འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མཆག་ཏ་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་བའ་མད་སྡའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 7.17

7.17

And offer whatever flowers and incense you have.

“Beautify it with streamers, flags, and parasols,
And adorn it everywhere with scented ointment and powders.
If you make offerings to the buddhas and the goddess Sarasvatī,
And wish to see the deity’s body, your aspiration will be fulfilled.

“In front of the great goddess Sarasvatī,
Recite the previous mantra for twenty-one days.
If you still have not seen that deity,
One-pointedly keep her in mind for nine more days.⁹⁵⁷

“If she has still not been seen in the last part of the night,
Seek another excellent and clean place.
Draw an image of the great goddess Sarasvatī
And do not give up offering, repeating, and reciting.

“If you do not develop a sleepy or a lazy mind,⁹⁵⁸
The benefit to yourself and others will have no end.
If whatever ripening you obtain is made to ripen for beings,
Then all your aspirations will be completely accomplished.

“If you have not attained what you wish, then after three months,
Or after six months, nine months, or a year,
With diligent supplication and an undistracted mind,
You will attain divine vision and knowledge of the minds of others.”⁹⁵⁹

The Kauṇḍinya brahmin, on hearing those words taught, was then joyous, delighted, and amazed,⁹⁶⁰ and so he said to that great assembly, “Oh, all of you, this great assembly of devas and humans, know this! Today, on the basis of relative phenomena, I am going to recite a praise to the great goddess Sarasvatī. Listen!”⁹⁶¹

He then recited these verses:⁹⁶²

“I reverently pay homage to the goddess Nārāyaṇī,⁹⁶³
Who has attained dominion over worlds.
Today I will praise that supreme one
In accordance with the teaching of past ṛṣis.

“Your mind of perfect auspiciousness dwells in bliss.
Your clear mind possessed of shame and conscience is renowned.
You are a mother and give birth to the world.
You courageously and continuously act with great diligence.

“You are always continuously victorious on the battleground.