Ganesha Mahimna Stotram

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• verse 1

  अनिर्वाच्यं रूपं स्तवन निकरो यत्र गलितः तथा वक्ष्ये स्तोत्रं प्रथम पुरुषस्यात्र महतः ।यतो जातं विश्वस्थितिमपि सदा यत्र विलयः सकीदृग्गीर्वाणः सुनिगम नुतः श्रीगणपतिः ॥ 1 ॥

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  anirvāchyaṃ rūpaṃ stavana nikarō yatra gaḻitaḥ tathā vakṣyē stōtraṃ prathama puruṣasyātra mahataḥ ।yatō jātaṃ viśvasthitimapi sadā yatra vilayaḥ sakīdṛggīrvāṇaḥ sunigama nutaḥ śrīgaṇapatiḥ ॥ 1 ॥

  meaning

  The praise of the indescribable form, where all laudations dissolve — yet I shall compose this stotra of the primordial great being.

• verse 2

  गकारो हेरम्बः सगुण इति पुं निर्गुणमयो द्विधाप्येकोजातः प्रकृति पुरुषो ब्रह्म हि गणः ।स चेशश्चोत्पत्ति स्थिति लय करोयं प्रमथको यतोभूतं भव्यं भवति पतिरीशो गणपतिः ॥ 2 ॥

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  gakārō hērambaḥ saguṇa iti puṃ nirguṇamayō dvidhāpyēkōjātaḥ prakṛti puruṣō brahma hi gaṇaḥ ।sa chēśaśchōtpatti sthiti laya karōyaṃ pramathakō yatōbhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhavati patirīśō gaṇapatiḥ ॥ 2 ॥

  meaning

  The syllable 'ga' is Heramba — the qualified and the unqualified puruṣa; though twofold, the one Gaṇa is born as Prakṛti-Puruṣa, the very Brahman.

• verse 3

  गकारः कण्ठोर्ध्वं गजमुखसमो मर्त्यसदृशो णकारः कण्ठाधो जठर सदृशाकार इति च ।अधोभावः कट्यां चरण इति हीशोस्य च तमः विभातीत्थं नाम त्रिभुवन समं भू र्भुव स्सुवः ॥ 3 ॥

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  gakāraḥ kaṇṭhōrdhvaṃ gajamukhasamō martyasadṛśō ṇakāraḥ kaṇṭhādhō jaṭhara sadṛśākāra iti cha ।adhōbhāvaḥ kaṭyāṃ charaṇa iti hīśōsya cha tamaḥ vibhātītthaṃ nāma tribhuvana samaṃ bhū rbhuva ssuvaḥ ॥ 3 ॥

  meaning

  The syllable 'ga' above the throat resembles an elephant-face in the form of a man; 'ṇa' below the throat is like the belly in shape — thus the body of Gaṇeśa is described.

• verse 4

  गणाध्यक्षो ज्येष्ठः कपिल अपरो मङ्गलनिधिः दयालुर्हेरम्बो वरद इति चिन्तामणि रजः ।वरानीशो ढुण्ढिर्गजवदन नामा शिवसुतो मयूरेशो गौरीतनय इति नामानि पठति ॥ 4 ॥

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  gaṇādhyakṣō jyēṣṭhaḥ kapila aparō maṅgaḻanidhiḥ dayāḻurhērambō varada iti chintāmaṇi rajaḥ ।varānīśō ḍhuṇḍhirgajavadana nāmā śivasutō mayūrēśō gaurītanaya iti nāmāni paṭhati ॥ 4 ॥

  meaning

  The lord of Gaṇas, the eldest, is Kapila, another is the treasure of auspiciousness — the compassionate Heramba, the boon-giver, the Chintāmaṇi among princes.

• verse 5

  महेशोयं विष्णुः स कवि रविरिन्दुः कमलजः क्षिति स्तोयं वह्निः श्वसन इति खं त्वद्रिरुदधिः ।कुजस्तारः शुक्रो पुरुरुडु बुधोगुच्च धनदो यमः पाशी काव्यः शनिरखिल रूपो गणपतिः ॥5 ॥

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  mahēśōyaṃ viṣṇuḥ sa kavi ravirinduḥ kamalajaḥ kṣiti stōyaṃ vahniḥ śvasana iti khaṃ tvadrirudadhiḥ ।kujastāraḥ śukrō pururuḍu budhōguchcha dhanadō yamaḥ pāśī kāvyaḥ śanirakhila rūpō gaṇapatiḥ ॥5 ॥

  meaning

  This Mahēśa is Viṣṇu; he is the poet, the sun, the moon, the lotus-born; earth is his body, water, fire, wind, and space are his limbs, as are the mountains and the ocean.

• verse 6

  मुखं वह्निः पादौ हरिरसि विधात प्रजननं रविर्नेत्रे चन्द्रो हृदय मपि कामोस्य मदन ।करौ शुक्रः कट्यामवनिरुदरं भाति दशनं गणेशस्यासन् वै क्रतुमय वपु श्चैव सकलम् ॥ 6 ॥

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  mukhaṃ vahniḥ pādau harirasi vidhāta prajananaṃ ravirnētrē chandrō hṛdaya mapi kāmōsya madana ।karau śukraḥ kaṭyāmavanirudaraṃ bhāti daśanaṃ gaṇēśasyāsan vai kratumaya vapu śchaiva sakalam ॥ 6 ॥

  meaning

  His face is Agni; his feet are Hari; his creation is Vidhātā; the sun is his eyes; the moon is his heart; his passion is Kāma himself.

• verse 7

  सिते भाद्रे मासे प्रतिशरदि मध्याह्न समये मृदो मूर्तिं कृत्वा गणपतितिथौ ढुण्ढि सदृशीम् ।समर्चत्युत्साहः प्रभवति महान् सर्वसदने विलोक्यानन्दस्तां प्रभवति नृणां विस्मय इति ॥7 ॥

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  sitē bhādrē māsē pratiśaradi madhyāhna samayē mṛdō mūrtiṃ kṛtvā gaṇapatitithau ḍhuṇḍhi sadṛśīm ।samarchatyutsāhaḥ prabhavati mahān sarvasadanē vilōkyānandastāṃ prabhavati nṛṇāṃ vismaya iti ॥7 ॥

  meaning

  In the bright month of Bhādra, each year at midday on Gaṇapati's tithi — making a clay image resembling Dhunḍhi, worshipping with ceremony.

• verse 8

  गणेशदेवस्य माहात्म्यमेतद्यः श्रावयेद्वापि पठेच्च तस्य ।क्लेशा लयं यान्ति लभेच्च शीघ्रं श्रीपुत्त्र विद्यार्थि गृहं च मुक्तिम् ॥ 8 ॥

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  gaṇēśadēvasya māhātmyamētadyaḥ śrāvayēdvāpi paṭhēchcha tasya ।klēśā layaṃ yānti labhēchcha śīghraṃ śrīputtra vidyārthi gṛhaṃ cha muktim ॥ 8 ॥

  meaning

  Whoever causes this greatness of Gaṇeśa Deva to be heard, or recites it himself — his afflictions dissolve and he quickly obtains auspiciousness.

• verse 9

  ॥ इति श्री गणेश महिम्न स्तोत्रम् ॥

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  ॥ iti śrī gaṇēśa mahimna stōtram ॥

  meaning

  [Colophon] Thus ends the Śrī Gaṇeśa Mahimna Stotram.