Hanuman Chalisa, Chaupai 32

Meaning of “rām rasāyan tumhare pāsā”

"rām rasāyan tumhare pāsā" is Chaupai 32 of the Hanuman Chalisa, which Tulsidas wrote in Awadhi. It means: You hold the elixir of devotion to Rama, and you remain forever the servant of the lord of the Raghus. Read it slowly, one half at a time, and say the Awadhi aloud.

राम रसायन तुम्हरे पासा ।सदा रहो रघुपति के दासा ॥rām rasāyan tumhare pāsāsadā raho raghupati ke dāsā

You hold the elixir of devotion to Rama, and you remain forever the servant of the lord of the Raghus.

Tulsidas, Hanuman Chalisa, Chaupai 32, Gita Press reading

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Word by word

रामrām
Rama's
रसायनrasāyan
elixir
तुम्हरेtumhare
you
पासाpāsā
have
सदाsadā
always
रहोraho
remain
रघुपति केraghupati ke
of Rama, lord of the Raghus
दासाdāsā
servant

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, in his Mahaviri commentary, reads सादर हौ रघुपति के दासा, "you are Raghupati's servant, with reverence".

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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.