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Ghalin Lotangan

घालीन लोटांगण

18 lines · about 1 min to say · Sant Namdev and traditional Sanskrit verses; sung after the aartis

Ganesh ji

Ganesh ji

Remover of obstacles; first to be invoked

घालीन लोटांगण, वंदीन चरण।

ghālīna loṭāṁgaṇa, vaṁdīna caraṇa.

I fall full length before you, I bow to your feet,

डोळ्यांनी पाहीन रूप तुझें॥

ḍoḷyāṁnī pāhīna rūpa tujheṁ.

with my eyes I will look at your form.

प्रेमें आलिंगन, आनंदें पूजिन।

premeṁ āliṁgana, ānaṁdeṁ pūjina.

With love I will embrace you, with joy I will worship you,

भावें ओवाळीन म्हणे नामा॥

bhāveṁ ovāḷīna mhaṇe nāmā.

and with feeling I will wave the lamp, says Nama.

त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव।

tvameva mātā ca pitā tvameva.

You alone are mother, and you alone father,

त्वमेव बन्धुश्च सखा त्वमेव॥

tvameva bandhuśca sakhā tvameva.

you alone brother, and you alone friend,

त्वमेव विद्या द्रविणं त्वमेव।

tvameva vidyā draviṇaṁ tvameva.

you alone learning, and you alone wealth,

त्वमेव सर्वं मम देवदेव॥

tvameva sarvaṁ mama devadeva.

you are everything to me, god of gods.

कायेन वाचा मनसेन्द्रियैर्वा।

kāyena vācā manasendriyairvā.

By body, by speech, by mind or by the senses,

बुद्ध्यात्मना वा प्रकृतिस्वभावात्॥

buddhyātmanā vā prakr̥tisvabhāvāt.

by intellect, by the self, or by nature's own course,

करोमि यद्यत्सकलं परस्मै।

karomi yadyatsakalaṁ parasmai.

whatever I do, all of it to the Supreme —

नारायणायेति समर्पयामि॥

nārāyaṇāyeti samarpayāmi.

to Narayana I offer it.

अच्युतं केशवं रामनारायणं।

acyutaṁ keśavaṁ rāmanārāyaṇaṁ.

Achyuta, Keshava, Rama-Narayana,

कृष्णदामोदरं वासुदेवं हरिम्॥

kr̥ṣṇadāmodaraṁ vāsudevaṁ harim.

Krishna, Damodara, Vasudeva, Hari,

श्रीधरं माधवं गोपिकावल्लभं।

śrīdharaṁ mādhavaṁ gopikāvallabhaṁ.

Shridhara, Madhava, beloved of the gopis,

जानकीनायकं रामचंद्रं भजे॥

jānakīnāyakaṁ rāmacaṁdraṁ bhaje.

Janaki's lord, Ramachandra — him I sing.

हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे।

hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare.

Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare —

हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे॥

hare kr̥ṣṇa hare kr̥ṣṇa kr̥ṣṇa kr̥ṣṇa hare hare.

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare.