Om

Omnipresent eldest with
Elephantine countenance
From the womb of mystic illusion
With wisdom and ‘Om’,
The sound symbol of cosmic reality...
Holding conch shell, a discus
A club and a lotus

In your benevolent arms
And the supreme reality
Of human existence
I bow to you... Lord Ganapati!

You are the symbol of
Devotion, patience and truth
The creator, maintainer
And the destroyer of vanity,
Selfishness and pride..
You are the lord of success
Wisdom and intelligence
I worship you...
The corpulent, Ganesha.

You are the god of
Wisdom, prudence and salvation
You are the consciousness
The bliss and Brahma…
The non-dual essence
And The personification of
Material universe …
I submit myself to you
The ultimate Vinayaka.

..... Manoj Krishna Sanyal