Kīrtikaumudī 1.6:
Sarasvatīṃ sadā vande &
yadupāstiṃ samucchritāḥ /
kāvyāni kusumānīva &
suvate kavipādapāḥ //
Ever I worship
the Goddess of Speech ⁛ river Sarasvatī.
Poet-trees
absorbed ⁛ raised
in her worship ⁛ presence
sprout poems
as if they were flowers.