- Verse 1
बाल समय रबि भक्षि लियो तब तीनहुँ लोक भयो अँधियारो।
ताहि सों त्रास भयो जग को यह संकट काहु सों जात न टारो॥
देवन आनि करी बिनती तब छाँड़ि दियो रबि कष्ट निवारो।
को नहिं जानत है जग में कपि संकटमोचन नाम तिहारो॥
Bal samay rabi bhakshi liyo tab tinhun lok bhayo andhiyaro.
Tahi son tras bhayo jag ko yah sankat kahu son jat na taro || devan aani kari binti tab chhandi diyo rabi kashta nivaro.
Ko nahin janat hai jag mein kapi sankatmochan naam tiharo ||
As a child you took the sun into your mouth, and darkness fell over the three worlds. The whole world was terrified, and no one could lift this calamity. Then the gods came and pleaded with you, and you let the sun go and ended their distress. O mighty monkey, who in the world does not know your name, Sankat Mochan, the deliverer from trouble?
- Verse 2
बालि की त्रास कपीस बसै गिरि जात महाप्रभु पंथ निहारो।
चौंकि महा मुनि साप दियो तब चाहिय कौन बिचार बिचारो॥
कै द्विज रूप लिवाय महाप्रभु सो तुम दास के सोक निवारो।
को नहिं जानत है जग में कपि संकटमोचन नाम तिहारो॥
Bali ki tras kapis basai giri jat mahaprabhu panth niharo.
Chaunki maha muni sap diyo tab chahiy kaun bichar bicharo || kai dvij roop livay mahaprabhu so tum das ke sok nivaro.
Ko nahin janat hai jag mein kapi sankatmochan naam tiharo ||
For fear of Bali, Sugriva, king of the vanaras, lived on the mountain, watching the Lord Ram as he passed along the path. A great sage had cursed Bali (so he could not come there); now, startled, Sugriva wondered what should be done. Then, taking the form of a Brahmin, you brought the great Lord to him and ended the grief of the Lord’s servant, Sugriva. (This meeting of Ram and Hanuman is told in the Kishkindha Kand of the Ramcharitmanas.) O mighty monkey, who in the world does not know your name, Sankat Mochan?
- Verse 3
अंगद के सँग लेन गये सिय खोज कपीस यह बैन उचारो।
जीवत ना बचिहौ हम सो जु बिना सुधि लाए इहाँ पगु धारो॥
हेरि थके तट सिंधु सबै तब लाय सिया-सुधि प्रान उबारो।
को नहिं जानत है जग में कपि संकटमोचन नाम तिहारो॥
Angad ke sang len gaye siy khoj kapis yah bain ucharo.
Jivat na bachihau ham so ju bina sudhi lae ihan pagu dharo || heri thake tat sindhu sabai tab lay siya-sudhi pran ubaro.
Ko nahin janat hai jag mein kapi sankatmochan naam tiharo ||
You went with Angad in search of Sita. Sugriva had declared: whoever sets foot here without news of Sita will not escape alive from me. All of them searched until they sank down exhausted on the seashore; then you brought news of Sita and saved their lives. O mighty monkey, who in the world does not know your name, Sankat Mochan?
- Verse 4
रावन त्रास दई सिय को सब राक्षसि सों कहि सोक निवारो।
ताहि समय हनुमान महाप्रभु जाय महा रजनीचर मारो॥
चाहत सीय असोक सों आगि सु दै प्रभु मुद्रिका सोक निवारो।
को नहिं जानत है जग में कपि संकटमोचन नाम तिहारो॥
Ravan tras daee siy ko sab rakshasi son kahi sok nivaro.
Tahi samay Hanuman mahaprabhu jay maha ragyichar maro || chahat siy asok son aagi su dai prabhu mudrika sok nivaro.
Ko nahin janat hai jag mein kapi sankatmochan naam tiharo ||
Ravana tormented Sita and told all the demonesses to talk her out of her grief. At that time, O great lord Hanuman, you went and slew mighty demons. Sita was begging the Ashoka tree for fire; you gave her the Lord’s ring and ended her sorrow. (This episode is in the Sundar Kand of the Ramcharitmanas.) O mighty monkey, who in the world does not know your name, Sankat Mochan?
- Verse 5
बान लग्यो उर लछिमन के तब प्रान तजे सुत रावन मारो।
लै गृह बैद्य सुषेन समेत तबै गिरि द्रोन सु बीर उपारो॥
आनि सजीवन हाथ दई तब लछिमन के तुम प्रान उबारो।
को नहिं जानत है जग में कपि संकटमोचन नाम तिहारो॥
Ban lagyo ur lachhiman ke tab pran taje sut ravan maro.
Lai grih baidya sushen samet tabai giri dron su bir uparo || aani sajivan haath daee tab lachhiman ke tum pran ubaro.
Ko nahin janat hai jag mein kapi sankatmochan naam tiharo ||
An arrow shot by Ravana’s son (Meghnad) struck Lakshman in the chest, and his life began to leave him. Then, O hero, you brought the physician Sushen along with his house, and uprooted the Drona mountain. You brought the Sanjivani herb, placed it in (Sushen’s) hands and saved Lakshman’s life. O mighty monkey, who in the world does not know your name, Sankat Mochan?
- Verse 6
रावन जुद्ध अजान कियो तब नाग कि फाँस सबै सिर डारो।
श्रीरघुनाथ समेत सबै दल मोह भयो यह संकट भारो॥
आनि खगेस तबै हनुमान जु बंधन काटि सुत्रास निवारो।
को नहिं जानत है जग में कपि संकटमोचन नाम तिहारो॥
Ravan juddha ajan kiyo tab nag ki phans sabai sir daro.
Shrirghunath samet sabai dal moh bhayo yah sankat bharo || aani khages tabai Hanuman ju bandhan kati sutras nivaro.
Ko nahin janat hai jag mein kapi sankatmochan naam tiharo ||
Ravana fought a treacherous battle and cast the serpent noose (nagpash) over everyone. The whole army, Shri Raghunath included, fell senseless; it was a grave peril. Then, O Hanuman, you brought Garuda, king of birds, who cut the bonds and ended the terror. O mighty monkey, who in the world does not know your name, Sankat Mochan?
- Verse 7
बंधु समेत जबै अहिरावन लै रघुनाथ पताल सिधारो।
देबिहिं पूजि भली बिधि सों बलि देउ सबै मिलि मंत्र बिचारो॥
जाय सहाय भयो तब ही अहिरावन सैन्य समेत सँहारो।
को नहिं जानत है जग में कपि संकटमोचन नाम तिहारो॥
Bandhu samet jabai ahiravan lai raghunath patal sidharo.
Debihin pooji bhali bidhi son bali deu sabai mili mantra bicharo || jay sahay bhayo tab hi ahiravan sainya samet sanharo.
Ko nahin janat hai jag mein kapi sankatmochan naam tiharo ||
When Ahiravan carried Shri Raghunath and his brother (Lakshman) off to the netherworld, and all of them agreed to worship the Goddess with full rites and offer the two as a sacrifice, you went there to help and destroyed Ahiravan with his army. (The story of Ahiravan is not in the Valmiki Ramayana or the Ramcharitmanas; it is well known in folk tradition.) O mighty monkey, who in the world does not know your name, Sankat Mochan?
- Verse 8
काज किये बड़ देवन के तुम बीर महाप्रभु देखि बिचारो।
कौन सो संकट मोर गरीब को जो तुमसों नहिं जात है टारो॥
बेगि हरो हनुमान महाप्रभु जो कछु संकट होय हमारो।
को नहिं जानत है जग में कपि संकटमोचन नाम तिहारो॥
Kaj kiye bad devan ke tum bir mahaprabhu dekhi bicharo.
Kaun so sankat mor garib ko jo tumson nahin jat hai taro || begi haro Hanuman mahaprabhu jo kachhu sankat hoy hamaro.
Ko nahin janat hai jag mein kapi sankatmochan naam tiharo ||
You have done great deeds for the gods. O heroic great Lord, look and consider: what trouble of mine, a poor soul, is there that you cannot remove? O great lord Hanuman, swiftly take away whatever trouble is ours. O mighty monkey, who in the world does not know your name, Sankat Mochan?
- Doha
लाल देह लाली लसे, अरु धरि लाल लँगूर।
बज्र देह दानव दलन, जय जय जय कपि सूर॥
Lal deh lali lase, aru dhari lal langoor.
Bajra deh danav dalan, jay jay jay kapi soor ||
Your red body glows with crimson, and your tail too is red. Body strong as the thunderbolt, destroyer of demons, heroic monkey: victory, victory, victory to you.
This text follows the Gita Press, Gorakhpur booklet ‘Shri Hanuman Chalisa’, where it is printed alongside the Hanuman Chalisa; the sanskritdocuments.org text matches it word for word. The spelling is Gita Press’s older Braj-Awadhi style (rabi, binati, bir, baidya). After the first verse Gita Press shortens the refrain ‘Ko nahin janat hai jag mein kapi Sankat Mochan naam tiharo’ to ‘Ko…’; here it is written out in every verse. Variants: the Randhir Prakashan printed collection reads ‘Siy ko tab rakshas son kahi’ in verse 4, ‘bandhan kaati ke traas nivaro’ in verse 6 and ‘tumse’ in verse 8. Drik Panchang has ‘kaaj kiyo’ and ‘jo kuchh sankat’ in verse 8, and ‘jay jay kapi soor’ in the doha; Gita Press and the other sources read ‘jay jay jay kapi soor’, which completes the doha’s eleven-matra half-line. The sanskritdocuments.org text adds, after the doha, the acclamation lines beginning ‘Siyavar Ramchandra pad gahi rahun’, which are not in Gita Press.
