Guru Stotram

Reference : https://shlokam.org/gurustotram/

गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः । गुरुरेव परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः॥1॥

gururbrahmā gururviṣṇuḥ gururdevo maheśvaraḥ . gurureva paraṃ brahma tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ.

Salutations to that guru who is the creator, sustainer and destroyer, who is the limitless one.

अखण्ड-मण्डलाकारं व्याप्तं येन चराचरम्। तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः॥2॥

akhaṇḍa-maṇḍalākāraṃ vyāptaṃ yena carācaram. tatpadaṃ darśitaṃ yena tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ

Salutations are to that guru who showed me the abode, the one who is to be known, whose form is the entire universe and by whom all the movable and immovable are pervaded.

अज्ञान-तिमिरान्धस्य ज्ञानाञ्जन-शलाकया। चक्षुरुन्मीलितं येन तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः ॥3॥

ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā. cakṣurunmīlitaṃ yena tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ

Salutations are to that guru who opened the eye of one blind due to the darkness (cover) of ignorance with a needle coated with the ointment of knowledge.

Saraswati Vandana

Reference : https://shlokam.org/yaakundendu/

या कुन्देन्दुतुषारहारधवला या शुभ्रवस्त्रावृता या वीणावरदण्डमण्डितकरा या श्वेतपद्मासना । या ब्रह्माच्युतशंकरप्रभृतिभिर्देवैः सदा पूजिता सा मां पातु सरस्वति भगवती निःशेषजाड्यापहा ॥१॥

yā kundendutuṣārahāradhavalā yā śubhravastrāvṛtā yā vīṇāvaradaṇḍamaṇḍitakarā yā śvetapadmāsanā . yā brahmācyuta śaṃkaraprabhṛtibhirdevaiḥ sadā pūjitā sā māṃ pātu sarasvati bhagavatī niḥśeṣajāḍyāpahā ..1..

Sarasvatī, Bhagavatī, is of fair complexion like the necklace which is as white as the jasmine, moon and snow, who is dressed in white clothes, whose hands adorn the divine vīņā, who is seated on a white lotus, who is always worshipped by Gods like Brahmā, Vişnu, Śankara. May she, who removes the darkness of ignorance, protect me!

Ganesha Vandana

Reference : https://shlokam.org/shuklambaradharam/

शुक्लाम्बरधरं विष्णुं शशिवर्णं चतुर्भुजम् । प्रसन्नवदनं ध्यायेत् सर्वविघ्नोपशान्तये ॥

śuklāmbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaśivarṇaṃ caturbhujam . prasannavadanaṃ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye

I meditate upon (Lord Ganesa), the one who wears a white garment, who is all-pervasive, who has a (bright) complexion like the moon, who has four hands, who has a cheerful face, for the removal of all obstacles.