2020 Zoom Ganesh puja program

Zoom Gaṇesha Pooja

 

AUM

 (chanted three times slowly in succession)

 

SHAANTI MANTRA (Prayer for Peace)

(Chanted once in unison)

aum saha naa vavatu

saha nau bhunaktu

saha veeryam karavaavahai

tejasvinaa vadheetam astu maa vidviṣhaavahai

aum shaantiḥ shaantiḥ shaantiḥ

hariḥ aum

May Brahman protect us, may we dine together, let us work together with great energy, let us illumine together, let us live in harmony.

May there be peace.

 

PRELIMINARY PRAYERS

(For all, chanted once in unison)

shuklaambaradharam viṣhṇum

shashi varṇam chatur bhujam

prasanna vadanam dhyaayet

sarva vighnopashaantaye

We meditate upon the Lord (Gaṇesha) who is clad in white, omnipresent, bright as the moon, four-armed, and cheerful, to remove all obstacles.

agajaanana padmaarkam

gajaananam aharnisham

aneka dam tam bhaktaanaam

ekadantam upaasmahe

We meditate upon the elephant-faced Lord who continually brightens the lotus-face of Pārvati; the Lord who has only one tusk but gives multiples blessings to His devotees.

sarva mangala maangalye

shive sarvaartha saadhike

sharaṇye tryambake devi

naaraayaṇi namostute

Salutations to You, O Nārāyaṇi, who are the auspiciousness in all the auspicious, auspiciousness Herself and complete with all the auspicious attributes; the giver of refuge, with three eyes and a shining face.

GURU VANDANA

guru brahmaa gurur viṣhṇu

guru devo maheshwaraḥa

guru saakshaat parabrahma

tasmai shree guruve namaḥa

We offer salutations to the preceptor (guru) who is verily Brahma, Viṣhṇu and Shiva, who personifies the Supreme Being.

nidhaye sarva vidyaanaam

bhiṣhaje bhava rogiṇaam

gurave sarva lokaanaam

dakshiṇaamoortaye namaḥa

Salutations to the Lord of the Southern direction (Shiva), who is the treasure house of all knowledge, the doctor to those afflicted by the disease of birth and death, and the teacher of the entire world.

aum namaḥ praṇavaarthaaya

shuddha gnyaanaika moortaye

nirmalaaya prashaantaaya

dakshiṇaamoortaye namaḥa

I salute the Lord of the Southern direction (Shiva) who is the embodiment of ‘Aum’, of pure knowledge, and of eternal peace.

 

SANKALPAḤ (Declaration)

(chanted once in unison)

mamopaatta samasta duritakshaya dvaara

shree parameshwara preetyartham

shree vighneshvara poojaam kariṣhye

For the removal of sins and the joy of the Lord, I worship Vighneshwara.

 

SHUDDHI (Cleansing)

(each verse chanted once in unison)

Water is poured into a smaller vessel, invoking sacred rivers.

gangecha yamunechaiva

godaavari saraswati

narmadaa sindhu kaaveri

jale’smin sannidhim kuru

O Ganga, Yamuna, Godāvari, Saraswati, Narmada, Indus and Kāveri waters, please present yourselves in this holy place.

The hands are cleansed with an uddhariṇa of water.

apavitraḥ pavitrovaa

sarvaavasthaam gatopivaa

yaḥ smaret puṇḍareekaaksham

saḥ baahyaabhyantara shuchiḥ

May anything unholy become holy, may all lower tendencies depart us; cleansing both inside and out, we remember the lotus-eyed (Viṣhṇu).

 

VIGHNESHVARA DHYAANAM (Contemplation of Gaṇesha)

(chanted once in unison)

gajaananam bhoota-gaṇaadi-sevitam

kapittha jambu phala-saara-bhakshitam

umaa-sutam shoka-vinaasha-kaaraṇam

namaami vighneshvara paada-pankajam

I prostrate to the lotus-feet of Lord Vighneśvara, the son of Pārvatī, the one who destroys all suffering; who is served by the Host of Bhūtas, who has the face of an elephant, and who partakes of the essence of the wood apple and rose apple fruits.

 

GAṆESHA STAVAH (Hymn to Gaṇesha)

(sung once in unison)

https://youtu.be/t2h60aQznKY

ajam nirvikalpam niraakaaram-ekam

niraanandam-aanandam-advaita-poorṇam

param nirguṇam nirvisheṣham nireeham

parabrahma-roopam gaṇesham bhajema (x2)

We worship the unborn, unchanging, formless, the one beyond bliss and full of bliss, who is the fullness of non-duality, the supreme, devoid of qualities, without differences, and beyond desire, Shree Gaṇesha, the Supreme Brahman personified.

guṇaateetamaanam chid-aananda-roopam

chid-aabhaasakam sarvagam gnyaana-gamyam

muni-dhyeyam-aakaasha-roopam paresham

parabrahma-roopam gaṇesham bhajema (x2)

We worship the one beyond the guṇas, the embodiment of bliss consciousness, the light of consciousness, the all-pervading, who is the source, course, and goal of knowledge, whom the sages meditate upon, who is formless as ākāsha, the highest Lord, Shree Gaṇesha, the Supreme Brahman personified.

jagat-kaaraṇam kaaraṇa-gnyaana-roopam

suraadim sukhaadim guṇesham gaṇesham

jagad-vyaapinam vishva-vandyam suresham

parabrahma-roopam gaṇesham bhajema (x2)

We worship Him who is the cause of the universe, the source of knowledge, the origin of the Devas, the source of happiness, the Lord of the guṇas, Shree Gaṇesha, who pervades the universe and is worshipped by all, the Lord of the gods, Shree Gaṇesha, the Supreme Brahman personified.

 

UPACHAARAS (Offerings)

(Each verse chanted once in unison)

eka-dantam shoorpa-karṇam

gaja-vaktram chaturbujam

paashaankusha-dharam devam

dhyaayet siddhi vinaayakam

I visualize Siddhi Vināyaka, elephant-faced, single-tusked, with ears like winnowing baskets, four-armed, wielding the noose and the goad.

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

dhyaanam samarpayaami

I offer my salutations to Mahā Gaṇapati.

I contemplate you.

While offering a few grains of akshata to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

aavaahanam samarpayaami

I offer you an invocation.

Offering a few grains of akshata to the altar before chanting:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

ratna simhaasanam samarpayaami

I offer you a throne studded with jewels.

While offering an uddhariṇa of water to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

paadyam samarpayaami

I offer water to your feet.

While offering an uddhariṇa of water to the mūrti’s hands:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

arghyam samarpayaami

I offer water to your hands.

While offering an uddhariṇa of water to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

aachamaneeyam samarpayaami

I offer water to quench your thirst.

While offering an uddhariṇa of sweet drink to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

madhuparkam samarpayaami

I offer you a sweet drink.

While pouring an uddhariṇa of panchāmṛita over the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

panchaamṛita snaanam samarpayaami

I offer five nectars for bathing—honey, sugar, milk, yogurt, and ghee.

While pouring an uddhariṇa of water over the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

shuddhodaka snaanam samarpayaami

I offer clean water for bathing.

While offering an uddhariṇa of water to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

snaanaanantaram aachamaneeyam samarpayaami

I offer clean water to drink after bath.

While offering a clean piece of cloth or clothing to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

vastraan samarpayaami

I offer you fresh clothing.

While offering a new piece of string to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

yagnyopaveetam samarpayaami

I offer you a new upavīta (sacred thread).

While adorning the mūrti with a flower:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

aabharaṇam samarpayaami

I offer you decorative ornaments.

While applying sandal paste to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

gandhaan dhaarayaami

I adorn you in sandal paste.

While applying kumkuma to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

gandhasyopari haridraa kumkumam samarpayaami

I offer you kumkuma.

Offering a few grains of akshata to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

akshataan samarpayaami

I offer you akshata.

 

While offering flower petals to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

puṣhpaiḥ poojayaami

I offer you flowers in worship.

Offering flower petals and/or akshata for each name:

1)	aum	sumukhaaya	namaḥa
		Salutations to…He with a beautiful face
2)	aum	ekadantaaya	namaḥa
		He with a single tusk
3)	aum	kapilaaya	namaḥa
		He of a tawny color
4)	aum	gaja-karṇakaaya	namaḥa
		The elephant-eared one
5)	aum	lambodaraaya	namaḥa
		The pot-bellied one
6)	aum	vikaṭaaya	namaḥa
		The Source of Happiness
7)	aum	vighna-raajaaya	namaḥa
		The Lord of Obstacles
8)	aum	gaṇaadhipaaya	namaḥa
		The Supreme One
9)	aum	dhoomra-ketave	namaḥa
		The One with a Smoky Banner
10)	aum	gaṇaadhyakshaaya	namaḥa
		The Lord of Hosts
11)	aum	phaala-chandraaya	namaḥa
		He who bears a crescent moon on his Head
12)	aum	gajaananaaya	namaḥa
		The elephant-face one
13)	aum	vakra-tuṇḍaaya	namaḥa
		He with the curved trunk
14)	aum	shoorpa-karṇaaya	namaḥa
		The One with ears like winnowing baskets
15)	aum	herambaaya	namaḥa
		The Powerful One
16)	aum	skanda-poorvajaaya	namaḥa
		The elder brother of Skanda
17)	aum	siddhi-vinaayakaaya	namaḥa
		The Preceptor of success
18)	aum	vighneshvaraaya	namaḥa
		The Lord of all Obstacles

 

While offering a plate of fragrant flowers and leaves to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

naanaavidha parimala patra puṣhpaaṇi samarpayaami

I offer you fragrant flowers and leaves in worship.

While offering incense to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

dhoopam aaghraapayaami

I offer fragrance in worship.

While offering deepa (lamp) to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

deepam darshayaami

I offer sacred light in worship.

While offering partially uncovered prasaada to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

naivedyam nivedayaami

I offer delicious food.

While sprinkling water from uddhariṇa onto food:

aum praaṇaaya svaahaa

apaanaaya svaahaa

vyaanaaya svaahaa

udaanaaya svaahaa

samaanaaya svaahaa

aum brahmaṇe svaahaa

Hail to the elements that promote digestion. Hail to the creator Brahma.

While offering water to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

madhye madhye paaneeyam samarpayaami

I offer water as you eat.

While sprinkling akshata on fruit and offering it to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

phalam samarpayaami

I offer you a fruit to eat.

While offering a betel leaf to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

taamboolam samarpayaami

I offer you a betel leaf for digestion.

While offering a coin to the mūrti:

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

suvarna puṣhpam samarpayaami

I offer you gold in worship.

 

HINDI AARATI

(Please stand and partake in the ārati.)

(Call and response, while waving lights to the mūrti)

https://youtu.be/yPamd9UzEJo

jai gaṇesha, jai gaṇesha, jai gaṇesha devaa

maataa jaaki paarvati, pitaa mahaadevaa

(x2)

Victory to You, O Lord Ganesha,

You are born of Mother Pārvati and Lord Shiva is your father.

ek dant dayaavant, chaar bhujaadhaari

maathe sindhoor sohe, moose ki savaari

(x2)

You have a single tusk, are filled with compassion and have four hands.

You have a beautiful vermillion mark on Your forehead, and You ride on Your vehicle which is in the form of a mouse.

paan chaḍein, phool chaḍein, aur chaḍein mewaa

laduwan ka bhog lage, sant kare sevaa

Devotees offer you paan (betel leaves), flowers, mewa (dry fruits),

And sweets in the form of laddus; Saints offer devotional services to You.

jai gaṇesha, jai gaṇesha, jai gaṇesha devaa

maataa jaaki paarvati, pitaa mahaadevaa

andhan ko aankh det, koḍin ko kaayaa

bhaanjan ko putra det, nirdhan ko maayaa

(x2)

You bestow vision to the blind and heal the leper.

You bestow children to the sterile, and wealth to the destitute.

soorya shyaam sharaṇ aaye saphal keeje sevaa

maataa jaaki paarvati, pitaa mahaadevaa

We pray to you day and night. Please bestow success on us.

You are born of Mother Pārvati and Lord Shiva is your father.

jai gaṇesha, jai gaṇesha, jai gaṇesha devaa

maataa jaaki paarvati, pitaa mahaadevaa

[Repeat last verse]

 

PRADAKSHIṆA & NAMASKAARA

(Circumambulation and Prostration)

Stand and turn 3 times to the right, chanting the following verse;

then prostrate to the mūrti.

yaani kaani cha paapaani

janmaantara kṛitaani cha

taani taani vinashyanti

pradakshiṇam pade pade

Whatever sins I have committed in all lives, may they be absolved as I circumambulate.

 

PUṢHPAANJALI (Flower Offering)

 (Chanted once, in unison)

While offerings flowers to the feet of the mūrti with folded hands:

aum vighneshvaraaya varadaaya sura-priyaaya

lambodaraaya sakalaaya jagad-hitaaya

naagaananaaya shruti-yagnya-vibhooṣhitaaya

gauri-sutaaya gaṇanaatha namo namaste

Salutations to the pot-bellied Gaṇeśa, son of Pārvatī, the one cares for the welfare of the entire universe, the elephant-faced one who is adorned by the Vedas and Yajñas, lord of obstacles, benefactor and beloved of the gods.

aum shreeman mahaa-gaṇaadhipataye namaḥa

puṣhpaanjalim samarpayaami

I offer you flowers with folded hands.

 

PRAARTHANA (Prayer)

 (Chanted once, in unison)

vakratuṇḍa mahaakaaya

soorya koṭi samaprabha

nirvighnam kuru me deva

sarva kaaryeṣhu sarvadaa

O Lord with a curved trunk, a mighty body, and luster of a million suns, please make all of my endeavors free from obstacles at all times.

 

AATMA SAMARPAṆA (Surrender to the Lord)

(Chanted once, in unison)

tvameva maataa cha pitaa tvameva

tvameva bandhushcha sakhaa tvameva

tvameva vidyaa draviṇam tvameva

tvameva sarvam mama deva deva

You are my mother and my father; You are my relative and friend; You are my knowledge and my wealth; You are my all, O Lord of Lords.

kaayena vaachaa manasendriyairva

buddhyaatmanaa vaa prakṛite svabhaavaat

karomi yadyat sakalam parasmai

naaraayaṇaayeti samarpayaami

I dedicate everything to Lord Nārāyaṇa: whatever I perform with my body, speech, mind, limbs, intellect or my inner self either intentionally or unintentionally.

 

SHAANTI MANTRA (Prayer for Peace)

(Chanted once, in unison)

aum asato maa sad gamaya

tamaso maa jyotir gamaya

mṛityor maa amṛitam gamaya

aum lokaaḥ samastaaḥ sukhino bhavantu

lokaaḥ samastaaḥ sukhino bhavantu

lokaaḥ samastaaḥ sukhino bhavantu

aum shaantiḥ shaantiḥ shaantiḥ

hariḥ aum

Lead me from the Unreal to the Real; from darkness (of ignorance) to light (of knowledge); from death (sense limitation) to immortality (limitlessness, liberation). May all beings everywhere be happy and free and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all.

PROGRAM ADAPTED FROM:

How to Conduct Puja Series by Dr. A.V. Srinivasan &

Pūjā Pustakam compiled by Paṇḍit Śrī Rāmānuja Ācāri

REVISED Fall 2020