Asht siddhi nau nidhi ke daata: meaning
Chaupai 31 of the Hanuman Chalisa
अष्ट सिद्धि नौ निधि के दाता
अस बर दीन जानकी माता
aṣṭ siddhi nau nidhi ke dātā / as bar dīn Jānakī mātā
You can give the eight powers and the nine treasures. Mother Sita granted you this boon.
Words
अष्ट aṣṭeight
सिद्धि siddhipowers
नौ naunine
निधि nidhitreasures
के keof
दाता dātāgiver
अस assuch
बर barboonAwadhi form of Sanskrit vara.
दीन dīngave
जानकी JānakīSitaSita as the daughter of King Janaka.
माता mātāmother
Sita's blessing
In the Ashoka grove, Sita blesses Hanuman and wishes that he be ageless, deathless and rich in virtue. We have not traced the eight powers and nine treasures to that scene, so they may be the hymn's own summary of what the blessing came to mean.
Source: Tulsidas, Ramcharitmanas, Sundar Kand