- devarṣayaḥthe gods and the sages
- ūcuḥsaid
anvaya devarṣayaḥ ūcuḥ
chandas Prose, a speaker's line
śatrusaṃhāraka the one who makes an end of enemies — The name the hymn goes by. Ekadanta gives the boon at the end, and what he promises is that the hymn will do exactly that.
note From the Ganesha Purana. The gods praise Ekadanta, and he answers by telling them what their own hymn will do for anyone who says it.
anantānandabhoktre vai brahmaṇe brahmarūpiṇe || 1 ||
- namaḥsalutation
- teto you
- gajavaktrāyato the elephant-faced
- gaṇeśāyato Ganesha
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- anantānandabhoktreto the one who tastes joy without end
- vaiindeed
- brahmaṇeto Brahman
- brahmarūpiṇewhose own form is Brahman
anvaya gajavaktrāya te namaḥ gaṇeśāya namo namaḥ anantānandabhoktre vai brahmaṇe brahmarūpiṇe
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
anantodarasaṃsthāya nābhiśeṣāya te namaḥ || 2 ||
- ādimadhyāntahīnāyato you who have no beginning, middle or end
- carācaramayāyato you who are all that moves and stands still
- teto you
- anantodarasaṃsthāyain whose endless belly it all rests
- nābhiśeṣāyaon whose navel Shesha lies
- teto you
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya ādimadhyāntahīnāya carācaramayāya te anantodarasaṃsthāya nābhiśeṣāya te namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
śeṣa Shesha — The world-snake, whose name means what is left over. He is usually Vishnu's couch; here he belongs to Ganesha's navel.
sarvasattādharāyaiva nirguṇāya namo namaḥ || 3 ||
- kartreto the maker
- pātreto the keeper
- caand
- saṃhartreto the ender
- triguṇānāmof the three strands
- adhīśvaraO lord over
- sarvasattādharāyato the one who holds up everything that is
- evaindeed
- nirguṇāyato the one past the strands
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
anvaya kartre pātre ca saṃhartre triguṇānām adhīśvara sarvasattādharāya eva nirguṇāya namo namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
triguṇa the three strands — Sattva, rajas and tamas, out of which everything made is woven. He is called their lord and then said to be past them.
brahmabhūtāya deveśa saguṇāya namo namaḥ || 4 ||
- siddhibuddhipateO lord of Siddhi and Buddhi
- tubhyamto you
- siddhibuddhipradāyato the giver of skill and sense
- caand
- brahmabhūtāyato you who have become Brahman
- deveśaO lord of the gods
- saguṇāyato you who wear the strands
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
anvaya siddhibuddhipate tubhyam siddhibuddhipradāya ca deveśa brahmabhūtāya saguṇāya namo namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note The verse before called him past the strands; this one calls him clothed in them. The pair is deliberate.
pāśābhayadharāyaiva mahodara namo namaḥ || 5 ||
- paraśumthe axe
- dadhateto you who carry
- tubhyamto you
- kamalenaby a lotus
- praśobhineto you who are set off
- pāśābhayadharāyato you who hold the noose and the sign of safety
- evaindeed
- mahodaraO great-bellied one
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
anvaya paraśum dadhate tubhyam kamalena praśobhine pāśābhayadharāya eva mahodara namo namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ādipūjyāya sarvāya sarvapūjyāya te namaḥ || 6 ||
- mūṣakārūḍhadevāyato the god who rides the mouse
- mūṣakadhvajinewhose banner carries the mouse
- namaḥsalutation
- ādipūjyāyato the first to be worshipped
- sarvāyato you who are everything
- sarvapūjyāyawhom everything worships
- teto you
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya mūṣakārūḍhadevāya mūṣakadhvajine namaḥ ādipūjyāya sarvāya sarvapūjyāya te namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
tayorabhedarūpeṇa caikadantāya te namaḥ || 7 ||
- guṇasamyuktakāyāyato you whose body is woven of the strands
- nirguṇātmakamastakaO you whose head is made of what is past them
- tayoḥof those two
- abhedarūpeṇaas the form in which they are not two
- caand
- ekadantāyato the one tusk
- teto you
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya guṇasamyuktakāyāya nirguṇātmakamastaka tayoḥ abhedarūpeṇa ca ekadantāya te namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note The elephant head and the human body are read as the two halves of what he is: what can be spoken of, and what cannot.
yogādhīśāya vai tubhyaṃ brahmādhīśāya te namaḥ || 8 ||
- vedāntagocarāyato you whom the end of the Veda can reach
- evaindeed
- vedāntālabhyakāyato you whom the end of the Veda cannot hold
- teto you
- yogādhīśāyato the lord over yoga
- vaiindeed
- tubhyamto you
- brahmādhīśāyato the lord over Brahman
- teto you
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya vedāntagocarāya eva vedāntālabhyakāya te yogādhīśāya vai tubhyam brahmādhīśāya te namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
vedānta the end of the Veda — The Upanishads, which stand at the end of each Veda. The line says he is what they speak of and still beyond their reach.
nānāvatārabhedāya śāntidāya namo namaḥ || 9 ||
- apāraguṇadhārāyato you who carry qualities without number
- anantamāyāpracālakaO you who set maya moving without end
- nānāvatārabhedāyato you who come down in many forms
- śāntidāyato the giver of peace
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
anvaya apāraguṇadhārāya anantamāyāpracālaka nānāvatārabhedāya śāntidāya namo namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
brahmabhūyamayaḥ sākṣāt pratyakṣaṃ purataḥ sthitaḥ || 10 ||
- vayamwe
- dhanyāḥare fortunate
- vayamwe
- dhanyāḥare fortunate
- yaiḥby whom
- dṛṣṭaḥhas been seen
- gaṇanāyakaḥthe leader of the ganas
- brahmabhūyamayaḥwho is Brahman itself
- sākṣātwith our own eyes
- pratyakṣamplain to see
- purataḥbefore us
- sthitaḥstands
anvaya yaiḥ gaṇanāyakaḥ dṛṣṭaḥ vayam dhanyāḥ vayam dhanyāḥ brahmabhūyamayaḥ sākṣāt pratyakṣam purataḥ sthitaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note The praise ends here, and the story takes over.
sāśrunetrān saromāñcān dṛṣṭvā tān ḍhuṇḍhirabravīt || 11 ||
- evamso
- stutvāhaving praised
- praharṣeṇafor gladness
- nanṛtuḥthey danced
- bhaktisamyutāḥfull of devotion
- sāśrunetrānwith tears in their eyes
- saromāñcānwith the hair standing up
- dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
- tānthem
- ḍhuṇḍhiḥDhundhi
- abravītspoke
anvaya evam stutvā bhaktisamyutāḥ praharṣeṇa nanṛtuḥ sāśrunetrān saromāñcān tān dṛṣṭvā ḍhuṇḍhiḥ abravīt
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
romāñca the hair standing up — The bristling of the hair on the arms, counted in Sanskrit poetics as one of the plain signs that feeling is real.
- ekadantaḥEkadanta
- uvācasaid
anvaya ekadantaḥ uvāca
chandas Prose, a speaker's line
dāsyāmi taṃ na sandeho bhavedyadyapi durlabhaḥ || 12 ||
- varama boon
- vṛṇutachoose
- deveśāḥO lords of the gods
- munayaḥO sages
- caand
- yathepsitamwhatever you wish for
- dāsyāmiI shall give
- tamit
- nano
- sandehaḥdoubt
- bhavetmay it be
- yadyapieven if
- durlabhaḥhard to get
anvaya deveśāḥ munayaḥ ca yathepsitam varam vṛṇuta yadyapi durlabhaḥ bhavet tam dāsyāmi sandehaḥ na
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
paṭhate śruṇvate devā nānāsiddhipradaṃ dvijāḥ || 13 ||
- bhavatkṛtammade by you
- madīyamof mine
- yatwhich
- stotramhymn
- sarvārthadamgiving whatever is asked
- bhavetwill be
- paṭhateto the one who recites
- śṛṇvateto the one who hears
- devāḥO gods
- nānāsiddhipradamgiving success of many kinds
- dvijāḥO brahmins
anvaya devāḥ dvijāḥ yat bhavatkṛtam madīyam stotram sarvārthadam bhavet paṭhate śṛṇvate nānāsiddhipradam
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note śruṇvate is printed for śṛṇvate.
putrapautrādikaṃ sarvaṃ labhate pāṭhato naraḥ || 14 ||
- śatrunāśakaramwhich makes an end of enemies
- caand
- evaindeed
- anteat the last
- svānandapradāyakamwhich gives his own bliss
- putrapautrādikamchildren and grandchildren and the rest
- sarvameverything
- labhategets
- pāṭhataḥby reciting it
- naraḥa man
anvaya śatrunāśakaram ca eva ante svānandapradāyakam naraḥ pāṭhataḥ putrapautrādikam sarvam labhate
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
svānanda his own bliss — Svananda is both the state of resting in oneself and the name of Ganapati's own world. The last gift is that place.