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Ganesha Ashtakam

గణేశాష్టకమ్

Ganesha Ashtakam is a traditional Ganesha devotional reading. This page presents the full text of the linked Wikisource edition, with Telugu and IAST transliterations.

తెలుగు देवनागरी English (IAST)

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | oṃ asya śrīsaṅkaṣṭaharaṇastotramantrasya śrīmahāgaṇapatirdevatā, saṅkaṣṭaharaṇārtha jape viniyogaḥ | oṃ oṃ oṃkārarūpaṃ tryahamiti ca paraṃ yatsvarūpaṃ turīyaṃ traiguṇyātītanīlaṃ kalayati manasasteja-sindūra-mūrtim | yogīndrairbrahmarandhraiḥ sakala-guṇamayaṃ śrīharendreṇa saṅgaṃ gaṃ gaṃ gaṃ gaṃ gaṇeśaṃ gajamukhamabhito vyāpakaṃ cintayanti || 1|| vaṃ vaṃ vaṃ vighnarājaṃ bhajati nijabhuje dakṣiṇe nyastaśuṇḍaṃ kraṃ kraṃ kraṃ krodhamudrā-dalita-ripubalaṃ kalpavṛkṣasya mūle | daṃ daṃ daṃ dantamekaṃ dadhati munimukhaṃ kāmadhenvā niṣevyaṃ dhaṃ dhaṃ dhaṃ dhārayantaṃ dhanadamatighiyaṃ siddhi-buddhi-dvitīyam || 2|| tuṃ tuṃ tuṃ tuṅgarūpaṃ gaganapathi gataṃ vyāp‍nuvantaṃ digantān klīṃ klīṃ klīṃ kāranāthaṃ galitamadamilallola-mattālimālam | hrīṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ kārapiṅgaṃ sakalamunivara-dhyeyamuṇḍaṃ ca śuṇḍaṃ śrīṃ śrīṃ śrīṃ śrīṃ śrayantaṃ nikhila-nidhikulaṃ naumi herambabimbam || 3|| lauṃ lauṃ lauṃ kāramādyaṃ praṇavamiva padaṃ mantramuk‍tāvalīnāṃ śuddhaṃ vighneśabījaṃ śaśikarasadṛśaṃ yogināṃ dhyānagamyam | ḍaṃ ḍaṃ ḍaṃ ḍāmarūpaṃ dalitabhavabhayaṃ sūryakoṭiprakāśaṃ yaṃ yaṃ yaṃ yajñanāthaṃ japati munivaro bāhyamabhyantaraṃ ca || 4|| huṃ huṃ huṃ hemavarṇaṃ śruti-gaṇita-guṇaṃ śūrpakaṇaṃ kṛpāluṃ dhyeyaṃ sūryasya bimbaṃ hyurasi ca vilasat sarpayajñopavītam | svāhā huṃ phaṭ namo'ntaiṣṭha-ṭhaṭhaṭha-sahitaiḥ pallavaiḥ sevyamānaṃ mantrāṇāṃ saptakoṭi-praguṇita-mahimādhāramīśaṃ prapadye || 5|| pūrvaṃ pīṭhaṃ trikoṇaṃ tadupari-ruciraṃ ṣaṭkapatraṃ pavitraṃ yasyordhvaṃ śuddharekhā vasudala kamalaṃ vā svatejaścatusram | madhye huṅkāra bījaṃ tadanu bhagavataḥ svāṅgaṣaṭkaṃ ṣaḍasre aṣṭau śak‍tīśca siddhīrbahulagaṇapatirviṣṭaraścā'ṣṭakaṃ ca || 6|| dharmādyaṣṭau prasiddhā daśadiśi viditā vā dhvajālyaḥ kapālaṃ tasya kṣetrādināthaṃ munikulamakhilaṃ mantramudrāmaheśam | evaṃ yo bhak‍tiyuk‍to japati gaṇapatiṃ puṣpa-dhūpā-'kṣatādyai- rnaivedyairmodakānāṃ stutiyuta-vilasad-gītavāditra-nādaiḥ || 7|| rājānastasya bhṛtyā iva yuvatikulaṃ dāsavat sarvadāste lakṣmīḥ sarvāṅgayuk‍tā śrayati ca sadanaṃ kiṅkarāḥ sarvalokāḥ | putrāḥ putryaḥ pavitrā raṇabhuvi vijayī dyūtavāde'pi vīro yasyeśo vighnarājo nivasati hṛdaye bhak‍tibhāgyasya rūdraḥ || 8|| || iti saṅkaṣṭaharaṇaṃ gaṇeśāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ||

Reading & reflection

Ganesha hymns are often read at the beginning of a new undertaking. Settle your attention before reciting, and allow a brief pause at the end of each verse.

Text edition & attribution

Complete text of गणेशाष्टकम् on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 56887, contributed by Wikisource editors. Text and generated transliterations are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Changes: interface material removed, spacing normalized, and Telugu and IAST transliterations generated. The source may contain transcription variants; automated transliterations have not been independently proofread. No source verses have been intentionally shortened.