प्रभु चरित्र सुनिबे को रसिया ।राम लखन सीता मन बसिया ॥prabhu caritra sunibe ko rasiyārām lakhan sītā man basiyā
You love to hear the Lord's story. Rama, Lakshmana and Sita live in your heart.
Tulsidas, Hanuman Chalisa, Chaupai 8, Gita Press reading
Hanuman Chalisa, Chaupai 8
Meaning of “prabhu caritra sunibe ko rasiyā”
"prabhu caritra sunibe ko rasiyā" is Chaupai 8 of the Hanuman Chalisa, which Tulsidas wrote in Awadhi. It means: You love to hear the Lord's story. Rama, Lakshmana and Sita live in your heart. Read it slowly, one half at a time, and say the Awadhi aloud.
Word by word
- प्रभुprabhu
- the Lord's
- चरित्रcaritra
- story, deeds
- सुनिबे कोsunibe ko
- to hear
- रसियाrasiyā
- one who delights in
- रामrām
- Rama
- लखनlakhan
- Lakshmana
- सीताsītā
- Sita
- मनman
- heart
- बसियाbasiyā
- dwelling
Where this happens in the Ramayana
In the Valmiki Ramayana's last book, Hanuman asks Rama that his love stay fixed on him, and that he may live on earth as long as Rama's story is told.
यावद्रामकथा वीर चरिष्यति महीतले। तावच्छरीरे वत्स्यन्तु प्राणा मम न संशयः॥
Valmiki Ramayana, Uttara Kanda 7.40.8
Other readings
- Some Gita Press printings spell लखन as लषन, the older spelling, read the same way.
- Some read the line the other way round: you live in the hearts of Rama, Lakshmana and Sita.
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.