Ganesha Ashtakam by Vyasa

shrIgaNeshAya namaH |

gaNapati\-parivAraM chArukeyUrahAraM
giridharavarasAraM yoginIchakrachAram |
bhava\-bhaya\-parihAraM duHkha\-dAridraya\-dUraM
gaNapatimabhivande vakratuNDAvatAram || 1||
I adore Ganapati, Who is a dependent of Shiva, Who has a beautiful garland of Keyura flower, Who is the epitome of Giridhara, Who is practising the Yogini Chakra, Who absolves the fear of metempsychosis, Who is far from grief and poverty, and Who incarnates as Vakratunda.
akhilamalavinAshaM pANinA dhvastapAshaM var hastapAshaM
kanakagirinikAshaM sUryakoTiprakAsham |
bhavabhavagirinAshaM mAlatItIravAsaM
gaNapatimabhivande mAnase rAjaha.nsam || 2||
Adore Ganapati, Who is everything, Who is indestructible, Who holds a hand-noose by hands, Who resembles the golden mountain Meru, Who is blazing like millions of Sun, Who destroys the mountain-like metempsychosis, and Who lives of the banks of River Malati. I adore Ganapati, Who is the king of swans in my mind-lake.
vividha\-maNi\-mayUkhaiH shobhamAnaM vidUraiH
kanaka\-rachita\-chitraM kaNThadeshevichitraM |
dadhati vimalahAraM sarvadA yatnasAraM
gaNapatimabhivande vakratuNDAvatAram || 3||
I adore Ganapati, Who is being resplendent by the fire of various gem stones which are from distant places, Whose appearance is made golden, Who holds a spotless variegated garland at the neck, Who is always the cause behind performance, and Who incarnates as Vakratunda.
duritagajamamandaM vAraNIM chaiva vedaM
viditamakhilanAdaM nR^ityamAnandakandam |
dadhati shashisuvaktraM chA.a~NkushaM yo visheShaM
gaNapatimabhivande sarvadA.a.anandakandam || 4||
I adore Ganapati, Who is a difficult elephant, Who is unsteady, Who is the Truth, Who is well-known, Who is the Nadabrahman, Whose dance is like a cloud of happiness, Who holds a crescent-moon on forehead and a special whip, and Who is always a cloud of eternal bliss.
trinayanayutabhAle shobhamAne vishAle
mukuTa\-maNi\-suDhAle mauktikAnAM cha jAle |
dhavalakusumamAle yasya shIrShNaH satAle
gaNapatimabhivande sarvadA chakrapANim || 5||
Of Whose head is in the middle of the following: a large resplendent forehead with three eyes, a crown shielded by jewels, a net made of pearls, a garland of white flowers, and a hand fan - I adore that Ganapati, Who holds a chakra in His hands.
vapuShi mahati rUpaM pIThamAdau sudIpaM
tadupari rasakoNaM yasya chordhvaM trikoNam |
gajamitadalapadmaM sa.nsthitaM chAruchhadmaM
gaNapatimabhivande kalpavR^ikShasya vR^inde || 6||
I adore Ganapati, Whose form is the best among handsome, Whose seat is the first and lighted, above Whom the triangle is present, and Who is situated with beautiful appearance on an eight-petalled lotus in the group of Kalpavrksha trees.
varadavishadashastaM dakShiNaM yasya hastaM
sadayamabhayadaM taM chintaye chittasa.nstham |
shabalakuTilashuNDaM chaikatuNDaM dvituNDaM
gaNapatimabhivande sarvadA vakratuNDam || 7||
Of Whose right hand is fortunate and splendid in giving boons, of Whose right hand is full or mercy and bestows fearlessness - I meditate upon that Ganesha , Who is situated in intelligence. I adore Ganapati, Who has a variegated and curved trunk, Who has one trunk, Who has two mouth, and Whose trunk is always curved.
kalpadrumAdhaHsthita\-kAmadhenuM
chintAmaNiM dakShiNapANishuNDam |
bibhrANamatyadbhutachittarUpaM yaH
pUjayet tasya samastasiddhiH || 8||
He who prays to this splendid mental picture of Ganesha, Which is the wish giving Kamadhenu situated below a wish-giving Kalpavrksha, Which is the wish-giving jewel, Which has trunk carried in right hand — of him are all the siddhi.
vyAsAShTakamidaM puNyaM gaNeshastavanaM nR^iNAm |
paThatAM duHkhanAshAya vidyAM sa.nshriyamashnute || 9||
Those men who study this pure eight-canto eulogy on Ganesha, written by Vyasa, reach knowledge and every wealth for the destruction of grief.
|| iti shrIpadmapurANe uttarakhaNDe vyAsavirachitaM gaNeshAShTakaM sampUrNam ||

OM GANESHAYA NAMAHA