Vatapi Ganapatim Bhajeham

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• verse 1

  रागम्: हंसध्वनि (स, रि2, ग3, प, नि3, स)

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  rāgam: haṃsadhvani (sa, ri2, ga3, pa, ni3, sa)

  meaning

  Raga: Hamsadhvani (Sa, Ri2, Ga3, Pa, Ni3, Sa). (raga heading)

• verse 2

  वातापि गणपतिं भजेऽहंवारणाश्यं वरप्रदं श्री ।

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  vātāpi gaṇapatiṃ bhajē'haṃvāraṇāśyaṃ varapradaṃ śrī ।

  meaning

  I worship the Vatapi Ganapati, elephant-faced, granter of boons, glorious one.

• verse 3

  भूतादि संसेवित चरणंभूत भौतिक प्रपञ्च भरणम् ।वीतरागिणं विनुत योगिनंविश्वकारणं विघ्नवारणम् ।

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  bhūtādi saṃsēvita charaṇaṃbhūta bhautika prapañcha bharaṇam ।vītarāgiṇaṃ vinuta yōginaṃviśvakāraṇaṃ vighnavāraṇam ।

  meaning

  Whose feet are served by all beings, who upholds the world of beings and elements; passionless, praised by yogis, cause of the universe, remover of obstacles.

• verse 4

  पुरा कुम्भ सम्भव मुनिवरप्रपूजितं त्रिकोण मध्यगतंमुरारि प्रमुखाद्युपासितंमूलाधार क्षेत्रस्थितम् ।

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  purā kumbha sambhava munivaraprapūjitaṃ trikōṇa madhyagataṃmurāri pramukhādyupāsitaṃmūlādhāra kṣētrasthitam ।

  meaning

  Long ago worshipped by the pot-born sage (Agastya), seated in the centre of the triangle, adored by Murari and other foremost ones, abiding in the Muladhara region.

• verse 5

  परादि चत्वारि वागात्मकंप्रणव स्वरूप वक्रतुण्डंनिरन्तरं निखिल चन्द्रखण्डंनिजवामकर विद्रुतेक्षुखण्डम् ।

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  parādi chatvāri vāgātmakaṃpraṇava svarūpa vakratuṇḍaṃnirantaraṃ nikhila chandrakhaṇḍaṃnijavāmakara vidrutēkṣukhaṇḍam ।

  meaning

  Embodiment of the four levels of speech beginning with Para, curve-trunked form of the pranava, ever bearing the full crescent moon, holding a piece of sugarcane in his own left hand.

• verse 6

  कराम्बुज पाश बीजापूरंकलुषविदूरं भूताकारंहरादि गुरुगुह तोषित बिम्बंहंसध्वनि भूषित हेरम्बम् ।

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  karāmbuja pāśa bījāpūraṃkaluṣavidūraṃ bhūtākāraṃharādi guruguha tōṣita bimbaṃhaṃsadhvani bhūṣita hērambam ।

  meaning

  In his lotus hands the noose and the citron-fruit, far from impurity, of the form of all beings; the image who delights Hara and Guruguha (Skanda), Heramba adorned by the hamsadhvani melody.