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GaNesha Pratahsmarana

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Devotional text

śrīgaṇeśaprātaḥsmaraṇamraṇam
śrīgaṇeśaprātaḥsmaraṇamraṇam
uttiṣṭhottiṣṭhaheramba
uttiṣṭhabrahmaṇaspatete|
sarvadādāsarvataḥtaḥsarvavighnānmāṃāṃpāhi
vighnapa||
āyurārogyamaiśvaryaṃ
māmpradāyadāyasvabhaktimatmat|
svekṣaṇāśaktirādyātedakṣiṇāṇāpātumaṃsadā||
prātaḥātaḥsmarāmigaṇanāthamanāthabandhuṃ
uṃ
sindūrapūrapariśobhitagaṇḍayugmammam|
uddaṇḍavighnaparikhaṇḍanacaṇḍadaṇḍa-
mākhaṇḍalādisuranāyakavṛndavandyamm||1||
prātarnamāmicaturānanavandyamāna
māna-
micchānukūlamakhilaṃlaṃcavaraṃdadānam|
taṃtundilaṃlaṃdvirasanādhipayajñasūtraṃ
putraṃvilāsacaturaṃlāsacaturaṃśivayoḥvayoḥśivāyavāya||2||
prātarbhajāmyabhayadaṃbhayadaṃkhalubhaktaśokaśoka-
dāvānalaṃgaṇavibhuṃbhuṃvarakuñjarāsyamm|
ajñānakānanavināśanahavyavāhavāha-
mutsāhavardhanamahaṃnamahaṃsutamīśvarasya
||3||
ślokatrayamidaṃdaṃpuṇyaṃyaṃsadāsāmrājyadāyakamdāyakam|
prātarutthāyāyasatataṃyaḥpaṭhetprayataḥyataḥpumān||4||
karāgreesatprabhābhābuddhiḥkamalākaramadhyagā
gā|
karamūlemayūreśaḥprabhātebhātekaradarśanamnam||
jñānarūpavarāhasyapatnikarmasvarūpiṇi|
sarvādhāredhāredharenaumi
pādasparśaṃkṣamasvame||
tāraśrīnarmadādūrvāśamīmandāramodita
|
śrīgaṇeśaprātaḥsmaraṇamraṇam
dviradāsyamayūreśaduḥsvapnaharaharapāhi
mām||
vakratuṇḍa
mahākāyasūryakoṭisamaprabha
|
nirvighnaṃkuru
medevasarvakāryeṣuṣusarvadādā||
gaṇanāthasarasvatīraviśukrabṛhaspatīn
tīn|
pañcaitānismarennityaṃvedavāṇīpravṛttaye
ye||
vināyakaṃnāyakaṃguruṃṃbhānuṃbrahmaviṣṇumaheśvarānrān|
sarsvatīṃpraṇaumyādauādausarvakāryārthasiddhayeye||
abhīpsitārthasiddhyarthaṃpūjito
toyaḥsurāsuraiḥ|
sarvavighnaharastasmaiaigaṇādhipataye
patayenamaḥ||
agajānapadmārkaṃ
gajānanamahirniśam
śam|
anekadaṃtaṃbhaktānāmekadantamupāsmahehe||
namastasmaiaigaṇeśāyayatkaṇḍaḥḍaḥpuṣkarāyaterāyate|
yadābhogadhanadhvānto
onīlakaṇṭhasya
tāṇḍaveḍave||
kāryaṃmesiddhimāyātumāyātuprasannetvayidhātari
|
vighnānināśamāyāntu
usarvāṇisuranāyaka||
namastevighnasaṃhartrenamasteīpsitaprada|
namastedevadeveśanamastegaṇanāyaka||
||iti
śrīgaṇeśaprātaḥsmaraṇamraṇam||

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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