Victory to the crab or
to the half stag half elephant,
fish, seal, lion-
footed Capricorn vahana
of riverine Ganga-Mata,
victory to you, Vedic hybrid
air breather, berth of Varuna
god of the sea, guardian of doorways
and thresholds, sigil of Kamadev,
Markardhvaja, god of love,
victory to the oceanic dragon,
etymological ancestor to the gharial,
maggarmach, though
you are mammal of both
saltwater and river, crocodilian
jaws, chaos churn of delta-
mouth, victory to you
possible Gangetic Dolphin
or Ambulocetus, walking whale
who beholds even the Lord
Buddha, the earring
of Vishnu, preserver
of us all, Victory,
Sri Makar ki
jai.