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Subrahmanya Bhujangam
सुब्रह्मण्य भुजङ्गम्
Subrahmaṇya Bhujaṅgam
Chant
सदा बालरूपाऽपि विघ्नाद्रिहन्त्री महादन्तिवक्त्राऽपि पञ्चास्यमान्या । विधीन्द्रादिमृग्या गणेशाभिधा मे विधत्तां श्रियं काऽपि कल्याणमूर्तिः ॥१॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- सदा बालरूपाऽपि विघ्नाद्रिहन्त्री
- Always childlike in form yet destroyer of the obstacle-mountain,
- महादन्तिवक्त्राऽपि पञ्चास्यमान्या ।
- with great elephant face yet honoured as five-faced,
- विधीन्द्रादिमृग्या गणेशाभिधा मे
- sought by Brahma, Indra, and others, called Ganesha by me -
- विधत्तां श्रियं काऽपि कल्याणमूर्तिः
- may that auspicious gracious form grant me prosperity.
Ganesha, though childlike in form, is sought by Brahma and Indra; may that auspicious Lord grant blessing. The hymn opens with the remover of obstacles before praise of Skanda, clearing the path for devotion.
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