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घालीन लोटांगण वंदीन चरण Ghalin Lotangan with Meaning

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Ghalin Lotangan is sung at the end of the aartis, after the last lamp is waved. It begins with an abhang of Sant Namdev, "घालीन लोटांगण वंदीन चरण", and continues with three well-known Sanskrit verses and the Hare Ram Hare Krishna mantra.

During Ganeshotsav the whole household sings it together, often going round the murti, and it leads into the mantra pushpanjali. The words are short and simple: the devotee offers body, speech and mind, and everything they do, to God.

घालीन लोटांगण वंदीन चरण।
डोळ्यांनी पाहीन रूप तुझे।
प्रेमे आलिंगन आनंदे पूजिन।
भावे ओवाळिन म्हणे नामा॥१॥

Meaning: I will lie flat on the ground before you and bow at your feet. With my eyes I will see your form. I will embrace you with love and worship you with joy, and wave the lamp before you with devotion, says Nama.

अर्थ: मी तुझ्यापुढे लोटांगण घालीन आणि तुझ्या चरणांना वंदन करीन. डोळ्यांनी तुझे रूप पाहीन. प्रेमाने आलिंगन देऊन आनंदाने तुझी पूजा करीन आणि भक्तिभावाने ओवाळीन, असे नामदेव म्हणतात.

त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव।
त्वमेव बन्धुश्च सखा त्वमेव।
त्वमेव विद्या द्रविणं त्वमेव।
त्वमेव सर्वं मम देवदेव॥२॥

Meaning: You alone are my mother and you are my father. You are my brother and my friend. You are my learning and my wealth. You are everything to me, O God of gods.

अर्थ: तूच माझी आई आणि तूच वडील. तूच भाऊ आणि तूच मित्र. तूच विद्या आणि तूच धन. हे देवाधिदेवा, तूच माझे सर्वस्व आहेस.

कायेन वाचा मनसेन्द्रियैर्वा।
बुद्ध्यात्मना वा प्रकृतिस्वभावात्।
करोमि यद्यत्सकलं परस्मै।
नारायणायेति समर्पयामि॥३॥

Meaning: Whatever I do with my body, speech, mind or senses, with my intellect or my self, or out of my own nature, all of it I offer to the Supreme, to Narayana.

अर्थ: शरीराने, वाणीने, मनाने, इंद्रियांनी, बुद्धीने किंवा स्वभावाने मी जे जे करतो, ते सर्व परमात्म्याला, नारायणाला अर्पण करतो.

अच्युतं केशवं रामनारायणं।
कृष्णदामोदरं वासुदेवं हरिम्।
श्रीधरं माधवं गोपिकावल्लभं।
जानकीनायकं रामचन्द्रं भजे॥४॥

Meaning: I worship Achyuta, Keshava, Rama, Narayana, Krishna, Damodara, Vasudeva and Hari; Shridhara, Madhava, the beloved of the gopis; and Ramachandra, the lord of Janaki.

अर्थ: अच्युत, केशव, राम, नारायण, कृष्ण, दामोदर, वासुदेव, हरी, श्रीधर, माधव, गोपिकांचा प्रिय आणि जानकीचा नायक रामचंद्र यांचे मी भजन करतो.

हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे।
हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे॥

Meaning: The great mantra of the names of Ram and Krishna, calling on Hari.

अर्थ: राम आणि कृष्ण या नावांचा महामंत्र; हरीचे नामस्मरण.

केव्हा आणि कसे म्हणावे

When and how to recite it

At the end of every aarti, morning and evening, and at the close of Ganeshotsav and Navratri aartis.

  1. Sing it after the last aarti, before the mantra pushpanjali.
  2. Many families walk around the murti (pradakshina) while singing it.
  3. Speed up gently on the Hare Ram mantra at the end, as is the custom.

Dates to check: Ganeshotsav dates · Navratri dates

प्रश्नोत्तरे

Questions about Ghalin Lotangan

Who wrote Ghalin Lotangan?
The first verse is an abhang of Sant Namdev, who names himself at the end ("म्हणे नामा"). The verses after it are older Sanskrit shlokas from different sources, added by tradition.
Where does "त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव" come from?
It is a widely recited Sanskrit prayer found in the Pandava Gita collection. In the aarti it follows Namdev's abhang.
What comes after Ghalin Lotangan?
The mantra pushpanjali, "ॐ यज्ञेन यज्ञमयजन्त देवाः...", after which flowers are offered to the deity.
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