Mantra
Devanagari:
ॐ ऐरावतादिसर्वाशावारणावरणप्रियाय विद्महे
वज्राद्यस्त्रपरीवाराय धीमहि
तन्नो महागणपतिः प्रचोदयात्
Transliteration:
Om Airavatadisarvashavaranavaranapriyaya Vidmahe
Vajradyastraparivaraya Dhimahi
Tanno Mahaganapatih Prachodayat
Translation:
Om, may we know Lord Maha Ganapati, he who delights in first and primordial,
And meditate deeply upon Lord Maha Ganapati, the divine embodiment of primal;
May Lord Maha Ganapati remove all obstacles and illumine our mind.