Verse 10

Ganapati

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एकदन्ताय विद्महे वक्रतुण्डाय धीमहि । तन्नो दन्तिः प्रचोदयात् ॥१०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

एक-दन्ताय । विद्महे । वक्र-तुण्डाय । धीमहि । तत् । नः । दन्तिः । प्रचोदयात् ॥

IAST Transliteration

ekadantāya vidmahe vakratuṇḍāya dhīmahi | tanno dantiḥ pracodayāt ||10||

Translation

نحن نعرف ذو الناب الواحد، ونتأمّل ذا الخرطوم المنحني؛ فليُلهِمْنا ذلك الدَّنتين، صاحب الأنياب.

Academic Translation

We know (and contemplate) the One-tusked; we meditate upon the Curved-trunked. May that ‘Dantin’ (the Tusker) impel (inspire) us.

Verse Context

• Brahman (saguṇa-upāsanā leading toward brahma-jñāna)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: functions as upāsanā (devatā-dhyāna) that prepares the mind for mahāvākya-based realization (e.g., ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ / ‘तत्त्वमसि’).
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (Ganapatyatharvaśīrṣa / Ganapati Upaniṣad; śākhā not securely specified in the text-tradition) Shakha
• Chandas: Gāyatrī-style (devatā-gāyatrī; not strictly Vedic Gāyatrī in all recensions)