Vatapi Ganapatim Bhaje is a very popular keerthana praising Lord Ganesha. It was composed by Muthuswamy Dikshitar, who is considered to be among the trinity of Carnatic music. Get Vatapi Ganapatim Bhaje lyrics in English and its meaning Pdf here.
Vatapi Ganapatim Bhaje Lyrics in English
vātāpi gaṇapatiṁ bhajēhaṁ
vāraṇāśyaṁ varapradaṁ śrī |
bhūtādi saṁsēvita caraṇaṁ
bhūta bhautika prapañca bharaṇaṁ |
vītarāgiṇaṁ vinuta yōginaṁ
viśvakāraṇaṁ vighnavāraṇaṁ |
purā kumbha sambhava munivara prapūjitaṁ trikōṇa madhyagataṁ
murāri pramukhādyupāsitaṁ mūlādhāra kṣētrasthitaṁ
parādi catvāri vāgātmakaṁ praṇava svarūpa vakratuṇḍaṁ
nirantaraṁ nikhila candrakhaṇḍaṁ nijavāmakara vidrutēkṣukhaṇḍaṁ |
karāmbuja pāśa bījāpūraṁ
kaluṣavidūraṁ bhūtākāraṁ
harādi guruguha tōṣita bimbaṁ
haṁsadhvani bhūṣita hērambaṁ |
Vatapi Ganapatim Bhaje Meaning
I worship vatapi ganapati, the elephant-headed one, the bestower of boons.
The one whose feet are well-worshipped by the bhoothaganas, the one who bears the universe formed of the five elements, the one devoid of desires, the one worshipped by yogis, the cause of the universe, the remover of obstacles.
The one, who was worshipped by the sage Agastya, the one seated in the middle of the triangle, the one praised by Vishnu [the enemy of Mura ] and others, the deity at the solar plexus[or the deity at Tiruvarur], the form of the 4 kinds of speech beginning with para, the one who has a curved body, which is the very symbolism of the mystic syllable Aum, the eternal one, the one who wears a crescent moon, the one who has sugarcane in his left hand, the one who has in his lotus-like hands the noose and the pomegranate, the one who is free of sins, the one who has a huge form, the form which pleases Shiva and guruguha, the one adorned by the raga Hamsadhwani
