Verse 15

Ganapati

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नमो व्रातपतये नमो गणपतये नमः प्रमथपतये ।

नमस्तेऽस्तु लम्बोदराय एकदन्ताय विघ्नविनाशिने ।

शिवसुताय श्रीवरदमूर्तये नमः ॥१५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

नमः । व्रात-पतये । नमः । गण-पतये । नमः । प्रमथ-पतये ।

नमः-ते । अस्तु । लम्बोदराय । एक-दन्ताय । विघ्न-विनाशिने ।

शिव-सुताय । श्री-वरद-मूर्तये । नमः ।

IAST Transliteration

namo vrātapataye namo gaṇapataye namaḥ pramathapataye |

namas te’stu lambodarāya ekadantāya vighnavināśine |

śivasutāya śrīvaradamūrtaye namaḥ ||15||

Translation

ব্রাতপতিকে নমস্কার, গণপতিকে নমস্কার, প্রমথপতিকে নমস্কার। হে লম্বোদর, হে একদন্ত, হে বিঘ্নবিনাশী—আপনাকে নমস্কার। হে শিবসুত, হে শ্রীবরদমূর্তি—আপনাকে প্রণাম।

Academic Translation

Homage to the Lord of the host (vrāta); homage to Gaṇapati; homage to the Lord of the Pramathas. May there be homage to you—to Lambodara, to Ekadanta, to the destroyer of obstacles; to the son of Śiva; to the auspicious form that grants boons—homage.

Verse Context

• Īśvara-bhakti and śaraṇāgati (devotional surrender) as preparatory discipline (sādhana)
• Mahavakya: No direct relation; functions as a namaskāra-mantra supporting upāsanā that may culminate in mahāvākya-based jñāna.
• Atharva
• Atharvaveda (Ganapatyatharvaśīrṣa / Gaṇapati Upaniṣad; śākhā not firmly specified in the text-tradition) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose/metrical devotional mantra (not classically fixed Vedic chandas).