चारों जुग परताप तुम्हारा ।है परसिद्ध जगत उजियारा ॥cāroṁ jug partāp tumhārāhai parsiddh jagat ujiyārā
Your glory runs through all four ages, and its fame lights up the world.
Tulsidas, Hanuman Chalisa, Chaupai 29, Gita Press reading
Hanuman Chalisa, Chaupai 29
Meaning of “cāroṁ jug partāp tumhārā”
"cāroṁ jug partāp tumhārā" is Chaupai 29 of the Hanuman Chalisa, which Tulsidas wrote in Awadhi. It means: Your glory runs through all four ages, and its fame lights up the world. Read it slowly, one half at a time, and say the Awadhi aloud.
Word by word
- चारोंcāroṁ
- all four
- जुगjug
- ages
- परतापpartāp
- glory
- तुम्हाराtumhārā
- your
- हैhai
- is
- परसिद्धparsiddh
- famous
- जगतjagat
- the world
- उजियाराujiyārā
- light
Where this happens in the Ramayana
This line praises Hanuman or speaks to the reader. It does not retell one episode, so there is no single place in the Ramayana to point to.
Other readings
- Rambhadracharya's Mahaviri reads चारिउ for चारों.
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.