চিন্তামণি ষট্পদী

• দ্ৱিৰদৱদন (dviradavadana)O you with the face of the elephant
• ৱিষমৰদ (viṣamarada)O you with the odd tusk
• ৱৰদ (varada)O giver of boons
• জয (jaya)be victorious
• ঈশান (īśāna)O lord
• শান্তৱৰসদন (śāntavarasadana)O you whose home is peace and blessing
• সদনৱসাদন (sadanavasādana)O you who lift a house out of its sinking
• দযযা (dayayā)out of kindness
• কুৰু (kuru)make
• সাদনম্ (sādanam)the bringing down
• অন্তৰাযস্য (antarāyasya)of the obstacle

anvaya দ্ৱিৰদৱদন ৱিষমৰদ ৱৰদ ঈশান শান্তৱৰসদন সদনৱসাদন জয দযযা অন্তৰাযস্য সাদনম্ কুৰু

chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse

ষট্পদী shatpadi — Shatpadi means six-footed: a verse of six feet, and also a bee, which has six legs. The last verse turns on that second sense.

ৱিষমৰদ with the odd tusk — Vishama is what does not divide in two. His tusks are odd in number, which is the polite way of saying one of them is broken.

অন্তৰায the obstacle — Antaraya is what comes in between, the thing standing in the road. It is the exact word for what Ganesha is asked to remove.

note Attributed to Shankaracharya. সদনৱসাদন is read সদন and অৱসাদন, the sinking of a house; what is to be brought down is named at the end of the verse.

• ইন্দুকলাকলিতালিক (indukalākalitālika)on whose brow the moon's crescent is set
• সালিক (sālika)with the mark on the forehead
• শুম্ভত্কপোলপালিযুগ (śumbhatkapolapāliyuga)whose two cheeks shine on either side
• ৱিকটস্ফুটকটধাৰাধাৰঃ (vikaṭasphuṭakaṭadhārādhāraḥ)whose broad temples run open with must, and who is the ground that holds
• অস্য (asya)of this
• প্ৰপঞ্চস্য (prapañcasya)spreading world

anvaya ইন্দুকলাকলিতালিক সালিক শুম্ভত্কপোলপালিযুগ [ত্ৱম্] অস্য প্ৰপঞ্চস্য ৱিকটস্ফুটকটধাৰাধাৰঃ

chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse

প্ৰপঞ্চ the spreading world — Prapancha is the world seen as a spreading out into five, the elements and everything made of them.

ধাৰাধাৰঃ the stream and the ground — One word doing two jobs: dhara is the stream of must, adhara the ground that bears a weight. The pun holds the verse together.

• ৱৰপৰশুপাশপাণে (varaparaśupāśapāṇe)O you with the boon, the axe and the noose in your hands
• পণিতপণায (paṇitapaṇāya)for the stake that is offered
• অপণাযিতঃ (apaṇāyitaḥ)not to be bought
• অসি (asi)you are
• যতঃ (yataḥ)since
• আৰূহ্য (ārūhya)having mounted
• ৱজ্ৰদন্তম্ (vajradantam)with teeth like adamant
• আখুম্ (ākhum)the mouse
• ৱিদধাসি (vidadhāsi)you make
• ৱিপদন্তম্ (vipadantam)an end of trouble

anvaya ৱৰপৰশুপাশপাণে যতঃ পণিতপণায অপণাযিতঃ অসি [ততঃ] ৱজ্ৰদন্তম্ আখুম্ আৰূহ্য ৱিপদন্তম্ ৱিদধাসি

chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse

পণ a stake — Pana is what is put down in a wager or paid in a bargain. The line plays on the word three times over to say that he is not for sale.

আখুম্ the mouse — Akhu is the one that digs. His mount goes under what stands in the way rather than through it.

• লম্বোদৰ (lambodara)O hanging-bellied one
• দূৰ্ৱাসন (dūrvāsana)O you seated on durva grass
• শযধৃতসামোদমোদকাশনক (śayadhṛtasāmodamodakāśanaka)O you who eat the fragrant modak held in your hand
• শনকৈঃ (śanakaiḥ)slowly
• অৱলোকয (avalokaya)look
• মাম্ (mām)at me
• যমান্তৰাযাপহাৰিচাৰুদৃশা (yamāntarāyāpahāricārudṛśā)with that lovely glance which carries off death and every obstacle

anvaya লম্বোদৰ দূৰ্ৱাসন শযধৃতসামোদমোদকাশনক যমান্তৰাযাপহাৰিচাৰুদৃশা মাম্ শনকৈঃ অৱলোকয

chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse

দূৰ্ৱা durva grass — The grass offered to him in blades of twenty-one, and the only offering he is said to prefer to food.

শনকৈঃ slowly — The poet asks not for a look but for an unhurried one, as one asks a busy person for a moment.

• আনন্দতুন্দিলাখিলৱৃন্দাৰকৱৃন্দৱন্দিতাঙ্ঘ্ৰিযুগ (ānandatundilākhilavṛndārakavṛndavanditāṅghriyuga)O you at whose two feet the whole company of gods, swollen with joy, bows
• সুখধৃতদণ্ডৰসালঃ (sukhadhṛtadaṇḍarasālaḥ)holding the sugar cane staff with ease
• নাগজভালঃ (nāgajabhālaḥ)whose brow is an elephant's
• অতিভাসি (atibhāsi)you shine past all measure
• ৱিভো (vibho)O mighty one

anvaya আনন্দতুন্দিলাখিলৱৃন্দাৰকৱৃন্দৱন্দিতাঙ্ঘ্ৰিযুগ ৱিভো সুখধৃতদণ্ডৰসালঃ নাগজভালঃ অতিভাসি

chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse

তুন্দিল swollen — Tundila is having a swollen belly. The poet gives the gods his own shape, swollen with joy as he is swollen with sweets.

ৰসাল the sugar cane — Rasala is what holds juice: the mango, and the sugar cane he carries.

• অগণেযগুণ (agaṇeyaguṇa)O you with qualities past all counting
• ঈশাত্মজ (īśātmaja)O son of the lord
• চিন্তকচিন্তামণে (cintakacintāmaṇe)O wishing-gem of those who think of you
• গণেশান (gaṇeśāna)O Ganesha
• স্ৱচৰণশৰণম্ (svacaraṇaśaraṇam)one who has taken refuge at your own feet
• কৰুণাৱৰুণালয (karuṇāvaruṇālaya)O sea of kindness
• দেৱ (deva)O god
• পাহি (pāhi)protect
• মাম্ (mām)me
• দীনম্ (dīnam)wretched

anvaya অগণেযগুণ ঈশাত্মজ চিন্তকচিন্তামণে গণেশান কৰুণাৱৰুণালয দেৱ স্ৱচৰণশৰণম্ দীনম্ মাম্ পাহি

chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse

চিন্তামণে O wishing-gem — The stone that gives whatever is thought of, which is where the hymn gets its name. The play is on chintaka, the one who thinks, and chintamani, the gem of thought.

ৱৰুণালয the sea — The home of Varuna, that is, the ocean. Kindness is given its size.

• ৰুচিৰৱচোঽমৃতৰাৱোন্নীতা (ruciravaco'mṛtarāvonnītā)carried up by the nectar-sound of lovely words
• নীতা (nītā)brought
• দিৱম্ (divam)to heaven
• স্তুতিঃ (stutiḥ)the praise
• স্ফীতা (sphītā)full
• ইতি (iti)so
• ষট্পদী (ṣaṭpadī)this six-footed poem
• মদীযা (madīyā)of mine
• গণপতিপাদাম্বুজে (gaṇapatipādāmbuje)into the lotus of Ganapati's feet
• ৱিশতু (viśatu)let it enter

anvaya ৰুচিৰৱচোঽমৃতৰাৱোন্নীতা স্ফীতা স্তুতিঃ দিৱম্ নীতা ইতি মদীযা ষট্পদী গণপতিপাদাম্বুজে ৱিশতু

chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse

ষট্পদী the six-footed poem — The same word means a bee. The last line asks the poem to go into the lotus of his feet the way a bee goes into a flower, which is why the poem is built on six feet.

note The hymn ends by naming its own form and making a picture of it.