śrī bhānuvināyaka stotram

• śrībhānuvināyakastotramthe hymn to Shri Bhanu Vinayaka
• aruṇaḥAruna
• uvācasaid

anvaya śrībhānuvināyakastotram aruṇaḥ uvāca

chandas Prose, the title and the speaker's line

bhānuvināyaka Bhanu Vinayaka — Vinayaka as the sun. In the Mudgala Purana, his form Vikata is praised as one with the sun.

aruṇa Aruna — The red dawn, who drives the sun's chariot. It suits him to be the one who praises Ganesha as the sun.

• namaḥsalutation
• teto you
• gaṇanāthāyalord of the ganas
• tejasāmof all light
• patayeto the lord
• namaḥsalutation
• anāmayāyafree of every ill
• deveśaO lord of the gods
• ātmanethe self within
• teto you
• namaḥI bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya gaṇanāthāya te namaḥ tejasām pataye namaḥ deveśa anāmayāya ātmane te namaḥ namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

note Every verse sets a mark of Ganesha beside a mark of the sun, until the two cannot be told apart.

• brahmaṇāmof sacred words
• patayelord
• tubhyamto you
• jīvānāmof all living beings
• patayelord
• namaḥsalutation
• ākhuvāhanagāyawho ride the mouse
• evaand
• saptāśvāyawho drive seven horses
• namaḥI bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya brahmaṇām pataye jīvānām pataye tubhyam namaḥ ākhuvāhanagāya eva saptāśvāya namaḥ namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

note The mouse is Ganesha's mount; the seven horses pull the sun's chariot.

• svānandavāsinewho live in Svananda
• tubhyamto you
• sauralokanivāsinewho live in the world of the sun
• caturbhujadharāyawho have four arms
• evaand
• sahasrakiraṇāyaa thousand rays
• caand

anvaya svānandavāsine sauralokanivāsine caturbhujadharāya eva sahasrakiraṇāya ca tubhyam [namaḥ]

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

svānanda Svananda — The joy of one's own self, and in the Mudgala Purana the name of Ganesha's own world.

• siddhibuddhipateO lord of Siddhi and Buddhi
• tubhyamto you
• sañjñānāthāyathe husband of Sanjna
• teto you
• namaḥsalutation
• vighnahantrewho kills obstacles
• tamohantrewho kills darkness
• herambāyato Heramba
• namaḥI bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya siddhibuddhipate sañjñānāthāya tubhyam te namaḥ vighnahantre tamohantre herambāya namaḥ namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

sañjñā Sanjna — The wife of the sun. Here she stands beside Siddhi and Buddhi, Ganesha's own consorts.

• anantavibhavāyawhose glory has no end
• evaindeed
• nāmarūpapradhāriṇewho take on names and forms
• māyācālakaO you who set maya moving
• sarveśaO lord of all
• sarvapūjyāyawhom all beings worship
• teto you
• namaḥsalutation

anvaya māyācālaka sarveśa anantavibhavāya eva nāmarūpapradhāriṇe sarvapūjyāya te namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• graharājāyato the king of the planets
• dīptīnāmthe lights
• dīptidāyawho gives their light
• yaśasvinethe glorious one
• gaṇeśāyaGanesha
• pareśāyathe highest lord
• vighneśāyalord of obstacles
• namaḥI bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya graharājāya dīptīnām dīptidāya yaśasvine gaṇeśāya pareśāya vighneśāya namaḥ namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• vivasvateVivasvan
• bhānaveBhanu
• teto you
• ravayeRavi
• jyotiṣāmof the heavenly lights
• pateO lord
• lambodaraikadantāyaLambodara, Ekadanta
• mahotkaṭāyaMahotkata
• teto you
• namaḥsalutation

anvaya jyotiṣām pate vivasvate bhānave ravaye te lambodaraikadantāya mahotkaṭāya te namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

mahotkaṭa Mahotkata — The mighty one, Ganesha's form in the Krita age as the son of Kashyapa.

note Three names of the sun, then three of Ganesha, in a single line of praise.

• yaḥthe one who
• sūryaḥis the sun
• vikaṭaḥVikata
• saḥhe
• apialso
• nano
• bhedaḥdifference
• dṛśyateis seen
• kadāever
• bhaktimdevotion
• dehigive
• gajāsyaO elephant-faced one
• tvamyou
• tvadīyāmto you
• meme
• namaḥI bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya yaḥ sūryaḥ saḥ api vikaṭaḥ kadā bhedaḥ na dṛśyate gajāsya tvam me tvadīyām bhaktim dehi namaḥ namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

vikaṭa Vikata — The formidable one, the sixth of Ganesha's eight forms in the Mudgala Purana, who overcomes the demon of desire.

• kimhow
• staumican I praise
• tvāmyou
• gaṇādhīśaO lord of the ganas
• yogākārasvarūpiṇamwhose very form is yoga
• caturdhāfour ways
• bhajyadividing
• svātmānamyour own self
• khelasiplay
• tvamyou
• nano
• saṃśayaḥdoubt

anvaya gaṇādhīśa yogākārasvarūpiṇam tvām kim staumi tvam svātmānam caturdhā bhajya khelasi na saṃśayaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• evamthis way
• svasyahimself
• stutimpraised
• śrutvāhearing
• vikaṭaḥVikata
• rūpama form
• ādadhetook on
• vāmāṅgeat his left side
• sañjñayāwith Sanjna
• yuktamjoined
• gajavaktrādicihnitammarked by the elephant face and his other signs

anvaya vikaṭaḥ evam svasya stutim śrutvā vāmāṅge sañjñayā yuktam gajavaktrādicihnitam rūpam ādadhe

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

note The sun's wife sits at his left, where a god's consort sits, so the form he shows is the sun and Ganesha together.

• tamhim
• dṛṣṭvāseeing
• praṇanāmabowed down
• athathen
• anūruḥAnuru
• harṣasamanvitaḥfull of joy
• tamto him
• jagādasaid
• gaṇādhīśaḥthe lord of the ganas
• varamthe boon
• vṛṇuchoose
• hṛdīpsitamyour heart wants

anvaya atha tam dṛṣṭvā harṣasamanvitaḥ anūruḥ praṇanāma gaṇādhīśaḥ tam jagāda hṛdīpsitam varam vṛṇu

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

anūru Anuru — The thighless one, another name of Aruna. He hatched from his egg too early, before his legs had formed.

• tvayāby you
• kṛtammade
• idamthis
• stotramhymn
• sarvasiddhipradāyakamgiving every success
• bhaviṣyatiwill be
• nano
• sandehaḥdoubt
• cintitamwhatever he has in mind
• saḥhe
• labhetwill gain
• paramin full

anvaya tvayā kṛtam idam stotram sarvasiddhipradāyakam bhaviṣyati na sandehaḥ saḥ cintitam param labhet

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• śṛṇuyāthears it
• vāor
• japetrepeats it
• vāor
• apieven
• tasyafor the one who
• kiñcitanything
• nanot
• durlabhamhard to gain
• bhaviṣyatiwill
• mahāpakṣinO great bird
• mamame
• santoṣakārakamplease

anvaya [yaḥ] śṛṇuyāt vā api japet vā tasya kiñcit na durlabham mahāpakṣin [idam] mama santoṣakārakam bhaviṣyati

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas

note Aruna is the elder brother of Garuda and, like him, a bird, so Ganesha calls him great bird.