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The Hanuman Chalisa, word-by-word

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President Obama carries in his pocket a figurine of the Hindu deity Hanuman – the embodiment of the divine strength that arises from humble, devoted service.  Tonight, I adapted this page from the Neem Karoli Baba website to create a PDF of a word-by-word translation of the Hanuman Chalisa, a hymn of forty verses many bhakti-yogis sing to remind us of the story and character of Hanuman, told in the great Ramayana epic — which Obama read as a young man in Indonesia. I’ve made the PDF  so that it’s one front-and-back sheet of paper you can print and use to sing along to a recording or can inexpensively reprint and conveniently distribute for kirtan.  Enjoy!


Hanuman_Chalisa.pdf

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4 responses to “The Hanuman Chalisa, word-by-word”

  1. madhusudan Avatar
    madhusudan

    good work vikram. may Lord Hanumaan give strength to President Obama for good governance.

  2. Vikram Surya Chiruvolu Avatar
    Vikram Surya Chiruvolu

    Yes, may Hanuman ever bless President Obama and all of us with the spirit of service to Lord Ram! Here’s a video of Obama celebrating Diwali 2009. It starts with a capella song by Penn students — then Obama speaks at 6 minutes, and at 13:30 he lights the White House diya and a local priest from our Sri Siva Vishnu temple singing the Asatoma mantra — in the White House! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VRb9lGjeFY

  3. vinayak Avatar
    vinayak

    thanks

  4. satheesh Avatar
    satheesh

    excellent piece of work. i wish all of hindu scriptures are translated like this. thank you very much. Jai Hanuman !

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