DIVINEINFORMATION PART 52 There are 1576 words in this posting counted by the computer. Approximately 157 sentences
Respectedfriends, While going through one of my external memorydevice, I came across some good information stored fromwebsites. I thought of sharing interesting ones from them as aseries. In part 52, I am starting with 174th item in this posting. Kindly note the series is a compilation. Sincerely, Gopala Krishnan 07-07-21 174 Story of Gajamugasuran There was anasura called Gajamugasuran. He did deep penance and worshipped Lord Siva, whogranted him several boons, by which he became extremely powerful. He put theDevas and rishis to great trouble. He forced the Devas to do 1008 Thoeppukaranams in themorning, 1008 in the afternoon and 1008 in the evening. (Thoepukaranammeans to sit down and stand up holding one's ears with crossed hands, left earwith right hand & right ear with left hand). The Devasprayed to Lord Siva to rescue them from this evil asura. Lord Siva sent Lord Vinayaga toovercome Gajamugasuran. Vinayagarwent with several weapons such as bow & arrow, sword, axe, etc. However,since Gajamugasuran had been granted the boon that he be destroyed by noweapon, none of these weapons used by Lord Vinayaga were effective. Vinayagar broke off his right tusk and used it tokill Gajamugasuran. Gajamugasuran still rushed atVinayaga in the form of a mooshikam (small mouse). Vinayagar crushed the ego and vanity of Gajamugasuranand sat on the mooshikam. The humbledGajamugasuran bowed before Vinayagar, who accepted the mooshikam as his vahana. LordVinayaka is the source of everlasting wisdom. He crushed ego and vanity andreduced it to the size of a mooshikam and used it as his vahana. Lord Vinayagar can be pleased bydoing Thoepukaranam. 175 Story ofAgasthyar During thewedding of Siva with Parvathi in the Mount Kailas, the entire population, Devasand Rishis had gathered & hence the Northern land dipped down, unable tobear the weight. Lord Siva asked Sage Agasthiar to go to the Podhigai ranges inthe Southern land in order to balance the weight. (Agasthiar was very short in stature but his might wasso great). Agasthiarwas sad that he could not stay & witness the Lord's wedding. Siva grantedthat he would still be able to see the wedding from the South. From within his matted locks, hetook river Cauvery & filled it in Agasthiar's kamandalam, bidding Cauveryto flow wherever Agasthiar pointed. Agasthiarreached the south & travelled to various Siva Sthalams. Surapaduman was an asura, who had immensepower. Indra had run away in fear from his Indralogam, reached Sirgazhi in thesouthern region of India & prayed to Lord Siva. He created a beautiful garden & worshippedLord Siva with the flowers from his garden. Butsoon, Lord Varuna in fear of Surapaduman did not shower rains & Indran'sgarden & in fact the whole land suffered from lack of water. Sage Narada,told Indran of the river Cauvery that Lord Siva had once filled in Agasthiar'skamandalam. Indranprayed to Lord Ganesha for his help. Ganesha tookthe form of a crow & sat on Agasthiar's kamandalam & toppled it.Agasthiar lifted his hands to shoo off the crow. River Cauvery, took it as a signal for her &began to flow. The crow took the form of a small boy.Agasthiar started chasing the boy trying to strike him on his head with hisknuckles. Ganesha took his original form. Agasthiar was saddened that he had tried to strike LordGanesha. He started striking his forehead with hisknuckles. Ganesha stopped him & granted that everybody who worshipped him 176 Story of Ravana & Aathma Lingam Ravana, theking of Lanka was an asura (demon), but he was an ardent devotee of Lord Siva.He was the one, defited later by Rama, and Ramayana describes the the entirestory. Anyway, Ravanareached mount Kailas & prayed to Lord Siva, that his Lanka should never bedestroyed. Lord Sivagave him an Aathma Lingam, with the condition that he should go back on foot to Lanka & that heshould not put down the Lingam at any point. If he were to put theLingam down, the Lingam would remain firmly at that spot. The Devaswere worried that the Aathma Lingam would add to the might of Ravana & thathe could never be destroyed if he succeeded in taking the Aathma Lingam toLanka. They prayed to Lord Ganesha for help. Lord Ganesha caused Ravana's stomach tobe filled with water. Ravana grew desperate to answer nature's call. Ganeshaappeared before Ravana as a small boy. Ravana handed over the Aathma Lingam tothe boy. Ganesha declared that he could not wait for long & when he grewtired, he would call out Ravana's name thrice & if he did not come &take the Lingam, he would place it on the ground & go away. Ravana agreed. Soon Ganeshacalled out Ravana's name thrice, and since Ravana could not come and take theLingam, he placed it on the ground. The enraged Ravana tried to remove the Lingam from the ground. But, inspite of using his twenty hands, he could not budge the Lingam. Though theLingam could not be moved, the pressure from Ravana's hands had changedits shape like the ear of a cow & hence the place came to be calledKokarnam (Ko-cow, karnam-ear). The lingamcame to be called Mahabaleswarar since it could not even be shifted by themighty Ravana (maha-great, balam-power, Eswarar-Lord Siva). Ravanastarted chasing the boy to hit him on his head. Lord Ganesha showed his true form & blessedhim. The Ganeshastatue in the temple has a hollow on the head, where Ravana is supposed to havestrcuk him (Kuttu - to hit with folded fists). Lord Ganeshacan be pleased by doing kuttu (gently tapping both temples with folded fists). 177 Become the king of your obstacles to remove themfrom your life Ganesha is aking of obstacles and guardian of all existing beings. If you want your obstacles beingremoved, Ganesa is the right supervisor to talk to. If you make friends with Ganesha, the obstaclesnot only will be removed, but will not occur in the first place.He is tough with his enemies, he smash them with the all power of a realelephant, but gives sweetness and joy to the one who honor him. What everyou do with joy (or with Ganesha, who is the joy of life), goes smooth andeffortless like caramel melting in your mouth. Do not hesitate once you made adecision, move forward as sure as if you are riding an elephant and luck willaccompany you. Recite his mantra to clear your path from bad luckand fill it with good fortune, before any new project to insure success andbalance. Recite it when you feel stuck and need help tofind your purpose. By ancient tradition, the elephant-headed god, Ganesha isalways worshipped first in every ritual or festival. Mantra: AUMEIKDANTAYE VIDMAHE, VAKRATUNAYEDHI-MAHI TAN NOBUDDHIH PRACHODAYAT Translation:We contemplate on divine Buddhi, let this power direct us. 178 Miracle And here issome recent miracles: An excerpt from "Hinduism Today" :""The" Supernatural Event of This Century Is ExperiencedSimultaneously Worldwide It all began on September 21st when an otherwise ordinary man in NewDelhi dreamt that Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed God of Wisdom, craved a little milk. Uponawakening, he rushed in the dark before dawn to the nearest temple, where askeptical priest allowed him to proffer a spoonful of milk to the small stone image. Both watchedin astonishment as it disappeared, magically consumed by theGod. What followed is unprecedented in modern Hindu history. Within hoursnews had spread like a brush fire across India that Ganesha was accepting milkofferings. Tens ofmillions of people of all ages flocked to the nation's temples. The unworldlyhappening brought worldly New Delhi to a standstill, and its vast stocks of milk-morethan a million liters-sold out within hours. Just assuddenly as it started in India, it stopped in just 24 hours. But it wasjust beginning elsewhere as Hindus in India called their relatives in otherparts of the world. Soon our Hinduism Today offices were flooded with reportsfrom around the world. Everywhere the story was the same. A teaspoonful of milkoffered by touching it to Ganesha's trunk, tusk or mouth would disappear in afew seconds to a few minutes, not always, but with unprecedented frequency. Reuters newsservice quoted Anila Premji, "I held the spoon out level, and it justdisappeared. To me it was just a miracle. It gave me a sense of feeling thatthere is a God, a sense of Spirit on this Earth." Not only Ganesha, but Siva, Parvati, Nandi and the Naga, Siva's snake,took milk." 21 September 1995 In the earlymorning of 21 September 1995, rumours of the elephant-headed deity Ganeshasipping milk from a spoon spread across the country. Offering food and drinklike milk to the gods is an integral part of Hindu rituals. I obtainedthe year by google search and furnished above. I will continue in next posting -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/8729017.234765.1625651834774%40mail.yahoo.com.
