Verse on Ganesha

[Anand Hudli]

 jetuM yastripuraM hareNa hariNaa vyaajaadbaliM badhnataa
 srashhTuM vaaribhavodbhavena bhuvanaM sheshheNa dhartuM dharaaM |
 paarvatyaa mahishhaasurapramathane siddhaadhipaiH siddhaye
 dhyaataH paJNchashareNa vishvajitaye paayaatsa naagaananaH  ||

 jetuM - to win
 tripuraM - (in the battle with) Tripuraasura
 hareNa - by Hara (Shiva)
 hariNaa - by Hari (Vishnu)
 vyaajaat - by deceit
 baliM -   Bali, the emperor of the Daityas
 badhnataa - binding
 srashhTuM - to create
 vaaribhavodbhavena - by Brahma (who is born out of a lotus)
 bhuvanaM - the world
 sheshheNa - by Adi Sheshha
 dhartuM - to bear
 dharaaM - the earth
 paarvatyaa - by Paarvatii
 mahishhaasuramathane - during the destruction of Mahishhaasura
 siddhaadhipaiH - by the lords of siddhas (Sanaka and other Rishis)
 siddhaye - for attaining Siddhi's (supernatural powers)
 dhyaataH - was meditated upon
 paJNchashareNa - by Kaama (Cupid), the god of love
 vishvajitaye - to win the world (to captivate everyone in the world)
 yaH - who
 paayaat sa naagaananaH - may that elephant-faced God (Ganesha) protect (us)


 May the God who was meditated on by Shiva in order to conquer Tripuraasura,
 by Vishnu to deceitfully bind Bali, the emperor of the Daityas, by Brahmaa
 to create the world, by Adi Sheshha to hold the earth, by  Paarvati to
 destroy Mahishhaasura, by Sanaka and other lords of the Siddhas to obtain
 the Siddhi powers, and by Cupid to win over the world, and who is the
 elephant-faced Ganesha, protect (us).

 Anand