Continuing my Krishna verses

माधवे मे यथा प्रीतिस्तथा मायां सदा मम ।

माधवेन विना मा न माधवो न मया विना ।।६२४।।

[मा=लक्ष्मी, मा>मायां, मा>मया]

Just as I love Madhava, so do I love Mā [his consort Lakṣmī].  Madhava is never without Mā, and Mā is never without Madhava.

Madhav M. Deshpande

Professor Emeritus

Sanskrit and Linguistics

University of Michigan

[Residence: Campbell, California]