khatu-shyamchalisabarbarikashyam-baba

ඛාටූ ශ්යාම චාලීසා

ಖಾಟೂ ಶ್ಯಾಮ್ 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 hymn · Traditional · Devotional era

Khatu Shyam is Barbarika, grandson of Bhima and son of Ghatotkacha, a mighty warrior and supreme devotee. Before the Mahabharata war he vowed to fight for the losing side; to prevent the imbalance this would cause, Krishna asked for his head in charity, which Barbarika gave gladly. Moved by his sacrifice, Krishna granted that in the Kali Yuga he would be worshipped by Krishna's own name 'Shyam', and would be the refuge of the helpless. His temple at Khatu (Sikar, Rajasthan) is among the most visited in India.

✦ As told in scripture

Khatu Shyam is celebrated as 'Haare ka Sahara' — the support of the utterly defeated. The Chalisa recalls how the Name redeemed Ganika, Shabari, Ahalya, Ajamila and Sadan the butcher, and promises that whoever beholds Shyam's form with devotion is freed from the fear of existence and finds every sincere wish fulfilled without delay.

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Doha 1

ශ්රී ගුරු චරණ ධ්යාන ධර,සුමිරි සච්චිදානන්ද. ශ්යාම චාලීසා භණත හූං,රච චෛපාඊ ඡන්ද..

Shri guru charana dhyana dhara,sumiri sachchidananda Shyama chalisa bhanata hun,racha chaipai chhanda

Meaning:ಗುರುವಿನ ಪಾದಗಳನ್ನು ಧ್ಯಾನಿಸಿ, ಸಚ್ಚಿದಾನಂದನನ್ನು ಸ್ಮರಿಸಿ, ನಾನು ಶ್ಯಾಮ್ ಚಾಲೀಸಾವನ್ನು ಚೌಪಾಯಿ ಛಂದಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ರಚಿಸಿ ಪಠಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.

Doha 2

ශ්යාම ශ්යාම භජි බාරම්බාරා.සහජ හී හෝ භවසාගර පාරා..

Shyama shyama bhaji barambarasahaja hi ho bhavasagara para

Meaning:ಮತ್ತೆ ಮತ್ತೆ 'ಶ್ಯಾಮ್, ಶ್ಯಾಮ್' ಜಪಿಸಿ, ಸಹಜವಾಗಿಯೇ ಭವಸಾಗರವನ್ನು ದಾಟಿರಿ.

Chaupai 1

ඉන සම දේව න දූජා කෝඊ.දීන දයාලු න දාතා හෝඊ..

Ina sama deva na duja koidina dayalu na data hoi

Meaning:ಅವನಂತಹ ಬೇರೆ ದೇವರಿಲ್ಲ; ಅಷ್ಟು ದೀನದಯಾಳು ಇಲ್ಲ, ಅಷ್ಟು ದೊಡ್ಡ ದಾತ ಇಲ್ಲ.

Chaupai 2

භීමසුපුත්ර අහිලවතී ජායා.කහීං භීම කා පෞත්ර කහායා..

Bhimasuputra ahilavati jayakahim bhima ka pautra kahaya

Meaning:ಭೀಮನ ಮಗ (ಘಟೋತ್ಕಚ), ಅಹಿಲಾವತಿಯ ಮಗ; ಅವನನ್ನು ಭೀಮನ ಮೊಮ್ಮಗ ಎಂದೂ ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ.

Chaupai 3

යහ සබ කථා සහී කල්පාන්තර.තනික න මානෝං ඉසමේං අන්තර..

Yaha saba katha sahi kalpantaratanika na manom isamem antara

Meaning:ಈ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಕಥೆ ಕಲ್ಪಗಳುದ್ದಕ್ಕೂ ಸತ್ಯ; ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪವೂ ಸಂದೇಹಿಸಬೇಡಿ.

Chaupai 4

බර්බරීක විෂ්ණු අවතාරා.භක්තන හේතු මනුජ තනු ධාරා..

Barbarika vishnu avatarabhaktana hetu manuja tanu dhara

Meaning:ಬರ್ಬರೀಕ ವಿಷ್ಣುವಿನ ಅವತಾರ; ಭಕ್ತರಿಗಾಗಿ ಅವನು ಮಾನವ ರೂಪ ಧರಿಸಿದ.

Chaupai 5

වසුදේව දේවකී ප්යාරේ.යශුමති මෛයා නන්ද දුලාරේ..

Vasudeva devaki pyareyashumati maiya nanda dulare

Meaning:ವಸುದೇವ, ದೇವಕಿಯ ಪ್ರಿಯ; ತಾಯಿ ಯಶೋದೆ, ನಂದನ ಮುದ್ದು.

Chaupai 6

මධුසූදන ගෝපාල මුරාරී.බෘජකිශෝර ගෝවර්ධන ධාරී..

Madhusudana gopala muraribrijakishora govardhana dhari

Meaning:ಮಧುಸೂದನ, ಗೋಪಾಲ, ಮುರಾರಿ; ಬ್ರಜ ಕಿಶೋರ, ಗೋವರ್ಧನಧಾರಿ.

Chaupai 7

සියාරාම ශ්රී හරි ගෝවින්දා.දීනපාල ශ්රී බාල මුකුන්දා..

Siyarama shri hari govindadinapala shri bala mukunda

Meaning:ಸೀಯಾರಾಮ, ಶ್ರೀ ಹರಿ, ಗೋವಿಂದ; ದೀನಪಾಲಕ, ಶ್ರೀ ಬಾಲ ಮುಕುಂದ.

Chaupai 8

දාමෝදර රණඡෝඩ़ බිහාරී.නාථ ද්වාරිකාධීශ ඛරාරී..

Damodara ranachhoda़ biharinatha dvarikadhisha kharari

Meaning:ದಾಮೋದರ, ರಣಛೋಡ, ಬಿಹಾರಿ; ನಾಥ, ದ್ವಾರಕಾಧೀಶ, ದೈತ್ಯಸಂಹಾರಕ.

Chaupai 9

නරහරි රුප ප්රහලාද ප්යාරා.ඛම්භ ඵාරි හිරනාකුශ මාරා..

Narahari rupa prahalada pyarakhambha phari hiranakusha mara

Meaning:ನರಹರಿ (ನರಸಿಂಹ) ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಹ್ಲಾದನಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಿಯ; ಕಂಬವನ್ನು ಸೀಳಿ ಹಿರಣ್ಯಕಶಿಪುವನ್ನು ವಧಿಸಿದ.

Chaupai 10

රාධා වල්ලභ රුක්මිණී කංතා.ගෝපී වල්ලභ කංස හනංතා..

Radha vallabha rukmini kamtagopi vallabha kamsa hanamta

Meaning:ರಾಧೆಯ ವಲ್ಲಭ, ರುಕ್ಮಿಣಿಯ ಕಾಂತ; ಗೋಪಿಯರ ಪ್ರಿಯ, ಕಂಸನ ಹಂತಕ.

Chaupai 11

මනමෝහන චිත්තචෝර කහායේ.මාඛන චෝරි චෝරි කර ඛායේ..

Manamohana chittachora kahayemakhana chori chori kara khaye

Meaning:ಮನಮೋಹನ, ಚಿತ್ತಚೋರ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಸಿಕೊಂಡ; ಬೆಣ್ಣೆಯನ್ನು ಕದ್ದು ಕದ್ದು ತಿಂದ.

Chaupai 12

මුරලීධර යදුපති ඝනශ්යාම.කෘෂ්ණ පතිතපාවන අභිරාමා..

Muralidhara yadupati ghanashyamakrishna patitapavana abhirama

Meaning:ಮುರಳೀಧರ, ಯದುಪತಿ, ಘನಶ್ಯಾಮ; ಕೃಷ್ಣ, ಪತಿತಪಾವನ, ಅಭಿರಾಮ.

Chaupai 13

මායාපති ලක්ෂ්මීපති ඊසා.පුරුෂෝත්තම කේශව ජගදීශා..

Mayapati lakshmipati isapurushottama keshava jagadisha

Meaning:ಮಾಯಾಪತಿ, ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಪತಿ, ಈಶ; ಪುರುಷೋತ್ತಮ, ಕೇಶವ, ಜಗದೀಶ.

Chaupai 14

විශ්වපති ත්රිභුවන උජියාරා.දීන බන්ධු භක්තන රඛවාරා..

Vishvapati tribhuvana ujiyaradina bandhu bhaktana rakhavara

Meaning:ವಿಶ್ವಪತಿ, ಮೂರು ಲೋಕಗಳ ಬೆಳಕು; ದೀನಬಂಧು, ಭಕ್ತರ ರಕ್ಷಕ.

Chaupai 15

ප්රභු කා භේද කෝඊ න පායා.ශේෂ මහේශ ථකේ මුනිරායා..

Prabhu ka bheda koi na payashesha mahesha thake muniraya

Meaning:ಪ್ರಭುವಿನ ರಹಸ್ಯವನ್ನು ಯಾರೂ ತಿಳಿಯಲಿಲ್ಲ; ಶೇಷ, ಮಹೇಶ, ಮಹರ್ಷಿಗಳೂ ದಣಿದರು.

Chaupai 16

නාරද ශාරද ඍෂි යෝගින්දර.ශ්යාම ශ්යාම සබ රටත නිරන්තර..

Narada sharada rishi yogindarashyama shyama saba ratata nirantara

Meaning:ನಾರದ, ಶಾರದೆ, ಋಷಿಗಳು, ಯೋಗಿಗಳು ನಿರಂತರ 'ಶ್ಯಾಮ್, ಶ್ಯಾಮ್' ಜಪಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.

Chaupai 17

කරි කෝවිද කරි සකේ න ගිනන්තා.නාම අපාර අථාහ අනන්තා..

Kari kovida kari sake na ginantanama apara athaha ananta

Meaning:ಪಂಡಿತರು, ವಿದ್ವಾಂಸರೂ ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ಎಣಿಸಲಾರರು; ಅವನ ನಾಮಗಳು ಅಪಾರ, ಅಗಾಧ, ಅನಂತ.

Chaupai 18

හර සෘෂ්ටි හර යුග මේං භාඊ.ලේ අවතාර භක්ත සුඛදාඊ..

Hara srishti hara yuga mem bhaile avatara bhakta sukhadai

Meaning:ಪ್ರತಿ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಪ್ರತಿ ಯುಗದಲ್ಲಿ, ಓ ಸಹೋದರ, ಅವನು ಅವತಾರವೆತ್ತಿ ಭಕ್ತರಿಗೆ ಸುಖ ನೀಡುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Chaupai 19

හෘදය මාංහි කරි දේඛු විචාරා.ශ්යාම භජේ තෝ හෝ නිස්තාරා..

Hridaya manhi kari dekhu vicharashyama bhaje to ho nistara

Meaning:ನಿನ್ನ ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಚಾರ ಮಾಡಿ ನೋಡು: ಶ್ಯಾಮ್‌ನನ್ನು ಭಜಿಸಿದರೆ, ನಿನಗೆ ಮುಕ್ತಿ ಸಿಗುತ್ತದೆ.

Chaupai 20

කීර පढ़ාවත ගණිකා තාරී.භීලනී කී භක්ති බලිහාරී..

Kira paढ़avata ganika taribhilani ki bhakti balihari

Meaning:ನಾಮ ಕಲಿತ ಗಿಳಿ ಗಣಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಉದ್ಧರಿಸಿತು; ಭೀಲ್ ಮಹಿಳೆ (ಶಬರಿ) ಭಕ್ತಿ ಅದ್ಭುತ.

Chaupai 21

සතී අහිල්යා ගෞතම නාරී.භඊ ශ්රාප වශ ශිලා දුඛාරී..

Sati ahilya gautama naribhai shrapa vasha shila dukhari

Meaning:ಪತಿವ್ರತೆ ಅಹಲ್ಯೆ, ಗೌತಮನ ಪತ್ನಿ, ಶಾಪವಶ ದುಃಖಿತ ಶಿಲೆಯಾಗಿ ಮಾರ್ಪಟ್ಟವಳು —

Chaupai 22

ශ්යාම චරණ රච නිත ලාඊ.පහුංචී පතිලෝක මේං ජාඊ..

Shyama charana racha nita laipahunchi patiloka mem jai

Meaning:— ಶ್ಯಾಮ್ ಪಾದಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಿತ್ಯ ಭಕ್ತಿ ಇಟ್ಟು, ಅವಳು ತನ್ನ ಪತಿಲೋಕವನ್ನು ಸೇರಿದಳು (ಉದ್ಧರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಳು).

Chaupai 23

අජාමිල අරූ සදන කසාඊ.නාම ප්රතාප පරම ගති පාඊ..

Ajamila aru sadana kasainama pratapa parama gati pai

Meaning:ಅಜಾಮಿಳ, ಕಟುಕ ಸದನ ನಾಮ ಪ್ರಭಾವದಿಂದ ಪರಮಗತಿ ಪಡೆದರು.

Chaupai 24

ජාකේ ශ්යාම නාම අධාරා.සුඛ ලහහි දුඃඛ දූර හෝ සාරා..

Jake shyama nama adharasukha lahahi duhkha dura ho sara

Meaning:ಯಾರಿಗೆ ಶ್ಯಾಮ್ ನಾಮದ ಆಧಾರವಿದೆಯೋ, ಅವರು ಸುಖ ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಎಲ್ಲ ದುಃಖ ದೂರವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

Chaupai 25

ශ්යාම සුලෝචන හෛ අති සුන්දර.මෝර මුකුට සිර තන පීතාම්බර..

Shyama sulochana hai ati sundaramora mukuta sira tana pitambara

Meaning:ಶ್ಯಾಮ್ ಸುಂದರ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳವನು, ಅತಿ ಸುಂದರ; ಶಿರದ ಮೇಲೆ ನವಿಲು ಕಿರೀಟ, ದೇಹದ ಮೇಲೆ ಪೀತಾಂಬರ.

Chaupai 26

ගල වෛජයන්තිමාල සුහාඊ.ඡවි අනූප භක්තන මන භාඊ..

Gala vaijayantimala suhaichhavi anupa bhaktana mana bhai

Meaning:ಕೊರಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಂದರ ವೈಜಯಂತಿ ಮಾಲೆ; ಅವನ ಅನುಪಮ ಸೌಂದರ್ಯ ಭಕ್ತರ ಮನಸ್ಸನ್ನು ರಂಜಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.

Chaupai 27

ශ්යාම ශ්යාම සුමිරහු දිනරාතී.ශාම දුපහරි අරූ පරභාතී..

Shyama shyama sumirahu dinaratishama dupahari aru parabhati

Meaning:ಹಗಲು ರಾತ್ರಿ 'ಶ್ಯಾಮ್, ಶ್ಯಾಮ್' ಸ್ಮರಿಸಿ — ಸಂಜೆ, ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ, ಮುಂಜಾನೆ.

Chaupai 28

ශ්යාම සාරථී ජිසකේ රථ කේ.රෝඩ़ේ දූර හෝය උස පථ කේ..

Shyama sarathi jisake ratha keroda़e dura hoya usa patha ke

Meaning:ಯಾರ ರಥದ ಸಾರಥಿ ಶ್ಯಾಮ್‌ ಆಗಿದ್ದಾನೋ — ಆ ದಾರಿಯ ಕಲ್ಲುಗಳು (ಅಡೆತಡೆಗಳು) ನಿವಾರಣೆಯಾಗುತ್ತವೆ.

Chaupai 29

ශ්යාම භක්ත න කහීං පර හාරා.භීර පරි තබ ශ්යාම පුකාරා..

Shyama bhakta na kahim para harabhira pari taba shyama pukara

Meaning:ಶ್ಯಾಮ್ ಭಕ್ತ ಎಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಸೋಲುವುದಿಲ್ಲ; ಕಷ್ಟ ಬಂದಾಗ ಅವರು ಶ್ಯಾಮ್‌ನನ್ನು ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ.

Chaupai 30

රසනා ශ්යාම නාම රස පී ලේ.ජී ලේ ශ්යාම නාම කේ හාලේ..

Rasana shyama nama rasa pi leji le shyama nama ke hale

Meaning:ನಾಲಿಗೆ ಶ್ಯಾಮ್ ನಾಮದ ಅಮೃತವನ್ನು ಸವಿಯಲಿ; ಶ್ಯಾಮ್ ನಾಮದ ಆನಂದದಲ್ಲಿ ಬದುಕಲಿ.

Chaupai 31

සංසාරී සුඛ භෝග මිලේගා.අන්ත ශ්යාම සුඛ යෝග මිලේගා..

Samsari sukha bhoga milegaanta shyama sukha yoga milega

Meaning:ನಿನಗೆ ಪ್ರಾಪಂಚಿಕ ಭೋಗ ಸಿಗುತ್ತದೆ, ಕೊನೆಗೆ ಶ್ಯಾಮ್‌ನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಆನಂದಮಯ ಯೋಗ (ಸಂಗಮ) ಸಿಗುತ್ತದೆ.

Chaupai 32

ශ්යාම ප්රභු හෛං තන කේ කාලේ.මන කේ ගෝරේ භෝලේ භාලේ..

Shyama prabhu haim tana ke kalemana ke gore bhole bhale

Meaning:ಪ್ರಭು ಶ್ಯಾಮ್ ದೇಹದಿಂದ ಕಪ್ಪಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ, ಆದರೆ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ಬೆಳ್ಳಗೆ (ನಿರ್ಮಲ) — ಮುಗ್ಧ, ಸರಳ.

Chaupai 33

ශ්යාම සංත භක්තන හිතකාරී.රෝග දෝෂ අඝ නාශෛ භාරී..

Shyama samta bhaktana hitakariroga dosha agha nashai bhari

Meaning:ಶ್ಯಾಮ್ ಸಾಧುಗಳ, ಭಕ್ತರ ಹಿತಕಾರಿ; ಅವನು ಭಯಂಕರ ರೋಗ, ದೋಷ, ಪಾಪವನ್ನು ನಾಶಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Chaupai 34

ප්රේම සහිත ජේ නාම පුකාරා.භක්ත ලගත ශ්යාම කෝ ප්යාරා..

Prema sahita je nama pukarabhakta lagata shyama ko pyara

Meaning:ಯಾರು ಪ್ರೇಮದಿಂದ ಅವನ ನಾಮವನ್ನು ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೋ — ಆ ಭಕ್ತ ಶ್ಯಾಮ್‌ಗೆ ಪ್ರಿಯನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Chaupai 35

ඛාටූ මේං හෛ මථුරා වාසී.පාර බ්රහ්ම පූරණ අවිනාසී..

Khatu mem hai mathura vasipara brahma purana avinasi

Meaning:ಅವನು ಖಾಟೂನಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ, ಮಥುರಾ ವಾಸಿ; ಪರಬ್ರಹ್ಮ, ಪೂರ್ಣ, ಅವಿನಾಶಿ.

Chaupai 36

සුධා තාන භරි මුරලී බජාඊ.චහුං දිශි නානා ජහාං සුනි පාඊ..

Sudha tana bhari murali bajaichahum dishi nana jahan suni pai

Meaning:ಅವನು ಅಮೃತಮಯ ರಾಗ ತುಂಬಿದ ಕೊಳಲನ್ನು ನುಡಿಸಿದ, ಅದು ಎಲ್ಲ ದಿಕ್ಕುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ದೂರದೂರ ಕೇಳಿಸಿತು.

Chaupai 37

වෘද්ධ බාල ජේතේ නාරී නර.මුග්ධ භයේ සුනි වංශී කේ ස්වර..

Vriddha bala jete nari naramugdha bhaye suni vamshi ke svara

Meaning:ವೃದ್ಧರು, ಬಾಲಕರು, ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯರು, ಪುರುಷರೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಅವನ ವೇಣು ಸ್ವರ ಕೇಳಿ ಮುಗ್ಧರಾದರು.

Chaupai 38

දෞඩ़ දෞඩ़ පහුංචේ සබ ජාඊ.ඛාටූ මේං ජහාං ශ්යාම කන්හාඊ..

Dauda़ dauda़ pahunche saba jaikhatu mem jahan shyama kanhai

Meaning:ಓಡಿ ಓಡಿ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಖಾಟೂನಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ಯಾಮ್ ಕನ್ಹಾಯಿ ಇರುವಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಸೇರಿದರು.

Chaupai 39

ජිසනේ ශ්යාම ස්වරූප නිහාරා.භව භය සේ පායා ඡුටකාරා..

Jisane shyama svarupa niharabhava bhaya se paya chhutakara

Meaning:ಯಾರು ಶ್ಯಾಮ್ ರೂಪವನ್ನು ನೋಡಿದರೋ, ಅವರು ಭವಭಯದಿಂದ ಮುಕ್ತಿ ಪಡೆದರು.

Closing Doha

ශ්යාම සලෝනේ සාංවරේ,බර්බරීක තනු ධාර. ඉච්ඡා පූර්ණ භක්ත කී,කරෝ න ලාඕ බාර..

Shyama salone sanvare,barbarika tanu dhara Ichchha purna bhakta ki,karo na lao bara

Meaning:ಓ ಸುಂದರ ಕಪ್ಪು ಶ್ಯಾಮ್, ಬರ್ಬರೀಕನ ದೇಹ ಧರಿಸಿದವನೇ — ನಿನ್ನ ಭಕ್ತನ ಬಯಕೆಯನ್ನು ಈಡೇರಿಸು, ತಡಮಾಡಬೇಡ.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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ශ්යාම🔊ShyamThe dark one — Khatu Shyam (Barbarika, a form of Krishna)

බර්බරීක🔊BarbarikaGrandson of Bhima who gave his head to Krishna; worshipped as Shyam

ඛාටූ🔊KhatuKhatu (Rajasthan), the great temple of Shyam Baba

ශීශ දානී🔊Shish DaniThe giver of his head — Barbarika's great sacrifice

මෝර මුකුට🔊Mor MukutThe peacock-feather crown

හාරේ කා සහාරා🔊Hare ka SaharaSupport of the defeated — a famous epithet of Shyam

ඝනශ්යාම🔊GhanshyamDark as a rain-cloud — Krishna

භවසාගර🔊BhavsagarThe ocean of worldly existence

Benefits of Chanting ಖಾಟೂ ಶ್ಯಾಮ್ ಚಾಲೀಸಾ

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The Khatu Shyam Chalisa invokes Shyam Baba (Barbarika) — known as 'Haare ka Sahara', the support of the defeated and helpless.

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Chanted for the fulfilment of wishes, removal of obstacles, courage in hardship and unwavering devotion.

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Recalls Shyam's identity with Krishna and his many redemptive deeds, deepening faith.

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Hugely beloved across Rajasthan and North India; central to the worship at Khatu Shyam Ji temple.

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Said to remove disease, fault and sorrow, and to grant both worldly happiness and final union with Shyam.

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Especially powerful on the eleventh lunar day (Ekadashi) and during the Phalguna Khatu Shyam fair.

How to Chant ಖಾಟೂ ಶ್ಯಾಮ್ ಚಾಲೀಸಾ

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Best TimeEkadashi and during the Phalgun Mela; morning or evening

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Sit before an image of Khatu Shyam Ji, offer a peacock feather, churma and a lamp, and recite the Chalisa with loving devotion. Many sing it with the popular cry 'Haare ka Sahara — Khatu Shyam Hamara'. Ekadashi is especially dear to Shyam Baba, as is a pilgrimage to Khatu.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete ಖಾಟೂ ಶ್ಯಾಮ್ 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.

Khatu Shyam is Barbarika, the grandson of Bhima, who offered his head to Krishna before the Mahabharata war. Pleased by his supreme sacrifice and devotion, Krishna granted that he would be worshipped in the Kali Yuga by Krishna's own name, Shyam. His great temple is at Khatu in Rajasthan.

It means 'the support of the defeated/helpless'. Krishna blessed Barbarika that he would uplift those who have lost all hope — so Khatu Shyam is especially the refuge of the troubled and the defeated.

Ekadashi (the eleventh lunar day) is most sacred to Shyam Baba, and the annual Phalguna Mela at Khatu draws millions. Devotees also recite it daily, morning or evening.

Peacock feathers, churma (a sweet), kheer, and especially items in his favourite colours. Many devotees offer a nishan (flag) and walk to Khatu, singing his glories.