Ganapati Bappa Moriyaa....Ganapati Bappa Moriyaa....
Moriyaa....re......Bappa...Moriyaa.....re....
Ganapati Bappa Moriyaa...
वक्रतुंड महाकाय सूर्य कोटी समःप्रभ !
निर्विघ्नं कुरुमे देव सर्व कार्येषु सर्वदा!
Yes....now full Five Days....
in company with Lord Ganesha.....
Ganpati Bappaa....Moriya.....
Ganpati Bappaa....Moriya.......
वक्रतुंड महाकाय सूर्य कोटी समःप्रभ !
Ganesha
is the God who helps overcome obstacles; but, He will create obstacles
when good endeavor is obstructed by bad influences; He will clear the
path for the sincere sadhaka. He is Prasannavadanam (of bright countenance)
He is Pranava-Swarupa, the Om personified; so He is auspiciousness itself.
Every element of the body of Ganesha has its own value and significance:
- The elephant head indicates fidelity, intelligence and discriminative power;
- The wide ears denote wisdom, ability to listen to people who seek help and to reflect on spiritual
truths. They signify the importance of listening in order to assimilate
ideas. Ears are used to gain knowledge and his large ears indicate that
when God is known, all knowledge is known;
- The curved trunk indicates the intellectual potentialities which manifest themselves in the faculty of discrimination between real and unreal;
- The single tusk (the other being broken off) indicates Ganesha’s ability to overcome all forms of dualism
- On the forehead, the Trishul (weapon of Shiva, similar to Trident) is depicted, symbolising time (past, present and future) and Ganesha's mastery over it;
- Ganesha’s potbelly
contains infinite universes. It signifies the bounty of nature and
equanimity, the ability of Ganesha to swallow the sorrows of the
universe and protect the world;
- The position of his legs
(one resting on the ground and one raised) indicate the importance of
living and participating in the material world as well as in the
spiritual world, the ability to live in the world without being of the
world.
The four arms of Ganesha represent the four inner attributes of the subtle body, that is: mind (Manas), intellect (Buddhi), ego (Ahamkara), and conditioned conscience (Chitta). Lord Ganesha represents the pure consciousness - the atman - which enables these four attributes to function in us;
- The hand waving an axe,
is a symbol of the retrenchment of all desires, bearers of pain and
suffering. With this axe Ganesha can both strike and repel obstacles.
The axe is also to prod man to the path of righteousness and truth;
- The second hand holds a whip,
symbol of the force that ties the devout person to the eternal
beatitude of God. The whip conveys that worldly attachments and desires
should be overcome;;
- The third hand, turned towards the devotee, is in a pose of blessing, refuge and protection (abhaya);
- The fourth hand holds a lotus flower (padma), and it symbolizes the highest goal of human evolution, the sweetness of the realised inner self.
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