Monday, December 1, 2008

Ganesha Mantra

There are a couple of incarnations comprising the name of Ganapati in rigveda.The more oft recited of them in the worship of Ganapati is as follows

Gananantva Ganaptigum havamahe kavim kaveenamupamsara vastamam Jeyshta Rajam Brahm a nam Brahmanaspatye aanassruvannuthibhisseeda sadanam

गानान्त्व गणपतिगुम हवामहे कविम कवीनामुपसरा वस्तानाम,जेय्श्ता राजम ब्रह्माणं ब्रह्मस्पत्येआनास्स्रुंनुथिभिसीदा सदनं

The meaning of the above mantra is as follows, "O,Brhamanaspati lord of great actions,one among the divine legions and a commander of your caharts the most distinguished of all visionary poets, a possessor of limitless food stuffs,supreme among eminent, presiding deity of the mantra! I invoke your blessings for this endevour, listening to our prayers come and be seated in this abode of sacrifice with your benign grace.

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