śrīgajānanārātrikā

• jayavictory
• devaO god
• jayavictory
• devaO god
• jayagajamukhadevavictory, O elephant-faced god
• saccitsukhaghanarūpaO you whose form is being, awareness and joy made solid
• sarvānandakaraO giver of joy to all

anvaya jaya deva jaya deva jayagajamukhadeva saccitsukhaghanarūpa sarvānandakara

chandas Irregular; an aarti refrain

āratī aarti — The song sung while a lamp is waved before the image at the end of worship. This one follows the pattern of the Marathi aarti, jaya deva jaya deva, but is written in Sanskrit.

note The refrain is sung after each verse.

• oṅkāraikasvarūpaO you whose one form is Om
• parabrahmākāraO you shaped as the highest Brahman
• sarvābhayavararūpaO you whose form is safety and the boon for everyone
• nityamalways
• mokṣakaraO giver of release
• sarvāmaranutamārcanasaṃskṛtapadayugalaO you whose feet the worship of all the gods has made holy
• sarvāgraṇividhihariharasarvāmararūpaO foremost of all, whose form is Brahma, Hari, Hara and all the gods

anvaya oṅkāraikasvarūpa parabrahmākāra sarvābhayavararūpa nityam mokṣakara sarvāmaranutamārcanasaṃskṛtapadayugala sarvāgraṇividhihariharasarvāmararūpa

chandas Irregular; an aarti verse

• timirājñānanivārakadinamaṇeO sun that drives off the darkness of ignorance
• atiśuddhaO wholly pure one
• bhavabhayaharacidratnamjewel of awareness that takes away the fear of worldly life
• sakalābhīṣṭakaraO giver of all that is wished for
• daivīsampatpūritanijasukhakaracandraO moon that gives the joy of oneself, filled with the divine wealth
• ātmajñānaviraktiśreyassiddhikaraO giver of self-knowledge, detachment, the highest good and success

anvaya timirājñānanivārakadinamaṇe atiśuddha bhavabhayaharacidratnam sakalābhīṣṭakara daivīsampatpūritanijasukhakaracandra ātmajñānaviraktiśreyassiddhikara

chandas Irregular; an aarti verse

daivī sampat the divine wealth — The list of good qualities the Bhagavad Gita calls the divine endowment: fearlessness, clarity, generosity, self-control and the rest.

• oṃ gaṃ gaṇapatayeOm gam ganapataye
• anaghamanuvigrahadevaO god whose body is the stainless mantra
• sakalapāpavināśakaO destroyer of every wrong
• maṅgalaO auspicious one
• atipūtaO wholly clean one
• doṣaghnaO killer of faults
• pāpaghnaO killer of wrongs
• śāpaghnaO killer of curses
• vibhavaO mighty one
• vighnāmbudhiśoṣaṇakaraO you who dry up the ocean of obstacles
• adbhutamukhakamalaO you whose lotus face is a wonder

anvaya oṃ gaṃ gaṇapataye anaghamanuvigrahadeva sakalapāpavināśaka maṅgala atipūta doṣaghna pāpaghna śāpaghna vibhava vighnāmbudhiśoṣaṇakara adbhutamukhakamala

chandas Irregular; an aarti verse

manuvigraha whose body is the mantra — Manu here is a mantra. The god is said to have the mantra om gam ganapataye namah for his body, so that saying it is meeting him.

• svānandāmṛtalokaO you whose world is the nectar of Svananda
• vaidikadharmaguroO teacher of the Vedic dharma
• śrutipāvitasaccaritapradaO giver of good conduct made holy by the Veda
• atihitavanO most kind one
• dharmoddhāradhurīṇaO foremost in lifting dharma up
• dharaṇībhāgyakaraO maker of the earth's good fortune
• aviratatattvamasītibodhanapaṭudevaO god who never tires of teaching that you are That

anvaya svānandāmṛtaloka vaidikadharmaguro śrutipāvitasaccaritaprada atihitavan dharmoddhāradhurīṇa dharaṇībhāgyakara aviratatattvamasītibodhanapaṭudeva

chandas Irregular; an aarti verse

tattvamasi you are That — The great saying of the Chandogya Upanishad, taught by a father to his son. The aarti makes Ganesha the teacher who says it.

• sumukhavināyakanāmnāunder the name Sumukha Vinayaka
• kṛtayugaparipālaO guardian of the Krita age
• gaṇeśaḥGanesha
• itiso
• nāmnāunder the name
• tuand
• tretāparipālaO guardian of the Treta
• gajamukhanāmnāunder the name Gajamukha
• apialso
• evamin the same way
• dvāparaparipālaO guardian of the Dvapara
• kalikāmādinivāraṇabrahmānandakaraO you who keep off desire in the Kali age and give Brahman's joy

anvaya sumukhavināyakanāmnā kṛtayugaparipāla gaṇeśaḥ iti nāmnā tu tretāparipāla evam gajamukhanāmnā api dvāparaparipāla kalikāmādinivāraṇabrahmānandakara

chandas Irregular; an aarti verse

note The last verse gives him one name for each of the four ages.