ವಾತಾಪಿ ಗಣಪತಿಂ ಭಜೇಽಹಮ್
Vatapi Ganapatim Bhaje in Kannada · ಕನ್ನಡ
ನಿಮ್ಮ ಭಾಷೆ/ಲಿಪಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಿ
ಮೂಲ & ಕಥೆ
Carnatic kriti by Muthuswami Dikshitar, in raga Hamsadhwani, Adi tala (Sanskrit, early 19th century CE) · Muthuswami Dikshitar · c. 1775-1835 CE
Muthuswami Dikshitar, a master of both music and the Sanskrit tradition, composed this kriti in praise of the Vatapi Ganapati enshrined at Tiruvarur. Tradition relates that this very form of Ganesha was carried from Vatapi (Badami) to the Tamil land. Dikshitar wove into the song the deepest layers of Ganesha's worship — His seat in the Muladhara, His identity with Om and the four forms of speech — making it both a devotional hymn and a profound meditation.
✦ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿದಂತೆ
It is told among musicians that to begin a concert with 'Vatapi Ganapatim' in raga Hamsadhwani is to place the whole performance under Ganesha's protection, so that obstacles dissolve and the music flows; generations of Carnatic artists have honoured this as the auspicious first invocation that never fails.
ಅರ್ಥದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಪೂರ್ಣ ಪಾಠ
ಯಾವುದೇ ಸಾಲನ್ನು ಅಥವಾ ▶ ಬಟನ್ ಒತ್ತಿ ಕೇಳಿ
ವಾತಾಪಿ ಗಣಪತಿಂ ಭಜೇಽಹಂ ವಾರಣಾಸ್ಯಂ ವರಪ್ರದಂ ಶ್ರೀ
vātāpi gaṇapatiṃ bhaje'haṃ vāraṇāsyaṃ varapradaṃ śrī
ಅರ್ಥ:I worship Ganapati of Vatapi, the elephant-faced bestower of boons.
ಭೂತಾದಿ ಸಂಸೇವಿತ ಚರಣಂ ಭೂತ ಭೌತಿಕ ಪ್ರಪಞ್ಚ ಭರಣಮ್ ವೀತರಾಗಿಣಂ ವಿನತ ಯೋಗಿನಂ ವಿಶ್ವಕಾರಣಂ ವಿಘ್ನವಾರಣಮ್
bhūtādi saṃsevita caraṇaṃ bhūta bhautika prapañca bharaṇam vītarāgiṇaṃ vinata yoginaṃ viśvakāraṇaṃ vighnavāraṇam
ಅರ್ಥ:His feet are served by the elements and all beings; He sustains the whole universe of matter; He is free of passion, adored by humble yogis, the cause of the cosmos and the remover of all obstacles.
ಪುರಾ ಕುಮ್ಭ ಸಮ್ಭವ ಮುನಿವರ ಪ್ರಪೂಜಿತಂ ತ್ರಿಕೋಣ ಮಧ್ಯಗತಂ ಮುರಾರಿ ಪ್ರಮುಖಾದ್ಯುಪಾಸಿತಂ ಮೂಲಾಧಾರ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಸ್ಥಿತಮ್ ಪರಾದಿ ಚತ್ವಾರಿ ವಾಗಾತ್ಮಕಂ ಪ್ರಣವ ಸ್ವರೂಪ ವಕ್ರತುಣ್ಡಮ್ ನಿರನ್ತರಂ ನಿಟಿಲ ಚನ್ದ್ರಖಣ್ಡಂ ನಿಜ ವಾಮಕರ ವಿಧೃತೇಕ್ಷುದಣ್ಡಮ್ ಕರಾಂಬುಜ ಪಾಶ ಬೀಜಾಪೂರಂ ಕಲುಷ ವಿದೂರಂ ಭೂತಾಕಾರಮ್ ಹರಾದಿ ಗುರುಗುಹ ತೋಷಿತ ಬಿಮ್ಬಂ ಹಂಸಧ್ವನಿ ಭೂಷಿತ ಹೇರಂಬಮ್
purā kumbha sambhava munivara prapūjitaṃ trikoṇa madhyagataṃ murāri pramukhādyupāsitaṃ mūlādhāra kṣetrasthitam parādi catvāri vāgātmakaṃ praṇava svarūpa vakratuṇḍam nirantaraṃ niṭila candrakhaṇḍaṃ nija vāmakara vidhṛtekṣudaṇḍam karāmbuja pāśa bījāpūraṃ kaluṣa vidūraṃ bhūtākāram harādi guruguha toṣita bimbaṃ haṃsadhvani bhūṣita herambam
ಅರ್ಥ:Worshipped of old by the great sage Agastya, seated at the centre of the mystic triangle, adored by Vishnu (Murari) and the foremost gods, abiding in the Muladhara chakra; He is the embodiment of the four forms of speech (Para, Pashyanti, Madhyama, Vaikhari), the curved-trunked One whose form is the very Pranava (Om), with a crescent moon ever upon His brow, holding a sugarcane stalk in His left hand, bearing in His lotus-hands the noose and the pomegranate; far removed from all impurity, whose form is the elements themselves, whose image delights Lord Shiva and Guruguha (Skanda) — Heramba, adorned by (the raga) Hamsadhwani. Him I adore.
ಪದ-ಪದ ಅರ್ಥ
ಉಚ್ಚಾರಣೆ ಕೇಳಲು ಯಾವುದೇ ಪದವನ್ನು ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ
Vatapi Ganapatim Bhaje ಪಾರಾಯಣದ ಪ್ರಯೋಜನಗಳು
Sung as the auspicious first piece in Carnatic music concerts, invoking Ganesha to remove obstacles from the performance.
Recited before beginning any new venture, study or worship to seek Ganesha's blessings for success.
Its profound tantric imagery (Muladhara, the four forms of speech, the Pranava) makes it a meditation on Ganesha's cosmic nature.
Believed to bestow wisdom, eloquence (vak-siddhi) and the removal of inner and outer hindrances.
A treasured masterpiece of devotion and music together, deepening love for Ganesha through the beauty of raga Hamsadhwani.
Vatapi Ganapatim Bhaje ಪಾರಾಯಣ ವಿಧಿ
Recite or sing before an image of Lord Ganesha, ideally at the beginning of any new work or concert. If sung, it is set in raga Hamsadhwani; if recited, chant clearly with attention to the meaning, visualising Ganesha holding the noose, sugarcane and pomegranate. As an invocation to the remover of obstacles, it is fittingly offered first, before all other prayers.
ಪದೇ ಪದೇ ಕೇಳುವ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳು
ಇವನ್ನೂ ಓದಿ
ॐ
ಪೂರ್ಣ Vatapi Ganapatim Bhajeವನ್ನು ಶ್ಲೋಕ-ಶ್ಲೋಕ ಅರ್ಥದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಓದಿ, ಅಥವಾ ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಪವಿತ್ರ ಪಾಠಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ