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