Verse 23

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। ॥ २३ ॥

In plain words

May my nose rest only on your arrows, my tongue only on your bows; my eyes on your hibiscus-red Svarūpa; this skin on your moon-fragment; my hearing on your Guṇa — bowstring and excellence; and, O Mother, my Manovṛtti in you.

Close to the Sanskrit

On the arrows alone, the nose; on the bows alone, the tongue; on your hibiscus-red Svarūpa, the two eyes; this skin on your moon-fragment; my hearing on your Guṇa; O Mother, may the Manovṛtti be in you.