujadāsyam ॥ 5 ॥
    meaning

    Verse 5: O Hanuman, O cloud of compassion — grant me service at your feet: for one wandering in the terrible great forest of samsara, whose auspicious body has been decorated with gems of past merit but whose joints are torn by the most terrifying of beasts (the great tiger of lust), and whose outer mind is severely afflicted by the special torment of envy — somehow grant your measureless grace.

  • verse 6
    संसृतिवृक्षमनेकशताघनिदानमनन्तविकर्मसुशाखंदुःखफलं करणादिपलाशमनङ्गसुपुष्पमचिन्त्यसुमूलम् ।तं ह्यधिरुह्य हरे पतितं शरणागतमेव विमोचय मूढंत्वां भजतो मम देहि दयाघन हे हनुमन् स्वपदाम्बुजदास्यम् ॥ 6 ॥
    saṃsṛtivṛkṣamanēkaśatāghanidānamanantavikarmasuśākhaṃduḥkhaphalaṃ karaṇādipalāśamanaṅgasupuṣpamachintyasumūlam ।taṃ hyadhiruhya harē patitaṃ śaraṇāgatamēva vimōchaya mūḍhaṃtvāṃ bhajatō mama dēhi dayāghana hē hanuman svapadāmbujadāsyam ॥ 6 ॥
    meaning

    Verse 6: O Hanuman, O cloud of compassion — grant me service at your feet: I have climbed the tree of samsara, whose hundreds of branches are the causes of hundreds of sins, whose fruit is suffering, whose leaves are the organs of action, whose flowers are desire, and whose root is inconceivable; I have fallen from it — I, a fool seeking your refuge — please release me.

  • verse 7
    संसृतिपन्नगवक्त्रभयङ्करदंष्ट्रमहाविषदग्धशरीरंप्राणविनिर्गमभीतिसमाकुलमन्दमनाथमतीव विषण्णम् ।मोहमहाकुहरे पतितं दययोद्धर मामजितेन्द्रियकामंत्वां भजतो मम देहि दयाघन हे हनुमन् स्वपदाम्बुजदास्यम् ॥ 7 ॥
    saṃsṛtipannagavaktrabhayaṅkaradaṃṣṭramahāviṣadagdhaśarīraṃprāṇavinirgamabhītisamākulamandamanāthamatīva viṣaṇṇam ।mōhamahākuharē patitaṃ dayayōddhara māmajitēndriyakāmaṃtvāṃ bhajatō mama dēhi dayāghana hē hanuman svapadāmbujadāsyam ॥ 7 ॥
    meaning

    Verse 7: O Hanuman, O cloud of compassion — grant me service at your feet: my body is burnt by the terrible poisonous fangs of the snake of samsara, I am agitated with fear at the departure of the life-force, slow-witted, without a protector, deeply distressed; I have fallen in the great cave of delusion with uncontrolled senses and desires — lift me out with your compassion.

  • verse 8
    इन्द्रियनामकचोरगणैर्हृततत्त्वविवेकमहाधनराशिंसंसृतिजालनिपातितमेव महाबलिभिश्च विखण्डितकायम् ।त्वत्पदपद्ममनुत्तममाश्रितमाशु कपीश्वर पाहि कृपालोत्वां भजतो मम देहि दयाघन हे हनुमन् स्वपदाम्बुजदास्यम् ॥ 8 ॥
    indriyanāmakachōragaṇairhṛtatattvavivēkamahādhanarāśiṃsaṃsṛtijālanipātitamēva mahābalibhiścha vikhaṇḍitakāyam ।tvatpadapadmamanuttamamāśritamāśu kapīśvara pāhi kṛpāḻōtvāṃ bhajatō mama dēhi dayāghana hē hanuman svapadāmbujadāsyam ॥ 8 ॥
    meaning

    Verse 8: O king of monkeys, O compassionate one — grant me service at your feet: I am thrown into the net of samsara, my great wealth of discriminative knowledge of truth has been stolen by the band of thieves called the senses, my body torn apart by great forces; I who have taken refuge at your unsurpassed lotus feet — protect me swiftly.

  • verse 9
    ब्रह्ममरुद्गणरुद्रमहेन्द्रकिरीटसुकोटिलसत्पदपीठंदाशरथिं जपति क्षितिमण्डल एष निधाय सदैव हृदब्जे ।तस्य हनूमत एव शिवङ्करमष्टकमेतदनिष्टहरं वैयः सततं हि पठेत्स नरो लभतेऽच्युतरामपदाब्जनिवासम् ॥ 9 ॥
    brahmamarudgaṇarudramahēndrakirīṭasukōṭilasatpadapīṭhaṃdāśarathiṃ japati kṣitimaṇḍala ēṣa nidhāya sadaiva hṛdabjē ।tasya hanūmata ēva śivaṅkaramaṣṭakamētadaniṣṭaharaṃ vaiyaḥ satataṃ hi paṭhētsa narō labhatē'chyutarāmapadābjanivāsam ॥ 9 ॥
    meaning

    Phala-shruti: Whoever constantly reads this auspicious octad of Hanuman — who holds Rama in his heart, Rama whose feet are worshipped by the crowns of Brahma, Vayu, Rudra, Indra, and thousands of other celestials — that person attains the abode of Achyuta (Vishnu) and Rama's lotus feet.

  • verse 10
    इति श्री मधुसूदनाश्रम शिष्याऽच्युतविरचितं श्रीमद्दनुमदष्टकम् ।
    iti śrī madhusūdanāśrama śiṣyā'chyutavirachitaṃ śrīmaddanumadaṣṭakam ।
    meaning

    Colophon: Thus concludes the Sri Hanumadashtakam composed by Achyuta, a disciple of the Madhusudanashrama lineage.

Primary text from vignanam.org