GaNesh aarati
Sukhkarta dukhharta ganesh aarati lyrics in English with meaning: It is a very popular devotional aarti of Lord GaNesha. The elephant-headed god is said to be the Lord of prosperity, wisdom and fortune. He is the son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati born on chaturthi tithi (fourth day) during shukla paksha (the bright phase of the lunar cycle) in bhadrapada month.
Harti is a devotional song that hails the power of Gods and Goddesses. It is sung while offering lighted camphor or lamps to the deity. A puja is incomplete without harti.
Devotees believe that the Lord GaNesha blesses people by removing obstacles from their lives. He is always worshipped before beginning any auspicious or important work to gain success.
Therefore people worship him in many ways to seek his blessings. They are often seen reciting mantras and songs to please Gajaanana.
‘GaNesh aarati’ lyrics meaning:
O supreme Lord GaNesha, one with a huge body, a curved elephant trunk and whose brilliance is equal to billions of suns, may you always remove obstacles from all our endeavors.
Bowing all the way down to the almighty GaNpati, bestower of success, the eight self-manifested abodes of GaNesha, you are an auspicious father figure to us. We always devote you as like saint moray.
Oh Lord GaNesha, you are the giver of joy, destroyer of sadness, and remove all “obstacles” (vighnas) from life. You spread love everywhere as your blessing. Your body glows with the effect of “yellow-orange fragrance paste” (shendur utna). You wear a “pearls” (Mukataphal) necklace.
Hail to GaNanadha, all the wishes will be fulfilled by a glance of such a beautiful and grand GaNesha.
Hey merciful Vinaayaka, we are offering you a seat studded with “gems” (ratna). O “son of Parvati” (gauri kumara) we are smearing you with “sandalwood” (chandan) “paste” (utna) and decorating you with “saffron Tilak” (kumkum) on the forehead and a crown studded with diamonds is embellished for you. The anklet (nupur) of your feet is also instigating a sound of melodious tinkling.
O Lord Shri GaNesha, you have a big stomach and a serpent abounded around it. You wears “yellow coloured clothes” (Pitaambar – dhoti). Your trunk is simple and curved; you have “three eyes” (trinayana). I am waiting for you in my “home” (sadana) just like Ramadasu the slave (devotee) who is waiting for his Lord Raama. You are worshipped by “devatas” (sura), hey Vinaayaka please protect us in every moment of crisis and help us during bad times.
Apply sindur and saffron paste to the elephant-faced, Parvati and Shiva’s son GaNesha who sits with his big tummy by holding jaggery laddu in his hand and giving boons to the devatas. His glory is such that one cannot explain it in words.
Hail to the king of “gaNaas” (the followers of Lord Shiva), who is the giver of happiness and knowledge. I am exalted by the presence of yours which gives salvation.
You are greater of eight kinds of powers and one who repels danger, destroyer of all obstacles, and the holder of great power who is an auspicious father figure to us. Your appearance is akin to the radiance caused when crores of suns shine together. Your cheeks and forehead are as resplendent as the moon.
If someone reaches you with devotion, please give them full of eternal wealth and everything. Hey GaNesh maharaaj please be with us like this always and with delight Hardas (a legend-narrator, Brahman) recites your glory in songs all the time.
Oh Lord, we lie down and bow down at your feet. We will see the beautiful form of yours through our eyes. Will hug you with all our love and worship you with all the happiness within. Will worship you with all devotion and will offer ourselves to you.
You are the mother, you are the father, you are the relative, you are the friend, you are the knowledge, you are the wealth, and you are everything for me O Lord.
Whatever I do either by the body, speech, mind or sensory organs, either with my personal knowledge or natural trait, I surrender and submit everything to the supreme divine Narayana.
I worship you O Acyuta (the infallible one), O Keshava (the one who controls everyone, the one with beautiful hair and the one who killed demon Keshi), O Raama the incarnation of NaaraayaNa (the one without any blemish). I devote you O KrishNa (the one attracts others by his divine attributes and beauty) who is known as Daamodara (because of being tied by mother Yashoda around the waist), O Vaasudeva (the son of Vasudeva and Devaki), O Hari (the one who takes away the sins, the one receives the offerings of the yagna). I adore you O Sridhara (the one who bears goddess Lakshmi on his chest), O Madhava (name of Sri KrishNa, who possesses the sweetness of both the spring season and of honey), the one who was the most beloved to the gopikaas (the cowherd girls of Vrindavan) and I worship you O Raamachandra the lord of devi Jaanaki.
Hail to Sri Raama and Hail to Sri KrishNa.
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Fresh air and silence are important for the breaks because the brain has yet to process what it just learned. So don’t turn on your TV right after practice. And if you have even less time, it doesn’t matter as long as you are focused, because regular, focused practice is basically more valuable than one hour-long session per week.
Practice 15 minutes every day rather than 5 hours once a week.
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