hariḥ oṁ
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oṁ gajavaktraṁ namaḥ
ॐ गजवक्त्रं हमः
Namasté sunyata,
You offer some nice insights - thank you.
If I may let me offer an extention to what you offer.
mūṣikavāhanaya is gaṇeśa-ji, the One that rides (or has a vehicle) a mouse or mūṣika; vāhana means 'carrying'. This we know.
Now another name of gaṇeśa is vītabhayāya वीतभय - 'fearless , undaunted' . So, gaṇeśa-ji rides mūṣika , yet does this without fear.
His name gives us some direction for his devotee . This is found in the word vīta which means 'trained, quiet'. This word is easily traced back to gaṇeśa as it also means 'the driving or guiding of an elephant' .
For the devotee's mind that is 'trained, quiet' is closer to fearless-ness, i.e. being without bhaya ( fear , alarm, dread or apprehension).
One must ask ' from where does this fear arise from? '. We look to the bṛhadaraṇyaka upaniṣad as it tells us the following: Any time there is a sense of 2, fear arises i.e. dvitiyad vai bhayam bhavati - Fear (bhayam) is born(bhavat) of duality (dvitiyad).
Aligning our self to the SELF ( the Supreme Self, gaṇeśa-ji) then fears are no more (kadācaneti ); kadā is 'never more' + ca is mischief, 'to and fro' i.e. the mind, if we look at it as 'can' then this is 'to hurt ,injure' +eti is 'iti' or 'thus'.
Kadācaneti is then the condition that one is never more in mischief/injured, thus. Some say na kadā - never more + dā is 'cutting off' , also means 'pain'. Hence one is nevermore in pain.
praṇām
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