कदावा कामे मधुर मधुरामाद भरितं
भवानि त्वादस्वपन महितं तोथे ममलम् ।
भृशं पापाय व्यपगत परिश्रान्ति विसरः
नवानन्दोत्साहो निमिष भित्र नेप्यामि दिवसान् ॥
– “शृंगारलहरी”
Mother! Oh, Bhavani! When can I spend days like minutes, having overcome all weariness by partaking of Thy Padateertha, which is pure and perfuming, to my heart’s content, and having been infused with a new joy and a new bliss?
– Sringaralahari.