The recitation of Shree Hanuman Chalisa is believed to ward off evil and negativity.
Hanuman Chalisa Chaupai 34 in English with Meaning & Analysis
Hanuman Chalisa Chaupai 34 Heavens
अंत काल
रघुबर पुर जाई ।
जहाँ जन्म
हरिभक्त कहाई ॥
Ant-kaal
Raghubar pur jayee
Jahan janma
Hari-bhakt kahayee
Eventually,
one goes to Ram’s heaven.
Where for eternity,
one is known as Ram’s devotee
Hanuman Chalisa Chaupai 34 Meaning in English
If the previous chaupai spoke of rebirth, this chaupai refers to immortal life in Ram’s heaven. In the previous verse, singing the praises of Hanuman enables us to cope with this life’s suffering born of actions in previous lifetimes. In this verse, the same activity grants us immortality and peace in the hereafter.
Thus, these two verses deal with Hindu eschatology: death, rebirth and liberation. With this verse, we are now in the fourth quarter of the Hanuman Chalisa. Just as the verses in the first quarter deal with birth (of the deity) the verses in the final quarter deal with death (of the devotee).
In Hindu funeral rites, the dead body is cremated and the bones cast in a river. Thus fire and water claim the dead. Fire embodies the promise of immortality, while water embodies the promise of rebirth. Immortality and rebirth are the two options after death. The Vedic Samhitas, over 3,000 years old, speak of an entity (prana, atma, jiva) outliving death.
But the idea of rebirth fully develops only in the Upanishads, 2,500 years ago. The idea of Swarga, a temporary paradise of pleasures for those who have earned good merits in their life, and Vaikuntha, for those who want to break free from the cycle of rebirths, first appears in the Mahabharata roughly 2,000 years ago.
In the Puranas, one can be reborn in Swarga, where the fruits of good deeds are enjoyed or in Naraka, where one must suffer the consequences of bad deeds. The former is ruled by Indra, the king of devas and die latter is ruled by Yama, the king of pler and preta. But stay in either location is temporary. as we learn in che Mahabharata. We can tumble down from Swarga when WC USC up our karmic equity. or rise up from Naraka when we cause our karmic debts
In the C, aruda Purana this is further elaborated with detailed descriptions of multiple hells to punish people who have committed different misdeeds. Chitragupta. assistant to Yama, maintains the book of accounts. determining if we are to go to heaven or hell, and if heaven, then which heaven and for how long, and if hell, then which hell and for how long. We keep going up and down over lifetimes depending on karmic baggage.
Freedom is breaking free from the karmic cycle, a balance sheet with no debts to repay. Then we go to the heaven of our choice and are there forever, experiencing neither death nor sorrow, gazing upon the deity of our choice. In the Vishnu Purana and Shiva Purana, there are heavens for Vishnu (Vaikuntha) and Shiva (Kailasa).
Later, we find references to the heaven of Krishna (Go-loka), and the heaven of Ram (Saket, or Raghuvir pur). Still later, there are heavens for other gods which rise in popularity, like those of Ganesha (the sugarcane forest, ikshu-van) or that of Hanuman (the banana grove, kadai-van).
These structures gave form to abstract ideas like moksha to the common man. He realized that after death, there was the possibility of living in a world without any suffering, gazing upon the face of Ram, embodiment of atma, with the help of Hanuman. It was a world where there was no hunger or fear, no dearth of food, and no threat to our existence. It is the kingdom governed by Ram, with Sita and Lakshman by his side, and Hanuman at his feet.
Hanuman Chalisa Chaupai 34 Analysis in English
anta kala raghubara pura jai l
jaha janma hari bhakta kaha ||34||
At death, your devotee goes to Rama’s abode
Or takes birth as a devotee of Hari. (34)
Jambumali, a demon who lived in the golden city of Lanka, a city of sense gratification, was a demon who loved liquor over anything else. So much so that he did not just drink it but was constantly floating in a lake of liquor. He never wanted to come out of the intoxicated state. He did not want to wait for the liquor to be served to him. So Ravana had gifted him a lake of liquor that had become his home.
However, with the arrival of Hanuman in Lanka and the destruction of Ashoka Vatika, Ravana had to ring the alarm bell and get Jambumali out of his stupor. Jambu was one of his best attacks. And he needed him now to stop the monkey’s rampage. Jambumali was very agitated when the soldiers literally pulled him out of the lake. But when Ravana mentioned that a good fight was waiting for him, he cheered up. He loved fights. “Who is my opponent, is it Indra or Agni?” he asked in excitement.
“Neither. It’s a monkey!” informed Ravana with disgust.
Jambumali smashed the glass of liquor in his hand on the floor in anger.
“Is this a joke?” he demanded, ready to return to his stupor. “I don’t fight with petty monkeys.”
Ravana then told him what this monkey was capable of. He had destroyed the entire Ashoka Vatika and many of their soldiers. He was not an ordinary monkey. Reluctantly, Jambumali prepared for the fight, which he thought would be over in a few minutes. How much time would he need to finish a monkey anyway?
When he reached Ashoka Vatika, he found the gigantic monkey sitting on a dome, feasting on fruits. Hanuman saw Jambumali and threw him a challenge. “Who wants to meet death today?” Jambumali was so furious he yelled a few curse words at Hanuman and shot arrows at him.
Hanuman caught the arrows and sent them back to him. None of their missiles or weapons had any impact on him. When he had played enough, he stepped down, uprooted a tree and hurled it at the army. That was followed by a volley of rocks and stones.
It only took this much for Jambumali to stop physical combat and turn to magical tactics. He expanded his size to an extent that he towered over Hanuman. But Hanuman grew four times in size and Jambumali found himself staring at Hanuman’s knees. This wasn’t working either so Jambu came back to his normal size.
Hanuman did not want to kill him without giving him a fair chance. He said, “Listen, Jambu. If you like, I can teach you a small mantra that can save your life. It will undo all your sins that you have accumulated over many lifetimes. And if you insist on dying, chant this mantra to take you to a higher destination. The result of devotion is always God’s own abode, anta kala raghubara pura jai “What nonsense,” Jambu yelled in hysteria, “a monkey will teach me a mantra?”
Seeing his reluctance, Hanuman picked him up and balancing him on one finger, he spun him around, all the while chanting Ra-ma, Ra-ma and he flung him away causing instant death. He had wanted Jambu to chant so that he could attain the status of a bhakta but Jambu was unwilling.
Hanuman shrugged, anyway he would continue to spread the mantra that elevated the soul. jaha janma hari bhakta kahai When Rama left the world to return to his divine abode, he instructed Hanuman to stay behind and preach Rama katha to one and all so that everyone got the opportunity for bhakti in this lifetime itself.