Sri Ganesha Vajra Panjara Stotram

dhyAnam |

trinetraM gajAsyaM chaturbAhudhAram

parashvAdidastrai riyutauM bhAlachandraM |

nArakA dehaM sadA yogashaMtaM

gaNeshaM bhaje sarvavandyauM pareSham || 1 ||

biMdurUpo vakratuMdo rakSatu me hRidi sthitaH |

dehAMshachaturvidhAMstattvAMstattvAdhAraH sanAtanaH || 2 ||

dehamohayutaM hyaikadantaH so'haM svarUpadhRRik |

dehianAM mAM visheShaNa rakSatu bhramanAshakaH || 3 ||

mahodarastathA devo nAnAbodhAn pratApavAn |

sadA rakSatu me bodhAnandasaMstho hyaharnisham || 4 ||

sAMkhyAn rakSatu sAMkhyesho gajAnanaH susiddhidaH |

asatyeshu sthitaM mA sa lambodarasha cha rakSatu || 5 ||

satsu sumohena vikaTo mAM parAtparam |

rakSatu bhaktavAtsalyAt sadaikAmRRitadhArikaH || 6 ||

Anandeshu sthitaM nityaM mAM rakSatu samAtmakaH |

vighnarAjo mahAvighnairanAkhelakaraH prabhuH || 7 ||

avyakteshu sthitaM nityaM dhUmavarNaH svarUpadhRRik |

mAM rakSatu sukhAkAraH sahajaH sarvapUjitaH || 8 ||

svasaMvedyeshu saMstaM mAM gaNeshaH svarasvarUpadhRRik |

rakSatu yogabhAvena saMsthito bhavanAyakaH || 9 ||

ayogeshu sthitaM nityaM mAM rakSatu gaNeshwara |

nivRRitirUpadhRRik sAxAdasamAdhisukhe rataH || 10 ||

yogashaMtidharo mAM tu rakSatu yogasaMsthitam |

gaNAdhIshaH prasannAtmA siddhibuddhisamanvitaH || 11 ||

puro mAM gajakarNa sha cha rakSatu vighnahArikaH |

vAhnyAM yAmyAM cha nairRtyAM chintAminirvarapradaH || 12 ||

rakSatu pashchime DhuMdiraherambo vAyudika sthitam |

vinAyakashauttare tu pramodashaIshadika sthitam || 13 ||

UrdhvaM siddhipatiH pAtu buddhIsho'dhaH sthitaM sadA |

sarvANgeshu mayUreshaH pAtu mAM bhaktilAlasaH || 14 ||

yatra tatra sthitaM mAM tu sadA rakSatu yogapaH |

purashupAshasaMyukto varadAbhayadhArikaH || 15 ||

idaM gaNapateH pRo kavachaM parama |

dhArayasva mahAdeva vijayI tvaM bhaviShyasi || 16 ||

ya idaM paMjaraM dhRitvA yatra kutra sthito bhavet |

na tasya jAyate kvApi bhayam anAsvabhAvajam || 17 ||

yaH paThet paMjaraM nityaM sa Ipsitama vApnuyAt |

vajrasA ratanabUtvA charetsarvatra mAnavaH || 18 ||

trikAlaM yaH paThenityaM sa gaNesha ivaAparaH |

nirvighnaH sarvakAreshu brahmabhUto bhavenanaraH || 19 ||

yaH ShRoti gaNeshasya paMjaraM vajrasaMgyakam |

ArogyAdisamAyukto bhavate gaNapapriyaH || 20 ||

dhanaM dhAnyaM pashUn vidyAmAyushyaM putrapautrakam |

sarvasaM matsamAyuktaMaiShvaryaM paThanAl labheta || 21 ||

na bhayaM tasya vajrAta chakrAsh chUlAdd bhavet kadA |

shaMkarAdermahAdeva paThanAdasya nityaShaH || 22 ||

yaM yaM chintayate martayastaM taM prApnoti shAshvatam |

paThanAdasya vighnesha paMjarasya niranataram || 23 ||

lakShAvRRitibhirevaM sa siddhapaMjarako bhavet |

staM bhayedapi sUryauM tu brahmANdaM vashAmAnayet || 24 ||

evamukatvA gaNeshAnor dadhe munisattama |

shivo devAdibhiryukto hariShitaH sababhUva ha || 25 ||

English Translation

Meditation:

I worship Ganesha, the Lord to be worshipped by all,

Three-eyed, elephant-faced, bearing four arms,

Holding weapons in His hands, with the moon on His forehead,

Of human form, ever established in yoga peace.

Bindu-formed, curved-trunked, may He protect me, established in the heart,

The eternal supporter of the four parts of the body and their elements.

Though I am with body-delusion, the single-tusked One, I am, by my true nature,

May He, the destroyer of delusion, especially protect me who am embodied.

The large-bellied God, powerful through many teachings,

May He ever protect me, day and night, established in the bliss of wisdom.

May the Lord of Sankhya, Ganesha, the giver of good success, protect me in Sankhya,

And may the large-bellied one protect me who abides in untruths.

May the Supreme One protect me with delusion while in truth,

Out of love for devotees, ever giving the nectar of immortality.

May the Self-unified one protect me ever established in bliss,

The Lord of Obstacles, the Lord, who creates many great obstacles.

Of smoke color, by true nature, protecting me ever established in the unmanifest,

May the easily-pleasing one, naturally worthy of all worship, protect me.

May Ganesha, by true nature, protect me abiding in what is known to oneself,

Established in yoga, the protector of the house.

May Ganesha protect me ever established in yoga-less states,

Delighting in the bliss of direct samadhi, embodied in liberation form.

May the Yoga-peace-bearing one protect me established in yoga,

Ganadhipa, the serene one, accompanied by success and wisdom.

May the Elephant-Eared one, the remover of obstacles, protect me from the front,

May Chintamani, the boon-giver, protect in the north and northwest directions.

May Dundi (Heramba) protect in the west, stationed in the air direction,

May Vinayaka protect in the north, May Promoda protect in the Ishana direction.

May Siddhipati protect above, May Buddhesha protect below, ever established,

May Mayuresha protect all my limbs, I who am devoted to worship.

Wherever I am, may the Yogi ever protect me,

Holding a noose, granting boons and dispelling fear.

This supreme cage (armor) of Ganesha has been proclaimed,

Wear it, O Mahadeva, and you will be victorious.

Whoever holds this cage, wherever he may be,

Fear never arises for him, fear not born from one's own nature.

Whoever reads this cage daily obtains all desires,

Becoming as hard as vajra, humans walk everywhere.

Whoever reads this thrice daily becomes like Ganesha himself,

Free from obstacles in all actions, the man becomes one with Brahman.

Whoever hears the cage of Ganesha called 'vajra',

Becomes endowed with health and becomes dear to Ganesha.

Wealth, grains, cattle, knowledge, lifespan, sons and grandsons,

All prosperity and lordship are obtained through its reading.

Fear does not come to him from vajra, from chakra, from shula,

Through the reading of this, O Mahadeva Shankara, ever.

Whatever mortal thinks of, that he attains eternally,

Through the constant reading of this cage of Vighnesha.

With a lakh of recitations, one becomes perfected in the cage,

He could even bind the sun and control the brahmanda.

Thus having spoken, the best of sages placed the Ganesha armor within himself,

Shiva, accompanied by the gods and others, became pleased.