śrī datta gaṇapatiṃ bhaje unmatta naṭana tāṇḍavam|
mattebhavadana bhāsuraṃ cittābja bodha bhāskaram ।।1।। (Chorus)
I pray Śrī Datta Gaṇapati, who is very mad of dancing, He shines with elephant-face, who is sun of mind-lotus.
āyatta yogarājitaṃ vitteśa nitya pūjitam
uttānapāṇi mudritaṃ śrī kṛttivāsasaḥ sutam ।।2।।
He is successful in Yoga, who is prayed by the deity of wealth, He blesses with opened hand, who is son of Kruttivāsa-Śiva.
kailāsadṛṣadi nartanaṃ bhaktāntaraṅgavartanam|
pāpaugha pāśakartanaṃ śrī pārvatīsutaṃ bhaje ।।3।।
He dances on stones of Kailāsa, who stays in devoted hearts, He cuts huge ropes of sins, who is the son of Goddess Pārvatī.
lambodarāṅga tāṇḍavaṃ mudrākarābja paṇḍitam|
sarvāṅga nāga maṇḍanaṃ vande vināyakaṃ patim ।।4।।
His stomach shakes in dance, who knows all the modes of hands, He is decorated with snakes on body, who is called as Vināyaka.
dhindhiṃmi takiṭa mardalaṃ bhaṃbhaṃ nināda śaṅkhakam|
ānanda nṛtyatatparaṃ dhyāyāmi pramathanāyakam ।।5।।
He rules all the Pramatha devotees, who dances immersed in His bliss, while drums sound ‘Dhim Dhimmi Takiṭa’, conches sound ‘Bham Bham’.
āmodakara modakaṃ vedāntamati mādakam|
duṣkarma phala sādakaṃ vighneśvaraṃ guruṃ bhaje ।।6।।
He is fond of eating ‘modakas’, who is full of the spiritual knowledge, He destroys fruits of all sins, who controls hurdles through preaching.
sṛṣṭi sthiti laya kāraṇaṃ mūṣākhya daitya māraṇam|
saṃsāra jaladhi tāraṇaṃ staumi prabhu naravāraṇam ।।7।।
He is creator, ruler and destroyer of the world, who killed Mūṣika demon, He is the boat in this worldly sea, who is mixture of elephant and man.
pañcāsyamādi daivataṃ devarṣibhiḥ samarcitam|
āloka galita sañcitaṃ vighnādhināthamāśraye ।।8।।
He is first God with five faces, who is worshipped by sages and angels, He removes all the past by one look, who is the deity of all obstructions.
lokaika parama vaibhavaṃ lokeśvarādi sambhavam|
āloka parihṛtodbhavaṃ ālokaye parambhavam ।।9।।
He is the richest in this entire cosmos, who is first son of king of world, He can avoid worldly bonded birth, who looks like another God Śiva.
śrī kṛṣṇa kavi niveditaiḥ ślokākhya modakairimaiḥ|
ānanda gaṇapatiṃ patiṃ ārādhayantu sādhakāḥ ।।10।।
Let the spiritual aspirants pray blissful Gaṇapati, the Lord of all Lords, by offering Him these verse-modakas composed by the poet Kṛṣṇa.
॥श्री दत्त गणपतिं भजे। श्री दत्त गणपतिं भजे। श्री दत्त गणपतिं भजे॥
।।śrī datta gaṇapatiṃ bhaje । śrī datta gaṇapatiṃ bhaje । śrī datta gaṇapatiṃ bhaje।।