ಗಣನೀಯೋ ಗಣೋಗಣ್ಯೋ ಗಣನಾತೀತ ಸದ್ಗುಣಃ ॥ 1 ॥
- ಗಕಾರರೂಪಃ (gakārarūpaḥ)whose form is the letter ga
- ಗಮ್ಬೀಜಃ (gambījaḥ)whose seed syllable is gam
- ಗಣೇಶಃ (gaṇeśaḥ)Ganesha
- ಗಣವನ್ದಿತಃ (gaṇavanditaḥ)to whom the ganas bow
- ಗಣನೀಯಃ (gaṇanīyaḥ)worth the counting
- ಗಣಃ (gaṇaḥ)the gana himself
- ಗಣ್ಯಃ (gaṇyaḥ)one to be counted among them
- ಗಣನಾತೀತಸದ್ಗುಣಃ (gaṇanātītasadguṇaḥ)whose good qualities are past all counting
anvaya ಗಕಾರರೂಪಃ ಗಮ್ಬೀಜಃ ಗಣೇಶಃ ಗಣವನ್ದಿತಃ ಗಣನೀಯಃ ಗಣಃ ಗಣ್ಯಃ ಗಣನಾತೀತಸದ್ಗುಣಃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಗಮ್ಬೀಜ the seed syllable gam — The single sound from which Ganapati's mantra is built. Every one of the hundred and eight names here begins with that letter.
note The hymn is given to the Skanda Purana. Like the thousand-name hymn on the same plan, it is held together by sound as much as by sense: the names run in groups that share a word, and the groups change as the sound changes.
ಗಙ್ಗಾಧರಪ್ರೀತಿಕರೋಗವೀಶೇಡ್ಯೋಗದಾಪಹಃ ॥ 2 ॥
- ಗಗನಾದಿಕಸೃದ್ (gaganādikasṛd)who made the sky and all that follows it
- ಗಙ್ಗಾಸುತಃ (gaṅgāsutaḥ)son of Ganga
- ಗಙ್ಗಾಸುತಾರ್ಚಿತಃ (gaṅgāsutārcitaḥ)worshipped by Ganga's son
- ಗಙ್ಗಾಧರಪ್ರೀತಿಕರಃ (gaṅgādharaprītikaraḥ)who gives joy to the bearer of Ganga
- ಗವೀಶೇಡ್ಯಃ (gavīśeḍyaḥ)praised by the lord of speech
- ಗದಾಪಹಃ (gadāpahaḥ)who drives disease away
anvaya ಗಗನಾದಿಕಸೃದ್ ಗಙ್ಗಾಸುತಃ ಗಙ್ಗಾಸುತಾರ್ಚಿತಃ ಗಙ್ಗಾಧರಪ್ರೀತಿಕರಃ ಗವೀಶೇಡ್ಯಃ ಗದಾಪಹಃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಗಙ್ಗಾಸುತ son of Ganga — Ganga is counted a mother of Ganapati in some tellings, and her other son is Skanda; the verse names him both as her son and as the one her son worships.
ಗಜಾಸ್ಯೋ ಗಜಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀವಾನ್ ಗಜವಾಜಿರಥಪ್ರದಃ ॥ 3 ॥
- ಗದಾಧರನುತಃ (gadādharanutaḥ)praised by the bearer of the mace
- ಗದ್ಯಪದ್ಯಾತ್ಮಕಕವಿತ್ವದಃ (gadyapadyātmakakavitvadaḥ)who gives the power to make poetry in verse and in prose
- ಗಜಾಸ್ಯಃ (gajāsyaḥ)elephant-faced
- ಗಜಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀವಾನ್ (gajalakṣmīvān)rich in the splendour of elephants
- ಗಜವಾಜಿರಥಪ್ರದಃ (gajavājirathapradaḥ)who gives elephants, horses and chariots
anvaya ಗದಾಧರನುತಃ ಗದ್ಯಪದ್ಯಾತ್ಮಕಕವಿತ್ವದಃ ಗಜಾಸ್ಯಃ ಗಜಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀವಾನ್ ಗಜವಾಜಿರಥಪ್ರದಃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಗಣ್ಡದಾನಾಞ್ಚಿತೋಗನ್ತಾ ಗಣ್ಡೋಪಲ ಸಮಾಕೃತಿಃ ॥ 4 ॥
- ಗಞ್ಜಾನಿರತಶಿಕ್ಷಾಕೃದ್ (gañjānirataśikṣākṛd)who sets right those sunk in drink and gambling
- ಗಣಿತಜ್ಞಃ (gaṇitajñaḥ)who knows numbers
- ಗಣೋತ್ತಮಃ (gaṇottamaḥ)best of the ganas
- ಗಣ್ಡದಾನಾಞ್ಚಿತಃ (gaṇḍadānāñcitaḥ)graced by the mada running down his cheeks
- ಗನ್ತಾ (gantā)ever on the move
- ಗಣ್ಡೋಪಲಸಮಾಕೃತಿಃ (gaṇḍopalasamākṛtiḥ)shaped like a great rock
anvaya ಗಞ್ಜಾನಿರತಶಿಕ್ಷಾಕೃದ್ ಗಣಿತಜ್ಞಃ ಗಣೋತ್ತಮಃ ಗಣ್ಡದಾನಾಞ್ಚಿತಃ ಗನ್ತಾ ಗಣ್ಡೋಪಲಸಮಾಕೃತಿಃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಗಣ್ಡದೋಷಹರೋ ಗಣ್ಡ ಭ್ರಮದ್ಭ್ರಮರ ಕುಣ್ಡಲಃ ॥ 5 ॥
- ಗಗನವ್ಯಾಪಕಃ (gaganavyāpakaḥ)who fills the sky
- ಗಮ್ಯಃ (gamyaḥ)who can be reached
- ಗಮಾನಾದಿವಿವರ್ಜಿತಃ (gamānādivivarjitaḥ)free of all going and coming
- ಗಣ್ಡದೋಷಹರಃ (gaṇḍadoṣaharaḥ)who takes away the fault of a bad hour
- ಗಣ್ಡಭ್ರಮದ್ಭ್ರಮರಕುಣ್ಡಲಃ (gaṇḍabhramadbhramarakuṇḍalaḥ)whose earrings are the bees circling his cheeks
anvaya ಗಗನವ್ಯಾಪಕಃ ಗಮ್ಯಃ ಗಮಾನಾದಿವಿವರ್ಜಿತಃ ಗಣ್ಡದೋಷಹರಃ ಗಣ್ಡಭ್ರಮದ್ಭ್ರಮರಕುಣ್ಡಲಃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಗಣ್ಡದೋಷ the fault of a bad hour — In the almanac, the ganda is an ill-starred stretch of time at the joint between two periods; a birth in it is held to need a remedy.
note The third name is printed gamānādi; the word behind it is gamāgamādi, going and coming and the rest.
ಗನ್ಧಪ್ರಿಯೋ ಗನ್ಧವಾಹೋ ಗನ್ಧಸಿನ್ಧುರಬೃನ್ದಗಃ ॥ 6 ॥
- ಗತಾಗತಜ್ಞಃ (gatāgatajñaḥ)who knows all coming and going
- ಗತಿದಃ (gatidaḥ)who gives the goal
- ಗತಮೃತ್ಯುಃ (gatamṛtyuḥ)past death
- ಗತೋದ್ಭವಃ (gatodbhavaḥ)past birth
- ಗನ್ಧಪ್ರಿಯಃ (gandhapriyaḥ)who loves scent
- ಗನ್ಧವಾಹಃ (gandhavāhaḥ)who carries scent
- ಗನ್ಧಸಿನ್ಧುರಬೃನ್ದಗಃ (gandhasindhurabṛndagaḥ)who moves among herds of elephants in rut
anvaya ಗತಾಗತಜ್ಞಃ ಗತಿದಃ ಗತಮೃತ್ಯುಃ ಗತೋದ್ಭವಃ ಗನ್ಧಪ್ರಿಯಃ ಗನ್ಧವಾಹಃ ಗನ್ಧಸಿನ್ಧುರಬೃನ್ದಗಃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಗರಿಷ್ಠೋಗರಭಿದ್ಗರ್ವಹರೋ ಗರಲಿಭೂಷಣಃ ॥ 7 ॥
- ಗನ್ಧಾದಿಪೂಜಿತಃ (gandhādipūjitaḥ)worshipped with scent and the other offerings
- ಗವ್ಯಭೋಕ್ತಾ (gavyabhoktā)who takes what comes from the cow
- ಗರ್ಗಾದಿಸನ್ನುತಃ (gargādisannutaḥ)well praised by Garga and the rest
- ಗರಿಷ್ಠಃ (gariṣṭhaḥ)weightiest of all
- ಗರಭಿದ್ (garabhid)who breaks poison
- ಗರ್ವಹರಃ (garvaharaḥ)who takes away pride
- ಗರಲಿಭೂಷಣಃ (garalibhūṣaṇaḥ)whose ornament is the poison-bearing snake
anvaya ಗನ್ಧಾದಿಪೂಜಿತಃ ಗವ್ಯಭೋಕ್ತಾ ಗರ್ಗಾದಿಸನ್ನುತಃ ಗರಿಷ್ಠಃ ಗರಭಿದ್ ಗರ್ವಹರಃ ಗರಲಿಭೂಷಣಃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಗಲತ್ಕುಷ್ಠಹರೋ ಗರ್ಭಪ್ರದೋ ಗರ್ಭಾರ್ಭರಕ್ಷಕಃ ॥ 8 ॥
- ಗವಿಷ್ಠಃ (gaviṣṭhaḥ)who stands among the rays
- ಗರ್ಜಿತಾರಾವಃ (garjitārāvaḥ)whose cry is a roar
- ಗಭೀರಹೃದಯಃ (gabhīrahṛdayaḥ)deep of heart
- ಗದೀ (gadī)holding a mace
- ಗಲತ್ಕುಷ್ಠಹರಃ (galatkuṣṭhaharaḥ)who cures a wasting leprosy
- ಗರ್ಭಪ್ರದಃ (garbhapradaḥ)who gives a child in the womb
- ಗರ್ಭಾರ್ಭರಕ್ಷಕಃ (garbhārbharakṣakaḥ)who guards the child within it
anvaya ಗವಿಷ್ಠಃ ಗರ್ಜಿತಾರಾವಃ ಗಭೀರಹೃದಯಃ ಗದೀ ಗಲತ್ಕುಷ್ಠಹರಃ ಗರ್ಭಪ್ರದಃ ಗರ್ಭಾರ್ಭರಕ್ಷಕಃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಗರುತ್ಮತ್ತುಲ್ಯಜವನೋ ಗರುಡಧ್ವಜವನ್ದಿತಃ ॥ 9 ॥
- ಗರ್ಭಾಧಾರಃ (garbhādhāraḥ)the support of the womb
- ಗರ್ಭವಾಸಿಶಿಶುಜ್ಞಾನಪ್ರದಾಯಕಃ (garbhavāsiśiśujñānapradāyakaḥ)who gives knowledge to the child living in the womb
- ಗರುತ್ಮತ್ತುಲ್ಯಜವನಃ (garutmattulyajavanaḥ)as swift as Garuda
- ಗರುಡಧ್ವಜವನ್ದಿತಃ (garuḍadhvajavanditaḥ)to whom the god with Garuda on his banner bows
anvaya ಗರ್ಭಾಧಾರಃ ಗರ್ಭವಾಸಿಶಿಶುಜ್ಞಾನಪ್ರದಾಯಕಃ ಗರುತ್ಮತ್ತುಲ್ಯಜವನಃ ಗರುಡಧ್ವಜವನ್ದಿತಃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಗರುಡಧ್ವಜ the god with Garuda on his banner — Vishnu, whose flag carries the eagle.
ಗದಾಧರಾವತಾರೀಚ ಗನ್ಧರ್ವನಗರಾರ್ಚಿತಃ ॥ 10 ॥
- ಗಯೇಡಿತಃ (gayeḍitaḥ)praised at Gaya
- ಗಯಾಶ್ರಾದ್ಧಫಲದಃ (gayāśrāddhaphaladaḥ)who gives the fruit of the rite for the dead performed at Gaya
- ಚ (ca)and
- ಗಯಾಕೃತಿಃ (gayākṛtiḥ)whose form is Gaya itself
- ಗದಾಧರಾವತಾರೀ (gadādharāvatārī)who came down as Gadadhara
- ಚ (ca)and
- ಗನ್ಧರ್ವನಗರಾರ್ಚಿತಃ (gandharvanagarārcitaḥ)worshipped in the city of the gandharvas
anvaya ಗಯೇಡಿತಃ ಗಯಾಶ್ರಾದ್ಧಫಲದಃ ಚ ಗಯಾಕೃತಿಃ ಗದಾಧರಾವತಾರೀ ಚ ಗನ್ಧರ್ವನಗರಾರ್ಚಿತಃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಗದಾಧರ Gadadhara — The name of the image of Vishnu at Gaya, before which the rite for the dead is performed there.
ಗನ್ಧರ್ವನಗರ the city of the gandharvas — The city seen in the clouds that is not there at all, the stock image for anything that only seems to exist.
ಗಣರಾತ್ರ ಸಮಾರಾಧ್ಯೋ ಗರ್ಹಣಸ್ತುತಿ ಸಾಮ್ಯಧೀಃ ॥ 11 ॥
- ಗನ್ಧರ್ವಗಾನಸನ್ತುಷ್ಟಃ (gandharvagānasantuṣṭaḥ)pleased by the song of the gandharvas
- ಗರುಡಾಗ್ರಜವನ್ದಿತಃ (garuḍāgrajavanditaḥ)to whom Garuda's elder brother bows
- ಗಣರಾತ್ರಸಮಾರಾಧ್ಯಃ (gaṇarātrasamārādhyaḥ)worshipped through a run of nights
- ಗರ್ಹಣಸ್ತುತಿಸಾಮ್ಯಧೀಃ (garhaṇastutisāmyadhīḥ)whose mind is the same towards blame and praise
anvaya ಗನ್ಧರ್ವಗಾನಸನ್ತುಷ್ಟಃ ಗರುಡಾಗ್ರಜವನ್ದಿತಃ ಗಣರಾತ್ರಸಮಾರಾಧ್ಯಃ ಗರ್ಹಣಸ್ತುತಿಸಾಮ್ಯಧೀಃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಗರುಡಾಗ್ರಜ Garuda's elder brother — Aruna, the charioteer of the sun.
ಗರ್ಹಿತಾಚಾರ ದೂರಶ್ಚ ಗರುಡೋಪಲಭೂಷಿತಃ ॥ 12 ॥
- ಗರ್ತಾಭನಾಭಿಃ (gartābhanābhiḥ)whose navel is deep as a pit
- ಗವ್ಯೂತಿಃ (gavyūtiḥ)who is himself a measure of the land
- ದೀರ್ಘತುಣ್ಡಃ (dīrghatuṇḍaḥ)long-trunked
- ಗಭಸ್ತಿಮಾನ್ (gabhastimān)full of rays
- ಗರ್ಹಿತಾಚಾರದೂರಃ (garhitācāradūraḥ)far from any conduct that draws blame
- ಚ (ca)and
- ಗರುಡೋಪಲಭೂಷಿತಃ (garuḍopalabhūṣitaḥ)adorned with emeralds
anvaya ಗರ್ತಾಭನಾಭಿಃ ಗವ್ಯೂತಿಃ ದೀರ್ಘತುಣ್ಡಃ ಗಭಸ್ತಿಮಾನ್ ಗರ್ಹಿತಾಚಾರದೂರಃ ಚ ಗರುಡೋಪಲಭೂಷಿತಃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಗರುಡೋಪಲ emerald — Literally the Garuda stone, the old name for the emerald.
ಗವ್ಯೂತಿ a measure of the land — A distance of two krosha, roughly four miles: as much ground as cattle range over.
ಗವೇಷಣೀಯೋ ಗಮನೋ ಗಹನಸ್ಥ ಮುನಿಸ್ತುತಃ ॥ 13 ॥
- ಗಜಾರಿವಿಕ್ರಮಃ (gajārivikramaḥ)whose stride is the lion's
- ಗನ್ಧಮೂಷವಾಜೀ (gandhamūṣavājī)whose horse is the scented mouse
- ಗತಶ್ರಮಃ (gataśramaḥ)free of weariness
- ಗವೇಷಣೀಯಃ (gaveṣaṇīyaḥ)worth searching for
- ಗಮನಃ (gamanaḥ)the going itself
- ಗಹನಸ್ಥಮುನಿಸ್ತುತಃ (gahanasthamunistutaḥ)praised by the sages who live deep in the forest
anvaya ಗಜಾರಿವಿಕ್ರಮಃ ಗನ್ಧಮೂಷವಾಜೀ ಗತಶ್ರಮಃ ಗವೇಷಣೀಯಃ ಗಮನಃ ಗಹನಸ್ಥಮುನಿಸ್ತುತಃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಗಜಾರಿ the lion — The enemy of elephants. The name is pointed: the elephant-faced god moves with the stride of the elephant's own foe.
ಗಜದನ್ತಾಯುಧೋ ಗರ್ಜದ್ರಿಪುಘ್ನೋ ಗಜಕರ್ಣಿಕಃ ॥ 14 ॥
- ಗವಯಚ್ಛಿದ್ (gavayacchid)who cuts down the wild ox
- ಗಣ್ಡಕಭಿದ್ (gaṇḍakabhid)who splits the rhinoceros
- ಗಹ್ವರಾಪಥವಾರಣಃ (gahvarāpathavāraṇaḥ)who blocks the path through the caves
- ಗಜದನ್ತಾಯುಧಃ (gajadantāyudhaḥ)whose weapon is his tusk
- ಗರ್ಜದ್ರಿಪುಘ್ನಃ (garjadripughnaḥ)who kills the roaring foe
- ಗಜಕರ್ಣಿಕಃ (gajakarṇikaḥ)elephant-eared
anvaya ಗವಯಚ್ಛಿದ್ ಗಣ್ಡಕಭಿದ್ ಗಹ್ವರಾಪಥವಾರಣಃ ಗಜದನ್ತಾಯುಧಃ ಗರ್ಜದ್ರಿಪುಘ್ನಃ ಗಜಕರ್ಣಿಕಃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಗಣಿಕಾನರ್ತನಪ್ರೀತೋಗಚ್ಛನ್ ಗನ್ಧಫಲೀ ಪ್ರಿಯಃ ॥ 15 ॥
- ಗಜಚರ್ಮಾಮಯಚ್ಛೇತ್ತಾ (gajacarmāmayacchettā)who made an end of the demon in the elephant's hide
- ಗಣಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷಃ (gaṇādhyakṣaḥ)overseer of the ganas
- ಗಣಾರ್ಚಿತಃ (gaṇārcitaḥ)worshipped by the ganas
- ಗಣಿಕಾನರ್ತನಪ್ರೀತಃ (gaṇikānartanaprītaḥ)pleased by the dancing of the temple women
- ಗಚ್ಛನ್ (gacchan)ever moving
- ಗನ್ಧಫಲೀಪ್ರಿಯಃ (gandhaphalīpriyaḥ)who loves the scented blossom
anvaya ಗಜಚರ್ಮಾಮಯಚ್ಛೇತ್ತಾ ಗಣಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷಃ ಗಣಾರ್ಚಿತಃ ಗಣಿಕಾನರ್ತನಪ್ರೀತಃ ಗಚ್ಛನ್ ಗನ್ಧಫಲೀಪ್ರಿಯಃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note The first name can be read two ways, since āmaya means both an affliction and a disease of the skin: either he ended the demon who wore the elephant's hide, or he cures the disease that thickens the skin like an elephant's.
ಗರಭಾದಿಜನುರ್ಹರ್ತಾ ಗಣ್ಡಕೀಗಾಹನೋತ್ಸುಕಃ ॥ 16 ॥
- ಗನ್ಧಕಾದಿರಸಾಧೀಶಃ (gandhakādirasādhīśaḥ)lord of sulphur and the other minerals
- ಗಣಕಾನನ್ದದಾಯಕಃ (gaṇakānandadāyakaḥ)who gives the reckoners their joy
- ಗರಭಾದಿಜನುರ್ಹರ್ತಾ (garabhādijanurhartā)who lifts away birth as a donkey or some such creature
- ಗಣ್ಡಕೀಗಾಹನೋತ್ಸುಕಃ (gaṇḍakīgāhanotsukaḥ)eager to bathe in the Gandaki
anvaya ಗನ್ಧಕಾದಿರಸಾಧೀಶಃ ಗಣಕಾನನ್ದದಾಯಕಃ ಗರಭಾದಿಜನುರ್ಹರ್ತಾ ಗಣ್ಡಕೀಗಾಹನೋತ್ಸುಕಃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಗಣ್ಡಕೀ the Gandaki — The river in Nepal from whose bed the shalagrama stones are taken.
ಗವಾಕ್ಷವತ್ಸೌಧವಾಸೀಗರ್ಭಿತೋ ಗರ್ಭಿಣೀನುತಃ ॥ 17 ॥
- ಗಣ್ಡೂಷೀಕೃತವಾರಾಶಿಃ (gaṇḍūṣīkṛtavārāśiḥ)who took the ocean up in a single mouthful
- ಗರಿಮಾಲಘಿಮಾದಿದಃ (garimālaghimādidaḥ)who gives the powers of weight and of lightness
- ಗವಾಕ್ಷವತ್ಸೌಧವಾಸೀ (gavākṣavatsaudhavāsī)who dwells in a mansion with latticed windows
- ಗರ್ಭಿತಃ (garbhitaḥ)who is held within
- ಗರ್ಭಿಣೀನುತಃ (garbhiṇīnutaḥ)praised by women carrying a child
anvaya ಗಣ್ಡೂಷೀಕೃತವಾರಾಶಿಃ ಗರಿಮಾಲಘಿಮಾದಿದಃ ಗವಾಕ್ಷವತ್ಸೌಧವಾಸೀ ಗರ್ಭಿತಃ ಗರ್ಭಿಣೀನುತಃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಗರಿಮಾ, ಲಘಿಮಾ the powers of weight and of lightness — Two of the eight powers a practised yogi is said to gain: becoming as heavy or as light as he wishes.
ಗದಿತೋ ಗದ್ಗದಾರಾವ ಸಂಸ್ತುತೋ ಗಹ್ವರೀಪತಿಃ ॥ 18 ॥
- ಗನ್ಧಮಾದನಶೈಲಾಭಃ (gandhamādanaśailābhaḥ)shining like the mountain Gandhamadana
- ಗಣ್ಡಭೇರುಣ್ಡವಿಕ್ರಮಃ (gaṇḍabheruṇḍavikramaḥ)with the strength of the two-headed bird
- ಗದಿತಃ (gaditaḥ)spoken of in every mouth
- ಗದ್ಗದಾರಾವಸಂಸ್ತುತಃ (gadgadārāvasaṃstutaḥ)praised in voices choking with feeling
- ಗಹ್ವರೀಪತಿಃ (gahvarīpatiḥ)lord of the caves
anvaya ಗನ್ಧಮಾದನಶೈಲಾಭಃ ಗಣ್ಡಭೇರುಣ್ಡವಿಕ್ರಮಃ ಗದಿತಃ ಗದ್ಗದಾರಾವಸಂಸ್ತುತಃ ಗಹ್ವರೀಪತಿಃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಗಣ್ಡಭೇರುಣ್ಡ the two-headed bird — The bird of fable with two heads and the strength to carry elephants; it stands on the arms of more than one southern house.
ಗರ್ಹಣೀಯ ಗುಣಾಭಾವೋ ಗಙ್ಗಾದಿಕ ಶುಚಿಪ್ರದಃ ॥ 19 ॥
- ಗಜೇಶಾಯ (gajeśāya)to the lord of elephants
- ಗರೀಯಸೇ (garīyase)the weightiest of all
- ಗದ್ಯೇಡ್ಯಃ (gadyeḍyaḥ)praised in prose
- ಗತಭೀಃ (gatabhīḥ)whose fear is gone
- ಗದಿತಾಗಮಃ (gaditāgamaḥ)who spoke the agamas
- ಗರ್ಹಣೀಯಗುಣಾಭಾವಃ (garhaṇīyaguṇābhāvaḥ)in whom nothing blameworthy is to be found
- ಗಙ್ಗಾದಿಕಶುಚಿಪ್ರದಃ (gaṅgādikaśucipradaḥ)who gives the purity of the Ganga and the other rivers
anvaya ಗಜೇಶಾಯ ಗರೀಯಸೇ ಗದ್ಯೇಡ್ಯಃ ಗತಭೀಃ ಗದಿತಾಗಮಃ ಗರ್ಹಣೀಯಗುಣಾಭಾವಃ ಗಙ್ಗಾದಿಕಶುಚಿಪ್ರದಃ
chandas Irregular: the line runs long, and the first two names stand in the dative while the rest do not
note The first half of the verse slips into the dative, as though a salutation were coming, and then the list of names goes on as before. The printed line is a syllable or two over the measure.
ಏವಂ ಶ್ರೀಗಣನಾಥಸ್ಯ ನಾಮ್ನಾಮಷ್ಟೋತ್ತರಂ ಶತಮ್ ॥ 20 ॥
- ಗಣನಾತೀತವಿದ್ಯಾಶ್ರೀಬಲಾಯುಷ್ಯಾದಿದಾಯಕಃ (gaṇanātītavidyāśrībalāyuṣyādidāyakaḥ)who gives learning, splendour, strength and long life past all counting
- ಏವಮ್ (evam)so
- ಶ್ರೀಗಣನಾಥಸ್ಯ (śrīgaṇanāthasya)of Shri Gananatha
- ನಾಮ್ನಾಮ್ (nāmnām)of the names
- ಅಷ್ಟೋತ್ತರಮ್ (aṣṭottaram)a hundred and
- ಶತಮ್ (śatam)eight
anvaya ಗಣನಾತೀತವಿದ್ಯಾಶ್ರೀಬಲಾಯುಷ್ಯಾದಿದಾಯಕಃ ಏವಮ್ ಶ್ರೀಗಣನಾಥಸ್ಯ ನಾಮ್ನಾಮ್ ಅಷ್ಟೋತ್ತರಮ್ ಶತಮ್
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note Ashtottara shata is the standard way of saying a hundred and eight: a hundred with eight over.
ಪೂಜಾನ್ತೇ ಯಃ ಪಠೇನ್ನಿತ್ಯಂ ಪ್ರೀತಸ್ಸನ್ ತಸ್ಯವಿಘ್ನರಾಟ್ ॥ 21 ॥
- ಪಠನಾತ್ (paṭhanāt)from reciting it
- ಶ್ರವಣಾತ್ (śravaṇāt)from hearing it
- ಪುಂಸಾಮ್ (puṃsām)for men
- ಶ್ರೇಯಃ (śreyaḥ)what is good for them
- ಪ್ರೇಮಪ್ರದಾಯಕಮ್ (premapradāyakam)and love, it gives
- ಪೂಜಾನ್ತೇ (pūjānte)at the close of worship
- ಯಃ (yaḥ)whoever
- ಪಠೇತ್ (paṭhet)recites
- ನಿತ್ಯಮ್ (nityam)daily
- ಪ್ರೀತಃ (prītaḥ)pleased
- ಸನ್ (san)being
- ತಸ್ಯ (tasya)with him
- ವಿಘ್ನರಾಟ್ (vighnarāṭ)the king of obstacles
anvaya ಪಠನಾತ್ ಶ್ರವಣಾತ್ ಪುಂಸಾಮ್ ಶ್ರೇಯಃ ಪ್ರೇಮಪ್ರದಾಯಕಮ್ ಯಃ ನಿತ್ಯಮ್ ಪೂಜಾನ್ತೇ ಪಠೇತ್ ತಸ್ಯ ವಿಘ್ನರಾಟ್ ಪ್ರೀತಃ ಸನ್
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note In the text paṭhanāt and śravaṇāt are run together by sandhi as paṭhanācchravaṇāt, so the second word does not stand in the printed line in its own shape.
ದೂರ್ವಯಾಭ್ಯರ್ಚಯನ್ ದೇವಮೇಕವಿಂಶತಿವಾಸರಾನ್ ॥ 22 ॥
- ಯಮ್ ಯಮ್ (yam yam)whatever
- ಕಾಮಯತೇ (kāmayate)he sets his heart on
- ಕಾಮಮ್ (kāmam)wish
- ತಮ್ ತಮ್ (tam tam)that very thing
- ಶೀಘ್ರಮ್ (śīghram)quickly
- ಪ್ರಯಚ್ಛತಿ (prayacchati)he gives
- ದೂರ್ವಯಾ (dūrvayā)with durva grass
- ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಚಯನ್ (abhyarcayan)worshipping
- ದೇವಮ್ (devam)the god
- ಏಕವಿಂಶತಿವಾಸರಾನ್ (ekaviṃśativāsarān)for twenty-one days
anvaya ಯಮ್ ಯಮ್ ಕಾಮಮ್ ಕಾಮಯತೇ ತಮ್ ತಮ್ ಶೀಘ್ರಮ್ ಪ್ರಯಚ್ಛತಿ ದೇವಮ್ ದೂರ್ವಯಾ ಏಕವಿಂಶತಿವಾಸರಾನ್ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಚಯನ್
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ದೂರ್ವಾ durva grass — The coarse creeping grass offered to Ganapati, usually in bunches of three or five blades.
ತಸ್ಯ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನೋ ವಿಘ್ನೇಶಸ್ಸರ್ವಾನ್ ಕಾಮಾನ್ ಪ್ರಯಚ್ಛತಿ ॥ 23 ॥
- ಏಕವಿಂಶತಿವಾರಮ್ (ekaviṃśativāram)twenty-one times
- ಯಃ (yaḥ)whoever
- ನಿತ್ಯಮ್ (nityam)daily
- ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಮ್ (stotram)the hymn
- ಪಠೇತ್ (paṭhet)recites
- ಯದಿ (yadi)if
- ತಸ್ಯ (tasya)with him
- ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಃ (prasannaḥ)pleased
- ವಿಘ್ನೇಶಃ (vighneśaḥ)the lord of obstacles
- ಸರ್ವಾನ್ (sarvān)all
- ಕಾಮಾನ್ (kāmān)wishes
- ಪ್ರಯಚ್ಛತಿ (prayacchati)gives
anvaya ಯದಿ ಯಃ ನಿತ್ಯಮ್ ಏಕವಿಂಶತಿವಾರಮ್ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಮ್ ಪಠೇತ್ ತಸ್ಯ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಃ ವಿಘ್ನೇಶಃ ಸರ್ವಾನ್ ಕಾಮಾನ್ ಪ್ರಯಚ್ಛತಿ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note Twenty-one is the number that runs through the worship of Ganapati: twenty-one blades of durva, twenty-one modakas, twenty-one days.
