oṃ śrī gurubhyo namaḥ | hariḥ om ||
o-ṅgaṇānā-ntvā gaṇapa̭tigṃ havāmahe kavi-ṅka̭vīnāṃ upamaśra̭vastavam | jyeṣṭharāja-mbrahma̭ṇā-mbrahmaṇaspata ā naḥ̭ śṛṇvannūtibhi̭ssīda sāda̭nam ||
gaṇānā-ntvā tvā gaṇānā-ṅgaṇānā-ntvā gaṇapa̭ti-ṅgaṇapa̭ti-ntvā gaṇānā-ṅgaṇānā-ntvā gaṇapa̭tim ||
tvā gaṇapa̭ti-ṅgaṇapa̭ti-ntvātvā gaṇapa̭tigṃ havāmahe havāmahe gaṇapa̭ti-ntvātvā gaṇapa̭tigṃ havāmahe | gaṇapa̭tigṃ havāmahe havāmahe gaṇapa̭ti-ṅgaṇapa̭tigṃ havāmahe kavinkavigṃ ha̭vāmahe gaṇapa̭ti-ṅgaṇapa̭tigṃ havāmahe kavim | gaṇapa̭timiti̭gaṇa-patim ||
havāmahe kavi-ṅkavigṃ ha̭vāmahe havāmahe kavi-ṅka̭vīnānka̭vīnā-ṅkavigṃ ha̭vāmahe havāmahe kavinka̭vīnām ||
kavinka̭vīnānka̭vīnā-ṅkavinkavi-ṅka̭vīnāmṷpamaśra̭vastama mupamaśra̭vastamaṅka̭vīnā-ṅkavinkavi-ṅka̭vīnāmṷpamaśra̭vastamam ||
kavīnāmṷpamaśra̭va stamamupamaśra̭vastama-ṅkavīnā nka̭vīnā mṷpamaśra̭vastamam | upamaśra̭vastama mityṷpamaśra̭vaḥ-tamam ||
jyeṣṭarājaṃ brahma̭ṇā-mbrahma̭ṇā-ñjyeṣṭharājaṃ̭ jyeṣṭharājaṃ brahma̭ṇā-mbrahmaṇo brahmaṇo brahma̭ṇā-ñjyeṣṭharājaṃ̭ jyeṣṭharājaṃ brahma̭ṇā-mbrahmaṇaḥ | jyeṣṭharājamiti̭jyeṣṭha rājam ||
brahma̭ṇā-mbrahmaṇo brahmaṇo brahma̭ṇāṃ brahma̭ṇā-mbrahmaṇaspate patebrahmaṇo brahma̭ṇāṃ brahma̭ṇā-mbrahmaṇaspate ||
brahmaṇaspate pate brahmaṇo brahmaṇaspata āpa̭te brahmaṇo brahmaṇaspata ā | pata ā pa̭tepata āno̭na āpa̭te pata ānaḥ̭ ||
āno̭na āna̭śśṛṇvanchṛṇvanna āna̭śśṛṇvann | na śśṛṇvanchṛṇvanno̭na śśṛṇvannūtibhi̭ rūtibhi̭śśṛṇvanno̭na śśṛṇvannūtibhiḥ̭ ||
śśṛṇvannūtibhi̭ rūtibhi̭śśṛṇvanchṛṇvannūtibhi̭ssīda sīdotibhi̭śśṛṇvan chṛṇvannūtibhi̭ssīda ||
ūtibhi̭ssīda sīdotibhi̭ rūtibhi̭ssīda sāda̭nagṃ sāda̭nagṃ sīdotibhi̭rūtibhi̭ssīda sāda̭nam | ūtibhi rityūti-bhiḥ ||
sīdasāda̭nagṃ sāda̭nagṃ sīda sīda sāda̭nam | sāda̭namiti sāda̭nam ||
oṃ śrī mahāgaṇapataye namaḥ ||
o-ṅgaṇānā-ntvā gaṇapa̭tigṃ havāmahe kavi-ṅka̭vīnāṃ upamaśra̭vastavam | jyeṣṭharāja-mbrahma̭ṇā-mbrahmaṇaspata ā naḥ̭ śṛṇvannūtibhi̭ssīda sāda̭nam ||
gaṇānā-ntvā tvā gaṇānā-ṅgaṇānā-ntvā gaṇapa̭ti-ṅgaṇapa̭ti-ntvā gaṇānā-ṅgaṇānā-ntvā gaṇapa̭tim ||
tvā gaṇapa̭ti-ṅgaṇapa̭ti-ntvātvā gaṇapa̭tigṃ havāmahe havāmahe gaṇapa̭ti-ntvātvā gaṇapa̭tigṃ havāmahe | gaṇapa̭tigṃ havāmahe havāmahe gaṇapa̭ti-ṅgaṇapa̭tigṃ havāmahe kavinkavigṃ ha̭vāmahe gaṇapa̭ti-ṅgaṇapa̭tigṃ havāmahe kavim | gaṇapa̭timiti̭gaṇa-patim ||
havāmahe kavi-ṅkavigṃ ha̭vāmahe havāmahe kavi-ṅka̭vīnānka̭vīnā-ṅkavigṃ ha̭vāmahe havāmahe kavinka̭vīnām ||
kavinka̭vīnānka̭vīnā-ṅkavinkavi-ṅka̭vīnāmṷpamaśra̭vastama mupamaśra̭vastamaṅka̭vīnā-ṅkavinkavi-ṅka̭vīnāmṷpamaśra̭vastamam ||
kavīnāmṷpamaśra̭va stamamupamaśra̭vastama-ṅkavīnā nka̭vīnā mṷpamaśra̭vastamam | upamaśra̭vastama mityṷpamaśra̭vaḥ-tamam ||
jyeṣṭarājaṃ brahma̭ṇā-mbrahma̭ṇā-ñjyeṣṭharājaṃ̭ jyeṣṭharājaṃ brahma̭ṇā-mbrahmaṇo brahmaṇo brahma̭ṇā-ñjyeṣṭharājaṃ̭ jyeṣṭharājaṃ brahma̭ṇā-mbrahmaṇaḥ | jyeṣṭharājamiti̭jyeṣṭha rājam ||
brahma̭ṇā-mbrahmaṇo brahmaṇo brahma̭ṇāṃ brahma̭ṇā-mbrahmaṇaspate patebrahmaṇo brahma̭ṇāṃ brahma̭ṇā-mbrahmaṇaspate ||
brahmaṇaspate pate brahmaṇo brahmaṇaspata āpa̭te brahmaṇo brahmaṇaspata ā | pata ā pa̭tepata āno̭na āpa̭te pata ānaḥ̭ ||
āno̭na āna̭śśṛṇvanchṛṇvanna āna̭śśṛṇvann | na śśṛṇvanchṛṇvanno̭na śśṛṇvannūtibhi̭ rūtibhi̭śśṛṇvanno̭na śśṛṇvannūtibhiḥ̭ ||
śśṛṇvannūtibhi̭ rūtibhi̭śśṛṇvanchṛṇvannūtibhi̭ssīda sīdotibhi̭śśṛṇvan chṛṇvannūtibhi̭ssīda ||
ūtibhi̭ssīda sīdotibhi̭ rūtibhi̭ssīda sāda̭nagṃ sāda̭nagṃ sīdotibhi̭rūtibhi̭ssīda sāda̭nam | ūtibhi rityūti-bhiḥ ||
sīdasāda̭nagṃ sāda̭nagṃ sīda sīda sāda̭nam | sāda̭namiti sāda̭nam ||
oṃ śrī mahāgaṇapataye namaḥ ||
chandas Triṣṭubh in the underlying verse, recited here in the ghana pattern
ghanapāṭha the ghana weave — One of the fixed ways of chanting a Vedic verse. Taking the words in pairs, the reciter goes 1-2, 2-1, 1-2-3, 3-2-1, 1-2-3, then moves on a word. Nothing is added to the meaning; the weave is there so that the order of the words and the pitch of each syllable cannot drift.
gaṇapatiṃ havāmahe we call on you, Ganapati — The opening words of Rig Veda 2.23.1, addressed to Brahmanaspati, lord of the sacred word. It is the oldest verse in which the name Ganapati appears.
note The syllables carry Vedic pitch marks, and the sandhi of recitation joins words across their boundaries, so the printed text looks unlike the plain verse it is built from.