Sri Hanuman Mangalashtakam

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• verse 1

  वैशाखे मासि कृष्णायां दशम्यां मन्दवासरे ।पूर्वाभाद्रा प्रभूताय मङ्गलं श्रीहनूमते ॥ 1 ॥

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  vaiśākhē māsi kṛṣṇāyāṃ daśamyāṃ mandavāsarē ।pūrvābhādrā prabhūtāya maṅgaḻaṃ śrīhanūmatē ॥ 1 ॥

  meaning

  Auspiciousness (mangalam) to Sri Hanuman — who was born on the tenth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Vaishakha, on a Saturday, under the Purva Bhadra nakshatra.

• verse 2

  करुणारसपूर्णाय फलापूपप्रियाय च ।माणिक्यहारकण्ठाय मङ्गलं श्रीहनूमते ॥ 2 ॥

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  karuṇārasapūrṇāya phalāpūpapriyāya cha ।māṇikyahārakaṇṭhāya maṅgaḻaṃ śrīhanūmatē ॥ 2 ॥

  meaning

  Auspiciousness to Sri Hanuman — who is filled with the essence of compassion, who is fond of fruits and sweets (phala and apupa), whose neck is adorned with a ruby gem necklace.

• verse 3

  सुवर्चलाकलत्राय चतुर्भुजधराय च ।उष्ट्रारूढाय वीराय मङ्गलं श्रीहनूमते ॥ 3 ॥

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  suvarchalākaḻatrāya chaturbhujadharāya cha ।uṣṭrārūḍhāya vīrāya maṅgaḻaṃ śrīhanūmatē ॥ 3 ॥

  meaning

  Auspiciousness to Sri Hanuman — who has Suvarchala as his consort, who bears four arms, who is the valorous hero who rides a camel.

• verse 4

  दिव्यमङ्गलदेहाय पीताम्बरधराय च ।तप्तकाञ्चनवर्णाय मङ्गलं श्रीहनूमते ॥ 4 ॥

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  divyamaṅgaḻadēhāya pītāmbaradharāya cha ।taptakāñchanavarṇāya maṅgaḻaṃ śrīhanūmatē ॥ 4 ॥

  meaning

  Auspiciousness to Sri Hanuman — who has a divinely auspicious body, who wears yellow garments, whose complexion is like burnished gold.

• verse 5

  भक्तरक्षणशीलाय जानकीशोकहारिणे ।सृष्टिकारणभूताय मङ्गलं श्रीहनूमते ॥ 5 ॥

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  bhaktarakṣaṇaśīlāya jānakīśōkahāriṇē ।sṛṣṭikāraṇabhūtāya maṅgaḻaṃ śrīhanūmatē ॥ 5 ॥

  meaning

  Auspiciousness to Sri Hanuman — who is by nature the protector of devotees, who removed the sorrow of Janaki (Sita), who is the very cause of creation.

• verse 6

  रम्भावनविहाराय गन्धमादनवासिने ।सर्वलोकैकनाथाय मङ्गलं श्रीहनूमते ॥ 6 ॥

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  rambhāvanavihārāya gandhamādanavāsinē ।sarvalōkaikanāthāya maṅgaḻaṃ śrīhanūmatē ॥ 6 ॥

  meaning

  Auspiciousness to Sri Hanuman — who roams in the Rambha forest (or beautiful forests), who dwells on the Gandhamadana mountain, who is the singular lord of all the worlds.

• verse 7

  पञ्चाननाय भीमाय कालनेमिहराय च ।कौण्डिन्यगोत्रजाताय मङ्गलं श्रीहनूमते ॥ 7 ॥

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  pañchānanāya bhīmāya kālanēmiharāya cha ।kauṇḍinyagōtrajātāya maṅgaḻaṃ śrīhanūmatē ॥ 7 ॥

  meaning

  Auspiciousness to Sri Hanuman — who has five faces (Panchanana), who is mighty (Bhima), who slew Kalanemi, and who was born in the Kaundynya gotra.

• verse 8

  केसरीपुत्र दिव्याय सीतान्वेषपराय च ।वानराणां वरिष्ठाय मङ्गलं श्रीहनूमते ॥ 8 ॥

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  kēsarīputra divyāya sītānvēṣaparāya cha ।vānarāṇāṃ variṣṭhāya maṅgaḻaṃ śrīhanūmatē ॥ 8 ॥

  meaning

  Auspiciousness to Sri Hanuman — the divine son of Kesari, who was dedicated to searching for Sita, the foremost and greatest among all the monkey-heroes (vanaras).

• verse 9

  इति श्री हनुमान् मङ्गलाष्टकम् ।

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  iti śrī hanumān maṅgaḻāṣṭakam ।

  meaning

  Colophon: Thus ends the Sri Hanuman Mangalashtakam.