देवाचार्यं यं विदुः सत्कवित्वे
पाराश्चर्यं तत्त्ववादे महान्तः ।
शृङ्गाराथव्यञ्जने व्याससूनुं
स श्रीरूपः पातु नो भृत्यवर्गान् ॥
devācāryaṁ yaṁ viduḥ sat-kavitve
pārāśaryaṁ tattva-vāde mahāntaḥ |
śṛṅgārārtha-vyañjane vyāsa-sūnuṁ
sa śrī-rūpaḥ pātu no bhṛtya-vargān ||
(Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa’s Stava-mālā-ṭīkā: Maṅgalācaraṇa, 3)
“Whom the mahāntas know
As the divine ācārya in fine poetry (kavitva),
As the son of Parāśara [i.e., Vyāsadeva] in discussion of tattva,
And as the son of Vyāsa [i.e., Śukadeva] in manifesting the meaning of śṛṅgāra [i.e., madhura-rasa]—
May he, Śrī Rūpa,
Protect us,
His servants.”