


Invocation: shri guru charana saroja rajaĬourtesy of the Neem Karoli Baba Ashram | Taos, NM | 2013 | 2 Sri Hanumana Chalisa Forty Verses in Praise of Sri Hanuman mangala murati maaruta nandana, sakala amangala mula nikandana (2x) Son of the wind, embodiment of blessings and auspiciousness, you destroy the root of all that is inauspicious.

Jai Gurudev! Jai Hanuman! We gratefully acknowledge Professor Philip Lutgendorf and Ram Rani Rosser for their translations. May reading it bring you "bliss and release from bondage". This auspicious praise-poem containing "chalise" or "forty" verses in praise of Lord Hanuman was especially beloved by Maharaj-ji who said, "People dont know-every line of the Hanuman Chalisa is a maha mantra To begin 2014 we will be posting a verse from the Hanuman Chalisa with word by word English translation and brief commentary each day for the first forty days of the new year. Learn the Hanuman Chalisa in 40 Days Day 1 Happy New Year! Here at the ashram we began the new year by chanting the Hanuman Chalisa 108 times starting at 1:08 pm on New Year's Eve and finishing after midnight. Courtesy of the Neem Karoli Baba Ashram | Taos, NM | 2013 | 1
