It is really very astonishing that Lord Ganpati has a head of an elephant but His vehicle is a mouse. He has two wives, Riddhi and Siddhi. Being the head of all the Ganas, He is named as Ganesha. As a ritual, it is mandatory to pray Him first before starting any holy deed. He is also called as Vighnaharta, the one who removes all sorts of hindrances. It has been mentioned in Rig Veda, “Na Ritye Twama Kriyate Kim Chanaare” i.e. “O Lord Ganesha! No work is begun before remembering you.” He is also given the honor of Vaidik God. Not only this, Ganesha Purana mentions that Lord Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva too worship Lord Ganesha. Now let us see the various traits of Lord Ganesha.
Mouse: Considering His built, mouse is very small as a vehicle for Lord Ganesha. However, just as a mouse tears everything apart Lord Ganesha too goes deeper into facts. He is the God of knowledge. No one can win over Him in any debate. Due to this reason only, Lord Ganesha chose mouse as His vehicle.
Trunk: Lord Ganesha’s trunk always remain mobile, which signifies that He is alert all the time. This waving of His trunk keeps sorrow and poverty at bay. All the negative energies remain away from Him. There is also a special significance of direction in which Lord Ganesha’s trunk is made on His idols. If the trunk is in left direction, then this idol shall be used to overcome enemies whereas if it is in right direction, then keeping such an idol of Lord Ganpati bestows happiness and prosperity in life.
Teeth: The broken teeth was caused in a fight with Lord Parshuram. Lord Ganesha used this teeth to write the scripture, Mahabharata.
Long Ears: People with long ears are considered lucky. It also symbolizes that Lord Ganesha listens to everyone and then take action after analyzing all the inputs from others. Large ears also shows that He remains alert all the time.
Big Tummy: The big tummy signifies that He is able to digest what all He consumes, whether good or bad. He possess the knowledge of all the Vedas, music and dance etc. His big tummy is considered to be the place where all His knowledge remains stored.
Paasha: This is used by Lord Ganesha to tie up and abolish all the evil and negative energies that comes near His devotees.
Parshu: This is a very sharp weapon which symbolizes His sharp intellect.
Varmudra: He always remain in this mode where His hand is fulfilling all the desires of His devotees.
Considering the above traits, it can be easily concluded that Lord Ganesha possess a very charismatic personality. He realizes us that we need to energize our brain, be able to digest both good and bad news, become intellectual to win over our challengers and always remain victorious.
Human beings wish to fulfill several desires in life. They also want a trouble free life so that they can enjoy it to the fullest. They also wish to have abundance of wealth and become powerful in life. Not only this, they also wish to win over any enemy as well as to gain the power to hypnotize everyone coming in their contact. Presented below are three significant Sadhanas of Lord Ganesha by which a person can attain the above three traits of life.
Uchchhishta Ganpati Sadhana
This Sadhana of Lord Ganpati is performed to win over the situations like quarrels, court cases, enmity, any sort of fear as well as to win in betting. One needs Uchchhishta Ganpati Picture, Uchchhishta Ganpati Yantra, Uchchhishta Ganpati Rosary and AshtaMaatrikaa symbols for this Sadhana. This Sadhana shall be performed early in the morning between 5 am and 8 am.
Take a bath and get into fresh yellow cloth and sit on a yellow mat facing North. Take a wooden plank and cover it too with a fresh yellow cloth. Place a picture of revered SadGurudev and worship Him with vermillion, rice grains, flowers etc. Light a ghee lamp and an incense stick. Then chant one round of Guru Mantra and pray to Gurudev for success in Sadhana.
Next place the Uchchhishta Ganapati picture alongside of Gurudev’s picture and place the yantra in front of it. Meditate on the form of Lord Uchchhishta Ganapati with, “four hands, blood colored, having three eyes, siThing on a lotus flower, having a Paasha and teeth in right hands and who is in a state of happiness”. Now place the eight Maatrikas named – Brahmi, Maaheshawari, Kaumari, Vaishnavi, Vaaraahi, Indraani, Chamundaa and Lakshmi, in the eight directions and worship them. Now worship all the articles with vermillion, rice grains, flowers etc. Offer Laddus as pious food to the Lord. Next chant 5 rounds of the below mantra with Uchchhishta Ganpati rosary.
Mantra
|| Hreem Gam Hastipashaachilikhe Swaahaa ||
One must make 108 holy offerings in the fire after mantra chanting. To hypnotize someone, offer ghee, honey, sugar and kheer. To win over your enemies, offer flowers with mustard oil in the fire. Drop all the Sadhana articles in a river or pond the next day.
Shakti Vinayaka Ganpati
This form of Lord Ganapati is very favorable to gain Lakshmi, money, beautiful wife, power and success in one’s field. One needs Shakti Vinayaka Shankh, Shakti Ganapati Yantra and Shakti Vinayak rosary for the Sadhana.
Take a bath early in the morning and get into fresh yellow clothes and sit on a yellow mat facing North. First of all, worship Lord Sun by offering Him some water along with some rice grains and vermillion. Next take a wooden plank and cover it with a fresh yellow cloth. Place a picture of revered SadGurudev and worship Him with vermillion, rice grains, flowers etc. Light a ghee lamp and an incense stick. Then chant one round of Guru Mantra with Shakti Vinayaka rosary and pray to Gurudev for success in the Sadhana.
Next place Shakti Vinayaka Shankha and Shakti Ganapati Yantra in front of Gurudev’s picture and meditate on the form of Lord Ganpati speaking out, “having Ankush and AkshayaSutra in left hands, having teeth and Paasha in right hands, holding Modak with His trunk, sitting along with His wives and looking beautiful in golden ornaments and having a glow of rising sun on the face, I bow down and pray to Ganpati.” Next worship the shankha and yantra with vemillion, rice grains, flowers etc. Offer Modak to Lord Ganpati. For best results, it is advised to chant the mantra one lakh and twenty five thousand times. However, on this pious day, a sadhak can obtain favorable results by chanting 5 rounds of the below mantra.
Mantra:
|| Om Hreem Greem Hreem ||
If you wish to chant complete one lakh twenty five thousand times of the mantra, then it is mandatory to complete the mantra chanting within 11 or 21 days. Then make holy sacrifice with ghee, grains, followed by banana and coconut. Doing this ensures abundance of food, wealth and prosperity and hypnosis power in life. Drop all the Sadhana articles in a river or pond the next day.
Haridraa Ganapati
The person who possess attraction power, the power to neutralize ones enemies can only become successful in life. This procedure of Lord Ganesha is the most significant procedure among all other procedures of Lord Ganesha. One needs Haridra Ganpati and Peetha rosary for this procedure.
Take a bath early in the morning and get into fresh yellow cloth and sit on a yellow mat facing North. First of all, take a wooden plank and cover it with a fresh yellow cloth. Place a picture of revered SadGurudev and worship Him with vermillion, rice grains, flowers etc. Light a ghee lamp and an incense stick. Then chant one round of Guru Mantra with Peetha rosary and pray to Gurudev for success in Sadhana.
Next place Haridra Ganpati (Amulet with yellow thread) alongside Gurudev’s picture and meditate on the form of Lord Ganpati speaking out, “I bow down to Lord Ganesha who is wearing Ankush and AkshayaShutra in left hands, wearing teeth and Paasha in right hands, sitting on a golden thrown, having a turmeric colored radiance, three eyed and wearing yellow colored clothes.”
Next worship the HaridraGanpati with vemillion, rice grains, flowers etc. Offer Modak to Lord Ganpati. For best results, it is advised to chant the mantra one lakh and twenty five thousand times. However, on this pious day, a sadhak can obtain favorable results by chanting 5 rounds of the below mantra.
Mantra
|| Om Hum Gam Glaum HaridraGanapataye Varvarad
SarvaJanHridayam Stambhaya Swaha
There is no time limit to complete this mantra chanting if you wishes to chant complete one lakh twenty five thousand times of the mantra, however, if a person pledges to complete the mantra chanting, then one must stick with the pledge. Doing this generates a strong attraction power around the accomplished sadhak. Wear the Amulet around the neck and drop the rosary in river or pond the next day. After one month, drop the amulet also in river or pond.
All these Sadhanas of Lord Ganesha are great. Any person who performs Sadhanas related to Lord Ganpati doesn’t face troubles in life. Lord Ganpati continuously provides shelter to His devotees and removes all the hurdles from their life.
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