गणानां त्वाMantrapushpanjali
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गणानां त्वा गणपतिं हवामहे कविं कवीनामुपमश्रवस्तमम्
Gananan Tva Ganapatin Havamahe Kavin Kavinamupamashravastamam
We call on you, Ganapati, leader of the hosts, poet among poets, the most renowned. From the Rigveda (2.23.1), which also names the one it calls on Brahmanaspati, the lord of prayer.
https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/rig-veda-english-translation/d/doc831301.htmlOpened here with this Rigveda verse (2.23.1), as some families do, in place of the more common ॐ यज्ञेन यज्ञमयजन्त देवाः.
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ज्येष्ठराजं ब्रह्मणां ब्रह्मणस्पत आ नः शृण्वन्नूतिभिः सीद सादनम्
Jyestharajam Bramhanan Bramhanaspata Aa Nah Shrunvannutibhih Sida Sadanam
Eldest king of prayers, lord of prayer: hear us, and come with your protection to sit in this place of worship.
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ॐ राजाधिराजाय प्रसह्ये साहिने नमो वयं वैश्रवणाय कुर्महे
Om Rajadhirajaya Prasahye Sahine Namo Vayam Vaishravanaya Kurmahe
From the Taittiriya Aranyaka (1.31.6). We bow to Vaishravana, king of kings, who prevails by his own force.
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स मे कामान्कामकामाय मह्यम् कामेश्वरो वैश्रवणो ददातु
Sa Me Kamankamakamaya Mahyam Kameshvaro Vaishravano Dadatu
May Vaishravana, the lord of desires, grant me the things I desire and the enjoyment of them.
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कुबेराय वैश्रवणाय महाराजाय नम:
Kuberaya Vaishravanaya Maharajaya Nama:
Salutation to Kubera Vaishravana, the great king. This closes the Taittiriya Aranyaka passage begun two lines earlier.
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ॐ स्वस्ति साम्राज्यं भौज्यं स्वाराज्यं वैराज्यं पारमेष्ठ्यं राज्यं
Om Svasti Samrajyam Bhaujyam Svarajyam Vairajyam Paramesthyam Rajyam
From the Aitareya Brahmana (VIII.15). A listing of every form of sovereignty being wished for: universal rule, the enjoyment of pleasures, independence, distinguished standing as a king, the fulfilment of the highest desires, and kingship.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MantrapushpanjaliLines 6, 7 and 8 are one continuous sentence in the source. Read them together.
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माहाराज्यमाधिपत्यमयं समंतपर्यायी
Maharajyamadhipatyamayam Samantaparyayi
The list continues: great kingship and supreme mastery, so that he may span the whole universe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MantrapushpanjaliPart of the same continuous sentence as lines 6 and 8.
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स्यात्सार्वभौम: सार्वायुष आंतादापरार्धात्पृथिव्यै समुद्रपर्यंता या एकराळिति
Syatsarvabhauma: Sarvayusha Aantadaparardhatpruthivyai Samudraparyanta Ya Ekaraliti
And that he may be sole ruler of the whole earth out to the shores of the ocean, for a life lasting to the very end of time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MantrapushpanjaliPart of the same continuous sentence as lines 6 and 7.
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तदप्येष श्लोकोऽभिगीतो मरुत: परिवेष्टारो मरुत्तस्यावसन्गृहे
Tadapyesha Shlokobhigito Maruta: Pariveshtaro Maruttasyavasangruhe
From the Aitareya Brahmana (VIII.21). On this there is a verse that is sung: the Maruts served as the distributors of food in the house of Marutta.
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आविक्षितस्य कामप्रेर्विश्वेदेवा: सभासद इति
Aavikshitasya Kamaprervishvedeva: Sabhasada Iti
Marutta, son of Avikshit, was a king whose every desire had been fulfilled, and all the gods sat together in his assembly hall.
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