
shuklaambara dharam vishnum slokam
1. English
“shuklaambara dharam vishnum shaSi varnam chaturbhujam
prasanna vadanam dhyaayet sarva vighnOpa SaamtayE”
Shukla = white;
Ambara = cloth or sky;
Dharam = wearing;
*Vishnum = pervading or omnipresent;
#Shashi = moon;
Varnam = color;
Chatur = four;
Bhujam = shoulder;
Prasanna = smiling or pleasant is the usual meaning that we come across.But Niruktha which deals with the etymological and linguistic derivations of the word ,which we can call as Dictionary now-a-days in English, says ‘Prasanno Gaja YudhapaH’ meaning the word Prasanna stands for the king of all elephants of the entire universe i.e. none other than VINAYAKA .
Vadanam = face. Hence Prasanna vadanam as a whole means having the face of the universal king of elephants viz. VIGHNESWARA;
Dhyayet= I meditate upon;
Sarva = all;
Vighna = obstacle or hindrance or block;
Upashantaye = remove or abate or pacify.
thanks for meaning of above sloka