Coming of the adored!

Dhriti, on her first birthday!

"aagamaarthamtu devaanaam
gamanaarthamtu rakshasaam,
kurve ghantaaravam tatra
devataahvaahna lakshanam"

(I ring this bell
Invoking the divinity,
So that, from within and without,
Virtuous and noble forces enter;
Demonic and evil forces depart.)

My darling,
As you hold the bell
And enact the prayer,
The atheist in me is afraid,
If the God, whose existence
I have denied all along,
Would appear from thin air
In response to thy cutest call.
The adored coming all the way
Only to adore the one who calls!