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Bajrang Baan in Grantha ยท ๐๐๐ฐ๐จ๐๐ฅ
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Origin & Story
Attributed to Tulsidas, from the tradition of Ramcharitmanas ยท Goswami Tulsidas ยท 16th century CE
Bajrang Baan was composed by Goswami Tulsidas as a powerful prayer-arrow (baan) invoking Hanuman's fierce protective form. According to tradition, Tulsidas composed this prayer when he himself faced threats from evil forces and needed Hanuman's urgent intervention. The word 'Baan' means arrow, signifying that this prayer strikes like a divine arrow against all negative forces.
โฆ As told in scripture
Devotees across centuries have reported that reciting Bajrang Baan with sincere faith during times of grave danger has immediately dispelled evil spirits, broken black magic spells, and provided miraculous protection when all other remedies failed.
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๐จ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฏ ๐ช๐๐ฐ๐๐ฎ ๐ช๐๐ฐ๐ค๐๐ค๐ฟ ๐ค๐, ๐ฌ๐ฟ๐จ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ธ๐จ๐ฎ๐พ๐จเฅค ๐ค๐๐น๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐ฐ๐ ๐ธ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐๐ญ, ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐น๐จ๐๐ฎ๐พ๐จเฅฅ
Nishchaya prema pratiti te, binaya karai sanmana. Tehi ke karaja sakala shubha, siddha karai Hanumana.
Meaning:With firm love and faith, whoever prays with respect and reverence โ Hanuman accomplishes all his auspicious tasks.
๐๐ฏ ๐น๐จ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ค ๐ธ๐จ๐๐ค ๐น๐ฟ๐ค๐๐พ๐ฐ๐เฅค ๐ธ๐๐จ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐พ๐ฐ๐เฅฅ
Jaya Hanumanta santa hitakari, Suni lijai prabhu araja hamari.
Meaning:Victory, O Hanuman, benefactor of saints; hear, O Lord, our humble plea.
๐๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐ ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐จ ๐๐๐๐เฅค ๐๐ค๐๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐น๐พ ๐ธ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐เฅฅ
Jana ke kaja vilamba na kijai, Atura dauri maha sukha dijai.
Meaning:Do not delay in your devotees' work; come running swiftly and grant great joy.
๐๐๐ธ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฟ ๐ธ๐ฟ๐จ๐๐ง๐ ๐ต๐น๐ฟ ๐ช๐พ๐ฐ๐พเฅค ๐ธ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐พ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ ๐ช๐๐ ๐ฟ ๐ฌ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐ค๐พ๐ฐ๐พเฅฅ
Jaise kudi sindhu vahi para, Surasa badana paithi bistara.
Meaning:As you leapt across the ocean, entering and expanding within the mouth of Surasa;
๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐พเฅค ๐ฎ๐พ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐พ๐ค ๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐พเฅฅ
Age jaya Lankini roka, Marehu lata gai sura loka.
Meaning:Going onward, Lankini barred your way; you struck her with a kick and she departed to the celestial world.
๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฟ๐ญ๐๐ท๐ฃ ๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐๐น๐พเฅค ๐ธ๐๐ค๐พ ๐จ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐๐จ๐๐น๐พเฅฅ
Jaya Vibhishana ko sukha dinha, Sita nirakhi parama pada linha.
Meaning:You gave joy to Vibhishana; beholding Sita, you attained the supreme blessing.
๐ฌ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐ธ๐ฟ๐จ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฐ๐พเฅค ๐ ๐ค๐ฟ ๐๐ค๐๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ ๐๐พ๐ค๐ฐ ๐ค๐๐ฐ๐พเฅฅ
Baga ujari sindhu maham bora, Ati atura yama katara tora.
Meaning:You laid waste the Ashoka garden and plunged Lanka into fear; swiftly you made even Yama tremble.
๐ ๐๐๐ท๐ฏ ๐๐๐ฎ๐พ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐พ๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐ธ๐๐น๐พ๐ฐ๐พเฅค ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ช๐๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐ฐ๐พเฅฅ
Akshaya Kumara mari samhara, Luma lapeti Lanka ko jara.
Meaning:You slew Akshaya Kumara; wrapping your tail in flames, you burned Lanka.
๐ฒ๐พ๐น ๐ธ๐ฎ๐พ๐จ ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐๐เฅค ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฟ ๐ธ๐๐ฐ ๐ช๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ญ๐เฅฅ
Laha samana Lanka jari gai, Jaya jaya dhuni sura pura maham bhai.
Meaning:Lanka blazed up like lac; cries of victory rang out in the city of the gods.
๐ ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐น๐ฟ ๐๐พ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ธ๐๐ต๐พ๐ฎ๐เฅค ๐๐๐ช๐พ ๐๐ฐ๐น๐๐ ๐๐ฐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐พ๐ฎ๐เฅฅ
Aba vilamba kehi karana svami, Kripa karahu ura antaryami.
Meaning:Why the delay now, O Lord? Show your mercy, O inner-knower of every heart.
๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ท๐๐ฎ๐ฃ ๐ช๐๐ฐ๐พ๐ฃ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐พ๐ค๐พเฅค ๐๐ค๐๐ฐ ๐น๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐น๐๐ ๐จ๐ฟ๐ช๐พ๐ค๐พเฅฅ
Jaya jaya Lakshmana prana ke data, Atura hoi dukha karahu nipata.
Meaning:Victory, O giver of life to Lakshmana; act swiftly and strike down our sorrow.
๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ง๐ฐ ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ ๐ธ๐๐ ๐ธ๐พ๐๐ฐเฅค ๐ธ๐๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐น ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐๐จ๐พ๐๐ฐเฅฅ
Jaya Giridhara jaya jaya sukha sagara, Sura samuha samaratha bhatanagara.
Meaning:Victory, O lifter of the mountain, ocean of joy; mighty champion among the host of the gods.
๐ ๐น๐จ๐ ๐น๐จ๐ ๐น๐จ๐ ๐น๐จ๐ ๐น๐จ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ค ๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐เฅค ๐ฌ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐น๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐พ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐เฅฅ
Om Hanu Hanu Hanu Hanu Hanumanta hathile, Bairihim maru bajra ki kile.
Meaning:Om Hanu Hanu Hanu Hanumanta, the resolute one; strike the foe and pin him with the thunderbolt.
๐๐ฆ๐พ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐น๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐พ๐ฐ๐เฅค ๐ฎ๐น๐พ๐ฐ๐พ๐ ๐ช๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ ๐ฆ๐พ๐ธ ๐๐ฌ๐พ๐ฐ๐เฅฅ
Gada bajra lai bairihim maro, Maharaja prabhu dasa ubaro.
Meaning:With mace and thunderbolt strike the enemy; O great king, O Lord, deliver your servant.
๐๐๐พ๐ฐ ๐น๐๐๐๐พ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐น๐พ๐ช๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ ๐ง๐พ๐ต๐เฅค ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐พ ๐น๐จ๐ ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐จ ๐ฒ๐พ๐ต๐เฅฅ
Omkara hunkara mahaprabhu dhavo, Bajra gada Hanu vilamba na lavo.
Meaning:With Omkara and Hunkara, O great Lord, rush forth; do not delay the thunderbolt and the mace, O Hanu.
๐ ๐น๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐น๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐น๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐น๐จ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ค ๐๐ช๐๐ธ๐พเฅค ๐ ๐น๐๐ ๐น๐๐ ๐น๐๐ ๐น๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐พเฅฅ
Om Hrim Hrim Hrim Hanumanta Kapisa, Om Hum Hum Hum Hanu ari ura shisha.
Meaning:Om Hreem Hreem Hreem, Hanumanta, lord of monkeys; Om Hum Hum Hum upon the enemy's chest and head.
๐ธ๐ค๐๐ฏ ๐น๐๐ ๐น๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ช๐พ๐ฏ๐๐เฅค ๐ฐ๐พ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ค ๐ง๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐พ๐ฐ๐ ๐ง๐พ๐ฏ ๐๐เฅฅ
Satya hou Hari shapatha payake, Ramaduta dharu maru dhaya ke.
Meaning:Let it come true, having taken the oath of Hari (Rama); O messenger of Rama, seize and strike, rushing forth.
๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ ๐น๐จ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ค ๐ ๐๐พ๐ง๐พเฅค ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐พ๐ต๐ค ๐๐จ ๐๐๐น๐ฟ ๐ ๐ช๐ฐ๐พ๐ง๐พเฅฅ
Jaya jaya jaya Hanumanta agadha, Dukha pavata jana kehi aparadha.
Meaning:Victory, victory, O unfathomable Hanumanta; for what offence does your devotee suffer so?
๐ช๐๐๐พ ๐๐ช ๐ค๐ช ๐จ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐พ๐ฐ๐พเฅค ๐จ๐น๐ฟ๐ ๐๐พ๐จ๐ค ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐พ๐ธ ๐ค๐๐ฎ๐๐น๐พ๐ฐ๐พเฅฅ
Puja japa tapa nema achara, Nahim janata kachhu dasa tumhara.
Meaning:Worship, japa, austerity, observance and right conduct โ your servant knows none of these.
๐ต๐จ ๐๐ช๐ต๐จ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐๐๐น ๐ฎ๐พ๐น๐๐เฅค ๐ค๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฐ๐ช๐ค ๐จ๐พ๐น๐๐เฅฅ
Vana upavana maga giri griha mahim, Tumare bala hama darapata nahim.
Meaning:In forest, grove, road, mountain or home โ by your strength we are afraid of nothing.
๐ช๐พ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐จ๐พ๐ต๐๐เฅค ๐ฏ๐น ๐ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐๐น๐ฟ ๐๐๐น๐ฐ๐พ๐ต๐๐เฅฅ
Paya paraum kara jori manavom, Yaha avasara aba kehi goharavom.
Meaning:I fall at your feet and implore with folded hands; at this moment, to whom else shall I call out?
๐๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐พ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ต๐จ๐๐ค๐พเฅค ๐ถ๐๐๐ฐ ๐ธ๐๐ต๐จ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐น๐จ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ค๐พเฅฅ
Jaya Anjani Kumara balavanta, Shankara suvana dhira Hanumanta.
Meaning:Victory, O mighty son of Anjani; son of Shankara (Shiva), the steadfast Hanumanta.
๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐พ๐ฒ ๐๐พ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐พ๐ฒ๐เฅค ๐ฐ๐พ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐น๐พ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐พ ๐ช๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ฟ๐ช๐พ๐ฒ๐เฅฅ
Badana karala kala kula ghalaka, Rama sahaya sada pratipalaka.
Meaning:Of terrible visage, the destroyer of the family of Death (Kala); ever Rama's helper and protector.
๐ญ๐๐ค ๐ช๐๐ฐ๐๐ค ๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐พ๐ ๐จ๐ฟ๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฐเฅค ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฟ ๐ฌ๐๐ค๐พ๐ฒ ๐๐พ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐พ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐ฐเฅฅ
Bhuta preta pishacha nishachara, Agni baitala kala marimara.
Meaning:Ghosts, spirits, demons and night-wanderers; fire, vetalas, and the deadly plague โ
๐๐จ๐๐น๐๐ ๐ฎ๐พ๐ฐ๐ ๐ค๐๐น๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐พ๐ฎ ๐๐เฅค ๐ฐ๐พ๐๐ ๐จ๐พ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐พ๐ฆ ๐จ๐พ๐ฎ ๐๐เฅฅ
Inhem maru tohi shapatha Rama ki, Rakhu natha marajada nama ki.
Meaning:Slay these, by the oath of Rama; preserve, O Lord, the honour of your name.
๐๐จ๐๐ธ๐๐ค๐พ ๐น๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐พ๐ธ ๐๐น๐พ๐ต๐เฅค ๐ค๐พ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐จ ๐ฒ๐พ๐ต๐เฅฅ
Janaka-suta Hari dasa kahavo, Taki shapatha vilamba na lavo.
Meaning:You are called the servant of Hari and of Janaki (Sita); by her oath, do not delay.
๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฟ ๐น๐๐ค ๐ ๐๐พ๐ถ๐พเฅค ๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ค ๐น๐๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐ธ๐น ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐พ๐ถ๐พเฅฅ
Jaya jaya jaya dhuni hota akasha, Sumirata hota dusaha dukha nasha.
Meaning:Cries of victory rise into the sky; by remembering you, unbearable sorrow is destroyed.
๐๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐จ๐พ๐ต๐๐เฅค ๐ฏ๐น๐ฟ ๐ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐๐น๐ฟ ๐๐๐น๐ฐ๐พ๐ต๐๐เฅฅ
Charana sharana kari jori manavom, Yahi avasara aba kehi goharavom.
Meaning:At your feet, with folded hands, I implore; at this moment, to whom else shall I call out?
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ค๐๐น๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐พ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐น๐พ๐เฅค ๐ช๐พ๐๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐จ๐พ๐เฅฅ
Uthu uthu chalu tohim Rama duhai, Pamya paraum kara jori manai.
Meaning:Arise, arise, come forth โ by the entreaty of Rama; I fall at your feet, imploring with folded hands.
๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐จ๐๐ค๐พเฅค ๐ ๐น๐จ๐ ๐น๐จ๐ ๐น๐จ๐ ๐น๐จ๐ ๐น๐จ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ค๐พเฅฅ
Om Cham Cham Cham Cham chapala chalanta, Om Hanu Hanu Hanu Hanu Hanumanta.
Meaning:Om Cham Cham Cham Cham, the swift-moving one; Om Hanu Hanu Hanu Hanumanta.
๐ ๐น๐ ๐น๐ ๐น๐พ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค ๐๐ช๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒเฅค ๐ ๐ธ๐ ๐ธ๐ ๐ธ๐น๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฐ๐พ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒเฅฅ
Om Ham Ham hanka deta kapi chanchala, Om Sam Sam sahama parane khala dala.
Meaning:Om Ham Ham โ the nimble monkey gives a roar; Om Sam Sam โ the wicked hordes flee in terror.
๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฐ๐ค ๐๐ฌ๐พ๐ฐ๐เฅค ๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ค ๐น๐๐ฏ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฆ ๐น๐ฎ๐พ๐ฐ๐เฅฅ
Apane jana ko turata ubaro, Sumirata hoya ananda hamaro.
Meaning:Swiftly deliver your own devotee; by remembering you, our joy arises.
๐ฏ๐น๐ฟ ๐ฌ๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐พ๐ฃ ๐๐๐น๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐พ๐ฐ๐เฅค ๐ค๐พ๐น๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ ๐ซ๐ฟ๐ฐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฌ๐พ๐ฐ๐เฅฅ
Yahi Bajaranga Bana jehi maro, Tahi kaho phira kauna ubaro.
Meaning:Whoever is struck by this Bajrang Baan โ tell me, who can then save him?
๐ช๐พ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐พ๐ฃ ๐๐เฅค ๐น๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ค ๐ฐ๐๐๐ท๐พ ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ช๐๐ฐ๐พ๐ฃ ๐๐เฅฅ
Patha karai Bajaranga Bana ki, Hanumata raksha karai prana ki.
Meaning:Whoever recites the Bajrang Baan โ Hanuman protects his very life.
๐ฏ๐น ๐ฌ๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐พ๐ฃ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐ช๐เฅค ๐ค๐๐น๐ฟ ๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐๐ค ๐ช๐๐ฐ๐๐ค ๐ธ๐ฌ ๐๐พ๐๐ช๐เฅฅ
Yaha Bajaranga Bana jo japai, Tehi te bhuta preta saba kampe.
Meaning:Whoever recites this Bajrang Baan โ by it all ghosts and spirits tremble.
๐ง๐๐ช ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ช๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐พเฅค ๐ค๐พ๐๐ ๐ค๐จ ๐จ๐น๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐พเฅฅ
Dhupa deya aru japai hamesha, Take tana nahim rahe klesha.
Meaning:Whoever offers incense and recites it daily โ no affliction remains in his body.
๐ช๐๐ฐ๐๐ฎ ๐ช๐๐ฐ๐ค๐๐ค๐ฟ๐น๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฟ ๐ญ๐๐, ๐ธ๐ฆ๐พ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฐ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐พ๐จเฅค ๐ค๐๐น๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐ฐ๐ ๐ธ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐๐ญ, ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐น๐จ๐๐ฎ๐พ๐จเฅฅ
Prema pratitihim kapi bhajai, sada dharai ura dhyana. Tehi ke karaja sakala shubha, siddha karai Hanumana.
Meaning:The monkey-lord (Hanuman), worshipped with love and faith and ever held in the heart's meditation, accomplishes for that devotee all his auspicious tasks.
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Benefits of Chanting Bajrang Baan
Provides powerful protection against black magic, evil eye, and negative energies
Removes obstacles and enemies from one's path
Grants fearlessness and courage in the face of adversity
Cures diseases caused by supernatural afflictions
Shields from ghosts, evil spirits, and demonic influences
Brings victory over opponents and adversaries
Grants divine protection of Lord Hanuman at all times
Destroys deep-rooted fears and anxieties
How to Chant Bajrang Baan
Bajrang Baan is an extremely powerful prayer and must be recited with full devotion and discipline. Light a mustard oil lamp before a Hanuman idol. Apply sindoor (vermilion) tilak. Sit facing south or east. Recite with intense faith and unwavering concentration. This is traditionally chanted during times of grave danger or when facing serious threats. It should be recited 7 times for maximum effect. Maintain brahmacharya (celibacy) on the day of recitation. Do not recite casually โ this is considered a spiritual weapon.
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