Lord with a twisted trunk and a mighty body, One whose brilliance is equivalent to the brightness of 10 million suns, my Lord, always make all my endeavors free of obstacles. To Gam, Lord of the Ganas, I bow again, and again. To Sri Perfection, the remover, I bow again, and again. To the Asta Vinayak, I bow again, and again. Ganapati, Universal father, Big brother, Morya. In Sanskrit grammar the Visarga (:) converts to “O” (ओ) when the upcoming letter is N. So Namo Namaha means to bow again and again. Ashta Vinayak: In Maharashtra the Astha Vinayaka is a pilgrimage of eight sacred temples dedicated to Lord Vinayak-Moreshwar (Mayureshwar), Siddhi Vinayak, Balleshwar, Varad Vinayak, Chintamani, Girijatmaj, Vighneshwar, and Mahaganapti. Moraya/Morya: Morya Gosavi was a 14th century devotee of the Ganesha. He was originally from a village called Shaligram in Karnataka and built the Mayureshwar temple at Morgaon, near Pune. The starting of the Ashtavinayak pilgrimage is attributed to him. The words Ganapati Bappa Morya are a tribute to Morya Gosavi. He was a contemporary of Chattrapati Shahu Maharaj and Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath Bhatt and finally took sanjeevan samadhi at Chinchwad, Pune.