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Bajrang Baan Lyrics in English, With Meaning

Bajrang Baan lyrics in English with the meaning of each passage, the original script, and the recording Diya plays to listen along.

The short answer

Bajrang Baan is an Awadhi hymn to Hanuman.

Bajrang Baan addresses Hanuman in devotional prayer. This Hindi prayer is traditionally attributed to Tulsidas. This page has all 22 passages of Bajrang Baan as sung in the recording Diya plays: the words in English letters, the original script where Diya's record has it, and the meaning of each passage in English, with the recording to listen along.

Bajrang Baan lyrics and meaning

Below are the 22 passages of Bajrang Baan as sung in the recording Diya plays, in the order they are sung. Each row gives the words in English letters under the original script, and their meaning in English. The meaning of 1 passage is still being reviewed and is marked.

Recording: T-Series Bhakti Sagar, on YouTube. Press play to listen while you read.
Words (original script and transliteration)Meaning in English
निश्चय प्रेम प्रतीति ते
विनय करैं सनमान
तेहि के कारज सकल शुभ
सिद्ध करैं हनुमान

Nishchay prem prateeti te
Vinay karain sanmaan
Tehi ke kaaraj sakal shubh
Siddh karain Hanumaan
Hanuman brings every auspicious undertaking to completion for the person who petitions him respectfully with resolve, love and trust.
जय हनुमंत संत हितकारी
सुनि लीजै प्रभु विनय हमारी
जन के काज बिलंब न कीजै
आतुर दौरि महासुख दीजै
जैसे कूदि सिंधु के पारा
सुरसा बदन पैठि बिस्तारा
आगे जाय लंकिनी रोका
मारेहु लात गई सुरलोका

Jai Hanumant sant hitkaari
Suni leejai prabhu vinay hamaari
Jan ke kaaj bilamb na keejai
Aatur dauri mahasukh deejai
Jaise koodi sindhu ke paara
Surasa badan paithi bistaara
Aage jaay Lankini roka
Maarehu laat gayi surloka
Hanuman, benefactor of the saints, hear our plea and hurry to help, as when you crossed the ocean, entered Surasa's mouth and kicked Lankini to the gods' realm.
जाय विभीषन को सुख दीन्हा
सीता निरखि परमपद लीन्हा
बाग उजारि सिंधु महँ बोरा
अति आतुर जमकातर तोरा

Jaay Vibheeshan ko sukh deenha
Seeta nirakhi parampad leenha
Baag ujaari sindhu mahan bora
Ati aatur jamkaatar tora
You went to Vibhishana and brought him joy. Seeing Sita, you attained the supreme state. You devastated the garden and cast it into the sea; in great haste, you broke Yama's blade.
अक्षय कुमार मारि संहारा
लूम लपेटि लंक को जारा
लाह समान लंक जरि गई
जय जय धुनि सुरपुर नभ भई

Akshaya kumaar maari sanhaara
Loom lapeti lank ko jaara
Laah samaan lank jari gayi
Jai jai dhuni surpur nabh bhayi
You struck down and killed Akshaya Kumara. With your wrapped tail, you set Lanka ablaze. Lanka burned like lac resin, and cries of 'Hail! Hail!' rang through the gods' city and the sky.
अब बिलंब केहि कारन स्वामी
कृपा करहु उर अंतरजामी
जय जय लखन प्रान के दाता
आतुर ह्वै दुख करहु निपाता

Ab bilamb kehi kaaran swaami
Kripa karahu ur antarjaami
Jai jai Lakhan praan ke daata
Aatur hwai dukh karahu nipaata
Master, why delay now? Have mercy, you who know the heart from within. Hail! Hail, giver of Lakshmana's life! Hurry and end suffering.
जय हनुमान जयति बल सागर
सुर समूह समरथ भटनागर

Jai Hanumaan jayati bal saagar
Sur samooh samarath bhatnaagar
Hail Hanuman! Hail, ocean of strength, powerful and accomplished warrior among the hosts of the gods.
ॐ हनू हनू हनू हनुमंत हठीले
बैरिहि मारु बज्र की कीले

Om hanoo hanoo hanoo Hanumant hatheele
Bairihi maaru bajra ki keele
Om is followed by three repeated invocation sounds. Unyielding Hanuman, kill the enemy with thunderbolt spikes.
ॐ हीं हीं हीं हनुमंत कपीसा
ॐ हूं हूं हूं हनु अरि उर सीसा

Om heen heen heen hanumant kapeesa
Om hoon hoon hoon hanu ari ur seesa
Om, with three seed sounds: Hanuman, lord of the monkeys. Om, with three more seed sounds: strike the enemy's chest and head.
जय अंजनी कुमार बलवंता
शंकर सुवन वीर हनुमंता
बदन कराल काल कुल घालक
राम सहाय सदा प्रतिपालक

Jaya anjanee kumaar balvanta
Shankar suvan veer hanumanta
Badan karaal kaal kul ghaalak
Raam sahaay sada pratipaalak
Hail, mighty son of Anjani! Brave Hanuman, son of Shankara, your face is fearsome; you destroy Death's entire clan. You help Rama and are always a protector.
भूत प्रेत पिशाच निसाचर
अग्नि बेताल काल मारी मर
इन्हें मारु तोहि सपथ राम की

Bhoot pret pishaach nisaachar
Agni betaal kaal maaree mar
Inhein maaru tohi sapath raam kee
Ghosts, restless dead, flesh-eating spirits, night-roaming demons, fire, corpse-haunting spirits, Death, pestilence and death: destroy these! I adjure you by Rama.
राखु नाथ मरजाद नाम की

Raakhu naath marjaad naam kee
Lord, uphold the honor of the name.
सत्य होहु हरि सपथ पाइ कै
राम दूत धरु मारु धाइ कै

Satya hohu hari sapath paai kai
Raam doot dharu maaru dhaai kai
Honor the oath in Hari's name. Messenger of Rama, rush forward, seize the enemy and strike!
जय जय जय हनुमंत अगाधा
दुख पावत जन केहि अपराधा
पूजा जप तप नेम अचारा
नहिं जानत कछु दास तुम्हारा
बन उपबन मग गिरि गृह माहीं
तुम्हरे बल हौं डरपत नाहीं

Jaya jaya jaya hanumanta agaadhaa
Dukh paavat jan kehi apraadha
Pooja jap tap nem achaara
Nahin jaanat kachhu daas tumhaara
Ban upaban mag giri grih maahin
Tumhare bal haun darpat naahin
Hail! Hail! Hail, unfathomable Hanuman! Why is your devotee suffering? I know nothing of religious observance, yet your strength keeps me unafraid wherever I am.
जनकसुता हरि दास कहावौ
ताकी सपथ बिलंब न लावौ

Janakasuta hari daas kahaavau
Taaki sapath bilamb na laavau
Meaning still under review.
जय जय जय धुनि होत अकासा
सुमिरत होय दुसह दुख नासा

Jaya jaya jaya dhuni hot akaasaa
Sumirat hoy dusaha dukh naasaa
'Hail! Hail! Hail!' resounds in the sky; remembering you destroys unbearable suffering.
चरन पकरि कर जोरि मनावौं
यहि औसर अब केहि गोहरावौं
उठु उठु चलु तोहि राम दोहाई
पायं परौं कर जोरि मनाई

Charan pakari kar jori manaavon
Yahi ausar ab kehi goharaavon
Uthu uthu chalu tohi raam dohaayee
Paayan paron kar jori manaayee
Hanuman, I clasp your feet and plead with folded hands: rise, rise and come, by Rama! Whom else can I call on now?
ॐ चम चम चम चम चपल चलंता
ॐ हनु हनु हनु हनु हनु हनुमंता
ॐ हं हं हाँक देत कपि चंचल
ॐ सं सं सहमी पराने खल दल

Om cham cham cham cham chapal chalantaa
Om hanu hanu hanu hanu hanu hanumantaa
Om ham ham haank det kapi chanchal
Om san san sahami paraane khal dal
Repeated sacred sounds invoke swiftly moving Hanuman. The nimble monkey Hanuman gives a war cry, and the hosts of the wicked flee in terror.
अपने जन को तुरत उबारौ
सुमिरत होय आनंद हमारो

Apne jan ko turat ubaarau
Sumirat hoy aanand hamaaro
Rescue your devotee at once. Remembering you brings us joy.
यह बजरंग बाण जेहि मारे
ताहि कहो फिरि कवन उबारे

Yah bajrang baan jehi maare
Taahi kaho phiri kavan ubaare
If this Bajrang Baan—Hanuman's arrow—strikes someone, tell me: who can then save them?
पाठ करे बजरंग बाण की
हनुमत रक्षा करें प्रान की
यह बजरंग बाण जो जापै
तासों भूत प्रेत सब काँपै

Paath kare bajrang baan ki
Hanumat raksha karein praan ki
Yah bajrang baan jo jaapai
Taason bhoot pret sab kaanpai
Hanuman protects the life of anyone who recites Bajrang Baan. Ghosts and restless dead all tremble before whoever chants it.
धूप देय जो जपै हमेशा
ताके तन नहिं रहै कलेसा

Dhoop deya jo japai hameshaa
Taake tan nahin rahai kalesaa
For one who offers incense and keeps chanting, no affliction remains in their body—no affliction remains in their body.
उर प्रतीति दृढ़ सरन ह्वै
पाठ करै धरि ध्यान
बाधा सब हर करैं
सब काम सफल हनुमान

Ur prateeti dridh saran hwai
Paath karai dhari dhyaan
Baadha sab har karain
Sab kaam saphal hanumaan
For one who takes refuge with firm trust in the heart and recites with focused attention, Hanuman removes every obstacle and brings all undertakings to success.

Diya's English explains each passage in plain language; it is not a word-for-word translation.

About Bajrang Baan

Bajrang Baan addresses Hanuman in devotional prayer. This Hindi prayer is traditionally attributed to Tulsidas.

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Questions people ask

What is Bajrang Baan?

Bajrang Baan is an Awadhi hymn to Hanuman. Bajrang Baan addresses Hanuman in devotional prayer.

Can I listen to Bajrang Baan while reading the words?

Yes. The recording Diya plays is on this page, above the words. In Diya you can listen to mantras, prayers, aartis, bhajans, and devotional recordings.

Is the English a word-for-word translation?

No. Diya's English gives the meaning of each passage in plain language, not a word-for-word translation. The meaning of 1 passage is still being reviewed and is marked on the page.

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