The Power Within

  Lord Ganesha is considered a god of wisdom and prosperity. He is worshipped first before the inception of any auspicious work in Hinduism. Everyone like to have wisdom and prosperity, hence everyone love to have the blessings of elephant headed lord Ganesha. But all the images of Lord Ganesha are not considered auspicious to keep at home. The image or idol in which his trunk is inclined his right is not considered auspicious to keep at home. It is advised to keep outside or keep in certain temples. The image or idol in which his trunk is inclined left is considered auspicious and advised to keep at home and worship. Why is the same god treated differently due to his different posture? What is the logic behind it? As per the legends, Ganesha was created by his mother Parvati without the involvement of lord Shiva. She is known as Anapurna as well. His head was chopped off by Lord Shiva. Later, he was resurrected by lord Shiva by replacing his head with an elephant...

    For how many days the Mahabharata war was fought? The instant answer will come - 18 days. Not only this, there are 18 chapters in the epic Mahabharata.  A beautiful scripture that came out of the Mahabharata is Bhagawat Geeta which will keep guiding the humanity to a righteous path contains 18 chapters.  The total number of armies who fought this epic war were 18. 11 armies from Kauravas and 7 from Pandava`s side. Only 18 warriors were survived after this unprecedented war. Post-war, Pandavas ruled over Hastinapur for 36 years, which is the double of 18. Bhishma was invincible until 9 days of the war. On 10th days, he was duped and defeated which changed the direction of the war. The scribe of the Mahabharata was lord Ganesha. This epic was narrated by Ved Vyas (Krishan Daipayana) and was written by Lord Ganesha. Lord Ganesha is associated with the number 9. This is symbolized by the shape of his trunk which looks like number 9. What is the secret of th...

महाभारत युद्ध में जान और माल का भारी नुकसान हुआ । इसे विश्व का सबसे बड़ा और पहला विश्व युद्ध माना जाता है। इस युद्ध में विश्व के अनेक क्षेत्र के योद्धा शामिल हुए थे। परंतु इस युद्ध से सबसे कीमती और मानवता को मार्गदर्शन हेतू  एक ग्रन्थ प्राप्त हुआ, वह है भगवत गीता । यह विश्व में सबसे ज्यादा पढ़े जाने वाला ग्रन्थ भी है । भगवत गीता किसी विशेष धर्म के लिए नहीं, बल्कि सम्पूर्ण मानवता के लिए है। इसमें १८ अध्याय और ७०० श्लोक है ।   इसे आत्मा का विज्ञान कहा जाना ज्यादा उचित होगा।    अर्जुन ही ऐसे पहले व्यक्ति नहीं है, जिसे गीता का साक्षात् ज्ञान प्राप्त हुआ था । भगवत  गीता का ज्ञान सृष्टि के उत्पति के समय से है । सबसे पहले इसका साक्षात् ज्ञान सूर्यदेव विवस्वान हो हुआ था। उन्होंने इसे अपने पूत्र मनू को दिया, मनू ने अपने पूत्र ईक्षवु को दिया, इस तरह से यह ज्ञान चलता रहा । लेकिन धीरे- धीरे यह ज्ञान विलुप्त हो गया। इस ज्ञान को पुनः मूल रूप में प्रस्तुत करने के लिए श्री कृष्णा ने अर्जून का चयन किया ।  गीता का ज्ञान महाभारत युध्द के पहले दिन पांडवो और कौरवो...