Namaste
In the lower right hand of Ganesh, there is seen in murti form is held a broken tusk. This would be an interesting topic. For one of the names of Ganesh is Ekadanta, or the One Tusk.
The other tusk, the right tusk, is held in His right hand.
This tusk is special. It is said that Ganapati used it at times for a weapon, that it was cut off by the axe of Parasurama, but most importantly that Ganesh used this as a writing instrument to scribe the Mahabharata.
So the question is, how was it scribed using the tusk? Did He dip it in ink? Did He cut with it into clay, or engrave it into stone?
Does He hold it at this moment, or does He always take to heart the request of His Brother to "never put it down"?
One thing is for sure - this Tusk is very special. It holds a significance much more profound than what may casually be taken as brief mention in a Purana. And perhaps more profound than simply an act of self sacrifice in order to complete the documentation of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita.
Once Ganesh had two tusks. And then after the time of Krishna, He had only One.
God changed. And it occurred within a given place in Time. Time may always have been, and always will be, but there are also moments in time.
How long did it take for Lord Ganapati to scribe the Mahabharata?
In a moments time? In one day? 108 days?
If He still holds the tusk in His hand at this moment, does that mean the Mahabharata still has another chapter waiting for the time and place to be revealed? That it has no End? That Ganesh is waiting to sign His Name? To put that final sloka, or mantra, yet to be written?
If He does not hold that Tusk at this moment, then - where is It?
In the Home of Lord Shiva, perhaps in a box?
Or, someplace very special, where the battlefield took place, verily in Mother India, waiting or even hiding to reveal something very special perhaps in a future time?
And if you worship this Broken Tusk, what benefits await you?
For if this Tusk was once Ganapati when Ganesh was with Two Tusks, then how could this Tusk not still be Ganapati even now though it is broken? Is God ever broken?
For some reason, today I thought of this Tusk. I thought, perhaps if I give my respects to this tusk, I imagined in my fancy, perhaps even I could write something intelligent. As if a blessing of the Broken Tusk.
But that is probably something that dreams are made of. So perhaps I should ask Ganapati Himself.
How long will You hold Your Tusk, Ganapati? Do You hold it now?
If You do not hold it now, then Where does it rest?
Where does one find themselves, if they go on an adventure to seek and search for this Tusk?
And if You hold it still, what would happen if You Put It Down?
Om Namah Sivaya
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