गजाननं भूतगणादिसेवितं
कपित्थजंबूफलसारभक्षितम् ।
उमासुतं शोकविनाशकारणं
नमामि विघ्नेश्वरपादपङ्कजम् ॥
Meaning:
Salutations to Lord Ganesha who has an elephant head, who is attended by the band of his followers, who eats his favorite wood-apple and rose-apple fruits, who is the son of Goddess Uma, who is the cause of destruction of all sorrow. And I salute to his feet which are like lotus.
Word meanings:
गजाननं = one who is having an elephant face;
भूतगणादि = by the group of ogres and the like who are the
attendants of Lord shiva;
सेवितं = the one who has been served worshipped;
कपित्थजंबू = wood-apple and `jAmun’, rose apple, trees or fruits;
फलसार = the essence of the fruit;
भक्षितं = that which has been eaten;
उमासुतं = the son of Uma;
शोकविनाश = for the destruction of sorrow;
कारणं = the cause;
नमामि = I bow; salute; pay my respects;
विघ्नेश्वर = the Master or controller of all obstacles;
पादपङ्कजं = the lotus feet;
