Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 18
BndP 3 18.1
अथ राजनायिका श्रिताज्वलिताङ्कुशा फणिसमानपाशभृत् । कलनिक्वणद्वलयमैक्ष्वं धनुर्दधती प्रदीप्तकुसुमेषुपञ्चका
atha rājanāyikā śritājvalitāṅkuśā phaṇisamānapāśabhṛt / kalanikvaṇadvalayamaikṣvaṃ dhanurdadhatī pradīptakusumeṣupañcakā
Then the leader of the kingdom (Rājanāyikā), holding a blazing goad, bearing a noose that was like a serpent, holding a sugarcane bow with sweetly tinkling bracelets, with her five blazing flower-arrows,
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BndP 3 18.2
उदयत्सहत्स्रमहसा सहस्रतो ऽप्यतिपाटलं निजवपुः प्रभाझरम् । किरती दिशासु वदनस्य कान्तिभिः सृजतीव चन्द्रमयमभ्रमण्डलम्
udayatsahatsramahasā sahasrato 'pyatipāṭalaṃ nijavapuḥ prabhājharam / kiratī diśāsu vadanasya kāntibhiḥ sṛjatīva candramayamabhramaṇḍalam
Scattering into all the directions the cascade of light of her own body, redder than even a thousand rising thousand-rayed suns, she seems, by the loveliness of her face, to be creating a circle of cloud made of moonlight.
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BndP 3 18.3
दशयोजनायतिमाता जगत्त्रयीमभिवृण्वता विशदमौक्तिकात्मना । धवलातपत्रवलयेन भासुरा शशिमण्डलस्य सखितामुपेयुषा
daśayojanāyatimātā jagattrayīmabhivṛṇvatā viśadamauktikātmanā / dhavalātapatravalayena bhāsurā śaśimaṇḍalasya sakhitāmupeyuṣā
Radiant with the ring of a white parasol, ten yojanas in extent, which covered over the three worlds, made of clear pearls, and which had attained comradeship with the disc of the moon.
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BndP 3 18.4
अभिवीजिता च मणिकान्तशोभिना विजयादिमुख्यपरिचारिकागणैः । नवचन्द्रिकालहरिकान्तिकन्दलीचतुरेण चामरचतुष्टयेन च
abhivījitā ca maṇikāntaśobhinā vijayādimukhyaparicārikāgaṇaiḥ / navacandrikālaharikāntikandalīcatureṇa cāmaracatuṣṭayena ca
And fanned by the four chowries — skilful in (producing) the sprouts of loveliness of waves of fresh moonlight — (held) by the throngs of chief attendants beginning with Vijayā, who shone with lovely gems.
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BndP 3 18.7
शक्त्यैकराज्यपदवीमभिसूचयन्ती साम्राज्यचिह्नशतमण्डितसैन्यदेशा । संगीतवाद्यरचनाभिरथामरीणां संस्तूयमानविभवा विशदप्रकाशा ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,१८।५ ॥ वाचामगोचरमगोचरमेव बुद्धेरीदृक्तया न कलनीयमनन्यतुल्यम् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,१८।६ ॥ त्रैलोक्यगर्भपरिपूरितशक्तिचक्रसाम्राज्यसंपदभिमानमभिस्पृशन्ती । आबद्धभक्तिविपुलाञ्जलिशेखराणामारादहंप्रथमिका कृतसेवनानाम्
śaktyaikarājyapadavīmabhisūcayantī sāmrājyacihnaśatamaṇḍitasainyadeśā / saṃgītavādyaracanābhirathāmarīṇāṃ saṃstūyamānavibhavā viśadaprakāśā // bndp_3,18.5 // vācāmagocaramagocarameva buddherīdṛktayā na kalanīyamananyatulyam // bndp_3,18.6 // trailokyagarbhaparipūritaśakticakrasāmrājyasaṃpadabhimānamabhispṛśantī / ābaddhabhaktivipulāñjaliśekharāṇāmārādahaṃprathamikā kṛtasevanānām
Indicating the rank of sole sovereignty over Śakti, the ground of her army adorned with a hundred marks of imperial rule, her majesty being hymned by the immortal women with compositions of song and instrumental music, of clear splendour — (18.5) beyond the range of words, beyond the range of the intellect too, not to be conceived as being of such-and-such a kind, comparable to nothing else — (18.6) touching the pride of the imperial wealth of the circle of Śaktis that fills the womb of the three worlds, being close at hand the first to say "I" (i.e. foremost) for those who render service with broad folded hands set on their heads in fixed devotion.
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BndP 3 18.8
ब्रह्मेशविष्णुवृषमुख्यसुरोत्तमानां वक्त्राणिवर्षितनुतीनि कटाक्षयन्ती । उद्दीप्तपुष्पशरपञ्चकतः समुत्थैज्योतिर्मयं त्रिभुवनं सहसा दधाना
brahmeśaviṣṇuvṛṣamukhyasurottamānāṃ vaktrāṇivarṣitanutīni kaṭākṣayantī / uddīptapuṣpaśarapañcakataḥ samutthaijyotirmayaṃ tribhuvanaṃ sahasā dadhānā
Casting sidelong glances at the faces of Brahmā, Śiva, Viṣṇu, the Bull and the other foremost gods, faces that rained down praises; suddenly making the three worlds consist of light by means of the five blazing flower-arrows that had been raised up.
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BndP 3 18.9
विद्युत्समद्युतिभिरप्सरसां समूहैर्विक्षिप्यमाणजयमङ्गललाजवर्षा । कामेश्वरीप्रभृतिभिः कमनीयभाभिः संग्रामवेषरचनासुमनोहराभिः
vidyutsamadyutibhirapsarasāṃ samūhairvikṣipyamāṇajayamaṅgalalājavarṣā / kāmeśvarīprabhṛtibhiḥ kamanīyabhābhiḥ saṃgrāmaveṣaracanāsumanoharābhiḥ
With showers of parched grain of victory and blessing being scattered by hosts of apsarases whose brilliance equalled lightning; (and attended) by Kāmeśvarī and the rest, of lovely radiance, most charming in the fashioning of their battle-array.
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BndP 3 18.10
दीप्तायुधद्युतितिरस्कृत भास्कराभिर्नित्याभिरङ्घ्रिसविधे समुपाक्यमाना । श्रीचक्रनामतिलकं दशयोजनातितुङ्गध्वजोल्लिखितमेघकदंबमुच्चैः
dīptāyudhadyutitiraskṛta bhāskarābhirnityābhiraṅghrisavidhe samupākyamānā / śrīcakranāmatilakaṃ daśayojanātituṅgadhvajollikhitameghakadaṃbamuccaiḥ
Being waited upon close to her feet by the Nityās, whose lustre outshone the sun by the brilliance of their blazing weapons; (and bearing) the mark named Śrīcakra, with a banner ten yojanas exceedingly tall that scraped the mass of clouds on high.
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BndP 3 18.11
तीव्राभिरावणसुशक्तिपरंपरभिर्युक्तं रथं समरकर्मणि चालयन्ती । प्रोद्यत्पिशङ्गरुचिभागमलांशुकेन वीतामनोहररुचिस्समरे व्यभासीत्
tīvrābhirāvaṇasuśaktiparaṃparabhiryuktaṃ rathaṃ samarakarmaṇi cālayantī / prodyatpiśaṅgarucibhāgamalāṃśukena vītāmanohararucissamare vyabhāsīt
Driving in the work of battle the chariot yoked with successive ranks of the fierce, excellent Āvaraṇa-śaktis, wrapped in a spotless garment of rising tawny hue, she shone in the battle with a charming radiance.
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BndP 3 18.12
पञ्चाधिकैर्विशतिनामरत्नैः प्रपञ्चपापप्रशमातिदक्षैः । संस्तूयमाना ललिता मरुद्भिः संग्राममुद्दिश्य समुच्चचाल
pañcādhikairviśatināmaratnaiḥ prapañcapāpapraśamātidakṣaiḥ / saṃstūyamānā lalitā marudbhiḥ saṃgrāmamuddiśya samuccacāla
Praised by the Maruts with the twenty-five jewel-like names, which are most efficient in quelling the sin of the manifold world, Lalitā set out, making for the battle.
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BndP 3 18.13
अगस्त्य उवाच वीजिवक्त्र महाबुद्धे पञ्चविंशतिनामभिः । ललितापरमेशान्या देहि कर्णरसायनम्
agastya uvāca vījivaktra mahābuddhe pañcaviṃśatināmabhiḥ / lalitāparameśānyā dehi karṇarasāyanam
Agastya said: O horse-faced one, of great wisdom, give (me) an elixir for the ears in the form of the twenty-five names of Lalitā, the supreme sovereign lady.
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BndP 3 18.14
हयग्रीव उवाच सिंहासना श्रीललिता महाराज्ञी पराङ्कुशा । चापिनी त्रिपुरा चैव महात्रिपुरसुन्दरी
hayagrīva uvāca siṃhāsanā śrīlalitā mahārājñī parāṅkuśā / cāpinī tripurā caiva mahātripurasundarī
Hayagrīva said: Siṃhāsanā, Śrīlalitā, Mahārājñī, Parāṅkuśā, Cāpinī, and Tripurā, Mahātripurasundarī,
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BndP 3 18.15
सुन्दरी चक्रनाथा च साम्राजी चक्रिणी तथा । चक्रेश्वरी महादेवी कामेशी परमेश्वरी
sundarī cakranāthā ca sāmrājī cakriṇī tathā / cakreśvarī mahādevī kāmeśī parameśvarī
Sundarī and Cakranāthā, Sāmrājī and likewise Cakriṇī, Cakreśvarī, Mahādevī, Kāmeśī, Parameśvarī,
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BndP 3 18.16
कामराजप्रिया कामकोटिगा चक्रवर्तिनी । महाविद्या शिवानङ्गवल्लभा सर्वपाटला
kāmarājapriyā kāmakoṭigā cakravartinī / mahāvidyā śivānaṅgavallabhā sarvapāṭalā
Kāmarājapriyā, Kāmakoṭigā, Cakravartinī, Mahāvidyā, Śivā, Anaṅgavallabhā, Sarvapāṭalā,
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BndP 3 18.17
कुलनाथाम्नायनाथा सर्वाम्नायनिवासिनी । शृङ्गारनायिका चेति पञ्चविंशतिनामभिः
kulanāthāmnāyanāthā sarvāmnāyanivāsinī / śṛṅgāranāyikā ceti pañcaviṃśatināmabhiḥ
Kulanāthā, Āmnāyanāthā, Sarvāmnāyanivāsinī, and Śṛṅgāranāyikā — thus, with these twenty-five names,
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BndP 3 18.18
स्तुवन्ति ये महाभागां ललितां परमेश्वरीम् । ते प्राप्नुवन्ति सौभाग्यमष्टौ सिद्धीर्महद्यशः
stuvanti ye mahābhāgāṃ lalitāṃ parameśvarīm / te prāpnuvanti saubhāgyamaṣṭau siddhīrmahadyaśaḥ
those who praise the greatly blessed Lalitā, the supreme sovereign lady, obtain good fortune, the eight powers, and great renown.
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BndP 3 18.19
इत्थं प्रचण्डसंरंभं चालयन्ती महद्बलम् । भण्डासुरं प्रति क्रुद्धा चचाल ललितांबिका
itthaṃ pracaṇḍasaṃraṃbhaṃ cālayantī mahadbalam / bhaṇḍāsuraṃ prati kruddhā cacāla lalitāṃbikā
Thus, setting in motion the great army with its fierce onrush, angry Mother Lalitā advanced against Bhaṇḍāsura.
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