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Ganesha Bhujangam
गणेश भुजङ्गम्
Gaṇeśa Bhujaṅgam
Chant
विचित्रस्फुरद्रत्नमालाकिरीटं किरीटोल्लसच्चन्द्ररेखाविभूषम् । विभूषैकभूशं भवध्वंसहेतुं गणाधीशमीशानसूनुं तमीडे ॥४॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- विचित्रस्फुरद्रत्नमालाकिरीटं
- Wearing a crown of wonderfully flashing jewelled garlands.
- किरीटोल्लसच्चन्द्ररेखाविभूषम् ।
- Adorned on the crown with a resplendent crescent moon.
- विभूषैकभूशं भवध्वंसहेतुं
- Whose sole ornament is ornament itself, cause of the destruction of becoming.
- गणाधीशमीशानसूनुं तमीडे
- I praise that lord of the hosts, son of Ishana.
He whose only ornament is ornament itself needs nothing added yet appears adorned for the devotee's joy. As destroyer of worldly bondage, Ganesha clears the path so that meditation may reach the crown of the Self.
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