Vakrathunda Mahaakaaya
Sooryakotee Sama Prabha
Nirvighnam Kuru mey Dheva
Surva Kaaryeshu Sarvadhaa
Oh Load,with the curved trunk and a mighty body,who has the magnificence of million suns,I pray to you oh Lord, to remove the obstacles from all the actions I intend to perform! Shri Sai, you are none other than Lord Ganesha, Please help us in finishing this mammoth task!!
Lord Ganesha,tha deity in human form, with head of elephant, reprasents the suprime being, who removes obstacles ensures success in human endeavours. Ganesha has a deity is worshiped across religions like Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.
The portrayal of Lord Ganesha symbolizes blend of best parts of human and animal body and each part has a profound spiritual significance.The large head of an elephant symbolizes wisdom, understanding, and discrimination. The large ears signify that a perfect person who possesses a great capacity to listen to others and assimilate ideas.The two trunks denote the two aspects of the human personality, wisdom and emotion. The broken left tusk conveys the idea that even if an individual gets bigger in wealth and wisdom to attain perfection. The elephant small eyes symbolize the idea that even if an individual gets bigger in wealth and wisdom, he should surrender ones pride and attain humility and perceive others to be bigger than him.
The four arms indicate that the Lord is omnipresent and omnipotent. The big belly signifies that a perfect individual must have a large capacity to face all pleasant and upleasant expriences of the world.Th mouse, which symbolizes the ego, sits near the feet of Lord Ganesha and is his vehicle which indicates that a perfect person is one who has conquered his or her ego in order for wisdom to shine forth.The right foot(symbol of reason and knowledge)dangling over the left foot (symbol of emotion)illustrates that in order to live a successful life one should utilize knowledge and reason to overcome emotions.
Shri Shirdi Saibaba is revered as one of the greatest saints ever seen in India,endowed with unprecedented powers, and is worship as a God incarnate. Some of his followers regard him as a saint, some as an incarnation of Lord Shiva or Lord Dattatrey or Saint Kabir and Some believed Him as a Sadguru(True teacher). It is a belief of many followers that Shri Sai, is none other than Lord Ganesha. Hemadpant who wrote Shri Sai Satcharitra began his work, by making obeisance to the God Ganesha to remove all obstacles and make the work a success and say that Shri Sai is the God Ganesha.Following his footsteps we are starting this edition of Saidhuni 3 with Ganesha Mantra and Significance of Ganesha Swarup (True nature).
O Ganesha we pray to you to remove all hurdles from the path of success of all readers of Sai Dhuni 3 and Sai Devotee's and bless us with wisdom to follow true teaching of Sai Baba.
