Vehicles of God

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1. Lord MahaagaNapathy's vehicle " mooShika " (mouse) stands for

undeveloped/narrow mind/intellect. Hence by worshipping Ganesh, one's

intellect would be sharpened.

 

2. Lord Shiva's vehicle " nandi " (bull) signifies the wavering mind

and thoughts. Hence by worshipping Shiva, the devotee becomes a yogi

who has a balanced mind.

 

3. Mother Durga's vehicle " vyAGhra " (tiger) and " sinha " (lion)

signifies " karma " [ " karma PhalEShu juStAm " --- durgaa sooktham] and

anger/arrogance. Hence by worshipping the Mother, we would be able to

burn our karma and remain polite and humble.

 

4. Goddess MahaalakShmi's vehicle " gaja " (elephant) stands for greed

and dissatisfaction. Hence by worshipping Mother Lakshmi, one can

overcome greed, sorrow and dissatisfaction.

 

5. Lord SubrahmaNya's vehicle " chiki " (peacock) stands for egoism and

proudness. Hence by worshipping Subrahmanya, the devotee can shed his

ego and " hail-the-soul " attitude and thus becomes elgible to

secure " brahma jnaana " .

 

 

6. Vedamatha Gaayathri's vehicle " hansa " (swan) signifies the ability

to make the distinction between the good and the bad and knowledge

and ignorance. Hence the worship of Mother Gaayathri reveals to us

the secret knowledge of the Vedas.

 

 

Often, the Goddesses are depicted as sitting in a lotus. Here the

lotus signifies the " heart lotus " which stands for " Bhakthi " -

devotion and " vairaagya " - detachment. This conveys to us that by

worshipping the goddesses, we gain devotion and detachment.