Verse 29

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। च ॥

In plain words

O Mother Śivā, O Kāmākṣī, overpowered and alarmed by your pure and naturally soft feet, the young shoots and the lotuses always take up the vow of living in the forest and the water, waited on by flocks of birds, as ascetics are waited on by brahmins.

Word for word

By the pure two, O Mother, by the naturally soft two, your, O Śivā, by the feet, O Kāmākṣī, forcibly overcome, alarmed, by sprouts and by lotuses also, the states of the vow of vana-dwelling always are begun, with many dvija groups attending.