O Lord! Only for Your infinite Mercy, the water in
the rivers ceaselessly flows,
Only for Your boundless Mercy, man incessantly and abundantly grows,
Only for Your illimitable Mercy, away misfortune
in an instant flees,
Only for Your endless Mercy, lasting happiness smiles as the verdant trees!
O Lord! Fathomless mains of sorrows turn
into nectars only at Your graceful glance,
Health, wealth, prosperity and
contentment do steadily enhance!
Your bounty rains to dispel the world's dark, bleak and deadly ignorance,
And, Your generosity keeps pouring on Earth
the much needed sustenance!
O Lord! May You shower Your celestial blessings upon all till eternity,
May Your sweet blessings remove from the world all sordid negativity,
May Your rare blessings infuse in every being purity, integrity and impartiality,
May Your unique blessings
establish love, fraternity, harmony and humanity
May Your heavenly blessings bring an end to vice, cruelty, sorrow and poverty,
May Your Panacean blessings preserve the Earth from all evils till perpetuity!
N.B: Lord Ganesha’s significance in Hindu
mythology Ganesh Chaturthi is believed to mark the birth anniversary of the
deity and is celebrated on the fourth day (chaturthi) of the Hindu calendar
month of Bhadrapada. Ganesha or Ganpati is the younger son of Lord Shiva and
Parvati. He is believed to remove obstacles (hence Vighnaharta, one of his 108
names) and is invoked for blessings at the start of any endeavour as the lord
of good beginnings.
There are
various stories about his birth. One legend narrates that Ganesha was created
by goddess Parvati out of dirt and set to guard her privacy while she had her
bath. When Ganesha stopped Lord Shiva from entering their abode, he got angry
and severed Ganesha’s head. Parvati was heart-broken and to appease her, Lord
Shiva fixed an elephant’s head on the child and thus, the elephant-headed
Ganesha came into being. Another legend has it that Ganesha was created on
request of the demigods to remove the rakshasas (demons) who were hindering
them .
The history of the festival
Its origins are related to the
freedom movement. Back in 1893, freedom fighter Lokmanya Tilak wanted to bring
people together to create a feeling of patriotism. At a time when the British
government frowned on Indians gathering together, Tilak urged people to
celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi publicly. Sources: Google published by
the Hindustan Times.
GLOSSARY:
* abundantly - richly
* incessantly – continuously
* verdant – green
* fathomless – immeasurable
*gracious – merciful
* panacean – a curative medicine
for all diseases
* futile – useless
* infuse – instill
* perpetuity - time without end
©Shankar D Mishra 13.09.2018
Blog: sdmpoetry.blogspot.com
E-mail:
shankarmishra314@gmail.com
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