ಸದನವಸಾದನ ದಯಯಾ ಕುರು ಸಾದನಮನ್ತರಾಯಸ್ಯ ॥ 1 ॥
- ದ್ವಿರದವದನ (dviradavadana)O you with the face of the elephant
- ವಿಷಮರದ (viṣamarada)O you with the odd tusk
- ವರದ (varada)O giver of boons
- ಜಯ (jaya)be victorious
- ಈಶಾನ (īśāna)O lord
- ಶಾನ್ತವರಸದನ (śāntavarasadana)O you whose home is peace and blessing
- ಸದನವಸಾದನ (sadanavasādana)O you who lift a house out of its sinking
- ದಯಯಾ (dayayā)out of kindness
- ಕುರು (kuru)make
- ಸಾದನಮ್ (sādanam)the bringing down
- ಅನ್ತರಾಯಸ್ಯ (antarāyasya)of the obstacle
anvaya ದ್ವಿರದವದನ ವಿಷಮರದ ವರದ ಈಶಾನ ಶಾನ್ತವರಸದನ ಸದನವಸಾದನ ಜಯ ದಯಯಾ ಅನ್ತರಾಯಸ್ಯ ಸಾದನಮ್ ಕುರು
chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse
ಷಟ್ಪದೀ 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.
ವಿಷಮರದ 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.
ಅನ್ತರಾಯ 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. ಸದನವಸಾದನ is read ಸದನ and ಅವಸಾದನ, the sinking of a house; what is to be brought down is named at the end of the verse.
ವಿಕಟಸ್ಫುಟಕಟಧಾರಾಧಾರೋಽಸ್ಯಸ್ಯ ಪ್ರಪಞ್ಚಸ್ಯ ॥ 2 ॥
- ಇನ್ದುಕಲಾಕಲಿತಾಲಿಕ (indukalākalitālika)on whose brow the moon's crescent is set
- ಸಾಲಿಕ (sālika)with the mark on the forehead
- ಶುಮ್ಭತ್ಕಪೋಲಪಾಲಿಯುಗ (śumbhatkapolapāliyuga)whose two cheeks shine on either side
- ವಿಕಟಸ್ಫುಟಕಟಧಾರಾಧಾರಃ (vikaṭasphuṭakaṭadhārādhāraḥ)whose broad temples run open with must, and who is the ground that holds
- ಅಸ್ಯ (asya)of this
- ಪ್ರಪಞ್ಚಸ್ಯ (prapañcasya)spreading world
anvaya ಇನ್ದುಕಲಾಕಲಿತಾಲಿಕ ಸಾಲಿಕ ಶುಮ್ಭತ್ಕಪೋಲಪಾಲಿಯುಗ [ತ್ವಮ್] ಅಸ್ಯ ಪ್ರಪಞ್ಚಸ್ಯ ವಿಕಟಸ್ಫುಟಕಟಧಾರಾಧಾರಃ
chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse
ಪ್ರಪಞ್ಚ the spreading world — Prapancha is the world seen as a spreading out into five, the elements and everything made of them.
ಧಾರಾಧಾರಃ 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.
ಆರೂಹ್ಯ ವಜ್ರದನ್ತಂ ಆಖುಂ ವಿದಧಾಸಿ ವಿಪದನ್ತಮ್ ॥ 3 ॥
- ವರಪರಶುಪಾಶಪಾಣೇ (varaparaśupāśapāṇe)O you with the boon, the axe and the noose in your hands
- ಪಣಿತಪಣಾಯ (paṇitapaṇāya)for the stake that is offered
- ಅಪಣಾಯಿತಃ (apaṇāyitaḥ)not to be bought
- ಅಸಿ (asi)you are
- ಯತಃ (yataḥ)since
- ಆರೂಹ್ಯ (ārūhya)having mounted
- ವಜ್ರದನ್ತಮ್ (vajradantam)with teeth like adamant
- ಆಖುಮ್ (ākhum)the mouse
- ವಿದಧಾಸಿ (vidadhāsi)you make
- ವಿಪದನ್ತಮ್ (vipadantam)an end of trouble
anvaya ವರಪರಶುಪಾಶಪಾಣೇ ಯತಃ ಪಣಿತಪಣಾಯ ಅಪಣಾಯಿತಃ ಅಸಿ [ತತಃ] ವಜ್ರದನ್ತಮ್ ಆಖುಮ್ ಆರೂಹ್ಯ ವಿಪದನ್ತಮ್ ವಿದಧಾಸಿ
chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse
ಪಣ 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.
ಆಖುಮ್ the mouse — Akhu is the one that digs. His mount goes under what stands in the way rather than through it.
ಶನಕೈರವಲೋಕಯ ಮಾಂ ಯಮಾನ್ತರಾಯಾಪಹಾರಿಚಾರುದೃಶಾ ॥ 4 ॥
- ಲಮ್ಬೋದರ (lambodara)O hanging-bellied one
- ದೂರ್ವಾಸನ (dūrvāsana)O you seated on durva grass
- ಶಯಧೃತಸಾಮೋದಮೋದಕಾಶನಕ (śayadhṛtasāmodamodakāśanaka)O you who eat the fragrant modak held in your hand
- ಶನಕೈಃ (śanakaiḥ)slowly
- ಅವಲೋಕಯ (avalokaya)look
- ಮಾಮ್ (mām)at me
- ಯಮಾನ್ತರಾಯಾಪಹಾರಿಚಾರುದೃಶಾ (yamāntarāyāpahāricārudṛśā)with that lovely glance which carries off death and every obstacle
anvaya ಲಮ್ಬೋದರ ದೂರ್ವಾಸನ ಶಯಧೃತಸಾಮೋದಮೋದಕಾಶನಕ ಯಮಾನ್ತರಾಯಾಪಹಾರಿಚಾರುದೃಶಾ ಮಾಮ್ ಶನಕೈಃ ಅವಲೋಕಯ
chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse
ದೂರ್ವಾ durva grass — The grass offered to him in blades of twenty-one, and the only offering he is said to prefer to food.
ಶನಕೈಃ slowly — The poet asks not for a look but for an unhurried one, as one asks a busy person for a moment.
ಸುಖಧೃತದಣ್ಡರಸಾಲೋ ನಾಗಜಭಾಲೋಽತಿಭಾಸಿ ವಿಭೋ ॥ 5 ॥
- ಆನನ್ದತುನ್ದಿಲಾಖಿಲವೃನ್ದಾರಕವೃನ್ದವನ್ದಿತಾಙ್ಘ್ರಿಯುಗ (ānandatundilākhilavṛndārakavṛndavanditāṅghriyuga)O you at whose two feet the whole company of gods, swollen with joy, bows
- ಸುಖಧೃತದಣ್ಡರಸಾಲಃ (sukhadhṛtadaṇḍarasālaḥ)holding the sugar cane staff with ease
- ನಾಗಜಭಾಲಃ (nāgajabhālaḥ)whose brow is an elephant's
- ಅತಿಭಾಸಿ (atibhāsi)you shine past all measure
- ವಿಭೋ (vibho)O mighty one
anvaya ಆನನ್ದತುನ್ದಿಲಾಖಿಲವೃನ್ದಾರಕವೃನ್ದವನ್ದಿತಾಙ್ಘ್ರಿಯುಗ ವಿಭೋ ಸುಖಧೃತದಣ್ಡರಸಾಲಃ ನಾಗಜಭಾಲಃ ಅತಿಭಾಸಿ
chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse
ತುನ್ದಿಲ swollen — Tundila is having a swollen belly. The poet gives the gods his own shape, swollen with joy as he is swollen with sweets.
ರಸಾಲ the sugar cane — Rasala is what holds juice: the mango, and the sugar cane he carries.
ಸ್ವಚರಣಶರಣಂ ಕರುಣಾವರುಣಾಲಯ ದೇವ ಪಾಹಿ ಮಾಂ ದೀನಮ್ ॥ 6 ॥
- ಅಗಣೇಯಗುಣ (agaṇeyaguṇa)O you with qualities past all counting
- ಈಶಾತ್ಮಜ (īśātmaja)O son of the lord
- ಚಿನ್ತಕಚಿನ್ತಾಮಣೇ (cintakacintāmaṇe)O wishing-gem of those who think of you
- ಗಣೇಶಾನ (gaṇeśāna)O Ganesha
- ಸ್ವಚರಣಶರಣಮ್ (svacaraṇaśaraṇam)one who has taken refuge at your own feet
- ಕರುಣಾವರುಣಾಲಯ (karuṇāvaruṇālaya)O sea of kindness
- ದೇವ (deva)O god
- ಪಾಹಿ (pāhi)protect
- ಮಾಮ್ (mām)me
- ದೀನಮ್ (dīnam)wretched
anvaya ಅಗಣೇಯಗುಣ ಈಶಾತ್ಮಜ ಚಿನ್ತಕಚಿನ್ತಾಮಣೇ ಗಣೇಶಾನ ಕರುಣಾವರುಣಾಲಯ ದೇವ ಸ್ವಚರಣಶರಣಮ್ ದೀನಮ್ ಮಾಮ್ ಪಾಹಿ
chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse
ಚಿನ್ತಾಮಣೇ 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.
ವರುಣಾಲಯ the sea — The home of Varuna, that is, the ocean. Kindness is given its size.
ಇತಿ ಷಟ್ಪದೀ ಮದೀಯಾ ಗಣಪತಿಪಾದಾಮ್ಬುಜೇ ವಿಶತು ॥ 7 ॥
- ರುಚಿರವಚೋಽಮೃತರಾವೋನ್ನೀತಾ (ruciravaco'mṛtarāvonnītā)carried up by the nectar-sound of lovely words
- ನೀತಾ (nītā)brought
- ದಿವಮ್ (divam)to heaven
- ಸ್ತುತಿಃ (stutiḥ)the praise
- ಸ್ಫೀತಾ (sphītā)full
- ಇತಿ (iti)so
- ಷಟ್ಪದೀ (ṣaṭpadī)this six-footed poem
- ಮದೀಯಾ (madīyā)of mine
- ಗಣಪತಿಪಾದಾಮ್ಬುಜೇ (gaṇapatipādāmbuje)into the lotus of Ganapati's feet
- ವಿಶತು (viśatu)let it enter
anvaya ರುಚಿರವಚೋಽಮೃತರಾವೋನ್ನೀತಾ ಸ್ಫೀತಾ ಸ್ತುತಿಃ ದಿವಮ್ ನೀತಾ ಇತಿ ಮದೀಯಾ ಷಟ್ಪದೀ ಗಣಪತಿಪಾದಾಮ್ಬುಜೇ ವಿಶತು
chandas Irregular by syllable count; the ṣaṭpadī is measured in beats, six feet to the verse
ಷಟ್ಪದೀ 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.