ॐ नमो श्री आद्या।

श्रीगणेशाय नम:। ॐ नमो श्री आद्या। वेदप्रतिपाद्या। जय जय स्वयंवेद्या। आत्मरूपा।।१।।

Ganesha is worshipped first. Usually this deity is seen as someone who can clear all obstacles. Hence, worship of the deity would presume obstacles. Here however, it appears that the deity gets a very different meaning and purpose. It is almost as if the author is foregrounding the nature of the work to follow. The author seems to say that what he is looking at would take the listener to a different perspective. There is already the promise of something new. Ganesha appears here more as the deity of the people, even masses. A ‘dear’ deity. The association with Aum - a symbol, an alphabet, a word and for some even an entire philosophy - is significant. Aum symbolizes all that is perfect, omnipresent, pure, true, good. Ganesha is that Aum. Ganesha is aboriginal, the original, the premier, the first, the initial. He is so important that the Vedas assert, enunciate, contemplate upon him. The author sings his glory because he is so profound that only he can know himself. He is the soul of all.

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