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ganeshapancharatnamadi-shankaracharyamudakaratha

ගණේශ පඤ්චරත්නම්

ਗਣੇਸ਼ ਪੰਚਰਤਨਮ੍ in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 1× repetitions·🕐 Dawn (as the hymn itself prescribes); especially Wednesdays, Ganesh Chaturthi and Sankashti·🎵 Audio included·📜 Composed by Adi Shankaracharya
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हिन्दी / देवनागरीతెలుగుதமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡമലയാളംગુજરાતીবাংলাଓଡ଼ିଆਪੰਜਾਬੀEnglishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

Composed by Adi Shankaracharya · Adi Shankaracharya · c. 8th century CE

Adi Shankaracharya composed the Ganesha Pancharatnam as five 'jewels' of praise to Vinayaka, the remover of obstacles worshipped before every undertaking. Set in a swift, cascading metre, each verse heaps epithet upon epithet — the modaka-bearing, moon-crowned, single-tusked Lord who dwells in the hearts of yogis — making it both a philosophical meditation and a joyous song.

✦ As told in scripture

Ganesha is invoked first in every Hindu rite as Vighnaharta, the remover of obstacles. Shankaracharya's Pancharatnam distils that power into five verses whose own closing promise — health, learning, worthy children and long life — has made it a treasured daily prayer for students, seekers and householders beginning anything new.

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Verse 1

මුදාකරාත්තමෝදකං සදා විමුක්තිසාධකං කලාධරාවතංසකං විලාසිලෝකරක්ෂකම් . අනායකෛකනායකං විනාශිතේභදෛත්යකං නතාශුභාශුනාශකං නමාමි තං විනායකම් .. 1..

Mudakarattamodakam sada vimuktisadhakam Kaladharavatamsakam vilasilokarakshakam Anayakaikanayakam vinashitebhadaityakam Natashubhashunashakam namami tam vinayakam

Meaning:ਮੈਂ ਵਿਨਾਯਕ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਨ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ — ਜੋ ਆਨੰਦ ਨਾਲ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੱਥ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੋਦਕ ਧਾਰਨ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਸਦਾ ਮੁਕਤੀ ਦੇ ਦਾਤਾ, ਚੰਦ੍ਰਕਲਾ ਨਾਲ ਸੁਸ਼ੋਭਿਤ, ਕ੍ਰੀੜਾਮਯ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੇ ਰੱਖਿਅਕ, ਅਨਾਥਾਂ ਦੇ ਇੱਕੋ-ਇੱਕ ਨਾਯਕ, ਗਜਾਸੁਰ ਦੇ ਸੰਹਾਰਕ, ਆਪਣੇ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਨ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਦੁਰਭਾਗ ਨੂੰ ਛੇਤੀ ਦੂਰ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ।

Verse 2

නතේතරාතිභීකරං නවෝදිතාර්කභාස්වරං නමත්සුරාරිනිර්ජරං නතාධිකාපදුද්ධරම් . සුරේශ්වරං නිධීශ්වරං ගජේශ්වරං ගණේශ්වරං මහේශ්වරං තමාශ්රයේ පරාත්පරං නිරන්තරම් .. 2..

Natetaratibhikaram navoditarkabhasvaram Namatsurarinirjaram natadhikapaduddharam Sureshvaram nidhishvaram gajeshvaram ganeshvaram Maheshvaram tamashraye paratparam nirantaram

Meaning:ਮੈਂ ਉਸ ਪਰਾਤਪਰ (ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਟ ਤੋਂ ਵੀ ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਟ) ਦੀ ਨਿਰੰਤਰ ਸ਼ਰਨ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹਾਂ — ਜੋ ਨਿਮਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਸ਼ੱਤਰੂਆਂ ਲਈ ਭਯੰਕਰ ਹਨ, ਨਵੇਂ ਚੜ੍ਹੇ ਸੂਰਜ ਵਾਂਗ ਦੀਪਤੀਮਾਨ, ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਸਾਹਮਣੇ ਦੇਵ ਅਤੇ ਅਮਰ ਨਮਸ੍ਕਾਰ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਅਤਿ ਪੀੜਤਾਂ ਦੇ ਉੱਧਾਰਕ; ਦੇਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਸੁਆਮੀ, ਧਨ ਦੇ ਸੁਆਮੀ, ਗਜੇਸ਼੍ਵਰ, ਗਣਾਂ ਦੇ ਸੁਆਮੀ, ਮਹਾਨ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ।

Verse 3

සමස්තලෝකශංකරං නිරස්තදෛත්යකුඤ්ජරං දරේතරෝදරං වරං වරේභවක්ත්රමක්ෂරම් . කෘපාකරං ක්ෂමාකරං මුදාකරං යශස්කරං මනස්කරං නමස්කෘතාං නමස්කරෝමි භාස්වරම් .. 3..

Samastalokashamkaram nirastadaityakunjaram Daretarodaram varam varebhavaktramaksharam Kripakaram kshamakaram mudakaram yashaskaram Manaskaram namaskritam namaskaromi bhasvaram

Meaning:ਮੈਂ ਉਸ ਦੀਪਤੀਮਾਨ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਮ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ — ਸਮਸਤ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੇ ਕਲਿਆਣਕਰਤਾ, ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਗਜਾਸੁਰ ਦਾ ਸੰਹਾਰ ਕੀਤਾ, ਸੁੰਦਰ ਗੋਲ ਉਦਰ ਵਾਲੇ, ਵਰਦਾਤਾ, ਗਜਮੁਖ ਅਤੇ ਅਵਿਨਾਸ਼ੀ; ਕਿਰਪਾ, ਖਿਮਾ, ਆਨੰਦ ਅਤੇ ਕੀਰਤੀ ਦੇ ਕਰਤਾ, ਆਪਣੇ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਨ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਮਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਿਵਾਸ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ।

Verse 4

අකිංචනාර්තිමාර්ජනං චිරන්තනෝක්තිභාජනං පුරාරිපූර්වනන්දනං සුරාරිගර්වචර්වණම් . ප්රපඤ්චනාශභීෂණං ධනංජයාදිභූෂණං කපෝලදානවාරණං භජේ පුරාණවාරණම් .. 4..

Akimchanartimarjanam chirantanoktibhajanam Puraripurvanandanam surarigarvacharvanam Prapanchanashabhishanam dhanamjayadibhushanam Kapoladanavaranam bhaje puranavaranam

Meaning:ਮੈਂ ਉਸ ਪ੍ਰਾਚੀਨ ਗਜੇਸ਼੍ਵਰ ਦੀ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ — ਜੋ ਦੀਨਾਂ ਦੇ ਦੁੱਖ ਨੂੰ ਮਿਟਾਉਂਦੇ ਹਨ, ਚਿਰੰਤਨ ਸਤੁਤੀ ਦੇ ਆਧਾਰ, ਤ੍ਰਿਪੁਰਾਰਿ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਦੇ ਆਨੰਦਮਯ ਪੁੱਤਰ, ਅਸੁਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਅਹੰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਚੂਰਣਕਰਤਾ; ਪ੍ਰਲਯਕਾਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਗਤ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਚੰਡ ਸੰਹਾਰਕ, ਅਰਜੁਨ ਵਾਂਗ ਸੁਸ਼ੋਭਿਤ, ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਗੰਡਸਥਲ ਤੋਂ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਦਾ ਮਦ ਵਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Verse 5

නිතාන්තකාන්තදන්තකාන්තිමන්තකාන්තකාත්මජං අචින්ත්යරූපමන්තහීනමන්තරායකෘන්තනම් . හෘදන්තරේ නිරන්තරං වසන්තමේව යෝගිනාං තමේකදන්තමේව තං විචින්තයාමි සන්තතම් .. 5..

Nitantakantadantakantimantakantakatmajam Achintyarupamantahinamantarayakrintanam Hridantare nirantaram vasantameva yoginam Tamekadantameva tam vichintayami santatam

Meaning:ਮੈਂ ਸਦਾ ਉਸ ਏਕਦੰਤ ਗਣੇਸ਼ ਦਾ ਹੀ ਧਿਆਨ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ — ਅਤਿ ਮਨੋਹਰ ਦੰਤ ਅਤੇ ਤੇਜ ਵਾਲੇ, ਮ੍ਰਿਤਯੂ ਦੇ ਸੰਹਾਰਕ (ਸ਼ਿਵ) ਦੇ ਪੁੱਤਰ, ਅਚਿੰਤਯ ਰੂਪ ਵਾਲੇ, ਅਨੰਤ, ਸਮਸਤ ਵਿਘਨਾਂ ਦੇ ਛੇਦਕ, ਜੋ ਯੋਗੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਹਿਰਦੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਿਰੰਤਰ ਨਿਵਾਸ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ।

Verse 6

මහාගණේශපඤ්චරත්නමාදරේණ යෝ(අ)න්වහං ප්රජල්පති ප්රභාතකේ හෘදි ස්මරන් ගණේශ්වරම් . අරෝගතාමදෝෂතාං සුසාහිතීං සුපුත්රතාං සමාහිතායුරෂ්ටභූතිමභ්යුපෛති සෝ(අ)චිරාත් ..

Mahaganeshapancharatnamadarena yonvaham Prajalpati prabhatake hridi smaran ganeshvaram Arogatamadoshatam susahitim suputratam Samahitayurashtabhutimabhyupaiti sochirat

Meaning:ਜੋ ਕੋਈ ਭਗਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਹਰ ਰੋਜ਼ ਪ੍ਰਾਤਃਕਾਲ ਇਸ ਮਹਾ-ਗਣੇਸ਼ ਪੰਚਰਤਨਮ੍ ਦਾ ਪਾਠ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਹਿਰਦੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਗਣੇਸ਼੍ਵਰ ਦਾ ਸਿਮਰਨ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋਏ, ਉਹ ਛੇਤੀ ਹੀ ਆਰੋਗਯ, ਦੋਸ਼ਮੁਕਤੀ, ਉੱਤਮ ਵਿਦਿਆ, ਸਦਗੁਣੀ ਸੰਤਾਨ ਅਤੇ ਅਸ਼ਟ ਐਸ਼੍ਵਰਯਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਯੁਕਤ ਸ਼ਾਂਤ ਦੀਰਘਾਯੂ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word-by-Word Meaning

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විනායකම්🔊VinayakamVinayaka — the supreme leader, Ganesha
මුදාකරාත්තමෝදකං🔊Mudakaratta-modakamJoyfully holding the modaka sweet in His hand
විමුක්තිසාධකං🔊Vimukti-sadhakamThe bestower of liberation
ගණේශ්වරං🔊GaneshvaramThe Lord of the ganas
පරාත්පරං🔊ParatparamThe supreme beyond the supreme
ඒකදන්තම්🔊EkadantamThe single-tusked one
අන්තරායකෘන්තනම්🔊Antaraya-krintanamThe cutter of every obstacle
අෂ්ටභූතිම්🔊AshtabhutimThe eight prosperities (siddhis)

Benefits of Chanting ਗਣੇਸ਼ ਪੰਚਰਤਨਮ੍

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A jewel-like five-verse hymn by Adi Shankaracharya praising Ganesha as the remover of every obstacle and bestower of liberation.

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Daily dawn recitation is promised to grant health, freedom from faults, fine learning and virtuous children (as stated in the final verse).

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Invoked before any new venture, examination or journey to ensure success without obstacles.

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Sharpens the intellect and memory — ideal for students and seekers of wisdom.

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Its closing verse promises a composed long life endowed with the eight prosperities (ashta-siddhi).

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Recited especially on Ganesh Chaturthi, Wednesdays and Sankashti Chaturthi.

How to Chant ਗਣੇਸ਼ ਪੰਚਰਤਨਮ੍

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Best TimeDawn (as the hymn itself prescribes); especially Wednesdays, Ganesh Chaturthi and Sankashti
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As the stotra itself directs, recite it at dawn (prabhata) while remembering Ganeshvara in the heart. Sit before an image of Ganesha, offer durva grass and modak, and chant the five verses with attention to their meaning, ending with the phala-shruti. Begin new undertakings after this recitation to remove obstacles.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete ਗਣੇਸ਼ ਪੰਚਰਤਨਮ੍ 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.
Ganesh Pancharatnam ('Five Jewels of Ganesha') is a five-verse hymn composed by Adi Shankaracharya, beginning 'Mudakaratha Modakam'. It praises Lord Ganesha as the remover of obstacles and giver of liberation, in an intricate, musical metre.
It was composed by Adi Shankaracharya, the 8th-century sage and philosopher, who wrote it in the flowing panchachamara metre that makes it a delight to chant.
The phala-shruti promises that whoever recites it daily at dawn, remembering Ganesha in the heart, swiftly attains health, freedom from faults, good learning, virtuous children and a long, composed life with the eight prosperities.
At dawn, as the hymn itself prescribes, and especially on Wednesdays, Ganesh Chaturthi and Sankashti Chaturthi, or before beginning any important new task.

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