गणपत्यथर्वशीर्ष (with translation) /15

Translation:
 

 
The whole world is born from You.
 

The whole world stands because of You.

The whole world will end in you.
 

The whole world will come back to you.

You are the earth, water, fire, wind and sky.

You are the four stages of speech.
 

 
Ganesha is in reality the Absolute Spirit which is the

source of all creation, the essence of all knowledge. He

combines in Him the three aspects of creation, preser-

vation and destruction. The universe is composed of the

five elements (Panchamahābhūta) and the same are the

constituents of Ganesha. Ganesha is also the embodiment

of the four stages of speech - parā, pashyanti, madhyamā

and vaikhari. The first three stages are the media of

expression before the last one of speech starts. These are

developed by the upward ascent of the Kundaliniī through

the various chakras or seats of perception or places of
consciousness¹
consciousness 17. The Kundalini is described as the coiled

serpent lying dormant in the Muladhaādhāra Chakra. Its up-

ward ascent through the various Chakras denotes the

spiritual development of the personality. The seat of the

'paraā' is the naval, the 'pashyanti' the heart, and the

'Madhyamaā the throat. The pelvic plexus corresponds to

the Muladhara Chakra; the solar plexus or abdominal brain

to the Swadhishthaādhishthāna Chakra, the naval to the Manipur

Chakra, the heart to the Anaāhat Chakra, the throat to the

Vishuddha Chakra, the optic thalmus or the space between

the eyebrows to the Agnya. Chakra, and the brain to the

Sahasraāra Chakra. Anatomically the Muladhaādhāra Chakra is

near the organs of generation. The Swaādhishthana Chakra

is the biggest Chakra and surrounds the cardiac ganglia and

cardiac artery at its source; the Anäāhat Chakra corresponds

to the cardiac plexus behind the heart and in front of the

fifth and sixth spinal discs; The Vishuddha Chakra to the

cervical plexus between the second and third spinal discs;

the Agnya Chakra to the optic thalmus or the popularly

known Third Eye; and the Sahasraāra Chakra to the medula

oblangata or the seat of reason in the brain¹ 17.
 

 
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