The Rig Veda: Book 3
And indeed, this is what has led a lot of people in modern times to recite the mantra as an Ahavana mantra to Ganesha. But this is actually a mantra to Brihaspati, as you can see in the Rig Veda Anukramani in my answer here and this excerpt from Shaunaka's Brihaddevata. You see, the Sanskrit word "gana" has two meanings: It is in the latter sense that Indra and Brihaspati are called Ganapati; they are leaders of the group of gods.
In any case, it is clear from the rest of the hymn that it's referring to Brihaspati. In particular, here is what verse 18 says:. So it's overwhelmingly clear that this is a hymn to Brihaspati. Now as far as the seer goes, Wikipedia is right that it's Shaunaka's father Gritsamada; again see the Rig Veda Anukramani in my answer here. And it's true that the story of the Varada Vinayaka temple involves Gritsamada praying to Ganesha. But as far as I know, there's no scripture that connects the "gananam" verse to either Ganesha or to the story of the Varada Vinayaka temple.
And considering that Shaunka was the son of Gritsamada, he would presumably have accurate information about who his father's hymns were addressed to, so Shaunaka's Brihaddevata is pretty conclusive here. This is for much the same reason that there are relatively few Vedic hymns to gods like Vishnu and Shiva. But as I discuss in my question here , there is a mantra to Ganesha given in the Ganapati Atharvashirsha Upanishad, the famous Mahaganapati mantra.
The seer of this mantra was the sage Ganaka, whom I suspect was an incarnation of Ganesha just like the sage Narayana was an incarnation of Vishnu, but I'm not sure about that which is why I asked this question. In any case, you can call the Mahaganapati mantra a "Vedic" mantra, but there's reason to believe that the Ganapati Atharvashirsha Upanishad is a later interpolation, as I discuss in this answer.
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Or if you want to settle for Puranic mantras to Ganesha, the Narada Purana has a whole chapter full of them, for instance the famous Vakratunda mantra I discuss in my question here. Of course, there's a possibility that the Narada Purana chapter is also an interpolation, because references to Ganesha in ancient Hindu scripture are few and far between, since he only became popular later on.
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Charm at an assignation. Charm to cause the return of a truant woman. Charm to allay jealousy. A woman's incantation against her rival. Charm of a woman against a rival or co-wife. Charm for depriving a man of his virility. Charm to remove evil bodily characteristics from a woman. Expiatory charm for a child born under an unlucky star. Expiation for the irregular appearance of the first pair of teeth. Prayer at the consecration of a king. Charm for the restoration of an exiled king. Prayer at the election of a king. Praise of an amulet derived from the parna-tree, designed to strengthen royal power.
Charm to secure the superiority of a king. Prayer for earthly and heavenly success. Prayer for lustre and power. Prayer for glory yasas. Battle-charm for confusing the enemy. Battle-charm of a king upon the eve of battle. Battle-charm of a king on the eve of battle.
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Prayer to Arbudi and Nyarbudi for help in battle. Prayer to Trishamdhi for help in battle. Hymn to the battle-drum. V, 21 Hymn to the battle-drum, the terror of the enemy.
Charm to secure harmony. Charm to allay discord.
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Charm against strife and bloodshed. Charm to appease anger. Charm to procure influence in the assembly. Charm to bring about submission to one's will. Prayer at the building of a house. Blessing during the sowing of seed. Charm for procuring increase of grain. Exorcism of vermin infesting grain in the field. Charm to protect grain from lightning. Charm for the prosperity of cattle.
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Charm to secure the attachment of a cow to her calf. Formula in expiation of the birth of twin-calves VI, Charm to endow a horse with swiftness.
Charm for conducting a river into a new channel. Charm to ward off danger from fire. Shepherd's charm against wild beasts and robbers. Prayer for success in gambling. Prayer for success at dice. Exorcism of serpents from the premises. Charm against serpents, invoking the horse of Pedu that slays serpents. Prayer to Bhava and Sarva for protection from dangers. Prayer to Bhava and Sarva for protection from calamities. Charm for finding lost property. Propitiation of the weather-prophet. Prayer for deliverance from calamity, addressed to the entire pantheon. Prayer against mental delinquency.
Charm to avert evil. Expiatory formula for imperfections in the sacrifice. Expiatory formulas for sins. Expiation for the precedence of a younger brother over an older. Expiation for certain heinous crimes. Prayer for heaven after remission of sins. Charm against pigeons regarded as ominous birds. Charm against ominous pigeons and owls. Expiation when one is defiled by a black bird of omen.
Exorcism of evil dreams. Charm for the removal of evil characteristics, and the acquisition of auspicious ones.
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Imprecation against the oppressors of Brahmans. The necessity of giving away sterile cows to the Brahmans. The preparation of the brahmaudana, the porridge given as a fee to the Brahmans. Removal of a house that has been presented to a priest as sacrificial reward.
Brahmanical prayer at the receipt of gifts. Hymn to goddess Earth. Glorification of the sun, or the primeval principle, as a Brahman disciple. Apotheosis of the ukkhishta, the leavings of the sacrifice. Hymn to the honey-lash of the Asvins. Since the order is not that of the original I have inserted a five digit number in wavy brackets in front of each hymn, where the first two digits are the book and the remaining three digits are the hymn number. This is to assist in searching if you know which verse you are looking for.
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