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Sankat katai mitai sab peera: meaning

Chaupai 36 of the Hanuman Chalisa

संकट कटै मिटै सब पीरा

जो सुमिरै हनुमत बलबीरा

saṅkaṭ kaṭai miṭai sab pīrā / jo sumirai Hanumat balbīrā

Trouble is cut away and all pain fades, the hymn says, for whoever remembers Hanuman, the mighty hero.

Words

संकट saṅkaṭtrouble
कटै kaṭaiis cut away
मिटै miṭaifades
सब saball
पीरा pīrāpain
जो jowho
सुमिरै sumirairemembersFrom Sanskrit smṛ, to remember.
हनुमत HanumatHanuman
बलबीरा balbīrāmighty hero