STOTRA (PRAYER)

Vakra Tunda Maha Kaya

Surya Koti Sama Prabha

Nirvignam Kurume Deva

Sarva Karyesu Sarvada

Meaning

Vakra                    curved

Tunda                   trunk

Maha                    great, huge

Kaya                     body

Surya                    sun

Koti                       10 millions

Sama                    equal to

Prabha                  luster / brilliance

Nir                         without

Vignam                  obstacles

Kuru                      to do

Me                         to me

Deva                     Lord

Sarva                    all

Karyesu                in all actions

Sarvada                always

This stotra is dedicated to Lord Ganesh.  His curved trunk is the symbol of the power to know the difference between good and bad and to always choose the good.  (The elephant uses its trunk to extract only pure water from a mixture of mud and water.)

His huge body represents that everything in this world, the entire universe is in God.

He is all powerful.  We pray to Him to remove obstacles from the good actions we do.