Traditional Sanskrit invocation verse, widely recited in Hanuman worship

Wherever the glory of Raghunatha is sung, there stands Hanuman with palms folded above his head, eyes brimming with tears — bow to that son of the wind, destroyer of demons.

Om, salutations to the glorious Hanuman.

I take refuge in him whose speed matches thought and equals the wind, master of his senses, foremost among the wise, son of the Wind-god, chief of the monkey host, and messenger of Sri Rama.

In the east may the thunderbolt-bodied one protect me; in the southeast, the one unconquered by fire; in the south, may Anjani's son — sorrow's destroyer, tawny-eyed — protect me.