ekādaśa gaṇeśa stotra (yugapuruṣa kṛta)

• gaṇeśāyaGanesha
• namaḥsalutation
• tubhyamto you
• bhaktasaṃrakṣakāyaguardian of your devotees
• caand
• nānārūpabhṛtewho take many forms
• tubhyamto you
• herambāyaHeramba
• namaḥwe bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya bhaktasaṃrakṣakāya ca gaṇeśāya tubhyam namaḥ nānārūpabhṛte herambāya tubhyam namaḥ namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

yuga the Ages, the speakers — The four Ages of the world, Krita, Treta, Dvapara and Kali, take bodies and praise Ganesha together. The verse numbers start at 30 because the passage begins partway through its chapter.

• bhaktebhyaḥto your devotees
• sarvadāyawho give everything
• evaindeed
• abhaktānāmthose without devotion
• nāśanāyawho destroy
• caand
• pareśāyathe highest lord
• parāṇāmthan the highest
• teto you
• parāyahigher
• caand
• namaḥwe bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya bhaktebhyaḥ sarvadāya eva abhaktānām nāśanāya ca pareśāya parāṇām parāya ca te namaḥ namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• svānandavāsinewho live in Svananda
• tubhyamto you
• nānāmāyāpracāriṇewho set the many kinds of maya moving
• sadāalways
• svānandambhogasthaO you who rest in the joy of Svananda
• pālakāyathe protector
• namaḥwe bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya svānandavāsine nānāmāyāpracāriṇe tubhyam sadā svānandambhogastha pālakāya namaḥ namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

svānanda Svananda — The joy of one's own self, and in the Mudgala Purana the name of Ganesha's own world.

• ameyaśaktayewhose power is beyond measure
• tubhyamto you
• nānāmāyāprahāriṇewho strike down the many kinds of maya
• māyibhyaḥeven the masters of maya
• mohadātrewho bewilders
• vaitruly
• māyinethe master of maya
• teto you
• namaḥwe bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya ameyaśaktaye nānāmāyāprahāriṇe māyibhyaḥ vai mohadātre māyine tubhyam te namaḥ namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• lambodarāyaLambodara
• lokānāmall the worlds
• udarasthāyawho live within
• teto you
• namaḥsalutation
• ekadantāyato Ekadanta
• śūrpākārakarṇāyawhose ears are shaped like winnowing fans
• namaḥwe bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya lokānām udarasthāya lambodarāya te namaḥ śūrpākārakarṇāya ekadantāya namaḥ namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• trinetrāyato the three-eyed one
• gajākāravakrāyawhose face has an elephant's shape
• paramātmanethe supreme self
• caturbhujāyafour-armed
• sarveṣāmof all
• ādipūjyāyathe first to be worshipped
• vaitruly
• namaḥsalutation

anvaya trinetrāya gajākāravakrāya paramātmane caturbhujāya sarveṣām ādipūjyāya vai namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• devāyathe god
• devarūpāyadivine in form
• devadevāyagod of gods
• teto you
• namaḥsalutation
• devadeveśakāyalord over the god of gods
• evaindeed
• vighneśāyato the lord of obstacles
• namaḥwe bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya devāya devarūpāya devadevāya te namaḥ devadeveśakāya eva vighneśāya namaḥ namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• sarveṣāmof all
• jyeṣṭharūpāyathe eldest
• mātremother
• pitrefather
• namaḥwe bow
• namaḥagain
• satatamalways
• sarvapūjyāyaworshipped by all
• brahmaniṣṭhāyafirmly settled in Brahman
• teto you
• namaḥsalutation

anvaya sarveṣām jyeṣṭharūpāya mātre pitre namaḥ namaḥ satatam sarvapūjyāya brahmaniṣṭhāya te namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• brahmaṇeBrahman
• brahmaṇāmof sacred words
• nāthaO lord
• brahmabhūyapradāyawho let beings become Brahman
• caand
• brahmabhyaḥto those who seek it
• brahmadātrewho give Brahman
• teto you
• śāntisthāyawho rest in peace
• namaḥwe bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya brahmaṇām nātha brahmaṇe brahmabhūyapradāya ca brahmabhyaḥ brahmadātre śāntisthāya te namaḥ namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

brahmaṇāṃ nātha lord of sacred words — An echo of the Rig Veda's Brahmanaspati, lord of prayer, the Vedic name that Ganapati's worshippers take as his.

• kimhow
• stumaḥcan we praise
• tvāmyou
• gaṇeśānaO lord of the ganas
• yatrabefore whom
• vedāḥthe Vedas
• śivādayaḥShiva and the other gods
• yogarūpāḥone with yoga
• bhavantibecome
• smadid
• tataḥso
• teto you
• namanambowing
• śubhamis best

anvaya gaṇeśāna tvām kim stumaḥ yatra vedāḥ śivādayaḥ yogarūpāḥ bhavanti sma tataḥ te namanam śubham

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• evamthis
• uktvāhaving said
• praṇemuḥbowed
• tethey
• yugāḥthe Ages
• gaṇapatimto Ganapati
• dvijaO brahmin
• saḥhe
• tānto them
• uvācasaid
• prītātmāglad at heart
• bhaktavātsalyayantritaḥbound by his love for his devotees

anvaya dvija te yugāḥ evam uktvā gaṇapatim praṇemuḥ prītātmā bhaktavātsalyayantritaḥ saḥ tān uvāca

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

note Brahmin is the storyteller turning to his listener.

• stotramhymn
• bhavatkṛtamthat you have made
• meto me
• yatthe
• sarvadamgiving everything
• prabhaviṣyatiwill be
• paṭhanātread
• śravaṇātor heard
• nṛbhyaḥto people
• matprītidāyakambringing my favour
• bhavetwill be

anvaya me yat bhavatkṛtam stotram sarvadam prabhaviṣyati paṭhanāt śravaṇāt nṛbhyaḥ matprītidāyakam bhavet

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• yamwhatever
• yamwhatever
• icchatihe wants
• tamthat
• tamthat
• tuindeed
• dāsyāmiI will give
• stotratoṣitaḥpleased by the hymn
• bhuktimuktipradamgiving the good of this life and release
• bhāviwill be
• sarvamānyamhonoured by everyone
• yugāḥO Ages
• kilasurely

anvaya stotratoṣitaḥ [naraḥ] yam yam icchati tam tam tu dāsyāmi yugāḥ [idam] kila bhuktimuktipradam sarvamānyam bhāvi

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• varānyour boons
• brūtaname
• mahābhāgāḥO blessed ones
• dadāmiI will give
• manasāyour hearts
• īpsitānwhatever want
• tapasāby your penance
• stotramukhyenaby this fine hymn
• tuṣṭaḥpleased
• bhaktyāby your devotion
• viśeṣataḥabove all

anvaya mahābhāgāḥ varān brūta tapasā stotramukhyena viśeṣataḥ bhaktyā tuṣṭaḥ [aham] manasā īpsitān dadāmi

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas