ഗണപതി ഗകാര അഷ്ടോത്തര ശതനാമ സ്തോത്രമ്

• ഗകാരരൂപഃ (gakārarūpaḥ)whose form is the letter ga
• ഗമ്ബീജഃ (gambījaḥ)whose seed syllable is gam
• ഗണേശഃ (gaṇeśaḥ)Ganesha
• ഗണവന്ദിതഃ (gaṇavanditaḥ)to whom the ganas bow
• ഗണനീയഃ (gaṇanīyaḥ)worth the counting
• ഗണഃ (gaṇaḥ)the gana himself
• ഗണ്യഃ (gaṇyaḥ)one to be counted among them
• ഗണനാതീതസദ്ഗുണഃ (gaṇanātītasadguṇaḥ)whose good qualities are past all counting

anvaya ഗകാരരൂപഃ ഗമ്ബീജഃ ഗണേശഃ ഗണവന്ദിതഃ ഗണനീയഃ ഗണഃ ഗണ്യഃ ഗണനാതീതസദ്ഗുണഃ

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

ഗമ്ബീജ 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.

• ഗഗനാദികസൃദ് (gaganādikasṛd)who made the sky and all that follows it
• ഗങ്ഗാസുതഃ (gaṅgāsutaḥ)son of Ganga
• ഗങ്ഗാസുതാര്ചിതഃ (gaṅgāsutārcitaḥ)worshipped by Ganga's son
• ഗങ്ഗാധരപ്രീതികരഃ (gaṅgādharaprītikaraḥ)who gives joy to the bearer of Ganga
• ഗവീശേഡ്യഃ (gavīśeḍyaḥ)praised by the lord of speech
• ഗദാപഹഃ (gadāpahaḥ)who drives disease away

anvaya ഗഗനാദികസൃദ് ഗങ്ഗാസുതഃ ഗങ്ഗാസുതാര്ചിതഃ ഗങ്ഗാധരപ്രീതികരഃ ഗവീശേഡ്യഃ ഗദാപഹഃ

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

ഗങ്ഗാസുത 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.

• ഗദാധരനുതഃ (gadādharanutaḥ)praised by the bearer of the mace
• ഗദ്യപദ്യാത്മകകവിത്വദഃ (gadyapadyātmakakavitvadaḥ)who gives the power to make poetry in verse and in prose
• ഗജാസ്യഃ (gajāsyaḥ)elephant-faced
• ഗജലക്ഷ്മീവാന് (gajalakṣmīvān)rich in the splendour of elephants
• ഗജവാജിരഥപ്രദഃ (gajavājirathapradaḥ)who gives elephants, horses and chariots

anvaya ഗദാധരനുതഃ ഗദ്യപദ്യാത്മകകവിത്വദഃ ഗജാസ്യഃ ഗജലക്ഷ്മീവാന് ഗജവാജിരഥപ്രദഃ

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

• ഗഞ്ജാനിരതശിക്ഷാകൃദ് (gañjānirataśikṣākṛd)who sets right those sunk in drink and gambling
• ഗണിതജ്ഞഃ (gaṇitajñaḥ)who knows numbers
• ഗണോത്തമഃ (gaṇottamaḥ)best of the ganas
• ഗണ്ഡദാനാഞ്ചിതഃ (gaṇḍadānāñcitaḥ)graced by the mada running down his cheeks
• ഗന്താ (gantā)ever on the move
• ഗണ്ഡോപലസമാകൃതിഃ (gaṇḍopalasamākṛtiḥ)shaped like a great rock

anvaya ഗഞ്ജാനിരതശിക്ഷാകൃദ് ഗണിതജ്ഞഃ ഗണോത്തമഃ ഗണ്ഡദാനാഞ്ചിതഃ ഗന്താ ഗണ്ഡോപലസമാകൃതിഃ

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

• ഗഗനവ്യാപകഃ (gaganavyāpakaḥ)who fills the sky
• ഗമ്യഃ (gamyaḥ)who can be reached
• ഗമാനാദിവിവര്ജിതഃ (gamānādivivarjitaḥ)free of all going and coming
• ഗണ്ഡദോഷഹരഃ (gaṇḍadoṣaharaḥ)who takes away the fault of a bad hour
• ഗണ്ഡഭ്രമദ്ഭ്രമരകുണ്ഡലഃ (gaṇḍabhramadbhramarakuṇḍalaḥ)whose earrings are the bees circling his cheeks

anvaya ഗഗനവ്യാപകഃ ഗമ്യഃ ഗമാനാദിവിവര്ജിതഃ ഗണ്ഡദോഷഹരഃ ഗണ്ഡഭ്രമദ്ഭ്രമരകുണ്ഡലഃ

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

ഗണ്ഡദോഷ 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.

• ഗതാഗതജ്ഞഃ (gatāgatajñaḥ)who knows all coming and going
• ഗതിദഃ (gatidaḥ)who gives the goal
• ഗതമൃത്യുഃ (gatamṛtyuḥ)past death
• ഗതോദ്ഭവഃ (gatodbhavaḥ)past birth
• ഗന്ധപ്രിയഃ (gandhapriyaḥ)who loves scent
• ഗന്ധവാഹഃ (gandhavāhaḥ)who carries scent
• ഗന്ധസിന്ധുരബൃന്ദഗഃ (gandhasindhurabṛndagaḥ)who moves among herds of elephants in rut

anvaya ഗതാഗതജ്ഞഃ ഗതിദഃ ഗതമൃത്യുഃ ഗതോദ്ഭവഃ ഗന്ധപ്രിയഃ ഗന്ധവാഹഃ ഗന്ധസിന്ധുരബൃന്ദഗഃ

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

• ഗന്ധാദിപൂജിതഃ (gandhādipūjitaḥ)worshipped with scent and the other offerings
• ഗവ്യഭോക്താ (gavyabhoktā)who takes what comes from the cow
• ഗര്ഗാദിസന്നുതഃ (gargādisannutaḥ)well praised by Garga and the rest
• ഗരിഷ്ഠഃ (gariṣṭhaḥ)weightiest of all
• ഗരഭിദ് (garabhid)who breaks poison
• ഗര്വഹരഃ (garvaharaḥ)who takes away pride
• ഗരലിഭൂഷണഃ (garalibhūṣaṇaḥ)whose ornament is the poison-bearing snake

anvaya ഗന്ധാദിപൂജിതഃ ഗവ്യഭോക്താ ഗര്ഗാദിസന്നുതഃ ഗരിഷ്ഠഃ ഗരഭിദ് ഗര്വഹരഃ ഗരലിഭൂഷണഃ

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

• ഗവിഷ്ഠഃ (gaviṣṭhaḥ)who stands among the rays
• ഗര്ജിതാരാവഃ (garjitārāvaḥ)whose cry is a roar
• ഗഭീരഹൃദയഃ (gabhīrahṛdayaḥ)deep of heart
• ഗദീ (gadī)holding a mace
• ഗലത്കുഷ്ഠഹരഃ (galatkuṣṭhaharaḥ)who cures a wasting leprosy
• ഗര്ഭപ്രദഃ (garbhapradaḥ)who gives a child in the womb
• ഗര്ഭാര്ഭരക്ഷകഃ (garbhārbharakṣakaḥ)who guards the child within it

anvaya ഗവിഷ്ഠഃ ഗര്ജിതാരാവഃ ഗഭീരഹൃദയഃ ഗദീ ഗലത്കുഷ്ഠഹരഃ ഗര്ഭപ്രദഃ ഗര്ഭാര്ഭരക്ഷകഃ

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

• ഗര്ഭാധാരഃ (garbhādhāraḥ)the support of the womb
• ഗര്ഭവാസിശിശുജ്ഞാനപ്രദായകഃ (garbhavāsiśiśujñānapradāyakaḥ)who gives knowledge to the child living in the womb
• ഗരുത്മത്തുല്യജവനഃ (garutmattulyajavanaḥ)as swift as Garuda
• ഗരുഡധ്വജവന്ദിതഃ (garuḍadhvajavanditaḥ)to whom the god with Garuda on his banner bows

anvaya ഗര്ഭാധാരഃ ഗര്ഭവാസിശിശുജ്ഞാനപ്രദായകഃ ഗരുത്മത്തുല്യജവനഃ ഗരുഡധ്വജവന്ദിതഃ

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

ഗരുഡധ്വജ the god with Garuda on his banner — Vishnu, whose flag carries the eagle.

• ഗയേഡിതഃ (gayeḍitaḥ)praised at Gaya
• ഗയാശ്രാദ്ധഫലദഃ (gayāśrāddhaphaladaḥ)who gives the fruit of the rite for the dead performed at Gaya
• ച (ca)and
• ഗയാകൃതിഃ (gayākṛtiḥ)whose form is Gaya itself
• ഗദാധരാവതാരീ (gadādharāvatārī)who came down as Gadadhara
• ച (ca)and
• ഗന്ധര്വനഗരാര്ചിതഃ (gandharvanagarārcitaḥ)worshipped in the city of the gandharvas

anvaya ഗയേഡിതഃ ഗയാശ്രാദ്ധഫലദഃ ച ഗയാകൃതിഃ ഗദാധരാവതാരീ ച ഗന്ധര്വനഗരാര്ചിതഃ

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

ഗദാധര Gadadhara — The name of the image of Vishnu at Gaya, before which the rite for the dead is performed there.

ഗന്ധര്വനഗര 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.

• ഗന്ധര്വഗാനസന്തുഷ്ടഃ (gandharvagānasantuṣṭaḥ)pleased by the song of the gandharvas
• ഗരുഡാഗ്രജവന്ദിതഃ (garuḍāgrajavanditaḥ)to whom Garuda's elder brother bows
• ഗണരാത്രസമാരാധ്യഃ (gaṇarātrasamārādhyaḥ)worshipped through a run of nights
• ഗര്ഹണസ്തുതിസാമ്യധീഃ (garhaṇastutisāmyadhīḥ)whose mind is the same towards blame and praise

anvaya ഗന്ധര്വഗാനസന്തുഷ്ടഃ ഗരുഡാഗ്രജവന്ദിതഃ ഗണരാത്രസമാരാധ്യഃ ഗര്ഹണസ്തുതിസാമ്യധീഃ

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

ഗരുഡാഗ്രജ Garuda's elder brother — Aruna, the charioteer of the sun.

• ഗര്താഭനാഭിഃ (gartābhanābhiḥ)whose navel is deep as a pit
• ഗവ്യൂതിഃ (gavyūtiḥ)who is himself a measure of the land
• ദീര്ഘതുണ്ഡഃ (dīrghatuṇḍaḥ)long-trunked
• ഗഭസ്തിമാന് (gabhastimān)full of rays
• ഗര്ഹിതാചാരദൂരഃ (garhitācāradūraḥ)far from any conduct that draws blame
• ച (ca)and
• ഗരുഡോപലഭൂഷിതഃ (garuḍopalabhūṣitaḥ)adorned with emeralds

anvaya ഗര്താഭനാഭിഃ ഗവ്യൂതിഃ ദീര്ഘതുണ്ഡഃ ഗഭസ്തിമാന് ഗര്ഹിതാചാരദൂരഃ ച ഗരുഡോപലഭൂഷിതഃ

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

ഗരുഡോപല emerald — Literally the Garuda stone, the old name for the emerald.

ഗവ്യൂതി a measure of the land — A distance of two krosha, roughly four miles: as much ground as cattle range over.

• ഗജാരിവിക്രമഃ (gajārivikramaḥ)whose stride is the lion's
• ഗന്ധമൂഷവാജീ (gandhamūṣavājī)whose horse is the scented mouse
• ഗതശ്രമഃ (gataśramaḥ)free of weariness
• ഗവേഷണീയഃ (gaveṣaṇīyaḥ)worth searching for
• ഗമനഃ (gamanaḥ)the going itself
• ഗഹനസ്ഥമുനിസ്തുതഃ (gahanasthamunistutaḥ)praised by the sages who live deep in the forest

anvaya ഗജാരിവിക്രമഃ ഗന്ധമൂഷവാജീ ഗതശ്രമഃ ഗവേഷണീയഃ ഗമനഃ ഗഹനസ്ഥമുനിസ്തുതഃ

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

ഗജാരി the lion — The enemy of elephants. The name is pointed: the elephant-faced god moves with the stride of the elephant's own foe.

• ഗവയച്ഛിദ് (gavayacchid)who cuts down the wild ox
• ഗണ്ഡകഭിദ് (gaṇḍakabhid)who splits the rhinoceros
• ഗഹ്വരാപഥവാരണഃ (gahvarāpathavāraṇaḥ)who blocks the path through the caves
• ഗജദന്തായുധഃ (gajadantāyudhaḥ)whose weapon is his tusk
• ഗര്ജദ്രിപുഘ്നഃ (garjadripughnaḥ)who kills the roaring foe
• ഗജകര്ണികഃ (gajakarṇikaḥ)elephant-eared

anvaya ഗവയച്ഛിദ് ഗണ്ഡകഭിദ് ഗഹ്വരാപഥവാരണഃ ഗജദന്തായുധഃ ഗര്ജദ്രിപുഘ്നഃ ഗജകര്ണികഃ

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

• ഗജചര്മാമയച്ഛേത്താ (gajacarmāmayacchettā)who made an end of the demon in the elephant's hide
• ഗണാധ്യക്ഷഃ (gaṇādhyakṣaḥ)overseer of the ganas
• ഗണാര്ചിതഃ (gaṇārcitaḥ)worshipped by the ganas
• ഗണികാനര്തനപ്രീതഃ (gaṇikānartanaprītaḥ)pleased by the dancing of the temple women
• ഗച്ഛന് (gacchan)ever moving
• ഗന്ധഫലീപ്രിയഃ (gandhaphalīpriyaḥ)who loves the scented blossom

anvaya ഗജചര്മാമയച്ഛേത്താ ഗണാധ്യക്ഷഃ ഗണാര്ചിതഃ ഗണികാനര്തനപ്രീതഃ ഗച്ഛന് ഗന്ധഫലീപ്രിയഃ

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.

• ഗന്ധകാദിരസാധീശഃ (gandhakādirasādhīśaḥ)lord of sulphur and the other minerals
• ഗണകാനന്ദദായകഃ (gaṇakānandadāyakaḥ)who gives the reckoners their joy
• ഗരഭാദിജനുര്ഹര്താ (garabhādijanurhartā)who lifts away birth as a donkey or some such creature
• ഗണ്ഡകീഗാഹനോത്സുകഃ (gaṇḍakīgāhanotsukaḥ)eager to bathe in the Gandaki

anvaya ഗന്ധകാദിരസാധീശഃ ഗണകാനന്ദദായകഃ ഗരഭാദിജനുര്ഹര്താ ഗണ്ഡകീഗാഹനോത്സുകഃ

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

ഗണ്ഡകീ the Gandaki — The river in Nepal from whose bed the shalagrama stones are taken.

• ഗണ്ഡൂഷീകൃതവാരാശിഃ (gaṇḍūṣīkṛtavārāśiḥ)who took the ocean up in a single mouthful
• ഗരിമാലഘിമാദിദഃ (garimālaghimādidaḥ)who gives the powers of weight and of lightness
• ഗവാക്ഷവത്സൌധവാസീ (gavākṣavatsaudhavāsī)who dwells in a mansion with latticed windows
• ഗര്ഭിതഃ (garbhitaḥ)who is held within
• ഗര്ഭിണീനുതഃ (garbhiṇīnutaḥ)praised by women carrying a child

anvaya ഗണ്ഡൂഷീകൃതവാരാശിഃ ഗരിമാലഘിമാദിദഃ ഗവാക്ഷവത്സൌധവാസീ ഗര്ഭിതഃ ഗര്ഭിണീനുതഃ

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

ഗരിമാ, ലഘിമാ 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.

• ഗന്ധമാദനശൈലാഭഃ (gandhamādanaśailābhaḥ)shining like the mountain Gandhamadana
• ഗണ്ഡഭേരുണ്ഡവിക്രമഃ (gaṇḍabheruṇḍavikramaḥ)with the strength of the two-headed bird
• ഗദിതഃ (gaditaḥ)spoken of in every mouth
• ഗദ്ഗദാരാവസംസ്തുതഃ (gadgadārāvasaṃstutaḥ)praised in voices choking with feeling
• ഗഹ്വരീപതിഃ (gahvarīpatiḥ)lord of the caves

anvaya ഗന്ധമാദനശൈലാഭഃ ഗണ്ഡഭേരുണ്ഡവിക്രമഃ ഗദിതഃ ഗദ്ഗദാരാവസംസ്തുതഃ ഗഹ്വരീപതിഃ

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

ഗണ്ഡഭേരുണ്ഡ 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.

• ഗജേശായ (gajeśāya)to the lord of elephants
• ഗരീയസേ (garīyase)the weightiest of all
• ഗദ്യേഡ്യഃ (gadyeḍyaḥ)praised in prose
• ഗതഭീഃ (gatabhīḥ)whose fear is gone
• ഗദിതാഗമഃ (gaditāgamaḥ)who spoke the agamas
• ഗര്ഹണീയഗുണാഭാവഃ (garhaṇīyaguṇābhāvaḥ)in whom nothing blameworthy is to be found
• ഗങ്ഗാദികശുചിപ്രദഃ (gaṅgādikaśucipradaḥ)who gives the purity of the Ganga and the other rivers

anvaya ഗജേശായ ഗരീയസേ ഗദ്യേഡ്യഃ ഗതഭീഃ ഗദിതാഗമഃ ഗര്ഹണീയഗുണാഭാവഃ ഗങ്ഗാദികശുചിപ്രദഃ

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.

• ഗണനാതീതവിദ്യാശ്രീബലായുഷ്യാദിദായകഃ (gaṇanātītavidyāśrībalāyuṣyādidāyakaḥ)who gives learning, splendour, strength and long life past all counting
• ഏവമ് (evam)so
• ശ്രീഗണനാഥസ്യ (śrīgaṇanāthasya)of Shri Gananatha
• നാമ്നാമ് (nāmnām)of the names
• അഷ്ടോത്തരമ് (aṣṭottaram)a hundred and
• ശതമ് (śatam)eight

anvaya ഗണനാതീതവിദ്യാശ്രീബലായുഷ്യാദിദായകഃ ഏവമ് ശ്രീഗണനാഥസ്യ നാമ്നാമ് അഷ്ടോത്തരമ് ശതമ്

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.

• പഠനാത് (paṭhanāt)from reciting it
• ശ്രവണാത് (śravaṇāt)from hearing it
• പുംസാമ് (puṃsām)for men
• ശ്രേയഃ (śreyaḥ)what is good for them
• പ്രേമപ്രദായകമ് (premapradāyakam)and love, it gives
• പൂജാന്തേ (pūjānte)at the close of worship
• യഃ (yaḥ)whoever
• പഠേത് (paṭhet)recites
• നിത്യമ് (nityam)daily
• പ്രീതഃ (prītaḥ)pleased
• സന് (san)being
• തസ്യ (tasya)with him
• വിഘ്നരാട് (vighnarāṭ)the king of obstacles

anvaya പഠനാത് ശ്രവണാത് പുംസാമ് ശ്രേയഃ പ്രേമപ്രദായകമ് യഃ നിത്യമ് പൂജാന്തേ പഠേത് തസ്യ വിഘ്നരാട് പ്രീതഃ സന്

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.

• യമ് യമ് (yam yam)whatever
• കാമയതേ (kāmayate)he sets his heart on
• കാമമ് (kāmam)wish
• തമ് തമ് (tam tam)that very thing
• ശീഘ്രമ് (śīghram)quickly
• പ്രയച്ഛതി (prayacchati)he gives
• ദൂര്വയാ (dūrvayā)with durva grass
• അഭ്യര്ചയന് (abhyarcayan)worshipping
• ദേവമ് (devam)the god
• ഏകവിംശതിവാസരാന് (ekaviṃśativāsarān)for twenty-one days

anvaya യമ് യമ് കാമമ് കാമയതേ തമ് തമ് ശീഘ്രമ് പ്രയച്ഛതി ദേവമ് ദൂര്വയാ ഏകവിംശതിവാസരാന് അഭ്യര്ചയന്

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

ദൂര്വാ durva grass — The coarse creeping grass offered to Ganapati, usually in bunches of three or five blades.

• ഏകവിംശതിവാരമ് (ekaviṃśativāram)twenty-one times
• യഃ (yaḥ)whoever
• നിത്യമ് (nityam)daily
• സ്തോത്രമ് (stotram)the hymn
• പഠേത് (paṭhet)recites
• യദി (yadi)if
• തസ്യ (tasya)with him
• പ്രസന്നഃ (prasannaḥ)pleased
• വിഘ്നേശഃ (vighneśaḥ)the lord of obstacles
• സര്വാന് (sarvān)all
• കാമാന് (kāmān)wishes
• പ്രയച്ഛതി (prayacchati)gives

anvaya യദി യഃ നിത്യമ് ഏകവിംശതിവാരമ് സ്തോത്രമ് പഠേത് തസ്യ പ്രസന്നഃ വിഘ്നേശഃ സര്വാന് കാമാന് പ്രയച്ഛതി

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.