गणेशपूजाध्यानादिThe meditation on Gaṇeśa and the rest
Verse 118
सिन्दूराभं त्रिनेत्रं पृथुतरजठरं हस्तपद्मैर्दधानं खड्गं पाशाङ्कुशेष्टान्युरुकरविलसद्वारुणीपूर्णकुम्भम् । बालेन्दूद्दीप्तमौलिं करिपतिवदनं बीजपूरार्द्रगण्डं भोगीन्द्राबद्धभूषं भजत गणपतिं रक्तवस्त्राङ्गरागम् ॥ ११८ ॥
sindūrābhaṁ trinētraṁ pṛthutarajaṭharaṁ hastapadmairdadhānaṁ khaḍgaṁ pāśāṅkuśēṣṭānyurukaravilasadvāruṇīpūrṇakumbham | bālēndūddīptamauliṁ karipativadanaṁ bījapūrārdragaṇḍaṁ bhōgīndrābaddhabhūṣaṁ bhajata gaṇapatiṁ raktavastrāṅgarāgam || 118 ||
Translation
Worship Gaṇapati: red as vermilion, three-eyed, with a vast belly, holding in his lotus hands the sword, the noose, the goad and the boon, a pot full of wine shining in his great trunk, his crown bright with the young moon, with the face of the lord of elephants, his cheeks wet with ichor, his ornaments bound on by the lord of serpents, his clothes and body-paint red.
Word by word
- sindūra
- vermilion
- ābhaṁ
- red as
- trinētraṁ
- three-eyed
- pṛthutara
- vast
- jaṭharaṁ
- belly
- hasta
- hand
- padmaiḥ
- with lotus
- dadhānaṁ
- holding
- khaḍgaṁ
- the sword
- pāśa
- noose
- aṅkuśa
- goad
- iṣṭāni
- and the boon
- uru
- great
- kara
- trunk
- vilasat
- shining in
- vāruṇī
- wine
- pūrṇa
- full
- kumbham
- (kumbham) pot
- bālēndu
- the young moon
- uddīpta
- bright with
- mauliṁ
- crown
- karipati
- lord of elephants
- vadanaṁ
- face
- bījapūra
- ichor
- ārdra
- wet
- gaṇḍaṁ
- cheeks
- bhōgīndra
- lord of serpents
- ābaddha
- bound on
- bhūṣaṁ
- ornaments
- bhajata
- worship
- gaṇapatiṁ
- Gaṇapati
- rakta
- red
- vastra
- clothes
- aṅgarāgam
- (aṅgarāgam) and body-paint
Meaning
The dhyāna of Gaṇapati in the long sragdharā metre. The ṭīkā explains each epithet: khaḍga is the sword, iṣṭa the gesture of boon; "uru-kara" is his great trunk, holding a pot of vāruṇī, wine; "bījapūra" is the ichor that flows from an elephant's temples.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He gives the meditation on Gaṇapati in one verse, "sindūrābham" and the rest. "O devotees, worship Gaṇapati, Gaṇeśāna": that is how the words go. What is Gaṇapati like? Sindūrābha: he whose glow (ābhā, dīpti) is like vermilion, or in whom it is. Again, what like? Trinetra: three-eyed. Pṛthutarajaṭhara: with a very large belly. Holding with his lotus hands the sword, the noose, the goad and the boon (iṣṭa, vara). Urukaravilasad-vāruṇīpūrṇakumbha: whose pot full of vāruṇī, wine, shines in his great hand, his trunk. Bālendudīptamauli: whose crown is lit by the young moon. Karipativadana: whose face is that of the lord of elephants. Bījapūrārdragaṇḍa: whose cheeks are wet with the flow of his mada, the ichor (bījapūra). Bhogīndrābaddhabhūṣa: whose ornament is bound on by the lord of serpents. Raktavastrāṅgarāga: whose clothes and body-paint are red.