Mantra · Reading
Ganesh mantra: Vakratunda Mahakaya
A salutation to Ganesha, remover of obstacles, chanted before beginning any undertaking.
Awaiting subject reviewWritten from our source material and not yet checked by a teacher of this practice. Read it as reference, and learn the practice from someone who teaches it.
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटि समप्रभ । निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा ॥
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Meaning
O Lord of the curved trunk and great body, radiant as ten million suns, make all my undertakings free of obstacles, always.
When it is chanted
Chanted before beginning practice, study or any new undertaking.
Japa
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Sources and tradition
- YOG Union App Content Map, 2 November 2026, p. 9, mantra list
- Text as commonly chanted; the exact recension, transliteration and translation await subject review