We offer our prayers (dheemahi) to the king (nayaka) of the ganas, the god (daivataya ) of the ganas, the supervisor (adhyashaya) of the ganas!
We offer prayers to the embodiment (Sariraya) of character (guna), the one who is adorned (mandiaya) by virtue (guna), the master (isansya) of moral rectitude (guna)!
We offer prayers to one who is beyond (atitaya) moral virtues (guna), one who has subdued/mastered (adhIsaya) all forms of virtue (guna), one who is the personification in the midst of (pravishtaya) excellent qualities (guna)!
We offer prayers to lord with one (Eka) tusk (dantaya), with a curved (vakra) trunk/snout (tundaya), the son (tanayaya) of paravtI (gauri)!
We offer prayers to the master (isanaya) of the elephants (gaja), to one who is as lustrous (bhaia) as the moon (candraya), to the auspicious (Sri) lord (isaya) of the ganas!
"Ganachaturaya ganapranaya Ganantaratmane
Gaanotsukhaya gaanamattaya Gannott sukh mana se
Guru pujitaya guru daivataya Guru kulasthaine
Guru vikramaya guiyya pravaraya Gurave guna gurave
Gurudaitya kalakchhetre Guru sarma sara radhyaya
Guru putra paritratre Guru pakhanda khanda khaya"
Meaning:
You are skilled (caturaya) in music (gana); you are the very life (pranaya) and innermost (antar) soul (Atmaney) of music (gana)!
You are excited (utsukaya) and intoxicated (mattaya) by music (gana) and your heart (manasey) longs for (utuskaya) for music (gana)!
You are worshipped (pujitaya) by teachers/preceptors (guru) the world over, you are their lord (deivataya) and the protector (trayiney) of their dynasties (kula).
You make the teachers valorous (vikramaya), and are the one that carries (kuhya) their invocation to agni (pravaraya), oh most virtuous (guna) of teachers (guravey).
You help the teacher pierce and destroy (chhetre) the entire dynasty (ula) of their foes, the demons (daitya).
You are the one who is always (sadA) worshiped (Aradhyaya) by righteous practices (dharma) of the gurus.
You are the one who rescues/saves (paritratrey) the children (putra) of preceptors, and the one who empowers them to destroy (khandakaya) heretics and impious folks (pakhanda)!
Our prayers (dheemahi) to the one who is the essence (saraya), the quintessential truth (tatvaya) of the gita, and the one who is praised (stotraya) in the geeta!
Our prayers to the one with rounded (guda) ankles (gulfaya), the one who is the intoxicant (mattaya) of fragrances (gandha), and the one who grants (pradaya) wealth [in the form of cows (gow)] and victory (jaya)!
"Grantha geetaya grantha geyaya Grantha taratmane
Geeta leenaya geeta shrayaya Geetvadya patve
Geya charitaya gaya gavaraya Gandharvaprikrupe
Gayakadhina vighrahaya Gangajal pranayavate"
Meaning:
You are the innermost (antar) soul (Atamane) of, the one whose name is chanted (geetaya), and the one who is praised/sung (geetaya) in the sacred scriptures/vedAntic works (grantha)!
Having become one/merged with (inaya) the geeta, you are the one who is praised as the refuge for all (Asrayaya), and the one who is propitiated by singing (pathave) songs (geeta) to the accompaniment of instruments (vadya).
With a form (Akrutey) that captivates (priya) the gandharvas, you are the character/individual (caritaya) who is being praised in song (geya), and the one who blesses (varaya) the singer (gAyaka), under whose control (adhIna) you find yourself.
You are the unsurpassed one (avikrahaya) who is the force behind the surging torrents (pralayavatey) of water (jal) in the river ganga.
Oh son of (sutaya) of the fair (gaura) Siva (bhanu) who gave pleasure (nandanaya) to the breasts (sthana) of parvati (gauri), and delighted (nandanaya) her heart (hridaya)!
Salutations to parvati (gauri) and ganesa (ganesvaraya)!
Our prayers (dheemahi) to the one brought forth (pranayaya) by parvati (gauri), who does her bidding (pravanaya), and whose conduct (bhavaya) is spotless/blemishless (gaura)!
Our prayers to the one who lifted the govardhan mountain (govardhanaya) and is present in every cowherd (gopa) and cow-girl (gopaya).
