Ganapathi Atharva Sirsam - Importance and Benefits

Benefits & Importance of Chanting Ganapathi Atharva Sirsam

   What is Ganapathi Atharva Sirsam ?

   Ganapathi Atharva Sirsam ( which is also known as Ganapathi Upanishad ) is a veda mantra from Atharva Veda.It is a simple yet powerful chant that will immensely get you connected to Lord Ganesha.

 **It is said that a single person who has mastery over the Atharva Veda will protect his whole nation from all dangers and calamities**

 This mantra basically extols and describes Lord Ganesha as Brahman ( Pure consciousness - God ) .

 This is the mantra which is used in Ganapathi Homam.

 Thus,this explains why this mantra plays a very important role in Ganapathi worship.

 In fact, the Ganapathi Gayatri  comes from this hymn.


The below video link will help you learn Ganapathi Atharva Sirsam.

      Video above :Ganapathi Atharva Sirsam learning tutorial.

Click here for the meaning of the lyrics


The benefits of this chant explained in this article is actually described in the mantra itself.It is not some imagination or exaggeration.

Benefits : 

 - One who studies and chants this mantra becomes equal to

Bramha.He attains all happiness.

- He will not be affected by any difficulties and obstacles.

- He experiences happiness at all times.

- He is released from the five great sins.

- When one studies this hymn in the evening, the sins committed during the day are destroyed.

- When one studies this hymn in the morning,the sins comitted at night are destroyed.

- When one studies this hymn both times ( morning and evening ) , he becomes free from all sins

- When read anywhere,one becomes free of all obstacles.

- One attains all the four goals of life 

: Righteousness ( Dharma ) , wealth ( Artha ) , Desire ( Kaama ) and liberation ( Moksha )

- One would achieve whatever is desired for by chanting this hymn a thousand times. 

- One who bathes Lord Ganapathi by his essence of the Atharva Veda becomes a renowned orator

- Whoever repeatedly chants this hymn on the fourth day from New or Full Moon becomes a great scholar.







- One who worships Lord Ganapathi with blades of Durva grass 

becomes as rich as the God of wealth ( Kubera )

- One who offered parched grains ( rice / wheat flakes ) becomes a man of fame and intelligence.

- One who offers a thousand modakams for worship gets his cherished desires fulfilled

- One who offers ghee and firewood to the fire-sacrifice  ( yagya ) attains everything

- One who enables eight good natured persons to absorb these teachings of the Atharva Veda becomes dazzling like the Sun.

- By undertaking the Japa on the banks of the sacred rivers during solar eclipse or by sitting in front of the idol of Lord Ganapathi, one gets the siddhi of this mantra

- In particular,he becomes free from big obstacles,majot defects and all sins.

-He who has this knowledge,becomes all knowing.



My personal experience from this Mantra.

   I got introduced to this mantra from my professor. We were about to start a vedic chanting group in the campus.Ganapathi Atharva Sirsam was a new vedic hymn to me hence my professor taught me this mantra in a temple.And after learning,we chanted the mantra about three times in front of Lord Ganapathi in the temple ( It is the same temple I wrote about in the article about Muneeswaran in this blog ) 

 It was indeed a very pleasant and vibrant moment.The chant was so unique and engaging.It was something different from the other veda mantras I chant , such as the Sri Rudram.

  My professor later explained that He adores this chant very much and that he used to teach it to school children in a Shirdi Baba centre in nearby town.

  He says that the children always chant this mantra before going to school and they performed excellent in their studies.

This mantra also greatly activates the muladhara chakra ( root 

MULADHARA CHAKRA

chakra) . It is said that Lord Ganapathi Himself resides in this chakra.Once the muladhara chakra is active,you become very stable in life.You will break all obstacles and move like a king.

  Lord Ganapathi is a symbol of ultimate intelligence.His elephant head symbolises intelligence.Hence without doubt,chanting this mantra will definitely enhance one in his or her studies.

  This Ganapathi Atharva Sirsam till now,is an important portion in the vedic chanting group we started off.Many students have learnt it and have shared wonderful experiences.This mantra has helped them in various ways.The best part is that this mantra showed the results extremely fast.

   One particular girl developed a form devotion to Lord Ganapathi that she never imagined.It was very deep. The interesting part is that she was never into Ganesha worship.Although she used to sing bhajans and songs for Him,chanting this mantra regularly moved her to a different kind of dimension which she never thought of.

**Hope this article has given a good insight about the Ganapathi**                                         Atharva Sirsam.

     **May Lord Ganesha break any obstacles in our endeavors**