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Vibhishana Krita Hanuman Stotram

Vibhishana Krita Hanuman Stotram in English · English

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✦ Meaning

The Vibhishana Krita Hanuman Stotram is a powerful 24-verse Sanskrit hymn to Lord Hanuman, composed by Vibhishana (the righteous brother of Ravana) and traditionally found in the Sri Sudarshana Samhita as a dialogue between Vibhishana and Garuda. Each verse offers salutations to Hanuman, recalling his great deeds in the Ramayana — burning Lanka, crossing the ocean, healing Lakshmana, slaying demons — and praising him as the destroyer of poison, disease, enemies and fear. Its phala-shruti promises that whoever recites it is freed from every kind of fear and gains all spiritual powers.

Origin & Story

Sri Sudarshana Samhita (Vibhishana-Garuda dialogue) · Vibhishana (brother of Ravana, devotee of Rama) · Traditional (Puranic/Samhita literature)

According to tradition, after the great war of the Ramayana, Vibhishana — who had taken refuge in Rama and become king of Lanka — composed this hymn extolling Hanuman, the hero whose deeds had saved Lanka's righteous and destroyed its wicked. The stotra is preserved in the Sri Sudarshana Samhita as part of a dialogue in which it is recounted in connection with Garuda (Tarkshya), the divine eagle and vehicle of Vishnu. Vibhishana, who personally witnessed Hanuman burn Lanka, leap the ocean, and restore the stricken Lakshmana, packs each verse with these very feats, making the hymn both a remembrance of Hanuman's glory and a shield for the devotee.

✦ As told in scripture

The hymn's own phala-shruti is its promised miracle: it declares that for one who recites this Hanuman stotra, 'there is nowhere any fear' — neither from lions, tigers and thieves, nor from poison, disease, royal punishment, malefic planets, fire, flood or famine — and that all spiritual powers come to rest in the palm of the devoted reciter's hand.

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Verse 1

Namo hanumate tubhyam namo maarutasoonave, Namah shreeraamabhaktaaya shyaamaasyaaya cha te namah. (1)

Meaning:Salutations to you, O Hanuman, son of the Wind God; salutations to the devotee of Sri Rama, the one with a dusky face.

Verse 2

Namo vaanaraveeraaya sugreeva-sakhyakaarine, Lankaavidaahanaarthaaya helaasaagarataarine. (2)

Meaning:Salutations to the heroic vanara who forged the friendship with Sugriva, who set out to burn Lanka and crossed the ocean as if in play.

Verse 3

Seetaashoka-vinaashaaya raamamudraadharaaya cha, Raavanaanta-kulacchedakaarine te namo namah. (3)

Meaning:To the destroyer of Sita's sorrow, the bearer of Rama's signet ring, the cause of the destruction of Ravana's whole clan — salutations again and again.

Verse 4

Meghanaada-makhadhvamsa-kaarine te namo namah, Ashokavana-vidhvamsa-kaarine bhayahaarine. (4)

Meaning:To the wrecker of Meghanada's (Indrajit's) sacrifice — salutations again and again; to the destroyer of the Ashoka grove and the remover of fear.

Verse 5

Vaayuputraaya veeraaya aakaashodaragaamine, Vanapaalashirashcheda-lankaapraasaada-bhanjine. (5)

Meaning:To the heroic son of the Wind who courses through the sky, who beheaded the guards of the grove and shattered the palaces of Lanka.

Verse 6

Jvalat-kanaka-varnaaya deergha-laangoola-dhaarine, Saumitri-jayadaatre cha raamadootaaya te namah. (6)

Meaning:To the one blazing like molten gold, bearing a long tail, who gave victory to Lakshmana (Saumitri), the messenger of Rama — salutations.

Verse 7

Akshasya vadhakartre cha brahmapaasha-nivaarine, Lakshmanaanga-mahaashakti-ghaata-kshata-vinaashine. (7)

Meaning:To the slayer of Aksha, who warded off the noose of Brahma (Brahmastra), who healed the grievous wound dealt to Lakshmana's body by the mighty Shakti weapon.

Verse 8

Rakshoghnaaya ripughnaaya bhootaghnaaya cha te namah, Rikshavaanara-veeraugha-praanadaaya namo namah. (8)

Meaning:Slayer of demons, slayer of foes, slayer of evil spirits — salutations; restorer of life to the host of bear and monkey heroes — salutations again and again.

Verse 9

Parasainya-balaghnaaya shastraastra-ghnaaya te namah, Vishaghnaaya dvishaghnaaya jvaraghnaaya cha te namah. (9)

Meaning:To the destroyer of enemy armies and of weapons and missiles; to the destroyer of poison, of enemies, and of fever — salutations.

Verse 10

Mahaabhaya-ripughnaaya bhakta-traanaika-kaarine, Paraprerita-mantraanaam yantraanaam stambhakaarine. (10)

Meaning:To the destroyer of great and dreadful foes, the one protector of devotees, who paralyzes hostile mantras and yantras directed by others.

Verse 11

Payah-paashaana-tarana-kaaranaaya namo namah, Baalaarka-mandala-graasa-kaarine bhavataarine. (11)

Meaning:To the one who caused stones to float upon the water — salutations; who (as a child) seized the orb of the rising sun, and who ferries us across the ocean of existence.

Verse 12

Nakhaayudhaaya bheemaaya dantaayudha-dharaaya cha, Ripumaayaa-vinaashaaya raamaajnaaloka-rakshine. (12)

Meaning:To the fearsome one armed with his nails and teeth, destroyer of the enemy's illusions, who guards the world by the command of Rama.

Verse 13

Pratigraama-sthitaayaatha raksho-bhootavadhaarthine, Karaalashaila-shastraaya drumashastraaya te namah. (13)

Meaning:To the one present in every village, intent on slaying demons and evil spirits, armed with terrible crags and trees as weapons — salutations.

Verse 14

Baalaika-brahmacharyaaya rudramoorti-dharaaya cha, Vihangamaaya sarvaaya vajradehaaya te namah. (14)

Meaning:To the perfect celibate (brahmachari), bearer of the form of Rudra, who can fly, who is all, whose body is a thunderbolt — salutations.

Verse 15

Kaupeenavaasase tubhyam raamabhakti-rataaya cha, Dakshinaashaa-bhaaskaraaya shata-chandrodayaatmane. (15)

Meaning:To you clad only in a loincloth, ever absorbed in devotion to Rama, like a sun in the southern quarter, radiant as a hundred rising moons.

Verse 16

Krityaakshata-vyathaaghnaaya sarvaklesha-haraaya cha, Svaamyaajnaa-paartha-sangraama-sankhye sanjaya-dhaarine. (16)

Meaning:To the destroyer of the pain caused by black magic (kritya), the remover of every affliction, who, like Sanjaya, ever wins by his master's command in the battles of the field.

Verse 17

Bhaktaanta-divyavaadeshu sangraame jayadaayine, Kilkilaa-bubuko-cchaara-ghorashabda-karaaya cha. (17)

Meaning:To the one who grants victory to devotees in disputes and in battle, who utters the terrible roaring war-cries 'kilkila' and 'bubuk'.

Verse 18

Sarpaagni-vyaadhi-samstambha-kaarine vanachaarine, Sadaa vanaphalaahaara-santriptaaya visheshatah. (18)

Meaning:To the one who immobilizes serpents, fire and disease, who roams the forest, ever content, especially with the fruits of the forest.

Verse 19

Mahaarnava-shilaabaddha-setubandhaaya te namah, Vaade vivaade sangraame bhaye ghore mahaavane. (19)

Meaning:To the one who built the bridge of stones across the great ocean — salutations. In dispute, debate, battle, in dreadful fear, in the great forest,

Verse 20

Simha-vyaaghraadi-chaurebhyah stotrapaathaad bhayam na hi, Divye bhootabhaye vyaadhau vishe sthaavarajangame. (20)

Meaning:From lions, tigers and thieves there is no fear by the recitation of this stotra; in fear of celestial beings and ghosts, in disease, in poison moving or unmoving,

Verse 21

Raajashastra-bhaye chogre tathaa grahabhayeshu cha, Jale sarve mahaavrishtau durbhikshe praanasamplave. (21)

Meaning:in the terrible fear of royal punishment and weapons, and in the fears caused by the planets, in water, in fire, in torrential rain, in famine, in deluge —

Verse 22

Pathet stotram pramuchyeta bhayebhyah sarvato narah, Tasya kvaapi bhayam naasti hanumat-stava-paathatah. (22)

Meaning:a person who recites this stotra is freed from fears on every side; for one who recites this Hanuman hymn, there is nowhere any fear.

Verse 23

Sarvadaa vai trikaalam cha pathaneeyam idam stavam, Sarvaan kaamaan avaapnoti naatra kaaryaa vichaaranaa. (23)

Meaning:This hymn should always be recited at the three junctures of the day; the reciter obtains all his desires — of this there is no doubt.

Verse 24

Vibheeshanakritam stotram taarkshyena samudeeritam, Ye pathishyanti bhaktyaa vai siddhyas-tatkare sthitaah. (24)

Meaning:This stotra composed by Vibhishana was recounted (to and by) Garuda; for those who recite it with devotion, all spiritual powers rest in the palm of their hand.

Verse 25

Iti shree-sudarshana-samhitaayaam vibheeshana-garuda-samvaade vibheeshanakritam hanumat-stotram sampoornam.

Meaning:Thus ends the Hanuman hymn composed by Vibhishana, from the dialogue of Vibhishana and Garuda in the Sri Sudarshana Samhita.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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namo hanumate tubhyam🔊Salutations to you, O Hanuman

maaruta-soonave🔊To the son of the Wind God (Maruta/Vayu)

shree-raama-bhaktaaya🔊To the devotee of Sri Rama

shyaama-asyaaya🔊To the one with a dark/dusky face

sugreeva-sakhya-kaarine🔊To the one who made the friendship (between Rama and Sugriva)

lankaa-vidaahana-arthaaya🔊To the one whose purpose was the burning of Lanka

helaa-saagara-taarine🔊To the one who crossed the ocean with ease (playfully)

seetaa-shoka-vinaashaaya🔊To the destroyer of Sita's grief

raama-mudraa-dharaaya🔊To the bearer of Rama's signet ring

raavana-anta-kula-cchheda-kaarine🔊To the one who caused the destruction of Ravana and his clan

meghanaada-makha-dhvamsa-kaarine🔊To the one who wrecked the sacrifice of Meghanada (Indrajit)

bhaya-haarine🔊To the remover of fear

vaayu-putraaya veeraaya🔊To the heroic son of the Wind God

aakaasha-udara-gaamine🔊To the one who travels through the belly of the sky

raama-dootaaya🔊To the messenger (emissary) of Rama

rakshoghnaaya🔊To the slayer of demons (rakshasas)

vishaghnaaya🔊To the destroyer of poison

jvaraghnaaya🔊To the destroyer of fever (disease)

bhakta-traana-eka-kaarine🔊To the sole protector of devotees

rudra-moorti-dharaaya🔊To the one who bears the form of Rudra (Shiva)

vajra-dehaaya🔊To the one with a body hard as a thunderbolt (diamond)

pathet stotram pramuchyeta bhayebhyah🔊Whoever recites this stotra is freed from all fears

trikaalam pathaneeyam🔊To be recited at the three times (dawn, noon, dusk)

vibheeshana-kritam stotram🔊The stotra composed by Vibhishana

taarkshyena samudeeritam🔊Recounted to (and by) Garuda (Tarkshya)

siddhyah tatkare sthitaah🔊All accomplishments (siddhis) rest in the palm of his hand

Benefits of Chanting Vibhishana Krita Hanuman Stotram

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Grants complete fearlessness — the phala-shruti declares the reciter is freed from fears 'on every side'

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Traditionally recited for protection from enemies, lawsuits, weapons, thieves and wild animals

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Believed to neutralize poison, fever and disease, as Hanuman is praised as 'vishaghna' and 'jvaraghna'

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Protects against black magic (kritya), hostile mantras and yantras by 'stambhana' (paralysing) their power

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Shields the devotee during travel, in fire, flood, famine and natural calamities

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Counteracts malefic planetary (graha) influences and the fear they bring

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Promised to bestow all desires and all spiritual accomplishments (siddhis) when recited daily with devotion

How to Chant Vibhishana Krita Hanuman Stotram

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Best TimeTrikaal — at the three junctures of dawn, noon and dusk; especially on Tuesdays and Saturdays

After bathing, sit before an image of Lord Hanuman and light a ghee or mustard-oil lamp; offer sindoor (vermilion) and red flowers. The stotra itself says it should be recited 'trikaalam' — three times a day (morning, midday and evening) — for full benefit. Recite the 24 verses clearly with devotion and trust in Hanuman's protection. In times of acute danger or fear, it may be recited immediately, as the hymn specifically promises freedom from every kind of fear. Maintaining purity, truthfulness and a sattvic diet during a 40-day recitation enhances its power.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Vibhishana Krita Hanuman Stotram written in the English script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

It was composed by Vibhishana, the righteous younger brother of Ravana who joined Lord Rama. In the traditional setting (the Sri Sudarshana Samhita), Vibhishana recites this hymn in a dialogue with Garuda, the divine eagle, which is why the colophon mentions the 'Vibhishana-Garuda dialogue.'

No. Both are attributed to Vibhishana, but they are different hymns. The Hanuman Vadvanal Stotra is a separate composition. This Vibhishana Krita Hanuman Stotram begins 'Namo Hanumate Tubhyam' and consists of 24 verses describing Hanuman's exploits, followed by a phala-shruti on freedom from fear.

It is primarily a stotra of protection and fearlessness. Its concluding verses list many dangers — enemies, weapons, wild animals, ghosts, poison, disease, planets, fire, flood, famine — and promise that the devotee who recites it is freed from all of them. It is therefore chanted for safety, courage and overcoming crises.

The stotra itself recommends 'trikaalam' — recitation three times a day, at dawn, noon and dusk. Many devotees recite it once daily with devotion; in emergencies it can be recited at any time, since the verses promise immediate protection from fear.