Sumukhashchaikadantashcha (Twelve Names of Ganesha) — Complete Lyrics
सुमुखश्चैकदन्तश्च
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
सुमुखश्चैकदन्तश्च कपिलो गजकर्णकः।
लम्बोदरश्च विकटो विघ्ननाशो गणाधिपः॥
Sumukhaś caikadantaś ca kapilo gajakarṇakaḥ।
Lambodaraś ca vikaṭo vighnanāśo gaṇādhipaḥ॥
Sumukha (beautiful-faced), Ekadanta (single-tusked), Kapila (tawny), Gajakarna (elephant-eared), Lambodara (large-bellied), Vikata (immense), Vighnanasha (destroyer of obstacles), Ganadhipa (lord of the ganas), Dhumraketu (smoke-bannered), Ganadhyaksha (chief of the ganas), Bhalachandra (moon-browed), and Gajanana (elephant-faced) — whoever recites or even hears these twelve names of Ganesha at the start of study, at a marriage, while entering or departing, in battle or in any time of crisis — for that person no obstacle ever arises.
Verse 2
धूम्रकेतुर्गणाध्यक्षो भालचन्द्रो गजाननः।
द्वादशैतानि नामानि यः पठेच्छृणुयादपि॥
Dhūmraketur gaṇādhyakṣo bhālacandro gajānanaḥ।
Dvādaśaitāni nāmāni yaḥ paṭhec chṛṇuyād api॥
Verse 3
विद्यारम्भे विवाहे च प्रवेशे निर्गमे तथा।
संग्रामे सङ्कटे चैव विघ्नस्तस्य न जायते॥
Vidyārambhe vivāhe ca praveśe nirgame tathā।
Saṅgrāme saṅkaṭe caiva vighnas tasya na jāyate॥
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