સદનવસાદન દયયા કુરુ સાદનમન્તરાયસ્ય ॥ 1 ॥
- દ્વિરદવદન (dviradavadana)O you with the face of the elephant
- વિષમરદ (viṣamarada)O you with the odd tusk
- વરદ (varada)O giver of boons
- જય (jaya)be victorious
- ઈશાન (īśāna)O lord
- શાન્તવરસદન (śāntavarasadana)O you whose home is peace and blessing
- સદનવસાદન (sadanavasādana)O you who lift a house out of its sinking
- દયયા (dayayā)out of kindness
- કુરુ (kuru)make
- સાદનમ્ (sādanam)the bringing down
- અન્તરાયસ્ય (antarāyasya)of the obstacle
anvaya દ્વિરદવદન વિષમરદ વરદ ઈશાન શાન્તવરસદન સદનવસાદન જય દયયા અન્તરાયસ્ય સાદનમ્ કુરુ
chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse
ષટ્પદી 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.
વિષમરદ 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.
અન્તરાય 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. સદનવસાદન is read સદન and અવસાદન, the sinking of a house; what is to be brought down is named at the end of the verse.
વિકટસ્ફુટકટધારાધારોઽસ્યસ્ય પ્રપઞ્ચસ્ય ॥ 2 ॥
- ઇન્દુકલાકલિતાલિક (indukalākalitālika)on whose brow the moon's crescent is set
- સાલિક (sālika)with the mark on the forehead
- શુમ્ભત્કપોલપાલિયુગ (śumbhatkapolapāliyuga)whose two cheeks shine on either side
- વિકટસ્ફુટકટધારાધારઃ (vikaṭasphuṭakaṭadhārādhāraḥ)whose broad temples run open with must, and who is the ground that holds
- અસ્ય (asya)of this
- પ્રપઞ્ચસ્ય (prapañcasya)spreading world
anvaya ઇન્દુકલાકલિતાલિક સાલિક શુમ્ભત્કપોલપાલિયુગ [ત્વમ્] અસ્ય પ્રપઞ્ચસ્ય વિકટસ્ફુટકટધારાધારઃ
chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse
પ્રપઞ્ચ the spreading world — Prapancha is the world seen as a spreading out into five, the elements and everything made of them.
ધારાધારઃ 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.
આરૂહ્ય વજ્રદન્તં આખું વિદધાસિ વિપદન્તમ્ ॥ 3 ॥
- વરપરશુપાશપાણે (varaparaśupāśapāṇe)O you with the boon, the axe and the noose in your hands
- પણિતપણાય (paṇitapaṇāya)for the stake that is offered
- અપણાયિતઃ (apaṇāyitaḥ)not to be bought
- અસિ (asi)you are
- યતઃ (yataḥ)since
- આરૂહ્ય (ārūhya)having mounted
- વજ્રદન્તમ્ (vajradantam)with teeth like adamant
- આખુમ્ (ākhum)the mouse
- વિદધાસિ (vidadhāsi)you make
- વિપદન્તમ્ (vipadantam)an end of trouble
anvaya વરપરશુપાશપાણે યતઃ પણિતપણાય અપણાયિતઃ અસિ [તતઃ] વજ્રદન્તમ્ આખુમ્ આરૂહ્ય વિપદન્તમ્ વિદધાસિ
chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse
પણ 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.
આખુમ્ the mouse — Akhu is the one that digs. His mount goes under what stands in the way rather than through it.
શનકૈરવલોકય માં યમાન્તરાયાપહારિચારુદૃશા ॥ 4 ॥
- લમ્બોદર (lambodara)O hanging-bellied one
- દૂર્વાસન (dūrvāsana)O you seated on durva grass
- શયધૃતસામોદમોદકાશનક (śayadhṛtasāmodamodakāśanaka)O you who eat the fragrant modak held in your hand
- શનકૈઃ (śanakaiḥ)slowly
- અવલોકય (avalokaya)look
- મામ્ (mām)at me
- યમાન્તરાયાપહારિચારુદૃશા (yamāntarāyāpahāricārudṛśā)with that lovely glance which carries off death and every obstacle
anvaya લમ્બોદર દૂર્વાસન શયધૃતસામોદમોદકાશનક યમાન્તરાયાપહારિચારુદૃશા મામ્ શનકૈઃ અવલોકય
chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse
દૂર્વા durva grass — The grass offered to him in blades of twenty-one, and the only offering he is said to prefer to food.
શનકૈઃ slowly — The poet asks not for a look but for an unhurried one, as one asks a busy person for a moment.
સુખધૃતદણ્ડરસાલો નાગજભાલોઽતિભાસિ વિભો ॥ 5 ॥
- આનન્દતુન્દિલાખિલવૃન્દારકવૃન્દવન્દિતાઙ્ઘ્રિયુગ (ānandatundilākhilavṛndārakavṛndavanditāṅghriyuga)O you at whose two feet the whole company of gods, swollen with joy, bows
- સુખધૃતદણ્ડરસાલઃ (sukhadhṛtadaṇḍarasālaḥ)holding the sugar cane staff with ease
- નાગજભાલઃ (nāgajabhālaḥ)whose brow is an elephant's
- અતિભાસિ (atibhāsi)you shine past all measure
- વિભો (vibho)O mighty one
anvaya આનન્દતુન્દિલાખિલવૃન્દારકવૃન્દવન્દિતાઙ્ઘ્રિયુગ વિભો સુખધૃતદણ્ડરસાલઃ નાગજભાલઃ અતિભાસિ
chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse
તુન્દિલ swollen — Tundila is having a swollen belly. The poet gives the gods his own shape, swollen with joy as he is swollen with sweets.
રસાલ the sugar cane — Rasala is what holds juice: the mango, and the sugar cane he carries.
સ્વચરણશરણં કરુણાવરુણાલય દેવ પાહિ માં દીનમ્ ॥ 6 ॥
- અગણેયગુણ (agaṇeyaguṇa)O you with qualities past all counting
- ઈશાત્મજ (īśātmaja)O son of the lord
- ચિન્તકચિન્તામણે (cintakacintāmaṇe)O wishing-gem of those who think of you
- ગણેશાન (gaṇeśāna)O Ganesha
- સ્વચરણશરણમ્ (svacaraṇaśaraṇam)one who has taken refuge at your own feet
- કરુણાવરુણાલય (karuṇāvaruṇālaya)O sea of kindness
- દેવ (deva)O god
- પાહિ (pāhi)protect
- મામ્ (mām)me
- દીનમ્ (dīnam)wretched
anvaya અગણેયગુણ ઈશાત્મજ ચિન્તકચિન્તામણે ગણેશાન કરુણાવરુણાલય દેવ સ્વચરણશરણમ્ દીનમ્ મામ્ પાહિ
chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse
ચિન્તામણે 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.
વરુણાલય the sea — The home of Varuna, that is, the ocean. Kindness is given its size.
ઇતિ ષટ્પદી મદીયા ગણપતિપાદામ્બુજે વિશતુ ॥ 7 ॥
- રુચિરવચોઽમૃતરાવોન્નીતા (ruciravaco'mṛtarāvonnītā)carried up by the nectar-sound of lovely words
- નીતા (nītā)brought
- દિવમ્ (divam)to heaven
- સ્તુતિઃ (stutiḥ)the praise
- સ્ફીતા (sphītā)full
- ઇતિ (iti)so
- ષટ્પદી (ṣaṭpadī)this six-footed poem
- મદીયા (madīyā)of mine
- ગણપતિપાદામ્બુજે (gaṇapatipādāmbuje)into the lotus of Ganapati's feet
- વિશતુ (viśatu)let it enter
anvaya રુચિરવચોઽમૃતરાવોન્નીતા સ્ફીતા સ્તુતિઃ દિવમ્ નીતા ઇતિ મદીયા ષટ્પદી ગણપતિપાદામ્બુજે વિશતુ
chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse
ષટ્પદી 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.