वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभ।

निर्विघ्नं कु रु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा॥

Shree Ganesh, who has a curved trunk, large body, and who has the brilliance of ten million
suns. Please make all my works free of obstacles, always.

ॐ नमस्ते गणपतये।
त्वमेव प्रत्यक्षं तत्त्वमसि।
त्वमेव के वलं कर्ताऽसि।
त्वमेव के वलं धर्ताऽसि।
त्वमेव के वलं हर्ताऽसि।
त्वमेव सर्वं खल्विदं ब्रह्मासि।
त्वं साक्षादात्माऽसि नित्यम् ॥१॥

Aum, I offer a salutation to that one, to Ganapati. You are, verily, the prime principle. You are
verily the unswerving (direct or straight) creator and the upholder. You are verily the
unswerving destroyer. You are verily this assuredly absolute Brahman. You are verily the eternal
self.

ऋतं वच्मि।
सत्यं वच्मि॥२॥

I speak of the cosmic law,

I speak of the absolute reality.

अव त्वं माम्।
अव वक्तारम्।
अव श्रोतारम्।
अव दातारम्।
अव धातारम्।
 अवानूचानमव शिष्यम्।
अव पश्चात्तात्।
अव पुरस्तात्।
अवोत्तरात्तात्।
अव दक्षिणात्तात्।
अव चोर्ध्वात्तात्।
अवाधरात्तात्। सर्वतो मां पाहि पाहि समन्तात्॥३॥

Protect me, protect the speaker, protect the listener, protect the giver, protect the sustainer,
protect the teacher, protect the disciple. Protect from the back, protect from the front, protect
from the north, protect from the south, protect from above, protect from below. Protect me
from all the sides.

त्वं वाङ्मयस्त्वं चिन्मयः।

त्वमानन्दमयस्त्वं ब्रह्ममयः।
त्वं सच्चिदानन्दाऽद्वितीयोऽसि।
त्वं प्रत्यक्षं ब्रह्मासि।
त्वं ज्ञानमयो विज्ञानमयोऽसि॥४॥

You are the very nature of the words. You are the nature of consciousness. You are the nature
of bliss. You are the nature of the Brahman. You are none other than the Real existence-
consciousness-bliss. You are the one without the second (the only one). You are the visible
Brahman. You are the nature of spiritual knowledge (and) you are science.

सर्वं जगदिदं त्वत्तो जायते।

सर्वं जगदिदं त्वत्तस्तिष्ठति।
सर्वं जगदिदं त्वयि लयमेष्यति।
सर्वं जगदिदं त्वयि प्रत्येति।
 त्वं भूमिरापोऽनलोऽनिलो नभः।
त्वं चत्वारि वाक् पदानि॥५॥

All this world is manifested from you. All this world is sustained by you. This entire world
dissolves in you. This entire world reverts back to you. You are the earth, water, wind, fire, and
space. You are the four types of speech (parā, paśyantī, madhyamā, vaikharī).

त्वं गुणत्रयातीतः।
त्वं अवस्थात्रयातीतः।
त्वं देहत्रयातीतः।
त्वं कालत्रयातीतः।
त्वं मूलाधारस्थितोऽसि नित्यम्।
त्वं शक्तित्रयात्मकः।
त्वां योगिनो ध्यायन्ति नित्यम्।
त्वं ब्रह्मा त्वं विष्णुस्त्वं रुद्रस्त्वमिन्द्रस्त्वमग्निस्त्वं वायुस्त्वं सूर्यस्त्वं
चन्द्रमास्त्वं ब्रह्म भूर्भुवस्सुवरोम्॥६॥

You transcend three attributes (sattva, rajas and tamas). You transcend three states of the body
(waking, dreaming and sleeping). You transcend the three bodies (gross, subtle and causal). You
are beyond the three periods of time (Past, present and future) . You are the eternal one who
abides as the foundation. You are the trinity of power (will power, power of action and power
of knowledge). You are the one of whom the ascetics meditate upon. You are Brahma, you are
Vishnu, you are Rudra, you are Indra, you are Fire, you are the Wind, you are the Sun, you are
the Moon. You are effulgence as the earth, the mid-region, and space above.

गणादिं पूर्वमुच्चार्य वर्णादींस्तदनन्तरम्।

अनुस्वारः परतरः।
अर्धेन्दुलसितम्।
तारेण ऋद्धम् ।
एतत्तव मनुस्वरूपम्।
 गकारः पूर्वरूपम्।
अकारो मध्यरूपम्।
अनुस्वारश्चान्त्यरूपम्।
बिन्दुरुत्तररूपम्।
नादः सन्धानम्।
संहिता संधिः।
सैषा गणेशविद्या।
गणक ऋषिः।
निचृद्गायत्रीच्छन्दः।
गणपतिर्देवता।
ॐ गं गणपतये नमः॥७॥

Pronouncing the syllabus ग (ga) in the beginning and other syllables thereafter, the
sibilant is marked with half-moon transcending, mature with stars. Thus is your form.
The ग (ga) is the prior form, अ (a) is the later form, sibilant is the final form, the dot is
the supreme form. The sound is the connecting link, the hymn is the connection. (this
makes the "ॐ गँ" ) ‘Gakāra’ (ग्) is the first part. ‘Akāra’ (अ) is the middle part. And the
Anusvāra (nasal sound) is the last part and the ‘bindu’ (dot) is the latter form of
pronunciation. These all joined together as the sound of the mantra (ॐ गँ). This, verily, is
the wisdom of Gaṇeśa. Gaṇaka is the seer, Gāyatrī is the metre, Gaṇapati is the deity.
Aum, obeisance to Gaṇapatī as ‘gam’. My reverential salutations to Gaṇapati.