#23f. The cool grass
Analaasuran justified his name as he fell into Vinayaka's stomach. He made the stomach very hot. The heat afflicted all the worlds in the universe. Vishnu, Brahma, Indra and the Deva tried many methods to reduce the heat. But none of them had any effect on the intense body heat of Lord Vinayaka.
Rose water was poured on Vinayaka from kalasams. Thick sandal paste was smeared all over the body. The cool life giving nectar was sprinkled on his body. Cool water brought from the ponds was poured on him.
Lotus flowers were applied to his body. The cold blooded Aadhiseshan tried his best to cool the body with his chillness. He too failed miserably. Just them when every effort failed to bear fruit, eighty eight thousand rushis came there. Each of them did archana with twenty one tiny branches of fresh, cool, green grass.
It was like a miracle when the intense body heat got cooled by the cool grass. Vinayaka proved to the world that even little things can have their own greatness and they may serve great purposes.
He said,"The intense heat was cooled by the fresh green grass. There will be no more puja for me without the green grass. I prefer the grass to the thousands of fragrant and colorful flowers. Just twenty one arcs are enough for me."
The Deva were happy since all ended well. They built a temple for Vinayaka and did prathishtaa of Balachandra Vinayaka. They did aaraadhana to their satisfaction.
Sage Koundinya told his wife Aasiriyai "Do not think low of the green grass any more. Lord Vinayaka loves the grass more than the flowers!" He then told her another incident to prove the greatness of the grass.
Analaasuran justified his name as he fell into Vinayaka's stomach. He made the stomach very hot. The heat afflicted all the worlds in the universe. Vishnu, Brahma, Indra and the Deva tried many methods to reduce the heat. But none of them had any effect on the intense body heat of Lord Vinayaka.
Rose water was poured on Vinayaka from kalasams. Thick sandal paste was smeared all over the body. The cool life giving nectar was sprinkled on his body. Cool water brought from the ponds was poured on him.
Lotus flowers were applied to his body. The cold blooded Aadhiseshan tried his best to cool the body with his chillness. He too failed miserably. Just them when every effort failed to bear fruit, eighty eight thousand rushis came there. Each of them did archana with twenty one tiny branches of fresh, cool, green grass.
It was like a miracle when the intense body heat got cooled by the cool grass. Vinayaka proved to the world that even little things can have their own greatness and they may serve great purposes.
He said,"The intense heat was cooled by the fresh green grass. There will be no more puja for me without the green grass. I prefer the grass to the thousands of fragrant and colorful flowers. Just twenty one arcs are enough for me."
The Deva were happy since all ended well. They built a temple for Vinayaka and did prathishtaa of Balachandra Vinayaka. They did aaraadhana to their satisfaction.
Sage Koundinya told his wife Aasiriyai "Do not think low of the green grass any more. Lord Vinayaka loves the grass more than the flowers!" He then told her another incident to prove the greatness of the grass.
