Hanuman Chalisa chaupai - 24

                      Hanuman Chalisa   chaupai  - 24


         Bhuta pishacha nikata nahi avai ,

        Mahabira  jaba nama sunavai .


  Ghosts and evil spirits never come near him who utters your name, Oh  great warrior !

Bhuta ( A ghost , imp, goblin ) - Bhutas are malignant spirits which haunt cemeteries , lurk in trees , animate dead bodies and delude and devour human beings. In the Vayu Purana, their mother is said to have been  Krodha ( anger ). The bhutas are attendants of Shiva.

 Pishachas are the evil spirits lower than the demons. They are the vilest and most malevolent beings. In the Puranas they are represented as the off springs of  Krodhavasha or Pishacha or Kapisha.

Hanuman as an incarnation of Shiva has control over ghosts and evil spirits.
It is said in the scriptures that even the ghosts get liberated by listening to the story of the Lord.

It is said in ' Manas ka Hans ' written by Amrit Lal Nagar , a famous writer in Hindi literature that Tulasidasa composed Hanuman Chalisa and became fearless when he took up the challenge of his friends to go to cemetery in Benaras at mid night on a new moon day and blow conch shell in Shiva's temple there.

Hanuman's strength is tremendous and unparalleled. Chanting the name of Hanuman makes the devotee fearless and courageous. Ghosts and evil spirits do not come near such a person. In fact , ghosts and evil spirits are mental creations only and arise out of fear in the mind. By the recitation of Hanuman Chalisa , the mind becomes pure, fearless and strong.