और देवता चित्त न धरई ।हनुमत सेइ सर्ब सुख करई ॥aur devtā citt na dharaīhanumat sei sarb sukh karaī
Even one who keeps no other deity in mind finds every happiness by serving Hanuman.
Tulsidas, Hanuman Chalisa, Chaupai 35, Gita Press reading
Hanuman Chalisa, Chaupai 35
Meaning of “aur devtā citt na dharaī”
"aur devtā citt na dharaī" is Chaupai 35 of the Hanuman Chalisa, which Tulsidas wrote in Awadhi. It means: Even one who keeps no other deity in mind finds every happiness by serving Hanuman. Read it slowly, one half at a time, and say the Awadhi aloud.
Word by word
- औरaur
- other
- देवताdevtā
- deities
- चित्तcitt
- mind
- नna
- not
- धरईdharaī
- holds
- हनुमतhanumat
- Hanuman
- सेइsei
- serving
- सर्बsarb
- every
- सुखsukh
- happiness
- करईkaraī
- brings
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.
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.