Mantrapushpanjali

Mantrapushpanjali is a traditional Vedic hymn recited at the very end of any puja while offering flowers to the deity — invoking universal sovereignty and long life, and closing with the Ganapati beeja mantra.

Deity: Samarop

Mantra & aarti

Composer: Vedic — traditional, many millennia old; no individual named author is recorded.

When to sing it: At the very end of any deity's puja, while offering flowers — a universal closing prayer, not tied to one particular god.

Om rajadhirajaya prasahya sahine |Namo vayam vaishravanaya kurmahe |Sa me kaman kama kamaya mahyam |Kameshvaro vaishravano dadatu |Kuberaya vaishravanaya, maharajaya namah |Om svasti, samrajyam bhaujyam svarajyam vairajyamParameshthyam cha rajyam maharajyamadhipatyamayamSamantaparyayisyat sarvabhaumah sarvayushaAntadaparardhat prithivyai samudraparyantaya ekaraliti |Tadapyesha shlokobhigito, marutah pariveshtaroMaruttasyavasan grihe, Avikshitasya kamaprervishvedevah sabhasada iti |Ekadantaya vidmahe, vakratundaya dhimahi |Tanno dantih prachodayat |Mantrapushpanjali samarpayami |

Meaning (brief): Mantrapushpanjali is a Vedic hymn traditionally recited at the very end of a puja while offering flowers to the deity. It invokes universal sovereignty and long life — through Kubera/Vaishravana, the "king of kings" — and closes with the Ganapati beeja mantra ("Ekadantaya vidmahe, vakratundaya dhimahi...", roughly "we meditate on the one-tusked lord..."). The word-for-word sense of some of this archaic Vedic prose is debated even among scholars — what's given here is the traditionally understood gist.

The words and tune can vary slightly by household or sect.

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