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(iii) Wisdom is the youngest of gods (divine qualities), because the soul that has wandered in transmigration for the whole of the past eternity of time acquires it only when about to obtain salvation;
(iv) though the youngest of gods Wisdom or Intellect insists on being the first to be consulted at the commencement of an undertaking, disaster being but a natural result of its being neglected;
(v) the laddu represents the fruit of Wisdom, since the wise naturally enjoy happiness (sweet); and
"eko
(vi) Ek-danta stands for the monistic text Brahman duyityo-nasti" (Brahman is the one being, and there is no second), which is supposed to be the final conclusion Wisdom ultimately establishes. Such is the charming personality of Ganesha. It is interesting as well as instructive. The original composer of this elegant impersonation was, as we learn from the visiting card, hidden in the missing tusk, a learned monist (Vedantist) whose knowledge of psychologly turns out to be as exact as it is astonishing. Ganesha to whom we have just had the pleasure of being introduced is,. thus, not the outcome of a primitive savage mind bent on personifying wind, clouds or
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