Ganesha Ashtakam

Ganesha

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  • verse 1
    सर्वे उचुः ।यतोऽनन्तशक्तेरनन्ताश्च जीवायतो निर्गुणादप्रमेया गुणास्ते ।यतो भाति सर्वं त्रिधा भेदभिन्नंसदा तं गणेशं नमामो भजामः ॥ 1 ॥

    sarvē uchuḥ ।yatō'nantaśaktēranantāścha jīvāyatō nirguṇādapramēyā guṇāstē ।yatō bhāti sarvaṃ tridhā bhēdabhinnaṃsadā taṃ gaṇēśaṃ namāmō bhajāmaḥ ॥ 1 ॥
    meaning

    Hymn celebrating Ganesha, the divine supreme reality

    word by word
    सर्वेSarveAll
    यतोYatoFrom Whom [is Created the Universe] · Because [of You]
    भातिBhaati(Your Gentle Smile indeed) Shines (like the Radiance of the Moon) · Shine
    सर्वंSarvamAll, Full · [You Indeed are] All · All · All, Everything · Everything · [Peace is pervading] everywhere
    त्रिधाTridhaaTriply, In three parts
    सदाSadaaAlways · Always, Ever, Every Time; · Always, Ever, Every Time · Always, Ever · Who is Served always · [O Devi, Please bestow Your Auspicious Blessings on me], always · [He attains his innermost longing and Devi] always [dwell in his heart] · Who Always (Abide as the Mantra) · Always, Perpetually · Eternal
    तTaThat
    गणेशGanneshaSri Ganesha
    ऊचुःUucuhSpoke
    जीवJiivaLiving Being
    तंTamHim · To You · That · Then
  • verse 2
    यतश्चाविरासीज्जगत्सर्वमेत--त्तथाब्जासनो विश्वगो विश्वगोप्ता ।तथेन्द्रादयो देवसङ्घा मनुष्याःसदा तं गणेशं नमामो भजामः ॥ 2 ॥

    yataśchāvirāsījjagatsarvamēta--ttathābjāsanō viśvagō viśvagōptā ।tathēndrādayō dēvasaṅghā manuṣyāḥsadā taṃ gaṇēśaṃ namāmō bhajāmaḥ ॥ 2 ॥
    meaning

    Hymn celebrating Ganesha, the divine supreme reality

    word by word
    विश्वगोप्ताVishva-Goptaa[I reverentially bow down to Shambhu] Who is the Protector of the World
    सदाSadaaAlways · Always, Ever, Every Time; · Always, Ever, Every Time · Always, Ever · Who is Served always · [O Devi, Please bestow Your Auspicious Blessings on me], always · [He attains his innermost longing and Devi] always [dwell in his heart] · Who Always (Abide as the Mantra) · Always, Perpetually · Eternal
    तTaThat
    गणेशGanneshaSri Ganesha
    मनुष्यManussyaMan, Person
    तंTamHim · To You · That · Then
  • verse 3
    यतो वह्निभानू भवो भूर्जलं चयतः सागराश्चन्द्रमा व्योम वायुः ।यतः स्थावरा जङ्गमा वृक्षसङ्घाःसदा तं गणेशं नमामो भजामः ॥ 3 ॥

    yatō vahnibhānū bhavō bhūrjalaṃ chayataḥ sāgarāśchandramā vyōma vāyuḥ ।yataḥ sthāvarā jaṅgamā vṛkṣasaṅghāḥsadā taṃ gaṇēśaṃ namāmō bhajāmaḥ ॥ 3 ॥
    meaning

    Hymn celebrating Ganesha, the divine supreme reality

    word by word
    यतोYatoFrom Whom [is Created the Universe] · Because [of You]
    चCaAnd, sometimes used only for emphasis or gap-filling · for emphasis · And, sometimes used for emphasis · And · And, Also, Sometimes for emphasis or gap-fillings · Indeed · And, Also, sometimes for emphasis or gap-filling · And, Also · For emphasis or gap-filling · And, Also, For emphasis · And, Also, sometimes for emphasis · Also · And, Also, Moreover · And, for emphasis · And, Also, sometimes for emphasis or gap-flilling · Moreover, Also · And, sometimes for emphasis or gap-filling · And, As Well as · Gap-filling or emphasis · And, for gap-filling · And, Also, sometimes for gap-filling · And, sometimes for emphasis · And, sometimes used for filling gaps
    यतःYatahRestrained, Held Forth, Subdued, Governed, Controlled · From which or what · In what Place
    व्योमVyomaSky · Vyoma [H]
    वायुःVaayuhAir
    सदाSadaaAlways · Always, Ever, Every Time; · Always, Ever, Every Time · Always, Ever · Who is Served always · [O Devi, Please bestow Your Auspicious Blessings on me], always · [He attains his innermost longing and Devi] always [dwell in his heart] · Who Always (Abide as the Mantra) · Always, Perpetually · Eternal
    तTaThat
    गणेशGanneshaSri Ganesha
    स्थावरSthaavaraNon-moving Being
    तंTamHim · To You · That · Then
  • verse 4
    यतो दानवाः किन्नरा यक्षसङ्घायतश्चारणा वारणाः श्वापदाश्च ।यतः पक्षिकीटा यतो वीरुधश्चसदा तं गणेशं नमामो भजामः ॥ 4 ॥

    yatō dānavāḥ kinnarā yakṣasaṅghāyataśchāraṇā vāraṇāḥ śvāpadāścha ।yataḥ pakṣikīṭā yatō vīrudhaśchasadā taṃ gaṇēśaṃ namāmō bhajāmaḥ ॥ 4 ॥
    meaning

    Hymn celebrating Ganesha, the divine supreme reality

    word by word
    यतोYatoFrom Whom [is Created the Universe] · Because [of You]
    यतःYatahRestrained, Held Forth, Subdued, Governed, Controlled · From which or what · In what Place
    सदाSadaaAlways · Always, Ever, Every Time; · Always, Ever, Every Time · Always, Ever · Who is Served always · [O Devi, Please bestow Your Auspicious Blessings on me], always · [He attains his innermost longing and Devi] always [dwell in his heart] · Who Always (Abide as the Mantra) · Always, Perpetually · Eternal
    तTaThat
    गणेशGanneshaSri Ganesha
    दानवDaanavaDemon
    किन्नरKinnaraKinnara, celestial musician
    वारणVaarannaPreventive measure
    तंTamHim · To You · That · Then
  • verse 5
    यतो बुद्धिरज्ञाननाशो मुमुक्षो--र्यतः सम्पदो भक्तसन्तोषदाः स्युः ।यतो विघ्ननाशो यतः कार्यसिद्धिःसदा तं गणेशं नमामो भजामः ॥ 5 ॥

    yatō buddhirajñānanāśō mumukṣō--ryataḥ sampadō bhaktasantōṣadāḥ syuḥ ।yatō vighnanāśō yataḥ kāryasiddhiḥsadā taṃ gaṇēśaṃ namāmō bhajāmaḥ ॥ 5 ॥
    meaning

    Hymn celebrating Ganesha, the divine supreme reality

    word by word
    यतोYatoFrom Whom [is Created the Universe] · Because [of You]
    यतःYatahRestrained, Held Forth, Subdued, Governed, Controlled · From which or what · In what Place
    सदाSadaaAlways · Always, Ever, Every Time; · Always, Ever, Every Time · Always, Ever · Who is Served always · [O Devi, Please bestow Your Auspicious Blessings on me], always · [He attains his innermost longing and Devi] always [dwell in his heart] · Who Always (Abide as the Mantra) · Always, Perpetually · Eternal
    तTaThat
    गणेशGanneshaSri Ganesha
    तंTamHim · To You · That · Then
  • verse 6
    यतः पुत्रसम्पद्यतो वाञ्छितार्थोयतोऽभक्तविघ्नास्तथाऽनेकरूपाः ।यतः शोकमोहौ यतः काम एवसदा तं गणेशं नमामो भजामः ॥ 6 ॥

    yataḥ putrasampadyatō vāñChitārthōyatō'bhaktavighnāstathā'nēkarūpāḥ ।yataḥ śōkamōhau yataḥ kāma ēvasadā taṃ gaṇēśaṃ namāmō bhajāmaḥ ॥ 6 ॥
    meaning

    Hymn celebrating Ganesha, the divine supreme reality

    word by word
    यतःYatahRestrained, Held Forth, Subdued, Governed, Controlled · From which or what · In what Place
    कामKaamaDesire
    एवEvaExactly so, in this Manner, Indeed, Truly
    सदाSadaaAlways · Always, Ever, Every Time; · Always, Ever, Every Time · Always, Ever · Who is Served always · [O Devi, Please bestow Your Auspicious Blessings on me], always · [He attains his innermost longing and Devi] always [dwell in his heart] · Who Always (Abide as the Mantra) · Always, Perpetually · Eternal
    तTaThat
    गणेशGanneshaSri Ganesha
    तंTamHim · To You · That · Then
  • verse 7
    यतोऽनन्तशक्तिः स शेषो बभूवधराधारणेऽनेकरूपे च शक्तः ।यतोऽनेकधा स्वर्गलोका हि नानासदा तं गणेशं नमामो भजामः ॥ 7 ॥

    yatō'nantaśaktiḥ sa śēṣō babhūvadharādhāraṇē'nēkarūpē cha śaktaḥ ।yatō'nēkadhā svargalōkā hi nānāsadā taṃ gaṇēśaṃ namāmō bhajāmaḥ ॥ 7 ॥
    meaning

    Hymn celebrating Ganesha, the divine supreme reality

    word by word
    सSaYour
    चCaAnd, sometimes used only for emphasis or gap-filling · for emphasis · And, sometimes used for emphasis · And · And, Also, Sometimes for emphasis or gap-fillings · Indeed · And, Also, sometimes for emphasis or gap-filling · And, Also · For emphasis or gap-filling · And, Also, For emphasis · And, Also, sometimes for emphasis · Also · And, Also, Moreover · And, for emphasis · And, Also, sometimes for emphasis or gap-flilling · Moreover, Also · And, sometimes for emphasis or gap-filling · And, As Well as · Gap-filling or emphasis · And, for gap-filling · And, Also, sometimes for gap-filling · And, sometimes for emphasis · And, sometimes used for filling gaps
    हिHiFor, Because
    नानाNaanaaVarious, Different
    सदाSadaaAlways · Always, Ever, Every Time; · Always, Ever, Every Time · Always, Ever · Who is Served always · [O Devi, Please bestow Your Auspicious Blessings on me], always · [He attains his innermost longing and Devi] always [dwell in his heart] · Who Always (Abide as the Mantra) · Always, Perpetually · Eternal
    तTaThat
    गणेशGanneshaSri Ganesha
    साSaaShe
    तंTamHim · To You · That · Then
  • verse 8
    यतो वेदवाचो विकुण्ठा मनोभिःसदा नेति नेतीति यत्ता गृणन्ति ।परब्रह्मरूपं चिदानन्दभूतंसदा तं गणेशं नमामो भजामः ॥ 8 ॥

    yatō vēdavāchō vikuṇṭhā manōbhiḥsadā nēti nētīti yattā gṛṇanti ।parabrahmarūpaṃ chidānandabhūtaṃsadā taṃ gaṇēśaṃ namāmō bhajāmaḥ ॥ 8 ॥
    meaning

    Hymn celebrating Ganesha, the divine supreme reality

    word by word
    यतोYatoFrom Whom [is Created the Universe] · Because [of You]
    सदाSadaaAlways · Always, Ever, Every Time; · Always, Ever, Every Time · Always, Ever · Who is Served always · [O Devi, Please bestow Your Auspicious Blessings on me], always · [He attains his innermost longing and Devi] always [dwell in his heart] · Who Always (Abide as the Mantra) · Always, Perpetually · Eternal
    तTaThat
    गणेशGanneshaSri Ganesha
    यतYata(That Effort is not to be done) by which (there is merely passing away of Life-span of extremely valuable human life)
    तंTamHim · To You · That · Then
  • verse 9
    श्रीगणेश उवाच ।पुनरूचे गणाधीशः स्तोत्रमेतत्पठेन्नरः ।त्रिसन्ध्यं त्रिदिनं तस्य सर्वकार्यं भविष्यति ॥ 9 ॥

    śrīgaṇēśa uvācha ।punarūchē gaṇādhīśaḥ stōtramētatpaṭhēnnaraḥ ।trisandhyaṃ tridinaṃ tasya sarvakāryaṃ bhaviṣyati ॥ 9 ॥
    meaning

    Hymn celebrating Ganesha, the divine supreme reality

    word by word
    उवाचUvaacaSaid
    गणाधीशGannaadhiishaSri Ganesha
    त्रिसन्ध्यंTri-SandhyamThree Junctions of the day [Dawn, Noon and Evening]
    तस्यTasyaTo him · of him · That, Which · of that · of his
  • verse 10
    यो जपेदष्टदिवसं श्लोकाष्टकमिदं शुभम् ।अष्टवारं चतुर्थ्यां तु सोऽष्टसिद्धीरवाप्नुयात् ॥ 10 ॥

    yō japēdaṣṭadivasaṃ ślōkāṣṭakamidaṃ śubham ।aṣṭavāraṃ chaturthyāṃ tu sō'ṣṭasiddhīravāpnuyāt ॥ 10 ॥
    meaning

    Hymn celebrating Ganesha, the divine supreme reality

    word by word
    योYoHe who [after unpinning the Keelaka makes Her manifest and then recites the Chandi by constantly dwelling on Her Conscious Form] · He Who · He · Which · Who
    शुभम्Shubham[Lord Shiva invoked the Keelaka and pinned it; And having done that all this indeed became] Auspicious
    तुTuBut, Indeed · Indeed · But Indeed · Then · Then, But · But, For emphasis · But, sometimes for emphasis · But · And, But, Indeed · For emphasis · Indeed, for emphasis · But, sometimes for emphasis or gap-filling · But, for gap-filling · Second indeed (for the welfare of this World, the Lord lifted the Earth which had gone to Rasatala) · Now
    चतुर्थ्याम्CaturthyaamOn Chaturthi
  • verse 11
    यः पठेन्मासमात्रं तु दशवारं दिने दिने ।स मोचयेद्बन्धगतं राजवध्यं न संशयः ॥ 11 ॥

    yaḥ paṭhēnmāsamātraṃ tu daśavāraṃ dinē dinē ।sa mōchayēdbandhagataṃ rājavadhyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ ॥ 11 ॥
    meaning

    Hymn celebrating Ganesha, the divine supreme reality

    word by word
    यYaHe · He Who
    तुTuBut, Indeed · Indeed · But Indeed · Then · Then, But · But, For emphasis · But, sometimes for emphasis · But · And, But, Indeed · For emphasis · Indeed, for emphasis · But, sometimes for emphasis or gap-filling · But, for gap-filling · Second indeed (for the welfare of this World, the Lord lifted the Earth which had gone to Rasatala) · Now
    सSaYour
    नNaNot · Us, Our · [There are] no [Mantras or Medicine available, even a trace which can accomplish Uccatana etc.] · Us, of us, to us · The letter Nna · Not, Us · Not, No, Nor, Neither
    यःYahHe Who
    साSaaShe
  • verse 12
    विद्याकामो लभेद्विद्यां पुत्रार्थी पुत्रमाप्नुयात् ।वाञ्छिताँल्लभते सर्वानेकविंशतिवारतः ॥ 12 ॥

    vidyākāmō labhēdvidyāṃ putrārthī putramāpnuyāt ।vāñChitāँllabhatē sarvānēkaviṃśativārataḥ ॥ 12 ॥
    meaning

    Hymn celebrating Ganesha, the divine supreme reality

    word by word
    पुत्रार्थीPutra-ArthiiSeekers of Son
  • verse 13
    यो जपेत्परया भक्त्या गजाननपरो नरः ।एवमुक्त्वा ततो देवश्चान्तर्धानं गतः प्रभुः ॥ 13 ॥

    yō japētparayā bhaktyā gajānanaparō naraḥ ।ēvamuktvā tatō dēvaśchāntardhānaṃ gataḥ prabhuḥ ॥ 13 ॥
    meaning

    Hymn celebrating Ganesha, the divine supreme reality

    word by word
    योYoHe who [after unpinning the Keelaka makes Her manifest and then recites the Chandi by constantly dwelling on Her Conscious Form] · He Who · He · Which · Who
    भक्त्याBhaktyaawith Devotion · (We ever bow down to Her) with Devotion · (Those who recite) with (one-pointed) Devotion, (everyday)
    नरःNarahThe person [who constantly Remembers Devi Chandika by his Heart with Devotion] · Man
    एवमुक्त्वाEvam-UktvaaHaving said thus
    ततोTatoThere [he saw] · Then · There, at that place · Therefore [only after knowing this fully the wise men begin reciting the Devi Mahatmyam] · Then (they go to Heaven by Your Grace) · And from there (make Your Grace flow for the Welfare of the World)
    गतGataGone
    प्रभुःPrabhuhLord · Having Power over, Lord
    गताःGataahGoes [to any state]
  • verse 14
    इति श्रीगणेशपुराणे उपासनाखण्डे श्रीगणेशाष्टकम् ।

    iti śrīgaṇēśapurāṇē upāsanākhaṇḍē śrīgaṇēśāṣṭakam ।
    meaning

    Colophon: Thus ends the Ganesha Ashtakam from the Upasana Khanda (section on devotional worship) of the Sri Ganesha Purana.

    word by word
    इतिItiRefers to something that precedes

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