ଶ୍ରୀ ଦାକ୍ଷାଯଣୀ ସ୍ତୋତ୍ରମ୍

A hymn to Sati whose second half is a display of rhyme, verse after verse in which all four quarters end on the same sound: one runs throughout on netri, gatri, dhatri, savitri, pavitri, kalaratri, caritri, shailaputri; the next on pani, tuni, vina, pravina, purana, dhurina, veni, vani. The first half is portraiture instead, working down from the deep-whirled navel and the musk mark to the cuckoo's voice and the conch throat. Then it changes function once more and becomes a dhyana for protection, asking her to go in front on her lion with sword and shield and discus and conch and spear and trident and bow. Its third verse is worth noticing across clusters: it is the Pitambara dhyana almost word for word, and differs only in the last quarter, where this gives her a tongue praised by the Veda and that one an enemy's tongue held in her hand.