ucchiṣṭa gaṇapati stotram

• athanow
• ucchiṣṭagaṇapatistotramthe Ucchishta Ganapati Stotra

anvaya atha ucchiṣṭagaṇapatistotram

chandas Prose, the title

ucchiṣṭa what is left after eating — Ucchishta is food already tasted, which ordinary worship never offers. This tantric form of Ganapati is worshipped with it, and with his consort beside him.

note The Goddess is the speaker. Between the opening and the closing prayers the hymn is a string of small scenes from Ganesha's childhood.

• viniyogaḥthe statement of use

anvaya viniyogaḥ

chandas Prose, a heading

• oṃOm
• asyaof this
• śrīucchiṣṭagaṇapatistotramantrasyaShri Ucchishta Ganapati hymn and mantra
• kaṅkolaKankola
• ṛṣiḥis the seer
• virāṭVirat
• chandaḥis the metre
• śrīucchiṣṭagaṇapatiḥShri Ucchishta Ganapati
• devatāis the deity
• mamamy
• sarvābhīṣṭasiddhyartheso that everything wished for may come about
• japein this recitation
• viniyogaḥis the use

anvaya oṃ asya śrīucchiṣṭagaṇapatistotramantrasya kaṅkola ṛṣiḥ virāṭ chandaḥ śrīucchiṣṭagaṇapatiḥ devatā mama sarvābhīṣṭasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ

chandas Prose

• ṛṣyādinyāsaḥthe placing of the seer and the rest

anvaya ṛṣyādinyāsaḥ

chandas Prose, a heading

nyāsa placing — Touching a part of the body while naming what belongs there: the seer on the head, the metre in the mouth, the deity on the heart.

• oṃOm
• kaṅkolaṛṣayeto the seer Kankola
• namaḥsalutation
• śirasion the head
• virāṭchandaseto the metre Virat
• mukhein the mouth
• śrīucchiṣṭagaṇapatidevatāyaito the deity Shri Ucchishta Ganapati
• hṛdion the heart
• viniyogāyato the use
• sarvāṅgeover all the limbs

anvaya oṃ kaṅkolaṛṣaye namaḥ śirasi virāṭchandase [namaḥ] mukhe śrīucchiṣṭagaṇapatidevatāyai [namaḥ] hṛdi viniyogāya [namaḥ] sarvāṅge

chandas Prose

• mūlastotramthe hymn itself

anvaya mūlastotram

chandas Prose, a heading

• devīthe Goddess
• uvācasaid

anvaya devī uvāca

chandas Prose, a speaker's line

• namāmiI bow to
• devamthe god
• sakalārthadamwho gives every good thing
• tamthat
• suvarṇavarṇamthe colour of gold
• bhujagopavītamwith a snake for his sacred thread
• gajānanamelephant-faced
• bhāskarambright as the sun
• ekadantamone-tusked
• lambodarambig-bellied
• vāribhavāsanamseated on the lotus that grows out of the water
• caand

anvaya sakalārthadam suvarṇavarṇam bhujagopavītam gajānanam bhāskaram ekadantam lambodaram vāribhavāsanam ca tam devam namāmi

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• keyūriṇamwearing armlets
• hārakirīṭajuṣṭamwith a necklace and a crown
• caturbhujamfour-armed
• pāśavarābhayānithe noose, the boon and the sign of safety
• sṛṇimthe goad
• caand
• hastamin his hand
• gaṇapamGanapa
• trinetramthree-eyed
• sacāmarastrīyugalenaby two women with whisks
• yuktamattended

anvaya keyūriṇam hārakirīṭajuṣṭam caturbhujam pāśavarābhayāni sṛṇim ca hastam trinetram sacāmarastrīyugalena yuktam gaṇapam [namāmi]

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• ṣaḍakṣarātmānamwhose self is the six-syllable mantra
• analpabhūṣamwhose ornaments are many
• munīśvaraiḥby the lords of sages
• bhārgavapūrvakaiḥwith Bhrigu first among them
• caand
• saṃsevitamserved
• devamthe god
• anāthakalpamwhom no one rules
• rūpamwhose form
• manojñamdelights the mind
• śaraṇamrefuge
• prapadyeI take

anvaya ṣaḍakṣarātmānam analpabhūṣam bhārgavapūrvakaiḥ munīśvaraiḥ ca saṃsevitam anāthakalpam manojñam rūpam devam śaraṇam prapadye

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• vedāntavedyamknown through Vedanta
• jagatāmof the worlds
• adhīśamthe lord
• devādivandyambowed to by the gods and the rest
• sukṛtaikagamyamreached only by good deeds
• stamberamāsyamelephant-faced
• nanuindeed
• candracūḍamwith the moon in his crest
• vināyakamVinayaka
• tamthat
• śaraṇamrefuge
• prapadyeI take

anvaya vedāntavedyam jagatām adhīśam devādivandyam sukṛtaikagamyam stamberamāsyam nanu candracūḍam tam vināyakam śaraṇam prapadye

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

stamberama an elephant — Literally the one who delights in clumps of grass, an old poet's word for an elephant.

• bhavākhyadāvānaladahyamānamburning in the forest fire called worldly life
• bhaktamthe devotee
• svakīyamhis own
• pariṣiñcatesprinkles
• yaḥwho
• gaṇḍasrutāmbhobhiḥwith the water that runs from his temples
• ananyatulyamwho has no equal
• vandeI bow to
• gaṇeśamGanesha
• caand
• tamo'rinetramwhose eyes are the enemies of darkness

anvaya yaḥ bhavākhyadāvānaladahyamānam svakīyam bhaktam gaṇḍasrutāmbhobhiḥ pariṣiñcate ananyatulyam tamo'rinetram ca [tam] gaṇeśam vande

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

note The must that runs from an elephant's temples is turned into water for a burning man.

• śivasyaof Shiva
• maulauon the head
• avalokyahaving seen
• candramthe moon
• suśuṇḍayāwith his fine trunk
• mugdhatayābeing a child
• svakīyamhis own
• bhagnambroken
• viṣāṇamtusk
• paribhāvyataking it for
• cittein his mind
• ākṛṣṭacandraḥwho pulled the moon down
• gaṇapaḥGanapa
• avatātmay he keep safe
• naḥus

anvaya śivasya maulau candram avalokya mugdhatayā citte svakīyam bhagnam viṣāṇam paribhāvya suśuṇḍayā ākṛṣṭacandraḥ gaṇapaḥ naḥ avatāt

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

note The crescent moon and the broken tusk are the same shape, and a child would mix them up.

• pituḥof his father
• jaṭājūṭataṭeat the edge of the piled hair
• sadāalways
• evaindeed
• bhāgīrathīthe Bhagirathi
• tatrathere
• kutūhalenaout of curiosity
• vihartukāmaḥlonging to play
• saḥhe
• mahīdhraputryāby the mountain's daughter
• nivāritaḥstopped
• pātumay he keep safe
• sadāalways
• gajāsyaḥthe elephant-faced one

anvaya pituḥ jaṭājūṭataṭe sadā eva bhāgīrathī [vahati] tatra kutūhalena vihartukāmaḥ mahīdhraputryā nivāritaḥ saḥ gajāsyaḥ sadā pātu

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

bhāgīrathī the Bhagirathi — The Ganga, brought down by King Bhagiratha and caught in Shiva's hair. A river in one's father's hair is a tempting place to splash.

• lambodaraḥLambodara
• devakumārasaṅghaiḥwith the gang of the gods' children
• krīḍanplaying
• kumāramKumara
• jitavānbeat
• nijenaby his own strength
• kareṇawith his trunk
• caand
• uttolyahaving lifted up
• nanartadanced
• ramyamhappily
• dantāvalāsyaḥthe tusker-faced one
• bhayataḥfrom fear
• saḥhe
• pāyātmay he keep

anvaya devakumārasaṅghaiḥ krīḍan lambodaraḥ nijena kumāram jitavān kareṇa ca uttolya ramyam nanarta saḥ dantāvalāsyaḥ bhayataḥ pāyāt

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

note Kumara is his brother Skanda. The verse is two boys wrestling, and the elder showing off.

• āgatyahaving come
• yaḥwho
• uccaiḥrising high
• harinābhipadmamthe lotus from Hari's navel
• dadarśasaw
• tatrathere
• āśuat once
• kareṇawith his trunk
• tatit
• caand
• uddhartumto pull up
• icchanwanting
• vidhivādavākyamBrahma's words
• mumocalet go
• bhūtvābeing
• caturaḥsensible
• gaṇeśaḥGanesha

anvaya yaḥ āgatya uccaiḥ harinābhipadmam dadarśa tatra āśu tat ca kareṇa uddhartum icchan vidhivādavākyam [śrutvā] caturaḥ bhūtvā gaṇeśaḥ mumoca

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

note Brahma sits in that lotus, so pulling it up would have pulled him out too.

• nirantaramalways
• saṃskṛtadānapaṭṭeon the band of must on his temples
• lagnāmclinging
• tuand
• guñjadbhramarāvalīma row of humming bees
• vaiindeed
• tamhim
• śrotratālaiḥwith a flap of his ears
• apasārayantamdriving off
• smaretlet a man call to mind
• gajāsyamthe elephant-faced one
• nijahṛtsarojein the lotus of his own heart

anvaya nirantaram saṃskṛtadānapaṭṭe lagnām guñjadbhramarāvalīm tu śrotratālaiḥ vai apasārayantam tam gajāsyam nijahṛtsaroje smaret

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• viśveśvaramaulisthitajahnukanyāJahnu's daughter on the head of the lord of all
• jalamthe water
• gṛhītvāhaving taken up
• nijapuṣkareṇain his own trunk
• haramHara
• salīlamin play
• pitaramfather
• svakīyamhis own
• prapūjayanworshipping
• hastimukhaḥthe elephant-faced one
• saḥthat
• pāyātmay he keep safe

anvaya viśveśvaramaulisthitajahnukanyā jalam nijapuṣkareṇa gṛhītvā svakīyam pitaram haram salīlam prapūjayan saḥ hastimukhaḥ pāyāt

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

jahnukanyā Jahnu's daughter — The Ganga, called Jahnu's daughter because the sage Jahnu swallowed her and let her out again. The son pours his father's own river over him.

• stamberamāsyamelephant-faced
• ghusṛṇāṅgarāgamhis body rubbed with saffron
• sindūrapūrāruṇakāntakumbhamthe domes of his head red and lovely with sindura
• kucandanāśliṣṭakaramhis hand touched with red sandal
• gaṇeśamGanesha
• dhyāyetlet a man meditate on
• svacittein his own mind
• sakaleṣṭadamwho gives everything wished for
• tamthat

anvaya stamberamāsyam ghusṛṇāṅgarāgam sindūrapūrāruṇakāntakumbham kucandanāśliṣṭakaram sakaleṣṭadam tam gaṇeśam svacitte dhyāyet

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

kumbha the domes of his head — The two rounded swellings on an elephant's forehead, where sindura is smeared on his image.

• saḥhe
• bhīṣmamātuḥof Bhishma's mother
• nijapuṣkareṇawith his trunk
• jalamthe water
• samādāyahaving taken up
• kucauthe breasts
• svamātuḥof his own mother
• prakṣālayāmāsawashed
• ṣaḍāsyapītaufrom which the six-faced one had fed
• svārthamfor his own turn
• mudefor joy
• asauthat
• kalabhānanaḥyoung elephant-faced one
• astumay he be

anvaya saḥ nijapuṣkareṇa bhīṣmamātuḥ jalam samādāya ṣaḍāsyapītau svamātuḥ kucau svārtham prakṣālayāmāsa asau kalabhānanaḥ mude astu

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

bhīṣmamātā Bhishma's mother — The Ganga. The scene is two infant brothers at their mother's breast, and the younger is the elder here.

• siñcāmalet us pour water over
• nāgamthe elephant
• śiśubhāvamthe state of a child
• āptamwho reached
• kenasome
• apior other
• satkāraṇataḥfor a good reason
• dharitryāmon earth
• vaktāramthe one who spoke
• ādyamfirst
• niyamādikānāmof the rules and all that follows
• lokaikavandyamwhom the world alone bows to
• praṇamāmiI bow to
• vighnamVighna

anvaya kena api satkāraṇataḥ dharitryām śiśubhāvam āptam nāgam siñcāma niyamādikānām ādyam vaktāram lokaikavandyam vighnam praṇamāmi

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

• āliṅgitamheld close
• cārurucālovely
• mṛgākṣyāby the doe-eyed one
• sambhogalolamlost in their union
• madavihvalāṅgamhis limbs heavy with delight
• vighnaughavidhvaṃsanasaktamintent on breaking up the flood of obstacles
• ekamthe one
• namāmiI bow to
• kāntamthe beloved
• dviradānanamthe elephant-faced
• tamthat

anvaya cārurucā mṛgākṣyā āliṅgitam sambhogalolam madavihvalāṅgam vighnaughavidhvaṃsanasaktam ekam kāntam tam dviradānanam namāmi

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

sambhoga union — Ucchishta Ganapati is always shown with his Shakti in his embrace. In the tantras this is the picture of the god joined to his own power, and the verse keeps both halves: the union, and the work of clearing obstacles that goes on inside it.

• herambaḥHeramba
• udyadravikoṭikāntaḥas bright as a crore of rising suns
• pañcānanenaby the five-faced one
• apieven
• vicumbitāsyaḥwhose face is kissed
• munīnthe sages
• surānthe gods
• bhaktajanānthose who love him
• caand
• sarvānall
• saḥhe
• pātumay he watch over
• rathyāsuon the roads
• sadāalways
• gajāsyaḥthe elephant-faced one

anvaya udyadravikoṭikāntaḥ pañcānanena api vicumbitāsyaḥ herambaḥ saḥ gajāsyaḥ munīn surān sarvān bhaktajanān ca rathyāsu sadā pātu

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

pañcānana the five-faced one — Shiva, with five faces. A father kissing his son's face, all five mouths at once.

• dvaipāyanoktānieverything Dvaipayana spoke
• saḥhe
• niścayenawithout a slip
• svadantakoṭyāwith the point of his own tusk
• nikhilamall of it
• likhitvāhaving written down
• dantamthe tusk
• purāṇamthe ancient story
• śubhamgood
• indumauliḥthe moon-crested god
• tapobhiḥin austerity
• ugramfierce
• manasāin my mind
• smarāmiI call up

anvaya saḥ dvaipāyanoktāni nikhilam svadantakoṭyā niścayena likhitvā [tam] dantam śubham purāṇam tapobhiḥ ugram indumauliḥ [ca] manasā smarāmi

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

dvaipāyana Dvaipayana — Vyasa, born on an island, who dictated the Mahabharata while Ganesha wrote it down with his broken tusk.

• krīḍātaṭānteat the edge of the shore where he played
• jaladhauin the sea
• ibhāsyethe elephant-faced
• velājaleby the tide
• lambapatiḥthe long-bellied lord
• prabhītaḥfrightened
• vicintyawondering
• kasyawhose
• itiso
• surāḥthe gods
• tadāthen
• tamhim
• viśveśvaramthe lord of all
• vāgbhiḥwith words
• abhiṣṭuvantipraise

anvaya krīḍātaṭānte jaladhau velājale ibhāsye lambapatiḥ prabhītaḥ surāḥ tadā kasya iti vicintya tam viśveśvaram vāgbhiḥ abhiṣṭuvanti

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

note This verse is unclear in the printing, and the reading given here is tentative.

• vācāmof speech
• nimittamthe cause
• saḥhe
• nimittamcause
• ādyamthe first
• padamthe words
• trilokyāmto the three worlds
• adadatgave
• stutīnāmof praise
• sarvaiḥby everyone
• caand
• vandyambowed to
• nanot
• caand
• tasyahis
• vandyaḥone to bow to
• sthāṇoḥof Sthanu
• paramthe highest
• rūpamform
• asauthat
• saḥhe
• pāyātmay he keep safe

anvaya saḥ vācām nimittam ādyam nimittam trilokyām stutīnām padam adadat sarvaiḥ ca vandyam tasya ca vandyaḥ na asau sthāṇoḥ param rūpam saḥ pāyāt

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

sthāṇu Sthanu — The post, a name of Shiva for his stillness. The son is called his father's highest form.

• phalaśrutiḥthe account of what it gives

anvaya phalaśrutiḥ

chandas Prose, a heading

• imāmthis
• stutimpraise
• yaḥwhoever
• paṭhatireads
• ihahere
• bhaktyāwith devotion
• samāhitaprītiḥhis love gathered
• atīvawholly
• śuddhaḥclean
• saṃsevyateis waited on
• caand
• indirayāby Indira
• nitāntamwithout end
• dāridryasaṅghamthe heap of poverty
• saḥhe
• vidārayetmay he break up
• naḥour

anvaya yaḥ iha imām stutim bhaktyā samāhitaprītiḥ atīva śuddhaḥ paṭhati [saḥ] indirayā ca nitāntam saṃsevyate saḥ naḥ dāridryasaṅgham vidārayet

chandas Upajāti, 11 syllables in each of 4 pādas

indirā Indira — A name of Lakshmi. To be waited on by her is to have wealth come to the house of its own accord.