Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 15
BndP 3 15.1
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं देवी मन्दस्मितमुखांबुजा । उवाच स ततो वाक्यं ब्रह्मविष्णुमुखान्सुरान्
tacchrutvā vacanaṃ devī mandasmitamukhāṃbujā / uvāca sa tato vākyaṃ brahmaviṣṇumukhānsurān
Hearing that speech, the Goddess, her lotus-face bearing a faint smile, then spoke these words to the gods headed by Brahmā and Viṣṇu:
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BndP 3 15.2
स्वतन्त्राहं सदा देवाः स्वेच्छाचारविहारिणी । ममानुरूपचरितो भविता तु मम प्रियः
svatantrāhaṃ sadā devāḥ svecchācāravihāriṇī / mamānurūpacarito bhavitā tu mama priyaḥ
"I am always independent, O gods, roaming according to my own will; but he whose conduct suits me shall be my beloved."
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BndP 3 15.3
तथेति तत्प्रतिश्रुत्य सर्वेर्देवैः पितामहः । उवाच च महादेवीं धर्मार्थसहितं वचः
tatheti tatpratiśrutya sarverdevaiḥ pitāmahaḥ / uvāca ca mahādevīṃ dharmārthasahitaṃ vacaḥ
Having assented to that with "So be it," together with all the gods the Grandfather spoke to the Great Goddess words in accord with dharma and artha:
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BndP 3 15.4
कालक्रीता क्रयक्रीता पितृदत्ता स्वयंयुता । नारीपुरुषयोरेवमुद्वाहस्तु चतुर्विधः
kālakrītā krayakrītā pitṛdattā svayaṃyutā / nārīpuruṣayorevamudvāhastu caturvidhaḥ
(A woman may be) bought for a time, bought by purchase, given by her father, or joined of her own accord: thus the marriage of women and men is of four kinds.
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BndP 3 15.5
कालक्रीता तु वेश्या स्यात्क्रयक्रीता तु दासिका । गन्धर्वोद्वाहिता युक्ता भार्या स्यात्पितृदत्तका
kālakrītā tu veśyā syātkrayakrītā tu dāsikā / gandharvodvāhitā yuktā bhāryā syātpitṛdattakā
One bought for a time would be a prostitute, one bought by purchase a slave-girl; one wed by the gandharva rite is a mate, and one given by her father would be a wife.
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BndP 3 15.6
समानधर्मिणी युक्ता भार्या पितृवशंवदा । यदद्वैतं परं ब्रह्म सदसद्भाववर्जितम्
samānadharmiṇī yuktā bhāryā pitṛvaśaṃvadā / yadadvaitaṃ paraṃ brahma sadasadbhāvavarjitam
A mate is a wife who shares the same duties and is obedient to (her) father. That non-dual supreme Brahman which is free of being and non-being,
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BndP 3 15.7
चिदानन्दात्मकं तस्मात्प्रकृतिः समजायत । त्वमेवासीच्च तद्ब्रह्म प्रकृतिः सा त्वमेव हि
cidānandātmakaṃ tasmātprakṛtiḥ samajāyata / tvamevāsīcca tadbrahma prakṛtiḥ sā tvameva hi
whose nature is consciousness and bliss — from that Prakṛti was born; and you yourself were that Brahman, and that Prakṛti too is you alone.
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BndP 3 15.8
त्वमेवानादिरखिला कार्यकारणरूपिणी । त्वामेव हि विचिन्वन्ति योगिनः सनकादयः
tvamevānādirakhilā kāryakāraṇarūpiṇī / tvāmeva hi vicinvanti yoginaḥ sanakādayaḥ
You alone are without beginning, entire, having the form of effect and cause; it is you indeed whom the yogins, Sanaka and the rest, seek out.
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BndP 3 15.9
सदसत्कर्मरूपां च व्यक्ताव्यक्तो दयात्मिकाम् । त्वामेव हि प्रशंसंति पञ्चब्रह्मस्वरूपिणीम्
sadasatkarmarūpāṃ ca vyaktāvyakto dayātmikām / tvāmeva hi praśaṃsaṃti pañcabrahmasvarūpiṇīm
And it is you whom they praise — you whose form is action good and bad, whose nature is the manifest and the unmanifest and compassion, you who have the form of the five Brahmans.
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BndP 3 15.10
त्वामेव हि सृजस्यादौ त्वमेव ह्यवसि क्षणात् । भजस्व पुरुषं कञ्चिल्लोकानुग्रहकाम्यया
tvāmeva hi sṛjasyādau tvameva hyavasi kṣaṇāt / bhajasva puruṣaṃ kañcillokānugrahakāmyayā
You indeed create in the beginning, and you protect in an instant. Take some man (as husband), out of the wish to favour the worlds.
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BndP 3 15.11
इति विज्ञापिता देवी ब्रह्मणा सकलैः सुरैः । स्रजमुद्यम्य हस्तेन चक्षेप गगनान्तरे
iti vijñāpitā devī brahmaṇā sakalaiḥ suraiḥ / srajamudyamya hastena cakṣepa gaganāntare
Thus informed by Brahmā along with all the gods, the Goddess raised the garland with her hand and threw it up into the sky.
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BndP 3 15.12
तयोत्सृष्टा हि सा माला शोभयन्ती नभस्थलम् । पपात कण्ठदेशे हि तदा कामेश्वरस्य तु
tayotsṛṣṭā hi sā mālā śobhayantī nabhasthalam / papāta kaṇṭhadeśe hi tadā kāmeśvarasya tu
That garland, released by her, gracing the vault of the sky, then fell upon the neck of Kāmeśvara.
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BndP 3 15.13
ततो मुमुदिरे देवा ब्रह्मविष्णुपुरोगमाः । ववृषुः पुष्पवर्षाणि मन्दवातेरिता घनाः
tato mumudire devā brahmaviṣṇupurogamāḥ / vavṛṣuḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi mandavāteritā ghanāḥ
Then the gods, led by Brahmā and Viṣṇu, rejoiced; the clouds, driven by a gentle wind, rained down showers of flowers.
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BndP 3 15.14
अथोवाच विधाता तु भगवन्तं जनार्दनम् । कर्तव्यो विधिनोद्वाहस्त्वनयोः शिवयोर्हरे
athovāca vidhātā tu bhagavantaṃ janārdanam / kartavyo vidhinodvāhastvanayoḥ śivayorhare
Then the Ordainer (Brahmā) said to the Lord Janārdana: "The marriage of these two, Śiva and Śivā, is to be performed according to rule, O Hari.
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BndP 3 15.15
मुहुर्तो देवसम्प्राप्तो जगन्मङ्गलकारकः । त्वद्रूपा हि महादेवी सहजश्च भवानपि
muhurto devasamprāpto jaganmaṅgalakārakaḥ / tvadrūpā hi mahādevī sahajaśca bhavānapi
The auspicious moment has arrived, O god, one that brings good fortune to the world; for the Great Goddess is of your own form, and you too are (her) brother.
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BndP 3 15.16
दातुमर्हसि कल्याणीमस्मै कामशिवाय तु । तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य देवदेवस्त्रिविक्रमः
dātumarhasi kalyāṇīmasmai kāmaśivāya tu / tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya devadevastrivikramaḥ
You should give the auspicious lady to this Kāmaśiva." Hearing that speech of his, the God of gods of the three strides
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BndP 3 15.17
ददौ तस्यै विधानेन प्रीत्या तां शङ्कराय तु । देवर्षिपितृमुख्यानां सर्वेषां देवयोगिनाम्
dadau tasyai vidhānena prītyā tāṃ śaṅkarāya tu / devarṣipitṛmukhyānāṃ sarveṣāṃ devayoginām
gave her with due rite, gladly, to Śaṅkara. Of all the chief gods, sages and ancestors, and of the divine yogins —
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BndP 3 15.18
कल्याणं कारयामास शिवयोरादिकेशवः । उपायनानि प्रददुः सर्वे ब्रह्मादयः सुराः
kalyāṇaṃ kārayāmāsa śivayorādikeśavaḥ / upāyanāni pradaduḥ sarve brahmādayaḥ surāḥ
the primal Keśava had the wedding of Śiva and Śivā performed; all the gods, Brahmā and the rest, presented gifts.
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BndP 3 15.19
ददौ ब्रह्मेक्षुचापं तु वज्रसारमनश्वरम् । तयोः पुष्पायुधं प्रादादम्लानं हरिरव्ययम्
dadau brahmekṣucāpaṃ tu vajrasāramanaśvaram / tayoḥ puṣpāyudhaṃ prādādamlānaṃ hariravyayam
Brahmā gave a sugarcane bow, hard as adamant, indestructible; Hari gave the two of them an imperishable flower-weapon that does not wither.
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BndP 3 15.20
नागपाशं ददौ ताभ्यां वरुणो यादसांपतिः । अङ्कुशं च ददौ ताभ्यां विश्वकर्मा विशांपतिः
nāgapāśaṃ dadau tābhyāṃ varuṇo yādasāṃpatiḥ / aṅkuśaṃ ca dadau tābhyāṃ viśvakarmā viśāṃpatiḥ
Varuṇa, lord of the waters, gave them a serpent-noose; and Viśvakarman, lord of the people, gave them a goad.
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BndP 3 15.21
किरीटमग्निः प्रायच्छत्ताटङ्कौ चन्द्रभास्करौ । नवरत्नमयीं भूषां प्रादाद्रत्नाकरः स्वयम्
kirīṭamagniḥ prāyacchattāṭaṅkau candrabhāskarau / navaratnamayīṃ bhūṣāṃ prādādratnākaraḥ svayam
Agni presented a crown, the sun and moon the two ear-ornaments; the Ocean of Jewels himself gave an ornament made of the nine gems.
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BndP 3 15.22
ददौ सुराणामधिपो मधुपात्रमथाक्षयम् । चिन्तामणिमयीं मालां कुबेरः प्रददौ तदा
dadau surāṇāmadhipo madhupātramathākṣayam / cintāmaṇimayīṃ mālāṃ kuberaḥ pradadau tadā
Then the lord of the gods gave an inexhaustible cup of wine, and Kubera then presented a garland made of wish-fulfilling gems.
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BndP 3 15.23
साम्राज्यसूचकं छत्रं ददौ लक्ष्मीपतिः स्वयम् । गङ्गा च यमुना ताभ्यां चामरे चन्द्रभास्वरे
sāmrājyasūcakaṃ chatraṃ dadau lakṣmīpatiḥ svayam / gaṅgā ca yamunā tābhyāṃ cāmare candrabhāsvare
The husband of Lakṣmī himself gave a parasol, the mark of sovereignty; and Gaṅgā and Yamunā (gave) two fly-whisks, moon-bright, from the two of them.
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BndP 3 15.24
अष्टौ च वसवो रुद्रा आदित्याश्चाश्विनौ तथा । दिक्पाला मरुतः साध्या गन्धर्वाः प्रमथेश्वराः । स्वानिस्वान्यायुधान्यस्यै प्रददुः परितोषिताः
aṣṭau ca vasavo rudrā ādityāścāśvinau tathā / dikpālā marutaḥ sādhyā gandharvāḥ pramatheśvarāḥ / svānisvānyāyudhānyasyai pradaduḥ paritoṣitāḥ
And the eight Vasus, the Rudras, the Ādityas, likewise the two Aśvins, the guardians of the directions, the Maruts, the Sādhyas (Sādhyas/Sādhyas = Sādhyas), the Gandharvas and the lords of the Pramathas, well pleased, gave to her each their own weapons.
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BndP 3 15.25
रथांश्च तुरगान्नागान्महावेगान्महाबलान् । उष्टानरोगानश्वांस्तान्क्षुत्तृष्णापरिवर्जितान् । ददुर्वज्रोपमाकारान्सायुधान्सपरिच्छदान्
rathāṃśca turagānnāgānmahāvegānmahābalān / uṣṭānarogānaśvāṃstānkṣuttṛṣṇāparivarjitān / dadurvajropamākārānsāyudhānsaparicchadān
And they gave chariots, horses, elephants of great speed and great strength, and camels, and those horses free of disease, free from hunger and thirst, of form like the thunderbolt, together with weapons and with all appurtenances.
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BndP 3 15.26
अथाभिषेकमातेनुः साम्राज्ये शिवयोः शिवम् । अथाकरोद्विमानं च नाम्ना तु कुसुमाकरम्
athābhiṣekamātenuḥ sāmrājye śivayoḥ śivam / athākarodvimānaṃ ca nāmnā tu kusumākaram
Then they carried out the auspicious consecration of the two Śivas (Śiva and Śivā) in sovereignty. And then (he/she) made a flying palace, Kusumākara by name.
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BndP 3 15.27
विधाताम्लानमालं वै नित्यं चाभेद्यमायुधैः । दिवि भुव्यन्तरिक्षे च कामगं सुसमृद्धिमत्
vidhātāmlānamālaṃ vai nityaṃ cābhedyamāyudhaiḥ / divi bhuvyantarikṣe ca kāmagaṃ susamṛddhimat
The Creator (made it) indeed with unwithering garlands, everlasting and impenetrable by weapons, going at will in heaven, on earth and in the middle air, and abounding in prosperity.
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BndP 3 15.28
यद्गन्धघ्राणमात्रेण भ्रान्तिरोगक्षुर्धातयः । तत्क्षणादेव नश्यन्ति मनोह्लादकरं शुभम्
yadgandhaghrāṇamātreṇa bhrāntirogakṣurdhātayaḥ / tatkṣaṇādeva naśyanti manohlādakaraṃ śubham
By the mere smelling of whose fragrance dizziness, disease, hunger and (other) afflictions perish that very instant — (a palace) auspicious and gladdening the mind.
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BndP 3 15.29
तद्विमानमथारोप्य तावुभौ दिव्यदंपती । चामख्याजनच्छत्रध्वजयष्टिमनोहरम्
tadvimānamathāropya tāvubhau divyadaṃpatī / cāmakhyājanacchatradhvajayaṣṭimanoharam
Then, having mounted that flying palace, those two, the divine couple — (it) lovely with fly-whisks, ... , fans, parasol, and flagstaffs —
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BndP 3 15.30
वीणावेणुमृदङ्गादिविविधैस्तौर्यवादनैः । सेव्यमाना सुरगणैर्निर्गत्य नृपमन्दिरात्
vīṇāveṇumṛdaṅgādivividhaistauryavādanaiḥ / sevyamānā suragaṇairnirgatya nṛpamandirāt
attended by the hosts of gods with various musical performances — lutes, flutes, drums and the rest — went out from the king's palace.
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BndP 3 15.31
ययौ वीथीं विहारेशा शोभयन्ती निजौजसा । प्रतिहर्म्याग्रसंस्थाभिरप्सरोभिः सहस्रशः
yayau vīthīṃ vihāreśā śobhayantī nijaujasā / pratiharmyāgrasaṃsthābhirapsarobhiḥ sahasraśaḥ
The mistress of pleasure-groves went along the street, adorning it with her own splendour, (attended) by thousands of apsarases stationed on the tops of the mansions facing (her).
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BndP 3 15.32
सलाजाक्षतहस्ताभिः पुरन्ध्रीभिश्च वर्षिता । गाथाभिर्मङ्गलार्थाभिर्वीणावेण्वादिनिस्वनैः । तुष्यन्ती वीवीथिवीथीषु मन्दमन्दमथाययौ
salājākṣatahastābhiḥ purandhrībhiśca varṣitā / gāthābhirmaṅgalārthābhirvīṇāveṇvādinisvanaiḥ / tuṣyantī vīvīthivīthīṣu mandamandamathāyayau
Showered upon by matrons with parched grain and unbroken rice in their hands, and by verses of auspicious purport, amid the sounds of lutes and flutes being played, delighted, she then proceeded very slowly through street after street.
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BndP 3 15.33
प्रतिगृह्याप्स रोभिस्तु कृतं नीराजनाविधिम् । अवरुह्य विमानग्रात्प्रविवेश महासभाम्
pratigṛhyāpsa robhistu kṛtaṃ nīrājanāvidhim / avaruhya vimānagrātpraviveśa mahāsabhām
Having accepted the rite of the waving of lamps performed by the apsarases, she descended from the top of the flying palace and entered the great assembly hall.
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BndP 3 15.34
सिंहासनमधिष्ठाय सह देवेन शंभुना । यद्यद्वाञ्छन्ति तत्रस्था मनसैव महाजनाः । सर्वज्ञा साक्षिपातेन तत्तत्कामानपूरयत्
siṃhāsanamadhiṣṭhāya saha devena śaṃbhunā / yadyadvāñchanti tatrasthā manasaiva mahājanāḥ / sarvajñā sākṣipātena tattatkāmānapūrayat
Taking her seat on the lion-throne together with the god Śambhu, she, the all-knowing one, by a mere glance fulfilled each and every desire that the great throng present there wished for in their minds alone.
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BndP 3 15.35
तद्दृष्ट्वा चरितं देव्या ब्रह्मा लोक पितामहः । कामाक्षीति तदाभिख्यां ददौ कामेश्वरीति च
taddṛṣṭvā caritaṃ devyā brahmā loka pitāmahaḥ / kāmākṣīti tadābhikhyāṃ dadau kāmeśvarīti ca
Seeing that deed of the Goddess, Brahmā, the grandfather of the world, then gave her the name Kāmākṣī, and also Kāmeśvarī.
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BndP 3 15.36
ववर्षाश्चर्यमेघो ऽपि पुरे तस्मिंस्तदाज्ञया । महार्हाणि च वस्तूनि दिव्यान्याभरणानि च
vavarṣāścaryamegho 'pi pure tasmiṃstadājñayā / mahārhāṇi ca vastūni divyānyābharaṇāni ca
And by her command a wondrous cloud too rained down in that city things of great worth and divine ornaments.
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BndP 3 15.37
चिन्तामणिः कल्पवृक्षः कमला कामधेनवः । प्रतिवेश्म ततस्तस्थुः पुरो देव्याजयाय ते
cintāmaṇiḥ kalpavṛkṣaḥ kamalā kāmadhenavaḥ / prativeśma tatastasthuḥ puro devyājayāya te
Then the wish-gem, the wish-granting tree, Kamalā, and the wish-cows stood, one at each house, in the city, for the Goddess's victory.
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BndP 3 15.38
तां सेवैकरसाकारां विमुक्तान्यक्रियागुणाः । सर्वकामार्थसंयुक्ता हृष्यन्तः सार्वकालिकम्
tāṃ sevaikarasākārāṃ vimuktānyakriyāguṇāḥ / sarvakāmārthasaṃyuktā hṛṣyantaḥ sārvakālikam
(They), having given up other activities and qualities, whose sole savour was in serving her, endowed with all objects of desire, rejoiced at all times.
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BndP 3 15.39
पितामहो हरिश्चैव महादेवश्च वासवः । अन्ये दिशामधीशास्तु सकला देवतागणाः
pitāmaho hariścaiva mahādevaśca vāsavaḥ / anye diśāmadhīśāstu sakalā devatāgaṇāḥ
The Grandfather, and Hari, and Mahādeva, and Vāsava, and the other rulers of the quarters, and all the hosts of the gods,
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BndP 3 15.40
देवर्षयो नारदाद्याः सनकाद्याश्च योगिनः । महर्षयश्च मन्वाद्या वशिष्ठाद्यास्तपोधनाः
devarṣayo nāradādyāḥ sanakādyāśca yoginaḥ / maharṣayaśca manvādyā vaśiṣṭhādyāstapodhanāḥ
the divine seers headed by Nārada, and the yogins headed by Sanaka, and the great seers, and Manu and the rest, and Vasiṣṭha and the others rich in ascetic power,
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BndP 3 15.43
गन्धर्वाप्सरसो यक्षा याश्चान्या देवजातयः । दिवि भूम्यन्तरिक्षेषु ससंबाधं वसंति ये ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,१५।४१ ॥ ते सर्वे चाप्यसंबाधं निवसंति स्म तत्पुरे ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,१५।४२ ॥ एवं तद्वत्सला देवी नान्यत्रैत्यखिलाज्जनात् । तोषयामास सततमनुरागेण भूयसा
gandharvāpsaraso yakṣā yāścānyā devajātayaḥ / divi bhūmyantarikṣeṣu sasaṃbādhaṃ vasaṃti ye // bndp_3,15.41 // te sarve cāpyasaṃbādhaṃ nivasaṃti sma tatpure // bndp_3,15.42 // evaṃ tadvatsalā devī nānyatraityakhilājjanāt / toṣayāmāsa satatamanurāgeṇa bhūyasā
Gandharvas, apsarases, yakṣas, and whatever other classes of divine beings dwell crowded together in heaven, on earth and in the middle regions (41) — all these dwelt uncrowded in that city of hers (42). Thus the Goddess, fond of them, did not go elsewhere, and continually gratified them with abundant affection, more than all (other) people (43).
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BndP 3 15.44
राज्ञो महति भूर्लोके विदुषः सकलेप्सिताम् । राज्ञी दुदोहाभीष्टानि सर्वभूतलवासिनाम्
rājño mahati bhūrloke viduṣaḥ sakalepsitām / rājñī dudohābhīṣṭāni sarvabhūtalavāsinām
While the wise king (ruled) over the great earth-world, the queen milked forth the things desired by all who dwell on the surface of the earth, (as from a cow) wished for by all.
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BndP 3 15.45
त्रिलोकैकमहीपाले सांबिके कामशङ्करे । दशवर्षसहस्राणि ययुः क्षण इवापरः
trilokaikamahīpāle sāṃbike kāmaśaṅkare / daśavarṣasahasrāṇi yayuḥ kṣaṇa ivāparaḥ
While the sole sovereign of the three worlds, together with Ambikā, was Śaṅkara in the form of Kāma, ten thousand years passed like a single further moment.
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BndP 3 15.46
ततः कदा चिदागत्य नारदो भगवानृषिः । प्रणम्य परमां शक्तिं प्रोवाच विनयान्वितः
tataḥ kadā cidāgatya nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ / praṇamya paramāṃ śaktiṃ provāca vinayānvitaḥ
Then at some time the venerable seer Nārada came, and bowing to the supreme Power, spoke with humility:
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BndP 3 15.47
पर ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमैश्वरि । मदसद्भावसंकल्पविकल्पकलनात्मिका
para brahma paraṃ dhāma pavitraṃ paramaiśvari / madasadbhāvasaṃkalpavikalpakalanātmikā
"Supreme brahman, supreme abode, purity itself, O highest sovereign lady, you whose nature is the reckoning of the conceptions and alternatives of the notions of being and non-being—"
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BndP 3 15.48
जगदभ्युदयार्थाय व्यक्तभावमुपागता । असज्जनविनाशार्था सज्जनाभ्युदयार्थिनी । प्रवृत्तिस्तव कल्याणि साधूनां रक्षणाय हि
jagadabhyudayārthāya vyaktabhāvamupāgatā / asajjanavināśārthā sajjanābhyudayārthinī / pravṛttistava kalyāṇi sādhūnāṃ rakṣaṇāya hi
"For the sake of the world's prospering you have come to a manifest form; your activity, O auspicious one, is for the destruction of the wicked and for the prospering of the good—indeed, for the protection of the virtuous."
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BndP 3 15.49
अयं भण्डो ऽसुरो देवि बाधते जगतां त्रयम् । त्वयैकयैव जेतव्यो न शक्यस्त्वपरैः सुरैः
ayaṃ bhaṇḍo 'suro devi bādhate jagatāṃ trayam / tvayaikayaiva jetavyo na śakyastvaparaiḥ suraiḥ
"This demon Bhaṇḍa, O goddess, afflicts the three worlds; he is to be conquered by you alone—he cannot be conquered by the other gods."
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BndP 3 15.50
त्वत्सेवैकपरा देवाश्चिरकालमिहोषिताः । त्वदाज्ञया गमिष्यन्ति स्वानिस्वानि पुराणि तु
tvatsevaikaparā devāścirakālamihoṣitāḥ / tvadājñayā gamiṣyanti svānisvāni purāṇi tu
"The gods, intent solely on serving you, have dwelt here for a long time; by your command they will go, each to his own city."
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BndP 3 15.51
अमङ्गलानि शून्यानि समृद्धार्थानि संत्वतः । एवं विज्ञापिता देवी नारदेनाखिलेश्वरी । स्वस्ववासनिवासाय प्रेषयामास चामरान्
amaṅgalāni śūnyāni samṛddhārthāni saṃtvataḥ / evaṃ vijñāpitā devī nāradenākhileśvarī / svasvavāsanivāsāya preṣayāmāsa cāmarān
"(Those cities), inauspicious and empty, will thereby become full of prosperity." Thus informed by Nārada, the goddess, mistress of all, sent the immortals off to dwell each in his own abode.
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BndP 3 15.52
ब्रह्माणं च हरिं शंभुं वासवादीन्दिशां पतीन् । यथार्हं पूजयित्वा तु प्रेषयामास चांबिका
brahmāṇaṃ ca hariṃ śaṃbhuṃ vāsavādīndiśāṃ patīn / yathārhaṃ pūjayitvā tu preṣayāmāsa cāṃbikā
And Ambikā, having honoured Brahmā, Hari, Śambhu, Vāsava and the other guardians of the directions as each deserved, sent them away.
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BndP 3 15.53
अपराधं ततस्त्यक्तुमपि संप्रेषिताः सुराः । स्वस्वांशैः शिवयोः सेवामादिपित्रोरकुर्वत
aparādhaṃ tatastyaktumapi saṃpreṣitāḥ surāḥ / svasvāṃśaiḥ śivayoḥ sevāmādipitrorakurvata
Then, to be released from their offence, the gods, though (thus) sent away, performed service to the primal parents, Śiva and Śivā, with their own respective portions.
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BndP 3 15.54
एतदाख्यानमायुष्यं सर्वमङ्गलकारणम् । आविर्भावं महादेव्यास्तस्या राज्याभिषेचनम्
etadākhyānamāyuṣyaṃ sarvamaṅgalakāraṇam / āvirbhāvaṃ mahādevyāstasyā rājyābhiṣecanam
This narrative is life-giving and the cause of every blessing—the manifestation of the Great Goddess and her consecration to kingship.
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BndP 3 15.55
यः प्रातरुत्थितो विद्वान्भक्तिश्रद्धासमन्वितः । जपेद्धनसमृद्धः स्यात्सुधासंमितवाग्भवेत्
yaḥ prātarutthito vidvānbhaktiśraddhāsamanvitaḥ / japeddhanasamṛddhaḥ syātsudhāsaṃmitavāgbhavet
The learned man who, risen at dawn and possessed of devotion and faith, recites it, will be rich in wealth and will become one whose speech is equal to nectar.
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BndP 3 15.56
नाशुभं विद्यते तस्य परत्रेह च धीमतः । यशः प्राप्नोति विपुलं समानोत्तमतामपि
nāśubhaṃ vidyate tasya paratreha ca dhīmataḥ / yaśaḥ prāpnoti vipulaṃ samānottamatāmapi
For that wise man there is nothing inauspicious, here or in the world beyond; he obtains abundant fame and pre-eminence among his equals.
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BndP 3 15.57
अचला श्रीर्भवेतस्य श्रेयश्चैव पदेपदे । कदाचिन्न भयं तस्य तेजस्वी वीर्यवान्भवेत्
acalā śrīrbhavetasya śreyaścaiva padepade / kadācinna bhayaṃ tasya tejasvī vīryavānbhavet
His prosperity will be unshakeable and (there will be) good fortune at every step; he will never have fear, and will become full of splendour and valour.
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