Maha Ganapati
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The ten-armed, primordial and timeless source of all Vinayaka forms, transcending all Kalpas and Manvantaras — the Mahakali lineage's corresponding Ganapati form.
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Which Mahavidya lineages correspond to which specific Ganapati forms?
The Mahakali lineage corresponds to Maha Ganapati, Matangi to Uchchhishta Ganapati, Bagalamukhi to Haridra Ganapati, Chhinnamasta to Kshipra Ganapati, and Tripura Bhairavi to Vira Ganapati.
What makes Maha Ganapati the primordial source of all Vinayaka forms?
The ten-armed Maha Ganapati is the primordial, timeless source of all Vinayaka forms, transcending all Kalpas and Manvantaras.
What are the Ashta Vinayakas, and how many Vinayaka forms exist?
The Ashta Vinayakas consecrated in the Karveer (Maharashtra) region are specific manifestations of the primordial Maha Ganapati that appeared across different eras for the protection of devotees; just as Bhairavas and Yoginis are infinite across Shakti lineages, Vinayaka forms are innumerable.
Which of the eight Ganpatis stands in which direction?
The speaker places the eight Ganpatis in eight directions: Mayuresh Ganpati in the east; Chintamani Ganpati in the agni kona; Maha Ganapati in the south; Siddhi Vinayak in the Nairitya kona; Vighneshwar in the west; Girija Atmaj in the Vayavya kona; Ballaleshwar in the north; and Varad Vinayak in the Ishan kona. This, he says, is how their sthapana is to be done.
Name mantras of the eight Vinayaks in the pujan
The speaker worships each Ganpati by prefixing every offering with that Ganpati's name in the form "श्री … गणपते नमः", then the offering line, and closes each with "श्री … गणपते प्रसन्न भवतु". The name forms he uses are Mayureshaya (with Gauri Sutaya), Chintamani Ganapate, Mahaganapate, Siddhi Vinayak Ganapate, Vighneshwaraya, Girija Atmajaya, Ballaleshwaraya and Varad Vinayakaya. He says these mantras are all written on screen for the viewer.
Ahuti sequence of the Ashtavinayak havan
The speaker opens the Havan with the shloka "ओम श्री गजाननं भूतगणादिसेवितं कपित्थजम्बूफलचारुभक्षणं उमासुतं शोकविनाशकारकं नमामि विघ्नेश्वरपादपंकजम्" followed by "श्री अष्टविनायक नमो नमः". He then gives Ahuti with "श्री … गणपतये स्वाहा" for each Ganpati in the same order as the pujan — Mayureshwar, Chintamani, Mahaganapati, Siddhivinayak, Vighneshwar, Girijatmaj, Ballaleshwar, Varadvinayak — five oblations to each, and closes with a single "श्री अष्टविनायक गणपतये स्वाहा" to all eight together.
Obstacles that come when a sadhana is begun without a Ganpati anushthan
The speaker says that without the Kripa of Maha Ganapati, or without taking refuge in some one form of Vinayak and doing his sadhana, puja and seva, no special success comes in sadhana and many obstacles arise. A sadhak who takes up a special sadhana with no Ganpati Anushthana at the start gets heavy laziness, sleep and torpor, thoughts that never steady, concentration that keeps breaking, and Uchchatan setting in. These vighnas belong to Vinayak, he says, and connect directly with the Muladhara — the first chakra, where the body meets the asana, is Ganpati's seat — so until his kripa is obtained no anushthan completes without obstruction.
Which Ganapati is invoked before beginning the katha?
Shri Mahaganapati, who has ten arms and is the adhipati of the Ekadash Rudra Vinayaka and the fifty-six Vinayakas. Every avatar and every swaroop has its own separate tantric vigraha of Ganapati, and Mahaganapati is the king of them all; by his remembrance alone every Vinayaka becomes pleased and every inauspicious act turns auspicious.
Which form of Ganpati suits a householder?
Any form of the Ashta Vinayak may be worshipped, and Maha Ganapati too. By the speaker's reckoning, every householder should particularly perform the service and worship of the Siddhi Vinayak form — one of the Ashta Vinayak, in which Riddhi and Siddhi stand on either side.
What does the Mahabhairav mantra cover?
The speaker says the Mahabhairav mantra that has been put on the channel exists for exactly this purpose: by the Mahabhairav mantra the pujan of kul Bhairav, Batuk Bhairav, Kaal Bhairav and Kapal is all accomplished, and you may worship any Bhairav at all, any swarup of Bhairav ji, with it.
Ten days from Chaturthi to Chaturdashi, one durva offered on each of the 108 recitations, with abhishek and archana on the first and last day.
Ten days, Chaturthi to Chaturdashi in either Paksha. Each day 108 Durva are needed: offer one Durva to Ganapati on each recitation of the Sankat Nashan Ganesh Stotra. On the first and last day add milk Abhishek, Shringar, Panchopachara and Archana with the 108 names, then 108 recitations.
Ganpati sadhana as the precondition for success in any anushthan
The speaker says that without the sadhana of Bhagwan Ganesha no one can obtain complete success in any special Anushthana or in any field of life, so Ganpati sadhana is extremely necessary. In tantra, he says, it has various stages: a very step-by-step vidhan through beej mantras is given for the ashta-vinayaka and Maha Ganapati swarups. The sadhana he presents here is instead for an ordinary sadhak or ordinary householder, to cross every difficulty that comes in life.
What is the Mahavaran of the sixty-four Yoginis?
In the Mahayantras, where the sixty-four Yoginis are worshipped, sixty-four Bhairavs are worshipped with them — not the fifty-two people know of — and along with them sixty-four Ganpatis in the Siddhi form. Siddhi meaning Ganpati; so Siddhi Maha Ganapati, Siddhi Kshipra Maha Ganapati, the word Siddha prefixed to every name.
Is the Ganapati born in the Shiv Mahapuran the same as Maha Ganapati?
No — always keep this in mind. Maha Ganapati is present from the beginning of creation and is a Mahashakti; the Ganapati discussed in the Shiv Mahapuran or spoken of generally is not the same. By Kalpa-bheda many Ganapatis have been, just as many Brahmas, Vishnus and Rudras have been.
Where does Maha Ganapati appear, and with whom is he worshipped?
In the Devi Bhagavata Mahapurana, where Bhagavati Lalita Tripurasundari manifests Maha Ganapati by her own power and he performs the Uchchatan of the Maya spread by Mayasura, destroying it. He is present from the beginning of creation and is worshipped alongside Bhagavati's ten Mahavidya forms.
What is the Mahapurashcharan of Maha Ganapati, and what is it said to give?
One Purashcharan of his mantra is eighteen lakh; the Mahapurashcharan is eighteen lakh done four times, and only under due initiation from a capable Guru already in an established Kula and tradition — not a newly made one. It is said no power in the world can then resist that mantra.
Those who actually hold Maha Ganapati mantra siddhi fall silent — honour and insult no longer touch them
They become void of ordinary consciousness and speak very little. The speaker says such practitioners exist in the Digambar field too — but they are not in a condition even to speak or move about; you cannot address them and they will give you no reply, and honour and insult no longer touch them.
Maha Ganapati split the Vedic Pranav at the root of creation and manifested with Shabda, Nada and Bindu
It is said that the piercing of the Vedic Pranav — the sound that first manifested at the root of the first creation — was performed by Maha Ganapati, and that he then manifested along with Shabda, Nada and Bindu. As Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh and Mahashakti are from creation's beginning, so is he.
Who is the shakti seated in the lap of Uchchhishta Ganapati?
Asked whether the shakti in the lap of Uchchhishta Ganapati or Mahaganapati is gupt, he answers: Uchchhishta Ganapati is himself in a gupt swarup. The shakti seated in his lap is Nila Saraswati.
Should namah be used when giving ahuti in havan?
It depends on the mantra, the speaker says. If namah is within the full mantra, then in many places it is found that it goes with namah — as in the Mahaganpati mantra there is namah and there is swaha, namah before namah, so it will be along with it. And in many places it is such that namah comes afterwards, and then it is to be removed and swaha said directly. So in Jayanti Mangala Kali there is no need to add namah after namostute — swaha directly; in this, namah is not to be added in any case.
Can a pig-skin asana be used, and what of the Mahaganpati vidhi?
Asked whether the asana of a pig's skin can be used, he tells the questioner to go ahead and use it — who has forbidden it. Asked to explain the vidhi vidhan of havan, tarpan and marjan in the Mahaganpati sadhana, he says that if it is being asked by the Bhoot Lipi vidhan then it is not possible to tell it here, because there is so much use of the matrikas in it that it cannot be spoken in this way; it would have to be written down and shown.
Vighnasura's Vighnaraja Ganapati yantra over Lalita's army is the pauranik example of prayoga-induced laziness
The speaker grants that grahas and nakshatras have their own effect too, but for a tantric prayoga he gives this example: Vighnasura constructed and placed a yantra of Bhagavan Vighnaraja Ganapati over the army of Bhagavati Lalita Tripurasundari, on account of which laziness came to be present throughout the whole army — and because of that tantric prayoga Bhagavati Lalita Tripurasundari had to invoke Mahaganapati.
Bhairav ji is invoked so laziness never comes, and Mahaganapati with him
There is Bhairav ji's, he says — so that laziness never comes at all, so that one becomes terrible — and there is Mahaganapati's.
Why is Maha Ganapati given by a Guru's order in the Shri Kula?
Because if you perform Maha Ganapati's sadhana duly — his Purashcharan done, his Tarpan procedure learnt, everything done by the rule — then you will not have to think about earning a livelihood for the rest of it. It will keep coming by his grace.
How is Karna Pishachini removed?
Take the help of a practitioner — a formidable practitioner of the Mahavidyas, or a practitioner of Bhagavati Van Durga, or a sadhaka of Pashupatinath Mahadev who has performed the Purashcharan of the Pashupatastra mantra. A remedy is not possible here: if she is genuinely attached, attempting a remedy will only increase your difficulty.
What should be done if a sadhana greatly increases the force of desire?
Asked with which mantras and substances Shankar ji should be given abhishek if the force of kaam increases greatly from some sadhana, the speaker answers that the force of kaam increases greatly if the Muladhara is going wrong. At that time, first of all, the pujan of Mahaganapati ji in particular; and along with it, while giving a stream of cool water upon Shiva ji, if you know the 108 names of Mahadev then their recitation, and with a little fierceness. The second thing is the stuti of one's own aradhya: when you do the stuti, or when you recite the charitra and the like connected with them, singing it, the force of kaam will be greatly quieted.
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