The Budh Chalisa - the forty-verse hymn to Budh Dev (Mercury), recited for intellect, communication, business success and a strong Mercury in the horoscope.
जय जय श्री बुध देव प्रभु, बुद्धि ज्ञान के ईश।
करहु कृपा निज दास पर, पूरण करहु जगदीश॥
जय जय श्री बुध देव गुणागर। बुद्धि ज्ञान के तुम हो सागर॥
चन्द्र पुत्र तुम जग में जाने। बुद्धिदाता सब जन माने॥
हरित वरण तन शोभा भारी। मिथुन कन्या के तुम अधिकारी॥
सिंह वाहन तुम पर अति साजे। शस्त्र खड्ग कर सुन्दर राजे॥
वाणी में मधुरस तुम भरते। व्यापार में वृद्धि नित करते॥
बुद्धि विवेक तुम्हीं से आवे। विद्या ज्ञान जन तुमसे पावे॥
बुधवार जो पूजन कीजे। मन इच्छित वरदान सो लीजे॥
हरे वस्त्र हरे फूल चढ़ावे। मूँग दाल का भोग लगावे॥
पन्ना धारण जो जन कीजे। बुध की कृपा सो जन लीजे॥
वाणी दोष सब दूर हो जावे। विद्या में जन निपुण हो जावे॥
जो जन तुमको शीश नवावे। बुद्धि ज्ञान सो जन पावे॥
विद्यार्थी जो ध्यान लगावे। परीक्षा में सफलता पावे॥
व्यापारी जो तुम्हें मनावे। लाभ अधिक व्यापार में पावे॥
बुध दोष जो कुण्डल माहीं। ध्यान धरे तेहि कष्ट न नाहीं॥
लेखक वक्ता तुमसे सोहे। ज्ञान वचन सबके मन मोहे॥
श्रद्धा से जो ध्यान लगावे। सो नर बुद्धिमान हो जावे॥
बुध देव की महिमा भारी। पूजत नर नारी सब प्यारी॥
कलियुग में महिमा अति न्यारी। भक्तन के तुम हो हितकारी॥
जो यह पाठ करे चालीसा। पूरण आस करे जगदीशा॥
बुध देव की कृपा जो पावे। सो नर सकल मंगल पावे॥
बुध देव चालीसा, पढ़े सुने जो कोय।
बुद्धि ज्ञान सब पाइये, मंगल मंगल होय॥
Jai jai Shri Budh dev Prabhu, buddhi gyan ke Eesh.
Karahu kripa nij daas par, pooran karahu jagdeesh.
Jai jai Shri Budh dev gunaagar. Buddhi gyan ke tum ho saagar.
Chandra putra tum jag me jaane. Buddhidaata sab jan maane.
Harit varan tan shobha bhaari. Mithun Kanya ke tum adhikaari.
Sinh vaahan tum par ati saaje. Shastra khadg kar sundar raaje.
Vaani me madhuras tum bharte. Vyaapaar me vriddhi nit karte.
Buddhi vivek tumhi se aave. Vidya gyan jan tumse paave.
Budhvaar jo poojan keeje. Man ichchhit vardaan so leeje.
Hare vastra hare phool chadhaave. Moong daal ka bhog lagaave.
Panna dhaaran jo jan keeje. Budh ki kripa so jan leeje.
Vaani dosh sab door ho jaave. Vidya me jan nipun ho jaave.
Jo jan tumko sheesh navaave. Buddhi gyan so jan paave.
Vidyaarthi jo dhyaan lagaave. Pareeksha me saphalta paave.
Vyaapaari jo tumhe manaave. Laabh adhik vyaapaar me paave.
Budh dosh jo kundal maahi. Dhyaan dhare tehi kasht na naahi.
Lekhak vakta tumse sohe. Gyan vachan sabke man mohe.
Shraddha se jo dhyaan lagaave. So nar buddhimaan ho jaave.
Budh dev ki mahima bhaari. Poojat nar naari sab pyaari.
Kaliyug me mahima ati nyaari. Bhaktan ke tum ho hitkaari.
Jo yah paath kare Chalisa. Pooran aas kare jagdeesha.
Budh dev ki kripa jo paave. So nar sakal mangal paave.
Budh dev Chalisa, padhe sune jo koy.
Buddhi gyan sab paaiye, mangal mangal hoy.
Frequently asked questions about Budh Chalisa
When is the Budh Chalisa recited?
On Wednesdays, Budh's day. Morning is the usual time, with green offerings and a ghee lamp, and students and traders often read it before beginning study or opening a shop.
What does Mercury signify in a chart?
Intelligence, speech, calculation, trade and writing; the nervous system and the skin. The Chalisa names him Chandra putra and lord of Mithun and Kanya, and asks for buddhi rather than wealth.
What is given in daan for Mercury?
Moong dal, green cloth, green vegetables, bronze and an emerald, on a Wednesday. Truthful speech and care with accounts are what the tradition adds - Budh is the graha most directly tied to how one talks and deals.
Is it helpful for business and study?
That is what devotees read it for, and Ganesha worship is usually kept with it since both govern intellect. For what your own chart says about trade and learning, the career tool reads it from the placements.
Does Mercury retrograde matter here?
Vedic astrology reads a retrograde graha as intensified rather than switched off, and the popular idea that everything breaks during Budh vakri is a modern overlay. Recite as usual; the transit page shows the current motion.
About the Budh Chalisa
The Budh Chalisa - the forty-verse hymn to Budh Dev (Mercury), recited for intellect, communication, business success and a strong Mercury in the horoscope.
A chalisa is a devotional hymn of forty (chalis) verses (chaupais), framed by opening and closing dohas (couplets). The Budh Chalisa above is given in both Hindi (Devanagari) and English (Hinglish, Roman script) so you can read it in whichever script you are most comfortable with - switch between the two using the buttons above. It is traditionally recited with devotion, often after a bath and before the deity, especially on the day associated with the deity.
A chalisa is forty verses. It is not the short lamp-song (that is an aarti) and not a longer Sanskrit stotram. Other forty-verse hymns are on the Chalisa index. For japa of a compact formula use a mantra. If you are keeping a fast, the story is under Vrat Katha.
