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to make the impossible possible. Without knowing it anekanta enters our life.
Ganesha began exploring all the possibilities. He thought he just had to find a way. “Defeat is mine, but I must think of the possibility of winning." He concentrated deeply. He found the solution. He got up. He went around Shiva three times and sat down. Kartikeya returned some time later. He had complete confidence in himself and his mount Garuda, the eagle. He told Shiva, “I have finished, but Ganesha has not. Poor chap how could he have gone. His vehicle is the rat. Give me the prize” Ganesha said, “I returned before you.” Kartikeya asked, “If you never went, then how did you return? You have been sitting in the same place." Ganesha laughed and said, “I have circumambulated the world thrice.” Kartikeya asked in wonder, “How?” Ganesha replied, “I went around Shiva, three times. In him reside the three worlds. Shiva is the world and the world is Shiva. The world is not separate from Shiva.” Replied Shiva in a decisive tone, "Ganesha has won and Kartikeya has lost.”
The one who lives around the self always wins while the one who does not live around the self but
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