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Sundarkand Collection

Read and chant sundarkand verses — real Sanskrit/Hindi text, transliteration, and meaning, cross-checked against multiple sources.

Lord Hanuman / Lord Rama

Sundarkand — opening invocation only

Source: Two distinct texts exist: Valmiki’s Ramayana, Book 5 (original Sanskrit, ~68 sargas), and Tulsidas’s Ramcharitmanas, Sundarkand (Awadhi, ~526 chaupais + 60 dohas). The Tulsidas/Ramcharitmanas version is the one overwhelmingly used for devotional home/group recitation ("Sundarkand path") and is the version shown below.

This is a full Ramayana chapter, far too long to reproduce here. Shown below are the three Sanskrit invocation shlokas traditionally recited before beginning the path, plus its opening doha.

Invocation Shloka 1

शान्तं शाश्वतमप्रमेयमनघं निर्वाणशान्तिप्रदं ब्रह्माशम्भुफणीन्द्रसेव्यमनिशं वेदान्तवेद्यं विभुम्। रामाख्यं जगदीश्वरं सुरगुरुं मायामनुष्यं हरिं वन्देऽहं करुणाकरं रघुवरं भूपालचूडामणिम्॥

Shantam shashvatam-aprameyam-anagham nirvana-shanti-pradam Brahma-shambhu-phanindra-sevyam-anisham vedanta-vedyam vibhum, Ramakhyam jagadishvaram suragurum mayamanushyam harim Vande’ham karunakaram raghuvaram bhupala-chudamanim.

I adore Rama, Lord of the universe, chief of Raghu’s line, crest-jewel of kings, mine of compassion, dispeller of sin, appearing in human form through Maya, worshipped constantly by Brahma, Shiva and Shesha, knowable through Vedanta, peaceful, eternal, immeasurable, sinless, the bestower of the peace of final liberation.

Invocation Shloka 2

नान्या स्पृहा रघुपते हृदयेऽस्मदीये सत्यं वदामि च भवानखिलान्तरात्मा। भक्तिं प्रयच्छ रघुपुङ्गव निर्भरां मे कामादिदोषरहितं कुरु मानसं च॥

Nanya spriha raghupate hridaye’smadiye satyam vadami cha bhavan-akhilantaratma, Bhaktim prayachchha raghupungava nirbharam me kamadi-dosha-rahitam kuru manasam cha.

O Lord of Raghus, there is no other desire in my heart — I speak the truth, and You are the indwelling Self of all. Grant me unwavering devotion, O crest-jewel of the Raghus, and free my mind of faults like lust.

Invocation Shloka 3 (Hanuman invocation)

अतुलितबलधामं हेमशैलाभदेहं दनुजवनकृशानुं ज्ञानिनामग्रगण्यम्। सकलगुणनिधानं वानराणामधीशं रघुपतिप्रियभक्तं वातजातं नमामि॥

Atulita-bala-dhamam hema-shailabha-deham danuja-vana-krishanum jnaninam-agraganyam, Sakala-guna-nidhanam vanaranam-adhisham raghupati-priya-bhaktam vatajatam namami.

I bow to Vata-atmaja (Hanuman, son of the Wind) — abode of unequalled strength, body radiant like a golden mountain, a forest-fire to the demon-host, foremost among the wise, repository of all virtues, lord of the monkeys, beloved devotee of Rama.

Doha 1

हनूमान तेहि परसा कर पुनि कीन्ह प्रनाम। राम काजु कीन्हें बिनु मोहि कहाँ बिश्राम॥

Hanuman tehi parasa kar puni kinha pranam, Ram kaju kinhen binu mohi kahan bishram.

Hanuman touched him [Jambavant] and bowed: 'Until Rama's work is done, there is no rest for me.'

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