For the behoof of the world and for establishing the three-fold objects (viz., Religion, Profit, and Pleasure), I have composed this science representing the very essence of speech.
उपकाराय लोकस्य त्रिवर्गस्थापनाय च। नवनीतं सरस्वत्या बुद्धिरेषा प्रभाविता॥