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Vishnu Chalisa

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Devotional text

|| dohā||
viṣṇu sunie vinaya sevaka kī citalāya |
kīrata kucha varṇana karūṃ dījai jñāna batāya |
|| caupāī ||
namo viṣṇu bhagavāna kharārī |
kaṣṭa naśāvana akhila bihārī ||
prabala jagata meṃ śakti tumhārī |
tribhuvana phaila rahī ujiyārī ||
sundara rūpa manohara sūrata |
sarala svabhāva mohanī mūrata ||
tana para pītāṃbara ati sohata |
baijantī mālā mana mohata ||4||
śaṃkha cakra kara gadā birāje |
dekhata daitya asura dala bhāje ||
satya dharma mada lobha na gāje |
kāma krodha mada lobha na chāje ||
saṃtabhakta sajjana manaraṃjana |
danuja asura duṣṭana dala gaṃjana ||
sukha upajāya kaṣṭa saba bhaṃjana |
doṣa miṭāya karata jana sajjana ||8||
pāpa kāṭa bhava siṃdhu utāraṇa |
kaṣṭa nāśakara bhakta ubāraṇa ||
karata aneka rūpa prabhu dhāraṇa |
kevala āpa bhakti ke kāraṇa ||
dharaṇi dhenu bana tumahiṃ pukārā |
taba tuma rūpa rāma kā dhārā ||
bhāra utāra asura dala mārā |
rāvaṇa ādika ko saṃhārā ||12||
āpa varāha rūpa banāyā |
haraṇyākṣa ko māra girāyā ||
dhara matsya tana siṃdhu banāyā |
caudaha ratanana ko nikalāyā ||
amilakha asurana dvaṃda macāyā |
rūpa mohanī āpa dikhāyā ||
devana ko amṛta pāna karāyā |
asurana ko chavi se bahalāyā ||16||
kūrma rūpa dhara siṃdhu majhāyā |
maṃdrācala giri turata uṭhāyā ||
śaṃkara kā tuma phanda chur̤āyā |
bhasmāsura ko rūpa dikhāyā ||
vedana ko jaba asura ḍubāyā |
kara prabaṃdha unheṃ ḍhūṃḍhavāyā ||
mohita banakara khalahi nacāyā |
usahī kara se bhasma karāyā ||20||
asura jalaṃdhara ati baladāī |
śaṃkara se una kīnha laḍāī ||
hāra pāra śiva sakala banāī |
kīna satī se chala khala jāī ||
sumirana kīna tumheṃ śivarānī |
batalāī saba vipata kahānī ||
taba tuma bane munīśvara jñānī |
vṛndā kī saba surati bhulānī ||24||
dekhata tīna danuja śaitānī |
vṛndā āya tumheṃ lapaṭānī ||
ho sparśa dharma kṣati mānī |
hanā asura ura śiva śaitānī ||
tumane dhruva prahalāda ubāre |
hiraṇākuśa ādika khala māre ||
gaṇikā aura ajāmila tāre |
bahuta bhakta bhava sindhu utāre ||28||
harahu sakala saṃtāpa hamāre |
kṛpā karahu hari sirajana hāre ||
dekhahuṃ maiṃ nija daraśa tumhāre |
dīna bandhu bhaktana hitakāre ||
cahata āpakā sevaka darśana |
karahu dayā apanī madhusūdana ||
jānūṃ nahīṃ yogya japa pūjana |
hoya yajña stuti anumodana ||32||
śīladayā santoṣa sulakṣaṇa |
vidita nahīṃ vratabodha vilakṣaṇa ||
karahuṃ āpakā kisa vidhi pūjana |
kumati viloka hota dukha bhīṣaṇa ||
karahuṃ praṇāma kauna vidhisumiraṇa |
kauna bhāṃti maiṃ karahu samarpaṇa ||
sura muni karata sadā sevakāī |
harṣita rahata parama gati pāī ||36||
dīna dukhina para sadā sahāī |
nija jana jāna leva apanāī ||
pāpa doṣa saṃtāpa naśāo |
bhava-baṃdhana se mukta karāo ||
sukha saṃpatti de sukha upajāo |
nija caranana kā dāsa banāo ||
nigama sadā ye vinaya sunāvai |
par̤hai sunai so jana sukha pāvai ||40||

About this chalisa — Vishnu

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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