Original Marathi Script:
प्रारंभी विनति करु गणपती विद्यादयासागरा ।
अज्ञानत्व हरोनि बुध्दि मति दे आराध्य मोरेश्वरा ॥चिंता क्लेश दरिद्र दुःख अवघे देशांतरा पाठवी ।
हेरंबा गणनायका गजमुखा भक्तां बहु तोषवी ॥१॥
नेत्री दोन हिरे प्रकाश पसरे अत्यंत ते साजिरे ।
माथा शेंदूर पाझरे वरि बरे दूर्वांकुराचे तुरे ॥
माझे चित्त विरे मनोरथ पुरे देखोनि चिंता हरे ।
गोसावीसुत वासुदेव कवि रे त्या मोरयाला स्मरे ॥२॥
English Transliteration:
Prarambhi vinati karu Ganapati vidya dayasagara |
Ajñanatva haroni buddhi mati de aradhya Moreshwara ||
Chinta klesha daridra duhkha avaghe deshantara pathavi |
Heramba Gananayaka Gajamukha bhakta bahu toshavi ||1||
Netri don hire prakash pasare atyanta te sajire |
Matha shendur pajhare vari bare durvankurache ture ||
Majhe chitta vire manoratha pure dekhoni chinta hare |
Gosavisuta Vasudeva kavi re tya Morayala smare ||2||
English meaning:
At the beginning, I bow to Lord Ganapati, the ocean of wisdom.
O adored Moreswara, remove ignorance and grant me intellect and understanding.
Send away all worries, distress, poverty, and miseries to distant lands.
O Heramba (another name for Ganapati), Gananayaka (leader of the Ganas), Gajamukha (elephant-faced one), make your devotees very happy.
Your eyes are like two shining diamonds, spreading bright and beautiful light.
Your forehead is smeared with red vermilion, adorned with bunches of fresh green Durva grass.
My mind is at peace, and all my desires are fulfilled upon seeing you, which removes all worries.
The poet Vasudev, son of Gosavi, remembers that Morya (another name for Lord Ganapati).
These verses are part of a devotional poem that praises Lord Ganapati (Ganesha) and seeks his blessings for wisdom, happiness, and freedom from worries.
Reflection:
This bhajan is a heartfelt invocation to Lord Ganapati, the ocean of wisdom and the remover of ignorance. It begins with a simple, yet profound prayer—“Prārambhī vinati karu Gaṇapati vidyādayāsāgarā”—acknowledging Ganesha as the benevolent giver of knowledge. The poet humbly requests the removal of ignorance and seeks intelligence and clarity, referring to Lord Ganesha not just as a deity, but as Moresvara, the personal god of the poet’s devotion.
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