How Ganesh Cursed Chandra the moon God

[Paramananda das]

How Ganesh Cursed Chandra the moon God
In Brahma Samhita we find this sloka
yat-pada-pallava-yugam vinidhaya kumbha-
dvandve pranama-samayesa ganadhirajaha
vighnan vihantum alam asya jagat-trayasya
govindam adi-purusham tam aham bhajami
Ganesh is very auspicious because he is a pure Vaisnava .Yesterday was the apperanceday of Sri Ganesh ,Ganesh Chaturthi .We all know how Ganesh obtained his elephant head , actually the Demigods where often let in Battle by Ganesh against the demons, because Lord Siva was always doing Tapasya to please Lord Sankarsana .So many times Ganesh brought victory to the demigods and that is good because the Devas in general promote religion and Vedic way of life and worship of Krsna.One time Chandra the demigod of the moon laughed at Ganesh ridding on his mouse carrier .Actually it was offensive, because Chandra had many times seen Ganesh on his mouse carrier and defeat the demons for the demigods so he should be appreciating .Just like sometimes devotees get jealous and nasty against others , we had one American black Swami in Scandinavia and he used to make fun of everyone and put everyone down , he was actually a very envious person.So he told one mataji , you are to fat to go on bookdistribution you should get married and sit behind the tractor to keep it from bouncing up and down . ..So similarly Chandra thought he could laugh at Ganesh and Sri Ganesh cursed him that he would be nothing .Next night there was no moon in the sky ,Ganesh had by his potency reduced the moons rays to nothing.But actually moon is created by Krsna to give taste to fruits and vegetables.Modern people think only the suns rays is needed for growing vegetables and grains but actually the moons raise is also needed.So all the demigods went and apologized to Sri Ganesh ,headed by Lord Brahma.You can not get away with offending Sri Ganesh .So Ganesh reduced his curse that the moon will grown and vain during different periods that is why there moon is not always full .Why? Because of Vaisnava aparadha...When there is Aparadha it means Sri Radha goes away.One name of Radha is Subho She is all auspicious ,that is why as Gaudiya Vaisnavas we pray to Radha every day ,most do not even know they are praying to Radha.Everytime you chant Hare in the Mahamantra you are chanting the name of Radha .
So on Ganesh Chaturthi also one is not supposed to see the moon .But Bala Gopal ,Sri Krsna saw the moon and all over Vraja he became famous as Makhan Cora ,the butter thief .So if an ordinary person sees the moon in Ganesh Chaturthi it is inauspicious and one will be falsely accused.So even Sri Krsna is falsely accused ,just like that fellow Sisupala falsly accused Krsna ,He steals butter and naked girls cloth and some many false accusations he made against Sri Krsna , but everything Krsna does is all good.Wether is stealing the Gopis cloth or butter or what ever He does Krsna is Svayam Bhagavan . Later Krsna was also falsely accused of stealing the Shyamantaka jewel , but this pastime is very auspicious so on Ganesh Chaturthi and all other days we should simply hear the sweet pastimes of Sri Krsna and not worry
Jaya Sri Ganesh Ki Jaya
Sri Krsna Chandra Ki jaya
Jaya Krsna Vrindavana Bihari ki jaya
Srila Prabhupada ki jaya !
Nitai Gaura Premananda !