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- Stanza 1
आरती प्रेतराज की कीजै॥दीन दुखिन के तुम रखवाले, संकट जग के काटन हारे।बालाजी के सेवक जोधा, मन से नमन इन्हें कर लीजै॥
āratī pretarāja kī kījai॥dīna dukhina ke tuma rakhavāle, saṅkaṭa jaga ke kāṭana hāre।bālājī ke sevaka jodhā, mana se namana inhẽ kara lījai॥
Let the aarti of Pretraj be performed. You are the protector of the humble and the sorrowful, the one who cuts away the troubles of the world. A warrior in Balaji's service — bow to him now, with all your heart.
- Stanza 2
जिनके चरण कभी ना हारे, राम काज लगि जो अवतारे।उनकी सेवा में चित्त देते, अर्जी सेवक की सुन लीजै॥
jinake caraṇa kabhī nā hāre, rāma kāja lagi jo avatāre।unakī sevā mẽ citta dete, arjī sevaka kī suna lījai॥
Whose feet never falter — who took avatar for the sake of Ram's own work. He gives his heart entirely to that service; now hear this servant's petition.
- Stanza 3
बाबा के तुम आज्ञाकारी, हाथी पर करे असवारी।भूत जिन्न सब थर-थर काँपे, अर्जी बाबा से कह दीजै॥
bābā ke tuma ājñākārī, hāthī para kare asavārī।bhūta jinna saba thara-thara kā̃pe, arjī bābā se kaha dījai॥
You are obedient to Baba, and ride upon an elephant; every ghost and spirit trembles before you — carry this petition on to Baba.
- Stanza 4
जिन्न आदि सब डर के मारे, नाक रगड़ तेरे पड़े दुआरे।मेरे संकट तुरतहि काटो, यह विनय चित्त में धरि लीजै॥
jinna ādi saba ḍara ke māre, nāka ragaḍa tere paḍe duāre।mere saṅkaṭa turatahi kāṭo, yaha vinaya citta mẽ dhari lījai॥
Spirits and their kind, struck with fear, lie at your door, rubbing their faces to the ground; cut away my troubles at once — hold this humble plea in your heart.
- Stanza 5
वेश राजसी शोभा पाता, ढाल कृपाल धनुष अति भाता।मैं आनकर शरण आपकी, नैया पार लगा मेरी दीजै॥
veśa rājasī śobhā pātā, ḍhāla kṛpāla dhanuṣa ati bhātā।maĩ ānakara śaraṇa āpakī, naiyā pāra lagā merī dījai॥
Your bearing is royal and radiant; your shield, sword, and bow become you well. I have come and taken refuge in you — carry my boat safely across.
Overview
Aarti Pretraj Ki Kijai is a short, five-stanza Hindi aarti addressed to Pretraj Sarkar, one of the deities enshrined together at the Mehandipur Balaji temple in Dausa district, Rajasthan, alongside Hanuman in his form as Balaji and Bhairav. The aarti’s own verses describe Pretraj as “बालाजी के सेवक जोधा” — a warrior in Balaji’s service — who rides upon an elephant and carries devotees’ petitions (“अर्जी”) on to “Baba.” Each stanza addresses Pretraj directly, asking him to hear a devotee’s plea, drive away fear, and carry the devotee’s “boat” safely across, closing with a description of his royal bearing and the shield, sword, and bow he carries.
Origin and source
No composer is named within the aarti’s own verses, and no attribution to a specific poet is documented in devotional sources; as with the companion Mehandipur Balaji Chalisa, this page treats it as an anonymous, temple-tied composition rather than assigning it to a named author.
The verbatim Devanagari text is well attested online — several devotional-lyrics sites (including drikpanchang.com, bhaktibharat.com, and prayagpandits.com) agree word for word, down to spellings such as “असवारी” in the third stanza. A separately phrased transcription (thedivineindia.com) confirms the same five stanzas and the same content while diverging in a handful of individual words and spellings — “सवारी” rather than “असवारी,” “लीजिए” rather than “लीजै” — consistent with one fixed text circulating through more than one line of transmission rather than a single copied source. The fifth stanza’s “ढाल कृपाल धनुष” (“shield, kripal, bow”) is read by these sources as naming a shield, sword (कृपाण, kripan), and bow among Pretraj’s attributes, rather than reading “kripal” literally as “merciful one.”
Devotional sources note that more than one aarti circulates under Pretraj Sarkar’s name; this page’s text is the one that opens “आरती प्रेतराज की कीजै” (“let the aarti of Pretraj be performed”), which sources describe as the more widely sung of the two. A separate, longer composition beginning “जय प्रेतराज कृपालु मेरी” is a distinct text, not covered by this page.
How it is recited
Pretraj Sarkar is venerated alongside Hanuman (Balaji) and Bhairav at the Mehandipur Balaji temple, a pilgrimage site popularly associated with seeking relief from fear and distress. Devotees there commonly bring a written petition, an “arzi,” before the temple’s deities, and this aarti’s own verses reflect that practice directly, describing Pretraj carrying a devotee’s arzi on to “Baba.” Aarti Pretraj Ki Kijai is recited by Pretraj’s devotees as part of the temple’s wider devotional life, alongside the Mehandipur Balaji Chalisa and the separate Pretraj Chalisa.
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