with Sri Ganesh

and of You on the other, and a gold ring which some of his relatives recently offered him: now it is an index ring in silver with Sri Aurobindo’s symbol overlaid on it in gold, while your symbol is on the reverse against the skin (he wears it already on his ring finger) and the workmanship is good; this is on the occasion of the imminent birth of his second child... ... Bhaskar, while getting for me the receipt for Srinivas’s donation, collected the money that had somehow landed in the account (which I had once opened for the building of the stone wall and other such works), and it comes to Rs. 1,486/-.

Sri Ganesh, Magnificent and Near You appear, The Herald and Bearer Of Her Harmony –

Your weapons are furbished And filled with light And the promise Of delight, Your noose and arrows Are dense with Her love, The inflexible motion Of your disc Is a whirl of crimson and gold, And the sight of you Is a Gift Of Certainty...

Aum.

- 09-09-11:

... The headman attends the Aarti and offers Rs. 10/-.

Today Sri Ganesh you appear to be Waiting in Welcome, Full of Blessings, Ardent with the milk and the sap And the blood and the grain

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