The embodiment of the primordial entity

The embodiment of the primordial entity

Over and above all these, there is one more factor which is the peak. The lord decided to take a particular form to show to people that He is the source of everything and the first one in the creation, and receive all the prayers in that form. He wanted that his form should also indicate to people his source. What is the source of all creation? Which is first? First does not mean beginning of first, second and third. It is also the beginning itself. In addition, when we start a business, we put the "first equity". Like this for the creation to begin, it is the initial capital that the lord. It is the primordial sound (om) which is the source, and the first among creation. The elephant's face (with the trunk curved on the right side) is the only one among all creation which portrays the Om letter. For this peak among the important qualities, he took the form of gajanana with an elephant face.

Face and mouth

 

In the "gajanana," anana means face. The amara gives several synonyms for face such as "vaktrasyam vadanam tundam ananam lapanam mukam". Vaktram, aasyam, vadanam, tundam, ananam, lapanam, mukam, all these mean face.

 

While explaining this, I wish to tell you that in Sanskrit there is no separate word for mouth. However, I do not think it is correct to say that we use the same words that mean the face to talk about mouth. For example, vak and vachanam are used to mean speech. Therefore, vakta means the speaker, and vaktavyam is another word for speech. Therefore, vaktram should mean the mouth which is the instrument for speech. Vadanam also means the mouth which is the limb for speech -- Vada means speak. Lapanam also means according to its root mouth. Lap means to speak. It is the root word for words like Alapam, sallapam, alapanai. Therefore it is not totally true that the name for the face are used for the mouth. The names of the mouth, such as vaktram, vadanam have also been used to mean the face! Man is the only talking animal! Therefore, the mouth has a special importance as the tool for speech. The mouth is on the face, which is the most precious among all the limbs. Though several sensory instruments such as eyes to see, ears to hear, nose to smell and cheeks to feel the warmth of caress are all in the face, because the mouth which is the most special instrument for human beings in on the face, the same words are used to call the face and mouth. In addition, only the mouth has two functions. It is one among the five sensory organs (pancha gnanendriyas), such as eyes and ears, and is responsible for taste in the food. At that time, it senses the taste that is outside – like how eyes see the forms outside, ears listen to the sounds outside, nose smells the odors outside, and the skin feels the roughness and softness outside. Because they sense things, all these are called sensory organs (gnanendriyas). As one of five limbs (pancha karmendriyas) such as hand and leg which does action by itself, the mouth in addition to sensing things outside, also acts independently and produces speech. Another one. In addition to tasting the food, the mouth is also responsible to chew and eat food. The mouth has so much important. In Sanskrit importance is mukyam, which earns the quality of the muka (face). Therefore, the same names are used without distinction for face and mouth.

 

Gaja ananar – means the lord vigneswarar with the face of the elephant.

 

For the 8 palm long body of a person the head is given the first priority. A person is called beautiful or ugly only by the face. The face of the lord vigneswarar that is so beautiful with a peaceful eye, fan like ear, trunk, nose – is the face of an elephant.