BOOM79: Bala, Buddhi and Vidya—Three Things to Ask Hanuman Ji For

Read the Hanuman Chalisa's request for strength, wisdom and learning through three different difficulties in one game exercise, then make a thoughtful offering.

“Bala buddhi vidyaa dehu mohin.”

The second introductory doha of the Hanuman Chalisa asks Hanuman Ji for strength, wisdom and knowledge. These words appear together in the Chinmaya International Foundation's Chalisa study text. For a BOOM79 reader, slowing down over the three requests can reveal why “give me strength” need not mean simply “make me bolder”.

Vidya: there is something I have not learnt

Take a single card-grouping lesson. The task is to explain whether three natural cards of the same rank but different suits form a set. At first, you do not know the set condition at all.

More determination cannot supply a rule you have never studied. You need the explanation and examples. Your personal request may be: “Hanuman Ji, bless my learning. Help me receive the knowledge I still lack.”

Buddhi: I know the words, but must apply them

Now the rule has been taught. You see 8♠, 8♥ and 8♦ and must identify what matters: the rank matches; the suits differ. The task is no longer hearing the condition for the first time. It is recognising that condition in these cards.

“Give me the understanding to apply what I have learnt” names that wish more accurately than asking for another repetition of the same words.

Bala: I understand, but hesitate to speak

Finally, you can explain the group privately but fall silent when your friend asks you to present it. This difficulty is different again. You seek strength to carry through what you have understood, while remaining willing to hear correction.

The three moments are a present-day application of the prayer's language. The Chalisa is not describing this card exercise. Its invocation gives the devotee a fuller way to name the help sought from Hanuman Ji.

At Hanuman Ji's offering area on Ishta Mel, offer sindoor, ladoo, tulsi, ghee and deepak together. The site also displays the short mantra:

ॐ हनुमते नमः

Hanuman Ji, accept my offering. Grant me learning where I do not yet know, wisdom where I must understand, and strength where I must act on that understanding. Let these gifts remain joined in my effort.

Before the next lesson, name which difficulty is present. Are you missing a rule, struggling to recognise its conditions or hesitating to explain what you already understand? A BOOM79 reader can carry a more exact prayer to Hanuman Ji by answering honestly.