Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra
~ 2022 AHYMSIN Sangha Practice
ॐ तत्-पुरुषाय विद्महे
वक्रतुण्डाय धीमहि ।
तन्नो दन्ती प्रचोदयात्॥
om tat-puruṣāya vidmahe
vakratuṇḍāya dhīmahi ।
tanno dantī pracodayāt ॥
We seek to know that supreme divine person.
We meditate upon the one with the curved trunk.
(The curved trunk represents the base of consciousness as seen in the writing of the letter OM)
May that one who has one tooth inspire us.
(the one tooth represents the principle whereby dualities are merged into oneness)
~ English translation by Swami Veda Bharati
The Ganesha Gayatri Mantra was given by Swami Ritavan Bharati, the Spiritual Guide of AHYMSIN, on the Mahashivaratri of 2022 (March 1, 2022), and will be practiced by all members of the worldwide AHYMSIN Sangha for the duration of next one year, until the Mahashivaratri of 2023. One may use a rudraksha mala for this special mantra practice. Swami Ritavan has reminded all the sangha members to be ambitious and asked us to attempt to complete a purasha-charana of this Ganesha Gayatri mantra in this one year. He said, “If you do about four malas per day, then you will complete the purasha-charana in one year.”
Swami Ritavan invited us to recite the Mother Gayatri Prayer, composed by our beloved Swami Veda, before our daily practice each day and immerse ourselves with its sentiment.
गायत्री मातः। हे गुरो। श्री गुरो।
सद् बुद्धिं मे प्रयच्च।
चित्तं मे निर्मलं शान्तं प्रसन्नं भूयात्।
सर्वे मे भावाः शुध्यन्ताम्।
मैत्री भावनया क्षमां याचितुं आत्मबलं मे देहि।
ॐ तत्सद् ब्रह्मार्पणम् अस्तु॥
gāyatrī mātaḥ | he guro | śrī guro |
sad buddhiṁ me prayacca |
cittaṁ me nirmalaṁ śāntaṁ prasannaṁ bhūyāt |
sarve me bhāvāḥ śudhyantām |
maītrī bhāvanayā kṣamāṁ yācituṁ ātma balaṁ me dehi |
om tat-sad brahmārpaṇam astu ||
Mother Gayatri, Oh Gurudeva, Shri Gurudeva
Grant me pure buddhi.
May my mind become immaculate, quiet, peaceful, clear and pleasant.
May all my emotions be purified.
Grant me the spiritual strength to ask for forgiveness with a sentiment of amity.
Om. That (alone is) Real.
May (all this endeavor) be (accepted as my) surrender and offering to Brahman.
Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra Recitation by Swami Veda Bharati (108 times) can be heard here.
If you would like to learn proper recitation of the Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra and the Mother Gāyatrī prayer, Pandit Priyadarsana (Pierre Lefebvre) has shared word-by-word slow recitations, which can be heard here.
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