śloka 75 in Soundaryalahari - attributed to Shri Adi Shankara
· The original meaning of draviḍa is group grammarians/poets.
· The poet prays to Devi to make him great among poets (kavīnāṁ prauḍhānā), as himself being an infant among poets (draviḍaśiśu).
तव स्तन्यं मन्ये धरणिधरकन्ये हृदयतः
पयःपारावारः परिवहति सारस्वतमिव ।
दयावत्या दत्तं द्रविडशिशुरा स्वाद्य तव यत्
कवीनां प्रौढानामजनि कमनीयः कवयिता ॥ ७५॥
Translation:
O Parvati (Daughter of the Mountain-King)! I fancy that Thy breast milk is the milk-ocean emerging as poetic inspiration from Thy heart. For, it was by drinking it, so graciously given by Thee, that myself being infant among poets (draviḍaśiśur) became a noted poet (kavīnāṁ prauḍhānā) among great composers.
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Rig Veda 2.41.16 - attributed to rishi gṛtsamada śaunaka
अम्बितमे नदीतमे देवितमे सरस्वति । अप्रशस्ता इव स्मसि प्रशस्तिमम्ब नस्कृधि ॥
ambitame nadītame devitame sarasvati | apraśastā iva smasi praśastim amba nas kṛdhi ||
Translation:
O sarasvati ! Great among mothers, energy flows, and, feminine divinities, Mother! make me, engulfed in ignorance (apraśastā), as the one experiencing the DIVINE BLISS (praśastim nas kṛdhi).
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Both Rig Veda 2.41.16 and śloka 75 in Soundaryalahari are prayers to the FEMININE DIVINITY requesting to make the poet Blessed with the Wisdom, from being an ignorant person.
