Sri Ganapati or dwija Tatvam

 

 

There are similarities between story of  Sri Hanuma of Valmiki Ramayana and that of Sri Ganesha.

Sri Hanuma was hit by Indra with thunderbolt.  Enraged with that act his father Vayuu withholds his energy from the world thereby causing panic.  Indra and other gods pacify Vayuu and give boons to Sri Hanuma.  

In Lord Ganesha story,  Lord Shiva beheads Ganesha with his TRISHULA and Goddess Uma gets enraged.  Lord Shiva and other gods try to pacify her and give life to him by placing a elephant head and give boons to him.

This is a Puranic story. 

These stories have a deep SPIRITUAL significance.  In fact, it depicts the "dwija" or "Ganapati" tatva, if understood in conjunction with Astrological point of view.

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dwija (द्विज ) means, according to Rig Veda,  a human, who attained SELF REALISATION.  

A human can be male or female.

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Coming to the Astrological point of view, Devi Durga is the presiding deity of "Raahu" and that Raahu will be appeased by worshipping Devi Durga.

As per Astrology, Raahu represents  materialism, mischief, fear, dissatisfaction, obsession and confusion/illusion. Raahu is also associated with politicians and occult sciences.

Again the Nakshtra or star of Raahu is Ardra/Arudra (Mithuna Raasi) and that of Ketu is Muula (Dhanur Raashi).

While Ardra represents fierce form of energy of Rudra/Shiva, the Muula represents the root or Shakti form of Devi Durga.

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Now a question arises as to how Raahu will be appeased by worshipping Devi Durga?

The concept of arthanaarishwara is known to everyone.

ardhanarishvara is depicted as half-male and half-female, equally split down the middle. The right half is usually the male Shiva, illustrating his traditional attributes.

Ardhanarishvara represents the synthesis of masculine and feminine energies of the universe (Purusha and Prakriti) and illustrates how Shakti, the female principle of God, is inseparable from (or the same as, according to some interpretations) Shiva, the male principle of God, and vice versa. 

The union of these principles is exalted as the root and womb of all creation. 

Another view is that Ardhanarishvara is a symbol of Shiva's/Shakti's all-pervasive nature.

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In pristine/pure state, the SOUL remains in the form of combination of Shiva and Shakti.  And, no illusion can touch that STATE. 

Separated from Shakti, the other part of energy tends come under ILLUSION, which is represented by Raahu and also represents the EGO or the HEAD of human form.

In fact, Raahu is nothing but a separated form of the same all pervading ENERGY or Shakti.

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Thus,  a human being, who hitherto has been under the influence of RAAHU, representing materialism, mischief, fear, dissatisfaction, obsession and confusion/illusion, will keep on struggling.

Worshipping Devi Durga/Shakti or Saraswati (as per Rig Veda) will remove illusions, minimises the obsession towards materilism, dissatisfaction.  

This removal of illusions, minimising the obsession towards materilism/ dissatisfaction will result in elimination of  EGO or chopping of HEAD, finally uniting with Shakti or attainment of SELF REALISATION.

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So Ganapati tatva is nothing but elimination of EGO/chopping of HEAD by Almighty and attainment of SELF REALISATION or becoming a dwija, in a pure SPIRITUAL sense.