শ্রী গণেশ (গণপতি) সূক্তম্ (ঋগ্বেদ)

শ্রী গণেশ সূক্তম্ in this file is a received liturgical collection rather than a single simple hymn from one place. It begins with Rigveda 8.81, a hymn to Indra seeking strength, support, and prosperity, and then includes the celebrated Rigveda 2.23.1 mantra গণানাং ত্বা গণপতিং হবামহে to ব্রহ্মণস্পতি, along with related Ganapati verses. A careful reading should honor both the Vedic source-context and the later living Ganesha tradition.

This Vedic chant has a special place because it stands at the meeting point of Vedic leadership, sacred speech, and the devotional worship of Lord Ganesha. In the Vedic context, Indra represents decisive power and protective generosity, while ব্রহ্মণস্পতি is lord of prayer, inspired utterance, and sacred formulation. In later tradition, গণপতি is received as Lord Ganesha, remover of obstacles and lord of auspicious beginnings.

The word গণপতি means lord of groups, hosts, or ordered assemblies. This is not a small title: it points to coordination, intelligent leadership, and the ability to bring many forces into one purposeful movement. The hymn's movement from Indra's strong hand to Ganapati's sacred seat teaches that success needs both power and wise ordering.

Key concepts include ইংদ্র as heroic support, দক্ষিণ as skillful generosity, গণ as ordered group, গণপতি as lord of the group, কবি as seer, and ব্রহ্মণস্পতি as lord of sacred speech. Read this hymn as a prayer for strength, right leadership, generous support, awakened speech, and obstacle-clearing intelligence before any important undertaking.

আ তূ ন॑ ইংদ্র ক্ষু॒মংতং᳚ চি॒ত্রং গ্রা॒ভং সং গৃ॑ভায ।
ম॒হা॒হ॒স্তী দক্ষি॑ণেন ॥ 1 ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
আ তূ নঃ ইংদ্র - come now to us, O Indra
ক্ষুমংতম্ - rich in nourishment or abundance
চিত্রং গ্রাভম্ - a splendid grasp, gift, or support
সং গৃভায - seize, gather, or bestow firmly
মহা-হস্তী - great-handed, powerful in giving and grasping
দক্ষিণেন - with the right hand, the skillful or generous side

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
O Indra, come to us and take up or grant a splendid, nourishing support with your great right hand.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
The opening asks for effective divine agency: a মহা-হস্ত, a great hand, that can grasp what is needed and place strength where it belongs. দক্ষিণ suggests both the right hand and skillful generosity.

Indra in the Veda often represents force, leadership, and the power to overcome obstruction. When this hymn is recited in a Ganapati setting, that same energy prepares the movement toward গণপতি, the one who leads ordered groups and clears the way.

Practically, beginnings need a strong hand and a generous hand. Before starting a project, gather resources clearly, assign responsibility, and act with skill rather than vague enthusiasm.

বি॒দ্মা হি ত্বা᳚ তুবিকূ॒র্মিংতু॒বিদে᳚ষ্ণং তু॒বীম॑ঘম্ ।
তু॒বি॒মা॒ত্রমবো᳚ভিঃ ॥ 2 ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
বিদ্মা হি ত্বা - for we know you
তুবিকূর্মিম্ - mighty in action or powerful in works
তুবিদেষ্ণম্ - greatly discerning or richly guiding
তুবীমঘম্ - abundant in gifts
তুবিমাত্রম্ - of great measure
অবোভিঃ - with protections and helps

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
We know you as mighty in action, greatly guiding, abundant in gifts, vast in measure, and rich in protective help.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
The repeated তুবি prefix intensifies greatness: great action, great guidance, great generosity, great measure. Vedic praise often builds confidence by remembering the deity's proven capacities.

In traditional worship, remembrance of divine qualities is itself a method of alignment. Ganesha stotras do the same by calling him বুদ্ধি-প্রদ, giver of understanding, and বিঘ্ন-নাশক, remover of obstruction.

In daily life, confidence should be evidence-based. Before a hard task, remember actual strengths, allies, and prior lessons. This prevents both fear and empty boasting.

ন॒ হি ত্বা᳚ শূর দে॒বা ন মর্তা᳚সো॒ দিত্সং᳚তম্ ।
ভী॒মং ন গাং-বাঁ॒রযং᳚তে ॥ 3 ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
ন হি ত্বা - indeed, not you
শূর - O hero
দেবাঃ ন মর্তাসঃ - neither gods nor mortals
দিত্সংতম্ - when you wish to give
ভীমং ন গাম্ - like a formidable bull or cow
বারযংতি - can restrain or hold back

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
O heroic one, when you wish to give, neither gods nor mortals can restrain you, just as one cannot easily hold back a formidable powerful animal.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
The verse praises irresistible generosity. The divine will to give, once active, cannot be blocked by ordinary resistance. শূর indicates courage joined with beneficence.

The Ganesha tradition similarly trusts that obstacles are not ultimate when divine wisdom moves. The Upanishadic spirit would add that real giving includes removal of ignorance, not only external gifts.

For life, be the kind of person whose generosity is not easily stopped by pettiness. When a right thing should be done, do it without waiting for perfect praise or permission.

এতো॒ন্বিংদ্রং॒ স্তবা॒মেশা᳚নং॒-বঁস্বঃ॑ স্ব॒রাজম্᳚ ।
ন রাধ॑সা মর্ধিষন্নঃ ॥ 4 ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
এতো নু ইংদ্রং স্তবাম - come, now let us praise Indra
ঈশানং বস্বঃ - lord of wealth and good things
স্বরাজম্ - self-ruling, sovereign
নঃ রাধসা - with bounty for us
মর্ধিষত্ - may he not neglect or diminish

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
Let us praise Indra, lord of wealth and sovereign power. May he not withhold his bounty from us.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
স্বরাজ্ means self-ruling. The hymn seeks wealth from one who is inwardly sovereign, not dependent or confused. True রাধস্, bounty, comes from ordered power.

In Vedanta, self-mastery precedes right use of abundance. Bhagavad Gita repeatedly warns that wealth without self-rule becomes bondage, while governed power becomes service.

Practically, ask not only for resources but for sovereignty over your own impulses. Money, influence, and opportunity help only when the person receiving them is inwardly governed.

প্র স্তো᳚ষ॒দুপ॑ গাসিষ॒চ্ছ্রব॒ত্সাম॑ গী॒যমা᳚নম্ ।
অ॒ভিরাধ॑সাজুগুরত্ ॥ 5 ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
প্র স্তোষত্ - may one praise forth
উপ গাসিষত্ - may one approach with song
শ্রবত্ সাম গীযমানম্ - may he hear the Saman being sung
অভি রাধসা - toward bounty and favor
অজুগুরত্ - may he turn, awaken, or respond

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
May praise be offered; may song approach him. May he hear the Saman being sung and turn toward us with favor and bounty.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
Sound matters here. Praise, song, and heard সাম create a sacred approach. Vedic prayer is not casual asking; it is ordered speech that tunes the worshipper to divine response.

This connects naturally with ব্রহ্মণস্পতি, lord of sacred utterance. Ganesha, invoked before recitation, protects the beginning of speech so that words become auspicious and effective.

In practical communication, the form of approach matters. Ask respectfully, prepare your words, and speak in a way the other can receive. Good speech opens doors that force cannot.

আ নো᳚ ভর॒ দক্ষি॑ণেনা॒ভি স॒ব্যেন॒ প্র মৃ॑শ ।
ইংদ্র॒ মানো॒ বসো॒র্নির্ভা᳚ক্ ॥ 6 ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
আ নঃ ভর - bring to us
দক্ষিণেন - with the right hand
অভি সব্যেন প্র মৃশ - reach or touch also with the left
ইংদ্র - O Indra
মা নঃ বসোঃ নির্ভাক্ - do not deprive us of wealth or goodness

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
Bring abundance to us with your right hand and reach us also with the left, O Indra. Do not leave us without our share of good fortune.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
The two hands suggest completeness of help: direct giving and surrounding support. The prayer asks not to be cut off from বসু, the good, luminous wealth needed for life.

Traditional dharma understands wealth as a responsibility-bearing good. When received rightly, it supports worship, education, family, charity, and social order.

For daily life, do not seek wealth as isolated possession. Ask: what will this resource nourish? A good share is one that strengthens duty, not greed.

উপ॑ক্রম॒স্বা ভ॑র ধৃষ॒তা ধৃ॑ষ্ণো॒ জনা᳚নাম্ ।
অদা᳚শূষ্টরস্য॒ বেদঃ॑ ॥ 7 ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
উপক্রমস্ব - come forward, begin, approach
ভর - bring or bear
ধৃষতা ধৃষ্ণো - with boldness, O bold one
জনানাম্ - among people
অদাশুষঃ - of the ungenerous or non-offering person
তরস্য বেদঃ - know or overcome the hostile strength

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
Come forward boldly, O bold one, and bring support among people. Know and overcome the force of the ungenerous.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
The verse values উপক্রম, initiative. Divine help is invited not into passivity but into brave beginning. The obstacle named is ungenerosity, a refusal to participate in shared good.

Ganesha worship before undertakings has this same logic: begin rightly, remove obstruction, and establish generous order. The Gita's teaching on যজ্ঞ also criticizes consumption without offering.

In practical terms, many projects fail from lack of initiative and lack of contribution. Start, contribute, and encourage others to give their fair share; that is obstacle removal in action.

ইংদ্র॒ য উ॒ নু তে॒ অস্তি॒ বাজো॒ বিপ্রে᳚ভিঃ॒ সনি॑ত্বঃ ।
অ॒স্মাভিঃ॒ সুতং স॑নুহি ॥ 8 ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
ইংদ্র - O Indra
যঃ তে বাজঃ অস্তি - whatever strength, prize, or nourishment is yours
বিপ্রেভিঃ সনিত্বঃ - gained with inspired sages
অস্মাভিঃ - with us
সুতং সনুহি - share or win the pressed Soma

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
O Indra, whatever nourishing strength is yours, won with inspired seers, share that Soma and victory with us.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
বাজ is strength, prize, nourishment, and vigor. The verse asks to participate in divine strength through the company of বিপ্রাঃ, inspired ones.

Good company is repeatedly praised in dharma and Vedanta. Satsanga gives direction to energy; without it, strength becomes egoic. Ganesha as lord of the assembly also reminds us that success depends on right grouping.

Practically, choose your collaborators carefully. Work with people who raise the quality of thought, speech, and effort. Shared strength is stronger than isolated talent.

স॒দ্যো॒জুব॑স্তে॒ বাজা᳚ অ॒স্মভ্যং᳚-বিঁ॒শ্বশ্চং᳚দ্রাঃ ।
বশৈ᳚শ্চ ম॒ক্ষূ জ॑রংতে ॥ 9 ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
সদ্যঃ-জুবঃ - quickly impelling, immediately active
তে বাজাঃ - your strengths or prizes
অস্মভ্যম্ - for us
বিশ্ব-চংদ্রাঃ - delightful to all, universally pleasing
বশৈঃ - with powers or desired goods
মক্ষূ জরংতে - may they swiftly approach or mature

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
May your swift, universally delightful strengths come quickly to us, bringing the desired powers, supports, and timely help needed for right action.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
The prayer asks for timely help. সদ্যঃ and মক্ষূ both carry urgency. Some opportunities and dangers require prompt divine and human response.

Traditional worship before beginnings recognizes timing. Ganesha is invoked first because delay at the threshold can distort the whole undertaking; the same insight appears in dharma texts that praise timely action and condemn negligence.

Daily application: respond quickly to what is clearly right. Do not confuse patience with procrastination. A timely good action, a timely apology, or a timely correction often prevents many later problems.

গ॒ণানাং᳚ ত্বা গ॒ণপ॑তিং হবামহে
ক॒বিং ক॑বী॒নামু॑প॒মশ্র॑বস্তমম্ ।
জ্যে॒ষ্ঠ॒রাজং॒ ব্রহ্ম॑ণাং ব্রহ্মণস্পত॒
আ নঃ॑ শৃ॒ণ্বন্নূ॒তিভি॑স্সীদ॒ সাদ॑নম্ ॥ 10 ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
গণানাং ত্বা গণপতিং হবামহে - we invoke you as lord of the groups
কবিং কবীনাম্ - seer among seers
উপম-শ্রবস্তমম্ - most renowned, of unsurpassed fame
জ্যেষ্ঠ-রাজং ব্রহ্মণাম্ - eldest or highest king of sacred utterances
ব্রহ্মণস্পত - O lord of prayer, sacred formulation, and inspired speech
আ নঃ শৃণ্বন্ - hearing us, come to us
ঊতিভিঃ - with protections and helps
সীদ সাদনম্ - sit in the sacred seat

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
We invoke you, lord of the groups, seer among seers, most renowned, highest king of sacred utterances, O Brahmanaspati. Hear us, come with your protections, and sit in the sacred seat.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
This famous mantra is layered. In the Rigvedic setting, ব্রহ্মণস্পতি is lord of sacred prayer and inspired formulation. In the living Ganesha tradition, গণপতি is worshipped as the lord who gathers, orders, protects, and begins all auspicious undertakings.

Sayana's traditional commentary explains গণপতি as chief of the গণাঃ and ব্রহ্মণস্পতি as protector or lord of sacred acts and mantras. That makes the mantra especially apt before study, worship, writing, teaching, and public work.

Practically, invite order before action. Begin meetings, study sessions, and decisions by clarifying purpose, roles, speech standards, and the help needed. Ganesha's blessing shows up as organized intelligence and obstruction-free beginning.

নি ষু সী᳚দ গণপতে গ॒ণেষু॒ ত্বামা᳚হু॒র্বিপ্র॑তমং কবী॒নাম্ ।
ন ঋ॒তে ত্বত্ক্রি॑যতে॒ কিং চ॒নারে ম॒হাম॒র্কং ম॑ঘবংচি॒ত্রম॑র্চ ॥ 11 ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
নি সীদ গণপতে গণেষু - sit down among the groups, O Ganapati
ত্বাং আহুঃ বিপ্রতমং কবীনাম্ - they call you the most inspired among seers
ন ঋতে ত্বত্ ক্রিযতে কিং চন - without you, nothing is done
আরে - near, in the matter at hand
মহাং অর্কং অর্চ - praise the great hymn or radiance
মঘবন্ চিত্রম্ - O generous one, splendid

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
Sit among the hosts, O Ganapati; you are called the most inspired among seers. Without you, nothing is accomplished. Praise the great and splendid radiance, O generous one.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
ন ঋতে ত্বত্ ক্রিযতে কিং চন is the heart of the obstacle-removal sentiment: no worthy undertaking is complete without the ordering intelligence represented by Ganapati. The mantra asks him to sit within the assembly, not merely bless from outside.

This aligns with the practical theology of Ganesha worship: he is invoked first because every action needs right beginning, right speech, and right coordination. Vedantic reflection can see this as the need for বুদ্ধি to be awake before karma proceeds.

In daily life, do not begin important action with a disordered mind. Sit the "Ganapati principle" in the center: clarify the first step, remove avoidable confusion, and begin with reverence.

অ॒ভি॒খ্যানো᳚ মঘব॒ন্নাধ॑মানাং॒ত্সখে᳚ বো॒ধি ব॑সুপতে॒ সখী᳚নাম্ ।
রণং᳚ কৃধি রণকৃত্সত্যশু॒ষ্মাভ॑ক্তে চি॒দা ভ॑জা রা॒যে অ॒স্মান্ ॥ 12 ॥

Meaning (পদার্থ):
অভিখ্যানঃ - visibly renowned or declaring yourself
মঘবন্ - O generous one
আধমানান্ - those who call, invoke, or seek help
সখে বোধি - be aware as a friend
বসুপতে - lord of treasures
সখীনাম্ - of friends
রণং কৃধি - make the contest or struggle favorable
সত্য-শুষ্ম - true in strength
ভক্তে চিত্ আ ভজ - give even to the devoted one
রাযে অস্মান্ - grant us prosperity and support

Translation (ভাবার্থ):
O generous lord of treasures, be aware of those who invoke you, as a friend among friends. Make the struggle favorable with true strength, and grant us prosperity and support as your devoted people.

Commentary (অনুসংধান):
The hymn ends with friendship, struggle, and prosperity. Divine help is not impersonal machinery; সখে বোধি asks the deity to be awake as a friend. The struggle is made meaningful by সত্য-শুষ্ম, true strength.

Bhagavad Gita repeatedly presents the Lord as friend of beings, especially in সুহৃদং সর্ব-ভূতানাম্. In Ganesha devotion, this friendly nearness is why devotees confidently bring beginnings, doubts, exams, journeys, and responsibilities to him.

Practically, seek friends and mentors who awaken strength rather than dependency. In any struggle, ask for truthful power, not mere victory. Prosperity gained through friendship and truth becomes stable.

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