Budh Chalisa
doha
नमो नमो जय श्री बुध राजा। करहुं कृपा मोहि जानि कायर अधम का॥
namo namo jaya śrī budha rājā| karahuṃ kṛpā mohi jāni kāyara adhama kā||
करहुं कृपा कृपानिधि बुध सदा सहाय। रोग दोष दुख हरो अनाथ के नाथ॥
karahuṃ kṛpā kṛpānidhi budha sadā sahāya| roga doṣa dukha haro anātha ke nātha||
Meaning
I bow again and again in victory to you, O Shri Budh Raja; knowing me weak and lowly, grant me your grace.
O treasure of compassion, ever my helper, be gracious, O Budh; remove disease, fault and sorrow, O Lord of the helpless.
chaupai
जयति जयति बुध देव दयाला। सदा करत जो सुकृत प्रतिपाला॥
jayati jayati budha deva dayālā| sadā karata jo sukṛta pratipālā||
जटा मुकुट सिर शोभित भारी। त्रिपुण्ड चंदन रेखा प्यारी॥
jaṭā mukuṭa sira śobhita bhārī| tripuṇḍa caṃdana rekhā pyārī||
गरल कनठ सर्प जग माला। नाग कंकन कर मंडित भाला॥
garala kanaṭha sarpa jaga mālā| nāga kaṃkana kara maṃḍita bhālā||
ब्रह्म रूप वर शुभ्र सरीरा। करत सदा जन कल्याण अधीरा॥
brahma rūpa vara śubhra sarīrā| karata sadā jana kalyāṇa adhīrā||
श्वेत कमल आसन मन भावा। संत करत सदा मंगल ध्यावा॥
śveta kamala āsana mana bhāvā| saṃta karata sadā maṃgala dhyāvā||
कुंजल बिराजत छवि नयनी। अति मनोहर मंगल गुन खानी॥
kuṃjala birājata chavi nayanī| ati manohara maṃgala guna khānī||
काटत पातक पंक भरारा। बुध ग्रह दुष्ट नरक सँसारा॥
kāṭata pātaka paṃka bharārā| budha graha duṣṭa naraka sa~sārā||
सुख सृखावत सब फल साता। रोग दोष संकट हरण विधाता॥
sukha sṛkhāvata saba phala sātā| roga doṣa saṃkaṭa haraṇa vidhātā||
बुध की महिमा अपरंपारा। किया जानि मनुज दुख निवारा॥
budha kī mahimā aparaṃpārā| kiyā jāni manuja dukha nivārā||
लाख के वचन धरत दर साता। रोग हरण बुध दया विहाता॥
lākha ke vacana dharata dara sātā| roga haraṇa budha dayā vihātā||
ग्रह अनिष्ट जो नर पर छाए। रोग दोष भय मिटै नहिं जाऐ॥
graha aniṣṭa jo nara para chāe| roga doṣa bhaya miṭai nahiṃ jāai||
तिन्ह पर बुद्ध अनुग्रह होई। काटि दै सब संकट मोहे॥
tinha para buddha anugraha hoī| kāṭi dai saba saṃkaṭa mohe||
जनम जनम के पातक भारी। काटि दै सब बुध मति तारी॥
janama janama ke pātaka bhārī| kāṭi dai saba budha mati tārī||
सुर नर मुनि नित्य गुण गावे। यश गावत बुध सुख पावे॥
sura nara muni nitya guṇa gāve| yaśa gāvata budha sukha pāve||
रोग दोष संकट सब हारी। धरहुं धीर बुध हरहु पाप भारी॥
roga doṣa saṃkaṭa saba hārī| dharahuṃ dhīra budha harahu pāpa bhārī||
नित नव मंगल करत सवारी। रोग दोष बुध हरहु भारी॥
nita nava maṃgala karata savārī| roga doṣa budha harahu bhārī||
अधम कायर मतिहीन हमारा। करहुं कृपा बुध हरो दुख सारा॥
adhama kāyara matihīna hamārā| karahuṃ kṛpā budha haro dukha sārā||
सुख संपत्ति दै करहुं उपाई। जन मन रंजन मंगल लाई॥
sukha saṃpatti dai karahuṃ upāī| jana mana raṃjana maṃgala lāī||
बुध सुधी सील रूप सुहावा। संत ध्यावत मंगल भावा॥
budha sudhī sīla rūpa suhāvā| saṃta dhyāvata maṃgala bhāvā||
विनय करौं बुध देव तुम्हारी। संकट हरो हे पातक भारी॥
vinaya karauṃ budha deva tumhārī| saṃkaṭa haro he pātaka bhārī||
अधम कायर सुबुद्धि सुधारा। करहुं कृपा हरो दुख सारा॥
adhama kāyara subuddhi sudhārā| karahuṃ kṛpā haro dukha sārā||
महा संकट में तिन्हें उबारो। अधम कायर सुबुद्धि सुधारो॥
mahā saṃkaṭa meṃ tinheṃ ubāro| adhama kāyara subuddhi sudhāro||
हरहुं पाप बुध महा विधाता। सुर नर मुनि सदा शुभ गाता॥
harahuṃ pāpa budha mahā vidhātā| sura nara muni sadā śubha gātā||
बुध की महिमा अपार पावे। अधम कायर सब संकट हरे॥
budha kī mahimā apāra pāve| adhama kāyara saba saṃkaṭa hare||
जयति जयति बुध देव सहाय। कृपा करहुं हरहुं सब भय॥
jayati jayati budha deva sahāya| kṛpā karahuṃ harahuṃ saba bhaya||
Meaning
Victory, victory to compassionate Budh Dev, who ever nurtures and protects good deeds.
Matted locks crowned upon your head shine gloriously; the lovely tripundra lines of sandal-paste adorn your brow.
Poison at your throat and a garland of serpents around your neck; a serpent bracelet adorns your arm, and a spear rests in your hand.
Your form is like Brahma's, your body pure and radiant white; ever restless, you work for the welfare of your devotees.
Seated upon a white lotus, pleasing to the mind, the saints ever meditate on you with auspicious devotion.
The grace of your eyes is as charming as Kunjal's; you are most enchanting, a treasury of auspicious virtues.
You cut through the deep mire of sin; O Budh Graha, you free your devotees from the wicked hell of worldly bondage.
You bestow happiness and every fruit of comfort; you are the ordainer who removes disease, faults and troubles.
The glory of Budh is boundless; knowing it, mortals find their sorrows removed.
Even a million words cannot measure the comfort you grant; through Budh's compassion, disease is destroyed.
When an inauspicious planetary influence falls upon a person, disease, fault and fear do not easily depart.
But when Budh's grace falls upon them, all their troubles are cut away and dispelled.
The heavy sins accumulated across many births, Budh cuts them all away and ferries the mind to safety.
Gods, men and sages ever sing your virtues; singing Budh's glory, they attain happiness.
You remove all disease, fault and trouble; grant us courage, O Budh, and take away our heavy sins.
Ever bringing new auspiciousness on your journey, O Budh, remove our great afflictions of disease and fault.
We are lowly, weak and lacking in wisdom; be gracious, O Budh, and remove all our sorrow.
Grant us happiness and prosperity, devise the means for our good; delight the hearts of your devotees by bringing auspiciousness.
Budh is wise, gentle in nature, and pleasing in form; saints meditate upon your auspicious presence.
I offer my humble prayer to you, O Budh Dev; remove my troubles and my heavy sins.
Reform the lowly and weak with good wisdom; be gracious and remove all our sorrow.
Rescue them from great calamity; grant the lowly and weak good wisdom.
Even Shesha, speech and the Vedas cannot reach Your limit; yogis, ascetics and sages fix their meditation upon You.
Whoever attains the boundless glory of Budh, all their troubles, even those of the lowly and weak, are removed.
Victory, victory to Budh Dev, our helper; be gracious and remove all fear.
doha
नमो नमो जय बुध सुख कारी। दुख दारिद्र्य मिटाओ भारी॥
namo namo jaya budha sukha kārī| dukha dāridrya miṭāo bhārī||
यह चालीसा बुध ग्रह का पाठ। करहुं कृपा बुध हरो सब कष्ट॥
yaha cālīsā budha graha kā pāṭha| karahuṃ kṛpā budha haro saba kaṣṭa||
Meaning
Salutations again and again, victory to Budh, the bestower of happiness; erase our great sorrow and poverty.
This is the recitation of the Chalisa of Budh Graha; be gracious, O Budh, and remove all our suffering.
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