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Ganapati Atharvashirsha

గణపత్యథర్వశీర్షమ్

Ganapati Atharvashirsha is a traditional Ganesha devotional reading. This page presents the full text of the linked Wikisource edition, with Telugu and IAST transliterations.

|| śrī gaṇapatyatharvaśīrṣa || || śānti pāṭha || oṃ bhadraṃ karṇebhiḥ śṛṇuyāma devāḥ | bhadraṃ paśyemākṣabhiryajatrāḥ || sthirairaṅgaistuṣṭuvāṃsastanūbhiḥ | vyaśema devahitaṃ yadāyuḥ || oṃ svasti na indro vṛddhaśravāḥ | svasti naḥ pūṣā viśvavedāḥ || svastinastārkṣyo ariṣṭanemiḥ | svasti no bṛhaspatirdadhātu || oṃ tanmāmavatu tad vaktāramavatu avatu mām avatu vaktāram | oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ || || upaniṣat || hariḥ oṃ namaste gaṇapataye | tvameva pratyakṣaṃ tattvamasi || tvameva kevalaṃ kartā'si | tvameva kevalaṃ dhartā'si || tvameva kevalaṃ hartā'si | tvameva sarvaṃ khalvidaṃ brahmāsi || tvaṃ sākṣādātmā'si nityam || 1 || || svarūpa tattva || ṛtaṃ vacmi (vadiṣyāmi) || satyaṃ vacmi (vadiṣyāmi) || 2 || ava tvaṃ mām | ava vaktāram || ava śrotāram | ava dātāram || ava dhātāram | avānūcānamava śiṣyam || ava paścāttāt | ava purastāt || avottarāttāt | ava dakṣiṇāttāt || ava cordhvāttāt | avādharāttāt || sarvato māṃ pāhi pāhi samantāt || 3 || tvaṃ vāṅgmayastvaṃ cinmayaḥ | tvamānandamayastvaṃ brahmamayaḥ || tvaṃ saccidānandādvitīyo'si | tvaṃ pratyakṣaṃ brahmāsi || tvaṃ jñānamayo vijñānamayo'si || 4 || sarvaṃ jagadidaṃ tvatto jāyate | sarvaṃ jagadidaṃ tvattastiṣṭhati || sarvaṃ jagadidaṃ tvayi layameṣyati | sarvaṃ jagadidaṃ tvayi pratyeti || tvaṃ bhūmirāpo'nalo'nilo nabhaḥ || tvaṃ catvāri vākpadāni || 5 || tvaṃ guṇatrayātītaḥ | tvamavasthātrayātītaḥ | tvaṃ dehatrayātītaḥ || tvaṃ kālatrayātītaḥ | tvaṃ mūlādhāraḥ sthitho'si nityam || tvaṃ śaktitrayātmakaḥ | tvāṃ yogino dhyāyanti nityam || tvaṃ brahmā tvaṃ viṣṇustvaṃ rudrastvamindrastvamagnistvaṃ vāyustvaṃ sūryastvaṃ candramāstvaṃ brahmabhūrbhuvaḥsvarom || 6 || || gaṇeśa mantra || gaṇādiṃ pūrvamuccārya varṇādīṃstadanantaram | anusvāraḥ parataraḥ || ardhendulasitam | tāreṇa ṛddham || etattava manusvarūpam | gakāraḥ pūrvarūpam || akāro madhyamarūpam | anusvāraścāntyarūpam || binduruttararūpam | nādaḥ sandhānam || saṃhitāsandhiḥ | saiṣā gaṇeśavidyā || gaṇaka ṛṣiḥ | nicṛdgāyatrīcchandaḥ || gaṇapatirdevatā || oṃ gaṃ gaṇapataye namaḥ || 7 || || gaṇeśa gāyātrī || ekadantāya vidmahe vakratuṇḍāya dhīmahi | tanno dantiḥ pracodayāt || 8 || || gaṇeśa rūpa || ekadantaṃ caturhastaṃ pāśamaṅkuśadhāriṇam | radaṃ ca varadaṃ hastairbibhrāṇaṃ mūṣakadhvajam || raktaṃ lambodaraṃ śūrpakarṇakaṃ raktavāsasam | raktagandhānuliptāṅgaṃ raktapuṣpaiḥ supūjitam || bhaktānukampinaṃ devaṃ jagatkāraṇamacyutam | āvirbhūtaṃ ca sṛṣṭyādau prakṛteḥ puruṣātparam || evaṃ dhyāyati yo nityaṃ sa yogī yogināṃ varaḥ || 9 || || aṣṭa nāma gaṇapati || namo vrātapataye namo gaṇapataye namaḥ pramathapataye namaste'stu lambodarāyaikadantāya vighnanāśine śivasutāya śrīvaradamūrtaye namo namaḥ || 10 || || phalaśruti || etadatharvaśīrṣaṃ yo'dhīte | sa brahmabhūyāya kalpate || sa sarvataḥ sukhamedhate | sa sarva vighnairnabādhyate || sa pañcamahāpāpātpramucyate | sāyamadhīyāno divasakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayati || prātaradhīyāno rātrikṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayati | sāyamprātaḥ prayuñjāno apāpo bhavati || sarvatrādhīyāno'pavighno bhavati | dharmārthakāmamokṣaṃ ca vindati || idamatharvaśīrṣamaśiṣyāya na deyam | yo yadi mohāddāsyati sa pāpīyān bhavati || sahasrāvartanādyaṃ yaṃ kāmamadhīte taṃ tamanena sādhayet || 11 || anena gaṇapatimabhiṣiñcati sa vāgmī bhavati || caturthyāmanaśnan japati sa vidyāvān bhavati | sa yaśovān bhavati | ityatharvaṇavākyam || brahmādyācaraṇaṃ vidyāt na bibheti kadācaneti || 12 || yo dūrvāṅkurairyajati sa vaiśravaṇopamo bhavati | yo lājairyajati sa yaśovān bhavati || sa medhāvān bhavati | yo modakasahasreṇa yajati || sa vāñchitaphalamavāpnoti | yaḥ sājyasamidbhiryajati || sa sarvaṃ labhate sa sarvaṃ labhate || 13 || aṣṭau brāhmaṇān samyaggrāhayitvā sūryavarcasvī bhavati | sūryagrahe mahānadyāṃ pratimāsannidhau vā japtvā siddhamantro bhavati || mahāvighnātpramucyate | mahādoṣātpramucyate || mahāpāpāt pramucyate | sa sarvavidbhavati sa sarvavidbhavati || ya evaṃ veda ityupaniṣat || 14 || || śānti mantra || oṃ sahanāvavatu | sahanaubhunaktu || saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai | tejasvināvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai || oṃ bhadraṃ karṇebhiḥ śṛṇuyāma devāḥ | bhadraṃ paśyemākṣabhiryajatrāḥ || sthirairaṅgaistuṣṭuvāṃsastanūbhiḥ | vyaśema devahitaṃ yadāyuḥ || oṃ svasti na indro vṛddhaśravāḥ | svasti naḥ pūṣā viśvavedāḥ || svastinastārkṣyo ariṣṭanemiḥ | svasti no bṛhaspatirdadhātu || oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ || || iti śrīgaṇapatyatharvaśīrṣaṃ samāptam ||
Reading & reflection

Ganesha hymns are often read at the beginning of a new undertaking. Settle your attention before reciting, and allow a brief pause at the end of each verse.

Text edition & attribution

Complete text of गणपत्यथर्वशीर्षम् on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 415703, contributed by Wikisource editors. Text and generated transliterations are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Changes: interface material removed, spacing normalized, and Telugu and IAST transliterations generated. The source may contain transcription variants; automated transliterations have not been independently proofread. No source verses have been intentionally shortened.

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