Mahisasura - Symbol of Inertia

In 2010, I worked for four months at a mobile shop selling Tata Docomo SIM cards. I got the job through a third-party agency called Global Innove Source Pvt Ltd. For three consecutive months I was the top performer in sales, and in the fourth month I received an Indian Premier League ticket as a reward.

I have always had one weakness: the moment I achieve success, I start feeling that there is nothing more left for me to achieve. From that very day, the intense desire to leave the job begins to grow. The very next day I went to the agency and told them that I wanted a new job because I wanted to do something different in life.

At the agency, a request had come for a cashier position at a Tata Gallery. Since I was already selling Tata Docomo SIM cards, I got the cashier job at the Tata Gallery. However, I still had to complete one month at my old job.

Earlier I used to work with great enthusiasm and made the highest sales. But the moment I submitted my resignation notice, it felt as if someone had drained the energy from my body and mind. Customers were standing right in front of me, yet I could not take even a single step toward selling to them. Earlier I would see only customers—if someone did not appear to be a customer, I would still try to convert them into one. But now, even when people themselves said they were customers and needed a SIM card, I could hardly notice them.

One day, an old customer met me on the staircase of my building. He lived on the first floor while I lived on the second. It had been three days since he had taken the SIM card, but it had not been activated. The moment he saw me, he was shocked, turned red with anger, and complained that his SIM had still not been activated. Because of his job, he could not come to the shop.

SIM cards were usually activated immediately through a mobile phone. I had thought I would do it later because I felt lazy at that moment, but I had not activated his SIM for three days. I had not even checked his form properly to see where he lived. This realization made me deeply ashamed, and I began to feel angry at my own laziness. Earlier, I would activate the SIM right in front of the customer so that they would be happy and bring two or five more customers. At that moment I wanted to activate his SIM immediately, but the company phone required for activation was safely locked inside the shop drawer.

Whenever there is a change in my behavior, I ask Ganesh. There is another mind within me whose name is Ganesh.

Kiran: I was never this lazy before. What has happened to me?

Ganesh: Mahisasura has gripped you.

Kiran: What connection do I have with Mahisasura from the Mahabharata?

Ganesh: Mahisasura is a gana who enters the human body and makes the person inactive so that the work of others can be delayed.

Kiran: So does that mean Mahisasura exists within me?

Ganesh: When you began self-reflection, Mahisasura left your body. The duty that you were postponing was actually being postponed by Mahisasura; you were not even aware that you were delaying your own duty.

Kiran: Then who was the Mahisasura whom Durga killed?

Ganesh: No one can kill Mahisasura. He is an immortal gana. He can only be rendered inactive. When humans are unable to neutralize Mahisasura through self-reflection, Durga transmits energy into that person’s body. Because of this energy, the person gains the passion to perform their duties with intense effort. That very passion drives Mahisasura out of the body and renders him inactive.

Kiran: Does Mahisasura also enter the bodies of people who are lazy?

Ganesh: Lazy people are the most dangerous. If any gana accidentally enters them, they trap that gana in one place. Therefore, no gana willingly enters the body of a lazy person. Mahisasura waits for the moment of laziness in those who work very hard. The moment laziness appears, he enters their body and enjoys delaying the work of others.

Kiran: Does stopping other people’s work really give pleasure?

Ganesh: For the asuras, the realization that others’ work is being obstructed because of them gives a feeling of satisfaction.

Conclusion: Parmeshwar First Ganapati has created 8 forms of Asura Gana on earth. The definition of the word “Asura” is “species of spirits who descend into the human body and make others victims are called Asura gana.” Andhaka, Arunasura, Bakasura, Mahisasura, Alayudha, Jara, Jarasandha, and Alambusha—these are 8 forms of Asura Gana. Species of spirits who descend into the human body and make themselves sluggish and inertia are called Asura Mahisasura.

Note: This chapter is part of 'Kedi Kand' — a 108-chapter living scripture authored by Kedi Ganapati, documenting real encounters with 108 ancient spirit beings (Gana) in modern India.

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