Ganesh Atharvashirsha

गणेश अथर्वशीर्ष

Upanishad Vedic Rishis (Atharva Veda tradition)

वैदिक ऋषि (अथर्ववेद परंपरा)

Ganesha

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

Om Namaste Ganapataye Tvameva Pratyaksham Tattvamasi Tvameva Kevalam Kartasi Tvameva Kevalam Dhartasi Tvameva Kevalam Hartasi Tvameva Sarvam Khalvidam Brahmasi Tvam Sakshadatmasi Nityam

Om, salutation to You, O Ganapati. You alone are the directly perceived truth; You are 'That thou art,' the supreme identity. You alone are the creator, the sustainer, and the withdrawer of all existence. You are verily this entire universe, which is Brahman itself; You are the eternal, ever-present Self.

ऋतं वच्मि। सत्यं वच्मि॥

Ritam Vachmi. Satyam Vachmi.

I speak that which is cosmically ordered and eternally right. I speak that which is absolute truth, the unchanging reality that underlies all phenomena.

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॥

Ava Tvam Mam. Ava Vaktaram. Ava Shrotaram. Ava Dataram. Ava Dhataram. Avanuchanam Ava Shishyam. Ava Pashchattad. Ava Purasthat. Avottarattat. Ava Dakshinattat. Ava Chordhvattat. Avadharattat. Sarvato Mam Pahi Pahi Samantat.

Protect me, O Ganapati; protect the speaker and the listener; protect the giver and the sustainer. Protect the teacher and the student, from behind and before, from north and south, from above and below. Guard me on all sides, entirely and completely, for Your protection is the sheltering of the whole cosmos.

त्वं वाङ्मयस्त्वं चिन्मयः। त्वमानन्दमयस्त्वं ब्रह्ममयः। त्वं सच्चिदानन्दाऽद्वितीयोऽसि। त्वं प्रत्यक्षं ब्रह्मासि। त्वं ज्ञानमयो विज्ञानमयोऽसि॥

Tvam Vanmayastvam Chinmayah Tvam Anandamayastvam Brahmamayah Tvam Sachchidananda Advitiyosi Tvam Pratyaksham Brahmasi Tvam Jnanamayo Vijnanamayosi

You are the essence of all speech and the very substance of pure consciousness. You are made of bliss; You are made of Brahman itself. You are Sat-Chit-Ananda: pure existence, pure awareness, and pure bliss, without a second. You are Brahman directly perceived; You are the fullness of knowledge and transcendent wisdom.

सर्वं जगदिदं त्वत्तो जायते। सर्वं जगदिदं त्वत्तस्तिष्ठति। सर्वं जगदिदं त्वयि लयमेष्यति। सर्वं जगदिदं त्वयि प्रत्येति। त्वं भूमिरापोऽनलोऽनिलो नभः। त्वं चत्वारि वाक्पदानि॥

Sarvam Jagadidam Tvatto Jayate Sarvam Jagadidam Tvattastishthati Sarvam Jagadidam Tvayi Layameshyati Sarvam Jagadidam Tvayi Pratyeti Tvam Bhumir Apo Analo Anilo Nabhah Tvam Chatvari Vakpadani

This entire universe is born from You; this entire universe is sustained in You. This entire universe will dissolve back into You; this entire universe returns and finds its rest in You. You are earth, water, fire, air, and space, the five great elements that constitute all existence. You are the four levels of cosmic speech, from the most subtle transcendent vibration to manifest sound.

त्वं गुणत्रयातीतः। त्वमवस्थात्रयातीतः। त्वं देहत्रयातीतः। त्वं कालत्रयातीतः। त्वं मूलाधारस्थितोऽसि नित्यम्। त्वं शक्तित्रयात्मकः। त्वां योगिनो ध्यायन्ति नित्यम्। त्वं ब्रह्मा त्वं विष्णुस्त्वं रुद्रस्त्वमिन्द्रस्त्वमग्निस्त्वं वायुस्त्वं सूर्यस्त्वं चन्द्रमास्त्वं ब्रह्म भूर्भुवः स्वरोम्॥

Tvam Gunatrayatitah. Tvam Avasthatrayatitah. Tvam Dehatrayatitah. Tvam Kalatrayatitah. Tvam Muladharasthitosi Nityam. Tvam Shaktitrayatmakah. Tvam Yogino Dhyayanti Nityam. Tvam Brahma Tvam Vishnus Tvam Rudras Tvam Indras Tvam Agnis Tvam Vayus Tvam Suryas Tvam Chandramash Tvam Brahma Bhurbhuvah Svarom

You transcend the three qualities of nature, the three states of consciousness, and the three bodies. You transcend the three divisions of time: past, present, and future. You are eternally present as the foundation of the Muladhara, the root of all subtle energy in every being. You are the essence of the threefold divine power; You are Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Indra, Agni, Vayu, Surya, and Chandra. You are the entire sacred cosmos: the earth, atmosphere, and heavens, which are all contained within Om.

गणादिं पूर्वमुच्चार्य वर्णादिं तदनन्तरम्। अनुस्वारः परतरः। अर्धेन्दुलसितम्। तारेण ऋद्धम्। एतत्तव मनुस्वरूपम्। गकारः पूर्वरूपम्। अकारो मध्यमरूपम्। अनुस्वारश्चान्त्यरूपम्। बिन्दुरुत्तररूपम्। नादः सन्धानम्। सग्ँहिता सन्धिः। सैषा गणेशविद्या। गणक ऋषिः। निचृद्गायत्री छन्दः। गणपतिर्देवता॥

Ganaadim Purvamuccharya Varnadim Tadanantaram Anusvarah Paratamah Ardhendu Lasitam. Tarena Riddham. Etattava Manusvarupam. Gakarah Purvarupam. Akaro Madhyamarupam. Anusvarashchantyarupam. Binduruttararupam. Nadah Sandhanam. Samhita Sandhih. Saisha Ganesha Vidya. Ganaka Rishih. Nichrith Gayatri Chandah. Ganapatiir Devata.

By first uttering the syllable of the Ganas, then the first letter of the alphabet, then the nasal resonance, illumined by the crescent moon and made perfect by the transcendent Om: this is Your sacred mantra-form. The letter 'Ga' is the initial form, 'A' is the middle form, the anusvara is the final form, the bindu is the supreme form, and the nada is the unifying sound that binds them all. This is the Ganesha-Vidya: the sacred knowledge of Ganapati, with Ganaka as the seer, Nichrit-Gayatri as the meter, and Ganapati himself as the presiding deity.

ॐ गं गणपतये नमः॥ एकदन्ताय विद्महे। वक्रतुण्डाय धीमहि। तन्नो दन्तिः प्रचोदयात्॥

Om Gam Ganapataye Namah Ekadantaya Vidmahe Vakratundaya Dhimahi Tanno Dantih Prachodayat

Om, Gam; salutation to Ganapati. We know the Single-Tusked One, the remover of obstacles who concentrates the infinite into one point. We meditate upon the Curved-Trunk, whose form embodies the spiral of cosmic energy. May that tusked one illuminate and direct our awakening.

एकदन्तं चतुर्हस्तं पाशमङ्कुशधारिणम्। रदं च वरदं हस्तैर्बिभ्राणं मूषकध्वजम्। रक्तं लम्बोदरं शूर्पकर्णकं रक्तवाससम्। रक्तगन्धानुलिप्ताङ्गं रक्तपुष्पैः सुपूजितम्॥

Ekadantam Chaturhastam Pashamankushadharanam Radam Cha Varadam Hastairbibhranam Mushakadvajam Raktam Lambodaram Shurpakarnam Raktavasasam Raktagandhanuliptangam Raktapushpaih Supujitam

The single-tusked one with four hands holds the noose and the goad, the tusk and the boon-bestowing gesture, with the mouse as His emblem. His form is red with a vast, generous belly and ears like winnowing fans; He is clothed in red and anointed with red fragrant paste. Worshipped with red flowers, His entire being radiates the color of primal energy, of the rising sun, of life itself pulsing at the root of creation.

भक्तानुकम्पिनं देवं जगत्कारणमच्युतम्। आविर्भूतं च सृष्ट्यादौ प्रकृतेः पुरुषात्परम्। एवं ध्यायति यो नित्यं स योगी योगिनां वरः॥

Bhaktanukampinam Devam Jagatkaranam Achyutam Avirbhutam Cha Srishtyadu Prakritech Purushat Param Evam Dhyayati Yo Nityam Sa Yogi Yoginam Varah

He is the compassionate god who is the cause of the universe, the immovable and imperishable ground of being. Manifest at the very beginning of creation, He stands beyond both primordial Nature and the cosmic Person, the source that precedes all duality. The one who meditates upon Him in this way unceasingly is the greatest of all yogis, the supreme knower of reality.

नमो व्रातपतये। नमो गणपतये। नमः प्रमथपतये। नमस्तेऽस्तु लम्बोदरायैकदन्ताय। विघ्ननाशिने शिवसुताय। श्रीवरदमूर्तये नमः॥

Namo Vratapataye. Namo Ganapataye. Namah Pramathapataye. Namasteasthu Lambodaraya Ekadantaya. Vighnanashane Shivasutaya. Shri Varadamurtaye Namah.

Salutation to the Lord of the sacred vows, the Lord of all hosts of beings, and the Lord of the attendants of Shiva. Salutation to the vast-bellied, single-tusked one. Salutation to the destroyer of obstacles, the son of the auspicious Shiva. Salutation to the blessed form who bestows all boons upon those who seek Him with a surrendered heart.

एतदथर्वशीर्षं योऽधीते। स ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते। स सर्वविघ्नैर्न बाध्यते। स सर्वतः सुखमेधते। स पञ्चमहापापात्प्रमुच्यते। सायमधीयानो दिवसकृतं पापं नाशयति। प्रातरधीयानो रात्रिकृतं पापं नाशयति। सायं प्रातः प्रयुञ्जानो अपापो भवति। सर्वत्राधीयानो अपविघ्नो भवति। धर्मार्थकाममोक्षं च विन्दति॥

Etadatharvashirsham Yodhite Sa Brahmabhuyaya Kalpate Sa Sarvavighnair Na Badhyate Sa Sarvatah Sukhammedhate Sa Panchamahapapatpramuchyate Sayamadhiyano Divasakritam Papam Nashayati Prataradhiyano Ratrikritam Papam Nashayati Sayam Pratah Prayunjano Apapo Bhavati Sarvatradhiyano Apavighno Bhavati Dharmarthakamamoksham Cha Vindati

Whoever studies this Atharvashirsha becomes fit to realize Brahman, the supreme truth. All obstacles cease to bind them; joy and well-being increase in every direction of their life. They are liberated from the five great errors that obscure the Self. Reciting it at evening destroys the transgressions of the day; reciting it at dawn destroys the transgressions of the night. One who recites it both at dawn and at dusk becomes free from the residue of past actions, free from obstacles everywhere, and attains the fourfold fulfillment: righteousness, prosperity, love, and liberation.