Slokas and prayers is a part of our life. Slokaforlife is a collection of various devotional slokas that linked to our life. This is most useful spaces of slokas and prayers combined with the meaning and how it is being recited.
Lord Ganesha , son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, is worshiped in Hindu Religion as the god of beginnings, knowledge, wisdom, intellect and remover of obstacles. One always starts any prayer, ritual or occasion by worshiping the Beloved Elephant God. Lord Ganesh blessings are also sought before starting any new venture. Lord Ganesha is also referred to as Ganapati, Gajanana, Vinayaka, Vighneshawar and Pillaiyar. Ganesh Mantras can be found in the Ganesh Puran /Ganapati Upanishad.
Meaning:
The Lord with the elephant face, served by all the Ganas, One who takes as His food, the essence of Kapitta and Jamboophala (these are two favorite fruits of Ganesh), son of Uma (Mother Parvati), destroyer of misery of the devotees, controller of obstacles, we worship Your Lotus Feet.
Meaning: We meditate on Lord Ganesha - who is clad in white (representing purity), who is all pervading (present everywhere), whose complexion is gray like that of ash (glowing with spiritual splendor), who has four arms, who has bright countenance (depicting inner calm and happiness) and who can destroy all obstacles (in our spiritual and worldly path).
shukla - white
ambara - garment
dharam - worn, adorned
vishnum - all pervading
shashi - moon, pure, white
varnam - colour
chatur- four
bhujam -hands
prasanna - happy
vadanam - face
dhyayeth - pray, meditate
sarva - all
vighna - obstacles
upa - near
shantaye -silence or bliss.