Sukhkarta Dukhharta (Ganpati Aarti) सुखकर्ता दुःखहर्ता (गणपतीची आरती)
The best-known Marathi aarti of Ganapati, sung at every Ganesh puja and through Ganeshotsav: Ganesha as the giver of joy and remover of sorrow, bright with sindoor and a pearl necklace.
- Deity Ganesha
- Type Aarti
- Language Marathi
- Tradition Common to many traditions
- Source Shriram Upasana Grantha — Ganesh Babaji Phadke Tasgaonkar, Tasgaon, 1910 — scan page 45 (printed p. 39), Marathi Wikisource revision 192392
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Refrain 1
जयदेव जयदेव जय मंगलमूर्ती ।jayadev jayadev jay maṃgalamūrtī |
दर्शन मात्रे मन कामना पुरती ॥ ध्रु० ॥darśan mātre man kāmanā puratī || dhru0 ||
Meaning of this verse
Victory, O god, victory to you, embodiment of auspiciousness; by the mere sight of you the wishes of the mind are fulfilled.
Stanza 1
सुखकर्ता दुःखहर्ता वार्ता विघ्नांची ।sukhakartā duḥkhahartā vārtā vighnāṃcī |
नुरवी पुरवी प्रेम कृपा जयाची ।nuravī puravī prem kṛpā jayācī |
सर्वांगी सुंदर उटि शेंदुराची ।sarvāṃgī suṃdar uṭi śeṃdurācī |
कंठी झळके माळ मुक्ताफळांची ॥ जयदेव० ॥ १ ॥kaṃṭhī jhaḷake māḷ muktāphaḷāṃcī || jayadeva0 || 1 ||
Meaning of this verse
He gives joy and takes away sorrow, leaving no trace of obstacles, and his love and grace provide for all. His whole body is beautiful with a coat of vermilion, and a necklace of pearls gleams at his throat.
Stanza 2
रत्नखचित करा तुज गौरीकुमरा ॥ratnakhacit karā tuj gaurīkumarā ||
चंदनाची उटी कुंकुम केशरा ।caṃdanācī uṭī kuṃkum keśarā |
हिरेजडित मुकुट शोभतो बरा ।hirejaḍit mukuṭ śobhato barā |
रुणझुणती नूपुरे चरणीं घागरिया ॥ जयदेव ॥ २ ॥ruṇajhuṇatī nūpure caraṇīṃ ghāgariyā || jayadev || 2 ||
Meaning of this verse
Jewel-studded adornment is yours, O son of Gauri, with a paste of sandal, kumkum and saffron. The diamond-set crown looks fine, and the anklets and little bells on your feet jingle.
Stanza 3
लंबोदर पीतांबर फणिवरबंधना ।laṃbodar pītāṃbar phaṇivarabaṃdhanā |
सरळ सोंड वक्रतुंड त्रीनयना ।saraḷ soṃḍ vakratuṃḍ trīnayanā |
दास रामाचा वाट पाहे सदना ।dās rāmācā vāṭ pāhe sadanā |
संकटीं पावावें निर्वाणी रक्षावें सुरवरवंदना ॥ जयदेव० ॥ ३ ॥saṃkaṭīṃ pāvāveṃ nirvāṇī rakṣāveṃ suravaravaṃdanā || jayadeva0 || 3 ||
Meaning of this verse
Big-bellied, clad in yellow, with the king of serpents as your belt; with straight trunk and curved mouth, three-eyed. Ramdas, servant of Rama, waits for you at home: come to help in hardship and protect at the last, O you honoured by the foremost gods.
Read in another script: ગુજરાતી বাংলা தமிழ் తెలుగు ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
Text: Shriram Upasana Grantha (publ. Ganesh Babaji Phadke Tasgaonkar, Tasgaon, 1910), printed p. 39 = scan page 45, as proofread on Marathi Wikisource (https://mr.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%3A%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A5.pdf/%E0%A5%AA%E0%A5%AB&oldid=192392, revision 192392, page quality 3); the scan image of the page was also read at 1920 px. Verified on 11 November 2026 against three independent prints of the Navanit anthology: Navanit 1882 (archive.org in.ernet.dli.2015.382305, OCR layer, 'आरती गणपतीवरची'; 4 identical, 10 differing, 0 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 93.3%), Navanit 1910 (archive.org in.ernet.dli.2015.292289, OCR; 3 identical, 11 differing, 0 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 90.7%) and the Navanit 1871 scan on Marathi Wikisource (पान:नवनीत अथवा मराठी कवितांचे वेंचे.pdf/३४४–३४५, revisions 184360/184361, unproofread OCR; 2 identical, 12 differing, 0 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 95.1%); comparison with cmp.py --loose, one quarter-line per line. Lines: 14 (refrain 2 + 3 stanzas of 4). Corrections to the transcription: ‘शेदुराची’ → ‘शेंदुराची’ (anusvara dropped by the transcriber; the scan prints शें- at the line end and all three Navanit witnesses read शेंदुराची); ‘लंबोपर’ → ‘लंबोदर’ (visible misprint in the 1910 print (the scan itself reads लंबोपर); majority reading of all witnesses, recorded as such). Punctuation: the transcriber's ASCII '|' and '||' were read as । and ॥ and a doubled '||' after गौरीकुमरा was reduced to one. Edition readings kept where the Navanit prints differ: मुकुट (Navanit मुगुट); त्रीनयना (त्रिनयना); संकटीं (संकष्टीं); निर्वाणी (1871 निर्वाण); करा (Navanit OCR फरा, an OCR slip); दर्शन मात्रे मन कामना (Navanit दर्शनमात्रे मनःकामना); जयदेव ॥ २ ॥ as printed. Order: this print puts the refrain (ध्रु०) before stanza 1, the Navanit prints after it; the refrain is sung after every stanza. The last stanza names 'दास रामाचा' (Ramdas), the traditional ascription to Samarth Ramdas. Verse-by-verse meanings: an in-house paraphrase by the Udyog Jyotish editorial team, not a translation.
The Roman line is IAST transliteration derived from the Devanagari (ā = long a, ṃ = anusvara, ḥ = visarga, ś/ṣ = sh sounds, c = ch as in “church”). In Hindi, Awadhi and Braj texts the silent final “a” is dropped. Transliteration does not show Vedic accents.
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What is Sukhkarta Dukhharta (Ganpati Aarti)?
The best-known Marathi aarti of Ganapati, sung at every Ganesh puja and through Ganeshotsav: Ganesha as the giver of joy and remover of sorrow, bright with sindoor and a pearl necklace.
Who is Sukhkarta Dukhharta (Ganpati Aarti) associated with?
Sukhkarta Dukhharta (Ganpati Aarti) is associated with Ganesha. Remover of obstacles and lord of beginnings, worshipped first in almost every Hindu puja.
What does Sukhkarta Dukhharta (Ganpati Aarti) mean?
The refrain hails the auspicious-formed Ganesha whose mere sight fulfils the heart's wishes. The stanzas describe him as the maker of happiness and remover of sorrow who ends every obstacle, his body anointed with sindoor and a necklace of pearls, jewelled bracelets, sandal paste and saffron, a diamond crown and tinkling anklets; the pot-bellied, curved-trunked, three-eyed lord in yellow with a serpent for a girdle. The poet, Rama's servant, waits for him at his door and asks him to protect him in distress and in the final hour.
What is the source of Sukhkarta Dukhharta (Ganpati Aarti)?
Aartis of Samarth Ramdas — Aarti of Ganapati; printed in Shriram Upasana Grantha (1910), p. 39. Tradition: Common to many traditions.
Are there different versions of Sukhkarta Dukhharta (Ganpati Aarti)?
Prints differ in small words (मुकुट/मुगुट, त्रीनयना/त्रिनयना, संकटीं/संकष्टीं, 'ब्रह्मांडी माळा' in modern booklets) and in whether the refrain is printed before or after the first stanza. This version follows the 1910 Tasgaon print; readings were changed only where the sources show a transcription error or a visible misprint.