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Tulsi Chalisa
Tulsi Chalisa
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Devotional text
|| dohā|| jaya jaya tulasī bhagavatī satyavatī sukhadānī| namo namo hari preyasī śrī vṛndā guna khānī|| śrī hari śīśa birajinī, dehu amara vara amba| janahita he vṛndāvanī aba na karahu vilamba|| || caupāī || dhanya dhanya śrī talasī mātā| mahimā agama sadā śruti gātā|| hari ke prāṇahu se tuma pyārī| harīhī~ hetu kīnho tapa bhārī|| jaba prasanna hai darśana dīnhyo| taba kara jorī vinaya usa kīnhyo|| he bhagavanta kanta mama hohū| dīna jānī jani chāḍāhū chohu|| sunī lakṣmī tulasī kī bānī| dīnho śrāpa kadha para ānī|| usa ayogya vara māṃgana hārī| hohū viṭapa tuma jar̤a tanu dhārī|| sunī tulasī hī~ śrapyo tehiṃ ṭhāmā| karahu vāsa tuhū nīcana dhāmā|| diyo vacana hari taba tatkālā| sunahu sumukhī jani hohū bihālā|| samaya pāī vhau rau pātī torā| pujihau āsa vacana sata morā|| taba gokula maha gopa sudāmā| tāsu bhaī tulasī tū bāmā|| kṛṣṇa rāsa līlā ke māhī| rādhe śakyo prema lakhī nāhī|| diyo śrāpa tulasiha tatkālā| nara lokahī tuma janmahu bālā|| yo gopa vaha dānava rājā| śaṅkha cuḍa nāmaka śira tājā|| tulasī bhaī tāsu kī nārī| parama satī guṇa rūpa agārī|| asa dvai kalpa bīta jaba gayaū| kalpa tṛtīya janma taba bhayaū|| vṛndā nāma bhayo tulasī ko| asura jalandhara nāma pati ko|| kari ati dvanda atula baladhāmā| līnhā śaṃkara se saṃgrāma|| jaba nija sainya sahita śiva hāre| marahī na taba hara harihī pukāre|| pativratā vṛndā thī nārī| koū na sake patihi saṃhārī|| taba jalandhara hī bheṣa banāī| vṛndā ḍhiga hari pahucyo jāī|| śrī mātā tulasī cālīsā śiva hita lahī kari kapaṭa prasaṃgā| kiyo satītva dharma tohī bhaṃgā|| bhayo jalandhara kara saṃhārā| sunī ura śoka upārā|| tihī kṣaṇa diyo kapaṭa hari ṭārī| lakhī vṛndā duḥkha girā ucārī|| jalandhara jasa hatyo abhītā| soī rāvana tasa harihī sītā|| asa prastara sama hradaya tumhārā| dharma khaṇḍī mama patihi saṃhārā|| yahī kāraṇa lahī śrāpa hamārā| hove tanu pāṣāṇa tumhārā|| sunī hari turatahi vacana ucāre| diyo śrāpa binā vicāre|| lakhyo na nija karatūtī pati ko| chalana cahyo jaba pāravatī ko|| jar̤amati tuhu asa ho jar̤arūpā| jaga maha tulasī viṭapa anūpā|| dhagva rūpa hama śāligrāmā| nadī gaṇḍakī bīca lalāmā|| jo tulasī dala hamahī car̤ha ihaiṃ| saba sukha bhogī parama pada paīhai|| binu tulasī hari jalata śarīrā| atiśaya uṭhata śīśa ura pīrā|| jo tulasī dala hari śira dhārata| so sahastra ghaṭa amṛta ḍārata|| tulasī hari mana rañjanī hārī| roga doṣa duḥkha bhaṃjanī hārī|| prema sahita hari bhajana nirantara| tulasī rādhā meṃ nāhī antara|| vyanjana ho chappanahu prakārā| binu tulasī dala na harīhi pyārā|| sakala tīrtha tulasī taru chāhī| lahata mukti jana saṃśaya nāhī|| kavi sundara ika hari guṇa gāvata| tulasihi nikaṭa sahasaguṇa pāvata|| basata nikaṭa durbāsā dhāmā| jo prayāsa te pūrva lalāmā|| pāṭha karahi jo nita nara nārī| hohī sukha bhāṣahi tripurārī|| ||dohā|| tulasī cālīsā par̤hahī tulasī taru graha dhārī| dīpadāna kari putra phala pāvahī bandhyahu nārī|| sakala duḥkha daridra hari hāra hvai parama prasanna| āśiya dhana jana lar̤ahi graha basahī pūrṇā atra|| lāhī abhimata phala jagata maha lāhī pūrṇa saba kāma| jeī dala arpahī tulasī taṃha sahasa basahī harīrāma|| tulasī mahimā nāma lakha tulasī sūta sukharāma| mānasa cālīsa racyo jaga mahaṃ tulasīdāsa|| || iti tulasī cālīsā samāpta ||
About this chalisa — Rama
A Chalisa is a devotional hymn of forty verses (from the Hindi word "chalis", meaning forty) written in praise of a deity. Chalisas are composed in simple, melodious Awadhi or Hindi so that every devotee can memorise and sing them. Reciting a Chalisa regularly is believed to remove obstacles, grant courage, and invoke the deity’s protection over the household.
How to chant
Chalisas are traditionally recited in the morning after a bath, or in the evening at the family altar. Tuesday and Saturday are considered especially auspicious for Hanuman Chalisa, while other Chalisas are sung on the deity’s special day. Recite with a steady rhythm; many families conclude with an aarti and distribution of prasad.
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