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ඒකදන්ත ස්තෝත්රම් (ඒකදන්තශරණාගති ස්තෝත්රම්)

ਏਕਦੰਤ ਸਤੋਤ੍ਰਮ੍ (ਏਕਦੰਤਸ਼ਰਣਾਗਤਿ ਸਤੋਤ੍ਰਮ੍) in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 21× repetitions·🕐 Brahma Muhurta or early morning after bath; especially on Sankashti Chaturthi, Vinayaka Chaturthi and Ganesh Chaturthi·📜 Mudgala Purana (Second Khanda, Chapter 3)

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Origin & Story

Mudgala Purana (Second Khanda, Chapter 3) · Traditional; spoken by the Devarshis (gods and sages), narrated by Gritsamada / Mudgala · Puranic

In the Mudgala Purana — the great Ganapatya scripture devoted to Ganesha's incarnations — the gods and sages, overwhelmed by the glory of Ekadanta, offer this hymn of total surrender. Unable to praise Him adequately, they simply take refuge in Him verse after verse as the supreme Brahman from whom and by whose command the entire cosmos proceeds. Pleased, Ekadanta appears, accepts their stuti, and grants the boon that whoever recites it as prescribed will gain every accomplishment and union with Brahman.

✦ As told in scripture

Pleased by this hymn of surrender, Ekadanta himself declared it to be 'sarva-siddhi-pradayakam' — the giver of every accomplishment — promising that one who recites its twenty-one verses twenty-one times for twenty-one days will find nothing in the three worlds beyond reach and will accomplish even the impossible.

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Verse 1

ශ්රීගණේශාය නමඃ . දේවර්ෂය ඌචුඃ . සදාත්මරූපං සකලාදිභූතම් අමායිනං සෝ(අ)හමචින්ත්යබෝධම් . අනාදිමධ්යාන්තවිහීනමේකං තමේකදන්තං ශරණං ව්රජාමඃ ..1..

śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ । devarṣaya ūchuḥ । sadātma-rūpaṁ sakalādi-bhūtam amāyinaṁ so'ham achintya-bodham । anādi-madhyānta-vihīnam ekaṁ tam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥1॥

Meaning:ਸ਼੍ਰੀਗਣੇਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ। ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਰਿਸ਼ੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ:

Verse 2

අනන්තචිද්රූපමයං ගණේශම් අභේදභේදාදිවිහීනමාද්යම් . හෘදි ප්රකාශස්ය ධරං ස්වධීස්ථං තමේකදන්තං ශරණං ව්රජාමඃ ..2..

ananta-chid-rūpam ayaṁ gaṇeśam abheda-bhedādi-vihīnam ādyam । hṛdi prakāśasya dharaṁ svadhī-sthaṁ tam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥2॥

Meaning:ਜੋ ਸਦਾ ਸਤ੍ਸਰੂਪ, ਸਾਰਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਆਦਿਕਾਰਨ, ਮਾਇਆ ਤੋਂ ਰਹਿਤ, ਅਚਿੰਤ੍ਯ ਬੋਧਸਰੂਪ 'ਸੋ਽ਹਮ੍', ਆਦਿ-ਮੱਧ-ਅੰਤ ਤੋਂ ਰਹਿਤ ਇੱਕੋ-ਇੱਕ ਹਨ — ਉਸ ਏਕਦੰਤ ਦੀ ਅਸੀਂ ਸ਼ਰਨ ਲੈਂਦੇ ਹਾਂ।

Verse 3

සමාධිසංස්ථං හෘදි යෝගිනාං යං ප්රකාශරූපේණ විභාතමේතම් . සදා නිරාලම්බසමාධිගම්යං තමේකදන්තං ශරණං ව්රජාමඃ ..3..

samādhi-saṁsthaṁ hṛdi yogināṁ yaṁ prakāśa-rūpeṇa vibhātam etam । sadā nirālamba-samādhi-gamyaṁ tam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥3॥

Meaning:ਜੋ ਅਨੰਤ ਚਿਦ੍ਰੂਪਮਯ ਗਣੇਸ਼ ਹਨ, ਭੇਦ-ਅਭੇਦ ਆਦਿ ਤੋਂ ਰਹਿਤ ਆਦਿਪੁਰੁਸ਼, ਹਿਰਦੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਦੇ ਧਾਰਕ, ਸਾਡੀ ਬੁੱਧੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਥਿਤ — ਉਸ ਏਕਦੰਤ ਦੀ ਅਸੀਂ ਸ਼ਰਨ ਲੈਂਦੇ ਹਾਂ।

Verse 4

ස්වබිම්බභාවේන විලාසයුක්තාං ප්රත්යක්ෂමායාං විවිධස්වරූපාම් . ස්වවීර්යකං තත්ර දදාති යෝ වෛ තමේකදන්තං ශරණං ව්රජාමඃ ..4..

svabimba-bhāvena vilāsa-yuktāṁ pratyakṣa-māyāṁ vividha-svarūpām । sva-vīryakaṁ tatra dadāti yo vai tam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥4॥

Meaning:ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਯੋਗੀਜਨ ਹਿਰਦੇ ਦੀ ਸਮਾਧੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਿਭਾਸਿਤ ਵੇਖਦੇ ਹਨ, ਜੋ ਸਦਾ ਨਿਰਾਲੰਬ ਸਮਾਧੀ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਪ੍ਯ ਹਨ — ਉਸ ਏਕਦੰਤ ਦੀ ਅਸੀਂ ਸ਼ਰਨ ਲੈਂਦੇ ਹਾਂ।

Verse 5

ත්වදීයවීර්යේණ සමර්ථභූත- ස්වමායයා සංරචිතං ච විශ්වම් . තුරීයකං හ්යාත්මප්රතීතිසංජ්ඤං තමේකදන්තං ශරණං ව්රජාමඃ ..5..

tvadīya-vīryeṇa samartha-bhūta- sva-māyayā saṁrachitaṁ cha viśvam । turīyakaṁ hy ātma-pratīti-saṁjñaṁ tam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥5॥

Meaning:ਜੋ ਆਪਣੇ ਬਿੰਬਭਾਵ ਨਾਲ ਵਿਲਾਸਯੁਕਤ, ਪ੍ਰਤੱਖ ਵਿਵਿਧਰੂਪਾ ਮਾਇਆ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣਾ ਵੀਰ੍ਯ (ਸ਼ਕਤੀ) ਪ੍ਰਦਾਨ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ — ਉਸ ਏਕਦੰਤ ਦੀ ਅਸੀਂ ਸ਼ਰਨ ਲੈਂਦੇ ਹਾਂ।

Verse 6

ත්වදාජ්ඤයා භාන්ති ග්රහාශ්ච සර්වේ ප්රකාශරූපාණි විභාන්ති ඛේ වෛ . භ්රමන්ති නිත්යං ස්වවිහාරකාර්යා- ස්තමේකදන්තං ශරණං ව්රජාමඃ ..14..

tvad-ājñayā bhānti grahāś cha sarve prakāśa-rūpāṇi vibhānti khe vai । bhramanti nityaṁ sva-vihāra-kāryā- stam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥14॥

Meaning:ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਵੀਰ੍ਯ ਨਾਲ ਸਮਰੱਥ ਹੋਈ ਸ੍ਵਮਾਇਆ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਇਹ ਵਿਸ਼੍ਵ ਰਚਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਤੁਰੀਯ ਅਰਥਾਤ੍ ਆਤਮਪ੍ਰਤੀਤਿ-ਸੰਜ੍ਞਕ ਹਨ — ਉਸ ਏਕਦੰਤ ਦੀ ਅਸੀਂ ਸ਼ਰਨ ਲੈਂਦੇ ਹਾਂ।

Verse 7

ත්වදාජ්ඤයා සෘෂ්ටිකරෝ විධාතා ත්වදාජ්ඤයා පාලක ඒව විෂ්ණුඃ . ත්වදාජ්ඤයා සංහරකෝ හරෝ(අ)පි තමේකදන්තං ශරණං ව්රජාමඃ ..15..

tvad-ājñayā sṛṣṭi-karo vidhātā tvad-ājñayā pālaka eva viṣṇuḥ । tvad-ājñayā saṁharako haro'pi tam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥15॥

Meaning:ਆਪ ਦੀ ਆਗਿਆ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਰੇ ਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਿਤ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਆਕਾਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਜੋਤੀਆਂ ਵਿਭਾਸਿਤ ਹੁੰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ, ਨਿਤ੍ਯ ਆਪਣੇ ਵਿਹਾਰ-ਕਾਰਜ ਵਿੱਚ ਭ੍ਰਮਣ ਕਰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ — ਉਸ ਏਕਦੰਤ ਦੀ ਅਸੀਂ ਸ਼ਰਨ ਲੈਂਦੇ ਹਾਂ।

Verse 8

යදාජ්ඤයා දේවගණා දිවිස්ථා දදන්ති වෛ කර්මඵලානි නිත්යම් . යදාජ්ඤයා ශෛලගණාඃ ස්ථිරා වෛ තමේකදන්තං ශරණං ව්රජාමඃ ..17..

yad-ājñayā deva-gaṇā divisthā dadanti vai karma-phalāni nityam । yad-ājñayā śaila-gaṇāḥ sthirā vai tam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥17॥

Meaning:ਆਪ ਦੀ ਆਗਿਆ ਨਾਲ ਵਿਧਾਤਾ ਸ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਆਪ ਦੀ ਆਗਿਆ ਨਾਲ ਵਿਸ਼ਣੂ ਪਾਲਣ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਅਤੇ ਆਪ ਦੀ ਆਗਿਆ ਨਾਲ ਹਰ (ਸ਼ਿਵ) ਵੀ ਸੰਹਾਰ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ — ਉਸ ਏਕਦੰਤ ਦੀ ਅਸੀਂ ਸ਼ਰਨ ਲੈਂਦੇ ਹਾਂ।

Verse 9

යදන්තරේ සංස්ථිතමේකදන්ත- ස්තදාජ්ඤයා සර්වමිදං විභාති . අනන්තරූපං හෘදි බෝධකං ය- ස්තමේකදන්තං ශරණං ව්රජාමඃ ..20..

yad-antare saṁsthitam ekadanta- stad-ājñayā sarvam idaṁ vibhāti । ananta-rūpaṁ hṛdi bodhakaṁ ya- stam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥20॥

Meaning:ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਆਗਿਆ ਨਾਲ ਸ੍ਵਰਗਸਥ ਦੇਵਗਣ ਨਿਤ੍ਯ ਕਰਮਫਲ ਦਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਆਗਿਆ ਨਾਲ ਪਰਬਤਗਣ ਸਥਿਰ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ — ਉਸ ਏਕਦੰਤ ਦੀ ਅਸੀਂ ਸ਼ਰਨ ਲੈਂਦੇ ਹਾਂ।

Verse 10

සුයෝගිනෝ යෝගබලේන සාධ්යං ප්රකුර්වතේ කඃ ස්තවනේන ස්තෞති . අතඃ ප්රණාමේන සුසිද්ධිදෝ(අ)ස්තු තමේකදන්තං ශරණං ව්රජාමඃ ..21..

su-yogino yoga-balena sādhyaṁ prakurvate kaḥ stavanena stauti । ataḥ praṇāmena su-siddhido'stu tam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥21॥

Meaning:ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਏਕਦੰਤ ਸਥਿਤ ਹਨ, ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਆਗਿਆ ਨਾਲ ਇਹ ਸਭ ਵਿਭਾਸਿਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਅਨੰਤਰੂਪ, ਹਿਰਦੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੋਧ ਜਗਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ — ਉਸ ਏਕਦੰਤ ਦੀ ਅਸੀਂ ਸ਼ਰਨ ਲੈਂਦੇ ਹਾਂ।

Verse 11

ඒකදන්ත උවාච . ස්තෝත්රේණා(අ)හං ප්රසන්නෝ(අ)ස්මි සුරාඃ සර්ෂිගණාඃ කිල . වරදං භෝ වෘණුත වෝ දාස්යාමි මනසීප්සිතම් ..24..

ekadanta uvācha । stotreṇā'haṁ prasanno'smi surāḥ sarṣi-gaṇāḥ kila । varadaṁ bho vṛṇuta vo dāsyāmi manasīpsitam ॥24॥

Meaning:ਜੋ ਸੁਯੋਗੀ ਯੋਗਬਲ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਧ੍ਯ ਨੂੰ ਸਿੱਧ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਸਤਵਨ ਨਾਲ ਕੌਣ ਸਤੁਤੀ ਕਰ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ? ਇਸ ਲਈ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਮ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਸੁਸਿੱਧੀ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਹੋਣ — ਉਸ ਏਕਦੰਤ ਦੀ ਅਸੀਂ ਸ਼ਰਨ ਲੈਂਦੇ ਹਾਂ।

Verse 12

භවත්කෘතං මදීයං යත්ස්තෝත්රං ප්රීතිප්රදං ච තත් . භවිෂ්යති න සන්දේහඃ සර්වසිද්ධිප්රදායකම් ..25..

bhavat-kṛtaṁ madīyaṁ yat stotraṁ prīti-pradaṁ cha tat । bhaviṣyati na sandehaḥ sarva-siddhi-pradāyakam ॥25॥

Meaning:ਏਕਦੰਤ ਬੋਲੇ: ਹੇ ਦੇਵਤਿਓ ਅਤੇ ਰਿਸ਼ੀਗਣੋ! ਮੈਂ ਇਸ ਸਤੋਤ੍ਰ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹਾਂ। ਵਰ ਮੰਗੋ, ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਮਨੋਵਾਂਛਿਤ ਦੇਵਾਂਗਾ।

Verse 13

ඒකවිංශතිවාරං යඃ ශ්ලෝකානේවෛකවිංශතීන් . පඨේච්ච හෘදි මාං ස්මෘත්වා දිනානි ත්වේකවිංශතිඃ ..29..

ekaviṁśati-vāraṁ yaḥ ślokān evaikaviṁśatīn । paṭhech cha hṛdi māṁ smṛtvā dināni tv ekaviṁśatiḥ ॥29॥

Meaning:ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਰਚਿਆ ਮੇਰਾ ਇਹ ਸਤੋਤ੍ਰ ਪ੍ਰੀਤੀਪ੍ਰਦ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਸਿੱਧੀਆਂ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ — ਇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੰਦੇਹ ਨਹੀਂ।

Verse 14

න තස්ය දුර්ලභං කිඤ්චිත්ත්රිෂු ලෝකේෂු වෛ භවේත් . අසාධ්යං සාධයේන්මර්ත්යඃ සර්වත්ර විජයී භවේත් ..30..

na tasya durlabhaṁ kiñchit triṣu lokeṣu vai bhavet । asādhyaṁ sādhayen martyaḥ sarvatra vijayī bhavet ॥30॥

Meaning:ਜੋ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਇੱਕੀ ਸ਼ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਇੱਕੀ ਵਾਰ, ਹਿਰਦੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੇਰਾ ਸਿਮਰਨ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋਏ, ਇੱਕੀ ਦਿਨ ਤੱਕ ਪੜ੍ਹਦਾ ਹੈ —

Verse 15

නිත්යං යඃ පඨති ස්තෝත්රං බ්රහ්මභූතඃ ස වෛ නරඃ . තස්ය දර්ශනතඃ සර්වේ දේවාඃ පූතා භවන්ති ච ..31..

nityaṁ yaḥ paṭhati stotraṁ brahma-bhūtaḥ sa vai naraḥ । tasya darśanataḥ sarve devāḥ pūtā bhavanti cha ॥31॥

Meaning:ਉਸ ਲਈ ਤਿੰਨਾਂ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੁਝ ਵੀ ਦੁਰਲਭ ਨਹੀਂ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ; ਉਹ ਅਸਾਧ੍ਯ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਸਾਧ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਸਰਵਤ੍ਰ ਵਿਜਯੀ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Verse 16

ඉති ශ්රීමුද්ගලපුරාණේ ඒකදන්තශරණාගතිස්තෝත්රං සම්පූර්ණම් ..

iti śrī-mudgala-purāṇe ekadanta-śaraṇāgati-stotraṁ sampūrṇam ॥

Meaning:ਜੋ ਨਿਤ੍ਯ ਇਸ ਸਤੋਤ੍ਰ ਦਾ ਪਾਠ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਰੂਪ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਰੇ ਦੇਵ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ।

Word-by-Word Meaning

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තම් ඒකදන්තං ශරණං ව්රජාමඃ🔊tam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥWe take refuge in that One-Tusked Lord (Ekadanta) — the refrain that closes every verse

සදාත්මරූපම්🔊sadātma-rūpamOf the nature of eternal Being (Sat)

සකලාදිභූතම්🔊sakalādi-bhūtamThe first source of all that is

අමායිනම්🔊amāyinamFree of illusion (beyond Maya)

අචින්ත්යබෝධම්🔊achintya-bodhamOf inconceivable consciousness / unthinkable awareness

අනාදිමධ්යාන්තවිහීනම්🔊anādi-madhyānta-vihīnamWithout beginning, middle or end

අනන්තචිද්රූපමයම්🔊ananta-chid-rūpa-mayamMade of the infinite form of pure consciousness (chit)

අභේදභේදාදිවිහීනම්🔊abheda-bhedādi-vihīnamFree of difference, non-difference and all such distinctions

සමාධිසංස්ථම්🔊samādhi-saṁsthamEstablished in the samadhi (deep meditation) of yogis

නිරාලම්බසමාධිගම්යම්🔊nirālamba-samādhi-gamyamAttainable through support-less (object-less) samadhi

තුරීයකම්🔊turīyakamThe Fourth — the transcendent state beyond waking, dream and sleep

ත්වදාජ්ඤයා🔊tvad-ājñayāBy Your command / order

සෘෂ්ටිකරෝ විධාතා🔊sṛṣṭi-karo vidhātāBrahma the creator (acts by Your command)

පාලක ඒව විෂ්ණුඃ🔊pālaka eva viṣṇuḥVishnu the protector (preserves by Your command)

සංහරකෝ හරඃ🔊saṁharako haraḥHara (Shiva) the dissolver (destroys by Your command)

වරදං භෝ වෘණුත🔊varadaṁ bho vṛṇuta'Choose a boon!' — Ekadanta's reply, pleased by the hymn

ඒකවිංශතිවාරම්🔊ekaviṁśati-vāramTwenty-one times (the prescribed count of recitation)

අසාධ්යං සාධයේත්🔊asādhyaṁ sādhayetAccomplishes even the unachievable

බ්රහ්මභූතඃ ස වෛ නරඃ🔊brahma-bhūtaḥ sa vai naraḥThat person verily becomes one with Brahman

Benefits of Chanting ਏਕਦੰਤ ਸਤੋਤ੍ਰਮ੍ (ਏਕਦੰਤਸ਼ਰਣਾਗਤਿ ਸਤੋਤ੍ਰਮ੍)

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Adores Ganesha as Ekadanta, the supreme Brahman beyond beginning, middle and end — a hymn of deep Vedantic surrender (sharanagati)

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Its own phalashruti promises that reciting the verses 21 times a day for 21 days fulfils every desire and makes nothing in the three worlds difficult to attain

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Removes obstacles and accomplishes even the seemingly impossible (asadhyam sadhayet)

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Cultivates the contemplative vision of the Self as Turiya — the Fourth, transcendent state

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Steadies the mind in object-less meditation (niralamba samadhi) as practised by yogis

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Daily recitation is said to make the devotee 'brahma-bhuta' — established in Brahman

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Invokes Ganesha as the inner light of the heart, deepening devotion and self-knowledge

How to Chant ਏਕਦੰਤ ਸਤੋਤ੍ਰਮ੍ (ਏਕਦੰਤਸ਼ਰਣਾਗਤਿ ਸਤੋਤ੍ਰਮ੍)

Repetitions21times

Best TimeBrahma Muhurta or early morning after bath; especially on Sankashti Chaturthi, Vinayaka Chaturthi and Ganesh Chaturthi

Sit before an image of Ekadanta Ganesha, light a lamp and offer durva grass and red flowers. As prescribed in the phalashruti, recite the verses twenty-one times a day for twenty-one days while remembering Ganesha in the heart, for the fulfilment of a sincere wish. Dwell on the meaning of the refrain 'tam ekadantam sharanam vrajamah', surrendering completely at each verse. Conclude with the boon-granting verses and a prostration.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete ਏਕਦੰਤ ਸਤੋਤ੍ਰਮ੍ (ਏਕਦੰਤਸ਼ਰਣਾਗਤਿ ਸਤੋਤ੍ਰਮ੍) written in the Sinhala script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

It is the Ekadanta Sharanagati Stotram from the Mudgala Purana, in which the assembled gods and sages (devarshis) take refuge in Ganesha as 'Ekadanta', the One-Tusked Supreme Brahman. Each verse ends 'tam ekadantam sharanam vrajamah' — 'we take refuge in that Ekadanta'.

Ekadanta means 'the one with a single tusk'. Traditionally Ganesha broke off one tusk (or lost it in battle with Parashurama) and used it to write the Mahabharata at sage Vyasa's dictation. In this stotra the single tusk also symbolises the one, non-dual Reality.

The hymn's own phalashruti prescribes reciting its verses twenty-one times a day, for twenty-one days, while remembering Ganesha in the heart. It promises that the devotee then attains even the unattainable and is victorious everywhere.

It is intensely philosophical: rather than describing Ganesha's form, it contemplates Him as the formless Absolute — eternal Being, infinite consciousness, the Turiya (Fourth) state — by whose sole command Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva carry out creation, preservation and dissolution.