Who wrote the Mahabharath, do you know? It was Lord Ganesha!
Sage Vyasa was the one who compiled the Vedas. After conceiving this idea of Mahabharata, he started searching for a scribe to write the story while he was narrating.
Vyasa put forth the condition that he would not stop reciting the Mahabharata and that Ganesha should not stop writing, and the other condition was that not only was Ganesha to write it but also understand the verses that were being recited. When Ganesha agreed to these conditions, Vyasa then began to recite the Mahabharata. It is said that, it took both Vyasa and Ganesha three years of this continuous reciting and writing to complete the Mahabharata!
If you look at Lord Ganesha, you can see that one of his tusks is broken. While Ganesha was writing the Mahabharata with a feather, it broke. In order to stick to the condition that Vyasa put forth, Ganesha broke his tusk and started to write with it, so he could write continuously without any interruptions.
The story of Lord Ganesha's birth goes as follows--
Gajasura once performed tapasya for Lord Shiva. Shiva chose to bless him with whatever boon he desired because he was satisfied with his asceticism. The demon wished he could continuously emit fire from his body so that nobody would ever dare to get near him. He asked, and the Lord gave it to him. Shiva asked Gajasura to wish one more as he performed his tapasya. The demon answered, "I want You to live in my stomach." Shiva agreed.
Parvati looked for him everywhere, but was unable to find him. She turned to her brother Vishnu as a final resort and begged him to locate her husband. She was reassured by him, "I'll find out what happened to Him."
The omniscient player, Vishnu, turned Nandi ( Shiva's bull) into a dancing bull and led him in front of Gajasura while simultaneously pretending to be a flutist. The demon requested the flutist what he wanted after the bull's mesmerizing performance, which had him in a trance. In response, Vishnu asked, "Can you grant me what I request?"
Gajasura answered: "Who do you think I am? You can have whatever you want right away from me."
"If that's the case, free Shiva from your stomach." the flutist said. When Gajasura realised that only Vishnu alone could have known that secret, he threw himself at his feet. Having agreed to liberate Shiva, Gajasura asks him for two boons, one is that, everyone should remember him and adore his head and Vishnu should wear his skin." Vishnu agreed.
Another interesting story is --A lesser known story from the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, narrates a different version of Ganesha's birth.
On the insistence of Shiva, Parvati fasted for years (punyaka vrata) to propitiate Vishnu so that he would grant her a son. Vishnu, after the completion of the sacrifice, announced that he would incarnate himself as her son in every kalpa (eon). Accordingly, Ganesha was born to Parvati as a charming infant.
This event was celebrated with great enthusiasm and all the gods were invited to take a look at the baby. However, Shani (Saturn), the son of Surya (Sun) hesitated to look at the baby since Shani was cursed with the gaze of destruction. Shani came to a decision and looked at the Goddess Parvati's baby from the edge of his left eye. However, Parvati insisted that he look at the baby, which Shani did, and immediately the infant's head fell off. Seeing Shiva and Parvati grief-stricken, Vishnu mounted on Garuda, his divine eagle, and rushed to the banks of the Pushpa-Bhadra river, from where he brought back the head of a young elephant. The head of the elephant was joined with the headless body of Parvati's son, thus reviving him. The infant was named Ganesha and all the Gods blessed Ganesha and wished Him power and prosperity.
Another story--
One day, Goddess Parvati was preparing for bath, as she didn’t want to be disturbed, she told Nandi, to guard the door and let no one pass. Nandi faithfully took his post, intending to carry out Parvati’s wishes. But, when Shiva came home and naturally wanted to come inside, Nandi had to let him pass, being loyal to Shiva. Parvati was angry at this, but even more than this, at the fact that she had no one as loyal to Herself as Nandi was to Shiva. So, taking the turmeric paste (for bathing) from her body and breathing life into it, she created Ganesha, declaring him to be her own loyal son.
The next day Parvati wished to bathe, she posted Ganesha on guard duty at the door. In due course, Shiva came home, only to find this strange boy telling him he couldn’t enter his own house! Furious, Shiva ordered his army to destroy the boy, but they all failed! Such power did Ganesha possess, being the son of Devi Herself!
This surprised Shiva. Seeing that this was no ordinary boy, Shiva in his divine fury severed Ganesha’s head, killing him instantly. When Parvati learned this, she was so enraged and insulted that she decided to destroy the entire Creation! Lord Brahma, being the Creator, naturally had his issues with this, and pleaded that she reconsider her drastic plan. She said she would, but only if two conditions were met: one, that Ganesha be brought back to life, and two, that he be forever worshiped before all the other gods.
Shiva, realised his mistake, and agreed to Parvati’s conditions. He sent Brahma out with orders to bring back the head of the first creature he crosses that is laying with its head facing North. Brahma soon returned with the head of a strong and powerful elephant, which Shiva placed onto Ganesha’s body. Breathing new life into him, he declared Ganesha to be his own son as well and gave him the status of being foremost among the gods, and leader of all the Ganas (classes of beings), Ganapati.
May the Divine Ganesh bless all our IFians today and always.❤️
Edited by Viswasruti - 1 years ago
Ganpati Bappa Morya 🙏🏼🙏🏼
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