गणपतिध्यानम्The meditation of Gaṇapati
Verse 144
बन्धूकाभं त्रिनेत्रं द्विरदवरमुखं नागयज्ञोपवीतं शङ्खं चक्रं कृपाणं विमलसरसिजं हस्तपद्मैर्दधानम् । उद्यद्बालेन्दुमौलिं दिनकरकिरणोद्दीप्तवस्त्राङ्गशोभं नानालङ्कारयुक्तं भजत गणपतिं रक्तपद्मोपविष्टम् ॥ १४४ ॥
bandhūkābhaṁ trinētraṁ dviradavaramukhaṁ nāgayajñōpavītaṁ śaṅkhaṁ cakraṁ kṛpāṇaṁ vimalasarasijaṁ hastapadmairdadhānam | udyadbālēndumauliṁ dinakarakiraṇōddīptavastrāṅgaśōbhaṁ nānālaṅkārayuktaṁ bhajata gaṇapatiṁ raktapadmōpaviṣṭam || 144 ||
Translation
Worship Gaṇapati, red as the bandhūka flower, three-eyed, with the face of the best of elephants and a serpent for his sacred thread, holding in his lotus hands conch, discus, sword and a spotless lotus; the young moon rising on his crown, his body and garments shining with the rays of the sun, decked with many ornaments, seated on a red lotus.
Word by word
- bandhūka
- as the bandhūka flower
- ābhaṁ
- (ābham) red
- trinētraṁ
- three-eyed
- dvirada
- of elephants
- vara
- of the best
- mukhaṁ
- with the face
- nāga
- a serpent
- yajñōpavītaṁ
- for his sacred thread
- śaṅkhaṁ
- conch
- cakraṁ
- discus
- kṛpāṇaṁ
- sword
- vimala
- a spotless
- sarasijaṁ
- lotus
- hasta
- hands
- padmaiḥ
- (padmaiḥ) in his lotus
- dadhānam
- holding
- udyad
- (udyat) rising
- bāla
- young
- indu
- the moon
- mauliṁ
- on his crown
- dinakara
- of the sun
- kiraṇa
- with the rays
- uddīpta
- (uddīpta) shining
- vastra
- garments
- aṅga
- body
- śōbhaṁ
- whose beauty
- nānā
- many
- alaṅkāra
- (alaṅkāra) ornaments
- yuktaṁ
- decked with
- bhajata
- worship
- gaṇapatiṁ
- Gaṇapati
- rakta
- on a red
- padma
- lotus
- upaviṣṭam
- (upaviṣṭam) seated
Meaning
The meditation of Gaṇeśa, in a long metre. The commentary explains: his colour is that of the red bandhūka flower; the crescent rises on his diadem; his body and clothes blaze like sunlight. He is the first to be honoured in the sequence.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he tells the meditation of Gaṇapati in one verse, "bandhūkābham" and the rest. Bandhūkābham: whose lustre is like the bandhūka flower (red). Udyadbālendumaulim: on whose crown (mauli, diadem) is the young moon, the crescent, rising. Dinakarakiraṇoddīptavastrāṅgaśobham: whose body (aṅga) has its beauty from a garment blazing like the rays of the sun.