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ශ්රී භෛරව චාලීසා

ಶ್ರೀ ಭೈರವ ಚಾಲೀಸಾ in Sinhala · සිංහල

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Englishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

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Traditional Hindi devotional chalisa · Sundardas · Devotional era

When Brahma grew proud, Lord Shiva manifested as Kaal Bhairav — Time and death personified — and humbled him, then took up residence in Kashi as its eternal Kotwal, the fierce guardian who rides a dog and bears the trident. Fearsome in form yet tender to the devout (worshipped also as the boy Batuk Bhairav), he is the swift destroyer of fear, sin and evil. This Chalisa, composed by the poet Sundardas, praises him in forty verses.

✦ As told in scripture

It is said that no pilgrimage to Kashi is complete without the darshan of Kaal Bhairav, its Kotwal, who keeps the ledger of every soul — and that when he brings down his staff, even the greatest sins are destroyed. Devotees facing fear, enemies, legal trouble or black magic light his four-faced lamp on Kalashtami, recite this Chalisa, and feed a dog in his name.

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Doha 1

ශ්රී ගණපති ගුරු ගෞරී පද, ප්රේම සහිත ධරි මාථ . චාලීසා වන්දන කරෝං, ශ්රී ශිව භෛරවනාථ ..

Shri ganapati guru gauri pada, prema sahita dhari matha Chalisa vandana karom, shri shiva bhairavanatha

Meaning:ಪ್ರೇಮದಿಂದ ಶ್ರೀ ಗಣಪತಿ, ಗುರು, ಗೌರಿಯ ಪಾದಗಳನ್ನು ನನ್ನ ಶಿರದ ಮೇಲೆ ಧರಿಸಿ, ನಾನು ಶ್ರೀ ಶಿವ-ಭೈರವನಾಥನಿಗೆ ವಂದನೆಯಾಗಿ ಈ ಚಾಲೀಸಾವನ್ನು ಸಮರ್ಪಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.

Doha 2

ශ්රී භෛරව සංකට හරණ, මංගල කරණ කෘපාල . ශ්යාම වරණ විකරාල වපු, ලෝචන ලාල විශාල ..

Shri bhairava samkata harana, mamgala karana kripala Shyama varana vikarala vapu, lochana lala vishala

Meaning:ಶ್ರೀ ಭೈರವ, ಸಂಕಟಗಳನ್ನು ನಿವಾರಿಸುವವನು, ಮಂಗಳ ಮಾಡುವವನು, ಕೃಪಾಳು; ಕಪ್ಪು ಬಣ್ಣ, ಭಯಂಕರ ದೇಹ, ವಿಶಾಲ ಕೆಂಪು ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳುಳ್ಳವನು.

Chaupai 1

ජය ජය ශ්රී කාලී කේ ලාලා . ජයති ජයති කාශී කුතවාලා ..

Jaya jaya shri kali ke lala Jayati jayati kashi kutavala

Meaning:ಕಾಳಿಯ ಮುದ್ದು ಮಗನಿಗೆ ಜಯ ಜಯ; ಕಾಶಿಯ ಕೊತ್ವಾಲನಿಗೆ ಜಯ ಜಯ.

Chaupai 2

ජයති බටුක භෛරව භයහාරී . ජයති කාල භෛරව බලකාරී ..

Jayati batuka bhairava bhayahari Jayati kala bhairava balakari

Meaning:ಭಯವನ್ನು ನಿವಾರಿಸುವ ಬಟುಕ ಭೈರವನಿಗೆ ಜಯ; ಬಲಶಾಲಿ ಕಾಲ ಭೈರವನಿಗೆ ಜಯ.

Chaupai 3

ජයති නාථ භෛරව විඛ්යාතා . ජයති සර්ව භෛරව සුඛදාතා ..

Jayati natha bhairava vikhyata Jayati sarva bhairava sukhadata

Meaning:ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಭೈರವನಾಥನಿಗೆ ಜಯ; ಸುಖ ನೀಡುವ ಸಕಲ ಭೈರವರಿಗೆ ಜಯ.

Chaupai 4

භෛරව රූප කියෝ ශිව ධාරණ . භව කේ භාර උතාරණ කාරණ ..

Bhairava rupa kiyo shiva dharana Bhava ke bhara utarana karana

Meaning:ಶಿವನು ಸಂಸಾರದ ಭಾರವನ್ನು ಇಳಿಸಲು ಭೈರವ ರೂಪವನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿದನು.

Chaupai 5

භෛරව රව සුනි හවෛ භය දූරී . සබ විධි හෝය කාමනා පූරී ..

Bhairava rava suni havai bhaya duri Saba vidhi hoya kamana puri

Meaning:ಭೈರವನ ಗರ್ಜನೆ ಕೇಳಿ ಭಯ ಓಡಿಹೋಗುತ್ತದೆ; ಎಲ್ಲ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲೂ ಬಯಕೆಗಳು ಈಡೇರುತ್ತವೆ.

Chaupai 6

ශේෂ මහේශ ආදි ගුණ ගායෝ . කාශී කෝතවාල කහලායෝ ..

Shesha mahesha adi guna gayo Kashi kotavala kahalayo

Meaning:ಶೇಷ, ಮಹೇಶ ಮೊದಲಾದವರು ಅವನ ಗುಣಗಳನ್ನು ಹಾಡಿದರು; ಅವನು ಕಾಶಿಯ ಕೊತ್ವಾಲ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯಲ್ಪಟ್ಟನು.

Chaupai 7

ජටාජූට ශිර චන්ද්ර විරාජත . බාලා මුකුට බිජායඨ සාජත ..

Jatajuta shira chandra virajata Bala mukuta bijayatha sajata

Meaning:ತಲೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಜಟಾಜೂಟ, ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಚಂದ್ರ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಸಣ್ಣ ಕಿರೀಟ, ಆಭರಣಗಳು ಅವನನ್ನು ಅಲಂಕರಿಸುತ್ತವೆ.

Chaupai 8

කටි කරධනී ඝුංඝරූ බාජත . දර්ශන කරත සකල භය භාජත ..

Kati karadhani ghumgharu bajata Darshana karata sakala bhaya bhajata

Meaning:ಸೊಂಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಗೆಜ್ಜೆಗಳ ಡಾಬು ಬಾರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ; ಅವನ ದರ್ಶನದಿಂದ ಸಕಲ ಭಯಗಳು ಓಡಿಹೋಗುತ್ತವೆ.

Chaupai 9

ජීවන දාන දාස කෝ දීන්හ්යෝ . කීන්හ්යෝ කෘපා නාථ තබ චීන්හ්යෝ ..

Jivana dana dasa ko dinhyo Kinhyo kripa natha taba chinhyo

Meaning:ಅವನು ತನ್ನ ದಾಸನಿಗೆ ಜೀವದಾನ ನೀಡಿದನು; ಕೃಪೆ ತೋರಿ ಅವನನ್ನು ತನ್ನವನೆಂದು ಗುರುತಿಸಿದನು.

Chaupai 10

බසි රසනා බනි සාරද කාලී . දීන්හ්යෝ වර රාඛ්යෝ මම ලාලී ..

Basi rasana bani sarada kali Dinhyo vara rakhyo mama lali

Meaning:ಅವನು ನಾಲಿಗೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಶಾರದೆ (ಸರಸ್ವತಿ), ಕಾಳಿ ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಲೆಸುತ್ತಾನೆ; ವರ ನೀಡಿ ನನ್ನ ಮಾನ ಕಾಪಾಡಿದನು.

Chaupai 11

ධන්ය ධන්ය භෛරව භයභංජන . ජය මනරංජන ඛලදල භංජන ..

Dhanya dhanya bhairava bhayabhamjana Jaya manaramjana khaladala bhamjana

Meaning:ಧನ್ಯ ಧನ್ಯ ಭೈರವ, ಭಯಭಂಜನ; ಮನಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಸಂತೋಷಪಡಿಸುವವನು, ದುಷ್ಟಗಣ ಸಂಹಾರಕನಿಗೆ ಜಯ.

Chaupai 12

කර ත්රිශූල ඩමරූ ශුචි කෝඩ़ා . කෘපා කටාක්ෂ සුයශ නහිං ථෝඩ़ා ..

Kara trishula damaru shuchi koda़a Kripa kataksha suyasha nahim thoda़a

Meaning:ಅವನ ಕೈಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತ್ರಿಶೂಲ, ಡಮರು, ಪವಿತ್ರ ಚಾವಟಿ; ಅವನ ಕೃಪಾಪೂರ್ಣ ಓರೆನೋಟದ ಯಶಸ್ಸು ಕಡಿಮೆಯೇನಲ್ಲ.

Chaupai 13

ජෝ භෛරව නිර්භය ගුණ ගාවත . අෂ්ට සිද්ධි නව නිධි ඵල පාවත ..

Jo bhairava nirbhaya guna gavata Ashta siddhi nava nidhi phala pavata

Meaning:ನಿರ್ಭಯವಾಗಿ ಭೈರವನ ಗುಣಗಳನ್ನು ಹಾಡುವವನು ಅಷ್ಟ ಸಿದ್ಧಿ, ನವ ನಿಧಿಗಳ ಫಲ ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Chaupai 14

රූප විශාල කඨින දුඛ මෝචන . ක්රෝධ කරාල ලාල දුහුං ලෝචන ..

Rupa vishala kathina dukha mochana Krodha karala lala duhum lochana

Meaning:ವಿಶಾಲ ರೂಪಿ, ಕಠಿಣ ದುಃಖವನ್ನು ನಿವಾರಿಸುವವನು; ಪ್ರಚಂಡ ಕ್ರೋಧವುಳ್ಳವನು, ಎರಡೂ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳು ಕೆಂಪು.

Chaupai 15

අගණිත භූත ප්රේත සංග ඩෝලත . බම බම බම ශිව බම බම බෝලත ..

Aganita bhuta preta samga dolata Bama bama bama shiva bama bama bolata

Meaning:ಅಸಂಖ್ಯಾತ ಭೂತ ಪ್ರೇತಗಳು ಅವನ ಜೊತೆ ಸಂಚರಿಸುತ್ತವೆ; 'ಬಂ ಬಂ ಬಂ, ಶಿವ, ಬಂ ಬಂ' ಎಂದು ಅವನು ನುಡಿಯುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Chaupai 16

රුද්රකාය කාලී කේ ලාලා . මහාකාලහූ කේ හෝ කාලා ..

Rudrakaya kali ke lala Mahakalahu ke ho kala

Meaning:ರುದ್ರ ದೇಹಿ, ಕಾಳಿಯ ಮುದ್ದು ಮಗ; ಅವನು ಮಹಾಕಾಲನಿಗೂ ಕಾಲ.

Chaupai 17

බටුක නාථ හෝ කාල ගංභීරා . ශ්වේත රක්ත අරු ශ්යාම ශරීරා ..

Batuka natha ho kala gambhira Shveta rakta aru shyama sharira

Meaning:ಬಟುಕ ನಾಥ, ಕಾಲದಷ್ಟು ಗಂಭೀರ; ಬಿಳಿ, ಕೆಂಪು, ಕಪ್ಪು ದೇಹವುಳ್ಳವನು.

Chaupai 18

කරත තීනහුං රූප ප්රකාශා . භරත සුභක්තන කහං ශුභ ආශා ..

Karata tinahum rupa prakasha Bharata subhaktana kaham shubha asha

Meaning:ತನ್ನ ಮೂರು ರೂಪಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಾಶಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತಾ, ತನ್ನ ಸುಭಕ್ತರಲ್ಲಿ ಶುಭ ಆಶೆಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Chaupai 19

රත්න ජඩ़ිත කංචන සිංහාසන . ව්යාඝ්ර චර්ම ශුචි නර්ම සුආසන ..

Ratna jada़ita kamchana simhasana Vyaghra charma shuchi narma suasana

Meaning:ರತ್ನಖಚಿತ ಸ್ವರ್ಣ ಸಿಂಹಾಸನದಲ್ಲಿ, ಹುಲಿಚರ್ಮ ಅವನ ಮೃದು ಪವಿತ್ರ ಆಸನ.

Chaupai 20

තුම්හහි ජාඉ කාශිහිං ජන ධ්යාවහිං . විශ්වනාථ කහං දර්ශන පාවහිං ..

Tumhahi jai kashihim jana dhyavahim Vishvanatha kaham darshana pavahim

Meaning:ಕಾಶಿಗೆ ಹೋಗಿ ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಧ್ಯಾನಿಸುವ ಭಕ್ತನು ವಿಶ್ವನಾಥನ ದರ್ಶನ ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Chaupai 21

ජය ප්රභු සංහාරක සුනන්ද ජය . ජය උන්නත හර උමානන්ද ජය ..

Jaya prabhu samharaka sunanda jaya Jaya unnata hara umananda jaya

Meaning:ಜಯ ಓ ಪ್ರಭು, ಸಂಹಾರಕ, ಆನಂದದಾತ; ಜಯ ಓ ಉನ್ನತ, ಹರ, ಉಮೆಯ ಆನಂದ.

Chaupai 22

භීම ත්රිලෝචන ස්වාන සාථ ජය . වෛජනාථ ශ්රී ජගතනාථ ජය ..

Bhima trilochana svana satha jaya Vaijanatha shri jagatanatha jaya

Meaning:ಭೀಮ, ತ್ರಿಲೋಚನ, ಶ್ವಾನದೊಂದಿಗೆ — ಜಯ; ವೈಜನಾಥ, ಶ್ರೀ ಜಗನ್ನಾಥ — ಜಯ.

Chaupai 23

මහා භීම භීෂණ ශරීර ජය . රුද්ර ත්ර්යම්බක ධීර වීර ජය ..

Maha bhima bhishana sharira jaya Rudra tryambaka dhira vira jaya

Meaning:ಮಹಾಭೀಮ, ಭೀಷಣ ದೇಹಿ — ಜಯ; ರುದ್ರ, ತ್ರ್ಯಂಬಕ, ಧೀರ, ವೀರ — ಜಯ.

Chaupai 24

වනනාථ ජය ප්රේතනාථ ජය . ශ්වානාරූඪ़ ශශිචන්ද්රනාථ ජය ..

Vananatha jaya pretanatha jaya Shvanarudha़ shashichandranatha jaya

Meaning:ವನನಾಥ — ಜಯ; ಪ್ರೇತನಾಥ — ಜಯ; ಶ್ವಾನದ ಮೇಲೆ ಸವಾರಿ ಮಾಡುವ, ಚಂದ್ರನನ್ನು ಶಿರದಲ್ಲಿ ಧರಿಸುವ ನಾಥ — ಜಯ.

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නිමිෂ දිගම්බර චක්රනාථ ජය . ගහත අනාථන නාථ හාථ ජය ..

Nimisha digambara chakranatha jaya Gahata anathana natha hatha jaya

Meaning:ಕ್ಷಣದಲ್ಲಿ, ದಿಗಂಬರ, ಚಕ್ರ ನಾಥ — ಜಯ; ಅನಾಥರನ್ನು ಕೈಹಿಡಿಯುವವನು, ಓ ಅನಾಥ ನಾಥ — ಜಯ.

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ත්රිශූලේශ භූතේශ චන්ද්ර ජය . ක්රෝධ වත්ස අමරේශ නන්ද ජය ..

Trishulesha bhutesha chandra jaya Krodha vatsa amaresha nanda jaya

Meaning:ತ್ರಿಶೂಲ ಈಶ, ಭೂತ ಈಶ, ಚಂದ್ರಮಕುಟ — ಜಯ; ಕ್ರೋಧ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ, ಪ್ರಿಯ, ಅಮರರ ಈಶ — ಜಯ.

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ශ්රී වාමන නකුලේශ චණ්ඩ ජය . කෘත්යාඌ කීරති ප්රචණ්ඩ ජය ..

Shri vamana nakulesha chanda jaya Krityau kirati prachanda jaya

Meaning:ಶ್ರೀ ವಾಮನ, ನಕುಲ ಈಶ, ಪ್ರಚಂಡ — ಜಯ; ಮಹಾ ಕರ್ಮಗಳು, ಪ್ರಜ್ವಲಿಸುವ ಕೀರ್ತಿಯುಳ್ಳವನು — ಜಯ.

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රුද්ර බටුක ක්රෝධේශ කාලධර . චක්ර තුණ්ඩ දශ පාණි ව්යාල ධර ..

Rudra batuka krodhesha kaladhara Chakra tunda dasha pani vyala dhara

Meaning:ರುದ್ರ ಬಟುಕ, ಕ್ರೋಧ ಈಶ, ಕಾಲವನ್ನು ಧರಿಸುವವನು; ತನ್ನ ಹತ್ತು ಭುಜಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಚಕ್ರ, ದಂಡ, ಸರ್ಪ ಧರಿಸಿ.

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කරි මද පාන ශම්භු ගුණගාවත . චෞංසඨ යෝගින සංග නචාවත ..

Kari mada pana shambhu gunagavata Chaumsatha yogina samga nachavata

Meaning:ಮದಿರಾ ಪಾನ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾ ಅವನು ಶಂಭುವಿನ ಗುಣ ಹಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಅರವತ್ತನಾಲ್ಕು ಯೋಗಿನಿಯರನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಜೊತೆ ಕುಣಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.

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කරත කෘපා ජන පර බහු ඪංගා . කාශී කෝතවාල අඩ़බංගා ..

Karata kripa jana para bahu dhamga Kashi kotavala ada़bamga

Meaning:ಅವನು ತನ್ನ ಭಕ್ತರ ಮೇಲೆ ಅನೇಕ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೃಪೆ ತೋರುತ್ತಾನೆ — ಕಾಶಿಯ ಅಚಲ ಕೊತ್ವಾಲ.

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දේයං කාල භෛරව ජබ සෝටා . නසෛ පාප මෝටා සේං මෝටා ..

Deyam kala bhairava jaba sota Nasai papa mota sem mota

Meaning:ಕಾಲ ಭೈರವನು ತನ್ನ ಸೋಟಾ (ದಂಡ) ಬೀಸಿದಾಗ, ದೊಡ್ಡದರಲ್ಲೇ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಪಾಪಗಳು ನಾಶವಾಗುತ್ತವೆ.

Chaupai 32

ජනකර නිර්මල හෝය ශරීරා . මිටෛ සකල සංකට භව පීරා ..

Janakara nirmala hoya sharira Mitai sakala samkata bhava pira

Meaning:ಭಕ್ತನ ದೇಹ ನಿರ್ಮಲವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ, ಸಕಲ ಸಂಕಟ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಸಾರದ ನೋವು ಅಳಿಸಿಹೋಗುತ್ತದೆ.

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ශ්රී භෛරව භූතෝං කේ රාජා . බාධා හරත කරත ශුභ කාජා ..

Shri bhairava bhutom ke raja Badha harata karata shubha kaja

Meaning:ಶ್ರೀ ಭೈರವ, ಭೂತಗಳ ರಾಜ, ವಿಘ್ನಗಳನ್ನು ನಿವಾರಿಸಿ ಶುಭ ಕಾರ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಸಾಧಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.

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ඓලාදී කේ දුඛ නිවාරයෝ . සදා කෘපාකරි කාජ සම්හාරයෝ ..

Ailadi ke dukha nivarayo Sada kripakari kaja samharayo

Meaning:ಅವನು ಐಲಾದಿಯ ದುಃಖಗಳನ್ನು ನಿವಾರಿಸಿದನು; ಸದಾ ಕೃಪೆ ತೋರಿ ಆಕೆಯ ಕೆಲಸಗಳನ್ನು ಸರಿಪಡಿಸಿದನು.

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සුන්දර දාස සහිත අනුරාගා . ශ්රී දුර්වාසා නිකට ප්රයාගා ..

Sundara dasa sahita anuraga Shri durvasa nikata prayaga

Meaning:ಸುಂದರದಾಸ, ಆಳವಾದ ಅನುರಾಗದಿಂದ, ಪ್ರಯಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀ ದುರ್ವಾಸ ಆಶ್ರಮದ ಸಮೀಪ —

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ශ්රී භෛරව ජී කී ජය ලේඛ්යෝ . සකල කාමනා පූරණ දේඛ්යෝ ..

Shri bhairava ji ki jaya lekhyo Sakala kamana purana dekhyo

Meaning:— ಶ್ರೀ ಭೈರವ ಜೀಯ ಸ್ತುತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇದನ್ನು ರಚಿಸಿದನು; (ಇದನ್ನು ಓದುವವನ) ಸಕಲ ಬಯಕೆಗಳು ಈಡೇರುತ್ತವೆ.

Closing Doha

ජය ජය ජය භෛරව බටුක ස්වාමී, සංකට ටාර . කෘපා දාස පර කීජිඒ, ශංකර කේ අවතාර ..

Jaya jaya jaya bhairava batuka svami, samkata tara Kripa dasa para kijie, shamkara ke avatara

Meaning:ಜಯ ಜಯ ಜಯ ಭೈರವ, ಪ್ರಭು ಬಟುಕ, ಸಂಕಟಗಳನ್ನು ನಿವಾರಿಸುವವನು; ನಿನ್ನ ದಾಸನ ಮೇಲೆ ಕೃಪೆ ತೋರು, ಓ ಶಂಕರನ ಅವತಾರ.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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භෛරව🔊BhairavThe fierce, protective form of Lord Shiva

කාල භෛරව🔊Kaal BhairavBhairav as the lord of Time/death; the Kotwal of Kashi

බටුක භෛරව🔊Batuk BhairavThe gentle boy-form of Bhairav

කාශී කෝතවාල🔊Kashi KotwalThe 'police-chief' / guardian of the holy city of Kashi (Varanasi)

ශ්වාන🔊ShvanThe dog — the vahana (mount) of Bhairav

Benefits of Chanting ಶ್ರೀ ಭೈರವ ಚಾಲೀಸಾ

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Recited to invoke Kaal Bhairav, the fierce protective form of Shiva and Kotwal (guardian) of Kashi, for protection from fear, enemies, accidents and negative forces.

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Believed to remove obstacles, black magic, evil spirits, untimely death and the troubles of an afflicted Rahu, Ketu and Saturn.

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Grants courage, fearlessness, swift justice and the fulfilment of sincere wishes; said to wipe away even the greatest sins when chanted with devotion.

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Most powerful on Kalashtami (the eighth lunar day), Bhairav Ashtami, and on Sundays and Tuesdays — recited with the Kaal Bhairav Ashtakam and aarti.

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Traditionally chanted before a four-faced lamp; feeding a dog (Bhairav's mount) is considered especially pleasing to him.

How to Chant ಶ್ರೀ ಭೈರವ ಚಾಲೀಸಾ

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Best TimeEvening; Kalashtami, Bhairav Ashtami, Sundays and Tuesdays

FaceSouth or facing the deity

In the evening, light a lamp (ideally a chaumukha, four-faced lamp) of mustard or sesame oil before an image of Kaal Bhairav. Offer vermilion, and traditionally a portion of food to a dog. Recite the Bhairav Chalisa with devotion, ideally with the Kaal Bhairav Ashtakam and aarti. Kalashtami and Bhairav Ashtami are the most auspicious days; daily recitation is recommended in times of fear or danger.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete ಶ್ರೀ ಭೈರವ ಚಾಲೀಸಾ written in the Sinhala 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.

The Bhairav Chalisa is a 40-verse Hindi hymn in praise of Lord Bhairav (Kaal Bhairav / Batuk Bhairav), the fierce protective form of Shiva and the guardian (Kotwal) of Kashi. It is recited for protection from fear, enemies and negativity, and for the fulfilment of wishes.

Kaal Bhairav is a fierce manifestation of Lord Shiva — the lord of Time who rides a dog and bears a trident, and the Kotwal of Kashi (Varanasi) before whose permission none may claim the city's liberation. He is the swift remover of fear, enemies and negative forces.

Kalashtami (the eighth day of the waning moon), Bhairav Ashtami, and Sundays and Tuesdays are most auspicious. It is recited in the evening before a four-faced oil lamp, often with the Kaal Bhairav Ashtakam and aarti.

A four-faced (chaumukha) oil lamp, vermilion, and — most distinctively — food given to a dog, Bhairav's vahana. Mustard or sesame oil is used for the lamp.