Why does Lord Ganesha have ‘mouse’ as his vehicle?🐭
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🌺The mythological story, according to Ganesha Purana goes like this:
There was a celestial musician-god by the name Krauncha (क्रौंच). One day, in the court of Lord Indra, Krauncha accidentally stepped on the foot of sage Vamadeva, who got enraged and cursed Krauncha to become a mouse. However, Krauncha became a huge mountain-sized mouse and ended up damaging everything in its path. Once, he ended up stepping on the ashram of Maharshi Parashar, with whom Lord Ganesha was staying, and destroying it. Lord Ganesha decided to teach Krauncha a lesson and unleashed his pasha (noose) on Krauncha which ended up looping around the mouse and bringing him to Lord Ganesha's feet. Ganesha then said, "Krauncha! You have caused a lot of trouble and you deserve a severe punishment. But since you ask for my forgiveness, I will pardon you and use you as my vehicle". However, when Ganesha mounted on Krauncha, he couldnt bear the weight of Lord Ganesha. Krauncha pleaded for Ganesha to become light-weight so that he could support him. Lord Ganesha obliged and since then, has been using the mouse as his vehicle.
🐀Another beliefs:
Another belief is that Lord Ganesha is able to go into nooks and corners of the world and do his job as the ‘Destroyer of Obstacles’ because his vehicle is a mouse, who basically can slither through tiny holes and narrow pathways, even in the darkness of night.
However, the most likely reason for why the mouse is the vehicle of Lord Ganesha probably is:
Lord Ganesha is known as the ‘Conqueror of Obstacles.’ In ancient times, when agriculture was the primary mode of sustenance, rodents were one of the biggest obstacles to prosperity. They would destroy crops, eat up stored grains and thereby result in severe losses for the common man. Lord Ganesha, in having a mouse/rat as his vehicle, is symbolically shown to have conquered this pest, thus staying true to his name of Vighnaharta.
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