Guest guest Posted December 19, 2001 Report Share Posted December 19, 2001 "Sarvigna upashanthayeth – removes all vignaas" Line of your clearly indicates it is for ganapathy. We worship all the gods but ganapathy especially for eradication of vigna's. Though here it may mean his mama too. But it is not in vogue that we worship Vishnu for "vigna neevaarana" but his cute son-in-law. Subramaniam Sankaran On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 M GOPINATH wrote : > Dear all, > May be this doesn’t pertain directly to Maa in any form > , but becoz we have > a gathering of some learned people in Sanskrit, I am > tempted to ask this. > Obviously, I go by the common sense ( and my limited > knowledge ) meaning of > the words used. > My understanding of the Manthram > “ShuklAmbharadharam……………..” is as follows: > ShuklAmbharadharam – one who is wearing white > peethambharam > Vishnum – Vishnu swarupam. Doesn it mean Purusha ( like > sahasrasErushA > purushaha.. ?????) > Sashivarnam – Black in colour ( shashi means moon?) > Chathurbhujam – With four hands > Presanna vadhanam – pleasant face > DhyAyeth – if prayed to > Sarvigna upashanthayeth – removes all vignaas > My question : There is no direct mention of Ganapthy is > this. Then why is it > that this is the first manthra that is recited before > the commencement of > any function / sloka etc? Or may be there is some word > which in its deeper > implication means Ganesha. > I see it as a manthra on a male form of God, who with > the above attributes > if prayed to, removes all hurdles. > Lead Kindly, Lights!! > Gopi > > Sponsor > > AUM shrImAtre namaH > AUM namaH shivAya > AUM namaH shivAbhyAm > Archives : > http://www.ambaa.org/ > (Edited) > > : > /messages// > Contact : help > Your use of is subject to the > Terms of Service > . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2001 Report Share Posted December 20, 2001 > ShuklAmbharadharam - one who is wearing white peethambharam shukla = white ambara = cloth dharam = one who wears (pitaambara means yellow cloth). > Vishnum - Vishnu swarupam. Doesn it mean Purusha ( like sahasrasErushA > purushaha.. ?????) The derivation of this word is given in Apte dictionary in the form of a sloka - yasmAt vishvam idam sarvam tasya shaktyA mahAtmanaH . tasmAdeva uchyate viShNuH vishdhAtoH praveshanAt .. (He is known as viShNu because the entire world is present because of his power. The root verb 'vish' means 'to enter'.) The word could also derived from the root verb 'viSh' - to pervade. So, viShNu here refers to one who pervades everything. > Sashivarnam - Black in colour ( shashi means moon?) One who is of the colour of the moon (fair). > Chathurbhujam - With four hands > Presanna vadhanam - pleasant face > DhyAyeth - if prayed to > Sarvigna upashanthayeth - removes all vignaas upashAntaye - for the removal/cessation sarva - of all vighna - obstacles. This is the only word that indicates Lord Vinayaka. > My question : There is no direct mention of Ganapthy is this. Then why is it > that this is the first manthra that is recited before the commencement of > any function / sloka etc? Or may be there is some word which in its deeper > implication means Ganesha. I have only given the literal and superficial meaning of this sloka. Aarathi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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