SHREE GANEESHA on GANESHA CHATURTHI
- 21st August 2020 - My family joins me in wishing you and your family a happy SHREE GANESHA CHATURTHI. This day is auspicious because it is the birthday of SHREE VIGHNESWARA. He is also lovingly called as SHREE VINAYAKA and is described as the first deity who should be worshipped PRATHAMA VANDANA ( प्रथम वन्दना ). VIGHNESWARA is endowed with every conceivable form of wealth: riches, knowledge, health, bliss, beauty. VIGHNESWARA is the promoter of all these forms of wealth and removes all obstacles to their enjoyment. At this juncture, it is important to realize the meaning of verse 4:23 of SHREEMAD BHAGAVAD GITA गतसङ्गस्यमुक्तस्यज्ञानावस्थितचेतस :| यज्ञायाचरत : कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते | While we should pray for attainment of wealth, prosperity, and worldly riches it should necessarily be realized that: "of one which is devoid of attachment, who is liberated, whose mind is established in Knowledge, who acts for the sake of sacrifice, all his acti...