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vāme pustakadhāriṇīmabhayadāṃ sākṣasrajaṃ dakṣiṇe
bhaktebhyo varadānapeśalakarāṃ karpūrakundojjvalām .
ujjṛmbhāmbujapatrakāntanayanasnigdhaprabhālokinīṃ
ye tvāmamba ! na śīlayanti manasā teṣāṃ kavitvaṃ kutaḥ .. 7 ..

Holding a book and granting fearlessness in the left, with a rosary in the right,
whose hand is adept at bestowing boons upon devotees, radiant like camphor and the kunda flower,
looking with the tender brilliance of eyes delightful as the petals of an open lotus—
O Mother! For those who do not cultivate you in their minds, whence can poetry come? || 7