Lord Ganesha Mantras

Lord Ganesha Mantras

ॐ गम् गणपतये नमः
Aum gaṁ gaṇapataye namaḥ

This is a mantra from Gaṇapati Upanishad. One may always use it before beginning a journey, a new course in school, new career or job, or before entering into any new contract or business so that impediments are removed and your endeavor may be crowned with success.

ॐ श्री गणेशाय नमः
Aum śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ

This mantra is usually taught to children for their good education. It increases their memory power, and they become successful in their examinations. Of course, people of any age may use this mantra when taking courses in a school or university, and for success in attaining their degree.

ॐ वक्रतुण्डाय हुं
Aum vakratuṇḍāya hum

This is a very powerful mantra, as discussed in the Gaṇeśa Purāṇa. When something is not working properly, individually or universally, nationally or internationally, or when the minds of the people turn crooked, negative, depressed or discouraged, the attention of Gaṇeśa may be drawn by this mantra to straighten their ways. The HUM symbolizes "Delay no more, my Lord, in straightening the paths of the crooked-minded ones." This mantra is used many times in the Gaṇeśa Purāṇa to curb the atrocities of cruel demons. In addition, this mantra could also be used for healing any spinal deficiency, such as curvature of the spine or curved limbs. Dedicate 1,008 repetitions of this holy word to straighten and heal such deficiencies.

ॐ क्षिप्रप्रसादाय नमः
Aum kshipra prasādāya namaḥ

Kshipra means instantaneous. If some danger or negative energy is coming your way and you don't know how to get rid of that trouble, with true devotion, practice this mantra for quick blessing and purification of one's aura.

ॐ श्रीं ह्रीं क्लीं ग्लौं गं
गणपतये वर वरद सर्व
जनम्मे चषमानाय स्वाहा
Aum śrīṁ hrīṁ klīṁ glauṁ gaṁ
gaṇapataye vara varada sarva
janamme vashamānāya svāhā

There are several bīja (seed) mantras in this mantra. Among other things, it signals, "Shower Your blessings, O Lord. I offer my ego as an oblation."

ॐ सुमुखाय नमः
Aum sumukhāya namaḥ

This mantra has a lot of meaning, but to make it simple, it means you will be always very beautiful in soul, in spirit, in face, everything. By meditating on this mantra, very pleasing manners and a beauty comes on you. Along with that comes peace, which constantly dances in your eyes; and the words you speak are all filled with that power of love.

ॐ एकदन्ताय नमः
Aum ekadantāya namaḥ

Ekadanta refers to one tusk in the elephant face, which means God broke the duality and made you to have a one-pointed mind. Whoever has that oneness of mind and single-minded devotion will achieve everything.

ॐ कपिलाय नमः
Aum kapilāya namaḥ

Kapila (red) means that you are able to give color therapy. You are able to create colors around yourself and around others, bathe them in that color and heal them. As per the mantra you create, so will you create the colors. Another meaning is "wish cow," the "cow of plenty." It means that whatever you wish, that comes true. There is a wish-cow inside you. Whatever you wish, especially for healing others, comes true immediately.

ॐ गजकर्णिकाय नमः
Aum gajakarṇikāya namaḥ

The ears of Gaṇeśa, the elephant, are constant fanning, which means people may talk a lot, but you are not receiving inside anything other than that which is important. It also means that you can sit anywhere and tune this cosmic television (the body) with seven channels (chakras) and all 72,000 nāḍīs, to any loka and be able to hear ancestors, angels, the voice of God or the voice of prophets. That kind of inner ear you will develop through this mantra.

ॐ लम्बोदराय नमः
Aum lambodarāya namaḥ

This means you feel that you are this universe. It means that all the universes are within you. Like an entire tree is in the seed, the whole universe is in the sound of creation, which is Aum, and that Aum consciousness in you makes you feel that you are the universe. Therefore, if you say, realizing the oneness with the universe, "śānti to the world" every day, then the grace of God will come and there will be world peace, universal peace. It is the universes within Aum and Aum within you.

ॐ विकटाय नमः
Aum vikaṭāya namaḥ

This means realizing this world as a dream or a drama. When you are in that high consciousness, this whole world looks like a dream. All of us have taken a role. We have to play our role in life as wife or husband or children or citizens, all consistent with the role we have taken. When an actor bitten by a sponge cobra that is brought on the stage falls, the entire audience cries; but that boy who has fallen knows it was not a real cobra and he is not dead. Life is a drama—definitely life in this material world, this physical world of ego, is a drama. But inside, like the boy on the stage who is quite happy knowing that he didn't die by the bite of the sponge cobra, like that, the truth never dies in us; it is immortal. So everything else you consider as drama. That consciousness comes to you by knowing this mantra.

ॐ विघ्ननाशनाय नमः
Aum vighna nāśanāya namaḥ

This mantra invokes the Lord Gaṇeśa to remove every impediment in your life and in your works. By constant meditation on this mantra, all obstacles and blocked energy in your physical and astral bodies are released.

ॐ विनायकाय नमः
Aum vināyakāya namaḥ

Vināyaka is the name of Gaṇeśa in the golden age. So by realizing this mantra, your life will have a golden age. In your office, in your work, you'll be the boss. Vināyaka means something under control. Vināyaka means the Lord of problems.

ॐ धुम्रकेतुवे नमः
Aum dhumraketuve namaḥ

Halley's Comet is called Dhumraketu in the Vedas. Whenever Halley's Comet appears, on the whole planet Earth, and in other places also, there will be fear and terror. The guiding masters and those who have the wisdom to face it will all withdraw to the higher worlds. Important people die during that time, and bloodshed and various other problems come. To overcome that, it's important for us to remember this mantra for world peace.

ॐ गणाध्यक्षाय नमः
Aum gaṇādhyakshāya namaḥ

This mantra is so important. Suppose you have a group, a country, neighbors, or any kind of group therapy, group healing or a whole country needing healing, then you have to bring that entire group to your mind's arena and say this mantra. A group healing takes place by this mantra.

ॐ भालचन्द्राय नमः
Aum bhālachandrāya namaḥ

In Sanskṛit, bhāla means the forehead center. Chandra means the crescent moon. Bhālachandra means that chakra from where the nectar drips. That is the secret of all healing. It is to feel yourself as Ganesha, identifying yourself with the Truth and feeling constantly that you are carrying the crescent moon, the symbol of growth and nectar and peace.