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hari sarvottamma, vaayu jiivottamma

 

shrii gurubhyo namaha

 

shrii kR^iShNa parabrahmane namaha

 

vAsudevaM parityajya yo.anyaM daivamupAsate |

taktyvA.amR^itaM sa mUDhAtmA bhuN^kte hAlAhalaM vishham.h

 

svamAtaraM parityajya shvapAkIM vaMdate yathA

thathA hariM parityajya chAnyaM devamupAsate

 

vAsudevaM parityajya yo.anyaM devamupAsate

tR^iShito jAhnavItIre kUpaM khanati durmatiH

 

--------------KR^iShNAmR^itamahArNavaH

 

Worshipping deities other than Lord Vasudeva as Sarvotamma is like forgoing

nectar & drinking the vicious halahala poison; it is like ignoring one's

mother & paying obeisance to one who eats dog's meat. It is like digging a

well near the river Ganga when one is thirsty. It means that one should

never undertake avaishnava vratas.

 

AgneyapurANam says one should never worship yakshas, rakshasas, demons, evil

spirits, or goasts or perform vratas connected with such malevolent being;

under no circumstances should such beings be worshipped. If such forbidden

vratas are undertaken one will have to be born as a dog in hundreds of

future lives; one will be born as a chandala.

 

One of the forbidden vratas is Sankatahara or Sankasti vrata.

 

Sri JagannAtha dAsaru in his HariKathamrutha Sara

 

shaN^karAtmajadaityaragati bhayaMkaragatigaLIyalosuga

saMkaTa chaturthiganenisyahitArthagaLa koTTu

moMkugaLa mohisuvi chakradarAMkitane dinadi

tvatpada paN^kajagaLige yaragi biMnaisuvenu pAlisudU

 

shaN^karAtmaja ---------------- You are the son of Rudra, Oh! Vinayaka

 

daityaragati bhayaMkaragatigaLIyalosuga saMkaTa chaturthige enisi---------

 

In order to give very dangerous & terrible destiny to the daityas, every

month, on the 4th day in the Krishna paksha " Sankashta Chathurthi " as a

vrata is stipulated. On those days, Vinayaka is present in those vratas,

 

AhitArthagaLa koTTu--------------

 

You give the desirables from the mere

worldly point of view, but in the end, they would create only disasters &

unhappiness. You give them the bhogas which are the reasons for attaining

hell only.

 

chakradarAMkitana (toru)---------Kindly help me to have darshan of Paramatma

everyday who is there with chakra & sankha in His hands.

 

tvapadapaMkajagaLige yaragi biMnaisuvenu pAlipudhU--------------I am

submitting namaskArams to be your lotus feet, everyday. I humbly submit

before you. Kindly protect me.

 

POINT 2: " SANKASTI VRATA "

 

Having Ganapathy, many perform Sankasti Vrata, on every Krishna paksha

Chaturthi. For this, Ganapathy also fulfils their desires either fully or

partly; & then in end, grants them hell, because those who perform such

vratas are basically tAmasic souls. Why? Those starve till the evening on

these days.

 

a.) They pray that Ganapathy is Sarvottamma.

b.) They pray that Ganapathy is higher to hari, brahma/vayu and even

shiva (his own father)! Devotees have to believe that brahma,

viShnu and maheshwara do creation, sustenance and destruction

with ganesha's blessings etc

c.) Further for the srutis " niShasIta gaNapate.......are the Rik Mantras &

for them they do not have meaning towards Paramatma or understand that they

denote Sri Hari. They consider that Ganapathy is supreme to Sri Hari & Hara

& other devatas. They do pooja treating Ganapathy as Svatantra.

 

Since all these acts are totally against vedic truths & brings greatest

hatred towards Paramathma, such pooja is condemned.

 

Actually the sabda " Ganapathy " means Lord ParamAtma Hari only.

gaNANAM patiH---devagaNAnAM patiH---hariH Ganapathy is a person who is the

master of all devata groups. So, in all those Rik Mantras, only the

glorious of Hari are described.

 

mukhyaM cha sarvavedAnAM tAtparyaM shrIpateH

utkarShe eva, tadanyatra tAtparyaM syAt.h

tat.h avAntaraM iti || mahAvarAhe ||

 

All the vedas, & all sabdas whether pourusheya or apourusheya, they speak, &

sing only the glorious of Sri Narayana.

 

So the persons who do pooja to Ganapathy as sarvottamma, independent, &

superior to Hara & HAri are all acting against vedas & they are tAmasic in

nature & to delude them, Ganapathy gives them pleasure, in this path of seva

to God. (since sAtvik souls, tAmasic souls have to be sent ultimately to

their respective destiny as per their inherent status).

 

Point 2: a.) I bow down to Your lotus feet. Kindly protect me.

 

b.) For those who have tamAsa gunas, Vinayaka in order to make them to

fierceful states later, makes them to do " Sankasti vrata " & give the sukha,

who is the reason for hell later. Like this, Vinayaka deludes those wicked

& tAmasic souls.

 

c.) VinAyaka, please kindly see that I have darshan of Paramathma with

sankha & Chakra in His Hands.

 

d.) Vinayaka is the son of Rudhra.

 

In the previous verse in Ganapathi Stotra, Sri Jagannatha dAsaru in Sri

Hari KathAmrutha SAra says prANAveshayuta------ which means that Sri

Vinayaka is having the Avesa of Sri VAyu, Lord Sri MukhyaprAna, Jivottamma &

so was able to write Mahabharatha directly from ParamAtma Sri Vedavyasa. A

great devotee of Vishwambhara Murthy. Vinayaka was able to destroy the boons

of Rudhra devaru, when Vinakya took avatara as Charudhesna. This

Charudhesna had the blessings of Krishna (being the son born to Rukmini).

 

Source: Book on

Vinayaka Chathurthi (as per vedas)

by Sri T. S. Raghavendran

SMSO Sabha Sabha Publication # 78 (Published in the year 2000)

Chirtanur (Near Tirupathi, AP) 517503

 

 

Shankatahara chathurthi vrata according to the vrata should be performed in

the evening

only. And if the vrata is done in the evening & eating at night for the

first time for the day is not the right thing whoever follows the right

shastras. Moreover, according to our shAstras, we cannot eat without

offering the neivedhya to Mukhyaprana. No neivedhyas are done to Lakshmi,

Mukhyaprana &

other deities during evenings & night. Hence one more reason why it is a

forbidden vrata.

 

Except Sri Krishna Ashtami, all pujes should be performed only in

the morning. That is why, even during KrishnAshtami, we have the

pArane or food only in the morning after offering the neivedhya to Lakshmi

& Mukhyaprana. We give neivedhya only to Sri Krishna during KrishnAshtami &

we take a glass of milk with sugar at night to celebrate Sri Krishna's

birth.

 

VINAYAKA CHATHURTHI:

 

When Vinayaka Puje is done on the chaturthi day, actually, it should be

treated as 'Harivayugala puja' because paramatma as Viswabara murthy is

specially present in that devata on that day. So, naturally, Sri Vaayu

devaru's avesha is also there in him, in a special way on that day.

(Mandukya Upanishads & Harikathamrutha Saara are the authorites.)

 

bhAratIramaNamukhyaprANA.ntargata shri kR^iShNArpanamasthu