Aarti Kije Hanuman Lala Ki: Lyrics and Meaning
आरती कीजै हनुमान लला की
Traditional (old printings name Tulsidas or Ramanand in the last line)
Aarti Kije Hanuman Lala Ki ("let us wave the lamp for dear Hanuman") is an aarti, a song sung while a lamp is waved before God, usually at the close of worship. It praises Hanuman as the one who destroys the wicked and as a part of Rama's own power. Many families sing it after the Hanuman Chalisa, often on Tuesday or Saturday, the days long kept for Hanuman.
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Refrain
आरती कीजै हनुमान ललाकी ।दुष्ट दलन रघुनाथ कलाकी ॥ टेक ॥
Arti kijai hanuman lalakiDusht dalan raghunath kalaki
IAST
āratī kījai hanumāna lalākī |duṣṭa dalana raghunātha kalākī || ṭeka ||
Our explanation Perform the aarti (wave the lamp in worship) of Hanuman, the dear child (lalā). He destroys the wicked, and he is a part (kalā) of the power of Raghunath, Lord Rama. The printing marks this line as the refrain (ṭek), sung again after each couplet.
हिंदी अर्थ प्यारे बालक (लला) हनुमान जी की आरती कीजिए, यानी पूजा में उनके सामने दीपक घुमाइए। वे दुष्टों का नाश करते हैं और रघुनाथ, यानी श्रीराम, की शक्ति का अंश (कला) हैं। छपाई में इस पंक्ति को टेक कहा गया है; टेक हर पद के बाद फिर गाई जाती है।
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- Word The 1900 Cawnpore (Kanpur) printing reads: आरती कीजै हनुमानजी ललाकी । दुष्ट दलन रघुनाथ कलाकी ॥ टेक ॥ The 1900 base printing. Since 15 Oct 2026 (decision 14) the display follows the wording that more present-day publishers print than print this reading (counted again in batch 7 with Randhir Prakashan as a fourth publisher); this is the printing’s own text.
- Word Today's text from sanskritdocuments.org reads: आरति कीजै हनुमान लला की । दुष्ट दलन रघुनाथ कला की ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'कला की' for 'कलाकी टेक'.
- Word Today's text from Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay reads: आरती कीजै हनुमान ललाकी । दुष्ट दलन रघुनाथ कलाकी ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): lacks 'टेक'. Page 23.
- Word The 1913 Bombay printing reads: आरति कीजे हनुमान ललाकी दुष्ट दलन रघुनाथ ललाकी ॥ आरति, कीजे; 'रघुनाथ ललाकी' is a misprint for कलाकी. Read on the page image, p. 131, leaf n137.
- Word The 1923 Kashi (Benares) printing reads: आरति कीजै हनुमान लाल की । दुष्ट दलन रघुनाथ-कला की ॥ लाल (son, dear one) for लला; no ṭek mark. The 1929 Shabdasagar has 'हनुमान लला की' and 'दुष्टदलन'. Read on the page image, p. 341, leaf n355.
- Spelling A digital text reads The modern refrain: the same words.
Stanza 1
जाके बलसे गिरिवर कांपे ।रोग दोष जाके निकट न झांके ॥१॥
Jake balse girivar kampeRog dosh jake nikat na jhanke
IAST
jāke balase girivara kāṃpe |roga doṣa jāke nikaṭa na jhāṃke ||1||
Our explanation Great mountains tremble at his strength. Disease and harm do not even peep near him.
हिंदी अर्थ उनके बल से बड़े-बड़े पर्वत काँप उठते हैं। रोग और दोष उनके पास झाँकते तक नहीं।
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- The printed edition reads: जाके बलसे गिरिवर कांपे ।
रोग दोष जाके निकट न झांके १ The printing ends the couplet with a bare '१' at the line end; the display writes ॥१॥, as the printing does for couplets 2 to 12. - Word Today's text from Gita Press, Gorakhpur reads: जाके बल से गिरिवर काँपै । रोग दोष जाके निकट न झाँपै ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'झाँपै' for 'झांके'. PDF p. 25.
- Word Today's text from Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay reads: जाके बलसे गिरिवर कांपे । रोगदोष जाके निकट न झांके ॥ टेक ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): adds 'टेक'. Page 23.
- Word The 1913 Bombay printing reads: जाके बलसे गिरिदर कांपे रोग दोष जाके निकट न झांपे ॥ झांपे for झांके; गिरिदर is a misprint for गिरिवर (review 2 read द on the page image).
- Word The 1923 Kashi (Benares) printing reads: जाके बल गरने महि काँपे । रोग सोग जाके सिमाँ न चाँपे ॥ 'the earth (महि) trembles'; 'disease and grief (सोग) do not press on his borders (सिमाँ)'. गरने looks like a misprint; the 1929 Shabdasagar has 'बल भर ते' (by the weight of his strength).
- Word A digital text reads झाँपै for झांके.
- Word Today's text from Randhir Prakashan, Hardwar reads: जाके बल से गिरवर कांपे । रोग दोष जाके निकट न झांके ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'बल से गिरवर' for 'बलसे गिरिवर'. Page 32, leaf n35; read on the page image (batch 7).
Stanza 2
अञ्जनी पुत्र महाबलदाई ।संतनके प्रभु सदा सहाई ॥२॥
Anjani putra mahabaldaiSantanke prabhu sada sahai
IAST
añjanī putra mahābaladāī |saṃtanake prabhu sadā sahāī ||2||
Our explanation The son of Anjani gives great strength. He is always the helper of the saints' Lord, Rama; the line is also read as "the Lord who always helps the saints".
हिंदी अर्थ माता अंजनी के पुत्र महान बल देने वाले हैं। वे संतों के प्रभु (श्रीराम) के सदा सहायक हैं; इस पंक्ति का एक अर्थ यह भी किया जाता है कि वे संतों के प्रभु हैं और सदा उनकी सहायता करते हैं।
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- Word Today's text from sanskritdocuments.org reads: अंजनि पुत्र महा बलदायी । संतन के प्रभु सदा सहायी ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'महा बलदायी संतन के' for 'महाबलदाई संतनके'; 'सहायी' for 'सहाई'.
- Spelling The 1913 Bombay printing reads: अंजनि पुत्र महाबल दाई॥ सन्तनके प्रभु सदा सहाई॥
- Word The 1923 Kashi (Benares) printing reads: अंजनी-सुत महाबल-दायक । साधु संत पर सदा सहायक ॥ 'son of Anjani, giver of great strength, always a help to holy men and saints'.
- Spelling A digital text reads
- Word Today's text from Randhir Prakashan, Hardwar reads: अंजनी पुत्र महा बलदाई । सन्तन के प्रभु सदा सहाई ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'अंजनी' for 'अञ्जनी'; 'महा बलदाई सन्तन के' for 'महाबलदाई संतनके'. Page 32, leaf n35; read on the page image (batch 7).
Stanza 3
दे वीरा रघुनाथ पठाये ।लङ्का जारि सिया सुधि लाये ॥३॥
De vira raghunath pathayeLanka jari siya sudhi laye
IAST
de vīrā raghunātha paṭhāye |laṅkā jāri siyā sudhi lāye ||3||
Our explanation Raghunath (Rama) gave him the bīṛā, the rolled betel leaf handed to the one who takes up a hard task, and sent him off. He burned Lanka and brought back news of Sita.
हिंदी अर्थ रघुनाथ (श्रीराम) ने उन्हें बीड़ा देकर भेजा। बीड़ा पान का वह बीड़ा है जो कठिन काम उठाने वाले को दिया जाता है। उन्होंने लंका जलाई और सीता जी की खबर ले आए।
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- Word Today's text from Gita Press, Gorakhpur reads: दे बीरा रघुनाथ पठाये । लंका जारि सीय सुधि लाये ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'सीय' for 'सिया'. PDF p. 25.
- Word Today's text from sanskritdocuments.org reads: दे बीड़ा रघुनाथ पठाये । लंका जाय सिया सुधि लाये ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'बीड़ा' for 'वीरा'; 'जाय' for 'जारि'.
- Spelling The 1913 Bombay printing reads: दे बीरा रघुनाथ पठाये ॥ लंका जारि सिया सुध लाये ॥ बीरा (with ब), सुध.
- Omission The 1923 Kashi (Benares) printing reads: — The Ramanand form has no such couplet (1923 and 1929).
- Spelling A digital text reads बीरा, सीय for सिया.
- Word Today's text from Randhir Prakashan, Hardwar reads: दे बीड़ा रघुनाथ पठाये । लंका जारि सिया सुधि लाये ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'बीड़ा' for 'वीरा'; 'लंका' for 'लङ्का'. Page 32, leaf n35; read on the page image (batch 7).
Stanza 4
लङ्का सो कोट समुद्र सी खाई ।जात पवनसुत बार न लाई ॥४॥
Lanka so kot samudra si khaiJat pavansut bar na lai
IAST
laṅkā so koṭa samudra sī khāī |jāta pavanasuta bāra na lāī ||4||
Our explanation Lanka was a fort, and the sea around it was its moat. Yet the son of the wind took no time at all to go there.
हिंदी अर्थ लंका एक किला थी, और उसके चारों ओर का समुद्र उसकी खाई था। फिर भी पवनपुत्र को वहाँ जाने में ज़रा भी देर नहीं लगी।
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- Word The 1900 Cawnpore (Kanpur) printing reads: लङ्का ऐसे कोट समुद्र ऐसी खाई । जात पवनसुत बार न लाई ॥४॥ The 1900 base printing. Since 15 Oct 2026 (decision 14) the display follows the wording that more present-day publishers print than print this reading (counted again in batch 7 with Randhir Prakashan as a fourth publisher); this is the printing’s own text.
- Word Today's text from sanskritdocuments.org reads: लंका सौ कोटि समुद्र सी खाई । जात पवनसुत बार न लाई ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'कोटि' for 'कोट'.
- Word Today's text from Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay reads: लङ्का ऐसे कोट समुद्र ऐसी खाई । जात पवनसुत वार न लाई ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'ऐसे' for 'सो'; 'ऐसी' for 'सी'. Page 23.
- Word The 1913 Bombay printing reads: लंकासा कोट समुद्र सीखाई ॥ जात पवन सुत बार न लाई ॥ 'लंका-सा कोट, समुद्र-सी खाई' ('a fort like Lanka, a moat like the ocean'), close to the modern words.
- Word The 1923 Kashi (Benares) printing reads: लंका कोट समुंदर खाई । जात पवनसुत बार न लाई ॥ 'Lanka the fort, the ocean the moat'. The 1929 Shabdasagar has 'लंकाकोट समुंदर खाई'.
- Word A digital text reads The modern line: लंका-सो … समुद्र-सी for लङ्का ऐसे … ऐसी.
Stanza 5
लङ्का जारि असुर सब मारे ।सीता रामजीके काजसँवारे ॥५॥
Lanka jari asur sab mareSita ramjike kajsanvare
IAST
laṅkā jāri asura saba māre |sītā rāmajīke kājasam̐vāre ||5||
Our explanation He burned Lanka and killed all the demons, and he carried out the work of Sita and Rama.
हिंदी अर्थ उन्होंने लंका जलाई और सब राक्षसों को मारा, और सीता-राम जी के काम सँवारे।
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- Word Today's text from sanskritdocuments.org reads: लंका जारि असुर संघारे । सिया रामजी के काज संवारे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'लंका' for 'लङ्का'; 'संघारे सिया रामजी के काज संवारे' for 'सब मारे सीता रामजीके काजसँवारे'.
- Word The 1913 Bombay printing reads: लंका जारि असुर सब मारे ॥ सीतारामजीके काज सम्हारे ॥ सम्हारे ('took care of') for सँवारे.
- Word The 1923 Kashi (Benares) printing reads: लंक प्रजारि असुर सब मार्यो । राजा रामजि के काज सँवार्यो ॥ 'King Rama's work'; past tense in -यो.
- Word A digital text reads संहारे ('destroyed') for सब मारे.
- Word Today's text from Randhir Prakashan, Hardwar reads: लंका जारि असुरि सब मारे । सीता रामजी के काज संवारे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'लंका' for 'लङ्का'; 'असुरि' for 'असुर'. Page 32, leaf n35; read on the page image (batch 7).
- Word Today's text from Gita Press, Gorakhpur reads: लंका जारि असुर संहारे । सिया रामजी के काज सँवारे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'लंका' for 'लङ्का'; 'संहारे सिया रामजी के काज सँवारे' for 'सब मारे सीता रामजीके काजसँवारे'. PDF p. 25.
Stanza 6
लक्ष्मण मूर्छित पड़े धरणीमें ।आनि सजीवन प्राण उबारे ॥६॥
Lakshman murchhit pare dharnimenAni sajivan pran ubare
IAST
lakṣmaṇa mūrchita paṛe dharaṇīmeṃ |āni sajīvana prāṇa ubāre ||6||
Our explanation When Lakshmana lay unconscious on the ground, Hanuman brought the sanjīvan, the herb of life, and saved his life.
हिंदी अर्थ जब लक्ष्मण मूर्छित होकर धरती पर पड़े थे, तब हनुमान जी संजीवनी बूटी ले आए और उनके प्राण बचाए।
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- Word The 1900 Cawnpore (Kanpur) printing reads: लक्ष्मण मुरछिपरे धरणीमें । आनि सजीवन प्राण उबारे ॥६॥ The 1900 base printing. Since 15 Oct 2026 (decision 14) the display follows the wording that more present-day publishers print than print this reading (counted again in batch 7 with Randhir Prakashan as a fourth publisher); this is the printing’s own text.
- Word Today's text from sanskritdocuments.org reads: लक्ष्मण मूर्छित पड़े सकारे । आन संजीवन प्राण उबारे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'सकारे आन संजीवन' for 'धरणीमें आनि सजीवन'.
- Word Today's text from Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay reads: लक्ष्मण मुरछि परे धरणीमें । आन संजीबन प्राण उबारे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'मुरछि परे' for 'मूर्छित पड़े'; 'आन संजीबन' for 'आनि सजीवन'. Page 23–24.
- Word The 1913 Bombay printing reads: लक्ष्मण मूर्छि परे धरणी में॥ आन सभीजन प्राण उबारे॥ मूर्छि; 'सभीजन' is a misprint for सजीवन.
- Word The 1923 Kashi (Benares) printing reads: लछिमन धरनि में मूर्छि पर्यो । … आनि सजीवन प्रान उबार्यो । The same two halves, in two couplets of the Ramanand form (lines 5 and 6), each with another half: 'पैठि पताल जमकातर तोर्यो' and 'मही सबन कै भुजा उपार्यो'.
- Word A digital text reads 'मूर्छित पड़े सकारे' ('lay unconscious till dawn') for 'मुरछिपरे धरणीमें'.
- Word Today's text from Randhir Prakashan, Hardwar reads: लक्ष्मण मूर्छित पड़े धरणी में । लाये संजीवन प्राण उबारे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'धरणी में लाये संजीवन' for 'धरणीमें आनि सजीवन'. Page 32, leaf n35; read on the page image (batch 7).
- Word Today's text from Gita Press, Gorakhpur reads: लक्ष्मण मूर्छित पड़े सकारे । आनि सजीवन प्रान उबारे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'सकारे' for 'धरणीमें'; 'प्रान' for 'प्राण'. PDF p. 25.
Stanza 7
पैठि पताल तोरि यम कारे ।अहिरावन की भुजाउखारे ॥७॥
Paithi patal tori yam kareAhiravan ki bhujaukhare
IAST
paiṭhi patāla tori yama kāre |ahirāvana kī bhujāukhāre ||7||
Our explanation He entered the underworld (pātāl), broke "yam kāre" (read either as Yama's bonds or as demon guards dark and deadly as Yama, the god of death), and tore out the arms of Ahiravan, the demon king of the underworld. (The 1900 printing has "yamkātar", "Yama's blade".)
हिंदी अर्थ वे पाताल में घुसे, "यम कारे" को तोड़ा (इसे यम के बंधन भी पढ़ा जाता है और यम जैसे काले, घातक राक्षस रक्षक भी), और पाताल के राक्षस राजा अहिरावण की भुजाएँ उखाड़ दीं। (1900 की छपाई में "यमकातर", यानी यम की कटार, है।)
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- Word The 1900 Cawnpore (Kanpur) printing reads: पैठि पताल तोरि यमकातर । अहिरावनके भुजाउखारे ॥७॥ The 1900 base printing. Since 15 Oct 2026 (decision 14) the display follows the wording that more present-day publishers print than print this reading (counted again in batch 7 with Randhir Prakashan as a fourth publisher); this is the printing’s own text.
- Word Today's text from Gita Press, Gorakhpur reads: पैठि पताल तोरि जम कारे । अहिरावन की भुजा उखारे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'जम' for 'यम'. PDF p. 25.
- Word Today's text from sanskritdocuments.org reads: पैठि पाताल तोड़ि यम कारे । अहिरावन की भुजा उखारे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'पाताल तोड़ि' for 'पताल तोरि'.
- Word Today's text from Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay reads: पैठि पताल तोरि यमकातर । अहिरावणके भुजा उखारे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'यमकातर अहिरावणके भुजा उखारे' for 'यम कारे अहिरावन की भुजाउखारे'. Page 24.
- Word The 1913 Bombay printing reads: बैठि पताल कीन यम कातर॥ अहिरावणके भुजा उखारे ॥ 'कीन यम कातर' ('made Yama afraid'?) for 'तोरि यमकातर'; बैठि for पैठि, probably a misprint.
- Word The 1923 Kashi (Benares) printing reads: पैठि पताल जमकातर तोर्यो । … मही सबन कै भुजा उपार्यो ॥ In the Ramanand form the arms torn out are those of Mahi (मही) and his men, not Ahiravan's.
- Word A digital text reads 'तोरि जम-कारे' ('broke the bonds of Yama') for 'तोरि यमकातर'.
- Word Today's text from Randhir Prakashan, Hardwar reads: पैठि पाताल तोरि जम कारे । अहिरावण की भुजा उखारे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'पाताल' for 'पताल'; 'जम' for 'यम'; 'अहिरावण' for 'अहिरावन'. Page 32, leaf n35; read on the page image (batch 7).
Stanza 8
बायें भुजा असुर संहारे ।दहिने भुजा सब संतउबारे ॥८॥
Bayen bhuja asur sanhareDahine bhuja sab santaubare
IAST
bāyeṃ bhujā asura saṃhāre |dahine bhujā saba saṃtaübāre ||8||
Our explanation With his left arm he destroyed the demons, and with his right arm he saved all the saints. The 1900 printing has "mujā" in the second half, a misprint for "bhujā" (arm), which it prints in the first half.
हिंदी अर्थ बाईं भुजा से उन्होंने राक्षसों का संहार किया और दाहिनी भुजा से सब संतों को बचाया। 1900 की छपाई में दूसरे भाग में "मुजा" छपा है, जो "भुजा" की भूल है; पहले भाग में "भुजा" ही छपा है।
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- Word The 1900 Cawnpore (Kanpur) printing reads: बायें भुजा सब असुर संहारे । दहिने मुजा सब संतउबारे ॥८॥ The 1900 base printing. Since 15 Oct 2026 (decision 14) the display follows the wording that more present-day publishers print than print this reading (counted again in batch 7 with Randhir Prakashan as a fourth publisher); this is the printing’s own text.
- Word Today's text from sanskritdocuments.org reads: बाँये भुजा असुर दल मारे । दाहिने भुजा संत जन तारे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'बाँये' for 'बायें'; 'दल मारे दाहिने' for 'संहारे दहिने'; 'संत जन तारे' for 'सब संतउबारे'.
- Word Today's text from Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay reads: बाँए भुजा असुर संहारे । दहिने भुजा सब सन्त उबारे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'बाँए' for 'बायें'; 'सन्त उबारे' for 'संतउबारे'. Page 24.
- Word The 1913 Bombay printing reads: दाम भुजा सब असुर संहारे ॥ दक्षिण भुज से संत उबारे ॥ 'दाम' (a misprint for बाम, left); दक्षिण भुज से ('with the right arm').
- Spelling The 1923 Kashi (Benares) printing reads: बाँएँ भुजा सब असुर सँघारी । दहिन भुजा सब संत उबारी ॥
- Word A digital text reads 'असुरदल मारे' ('killed the demon armies'), 'संतजन तारे' ('carried the saints across').
- Word Today's text from Randhir Prakashan, Hardwar reads: बाईं भुजा असुर संहारे । दाईं भुजा सब सन्त उबारे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'बाईं' for 'बायें'; 'दाईं' for 'दहिने'; 'सन्त उबारे' for 'संतउबारे'. Page 32, leaf n35; read on the page image (batch 7).
- Word Today's text from Gita Press, Gorakhpur reads: बायें भुजा असुर दल मारे । दहिने भुजा संत जन तारे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'दल मारे' for 'संहारे'; 'संत जन तारे' for 'सब संतउबारे'. PDF p. 25.
Stanza 9
सुर नर मुनि जन आरति उतारें ।जै जै जै हनुमान उचारें ॥९॥
Sur nar muni jan arati utarenJai jai jai hanuman ucharen
IAST
sura nara muni jana ārati utāreṃ |jai jai jai hanumāna ucāreṃ ||9||
Our explanation Gods, people and sages wave the lamp before him, and call out "Victory, victory, victory to Hanuman".
हिंदी अर्थ देवता, मनुष्य और मुनि उनकी आरती उतारते हैं और "जय जय जय हनुमान" बोलते हैं।
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- Word The 1900 Cawnpore (Kanpur) printing reads: सुर नर मुनि जन आरति उतारें । जै जै जै हनुमानजी उचारें ॥९॥ The 1900 base printing. Since 15 Oct 2026 (decision 14) the display follows the wording that more present-day publishers print than print this reading (counted again in batch 7 with Randhir Prakashan as a fourth publisher); this is the printing’s own text.
- Word Today's text from Gita Press, Gorakhpur reads: सुर नर मुनि आरती उतारे । जै जै जै हनुमान उचारे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): lacks 'जन'. PDF p. 25.
- Word Today's text from sanskritdocuments.org reads: सुर नर मुनि जन आरति उतारे । जय जय जय हनुमान उचारे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'जय जय जय' for 'जै जै जै'.
- Word Today's text from Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay reads: सुर नर मुनि जन आरति उतारे । जै जै जै हनुमान्जी उचारे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'हनुमान्जी' for 'हनुमान'. Page 24.
- Word The 1913 Bombay printing reads: सुर नर मुनि आरती उतारे ॥ जय जंय जय जय हनुमान उचारे ॥ No जन; four जय.
- Word The 1923 Kashi (Benares) printing reads: सुरनर मुनि सब करही आरती । जै जै जै हनुमानलाल की ॥ The last line of the Ramanand form: 'gods, people and sages all perform the aarti; victory to dear Hanuman'.
- Word A digital text reads
- Word Today's text from Randhir Prakashan, Hardwar reads: सुर नर मुनि जन आरती उतारें । जय जय जय हनुमान उचारें ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'आरती' for 'आरति'; 'जय जय जय' for 'जै जै जै'. Page 32, leaf n35; read on the page image (batch 7).
Stanza 10
कञ्चनथार कपूर की बाती ।आरति करत अंजना माई ॥१०॥
Kanchanthar kapur ki batiArati karat anjana mai
IAST
kañcanathāra kapūra kī bātī |ārati karata aṃjanā māī ||10||
Our explanation With a golden plate and a wick of camphor, mother Anjana waves the lamp before him.
हिंदी अर्थ सोने की थाली में कपूर की बाती लेकर माता अंजना उनकी आरती करती हैं।
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- Word The 1900 Cawnpore (Kanpur) printing reads: कञ्चनथार कपूर की बाती । आरति करत अञ्जनीमाई ॥१०॥ The 1900 base printing. Since 15 Oct 2026 (decision 14) the display follows the wording that more present-day publishers print than print this reading (counted again in batch 7 with Randhir Prakashan as a fourth publisher); this is the printing’s own text.
- Word Today's text from sanskritdocuments.org reads: कंचन थार कपूर लौ छाई । आरती करति अंजना माई ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'कंचन थार' for 'कञ्चनथार'; 'लौ छाई आरती करति' for 'की बाती आरति करत'.
- Word Today's text from Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay reads: कञ्चनथार कपूरकी बाती । करत अञ्जनी माइ आरती ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): lacks 'आरति'; 'अञ्जनी माइ आरती' for 'अंजना माई'. Page 24.
- Spelling The 1913 Bombay printing reads: कंचन थार कपूरकी बाती॥ आरति करत अंजनी माई ॥
- Omission The 1923 Kashi (Benares) printing reads: — The Ramanand form has no such couplet; in its place it has 'घंटा ताल झालरी बाजै । जगमग जोति अवधपुर छाजै ॥' (bells, cymbals and gongs sound; the light shines over Ayodhya).
- Word A digital text reads 'कपूर लौ छाई' ('the camphor flame spreads'), अंजना.
- Word Today's text from Gita Press, Gorakhpur reads: कंचन थार कपूर लौ छाई । आरति करत अंजना माई ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'कंचन थार' for 'कञ्चनथार'; 'लौ छाई' for 'की बाती'. PDF p. 25.
Stanza 11
जो हनुमानजीकी आरति गावें ।वसि वैकुंठ अमर पद पावें ॥११॥
Jo hanumanjiki arati gavenVasi vaikunth amar pad paven
IAST
jo hanumānajīkī ārati gāveṃ |vasi vaikuṃṭha amara pada pāveṃ ||11||
Our explanation The aarti says that those who sing this aarti of Hanuman will dwell in Vaikuntha, the heaven of Vishnu, and reach the deathless state. These are the text's own words.
हिंदी अर्थ आरती कहती है कि जो हनुमान जी की यह आरती गाते हैं, वे वैकुंठ (विष्णु के धाम) में बसते हैं और अमर पद पाते हैं। ये पाठ के अपने शब्द हैं।
The text’s own words about its benefits, not a promise from Pujadeep.
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- Word Today's text from Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay reads: जो हनुमान्जीकी आरति गाये । बसि वैकुण्ठ अमर पद पावे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'हनुमान्जीकी' for 'हनुमानजीकी'; 'गाये बसि वैकुण्ठ' for 'गावें वसि वैकुंठ'; 'पावे' for 'पावें'. Page 24.
- Spelling The 1913 Bombay printing reads: जो हनुमानजी की आरति गावे ॥ बसि वैकुण्ठ अमर पद पावे ॥ बसि, with ब, for the 1900 वसि; the same word ('dwelling'), and the same short vowel.
- Word The 1923 Kashi (Benares) printing reads: जो हनुमानजि की आरति गावै । बसि बैकुंठ परम पद पावै ॥ परम पद ('the highest state') for अमर पद.
- Word A digital text reads बसि, परम पद.
- Word Today's text from Randhir Prakashan, Hardwar reads: जो हनुमान जी की आरती गावैं । बसि बैकुन्ठ अमर पद पावैं ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'हनुमान जी की आरती गावैं बसि बैकुन्ठ' for 'हनुमानजीकी आरति गावें वसि वैकुंठ'; 'पावैं' for 'पावें'. Page 32, leaf n35; read on the page image (batch 7).
- Word Today's text from Gita Press, Gorakhpur reads: जो हनुमान जी की आरति गावै । बसि बैकुंठ परम पद पावै ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'गावै बसि बैकुंठ परम' for 'गावें वसि वैकुंठ अमर'; 'पावै' for 'पावें'. PDF p. 25.
- Word Today's text from sanskritdocuments.org reads: जो हनुमान जी की आरति गावे । बसि वैकुण्ठ परम पद पावे ॥ Differences from the display (words and spellings): 'गावे बसि वैकुण्ठ परम' for 'गावें वसि वैकुंठ अमर'; 'पावे' for 'पावें'.
Stanza 12
लङ्कविध्वंस किये रघुराई ।तुलसीदास स्वामी कीरति गाई ॥१२॥
Lankavidhwans kiye raghuraiTulsidas swami kirati gai
IAST
laṅkavidhvaṃsa kiye raghurāī |tulasīdāsa svāmī kīrati gāī ||12||
Our explanation Raghurai, Lord Rama, destroyed Lanka. Swami Tulsidas sang his glory (kīrti). (Swāmī, "master", is a title of the singer here; some read it as "to his master".) This line names the singer; the 1900 printing says he sang this aarti, and another old form of the aarti names Swami Ramanand here instead.
हिंदी अर्थ रघुराई (श्रीराम) ने लंका का विध्वंस किया। स्वामी तुलसीदास ने उनकी कीर्ति गाई। (यहाँ "स्वामी" गाने वाले की उपाधि है; कुछ लोग इसका अर्थ "अपने स्वामी की" भी करते हैं।) यह पंक्ति गाने वाले का नाम बताती है; 1900 की छपाई में है कि उन्होंने यह आरती गाई, और आरती के एक दूसरे पुराने रूप में यहाँ स्वामी रामानंद का नाम है।
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- Word The 1900 Cawnpore (Kanpur) printing reads: लङ्कविध्वंस किये रघुराई । तुलसीदास स्वामी आरतिगाई ॥१२॥ The 1900 base printing. Since 15 Oct 2026 (decision 14) the display follows the wording that more present-day publishers print than print this reading (counted again in batch 7 with Randhir Prakashan as a fourth publisher); this is the printing’s own text.
- Omission Today's text from Gita Press, Gorakhpur reads: (omitted) Gita Press does not have this couplet. PDF p. 25.
- Omission Today's text from sanskritdocuments.org reads: (omitted) sanskritdocuments.org does not have this couplet.
- Spelling The 1913 Bombay printing reads: लंका ध्वंश कीन रघुराई ॥ तुलसीदास स्वामी आरति गाई ॥ ध्वंश कीन for विध्वंस किये.
- Word The 1923 Kashi (Benares) printing reads: लंक बिधंस कियो रघुराई । रामानंद (स्वामी) आरती गाई ॥ Names Ramanand in place of Tulsidas; so does the 1929 Shabdasagar.
- Omission A digital text reads The modern wording has no couplet naming a singer.
Hindi text: a reading text, checked against today’s editions; dated by the 1900 Cawnpore printing. Meanings: written for Pujadeep and checked against the cited edition. Source and changes
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Aarti Kije Hanuman Lala Ki
आरती कीजै हनुमान ललाकी ।
दुष्ट दलन रघुनाथ कलाकी ॥ टेक ॥
Arti kijai hanuman lalaki
Dusht dalan raghunath kalaki
Perform the aarti (wave the lamp in worship) of Hanuman, the dear child (lalā). He destroys the wicked, and he is a part (kalā) of the power of Raghunath, Lord Rama. The printing marks this line as the refrain (ṭek), sung again after each couplet.
(Meaning written for Pujadeep and checked against the cited edition.)
Text: a reading text, dated by the 1900 Cawnpore printing.
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About the Aarti Kije Hanuman Lala Ki
The aarti recalls Hanuman's deeds in the Ramayana: Rama sends him off with the bīṛā, the betel leaf given to the one who takes up a hard task; he brings news of Sita and burns Lanka; he brings the sanjivani herb when Lakshmana falls; and he goes down to the underworld to tear out the arms of the demon Ahiravan.
The oldest printing found is a collection of devotional books printed at Cawnpore (Kanpur) in 1900–01 (Samvat 1957), with the refrain and twelve couplets; a Bombay book of 1913 prints the same couplets. It is the cited source. The words shown follow the ones most families sing today wherever present-day printings agree, for example "laṅkā so koṭa samudra sī khāī" where 1900 has "laṅkā aise koṭa samudra aisī khāī"; the 1900 reading is listed under each couplet that differs. The last couplet, which names the singer, is in the old printings and in some present-day ones, but not in all.
The two old printings end with the name Tulsidas, the poet of the Ramcharitmanas. A shorter form of the same aarti, printed in Kashi in 1923–24 and again in 1929, ends with the name of Swami Ramanand, the teacher of the Ramanandi order, and has two couplets not found elsewhere. No source outside the song settles who made it, so it is shown as traditional.
How to say it
Sung Hindi drops the final short "a" (Hanumān, not Hanumāna), though the IAST line writes every vowel as spelled. The 1900 printing joins small words to the word before ("ललाकी", "रामजीके"); they are sung apart ("lalā kī", "rāmjī ke"). "लङ्का" is the same word as "लंका" (Lanka), written with the nasal letter. "॥ टेक ॥" marks the refrain, sung again after each couplet.
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Who wrote the Aarti Kije Hanuman Lala Ki?
Traditional (old printings name Tulsidas or Ramanand in the last line).
Which text does this page follow?
Hindi text: a reading text, checked against today’s editions; dated by the 1900 Cawnpore printing. Meanings: written for Pujadeep and checked against the cited edition. See the source
Source and licence
- Dated witness
- 1 Mein 100 Pustak (१ में १०० पुस्तक, "a hundred books in one"), a collection of short devotional books compiled by Pt. Harishankar Shastri; first printing (Pt. Harishankar Shastri (son of Pt. Kundanlal, of Najibabad; head of a Sanskrit college at Hardwar), Pt. Harishankar Shastri, Hardwar (printed at his own cost), Cawnpore (Kanpur), 1900). Public domain. Used only to date the text. The Devanagari on this page is a reading text and is not copied from this printing.
- Common wording
- In this text, 14 words follow today's common wording, checked against Gita Press, Gorakhpur; sanskritdocuments.org; Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay and Randhir Prakashan, Hardwar.
- Our explanation
- Explanation written for this site from the sources listed here, and checked against the cited edition. It is not a translation and not the only way to read the text. Free to quote with credit.
- Checked
- Checked against the cited edition, October 15, 2026.
- Updated
- October 27, 2026