"Parabrahma roopam Ganesham bhajema |"

"Parabrahma roopam Ganesham bhajema |"

"Lets us pray Lord Ganesha who is the Parabrahman(the Ultimate Reality)." ✨🐘🙏🏻

Lord Shri Ganesha is one of the most powerful and popular deities in Sanatana Dharma, Hinduism. He looks lovely with an elephant head! He is the ruler and remover of obstacles. So, before we start any new work or any venture, we pray him for his blessings.

What is the most striking and differentiating feature of Ganesha among these? Yes, you’re right! It is his trunk! Ganesha is an elephant-headed God. By the way, what is the primary function of trunk in an elephant? It is a powerful tool to grip the things like trees. It is also used to access things to put in the mouth. It is used by the elephant to enjoy a nice shower by pouring water on the back! The bottom line is: for an elephant, trunk gives an easy access to many things. Moreover, trunk is used by the elephant to give things to others.

In Lord Ganesha, generally trunk is towards his left side accessing a laddu(sweet ball). What does it symbolize? It represents moon and the cool power of ida nadi in our psychic body. This Ganesha helps us to access the fruit of our work in the material world and he also gives the fruits to us very easily with his trunk!

In other words, laddu(sweet ball) indicates all material comforts. Since he enjoys the sweet, he will surely bestow them to you too. This why if we need to enjoy material prosperity and comforts, we need to worship and pray Ganesha with left-sided trunk enjoying a sweet laddu! So, Ganesha with left-sided trunk provides us bhoga, (material enjoyment).

There is another pose of Lord Ganesha. It is with his trunk turned towards his right side holding a pot of nectar. What is the symbolism here? It represents Sun and the hot power of pingala nadi in our psychic body. The pot of nectar held by right-turned trunk is nothing but the bliss or the happiness obtained in samadhi state in traditional yoga. So, this Ganesha helps us achieve moksha, liberation.

According to Hinduism, the highest purpose of human life is to get liberation from infinite birth and death cycle. So, people who are interested in achieving the real goal of yoga i.e. moksha (liberation) should pray Lord Ganesha with trunk turned to his right side.! ✨🐘🕉📿🌀🎨🙏🏻

Om Shri Ganeshaya Namah 🕉🐘🕉