Ganpati Atharva Shirsha (English Translation)
Om, Salutations to You, O Ganapati, (O Ganapati) You indeed are the visible Tattvam (Conscious Essence underlying everything), (O Ganapati) You indeed are the only Creator (Karta) (by Whose Power the Universe is Created), (O Ganapati) You indeed are the only Sustainer (Dharta) (by Whose Power the Universe is Sustained), (O Ganapati) You indeed are the only Destroyer (Harta) (by Whose Power the Universe is finally Dissolved in its Conscious Essence), (O Ganapati) You indeed are All This (The Universe); You verily are the Brahman (giving Consciousness to All), (O Ganapati) You are the visible Atman, the Eternal (underlying Reality), I declare the Ritam (Divine Law); I declare the Satyam (Absolute Reality) (that there is an Absolute Consciousness underlying everything, which I saw as Ganapati), (Now) Protect me (O Ganapati) (Protect the Truth I declared), Protect the Speaker (O Ganapati) (Protect the Teacher who declares this Truth), Protect the Listener (O Ganapati) (Protect the Stu...