। ॥ १ ॥
In plain words
I will speak this hymn stitched from lines of the Veda, wanting to do what the Goddess loves. As far as my own understanding reaches — let that god, the tusked one, set our minds moving.
Close to the Sanskrit
The Vedapāda hymn I shall speak, out of the wish to do what is dear to the Goddess. According to my understanding — may that god, the Tusked One, impel our mind.