Hanuman Chalisa, Chaupai 2

Meaning of “rām dūt atulit bal dhāmā”

"rām dūt atulit bal dhāmā" is Chaupai 2 of the Hanuman Chalisa, which Tulsidas wrote in Awadhi. It means: You are Rama's messenger, the home of strength beyond measure. You are known as Anjani's son and as the son of the Wind.

राम दूत अतुलित बल धामा ।अंजनि-पुत्र पवनसुत नामा ॥rām dūt atulit bal dhāmāañjani-putra pavansut nāmā

You are Rama's messenger, the home of strength beyond measure. You are known as Anjani's son and as the son of the Wind.

Tulsidas, Hanuman Chalisa, Chaupai 2, Gita Press reading

Word by word

रामrām
Rama's
दूतdūt
messenger
अतुलितatulit
beyond measure
बलbal
strength
धामाdhāmā
home, abode
अंजनि-पुत्रañjani-putra
son of Anjani
पवनसुतpavansut
son of the Wind
नामाnāmā
known as

Where this happens in the Ramayana

In the Valmiki Ramayana, Jambavan reminds Hanuman of his birth: his mother Anjana was the wife of Kesari, and the Wind god was his father. The Manas Sundar Kand calls him the home of matchless strength.

अप्सराऽप्सरसां श्रेष्ठा विख्याता पुञ्जिकस्थला। अञ्जनेति परिख्याता पत्नी केसरिणो हरेः॥

Valmiki Ramayana, Kishkindha Kanda 4.66.8

स त्वं केसरिणः पुत्रः क्षेत्रजो भीमविक्रमः॥

Valmiki Ramayana, Kishkindha Kanda 4.66.24

अतुलितबलधामं हेमशैलाभदेहं दनुजवनकृशानुं ज्ञानिनामग्रगण्यम् । सकलगुणनिधानं वानराणामधीशं रघुपतिप्रियभक्तं वातजातं नमामि॥

Ramcharitmanas, Sundar Kand 5.1, shloka 3

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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.