with Sri Ganesh

Of the Mother’s Work For the Lord –

And to see you ambling With your love, Your care And Your freedom to serve, One wishes To bow...

... As I sit before Sri Ganesh, the big fellow politician, Kasilingam, enters with a lady to do pranam – his wife or sister probably – and offers Rs. 50/-

- 10-10-12:

... The family of monkeys has come again; the big alpha male enters the shrine in my presence, totally unruffled, to check for any food, especially any laddus left over, but there is none; yet a while later one of the little ones in turn scurries in and grabs an ear of cambu and makes off with it full speed to eat it in the garden... ... A local fellow offers Rs. 10/-

Sri Ganesh, All the time and despite All odds, Even though you know All that denies And prevents And distorts and diverts And strives to delay And to damage,

Still you must In your service Ceaselessly practice The Yoga of Harmony, The Yoga of Victory, And thus is the sacred balance Of the worlds Preserved Till all beings Starve

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