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Verse 7

Ganapati

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

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

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

ಮೊದಲು ‘ಗಣ’ದ ಆದ್ಯಕ್ಷರ ‘ಗ’ವನ್ನು ಉಚ್ಚರಿಸಿ, ನಂತರ ‘ವರ್ಣ’ದ ಆದ್ಯಕ್ಷರ ‘ಅ’ವನ್ನು ಉಚ್ಚರಿಸಬೇಕು; ಅದರ ಬಳಿಕ ಅನುಸ್ವಾರ ಬರುತ್ತದೆ. ಅದು ಅರ್ಧಚಂದ್ರದಿಂದ ಅಲಂಕರಿತವಾಗಿದ್ದು, ತಾರ (ಓಂಕಾರ)ದಿಂದ ಸಮೃದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದೇ ನಿನ್ನ ಮಂತ್ರಸ್ವರೂಪ॥೭॥

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.

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