Verses

Mantra for Lord Gaṇeśa

वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभ   ।
निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा  ।।

vakra-tuṇḍa mahākāya sūrya-koṭi-sama-prabha
nirvighnaṁ kuru me deva sarva-kāryeṣu sarvadā

Oh Lord Gaṇeśa, with curved trunk, large body
and the brilliance of ten million suns, 
let me always be without obstacles in all my works.

 
 

Verse to Śāradā (Sarasvatī)

शुक्लां ब्रह्मविचारसारपरमामाद्यां जगद्व्यापिनीं
वीणापुस्तकधारिणीमभयदां जाड्यान्धकारापहाम् ।
हस्ते स्फाटिकमालिकां विदधतीं पद्मासने संस्थितां 
वन्दे तां परमेश्वरीं भगवतीं बुद्धिप्रदां शारदाम् ॥

śuklāṁ brahma-vicāra-sāra-paramām, ādyāṁ jagad-vyāpinīṁ
vīṇā-pustaka-dhāriṇīm abhayadāṁ, jāḍyāndhakārāpahām
haste sphāṭika-mālikāṁ vidadhatīṁ, padmāsane saṁsthitāṁ
vande tāṁ parameśvarīṁ bhagavatīṁ, buddhi-pradāṁ śāradām

I worship that white goddess, the supreme essence of meditation on the Absolute, the primeval pervader of the universe, she who bears a book and a vīṇā, the giver of fearlessness, the destroyer of the darkness of intellectual dullness, she who holds in her hand a crystal necklace, established on a lotus seat, the highest goddess, Śāradā, the giver of intelligence. 

 
 

Salutation to the Guru

गुरुस्तोत्रम्  Guru-stotram   - 1st verse 

गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुर्गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः  ।
गुरुः साक्षात् परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः  ।।१।।

gurur brahmā gurur viṣṇur gurur devo maheśvaraḥ 
guruḥ sākṣāt paraṁ brahma tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ 

The Guru is Brahmā, the Guru is Viṣṇuḥ, the Guru is the god Śivaḥ.
The Guru is the direct, highest Absolute Reality. 
Salutations to that Guru. 

 
 

Śiva as Wind and Fire

तरसा भुवनानि यो बिभर्ति ध्वनति ब्रह्म यतः परं पवित्रम् ।
परितो दुरितानि यः पुनीते शिव तस्मै पवनात्मने नमस्ते ॥

tarasā bhuvanāni yo bibharti dhvanati brahma yataḥ paraṁ pavitram 
parito duritāni yaḥ punīte śiva tasmai pavanātmane namaste

He who with his force supports the worlds, that from which the highest, pure Om reverberates, he who purifies negativities all around, Oh Śiva, salutations to you in the form of the wind. 

भवतः स्मरतां सदासने जयिनि ब्रह्ममये निषेदुषाम् ।
दहते भवबीजसन्ततिं शिखिनेऽनेकशिखाय ते नमः ॥

bhavataḥ smaratāṁ sadāsane jayini brahmamaye niṣeduṣām 
dahate bhava-bīja-santatiṁ śikhine'nekaśikhāya te namaḥ 

Salutations to you, with many flames, the fire that burns the succession of the seeds of worldly existence, for those who remember you, those established in victorious godhood. 

 
 

Chant to Viṣṇu

शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशं 
विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्णं शुभाङ्गम्   ।
लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यं 
वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम्  ।।  

śāntākāraṁ bhujaga-śayanaṁ padma-nābhaṁ sureśaṁ
viśvādhāraṁ gagana-sadṛśaṁ megha-vārṇaṁ śubhāṅgam
lakṣmī-kāntaṁ kamala-nayanaṁ yogibhir dhyāna-gamyaṁ
vande viṣṇuṁ bhava-bhaya-haraṁ sarva-lokaika-nātham

I worship Viṣṇu, the embodiment of peace, he who sleeps on a serpent, the lotus-naveled lord of the gods, the supporter of the universe, all pervading like the sky, dark colored like clouds, with shining limbs, the beloved of Laksmīḥ, the lotus-eyed, he who is attainable by yogis through meditation, the remover of the fear of worldly existence, the one lord of all the worlds. 

 
 

Hymn to Hanuman (The Ultimate Devotee of Rāma)

मनोजवं मारुततुल्यवेगं जितेन्द्रियं बुद्धिमतां वरिष्ठम्   ।  
वातात्मजं  वानरयूथमुख्यं श्रीरामदूतं शरणं प्रपद्ये ।।

mano-javaṁ māruta-tulya-vegaṁ jitendriyaṁ buddhimatāṁ variṣṭham  
vātātmajaṁ vānara-yūtha-mukhyaṁ śrīrāma-dūtaṁ śaraṇaṁ prapadye  

I resort to that shelter who is the messenger of Rama, the leader of the troop of the monkeys, the son of the Wind god, the best of the wise, he who has mastered his senses, whose power is like the wind, whose speed is that of the mind.

 
 

Invocations to Sage Patañjali

योगेन चित्तस्य पदेन वाचां मलं शरीरस्य च वैद्यकेन  ।
योऽपाकरोत्तं प्रवरं मुनीनां पतञ्जलिं प्राञ्जलिरानतोऽस्मि  ।।

yogena cittasya  padena vācāṁ malaṁ śarīrasya ca vaidyakena
yo'pākarot taṁ pravaraṁ munīnāṁ patañjaliṁ prāñjalirānato'smi

I bow with folded hands to Patañjali, the best of sages, he who removed the impurity of the mind-stuff through Yoga, that of language through word, that of the body through medicine.

आबाहुपुरुषाकारं शङ्खचक्रासिधारिणम्  ।
सहस्रशीर्षं श्वेतं प्रणमामि  पतञ्जलिम्    ।।

ābāhu-puruṣākāraṁ śaṅkha-cakrāsi-dhāriṇaṁ
sahasra-śīrṣaṁ śvetaṁ praṇamāmi patañjalim

I salute Patañjali who has a human form as far as his arms, bearer of a conch shell, a cakra (wheeled weapon) and a sword, who is white, he who has a thousand heads.