ৱাতাপি গণপতিং ভজেঽহং
ৱাৰণাশ্যং ৱৰপ্ৰদং শ্ৰী ।
ভূতাদি সংসেৱিত চৰণং
ভূত ভৌতিক প্ৰপঞ্চ ভৰণম্ ।
ৱীতৰাগিণং ৱিনুত যোগিনং
ৱিশ্ৱকাৰণং ৱিঘ্নৱাৰণম্ ।
পুৰা কুম্ভ সম্ভৱ মুনিৱৰ
প্ৰপূজিতং ত্ৰিকোণ মধ্যগতং
মুৰাৰি প্ৰমুখাদ্যুপাসিতং
মূলাধাৰ ক্ষেত্ৰস্থিতম্ ।
পৰাদি চত্ৱাৰি ৱাগাত্মকং
প্ৰণৱ স্ৱৰূপ ৱক্ৰতুণ্ডং
নিৰন্তৰং নিখিল চন্দ্ৰখণ্ডং
নিজৱামকৰ ৱিদ্ৰুতেক্ষুখণ্ডম্ ।
কৰাম্বুজ পাশ বীজাপূৰং
কলুষৱিদূৰং ভূতাকাৰং
হৰাদি গুৰুগুহ তোষিত বিম্বং
হংসধ্ৱনি ভূষিত হেৰম্বম্ ।
- ৰাগম্ (rāgam)the raga
- হংসধ্ৱনি (haṃsadhvani)Hamsadhvani
- ৱাতাপি (vātāpi)of Vatapi
- গণপতিম্ (gaṇapatim)Ganapati
- ভজে (bhaje)I worship
- অহম্ (aham)I
- ৱাৰণাস্যম্ (vāraṇāsyam)the elephant-faced
- ৱৰপ্ৰদম্ (varapradam)the giver of boons
- শ্ৰী (śrī)the auspicious
- ভূতাদিসংসেৱিতচৰণম্ (bhūtādisaṃsevitacaraṇam)whose feet the bhutas and their kind serve
- ভূতভৌতিকপ্ৰপঞ্চভৰণম্ (bhūtabhautikaprapañcabharaṇam)who carries the world of elements and what is made from them
- ৱীতৰাগিণম্ (vītarāgiṇam)whom passion has left
- ৱিনুতযোগিনম্ (vinutayoginam)praised by yogis
- ৱিশ্ৱকাৰণম্ (viśvakāraṇam)the cause of the universe
- ৱিঘ্নৱাৰণম্ (vighnavāraṇam)who wards obstacles off
- পুৰা (purā)long ago
- কুম্ভসম্ভৱমুনিৱৰপ্ৰপূজিতম্ (kumbhasambhavamunivaraprapūjitam)worshipped by the best of sages, the one born from a pot
- ত্ৰিকোণমধ্যগতম্ (trikoṇamadhyagatam)standing at the centre of the triangle
- মুৰাৰিপ্ৰমুখাদ্যুপাসিতম্ (murāripramukhādyupāsitam)served by Murari and the chief gods
- মূলাধাৰক্ষেত্ৰস্থিতম্ (mūlādhārakṣetrasthitam)seated in the ground of the muladhara
- পৰাদিচত্ৱাৰিৱাগাত্মকম্ (parādicatvārivāgātmakam)the self of the four kinds of speech that begin with para
- প্ৰণৱস্ৱৰূপৱক্ৰতুণ্ডম্ (praṇavasvarūpavakratuṇḍam)whose curving trunk is the very shape of Om
- নিৰন্তৰম্ (nirantaram)unbroken
- নিখিলচন্দ্ৰখণ্ডম্ (nikhilacandrakhaṇḍam)on whom the moon lies whole
- নিজৱামকৰৱিদ্ৰুতেক্ষুখণ্ডম্ (nijavāmakaravidrutekṣukhaṇḍam)with a piece of sugar cane in his own left hand
- কৰাম্বুজপাশবীজাপূৰম্ (karāmbujapāśabījāpūram)whose lotus hands hold the noose and the citron
- কলুষৱিদূৰম্ (kaluṣavidūram)far from anything stained
- ভূতাকাৰম্ (bhūtākāram)whose form is the elements
- হৰাদিগুৰুগুহতোষিতবিম্বম্ (harādiguruguhatoṣitabimbam)whose image gave joy to Hara and to Guruguha
- হংসধ্ৱনিভূষিতহেৰম্বম্ (haṃsadhvanibhūṣitaherambam)Heramba, wearing Hamsadhvani for an ornament
anvaya ৰাগম্ হংসধ্ৱনি অহম্ ৱাতাপি গণপতিম্ ৱাৰণাস্যম্ ৱৰপ্ৰদম্ শ্ৰী ভজে ভূতাদিসংসেৱিতচৰণম্ ভূতভৌতিকপ্ৰপঞ্চভৰণম্ ৱীতৰাগিণম্ ৱিনুতযোগিনম্ ৱিশ্ৱকাৰণম্ ৱিঘ্নৱাৰণম্ পুৰা কুম্ভসম্ভৱমুনিৱৰপ্ৰপূজিতম্ ত্ৰিকোণমধ্যগতম্ মুৰাৰিপ্ৰমুখাদ্যুপাসিতম্ মূলাধাৰক্ষেত্ৰস্থিতম্ পৰাদিচত্ৱাৰিৱাগাত্মকম্ প্ৰণৱস্ৱৰূপৱক্ৰতুণ্ডম্ নিৰন্তৰম্ নিখিলচন্দ্ৰখণ্ডম্ নিজৱামকৰৱিদ্ৰুতেক্ষুখণ্ডম্ কৰাম্বুজপাশবীজাপূৰম্ কলুষৱিদূৰম্ ভূতাকাৰম্ হৰাদিগুৰুগুহতোষিতবিম্বম্ হংসধ্ৱনিভূষিতহেৰম্বম্
chandas Prose, set to the kriti form
ৱাতাপি of Vatapi — Vatapi is Badami in Karnataka. Its Ganapati image was carried south after the Pallava king took the town, and is worshipped at Tiruchenkattankudi in Tamil Nadu.
কুম্ভসম্ভৱ born from a pot — Agastya, who was born in a water pot. The name fits the story that the image came south, since Agastya is the sage of the south.
গুৰুগুহ Guruguha — A name of Subrahmanya and the signature of Muthuswami Dikshitar, who put it in every song he composed.
হংসধ্ৱনি Hamsadhvani — The raga of the song, named in its last line. Dikshitar liked to fold the raga name into the words themselves.
পৰাদিচত্ৱাৰি the four kinds of speech that begin with para — Para, pashyanti, madhyama and vaikhari: speech as it is before it stirs, as it is seen, as it is thought, and as it is spoken.
মূলাধাৰ the muladhara — The first of the centres in the body, at the base of the spine, which is Ganapati's place.
note Muthuswami Dikshitar composed this in Sanskrit for a Tamil shrine, and the raga name in the last line is his signature as much as Guruguha is. The line at the head gives the raga and its notes rather than any words to be sung. ৱাৰণাশ্যং is printed for ৱাৰণাস্যং, elephant-faced.