Raghupati Kinhi bahut badai, Tum mama priya Bharat-hi-sam bhai
Laye Sanjivan Lakhan Jiyaye, Shri Raghuvir Harashi ur laye Sukshma roop dhari Siyahi dikhava, Vikat roop dhari lank jalavaīhim roop dhari asur sanhare, Ramachandra ke kaj sanvare Prabhu charitra sunibe ko rasiya, Ram Lakhan Sita man Basiya Vidyavaan guni ati chatur, Ram kaj karibe ko aatur Sankar suvan kesri Nandan, Tej prataap maha jag vandan Hath Vajra Aur Dhwaja Viraje, Kaandhe moonj janeu saaje Kanchan varan viraj subesa, Kanan Kundal Kunchit Kesha Mahabir vikram Bajrangi, Kumati nivar sumati Ke sangi Ram doot atulit bal dhama, Anjani putra Pavan sut nama Jai Hanuman gyan gun sagar, Jai Kapis tihun lok ujagar Shri Guru Charan Saroj raj Nija manu Mukura sudhariīaranau Raghuvar Bimal Jasu Jo Dayaku Phala Chariīudheeheen Tanu Jannike Sumiro Pavan Kumaraīal Buddhi Vidya Dehoo Mohee Harahu Kalesh Vikaar Goswami Tulasidas composed Hanuman Chalisa in 40 days in Jail of Third Mughal Emperor Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar. At the age of 63 years, Goswami Tulasidasji was captured by Third Mughal Emperor Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar in 1560 A.D. Tulsidas is also renowned as the composer of Ramcharitmanas for his devotion to Shri Rama. Hanuman Chalisa was composed by Tulsidas, a 16th-century poet-saint who was also a philosopher and reformer. The qualities of Hanuman – his strength, courage, wisdom, celibacy, devotion to Lord Rama, and the many names by which he was known – are detailed in the Hanuman Chalisa. Hanuman Chalisa shows how the legendary figure surpasses everyone.
It is a poem of 40 stanzas (Chaupayees.) and talks about the strength, generosity, intelligence of Hanuman. There is an ode dedicated to Hanuman, known as the Hanuman Chalisa.