Hey Ganesh, <br />You're the sun to bestow <br />A spectrum blossoming into a rainbow <br />Of powers soothing like the moon's glow <br />May our prayers on You dawn to flow <br />Providentially in lives that follow <br />May our obstacles be treaded low low <br />May our endeavours prospect to grow grow <br /> <br />Hey Ganesh, <br />You're the sun sanguine <br />Risen to erode our distress pain <br />Closer You are our woes decline <br />More the sun eerieness be slain <br />You look grey benign <br />Around us a brighter shine <br />Clad in white You're so fine <br /> <br />Hey Ganesh, <br />You're multinamed, multiformed <br />Yet formless too; beyond this world <br />Macrocosm is You spread <br />Incomprehensible, yet do comprehend <br />Be You the first sound <br />And the creation then evolved <br />Ganas the microcosms; Ganesh their God <br /> <br />Hey Ganesh, <br />Elephant-headed You with moon on forehead <br />Capacious belly on with netted trunk curved <br />Broken tusk and eyes red <br />Weaponed arms with noose and goad <br />Blessing arms granting boon and guard <br />Fanning ears with a body broad <br />Bonded with a shrew pervading globe around <br /> <br />Praise to your presence blissful <br />From turmeric to clay pliable wonderful <br />Shape to shape adorable meaningful <br />Preserved or permeated ritual willful <br />Our litanies Your heartful <br />Our oblations plentiful <br />May You be with us fully full <br />Perennially to favour the needful <br />Hey Ganesh, Jai Ganesh, Jai Ganesh <br />Omnipresent, wealth and victory be Thou zestful<br /><br />Indira Renganathan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/prayer-to-ganesh/
