![]() ![]() Fear and uncertainty envelope him between him and his achievement stand hurdles, both real and imaginary: a possible spin from the bowler can. ![]() This book attempts to unlock seven secrets that are relevant even in modern times. In the game of cricket, having scored 99 runs, when a batsman stands poised on the threshold of that much coveted century, he experiences the moment that is best associated with Ganesha. Locked in the stories, symbols and rituals of Vishnu is the wisdom of the ancestors, transmitted over hundreds of years. Sometimes, as the upright Ram, he is worshipped across India as Balaji, Shreenathji, Jagannath, Ranganath and Badrinath. To him is made offerings of rich creamy butter. Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, follows him wherever he goes. Poets say that when he is awake, the world takes shape when he is asleep, the world ceases to be. Draped in yellow silk, garlanded with forest flowers, bedecked with dolphin-shaped earrings, anointed with sandal paste, he reclines on a thousand hooded serpent that floats on an ocean of milk and rides a golden hawk bearing in his arms a conchshell, a wheel, a mace and a lotus. ![]() Artists have visualized him with as curlyhaired, dark complexioned man with a smile on his lips and a sparkle in his eyes. For Hindus, Vishnu is God, who inspires man to discover humanity by engaging with the world. ![]()
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