Maha Ganapati Yantra

September 28, 2002

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MAHA GANAPATI YANTRA This yantra of Maha Ganapati Yantra and Ganesh has many

different aspects including Heramba, Haridra and Ucchishta Ganapati. "...He is

to be meditated upon as seated on a lotus consisting of the letters of the

alphabet. The sadhaka should meditate upon an island composed of nine gems,

placed in an ocean of sugarcane juice; a soft gentle breeze blows over the

island and makes the waves wash the shore thereof. The place is a forest of

Mandara, Parijata and other Kalpa trees and creepers, and the light from the

gems thereon casts a red glow on the ground. The six gladdening seasons are

always there. The sun and moon brighten up the place. In the middle of the

island is a Parijata tree whereon are the nine gems and beneath it is the great

Pitha (altar) on which is the lotus whereon is seated Mahaganapati. His face is

that of the great elephant with the moon on it. He is red and has three eyes.

His beloved who is seated in his lap and has a lotus in her hand holds him in

loving embrace. In each of his ten hands he is holding a pomegranate, a mace, a

bow, a trident, a discus, a lotus, a noose, a red water-lily, a sheaf of paddy

and his own tusk. This is the bija or root mantra of Ganesha, Gam. Before doing

the puja, the sadhaka or sadhvini places this bija on his or her body, using the

long vowels of Sanskrit. Ganesha YANTRA His yantra consists of a square, inside

which is an eight petals lotus, inside this is a hexagon and in the centre an

upward facing triangle. AUM Gung Ganapataye Namah. Ganesh is the foremost God.

He is worshipped first on all auspicious occasions, whether it is a marriage or

a religious function. Ganeshji is also invoked and worshipped before any

festival, or a new project or venture that a Hindu undertakes. He is the

remover of all sankat (obstacles) and is an extremely benevolent god,

fulfilling the wishes of those whom pray to him sincerely.

Ganesh is usually shown with four hands, each one has a special symbolic object

in it. One has an ankush (a goad), the second has a trishul (a three-pronged

weapon) or an axe made from his broken tusk, the third has a lotus flower, and

the fourth has a rosary. Ganesh has many faces and many forms including a pose

of him dancing, a pose of him as a child and a young man.

Vinayak: In this pose has the four arms in which he holds his symbols. In this

stance he sometimes holds a pot of modak (round sweet) in one hand instead of

the rosary, or holds it in his trunk and retains the rosary.

Herambeganapati: In this form he has five heads and ten hands, three eyes in

each face and rides on a lion. The extra eye in each face is between the

eyebrows, symbolic of the 'third eye' or all Seeing Eye.

Viranvighnesa: Here he exhibits a martial spirit with several weapons held in his ten hands.

Shaktiganapati: In this is shown with his 'Shakti' (strength) or his consorts

Riddhi and Siddhi (success and prosperity) or Buddhi (knowledge) or even

Lakshmi (wealth) sitting on his thigh. It is largely believed that the worship

of this aspect of Ganesha makes one's wishes come true.

Nattaganapati: A beautiful form, showing him in a graceful dance pose; Ganesh is

supposed to have taken this stance when the Creator bowed to him and he was so

happy that he started to dance and thus earned the title of the master of the

arts of music and dance.

Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu (The Preserver of Human Life) is always placed

along with Ganeshji. Because we love Lakshmi (wealth) and are ever worried

about annoying her, to be on the safe side we worship her along with Ganesh.

Since she cannot precede him, she sits next to him; she is never neglected. She

is always placed to the right of him as she is like a mother to him.

His yantra consists of a square, inside which is an eight petals lotus, inside

this is a hexagon and in the centre an upward facing triangle. His mantra is

AUM Ganapataye Namah.

GANESH Gayatri: is Ekadantaya Vidmahe, Vakratundaya Dhimahi, Tanno Danti Prachodayat.

His dhyana (meditation image is as having one tusk, four arms, carrying noose

and elephant goad, with the other two hands bestowing boons and dispelling

fear. His Vahana (vehicle) is a rat, while he has a big belly and long

winnowing ears. He is adorned with red flowers and various red scents. But

according to the Sharadatilaka tantra, he holds a noose, a goad, a wine filled

skull and his fourth hand touches his Shakti. She is seated on his lap and she

holds a lotus in her hand.

Heramba Ganapati

OM GUM Ganapati NAMAH. He is as bright as a thousand Suns and sits on a lion and

has five faces, each of a different colour. He has eight arms.

Trailokyamohanakara Ganesh This name means the Ganesh who is the cause of

delusion in the three world. His yantra is similar to the above, except there

is no triangle in the center of the hexagon, which instead includes his mantra,

which is: VAKRA TUNDAYAI KLEEM KLEEM KLEEM GAM GANAPATE VARA VARADA SARVAJANAM

ME VASHA MANAYA SWAHA

The mantra's meaning shows that this form of Ganesh is a worshipped in specific rite (prayoga).

Siddhi vinayaka His mantra is OM NAMO Siddhi Vinayaka Sarva Karya Kartrai Sarva

Vighna Prasha Manaya Sarva Rajya Vashya Karanaya Sarvajan Asarva Stri Purusha

Karshanaya Shreem Om Swaha. As this mantra indicates, again this is a form of

Ganesh used in magical rites, in this case to obtain the siddhi of subjugation

over kings, men, women and the alleviation of all obstacles.

Shakti vinayaka The mantra of this form of Ganesh: AUM HREEM GREEM HREEM.

Bhargava is the rishi of the mantra, virat is the metre for pronouncing it,

Grim (pronounced greem) is the bija, The dhyana is Shakti Vinaya, four armed,

carrying modaka, ankusha, and rosary. The yantra is of the hexagonal form with

the root mantra inscribed in the centre.

Lakshmi Vinayaka Again, the hexagon yantra is used, but with the mantra in the

center, which is AUM SHREEM GUM SAUMYAYA GANAPATAYE VARAVARADA SARVAJANAM ME

VASHAMANAYA SWAHA. The application is the desired wish, which in this case are

Lakshmi, luck, good fortune, and money.

Haridra Ganesha The word haridra is the yellow powder turmeric. The mantra of

Ganesha: OM HUM GUM GLAUM And the yantra is similar to Lakshmi Vinayaka, with,

however, the appropriate mantra in the centre. Here, Ganesha is clothed all in

yellow, has four arms, one of which touches his trunk, while the others hold

noose, goad, and modaka bowl. The application is success in desires.

Ucchishta are the leftovers after puja (worship). This form of Ganapati comes

with a nine-lettered mantra, a 12 lettered mantra, a 19 lettered mantra, a 32

lettered mantra, and a 37 lettered mantra

Shri Ganesh Yantra Before undertaking any new venture it is necessary to perform

a Ganesh Puja in order to ensure the successful completion of the Kamaya. The

swastika is the sign of Lord Ganesh. The Yantra is composed of six triangles,

which are closed on all sides, with a central triangle and a “Bindu” inside.

DR. NARAYAN DUTT SHRIMALI

Gannaadhip! Namastubhyam Sarvavighna Prashaantid.

Umaanandprad Praagya, Traahi Maam Bhasaagaraat.

Meaning: O Gan-naayak! O illustrious son of Mother Uma! O destroyer of all

problems! You alone can help us attain success in life.

Whatever be your field of work, whatever the problem that you are facing in life

you should surely try this Sadhana of the Lord Ganesh. And if you are devoted

and sincere the Lord shall not fail to rush to your help.

Those interested in spiritual development can have added benefits from Ganapati

Sadhana, for accomplishing it before commencing some Sadhana for spiritual

progress can enhance one’s chances of success several times over. So if you

wish to say good bye to all your troubles forever, if you want to get rid of

poverty, ailments, tensions, enemies and your misfortunes then do try this

ritual.

The right day for this Sadhana is Ganesh Chaturthi or a Tuesday, appropriate

time being 6 am to 9 am. In the Early morning get up and have a bath. Sit in

yellow clothes on a yellow mat facing the East.

Before yourself place a wooden seat covered with yellow cloth. On it put a

copper plate and draw a Swastika with vermilion. Bathe the Ganpati Vigrah. Wipe

it dry and place it in the plate.

Around the plate make 12 mounds of rice dyed yellow, arrange in square form. On

each mound place a puja betal nut. Offering vermilion on each nut chant the 12

names of the Lord.

1. Ganpati

Establish the Siddhi Gutika before the Vigrah. Offer vermilion; rice grains,

yellow flowers on the Vigrah and Gutika. Light incense and a ghee lamp. Offer

to the Lord the Laddoos of Besan (sweet made from gram flour)

Next with a Mangal rosary chant 11 rounds of the following Mantra.

Aum Gloum Gam Gannapataye Namah After Sadhana distribute the sweets offered,

among all family members. Tie the Vigrah, rosary and all other articles of

worship in the cloth in the cloth and drop the bundle in a river.

PARAAD GANESH PUJA

Who wouldn't love, adore, revere and worship such a deity, for He takes away all

of our troubles, problems, pains, afflictions and even poverty in life? There

may exist a hundred different sects in life? There may exist a hundred

different sects all over India, yet when it comes to launching some venture all

differences disappears as they choose first and foremost to supplicate to the

dear Elephant-god, the loved Ganesh for His divine grace that would ensure

success and fulfillments. No wonder an ancient text states--

Abheepsitaarth Siddharyartham Poojito Sah Suraasureith, Sarva Vighna Harastasmei

Gannaadhipatye Namah

The Lord Ganpati is the fulfiller of all wishes. His grace removes all obstacles

and impediments, He is the Divine Purveyor of true knowledge, success in life,

prosperity and all Spiritual Powers. And hence all Gods, humans and even demons

bow to Him.

What more He has numerous forms and one may choose to worship any of them-- the

Lord in a child Avatar having a weakness for Laddoos, the Lord in a furious

form a virtual terror to enemies, the Lord in a pleasant form ready to bestow

all boons of life and so on.

Besides the many forms there are a variety of rituals some based on Mantras,

some on Stotras and still others on Tantra. Though their efficaciousness cannot

be doubted yet complex and lengthy procedures make them difficult, if not

impossible, for an ordinary man of this world to accomplish.

However there is a form of the Lord that assimilates all benefits of His other

Avatars and this Sadhana of His is so simple, so easy that even a child could

achieve success in it effortlessly. This one day ritual would consume not more

two hours of one's time, yet manifest amazing results that could virtually

transform one's life and ring in a new phase of prosperity, affluence and

success.

MAHAGANPATI SADHANA

This wonderful ritual whose chief boon is riddance from generations of poverty.

For a middle class family person this could be the golden opportunity of

striking it rich, that he or she might have been looking for.

To those acquainted with religious rituals this should not come as a surprise,

for Ganapati worship has always formed an important part of Laxmi Sadhanas.

Actually Lord Ganpati's blessings are capable of bestowing both Bhog (wordly

pleasures) and Moksh (spiritual attainments) on an individual. Sadhana of

Mahaganpati aims at neutralizing all sins and evils of one's past lives so as

to make one eligible for enjoying wealth, prosperity and all pleasures in life

to the fullest, thus paving the way for total fulfillments and ultimately

spiritual elevation. Following benefits surely accrue through this Sadhana.

1. Debts and poverty can be forever forbidden from one's life.

2. Quick and speedy business takeoff can be assured.

3. Sudden gains through speculations, inheritance etc. can be had.

4. Other symbols of prosperity such as property, vehicles, fame, good

job/position etc. can be easily be acquired.

5. Above all one could have the divine glimpse of the Lord.

The best day for this ritual would be Ganesh Chaturthi or a Wednesday. Early

morning have a bath and wear yellow clothes. Sit on a yellow mat facing East.

Cover a wooden Seat with yellow cloth. On it place a Paarad Ganapati in a

plate. Pray to the Guru thus--

Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu Guru Devo Maheshwarah, Guru Saakshaat Par-Brahma Tasmei Shree Gurave Namah.

Next chanting Aum Ganeshaay Namah bathe the Paarad Ganapati with pure water,

milk, curd, ghee, sugar, honey and water in this order. Wipe it dry and place

it in a separate plate on which a Swastik has been inscribed with vermilion

paste.

Offer Vermilion, unbroken rice grains, incense, Laddoos to the deity. Light a

ghee lamp. Next make a mound of rice grains and on it place Mangaldaayika. Then

with a Yellow Hakeek rosary chant 21 rounds of this Mantra.

Aum Gam Ganpatye Namah

After 3 days drop the Mangaldayika & rosary in a river. Place the Paarad

Ganapati in your worship place and light incense before it daily.

Next with a Mangal rosary chant 11 rounds of the following Mantra.

Aum Gloum Gam Gannapataye Namah After Sadhana distribute the sweets offered,

among all family members. Tie the Vigrah, rosary and all other articles of

worship in the cloth in the cloth and drop the bundle in a river.

PARAAD GANESH PUJA

Who wouldn't love, adore, revere and worship such a deity, for He takes away all

of our troubles, problems, pains, afflictions and even poverty in life? There

may exist a hundred different sects in life? There may exist a hundred

different sects all over India, yet when it comes to launching some venture all

differences disappears as they choose first and foremost to supplicate to the

dear Elephant-god, the loved Ganesh for His divine grace that would ensure

success and Who wouldn't love, adore, revere and worship such a deity, for He

takes away all of our troubles, problems, pains, afflictions and even poverty

in life? There may exist a hundred different sects in life? There may exist a

hundred different sects all over India, yet when it comes to launching some

venture all differences disappears as they choose first and foremost to

supplicate to the dear Elephant-god, the loved Ganesh for His divine grace that

would ensure success and