The universal opening prayer to the remover of obstacles, recited at the start of auspicious works.
Gaṇeśa · Traditional devotional text · Source: Traditional invocation (Traditional / public domain)
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्य-कोटि समप्रभ । निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्व-कार्येषु सर्वदा ॥
O curved-trunked, great-bodied one, radiant as a million suns — make all my undertakings free of obstacles, always.
शुक्लाम्बर-धरं विष्णुं शशि-वर्णं चतुर्-भुजम् । प्रसन्न-वदनं ध्यायेत् सर्व-विघ्नोपशान्तये ॥
Clad in white, all-pervading, moon-hued and four-armed, of serene face — meditate on him for the calming of all obstacles.
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