śrī gaṇeśa hṛdayam

• athanow
• śrīgaṇeśahṛdayamthe Heart of Shri Ganesha

anvaya atha śrīgaṇeśahṛdayam

chandas Prose, the title

hṛdaya Heart — The inner core of a god's worship. This Heart lists twenty-one names of Ganesha and then explains each one.

• śivaḥShiva
• uvācasaid

anvaya śivaḥ uvāca

chandas Prose, the speaker's line

• gaṇeśahṛdayamthe Heart of Ganesha
• vakṣyeI will tell
• sarvasiddhipradāyakamwhich gives every success
• sādhakāyato the seeker
• mahābhāgāḥO blessed ones
• śīghreṇaquickly
• śāntidamwhich gives peace
• paramthe highest

anvaya mahābhāgāḥ sādhakāya sarvasiddhipradāyakam śīghreṇa param śāntidam gaṇeśahṛdayam vakṣye

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

chandas Prose, the viniyoga

viniyoga the statement of use — Said before a hymn is recited: its seer, metre, deity, seed, power and pin, and what it is recited for.

kīlaka the pin — The part of a mantra said to hold its power in place, as a pin holds a joint.

• dhyānammeditation
• sindūrābhamred as sindura
• trinetramthree-eyed
• pṛthutarajaṭharamvery broad in the belly
• raktavastrāvṛtamdressed in red
• tamhim
• pāśamthe noose
• caand
• evaalso
• aṅkuśamthe goad
• vaiindeed
• radanamhis tusk
• abhayadamgiving safety
• pāṇibhiḥin his hands
• sandadhānamholding
• siddhyāby Siddhi
• buddhyāby Buddhi
• caand
• śliṣṭamembraced
• gajavadanamthe elephant-faced one
• ahamI
• cintayemeditate on
• hiindeed
• ekadantamwith a single tusk
• nānābhūṣābhirāmamlovely with many ornaments
• nijajanasukhadamwho gives happiness to his own people
• nābhiśeṣamwho wears Shesha round his navel
• gaṇeśamGanesha

anvaya dhyānam aham sindūrābham trinetram pṛthutarajaṭharam raktavastrāvṛtam pāṇibhiḥ pāśam ca eva aṅkuśam vai radanam sandadhānam abhayadam siddhyā buddhyā ca śliṣṭam nānābhūṣābhirāmam nijajanasukhadam nābhiśeṣam ekadantam gajavadanam tam gaṇeśam hi cintaye

chandas Sragdharā, 21 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• stotramthe hymn

anvaya stotram

chandas Prose, a heading

• oṃOm
• gaṇeśamGanesha
• ekadantamEkadanta
• caand
• cintāmaṇimChintamani
• vināyakamVinayaka
• ḍhuṇḍhirājamDhundhiraja
• mayūreśamMayuresha
• lambodaramLambodara
• gajānanamGajanana

anvaya oṃ gaṇeśam ekadantam ca cintāmaṇim vināyakam ḍhuṇḍhirājam mayūreśam lambodaram gajānanam [vande]

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

note Three verses list the twenty-one names. The verse that says I bow comes third.

• herambamHeramba
• vakratuṇḍamVakratunda
• caand
• jyeṣṭharājamJyeshtharaja
• nijasthitamNijasthita, who rests in himself
• āśāpūramAshapura
• tuand
• varadamVarada
• vikaṭamVikata
• dharaṇīdharamDharanidhara

anvaya herambam vakratuṇḍam ca jyeṣṭharājam nijasthitam āśāpūram tu varadam vikaṭam dharaṇīdharam [vande]

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

• siddhibuddhipatimthe lord of Siddhi and Buddhi
• vandeI bow to
• brahmaṇaspatisañjñitamthe one called Brahmanaspati
• māṅgalyeśamthe lord of all that is auspicious
• sarvapūjyamthe one all worship
• vighnānāmof obstacles
• nāyakamthe leader
• paramsupreme

anvaya siddhibuddhipatim brahmaṇaspatisañjñitam māṅgalyeśam sarvapūjyam param vighnānām nāyakam vande

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

• ekaviṃśatitwenty-one
• nāmāninames
• gaṇeśasyaof Ganesha
• mahātmanaḥthe great
• arthenawith their meanings
• samyūtānijoined
• evaindeed
• hṛdayamthe Heart
• parikīrtitamare what is called

anvaya gaṇeśasya mahātmanaḥ ekaviṃśati nāmāni arthena samyūtāni eva hṛdayam parikīrtitam

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

note samyūtāni is printed for saṃyutāni, joined. From the next verse on, each verse takes one of the names apart and says what it means.

• gakārarūpamhas the form of the letter ga
• vividhamin all its variety
• carācaramthe moving and unmoving world
• ṇakāragamis what the letter na points to
• brahmaBrahman
• tathāand
• parātparamhigher than the highest
• tayoḥin these two
• sthitāḥrest
• tasyahis
• gaṇāḥganas
• prakīrtitāḥare said to
• gaṇeśamGanesha
• ekamthe one
• praṇamāmibow to
• ahamI
• paramsupreme

anvaya vividham carācaram gakārarūpam tathā parātparam brahma ṇakāragam tasya gaṇāḥ tayoḥ sthitāḥ prakīrtitāḥ aham ekam param gaṇeśam praṇamāmi

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

note Gana is split into ga, the world, and na, Brahman; Ganesha is the lord of both.

• māyāsvarūpamthe nature of maya
• tuindeed
• sadāalways
• ekavācakamis what eka means
• dantaḥdanta
• paraḥthe supreme
• māyikarūpadhārakaḥwho holds the form of maya's master
• yogewhere joined
• tayoḥthe two are
• ekaradamEkarada, the one-tusked
• sumāniniO noble lady
• dhīsthamwho lives in the mind
• nataḥbow to
• ahamI
• janabhaktilālasamwho longs for people's devotion

anvaya ekavācakam sadā māyāsvarūpam tu dantaḥ paraḥ māyikarūpadhārakaḥ tayoḥ yoge ekaradam sumānini dhīstham janabhaktilālasam aham nataḥ

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

note Ekadanta is split into eka, maya, and danta, the one who holds maya in check.

• cittaprakāśamthe light of the mind
• vividheṣuin its many states
• saṃsthampresent
• lepāvalepādivivarjitamuntouched by any stain or clinging
• caand
• bhogaiḥenjoyments of his own
• vihīnamwho has no
• tuyet
• athaand
• bhogakārakamwho makes enjoyment possible
• cintāmaṇimChintamani
• tamthat
• praṇamāmiI bow to
• nityamalways

anvaya vividheṣu saṃstham cittaprakāśam lepāvalepādivivarjitam ca bhogaiḥ vihīnam tu atha bhogakārakam tam cintāmaṇim nityam praṇamāmi

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

note Chintamani, the wishing gem, is read as chitta-mani, the jewel that lights up the mind.

• vināyakamVinayaka
• nāyakavarjitamwho has no leader over him
• priyeO beloved
• viśeṣataḥabove all
• nāyakamthe leader
• īśvarātmanāmof those whose self is the Lord
• niraṅkuśamwhom no goad can steer
• tamhim
• praṇamāmiI bow to
• sarvadamwho gives everything
• sadātmakamwhose nature is pure being
• bhāvayutenafull of feeling
• cetasāwith a heart

anvaya priye nāyakavarjitam viśeṣataḥ īśvarātmanām nāyakam niraṅkuśam sarvadam sadātmakam tam vināyakam bhāvayutena cetasā praṇamāmi

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

• vedāḥthe Vedas
• purāṇānithe Puranas
• maheśvarādikāḥMaheshvara and the other gods
• śāstrāṇithe shastras
• yogīśvaradevamānavāḥthe masters of yoga, gods and men
• nāgāsurāḥnagas and demons
• brahmagaṇāḥthe hosts of Brahma
• caand
• jantavaḥevery living thing
• ḍhuṇḍhantiare searching for him
• vandeI bow to
• tuand
• athaso
• ḍhuṇḍhirājakamDhundhiraja

anvaya vedāḥ purāṇāni maheśvarādikāḥ śāstrāṇi yogīśvaradevamānavāḥ nāgāsurāḥ brahmagaṇāḥ ca jantavaḥ ḍhuṇḍhanti atha tu ḍhuṇḍhirājakam vande

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

note Dhundhi comes from dhundh, to search: he is the one everything is searching for.

• māyārthavācyaḥis a word that means maya
• mayūraprabhāvaḥthe power called mayura
• nānābhramārthamthe many kinds of illusion
• prakarotihe works
• tenathrough it
• tasmātso
• mayūreśamMayuresha
• athothen
• vadantithey call him
• namāmiI bow to
• māyāpatimthe lord of maya
• āsamantāton every side

anvaya mayūraprabhāvaḥ māyārthavācyaḥ tena nānābhramārtham prakaroti tasmāt atho mayūreśam vadanti māyāpatim āsamantāt namāmi

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

note Mayura, peacock, is heard as maya: Mayuresha is the lord of maya.

• yasyahis
• udarātfrom belly
• viśvamuniverse
• idamthis whole
• prasūtamwas born
• brahmāṇiall the forms of Brahman
• tadvatin that same way
• jaṭharein the belly
• sthitānirest
• ānantyarūpamhas no end
• jaṭharambelly
• hifor
• yasyawhose
• lambodaramLambodara
• tamthat
• praṇataḥbow to
• asmiI
• nityamalways

anvaya yasya udarāt idam viśvam prasūtam tadvat brahmāṇi jaṭhare sthitāni yasya hi jaṭharam ānantyarūpam tam lambodaram nityam praṇataḥ asmi

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

• jagatthe world
• galādhaḥbelow the throat
• gaṇanāyakasyaof the leader of the ganas
• gajātmakamthe elephant
• brahmaBrahman
• śiraḥhis head
• pareśamsupreme
• tayoḥof the two
• caand
• yogethe joining
• pravadantispeak of
• sarveeveryone
• gajānanamas Gajanana
• tamhim
• praṇamāmiI bow to
• nityamalways

anvaya gaṇanāyakasya galādhaḥ jagat gajātmakam śiraḥ pareśam brahma tayoḥ ca yoge sarve gajānanam pravadanti tam nityam praṇamāmi

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

note The elephant head on a body like ours is read as Brahman joined to the world.

• dīnārthavācyaḥmeans the helpless
• tuand
• athaso
• heḥhe
• jagatthe world
• caand
• brahmārthavācyaḥmeans Brahman
• nigameṣuin the Vedas
• rambaḥrambha
• tatpālakatvātbecause he protects them
• caand
• tayoḥthe two
• prayogeput together
• herambamHeramba
• ekamthe one
• praṇamāmiI bow to
• nityamalways

anvaya heḥ dīnārthavācyaḥ jagat ca tu atha nigameṣu rambaḥ brahmārthavācyaḥ tatpālakatvāt ca tayoḥ prayoge ekam herambam nityam praṇamāmi

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

note Heramba is split into he, the helpless and the world, and ramba, Brahman: he protects both.

• viśvātmakamis the universe
• yasyawhose
• śarīrambody
• ekamone
• tasmātapart from it
• caand
• vaktramhis face
• paramātmarūpamis the supreme self
• tuṇḍamthe tunda
• tatthat
• evamso
• hiindeed
• tayoḥthe two
• prayogejoining
• tamthat
• vakratuṇḍamVakratunda
• praṇamāmiI bow to
• nityamalways

anvaya yasya ekam śarīram viśvātmakam tasmāt ca vaktram paramātmarūpam tat evam hi tuṇḍam tayoḥ prayoge tam vakratuṇḍam nityam praṇamāmi

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

note vaktraṃ, face, may be meant as vakraṃ, the curved, which gives the first half of the name.

• mātāpitāmother and father
• ayamhe is
• jagatāmto the worlds
• pareṣāmand to all beyond them
• tasyahe
• apihimself
• mātājanakādikammother, father or anyone before him
• nahas no
• śreṣṭhamthe best of all
• vadanticall
• nigamāḥthe Vedas
• pareśamthe supreme lord
• tamthat
• jyeṣṭharājamJyeshtharaja
• praṇamāmiI bow to
• nityamalways

anvaya ayam jagatām pareṣām mātāpitā tasya api mātājanakādikam na nigamāḥ pareśam śreṣṭham vadanti tam jyeṣṭharājam nityam praṇamāmi

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

• nānāin many ways
• catuḥsthamholds the fourfold
• vividhātmakenain varied forms
• samyogarūpeṇajoined together
• nijasvarūpamhis own nature
• pūrṇasyaof the complete one
• sāthat
• pūrṇasamādhirūpāis the complete samadhi
• svānandanāthamthe lord of Svananda
• praṇamāmiI bow to
• caand
• ataḥso

anvaya nijasvarūpam vividhātmakena samyogarūpeṇa nānā catuḥstham sā pūrṇasya pūrṇasamādhirūpā ataḥ ca svānandanātham praṇamāmi

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

note This verse gives Nijasthita, he who rests in himself, as lord of Svananda, his own joy. It is the hardest verse of the set, and it does not spell out the fourfold.

• manorathānthe wishes
• pūrayatihe fulfils
• ihain this world
• gaṅgeO Ganga
• carācarāṇāmof all that moves and does not move
• jagatāmthe worlds
• pareṣāmin beyond
• ataḥso
• gaṇeśamGanesha
• pravadantithey call
• caand
• āśāprapūrakamAshapuraka, the one who fills every hope
• tamhim
• praṇamāmiI bow to
• nityamalways

anvaya gaṅge iha pareṣām jagatām carācarāṇām manorathān pūrayati ataḥ ca gaṇeśam āśāprapūrakam pravadanti tam nityam praṇamāmi

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

note Shiva's listener is called Ganga here and in verse 20, and beloved elsewhere.

• varaiḥby boons
• samasthāpitamwas set in its place
• evaindeed
• sarvamwhole
• viśvamuniverse
• tathāand
• brahmavihāriṇāby him who plays in Brahman
• caand
• ataḥso
• paramthe highest
• vipramukhāḥthe brahmins and others
• vadanticall him
• varapradamgiver of boons
• tamthat
• varadamVarada
• nataḥbow to
• asmiI

anvaya sarvam viśvam tathā brahmavihāriṇā varaiḥ samasthāpitam eva ca ataḥ vipramukhāḥ param varapradam vadanti tam varadam nataḥ asmi

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

• māyāmayammade of maya
• sarvamall
• idamthis
• vibhātishines
• mithyāsvarūpamfalse in nature
• bhramadāyakamdeceiving
• caand
• tasmātbeyond it
• paramhigher
• brahmaBrahman
• vadantithey say
• satyamthe true
• enamthis
• pareśamsupreme lord
• vikaṭamVikata
• namāmiI bow to

anvaya idam sarvam māyāmayam mithyāsvarūpam bhramadāyakam ca vibhāti tasmāt param satyam brahma vadanti enam pareśam vikaṭam namāmi

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

note Vikata, the unusual one, is read as the one who stands beyond the world of maya.

• cittasyaof the mind
• proktāḥspeak of
• munibhiḥthe sages
• pṛthivyaḥgrounds
• nānāvidhāḥmany
• yogibhiḥand yogis
• evaindeed
• gaṅgeO Ganga
• tāsāmthem
• sadāalways
• dhārakaḥholds up
• eṣaḥhe
• vandebow to
• caand
• ahamI
• hiso
• dharaṇīdharamDharanidhara
• ādibhūtamwho was there before all

anvaya gaṅge munibhiḥ yogibhiḥ eva cittasya nānāvidhāḥ pṛthivyaḥ proktāḥ eṣaḥ tāsām sadā dhārakaḥ hi ca aham ādibhūtam dharaṇīdharam vande

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

cittabhūmi grounds of the mind — The states of mind yoga describes, from scattered to still. Dharanidhara, the earth-bearer, is read as the one who bears these grounds.

• viśvātmikāis the universe
• brahmamayīmade of Brahman
• hiindeed
• buddhiḥBuddhi, understanding
• tasyāḥher
• vimohapradikāwhat leads astray
• caand
• siddhiḥSiddhi, success
• tābhyāmwith the two of them
• sadāalways
• khelatiplays
• yoganāthaḥthe lord of yoga
• tamthat
• siddhibuddhīśamlord of Siddhi and Buddhi
• athoso
• namāmiI bow to

anvaya buddhiḥ hi viśvātmikā brahmamayī siddhiḥ ca tasyāḥ vimohapradikā yoganāthaḥ tābhyām sadā khelati atho tam siddhibuddhīśam namāmi

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

• asatyasatsāmyaturīyanaijaganivṛttibrahmāṇithe forms of Brahman called untrue, true, equal, fourth, one's own, moving and ceasing
• viracyamaking
• khelakaḥhe plays
• sadāalways
• svayamby himself
• yogamayenain a form made of yoga
• bhātishines
• tamthat
• ānataḥbow to
• ahamI
• tuand
• athaso
• brahmaṇaspatimBrahmanaspati

anvaya asatyasatsāmyaturīyanaijaganivṛttibrahmāṇi viracya khelakaḥ sadā svayam yogamayena bhāti atha tu aham tam brahmaṇaspatim ānataḥ

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

note The Mudgala Purana speaks of a series of Brahmans, each a way of seeing the whole. The verse lists them in shorthand; Brahmanaspati is lord over them all.

• amaṅgalaminauspicious
• viśvamuniverse
• idamthis
• sahātmabhiḥwith all its selves
• ayogasamyogayutamcaught up in separation and union
• praṇaśvarambound to perish
• tataḥit
• parambeyond
• maṅgalarūpadhārakamwho holds the form of the auspicious
• namāmiI bow to
• māṅgalyapatimthe lord of all that is auspicious
• suśāntidamwho gives true peace

anvaya sahātmabhiḥ idam viśvam amaṅgalam ayogasamyogayutam praṇaśvaram tataḥ param maṅgalarūpadhārakam suśāntidam māṅgalyapatim namāmi

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

• sarvatramānyamhonoured everywhere
• sakalāvabhāsakamwho lights up everything
• sujñaiḥthe wise
• śubhādauat the start of happy rites
• aśubhādipūjitamworship him, and at the start of sad ones too
• pūjyammore worthy of worship
• nanone
• tasmātthan he
• nigamādisammatamas the Vedas and the rest agree
• tamthat
• sarvapūjyamSarvapujya
• praṇataḥbow to
• asmiI
• nityamalways

anvaya sarvatramānyam sakalāvabhāsakam sujñaiḥ śubhādau aśubhādipūjitam tasmāt pūjyam na nigamādisammatam tam sarvapūjyam nityam praṇataḥ asmi

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

• bhuktimthe good of this life
• caboth
• muktimrelease
• caand
• dadātigives
• tuṣṭaḥwhen he is pleased
• yaḥwho
• vighnahāthe destroyer of obstacles
• bhaktipriyaḥwho loves devotion
• nijebhyaḥhis own people
• bhaktyādevotion
• vihīnāyato one without
• dadātihe gives
• vighnānobstacles
• tamthat
• vighnarājamVighnaraja
• praṇamāmiI bow to
• nityamalways

anvaya yaḥ bhaktipriyaḥ vighnahā tuṣṭaḥ nijebhyaḥ bhuktim ca muktim ca dadāti bhaktyā vihīnāya vighnān dadāti tam vighnarājam nityam praṇamāmi

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

• nāmārthayuktamwith the meanings of his names
• kathitamhave told
• priyeO beloved
• teyou
• vighneśvarasyaof the lord of obstacles
• evaindeed
• paramthe highest
• rahasyamsecret
• saptatrināmnāmof the twenty-one names
• hṛdayamthis heart
• naraḥthe man
• yaḥwho
• jñātvāknows
• paramthe highest
• brahmamayaḥone with Brahman
• bhavetbecomes
• ihain this very life

anvaya priye vighneśvarasya eva param rahasyam nāmārthayuktam te kathitam yaḥ naraḥ saptatrināmnām hṛdayam jñātvā iha param brahmamayaḥ bhavet

chandas Upajāti, mixing lines of 11 and 12 syllables

note Seven times three: the twenty-one names of the opening list.

• itihere ends
• śrīmudgalapurāṇefrom the Shri Mudgala Purana
• gaṇeśahṛdayastotramthe Ganesha Hridaya Stotram

anvaya iti śrīmudgalapurāṇe gaṇeśahṛdayastotram

chandas Prose, the colophon