Ganesha Pancharatnam Stotram

गणेश पञ्चरत्नम् स्तोत्रम्

Gaṇeśa Pañcaratnam Stotram

All 5 verses

Verse 1

मुदाकरात्तमोदकं सदाविमुक्तिसाधकं कलाधरावतंसकं विलासिलोकरक्षकम् । (विलासिलोकरञ्जकम्) अनायकैकनायकं विनाशितेभदैत्यकं नताशुभाशुनाशकं नमामि तं विनायकम् ॥१॥

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मुदाकरात्तमोदकं सदाविमुक्तिसाधकं: He who joyfully takes modaka and ever accomplishes liberation.
कलाधरावतंसकं विलासिलोकरक्षकम् । (विलासिलोकरञ्जकम्): Adorned with the crescent moon, protector and delighter of devotees.
अनायकैकनायकं विनाशितेभदैत्यकं: The sole leader of the leaderless, destroyer of the elephant demon.
नताशुभाशुनाशकं नमामि तं विनायकम्: Destroyer of misfortune for the bowed; I bow to that Vinayaka.

Liberation and worldly joy are not opposed when the mind rests in the Lord who is beyond both. The modaka he accepts is the offering of ego, sweet when surrendered at his feet.

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Verse 2

नतेतरातिभीकरं नवोदितार्कभास्वरं नमत्सुरारिनिर्जरं नताधिकापदुद्धरम् । सुरेश्वरं निधीश्वरं गजेश्वरं गणेश्वरं महेश्वरं तमाश्रये परात्परं निरन्तरम् ॥२॥

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नतेतरातिभीकरं नवोदितार्कभास्वरं: Terrifying to foes of the bowed, radiant as the newly risen sun.
नमत्सुरारिनिर्जरं नताधिकापदुद्धरम् ।: Destroyer of the enemies of those who salute him, uplifter from excessive distress.
सुरेश्वरं निधीश्वरं गजेश्वरं गणेश्वरं: Lord of gods, lord of treasures, lord of elephants, lord of hosts.
महेश्वरं तमाश्रये परात्परं निरन्तरम्: The great Lord; I take refuge in him, the supreme beyond all, eternally.

He who is lord of all lords is the inner ruler, the Self beyond the triad of experiencer, experience, and experienced. Refuge in him is the turning of awareness from the many to the one.

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Verse 3

समस्तलोकशङ्करं निरस्तदैत्यकुञ्जरं दरेतरोदरं वरं वरेभवक्त्रमक्षरम् । कृपाकरं क्षमाकरं मुदाकरं यशस्करं मनस्करं नमस्कृतां नमस्करोमि भास्वरम् ॥३॥

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समस्तलोकशङ्करं निरस्तदैत्यकुञ्जरं: Benefactor of all worlds, remover of the demonic elephant.
दरेतरोदरं वरं वरेभवक्त्रमक्षरम् ।: With a vast belly, excellent, elephant-faced, imperishable.
कृपाकरं क्षमाकरं मुदाकरं यशस्करं: Source of compassion, forgiveness, joy, and fame.
मनस्करं नमस्कृतां नमस्करोमि भास्वरम्: Maker of the mind, worshipped by the worshipped; I salute the radiant one.

Compassion and forgiveness flow from the recognition that all beings share one Self. He who makes the mind steady turns its restless movements toward the luminous stillness of pure awareness.

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Verse 4

अकिञ्चनार्तिमार्जनं चिरन्तनोक्तिभाजनं पुरारिपूर्वनन्दनं सुरारिगर्वचर्वणम् । प्रपञ्चनाशभीषणं धनञ्जयादिभूषणं कपोलदानवारणं भजे पुराणवारणम् ॥४॥

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अकिञ्चनार्तिमार्जनं चिरन्तनोक्तिभाजनं: Remover of the poor's sorrow, repository of ancient teachings.
पुरारिपूर्वनन्दनं सुरारिगर्वचर्वणम् ।: Elder son of the destroyer of the cities, chewer of the pride of demons.
प्रपञ्चनाशभीषणं धनञ्जयादिभूषणं: Terrifying to the destruction of the cosmos, adornment of Arjuna and others.
कपोलदानवारणं भजे पुराणवारणम्: Remover of obstacles with his temple; I worship the ancient remover of obstacles.

He who chews the pride of demons destroys the arrogance of the ego that claims doership. The ancient Lord reminds us that what appears as the world is sustained by consciousness alone.

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Verse 5

नितान्तकान्तदन्तकान्तिमन्तकान्तकात्मजं अचिन्त्यरूपमन्तहीनमन्तरायकृन्तनम् । हृदन्तरे निरन्तरं वसन्तमेव योगिनां तमेकदन्तमेव तं विचिन्तयामि सन्ततम् ॥५॥

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नितान्तकान्तदन्तकान्तिमन्तकान्तकात्मजं: Son of the destroyer of the destroyer of Love, of exceedingly beautiful tusk.
अचिन्त्यरूपमन्तहीनमन्तरायकृन्तनम् ।: Of inconceivable form, beyond the reach of mantra, cutter of obstacles.
हृदन्तरे निरन्तरं वसन्तमेव योगिनां: Ever dwelling in the inner heart of yogis.
तमेकदन्तमेव तं विचिन्तयामि सन्ततम्: That one-tusked Lord alone I contemplate constantly.

The one-tusked Lord dwelling in the heart is the Self that no thought can grasp yet that illumines every thought. Constant contemplation is not repetition of a name but abiding as the witness consciousness.

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