Print / save as PDF. Choose what to include, then use your browser's Print command and pick "Save as PDF" to keep a copy. Or download the ready-made PDF (with transliteration). Back to the full reader

श्री गणेश महामंत्र (वक्रतुण्ड)

Vakratunda Mahakaya Ganesh Mantra

Source: Internet Archive — Bhaktimarga Pradip, L. R. Pangarkar, fourth edition, Poona (1910), leaf 9 / printed page 1, verse 3 (controlling witness). Also compared: Internet Archive — Ahnika Sutravali, eighth edition, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay (1916), leaf 299 / printed page 279 (comparison witness); Sanskrit Documents — Common Shloka Collection (comparison text).

Verse 1

वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभ।
निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा॥

Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti-Samaprabha |
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Karyeshu Sarvada ||

O Lord with curved trunk, immense body, and radiant luster of a million suns! Please remove all obstacles from my endeavors, always.

हे घुमावदार सूँड और विशाल शरीर वाले, करोड़ों सूर्यों के समान तेजस्वी देव! मेरे सब कामों में सदा विघ्न दूर कीजिए।