Pranamya sirasa devam,
Gauri
putram, Vinayakam,
Bhakthya vyasa smaren nithya,
Mayu kama artha sidhaye.
The learned one, who wishes,
For more life,
wealth and love,
Should salute with his head,
Lord Ganapathi who is the son of Parvathy.
Prathamam Vakra thundam cha,
Ekadantham dveethiyakam,
Trithiyam
Krishna pingalaksham,
Gajavakthram Chathurthakam.
Think him first as god with broken trunk,
Second
as the God with one trunk,
Third as the one with reddish black eyes,
Fourth as the one who has the face of an elephant.
Lambhodaram panchamam cha ,
Sashtam Vikatameva
cha,
Sapthamam Vignarajam cha,
Dhoomra varnam thadashtamam.
Fifth as the one who has a very broad paunch,
Sixth
as the one who is cruel to his enemies,
Seventh as the one who is remover of obstacles,
Eighth as the one who is of
the colour of smoke.
Navamam phala chandram cha,
Dasamam thu Vinayakam,
Ekadasam
Ganapathim,
Dwadasam the gajananam.1
Ninth as the one who crescent in his forehead,
Tenth
as the one, who is the leader of remover of obstacles,
Eleventh as the leader of the army of Lord Shiva,
And twelfth
as the one who has the face of an elephant.
Dwathasaithani namani ,
Trisandhyam ya paden
nara,
Na cha vigna bhayam thasya,
Sarva sidhi karam dhruvam.2
Any one reading these twelve names,
At dawn,
noon and dusk,
Will never have fear of defeat,
And would always achieve whatever he wants.
Vidyarthi labhadhe vidhyam,
Danarthi labhathe
danam,
Puthrarthi labhathe puthran,
Moksharthi labhathe gatheem.3
One who pursues education will get knowledge,
One
who wants to earn money will get money,
One who wishes for a son , will get a son,
And one who wants salvation will
get salvation.
Japeth Ganapathi sthothram,
Shadbhir masai
phalam labeth,
Samvatsarena sidhim cha,
Labhathe nathra samsaya.4
Results of chanting this prayer,
Of Ganapthi
will be got within six months,
And within a year , he would get all wishes fulfilled,
And there is no doubt about this.
Ashtanam Brahmanam cha Likihithwa ya samarpoayeth,
Thasya
Vidhya bhaveth sarvaa ganesasya prasadatha.5
One who gets this prayer,
Written by Eight
Brahmanas,
And offers it to Lord Ganesa,
Will become knowledgable,
And would be blessed with all stellar qualities,
By
the grace of Lord Ganesa.