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Lord Ganesha
In most of Ganesha’s idols, the left trunk of the
Lord is found broken. There are many stories for this broken tusk.
The story in the Brahmanand Purana goes as this:
Parasurama beheaded the last one of his enemies
and let out a shout of victory. He had just waged a war against Kartivirya
Arjuna and the arrogant king’s entire army. And Parasurama had won. The burning
revenge which had consumed him since he saw his father Jamadgni, lying dead in
the mud with 21 scars all over his body, seemed to be slowly
mitigating….Parasurama looked around tired as he saw the massacre around him
and realized that none of his enemies were standing.
Parasurama fell down on the earth, feeling bone
tired, as he glanced at the axe in his hands. He was called Parasurama – which
meant Rama with the Axe. Parasurama considered this axe as the gift from Lord
Shiva himself, who was also his teacher in martial arts and the arts of
warfare. If anything else, it was Lord Shiva…Parasurama realized that he owed
his entire victory to the three-eyed Lord.
Parasurama did not even blink, as he got up from
the battleground and walked towards Mount Kailash, the image of Lord Shiva,
almost drawing him like a magnet and the tiredness which he had felt, just
vanished.
Very soon, the sage found himself just outside
Kailash and was surprised when he found Ganesha, the son of Lord Shiva and Parvathi
outside the door. Sage Parasurama was about to enter the house, when Ganesha
stopped the man.
“You may not enter now!” Ganesha said sharply.
“Why?” Parasurama asked feeling completely
bewildered.
“My parents are sleeping. I do not want anyone to
disturb them, now.” Ganesha said firmly.
Parasurama looked at Ganesha, a tiny seed of anger
building up. “I am Lord Shiva’s devotee and his student. I should be allowed to
visit him anytime.” he said quietly.
“No!” Ganesha said with the same quietness and as
one warrior would know another, Parasurama knew that Ganesha would not let him
in….No matter what.
“Let me in or I will attack!” Parasurama said so
quietly that Ganesha hardly heard him. But then Ganesha did not need to hear
him.
Ganesha pulled up his weapon watching Parasurama.
“No! I will not let you in.” Ganesha repeated.
And so the two men fought.
The two men matched each other, blade for blade,
weapon for weapon. But Ganesha seemed like he was winning. Ganesha was more in
control of himself and was able to fight wisely, observing Parasurama’s
fighting technique.
Parasurama was however angry and he was getting
more and more angry. He was being rash and could not believe that he was
losing. In anger and desperation, Parasurama, hurled his axe at Ganesha.
For a second, Ganesha stood still. It took Ganesha
less than the time for the weapon to leave Parasurama’s hands to realize that
the axe was something which Parasurama had used on Lord Shiva, himself. (There
are two versions on how Parasurama got the axe – according to one version, Lord
Shiva challenged Parasurama to a fight and Parasurama was able to hurt Shiva
with the axe and second version was that Lord Shiva presented the axe to
Parasurama because of Parasurama’s extraordinary fighting prowess)
Ganesha realized that if he stopped the weapon, it
would mean disrespect to his own father..
Ganesha closed his eyes, as he concentrated on the
weapon.
The axe moved towards Ganesha and cut off the tusk
of the elephant God, as it landed on the ground with a loud thud, waking up
everybody around.
This woke up the Lord Shiva and the Goddess
Parvathi.
Goddess Parvathi came out of the house first and
all she saw was an axe with her son’s tusk lying on the ground.
Parasurama was shocked, when he saw the beautiful
Goddess Parvathi, morphing before his very eyes. The eyes of the Goddess which
were generally loving and peaceful, changed. And standing before Parasurama was
one of the most dangerous warriors, Parasurama had ever seen – Goddess Durga,
the warrior Goddess.
“You hurt my son!” The Goddess thundered looking
at him angrily, bringing the weapon in a sweeping ark, as Parasurama watched
the Goddess shocked, words utterly failing him. “For this, I will cut off your
arms!” the Goddess said viciously, pulling her weapons.
“MOTHER!” Ganesha shouted, trying to get his
mother to see reason. “It was a battle and it was me who let....” the words of
Ganesha, were in vain.
Goddess Durga was burning with anger and she was
in no mood to listen to anyone.
“Parvathi!” Shiva said sharply, trying to get the
attention of the Goddess. “Please just look at Parasurama for what he is.”
For a huge second Durga watched Shiva and then she
turned to Parasurama still angry. Taking a deep breath to control herself the
Goddess turned to watch Shiva.
“Parasurama is my student and he is also like your
son.” Shiva said quietly. “See him as your son and forgive him.” Shiva said.
Parvathi turned to Parasurama and then slowly,
almost imperceptibly, Parasurama sighed in relief, as the Goddess changed to
her normal form.
Parasurama realized that he owed his life to his
teacher and....Ganesha.
Parasurama looked at Ganesha and realized what
made the elephant headed God so special. It was out of respect for his father,
that Ganesha had lost his tusk to the axe and despite that, Ganesha had still
asked his mother to spare Parasurama's life.
Parasurama bowed to the elephant headed God with
utmost devotion.
Ganesha watched the warrior-sage with a smile, as
Parasurama handed over his beloved axe to him.
“This is yours, my Lord. Please forgive me!”
Parasurama said, as Ganesha laughed.
The other story for the loss of Ganesha’s tusk is
from the Mahabharatha, which involves Ganesha himself taking the tusk out to
write the Mahabharatha, because that was the only pen, Ganesha could find to
match the speed at which Veda Vyasa narrated the Mahabharatha.
There is also another story about the broken tusk:
Ganesha was very happy. His devotees had given him
plenty of sweets and he had taken as many as he could and stuffed himself with
quiet a lot sweets as he was walking home.
Naturally Ganesha was traveling on his vehicle –
the mouse, and the two of them scurried along, back home.
As they were passing along a dense forest basking
under the bright moonlight, out of nowhere, came a huge snake.
Naturally, Ganesha mouse trembled and ran from
there.
Ganesha did not even have time to soothe his pet,
as he fell down hard on the ground, and the sweets which he was carrying split
and scattered all over the ground. But Ganesha had a bigger problem. As Ganesha
had fallen, his stomach was pierced.
Quickly, Ganesha pulled the snake with one hand
and tied it as a belt around his stomach to prevent any further damage.
However Ganesha’s misadventure was something which
was not completely unobserved.
The moon God – Chandra Deva saw this and unable to
stop himself, laughed. Angrily, Ganesha pulled his tusk and threw it at the
Moon God, breaking the moon into many pieces. Chandra Deva was shocked but
Ganesha was not yet done. “You will always be dark!” Young Ganesha cursed the
Moon God.
Finally with the intervention of Lord Shiva,
Ganesha agreed to modify the curse and so came the fifteen days of growing moon
and the fifteen days of the waning moon.
And as Ganesha plucked his tusk and threw it at the
Moon,
it is believed as one of the reasons why Ganesha
has only one tusk.
*This story is available on Kindle Amazon in the
book the Lord of the Ganas: Story of Hinduism, priced at Rs. 49
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Friday, July 15, 2016
The Lord of the Ganas - The son of Parvathi.
The beautiful Kailash mountains were a
breathtaking sight and it never failed to impress Parvathi. And after her
marriage with Shiva, living with Shiva, his Ganas and his sages, Parvathi loved
the place more. She smiled as she looked around the snow clad mountains and
knew that this would be the case, always.
Jaya and Vijaya, the two guards of Goddess Parvathi
were speaking with her.
"Devi. How is Kailash?" They asked her.
Parvathi smiled unable to stop herself. Her smile saying a lot more than she
ever could. "Shiva, the Ganas, Nandi....they are all fine." The
Goddess was unable to stop smiling as she remembered her times her. "And
do you know, how much Nandi loves the Lord?" Parvathi told the two guards
with open amazement. "Had I not seen it with my own eyes, I would never
have believed it." Parvathi said shaking her head. The devotion that the
half-man, half-bull had for Shiva was something that astounded Parvathi no end.
"And now as a consort of the Lord, Nandi
loves me the same way he loves Shiva." Parvathi said with a radiant smile.
Jaya frowned. "But they are all Shiva’s
Ganas, Devi." he said a little hesitatingly.
"So?" Paravathi asked quizzically.
Jaya and Vijaya said nothing as they went away
from there.
************
"I am going for a bath. Please stand guard
outside." Parvathi said as she found Nandi, who was waiting on her today.
"Yes,Devi." Nandi said nodding his head.
"Let no one in." Parvathi said with a
smile.
"Never." Nandi said vehemently and then
realized that the Goddess was making fun of him and she walked away.
Nandi was still standing guard outside when he
felt rather than see the Lord come towards him. Nandi turned right sharply and
saw that it was indeed Lord Shiva who was back. The man rushed forward bowing
to the Lord.
"My friend." Shiva acknowledged Nandi as
he walked inside his home with a smile.
Parvathi was decking herself when she heard some
noise in the outer chambers. Parvathi almost pulled out her weapon when she
realized exactly who the person was.
As Shiva was about to enter the inner apartment,
he was very surprised to see his wife looking very angry as she was about to
reach for her weapon. "What are you.....?" Shiva started.
"Shiva." Parvathi said breathing in
deeply. Shiva said nothing as Parvathi continued. "I asked Nandi to stay
guard while I went and took a bath." she said finally.
Shiva grinned. "You expected Nandi to stop me
from entering my own house?"
Parvathi was annoyed. "I asked him not to let
anyone in." she muttered as she walked inside.
Shiva laughed saying nothing.
However the Goddess was still annoyed.
**********
But they are all Shiva’s Ganas, Devi....
Jaya’s words were somehow ringing in Parvathi’s
mind as she was unable to shake it off. She watched Nandi who was outside and
somehow the words still kept repeating.
Making a sudden decision, Parvathi nodded to
herself, her jaw in a set firm line.
The boy that Parvathi had created from her own
body looked handsome beyond words. His twinkling and intelligent eyes masked
the ferocious strength and valour that the boy had. Parvathi smiled as she
admired the boy for one last time and then she breathed life into him.
"Mother!" the boy said and Parvathi felt
a happiness she had not felt ever before in her life. "You are my
son." Parvathi said unable to stop gazing at the boy. "You are
mine." Parvathi said.
"Mother. Why did you create me?" the boy
asked as his eyes searched for answers.
"I needed someone for myself." Parvathi
said simply. "Someone who would answer only to me." she continued.
"Command me, mother." the boy said.
"What should I do?"
Parvathi smiled to herself. "I am going to
take a bath. Please make sure that no one comes inside, without my
permission." Parvathi picked up a strong stick from the ground. "Take
this and stay on guard."
The boy took the stick and went outside, looking
around.
Parvathi watched the boy for one last time and
then she went inside.
**********
Shiva was back when he saw an unusually handsome
and strong boy outside his house. The boy"s eyes were shining with
curiosity as the boy was looking around. More importantly, Shiva knew that the
boy was standing outside his house with a specific reason.
"Who are you?" Shiva asked the boy.
"My mother has asked me to stay here and stay
guard. She wanted no one to enter inside without her permission." the boy
said looking at the Lord. "Who are you?" the boy asked.
"I am Shiva." Shiva said trying to walk
inside the house.
There was absolutely no warning, when the boy
suddenly hit Shiva with this staff. Shiva winced and was shocked as he watched
the boy twirling the staff. The Ganas were shocked, unable to do anything.
"No one enters without my mother’s
permission." the boy told Shiva as he was twirling his stick.
Shiva was blazing as he watched the boy. "I
am Shiva, the husband of Parvathi. How dare you stop me from entering my own
house?" he demanded angrily.
But the boy really did not hear anything, as he
pushed Shiva back, saying nothing more. Shiva walked away from the house as he
was looking at his Ganas who were watching the entire scene with horror.
"Ask who that boy is and what is doing
here." Shiva said, almost snarling at his Ganas, as he walked away from
there.
The Ganas looked at the angry Lord and then walked
towards the boy. "Who are you? What are you trying to do?" The boy
looked at the Ganas as if he was already picking out targets, as the Ganas
continued. "If you want to stay alive, walk away from here." they
said trying to threaten the boy.
The boy watched the Ganas coolly. "Who are
you? What are you trying to do? And why are you fighting me?"
The Ganas looked at the boy warily. "We are
the Ganas of Shiva. And we are the ones who look after him. And we will kill
you if you do not move away from the door."
“I am the son of Parvathi.” The boy said as he
clutched the stick tightly studying the Ganas, waiting for any of them to make
the first move.
However, before starting the fight, the Ganas went
to Shiva first. "That boy is the son of the Goddess!" the Ganas said
telling Shiva everything that had happened.
But right now, Shiva was very angry. He looked at
the Ganas contemptuously. "I don’t care about that. I want that boy out of
there." he said deliberately and refused to hear anything more.
The Ganas went back to the boy and this time there
was a ridiculously short battle between the boy and the Ganas and the Ganas
were defeated. None of them wanted to fight the boy who was all alone and added
to the fact, the boy was a very good warrior.
The Ganas looked at the boy with troubled eyes
nursing injuries. "That man is Shiva, the husband of Parvathi. Why do you
not let him enter his own house?" one of them asked angrily.
The boy stopped for a few seconds looking
uncertainly.....
********
Parvathi frowned as she thought she heard
something from outside the house. She called her friend. "Find out what is
happening outside." she snapped.
Parvathi’s friend went outside and she saw the
battle between the Ganas and the boy and their dialogues. In a flash, she
understood what had happened as she ran inside the house. "These Ganas of
Shiva." Parvathi’s friend blazed angrily. "They want to enter your
apartment. And they don’t care whether you want them inside or not....’ the
friend took in a deep breath trying to control herself. ‘....And they fought
your son." the friend finished angrily.
Parvathi heard this and a slow anger made way into
her heart. "Shiva tried to force his way inside his own house. He did not
even wait." she said angrily. She turned to her friend, as her anger
almost threatened to consume her. "Go to my son and tell him that no one
is to enter my house, without my permission. NO ONE." She said finally.
The friend raced outside to the boy. "Sir.
Your mother tells you that you are not to let anyone force their way inside the
house." the friend saw the Ganas who were limping and wincing in pain.
The confusion in the boy’s face was gone on
hearing the words of the lady before him and he smiled. Parvathi’s friend saw
the wincing Ganas and smirked at them. "Who are these Ganas before you,
sir? Can they really hope to win against a person like you?" she asked as
she walked back inside the house.
The boy smiled as he looked at the wincing Ganas.
"You are the Ganas of Shiva and I am the son of Parvathi. You have to
carry out the wishes of Shiva and I am bound to Parvathi. So you do what you
think is right and I will do what I am supposed to do." the boy said
holding his staff tightly as he looked at the Ganas with a dangerous smile on
his lips.
However instead of fighting the boy, the Ganas
went back to Shiva told Shiva all that had happened and what the boy had told
him. For a few seconds Shiva looked at his Ganas not able to talk.
"Parvathi." Shiva whispered finally, to
himself, shaking his head.
Shiva took a deep breath turning to his Ganas.
"That boy is preventing me from getting inside my own house." Shiva
looked at his men fiercely. "The boy...." Shiva took a deep breath
trying to control himself. "….wants a war. And he shall have it."
*********
Nandi looked at his men and then back at the boy,
as they were back outside the house of Shiva and Parvathi.
"I will go and fight him first." Nandi
looked at Bhringin, another Gana. "If I fail, you will follow me."
Bhringin nodded.
Nandi came forward as the boy was watching him
ready for anything. Nandi got down and tried to catch the boy by his feet.
Realizing that the boy was more powerful, Bhringin charged at the boy, catching
his other leg.
The boy saw the two men and hit them hard with his
stick. The two warriors let the boy go, wincing in pain. Scrambling back, the
boy picked up an iron club from the ground and twirled it around watching the
men.
The other Ganas also started attacking the boy.
And it definitely looked like it was going to be an uneven battle. But then
nobody knew what the boy was capable of. And the Ganas were in for a shock. A
very rude shock.
The boy fought with the natural skill of a warrior
and was fighting mad. He almost fought like he was possessed and no one was
able to contain the boy. The boy did not care who he was facing or what they
were doing. He twirled the iron club and the damage he did to the Ganas was
incalculable. Most of the Ganas were hurt badly - some with broken bones and
many with shattered knees...
The Ganas were frankly scared when they heard the
sound of the stick coming anywhere near them and most of them fled from the
battlefield.
The boy looked around as he watched the retreating
Ganas. He looked at the doorway once more and picked up the stick that his
mother had given him and along with the iron club that lay down, he walked back
the doorway. He stood there with a proud face as he watched the Ganas run.
*******
Narada, the divine sage who roamed all over the
worlds was watching the battle and he was frankly terrified of what he was
watching. The Ganas of Shiva were being routed in battle and it was not done by
some huge demon or any powerful being. It was done by a little boy, a powerful
little boy. Narada looked around wondering what to do and decided that battle
was definitely not the way this matter could be resolved. He walked away from
there and went to Satyaloka.
"Lord Brahma." Narada said without any
preamble as he met his father at Satyaloka. "We need your help before
things really go out of hand." Narada continued.
"What happened?" Lord Brahma asked
worried.
Narada sighed
***********
Both Brahma and Vishnu came to Shiva and were
shocked to find Lord Shiva looking angry and morose.
Shiva spoke to Brahma first without any preamble.
“I do not wish a fight.” Shiva said. “There is a boy outside my house and he is
not letting me inside.” Shiva looked at Brahma with piercing eyes. “Just talk
to the boy.”
Brahma nodded as he along with a few of the Ganas
went to Shiva’s home. There he found the boy watching them warily.
Brahma signaled the others to stop as he went near
the boy. “I am not here to….” That was as far as Brahma got.
The boy came forward and without giving Brahma a
chance to explain himself started pulling Brahma’s beard.
Getting scared, Brahma tried to pull himself back,
when the boy picked up the iron club. Brahma saw no more as he ran back hard,
with the Ganas following him. The boy caught some of the Ganas and attacked
them, as the others escaped…
Gasping for breath, Brahma told Shiva all that had
happened.
Shiva was very angry by the time Brahma finished
talking. He turned to Indra and his son Kartikeya. “Muster up all our forces.
Get the boy out of there.” Shiva said with blazing eyes.
*********
Parvathi was talking to her friends when she felt
a sudden chill. She stopped talking as she looked around. Something had just
happened... Something not good at all. Parvathi frowned as she closed her eyes
and concentrated.
Parvathi’s friends were genuinely terrified as the
Goddess opened her eyes. That she looked scary was a given. What was more
terrifying was the firm set jaw of the Goddess which clearly showed that the
Goddess was going to do something terrible.
The friends watched, as from Parvathi emerged two
extraordinarily powerful women. The two women who were created were beautiful
but their ferociousness masked all their beauty. They looked like mean fighting
machines who would kill without a second thought.
‘Command us, Mother.’ The two Shakthis told
Parvathi.
‘There is an army coming after my son.’ Parvathi
said coldly. ‘Protect him.’
********
The boy watched as a big army was coming towards
him. The Ganas whom he had fought till then seemed almost docile compared to
the army which was coming towards him. What was more scary were the leaders of
the two groups. They seemed phenomenally powerful and exuded a confidence of
having fought and won battles before this.
The boy clutched the iron club more tightly, when
he watched the army surround him from all sides. The boy took a deep breath as
he relaxed when he felt it. It was something so powerful that he was sure that
even his opponents had felt it. The boy turned and was shocked. Standing beside
him were two powerfully built women who looked more ferocious than the entire
army that he was facing.
One of the Shakthis turned to the other. “None of
their weapons should reach him.” She said watching the army around them.
The boy watched as the Ganas hurled their weapons
at him. He kept his iron club ready to ward off the weapon, when the boy
watched shocked as the weapon stopped just as soon as it left the hands of the
Ganas. The Ganas were themselves shocked as the weapon stopped in midair.
This time the Goddesses smiled dangerously as the
weapon turned. The weapons went and hit the very Ganas who had hurled them.
It took a second for the boy to understand what
was happening and grinning he picked up his iron club started twirling it
around, to deal with the Ganas who were attacking him without any weapons…..
It was a ridiculously short battle. The boy was
unstoppable even by himself and with the two Shakthis there was nothing anyone
could do….
The Ganas ran from battle again, but Kartikeya did
not run. He and the boy were exchanging blows as the Ganas ran back to Shiva.
And back at the fight between Karthikeya and the
boy, Kartikeya was also no match for the boy and he lost the fight….
**********
“We… We thought….” The Ganas panted as they saw
Shiva. “We thought that just because we were the Ganas of Shiva no one could
stop us.” One of the Ganas told Shiva. “But our arrogance is now gone.” The
Ganas were pleading with Shiva. “This boy, my Lord, whoever he is, you are the
only one who can stop him. Even Lord Kartikeya himself is no match for him.”
The Ganas fell at the feet of Shiva.
Shiva watched the Ganas with absolutely no
expression on his face. He then turned to Vishnu “I believe we have a battle in
our hands.” Was all he said.
********
The boy watched as this time it was just two
people who were coming towards him and one of them was Shiva. The Ganas were
standing at a distance. The Shakthis watched the two men warily. The boy
twirled his iron club as he hit one of the two warriors – Vishnu. Lord Vishnu
turned to Lord Shiva. “I will use my Maya and keep him engaged.” he said as
something powerful shot out of his hands.
The Shakthis joined their forces together and
fused their powers inside the boy’s body. The boy was unable to believe it as
something powerful ran through him… Using the power the boy was able to fight
Vishnu’s Maya.
In between, Shiva attacked, trying to find an
opening in the boy’s defences. But the boy fought like one possessed. He threw
his iron club at Shiva"s Trident, as the trident fell from the Lord’s
hands. Angrily Shiva picked up his Pinaka - his bow, trying to shoot the boy.
Only to find that the boy was protected by the Shakthis.
The boy fought unbelievably fast and he was able
to decimate Lord Vishnu’s attack. Vishnu threw his discus at the boy and at the
last minute the boy brought down the club on the discus. Without a second
thought, the boy threw the club at Vishnu and Garuda caught the club in his
mouth.
Remembering his mother, the boy picked up the
staff which she had given him and started fighting with Vishnu again.
For a few seconds it looked like the boy was going
to win. Lord Vishnu fell down as the boy hit him with the staff. The boy turned
his attention to Shiva, failing to understand that Vishnu was only feigning to
have fallen down.
The boy was getting ready to attack Shiva when he
heard movement behind him. The boy realized that Lord Vishnu was only
pretending to have fallen and hastily turned around. The boy turned as Shiva
picked up his Trident and there was no mistake in Shiva’s aim.
And Parvathi’s son lay dead in the battlefield as
the Trident decapitated him.
*******
For a second there was complete silence in the
battlefield. Nobody could actually believe that the battle was over. But the
boy was lying in the battlefield unmoving. Shiva’s Ganas were unable to believe
it and then there were sudden screams of joy.
"The boy is gone."
"We have won."
"Lord Shiva has won."
It became a crescendo of shouts and soon all the
Ganas were rejoicing.
They were so jubilant that none of them noticed
that Lord Shiva was not even remotely happy. In fact he was remorseful, knowing
that he had done something unforgivable.
*******
For a second, Parvathi felt that the entire
universe had gone quiet. She watched her trembling hands and was filled with
rage. A rage which she just could not control.
She saw everything that had happened and saw the
Ganas rejoicing in the battlefield. All around her dead son. The Goddess
watched the scene as it replayed in her mind and within a span of a few seconds
standing before her were hundreds and thousands of bloodthirsty Shakthis, all
of who had emerged from her.
"Command us, Mother." the Shakthis said.
"They killed my son." Parvathi said
listlessly. She turned her eyes to her Shakthis. "None of them deserve to
live. Not while my son is dead." The Shakthis watched each other as
Parvathi was steadily losing control over herself. "Kill them all."
the Goddess said simply.
And so the madness began.....
The Shakthis commanded by Parvathi saw nothing and
heard nothing. They destroyed everything that came in their path. Sages,
Yakshas, Gods...nothing survived the Shakthis. And it looked very bad. Most of
the Gods were sure that the end of the world was near, because nothing seemed
to stop the Shakthis and their numbers just kept multiplying...
Having no other choice to stop this madness, the
Gods along with Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma went to Parvathi.
"Please forgive us, Goddess." they said
and the Goddess just refused to listen to them.
"Please Devi." Lord Vishnu said gently.
"We will do whatever you want. Stop this massacre."
Parvathi watched Vishnu and slowly some semblance
of control came to her. "I need my son back. And I need him to have an
honourable status among you." she looked at Vishnu. "If that is done,
there will be no more killing. Otherwise...." Parvathi smiled mirthlessly
as she did not even bother completing the threat.
The Gods hurried back to Shiva and he heard all
that they had to say. He turned to them. "Go north. Find the first living
thing that you see and bring its head." the Gods definitely knew when not
to waste time and were out almost as soon as Shiva commanded them.
They took the body of the boy with them and
traveled north. The first animal that they saw was a single tusked elephant.
They cut the head of the elephant and they attached it to the boy"s body.
Using the powerful mantras and the holy waters, they were able to attach the
body of the boy with the head of the elephant.
They brought the boy to Shiva who watched the boy
with a strange smile. Shiva closed his eyes as he touched the boy.
The Ganas were shocked, as the boy with the
elephant head, woke up as if he was just sleeping. He was very handsome looking
with the face of an elephant. The red complexion of the boy outlined his fine
features and his eyes showed an intelligence which belied his age...
The Gods took the boy to Parvathi and the Shakthis
which emerged from her just vanished, without a trace. If Parvathi had felt
that her son was handsome before, she had no words to describe her boy right
now. She hugged her son tightly, as words completely failed her.
Shiva came up from behind the Gods and the Ganas
as he saw Parvathi and the boy.
"This is my other son." Shiva said
proudly.
Parvathi could not hide her smile as Shiva
continued. "Me, Vishnu and Brahma are all worshiped in the three worlds.
However this son of mine shall be worshiped before all of us." Shiva
turned to the Ganas. "He will be your Lord henceforth, the Lord of the
Ganas – Ganesha. My son Ganesha." Lord Shiva said with quiet pride.
Guruji. A. Sivaguru Swamy
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