Vibhishana Krita Hanuman Stotram — Complete Lyrics

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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,

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,

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 —

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.

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.

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.

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