brahmaṇe brahmapālāya vighneśāya namo namaḥ || 38||
- namaḥsalutation
- teto you
- gajavakrāyawith the elephant's curving trunk
- gaṇeśāyaGanesha
- mahodaraO great-bellied one
- brahmaṇeto Brahman
- brahmapālāyathe guardian of Brahman
- vighneśāyathe lord of obstacles
- namaḥI bow
- namaḥagain
anvaya mahodara gajavakrāya gaṇeśāya te namaḥ brahmaṇe brahmapālāya vighneśāya namaḥ namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
daṇḍakāraṇya the Dandaka forest, the speaker — In the Mudgala Purana the forest itself takes a body and praises Ganesha. Dandaka is the great forest of the old Deccan, the country where many of his famous shrines stand today.
note The numbers 38 to 51 are the verses' places in their chapter.
pāśāṅkuśadharāyaiva pareśāya namo namaḥ || 39||
- herambāyato Heramba
- caturbāhudharāyawho has four arms
- kañjapāṇayewith a lotus in his hand
- pāśāṅkuśadharāyawho holds the noose and the goad
- evaalso
- pareśāyathe highest lord
- namaḥI bow
- namaḥagain
anvaya caturbāhudharāya kañjapāṇaye pāśāṅkuśadharāya eva pareśāya herambāya namaḥ namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
jyeṣṭhānāṃ jyeṣṭharūpāya jyeṣṭhāya vai namo namaḥ || 40||
- anādayewho have no beginning
- caand
- sarveṣāmof all
- ādirūpāyawho are the beginning
- teto you
- namaḥsalutation
- jyeṣṭhānāmof all the eldest
- jyeṣṭharūpāyaeldest
- jyeṣṭhāyato the eldest
- vaitruly
- namaḥI bow
- namaḥagain
anvaya anādaye sarveṣām ca ādirūpāya te namaḥ jyeṣṭhānām jyeṣṭharūpāya jyeṣṭhāya vai namaḥ namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
jyeṣṭha the eldest — The Rig Veda hymn to Brahmanaspati, which Ganapati's worshippers take as his, calls him jyeshtharaja, the eldest king. He is also worshipped first, before any other god.
siddhibuddhipradātre te mūṣakadhvajine namaḥ || 41||
- svānandavāsinewho live in Svananda
- tubhyamto you
- siddhibuddhivarāyathe husband of Siddhi and Buddhi
- caand
- siddhibuddhipradātrewho give success and understanding
- teto you
- mūṣakadhvajinewhose banner bears the mouse
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya svānandavāsine siddhibuddhivarāya ca tubhyam siddhibuddhipradātre mūṣakadhvajine te namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
svānanda Svananda — The joy of one's own self. In the Mudgala Purana it is Ganesha's own world, and the state that world stands for.
siddhi, buddhi Siddhi and Buddhi — His two consorts, Success and Understanding. The next line uses the same two words for the gifts he gives.
nānāmāyāpracālāya mayūreśāya te namaḥ || 42||
- mūṣakoparisaṃsthāyaseated on the mouse
- gaṇeśāyaGanesha
- parātmanethe highest self
- nānāmāyāpracālāyawho sets the many kinds of maya moving
- mayūreśāyaMayuresha
- teto you
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya mūṣakoparisaṃsthāya parātmane nānāmāyāpracālāya mayūreśāya gaṇeśāya te namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
mayūreśa Mayuresha — Lord of the peacock, the form he took to defeat the demon Sindhu. He is worshipped under this name at Morgaon.
māyā maya — The power by which the one appears as many. He is not caught in it; he sets it in motion.
nāyakairvarjitāyaiva nāyakatvapradāyine || 43||
- nāyakānāmall leaders
- viśeṣeṇaabove
- nāyakāyato the leader
- vināyakaO Vinayaka
- nāyakaiḥa leader over him
- varjitāyawho has no
- evaindeed
- nāyakatvapradāyinewho makes others leaders
anvaya vināyaka nāyakānām viśeṣeṇa nāyakāya nāyakaiḥ varjitāya eva nāyakatvapradāyine [namaḥ]
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note A play on his name: Vinayaka is read as vi-nayaka, the one with no leader above him.
padadātre tathā hantre vighneśaiste namo namaḥ || 44||
- vighneśāyato the lord of obstacles
- mahāvighnadhāriṇewho holds the great obstacles in check
- sarvadāyinewho gives everything
- padadātrewho gives a high place
- tathāand also
- hantretakes it away
- vighneśaiḥthe lords of obstacles
- teto you
- namaḥbow
- namaḥagain and again
anvaya mahāvighnadhāriṇe sarvadāyine padadātre tathā hantre vighneśāya te vighneśaiḥ namaḥ namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note The obstacles are his to send and his to remove, so even the powers that make obstacles bow to him.
kiṃ staumi tvāṃ gaṇādhīśa yogākārasvarūpiṇam || 45||
- ameyaśaktayewhose power is beyond measure
- tubhyamto you
- sarvapūjyāyawhom all should worship
- teto you
- namaḥsalutation
- kimhow
- staumican I praise
- tvāmyou
- gaṇādhīśaO lord of the ganas
- yogākārasvarūpiṇamwhose very form is yoga
anvaya ameyaśaktaye sarvapūjyāya tubhyam te namaḥ gaṇādhīśa yogākārasvarūpiṇam tvām kim staumi
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
yoga yoga — The Mudgala Purana calls Ganesha yoga itself: the union in which every other form of the divine is gathered up.
kuru nityaṃ vasa svāmin mama dehe gajānana || 46||
- adhunānow
- varadaḥgiving boons
- asiare
- tvamyou
- tadāthen
- memy
- nāmaname
- sārthakammean what it says
- kurumake
- nityamalways
- vasalive
- svāminO lord
- mamamy
- dehein body
- gajānanaO Gajanana
anvaya adhunā tvam varadaḥ asi tadā me nāma sārthakam kuru svāmin gajānana mama dehe nityam vasa
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note The speaker is a forest, so its body is the land of Dandaka itself.
tenā'haṃ kṛtakṛtyaśca bhaviṣyāmi gajānana || 47||
- bhaktimdevotion
- dehigive
- tvadīyāmto you
- meme
- sadāalways
- brahmaprakāśinīmthat makes Brahman shine clear
- tenawith it
- ahamI
- kṛtakṛtyaḥone who has done all there is to do
- caand
- bhaviṣyāmiwill be
- gajānanaO Gajanana
anvaya sadā brahmaprakāśinīm tvadīyām bhaktim me dehi gajānana tena ca aham kṛtakṛtyaḥ bhaviṣyāmi
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
bhaktibhāvasamāyuktaṃ tañjagāda gajānanaḥ || 48||
- evamthis
- uktvāhaving said
- gaṇeśānamto Ganesha
- praṇanāmabowed
- kṛtāñjaliḥwith joined palms
- bhaktibhāvasamāyuktamfull of devotion
- tamto it
- jagādaspoke
- gajānanaḥGajanana
anvaya evam uktvā kṛtāñjaliḥ gaṇeśānam praṇanāma bhaktibhāvasamāyuktam tam gajānanaḥ jagāda
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
bhaviṣyati mahāraṇya bhuktimuktipradaṃ param || 49||
tvayoktaṃ saphalaṃ sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati sadā priyam |
māmeva sarvabhāvena bhajiṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ || 50||
nānāvatāravāṃścaiva tvaddehastho'hamañjasā |
bhaviṣyāmi gaṇeśoktvāṃ'tardadhe devasattamāḥ || 51||
- tvayāby you
- kṛtammade
- idamthis
- stotramhymn
- madīyamto me
- sarvasiddhidamgiving every success
- bhaviṣyatiwill be
- mahāraṇyaO great forest
- bhuktimuktipradamgiving the good of this life and release
- paramthe highest
- tvayāby you
- uktamsaid
- saphalamcome true
- sarvamall
- bhaviṣyatiwill
- sadāalways
- priyamdear
- māmme
- evaalone
- sarvabhāvenawith your whole being
- bhajiṣyasiyou will worship
- nano
- saṃśayaḥdoubt
- nānāvatāravānwith my many descents
- caand
- evaindeed
- tvaddehasthaḥliving in your body
- ahamI
- añjasātruly
- bhaviṣyāmiwill be
- gaṇeśaḥGanesha
- uktvāwith these words
- antardadhevanished
- devasattamāḥO best of the gods
anvaya mahāraṇya tvayā kṛtam idam madīyam stotram sarvasiddhidam param bhuktimuktipradam bhaviṣyati tvayā uktam sarvam saphalam sadā priyam bhaviṣyati mām eva sarvabhāvena bhajiṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ aham ca eva nānāvatāravān añjasā tvaddehasthaḥ bhaviṣyāmi devasattamāḥ gaṇeśaḥ uktvā antardadhe
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), three verses of 4 pādas each
note Verses 49 to 51 are printed together. In the last half line the storyteller speaks again, to the gods who are listening.