O Manmatha, resplendent with brilliance and vigor, my sovereign lord! Be mindful that I am devoutly engaged in this nōṉbu, adorned not by lustrous garlands but by a body unwashed due to profound sorrow, with disheveled tresses, and lips faded from fasting, partaking food but once each day. I bear an earnest plea for thee. Lend me your aid that I might attain the