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Translation
CANTO I
May Lord Ganesa who pleases the bees by his elephantine rut as he pleases his devotees (lit, supplicants) by various gifts, always and ever lead you to your welfare, who are full of sincere devotion for him.
May the Muse flash in our mind-the Muse by whose favour a person although suffering from the stupor of ignorance is enlightened and weaves at his own pleasure a poetic composition.
3.
I bow to that wonderful, divine couple, that exists in a single body, and is of one mind, and having itself conceived, exhibits the foundation (or glory) of the sentiment of love in union.
May the Man-Lion enter our heart--the Man-Lion who tore the chest of the lord of the Daityas, Hiranyakaśipu, and dyed his claws in brilliant red that looked even more attractive than the moonlight mingled with twilight.
5.
I respectfully wear on my forehead the dust that has been kissed by the lotuslike feet of my guru with the hope that when he sprinkles on it the water of his graceful favour when its seedlike particles would
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