Rudri - 8- Chapter 1 - Om GAM Ganapataye Namah

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Dear Nandaji,

 

having read your presentation of the first verse, I am very glad that

there are many more verses to come! I feel very adventurous; may the

Guardian of the Treasure smile kindly upon us and let us pass,

 

JAI MAA

JAI SWAMIJI

 

with love,

Henny

 

 

, Nanda <chandimaakijai> wrote:

>

> Om Gam Ganapataye Namah

>

> Dear All,

> Thank you Linda for your questions (which you answered yourself in

a later post) and jaishreemaa for sharing your insight into the

overall structure of the Rudri.

>

> Today we finally begin chapter 1 and here it is ...

> JAI GANESH

> Nanda

>

> ====================================

> The first verse of Chapter 1 is one that is in almost all the

Kushandikas in the scriptures translated by Swamiji.

> It starts off with "Om Gananam tva ...tvamajasi garbadhham"

>

> Swamiji translates

> "We invoke you with offerings, Oh Lord of the Multitudes; we

invoke you with offerings, Oh Lord of Love; we invoke you with

offerings, Oh Guardian of the Treasure. Sit within me, giving birth to

the realm of the Gods within me; yes, giving birth to the realm of the

Gods within me."

>

> My understanding.

> In keeping with tradition, we invoke Ganesh at the beginning of

every undertaking, and the Rudri is no exception. We invoke Ganesh to

not only remove obstacles in our path, but as Swamiji says, "Ganesh is

also Lord of Wisdom. No one can enter into the secret without wisdom.

So Ganesh was unanimously declared the first to be worshiped in every

ceremony."

>

> The term "Nidhipati", which Swamiji has translated as "Guardian of

the Treasure",reminds me of a story in the "Ramakrishna, The Nectar of

Eternal Bliss" .

>

> On page 187, it talks about a woodcutter who went daily to the

forest to cut wood. On the way, he meets a brahmachari, who tells him

to "go forward". The simple woodcutter takes those two words to heart,

and ventures a little deeper into the forest each day.He finds a

silver mine, and then a gold mine and even a diamond mine. He becomes

wealthy beyond his wildest dreams.

> Ramakrishna used this story to illustrate the riches to be found

within if one only continues to go inward with japa and sadhana.

>

> The treasure is within each of us, and Ganapati is the guardian of

/gatekeeper to that treasure.

>

> Maa often tell us to "wake up". Swamiji has said that the purpose

of Sadhana is to awaken the divinity inherent within each of us. By

invoking Ganesh at the beginning of our recitation of any text, in our

case the Rudri, we are asking him to help us go within ourselves and

realize the divine within.

>

> Also, here is the meaning of the word `Gum' in the verse. Swamiji

says, `Gum is a special character which amplifies the expression of

anuswara, the sound of an atom, which means perfection. Ga means

wisdom, plus Om, the Infinite beyond conception - the ultimate wisdom,

or the wisdom of the Infinite beyond conception. "

>

> JAI GANESH

 

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