Symbolic Meaning of
God Ganesha Statue By Prof.Dr.R.R.Deshpande
Ganesh Festival – 2014
Ganesh is a God of Intelligence .That is why we worship this God Ganesh at the
beginning of every activity in our life like may be beginning of study ,wedding
ceremony ,entering in new house etc .By this worship we want to appeal that
‘Please give us such a Intelligence by which we can prevent obstacles or we can
overcome them if at all it happens ,’
Statue
of God Ganesh also has so many symbolic
teachings to us .His face is of Elephant .We know that Elephant is supposed
to be Intelligent & strong animal .So we must also try to become strong
& Intelligent .Broad forehead is
also indicating Intelligence ,because in human body we have all centers of
Intelligence( higher functions) in
forehead.Small eyes of Ganesh
indicates sharp vision capable to select in between Good & Bad .Big ears teaches us to become a good listener .Big belly is indicating that God Ganesh can digest many mistakes of
human being (& forgive them ).Similarly we should also try to accept the mistakes
done by other people & can forgive him to give a chance for improvement .Trunk of elephant can pick up a beautiful Lotus & at the
same time ,when he becomes furious ,he
can uproot even a strongest tree .So we
should also be soft spoken in day to day activities & also should be
strong enough to make a lesson to bad people .
While
worshiping God Ganesh it will be better if we could understand this aspect
& purpose of festival .Otherwise worship can only become mechanical
process.
Second
point is regarding when we chant Aarti of Ganesh or Atharvashirsha .What is the
meaning of this ? Are they only words or have some other sense? Yes ! any
prayer has it’s own importance .Prayer
is a dialogue with our soul .Prayer is like food of soul .Prayer is a process
of Introspection .So it should be more of quite type ,with closed eyes,with
sitting in a comfortable position .Prayer is a Meditation .Words in the prayer
are like Mantra . Mantra chanting is
like Music Therapy .It has a power to clean your mind,removing bad thoughts
& implanting smoothening & nourishing thoughts .Prayer is like taking
bath or shower to clean your mind & refresh your soul .
Athrvashirsha word itself has
specific meaning .This is made up of A + THARVA + Shirsha .Tharva means unstable
.Atharva means Stable .Shirsha means head or brain or mind .So by chanting
Atharvashirsha regularly can make your brain or mind or thoughts more stable
,calm & happy .Chanting of this mantra is like Tonic in this fast life or
Hyperactive life style ,to chilled down our senses .
So
let us make Salute to God Ganesh or Power of intelligence !!
thanks
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