Dikshitar Kriti - Vaataapi Ganapatim - Raga Hamsa Dhvani

vAtApi gaNa patiM - rAgaM haMsa dhvani - tALaM Adi

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pallavi
vAtApi gaNa patiM bhajE(a)haM
vAraNAsyaM vara pradaM SrI

anupallavi
bhUtAdi saMsEvita caraNaM
bhUta bhautika prapanca bharaNaM
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
vIta rAgiNaM vinata yOginaM
viSva kAraNaM vighna vAraNam

caraNam
purA kumbha sambhava muni vara -
prapUjitaM tri-kONa madhya gataM
murAri pramukhAdyupAsitaM
mUlAdhAra kshEtra sthitam
parAdi catvAri vAgAtmakaM
praNava svarUpa vakra tuNDaM
nirantaraM niTila candra khaNDaM
nija vAma kara vidhRtEkshu daNDam
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
karAmbuja pASa bIjA pUraM
kalusha vidUraM bhUtAkAraM
harAdi guru guha tOshita bimbaM
haMsa dhvani bhUshita hErambam

variations -
vinata - vinuta

kshEtra - tiruvArUr

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pallavi
vAtApi gaNa patiM bhajE-ahaM
vAraNa-AsyaM vara pradaM SrI

anupallavi
bhUta-Adi saMsEvita caraNaM
bhUta bhautika prapanca bharaNaM
vIta rAgiNaM vinata yOginaM
viSva kAraNaM vighna vAraNam

caraNam
purA kumbha sambhava muni vara -
prapUjitaM tri-kONa madhya gataM
mura-ari pramukha-Adi-upAsitaM
mUlAdhAra kshEtra sthitam
parA-Adi catvAri vAg-AtmakaM
praNava svarUpa vakra tuNDaM
nirantaraM niTila candra khaNDaM
nija vAma kara vidhRta-ikshu daNDam
kara-ambuja pASa bIjA pUraM
kalusha vidUraM bhUta-AkAraM
hara-Adi guru guha tOshita bimbaM
haMsa dhvani bhUshita hErambam

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Meaning

pallavi :

bhajEhaM –                    I worship
shrI vAtApi gaNa patiM –               Vatapi Ganapati,

vAraNa AsyaM –                          the elephant-faced,

vara pradaM –                      the giver of boons,

anupallavi
bhUtAdi-saMsEvita-caraNaM –            the one whose feet are worshipped by the Bhuta-ganas etc.,
bhUta-bhautika-prapanca-bharaNaM –                     the one who protects the universe made of five elements and their derivatives,
vIta-rAgiNaM –                 the one devoid of desires,

vinata-yOginaM –               the one saluted by Yogis,
vishva-kAraNaM –           the cause of the universe,

vighna-vAraNam  –             the preventer of obstacles.

caraNam
purA –           Long ago,

kumbha-sambhava-muni-vara-prapUjitaM –                    the one well-worshipped by the best of sages, Agastya( born from a Kumbha or pot)

tri-kONa-madhya-gataM –                                the one seated at the centre of a triangle,
murAri-pramukhAdi upAsitaM –          the one adored by gods led by Vishnu(the enemy of Mura),
mUlAdhAra-kshEtra-sthitam –             the resident of Tiruvarur,

parA Adi-catvAri-vAg AtmakaM  –               the one who embodies the four kinds of speech(vAk) beginning with Paraa,
praNava-svarUpa-vakra-tuNDaM –                   the one whose bent trunk has the shape of Om,
nirantaraM –             the eternal one,

niTila-candra-khaNDaM  -             the bearer of the crescent moon on his forehead,
nija-vAma-kara-vidhRta ikshu-daNDam –         the one holding a sugarcane stalk with his left hand,
kara ambuja-pAsha-bIjApUraM –         the one whose lotus-like hands carry a noose and a pomegranate,
kalusha-vidUraM –                            the one far removed from sin,

bhUta AkAraM –                      the one with a huge body,
harAdi-guruguha-tOshita-bimbaM –                 the one whose form pleases Shiva and Guruguha,
haMsadhvani-bhUshita-hErambam –               the one known as Heramba Ganapati, who is adorned by the Raga Hamsadhvani

 

Comments:

·         This Kriti is in the second Vibhakti

·         Vak or speech is classified as four: Paraa, Pashyanti, Madhyama and Vaikhari. They range from the subtlest to the grossest.  Vaikhari is the audible or spoken word.

·         mUlAdhAra-kshEtra-sthitam – This can also mean “one who is seated in the Muladhara Chakra”. Tiruvarur, the Kshetra of this Kriti, is the place on earth which corresponds to this Chakra of the subtle body.

·         “parA Adi-catvAri-vAg AtmakaM” : Vyakarana exponents have said that the grammatical form of this phrase should be “parAdi-catur-vAgAtmakam”. It is possible that Dikshitar has phrased it the way it is, since the four types of Vak are mentioned in the Rg Veda as “catvAri vAk parimitA padaani”. There is also another word “catvAraka” which means “a collection of four”(Monier Williams Dictionary), which might have been the word used here.

·         “praNava-svarUpa-vakra-tuNDaM” (the one whose bent trunk has the shape of Om): When Ganesha’s trunk is bent towards his right, the face and trunk together resemble the letter Om as written in Tamil or Devanagari. In such a form, he is known as “Valanchuzhi Vinayakar”. Vatapi Ganapati in Tiruvarur indeed has such a form.

·         tri-kONa-madhya-gataM : Vatapi Ganapati in Tiruvarur is seated inside a vertical, isosceles triangle, where the two equal sides are somewhat curved, making it resemble a Modaka. The phrase can also be taken to indicate  Ganesha's position in the Sri Chakra.

·         Vatapi Ganapati is the form of Ganesha worshipped by Agastya for succeeding in his mission to defeat the demons Ilvala and Vatapi. There is also a belief that the shrine in Tiruvarur was installed similar to the one in Tiruchengattankudi, where the Ganapati is called Vatapi Ganapti since the idol was brought from Vatapi by the Pallava general Paranjothi (later Siruthonda Nayanar). The Pallava king Narasimhavarma conquered Vatapi(now Badami), the capital of the Chalukyas, in the 7^th Century.

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वातापि गण पतिं - रागं हंस ध्वनि - ताळं आदि

पल्लवि
वातापि गण पतिं भजेऽहं
वारणास्यं वर प्रदं श्री

अनुपल्लवि
भूतादि संसेवित चरणं
भूत भौतिक प्रपञ्च भरणं
(मध्यम काल साहित्यम्)
वीत रागिणं विनत योगिनं
विश्व कारणं विघ्न वारणम्

चरणम्
पुरा कुम्भ सम्भव मुनि वर -
प्रपूजितं त्रि-कोण मध्य गतं
मुरारि प्रमुखाद्युपासितं
मूलाधार क्षेत्र स्थितम्
परादि चत्वारि वागात्मकं
प्रणव स्वरूप वक्र तुण्डं
निरन्तरं निटिल चन्द्र खण्डं
निज वाम कर विधृतेक्षु दण्डम्
(मध्यम काल साहित्यम्)
कराम्बुज पाश बीजा पूरं
कलुष विदूरं भूताकारं
हरादि गुरु गुह तोषित बिम्बं
हंस ध्वनि भूषित हेरम्बम्

variations -
विनत - विनुत

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पल्लवि
वातापि गण पतिं भजे-अहं
वारण-आस्यं वर प्रदं श्री

अनुपल्लवि
भूत-आदि संसेवित चरणं
भूत भौतिक प्रपञ्च भरणं
वीत रागिणं विनत योगिनं
विश्व कारणं विघ्न वारणम्

चरणम्
पुरा कुम्भ सम्भव मुनि वर -
प्रपूजितं त्रि-कोण मध्य गतं
मुर-अरि प्रमुख-आदि-उपासितं
मूलाधार क्षेत्र स्थितम्
परा-आदि चत्वारि वाग्-आत्मकं
प्रणव स्वरूप वक्र तुण्डं
निरन्तरं निटिल चन्द्र खण्डं
निज वाम कर विधृत-इक्षु दण्डम्
कर-अम्बुज पाश बीजा पूरं
कलुष विदूरं भूत-आकारं
हर-आदि गुरु गुह तोषित बिम्बं
हंस ध्वनि भूषित हेरम्बम्

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வாதாபி க₃ண பதிம் - ராக₃ம் ஹம்ஸ த்₄வனி - தாளம் ஆதி₃

பல்லவி
வாதாபி க₃ண பதிம் ப₄ஜேऽஹம்
வாரணாஸ்யம் வர ப்ரத₃ம் ஸ்ரீ

அனுபல்லவி
பூ₄தாதி₃ ஸம்ஸேவித சரணம்
பூ₄த பௌ₄திக ப்ரபஞ்ச ப₄ரணம்
(மத்₄யம கால ஸாஹித்யம்)
வீத ராகி₃ணம் வினத யோகி₃னம்
விஸ்₁வ காரணம் விக்₄ன வாரணம்

சரணம்
புரா கும்ப₄ ஸம்ப₄வ முனி வர -
ப்ரபூஜிதம் த்ரி-கோண மத்₄ய க₃தம்
முராரி ப்ரமுகா₂த்₃யுபாஸிதம்
மூலாதா₄ர க்ஷேத்ர ஸ்தி₂தம்
பராதி₃ சத்வாரி வாகா₃த்மகம்
ப்ரணவ ஸ்வரூப வக்ர துண்ட₃ம்
நிரந்தரம் நிடில சந்த்₃ர க₂ண்ட₃ம்
நிஜ வாம கர வித்₄ரு₂தேக்ஷு த₃ண்ட₃ம்
(மத்₄யம கால ஸாஹித்யம்)
கராம்பு₃ஜ பாஸ₁ பீ₃ஜா பூரம்
கலுஷ விதூ₃ரம் பூ₄தாகாரம்
ஹராதி₃ கு₃ரு கு₃ஹ தோஷித பி₃ம்ப₃ம்
ஹம்ஸ த்₄வனி பூ₄ஷித ஹேரம்ப₃ம்

variations -
வினத - வினுத

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பல்லவி
வாதாபி க₃ண பதிம் ப₄ஜே-அஹம்
வாரண-ஆஸ்யம் வர ப்ரத₃ம் ஸ்ரீ

அனுபல்லவி
பூ₄த-ஆதி₃ ஸம்ஸேவித சரணம்
பூ₄த பௌ₄திக ப்ரபஞ்ச ப₄ரணம்
வீத ராகி₃ணம் வினத யோகி₃னம்
விஸ்₁வ காரணம் விக்₄ன வாரணம்

சரணம்
புரா கும்ப₄ ஸம்ப₄வ முனி வர -
ப்ரபூஜிதம் த்ரி-கோண மத்₄ய க₃தம்
முர-அரி ப்ரமுக₂-ஆதி₃-உபாஸிதம்
மூலாதா₄ர க்ஷேத்ர ஸ்தி₂தம்
பரா-ஆதி₃ சத்வாரி வாக்₃-ஆத்மகம்
ப்ரணவ ஸ்வரூப வக்ர துண்ட₃ம்
நிரந்தரம் நிடில சந்த்₃ர க₂ண்ட₃ம்
நிஜ வாம கர வித்₄ரு₂த-இக்ஷு த₃ண்ட₃ம்
கர-அம்பு₃ஜ பாஸ₁ பீ₃ஜா பூரம்
கலுஷ விதூ₃ரம் பூ₄த-ஆகாரம்
ஹர-ஆதி₃ கு₃ரு கு₃ஹ தோஷித பி₃ம்ப₃ம்
ஹம்ஸ த்₄வனி பூ₄ஷித ஹேரம்ப₃ம்

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వాతాపి గణ పతిం - రాగం హంస ధ్వని - తాళం ఆది

పల్లవి
వాతాపి గణ పతిం భజేऽహం
వారణాస్యం వర ప్రదం శ్రీ

అనుపల్లవి
భూతాది సంసేవిత చరణం
భూత భౌతిక ప్రపంచ భరణం
(మధ్యమ కాల సాహిత్యం)
వీత రాగిణం వినత యోగినం
విశ్వ కారణం విఘ్న వారణం

చరణం
పురా కుంభ సంభవ ముని వర -
ప్రపూజితం త్రి-కోణ మధ్య గతం
మురారి ప్రముఖాద్యుపాసితం
మూలాధార క్షేత్ర స్థితం
పరాది చత్వారి వాగాత్మకం
ప్రణవ స్వరూప వక్ర తుండం
నిరంతరం నిటిల చంద్ర ఖండం
నిజ వామ కర విధృతేక్షు దండం
(మధ్యమ కాల సాహిత్యం)
కరాంబుజ పాశ బీజా పూరం
కలుష విదూరం భూతాకారం
హరాది గురు గుహ తోషిత బింబం
హంస ధ్వని భూషిత హేరంబం

variations -
వినత - వినుత

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పల్లవి
వాతాపి గణ పతిం భజే-అహం
వారణ-ఆస్యం వర ప్రదం శ్రీ

అనుపల్లవి
భూత-ఆది సంసేవిత చరణం
భూత భౌతిక ప్రపంచ భరణం
వీత రాగిణం వినత యోగినం
విశ్వ కారణం విఘ్న వారణం

చరణం
పురా కుంభ సంభవ ముని వర -
ప్రపూజితం త్రి-కోణ మధ్య గతం
ముర-అరి ప్రముఖ-ఆది-ఉపాసితం
మూలాధార క్షేత్ర స్థితం
పరా-ఆది చత్వారి వాగ్-ఆత్మకం
ప్రణవ స్వరూప వక్ర తుండం
నిరంతరం నిటిల చంద్ర ఖండం
నిజ వామ కర విధృత-ఇక్షు దండం
కర-అంబుజ పాశ బీజా పూరం
కలుష విదూరం భూత-ఆకారం
హర-ఆది గురు గుహ తోషిత బింబం
హంస ధ్వని భూషిత హేరంబం

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ವಾತಾಪಿ ಗಣ ಪತಿಂ - ರಾಗಂ ಹಂಸ ಧ್ವನಿ - ತಾಳಂ ಆದಿ

ಪಲ್ಲವಿ
ವಾತಾಪಿ ಗಣ ಪತಿಂ ಭಜೇऽಹಂ
ವಾರಣಾಸ್ಯಂ ವರ ಪ್ರದಂ ಶ್ರೀ

ಅನುಪಲ್ಲವಿ
ಭೂತಾದಿ ಸಂಸೇವಿತ ಚರಣಂ
ಭೂತ ಭೌತಿಕ ಪ್ರಪಂಚ ಭರಣಂ
(ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಕಾಲ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯಂ)
ವೀತ ರಾಗಿಣಂ ವಿನತ ಯೋಗಿನಂ
ವಿಶ್ವ ಕಾರಣಂ ವಿಘ್ನ ವಾರಣಂ

ಚರಣಂ
ಪುರಾ ಕುಂಭ ಸಂಭವ ಮುನಿ ವರ -
ಪ್ರಪೂಜಿತಂ ತ್ರಿ-ಕೋಣ ಮಧ್ಯ ಗತಂ
ಮುರಾರಿ ಪ್ರಮುಖಾದ್ಯುಪಾಸಿತಂ
ಮೂಲಾಧಾರ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ಸ್ಥಿತಂ
ಪರಾದಿ ಚತ್ವಾರಿ ವಾಗಾತ್ಮಕಂ
ಪ್ರಣವ ಸ್ವರೂಪ ವಕ್ರ ತುಂಡಂ
ನಿರಂತರಂ ನಿಟಿಲ ಚಂದ್ರ ಖಂಡಂ
ನಿಜ ವಾಮ ಕರ ವಿಧೃತೇಕ್ಷು ದಂಡಂ
(ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಕಾಲ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯಂ)
ಕರಾಂಬುಜ ಪಾಶ ಬೀಜಾ ಪೂರಂ
ಕಲುಷ ವಿದೂರಂ ಭೂತಾಕಾರಂ
ಹರಾದಿ ಗುರು ಗುಹ ತೋಷಿತ ಬಿಂಬಂ
ಹಂಸ ಧ್ವನಿ ಭೂಷಿತ ಹೇರಂಬಂ

variations -
ವಿನತ - ವಿನುತ

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ಪಲ್ಲವಿ
ವಾತಾಪಿ ಗಣ ಪತಿಂ ಭಜೇ-ಅಹಂ
ವಾರಣ-ಆಸ್ಯಂ ವರ ಪ್ರದಂ ಶ್ರೀ

ಅನುಪಲ್ಲವಿ
ಭೂತ-ಆದಿ ಸಂಸೇವಿತ ಚರಣಂ
ಭೂತ ಭೌತಿಕ ಪ್ರಪಂಚ ಭರಣಂ
ವೀತ ರಾಗಿಣಂ ವಿನತ ಯೋಗಿನಂ
ವಿಶ್ವ ಕಾರಣಂ ವಿಘ್ನ ವಾರಣಂ

ಚರಣಂ
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ಪ್ರಪೂಜಿತಂ ತ್ರಿ-ಕೋಣ ಮಧ್ಯ ಗತಂ
ಮುರ-ಅರಿ ಪ್ರಮುಖ-ಆದಿ-ಉಪಾಸಿತಂ
ಮೂಲಾಧಾರ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ಸ್ಥಿತಂ
ಪರಾ-ಆದಿ ಚತ್ವಾರಿ ವಾಗ್-ಆತ್ಮಕಂ
ಪ್ರಣವ ಸ್ವರೂಪ ವಕ್ರ ತುಂಡಂ
ನಿರಂತರಂ ನಿಟಿಲ ಚಂದ್ರ ಖಂಡಂ
ನಿಜ ವಾಮ ಕರ ವಿಧೃತ-ಇಕ್ಷು ದಂಡಂ
ಕರ-ಅಂಬುಜ ಪಾಶ ಬೀಜಾ ಪೂರಂ
ಕಲುಷ ವಿದೂರಂ ಭೂತ-ಆಕಾರಂ
ಹರ-ಆದಿ ಗುರು ಗುಹ ತೋಷಿತ ಬಿಂಬಂ
ಹಂಸ ಧ್ವನಿ ಭೂಷಿತ ಹೇರಂಬಂ

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വാതാപി ഗണ പതിം - രാഗം ഹംസ ധ്വനി - താളം ആദി

പല്ലവി
വാതാപി ഗണ പതിം ഭജേऽഹം
വാരണാസ്യം വര പ്രദം ശ്രീ

അനുപല്ലവി
ഭൂതാദി സംസേവിത ചരണം
ഭൂത ഭൌതിക പ്രപഞ്ച ഭരണം
(മധ്യമ കാല സാഹിത്യമ്)
വീത രാഗിണം വിനത യോഗിനം
വിശ്വ കാരണം വിഘ്ന വാരണമ്

ചരണമ്
പുരാ കുമ്ഭ സമ്ഭവ മുനി വര -
പ്രപൂജിതം ത്രി-കോണ മധ്യ ഗതം
മുരാരി പ്രമുഖാദ്യുപാസിതം
മൂലാധാര ക്ഷേത്ര സ്ഥിതമ്
പരാദി ചത്വാരി വാഗാത്മകം
പ്രണവ സ്വരൂപ വക്ര തുണ്ഡം
നിരന്തരം നിടില ചന്ദ്ര ഖണ്ഡം
നിജ വാമ കര വിധൃതേക്ഷു ദണ്ഡമ്
(മധ്യമ കാല സാഹിത്യമ്)
കരാമ്ബുജ പാശ ബീജാ പൂരം
കലുഷ വിദൂരം ഭൂതാകാരം
ഹരാദി ഗുരു ഗുഹ തോഷിത ബിമ്ബം
ഹംസ ധ്വനി ഭൂഷിത ഹേരമ്ബമ്

variations -
വിനത - വിനുത

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പല്ലവി
വാതാപി ഗണ പതിം ഭജേ-അഹം
വാരണ-ആസ്യം വര പ്രദം ശ്രീ

അനുപല്ലവി
ഭൂത-ആദി സംസേവിത ചരണം
ഭൂത ഭൌതിക പ്രപഞ്ച ഭരണം
വീത രാഗിണം വിനത യോഗിനം
വിശ്വ കാരണം വിഘ്ന വാരണമ്

ചരണമ്
പുരാ കുമ്ഭ സമ്ഭവ മുനി വര -
പ്രപൂജിതം ത്രി-കോണ മധ്യ ഗതം
മുര-അരി പ്രമുഖ-ആദി-ഉപാസിതം
മൂലാധാര ക്ഷേത്ര സ്ഥിതമ്
പരാ-ആദി ചത്വാരി വാഗ്-ആത്മകം
പ്രണവ സ്വരൂപ വക്ര തുണ്ഡം
നിരന്തരം നിടില ചന്ദ്ര ഖണ്ഡം
നിജ വാമ കര വിധൃത-ഇക്ഷു ദണ്ഡമ്
കര-അമ്ബുജ പാശ ബീജാ പൂരം
കലുഷ വിദൂരം ഭൂത-ആകാരം
ഹര-ആദി ഗുരു ഗുഹ തോഷിത ബിമ്ബം
ഹംസ ധ്വനി ഭൂഷിത ഹേരമ്ബമ്

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Updated on 05 Aug 2016