Sundara Mukha Sri Gajanana
Sundara Mukha Sri Gajanana
Eka Dantha Sri Gajanana [ Sundara Mukha ... ]
Prathama Namami Gajanana
Rishi Muni Vanditha Gajanana
Gajanana Om Gajanana (3)
Salutations to Lord Ganesh, the beautiful elephant-faced Lord with a single tusk and the one whom the entire universe worships first. The wise and noble sages too worship Him first.
Translate Meaning:
Deity
Ganesha
Language
Sanskrit / Hindi
Raga
Mishra Vakulabharanam / Basant Mukhari
Notes:
* showing details for Vakulabharanam / Basant Mukhari
S R1 G2 M1 P D1 N1 S
S N1 D1 P M1 G2 R1 S
In the Key of C:
C C# E F G G# B♭ C
C B♭ G# G F E C# C
Beat
8 Beat / Keherwa / Adi
Level
Intermediate
Tempo
Medium Fast
Reference Gents Pitch
4 Pancham / F
Reference Ladies Pitch
1 Pancham / C
Notes Range
Lowest Note: n2 / B (lower octave)
Highest Note: N1 / B♭
Highest Note: N1 / B♭
* Western notes are in the Key of C
Glossary Terms
Song Glossary
tooth or tusk as in ekadantha - the single-tusked one (refers to lord ganesha)
one
elephant-faced one, refers to lord ganesh; (var) gajamukham, gajanana, gajananam, gajavadana, gajavadanam
face; (var) mukh
saint
i offer salutations
primordial sound of creation; (var) aum, omkar, omkara, omkaram
Bhagawan advices starting the day with Omkaram chanting – OM (x 21). He further enunciates: The Pranava (primeval sound OM) recital is one form of such spiritual effort. It is laid down at Prashaanthi Nilayam that the early dawn recital of Om should be done twenty one times. This number is not arbitrarily fixed; it has a significance of its own.The Jeevathathwam (life-principle) merges with Parathathwam (the Supreme Reality). The jeevathathwam may be pictured as a rider on the twenty-headed horse.
- We have the five karmendhriyas (senses of action) and the five jnaanendhriyas (senses of perception);
- we have also praanas (the five vital energies or airs) to sustain us.
- Then we have the five koshas (sheaths), enclosing the Divine Spark that is the Reality. These total up to twenty.
- Hence the recitation of Om twenty one times purifies and clarifies all these twenty components and makes man the twenty-first entity, ready for the final merger with Reality.
Finally, you end the Pranava recital with the recital of ‘shaanthi’ three times. That completes the process of clarification and purification. The first call for shaanthi (peace chant) is for the purity of the aadhibhouthik (body) part of the Self. The second call is for the purity of the aadhidhaivik (the mind). The third is for the purification of the aadhyaathmik (the spirit). This Pranava recital will tone you up, calm all agitations in the mind and quicken the downpour of Grace.
- Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Bal Vikas Gurus Training Camp, 06th June 1978, Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 14 (1978 - 80)
first
sage
honorific title of respect; another name of goddess lakshmi; wealth, majesty, splendour, intellect, fortune; (var) thiru (tamil)
beautiful; (var) sundarakara, sundaraya, sundari (f), soundari (f)
one who is worshipped; (var) vandita, vanditham, vandithaya
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