A devotee wanted to pray, “O Bhavani, please bestow on me, Your self, a compassionate glance”. So he began with the words “Bhavani tvam”. So eager was the Goddess to fulfil Her devotee’s wish that She did not realize that the devotee’s pause after “tvam”, meaning “You”, was only the interval between successive words Taking the request as complete, She immediately granted him “Bhavani-tvam” or the state of being Bhavani: that is, She made him one with Herself. Bhagavatpada has stated this in His Soundaryalahari.