I surrender to you, Lord Ganesha. You are the speaker. You are the listener. You are the giver. You are the sustainer. I am your disciple. Protect me from the front and back. Protect me from the north and the south, from above and below. Protect me from all directions.
You are full of perfect knowledge of truth and awareness. You are full of bliss and pure consciousness. You are truth, consciousness and bliss. You are the absolute awareness. You are full of supreme wisdom and knowledge.
You are the earth, water, fire, air and the space. You are the root foundation of speech. You are beyond the three "gunas": "sattva", "rajas", and "tamas". You are beyond the physical, mental, and causal bodies. You are beyond the three aspects of time: past, present, and future. You are eternally established in the "muladhara" chakra. You have three "shaktis": action, knowledge, and will.
Salutation to the "Ganapati "whose seed mantra is "Aum Gam." We know "Ekadanta", the One-tusked God, the unique God. We meditate upon "Vakratunda", the curved-trunk God. May that unique elephant God illumine our consciousness and direct us along the right track.
One should meditate upon Lord Ganesha having one tusk and four arms; holding the noose and goad with two of them; with the other two indicating "varada", the giving of boons and blessings, and "abhaya mudra", the fear removing gesture; having a mouse as the emblem on his ensign; possessing a big, beautiful belly and large, lovely ears which look like winnowing baskets; having a red cloth and His whole body covered with red sandalwood paste. He should be worshiped with red flowers. He manifests Himself as the universe and is beyond "pakriti", matter, and "Parusha", the manifest God. One who worships Ganesha in this way forever is the best of yogis.
Prostrations to "Vratapati", the Lord of Plenty. Prostrations to "Ganapati", the Lord of various groups of Gods. Prostrations to "Pramathapati", the Lord of Shiva's hosts. Prostrations to "Lambodara", the full-bellied God with a single tusk, destroyer of obstacles, the Son of Shiva, the Bestower of all Blessings.
He who chants this "Ganapati Upanishad" will verily get established in "Brahman", the pure awareness. He will never encounter any obstacles. He will be happy everywhere. He will be free from the five great sins and lesser ones. By reciting this in the evening, the day's sins are destroyed.
By reciting this in the early morning, one becomes free from the sins committed at night in dreams. Reciting this morning and evening, one becomes totally free from all sins. He becomes totally free from all obstacles. He achieves the four divine ends of life: "dharma", "artha", "kama", and "moksha"; virtue, wealth, pleasure, and liberation.
"AUM GANESHA SARANAM SARANAM GANESHA."
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Exerpted from Ganapatyatharsirsham
