In plain words
That it may nourish good feelings. We must bow to karma, asking it to give rise to good thoughts. What is the inner meaning in this namaskāra? To join the 5 organs of action and the 5 organs of knowledge, these ten, and make them one: that is namaskāra. When you make both the organs of action and the organs of knowledge one, that is Śaraṇāgati, they said. This, they said, is spirituality. To make the many into one: that is namaskāra. But today the clever ones who make the one into many are on the increase. Men of virtue who make the many into one are rare. Today we need men of virtue. Not men of strength, not men of wealth. That will never be of any use to us. No mirage can quench any man's thirst. Wealth, gold, possessions, vehicles and the like cannot satisfy any man. They may give some happiness for the moment, but they will never stay with us. Our learning, our wealth, our bodily strength: all are passing clouds, passing clouds. Every one of them is a cloud that moves on! But one thing alone does not move. That is your sacred feeling. Only when you shape it into something eternal and Satya does humanness shine.
To pray to be granted a humanness endowed with Vijñāna, Prajñāna and Sujñāna: that is Gaṇapati worship
Students worship Gaṇapati most of all. For they ask Him to give Buddhi and Siddhi. Ga is Buddhi, ṇa is Vijñāna. When these two join, they become Vijñāna and Prajñāna. Through these two, Vijñāna and Prajñāna, Sujñāna arises in us. What is Sujñāna? This Sujñāna alone is man's good trait. Ajñāna alone is man's bad trait. So long as these two stay apart, Sujñāna and Prajñāna do not become one at all. Sujñāna is sugar, Prajñāna is water. If water stays water and sugar stays sugar, there is no use in it. When this water and sugar join, it has become a sweet drink. Prajñāna and Vijñāna joined and became Sujñāna. Prajñāna is ga, ṇa is Vijñāna. The master of these two is Sujñāna.