Lord Vinayaka - the Ideal Son

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Once Mother Parvati and Easwara called Vinayaka and His younger brother Subrahmanya, and advised them to go round the world. They also told them that whoever came first would be given a phala (fruit) as reward. This competition was intended to demonstrate the greatness of Vinayaka to the world. The younger brother Subrahmanya immediately plunged into action. He mounted His vehicle, the peacock, to fly round the world. Vinayaka did not move and sat in His own place. Easwara then enquired, “My dear son! Why did You not start on Your journey round the world?” Vinayaka laughed at this question and replied “Oh! Father! I need not go anywhere. The fruit of all My journey round the world is right in front of me.” So saying, Vinayaka made a Pradakshina (circumambulation) round His father and mother (Lord Easwara and Mother Parvati) and sat down calmly. He claimed victory

in the race. In the meanwhile, Subrahmanya came there, after completing His journey round the world. He was very much tired and reported to His father about His successful completion of the task. Lord Easwara then declared Vinayaka as the winner in the race and handed over the fruit to Him. The place where this episode took place is called Palani, in the State of Tamil Nadu.The underlying meaning in this story is that the parents are the very embodiment of divinity and it is enough if one does pradakshina to them in reverence. That would be tantamount to the punya (merit) acquired by visiting all the holy shrines in the world. Without the parents, there can be no son at all! If children are to be virtuous, it is the parents who have to take care of them. The parents are responsible for the success of their children in all the endeavours. - From

Swami's Divine Vinayaka Chathurthi Discourse in 1984

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Dear all sai Brothers & sisters,

 

May the Lord Vinayaka Bless us all with Sidhi, Budhi and Mukthi.

 

jai sai ram to all,

 

 

, kumar mahadevan

<mahadevan12 wrote:

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> Once Mother Parvati and Easwara called Vinayaka and His younger

brother Subrahmanya, and advised them to go round the world. They also

told them that whoever came first would be given a phala (fruit) as

reward. This competition was intended to demonstrate the greatness of

Vinayaka to the world. The younger brother Subrahmanya immediately

plunged into action. He mounted His vehicle, the peacock, to fly round

the world.

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> Vinayaka did not move and sat in His own place. Easwara then enquired,

" My dear son! Why did You not start on Your journey round the

world? " Vinayaka laughed at this question and replied " Oh!

Father! I need not go anywhere. The fruit of all My journey round the

world is right in front of me. " So saying, Vinayaka made a

Pradakshina (circumambulation) round His father and mother (Lord Easwara

and Mother Parvati) and sat down calmly. He claimed victory in the race.

In the meanwhile, Subrahmanya came there, after completing His journey

round the world. He was very much tired and reported to His father about

His successful completion of the task. Lord Easwara then declared

Vinayaka as the winner in the race and handed over the fruit to Him. The

place where this episode took place is called Palani, in the State of

Tamil Nadu.

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> The underlying meaning in this story is that the parents are the very

embodiment of divinity and it is enough if one does pradakshina to them

in reverence. That would be tantamount to the punya (merit) acquired by

visiting all the holy shrines in the world. Without the parents, there

can be no son at all! If children are to be virtuous, it is the parents

who have to take care of them. The parents are responsible for the

success of their children in all the endeavours.

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> - From Swami's Divine Vinayaka Chathurthi Discourse in 1984

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