अक्षमालाङ्कुशधरा वीणापुस्तकधारिणी। सा बभूव वरा नारी नामान्यस्यै च सा ददौ ॥ १५ ॥
akṣamālāṅkuśadharā vīṇāpustakadhāriṇī | sā babhūva varā nārī nāmānyasyai ca sā dadau || 15 ||
Translation
She became a noble woman, holding a rosary and a goad, a vīṇā and a book; and Mahālakṣmī gave her these names:
Word by word
- akṣamālāṅkuśadharā
- holding a rosary and a goad
- vīṇāpustakadhāriṇī
- holding a vīṇā and a book
- sā
- she
- babhūva
- became
- varā nārī
- a noble woman
- nāmāni
- names
- asyai
- to her
- ca
- and
- sā dadau
- she gave
Meaning
The form of Mahāsarasvatī: the rosary of japa, the goad that guides the mind, the vīṇā of sound and the book of knowledge.