MANIKYA VEENA   Poet: KALIDAS    Language: Sanscrit

Playing on the Vina studded with rubies,
With a youthful figure & sweet speech,
Daugther of sage Matanga,
I worship you.

Four armed holding the noose, the trident, a bow & arrow.
A crescent moon adornes your head.
Your breast decorated with vermillion,
O Mother of the Universe, I worship you.

With a form which shines like an emerald and a walk as graceful as a proud elephant,
You who reside in the Kadamba forest,
You bless all with your sidelong glance.

Victory to you daughter of sage Matanga,
Victory to you, you as beautiful as a blue lotus,
Victory to you the lover of music,
Victory to you whose pet is a blue green parrot.
O Mother of the Universe, I worship You.