The worshipful feet,

Of Uma-Shankar’s son,

The first born, five handed,

Elephant faced elegant,

With twin-white tusks,

Curved like the crescent-moon,

He is wisdom’s embodiment.

Shall with success meet,

Eloquence and eminence,

Shall be your rewards;

Therefore worship Him.

Even as celestials,

Raise their hands aloft,

In adoration and love,

To the elephant-visaged,

Vinayaka of victory.

by Kabilar

The immanent Being,

Accourted in white,

Whose divine form’s,

Matched by the moon’s glow;

The four armed,

Ever smiling,

Vinayaka of victory,

For the removal,

Of all obstacles,

On earthly life.

from a Sanskrit verse

The very roots of all,

Human suffering and sorrow;

Vinayaka destroys all desires;

Vinayaka is Lord indeed,

Of heaven and earth;

Surrender, therefore, unto Him,

With hearts that melt with devotion.

by Kabilar

Of the remover of obstacles,

The child of Maheswara,

The dimunitive Being,

Who adorns the scared thread;

The fan-eared; first born,

Who bestrides the Mushika,

With the Modaka-filled hand;

We worship Vinayaka of victory.

from a Sanskrit verse

May prosper and thrive;

The Vedic ways ever endure;

The sacred Tamil tongue,

Be reknowned the world-over,

We shall worship without fail,

The sagacious, five handed, triple-eyed,

Elephant-visaged Lord,

Vinayaka of victory.

by Umapathi Civam

The delicacies four;

Fresh milk; pure honey;

Cane sugar with cereals mixed,

O Elephant visaged,

Bright-jewelled Lord of the Universe,

If you will enrich me,

With the treasure-triple-Tamil tongue,

Acclaimed by the ancient academies.

by Avvaiyar

Purify our earthly births;

Attain with effortless ease,

All that’s treasured by the mind,

Let us all in adoration

Worship the petalled-feet,

Of the elephant-visaged

Triple-eyed, Being of Beauty.

by Kaciappa Civaccariar

The grace-granting feet of Ganesa,

With flowers fresh and fragrant,

Shall acquire, eloquence of speech;

Fruitful friendship; besides gaining,

The graceful glance of the

Lotus seated Laxmi’s eyes,

Which will ensure,

Every human happiness on earth.

Elephant-visaged Lord!

The harbinger of,

Of good tidings;

The immaculate-Lord;

Five-handed,

Son of Shiva,

Of the scared tresses,

Unto thy feet,

I surrender myself.

by Ramalinga Atikal