Base reading
01Normalized Devanagari
Compared against commonly circulated Old Awadhi readings; spelling and word division can vary between printed and recited traditions.
श्री हनुमान चालीसा
Śrī Hanumān Cālīsā
A complete, line-by-line study edition of the beloved praise-poem—its Old Awadhi text, word-level romanization, close meaning, literary form, and Tulsidas attribution presented with care.
राम
On-site scope
86 annotated lines
Old Awadhi · Devanagari + reader-friendly romanization
2 opening dohās · 40 caupāīs · 1 closing dohā
01 / Authenticity ledger
Source disclosed. Language named. Attribution qualified. Editorial choices made visible. It does not mean that one modern web page has erased every living recension or interpretive tradition.
Base reading
01Compared against commonly circulated Old Awadhi readings; spelling and word division can vary between printed and recited traditions.
Language
02The Chalisa is an early Hindi devotional poem, not a Sanskrit composition. Devanagari is its common modern presentation.
Form
03Forty numbered caupāī stanzas are framed by opening and concluding dohās.
Attribution
04The attribution is longstanding and generally accepted, while no surviving authorial autograph establishes a single exclusive wording.
02 / Word & compound reader
Complete line reader
All forty numbered caupāīs are included, together with the opening and closing dohās. The word boundaries and concise English glosses are editorial study aids.
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श्रीगुरु चरन सरोज रज, निज मन मुकुर सुधारि।
śrī · guru · charan · saroj · raj · nij · man · mukur · sudhāri
Close meaning
Having polished the mirror of my mind with the dust of the lotus feet of the revered Guru.
Word & compound study
revered, holy; teacher
feet
lotus
dust
one's own
mind
mirror
having cleaned / polished
बरनउँ रघुबर बिमल जसु, जो दायकु फल चारि॥
barnaun · raghuvar · bimal · jasu · jo · dāyaku · phal · chāri
Close meaning
I describe the pure glory of Rama, which gives the four fruits of life.
Word & compound study
I narrate / describe
the best of the Raghu lineage (Rama)
pure
glory / fame
which
giver
fruits / rewards
four
बुद्धिहीन तनु जानिके, सुमिरौं पवन-कुमार।
buddhi-hīn · tanu · jānikē · sumiraun · pavan-kumār
Close meaning
Knowing myself to be lacking in wisdom, I remember the Son of the Wind.
Word & compound study
lacking wisdom
body / self
knowing
I remember / invoke
son of the wind
बल बुधि विद्या देहु मोहिं, हरहु कलेस विकार॥
bal · buddhi · vidyā · dehu · mohin / mohi · harahu · kales · vikār
Close meaning
Give me strength, intellect, and knowledge, and remove affliction and defects.
Word & compound study
strength
intellect
knowledge / learning
give
to me
remove
affliction / distress
faults / impurities / distortions
जय हनुमान ज्ञान गुन सागर।
jai · Hanumān · jñān · gun · sāgar
Close meaning
Hail Hanuman, ocean of knowledge and virtues.
Word & compound study
victory / hail
Hanuman
knowledge
virtues / qualities
ocean
जय कपीस तिहुँ लोक उजागर॥
jai · kapīś · tihũ lok · ujāgar
Close meaning
Hail the monkey-lord who illumines the three worlds.
Word & compound study
hail
lord of the monkeys
the three worlds
illumined / made manifest
राम दूत अतुलित बल धामा।
Rām · dūt · atulit · bal · dhāmā
Close meaning
Messenger of Rama, abode of incomparable strength.
Word & compound study
Rama
messenger
incomparable
strength
abode / repository
अंजनि-पुत्र पवनसुत नामा॥
Anjani-putra · pavan-sut · nāmā
Close meaning
Called the son of Anjani and the son of the Wind.
Word & compound study
son of Anjani
son of the wind
named / called
महाबीर बिक्रम बजरंगी।
mahā-bīr · bikram / vikram · bajarangī
Close meaning
Great hero, mighty in valour, with thunderbolt-like body.
Word & compound study
great hero
valour / prowess
thunderbolt-bodied / one with vajra-like limbs
कुमति निवार सुमति के संगी॥
kumati · nivār · sumati · ke sangī
Close meaning
Remover of bad thinking, companion of good sense.
Word & compound study
wrong thinking / bad intellect
remover
right thinking / good intellect
companion of / allied with
कंचन बरन बिराज सुबेसा।
kanchan · baran · birāj · subesā
Close meaning
Golden in complexion, resplendent in beautiful attire.
Word & compound study
gold
complexion / colour
resplendent / shining
fine attire / beautiful dress
कानन कुंडल कुंचित केसा॥
kānan · kuṇḍal · kuñchit · kesā
Close meaning
With earrings in the ears and curly hair.
Word & compound study
ears
earrings
curled
hair
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03 / Attribution & biography
A sacred text can have a poet, a speaker inside its story, a traditional compiler, and later commentators. These roles are named separately so reverence never requires blurred history.
Poet traditionally credited
16th–early 17th century
Tulsidas was one of early modern North India’s most influential Rama-bhakti poets. Writing in literary vernaculars including Awadhi and Braj, he brought theology, ethics, and poetry to audiences far beyond Sanskrit-reading circles. His Ramcharitmanas, begun in 1574, became foundational to North Indian literary and performance culture. Exact birth details remain uncertain, and many familiar stories about his life belong to devotional biography rather than independently documented history.
04 / Editorial method
The Devanagari line is presented before interpretation so readers can always see the reading being glossed.
The Awadhi layer is a reader-friendly romanization that retains familiar recitation spellings and selected diacritics; it is deliberately not labeled as strict IAST.
Word divisions are editorial. Awadhi compounds, particles, and recited pronunciation can reasonably be parsed in more than one way.
The English meanings are newly prepared, close study glosses—not copied devotional translations and not exhaustive commentary.
05 / Source shelf
Primary texts, manuscript records, and scholarly studies are linked directly. External texts remain with their custodians and under their stated terms.