Hanuman Dwadasanama Stotram — Complete Lyrics
हनुमान द्वादशनाम स्तोत्र
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
हनुमानञ्जनासूनुर्वायुपुत्रो महाबलः।
रामेष्टः फाल्गुनसखः पिङ्गाक्षोऽमितविक्रमः॥
Hanuman Anjanasunur Vayuputro Mahabalah.
Rameshtah Phalgunasakhah Pingaksho'mitavikramah.
He is Hanuman; the son of Mother Anjana; the son of Vayu the Wind-god; the one of immense strength; the beloved of Rama; the friend of Arjuna (Phalguna); the amber-eyed one; and he of measureless valour.
Verse 2
उदधिक्रमणश्चैव सीताशोकविनाशनः।
लक्ष्मणप्राणदाता च दशग्रीवस्य दर्पहा॥
Udadhikramanashchaiva Sitashokavinashanah.
Lakshmanapranadata cha Dashagrivasya Darpaha.
He who leaped across the ocean; the destroyer of Sita's sorrow; the restorer of Lakshmana's life; and the crusher of the pride of the ten-headed Ravana.
Verse 3
द्वादशैतानि नामानि कपीन्द्रस्य महात्मनः।
स्वापकाले पठेन्नित्यं यात्राकाले विशेषतः॥
Dvadashaitani Namani Kapindrasya Mahatmanah.
Svapakale Pathennityam Yatrakale Visheshatah.
These twelve names of Hanuman, the great-souled lord of the monkeys, should be recited every day at bedtime, and especially before setting out on a journey.
Verse 4
तस्य मृत्युभयं नास्ति सर्वत्र विजयी भवेत्॥
Tasya Mrityubhayam Nasti Sarvatra Vijayi Bhavet.
For the one who recites them there is no fear of death, and he becomes victorious everywhere.
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