Friday, August 8, 2008

upāstiḥ

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.