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title: "Sunderkand Invocation"
canonical: "https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/sunderkand/mangalacharan"
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# Sunderkand · Invocation

Invocations · Hanumān leaves for Laṅkā, meets Surasā and kills the image-catching demoness

**श्लोक** 
> शान्तं शाश्वतमप्रमेयमनघं निर्वाणशान्तिप्रदं  
> ब्रह्माशम्भुफणीन्द्रसेव्यमनिशं वेदान्तवेद्यं विभुम्।  
> रामाख्यं जगदीश्वरं सुरगुरुं मायामनुष्यं हरिं  
> वन्देऽहं करुणाकरं रघुवरं भूपालचूडामणिम्॥ १ ॥

**श्लोक** 
> नान्या स्पृहा रघुपते हृदयेऽस्मदीये  
> सत्यं वदामि च भवानखिलान्तरात्मा।  
> भक्तिं प्रयच्छ रघुपुङ्गव निर्भरां मे  
> कामादिदोषरहितं कुरु मानसं च॥ २ ॥

**श्लोक** 
> अतुलितबलधामं हेमशैलाभदेहं  
> दनुजवनकृशानुं ज्ञानिनामग्रगण्यम्।  
> सकलगुणनिधानं वानराणामधीशं  
> रघुपतिप्रियभक्तं वातजातं नमामि॥ ३ ॥

Meaning: Śrī Rāmacaritamānasa (The Mānasa lake containing the exploits of Śrī Rāma) Descent Five (Sundara-Kāṇḍa)

I adore the Lord of the universe bearing the name of Rāma, the Chief of Raghu’s line and the crest-jewel of kings, the mine of compassion, the dispeller of all sins, appearing in human form through His Māyā (deluding potency), the greatest of all gods, knowable through Vedānta (the Upaniṣads), constantly worshipped by Brahmā (the Creator), Śambhu (Lord Śiva) and Śeṣa (the serpent-god), the bestower of supreme peace in the form of final beatitude, placid, eternal, beyond the ordinary means of cognition, sinless and all-pervading. (1)

There is no other craving in my heart, O Śrī Raghunātha: I speak the truth and You are the Spirit indwelling the hearts of all. Grant me intense devotion to Your feet, O crest-jewel of Raghus, and free my mind from faults like concupiscence etc. (2)

I bow to Hanumān, the son of the wind-god, the beloved devotee of Śrī Raghunātha, the chief of the monkeys, the repository of all virtues, the foremost among the wise, a fire to consume the forest of the demon race, possessing a body shining as a mountain of gold and a repository of immeasurable strength. (3)

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