- যোগপ্ৰদগণেশস্তোত্ৰম্ (yogapradagaṇeśastotram)the Ganesha hymn that gives yoga
anvaya যোগপ্ৰদগণেশস্তোত্ৰম্
chandas Prose, the title
যোগ yoga — Here yoga means the joining of two things that looked separate. The whole hymn is built on pairs, and on the god standing where each pair meets.
note From the Mudgala Purana. Kapila is the speaker, and the hymn is written in his own idiom: each verse hands the god one thing out of a pair and then names him as the place the two come together.
- কপিলঃ (kapilaḥ)Kapila
- উৱাচ (uvāca)said
anvaya কপিলঃ উৱাচ
chandas Prose, a speaker's line
কপিল Kapila — The sage to whom the Samkhya teaching is given, which is why the verses count things off in the Samkhya way.
অভক্তানাং ৱিশেষেণ ৱিঘ্নকৰ্ত্ৰে নমো নমঃ ॥ ১ ॥
- নমঃ (namaḥ)salutation
- তে (te)to you
- ৱিঘ্নৰাজায (vighnarājāya)to the king of obstacles
- ভক্তানাম্ (bhaktānām)of those who love you
- ৱিঘ্নহাৰিণে (vighnahāriṇe)who take obstacles away
- অভক্তানাম্ (abhaktānām)of those who do not
- ৱিশেষেণ (viśeṣeṇa)above all
- ৱিঘ্নকৰ্ত্ৰে (vighnakartre)who make obstacles
- নমো নমঃ (namo namaḥ)salutation and salutation
anvaya ৱিঘ্নৰাজায ভক্তানাম্ ৱিঘ্নহাৰিণে অভক্তানাম্ ৱিশেষেণ ৱিঘ্নকৰ্ত্ৰে তে নমঃ নমো নমঃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note The first verse states the two sides of his office plainly: he clears the road and he blocks it.
বুদ্ধ্যৈৰিন্দ্ৰিযৱৰ্গেষু ত্ৰিৱিধায নমো নমঃ ॥ ২ ॥
- আকাশায (ākāśāya)to space
- চ (ca)and
- ভূতানাম্ (bhūtānām)among the elements
- মনসে (manase)to mind
- চ (ca)and
- অমৰেষু (amareṣu)among the gods
- তে (te)to you
- বুদ্ধ্যৈ (buddhyai)to understanding
- ইন্দ্ৰিযৱৰ্গেষু (indriyavargeṣu)among the ranks of the senses
- ত্ৰিৱিধায (trividhāya)threefold
- নমো নমঃ (namo namaḥ)salutation and salutation
anvaya ভূতানাম্ আকাশায চ অমৰেষু মনসে চ ইন্দ্ৰিযৱৰ্গেষু বুদ্ধ্যৈ ত্ৰিৱিধায তে নমো নমঃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
আকাশ space — The first and subtlest of the five elements, the one the others stand in. He is given the subtlest member of each set.
তযোৰভেদভাৱেষু বোধায তে নমো নমঃ ॥ ৩ ॥
- দেহানাম্ (dehānām)of bodies
- বিন্দুৰূপায (bindurūpāya)to you who are the point
- মোহৰূপায (moharūpāya)who are the bewilderment
- দেহিনাম্ (dehinām)of those who wear them
- তযোঃ (tayoḥ)of those two
- অভেদভাৱেষু (abhedabhāveṣu)where they are not two
- বোধায (bodhāya)to the waking
- তে (te)to you
- নমো নমঃ (namo namaḥ)salutation and salutation
anvaya দেহানাম্ বিন্দুৰূপায দেহিনাম্ মোহৰূপায তযোঃ অভেদভাৱেষু বোধায তে নমো নমঃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
বিন্দু the point — The drop or point from which a body grows, and the dot above Om. Both senses are alive here.
চতুৰ্ণাং পঞ্চ মাযৈৱ সৰ্ৱত্ৰ তে নমো নমঃ ॥ ৪ ॥
- সাঙ্খ্যায (sāṅkhyāya)to Samkhya
- ৱৈ (vai)indeed
- ৱিদেহানাম্ (videhānām)for those who have no body
- সম্যোগানাম্ (samyogānām)of those who are joined
- নিজাত্মনে (nijātmane)to the self
- চতুৰ্ণাম্ (caturṇām)of the four
- পঞ্চ (pañca)the fifth
- মাযা (māyā)maya
- এৱ (eva)itself
- সৰ্ৱত্ৰ (sarvatra)everywhere
- তে (te)to you
- নমো নমঃ (namo namaḥ)salutation and salutation
anvaya ৱিদেহানাম্ ৱৈ সাঙ্খ্যায সম্যোগানাম্ নিজাত্মনে চতুৰ্ণাম্ পঞ্চ সৰ্ৱত্ৰ মাযা এৱ তে নমো নমঃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note The counting in this verse is compressed even by the standards of the Mudgala Purana, and copies of it differ.
- নামৰূপাত্মকানাম্ (nāmarūpātmakānām)of everything that has name and form
- ৱৈ (vai)indeed
- শক্তিৰূপায (śaktirūpāya)to the power
- তে (te)to you
- নমঃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya নামৰূপাত্মকানাম্ ৱৈ শক্তিৰূপায তে নমঃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), printed a half-line at a time
নামৰূপ name and form — What makes one thing tellable from another. Everything that has it is said here to have him for its power.
- আত্মনাম্ (ātmanām)of selves
- ৰৱযে (ravaye)to the sun
- তুভ্যম্ (tubhyam)to you
- হেৰম্বায (herambāya)to Heramba
- নমো নমঃ (namo namaḥ)salutation and salutation
anvaya আত্মনাম্ ৰৱযে তুভ্যম্ হেৰম্বায নমো নমঃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), printed a half-line at a time
শঙ্কৰায চ সৰ্ৱেষাং সম্যোগে গণপায তে ॥ ৬ ॥
- আনন্দানাম্ (ānandānām)among the joys
- মহাৱিষ্ণুৰূপায (mahāviṣṇurūpāya)to the form of Mahavishnu
- নেতি (neti)not this
- ধাৰিণাম্ (dhāriṇām)of those who hold to
- শঙ্কৰায (śaṅkarāya)to Shankara
- চ (ca)and
- সৰ্ৱেষাম্ (sarveṣām)of them all
- সম্যোগে (samyoge)at the joining
- গণপায (gaṇapāya)to Ganapa
- তে (te)to you
anvaya আনন্দানাম্ মহাৱিষ্ণুৰূপায নেতি ধাৰিণাম্ শঙ্কৰায চ সৰ্ৱেষাম্ সম্যোগে গণপায তে
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
নেতি not this — The Upanishad's way of pointing at what cannot be described, by saying of each thing that it is not that.
সমেষু সমৰূপায লম্বোদৰ নমোঽস্তু তে ॥ ৭ ॥
- কৰ্মণাম্ (karmaṇām)of those who act
- কৰ্মযোগায (karmayogāya)to the yoga of action
- জ্ঞানযোগায (jñānayogāya)to the yoga of knowledge
- জানতাম্ (jānatām)of those who know
- সমেষু (sameṣu)among all that is the same
- সমৰূপায (samarūpāya)to the one who is the same
- লম্বোদৰ (lambodara)O Lambodara
- নমঃ (namaḥ)salutation
- অস্তু (astu)be
- তে (te)to you
anvaya কৰ্মণাম্ কৰ্মযোগায জানতাম্ জ্ঞানযোগায সমেষু সমৰূপায লম্বোদৰ তে নমঃ অস্তু
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
- স্ৱাধীনানাম্ (svādhīnānām)of those who are their own masters
- গণাধ্যক্ষ (gaṇādhyakṣa)O lord of the ganas
- সহজায (sahajāya)to the one who comes naturally
- নমো নমঃ (namo namaḥ)salutation and salutation
anvaya গণাধ্যক্ষ স্ৱাধীনানাম্ সহজায নমো নমঃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), printed a half-line at a time
সহজ what comes naturally — Sahaja is what is born along with a person, so what takes no effort at all.
- তেষাম্ (teṣām)of those
- অভেদভাৱেষু (abhedabhāveṣu)where they are no longer divided
- স্ৱানন্দায (svānandāya)to Svananda
- চ (ca)and
- তে (te)to you
- নমঃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya তেষাম্ অভেদভাৱেষু স্ৱানন্দায চ তে নমঃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), printed a half-line at a time
- নিৰ্মাযিকস্ৱৰূপাণাম্ (nirmāyikasvarūpāṇām)of those whose own form has no maya in it
- অযোগায (ayogāya)to the no-yoga
- নমো নমঃ (namo namaḥ)salutation and salutation
anvaya নিৰ্মাযিকস্ৱৰূপাণাম্ অযোগায নমো নমঃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), printed a half-line at a time
অযোগ no-yoga — Where nothing is separate there is nothing to join, so the joining itself falls away. The hymn gives him that state too.
- যোগানাম্ (yogānām)of the yogas
- যোগৰূপায (yogarūpāya)to the yoga-form
- গণেশায (gaṇeśāya)to Ganesha
- নমো নমঃ (namo namaḥ)salutation and salutation
anvaya যোগানাম্ যোগৰূপায গণেশায নমো নমঃ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), printed a half-line at a time
কিং স্তৌমি তত্ৰ দেৱেশ অতস্ত্ৱাং প্ৰণমাম্যহম্ ॥ ১০ ॥
- শান্তিযোগপ্ৰদাত্ৰে (śāntiyogapradātre)to you who give the yoga of peace
- তে (te)to you
- শান্তিযোগমযায (śāntiyogamayāya)who are that peace and yoga
- চ (ca)and
- কিম্ (kim)what
- স্তৌমি (staumi)shall I praise
- তত্ৰ (tatra)in it
- দেৱেশ (deveśa)O lord of the gods
- অতঃ (ataḥ)so
- ত্ৱাম্ (tvām)you
- প্ৰণমামি (praṇamāmi)I bow to
- অহম্ (aham)I
anvaya শান্তিযোগপ্ৰদাত্ৰে শান্তিযোগমযায চ তে দেৱেশ তত্ৰ কিম্ স্তৌমি অতঃ অহম্ ত্ৱাম্ প্ৰণমামি
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
হৰ্ষেণ মহতা যুক্তো হৰ্ষযন্মুনিসত্তম ॥ ১১ ॥
- ততঃ (tataḥ)then
- তম্ (tam)to him
- গণনাথঃ (gaṇanāthaḥ)the lord of the ganas
- ৱৈ (vai)indeed
- জগাদ (jagāda)spoke
- ভক্তম্ (bhaktam)the devotee
- উত্তমম্ (uttamam)best
- হৰ্ষেণ (harṣeṇa)with gladness
- মহতা (mahatā)great
- যুক্তঃ (yuktaḥ)filled
- হৰ্ষযন্ (harṣayan)making him glad
- মুনিসত্তম (munisattama)O best of sages
anvaya মুনিসত্তম ততঃ মহতা হৰ্ষেণ যুক্তঃ গণনাথঃ ৱৈ হৰ্ষযন্ তম্ উত্তমম্ ভক্তম্ জগাদ
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
- শ্ৰীগণেশঃ (śrīgaṇeśaḥ)Shri Ganesha
- উৱাচ (uvāca)said
anvaya শ্ৰীগণেশঃ উৱাচ
chandas Prose, a speaker's line
ধৰ্মাৰ্থকামমোক্ষাণাং দাযকং প্ৰভৱিষ্যতি ॥ ১২ ॥
- ত্ৱযা (tvayā)by you
- কৃতম্ (kṛtam)made
- মদীযম্ (madīyam)of mine
- যত্ (yat)which
- স্তোত্ৰম্ (stotram)hymn
- যোগপ্ৰদম্ (yogapradam)giving yoga
- ভৱেত্ (bhavet)will be
- ধৰ্মাৰ্থকামমোক্ষাণাম্ (dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇām)of right living, wealth, what is wanted, and release
- দাযকম্ (dāyakam)the giver
- প্ৰভৱিষ্যতি (prabhaviṣyati)will turn out to be
anvaya ত্ৱযা কৃতম্ যত্ মদীযম্ স্তোত্ৰম্ যোগপ্ৰদম্ ভৱেত্ ধৰ্মাৰ্থকামমোক্ষাণাম্ দাযকম্ প্ৰভৱিষ্যতি
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas
ধৰ্মাৰ্থকামমোক্ষ right living, wealth, what is wanted, and release — The four aims a life is measured by. A hymn that gives all four is claiming to cover the whole of it.
