- manorathasiddhipradagaṇeśastotramthe Ganesha hymn that brings what the heart is set on
anvaya manorathasiddhipradagaṇeśastotram
chandas Prose, the title
manoratha what the heart is set on — Manoratha is the mind's chariot: the thing a person keeps going back to in thought.
note From the Ganesha Purana. Skanda is the speaker, and his praise is worked out point by point, each verse explaining why some feature of his brother's form is what it is.
- skandaḥSkanda
- uvācasaid
anvaya skandaḥ uvāca
chandas Prose, a speaker's line
asamprajñānamūrdhne te tayoryogamayāya ca || 1 ||
- namaḥsalutation
- teto you
- yogarūpāyawhose form is yoga
- samprajñānaśarīriṇewhose body is the knowing that still has an object
- asamprajñānamūrdhnewhose head is the knowing that has none
- teyour
- tayoḥof those two
- yogamayāyawho is the joining
- caand
anvaya yogarūpāya samprajñānaśarīriṇe te asamprajñānamūrdhne ca tayoḥ yogamayāya te namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
samprajñāna knowing that still has an object — In Patanjali's yoga, samprajnata samadhi still rests on something; asamprajnata rests on nothing at all. The verse puts the first in the body and the second in the head.
bhrāntidhārakarūpā vai buddhiste dakṣiṇāṅgake || 2 ||
- vāmāṅgaon the left side
- bhrāntirūpāwhose form is the whirl of things
- teyour
- siddhiḥSiddhi
- sarvapradāwho gives everything
- prabhoO lord
- bhrāntidhārakarūpāwhose form is the holding of that whirl
- vaiindeed
- buddhiḥBuddhi
- teyour
- dakṣiṇāṅgakeon the right side
anvaya prabho te vāmāṅga bhrāntirūpā sarvapradā siddhiḥ te dakṣiṇāṅgake bhrāntidhārakarūpā vai buddhiḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
bhrānti the whirl of things — Bhranti is wandering, and so also the turning of the world and the mistake a wandering mind makes. Siddhi is that movement; Buddhi is what holds it steady.
tayoryoge gaṇeśāna tvaṃ sthito'si namo'stu te || 3 ||
- māyāmaya
- siddhiḥis Siddhi
- tathāand
- devaḥthe god
- māyikaḥwho wields maya
- buddhisañjñitaḥis called Buddhi
- tayoḥof those two
- yogeat the joining
- gaṇeśānaO Ganesha
- tvamyou
- sthitaḥstand
- asiare
- namaḥsalutation
- astube
- teto you
anvaya māyā siddhiḥ tathā māyikaḥ devaḥ buddhisañjñitaḥ gaṇeśāna tvam tayoḥ yoge sthitaḥ asi te namaḥ astu
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
tayoryoge hi gaṇapo nāma tubhyaṃ namo namaḥ || 4 ||
- jagadrūpaḥwhose form is the world
- gakāraḥthe syllable ga
- caand
- ṇakāraḥthe syllable na
- brahmavācakaḥstanding for Brahman
- tayoḥof those two
- yogeat the joining
- hiindeed
- gaṇapaḥGanapa
- nāmathe name
- tubhyamto you
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
anvaya gakāraḥ jagadrūpaḥ ca ṇakāraḥ brahmavācakaḥ tayoḥ yoge hi gaṇapaḥ nāma tubhyam namo namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
hastāścatvāra evaṃ te caturbhuja namo'stu te || 5 ||
- caturvidhamof four kinds
- jagatthe world
- sarvamwhole
- brahmaBrahman
- tatrain it
- tadātmakammade of the same
- hastāḥthe hands
- catvāraḥfour
- evamin this way
- teyour
- caturbhujaO four-armed one
- namaḥsalutation
- astube
- teto you
anvaya sarvam jagat caturvidham tatra brahma tadātmakam evam te hastāḥ catvāraḥ caturbhuja te namaḥ astu
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note The four arms are given a reason rather than only described.
tena svānandavāsī tvaṃ svānandapataye namaḥ || 6 ||
- svasaṃvedyamwhich only knows itself
- caand
- yatwhich
- brahmaBrahman
- tatrathere
- khelakaraḥplaying
- bhavānyou
- tenaso
- svānandavāsīliving in Svananda
- tvamyou
- svānandapatayeto the lord of Svananda
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya yat brahma svasaṃvedyam ca tatra bhavān khelakaraḥ tena tvam svānandavāsī svānandapataye namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
cauravattena te'bhūdvai mūṣako vāhanaṃ prabho || 7 ||
- dvandvamamong the pairs of opposites
- carasiyou move
- bhaktānāmof your devotees
- teṣāmtheir
- hṛdiin the heart
- samāsthitaḥseated
- cauravatlike a thief
- tenafor that reason
- teyour
- abhūtbecame
- vaiindeed
- mūṣakaḥthe mouse
- vāhanamthe mount
- prabhoO lord
anvaya prabho teṣām hṛdi samāsthitaḥ bhaktānām dvandvam cauravat carasi tena vai mūṣakaḥ te vāhanam abhūt
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
dvandva the pairs of opposites — Heat and cold, pleasure and pain, praise and blame: the pairs a person is pulled between.
note Three verses in a row explain the mouse by the way a mouse gets in: quietly, and where it is not seen.
jagadbhirbrahmabhistena ceṣṭitaṃ jñāyate na ca || 8 ||
- jagatiin the world
- brahmaṇiin Brahman
- sthitvāhaving stood
- bhogānthe enjoyments
- bhuṅkṣiyou taste
- svayogagaḥmoving by your own yoga
- jagadbhiḥby the worlds
- brahmabhiḥby the Brahmans
- tenaso
- ceṣṭitamwhat you are doing
- jñāyateis known
- nanot
- caand
anvaya jagati brahmaṇi sthitvā svayogagaḥ bhogān bhuṅkṣi tena jagadbhiḥ brahmabhiḥ ca ceṣṭitam na jñāyate
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
mūṣako mūṣakārūḍho herambāya namo namaḥ || 9 ||
- cauravatlike a thief
- bhogakartātaking your enjoyment
- tvamyou
- tenaso
- teyour
- vāhanammount
- paramthe best
- mūṣakaḥthe mouse
- mūṣakārūḍhaḥriding the mouse
- herambāyato Heramba
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
anvaya tvam cauravat bhogakartā tena mūṣakaḥ te param vāhanam mūṣakārūḍhaḥ herambāya namo namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
vedādayo yayuḥ śāntimato devaṃ namāmyaham || 10 ||
- kimhow
- staumishall I praise
- tvāmyou
- gaṇādhīśaO lord of the ganas
- yogaśāntidharamwho hold the peace of yoga
- paramthe highest
- vedādayaḥthe Vedas and the rest
- yayuḥwent
- śāntimto silence
- ataḥso
- devamthe god
- namāmiI bow to
- ahamI
anvaya gaṇādhīśa yogaśāntidharam param tvām kim staumi vedādayaḥ śāntim yayuḥ ataḥ aham devam namāmi
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
śāntim yayuḥ went to silence — The Vedas are said to stop rather than to fail. It is the usual way of ending a praise that has run out of words.
- itiso
- stotramthe hymn
- samākarṇyahaving heard
- gaṇeśaḥGanesha
- tamto him
- uvācasaid
- haindeed
anvaya iti stotram samākarṇya gaṇeśaḥ tam ha uvāca
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
- varama boon
- vṛṇuchoose
- mahābhāgaO fortunate one
- dāsyāmiI shall give
- durlabhamhard to get
- hieven
- apithough
anvaya mahābhāga varam vṛṇu durlabham hi api dāsyāmi
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
mayi bhaktikaraṃ skanda sarvasiddhipradaṃ tathā || 12 ||
- tvayāby you
- kṛtammade
- idamthis
- stotramhymn
- yogaśāntipradamwhich gives the peace of yoga
- bhavetwill be
- mayitowards me
- bhaktikaramwhich makes devotion
- skandaO Skanda
- sarvasiddhipradamwhich gives every success
- tathāand
anvaya skanda tvayā kṛtam idam stotram yogaśāntipradam mayi bhaktikaram tathā sarvasiddhipradam bhavet
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
paṭhate śṛṇvate nityaṃ kārtikeya viśeṣataḥ || 13 ||
- yam yamwhatever
- icchasione wants
- tam tamthat very thing
- vaiindeed
- dāsyāmiI shall give
- stotrayantritaḥheld fast by the hymn
- paṭhateto the one who recites
- śṛṇvateto the one who hears
- nityamevery day
- kārtikeyaO Kartikeya
- viśeṣataḥabove all
anvaya kārtikeya stotrayantritaḥ yam yam icchasi tam tam vai dāsyāmi viśeṣataḥ nityam paṭhate śṛṇvate
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
stotrayantrita held fast by the hymn — Yantrita is tied down or harnessed. The god says the hymn binds him, which is a strong thing for the giver of boons to admit.