Shri Ganesha Chalisa

Introduction

Lord Ganesha, also called by different names like Ganapati and Vinayak, is the son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. Ganesha is considered to be the Lord of all Beginnings and the ultimate remover of obstacles. He is worshipped as the god of good fortune, new ventures, and wisdom. Ganesh Chalisa is a religious hymn devoted to Lord Ganesha.

Shloka

श्री गणेश चालीसा

जय गणपति सद्गुणसदन कविवर बदन कृपाल ।
विघ्न हरण मंगल करण जय जय गिरिजालाल ॥

जय जय जय गणपति राजू । मंगल भरण करण शुभ काजू ॥

जय गजबदन सदन सुखदाता । विश्व विनायक बुद्धि विधाता ॥

वक्र तुण्ड शुचि शुण्ड सुहावन । तिलक त्रिपुण्ड भाल मन भावन ॥

राजित मणि मुक्तन उर माला । स्वर्ण मुकुट शिर नयन विशाला ॥

पुस्तक पाणि कुठार त्रिशूलं । मोदक भोग सुगन्धित फूलं ॥

सुन्दर पीताम्बर तन साजित । चरण पादुका मुनि मन राजित ॥

धनि शिवसुवन षडानन भ्राता । गौरी ललन विश्व-विधाता ॥

ऋद्धि सिद्धि तव चँवर सुधारे । मूषक वाहन सोहत द्वारे ॥

कहौं जन्म शुभ कथा तुम्हारी । अति शुचि पावन मंगल कारी ॥

एक समय गिरिराज कुमारी । पुत्र हेतु तप कीन्हा भारी ॥

भयो यज्ञ जब पूर्ण अनूपा । तब पहुँच्यो तुम धरि द्विज रूपा ॥

अतिथि जानि कै गौरी सुखारी । बहु विधि सेवा करी तुम्हारी ॥

अति प्रसन्न ह्वै तुम वर दीन्हा । मातु पुत्र हित जो तप कीन्हा ॥

मिलहि पुत्र तुहि बुद्धि विशाला । बिना गर्भ धारण यहि काला ॥

गणनायक गुण ज्ञान निधाना । पूजित प्रथम रूप भगवाना ॥

अस कहि अन्तर्ध्यान रूप ह्वै । पलना पर बालक स्वरूप ह्वै ॥

बनि शिशु रुदन जबहि तुम ठाना । लखि मुख सुख नहिं गौरि समाना ॥

सकल मगन सुख मंगल गावहिं । नभ ते सुरन सुमन वर्षावहिं ॥

शम्भु उमा बहुदान लुटावहिं । सुर मुनि जन सुत देखन आवहिं ॥

लखि अति आनन्द मंगल साजा । देखन भी आये शनि राजा ॥

निज अवगुण गुनि शनि मन माहीं । बालक देखन चाहत नाहीं ॥

गिरजा कछु मन भेद बढ़ायो । उत्सव मोर न शनि तुहि भायो ॥

कहन लगे शनि मन सकुचाई । का करिहौ शिशु मोहि दिखाई ॥

नहिं विश्वास उमा कर भयऊ । शनि सों बालक देखन कह्यऊ ॥

पड़तहिं शनि दृग कोण प्रकाशा । बालक शिर इड़ि गयो आकाशा ॥

गिरजा गिरीं विकल ह्वै धरणी । सो दुख दशा गयो नहिं वरणी ॥

हाहाकार मच्यो कैलाशा । शनि कीन्ह्यों लखि सुत को नाशा ॥

तुरत गरुड़ चढ़ि विष्णु सिधाये । काटि चक्र सो गज शिर लाये ॥

बालक के धड़ ऊपर धारयो । प्राण मंत्र पढ़ शंकर डारयो ॥

नाम गणेश शम्भु तब कीन्हे । प्रथम पूज्य बुद्धि निधि वर दीन्हे ॥

बुद्धि परीक्शा जब शिव कीन्हा । पृथ्वी की प्रदक्शिणा लीन्हा ॥

चले षडानन भरमि भुलाई । रची बैठ तुम बुद्धि उपाई ॥

चरण मातु-पितु के धर लीन्हें । तिनके सात प्रदक्शिण कीन्हें ॥

धनि गणेश कहि शिव हिय हरषे । नभ ते सुरन सुमन बहु बरसे ॥

तुम्हरी महिमा बुद्धि बड़ाई । शेष सहस मुख सकै न गाई ॥

मैं मति हीन मलीन दुखारी । करहुँ कौन बिधि विनय तुम्हारी ॥

भजत रामसुन्दर प्रभुदासा । लख प्रयाग ककरा दुर्वासा ॥

अब प्रभु दया दीन पर कीजै । अपनी शक्ति भक्ति कुछ दीजै ॥

दोहा
श्री गणेश यह चालीसा पाठ करें धर ध्यान ।
नित नव मंगल गृह बसै लहे जगत सन्मान ॥

संवत् अपन सहस्र दश ऋषि पंचमी दिनेश ।
पूरण चालीसा भयो मंगल मूर्ति गणेश ॥

Meaning

Glory, glory, all glory to you, O Ganesha; to you the whole world pays
homage, for you are the delight of Gauri and the charming son of
Shiva. You are the extirpator of all pairs of contraries (such as joy
and sorrow, birth and death, attraction and repulsion,etc.) and
deliver from them.

Glory to you, O son of Shambhu and delight of Gauri, you are the
destroyer of all obstacles and deliverer of all from the cycle of
birth and death. Glory to you, O leader of Shiva’s henchmen, bestower
of happiness on all your votaries, teacher of all,and operator of the
intellect!

O Ganesha (Vakratunda),resplendent is the only tusk which you have on
your elephant face and well-adorned is your sacred trunk; the crescent-
shaped triple mark on your forehead is as beautiful as the moon, and
the celestials, men and ascetics who behold your loveliness cannot off
its spell.

On your bosom is a garland of jewels, in your eyes the beauty of the
full-blown lotus and on your head a crown of gems. You deliver your
devotees from anxiety and wield a sacred axe and a beautiful trident
in your hands. Sweet laddus among delicacies and fragrant blossoms
among flowers are your favourites.

Blessed are you, OKaartikeya’s brother and beloved son of Shiva and
Gauri; elegantly attired in a beautiful yellow silken dress and
wearing a pair of wooden sandals all studded with gems on your feet,
you are the source of all the blessings of the world.

Both prosperity and accomplishment wave royal whisks (chowries) over
you (as if they were chowrie-burdars) and your vehicle, the mouse,
adds to your splendour at your door. As the story of your life is so
strange and mysterious, who can venture to describe your magnificence,
which passes all telling?

A demon, disguised as Shiva,often came there to delude Gauri in order
to foil his design, Gauri, the beloved consort of Shiva created a
divine form from the scurf of her body.

Asking her son to keep watch, she stationed him at the palace-door
like a doorkeeper. When Shiva himself came there, he, being
unrecognised was denied entrance into the house.

Shiva asked: Tell me, who is your father?In a voice sweet as honey,
you replied, Hearken, sir, I am Gauri’s son; don’t you dare advance
even a step beyond this point.

“O Sir! Let me take my mother’s permission before I allow you to go
inside; wrangling with a mere stripling like me will be of no avail.”
Not listening to your behest, Shivaat tempted to rush towards the
house, which so vexed you that you, waxing furious, threw the gauntlet
down.

In a fit of rage, Shiva picked up his trident and driven by delusion
hurled it on you. Your head, tender like the Shirisa flower was
severed and instantly it soared into the sky and disappeared there.

When Shiva went happily inside where Gauri, daughter of the Mountain
king was sitting, he smilingly asked, Tell me, Sati how did you give
birth to son?

On hearing the whole episode, the mystery cleared. Gauri, though
daughter of the great mountain King(celebrated for immobility) was so
moved and distraught that she fell to the ground and said, ” You have
done me a great disfavour, my Lord; Now go and fetch the severed head
of my son from wherever you find it!”

Shiva, expert in all skills,took his departure accompanied by Vishnu,
but having failed to find the head,they brought one of an elephant
and placed it upon the trunk and breathed life into it.

It was Lord Shiva who named you Shri Ganesha and blessed you with
knowledge, wisdom and immortality. You are O Lord, the first among
those who are worshiped; you bring joy to the faithful,destroy all
obstructions and cause the operation of the intellect.

Whosoever remembers you before embarking on any mission finds all his
tasks accomplished in the world.The very remembrance of your name
brings all happiness without your all-pardoning grace there is no
security and well being anywhere in the world.

Cursed by you, the moon’s face was tarnished with the black reflection
of the earth as it appears on the fourth day in the bright half of
Bhaadrapada (Bhaado), which none would dare to look at. When Shiva
wanted to test you (your might and intelligence) he asked you to
circumnavigate the earth.

While Sadmukha (your brother Kaartikeya) went flying on his peacock,
you adopted an easier course) without budging, you scribbled the name
of Raama on the ground and abandoning all misgivings, circumnavigated
it.

( With utmost devotion) you clasped the feet of your parents and
circumnavigated them seven times. Thus were you rewarded with the
fruit of having circumnavigated the earth, a feat that made the gods
rain down flowers on you.

While dwelling in the hermitage of the sage Durvasa, Sundardaasa, a
devotee of Raama, composed this hymn to Ganesha in forty verses just
as the foremost among the adepts in the Shiva Purana had done.

The wise who hymn the glory of Ganesha every day are blessed with
supreme bliss. The lord of Shiva’shenchmen who blesses his votaries
with wealth, progeny and happiness also bestows upon them every
auspicious object.

DOHAA (meaning in English)

He who repeats this hymn with earnestness is blessed with all felicity
and gracious gifts, the novelty of which grows ever greater, as well
as great honour. On the third day of the dark half of the month of
Bhaadra in the Vikrama year two thousand and ten (A. D.1953) this
hymn in forty verses was completed. Thus has Sundaradaasademonstrated
his unflinching devotion to Lord Ganesha.

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