Swadhyaya [chanting
and reciting sacred texts] increases inner radiance, mental vigour, and
agility.
The syllable gu is
darkness, and the syllable ru is said to be light. There is no doubt that the
Guru is indeed the supreme knowledge that swallows (the darkness of) ignorance.
Ganesha, you are
served by the assemblage of ghosts, and you eat sweet wood-apples and
blackberries. You are Uma's son, the destroyer of sorrows.
[Kubera] has eyes
and mouths on all sides. His arms and
feet are everywhere. He gives arms to
men and wings to birds. He is the one
Lord who creates both heaven and earth.
There is one fire
that enters the world and assumes the forms of the objects which it enters;
likewise, the one inner Self of all beings assumes the forms of whatever It
enters, while continuing to exist outside all forms.
Hari rooted out his
own lotus-eye to replace a single flower that was missing from His offering of
a thousand lotuses to Your feet. His
exuberance of devotion was transformed into the Sudarshana Chakra, the discus which
remains alert to protect the three worlds.
