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Gajananastotram

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Devotional text

śrīgajānanastotramm
śrīgajānanastotramm
śrīgaṇeśāyīgaṇeśāyanamaḥ|
jayadevagajānanaprabhobhojayasarvāsuragarvabhedakabhedaka|
jayasaṅkaṭapāśamocanaṭapāśamocanapraṇavākāraṇavākāravināyakā'vanāyakā'vamām||1||
tavadevajayantimūrtayaḥyaḥkalitāgaṇyasupuṇyakīrtayaḥyaḥ|
manasābhajatāṃhatārtayaḥyaḥkṛtaśīghrādhikakāmapūrtayaḥyaḥ||2||
tavaramyakathāsvanādaraḥnādaraḥsanarojanmalayaikamandiramram|
naparatranacehasaukhyabhāṅbhāṅnijaduṣkarmavaśādvimohabhākmohabhāk||3||
gajavaktratavāṅghripaṅkajejedhvajavajrāṅkayuteyutesadābhaje|
tavamūrtimahaṃmahaṃpariṣvajejetvayihṛnme'stuusumūṣakadhvaje
je||4||
tvadṛtetehigajānanaprabhobhonahibhaktaughasukhaughadāyakaḥaughasukhaughadāyakaḥ|
sudṛḍhāḍhāmamabhaktirastuutecaraṇābje
evibudheśabudheśaviśvapāḥpāḥ||5||
phalapūragadekṣukārmukairyutatarukcakradharābjapāśadhṛkpāśadhṛk|
avavārijaśālimañjarīradadhṛgratnaghaṭāḍhyaśuṇḍa
mām||6||
karayugmasuhemaśa‍ṛṅkhalaladvijarājāḍhyaka
tundilodaralodara|
śaśisuprabha
vidyayāyāyutastanabhārānamiteḍyarakṣamām||7||
śaśibhāskaravītihotradṛkkśubhasindūrarucecevināyakanāyaka|
dvipavaktramahāhibhūṣaṇabhūṣaṇatridiveśāsuravandyapāhi
mām||8||
sṛṇipāśavaradvijairyutadvijarājārdhakakamūṣakadhvaja
ja|
śubhalohitacandanokṣitataśrutivedyābhayadāyakā'vābhayadāyakā'vamām||9||
smaraṇāttavaśambhuvidhyajendvinaśakrādisurāḥsurāḥkṛtārthatāmtām|
gaṇapā''puraghaughabhañjananadviparājāsyasadaivapāhi
mām||10||
śaraṇaṃbhagavānvināyakaḥ
nāyakaḥśaraṇaṃmesatataṃcasiddhikākā|
śrīgajānanastotramm
śaraṇaṃpunarevatāvubhauśaraṇaṃnānyadupaimidaivatam||11||
galaddānagaṇḍaṃḍaṃmahāhastituṇḍaṃḍaṃsuparvapracaṇḍaṃḍaṃdhṛtārdhendukhaṇḍamḍam|
karāsphoṭitāṇḍaṃḍaṃmahāhastadaṇḍaṃḍaṃhṛtāḍhyārimuṇḍaṃḍaṃbhajevakratuṇḍamḍam||12||
gaṇanāthanibandhasaṃstavaṃvaṃkṛpayāṅgīkuru
matkṛtaṃṛtaṃhyamummum|
idamevasadāpradīyatāṃdīyatāṃkaruṇāṇāmayyatulā'stuusarvadādā||13||
iti
gajānanastotraṃṃsampūrṇamm||

About this stotram — Ganesha

A Stotram is a Sanskrit hymn of praise composed by great sages and poet-saints such as Adi Shankaracharya. Stotrams describe the deity’s form, qualities and deeds in richly poetic language, and chanting them is said to purify the intellect and awaken devotion. Many stotrams carry a phala-shruti — a closing verse describing the benefits of recitation.

How to chant

Stotrams reward slow, attentive chanting. Read the meaning once before you begin so the verses resonate as you recite. Early morning (Brahma Muhurat) is ideal, but any quiet time works. If Sanskrit feels difficult, chant along with the transliteration and let the rhythm settle naturally over a few days of practice.

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