Saluting and invoking Sri Ganesh

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Sri Ganesh, Gathered, Condensed and Compacted, Your whole figure can lodge In a pearl of dew

As in a drop of blood, The spirit of the form, The atma of color, The living heart Of every savor and fragrance – A secret gift of increase, The puissant nectar

In all That IS – A jeweled atom Which can become A great mass… (16-02-11)

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Sri Ganesh You are the Dancing Pujari, The Brother who feeds the Fire Rhythmically With the gathered offerings Reaching the Yajna From near and from afar Constantly – You are the one Who monitors The numberless figures That speak your name Near and far, here and there, You are the One Who channels all Offerings to the Fire, And the hordes of watchers Bear witness In the silence of the Act – Sri Ganesh,

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