śrī gaṇādhipa pañcaratnam

• śrīgaṇādhipapañcaratnamfive jewels for Shri Ganadhipa

anvaya śrīgaṇādhipapañcaratnam

chandas Prose, the title

pañcaratna five jewels — A short hymn of five verses, each meant to be a gem, with a sixth that tells what reading them brings.

• sarāgalokadurlabhamhard to reach for people caught in attachment
• virāgilokapūjitamworshipped by people who have let go
• surāsuraiḥby gods and demons
• namaskṛtambowed to
• jarāpamṛtyunāśakamwho destroys old age and early death
• girāin speech
• gurumBrihaspati
• śriyāin fortune
• harimVishnu
• jayantioutdo
• yatpadārcakāḥthose who worship his feet
• namāmiI bow to
• tamthat
• gaṇādhipamlord of the ganas
• kṛpāpayaḥpayonidhiman ocean whose water is kindness

anvaya sarāgalokadurlabham virāgilokapūjitam surāsuraiḥ namaskṛtam jarāpamṛtyunāśakam yatpadārcakāḥ girā gurum śriyā harim jayanti tam kṛpāpayaḥpayonidhim gaṇādhipam namāmi

chandas Pañcacāmara, 16 syllables in each of 4 pādas

guru Brihaspati — The teacher of the gods, the standard for eloquence, just as Vishnu, the husband of Lakshmi, is the standard for fortune.

apamṛtyu early death — Death before one's time, by accident or illness.

• girīndrajāmukhāmbujapramodadānabhāskaramthe sun that makes the lotus face of the mountain king's daughter open in delight
• karīndravaktramwhose face is the king of elephants
• ānatāghasaṅghavāraṇodyatamready to drive off the heaped-up sins of those who bow
• sarīsṛpeśabaddhakukṣimwhose belly is tied with the king of snakes
• āśrayāmiI take shelter in
• santatamalways
• śarīrakāntinirjitābjabandhubālasantatimthe glow of whose body outshines a line of rising suns

anvaya girīndrajāmukhāmbujapramodadānabhāskaram karīndravaktram ānatāghasaṅghavāraṇodyatam sarīsṛpeśabaddhakukṣim śarīrakāntinirjitābjabandhubālasantatim santatam āśrayāmi

chandas Pañcacāmara, 16 syllables in each of 4 pādas

abjabandhu the sun — The friend of the lotus, because the lotus opens when the sun comes up. The first line uses the same picture: Parvati's face opens like a lotus when she sees her son.

note vāraṇa in the second line means warding off, and it is also a word for elephant, which suits the elephant-faced god.

• śukādimaunivanditampraised by Shuka and the other sages
• gakāravācyamwhom the letter ga stands for
• akṣaramthe undying syllable
• prakāmamfreely
• iṣṭadāyinamwho gives what is wished
• sakāmanamrapaṅktayeto the rows of people who bow with their wishes
• cakāsatamshining
• caturbhujaiḥwith four arms
• vikāsipadmapūjitamworshipped with open lotuses
• prakāśitātmatattvakamwho has shown the truth of the self
• namāmibow to
• ahamI
• gaṇādhipamthe lord of the ganas

anvaya śukādimaunivanditam gakāravācyam akṣaram sakāmanamrapaṅktaye prakāmam iṣṭadāyinam caturbhujaiḥ cakāsatam vikāsipadmapūjitam prakāśitātmatattvakam gaṇādhipam aham namāmi

chandas Pañcacāmara, 16 syllables in each of 4 pādas

gakāra the letter ga — Ga is Ganapati's seed letter, as in the mantra om gam ganapataye namah.

śuka Shuka — The son of Vyasa, a sage free of all attachment from birth, who told the Bhagavata Purana.

• narādhipatvadāyakamwho gives rule over men
• svarādilokanāyakamwho leads heaven and the other worlds
• jvarādirogavārakamwho keeps away fever and other illness
• nirākṛtāsuravrajamwho has driven off the hordes of demons
• karāmbujollasatsṛṇimin whose lotus hand a goad shines
• vikāraśūnyamānasaiḥby people whose minds are free of change
• hṛdāin the heart
• sadāalways
• vibhāvitamheld
• mudāgladly
• namāmiI bow to
• vighnapamthe lord of obstacles

anvaya narādhipatvadāyakam svarādilokanāyakam jvarādirogavārakam nirākṛtāsuravrajam karāmbujollasatsṛṇim vikāraśūnyamānasaiḥ sadā hṛdā vibhāvitam vighnapam mudā namāmi

chandas Pañcacāmara, 16 syllables in each of 4 pādas

sṛṇi a goad — The hooked stick used to guide an elephant. Ganapati holds it to steer the mind.

note karāmabuja is a printing slip for karāmbuja, lotus hand.

• śramāpanodanakṣamamwho can take away weariness
• samāhitāntarātmanāmof those whose inner self is gathered and still
• sumādibhiḥwith flowers and the rest
• sadāalways
• arcitamworshipped
• kṣamānidhimfull of patience
• gaṇādhipamthe lord of the ganas
• ramādhavādipūjitamworshipped by Vishnu, Lakshmi's husband, and the other gods
• yamāntakātmasambhavamthe son of Shiva, who put an end to Yama
• śamādiṣaḍguṇapradamwho gives the six virtues that begin with calm
• namāmibow to
• ahamI
• vibhūtayefor my good

anvaya samāhitāntarātmanām śramāpanodanakṣamam sumādibhiḥ sadā arcitam kṣamānidhim ramādhavādipūjitam yamāntakātmasambhavam śamādiṣaḍguṇapradam gaṇādhipam aham vibhūtaye namāmi

chandas Pañcacāmara, 16 syllables in each of 4 pādas

yamāntaka Shiva, who put an end to Yama — Shiva struck down Yama when Death came for the boy Markandeya, who was clinging to the linga.

śamādiṣaṭka the six virtues that begin with calm — Calm of mind, control of the senses, withdrawal, forbearance, faith and settledness. Vedanta asks them of anyone who sets out for liberation.

• phalaśrutiḥthe account of what they give

anvaya phalaśrutiḥ

chandas Prose, a heading

• gaṇādhipasyaon the lord of the ganas
• pañcakamthese five verses
• nṛṇāmto people
• abhīṣṭadāyakamgive what they wish for
• praṇāmapūrvakamafter bowing
• janāḥpeople
• paṭhantiread
• yewho
• mudāgladness
• yutāḥwith
• bhavantibecome
• tethey
• vidāmof the learned
• puraḥbefore
• pragītavaibhavāḥpeople whose greatness is sung
• javātsoon
• cirāyuṣaḥlong-lived
• adhikaśriyaḥwith more than enough
• susūnavaḥwith good sons
• nano
• saṃśayaḥdoubt

anvaya gaṇādhipasya pañcakam nṛṇām abhīṣṭadāyakam ye janāḥ mudā yutāḥ praṇāmapūrvakam paṭhanti te javāt vidām puraḥ pragītavaibhavāḥ cirāyuṣaḥ adhikaśriyaḥ susūnavaḥ bhavanti na saṃśayaḥ

chandas Pañcacāmara, 16 syllables in each of 4 pādas