Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Rigveda Prayer to Ganesha

गणानां त्वा गणपतिं हवामहे कविं कवीनामुपमश्रवस्तमम् । ज्येष्ठराजं ब्रह्मणां ब्रह्मणस्पत आ नः शृण्वन्नूतिभिः सीद सादनम् ॥


[Rigveda 2.23.1 English analysis of grammar]

gaṇānāṃ < gaṇānām < gaṇa

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“group; varga; troop; troop; battalion; flock; herd; gaṇa [word]; corporation; gaṇa; herd; sect; swarm; set; party; gaṇa; series; Ganesa; flight.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

gaṇapatiṃ < gaṇapatim < gaṇapati

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Ganesa; general; Shiva; Brihaspati.”

havāmahe < hvā

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

kaviṃ < kavim < kavi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”

kavīnām < kavi

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”

upamaśravastamam < upamaśravastama

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

"of highest fame"

jyeṣṭharājam < jyeṣṭha

[noun]

“firstborn; best; first; excellent; highest; jyeṣṭha [word].”

jyeṣṭharājam < rājam < rāj

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“king; best; rāj; rāj [word].”

brahmaṇām < brahman

[noun], genitive, plural, neuter

“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”

brahmaṇaspata < brahmaṇaspate < brahmaṇaspati

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Brahmaṇaspati.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

śṛṇvann < śṛṇvan < śru

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

ūtibhiḥ < ūti

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

sīda < sad

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”

sādanam < sādana

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“home; dwelling; seat.”


(Source: Wisdom Library)


My Summary

We call upon Lord Ganesha, the head of all Shivaganas, most exalted among the enlightened ones, full of glories, the first to be worshipped, the leader of the Brahman-realised ones, to come and grace our Yajna. 


P. S. : Some chant it as गणपतिगुं