Vakratunda Mahakaya in Bengali
বক্রতুণ্ড মহাকায়
Vakratunda Mahakaya is a two-line Sanskrit shloka to Lord Ganesh and one of the most widely recited. Below is the Vakratunda Mahakaya in Bengali script, also in English letters, with its meaning and a word-by-word gloss.
- Bengali script
- 1 verse
- 0.5 min
- Traditional Ganesha shloka
- Best on Wednesday
Recite line by line, listen, count with a mala. The reader opens in Bengali.
বক্রতুণ্ড মহাকায় সূর্যকোটি সমপ্রভ। Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
নির্বিঘ্নং কুরু মে দেব সর্বকার্যেষু সর্বদা॥ Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarvakaryeshu Sarvada
Meaning
O Lord with the curved trunk and mighty form, whose radiance equals ten million suns! O God, make all my undertakings free of obstacles, always.
- বক্রতুণ্ড Vakratunda
- O Lord with the curved trunk
- মহাকায় Mahakaya
- O Lord of mighty form
- সূর্যকোটি Suryakoti
- a crore (ten million) suns
- সমপ্রভ Samaprabha
- whose radiance equals
- নির্বিঘ্নং Nirvighnam
- free of obstacles
- কুরু Kuru
- please make
- মে Me
- for me, my
- দেব Deva
- O Lord
- সর্বকার্যেষু Sarvakaryeshu
- in all undertakings
- সর্বদা Sarvada
- always
About Vakratunda Mahakaya
Ganesh is worshipped first in every Hindu rite as Vighnaharta, the remover of obstacles. For most people, this shloka is that first offering. Its exact scriptural origin is not firmly established. It has come down as a traditional invocation used across regions and sampradayas, and it is sung at the start of weddings, housewarmings, school functions and classical music and dance recitals.
Questions
Is this the same Vakratunda Mahakaya that is sung in Hindi?
Yes. These are the same Sanskrit words, written in Bengali letters so you can read them aloud. It is a transliteration, not a translation into Bengali. The meaning of each verse is given in English.
How was the Bengali text prepared?
We keep one checked Devanagari edition (Traditional Ganesha invocation (cross-checked: shlokam.org "Vakratunda Mahakaya"; bhaktibharat.com "Vakratunda Mahakaya Ganesh Shlok"; drikpanchang.com Vakratunda Mahakaya Mantra)) and write it in Bengali letters with fixed spelling rules, so every verse matches the original letter for letter. The English-letter line is the common singing spelling.