Śrīpura-Nirmāṇa-Prastāva (Inquiry into Śrīpura and its Construction) / “The Proposal to Build Śrīpura”
अहङ्गौरीगुरुरिति श्लाघामात्मनि तेनिवान् / तद्वाक्यं मम नैवाभूद्यतस्तत्राधिको गुणः
ahaṅgaurīgururiti ślāghāmātmani tenivān / tadvākyaṃ mama naivābhūdyatastatrādhiko guṇaḥ
He boasted to himself, saying, “I am Gaurī’s guru,” in self-praise; yet those words did not move me, for there Your excellence of virtue surpasses all.