Hanuman Chalisa, Doha 2
"buddhihīn tanu jānike sumirauṁ pavan-kumār" is Doha 2 of the Hanuman Chalisa, which Tulsidas wrote in Awadhi. It means: Knowing myself to be short of understanding, I call to mind Hanuman, son of the Wind. Give me strength, understanding and knowledge, and take away my troubles and my faults.
बुद्धिहीन तनु जानिके सुमिरौं पवन-कुमार ।बल बुधि बिद्या देहु मोहिं हरहु कलेस बिकार ॥buddhihīn tanu jānike sumirauṁ pavan-kumārbal budhi bidyā dehu mohiṁ harahu kales bikār
Knowing myself to be short of understanding, I call to mind Hanuman, son of the Wind. Give me strength, understanding and knowledge, and take away my troubles and my faults.
Tulsidas, Hanuman Chalisa, Doha 2, Gita Press reading
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.
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.