মৰকত শ্ৰী লক্ষ্মীগণপতি স্তোত্ৰম্

• অথ (atha)now
• মৰকতশ্ৰীলক্ষ্মীগণপতিস্তোত্ৰম্ (marakataśrīlakṣmīgaṇapatistotram)the hymn to the emerald Shri Lakshmi Ganapati

anvaya অথ মৰকতশ্ৰীলক্ষ্মীগণপতিস্তোত্ৰম্

chandas Prose, the title

মৰকত emerald — The poet Nateshvara's hymns call this Lakshmi Ganapati the emerald one, bright as the green gem.

লক্ষ্মীগণপতি Lakshmi Ganapati — Ganapati with Lakshmi, goddess of fortune, beside him. The form is worshipped for wealth and success.

• ৱৰসিদ্ধিসুবুদ্ধিমনোনিলযম্ (varasiddhisubuddhimanonilayam)who lives in the hearts of fair Siddhi and wise Buddhi
• নিৰতপ্ৰতিভাফলদানঘনম্ (niratapratibhāphaladānaghanam)who never tires of giving the gift of a bright mind
• পৰমেশ্ৱৰমানসমোদকৰম্ (parameśvaramānasamodakaram)who gladdens the heart of Parameshvara
• প্ৰণমামি (praṇamāmi)I bow to
• নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ (nirantaravighnaharam)the one who is always taking obstacles away

anvaya ৱৰসিদ্ধিসুবুদ্ধিমনোনিলযম্ নিৰতপ্ৰতিভাফলদানঘনম্ পৰমেশ্ৱৰমানসমোদকৰম্ নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ প্ৰণমামি

chandas Toṭaka, 12 syllables in each of 4 pādas

note The third line is printed with odd spaces, পৰমেশ্ৱৰ মান সমোদকৰং. It is one compound, পৰমেশ্ৱৰমানসমোদকৰম্: who gladdens the heart of the highest lord.

• অণিমাম্ (aṇimām)becoming tiny
• মহিমাম্ (mahimām)vast
• গৰিমাম্ (garimām)heavy
• লঘিমাম্ (laghimām)and light
• ঘনতাপ্তিসুকামৱৰেশৱশান্ (ghanatāptisukāmavareśavaśān)reaching anything, having every wish, lordship and control, in full
• নিৰতপ্ৰদম্ (niratapradam)who always gives
• অক্ষযমঙ্গলদম্ (akṣayamaṅgaladam)who gives good fortune that never runs out
• প্ৰণমামি (praṇamāmi)I bow to
• নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ (nirantaravighnaharam)the one who is always taking obstacles away

anvaya অণিমাম্ মহিমাম্ গৰিমাম্ লঘিমাম্ ঘনতাপ্তিসুকামৱৰেশৱশান্ নিৰতপ্ৰদম্ অক্ষযমঙ্গলদম্ নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ প্ৰণমামি

chandas Toṭaka, 12 syllables in each of 4 pādas

অষ্টসিদ্ধি the eight powers — The eight powers of yoga. Ganapati is their lord, and Siddhi, whose name means attainment, is his consort.

• জননীজনকাত্মৱিনোদকৰম্ (jananījanakātmavinodakaram)who delights the hearts of his mother and father
• জনতাহৃদযান্তৰতাপহৰম্ (janatāhṛdayāntaratāpaharam)who takes away the pain deep in people's hearts
• জগদভ্যুদযাকৰম্ (jagadabhyudayākaram)who brings the world its welfare
• ঈপ্সিতদম্ (īpsitadam)who gives what is wished for
• প্ৰণমামি (praṇamāmi)I bow to
• নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ (nirantaravighnaharam)the one who is always taking obstacles away

anvaya জননীজনকাত্মৱিনোদকৰম্ জনতাহৃদযান্তৰতাপহৰম্ জগদভ্যুদযাকৰম্ ঈপ্সিতদম্ নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ প্ৰণমামি

chandas Toṭaka, 12 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• ৱৰবাল্যসুখেলনভাগ্যকৰম্ (varabālyasukhelanabhāgyakaram)who gives a happy childhood full of play
• স্থিৰযৌৱনসৌখ্যৱিলাসকৰম্ (sthirayauvanasaukhyavilāsakaram)who gives a youth that stays strong with all its pleasures
• ঘনৱৃদ্ধমনোহৰশান্তিকৰম্ (ghanavṛddhamanoharaśāntikaram)who gives a lovely peace in ripe old age
• প্ৰণমামি (praṇamāmi)I bow to
• নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ (nirantaravighnaharam)the one who is always taking obstacles away

anvaya ৱৰবাল্যসুখেলনভাগ্যকৰম্ স্থিৰযৌৱনসৌখ্যৱিলাসকৰম্ ঘনৱৃদ্ধমনোহৰশান্তিকৰম্ নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ প্ৰণমামি

chandas Toṭaka, 12 syllables in each of 4 pādas

note The verse walks through a whole life: childhood, youth, old age.

• নিগমাগমলৌকিকশাস্ত্ৰনিধিপ্ৰদদানচণম্ (nigamāgamalaukikaśāstranidhipradadānacaṇam)quick to give the wealth of the Vedas, the Agamas and worldly learning
• গুণগণ্যমণিম্ (guṇagaṇyamaṇim)a jewel of many virtues
• শততীৰ্থৱিৰাজিতমূৰ্তিধৰম্ (śatatīrthavirājitamūrtidharam)whose image shines at a hundred holy places
• প্ৰণমামি (praṇamāmi)I bow to
• নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ (nirantaravighnaharam)the one who is always taking obstacles away

anvaya নিগমাগমলৌকিকশাস্ত্ৰনিধিপ্ৰদদানচণম্ গুণগণ্যমণিম্ শততীৰ্থৱিৰাজিতমূৰ্তিধৰম্ নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ প্ৰণমামি

chandas Toṭaka, 12 syllables in each of 4 pādas

নিগম, আগম the Vedas and the Agamas — The Vedas, and the scriptures that lay down temple worship and practice.

• অনুৰাগমযম্ (anurāgamayam)all affection
• নৱৰাগযুতম্ (navarāgayutam)full of fresh colour
• গুণৰাজিতনামৱিশেষহিতম্ (guṇarājitanāmaviśeṣahitam)whose names, bright with his virtues, do special good
• শুভলাভৱৰপ্ৰদম্ (śubhalābhavarapradam)who gives the boons of good fortune and gain
• অক্ষযদম্ (akṣayadam)who gives gifts that never run out
• প্ৰণমামি (praṇamāmi)I bow to
• নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ (nirantaravighnaharam)the one who is always taking obstacles away

anvaya অনুৰাগমযম্ নৱৰাগযুতম্ গুণৰাজিতনামৱিশেষহিতম্ শুভলাভৱৰপ্ৰদম্ অক্ষযদম্ নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ প্ৰণমামি

chandas Toṭaka, 12 syllables in each of 4 pādas

শুভ, লাভ good fortune and gain — The two words written on account books and doorways at Diwali. In northern tradition Shubha and Labha are also Ganesha's sons.

• পৃথিৱীশসুপূজিতপাদযুগম্ (pṛthivīśasupūjitapādayugam)whose two feet the kings of the earth worship
• ৰথযানৱিশেষযশোৱিভৱম্ (rathayānaviśeṣayaśovibhavam)whose chariot festival spreads his fame and glory
• সকলাগমপূজিতদিৱ্যগুণম্ (sakalāgamapūjitadivyaguṇam)whose divine qualities all the Agamas honour
• প্ৰণমামি (praṇamāmi)I bow to
• নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ (nirantaravighnaharam)the one who is always taking obstacles away

anvaya পৃথিৱীশসুপূজিতপাদযুগম্ ৰথযানৱিশেষযশোৱিভৱম্ সকলাগমপূজিতদিৱ্যগুণম্ নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ প্ৰণমামি

chandas Toṭaka, 12 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• গগনোদ্ভৱগাঙ্গসৰিত্প্ৰভৱপ্ৰচুৰাম্বুজপূজিতশীৰ্ষতলম্ (gaganodbhavagāṅgasaritprabhavapracurāmbujapūjitaśīrṣatalam)whose head is worshipped with heaps of lotuses from the Ganga, the river from the sky
• মণিৰাজিতহৈমকিৰীটযুতম্ (maṇirājitahaimakirīṭayutam)who wears a golden crown bright with jewels
• প্ৰণমামি (praṇamāmi)I bow to
• নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ (nirantaravighnaharam)the one who is always taking obstacles away

anvaya গগনোদ্ভৱগাঙ্গসৰিত্প্ৰভৱপ্ৰচুৰাম্বুজপূজিতশীৰ্ষতলম্ মণিৰাজিতহৈমকিৰীটযুতম্ নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ প্ৰণমামি

chandas Toṭaka, 12 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• দ্ৱিজৰাজদিৱাকৰনেত্ৰযুতম্ (dvijarājadivākaranetrayutam)whose eyes are the moon and the sun
• কমনীযশুভাৱহকান্তিহিতম্ (kamanīyaśubhāvahakāntihitam)whose lovely glow brings good fortune
• ৰমণীযৱিলাসকথাৱিদিতম্ (ramaṇīyavilāsakathāviditam)known through the charming stories of his play
• প্ৰণমামি (praṇamāmi)I bow to
• নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ (nirantaravighnaharam)the one who is always taking obstacles away

anvaya দ্ৱিজৰাজদিৱাকৰনেত্ৰযুতম্ কমনীযশুভাৱহকান্তিহিতম্ ৰমণীযৱিলাসকথাৱিদিতম্ নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ প্ৰণমামি

chandas Toṭaka, 12 syllables in each of 4 pādas

দ্ৱিজৰাজ the moon — King of the twice-born, a common name for the moon.

• হৃদযান্তৰদীপকশক্তিধৰম্ (hṛdayāntaradīpakaśaktidharam)who holds the power that lights the lamp inside the heart
• মধুৰোদযদীপ্তিকলাৰুচিৰম্ (madhurodayadīptikalāruciram)lovely with the soft glow of a gentle sunrise
• সুৱিশালনভোঙ্গণদীপ্তিকৰম্ (suviśālanabhoṅgaṇadīptikaram)who lights up the wide courtyard of the sky
• প্ৰণমামি (praṇamāmi)I bow to
• নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ (nirantaravighnaharam)the one who is always taking obstacles away

anvaya হৃদযান্তৰদীপকশক্তিধৰম্ মধুৰোদযদীপ্তিকলাৰুচিৰম্ সুৱিশালনভোঙ্গণদীপ্তিকৰম্ নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ প্ৰণমামি

chandas Toṭaka, 12 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• কৱিৰাজৱিৰাজিতকাৱ্যমযম্ (kavirājavirājitakāvyamayam)the poetry that shines in the work of the finest poets
• ৰৱিকান্তিৱিভাসিতলোকমযম্ (ravikāntivibhāsitalokamayam)the world lit by the sun
• ভুৱনৈকৱিলাসিতকীৰ্তিমযম্ (bhuvanaikavilāsitakīrtimayam)whose fame plays across the whole world
• প্ৰণমামি (praṇamāmi)I bow to
• নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ (nirantaravighnaharam)the one who is always taking obstacles away

anvaya কৱিৰাজৱিৰাজিতকাৱ্যমযম্ ৰৱিকান্তিৱিভাসিতলোকমযম্ ভুৱনৈকৱিলাসিতকীৰ্তিমযম্ নিৰন্তৰৱিঘ্নহৰম্ প্ৰণমামি

chandas Toṭaka, 12 syllables in each of 4 pādas