Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 16
BndP 3 16.1
अथ सा जगतां माता ललिता परमेश्वरी । त्रैलोक्यकण्टकं भण्डं दैत्यं जेतुं विनिर्ययौ
atha sā jagatāṃ mātā lalitā parameśvarī / trailokyakaṇṭakaṃ bhaṇḍaṃ daityaṃ jetuṃ viniryayau
Then she, the mother of the worlds, Lalitā the supreme sovereign, set out to conquer the demon Bhaṇḍa, the thorn of the three worlds.
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BndP 3 16.2
चकार मर्दलाकारानंभोराशींस्तु सप्त ते । प्रभूतमर्द्दलध्वानैः पूरयामासुरंबरम्
cakāra mardalākārānaṃbhorāśīṃstu sapta te / prabhūtamarddaladhvānaiḥ pūrayāmāsuraṃbaram
She made those seven oceans into the shape of mardala drums; with the abundant sounds of the drums they filled the sky.
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BndP 3 16.3
मृदङ्गमुरजाश्चैव पटहो ऽतुकुलीङ्गणाः । सेलुकाझल्लरीराङ्घाहुहुकाहुण्डुकाघटाः
mṛdaṅgamurajāścaiva paṭaho 'tukulīṅgaṇāḥ / selukājhallarīrāṅghāhuhukāhuṇḍukāghaṭāḥ
Mṛdaṅgas and murajas, the paṭaha, the atu and kulīṅgaṇa drums, selukās, jhallarīs, rāṅghās, huhukas, huṇḍukas and ghaṭas,
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BndP 3 16.4
आनकाः पणवाश्चैव गोमुखाश्चार्धचन्द्रिकाः । यवमध्या मुष्टिमध्या मर्द्दलाडिण्डिमा अपि
ānakāḥ paṇavāścaiva gomukhāścārdhacandrikāḥ / yavamadhyā muṣṭimadhyā marddalāḍiṇḍimā api
ānakas and paṇavas, gomukhas and ardhacandrikās, the barley-waisted and fist-waisted (drums), mardalas and ḍiṇḍimas as well,
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BndP 3 16.5
झर्झराश्च बरीताश्च इङ्ग्यालिङ्ग्यप्रभेदजाः । उद्धकाश्चैतुहुण्डाश्च निःसाणा बर्बराः परे
jharjharāśca barītāśca iṅgyāliṅgyaprabhedajāḥ / uddhakāścaituhuṇḍāśca niḥsāṇā barbarāḥ pare
jharjharas and barītas, those arising from the iṅgya and liṅgya varieties, uddhakas and tuhuṇḍas, niḥsāṇas, and other barbara (drums),
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BndP 3 16.6
हुङ्कारा काकतुण्डाश्च वाद्यभेदास्तथापरे । दध्वनुः शक्तिसेनाभिराहताः समरोद्यमे
huṅkārā kākatuṇḍāśca vādyabhedāstathāpare / dadhvanuḥ śaktisenābhirāhatāḥ samarodyame
huṅkāras and kākatuṇḍas, and yet other kinds of instruments—struck by the Śakti armies, they resounded at the setting out for battle.
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BndP 3 16.7
ललितापरमेशान्या अङ्कुशास्त्रान्समुद्गता । संपत्करी नाम देवी चचाल सह शक्तिभिः
lalitāparameśānyā aṅkuśāstrānsamudgatā / saṃpatkarī nāma devī cacāla saha śaktibhiḥ
Then, arisen from the goad-weapon of the supreme sovereign Lalitā, the goddess named Saṃpatkarī set out together with her Śaktis.
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BndP 3 16.8
अनेककोटिमातङ्गतुरङ्गरथपङ्क्तिभिः । सेविता तरुणादित्यपाटला संपदीश्वरी
anekakoṭimātaṅgaturaṅgarathapaṅktibhiḥ / sevitā taruṇādityapāṭalā saṃpadīśvarī
Attended by many crores of ranks of elephants, horses and chariots, pale-red like the young sun, she is the mistress of abundance.
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BndP 3 16.9
मत्तमुद्दण्डसंग्रामरसिकं शैलसन्निभम् । रणकोलाहलं नाम सारुरोह मतङ्गजम्
mattamuddaṇḍasaṃgrāmarasikaṃ śailasannibham / raṇakolāhalaṃ nāma sāruroha mataṅgajam
She mounted an elephant named Raṇakolāhala ("Battle-Uproar"), rutting, with upraised tusks, relishing combat, resembling a mountain.
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BndP 3 16.10
तामन्वगा ययौ सेना महती धोरराविणी । लोलाभिः केतुमालाभिरुल्लिखन्ती धनाधनात्
tāmanvagā yayau senā mahatī dhorarāviṇī / lolābhiḥ ketumālābhirullikhantī dhanādhanāt
A great army with terrible roaring went following her, scoring the sky (?) with its swaying garlands of banners.
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BndP 3 16.11
तस्याश्च संपन्नाथायाः पीनस्तनसुसंकटः । कण्टको घनसंनाहो रुरुचे वक्षसिस्थितः
tasyāśca saṃpannāthāyāḥ pīnastanasusaṃkaṭaḥ / kaṇṭako ghanasaṃnāho ruruce vakṣasisthitaḥ
And upon that mistress of abundance a thorny (spiked) dense mail-coat, pressed close by her full breasts, shone as it rested on her chest.
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BndP 3 16.12
कंपमाना खड्गलता व्यरुचत्तत्करे धृता । कुटिला कालनाथस्य भृकुटीव भयङ्करा
kaṃpamānā khaḍgalatā vyarucattatkare dhṛtā / kuṭilā kālanāthasya bhṛkuṭīva bhayaṅkarā
The trembling sword-creeper held in her hand shone, curved and terrifying like the frown of the Lord of Time.
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BndP 3 16.13
उत्पातवातसंपाताच्चलिता इव पर्वताः । तामन्वगा ययुः कोटिसंख्याकाः कुञ्जरोत्तमाः
utpātavātasaṃpātāccalitā iva parvatāḥ / tāmanvagā yayuḥ koṭisaṃkhyākāḥ kuñjarottamāḥ
Like mountains set moving by the onslaught of a portentous wind, elephants of the best kind, numbering crores, went following her.
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BndP 3 16.14
अथ श्रीललितादेव्या श्रीपाशायुधसंभवा । अतित्वरितविक्रान्तिरश्वारूढाचलत्पुरः
atha śrīlalitādevyā śrīpāśāyudhasaṃbhavā / atitvaritavikrāntiraśvārūḍhācalatpuraḥ
Then (the goddess) born from the noose-weapon of the glorious goddess Lalitā, of exceedingly swift valour, mounted on a horse, moved out in front.
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BndP 3 16.15
तया सह हयप्रायं सैन्यं हेषातरङ्गितम् । व्यचरत्खुरकुद्दालविदारितमहीतलम्
tayā saha hayaprāyaṃ sainyaṃ heṣātaraṅgitam / vyacaratkhurakuddālavidāritamahītalam
With her an army mostly of horses, billowing with neighing, moved along, the surface of the earth torn open by the hoes of their hooves.
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BndP 3 16.16
वनायुजाश्च कांबोजाः पारदाः सिंधुदेशजाः । टङ्कणाः पर्वतीयाश्च पारसीकास्तथा परे
vanāyujāśca kāṃbojāḥ pāradāḥ siṃdhudeśajāḥ / ṭaṅkaṇāḥ parvatīyāśca pārasīkāstathā pare
Horses born in Vanāyu, Kāmbojas, Pāradas, those born in the Sindhu country, Ṭaṅkaṇas, mountain-bred ones, and Persians too, and others,
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BndP 3 16.17
अजानेया घट्टधरा दरदाः काल वन्दिजाः । वाल्मीकयावनोद्भूता गान्धर्वाश्चाथ ये हयाः
ajāneyā ghaṭṭadharā daradāḥ kāla vandijāḥ / vālmīkayāvanodbhūtā gāndharvāścātha ye hayāḥ
the Ajāneyas, the Ghaṭṭadharas, the Daradas, those born of Kāla and Vandi, those arisen from Vālmīka and Yavana lands, and the Gāndharva horses—
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BndP 3 16.18
प्राग्देशजाताः कैराता प्रान्तदेशोद्भवास्तथा । विनीताः साधुवोढारो वेगिनः स्थिरचेतसः
prāgdeśajātāḥ kairātā prāntadeśodbhavāstathā / vinītāḥ sādhuvoḍhāro veginaḥ sthiracetasaḥ
born in the eastern country, Kairātas, and those arisen in the border regions—well trained, carrying (their riders) well, swift, steady of mind,
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BndP 3 16.21
स्वामिचित्तविशेषज्ञा महायुद्धसहिष्णवः । लक्षणैर्बहुभिर्युक्ता जितक्रोधा जितश्रमाः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,१६।१९ ॥ पञ्चधारासु शक्षढ्या विनीताश्च प्लवान्विताः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,१६।२० ॥ फलशुक्तिश्रिया युक्ताः श्वेतशुक्तिसमन्विताः । देवपद्मं देवमणिं देवस्वस्तिकमेव च
svāmicittaviśeṣajñā mahāyuddhasahiṣṇavaḥ / lakṣaṇairbahubhiryuktā jitakrodhā jitaśramāḥ // bndp_3,16.19 // pañcadhārāsu śakṣaḍhyā vinītāśca plavānvitāḥ // bndp_3,16.20 // phalaśuktiśriyā yuktāḥ śvetaśuktisamanvitāḥ / devapadmaṃ devamaṇiṃ devasvastikameva ca
knowing their master's mind precisely, enduring in great battles, endowed with many auspicious marks, having conquered anger and conquered fatigue; (16.19) rich in the five gaits (?) and well trained and possessed of leaping; (16.20) endowed with the beauty of the 'fruit-shell' whorl, provided with the white whorl, and (bearing) the divine lotus, the divine gem, and the divine svastika—
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BndP 3 16.22
अथ स्वस्तिकशुक्तिश्च गडुरं पुष्पगण्डिकाम् । एतानि शुभलक्ष्माणि ज्यराज्यप्रदानि च । वहन्तो वातजवना वाजिनस्तां समन्वयुः
atha svastikaśuktiśca gaḍuraṃ puṣpagaṇḍikām / etāni śubhalakṣmāṇi jyarājyapradāni ca / vahanto vātajavanā vājinastāṃ samanvayuḥ
and further the svastika-whorl, the gaḍura, the puṣpagaṇḍikā—bearing these auspicious marks, which grant kingdom and dominion, the steeds, swift as the wind, went along with her.
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BndP 3 16.23
अपराजितनामानमतितेजस्विनं चलम् । अत्यन्तोत्तुङ्गवर्ष्माणं कविकाविलसन्मुखम्
aparājitanāmānamatitejasvinaṃ calam / atyantottuṅgavarṣmāṇaṃ kavikāvilasanmukham
(She mounted) the one named Aparājita, exceedingly fiery, restless, of very lofty stature, its mouth shining with the bit,
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BndP 3 16.24
पार्श्वद्वये ऽपि पतितस्फुरत्केसरमण्डलम् । स्थूलवालधिविक्षेपक्षिप्यमाणपयोधरम्
pārśvadvaye 'pi patitasphuratkesaramaṇḍalam / sthūlavāladhivikṣepakṣipyamāṇapayodharam
with the circle of its mane fallen and quivering on both flanks, the clouds driven off by the tossing of its thick tail,
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BndP 3 16.25
जङ्घाकाण्डसमुन्नद्धमणिकिङ्किणिभासुरम् । वादयन्तमिवोच्चण्डैः खुरनिष्ठुरकुट्टनैः
jaṅghākāṇḍasamunnaddhamaṇikiṅkiṇibhāsuram / vādayantamivoccaṇḍaiḥ khuraniṣṭhurakuṭṭanaiḥ
gleaming with jewelled bells fastened up on its shank-stems, seeming, with the fierce harsh pounding of its hooves, to be playing
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BndP 3 16.26
भूमण्डलमहावाद्यं विजयस्य समृद्धये । घोषमाणं प्रति मुहुः संदर्शितगतिक्रमम्
bhūmaṇḍalamahāvādyaṃ vijayasya samṛddhaye / ghoṣamāṇaṃ prati muhuḥ saṃdarśitagatikramam
the great drum that is the earth's orb for the increase of victory—resounding again and again, displaying the order of its paces,
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BndP 3 16.27
आलोलचामरव्याजाद्वहन्तं पक्षती इव । भाण्डैर्मनोहरैर्युक्तं घर्घरीजालमण्डितम्
ālolacāmaravyājādvahantaṃ pakṣatī iva / bhāṇḍairmanoharairyuktaṃ ghargharījālamaṇḍitam
appearing to bear two wings under the pretext of its swaying chowries, fitted with lovely trappings, adorned with a network of jingling bells—
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BndP 3 16.28
एषां घोषस्य कपटाद्धुङ्कुर्वतीमि वासुरान् । अश्वारूढा महादेवी समारूढा हयं ययौ
eṣāṃ ghoṣasya kapaṭāddhuṅkurvatīmi vāsurān / aśvārūḍhā mahādevī samārūḍhā hayaṃ yayau
as though, under cover of their sound, she were roaring defiance at the Asuras—the great goddess, riding a horse, went mounted upon her steed.
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BndP 3 16.29
चतुर्भिर्वाहुभिः पाशमङ्कुशं वेत्रमेव च । हयवल्गां च दधती बहुविक्रमशोभिनी
caturbhirvāhubhiḥ pāśamaṅkuśaṃ vetrameva ca / hayavalgāṃ ca dadhatī bahuvikramaśobhinī
With her four arms holding a noose, a goad, and a staff, and the horse's reins, she shone with manifold prowess.
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BndP 3 16.30
तरुणादित्यसङ्काशा ज्वलत्काञ्चीतरङ्गिणी । सञ्चचाल हयारूढा नर्तयन्तीव वाजिनम्
taruṇādityasaṅkāśā jvalatkāñcītaraṅgiṇī / sañcacāla hayārūḍhā nartayantīva vājinam
Resembling the young sun, rippling with a blazing girdle, mounted on the horse she moved forward, as if making the steed dance.
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BndP 3 16.31
अथ श्रीदण्डनाथाया निर्याणपटहध्वनिः । उद्दण्डसिन्धुनिस्वानश्चकार बधिरं जगत्
atha śrīdaṇḍanāthāyā niryāṇapaṭahadhvaniḥ / uddaṇḍasindhunisvānaścakāra badhiraṃ jagat
Then the sound of the war-drums at the setting-forth of Śrī Daṇḍanāthā, roaring like an upsurging ocean, made the world deaf.
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BndP 3 16.32
वज्रबाणैः कठोरैश्चभिन्दन्त्यः ककुभो दश । अन्युद्धतभुजाश्मानः शक्तयः काश्चिदुच्छ्रिताः
vajrabāṇaiḥ kaṭhoraiścabhindantyaḥ kakubho daśa / anyuddhatabhujāśmānaḥ śaktayaḥ kāściducchritāḥ
Some Śaktis stood raised up, splitting the ten directions with hard thunderbolt-arrows, with stones (hurled) by their other uplifted arms.
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BndP 3 16.33
काश्चिच्छ्रीदण्डनाथायाः सेनानासीरसङ्गताः । खड्गं फलकमादाय पुप्लुवुश्चण्डसक्तयः
kāścicchrīdaṇḍanāthāyāḥ senānāsīrasaṅgatāḥ / khaḍgaṃ phalakamādāya pupluvuścaṇḍasaktayaḥ
Some fierce Śaktis, joined to the vanguard of Śrī Daṇḍanāthā's army, leapt forward, taking sword and shield.
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BndP 3 16.34
अत्यन्तसैन्यसम्बाधं वेत्रसंताडनैः शतैः । निवारयन्त्यो वेत्रिण्यो व्युच्छलन्ति स्मशक्तयः
atyantasainyasambādhaṃ vetrasaṃtāḍanaiḥ śataiḥ / nivārayantyo vetriṇyo vyucchalanti smaśaktayaḥ
The staff-bearing Śaktis, holding back with hundreds of cane-blows the extreme crowding of the troops, sprang about.
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BndP 3 16.35
अथ तुङ्गध्वजश्रेणीर्महिषाङ्का मृगाङ्किकाम् । सिहाङ्काश्चैव बिभ्राणाः शक्तयो व्यचलन्पुरा
atha tuṅgadhvajaśreṇīrmahiṣāṅkā mṛgāṅkikām / sihāṅkāścaiva bibhrāṇāḥ śaktayo vyacalanpurā
Then Śaktis bearing rows of tall banners marked with a buffalo, marked with a deer, and marked with a lion, moved on in front.
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BndP 3 16.36
ततः श्रीदण्डनाथायाः श्वेतच्छत्रं सहस्रशः । स्फुरत्कराः प्रचलिताः शक्तयः काश्चिदाददुः
tataḥ śrīdaṇḍanāthāyāḥ śvetacchatraṃ sahasraśaḥ / sphuratkarāḥ pracalitāḥ śaktayaḥ kāścidādaduḥ
Then some Śaktis with flashing hands, advancing, took up the white parasols of Śrī Daṇḍanāthā by the thousand.
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