Please clarfiy - 2

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Dear Bhagavatottamas,

 

following matter is pasted from what Sriman Mohan Sagar posted to Bhakti

list on Sept 20, 1999.

 

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The Third Remover of Obstacles is the Most

Powerful of All - and really is the only One that

we need - having 19 heads, each adorned with

Urdhvapundram, and 4 arms. MAndukya Upanishad goes

into great detail on describing this 4th and only

true Remover of Obstacles as being Sriman Narayana

Himself. Perumal Himself as the Protector and

Benefactor of each and every soul, removes the

obstacles that stand between Him and His

Devotees. This avathAran of the Lord is always

seen standing with ThAyAr as Sri

LakshmiGanapathi. Sri HH touched upon how the

ignorance of the masses has led to a severe

misrepresenation of this Avatharan, and how we

should not let this sway us from our recognition

that Sri LakshmiGanapathi is Sriman Narayana

Himself.

 

Sri HH went on to analogize how the three Ganeshas

(other than Sri Prasna) are each a controller of

one of three states of an individual's

consciousness, jAgrath dasa, swapna dasa, and

shusupthi dasa. In the first state, the waking

state, we are responsibile for the performance of

karmas, the adherence to proper conduct, and the

fulfilment of both material and spiritual

pursuits. Consequently, it is this stage that is

most important to the path of the spiritual

aspirant. While the other two Ganapathis protect

us in the other two stages under the direction of

the Lord, the Lord Himself as Sri LakshmiGanapathi

protects and helps us in each and every aspect of

our waking state, whether or not a jivan knows His

presence or not.

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I have read many translations of mAndUkyOpanishad in the net but nowhere it

is said that Vaiswanara has an elephant head at the centre and is seen with

lakshmI.

 

What is the official Srivaishnava position on this? While I do know the

answer, i would like to hear it from learned members.

 

Dasan

Vishnu

 

 

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