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Ganesh Aarti: Ganpati Ki Seva Mangal Meva: Text, Transliteration and Meaning

Aarti · 10 verses · original in Hindi

About Ganesh Aarti: Ganpati Ki Seva Mangal Meva

A traditional Ganesh aarti sung in North India, especially Rajasthan. It calls serving Ganesha the sweet fruit of blessing that turns away every obstacle, and recalls Riddhi and Siddhi, jaggery modaks, the mouse he rides, his birth on the bright Chaturthi of Bhadrapada, his curse on the moon and the name "Vighnavinashak", destroyer of obstacles.

Meanings and summaries are editorial, written for this library from the cited edition.

Text and meaning

Refrain

गणपति की सेवा मंगल मेवा सेवा से सब विघ्न टरैं । तीन लोक तेतीस देवता द्वार खड़े सब अर्ज करैं ॥ टेर ॥

gaṇapati kī sevā maṃgala mevā sevā se saba vighna ṭaraiṃ | tīna loka tetīsa devatā dvāra khaṛe saba arja karaiṃ || ṭera ||

Serving Ganapati is the sweet fruit of blessing; by serving him every obstacle passes. The thirty-three gods of the three worlds stand at his door with their petitions.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 5, refrain

Verse 2

ऋधि सिधि दक्षिण वाम विराजैं अरु आनंद सों चमर करैं । धूप दीप औलिया आरती भक्त खड्या जयकार करैं ॥ गणप॰ ॥ १ ॥

ṛdhi sidhi dakṣiṇa vāma virājaiṃ aru ānaṃda soṃ camara karaiṃ | dhūpa dīpa auliyā āratī bhakta khaḍyā jayakāra karaiṃ || gaṇapa. || 1 ||

Riddhi and Siddhi sit at his right and left and joyfully wave the fly-whisk; with incense, lamp and aarti the devotees stand and cry out his victory.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 5, stanza 1

Verse 3

गुड़ के मोदक भोग लगत हैं मूषक वाहन चढ़ा सरैं । सौम्यरूप सेये गणपति को विघ्न भाज ज्या दूर परैं ॥ गणप॰ ॥ २ ॥

guṛa ke modaka bhoga lagata haiṃ mūṣaka vāhana caṛhā saraiṃ | saumyarūpa seye gaṇapati ko vighna bhāja jyā dūra paraiṃ || gaṇapa. || 2 ||

Modaks of jaggery are offered to him and he rides the mouse; when the gentle Ganapati is served, obstacles run far away.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 5, stanza 2

Verse 4

भादौं मास और शुक्ल चतुर्थी दिन दोपारा पूर परैं । लियो जन्म गणपति प्रभुजी सुनि दुर्गा मन आनंद भरैं ॥ ग॰ ॥ ३ ॥

bhādauṃ māsa aura śukla caturthī dina dopārā pūra paraiṃ | liyo janma gaṇapati prabhujī suni durgā mana ānaṃda bharaiṃ || ga. || 3 ||

In the month of Bhadrapada, on the bright fourth day, at full noon, Lord Ganapati was born; hearing it, Durga's heart filled with joy.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 5, stanza 3

Verse 5

अद्भुत बाजा बज्या इंद्र का देववधू जहँ गान करैं । श्रीशंकर के आनँद उपज्यो नाम सुन्या सब विघ्न टरैं ॥ ग॰ ॥ ४ ॥

adbhuta bājā bajyā iṃdra kā devavadhū jaham̐ gāna karaiṃ | śrīśaṃkara ke ānam̐da upajyo nāma sunyā saba vighna ṭaraiṃ || ga. || 4 ||

Indra's wondrous music played and the heavenly women sang; joy rose in Shri Shankar. Hearing his name, every obstacle passes.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 5, stanza 4

Verse 6

आनि विधाता बैठे आसन इंद्र अप्सरा निरत करैं । देख वेद ब्रह्माजी जाको विघ्नविनाशक नाम धरैं ॥ ग॰ ॥ ५ ॥

āni vidhātā baiṭhe āsana iṃdra apsarā nirata karaiṃ | dekha veda brahmājī jāko vighnavināśaka nāma dharaiṃ || ga. || 5 ||

The Creator came and took his seat while Indra's apsaras danced; consulting the Vedas, Brahma named him "Vighnavinashak", destroyer of obstacles.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 5, stanza 5

Verse 7

एकदंत गजवदन विनायक त्रिनयन रूप अनूप धरैं । पगथंभा सा उदर पुष्ट है देख चंद्रमा हास्य करैं ॥ गणप॰ ॥ ६ ॥

ekadaṃta gajavadana vināyaka trinayana rūpa anūpa dharaiṃ | pagathaṃbhā sā udara puṣṭa hai dekha caṃdramā hāsya karaiṃ || gaṇapa. || 6 ||

One tusk, an elephant's face, three eyes: Vinayaka bears a peerless form. Seeing his pillar-like legs and full belly, the moon laughed.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, pp. 5–6, stanza 6

Verse 8

दै शराप श्रीचंद्रदेव को कलाहीन ततकाल करैं । चौदा लोक में फिरैं गणपती तीन भुवन में राज्य करैं ॥ गण॰ ॥ ७ ॥

dai śarāpa śrīcaṃdradeva ko kalāhīna tatakāla karaiṃ | caudā loka meṃ phiraiṃ gaṇapatī tīna bhuvana meṃ rājya karaiṃ || gaṇa. || 7 ||

He cursed the moon god and at once left him without his phases; Ganapati moves through the fourteen worlds and rules the three realms.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 6, stanza 7

Verse 9

उठ प्रभात जब करे ध्यान कोइ ताके कारज सर्व सरैं । पूजा काले गाव आरती के सिर यश छत्र फिरैं ॥ गण॰ ॥ ८ ॥

uṭha prabhāta jaba kare dhyāna koi tāke kāraja sarva saraiṃ | pūjā kāle gāva āratī ke sira yaśa chatra phiraiṃ || gaṇa. || 8 ||

Whoever rises at dawn and meditates on him has every task fulfilled; whoever sings the aarti at the time of worship has the canopy of good name over the head.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 6, stanza 8

Verse 10

गणपति की पूजा पेला करणी काम सबी निर्विघ्न सरैं । श्रीपरताप गणपतीजी की हाथ जोड़ कर स्तुति करैं ॥ गणपति की सेवा मंगल मेवा॰ ॥ ९ ॥

gaṇapati kī pūjā pelā karaṇī kāma sabī nirvighna saraiṃ | śrīparatāpa gaṇapatījī kī hātha joṛa kara stuti karaiṃ || gaṇapati kī sevā maṃgala mevā. || 9 ||

Worship Ganapati first, and every task is completed without obstacle; "Shri Partap" praises Ganapati with folded hands.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 6, stanza 9

Sources and licence

Copied from the page images of "Arti Sangrah" (Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay; February 2012 edition), pp. 5–6 ("अथ श्रीगणपतिजीकी आरती"). The opening "श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥" is left out. The book prints the words run together; spaces have been added for reading (where the division is unclear, as in "पूजा काले गाव", it is editorial), no letter has been changed, and the abbreviation mark is written "॰". The language has Rajasthani forms ("खड्या", "बज्या", "करणी", "सबी"). The last stanza contains the name "Shri Partap"; the book names no author. No verifiable public-domain edition of the popular "Jai Ganesh Jai Ganesh Deva" was found in this round, so it is not included. Meanings are editorial.

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