Post by Wouter van Heddeghem

Every morning I recite Shri Ganesha Pooja and Gayatri Mantra. I know them both off by heart. वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटि समप्रभ । निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा ॥ Vakra-Tunndda Maha-Kaaya Suurya-Kotti Samaprabha | Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryessu Sarvadaa || Meaning: 1: (I Reverentially Bow down to Sri Ganesha) Who has a Curved Trunk, Who has a Large Body and Whose Splendour is similar to Million Suns; 2: O Deva, Please Make my Undertakings Free of Obstacles, By extending Your Blessings in All my Works, Always. The Gayatri mantra with svaras is, in Devanagari: ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः तत्स॑वि॒तुर्वरे॑ण्यं॒ भर्गो॑ दे॒वस्य॑ धीमहि। धियो॒ यो नः॑ प्रचो॒दया॑त्॥ In IAST: oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ tat savitur vareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt – Ṛgveda 03.062. We meditate on the glory of that Being who has produced this universe; may He enlighten our minds