- mayūreśastotramthe Mayuresha Stotra
anvaya mayūreśastotram
chandas Prose, the title
mayūreśa Mayuresha — The lord who rides the peacock, the Ganesha of Morgaon in Maharashtra, first of the eight ashtavinayaka shrines.
note From the Ganesha Purana. Brahma is the speaker, and every verse ends with the same half-line.
- brahmāBrahma
- uvācasaid
anvaya brahmā uvāca
chandas Prose, a speaker's line
māyāvinaṃ durvibhāvyaṃ mayūreśaṃ namāmyaham || 1 ||
- purāṇapuruṣamthe person who was there before anything else
- devamthe god
- nānākrīḍākaramwho plays in many ways
- mudāgladly
- māyāvinamwho wields maya
- durvibhāvyamhard to hold in thought
- mayūreśamMayuresha
- namāmiI bow to
- ahamI
anvaya purāṇapuruṣam devam mudā nānākrīḍākaram māyāvinam durvibhāvyam mayūreśam aham namāmi
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
guṇātītaṃ guṇamayaṃ mayūreśaṃ namāmyaham || 2 ||
- parātparamhigher than the high
- cidānandamawareness and joy
- nirvikāramwithout change
- hṛdiin the heart
- sthitamseated
- guṇātītampast the three strands
- guṇamayammade of the strands
- mayūreśamMayuresha
- namāmiI bow to
- ahamI
anvaya parātparam cidānandam nirvikāram hṛdi sthitam guṇātītam guṇamayam mayūreśam aham namāmi
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note Two words set side by side that ought to cancel: past the strands, and woven of them.
sarvavighnaharaṃ devaṃ mayūreśaṃ namāmyaham || 3 ||
- sṛjantammaking
- pālayantamkeeping
- caand
- saṃharantamending
- nijecchayāas he pleases
- sarvavighnaharamwho takes every obstacle away
- devamthe god
- mayūreśamMayuresha
- namāmiI bow to
- ahamI
anvaya nijecchayā sṛjantam pālayantam ca saṃharantam sarvavighnaharam devam mayūreśam aham namāmi
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
nānāyudhadharaṃ bhaktyā mayūreśaṃ namāmyaham || 4 ||
- nānādaityanihantāramkiller of demon after demon
- nānārūpāṇimany shapes
- bibhratamtaking
- nānāyudhadharamcarrying many weapons
- bhaktyāwith devotion
- mayūreśamMayuresha
- namāmiI bow to
- ahamI
anvaya nānādaityanihantāram nānārūpāṇi bibhratam nānāyudhadharam mayūreśam aham bhaktyā namāmi
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
sadasadvyaktamavyaktaṃ mayūreśaṃ namāmyaham || 5 ||
- indrādidevatāvṛndaiḥby Indra and the whole company of gods
- abhiṣṭutampraised
- aharniśamday and night
- satbeing
- asatnot-being
- vyaktamshown
- avyaktamunshown
- mayūreśamMayuresha
- namāmiI bow to
- ahamI
anvaya indrādidevatāvṛndaiḥ aharniśam abhiṣṭutam sat asat vyaktam avyaktam mayūreśam aham namāmi
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
sarvavidyāpravaktāraṃ mayūreśaṃ namāmyaham || 6 ||
- sarvaśaktimayammade of every power
- devamthe god
- sarvarūpadharamwho takes every form
- vibhumpresent everywhere
- sarvavidyāpravaktāramwho speaks out every branch of learning
- mayūreśamMayuresha
- namāmiI bow to
- ahamI
anvaya sarvaśaktimayam sarvarūpadharam vibhum sarvavidyāpravaktāram devam mayūreśam aham namāmi
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
bhaktānandakaraṃ nityaṃ mayūreśaṃ namāmyaham || 7 ||
- pārvatīnandanamthe joy of Parvati
- śambhoḥof Shambhu
- ānandaparivardhanamwho makes the gladness grow
- bhaktānandakaramwho gives his devotees gladness
- nityamwithout end
- mayūreśamMayuresha
- namāmiI bow to
- ahamI
anvaya pārvatīnandanam śambhoḥ ānandaparivardhanam nityam bhaktānandakaram mayūreśam aham namāmi
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
samaṣṭivyaṣṭirūpaṃ tvāṃ mayūreśaṃ namāmyaham || 8 ||
- munidhyeyamheld in mind by the sages
- muninutampraised by the sages
- munikāmaprapūrakamwho fills out what the sages want
- samaṣṭivyaṣṭirūpamwho is the whole and each part of it
- tvāmyou
- mayūreśamMayuresha
- namāmiI bow to
- ahamI
anvaya munidhyeyam muninutam munikāmaprapūrakam samaṣṭivyaṣṭirūpam tvām mayūreśam aham namāmi
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
samaṣṭivyaṣṭi the whole and each part — Samashti is everything taken together, vyashti each thing on its own. He is called both at once.
satyajñānamayaṃ satyaṃ mayūreśaṃ namāmyaham || 9 ||
- sarvājñānanihantāramkiller of every ignorance
- sarvajñānakarammaker of all knowing
- śucimclean
- satyajñānamayammade of true knowing
- satyamtrue
- mayūreśamMayuresha
- namāmiI bow to
- ahamI
anvaya sarvājñānanihantāram sarvajñānakaram śucim satyajñānamayam satyam mayūreśam aham namāmi
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
anantavibhavaṃ viṣṇuṃ mayūreśaṃ namāmyaham || 10 ||
- anekakoṭibrahmāṇḍanāyakamlord of many crores of world-eggs
- jagadīśvarammaster of everything that is
- anantavibhavamwhose greatness has no end
- viṣṇumVishnu
- mayūreśamMayuresha
- namāmiI bow to
- ahamI
anvaya anekakoṭibrahmāṇḍanāyakam jagadīśvaram anantavibhavam viṣṇum mayūreśam aham namāmi
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
brahmāṇḍa the world-egg — The whole universe pictured as one egg. The verse counts them in crores and sets him over all of them.
mayūreśa uvāca|
- phalaśrutiḥthe account of what it gives
- mayūreśaḥMayuresha
- uvācasaid
anvaya phalaśrutiḥ mayūreśaḥ uvāca
chandas Prose, a heading and a speaker's line
sarvakāmapradaṃ nṝṇāṃ sarvopadravanāśanam || 11 ||
- idamthis
- brahmakaramwhich makes a man Brahman
- stotramhymn
- sarvapāpapranāśanamwhich wipes out every wrong
- sarvakāmapradamwhich gives whatever is wanted
- nṝṇāmto people
- sarvopadravanāśanamwhich puts an end to every calamity
anvaya idam brahmakaram sarvapāpapranāśanam nṝṇām sarvakāmapradam sarvopadravanāśanam stotram
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note pranāśanam is printed for praṇāśanam.
ādhivyādhiharaṃ caiva bhuktimuktipradaṃ śubham || 12 ||
- kārāgṛhagatānāmof those who have gone to prison
- caand
- mocanamthe freeing
- dinasaptakātwithin seven days
- ādhivyādhiharamwhich carries off trouble of mind and body
- caand
- evaindeed
- bhuktimuktipradamgiving both enjoyment here and freedom
- śubhamgood
anvaya kārāgṛhagatānām ca dinasaptakāt mocanam ādhivyādhiharam ca eva bhuktimuktipradam śubham
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ādhivyādhi trouble of mind and body — Adhi is what troubles the mind and vyadhi what troubles the body. The pair covers the whole of what can go wrong with a person.