Stotra16th century
हनुमान बाहुक (आरम्भ)
Hanuman Bahuk (Opening)
By Goswami Tulsidas · हिन्दी
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हनुमान बाहुक (आरम्भ)
Hanuman Bahuk (Opening)
By Goswami Tulsidas
हिन्दी · 16th century · Stotra
~1 min readStotra tradition
A devotional poem by Tulsidas appended to the Hanuman tradition. Written, by tradition, when the poet himself was wracked with pain. A cry for healing answered by surrender to Hanuman's grace.
- Author
- Goswami Tulsidas
- Language
- हिन्दी
- Literary form
- Stotra
- Century
- 16th century
- Tradition
- Stotra tradition
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॥ श्री हनुमान बाहुक — आरम्भ ॥
छप्पय — सिन्धु तरन, सिय-सोच हरन, रबि-बाल-बरन तनु। भुज बिसाल, मूरति कराल, कालहु को काल जनु।। गहन-दहन-निरदहन लंक, निःशंक, बंक भुव। जातुधान-बलवान मान-मद-दवन पवनसुव।। कह तुलसिदास सेवत सुलभ, सेवक हित सन्तत निकट। गुन-गनत, नमत, सुमिरत, जपत, समन सकल-संकट-विकट।।
झूलना — पञ्चमुख-छःमुख भृगु मुख्य भट असुर सुर, सर्व-सरि-समर समरत्थ सूरो। बांकुरो बीर बिरुदैत बिरुदावली, बेद बंदी बदत पैजपूरो।।
जासु गुनगाथ रघुनाथ कह जासुबल, बिपुल जल-भरित जलनिधि झरयो। दवन दल भरत, गञ्जयो भट महाबली, जात लंकेस गयो-तब डरयो।।
[तुलसीदास रचित हनुमान बाहुक के 44 छंदों में से प्रथम 3 — पूर्ण पाठ के लिए गीताप्रेस संस्करण देखें]
Meaning
Tulsidas's healing hymn to Hanumanji, traditionally chanted for relief from physical and mental affliction. Composed in his old age at Varanasi when he suffered intense bodily pain.
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About
A devotional poem by Tulsidas appended to the Hanuman tradition. Written, by tradition, when the poet himself was wracked with pain. A cry for healing answered by surrender to Hanuman's grace.
Meaning
Tulsidas's heartfelt plea to Hanuman for relief from suffering of body and mind.
In depth
Tulsidas's healing hymn to Hanumanji, traditionally chanted for relief from physical and mental affliction. Composed in his old age at Varanasi when he suffered intense bodily pain.
History & context
Composed by Goswami Tulsidas c. 1583. The complete Bahuk has 44 verses and is recited as part of daily Hanuman sadhana, especially for healing.
Why people recite it
Recited for relief from illness, pain and distress, and as an expression of total reliance on Hanuman when one's own strength has run out.
Life lessons
- Pain becomes bearable when it is offered up rather than merely endured. Vulnerability, honestly expressed, is its own kind of strength.
Key themes
HanumanTulsidasHealingStotraName ChantingProtection
About the author
Goswami Tulsidas
गोस्वामी तुलसीदास
- Era
- c. 1497–1623 CE (traditional)
- Region
- Awadh and Kashi (Varanasi)
- Tradition
- Rama bhakti
Goswami Tulsidas was a North Indian poet-saint who wrote in Awadhi and Braj, and is revered above all as the author of the Ramcharitmanas — a retelling of the Ramayana in the language of the common people. By placing the story of Rama in the vernacular rather than Sanskrit, he made the epic singable in homes, fields and temple courtyards across the Hindi-speaking world.
Tradition holds that he was a devotee of Hanuman, and several short works of praise to Hanuman are attributed to his tradition. His poetry binds together intense personal devotion (bhakti), ethical conduct, and the ideal of Rama-rajya — a just and compassionate order. To this day his verses are recited at dawn, during Ramnavami, and in the daily worship of millions.
Precise dates and biographical details are debated by scholars; the year 1497 and a long life reaching 1623 are the traditional account rather than firmly documented fact.
Notable works
RamcharitmanasVinaya PatrikaKavitavaliDohavali
Dates and several biographical episodes are traditional accounts, not firmly documented history.
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Source & trust
Public domain
- Attribution
- Goswami Tulsidas
- Language
- हिन्दी · 16th century
- Source
- Tulsidas, Hanuman Bahuk — Gita Press Gorakhpur edition. Composed c. 1583; public domain.
- References
Devotional commentary and life lessons are editorial reflections. Historical details are limited to well-documented facts; devotional belief is labelled as tradition, never presented as proven history.