Bajrang Baan in Malayalam

Victory to you, Hanuman, well-wisher of the saintly! O Lord, please hear my plea.

Do not delay in your devotee's cause; hasten to me and grant great comfort.

Just as you leapt across the ocean to the far shore, and entered and escaped the gaping mouth of Sursa…

Sundar Kand: Sursa, mother of serpents, tested Hanuman by blocking his path; he grew huge, then became tiny, entered her mouth and came out again.

Further on, Lankini barred your way; you struck her one blow and she departed for the heavens.

Lankini, guardian of Lanka's gate, was freed from her curse by Hanuman's blow.

You went and gave comfort to Vibhishan, and on beholding Sita you attained the highest bliss.

You laid waste Ravan's garden and flung it into the sea, and in fierce haste you broke the demon guards, deadly as Yama's blade.

'Jamkatar' (Yama's dagger) is traditionally read as the fearsome rakshasa guards of the Ashok grove.

You struck down and slew Akshay Kumar, and with your tail wrapped in flame you burned Lanka.

Akshay Kumar was a son of Ravan, killed by Hanuman in the Ashok grove.

Lanka burned like lac, and cries of 'Victory!' rang out through the sky and the city of the gods.

Why then the delay now, my Lord? Have mercy, O knower of every heart.

Victory, victory to you who gave Lakshman back his life! Make haste and destroy my sorrow.

Glory to Hanuman, ocean of strength! Mightiest among the hosts of gods, foremost of warriors.

Om! Strike, strike, strike, O resolute Hanuman! Smite the enemy with thunderbolt blows.

'Hanu' is from the Sanskrit root han, 'to strike'. The 'enemy' is traditionally understood to include inner foes such as fear, anger and delusion.

Om Hreem Hreem Hreem, O Hanuman, lord of the vanaras! Om Hum Hum Hum, strike the enemy's heart and head.

Hreem and Hum are bija (seed) syllables used in mantra practice. They are chanted for their sound and left untranslated. Some printings show ह्नीं or हीं, typographic forms of ह्रीं.

Victory to you, mighty son of Anjana, born of Shiva, heroic Hanuman!

Fearsome of face, destroyer of the whole clan of death, helper of Ram and ever the protector of the faithful.

Ghosts, spirits, fiends and night-prowlers, fire-spirits and vetals, untimely death, plague and pestilence…

This verse and the next form one sentence: the devotee asks Hanuman to drive away every such harm.

…destroy them all; you are bound by your oath to Ram! O Lord, uphold the honour of your name.

Bound by Hari's oath, prove it true: O messenger of Ram, rush forth, seize and strike!

Victory, victory, victory to you, fathomless Hanuman! For what fault does your devotee suffer?

Worship, japa, austerity, vows and rituals: your servant knows nothing of these.

Some editions read 'नहिं जानत हौं दास तुम्हारा'; the sense is the same.

In forest or grove, on the road, on the mountain or at home, by your strength I fear nothing.

You are called the servant of Janaka's daughter Sita and of Hari: by that oath, do not delay.

Cries of victory resound through the sky; remembering you, even unbearable sorrow is destroyed.

Clasping your feet, with folded hands I plead with you: at such an hour, whom else should I call?

Arise, arise, come! I call on you in Ram's name! I fall at your feet and beg you with folded hands.

Om Cham Cham Cham Cham, O swift-moving one! Om, strike, strike, strike, strike, O Hanuman!

'Cham' is a seed syllable evoking swift movement; such syllables are chanted for their sound and are not translated.

Om Ham Ham, the restless vanara gives his mighty roar! Om Sam Sam, the wicked hosts flee in terror.

Rescue your devotee at once; in remembering you, let joy be mine.

Whatever this Bajrang arrow strikes, tell me, who could ever save it then?

The prayer is called a 'baan' (arrow) because it is aimed, like Hanuman himself, at the devotee's troubles.

Whoever recites the Bajrang Baan, Hanuman protects their very life.

All ghosts and spirits tremble before those who chant this Bajrang Baan.

No affliction remains in the body of one who offers incense and always recites it.

A traditional statement of the prayer's merit (phalashruti); it is not a medical claim.