Laghustutih (vrittisameta) 301

301

in 'which immediately of words' (yat sadyo vacasām), [there is the manifestation] of the marvelous, because it is said that the letter 'au' in conjunction with the letter 'ga' designates Sarasvatī, and in its absence is her mantra; in 'each one of yours' (ekaikaṃ tava), of the marvelous; in 'with a book in the left' (vāme pustaka-), of the peaceful; in 'those who [meditate on] you as white' (ye tvāṃ pāṇḍara-), of the marvelous; in 'those who [meditate on you as] vermilion' (ye sindūra-), of the erotic in separation; in 'shining gold' (cañcatkāñcana-), of the erotic and the marvelous through the first and second halves; in 'with dramatic force' (ārbhaṭyā), of the erotic in union and the peaceful; in 'even though born' (jāto 'pi), of the marvelous and the heroic; in 'O Caṇḍī! your lotus feet' (caṇḍi! tvaccaraṇāmbuja-), of the fearful; in 'the brahmins, the kings' (viprāḥ kṣoṇibhujaḥ), of the compassionate, because there is the awareness of supreme compassion in that the goddess, worshipped without distinction of men or women among all castes and stages of life, with whatever substance is somehow obtained, grants each respective desire; in 'the mother of words' (śabdānāṃ jananī-),