śrī mayūreśa stutiḥ

• athanow
• śrīmayūreśastutiḥthe praise of Shri Mayuresha

anvaya atha śrīmayūreśastutiḥ

chandas Prose, the title

mayūreśa Mayuresha — Lord of the peacock: Ganesha's form in the Treta age, born to Parvati, who rode a peacock and killed the demon Sindhu. He is worshipped at Morgaon.

• devarṣayaḥthe gods and the sages
• ūcuḥsaid

anvaya devarṣayaḥ ūcuḥ

chandas Prose, the speakers' line

• namaḥsalutation
• teto you
• śikhivāhāyawho ride the peacock
• mayūradhvajadhāriṇewho carry the peacock banner
• mayūreśvaranāmnewhose name is Mayureshvara
• vaitruly
• gaṇeśāyaGanesha
• namaḥwe bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya śikhivāhāya mayūradhvajadhāriṇe te namaḥ mayūreśvaranāmne vai gaṇeśāya namaḥ namaḥ

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

• anāthānāmof those who have no protector
• praṇāthāyathe protector
• gatāhaṅkāriṇāmof those whose ego is gone
• pateO lord
• māyāpracālakāyawho sets maya moving
• evaindeed
• vighneśāyathe lord of obstacles
• namaḥwe bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya gatāhaṅkāriṇām pate anāthānām praṇāthāya māyāpracālakāya eva vighneśāya namaḥ namaḥ

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

• sarvānandapradātrewho give joy to all
• teto you
• sadāalways
• svānandavāsinewho live in Svananda
• svasvadharmaratānāmthose devoted to their own dharma
• caand
• pālakāyawho protect
• namaḥwe bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya sarvānandapradātre sadā svānandavāsine svasvadharmaratānām ca pālakāya te namaḥ namaḥ

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

svadharma their own dharma — The duty that belongs to one's own place and stage of life, which the Gita says is better done imperfectly than another's done well.

• anādayewho have no beginning
• pareśāyathe highest lord
• daityadānavamardinewho crush the demons, sons of Diti and Danu
• vidharmasthasvabhāvānāmthose whose nature is set against dharma
• hartrewho take away
• vikaṭaO Vikata
• teto you
• namaḥsalutation

anvaya vikaṭa anādaye pareśāya daityadānavamardine vidharmasthasvabhāvānām hartre te namaḥ

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

• śivaputrāyato Shiva's son
• sarveṣāmof all
• mātrethe mother
• pitrethe father
• namaḥwe bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya sarveṣām mātre pitre śivaputrāya namaḥ namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), the first half of verse 5

• pārvatīnandanāyaParvati's son
• evaindeed
• skandāgrajaO Skanda's elder brother
• namaḥwe bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya skandāgraja pārvatīnandanāya eva namaḥ namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), the second half of verse 5

• nānāvatārarūpaiḥthrough your many descents
• tuindeed
• viśvasaṃsthākarāyawho keep the world in order
• teto you
• kāśyapāyason of Kashyapa
• namaḥsalutation
• tubhyamto you
• śeṣaputrāyason of Shesha
• teto you
• namaḥsalutation

anvaya nānāvatārarūpaiḥ tu viśvasaṃsthākarāya te kāśyapāya tubhyam namaḥ śeṣaputrāya te namaḥ

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

note The verse names two of his births, as the son of Kashyapa and as the son of Shesha. As Mahotkata he was born to Kashyapa and Aditi.

• sindhuhantrewho killed Sindhu
• caand
• herambāyaHeramba
• paraśudharāyawho carry the axe
• teto you
• devadeveśapālāyaprotector even of the lord of the gods
• brahmaṇāmof sacred words
• patayelord
• namaḥsalutation

anvaya sindhuhantre paraśudharāya ca herambāya devadeveśapālāya brahmaṇām pataye te namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas; the first pāda runs to 9

sindhu Sindhu — The demon king Mayuresha killed in the Treta age.

• yogeśāyalord of yoga
• suśāntibhyaḥto those who seek it
• śāntidātrewho give peace
• kṛpālavekind one
• anantānanabāhoO you with endless faces and arms
• teto you
• anantodaraO you whose belly has no end
• namaḥwe bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya yogeśāya kṛpālave suśāntibhyaḥ śāntidātre anantānanabāho anantodara te namaḥ namaḥ

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

• anantavibhavāyawhose glory has no end
• evaindeed
• cittavṛttipracālakaO you who move the workings of the mind
• sarvahṛtsthāyawho live in every heart
• sarveṣāmby all
• pūjyāyaworshipped
• teto you
• namaḥwe bow
• namaḥagain

anvaya cittavṛttipracālaka anantavibhavāya eva sarvahṛtsthāya sarveṣām pūjyāya te namaḥ namaḥ

chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas; the last pāda runs to 9

• sarvādipūjyarūpāyathe first of all to be worshipped
• jyeṣṭharājāyathe eldest king
• teto you
• namaḥsalutation
• gaṇānāmof the ganas
• patayethe lord
• caand
• evaalso
• siddhibuddhivarāyathe husband of Siddhi and Buddhi
• caand

anvaya sarvādipūjyarūpāya jyeṣṭharājāya gaṇānām pataye ca eva siddhibuddhivarāya ca te namaḥ

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

• kimhow
• stumaḥcan we praise
• tvāmyou
• mayūreśaO Mayuresha
• yatrabefore whom
• vedādayaḥthe Vedas and the rest
• prabhoO lord
• yoginaḥthe yogis
• śāntiminto stillness
• āpannāḥsink
• ataḥso
• namāmahebow
• vayamwe

anvaya prabho mayūreśa tvām kim stumaḥ yatra vedādayaḥ yoginaḥ śāntim āpannāḥ ataḥ vayam namāmahe

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

• tenawith that
• tuṣṭaḥpleased
• bhavabe
• svāminO master
• dayāghanaO you who are full of mercy
• pravartakaO you who set all things going
• tvadīyāṅgasamudbhūtānwho were born from your own body
• rakṣaprotect
• naḥus
• nityadāalways
• prabhoO lord

anvaya svāmin dayāghana pravartaka tena tuṣṭaḥ bhava prabho tvadīyāṅgasamudbhūtān naḥ nityadā rakṣa

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

note The gods speak as beings born from his own body, since everything comes from him.

• evamthis way
• stutvāhaving praised
• praṇemuḥthey bowed
• tamto him
• tataḥthen
• devaḥthe god
• abravītsaid
• saḥhe
• tānto them
• varānyour boons
• vṛṇutachoose
• deveśāḥO lords of the gods
• munibhiḥwith the sages
• caand
• samanvitāḥtogether

anvaya evam stutvā tam praṇemuḥ tataḥ saḥ devaḥ tān abravīt munibhiḥ ca samanvitāḥ deveśāḥ varān vṛṇuta

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

• phalaśrutiḥthe account of what it gives

anvaya phalaśrutiḥ

chandas Prose, a heading

• bhavatkṛtamthat you have made
• idamthis
• stotramhymn
• sarvasiddhipradāyakamgiving every success
• bhaviṣyatiwill be
• mahābhāgāḥO blessed ones
• mamamy
• prītivivardhanammaking favour grow

anvaya mahābhāgāḥ bhavatkṛtam idam stotram sarvasiddhipradāyakam mama prītivivardhanam bhaviṣyati

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

• yaḥwhoever
• paṭhetreads it
• śṛṇuyāthears it
• vāor
• apieven
• śrāvayethas it read
• saḥhe
• labhetwill gain
• parāmthe highest
• bhuktimthe good of this life
• muktimrelease
• madīyāmto me
• tuand
• naraḥman
• bhaktimdevotion
• nano
• saṃśayaḥdoubt

anvaya yaḥ naraḥ paṭhet śṛṇuyāt vā api śrāvayet saḥ bhuktim muktim tu madīyām parām bhaktim labhet na saṃśayaḥ

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

note labhat is printed for labhet.