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	{{Short description\|Marathi song devoted to the Hindu god Ganesha}}		{{Short description\|Marathi song devoted to the Hindu god Ganesha}}

	[[File:Moreshwar.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|Ganesha as Mayureshwara with consorts ~~Buddhi~~ and Siddhi, [[Ganesha Temple at Morgaon\|Morgaon]]. Samarth Ramdas composed the arati inspired by Mayureshwara.]]		[[File:Moreshwar.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|Ganesha as Mayureshwara with consorts Riddhi and Siddhi, [[Ganesha Temple at Morgaon\|Morgaon]]. Samarth Ramdas composed the arati inspired by Mayureshwara.]]
	'''''Sukhakarta Dukhaharta''''' (literally "harbinger of happiness and dispeller of distress",<ref name="Pal1995"/> {{~~lang-~~mr\|सुखकर्ता दु:खहर्ता}}, {{IAST\|sukhakartā duḥkhaharta}}), also spelled as '''''Sukhkarta Dukhharta''''', is a popular [[Marathi language\|Marathi]] [[arati]] song or [[bhajan]] (devotional song) dedicated to the [[Hindu god]] [[Ganesha]], composed by the saint [[Samarth Ramdas]] (1608 - 1682 CE).<ref name="vijay">{{cite web \| url=http://www.lokprabha.com/20120217/shree-ramdas06.htm \| title=समर्थाची टाकळी \| publisher=[[Indian Express Limited]] \| work=[[Lokprabha]] \| date=17 February 2012 \| accessdate=23 January 2015 \| author=Golesar, Vijay (गोळेसर, विजय)}}</ref><ref name="prathana"/> It is included in the "most standard and almost universal" ~~arati~~ songs sung at the ~~end~~ of [[Puja (Hinduism)\|Puja]] (worship rituals) of Ganesha in [[Maharashtra]], especially in his festival [[Ganesh Chaturthi]] as well as in Ganesha temples in the region.<ref name="Pal1995"/><ref name="prathana"/><ref>{{cite news \| url=~~http~~://indiatoday~~.intoday~~.in/story/mumbai-streets-echo-ganpati-bappa-morya~~/1/309012.html~~ \| title=Ganesh Chaturthi: Mumbai streets echo Ganpati Bappa Morya \| work=[[India Today]] \| date=September 9, 2013 \| ~~accessdate~~=23 January 2015}}</ref>		'''''Sukhakarta Dukhaharta''''' (literally "harbinger of happiness and dispeller of distress",<ref name="Pal1995"/> {{langx\|mr\|सुखकर्ता दु:खहर्ता}}, {{IAST\|sukhakartā duḥkhaharta}}), also spelled as '''''Sukhkarta Dukhharta''''', is a popular [[Marathi language\|Marathi]] [[arati]], song or [[bhajan]] (devotional song) dedicated to the [[Hindu god]] [[Ganesha]], composed by the saint [[Samarth Ramdas]] (1608 - 1682 CE).<ref name="vijay">{{cite web \| url=http://www.lokprabha.com/20120217/shree-ramdas06.htm \| title=समर्थाची टाकळी \| publisher=[[Indian Express Limited]] \| work=[[Lokprabha]] \| date=17 February 2012 \| accessdate=23 January 2015 \| author=Golesar, Vijay (गोळेसर, विजय)}}</ref><ref name="prathana"/> It is included in the "most standard and almost universal" aarti songs sung at the start of [[Puja (Hinduism)\|Puja]] (worship rituals) of Ganesha in [[Maharashtra]], especially in his festival [[Ganesh Chaturthi]] as well as in Ganesha temples in the region.<ref name="Pal1995"/><ref name="prathana"/><ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west/story/mumbai-streets-echo-ganpati-bappa-morya-210447-2013-09-08 \| title=Ganesh Chaturthi: Mumbai streets echo Ganpati Bappa Morya \| work=[[India Today]] \| date=September 9, 2013 \| access-date=23 January 2015}}</ref>

	==Background==		==Background==
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	रत्नखचित फरा, तुज गौरीकुमरा\|		रत्नखचित फरा, तुज गौरीकुमरा\|
	चंदनाची उटी , कुमकुम केशरा\|		चंदनाची उटी, कुमकुम केशरा\|
	हिरेजडित मुकुट, शोभतो बरा \|		हिरेजडित मुकुट, शोभतो बरा \|
	रुणझुणती नूपुरे, चरणी घागरिया\|		रुणझुणती नूपुरे, चरणी घागरिया\|
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	The collection of Ganesha aratis, including the "timeless" ''Sukhakarta Dukhakarta'' by singer-sister [[Lata Mangeshkar]] and [[Usha Mangeshkar]], became popular on release in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-devotional-music-hits-a-high-note-1744042 \| title=Devotional music hits a high note \| work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] (DNA) \| date=23 September 2012 \| accessdate=23 January 2015 \| author=Pawar, Yogesh}}</ref> [[Anuradha Paudwal]] has the song in her music album ''Ganesh mantra''.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x14mnrm_sukh-karta-dukh-harta-by-anuradha-paudwal-i-ganesh-mantra_music \| title=Sukh Karta Dukh Harta By Anuradha Paudwal \| publisher=Bhakti Sagar \| accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref> The song was used as the theme song for a [[Rock music]] concert by musicians Vishal Rane and Sameer Bangare.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-duo-gets-youth-grooving-to-ganesh-bhajans-2015793 \| title=Duo gets youth grooving to Ganesh bhajans \| work=DNA \| date=3 September 2014 \| accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref>		The collection of Ganesha aratis, including the "timeless" ''Sukhakarta Dukhakarta'' by singer-sister [[Lata Mangeshkar]] and [[Usha Mangeshkar]], became popular on release in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-devotional-music-hits-a-high-note-1744042 \| title=Devotional music hits a high note \| work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] (DNA) \| date=23 September 2012 \| accessdate=23 January 2015 \| author=Pawar, Yogesh}}</ref> [[Anuradha Paudwal]] has the song in her music album ''Ganesh mantra''.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x14mnrm_sukh-karta-dukh-harta-by-anuradha-paudwal-i-ganesh-mantra_music \| title=Sukh Karta Dukh Harta By Anuradha Paudwal \| publisher=Bhakti Sagar \| accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref> The song was used as the theme song for a [[Rock music]] concert by musicians Vishal Rane and Sameer Bangare.<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-duo-gets-youth-grooving-to-ganesh-bhajans-2015793 \| title=Duo gets youth grooving to Ganesh bhajans \| work=DNA \| date=3 September 2014 \| accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref>
	The song was adapted for the movie ''[[Bajirao Mastani (film)\|Bajirao Mastani]]'' and helped set the world record for the largest formation of human mosaic of the form of the God.<ref>{{cite news \| url=~~http~~://indiatoday~~.intoday~~.in/story/deepika-and-ranveers-bajirao-mastani-check-how-the-song-gajanana-made-it-to-guinness-book-of-world-records~~/1/478062.html~~ \| title=Gajanana made it to Guinness Book of World Records \| work=India Today \| date=20 September 2015 \| ~~accessdate~~=2 December 2015}}</ref>		The song was adapted for the movie ''[[Bajirao Mastani (film)\|Bajirao Mastani]]'' and helped set the world record for the largest formation of human mosaic of the form of the God.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/deepika-and-ranveers-bajirao-mastani-check-how-the-song-gajanana-made-it-to-guinness-book-of-world-records-263841-2015-09-20 \| title=Gajanana made it to Guinness Book of World Records \| work=India Today \| date=20 September 2015 \| access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>

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	[[Category:Aarti]]		[[Category:Aarti]]
	[[Category:Ganesha]]		[[Category:Ganesha]]
	[[Category:Marathi~~-language songs~~]]		[[Category:Songs in Marathi]]
			[[Category:Works by Samarth Ramdas]]

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{{Short description|Marathi song devoted to the Hindu god Ganesha}}

[[File:Moreshwar.jpg|thumb|upright|Ganesha as Mayureshwara with consorts Buddhi and Siddhi, [[Ganesha Temple at Morgaon|Morgaon]]. Samarth Ramdas composed the arati inspired by Mayureshwara.]]
'''''Sukhakarta Dukhaharta''''' (literally "harbinger of happiness and dispeller of distress",<ref name="Pal1995"/> {{lang-mr|सुखकर्ता दु:खहर्ता}}, {{IAST|sukhakartā duḥkhaharta}}), also spelled as '''''Sukhkarta Dukhharta''''', is a popular [[Marathi language|Marathi]] [[arati]] song or [[bhajan]] (devotional song) dedicated to the [[Hindu god]] [[Ganesha]], composed by the saint [[Samarth Ramdas]] (1608 - 1682 CE).<ref name="vijay">{{cite web | url=http://www.lokprabha.com/20120217/shree-ramdas06.htm | title=समर्थाची टाकळी | publisher=[[Indian Express Limited]] | work=[[Lokprabha]] | date=17 February 2012 | accessdate=23 January 2015 | author=Golesar, Vijay (गोळेसर, विजय)}}</ref><ref name="prathana"/> It is included in the "most standard and almost universal" arati songs sung at the end of [[Puja (Hinduism)|Puja]] (worship rituals) of Ganesha in [[Maharashtra]], especially in his festival [[Ganesh Chaturthi]] as well as in Ganesha temples in the region.<ref name="Pal1995"/><ref name="prathana"/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mumbai-streets-echo-ganpati-bappa-morya/1/309012.html | title=Ganesh Chaturthi: Mumbai streets echo Ganpati Bappa Morya | work=[[India Today]] | date=September 9, 2013 | accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref>

==Background==
[[File:Jamb ramdas.jpg|upright|thumb|Samarth Ramdas, the poet.]]
Ganesha is the Hindu god of wisdom, knowledge and new beginnings. He is depicted with an elephant head. Samarth Ramadas was inspired to compose the arati by seeing the icon of Mayureshwara (a form of Ganesha) at [[Morgaon Ganesha Temple]], the chief shrine in the [[Ashtavinayaka]] pilgrimage circuit, consisting of eight Ganesha temples around [[Pune]].<ref name="vijay"/> The arati is composed in the [[raga]] (musical mode) [[Jogiya (raga)|Jogiya]] (Jogia).<ref name="sacred">{{cite book|title=Sacred Songs of India|date=1 January 2003|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-401-1|pages=226–7}}</ref>

Pratapaditya Pal describes the "addresses and references" to Ganesha in the song as "remarkable", considering Samarth Ramdas's patron deity was [[Rama]], not Ganesha.<ref name="Pal1995">{{cite book|author=Pratapaditya Pal|title=Ganesh, the Benevolent|year=1995|publisher=Marg Publications|isbn=978-81-85026-31-2|page=24}}</ref>

The genre of arati songs is written in vernacular languages, as opposed the hymns of Hindu religious rituals and [[mantra]]s, which are in [[Sanskrit]]. These songs are sung at the finale of the [[Puja (Hinduism)|Puja]] (worship rituals), while a worshipper offers light to the god. This is done by waving a plate with oil- or [[ghee]]-soaked lit wicks in front of the icon.<ref name="prathana"/>

==Contents and commentary==

''Sukhakarta Dukhaharta'' contains three stanzas as well as a chorus stanza that is repeated after every stanza.<ref name="prathana">{{cite book|title=Prarthana: A Book of Hindu Psalms|date=2007-01-01|publisher=Prarthana|isbn=978-0-9790081-0-8|pages=163–8}}</ref><ref name="sacred"/>

<poem>
सुखकर्ता दुखहर्ता, वार्ता विघ्नांची|
नुरवी; पुरवी प्रेम, कृपा जयाची|
सर्वांगी सुंदर, उटी शेंदुराची|
कंठी झळके माळ, मुक्ताफळांची॥१॥
</poem>

The first stanza begins by addressing Ganesha as harbinger of happiness and dispeller of distress/sorrow and obstacles. It implores the beautiful-bodied, saffron coloured god who wears a pearl necklace to come and bless the singer (devotee) and fill his life with love.<ref name="prathana"/><ref name="sacred"/> ''Lokprabha'' comments the word ''nuravi'' (नुरवी) is often mispronounced as ''nurvi'' (नुर्वी) in the stanza.<ref name="kulkarni"/>

<poem>
जय देव, जय देव जय मंगलमूर्ती|
दर्शनमात्रे मन कामना पुरती ॥धृ॥
</poem>
The chorus starts with "Victory to God! Victory to God!" and praises Ganesha as ''Mangalamurti'', one with an auspicious form. The mere sight of the god is said to fulfil all desires.<ref name="prathana"/><ref name="sacred"/>

[[File:Ganesh Chathurthi.jpg|thumb|A priest (left, bottom) performs aarti of Ganesha.]]
<poem>
रत्नखचित फरा, तुज गौरीकुमरा|
चंदनाची उटी , कुमकुम केशरा|
हिरेजडित मुकुट, शोभतो बरा |
रुणझुणती नूपुरे, चरणी घागरिया|
जय देव जय देव जय मंगलमूर्ती ॥२॥
</poem>
The second stanza extols Ganesha, as the son of [[Parvati|Gauri]] (Parvati, Ganesha's mother) adorned with jewels. His forehead is smeared with sandalwood, saffron and [[kumkum]]. He wears a diamond-studded crown and anklets that shine and jingle melodiously. The chorus is then repeated.<ref name="prathana" /><ref name="sacred" />

<poem>
लंबोदर पीतांबर, फणिवरबंधना |
सरळ सोंड, वक्रतुंड त्रिनयना|
दास रामाचा, वाट पाहे सदना|
संकटी पावावे, निर्वाणी रक्षावे, सुरवरवंदना|
जय देव जय देव, जय मंगलमूर्ती|
दर्शनमात्रे मनकामना पुरती ॥३॥
</poem>
The last stanza praises Ganesha as One who with a pot belly, who wears yellow silken garments. His pot belly is interpreted to have grown his favourite sweet [[modak]]s as well as the sins of his devotees, thus absolving them.<ref name="kulkarni"/> A serpent is around his waist. He has [[third eye|three eyes]] and a soft trunk. His third eye is interpreted to the source of knowledge. ''Lokprabha'' notes that the third eye, usually not depicted in Ganesha's iconography, is seen in the Ganesha of Morgaon.<ref name="kulkarni"/> He is called ''Vakratunda'', "One with a curved trunk".<ref name="prathana"/><ref name="sacred"/> Another translation of the word means one who destroys the crooked.<ref name="kulkarni">{{cite web | url=http://www.lokprabha.com/20100917/gviv11.htm | title=आरतीची विकृती नको ("Don't distort Aratis")| publisher=Indian Express Ltd | work=Lokprabha | date=17 September 2010 | accessdate=23 January 2015 | author=Kulkarni, Jagganath (कुलकर्णी, जगन्नाथ )}}</ref> In the second last line, the poet's name is given: "Your humble servant Ramadas waits for you to come". Further, the song requests Ganesha, the Lord who worshipped by all, to be pleased with the devotee in trouble and protect him in distress. The chorus is repeated.<ref name="prathana"/><ref name="sacred"/>

==Contemporary versions==
{{ external media
| video1 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0W8Wh-8UCg Lata Mangeshkar version]
}}

The collection of Ganesha aratis, including the "timeless" ''Sukhakarta Dukhakarta'' by singer-sister [[Lata Mangeshkar]] and [[Usha Mangeshkar]], became popular on release in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-devotional-music-hits-a-high-note-1744042 | title=Devotional music hits a high note | work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] (DNA) | date=23 September 2012 | accessdate=23 January 2015 | author=Pawar, Yogesh}}</ref> [[Anuradha Paudwal]] has the song in her music album ''Ganesh mantra''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x14mnrm_sukh-karta-dukh-harta-by-anuradha-paudwal-i-ganesh-mantra_music | title=Sukh Karta Dukh Harta By Anuradha Paudwal | publisher=Bhakti Sagar | accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref> The song was used as the theme song for a [[Rock music]] concert by musicians Vishal Rane and Sameer Bangare.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-duo-gets-youth-grooving-to-ganesh-bhajans-2015793 | title=Duo gets youth grooving to Ganesh bhajans | work=DNA | date=3 September 2014 | accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref>
The song was adapted for the movie ''[[Bajirao Mastani (film)|Bajirao Mastani]]'' and helped set the world record for the largest formation of human mosaic of the form of the God.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/deepika-and-ranveers-bajirao-mastani-check-how-the-song-gajanana-made-it-to-guinness-book-of-world-records/1/478062.html | title=Gajanana made it to Guinness Book of World Records | work=India Today | date=20 September 2015 | accessdate=2 December 2015}}</ref>

== References ==
<references responsive="0" />
[[Category:Aarti]]
[[Category:Ganesha]]
[[Category:Marathi-language songs]]