पंचतुंड नररुंडमालधर
Original Text
कालिदासकविराजरचित हें गानीं शाकुंतल रचितों ।
जाणुनियां अवसान नसोनि हें महत्कृत्यभर शिरीं घेतों ॥
पंचतुंड नररुंडमालधर पार्वतीश आधीं नमितों ।
विघ्नवर्गनग भग्न कराया विघ्नेश्वर गणपति मग तो ॥
ईशवराचा लेश मिळे तरि मूढयत्न शेवटिं जातो ।
या न्यायें बलवत्कवि निजवाक्पुष्पीं रसिकार्चन करितो ॥
गीत - अण्णासाहेब किर्लोस्कर
English Lyrics
Kālidāsa-kavirāja-rachita heṁ gānīṁ Śākuntala rachitoṁ ।
Jāṇuniyāṁ avasāna nasoni heṁ mahatkṛtyabhara shirīṁ ghetoṁ ॥
Panchaṭuṇḍa nararuṇḍa-māladhara Pārvatīśa ādhīṁ namito ।
Vighnāvarganaga bhagna karāyā Vighneśvara Gaṇapati maga to ॥
Īśvarācā leśa miḷe tari mūḍhyatna śevāṭiṁ jāto ।
Yā nyāyēṁ balavat-kavi nijavāk-puṣpīṁ rasikārcana karito ॥
Lyrics – Aṇṇāsāheb Kirloskar
English MeaningThese songs, composed by the great poet Kalidasa in his epic Shakuntala,
I undertake to present, knowing fully that I must not let this great endeavor end unfinished.
O the five-faced, garlanded-with-human-skulls Lord of Parvati I bow down first.
He who shattered the mountain-like group of obstacles — Lord Vighneshwar (Ganesha) — I now invoke.
Even a little grace of the Divine can remove the ignorance at its root.
By the same principle, the devoted poet offers his garland of words in worship for the delight of connoisseurs.
Reflection
The song carries the gentle luminosity of Aṇṇāsāheb Kirloskar’s poetic world—a world where classical Sanskrit literature, Marathi bhakti, and deep humility meet without friction. Kirloskar, the pioneer of Marathi musical theatre, wrote with a devotion that made scholarship feel human and heartfelt. When he bows to Kālidāsa and invokes Ganapati, he is really honouring the entire river of Indian aesthetic tradition. Anand Bhate’s voice adds a fine polish to that emotion—trained in the lineage of Kumar Gandharva yet rooted in old-school bhakti, his rendering turns the verses into a living, breathing meditation.
The message is simple: even a little divine grace can dissolve mental heaviness, and creativity becomes an offering rather than an achievement. How does this idea echo in your own daily efforts? What clarity arises when you see your work as worship? The reflection settles into a soft inner space, nudging the mind toward gratitude and quiet devotion.
This is a beautifully reverent invocation, often placed at the beginning of a grand literary or musical work, paying homage to Ganesha, the divine, and to the literary tradition (Kalidasa), while also humbly expressing the poet’s devotion and duty to carry forward great creative responsibility.
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Author: Annasaheb Kirloskar
Singer : Anand Bhate
Music Director: Annasaheb Kirloskar, Kaushal S. Inamdar
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