shuklaambara dharam vishnum slokam meaning

“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.