Hanuman Vadvanal Stotra
ॐ अस्य श्रीहनुमद्वडवानलस्तोत्रमन्त्रस्य श्रीरामचन्द्र ऋषिः, श्रीवडवानलहनुमान् देवता, ह्रां बीजं, ह्रीं शक्तिः, सौं कीलकं, मम समस्तविघ्नदोषनिवारणार्थं, सर्वशत्रुक्षयार्थं, सकलराजकुलसंमोहनार्थं, मम समस्तरोगप्रशमनार्थं, आयुरारोग्यैश्वर्याभिवृद्ध्यर्थं, समस्तपापक्षयार्थं, श्रीसीतारामचन्द्रप्रीत्यर्थं च हनुमद्वडवानलस्तोत्रजपमहं करिष्ये ॥Also known as Hanumad Vadavanala Stotram
In Devanagari, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and English — with the meaning of every word, and the one syllable most people pronounce wrongly.
What the Hanuman Vadvanal Stotra is
The Hanuman Vadvanal Stotra, printed in Sanskrit as the Sri Hanumad Vadavanala Stotram, invokes Hanuman as Vadavanala, the fire that burns beneath the ocean. Its closing colophon credits it to Vibhishana, yet the viniyoga names Sri Ramachandra as the rishi, with hram as seed, hrim as power and saum as pin. Unlike a metrical stotra, the body is a single prose mantra that printed editions divide into four sections. A dhyana verse comes first, 'manojavam', borrowed from the Rama Raksha Stotra, where it is verse 33. The first section strings together Hanuman's deeds as vocatives: burner of Lanka, bridger of the ocean, comforter of Sita, helper of Sugriva. The second turns to seed syllables and commands, ehi, 'come', and bhedaya, 'pierce'. The third names the serpents Ananta, Vasuki, Takshaka, Karkotaka and Kaliya and asks that they be made free of poison. The fourth asks that the spells of others be cut away and ends with hum phat svaha.
Why Ravana's brother is named the author
According to tradition, the Vadavanala Stotra was composed in the Treta Yuga by Vibhishana, the younger brother of Ravana, and the colophon of the printed text says so in a single line. No Purana or epic narrates the moment of composition, so the attribution rests on that colophon and on what the Ramayana tells of the two figures. In Valmiki's Sundara Kanda (sarga 52), when Ravana orders the captured Hanuman put to death, it is Vibhishana who objects that an envoy may not be killed; Ravana accepts the point and has Hanuman's tail set alight instead, the fire with which Hanuman then burns Lanka. Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas adds an earlier meeting, in which Hanuman recognises Vibhishana's house by the tulsi plant and the marks of Rama outside it. Vibhishana later crosses to Rama, is crowned king of Lanka, and is counted among the eight Chiranjivis. The title draws on a separate myth. Vadava means mare and anala fire: the Shiva Purana describes a fire of Shiva's wrath that Brahma subdued into the shape of a mare and lodged in the ocean, and another account traces the same undersea fire to the sage Aurva. Calling Hanuman by that name sets him beside a fire that the ocean itself cannot put out.
The mantra, in six scripts
- ॐ
- oṃ — Om
- ह्रां
- hrāṃ — seed syllable hram
- ह्रीं
- hrīṃ — seed syllable hrim
- ॐ
- oṃ — Om
- नमो
- namo — salutation
- भगवते
- bhagavate — to the blessed one
- श्रीमहाहनुमते
- śrīmahāhanumate — to the great Sri Hanuman
- प्रकटपराक्रम
- prakaṭaparākrama — of open valour
- सकलदिङ्मण्डलयशोवितानधवलीकृतजगत्त्रितय
- sakaladiṅmaṇḍalayaśovitānadhavalīkṛtajagattritaya — whose fame, spread in every direction, has whitened the three worlds
- वज्रदेह
- vajradeha — thunderbolt-bodied
- रुद्रावतार
- rudrāvatāra — form of Rudra
- लङ्कापुरीदहन
- laṅkāpurīdahana — burner of the city of Lanka
- उमा-अर्गल-मन्त्र
- umā-argala-mantra — mantra that bars the gate, as Uma's bolt
- उदधिबन्धन
- udadhibandhana — bridger of the ocean
- दशशिरःकृतान्तक
- daśaśiraḥkṛtāntaka — death to the ten-headed one
- सीताश्वसन
- sītāśvasana — comforter of Sita
- वायुपुत्र
- vāyuputra — son of the Wind
- अञ्जनीगर्भसम्भूत
- añjanīgarbhasambhūta — born of Anjani's womb
- श्रीरामलक्ष्मणानन्दकर
- śrīrāmalakṣmaṇānandakara — delight of Rama and Lakshmana
- कपिसैन्यप्राकार
- kapisainyaprākāra — rampart of the monkey army
- सुग्रीवसाह्यरण
- sugrīvasāhyaraṇa — Sugriva's helper in battle
- पर्वतोत्पाटन
- parvatotpāṭana — uprooter of mountains
- कुमारब्रह्मचारिन्
- kumārabrahmacārin — youthful celibate
- गभीरनाद
- gabhīranāda — of deep roar
- सर्वपापग्रहवारण
- sarvapāpagrahavāraṇa — who wards off every harmful planet
- सर्वज्वरोच्चाटन
- sarvajvaroccāṭana — who drives out every fever
- डाकिनीविध्वंसन
- ḍākinīvidhvaṃsana — destroyer of the dakinis
Hanuman Vadvanal Stotra lyrics in full
The viniyoga and the dhyana verse, followed by the prose mantra in the four sections into which printed editions divide it. Some editions read sakalamayam for shakalamayam and uma-amala for uma-argala.
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ॐ अस्य श्रीहनुमद्वडवानलस्तोत्रमन्त्रस्य श्रीरामचन्द्र ऋषिः, श्रीवडवानलहनुमान् देवता, ह्रां बीजं, ह्रीं शक्तिः, सौं कीलकं, मम समस्तविघ्नदोषनिवारणार्थं, सर्वशत्रुक्षयार्थं, सकलराजकुलसंमोहनार्थं, मम समस्तरोगप्रशमनार्थं, आयुरारोग्यैश्वर्याभिवृद्ध्यर्थं, समस्तपापक्षयार्थं, श्रीसीतारामचन्द्रप्रीत्यर्थं च हनुमद्वडवानलस्तोत्रजपमहं करिष्ये ॥
ௐ அஸ்ய ஶ்ரீஹநுமத்வடவாநலஸ்தோத்ரமந்த்ரஸ்ய ஶ்ரீராமசந்த்ர ருஷிஃ, ஶ்ரீவடவாநலஹநுமாந் தேவதா, ஹ்ராம் பீஜம், ஹ்ரீம் ஶக்திஃ, ஸௌம் கீலகம், மம ஸமஸ்தவிக்நதோஷநிவாரணார்தம், ஸர்வஶத்ருக்ஷயார்தம், ஸகலராஜகுலஸம்மோஹநார்தம், மம ஸமஸ்தரோகப்ரஶமநார்தம், ஆயுராரோக்யைஶ்வர்யாபிவ்ருத்த்யர்தம், ஸமஸ்தபாபக்ஷயார்தம், ஶ்ரீஸீதாராமசந்த்ரப்ரீத்யர்தம் ச ஹநுமத்வடவாநலஸ்தோத்ரஜபமஹம் கரிஷ்யே ॥
ఓం అస్య శ్రీహనుమద్వడవానలస్తోత్రమన్త్రస్య శ్రీరామచన్ద్ర ఋషిః, శ్రీవడవానలహనుమాన్ దేవతా, హ్రాం బీజం, హ్రీం శక్తిః, సౌం కీలకం, మమ సమస్తవిఘ్నదోషనివారణార్థం, సర్వశత్రుక్షయార్థం, సకలరాజకులసంమోహనార్థం, మమ సమస్తరోగప్రశమనార్థం, ఆయురారోగ్యైశ్వర్యాభివృద్ధ్యర్థం, సమస్తపాపక్షయార్థం, శ్రీసీతారామచన్ద్రప్రీత్యర్థం చ హనుమద్వడవానలస్తోత్రజపమహం కరిష్యే ॥
ಓಂ ಅಸ್ಯ ಶ್ರೀಹನುಮದ್ವಡವಾನಲಸ್ತೋತ್ರಮನ್ತ್ರಸ್ಯ ಶ್ರೀರಾಮಚನ್ದ್ರ ಋಷಿಃ, ಶ್ರೀವಡವಾನಲಹನುಮಾನ್ ದೇವತಾ, ಹ್ರಾಂ ಬೀಜಂ, ಹ್ರೀಂ ಶಕ್ತಿಃ, ಸೌಂ ಕೀಲಕಂ, ಮಮ ಸಮಸ್ತವಿಘ್ನದೋಷನಿವಾರಣಾರ್ಥಂ, ಸರ್ವಶತ್ರುಕ್ಷಯಾರ್ಥಂ, ಸಕಲರಾಜಕುಲಸಂಮೋಹನಾರ್ಥಂ, ಮಮ ಸಮಸ್ತರೋಗಪ್ರಶಮನಾರ್ಥಂ, ಆಯುರಾರೋಗ್ಯೈಶ್ವರ್ಯಾಭಿವೃದ್ಧ್ಯರ್ಥಂ, ಸಮಸ್ತಪಾಪಕ್ಷಯಾರ್ಥಂ, ಶ್ರೀಸೀತಾರಾಮಚನ್ದ್ರಪ್ರೀತ್ಯರ್ಥಂ ಚ ಹನುಮದ್ವಡವಾನಲಸ್ತೋತ್ರಜಪಮಹಂ ಕರಿಷ್ಯೇ ॥
ഓം അസ്യ ശ്രീഹനുമദ്വഡവാനലസ്തോത്രമന്ത്രസ്യ ശ്രീരാമചന്ദ്ര ഋഷിഃ, ശ്രീവഡവാനലഹനുമാന് ദേവതാ, ഹ്രാം ബീജം, ഹ്രീം ശക്തിഃ, സൌം കീലകം, മമ സമസ്തവിഘ്നദോഷനിവാരണാര്ഥം, സര്വശത്രുക്ഷയാര്ഥം, സകലരാജകുലസംമോഹനാര്ഥം, മമ സമസ്തരോഗപ്രശമനാര്ഥം, ആയുരാരോഗ്യൈശ്വര്യാഭിവൃദ്ധ്യര്ഥം, സമസ്തപാപക്ഷയാര്ഥം, ശ്രീസീതാരാമചന്ദ്രപ്രീത്യര്ഥം ച ഹനുമദ്വഡവാനലസ്തോത്രജപമഹം കരിഷ്യേ ॥
oṃ asya śrīhanumadvaḍavānalastotramantrasya śrīrāmacandra ṛṣiḥ, śrīvaḍavānalahanumān devatā, hrāṃ bījaṃ, hrīṃ śaktiḥ, sauṃ kīlakaṃ, mama samastavighnadoṣanivāraṇārthaṃ, sarvaśatrukṣayārthaṃ, sakalarājakulasaṃmohanārthaṃ, mama samastarogapraśamanārthaṃ, āyurārogyaiśvaryābhivṛddhyarthaṃ, samastapāpakṣayārthaṃ, śrīsītārāmacandraprītyarthaṃ ca hanumadvaḍavānalastotrajapamahaṃ kariṣye ||
Om. Of this Sri Hanumad Vadavanala Stotra mantra, Sri Ramachandra is the seer and Sri Vadavanala Hanuman is the deity; hram is the seed, hrim the power and saum the pin. For the removal of every obstacle and fault, the destruction of all enemies, winning over the whole royal household, the calming of all my illnesses, the increase of long life, health and prosperity, the wiping out of all sins, and to please Sri Sita and Ramachandra, I undertake the recitation of the Hanumad Vadavanala Stotra.
मनोजवं मारुततुल्यवेगं जितेन्द्रियं बुद्धिमतां वरिष्ठम् ।
वातात्मजं वानरयूथमुख्यं श्रीरामदूतं शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥
மநோஜவம் மாருததுல்யவேகம் ஜிதேந்த்ரியம் புத்திமதாம் வரிஷ்டம் ।
வாதாத்மஜம் வாநரயூதமுக்யம் ஶ்ரீராமதூதம் ஶரணம் ப்ரபத்யே ॥
మనోజవం మారుతతుల్యవేగం జితేన్ద్రియం బుద్ధిమతాం వరిష్ఠమ్ ।
వాతాత్మజం వానరయూథముఖ్యం శ్రీరామదూతం శరణం ప్రపద్యే ॥
ಮನೋಜವಂ ಮಾರುತತುಲ್ಯವೇಗಂ ಜಿತೇನ್ದ್ರಿಯಂ ಬುದ್ಧಿಮತಾಂ ವರಿಷ್ಠಮ್ ।
ವಾತಾತ್ಮಜಂ ವಾನರಯೂಥಮುಖ್ಯಂ ಶ್ರೀರಾಮದೂತಂ ಶರಣಂ ಪ್ರಪದ್ಯೇ ॥
മനോജവം മാരുതതുല്യവേഗം ജിതേന്ദ്രിയം ബുദ്ധിമതാം വരിഷ്ഠമ് ।
വാതാത്മജം വാനരയൂഥമുഖ്യം ശ്രീരാമദൂതം ശരണം പ്രപദ്യേ ॥
manojavaṃ mārutatulyavegaṃ jitendriyaṃ buddhimatāṃ variṣṭham |
vātātmajaṃ vānarayūthamukhyaṃ śrīrāmadūtaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye ||
Swift as the mind, fast as the wind, master of his senses, foremost among the wise; the son of the Wind, chief of the monkey hosts, the messenger of Sri Rama: in him I take refuge.
ॐ ह्रां ह्रीं ॐ नमो भगवते श्रीमहाहनुमते प्रकटपराक्रम सकलदिङ्मण्डलयशोवितानधवलीकृतजगत्त्रितय वज्रदेह रुद्रावतार लङ्कापुरीदहन उमा-अर्गल-मन्त्र उदधिबन्धन दशशिरःकृतान्तक सीताश्वसन वायुपुत्र अञ्जनीगर्भसम्भूत श्रीरामलक्ष्मणानन्दकर कपिसैन्यप्राकार सुग्रीवसाह्यरण पर्वतोत्पाटन कुमारब्रह्मचारिन् गभीरनाद सर्वपापग्रहवारण सर्वज्वरोच्चाटन डाकिनीविध्वंसन ॐ ह्रां ह्रीं ॐ नमो भगवते महावीरवीराय सर्वदुःखनिवारणाय ग्रहमण्डलसर्वभूतमण्डलसर्वपिशाचमण्डलोच्चाटन भूतज्वरैकाहिकज्वरद्व्याहिकज्वरत्र्याहिकज्वरचातुर्थिकज्वर-सन्तापज्वरविषमज्वरतापज्वरमाहेश्वरवैष्णवज्वरान् छिन्धि छिन्धि यक्षब्रह्मराक्षसभूतप्रेतपिशाचान् उच्चाटय उच्चाटय ।
ௐ ஹ்ராம் ஹ்ரீம் ௐ நமோ பகவதே ஶ்ரீமஹாஹநுமதே ப்ரகடபராக்ரம ஸகலதிங்மண்டலயஶோவிதாநதவலீக்ருதஜகத்த்ரிதய வஜ்ரதேஹ ருத்ராவதார லங்காபுரீதஹந உமா-அர்கல-மந்த்ர உததிபந்தந தஶஶிரஃக்ருதாந்தக ஸீதாஶ்வஸந வாயுபுத்ர அஞ்ஜநீகர்பஸம்பூத ஶ்ரீராமலக்ஷ்மணாநந்தகர கபிஸைந்யப்ராகார ஸுக்ரீவஸாஹ்யரண பர்வதோத்பாடந குமாரப்ரஹ்மசாரிந் கபீரநாத ஸர்வபாபக்ரஹவாரண ஸர்வஜ்வரோச்சாடந டாகிநீவித்வம்ஸந ௐ ஹ்ராம் ஹ்ரீம் ௐ நமோ பகவதே மஹாவீரவீராய ஸர்வதுஃகநிவாரணாய க்ரஹமண்டலஸர்வபூதமண்டலஸர்வபிஶாசமண்டலோச்சாடந பூதஜ்வரைகாஹிகஜ்வரத்வ்யாஹிகஜ்வரத்ர்யாஹிகஜ்வரசாதுர்திகஜ்வர-ஸந்தாபஜ்வரவிஷமஜ்வரதாபஜ்வரமாஹேஶ்வரவைஷ்ணவஜ்வராந் சிந்தி சிந்தி யக்ஷப்ரஹ்மராக்ஷஸபூதப்ரேதபிஶாசாந் உச்சாடய உச்சாடய ।
ఓం హ్రాం హ్రీం ఓం నమో భగవతే శ్రీమహాహనుమతే ప్రకటపరాక్రమ సకలదిఙ్మణ్డలయశోవితానధవలీకృతజగత్త్రితయ వజ్రదేహ రుద్రావతార లఙ్కాపురీదహన ఉమా-అర్గల-మన్త్ర ఉదధిబన్ధన దశశిరఃకృతాన్తక సీతాశ్వసన వాయుపుత్ర అఞ్జనీగర్భసమ్భూత శ్రీరామలక్ష్మణానన్దకర కపిసైన్యప్రాకార సుగ్రీవసాహ్యరణ పర్వతోత్పాటన కుమారబ్రహ్మచారిన్ గభీరనాద సర్వపాపగ్రహవారణ సర్వజ్వరోచ్చాటన డాకినీవిధ్వంసన ఓం హ్రాం హ్రీం ఓం నమో భగవతే మహావీరవీరాయ సర్వదుఃఖనివారణాయ గ్రహమణ్డలసర్వభూతమణ్డలసర్వపిశాచమణ్డలోచ్చాటన భూతజ్వరైకాహికజ్వరద్వ్యాహికజ్వరత్ర్యాహికజ్వరచాతుర్థికజ్వర-సన్తాపజ్వరవిషమజ్వరతాపజ్వరమాహేశ్వరవైష్ణవజ్వరాన్ ఛిన్ధి ఛిన్ధి యక్షబ్రహ్మరాక్షసభూతప్రేతపిశాచాన్ ఉచ్చాటయ ఉచ్చాటయ ।
ಓಂ ಹ್ರಾಂ ಹ್ರೀಂ ಓಂ ನಮೋ ಭಗವತೇ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಹನುಮತೇ ಪ್ರಕಟಪರಾಕ್ರಮ ಸಕಲದಿಙ್ಮಣ್ಡಲಯಶೋವಿತಾನಧವಲೀಕೃತಜಗತ್ತ್ರಿತಯ ವಜ್ರದೇಹ ರುದ್ರಾವತಾರ ಲಙ್ಕಾಪುರೀದಹನ ಉಮಾ-ಅರ್ಗಲ-ಮನ್ತ್ರ ಉದಧಿಬನ್ಧನ ದಶಶಿರಃಕೃತಾನ್ತಕ ಸೀತಾಶ್ವಸನ ವಾಯುಪುತ್ರ ಅಞ್ಜನೀಗರ್ಭಸಮ್ಭೂತ ಶ್ರೀರಾಮಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಣಾನನ್ದಕರ ಕಪಿಸೈನ್ಯಪ್ರಾಕಾರ ಸುಗ್ರೀವಸಾಹ್ಯರಣ ಪರ್ವತೋತ್ಪಾಟನ ಕುಮಾರಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚಾರಿನ್ ಗಭೀರನಾದ ಸರ್ವಪಾಪಗ್ರಹವಾರಣ ಸರ್ವಜ್ವರೋಚ್ಚಾಟನ ಡಾಕಿನೀವಿಧ್ವಂಸನ ಓಂ ಹ್ರಾಂ ಹ್ರೀಂ ಓಂ ನಮೋ ಭಗವತೇ ಮಹಾವೀರವೀರಾಯ ಸರ್ವದುಃಖನಿವಾರಣಾಯ ಗ್ರಹಮಣ್ಡಲಸರ್ವಭೂತಮಣ್ಡಲಸರ್ವಪಿಶಾಚಮಣ್ಡಲೋಚ್ಚಾಟನ ಭೂತಜ್ವರೈಕಾಹಿಕಜ್ವರದ್ವ್ಯಾಹಿಕಜ್ವರತ್ರ್ಯಾಹಿಕಜ್ವರಚಾತುರ್ಥಿಕಜ್ವರ-ಸನ್ತಾಪಜ್ವರವಿಷಮಜ್ವರತಾಪಜ್ವರಮಾಹೇಶ್ವರವೈಷ್ಣವಜ್ವರಾನ್ ಛಿನ್ಧಿ ಛಿನ್ಧಿ ಯಕ್ಷಬ್ರಹ್ಮರಾಕ್ಷಸಭೂತಪ್ರೇತಪಿಶಾಚಾನ್ ಉಚ್ಚಾಟಯ ಉಚ್ಚಾಟಯ ।
ഓം ഹ്രാം ഹ്രീം ഓം നമോ ഭഗവതേ ശ്രീമഹാഹനുമതേ പ്രകടപരാക്രമ സകലദിങ്മണ്ഡലയശോവിതാനധവലീകൃതജഗത്ത്രിതയ വജ്രദേഹ രുദ്രാവതാര ലങ്കാപുരീദഹന ഉമാ-അര്ഗല-മന്ത്ര ഉദധിബന്ധന ദശശിരഃകൃതാന്തക സീതാശ്വസന വായുപുത്ര അഞ്ജനീഗര്ഭസമ്ഭൂത ശ്രീരാമലക്ഷ്മണാനന്ദകര കപിസൈന്യപ്രാകാര സുഗ്രീവസാഹ്യരണ പര്വതോത്പാടന കുമാരബ്രഹ്മചാരിന് ഗഭീരനാദ സര്വപാപഗ്രഹവാരണ സര്വജ്വരോച്ചാടന ഡാകിനീവിധ്വംസന ഓം ഹ്രാം ഹ്രീം ഓം നമോ ഭഗവതേ മഹാവീരവീരായ സര്വദുഃഖനിവാരണായ ഗ്രഹമണ്ഡലസര്വഭൂതമണ്ഡലസര്വപിശാചമണ്ഡലോച്ചാടന ഭൂതജ്വരൈകാഹികജ്വരദ്വ്യാഹികജ്വരത്ര്യാഹികജ്വരചാതുര്ഥികജ്വര-സന്താപജ്വരവിഷമജ്വരതാപജ്വരമാഹേശ്വരവൈഷ്ണവജ്വരാന് ഛിന്ധി ഛിന്ധി യക്ഷബ്രഹ്മരാക്ഷസഭൂതപ്രേതപിശാചാന് ഉച്ചാടയ ഉച്ചാടയ ।
oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ oṃ namo bhagavate śrīmahāhanumate prakaṭaparākrama sakaladiṅmaṇḍalayaśovitānadhavalīkṛtajagattritaya vajradeha rudrāvatāra laṅkāpurīdahana umā-argala-mantra udadhibandhana daśaśiraḥkṛtāntaka sītāśvasana vāyuputra añjanīgarbhasambhūta śrīrāmalakṣmaṇānandakara kapisainyaprākāra sugrīvasāhyaraṇa parvatotpāṭana kumārabrahmacārin gabhīranāda sarvapāpagrahavāraṇa sarvajvaroccāṭana ḍākinīvidhvaṃsana oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ oṃ namo bhagavate mahāvīravīrāya sarvaduḥkhanivāraṇāya grahamaṇḍalasarvabhūtamaṇḍalasarvapiśācamaṇḍaloccāṭana bhūtajvaraikāhikajvaradvyāhikajvaratryāhikajvaracāturthikajvara-santāpajvaraviṣamajvaratāpajvaramāheśvaravaiṣṇavajvarān chindhi chindhi yakṣabrahmarākṣasabhūtapretapiśācān uccāṭaya uccāṭaya |
Om hram hrim. Salutation to the blessed great Hanuman of open valour, whose spreading fame has whitened the three worlds in every direction; thunderbolt-bodied, form of Rudra, burner of Lanka, mantra that bolts the gate (as Uma's bar), bridger of the ocean, death to ten-headed Ravana, comforter of Sita, son of the Wind, born of Anjani, delight of Rama and Lakshmana, rampart of the monkey army, helper of Sugriva in battle, uprooter of mountains, youthful celibate of deep roar, who wards off every harmful planet, drives out every fever and destroys the dakinis. Om hram hrim, salutation to the blessed hero of heroes who removes all sorrow, who drives away the circles of planets, spirits and pishachas: cut down, cut down the fevers - from spirits, daily, alternate-day, third-day and fourth-day fevers, burning, irregular and heat fevers, and the fevers of Shiva and Vishnu; drive away, drive away the yakshas, brahma-rakshasas, bhutas, pretas and pishachas.
ॐ ह्रां ह्रीं ॐ नमो भगवते श्रीमहाहनुमते ॐ ह्रां ह्रीं ह्रूं ह्रैं ह्रौं ह्रः आं हां हां हां हां ॐ सौं एहि एहि एहि ॐ हं ॐ हं ॐ हं ॐ हं ॐ नमो भगवते श्रीमहाहनुमते श्रवणचक्षुर्भूतानां शाकिनीडाकिनीनां विषमदुष्टानां सर्वविषं हर हर आकाशभुवनं भेदय भेदय छेदय छेदय मारय मारय शोषय शोषय मोहय मोहय ज्वालय ज्वालय प्रहारय प्रहारय शकलमायां भेदय भेदय ।
ௐ ஹ்ராம் ஹ்ரீம் ௐ நமோ பகவதே ஶ்ரீமஹாஹநுமதே ௐ ஹ்ராம் ஹ்ரீம் ஹ்ரூம் ஹ்ரைம் ஹ்ரௌம் ஹ்ரஃ ஆம் ஹாம் ஹாம் ஹாம் ஹாம் ௐ ஸௌம் ஏஹி ஏஹி ஏஹி ௐ ஹம் ௐ ஹம் ௐ ஹம் ௐ ஹம் ௐ நமோ பகவதே ஶ்ரீமஹாஹநுமதே ஶ்ரவணசக்ஷுர்பூதாநாம் ஶாகிநீடாகிநீநாம் விஷமதுஷ்டாநாம் ஸர்வவிஷம் ஹர ஹர ஆகாஶபுவநம் பேதய பேதய சேதய சேதய மாரய மாரய ஶோஷய ஶோஷய மோஹய மோஹய ஜ்வாலய ஜ்வாலய ப்ரஹாரய ப்ரஹாரய ஶகலமாயாம் பேதய பேதய ।
ఓం హ్రాం హ్రీం ఓం నమో భగవతే శ్రీమహాహనుమతే ఓం హ్రాం హ్రీం హ్రూం హ్రైం హ్రౌం హ్రః ఆం హాం హాం హాం హాం ఓం సౌం ఏహి ఏహి ఏహి ఓం హం ఓం హం ఓం హం ఓం హం ఓం నమో భగవతే శ్రీమహాహనుమతే శ్రవణచక్షుర్భూతానాం శాకినీడాకినీనాం విషమదుష్టానాం సర్వవిషం హర హర ఆకాశభువనం భేదయ భేదయ ఛేదయ ఛేదయ మారయ మారయ శోషయ శోషయ మోహయ మోహయ జ్వాలయ జ్వాలయ ప్రహారయ ప్రహారయ శకలమాయాం భేదయ భేదయ ।
ಓಂ ಹ್ರಾಂ ಹ್ರೀಂ ಓಂ ನಮೋ ಭಗವತೇ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಹನುಮತೇ ಓಂ ಹ್ರಾಂ ಹ್ರೀಂ ಹ್ರೂಂ ಹ್ರೈಂ ಹ್ರೌಂ ಹ್ರಃ ಆಂ ಹಾಂ ಹಾಂ ಹಾಂ ಹಾಂ ಓಂ ಸೌಂ ಏಹಿ ಏಹಿ ಏಹಿ ಓಂ ಹಂ ಓಂ ಹಂ ಓಂ ಹಂ ಓಂ ಹಂ ಓಂ ನಮೋ ಭಗವತೇ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಹನುಮತೇ ಶ್ರವಣಚಕ್ಷುರ್ಭೂತಾನಾಂ ಶಾಕಿನೀಡಾಕಿನೀನಾಂ ವಿಷಮದುಷ್ಟಾನಾಂ ಸರ್ವವಿಷಂ ಹರ ಹರ ಆಕಾಶಭುವನಂ ಭೇದಯ ಭೇದಯ ಛೇದಯ ಛೇದಯ ಮಾರಯ ಮಾರಯ ಶೋಷಯ ಶೋಷಯ ಮೋಹಯ ಮೋಹಯ ಜ್ವಾಲಯ ಜ್ವಾಲಯ ಪ್ರಹಾರಯ ಪ್ರಹಾರಯ ಶಕಲಮಾಯಾಂ ಭೇದಯ ಭೇದಯ ।
ഓം ഹ്രാം ഹ്രീം ഓം നമോ ഭഗവതേ ശ്രീമഹാഹനുമതേ ഓം ഹ്രാം ഹ്രീം ഹ്രൂം ഹ്രൈം ഹ്രൌം ഹ്രഃ ആം ഹാം ഹാം ഹാം ഹാം ഓം സൌം ഏഹി ഏഹി ഏഹി ഓം ഹം ഓം ഹം ഓം ഹം ഓം ഹം ഓം നമോ ഭഗവതേ ശ്രീമഹാഹനുമതേ ശ്രവണചക്ഷുര്ഭൂതാനാം ശാകിനീഡാകിനീനാം വിഷമദുഷ്ടാനാം സര്വവിഷം ഹര ഹര ആകാശഭുവനം ഭേദയ ഭേദയ ഛേദയ ഛേദയ മാരയ മാരയ ശോഷയ ശോഷയ മോഹയ മോഹയ ജ്വാലയ ജ്വാലയ പ്രഹാരയ പ്രഹാരയ ശകലമായാം ഭേദയ ഭേദയ ।
oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ oṃ namo bhagavate śrīmahāhanumate oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ hrūṃ hraiṃ hrauṃ hraḥ āṃ hāṃ hāṃ hāṃ hāṃ oṃ sauṃ ehi ehi ehi oṃ haṃ oṃ haṃ oṃ haṃ oṃ haṃ oṃ namo bhagavate śrīmahāhanumate śravaṇacakṣurbhūtānāṃ śākinīḍākinīnāṃ viṣamaduṣṭānāṃ sarvaviṣaṃ hara hara ākāśabhuvanaṃ bhedaya bhedaya chedaya chedaya māraya māraya śoṣaya śoṣaya mohaya mohaya jvālaya jvālaya prahāraya prahāraya śakalamāyāṃ bhedaya bhedaya |
Om hram hrim, salutation to the blessed great Hanuman; (seed syllables) come, come, come; Om ham four times; salutation to the blessed great Hanuman. Take away, take away all the poison of the beings that strike through ear and eye, of the shakinis and dakinis and of the cruel wicked ones; pierce the sky and the worlds, cut, strike, dry up, bewilder, burn and smite them, and shatter, shatter the illusion into pieces.
ॐ ह्रां ह्रीं ॐ नमो भगवते महाहनुमते सर्वग्रहोच्चाटन परबलं क्षोभय क्षोभय सकलबन्धनमोक्षणं कुरु कुरु शिरःशूलगुल्मशूलसर्वशूलान्निर्मूलय निर्मूलय नागपाशानन्तवासुकितक्षककर्कोटकालियान् यक्षकुलजगत् रात्रिञ्चर दिवाचर सर्पान्निर्विषं कुरु कुरु स्वाहा ॥
ௐ ஹ்ராம் ஹ்ரீம் ௐ நமோ பகவதே மஹாஹநுமதே ஸர்வக்ரஹோச்சாடந பரபலம் க்ஷோபய க்ஷோபய ஸகலபந்தநமோக்ஷணம் குரு குரு ஶிரஃஶூலகுல்மஶூலஸர்வஶூலாந்நிர்மூலய நிர்மூலய நாகபாஶாநந்தவாஸுகிதக்ஷககர்கோடகாலியாந் யக்ஷகுலஜகத் ராத்ரிஞ்சர திவாசர ஸர்பாந்நிர்விஷம் குரு குரு ஸ்வாஹா ॥
ఓం హ్రాం హ్రీం ఓం నమో భగవతే మహాహనుమతే సర్వగ్రహోచ్చాటన పరబలం క్షోభయ క్షోభయ సకలబన్ధనమోక్షణం కురు కురు శిరఃశూలగుల్మశూలసర్వశూలాన్నిర్మూలయ నిర్మూలయ నాగపాశానన్తవాసుకితక్షకకర్కోటకాలియాన్ యక్షకులజగత్ రాత్రిఞ్చర దివాచర సర్పాన్నిర్విషం కురు కురు స్వాహా ॥
ಓಂ ಹ್ರಾಂ ಹ್ರೀಂ ಓಂ ನಮೋ ಭಗವತೇ ಮಹಾಹನುಮತೇ ಸರ್ವಗ್ರಹೋಚ್ಚಾಟನ ಪರಬಲಂ ಕ್ಷೋಭಯ ಕ್ಷೋಭಯ ಸಕಲಬನ್ಧನಮೋಕ್ಷಣಂ ಕುರು ಕುರು ಶಿರಃಶೂಲಗುಲ್ಮಶೂಲಸರ್ವಶೂಲಾನ್ನಿರ್ಮೂಲಯ ನಿರ್ಮೂಲಯ ನಾಗಪಾಶಾನನ್ತವಾಸುಕಿತಕ್ಷಕಕರ್ಕೋಟಕಾಲಿಯಾನ್ ಯಕ್ಷಕುಲಜಗತ್ ರಾತ್ರಿಞ್ಚರ ದಿವಾಚರ ಸರ್ಪಾನ್ನಿರ್ವಿಷಂ ಕುರು ಕುರು ಸ್ವಾಹಾ ॥
ഓം ഹ്രാം ഹ്രീം ഓം നമോ ഭഗവതേ മഹാഹനുമതേ സര്വഗ്രഹോച്ചാടന പരബലം ക്ഷോഭയ ക്ഷോഭയ സകലബന്ധനമോക്ഷണം കുരു കുരു ശിരഃശൂലഗുല്മശൂലസര്വശൂലാന്നിര്മൂലയ നിര്മൂലയ നാഗപാശാനന്തവാസുകിതക്ഷകകര്കോടകാലിയാന് യക്ഷകുലജഗത് രാത്രിഞ്ചര ദിവാചര സര്പാന്നിര്വിഷം കുരു കുരു സ്വാഹാ ॥
oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ oṃ namo bhagavate mahāhanumate sarvagrahoccāṭana parabalaṃ kṣobhaya kṣobhaya sakalabandhanamokṣaṇaṃ kuru kuru śiraḥśūlagulmaśūlasarvaśūlānnirmūlaya nirmūlaya nāgapāśānantavāsukitakṣakakarkoṭakāliyān yakṣakulajagat rātriñcara divācara sarpānnirviṣaṃ kuru kuru svāhā ||
Om hram hrim, salutation to the blessed great Hanuman who drives away all harmful planets: throw the hostile force into confusion; bring release from every bondage; root out headache, abdominal pain and every kind of pain; make the serpent-noose and the serpents Ananta, Vasuki, Takshaka, Karkotaka and Kaliya, and the snakes of the yaksha clans and of the world that move by night and by day, free of poison. Svaha.
राजभयचोरभयपरमन्त्रपरयन्त्रपरतन्त्रपरविद्याश्छेदय छेदय स्वमन्त्रस्वयन्त्रस्वतन्त्रस्वविद्याः प्रकटय प्रकटय सर्वारिष्टान्नाशय नाशय सर्वशत्रून्नाशय नाशय असाध्यं साधय साधय हुं फट् स्वाहा ॥
ராஜபயசோரபயபரமந்த்ரபரயந்த்ரபரதந்த்ரபரவித்யாஶ்சேதய சேதய ஸ்வமந்த்ரஸ்வயந்த்ரஸ்வதந்த்ரஸ்வவித்யாஃ ப்ரகடய ப்ரகடய ஸர்வாரிஷ்டாந்நாஶய நாஶய ஸர்வஶத்ரூந்நாஶய நாஶய அஸாத்யம் ஸாதய ஸாதய ஹும் பட் ஸ்வாஹா ॥
రాజభయచోరభయపరమన్త్రపరయన్త్రపరతన్త్రపరవిద్యాశ్ఛేదయ ఛేదయ స్వమన్త్రస్వయన్త్రస్వతన్త్రస్వవిద్యాః ప్రకటయ ప్రకటయ సర్వారిష్టాన్నాశయ నాశయ సర్వశత్రూన్నాశయ నాశయ అసాధ్యం సాధయ సాధయ హుం ఫట్ స్వాహా ॥
ರಾಜಭಯಚೋರಭಯಪರಮನ್ತ್ರಪರಯನ್ತ್ರಪರತನ್ತ್ರಪರವಿದ್ಯಾಶ್ಛೇದಯ ಛೇದಯ ಸ್ವಮನ್ತ್ರಸ್ವಯನ್ತ್ರಸ್ವತನ್ತ್ರಸ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಃ ಪ್ರಕಟಯ ಪ್ರಕಟಯ ಸರ್ವಾರಿಷ್ಟಾನ್ನಾಶಯ ನಾಶಯ ಸರ್ವಶತ್ರೂನ್ನಾಶಯ ನಾಶಯ ಅಸಾಧ್ಯಂ ಸಾಧಯ ಸಾಧಯ ಹುಂ ಫಟ್ ಸ್ವಾಹಾ ॥
രാജഭയചോരഭയപരമന്ത്രപരയന്ത്രപരതന്ത്രപരവിദ്യാശ്ഛേദയ ഛേദയ സ്വമന്ത്രസ്വയന്ത്രസ്വതന്ത്രസ്വവിദ്യാഃ പ്രകടയ പ്രകടയ സര്വാരിഷ്ടാന്നാശയ നാശയ സര്വശത്രൂന്നാശയ നാശയ അസാധ്യം സാധയ സാധയ ഹും ഫട് സ്വാഹാ ॥
rājabhayacorabhayaparamantraparayantraparatantraparavidyāśchedaya chedaya svamantrasvayantrasvatantrasvavidyāḥ prakaṭaya prakaṭaya sarvāriṣṭānnāśaya nāśaya sarvaśatrūnnāśaya nāśaya asādhyaṃ sādhaya sādhaya huṃ phaṭ svāhā ||
Cut away the fear of kings and of thieves, and the mantras, yantras, tantras and spells of others; make my own mantras, yantras, tantras and learning shine forth; destroy every misfortune, destroy all enemies, and accomplish what cannot be accomplished. Hum phat svaha.
The syllable people get wrong
The title word vaḍavānala (वडवानल), as in hanumadvaḍavānala in the viniyoga, is usually shortened to 'vadvanal'; say all four syllables, va-ḍa-vā-na-la, with the tongue curled back for the retroflex ḍ and the third syllable held long.
When the Hanuman Vadvanal Stotra is chanted
Weekday. Tuesday
Questions
Have your chart read before you decide
Chanting is yours to do, and free. But which deity your situation calls for — and whether a mantra alone is the right response — depends on your chart. Sometimes it is; sometimes it is not.
- Over 30 years in the Guru–Sishya Parampara, from the age of five
- He reads every chart himself — 60 minutes, one to one, never delegated
- Charts are read only between sunrise and sunset, following tradition
