འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མད་སྡའ་དབང་པའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 169

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“Also, when she gathers together goddesses,
They come and gather like ocean waves.³⁵⁸
She is chief among all the assemblies of many yakṣas, nāgas,
And so on, and she has the power to guide them.

“She is supreme among all female celibates.
She has power like³⁵⁹ a lord of the world.
She is also like a lotus in a royal dwelling
Or like a boat or ship on a river.

“Her wide face is like the full moon.
She is a support for scholars.
Her eloquence is as elevated as a mountain peak
And she reveals a continent of contemplation.

“The devas, such as the asuras and so on,
All praise and extol her qualities.
Even thousand-eyed Śakra, the king of devas,
Gazes on her face with veneration.

“Whatever it is that beings wish for,
She quickly fulfills all those wishes.
She has a swift mind, retains what she hears,
And is supreme over all on this great earth.

“She is always like a great illuminating lamp.
In the world realms within the ten directions
She even fulfills all the wishes of all
Birds, carnivores, and herbivores.

“She is like a mountain peak among females;
Like the ṛṣis of the past, she remains for a long time;³⁶⁰
Like a young goddess, she is free of desire,
And she speaks the truth like the Lord of Sahā.

“You manifest a body that accords with the world.
You are the chief among goddesses.
Even in the paradises of the desire realm,
There is no being that is greater.

“She will save from the dangers
Of battles and dangerous places,
From falling into a pit of fire,
And from rivers, crevasses, and savages.

“Those who are bound in punishment by kings
Or are being killed by an enemy,
If their minds are one-pointed and unwavering,
They will be freed from that suffering.

“You protect all, the good and the bad.
You are present before them with love and affection.
Therefore, in my mind I bow down
And I pay homage to the great goddess.”

³⁶¹Then the Kauṇḍinya brahmin, the Dharma master Vyākaraṇa, praised the goddess Sarasvatī with these verses: