Sanskrit: पदं ते कीर्तीनां प्रपदमपदं देवि विपदांकथं नीतं सद्भिः कठिनकमठीकर्परतुलाम् ।  कथं वा बाहुभ्यामुपयमनकाले पुरभिदायदादाय न्यस्तं दृषदि दयमानेन मनसा  
English:  Oh mother mine,The lotus flower rots in snow,But your feet are aces in being in snow,The lotus flower sleeps at night,But your feet are wakeful night and after night,The lotus makes the goddess of wealth Lakshmi live in it,But your feet gives Lakshmi* to its devotees,And so your two feet always wins over the lotus,What is so surprising in this?