Vedic Drishti
  1. Home
  2. Devotion library
  3. Hanuman Aarti: Aarti Kije Hanuman Lala Ki

Hanuman Aarti: Aarti Kije Hanuman Lala Ki: Text, Transliteration and Meaning

Aarti · 15 verses · original in Hindi

About Hanuman Aarti: Aarti Kije Hanuman Lala Ki

The best-known Hanuman aarti, usually sung after the Hanuman Chalisa. It recalls his leap to Lanka, the news of Sita, the herb that revived Lakshmana and the defeat of Ahiravana; stanza 12 names Tulsidas.

Text: Tulsidas (named in stanza 12) (Traditional attribution)

Meanings and summaries are editorial, written for this library from the cited edition.

Text and meaning

Opening

जाके बल से गिरिवर कंपै ॥ देव पिशाच निकट नहिं झंपै ॥

jāke bala se girivara kaṃpai || deva piśāca nikaṭa nahiṃ jhaṃpai ||

By whose strength great mountains shake; no evil spirit dares come near him.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 19, opening couplet

Refrain

आरती कीजे हनुमान लला की ॥ दुष्टदलन रघुनाथ कला की ॥ टेर ॥

āratī kīje hanumāna lalā kī || duṣṭadalana raghunātha kalā kī || ṭera ||

Offer the aarti to dear Hanuman, destroyer of the wicked and the power of Raghunath (Rama).

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 19, refrain

Verse 3

लंका से कोट समुद्र सी खाई ॥ जात पवनसुत बार न लाई ॥ १ ॥ आर॰ ॥

laṃkā se koṭa samudra sī khāī || jāta pavanasuta bāra na lāī || 1 || āra. ||

Lanka was a fortress with the ocean for a moat, yet the son of the Wind took no time to get there.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 19, stanza 1

Verse 4

दे बीड़ा रघुनाथ पठाये ॥ लंका जारि सिया सुधि ल्याये ॥ आर॰ ॥ २ ॥

de bīṛā raghunātha paṭhāye || laṃkā jāri siyā sudhi lyāye || āra. || 2 ||

Raghunath gave him the charge and sent him; he burned Lanka and brought back news of Sita.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 19, stanza 2

Verse 5

जगमग ज्योति अवधपुर राजा । घंटा ताल पखाउज बाजा ॥ आर॰ ॥ ३ ॥

jagamaga jyoti avadhapura rājā | ghaṃṭā tāla pakhāuja bājā || āra. || 3 ||

Lamps glitter before the king of Ayodhya; bells, cymbals and the drum sound.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, pp. 19–20, stanza 3

Verse 6

शक्ती बाण लगो लक्ष्मण को ॥ आन सजीवन लषण जिवाये ॥ आर॰ ॥ ४ ॥

śaktī bāṇa lago lakṣmaṇa ko || āna sajīvana laṣaṇa jivāye || āra. || 4 ||

Lakshmana was struck by the Shakti weapon; Hanuman brought the Sanjivani herb and revived him.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 20, stanza 4

Verse 7

पैठ पताल तोड़ यम कातर ॥ अहिरावण की भुजा उखाड़े ॥ आ॰ ॥ ५ ॥

paiṭha patāla toṛa yama kātara || ahirāvaṇa kī bhujā ukhāṛe || ā. || 5 ||

Entering the netherworld and breaking its deadly bonds, he tore off the arms of Ahiravana.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 20, stanza 5

Verse 8

आरति कीजे जैसी तैसी ॥ ध्रुव प्रह्लाद बिभीषण जैसी ॥ आर॰ ॥ ६ ॥

ārati kīje jaisī taisī || dhruva prahlāda bibhīṣaṇa jaisī || āra. || 6 ||

Offer the aarti as best you can, as Dhruva, Prahlada and Vibhishana did.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 20, stanza 6

Verse 9

सुर नर मुनि जन आरति उतारें ॥ जै जै जै कपिराज उचारें ॥ आ॰ ॥ ७ ॥

sura nara muni jana ārati utāreṃ || jai jai jai kapirāja ucāreṃ || ā. || 7 ||

Gods, people and sages wave the lamp and cry "Victory, victory, victory to the king of monkeys".

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 20, stanza 7

Verse 10

कंचन थाल कपूर सुहाई ॥ आरति करत अंजनी माई ॥ आर॰ ॥ ८ ॥

kaṃcana thāla kapūra suhāī || ārati karata aṃjanī māī || āra. || 8 ||

Camphor glows on a golden plate as Mother Anjani performs the aarti.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 20, stanza 8

Verse 11

बांई भुजा से असुर सँहारे ॥ दहनी भुज सुर संत उधारे ॥ आर॰ ॥ ९ ॥

bāṃī bhujā se asura sam̐hāre || dahanī bhuja sura saṃta udhāre || āra. || 9 ||

With his left arm he destroyed the demons; with his right he rescued the gods and saints.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 20, stanza 9

Verse 12

लंक प्रजार असुर सब मारे ॥ राजा रामजी के कारज सारे ॥ आर॰ ॥ १० ॥

laṃka prajāra asura saba māre || rājā rāmajī ke kāraja sāre || āra. || 10 ||

He set Lanka ablaze, slew all the demons and fulfilled every task of King Rama.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 20, stanza 10

Verse 13

अंजनि पुत्र महाबलदायक ॥ देव संत के सदा सहायक ॥ आर॰ ॥ ११ ॥

aṃjani putra mahābaladāyaka || deva saṃta ke sadā sahāyaka || āra. || 11 ||

The son of Anjani gives great strength and is always the helper of gods and saints.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 20, stanza 11

Verse 14

लंक विध्वंसन सिया रघुराई ॥ तुलसि दास कपि आरती गाई ॥ १२ ॥ आर॰ ॥

laṃka vidhvaṃsana siyā raghurāī || tulasi dāsa kapi āratī gāī || 12 || āra. ||

Lanka was destroyed and Sita was restored to Rama; Tulsidas has sung this aarti of the monkey hero.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 20, stanza 12

Verse 15

जो हनुमानजी की आरति गावै ॥ बस वैकुंठ बहुरि नहिं आवै ॥ १३ ॥

jo hanumānajī kī ārati gāvai || basa vaikuṃṭha bahuri nahiṃ āvai || 13 ||

Whoever sings the aarti of Hanuman dwells in Vaikuntha and does not return to rebirth.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 20, stanza 13

Sources and licence

Copied from the page images of "Arti Sangrah" (Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay; February 2012 edition), pp. 19–20 ("अथ बजरङ्गबालाकी आरती"). The book prints the words run together; spaces have been added for reading, the word "उ-खाड़े" hyphenated across a line is joined, no letter has been changed, and the abbreviation mark is written "॰". The printed spelling ("कीजे", "कंपै", "पखाउज", "लषण", "बांई", "दहनी") is kept. The colophon "इति आरतिहनुमानजीकी समाप्त" is left out. This text differs in several lines from the version commonly sung today. Meanings are editorial.

Related