Sai Bhajana Mala [antikvár]

GANESA From Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba Vinayaka or Ganesh or Ganapathi or Vighneswara all Indicate the Elephant-God, who is popular among young and old, and who is worshipped as the very first deity, before regularly beginning any ceremony or samskar, any Yaga or Yajna, any vow or fast or pilgrimage. He is the Lord of the Ganas or Divine Forces, inside and outside the human body; He is the Lord, who masters and overwhelms vighna or obstacle, however imminent or eminent. This is the natural effect of the fact that Ganapathi is the God of Intelligence, Vidya or Buddhi. Another name for Vinayaka is 'Vighneswara*. Easwara is one who is endowed with every conceivable form of wealth : riches, knowledge, health, bliss, beauty, etc. Vighneswara is the promoter of all these forms of wealth