तव स्तन्यं मन्ये धरणिधरकन्ये हृदयतः पयःपारावारः परिवहति सारस्वतमिव। दयावत्या दत्तं द्रविडशिशुरास्वाद्य तव यत् कवीनां प्रौढानामजनि कमनीयः कवयिता॥
tava stanyaṁ manyē dharaṇi-dhara-kanyē hṛdayataḥ payaḥ-pārāvāraḥ parivahati sārasvatam iva। dayāvatyā dattaṁ draviḍa-śiśur āsvādya tava yat kavīnāṁ prauḍhānām ajani kamanīyaḥ kavayitā॥
Translation
O Daughter of the Earth-Bearer, I consider your milk, flowing from your heart like an ocean, akin to Sarasvati’s wisdom. Tasted by the compassionate Dravida child, it birthed a charming poet among great poets.
Word by word
- tava
- your
- stanyaṁ
- milk
- manyē
- I consider
- dharaṇi-dhara-kanyē
- O daughter of earth-bearer
- hṛdayataḥ
- from heart
- payaḥ-pārāvāraḥ
- ocean of milk
- parivahati
- flows
- sārasvatam
- like Sarasvati’s
- iva
- as
- dayāvatyā
- by compassionate
- dattaṁ
- given
- draviḍa-śiśuḥ
- Dravida child
- āsvādya
- having tasted
- yat
- which
- kavīnāṁ
- of poets
- prauḍhānām
- of great
- ajani
- was born
- kamanīyaḥ
- charming
- kavayitā
- poet
Meaning
The Goddess’s milk (stanyaṁ), flowing from her heart (hṛdayataḥ), is likened to an ocean (payaḥ-pārāvāraḥ) of wisdom (sārasvatam). A Dravida child (possibly Shankaracharya), nourished by her compassion (dayāvatyā), became a great poet (kavayitā). Addressed as dharaṇi-dhara-kanyē, she is the source of divine inspiration. In Śrīvidyā, her milk symbolizes jñāna-amṛta. The verse reflects Shakta devotion, linking her nurturing to poetic genius.