Verse 7

Ganapati

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गणादिं पूर्वमुच्चार्य वर्णादिंस्तदनन्तरम् । अनुस्वारः परतरः । अर्धेन्दुलसितम् । तारेण ऋद्धम् । एतत्तव मनुस्वरूपम् ॥७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

गण-आदिम् । पूर्वम् । उच्चार्य । वर्ण-आदिम् । तत्-अनन्तरम् । अनुस्वारः । परतरः । अर्ध-इन्दु-लसितम् । तारेण । ऋद्धम् । एतत् । तव । मनुः-स्वरूपम् ॥

IAST Transliteration

gaṇādiṃ pūrvam uccārya varṇādiṃs tad-anantaram | anusvāraḥ parataraḥ | ardhendu-lasitam | tāreṇa ṛddham | etat tava manusvarūpam ||7||

Translation

প্রথমে ‘গণ’ শব্দের আদ্যাক্ষর ‘গ’ উচ্চারণ কর, তারপর ‘বর্ণ’ শব্দের আদ্য ‘অ’ উচ্চারণ কর। এরপর অনুস্বর স্থাপিত হয়; তা অর্ধচন্দ্রচিহ্নে শোভিত এবং তার-প্রণব ‘ওঁ’ দ্বারা সমৃদ্ধ। এটাই তোমার মন্ত্র-স্বরূপ॥৭॥

Academic Translation

Having first pronounced the initial of ‘gaṇa’ (i.e., ‘ga’), then thereafter the initial of ‘varṇa’ (i.e., ‘a’); the anusvāra comes after that; it is adorned by the half-moon (ardhacandra); enriched by the ‘tāra’ (the syllable Oṃ). This is your mantra-form.

Verse Context

• Mantra (śabda) as a revelatory form of the deity; nāda-brahman
• Mahavakya: Indirect: supports the Upaniṣadic view of Brahman approached through sacred sound (śabda) rather than stating a mahāvākya explicitly.
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (Ganapati Atharvaśīrṣa; Śaunaka tradition commonly cited) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose (gadyam)