(English)
Then the Great Being opined: “To this morning, we have been swimming the ocean for sevendays. All that time we have seen nary a soul as companion. Now, who is that speaking to me?” Looking up skywards, he saw Mani Mekhala. Thereupon, he intoned the second stanza:
“ô Goddess we have reflected upon the worldly behaviour and the merits of perseverance. Thus, we conclude that, even though we do not see the shores, we still have to persist in our swimming in the wide ocean ”