Khatu ShyamPrarthna
‖ "Haath jod vinti karun" — the Khatu Shyam prayer in Roman script ‖
The Shri Shyam Prarthna written in easy Roman script, so you can read and sing the Hindi prayer even if you don't read Devanagari — 'Haath jod vinti karun suniyo chitt lagaay'.
This page presents the Khatu Shyam prayer 'Haath jod vinti karun' in Roman script — the same Hindi words, written in English letters, so anyone who speaks Hindi but cannot read Devanagari can still read and recite it. This is not a translation: the prayer below is the prayer itself, only in a script you can read.
Composed in the warm Rajasthani idiom of the Dhundhar region, it is a folded-hands plea to Baba Shyam that praises the town of Khatu and its great Falgun fair, and ends in the well-loved jaikara 'Jai Shri Shyam'. For the original Devanagari, follow the link to the Hindi page below.
Haath Jod Vinti Karun — full lyrics
The Hindi prarthna in Roman script — read it aloud, just as it sounds.
1 Haath jod vinti karun, suniyo chitt lagaay,
Daas aa gayo sharan mein, rakhiyo iski laaj,
Dhanya Dhundharo desh hai, Khatu nagar sujaan,
Anupam chhavi Shri Shyam ki, darshan se kalyaan.
2 Shyam Shyam to main ratun, Shyam hai jeevan praan,
Shyam bhakt jag mein bade, unko karun pranaam,
Khatu nagar ke beech mein, banyo aapko dhaam,
Phalgun shukla mela bhare, jai jai Baba Shyam.
3 Phalgun shukla dwadashi, utsav bhaari hoye,
Baba ke darbaar se, khaali jaaye na koye,
Uma pati Lakshmi pati, Sita pati Shri Ram,
Lajja sab ki rakhiyo, Khatu ke Baba Shyam.
4 Paan supari ilaaychi, ittar sugandh bharpoor,
Sab bhakton ki vinti, darshan devo huzoor,
Aalu Singh to prem se, dhare Shyam ko dhyaan,
Shyam bhakt paave sada, Shyam kripa se maan.
5 Jai Shri Shyam bolo, Jai Shri Shyam,
Khatu wale Baba, Jai Shri Shyam,
Leelo ghodo laal lagaam,
Jis par baithyo Babo Shyam.
Listen — Haath Jod Vinti Karun
Listen on our YouTube channel @khatu_in and sing along with Baba Shyam.
How to Offer the Prayer
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Bathe, wear clean clothes, and sit with folded hands before an image of Shyam Baba.
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Recite or — better — sing the five stanzas aloud; this prayer is meant to be sung, closing in the jaikara "Jai Shri Shyam".
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Let the feeling of each stanza settle in the heart — the plea, the praise of Khatu, the Falgun fair, the offering, the cheer.
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Place your own wish at Baba's feet, then raise the jaikara 'Jai Shri Shyam — Khatu wale Baba'.
Original Hindi text
श्री श्याम प्रार्थना
The complete prayer in its original Devanagari form — all five stanzas — is on our Hindi page.
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Is this an English translation of the prayer?
No — it is the original Hindi prayer written in Roman (English) letters, so you can read and sing the actual words even without Devanagari. For the original script, see our Hindi page.
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What is the Falgun fair mentioned in the prayer?
Falgun Shukla Ekadashi to Dwadashi is when the largest annual fair — the Lakhi Mela — gathers at Khatu. The prayer celebrates this, saying that none returns empty-handed from Baba's court.
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Who is Aalu Singh in the prayer?
The final verses carry the poet's chhaap — the signature by which a composer names himself in the closing lines of a devotional song — here as a devotee who lovingly fixes his mind on Shyam.