Oh! Mother Annapurna! the renderer of the support of compassion, the resident of the caves of the Kailasa mountains, golden-complexioned, Oh! Uma! the consort of Sankara, endowed always with maidenhood, the cause of our comprehension of the purport of the Vedas, whose basic syllable is the syllable 'Om', the opener of the doors of emancipation and the presiding deity of Kasi, (thou) grant us alms. ।। 4 ।।