Digital Rare Book:
Wanderings of a pilgrim, in search of the picturesque, during four-and-twenty years in the East; with revelations of life in the Zenana
By Fanny Parkes
Published by Pelham Richardson, London - 1850

Invocation to Ganesha by Fanny Parkes in her 'Wanderings of a pilgrim, in search of the picturesque, during four-and-twenty years in the East with revelations of life in the Zenana' - 1850, arguably the best travelogue on India written during the early 19th century :

INVOCATION

Work-perfecting Guneshu ! Salamut.
Ganesh ! Ganesh !
Two-mothered ! One-toothed !
Portly-paunched ! Elephant-faced Guneshu !
Salam ! !
Moon-crowned ! Triple-eyed !
Thou who in all affairs claimest precedence in adoration !
Calamity-averting Ganesh !
Salam ! !
Thou who art invoked on the commencement of a journey,
the writing of a book,
Salam ! !

Oh ! Ganesh, " put not thine ears to sleep ' ! "
" Encourage me, and then behold my bravery ;
Call me your own fox, then will you see me perform
the exploits of a lion ! "
" What fear need he have of the waves of the sea,
who has Noah for a pilot ? "

First-born of Mahadeo and Parvuti !
God of Prudence and Policy !
Patron of Literature !
Salam ! !
May it be said,
" Ah ! she writes like Ganesh ! "

- Fanny Parkes

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Image:
Sri Guneshu
Painting by Fanny Parkes