Jai Ganesha! Due to Siva's men,
Within whose form the world of forms resides,
Who earned the mango by a ponderous ken
And made the moon to wax and wane in tides.
Aum Ganesha! Loved by saints and sages,
Whose skillful arms five potent shaktis wield
To guide men now as in forgotten ages -
The seeker's shield, the farmer's fertile field.
Aum! Ganesha's first shakti is home life,
protection, harmony, fertility -
Respect becomes the man as love the wife,
Obedience their cherished offspring's glee.
Aum! Ganesha's second shakti is family -
By blood, by marriage and proximity.
Word and thought controlled, the minds agree,
While faithful friends preserve community.
Aum! Ganesha's third shakti is the market,
Where commerce earns the earth stability,
Where forthright, selfless merchants, free from debt,
Conceive, produce, exchange prosperity.
Aum! Ganesha's fourth shakti brings culture -
Refined expression, graceful artistry
In music, dance, in poetry and sculpture
Or common conduct performed consciously.
Aum! Ganesha's fifth shakti is dharma -
Fair merit found in virtue's charity -
Where love of God does conquer ancient karma
And Siva's slaves earn Grace's rarity.
Jai Ganesha! Come our hearts protect
From discord in the home, from strife with friend;
From business misfortune, from art's neglect,
From Soul's Dark Night - these griefs asuric end.
(From: "Lord Ganesha - Benevolent Deity for the Modern Hindu World")
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