- ಪರಮ್ (param)the highest
- ಧಾಮ (dhāma)home
- ಪರಮ್ (param)the highest
- ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ (brahma)brahman
- ಪರೇಶಮ್ (pareśam)the lord beyond
- ಪರಮೀಶ್ವರಮ್ (paramīśvaram)the ruler above all
- ವಿಘ್ನನಿಘ್ನಕರಮ್ (vighnanighnakaram)who strikes obstacles down
- ಶಾನ್ತಮ್ (śāntam)at peace
- ಪುಷ್ಟಮ್ (puṣṭam)full
- ಕಾನ್ತಮ್ (kāntam)lovely
- ಅನನ್ತಕಮ್ (anantakam)without end
anvaya ಪರಮ್ ಧಾಮ ಪರಮ್ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ಪರೇಶಮ್ ಪರಮೀಶ್ವರಮ್ ವಿಘ್ನನಿಘ್ನಕರಮ್ ಶಾನ್ತಮ್ ಪುಷ್ಟಮ್ ಕಾನ್ತಮ್ ಅನನ್ತಕಮ್
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಪರಂ ಧಾಮ the highest home — The place past which there is nothing further to reach. Radha opens with the words usually kept for the highest reality and lays them on Ganesha.
note The printed text has a stray halant in vighna-nighna-karaṃ, and runs kāntaṃ and anantakaṃ together as one word.
- ಸುರಾಸುರೇನ್ದ್ರೈಃ (surāsurendraiḥ)by the lords of gods and demons
- ಸಿದ್ಧೇನ್ದ್ರೈಃ (siddhendraiḥ)by the lords of the siddhas
- ಸ್ತುತಮ್ (stutam)praised
- ಸ್ತೌಮಿ (staumi)I praise
- ಪರಾತ್ಪರಮ್ (parātparam)the one higher than the highest
- ಸುರಪದ್ಮದಿನೇಶಮ್ (surapadmadineśam)the sun to the lotus that is the gods
- ಚ (ca)and
- ಗಣೇಶಮ್ (gaṇeśam)Ganesha
- ಮಙ್ಗಲಾಯನಮ್ (maṅgalāyanam)the seat of all good fortune
anvaya ಸುರಾಸುರೇನ್ದ್ರೈಃ ಸಿದ್ಧೇನ್ದ್ರೈಃ ಸ್ತುತಮ್ ಪರಾತ್ಪರಮ್ ಸುರಪದ್ಮದಿನೇಶಮ್ ಚ ಮಙ್ಗಲಾಯನಮ್ ಗಣೇಶಮ್ ಸ್ತೌಮಿ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ಸುರಪದ್ಮದಿನೇಶ the sun to the lotus that is the gods — The lotus opens only when the sun rises. The gods, the image says, come awake at his appearing.
- ಇದಮ್ (idam)this
- ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಮ್ (stotram)hymn
- ಮಹಾಪುಣ್ಯಮ್ (mahāpuṇyam)of great merit
- ವಿಘ್ನಶೋಕಹರಮ್ (vighnaśokaharam)which takes away obstacles and grief
- ಪರಮ್ (param)supreme
- ಯಃ (yaḥ)whoever
- ಪಠೇತ್ (paṭhet)recites
- ಪ್ರಾತಃ (prātaḥ)in the morning
- ಉತ್ಥಾಯ (utthāya)having risen
- ಸರ್ವವಿಘ್ನಾತ್ (sarvavighnāt)from every obstacle
- ಪ್ರಮುಚ್ಯತೇ (pramucyate)is set free
anvaya ಇದಮ್ ಪರಮ್ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಮ್ ಮಹಾಪುಣ್ಯಮ್ ವಿಘ್ನಶೋಕಹರಮ್ ಯಃ ಪ್ರಾತಃ ಉತ್ಥಾಯ ಪಠೇತ್ ಸರ್ವವಿಘ್ನಾತ್ ಪ್ರಮುಚ್ಯತೇ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note Three verses is all there is, and the last of them is the promise. That a hymn to Ganesha should be put in Radha's mouth is itself unusual; it is what makes this small piece worth keeping.
