PART ONE

Ganesa

This is a prayer to Lord Ganesa, the remover of all
obstacles. Reference is made to the Puranic story that
Ganesa served as a scribe to Vyasa and wrote down the
Mahabharata. Ganesa's grace is invoked for the protection
of theVedanta philosophy.

O Vinayaka, who wrote on a scroll (i.e., the slopes of
Mt. Meru) the words of the Great Sage (i.e., Vyasa)
and who presides at the victorious Arunachala, do
remove the disease (i.e., maya) that is the cause of
repeated births, and protect graciously the great
Noble Faith which brims with the honey of the Self.