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Ganesha
Sahasranama excerptSanskrit
ॐ गणेश्वराय नमः । ॐ गणक्रीडाय नमः । ॐ गणनाथाय नमः । ॐ गणाधिपाय नमः । ॐ एकदंष्ट्राय नमः । ॐ वक्रतुण्डाय नमः ।
Transliteration
Oṃ Gaṇeśvarāya Namaḥ, Oṃ Gaṇakrīḍāya Namaḥ, Oṃ Gaṇanāthāya Namaḥ, Oṃ Gaṇādhipāya Namaḥ, Oṃ Ekadaṃṣṭrāya Namaḥ, Oṃ Vakratuṇḍāya Namaḥ
Translation
Salutations to the Lord of the hosts; salutations to the one who delights among the hosts; salutations to the master of the hosts; salutations to the chief of the hosts; salutations to the single-tusked one; salutations to the curved-trunked one.
Meaning
The opening run of names from the thousand-name litany, each paired with 'Om ... Namah.' The first four names all play on 'Gana' (host/group), establishing Ganesha's role as leader of Shiva's attendants, before moving to physical-form epithets (single tusk, curved trunk).
Source
Traditional — Ganapati Sahasranamavali (Ganesha Purana tradition)
I meditate upon the elephant-faced lord adored by hosts of beings…
Om, Gam, salutations to Ganapati — a seed-syllable invocation calling on Ganesha as lord of all assemblies/categories of existence.
O curved-trunked, mighty-bodied one, radiant as a million suns — make all my undertakings free of obstacles, always, O Lord.
Bowing the head to the god Vinayaka, son of Gauri, one should remember him daily — the refuge of devotees — for long life, fulfillment of desires, and success in one's aims.