Hanuman
Buddhir Balam
बुद्धिर्बलं यशो धैर्यं निर्भयत्वमरोगता । अजाड्यं वाक्पटुत्वं च हनुमत्स्मरणाद्भवेत् ॥
Buddhir balaṁ yaśo dhairyaṁ nirbhayatvam arogatā, ajāḍyaṁ vāk-paṭutvaṁ ca hanumat-smaraṇād bhavet
Simple reading: Bud-dhir ba-lam ya-sho dhair-yam nir-bha-yat-vam a-ro-ga-taa, a-jaad-yam vaak pa-tut-vam cha ha-nu-mat sma-ra-naad bha-vet
About this mantra
A single Sanskrit couplet that lists eight gifts of remembering Hanuman, from intelligence to eloquence — short enough to learn in a day and to say in one breath.
Meaning
Intelligence, strength, honour, courage, fearlessness, health, freedom from dullness, and skill in speech — all these come from remembering Hanuman. The list is a curriculum: the first gifts build a person, the rest keep one — and smaranat is the entire fee: mere remembering. That is why this is the verse parents plant in children before examinations and journeys.
When to recite it
The exam-season verse — recited by students each morning, and before results, competitions, and interviews.
Word by word
- बुद्धिःbuddhiḥ
- intelligence
- बलंbalaṁ
- strength
- यशःyaśaḥ
- honour, renown
- धैर्यंdhairyaṁ
- courage, steadiness
- निर्भयत्वम्nirbhayatvam
- fearlessness
- अरोगताarogatā
- health
- अजाड्यंajāḍyaṁ
- freedom from dullness
- वाक्पटुत्वंvāk-paṭutvaṁ
- eloquence
- हनुमत्स्मरणाद्भवेत्hanumat-smaraṇād bhavet
- arise from remembering Hanuman
Source: Traditional Hanumat-smaraṇa verse; source text uncertain (not part of the Rāma Rakṣā Stotra)