Gogaji Chalisa is a long narrative hymn from the devotional world of Rajasthan and the Bagad region. It praises Jaharveer’s courage, traces the longing of Bachhal and Jevar for a child, remembers Guru Gorakhnath, and follows Guga Veer into rulership, conflict, and sacred presence.
The complete stored source has two opening dohas embedded before an explicit fifty-three-unit main sequence, with no separate closing section. This translation preserves that unusual count and gives every unit its own English meaning.
Quick Facts
Gogaji Chalisa Lyrics in English
Read the complete source-linked devotional sequence in simple Roman script.
Opening Dohas
Suvan kehari jevar, sut mahabali ranadhir
Bandaun sut rani bachhala, vipat nivaran vir
Jay jay jay chauhan, vans guga vir anup
Anangapal ko jitakar, ap bane sur bhup
Gogaji Chalisa
Jay jay jay jahar ranadhira par dukh bhanjan bagad vira
Guru gorakh ka hai varadani jaharavir jodha lasani
Gauravaran mukh maha vishala mathe mukat ghungharale bala
Kandhe dhanush gale tulasi mala kamar kripan raksha ko dala
Janmen gugavir jag jana isavi san hajar daramiyana
Bal sagar gun nidhi kumara dukhi janon ka bana sahara
Bagad pati bachhala nandan jevar sut hari bhakt nikandan
Jevar rav ka putr kahaye mata pita ke nam badhaye
Puran hui kamana sari jisane vinati kari tumhari
Sant ubare asur sanhare bhakt janon ke kaj sanvare
Gugavir ki ajab kahani jisako byahi shriyal rani
Bachhal rani jevar rana mahaduhkhi the bin santana
Bhangin ne jab boli mari jivan ho gaya unako bhari
Sukha bag pada naulakkha dekh-dekh jag ka man dukkha
Kuchh din pichhe sadhu aye chela cheli sang men laye
Jevar rav ne kua banavaya udghatan jab karana chaha
Khari nir kue se nikala raja rani ka man pighala
Rani tab jyotishi bulavaya kaun pap main putr na paya
Koi upay hamako batalao un kaha gorakh guru manao
Guru gorakh jo khush ho jai santan pana mushkil nai
Bachhal rani gorakh gun gave nem dharm ko na bisarave
Kare tapasya din aur rati ek vakt khay rukhi chapati
Kartik magh men kare snana vrat ikadasi nahin bhulana
Puranamasi vrat nahin chhode dan puny se mukh nahin mode
Chelon ke sang gorakh aye naulakhe men tambu tanavaye
Mitha nir kue ka kina sukha bag hara kar dina
Meva phal sab sadhu khae apane guru ke gun ko gaye
Aughad bhiksha mangane ae bachhal rani ne dukh sunaye
Aughad jan liyo man mahin tap bal se kuchh mushkil nahin
Rani hove manasa puri guru sharan hai bahut jaruri
Barah baras japa guru nama tab gorakh ne man men jana
Putr den ki hami bhar li puranamasi nishchay kar li
Kachhal kapatin gajab gujara dhokha guru sang kiya karara
Bachhal banakar putr paya bahan ka darad jara nahin aya
Aughad guru ko bhed bataya tab bachhal ne gugal paya
Kar parasadi diya gugal dana ab tum putr jano maradana
Lili ghodi aur pandatani luna dasi ne bhi jani
Rani gugal bat ke khai sab banjhon ko mili davai
Narasinh pandit lila ghoda bhajju kutaval jana ranadhira
Rup vikat dhar sab hi darave jaharavir ke man ko bhave
Bhadon krishn jab naumi ai jevararav ke baji badhai
Vivah hua guga bhaye rana sangaladip men bane mehamana
Rani shriyal sang pare phere jahar raj bagad ka kare
Arajan sarajan kachhal jane guga vir se rahe ve tane
Dilli gae ladane ke kaja anang pal chadhe maharaja
Usane gheri bagad sari jaharavir na himmat hari
Arajan sarajan jan se mare anangapal ne shastr dare
Charan pakadakar pind chhudaya sinh bhavan madi banavaya
Usimen gugavir samaye gorakh tila dhuni ramaye
Puny van sevak vahan aye tan man dhan se seva lae
Manasa puri unaki hoi gugavir ko sumare joi
Chalis din padhe jahar chalisa sare kasht hare jagadisa
Dudh put unhen de vidhata kripa kare guru gorakhanath
Gogaji Chalisa Meaning in English
Opening Dohas Meaning
The powerful son of Jevar and Queen Bachhal is saluted as a courageous hero who removes adversity.
Victory to the incomparable Guga Veer of the Chauhan line, praised as a heroic ruler after overcoming Anangpal.
Chalisa Meaning
Victory to brave Jahar of Bagad, who is praised for breaking the sorrow of others.
Blessed by Guru Gorakh, Jaharveer is celebrated as an exceptional warrior.
His fair, broad face, crown, and curling hair form a majestic image.
He bears a bow on the shoulder, Tulsi beads at the neck, and a protective sword at the waist.
The hymn gives a traditional time for Guga Veer’s birth and says the world came to know him.
The young hero is an ocean of strength and virtue who becomes a support for suffering people.
He is Lord of Bagad, son of Bachhal and Jevar, and a devoted servant of Hari.
As Jevar Rao’s son, he increases the honour of both mother and father.
The source says heartfelt petitions offered to him reach fulfilment.
He protects saints, defeats destructive forces, and puts devotees’ work in order.
Guga Veer’s remarkable story includes his marriage to Queen Shriyal.
Queen Bachhal and Rana Jevar suffer deeply because they have no child.
A harsh taunt from a sanitation worker makes their sorrow feel even heavier.
Their magnificent garden dries up, and those who see it share the sadness.
After some time, holy wanderers arrive with male and female disciples.
Jevar Rao has a well built and prepares to inaugurate it.
Salty water emerges from the well, causing the king and queen further grief.
The queen summons an astrologer and asks what fault has kept her without a child.
Seeking a remedy, she is advised to honour Guru Gorakh.
The counsellor says that if Guru Gorakh is pleased, the hope for a child need not be impossible.
Queen Bachhal sings Gorakh’s virtues and remains faithful to vow and dharma.
She practises austerity day and night, eating one simple meal.
She bathes in the sacred months of Kartik and Magh and remembers the Ekadashi vow.
She also maintains the full-moon observance and continues charity and meritorious action.
Guru Gorakh arrives with disciples and sets up camp in the Naulakha garden.
He sweetens the well’s water and makes the dried garden green again.
The holy visitors eat fruit and dry fruits while singing their guru’s qualities.
An avadhuta comes seeking alms, and Queen Bachhal tells him her sorrow.
The ascetic understands her heart and trusts the strength of disciplined practice.
He says the queen’s hope can be fulfilled, but refuge in the guru is essential.
After twelve years of repeating the guru’s name, Gorakh recognizes her steadfast devotion.
He agrees to grant a son and chooses the full-moon day for the blessing.
The source then accuses Kachhal of a severe deception against the guru.
Disguised as Bachhal, she obtains the child-blessing without sharing her sister’s pain.
An avadhuta reveals the deception, after which Bachhal receives sacred gugal.
The consecrated gugal seed is placed in her hand with a blessing for a heroic son.
The mare Lili, a learned woman, and the servant Luna also become part of the unfolding wonder.
The queen divides and consumes the gugal, sharing the blessing with others who were childless.
The source names Narasinh Pandit, the horse Lila, and the brave officer Bhajju.
Their striking forms inspire fear in others but please Jaharveer.
When the ninth day of the dark half of Bhadon arrives, celebration fills Jevar Rao’s home.
Guga marries, becomes a ruler, and visits Singhal Dvipa as a guest.
He circles the sacred fire with Queen Shriyal and governs the realm of Bagad.
Arjan and Sarjan, born to Kachhal, remain in tension with Guga Veer.
They go toward Delhi for battle as King Anangpal advances.
Anangpal surrounds Bagad, but Jaharveer does not lose courage.
Arjan and Sarjan are killed, and Anangpal finally lays down his weapons.
Clinging to the hero’s feet, he gains release, and a shrine-like lion house is built.
Guga Veer enters that sacred place while the fire of practice burns at Gorakh Tila.
Meritorious servants come there and offer body, mind, and resources in service.
Those who remember Guga Veer are described as seeing their sincere hopes fulfilled.
The source recommends a forty-day reading discipline and links it with relief from hardship.
The final unit asks the Creator for family blessings and invokes the grace of Guru Gorakhnath.
Gogaji Chalisa: Bagad, Guru Gorakh, and Regional Sacred Memory
Gogaji is remembered under names including Guga Veer and Jaharveer. The source is strongly regional, naming Bagad, Bachhal, Jevar, Gorakh Tila, and a chain of family and battle traditions.
The narrative mixes genealogy, miracle, vow, conflict, and shrine memory. Dates and biographical details are translated as claims of the hymn rather than presented as independently established history.
Main Themes in the Gogaji Chalisa
Guru devotion drives the story: Bachhal’s patience and Gorakhnath’s blessing form the spiritual centre of the birth narrative.
Courage is remembered alongside service, charity, discipline, and the transformation of personal memory into a shared sacred place.
How to Read the Gogaji Chalisa
Read the fifty-three units as a continuous narrative; the meanings help keep the many people, locations, and transitions clear.
Goga Navami and regional fairs are familiar contexts, while miraculous or historical statements should be understood as devotional tradition.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Hindi source explicitly numbers fifty-three complete narrative units; the word Chalisa does not justify removing or inventing stanzas.
Yes. The source uses these names for the same revered regional hero.
Queen Bachhal, Jevar Rao, Guru Gorakhnath, and the avadhuta are central to the sequence.
This page translates them as the hymn’s devotional account and does not claim independent historical verification.