videhena ca sarvatra saṃsthitāya namo namaḥ || 22||
- gajānanāyato Gajanana
- pūrṇāyawhole and complete
- sāṅkhyarūpamayāyawhose form is made of Sankhya
- teto you
- videhenawithout a body
- caand
- sarvatraeverywhere
- saṃsthitāyawho are present
- namaḥwe bow
- namaḥagain
anvaya pūrṇāya sāṅkhyarūpamayāya videhena ca sarvatra saṃsthitāya gajānanāya te namaḥ namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
sāṅkhya Sankhya — The old teaching that counts out the elements of existence, one by one. The Mudgala Purana ties the Gajanana form to it.
note The gods speak this hymn in the Mudgala Purana. The verse numbers begin at 22, the passage's place in its chapter.
mūṣakavāhanāyaiva vighneśāya namo namaḥ || 23||
- ameyāyabeyond measure
- caand
- herambāyaHeramba
- teto you
- paraśudhārakaO bearer of the axe
- mūṣakavāhanāyawho ride the mouse
- evaindeed
- vighneśāyalord of obstacles
- namaḥwe bow
- namaḥagain
anvaya paraśudhāraka ameyāya herambāya ca mūṣakavāhanāya eva vighneśāya te namaḥ namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas; the first pāda runs to 9
guhāgrajāya devāya śivaputrāya te namaḥ || 24||
- anantavibhavāyawhose glory has no end
- evaindeed
- pareṣāmthan the highest
- pararūpiṇewho are higher
- guhāgrajāyaGuha's elder brother
- devāyathe god
- śivaputrāyaShiva's son
- teto you
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya anantavibhavāya eva pareṣām pararūpiṇe guhāgrajāya śivaputrāya devāya te namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
sarveṣāṃ pūjyadehāya gaṇeśāya namo namaḥ || 25||
- pārvatīnandanāyaParvati's son
- evaindeed
- devānāmof the gods
- pālakāyaprotector
- teto you
- sarveṣāmall beings
- pūjyadehāyawhose body worship
- gaṇeśāyaGanesha
- namaḥwe bow
- namaḥagain
anvaya pārvatīnandanāya eva devānām pālakāya sarveṣām pūjyadehāya gaṇeśāya te namaḥ namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
viṣṇvādīnāṃ viśeṣeṇa kuladevāya te namaḥ || 26||
- svānandavāsinewho live in Svananda
- tubhyamto you
- śivasyaShiva's
- kuladaivataO family god
- viṣṇvādīnāmof Vishnu and the others
- viśeṣeṇaabove all
- kuladevāyathe family god
- teto you
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya śivasya kuladaivata svānandavāsine tubhyam viṣṇvādīnām viśeṣeṇa kuladevāya te namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
kuladevatā family god — The god a family worships as its own, generation after generation. Here even Shiva and Vishnu are said to worship Ganesha that way.
svānanda Svananda — The joy of one's own self. In the Mudgala Purana it is the name of Ganesha's own world.
brahmeśāya namastubhyaṃ brahmabhūyapradāya te || 27||
- yogākārāyawhose form is yoga
- sarveṣāmall beings
- yogaśāntipradāyawho give the peace of yoga
- caand
- brahmeśāyalord of Brahman
- namaḥsalutation
- tubhyamto you
- brahmabhūyapradāyawho let them become Brahman
- teto you
anvaya sarveṣām yogākārāya yogaśāntipradāya ca brahmabhūyapradāya brahmeśāya te tubhyam namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
brahmabhūya becoming Brahman — The final freedom, when nothing is left to separate the self from the whole.
māyine māyikebhyaśca mohadāya namo namaḥ || 28||
- siddhibuddhipateO lord of Siddhi and Buddhi
- nāthaO master
- siddhibuddhipradāyinewho give success and understanding
- māyinethe master of maya
- māyikebhyaḥthose who work with maya
- caand
- mohadāyawho bewilder
- namaḥwe bow
- namaḥagain
anvaya nātha siddhibuddhipate siddhibuddhipradāyine māyine māyikebhyaḥ ca mohadāya namaḥ namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note Siddhi and Buddhi are his consorts, and also the success and understanding he gives.
amāyine ca māyāyā ādhārāya namo namaḥ || 29||
- lambodarāyaLambodara
- vaitruly
- tubhyamto you
- sarvodaragatāyawho are present in every belly
- caand
- amāyinewho are free of maya
- caand yet
- māyāyāḥmaya
- ādhārāyahold up
- namaḥwe bow
- namaḥagain
anvaya lambodarāya sarvodaragatāya ca amāyine ca māyāyāḥ ādhārāya tubhyam vai namaḥ namaḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note Lambodara, of the great belly, holds all the worlds in his belly, and he is also present inside every creature.
yoginastvāṃ prajānanti tadākārā bhavanti te || 30||
- gajaḥgaja
- sarvasyaof everything
- bījamthe seed
- yatsince
- tenaby that
- cihnenasign
- vighnapaO lord of obstacles
- yoginaḥthe yogis
- tvāmyou
- prajānantiknow
- tadākārāḥsharing that form
- bhavanticome to
- tethey
anvaya vighnapa yat gajaḥ sarvasya bījam tena cihnena yoginaḥ tvām prajānanti te tadākārāḥ bhavanti
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
gaja gaja — Elephant, read here as a word: ga, that into which all things go, and ja, that from which they are born. That is why gaja is called the seed of everything.
vedādayo vikuṇṭhāśca śaṅkarādyāśca devapāḥ || 31||
- tenathat is why
- tvamyou
- gajavakraḥhave an elephant's face
- caand
- kimhow
- stumaḥcan we praise
- tvāmyou
- gajānanaO Gajanana
- vedādayaḥthe Vedas and the rest
- vikuṇṭhāḥare at a loss
- caand
- śaṅkarādyāḥShankara and the other
- caand
- devapāḥrulers of the gods
anvaya tena tvam gajavakraḥ ca gajānana tvām kim stumaḥ vedādayaḥ ca śaṅkarādyāḥ devapāḥ ca vikuṇṭhāḥ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note The sentence runs on into the next verse.
tathāpi saṃstuto'si tvaṃ sphūrtyā tvaddarśanātmanā || 32||
- śukādayaḥShuka and the sages
- caand
- śeṣādyāḥShesha and the serpents
- stotumto praise
- śaktāḥable
- bhavantiare
- nanot
- tathāpieven so
- saṃstutaḥpraised
- asihave
- tvamyou
- sphūrtyāmoved by the inspiration
- tvaddarśanātmanāthat comes from seeing you
anvaya śukādayaḥ śeṣādyāḥ ca stotum śaktāḥ na bhavanti tathāpi tvaddarśanātmanā sphūrtyā tvam saṃstutaḥ asi
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
śeṣa Shesha — The thousand-headed serpent, who praises God with a thousand tongues and never reaches the end.
sa tānuvāca prītātmā bhaktibhāvena toṣitaḥ || 33||
- gajānanamto Gajanana
- praṇemuḥbowed
- tamhim
- evamthis
- uktvāhaving said
- śivādayaḥShiva and the other gods
- saḥhe
- tānto them
- uvācasaid
- prītātmāwith a glad heart
- bhaktibhāvenaby their devotion
- toṣitaḥpleased
anvaya śivādayaḥ evam uktvā tam gajānanam praṇemuḥ bhaktibhāvena toṣitaḥ prītātmā saḥ tān uvāca
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
paṭhate śṛṇvate devā brahmabhūyapradāyakam || 34||
- bhavatkṛtamthat you have made
- idamthis
- stotramhymn
- madīyamto me
- sarvadamgiving everything
- bhavetwill be
- paṭhateto the one who reads it
- śṛṇvateor hears it
- devāḥO gods
- brahmabhūyapradāyakamletting him become Brahman
anvaya devāḥ bhavatkṛtam idam madīyam stotram paṭhate śṛṇvate sarvadam brahmabhūyapradāyakam bhavet
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas