तुम्हरो मंत्र बिभीषन माना ।लंकेस्वर भए सब जग जाना ॥tumharo mantra bibhīṣan mānālaṅkesvar bhae sab jag jānā
Vibhishana took your counsel and became king of Lanka, as the whole world knows.
Tulsidas, Hanuman Chalisa, Chaupai 17, Gita Press reading
Hanuman Chalisa, Chaupai 17
Meaning of “tumharo mantra bibhīṣan mānā”
"tumharo mantra bibhīṣan mānā" is Chaupai 17 of the Hanuman Chalisa, which Tulsidas wrote in Awadhi. It means: Vibhishana took your counsel and became king of Lanka, as the whole world knows. In Lanka, Hanuman meets Vibhishana and tells him how Rama always loves those who serve him.
Word by word
- तुम्हरोtumharo
- your
- मंत्रmantra
- counsel
- बिभीषनbibhīṣan
- Vibhishana
- मानाmānā
- heeded
- लंकेस्वरlaṅkesvar
- lord of Lanka
- भएbhae
- became
- सबsab
- the whole
- जगjag
- world
- जानाjānā
- knows
Where this happens in the Ramayana
In Lanka, Hanuman meets Vibhishana and tells him how Rama always loves those who serve him.
सुनहु बिभीषन प्रभु कै रीती। करहिं सदा सेवक पर प्रीति॥
Ramcharitmanas, Sundar Kand 5.6, chaupai 3
Sources and method
Awadhi text: Goswami Tulsidas, Gita Press reading, checked against three Gita Press printings and Rambhadracharya's Mahaviri. English meaning and word glosses: Wisdom's own, following the traditional reading, edited by Ankur Shukla.