[Music] today also it's not just the birth of ganapati or birthday of ganapathi there is a deeper significance to every festival that we celebrate in india there is a ritual part to it and there is all the spiritual part to it as they were doing the arathi they were chanting from gaddafi and the rishi ganakarishi had the vision of ganapati when meditation on gadapathi he realized the mantra of ganapati um that is the mantra by which if you chant that mantra ganapathi will come to you bless you that is the mantra was revealed to the russia rishis of the vedas were called as mantra drishtas they had seen the mantra you can't see the mantra you can hear the mantra you can speak the mantra write mantra read the mantra how do you see the mantra it appeared to him in the vision that maha gandhi appeared to him gave darshan and within in his heart this mantra was inspired it spontaneously came as gum gum that is the mantra of sri ganesha if you chant that mantra shri ganesha will come there and also what does he say he describes ghanapathy as the one with a trunk and also has a big body surprises all these descriptions all this has been given that he he has pasha and ankusha in his hands he has a mooshaka dwaja his flag carries the symbol of a mushaka he is red reddish in his complexion he is very compassionate all these ganakari she said in the mantra but also she said in the mantra um servant that also says that you alone are brahmana you alone are the supreme consciousness which pervades everything [Music] brahmasi you are the one who pervades everything how can ganapati be the one who also has four hands in the trunk and the big belly and also the one who permeates and pervades the entire universe as the brahman guru tita all three kind of bodies beyond the three stages of life beyond three times past present and future you are everything [Music] so what is the significance also we have to meditate upon that ganapati though was born on a certain day to a certain of in a certain family of shiva and parvati but he is not just the body you are beyond the body beyond time beyond all the limitations of gunas because you are atmos brahma so we have to also remember that while we worship gods as idols and do pujas to them on certain days offer them mudakas ladoos and then eat it promptly thereafter there even then they are beyond the bodies they are not bound by the limitations of desha kaala they are beyond that so we worship them as both saguna sakhara as well as nirguna nirakara i always tell so what gift can you give ganapathi on his birthday you have to give your own buddhi and indriyas to him ganapati means ghanas means indriya also are called as ghana so they are unruly shiva's ghanas are very unruly they are very naughty like our sixth and seventh class children very difficult to control so shiva told ganapathy you'll be the monitor and see to that none of these misbehave so you put ganapathi as in charge of all the ganas in kailasha that's why it's called ganapathi so your ganas are your own indriyas eyes want to see something which we should not see nose wants to smell which should not smell tongue wants to taste which we should not taste ears want to hear gossips and groomers which we don't want to shouldn't hear hands want to do things which we should not do legs want to go where we should not go all these ganas keep troubling us all the time so tell ganapathi come here i have a lot of these naughty ganas in me my eyes don't listen to me my nose doesn't listen to me my tongue doesn't listen to me you please come and discipline all of them that way if you offer all your indriyas and mind to ganapathi saying you be the lord you'll be the master you control my senses and the mind you help me grow spiritually he will come and bless you all right that is the gift ganapathi is wanting [Music]