Verse 1

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In plain words

Bhavānī — Brahmā, lord of every creature born, cannot praise you with his four mouths. Śiva, who ground the three cities to nothing, cannot with five. Skanda, who commands the armies, cannot with six. Śeṣa, king of serpents, cannot with a thousand. So tell me: which others, and how? Where is the opening for anyone else here?

Close to the Sanskrit

O Bhavānī, the lord of creatures is not able to praise you with four faces; the crusher of the three cities not even with five; the leader of the army not with six; the lord of serpents not even with a thousand mouths. Then of which others — tell me — how is there any opening in this?