Dhundhiraja Bhujanga Prayata Stotram

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• verse 1

  उमाङ्गोद्भवं दन्तिवक्त्रं गणेशंभुजाकङ्कणैः शोभिनं धूम्रकेतुम् ।गले हारमुक्तावलीशोभितं तंनमो ज्ञानरूपं गणेशं नमस्ते ॥ 1 ॥

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  umāṅgōdbhavaṃ dantivaktraṃ gaṇēśaṃbhujākaṅkaṇaiḥ śōbhinaṃ dhūmrakētum ।galē hāramuktāvalīśōbhitaṃ taṃnamō jñānarūpaṃ gaṇēśaṃ namastē ॥ 1 ॥

  meaning

  I meditate on Ganesha, born from Uma's body, with an elephant's face, adorned with armlet-bracelets on his arms, of smoky-banner complexion, wearing a garland of pearls at his neck.

• verse 2

  गणेशं वदेत्तं स्मरेत् सर्वकार्येस्मरन् सन्मुखं ज्ञानदं सर्वसिद्धिम् ।मनश्चिन्तितं कार्यमेवेषु सिद्ध्ये--न्नमो बुद्धिकान्तं गणेशं नमस्ते ॥ 2 ॥

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  gaṇēśaṃ vadēttaṃ smarēt sarvakāryēsmaran sanmukhaṃ jñānadaṃ sarvasiddhim ।manaśchintitaṃ kāryamēvēṣu siddhyē--nnamō buddhikāntaṃ gaṇēśaṃ namastē ॥ 2 ॥

  meaning

  He who thinks of Ganesha, remembers him in every work — his auspicious face the giver of knowledge and all perfections; the desired work of the mind is accomplished without obstacle.

• verse 3

  महासुन्दरं वक्त्रचिह्नं विराटंचतुर्धाभुजं चैकदन्तैकवर्णम् ।इदं देवरूपं गणं सिद्धिनाथंनमो भालचन्द्रं गणेशं नमस्ते ॥ 3 ॥

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  mahāsundaraṃ vaktrachihnaṃ virāṭaṃchaturdhābhujaṃ chaikadantaikavarṇam ।idaṃ dēvarūpaṃ gaṇaṃ siddhināthaṃnamō bhālachandraṃ gaṇēśaṃ namastē ॥ 3 ॥

  meaning

  The greatly beautiful one, the one marked on the face, the vast one, four-armed, single-toothed, of a single colour — I bow to this divine form of Gana, the lord of perfections.

• verse 4

  ससिन्दूरसत्कुङ्कुमैस्तुल्यवर्णःस्तुतैर्मोदकैः प्रीयते विघ्नराजः ।महासङ्कटच्छेदकं धूम्रकेतुंनमो गौरिपुत्रं गणेशं नमस्ते ॥ 4 ॥

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  sasindūrasatkuṅkumaistulyavarṇaḥstutairmōdakaiḥ prīyatē vighnarājaḥ ।mahāsaṅkaṭachChēdakaṃ dhūmrakētuṃnamō gauriputraṃ gaṇēśaṃ namastē ॥ 4 ॥

  meaning

  The Vighna-king, of a complexion matching fine vermilion and good kumkuma, is pleased by offerings of sweets — the great remover of difficulties and the one of smoky banner.

• verse 5

  यथा पातकच्छेदकं विष्णुनामतथा ध्यायतां शङ्करं पापनाशः ।यथा पूजिते षण्मुखे शोकनाशोनमो विघ्ननाशं गणेशं नमस्ते ॥ 5 ॥

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  yathā pātakachChēdakaṃ viṣṇunāmatathā dhyāyatāṃ śaṅkaraṃ pāpanāśaḥ ।yathā pūjitē ṣaṇmukhē śōkanāśōnamō vighnanāśaṃ gaṇēśaṃ namastē ॥ 5 ॥

  meaning

  As the name of Vishnu destroys sins, and as meditation on Shankara destroys sin, and as worship of Shanmukha destroys grief — so I bow to Vighna-raja.

• verse 6

  सदा सर्वदा ध्यायतामेकदन्तंसुसिन्दूरकं पूजितं रक्तपुष्पैः ।सदा चर्चितं चन्दनैः कुङ्कुमाक्तंनमो ज्ञानरूपं गणेशं नमस्ते ॥ 6 ॥

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  sadā sarvadā dhyāyatāmēkadantaṃsusindūrakaṃ pūjitaṃ raktapuṣpaiḥ ।sadā charchitaṃ chandanaiḥ kuṅkumāktaṃnamō jñānarūpaṃ gaṇēśaṃ namastē ॥ 6 ॥

  meaning

  He who always meditates on the single-toothed Ganesha, who is beautifully vermilion-red, worshipped with red flowers, always anointed with sandalwood and kumkuma —

• verse 7

  नमो गौरिकागर्भजापत्य तुभ्यंनमो ज्ञानरूपिन्नमः सिद्धिकान्त ।नमो ध्येयपूज्याय हे बुद्धिनाथसुरास्त्वां भजन्ते गणेशं नमस्ते ॥ 7 ॥

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  namō gaurikāgarbhajāpatya tubhyaṃnamō jñānarūpinnamaḥ siddhikānta ।namō dhyēyapūjyāya hē buddhināthasurāstvāṃ bhajantē gaṇēśaṃ namastē ॥ 7 ॥

  meaning

  I bow to you, O offspring of Gowri's womb; I bow to the form of knowledge; I bow to the consort of Siddhi; I bow to the one worthy of meditation and worship, O lord of wisdom.

• verse 8

  भुजङ्गप्रयातं पठेद्यस्तु भक्त्याप्रभाते जपेन्नित्यमेकाग्रचित्तः ।क्षयं यान्ति विघ्ना दिशः शोभयन्तंनमो ज्ञानरूपं गणेशं नमस्ते ॥ 8 ॥

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  bhujaṅgaprayātaṃ paṭhēdyastu bhaktyāprabhātē japēnnityamēkāgrachittaḥ ।kṣayaṃ yānti vighnā diśaḥ śōbhayantaṃnamō jñānarūpaṃ gaṇēśaṃ namastē ॥ 8 ॥

  meaning

  (Phalashruti) He who reads this Bhujanga Prayata stotra with devotion in the morning with a one-pointed mind — his obstacles will be destroyed; all his wishes will be fulfilled.

• verse 9

  इति श्रीढुण्ढिराज भुजङ्ग प्रयात स्तोत्रम् ।

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  iti śrīḍhuṇḍhirāja bhujaṅga prayāta stōtram ।

  meaning

  Colophon: Thus ends the Dhundhiraja Bhujanga Prayata Stotram — the serpentine-metre hymn to Lord Dhundhiraja (Ganesha of Varanasi).