PARAKUNNATH SREE VETTAKKORUMAKAN PAYYAN KSHETHRAM (TEMPLE), AROLI, KANNUR, KERALA: Lord Ganesha has been acknowledged as the Remover of Obstacles and Lord of Success.

Monday, 26 December 2016

Lord Ganesha has been acknowledged as the Remover of Obstacles and Lord of Success.

प्रथम पूजनीय श्री गणेश जी को विनायक, विघ्नेश्वर, गणपति, लंबोदर के नाम से भी जाना जाता हैं। हिन्दू धर्म के अनुसार किसी भी कार्य से पहले गणेश जी की पूजा की जाती है। गणेश जी की पूजा-साधना के लिए , और उन्हें प्रस्सन करने के लिए मंत्र निम्न हैं, किसी भी कार्य के प्रारंभ में गणेश जी को इस मंत्र से प्रसन्न करना चाहिए ~

" ऊँ वक्रतुण्ड़ महाकाय सूर्य कोटि समप्रभ। निर्विघ्नं कुरू मे देव, सर्व कार्येषु सर्वदा।।"

"Shree Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha, Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada.”

Meaning ~~ ”O Sri Ganesha, of Curved Trunk, Large Body, and with the Brilliance of a Million Suns, Please Make All my Works Free of Obstacles, Always".

Lord Ganesha has been acknowledged as the Remover of Obstacles and Lord of Success. The Sanskrit word ”Ganesh” comes from the word ”vighna”, which translates as obstacles, hurdles, hindrances, or impediments. There are 2 kinds of vighnas: external and internal. When we learn to remove the internal ”vighnas”, the external ones are consequently removed. The names Vighneshvara and Vighnesha refers to His core function as the master and remover of obstacles. Sri Ganapati is the patron of learning and letters. Vighneshvara is the legendary scribe who, using his commonly held broken tusk, wrote down parts of the ancient Mahabharata.

The story of Lord Ganapati’s head being chopped off by his father Lord Shiva is symbolic of the ego and intellect of the devotee that does not in its ignorance recognise that the source, the origin from where it came to exist is the source where it will have to merge to achieve that completeness. Replacing His head with the elephant head is symbolic of one who has a purified ego that removes the ignorance.!