🌅 Hanuman Daily Prayers

Daily prayers to Hanuman. When there is no time for the longer hymns, these few verses are enough.

• Morning: Manojavam maaruta-tulya-vegam
• Before a journey: the twelve names
• At night: Buddhir balam yasho dhairyam

Each in Roman script with English meaning.

తెలుగులో చదవండి

📖 Verses

Morning Twelve Names Night & Daily

On Waking — The Morning Verse

1
Manojavam maaruta-tulya-vegam |
Jitendriyam buddhimataam varishtham |
Vaataatmajam vaanara-yootha-mukhyam |
Shri-raama-dootam sharanam prapadye ||
Meaning: Swift as thought, fleet as the wind; master of his senses; foremost among the wise; son of the Wind; chief of the vanara host; the messenger of Sri Rama — I take refuge in him.
Note: Hanuman's most famous verse — from the Sundara Kanda itself. If you recite only one verse each morning, let it be this.

Notice what is praised: jitendriyam (self-mastery) and buddhimataam varishtham (wisest of the wise) — self-control and intelligence come before strength.

Dwadasa Nama — The Twelve Names

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Hanumaan anjanaa-soonuh vaayu-putro mahaabalah |
Raameshtah phaalguna-sakhah pingaaksho'mita-vikramah |
Udadhi-kramanashchaiva seetaa-shoka-vinaashakah |
Lakshmana-praana-daataa cha dashagreevasya darpahaa ||
Meaning: 1. Hanuman · 2. Son of Anjana · 3. Son of the Wind · 4. The Mighty One · 5. Beloved of Rama · 6. Friend of Arjuna · 7. The Tawny-eyed · 8. Of boundless valour · 9. Crosser of the Ocean · 10. Destroyer of Sita's sorrow · 11. Giver of Lakshmana's life · 12. Humbler of Ravana's pride
Note: Every name is a story. Phalguna-sakha — 'friend of Arjuna' — because Hanuman sat on Arjuna's chariot banner at Kurukshetra.
3
Evam dvaadasha naamaani kapeendrasya mahaatmanah |
Svaapa-kaale prabodhe cha yaatraa-kaale cha yah pathet |
Tasya sarva-bhayam naasti rane cha vijayee bhavet ||
Meaning: Whoever recites these twelve names of the great Hanuman before sleeping, on waking, and before setting out on a journey — has no fear at all, and is victorious in every struggle.
Note: Three moments: before sleep · on waking · before travel.

This is the easiest daily practice of all — just twelve names.

Night Verse & Daily Order

4
Buddhir balam yasho dhairyam nirbhayatvam arogataa |
Ajaadyam vaak-patutvam cha hanoomat-smaranaad bhavet ||
Meaning: Wisdom, strength, fame, courage, fearlessness, health, alertness and eloquence — all these come from remembering Hanuman.
Note: Eight gifts. Note the first: buddhi — wisdom, not strength. And the last: vak-patutva — skill in speech, for which Rama himself praised him.

Students often recite this verse before exams.
5
A simple daily practice
Meaning: Morning (on waking): Manojavam maaruta-tulya-vegam… — one verse is enough.

Tuesday / Saturday: light a lamp · remember Rama's name · Hanuman Chalisa · and if in difficulty, the Sankat Mochan Ashtakam.

Before a journey: the Kavacham, or the twelve names.

At night: Buddhir balam yasho dhairyam…
Note: What matters is not how much you recite — but how present your mind is while reciting. One verse, said sincerely, is enough.
📚 Source: Valmiki Ramayana, traditional Hanuman stotras. Transliteration and translation in our own words.