Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 17
BndP 3 17.1
दण्डनाथाविनिर्याणे संख्यातीतैः सितप्रभैः । छत्रैर्गगनमारेजे निःसंख्याशशिमण्डितम्
daṇḍanāthāviniryāṇe saṃkhyātītaiḥ sitaprabhaiḥ / chatrairgaganamāreje niḥsaṃkhyāśaśimaṇḍitam
At Daṇḍanāthā's setting forth, the sky shone with countless white-gleaming parasols, as if adorned with numberless moons.
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BndP 3 17.2
अन्योन्यसक्तैर्थवलच्छत्रैरन्तर्घनीभवत् । तिमिरं नुनुदे भूयस्तत्काण्डमणिरोचिषा
anyonyasaktairthavalacchatrairantarghanībhavat / timiraṃ nunude bhūyastatkāṇḍamaṇirociṣā
The darkness that grew dense within, (produced) by the white parasols pressed against one another, was again driven away by the radiance of the jewels of their staffs.
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BndP 3 17.3
वज्रप्रभाधगधगच्छायापूरितदिङ्मुखाः । तालवृन्ताः शतविधाः क्रोडमुख्या बले ऽचलन्
vajraprabhādhagadhagacchāyāpūritadiṅmukhāḥ / tālavṛntāḥ śatavidhāḥ kroḍamukhyā bale 'calan
Filling the quarters with the glare flashing from the lustre of diamonds, palm-leaf fans of a hundred kinds, with boar(-faced ones) at their head, moved in the army.
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BndP 3 17.4
चण्डो दण्डादयस्तीव्राभैरवाः शुलपाणयः । ज्वलत्केशापिशङ्गाभास्तडिद्भासुरदिङ्मुखाः
caṇḍo daṇḍādayastīvrābhairavāḥ śulapāṇayaḥ / jvalatkeśāpiśaṅgābhāstaḍidbhāsuradiṅmukhāḥ
Caṇḍa, Daṇḍa and the rest, fierce and terrible, with tridents in hand, tawny-gleaming with blazing hair, making the quarters bright as lightning—
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BndP 3 17.5
दहत्य इव दैत्यौघांस्तीक्ष्णैर्मार्गणवह्निभिः । प्रचेलुर्दण्डनाथायास्सेना नासीरधाविताः
dahatya iva daityaughāṃstīkṣṇairmārgaṇavahnibhiḥ / pracelurdaṇḍanāthāyāssenā nāsīradhāvitāḥ
as if burning up the hosts of demons with the sharp fires of their arrows, the armies of Daṇḍanāthā marched, rushing in the vanguard.
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BndP 3 17.6
अथ पोत्रीमुखीदेवीसमानाकृतिभूषणाः । तत्समानायुधकरास्तत्समानस्ववाहनाः
atha potrīmukhīdevīsamānākṛtibhūṣaṇāḥ / tatsamānāyudhakarāstatsamānasvavāhanāḥ
Then (there came) those equal in form and ornament to the boar-faced goddess, with weapons in hand like hers, with mounts like hers,
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BndP 3 17.7
तीक्ष्मदंष्ट३विनिष्ठ्यूतवह्रिधूमामितांबराः । तमालश्यामलाकाराः कपिलाः क्रूरलोचनाः
tīkṣmadaṃṣṭa3viniṣṭhyūtavahridhūmāmitāṃbarāḥ / tamālaśyāmalākārāḥ kapilāḥ krūralocanāḥ
their garments boundless with the fire-smoke spewed from their sharp tusks, dark-hued as the tamāla, tawny, with cruel eyes,
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BndP 3 17.8
सहस्रमहिषारूढाः प्रचेलुः सूकराननाः । अथ श्रीदण्डनाथा च करिचक्ररथोत्तमात्
sahasramahiṣārūḍhāḥ praceluḥ sūkarānanāḥ / atha śrīdaṇḍanāthā ca karicakrarathottamāt
mounted on a thousand buffaloes, the boar-faced ones marched on. Then Śrī Daṇḍanāthā, from her excellent chariot Karicakra,
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BndP 3 17.9
अवरुह्य महासिंहमारुरोह स्ववाहनम् । वज्रघोष इति ख्यातं धूतकेसरमण्डलम्
avaruhya mahāsiṃhamāruroha svavāhanam / vajraghoṣa iti khyātaṃ dhūtakesaramaṇḍalam
descending, mounted her own vehicle, the great lion known as Vajraghoṣa, whose circle of mane was shaken out,
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BndP 3 17.10
व्यक्तास्यं विकटाकारं विशङ्कटविलोचनम् । दंष्ट्राकटकटत्कारबधिरीकृतदिक्तटम्
vyaktāsyaṃ vikaṭākāraṃ viśaṅkaṭavilocanam / daṃṣṭrākaṭakaṭatkārabadhirīkṛtadiktaṭam
with gaping mouth, of monstrous form, with huge staring eyes, deafening the edges of the quarters with the gnashing of its fangs,
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BndP 3 17.11
आदिकूर्मकठोरास्थि खर्परप्रतिमैर्नखैः । विबन्तमिव भूचक्रमापातालं निमज्जिभिः
ādikūrmakaṭhorāsthi kharparapratimairnakhaiḥ / vibantamiva bhūcakramāpātālaṃ nimajjibhiḥ
as if splitting the circle of the earth with its claws, hard as the bone of the primeval tortoise and like potsherds, sinking down as far as Pātāla—
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BndP 3 17.12
योजनत्रयमुत्तुङ्गं वगादुद्धूतवालधिम् । सिंहवाहनमारुह्य व्यचलद्दण्डनायिका
yojanatrayamuttuṅgaṃ vagāduddhūtavāladhim / siṃhavāhanamāruhya vyacaladdaṇḍanāyikā
three yojanas tall, with its tail lashed up by force—mounting this lion-vehicle, the Daṇḍanāyikā set forth.
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BndP 3 17.13
तस्यामसुरसंहारे प्रवृत्तायां ज्वलत्क्रुधि । उद्वेगं बहुलं प्राप त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्
tasyāmasurasaṃhāre pravṛttāyāṃ jvalatkrudhi / udvegaṃ bahulaṃ prāpa trailokyaṃ sacarācaram
When she, her wrath ablaze, had set out upon the destruction of the demons, the three worlds with all that moves and moves not fell into great agitation.
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BndP 3 17.14
किमसौ धक्ष्यति रुषा विश्वमद्यैव पोत्रिणी । किं वा मुसलघातेन भूमिं द्वेधा करिष्यति
kimasau dhakṣyati ruṣā viśvamadyaiva potriṇī / kiṃ vā musalaghātena bhūmiṃ dvedhā kariṣyati
"Will this Sow-goddess burn up the universe in her fury this very day? Or will she split the earth in two with a blow of her pestle?"
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BndP 3 17.15
अथ वा हलनिर्घातैः क्षोभयिष्यति वारिधीन् । इति त्रस्तहृदः सर्वे गगने नाकिनां गणाः
atha vā halanirghātaiḥ kṣobhayiṣyati vāridhīn / iti trastahṛdaḥ sarve gagane nākināṃ gaṇāḥ
"Or else will she churn up the oceans with the crashings of her plough?" — thus all the hosts of the gods, their hearts trembling, in the sky
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BndP 3 17.16
दूराद्रुतं विमानैश्च सत्रासं ददृशुर्गताः । ववन्दिरे च ता देवा बद्धाञ्जलिपुटान्विताः । मुहुर्द्वादशनामानि कीर्तयन्तो नभस्तले
dūrādrutaṃ vimānaiśca satrāsaṃ dadṛśurgatāḥ / vavandire ca tā devā baddhāñjalipuṭānvitāḥ / muhurdvādaśanāmāni kīrtayanto nabhastale
beheld from afar, going in their flying chariots in terror, (her) swift advance; and those gods paid homage with their palms joined in reverence, repeatedly reciting her twelve names in the vault of heaven.
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BndP 3 17.17
अगस्त्य उवाच कानि द्वादशनामानि तस्या देव्या वद प्रभो । अश्वानन महाप्राज्ञ येषु मे कौतुकं महत्
agastya uvāca kāni dvādaśanāmāni tasyā devyā vada prabho / aśvānana mahāprājña yeṣu me kautukaṃ mahat
Agastya said: What are the twelve names of that goddess? Tell (me), O lord, O horse-faced one, O greatly wise one — about which I have great curiosity.
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BndP 3 17.18
हयग्रीव उवाच शृणु द्वादशनामानि तस्या देव्या घटोद्भव । यदाकर्णनमात्रेण प्रसन्ना सा भविष्यति । पञ्चमी दण्डनाथा च संकेता समयेश्वरी
hayagrīva uvāca śṛṇu dvādaśanāmāni tasyā devyā ghaṭodbhava / yadākarṇanamātreṇa prasannā sā bhaviṣyati / pañcamī daṇḍanāthā ca saṃketā samayeśvarī
Hayagrīva said: Hear the twelve names of that goddess, O pot-born one, by the mere hearing of which she will become gracious: Pañcamī, Daṇḍanāthā, Saṃketā, Samayeśvarī,
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BndP 3 17.19
तथा समयसंकेता वाराही पोत्रिणी तथा । वार्ताली च महासेनाप्याज्ञा चक्रेश्वरी तथा
tathā samayasaṃketā vārāhī potriṇī tathā / vārtālī ca mahāsenāpyājñā cakreśvarī tathā
likewise Samayasaṃketā, Vārāhī, and Potriṇī, Vārtālī, and Mahāsenā, Ājñā, and Cakreśvarī,
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BndP 3 17.20
अरिघ्नी चेति सम्प्रोक्तं नामद्वादशकं मुने । नामद्वादशकाभिख्यवज्रपञ्जरमध्यगः । संकटे दुःखमाप्नोति न कदाचन मानवः
arighnī ceti samproktaṃ nāmadvādaśakaṃ mune / nāmadvādaśakābhikhyavajrapañjaramadhyagaḥ / saṃkaṭe duḥkhamāpnoti na kadācana mānavaḥ
and Arighnī — thus the set of twelve names has been declared, O sage. A man who stands within the adamantine cage named the twelve names never meets with sorrow in a time of peril.
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BndP 3 17.21
एतैर्नामभिरभ्रस्थाः संकेतां बहु तुष्टुवुः । तेषामनुग्रहार्थाय प्रचचालच सा पुनः
etairnāmabhirabhrasthāḥ saṃketāṃ bahu tuṣṭuvuḥ / teṣāmanugrahārthāya pracacālaca sā punaḥ
With these names those standing in the clouds greatly praised Saṃketā; and for the sake of favouring them she moved on again.
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BndP 3 17.22
अथ संकेतयोगिन्या मन्त्रनाथा पदस्पृशः । निर्याणसूचनकरी दिवि दध्वान काहली
atha saṃketayoginyā mantranāthā padaspṛśaḥ / niryāṇasūcanakarī divi dadhvāna kāhalī
Then the trumpet that announces the setting-out resounded in the sky for the Mantra-mistress, who touches the feet of Saṃketa-yoginī.
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BndP 3 17.23
शृङ्गारप्रायभूषाणां शार्दूलश्यामलत्विषाम् । वीणासंयतपाणीनां शक्तीनां निर्ययौ बलम्
śṛṅgāraprāyabhūṣāṇāṃ śārdūlaśyāmalatviṣām / vīṇāsaṃyatapāṇīnāṃ śaktīnāṃ niryayau balam
There marched out the army of the Śaktis, whose ornaments were mostly amorous adornment, whose lustre was dark as a tiger('s hue), holding lutes in their hands.
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BndP 3 17.24
काश्चद्गायन्ति नृत्यन्ति मत्तकोकिलनिःस्वनाः । वीणावेणुमृदङ्गाद्याः सविलासपदक्रमाः
kāścadgāyanti nṛtyanti mattakokilaniḥsvanāḥ / vīṇāveṇumṛdaṅgādyāḥ savilāsapadakramāḥ
Some sing, some dance, their voices like intoxicated cuckoos, (accompanied) by lutes, flutes, drums and the rest, their steps moving with playful grace.
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BndP 3 17.25
प्रचेलुः शक्तयः श्यामा हर्षयन्त्यो जगज्जनान् । मयूरवाहनाः काश्चित्कतिचिद्धंसवाहनाः
praceluḥ śaktayaḥ śyāmā harṣayantyo jagajjanān / mayūravāhanāḥ kāścitkaticiddhaṃsavāhanāḥ
The dark Śaktis marched forth, gladdening the people of the world; some rode on peacocks, some on geese,
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BndP 3 17.26
कतिचिन्नकुलारूढाः कतिचित्कोकिलासनाः । सर्वाश्च श्यामलाकाराः काश्चित्कर्णीरथस्थिताः
katicinnakulārūḍhāḥ katicitkokilāsanāḥ / sarvāśca śyāmalākārāḥ kāścitkarṇīrathasthitāḥ
some mounted on mongooses, some seated on cuckoos — and all of them dark in form; some stood in covered litters.
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BndP 3 17.27
कादंबमधुमत्ताश्च काश्चिदारूढसैन्धवाः । मन्त्रनाथां पुरस्कृत्य संप्रचेलुः पुरः पुरः
kādaṃbamadhumattāśca kāścidārūḍhasaindhavāḥ / mantranāthāṃ puraskṛtya saṃpraceluḥ puraḥ puraḥ
And some, intoxicated with kadamba wine, rode on horses; putting the Mantra-mistress in front, they marched on and on ahead.
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BndP 3 17.28
अथारुह्य समुत्तुङ्गध्वजचक्रं महारथम् । बालार्कवर्णकवचा मदालोलविलोचना
athāruhya samuttuṅgadhvajacakraṃ mahāratham / bālārkavarṇakavacā madālolavilocanā
Then, having mounted a great chariot with a very lofty banner and wheels, armoured in the colour of the young sun, her eyes rolling with intoxication,
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BndP 3 17.29
ईषत्प्रस्वेदकणिकामनोहरमुखांबुजा । प्रेक्षयन्ती कटाक्षौधौः किञ्चिद्भ्रूवल्लिताण्डवैः
īṣatprasvedakaṇikāmanoharamukhāṃbujā / prekṣayantī kaṭākṣaudhauḥ kiñcidbhrūvallitāṇḍavaiḥ
her lotus-face made lovely by tiny beads of sweat, gazing with floods of sidelong glances and slight dances of her creeper-like brows,
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BndP 3 17.30
समस्तमपि तत्सैन्यं शक्तीनामुद्धतोद्धतम् । पिच्छत्रिकोणच्छत्रेण बिरुदेन महीयसा
samastamapi tatsainyaṃ śaktīnāmuddhatoddhatam / picchatrikoṇacchatreṇa birudena mahīyasā
(surveying) that whole army of the Śaktis, mightier and mightier, with the plumed three-cornered parasol, that most exalted emblem —
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BndP 3 17.31
आसां मध्ये न चान्यासां शक्तीनामुज्ज्वलोदया । निर्जगाम घनश्यामश्यामला मन्त्रनायिका
āsāṃ madhye na cānyāsāṃ śaktīnāmujjvalodayā / nirjagāma ghanaśyāmaśyāmalā mantranāyikā
in the midst of these, and of no other Śaktis, of brilliant arising, there came forth the Mantra-mistress, dark as a dense cloud, Śyāmalā.
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BndP 3 17.32
तां तुष्टुवुः षोडशभिर्नामभिर्नाकवासिनः । तानि षोडशनामानि शृणु कुंभसमुद्भव
tāṃ tuṣṭuvuḥ ṣoḍaśabhirnāmabhirnākavāsinaḥ / tāni ṣoḍaśanāmāni śṛṇu kuṃbhasamudbhava
The dwellers in heaven praised her with sixteen names; hear those sixteen names, O pot-born one.
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BndP 3 17.33
संगीतयोगिनी श्यामा श्यामला मन्त्रनायिका । मन्त्रिणी सचिवेशी च प्रधानेशी शुकप्रिया
saṃgītayoginī śyāmā śyāmalā mantranāyikā / mantriṇī saciveśī ca pradhāneśī śukapriyā
Saṃgītayoginī (yoginī of music), Śyāmā (the dark one), Śyāmalā, Mantranāyikā (mistress of mantras), Mantriṇī (the counsellor), Saciveśī (queen among ministers), Pradhāneśī (mistress of the chief minister's office), Śukapriyā (fond of her parrot);
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BndP 3 17.34
वीणावती वैणिकी च मुद्रिणी प्रियकप्रिया । निपप्रिया कदंबेशी कदंबवनवासिनी
vīṇāvatī vaiṇikī ca mudriṇī priyakapriyā / nipapriyā kadaṃbeśī kadaṃbavanavāsinī
Vīṇāvatī (she who holds the vīṇā), Vaiṇikī (the lute-player), Mudriṇī (she who bears the seal/mudrā), Priyakapriyā (fond of the priyaka tree), Nipapriyā (fond of the nīpa tree), Kadaṃbeśī (mistress of the kadamba), Kadaṃbavanavāsinī (dweller in the kadamba grove);
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BndP 3 17.35
सदामदा च नामानि षोडशैतानि कुंभज । एतैर्यः सचिवेशानीं सकृत्स्तौति शरीरवान् । तस्य त्रैलोक्यमखिलं हस्ते तिष्ठत्यसंशयम्
sadāmadā ca nāmāni ṣoḍaśaitāni kuṃbhaja / etairyaḥ saciveśānīṃ sakṛtstauti śarīravān / tasya trailokyamakhilaṃ haste tiṣṭhatyasaṃśayam
and Sadāmadā (ever exhilarated) — these are the sixteen names, O pot-born (Agastya). Whoever, being embodied, praises the mistress of ministers with these even once — the whole triple world stands in his hand, without doubt.
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BndP 3 17.36
मन्त्रिनाथा यत्रयत्र कटाक्षं विकिरत्यसौ । तत्रतत्र गताशङ्कं शत्रुसैन्यं पतत्यलम्
mantrināthā yatrayatra kaṭākṣaṃ vikiratyasau / tatratatra gatāśaṅkaṃ śatrusainyaṃ patatyalam
Wherever she, the lady of counsel, scatters her sidelong glance, there the enemy's army falls at once, its hopes gone.
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BndP 3 17.37
ललितापरमेशान्या राज्यचर्चा तु यावती । शक्तीनामपि चर्चा या सा सर्वत्र जयप्रदा
lalitāparameśānyā rājyacarcā tu yāvatī / śaktīnāmapi carcā yā sā sarvatra jayapradā
Whatever concern for kingship belongs to Lalitā, the supreme sovereign, and whatever concern belongs to the Śaktis as well — that grants victory everywhere.
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BndP 3 17.38
अथ संगीतयोगिन्याः करस्थाच्छुकपोतकात् । निर्जगाम धनुर्वेदो वहन्सज्जंशरासनम्
atha saṃgītayoginyāḥ karasthācchukapotakāt / nirjagāma dhanurvedo vahansajjaṃśarāsanam
Then from the young parrot resting on Saṃgītayoginī's hand there came forth the Dhanurveda (the science of archery), bearing a bow ready strung.
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BndP 3 17.39
चतुर्बाहुयुतो वीरस्त्रिशिरास्त्रिविलोचनः । नमस्कृत्य प्रधानेशीमिदमाह स भक्तिमान्
caturbāhuyuto vīrastriśirāstrivilocanaḥ / namaskṛtya pradhāneśīmidamāha sa bhaktimān
That hero, endowed with four arms, three heads and three eyes, having bowed, full of devotion, spoke thus to Pradhāneśī:
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BndP 3 17.40
देवि भण्डासुरेद्रस्य युद्धाय त्वं प्रवर्त्तसे । अतस्तव मया साह्यं कर्तव्यं मन्त्रिनायिके
devi bhaṇḍāsuredrasya yuddhāya tvaṃ pravarttase / atastava mayā sāhyaṃ kartavyaṃ mantrināyike
"Goddess, you are setting out to battle with Bhaṇḍa, lord of the asuras; therefore help must be given to you by me, O mistress of counsel.
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BndP 3 17.41
चत्रजीवमिमं नाम कोदण्डं सुमहत्तरम् । गृहाण जगतामंब दानवानां निबर्हणम्
catrajīvamimaṃ nāma kodaṇḍaṃ sumahattaram / gṛhāṇa jagatāmaṃba dānavānāṃ nibarhaṇam
Take this very great bow named Citrajīva, O mother of the worlds, the destroyer of the dānavas.
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BndP 3 17.42
इमौ चाक्षयबाणाढ्यौ तूणीरौ स्वर्णचित्रितौ । गृहाण दैत्यनाशाय ममानुग्रहहेतवे
imau cākṣayabāṇāḍhyau tūṇīrau svarṇacitritau / gṛhāṇa daityanāśāya mamānugrahahetave
And take these two quivers filled with inexhaustible arrows, figured with gold, for the destruction of the daityas and for the sake of showing me favour."
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BndP 3 17.43
इति प्रणम्य शिरसा धनुर्वेदेन भक्तितः । अर्पितांश्चापतूणीराञ्जग्राह प्रियकप्रिया
iti praṇamya śirasā dhanurvedena bhaktitaḥ / arpitāṃścāpatūṇīrāñjagrāha priyakapriyā
Having thus bowed with her head, Priyakapriyā took the bow and quivers offered devotedly by Dhanurveda.
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BndP 3 17.44
चित्रजीवं महाचापमादाय च शूकप्रिया । विस्फारं जनयामास मौर्वीमुद्वाद्य भूरिशः
citrajīvaṃ mahācāpamādāya ca śūkapriyā / visphāraṃ janayāmāsa maurvīmudvādya bhūriśaḥ
And Śukapriyā, taking up the great bow Citrajīva, made it twang, sounding the bowstring again and again.
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BndP 3 17.45
संगीतयोगिनी चापध्वनिना पूरितं जगत् । नाकालयानां च मनोन यनानन्दसंपदा
saṃgītayoginī cāpadhvaninā pūritaṃ jagat / nākālayānāṃ ca manona yanānandasaṃpadā
Saṃgītayoginī filled the world with the sound of her bow, and the minds of the heaven-dwellers with the treasure of delight for their eyes.
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BndP 3 17.46
यन्त्रिणी चेति द्वे तस्याः परिचारिके । शुकं वीणां च सहसा वहन्त्यौ परिचेरतुः
yantriṇī ceti dve tasyāḥ paricārike / śukaṃ vīṇāṃ ca sahasā vahantyau pariceratuḥ
And the two attendants of hers, Yantriṇī and (Vaiṇikī?), bearing the parrot and the vīṇā, at once waited upon her.
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BndP 3 17.47
आलोलवलयक्वाणवर्धिष्णुगुणनिस्वनम् । धारयन्ती घनश्यामा चकारातिमनोहरम्
ālolavalayakvāṇavardhiṣṇuguṇanisvanam / dhārayantī ghanaśyāmā cakārātimanoharam
Dark as a rain-cloud, holding (the bow) whose bowstring's sound swelled with the tinkling of her swaying bangles, she made (it) exceedingly charming.
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BndP 3 17.48
चित्रजीवशरासेन भूषिता गीतयोगिनी । कदंबिनीव रुरुचे कदम्बच्छत्रकार्मुका
citrajīvaśarāsena bhūṣitā gītayoginī / kadaṃbinīva ruruce kadambacchatrakārmukā
Adorned with the bow Citrajīva, the yoginī of song shone like a mass of clouds, with the kadamba as her parasol and the bow (as her rainbow).
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BndP 3 17.49
कालीकटाक्षवत्तीक्ष्णो नृत्यद्भुजगभीषणः । उल्लसन्दक्षिणे पाणौ विललास शिलीमुखः
kālīkaṭākṣavattīkṣṇo nṛtyadbhujagabhīṣaṇaḥ / ullasandakṣiṇe pāṇau vilalāsa śilīmukhaḥ
Sharp as Kālī's sidelong glance, terrifying as a dancing snake, flashing in her right hand, the arrow gleamed.
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BndP 3 17.50
गेयचक्ररथारूढां तां पश्चाच्च सिषेविरे । तद्वच्छ्यामलशोभाढ्या देव्यो बाणधनुर्धराः
geyacakrarathārūḍhāṃ tāṃ paścācca siṣevire / tadvacchyāmalaśobhāḍhyā devyo bāṇadhanurdharāḥ
And behind her, mounted on the Geyacakra chariot, goddesses attended her, rich in dark beauty like her own, bearing bows and arrows,
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BndP 3 17.51
सहस्राक्षौहिणीसंख्यास्तीव्रवेगा मदालसाः । आपूरयन्त्यः ककुभं कलैः किलिकिलारवैः
sahasrākṣauhiṇīsaṃkhyāstīvravegā madālasāḥ / āpūrayantyaḥ kakubhaṃ kalaiḥ kilikilāravaiḥ
a thousand akṣauhiṇīs in number, of fierce speed, languid with intoxication, filling the quarters with sweet cries of "kili kili."
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