Vakratunda Mahakaya in Gujarati
વક્રતુણ્ડ મહાકાય
Vakratunda Mahakaya is a two-line Sanskrit shloka to Lord Ganesh and one of the most widely recited. Below is the Vakratunda Mahakaya in Gujarati script, also in English letters, with its meaning and a word-by-word gloss.
- Gujarati 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 Gujarati.
વક્રતુણ્ડ મહાકાય સૂર્યકોટિ સમપ્રભ। Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
નિર્વિઘ્નં કુરુ મે દેવ સર્વકાર્યેષુ સર્વદા॥ 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.
- વક્રતુણ્ડ Vakratunda
- O Lord with the curved trunk
- મહાકાય Mahakaya
- O Lord of mighty form
- સૂર્યકોટિ Suryakoti
- a crore (ten million) suns
- સમપ્રભ Samaprabha
- whose radiance equals
- નિર્વિઘ્નં Nirvighnam
- free of obstacles
- કુરુ Kuru
- please make
- મે Me
- for me, my
- દેવ Deva
- O Lord
- સર્વકાર્યેષુ Sarvakaryeshu
- in all undertakings
- સર્વદા 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 Gujarati letters so you can read them aloud. It is a transliteration, not a translation into Gujarati. The meaning of each verse is given in English.
How was the Gujarati 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 Gujarati letters with fixed spelling rules, so every verse matches the original letter for letter. The English-letter line is the common singing spelling.