Hanumat Mantra

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Hanuman mantra (appears twice in Sundara Kanda and

once in the Yuddha Kanda)

 

Jayatyatibalo Ramo Lakshmanashcha mahabalah

Raja Jayati Sugrivo Raghavenabhipalitah

Dasoham kosalendrasya ramasyaklishtakarmanah

Hanuman shatrusainyanam nihanta Marutatmajah

Na Ravanasahasram me yuddhe pratibalam bhavet

Shilabhistu praharatah padapaishcha sahasrashah

Ardayitva puriim Lankam Abhivadya cha maithilim

Samriddhartho Gamishyami Mishatam Sarvarakshasam

 

Translation:

 

That Rama of Supreme Strength wins always. So do

Lakshmana of mighty Strength. That King Sugriva,

protected by Raghava always wins. I am a servant of

Rama of mighty deeds, the ruler of Kosala. I am

Hanuman by name, the son of the wind God and the

demolisher of enemy forces. Even a thousand Ravanas

cannot stand against me in fight. Even as all the

Rakshasas look on, I am going to mortify the city of

Lanka, by beating it with thousands of mountain peaks

and trees. After doing that, and after saluting

Maithili, I will go back, my purpose fully satisfied.