Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 20

BndP 3 20.1

हयग्रीव उवाच किरिचक्ररथेन्द्रस्य पञ्चपर्वसमाश्रिताः । देवताश्च शृणु प्राज्ञ नाम यच्छृण्वतां जयः

hayagrīva uvāca kiricakrarathendrasya pañcaparvasamāśritāḥ / devatāśca śṛṇu prājña nāma yacchṛṇvatāṃ jayaḥ

Hayagrīva said: Hear now, wise one, the names of the deities that occupy the five tiers of the great Chariot of the Boar-Wheel (Kiricakra) — names by which there is victory for those who hear them.

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BndP 3 20.4

प्रथमं पर्वबिन्द्वाख्यं संप्राप्ता दण्डनायिका । सा तत्र जगदुद्दण्डकण्टकव्रातघस्मरी ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,२०।२ ॥ नानाविधाभिर्ज्वालाभिर्नर्तयन्ती जयश्रियम् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,२०।३ ॥ उद्दण्डपोत्रनिर्घातनिर्भिन्नोद्धतदानवाः । दंष्ट्राबालमृगाङ्कांशुविभावनविभावरी

prathamaṃ parvabindvākhyaṃ saṃprāptā daṇḍanāyikā / sā tatra jagaduddaṇḍakaṇṭakavrātaghasmarī // bndp_3,20.2 // nānāvidhābhirjvālābhirnartayantī jayaśriyam // bndp_3,20.3 // uddaṇḍapotranirghātanirbhinnoddhatadānavāḥ / daṃṣṭrābālamṛgāṅkāṃśuvibhāvanavibhāvarī

Having reached the first tier, called the Point (bindu), is Daṇḍanāyikā (the Mistress of the Staff), there the devourer of the throng of thorns that oppress the world; // with flames of many kinds she makes the splendour of victory dance; // (her chariot has) the arrogant Dānavas split open by the blows of her uplifted snout, and she is the night lit up by the shining of her tusks, which are like the rays of the young moon.

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BndP 3 20.5

प्रावृषेण्यपयोवाहव्यूहनीलवपुर्ल्लता । किरिचक्ररथेन्द्रस्य सालङ्कारायते सदा । पोत्रिणी पुत्रिताशेषविश्वावर्तकदंबिका

prāvṛṣeṇyapayovāhavyūhanīlavapurllatā / kiricakrarathendrasya sālaṅkārāyate sadā / potriṇī putritāśeṣaviśvāvartakadaṃbikā

Her body a creeper dark as a mass of rain-clouds of the monsoon, she always serves as the ornament of the great Chariot of the Boar-Wheel — the Boar-faced One (Potriṇī), the mother who has made the whole universe her child, the mother of the (final) dissolution.

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BndP 3 20.6

तस्यैव रथनाभस्य द्वितीयं पर्व संश्रिताः । जृंभिनी मोहिनी चैव स्तंभिनी तिस्र एव हि । उत्फुल्लदाडिमीप्रख्यं सर्वदानवमर्दनाः

tasyaiva rathanābhasya dvitīyaṃ parva saṃśritāḥ / jṛṃbhinī mohinī caiva staṃbhinī tisra eva hi / utphulladāḍimīprakhyaṃ sarvadānavamardanāḥ

Occupying the second tier of that same chariot-hub are just three: Jṛmbhiṇī, Mohinī and Stambhinī, (their bodies) like a burst-open pomegranate, crushers of all the Dānavas,

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BndP 3 20.7

मुसलं च हलं हालापात्रं मणिगणर्पितम् । ज्वलन्माणिक्यवलयैर्बि भ्राणाः पाणिपल्लवैः

musalaṃ ca halaṃ hālāpātraṃ maṇigaṇarpitam / jvalanmāṇikyavalayairbi bhrāṇāḥ pāṇipallavaiḥ

bearing, with their sprout-like hands whose bracelets are of blazing rubies, a pestle, a plough, and a liquor-cup studded with clusters of gems,

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BndP 3 20.8

अतितीक्ष्णकरालाक्ष्यो ज्वालाभिर्दैत्यसैनिकान् । दहन्त्य इव निःशङ्कं सेवन्ते सूकराननाम्

atitīkṣṇakarālākṣyo jvālābhirdaityasainikān / dahantya iva niḥśaṅkaṃ sevante sūkarānanām

with eyes exceedingly sharp and terrible, as if burning up the demon soldiers with their flames, they attend fearlessly upon the Boar-faced One.

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BndP 3 20.9

किरिचक्ररथेन्द्रस्य तृतीयं पर्व संश्रिताः । अन्धिन्याद्याः पञ्च देव्यो देवीयन्त्रकृतास्पदाः

kiricakrarathendrasya tṛtīyaṃ parva saṃśritāḥ / andhinyādyāḥ pañca devyo devīyantrakṛtāspadāḥ

Occupying the third tier of the great Chariot of the Boar-Wheel are the five goddesses beginning with Andhinī, who have their station in the Goddess's diagram,

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BndP 3 20.10

कठोरेणाट्टहासेन भिन्दन्त्यो भुवनत्रयम् । ज्वाला इव तु कल्पग्नेरङ्गनावेषमाश्रिताः

kaṭhoreṇāṭṭahāsena bhindantyo bhuvanatrayam / jvālā iva tu kalpagneraṅganāveṣamāśritāḥ

splitting the three worlds with their harsh loud laughter, like the flames of the fire of the world's end that have taken on the guise of women,

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BndP 3 20.11

भण्डासुरस्य सर्वेषां सैन्यानां रुधिरप्लुतिम् । लिलिक्षमाणा जिह्वाभिर्लेलिहानाभिरुज्ज्वलाः

bhaṇḍāsurasya sarveṣāṃ sainyānāṃ rudhiraplutim / lilikṣamāṇā jihvābhirlelihānābhirujjvalāḥ

blazing, eager to lick with their darting tongues the flood of blood of all the armies of Bhaṇḍāsura,

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BndP 3 20.12

सेवन्तें सततं दण्डनाथामुद्दण्डविक्रमाम् । किरिचक्ररथेन्द्रस्य चतुर्थं पर्व संश्रिताः

sevanteṃ satataṃ daṇḍanāthāmuddaṇḍavikramām / kiricakrarathendrasya caturthaṃ parva saṃśritāḥ

they serve continually the Mistress of the Staff, whose valour is uplifted. Occupying the fourth tier of the great Chariot of the Boar-Wheel

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BndP 3 20.13

ब्रह्माद्याः पञ्चमीवर्ज्या अष्टमीरवर्जिता अपि । षडेव देव्यः षट्चक्रज्वलज्ज्वालाकलेवराः

brahmādyāḥ pañcamīvarjyā aṣṭamīravarjitā api / ṣaḍeva devyaḥ ṣaṭcakrajvalajjvālākalevarāḥ

are the goddesses beginning with Brāhmī, excluding the fifth and excluding the eighth as well — just six goddesses, their bodies the blazing flames of the six wheels;

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BndP 3 20.14

महता विक्रमौघेण विबन्त्य इव दानवान् । आज्ञया दण्डनाथायास्तं प्रदेशमुपासते

mahatā vikramaugheṇa vibantya iva dānavān / ājñayā daṇḍanāthāyāstaṃ pradeśamupāsate

With a great flood of valour, as if devouring the Dānavas, by the command of Daṇḍanāthā they attend upon that region.

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BndP 3 20.15

तस्यैव पर्वणो ऽधस्तात्त्वरिताः स्थानमाश्रिताः । यक्षिणी शङ्खिनी चैव लाकिनी हाकिनी तथा

tasyaiva parvaṇo 'dhastāttvaritāḥ sthānamāśritāḥ / yakṣiṇī śaṅkhinī caiva lākinī hākinī tathā

Below that same joint (of the chariot), swiftly taking up their station, are Yakṣiṇī, Śaṅkhinī, Lākinī, and Hākinī,

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BndP 3 20.16

शाकिनी डाकिनी चैव तासामैक्यस्वरूपिणी । हाकिनी सप्तमीत्येताश्चण्डदोर्दण्डविक्रमाः

śākinī ḍākinī caiva tāsāmaikyasvarūpiṇī / hākinī saptamītyetāścaṇḍadordaṇḍavikramāḥ

and Śākinī and Ḍākinī, and Hākinī the seventh, who is the embodiment of their unity — these have the prowess of fierce arms,

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BndP 3 20.17

पिबन्त्य इव भूतानि पिबन्त्य इव मेदिनीम् । त्वचं रक्तं तथा मांसं मेदो ऽस्थि च विरोधिनाम्

pibantya iva bhūtāni pibantya iva medinīm / tvacaṃ raktaṃ tathā māṃsaṃ medo 'sthi ca virodhinām

as if drinking down the beings, as if drinking down the earth — (drinking) the skin, blood, and flesh, the fat and bone of (their) adversaries,

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BndP 3 20.18

मज्जानमथ शुक्रं च पिबन्तयो विकटाननाः । निष्ठुरैः सिंहनादैश्च पूरयन्त्यो दिशो दश

majjānamatha śukraṃ ca pibantayo vikaṭānanāḥ / niṣṭhuraiḥ siṃhanādaiśca pūrayantyo diśo daśa

and drinking the marrow and the semen, grim-faced, filling the ten directions with harsh lion-roars.

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BndP 3 20.19

धातुनाथा इति प्रोक्ता अणिमाद्यष्टसिद्धिदाः । मोहने मारणे चैव स्तंभने ताडने तथा

dhātunāthā iti proktā aṇimādyaṣṭasiddhidāḥ / mohane māraṇe caiva staṃbhane tāḍane tathā

They are called the Mistresses of the Bodily Constituents, granting the eight powers beginning with aṇimā; in bewildering, in slaying, in paralysing, and in striking,

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BndP 3 20.20

भक्षणे दुष्टदैत्यानामामूलं च निकृन्तने । पण्डिताः खण्डिताशेषविपदो भक्तिशालिषु

bhakṣaṇe duṣṭadaityānāmāmūlaṃ ca nikṛntane / paṇḍitāḥ khaṇḍitāśeṣavipado bhaktiśāliṣu

in devouring the wicked Daityas and in cutting (them) down to the root, they are skilled; they cut off every misfortune for those rich in devotion.

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BndP 3 20.21

धातुनाथा इतिप्रोक्ताः सर्वधातुषु संस्थिताः । सप्तापि वारिधीनूर्मिमालासंचुंबितांबरान्

dhātunāthā itiproktāḥ sarvadhātuṣu saṃsthitāḥ / saptāpi vāridhīnūrmimālāsaṃcuṃbitāṃbarān

They are called the Mistresses of the Bodily Constituents, abiding in all the constituents; all seven, (able) to leap over the seven oceans whose garlands of waves kiss the sky

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BndP 3 20.22

क्षणर्धेनैव निष्पातुं निष्पन्नबहुसाहसाः । शकटा कारदन्ताश्च भयङ्करविलोचनाः

kṣaṇardhenaiva niṣpātuṃ niṣpannabahusāhasāḥ / śakaṭā kāradantāśca bhayaṅkaravilocanāḥ

in half an instant — accomplished in many daring feats, with teeth like cart-(wheels?) and terrifying eyes,

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BndP 3 20.23

स्वस्वामिनीद्रोहकृतां स्वकीयसमयद्रुहाम् । वैदिकद्रोहणादेव द्रोहिणां वीरवैरिणाम्

svasvāminīdrohakṛtāṃ svakīyasamayadruhām / vaidikadrohaṇādeva drohiṇāṃ vīravairiṇām

of those who commit treachery against their own mistress, who violate their own vows, of the treacherous—by their very treachery against the Veda—of the enemies of heroes,

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BndP 3 20.24

यज्ञद्रोहकृतां दुष्टदैत्यानां भक्षणे समाः । नित्यमेव च सेवन्ते पोत्रिणीं दण्डनायिकाम्

yajñadrohakṛtāṃ duṣṭadaityānāṃ bhakṣaṇe samāḥ / nityameva ca sevante potriṇīṃ daṇḍanāyikām

and of the wicked Daityas who work harm against sacrifice — in devouring them they are equal; and they perpetually serve the Sow-faced One, Daṇḍanāyikā.

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BndP 3 20.25

तस्यैव पर्वणः पार्श्वे द्वितीये दिव्यमन्दिरे । क्रोधिनी स्तंभिनी ख्याते वर्तेते देवते उभे

tasyaiva parvaṇaḥ pārśve dvitīye divyamandire / krodhinī staṃbhinī khyāte vartete devate ubhe

At the second side of that same joint, in a divine chamber, abide two goddesses known as Krodhinī and Staṃbhinī,

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BndP 3 20.26

चामरे वीजयन्त्यौ च लोलकङ्कणदोर्लते । देवद्विषां चमूरक्तहालापानमहोद्धते

cāmare vījayantyau ca lolakaṅkaṇadorlate / devadviṣāṃ camūraktahālāpānamahoddhate

fanning with two chowries, their creeper-like arms with swaying bracelets, greatly excited with the drinking of the liquor that is the blood of the army of the gods' foes,

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BndP 3 20.27

सदा विघूर्णमानाक्ष्यौ सदा प्रहसितानने । अथ तस्य रथेन्द्रस्य किरिचक्राश्रितस्य च

sadā vighūrṇamānākṣyau sadā prahasitānane / atha tasya rathendrasya kiricakrāśritasya ca

their eyes forever rolling, their faces forever laughing. Now, of that lordly chariot Kiricakra,

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BndP 3 20.28

पार्श्वद्वयकृतावासमायुधद्वन्द्वमुत्तमम् । हलं च मुसलं चैव देवतारूपमास्थितम्

pārśvadvayakṛtāvāsamāyudhadvandvamuttamam / halaṃ ca musalaṃ caiva devatārūpamāsthitam

there is an excellent pair of weapons that has made its dwelling on the two sides: the plough and the pestle, standing in the form of deities,

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BndP 3 20.29

स्वकीयमुकुटस्थाने स्वकीयायुधविग्रहम् । आबिभ्राणं जग षिघस्मरं विबुधैः स्मृतम्

svakīyamukuṭasthāne svakīyāyudhavigraham / ābibhrāṇaṃ jaga ṣighasmaraṃ vibudhaiḥ smṛtam

bearing on their own crowns the figure of their own weapon — remembered by the wise as the devourer of the world.

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BndP 3 20.30

एतदायुधयुग्मेन ललिता दडनायिका । खण्डयिष्यति संग्रामं विषङ्गं नामदानहम्

etadāyudhayugmena lalitā daḍanāyikā / khaṇḍayiṣyati saṃgrāmaṃ viṣaṅgaṃ nāmadānaham

With this pair of weapons Lalitā, the leader of the punishing force, will cut short in battle the Dānava named Viṣaṅga.

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BndP 3 20.31

तस्यैव पर्वणो दण्डनाथाया अग्रसीमनि । वर्त्तमानो महाभीमः सिंहो नादैर्ध्वनन्नभः

tasyaiva parvaṇo daṇḍanāthāyā agrasīmani / varttamāno mahābhīmaḥ siṃho nādairdhvanannabhaḥ

At the front edge of that same joint of Daṇḍanāthā's (chariot) stands a most terrible lion, making the sky resound with his roars,

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BndP 3 20.32

दंष्ट्राकटकटात्कार बधिरीकृतदिङ्मुखः । चण्डोच्चण्ड इति ख्यातश्चतुर्हस्तस्त्रिलोचनः

daṃṣṭrākaṭakaṭātkāra badhirīkṛtadiṅmukhaḥ / caṇḍoccaṇḍa iti khyātaścaturhastastrilocanaḥ

who has deafened the quarters with the gnashing clatter of his fangs, known as Caṇḍoccaṇḍa, four-armed and three-eyed,

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BndP 3 20.33

शूलखड्गप्रेतपाशान्दधानो दीप्तविग्रहः । सदा संसेवते देवीं पश्यन्नेव हि पोत्रिणीम्

śūlakhaḍgapretapāśāndadhāno dīptavigrahaḥ / sadā saṃsevate devīṃ paśyanneva hi potriṇīm

bearing trident, sword, corpse and noose, his body blazing; ever he serves the Goddess, gazing indeed upon the Sow-faced One.

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BndP 3 20.34

किरिचक्ररथेन्द्रस्य षष्टं पर्व समाश्रिताः । वार्त्ताल्याद्या अष्ट देव्यो दिक्ष्वष्टासूपविश्रुताः

kiricakrarathendrasya ṣaṣṭaṃ parva samāśritāḥ / vārttālyādyā aṣṭa devyo dikṣvaṣṭāsūpaviśrutāḥ

Occupying the sixth section of the great chariot Kiricakra, the eight goddesses beginning with Vārtālī are renowned in the eight directions.

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BndP 3 20.35

अष्टपर्वतनिष्पातघोरनिर्घातनिःस्वनाः । अष्टनागस्फुरद्भूषा अनष्टबलतेजसः

aṣṭaparvataniṣpātaghoranirghātaniḥsvanāḥ / aṣṭanāgasphuradbhūṣā anaṣṭabalatejasaḥ

Their voices are like the dread crash of thunderbolts, like the falling of eight mountains; their ornaments are eight flashing serpents; their strength and splendour are undiminished.

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BndP 3 20.36

प्रकृष्टदोष्प्रकाण्डोष्महुतदानवकोटयः । सेवन्ते ललितां देव्यो दण्डनाथामहर्निशम्

prakṛṣṭadoṣprakāṇḍoṣmahutadānavakoṭayaḥ / sevante lalitāṃ devyo daṇḍanāthāmaharniśam

With their outstretched mighty arms' heat they have consumed crores of dānavas; these goddesses attend, day and night, upon Lalitā and upon Daṇḍanāthā.

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BndP 3 20.37

तासामाख्याश्च विख्याताः समाकर्णय कुंभज । वार्ताली चैव वाराहीसा वाराहमुखी परा

tāsāmākhyāśca vikhyātāḥ samākarṇaya kuṃbhaja / vārtālī caiva vārāhīsā vārāhamukhī parā

And hear now their celebrated names, O jar-born one: Vārtālī, and Vārāhī, and the other, Vārāhamukhī,

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BndP 3 20.38

अन्धिनी रोधिनी चैव जृंभिणी चैव मोहिनी । स्तंभिनीति रिपुक्षोभस्तंभनोच्चाटनक्षमाः

andhinī rodhinī caiva jṛṃbhiṇī caiva mohinī / staṃbhinīti ripukṣobhastaṃbhanoccāṭanakṣamāḥ

Andhinī, Rodhinī, and Jṛmbhiṇī, and Mohinī, and Stambhinī — able to agitate, paralyse and drive away enemies.

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BndP 3 20.39

तासां च पर्वणो वामभागे सततसंस्थितिः । दण्डनाथोपवाह्यस्तु कासरो धूसराकृतिः

tāsāṃ ca parvaṇo vāmabhāge satatasaṃsthitiḥ / daṇḍanāthopavāhyastu kāsaro dhūsarākṛtiḥ

And on the left side of that same tier is stationed permanently Daṇḍanāthā's mount, a buffalo of ashen-grey form,

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BndP 3 20.40

अर्धक्रोशायतः शृङ्गद्वितये क्रोशविग्रहः । खड्गवन्निष्ठुरैर्लोमजातैः संवृतविग्रहः

ardhakrośāyataḥ śṛṅgadvitaye krośavigrahaḥ / khaḍgavanniṣṭhurairlomajātaiḥ saṃvṛtavigrahaḥ

half a krośa long, with a body of a krośa at its pair of horns, its body covered with hairs harsh as swords,

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BndP 3 20.41

कालदण्डवदुच्चण्डबालकाण्डभयङ्करः । नीलाञ्जनाचलप्रख्यो विकटोन्नतरुष्टभूः

kāladaṇḍavaduccaṇḍabālakāṇḍabhayaṅkaraḥ / nīlāñjanācalaprakhyo vikaṭonnataruṣṭabhūḥ

terrifying with a fiercely violent tail-shaft like the rod of Death, resembling a mountain of dark collyrium, its brow monstrously raised and wrathful,

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BndP 3 20.42

महानीलगिरिश्रेष्ठगरिष्ठस्कन्धमण्डलः । प्रभूतोष्मलनिश्वासप्रसराकंपितांबुधिः

mahānīlagiriśreṣṭhagariṣṭhaskandhamaṇḍalaḥ / prabhūtoṣmalaniśvāsaprasarākaṃpitāṃbudhiḥ

with a shoulder-mass more massive than the greatest of the great blue mountains, the ocean set trembling by the rush of its abundantly hot breathing,

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BndP 3 20.43

घर्घरध्वनिना कालमहिषं विहसन्निव । वर्त्तते खुरविक्षिप्तपुष्कलावर्तवारिदः

ghargharadhvaninā kālamahiṣaṃ vihasanniva / varttate khuravikṣiptapuṣkalāvartavāridaḥ

as if mocking the buffalo of Death with its snorting sound it stands, the Puṣkalāvarta clouds scattered by its hooves.

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BndP 3 20.44

तस्यैव पर्वणो ऽधस्ताच्चित्रस्थानकृतालयाः । इन्द्रादयो ऽनेकभेदा दिशामष्टकदेवताः

tasyaiva parvaṇo 'dhastāccitrasthānakṛtālayāḥ / indrādayo 'nekabhedā diśāmaṣṭakadevatāḥ

Below that same tier, having made their dwellings in various stations, are Indra and the rest, the deities of the eight directions, of many kinds,

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BndP 3 20.45

ललितायां कार्यसिद्धिं विज्ञापयितुमागताः । इन्द्रश्चाप्सरसश्चैव स चतुष्षष्टिकोटयः

lalitāyāṃ kāryasiddhiṃ vijñāpayitumāgatāḥ / indraścāpsarasaścaiva sa catuṣṣaṣṭikoṭayaḥ

come to report to Lalitā the accomplishment of their tasks: Indra, and the apsarases, and those sixty-four crores,

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BndP 3 20.46

सिद्ध अग्निश्च साध्याश्च विश्वेदेवास्तथापरे । विश्वकर्मा मयश्चैव मातरश्च बलोन्नताः

siddha agniśca sādhyāśca viśvedevāstathāpare / viśvakarmā mayaścaiva mātaraśca balonnatāḥ

the Siddhas, and Agni, and the Sādhyas, and likewise the other Viśvedevas, Viśvakarman and Maya, and the Mothers, exalted in strength,

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BndP 3 20.47

रुद्राश्च परिचाराश्च रुद्राश्चैव पिशाचकाः । क्रन्दञ्चिरक्षसां नाथा राक्षसा बहवस्तथा

rudrāśca paricārāśca rudrāścaiva piśācakāḥ / krandañcirakṣasāṃ nāthā rākṣasā bahavastathā

and the Rudras and their attendants, and the Rudras who are Piśācas, and the lords of the howling night-roamers, and many rākṣasas likewise,

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BndP 3 20.48

मित्राश्च तत्र गन्धर्वाः सदा गानविशारदाः । विश्वावसुप्रभृतयो विख्यातास्तत्पुरोगमाः

mitrāśca tatra gandharvāḥ sadā gānaviśāradāḥ / viśvāvasuprabhṛtayo vikhyātāstatpurogamāḥ

and there the Mitras and the gandharvas, ever skilled in song, the renowned ones headed by Viśvāvasu and the rest,

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BndP 3 20.49

तथा भूतगणाश्चान्ये वरुणो वासवः परे । विद्याधराः किन्नराश्च मारुतेश्वर एव च

tathā bhūtagaṇāścānye varuṇo vāsavaḥ pare / vidyādharāḥ kinnarāśca māruteśvara eva ca

and likewise other troops of bhūtas, Varuṇa, Vāsava, and others, the vidyādharas and kinnaras, and the lord of the winds too,

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BndP 3 20.50

तथा चित्ररथश्चैव रथकारक कारकाः । तुंबुरुर्नारदो यक्षः सोमोयक्षेश्वरस्तथा

tathā citrarathaścaiva rathakāraka kārakāḥ / tuṃbururnārado yakṣaḥ somoyakṣeśvarastathā

and likewise Citraratha, and the chariot-makers and artisans, Tumburu, Nārada the yakṣa, and Soma, and the lord of the yakṣas,

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BndP 3 20.51

देवैश्च भगवांस्तत्र गोविन्दः कमलापतिः । ईशानश्च जगच्चक्रभक्षकः शूलभीषणः

devaiśca bhagavāṃstatra govindaḥ kamalāpatiḥ / īśānaśca jagaccakrabhakṣakaḥ śūlabhīṣaṇaḥ

and with the gods, there the Lord Govinda, the husband of Kamalā, and Īśāna, devourer of the wheel of the world, terrible with his trident,

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BndP 3 20.52

ब्रह्मा चैवाश्विनीपुत्रो वैद्यविद्याविशारदौ । धन्वन्तरिश्च भगवानथान्ये गणनायकाः

brahmā caivāśvinīputro vaidyavidyāviśāradau / dhanvantariśca bhagavānathānye gaṇanāyakāḥ

and Brahmā, and the two sons of Aśvinī, expert in the science of medicine, and the Lord Dhanvantari, and then other leaders of hosts,

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BndP 3 20.53

कटकाण्डगलद्दान संतर्पितमधुव्रताः । अनन्तो वासुकिस्तक्षः कर्केटः पद्म एव च

kaṭakāṇḍagaladdāna saṃtarpitamadhuvratāḥ / ananto vāsukistakṣaḥ karkeṭaḥ padma eva ca

(and the elephants) whose exuding rut-fluid, flowing from the temple-region, has gratified the bees; Ananta, Vāsuki, Takṣa, Karkeṭa, and Padma,

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BndP 3 20.54

महापद्मः शङ्खपालो गुलिकः सुबलस्तथा । एते नागेश्वराश्चैव नागकोटिभिरावृताः

mahāpadmaḥ śaṅkhapālo gulikaḥ subalastathā / ete nāgeśvarāścaiva nāgakoṭibhirāvṛtāḥ

Mahāpadma, Śaṅkhapāla, Gulika, and Subala too — these are the lords of the nāgas, surrounded by crores of nāgas.

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BndP 3 20.55

एवंप्रकारा बहवो देवतास्तत्र जाग्रति । पूर्वादिदिशमारभ्य परितः कृतमन्दिराः

evaṃprakārā bahavo devatāstatra jāgrati / pūrvādidiśamārabhya paritaḥ kṛtamandirāḥ

Many deities of this kind keep watch there, having made their dwellings all around, beginning from the eastern and the other directions.

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BndP 3 20.56

तत्रैव देवताश्चक्रे चक्राकारा मरुद्दिशः । आश्रित्य किल वर्तन्ते तदधिष्ठातृदेवताः

tatraiva devatāścakre cakrākārā maruddiśaḥ / āśritya kila vartante tadadhiṣṭhātṛdevatāḥ

There indeed the deities, forming a circle, occupy the wind-quarters on the wheel, and abide there as the presiding deities of it.

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BndP 3 20.57

जृंभिणी स्तंभिनी चैव मोहिनी तिस्र एव च । तस्यैव पर्वणः प्रान्ते किरिचक्रस्य भास्वतः

jṛṃbhiṇī staṃbhinī caiva mohinī tisra eva ca / tasyaiva parvaṇaḥ prānte kiricakrasya bhāsvataḥ

Jṛmbhiṇī, Stambhinī, and Mohinī — these three — at the edge of that very section of the shining Kiricakra.

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BndP 3 20.58

कपालं च गदां बिभ्रदूर्ध्वकेशो महावपुः । पातालतलजंबालबहुला कारकालिमा

kapālaṃ ca gadāṃ bibhradūrdhvakeśo mahāvapuḥ / pātālatalajaṃbālabahulā kārakālimā

Bearing a skull-bowl and a club, his hair standing upright, of huge body, dark with a blackness abundant as the mire of the floor of Pātāla,

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BndP 3 20.59

अट्टहासमहावज्रदीर्णब्रह्माण्डमण्डलः । भिन्दन्डमरुकध्वानै रोदसीकन्दरोदरम्

aṭṭahāsamahāvajradīrṇabrahmāṇḍamaṇḍalaḥ / bhindanḍamarukadhvānai rodasīkandarodaram

having split open the sphere of the cosmic egg with the great thunderbolt of his loud laughter, cleaving the cavernous belly of heaven-and-earth with the beats of his ḍamaru drum,

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BndP 3 20.60

फूत्कारीत्रिपुरायुक्तं फणिपाशं करे वहन् । क्षेत्रपालः सदा भाति सेवमानः किटीश्वरीम्

phūtkārītripurāyuktaṃ phaṇipāśaṃ kare vahan / kṣetrapālaḥ sadā bhāti sevamānaḥ kiṭīśvarīm

carrying in his hand a serpent-noose joined with the hissing Tripurā, Kṣetrapāla ever shines, serving Kiṭīśvarī.

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BndP 3 20.61

तस्यैव च समीपस्थस्तस्या वाहनकेसरी । यमा रुह्य प्रववृते भण्टासुरबधैषिणी

tasyaiva ca samīpasthastasyā vāhanakesarī / yamā ruhya pravavṛte bhaṇṭāsurabadhaiṣiṇī

And standing right near him is her vehicle, the lion; mounting which she set out, wishing to slay the demon Bhaṇṭa (Bhaṇḍa).

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BndP 3 20.62

प्रागुक्तमेव देवेशीवाहसिंहस्य लक्षण्म् । तस्यैव पर्वणो ऽधस्ताद्दण्डनाथासमत्विषः

prāguktameva deveśīvāhasiṃhasya lakṣaṇm / tasyaiva parvaṇo 'dhastāddaṇḍanāthāsamatviṣaḥ

The description of the lion that is the goddess's mount has already been given before. Below that same section (of the wheel) are (the śaktis) equal in radiance to Daṇḍanāthā,

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BndP 3 20.63

दण्डिनीसदृशाशेषभूषणायुधमण्डिताः । शम्याः क्रोडाननाश्चन्द्ररेखोत्तंसितकुन्तलाः

daṇḍinīsadṛśāśeṣabhūṣaṇāyudhamaṇḍitāḥ / śamyāḥ kroḍānanāścandrarekhottaṃsitakuntalāḥ

adorned with all the ornaments and weapons like Daṇḍinī's, called the Śamyās, boar-faced, their locks crested with the crescent of the moon,

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BndP 3 20.64

हलं च मुसलं हस्ते घूर्णयन्त्यो मुहुर्मुहुः । ललिताद्रोहिणां श्यामाद्रोहिणां स्वामिनीद्रुहाम्

halaṃ ca musalaṃ haste ghūrṇayantyo muhurmuhuḥ / lalitādrohiṇāṃ śyāmādrohiṇāṃ svāminīdruhām

whirling again and again the plough and the pestle in their hands, of those who are hostile to Lalitā, hostile to Śyāmā, hostile to their mistress,

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BndP 3 20.65

रक्तस्रोतोभिरुत्कूलैः पूरयन्त्यः कपालकम् । निजभक्तद्रोहकृता मन्त्रमालाविभूषणाः

raktasrotobhirutkūlaiḥ pūrayantyaḥ kapālakam / nijabhaktadrohakṛtā mantramālāvibhūṣaṇāḥ

filling their skull-bowls with overflowing streams of blood — (blood) of those who do harm to her own devotees — themselves ornamented with garlands of mantras,

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BndP 3 20.68

स्वगोष्ठीसमायाक्षेपकारिणां मुण्डमण्डलैः । अखण्डरक्तविच्छर्दैर्बिभ्रत्यो वक्षसि क्रजः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,२०।६६ ॥ सहस्रं देवताः प्रोक्ताः सेवमानाः किटीश्वरीम् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,२०।६७ ॥ तासां नामानि सर्वासां दण्डिन्याः कुंभसंभव । सहस्रनामाध्याये तु वक्ष्यन्ते नाधुना पुनः

svagoṣṭhīsamāyākṣepakāriṇāṃ muṇḍamaṇḍalaiḥ / akhaṇḍaraktavicchardairbibhratyo vakṣasi krajaḥ // bndp_3,20.66 // sahasraṃ devatāḥ proktāḥ sevamānāḥ kiṭīśvarīm // bndp_3,20.67 // tāsāṃ nāmāni sarvāsāṃ daṇḍinyāḥ kuṃbhasaṃbhava / sahasranāmādhyāye tu vakṣyante nādhunā punaḥ

wearing on their breasts garlands made of the heads of those who cast slander upon her own assembly, heads dripping unbroken (streams of) blood — a thousand such deities are declared, serving Kiṭīśvarī. The names of all of them, of Daṇḍinī's (retinue), O pot-born one, will be told in the chapter of the Thousand Names, not again here now.

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BndP 3 20.69

अथ तासां देवतानां कोलास्यानां समीपतः । वाहनं कृष्णसारङ्गो दण्डिन्याः समये स्थितः

atha tāsāṃ devatānāṃ kolāsyānāṃ samīpataḥ / vāhanaṃ kṛṣṇasāraṅgo daṇḍinyāḥ samaye sthitaḥ

Now, near those boar-faced deities stands the black antelope, Daṇḍinī's vehicle, ready at the (appointed) time.

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BndP 3 20.70

क्रोशार्धार्द्धायतः शृङ्गे तदर्धार्धायतो मुखे । क्रोशप्रमाणापादश्च सदा चोद्धृतवालधिः

krośārdhārddhāyataḥ śṛṅge tadardhārdhāyato mukhe / krośapramāṇāpādaśca sadā coddhṛtavāladhiḥ

A quarter of a krośa in extent at its horns, and half of that half in extent at its face, its feet a krośa in measure, and its tail always raised,

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BndP 3 20.71

उदरे धवलच्छायो हुङ्कारेण महीयसा । हसन्मारुतवाहस्य हरिणस्य पराक्रमम्

udare dhavalacchāyo huṅkāreṇa mahīyasā / hasanmārutavāhasya hariṇasya parākramam

white-tinted on its belly, with a mighty roar mocking the prowess of the deer that is the vehicle of the Wind.

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BndP 3 20.72

तस्यैव पर्वणो देशे वर्त्तते वाहनोत्तमम् । किरिचक्ररथेन्द्रस्य स्थितस्तत्रैव पर्वणि

tasyaiva parvaṇo deśe varttate vāhanottamam / kiricakrarathendrasya sthitastatraiva parvaṇi

In the region of that same section stands the best of vehicles; and stationed at that very section of the Kiricakra, the chief of chariots,

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BndP 3 20.73

वर्त्तते मदिरासिंधुर्देवतारूपमास्थिता । माणिक्यगिरिवच्छोणं हस्ते पिशितपिण्डकम्

varttate madirāsiṃdhurdevatārūpamāsthitā / māṇikyagirivacchoṇaṃ haste piśitapiṇḍakam

there is the River of Wine, taking on the form of a deity: red as a mountain of ruby, in her hand a lump of flesh,

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BndP 3 20.74

दधाना घूर्णमा नाक्षी हेमांभोजस्रगावृता । मदशक्त्या समाश्लिष्टा धृतरक्तसरोजया

dadhānā ghūrṇamā nākṣī hemāṃbhojasragāvṛtā / madaśaktyā samāśliṣṭā dhṛtaraktasarojayā

holding (it), her eyes rolling, wreathed with a garland of golden lotuses, closely embraced by Madaśakti who holds a red lotus.

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BndP 3 20.75

यदायदा भण्डदैत्यः संग्रामे संप्रवर्तते । युद्धस्वेद मनुप्राप्ताः शक्तयः स्युः पिपासिताः

yadāyadā bhaṇḍadaityaḥ saṃgrāme saṃpravartate / yuddhasveda manuprāptāḥ śaktayaḥ syuḥ pipāsitāḥ

Whenever the demon Bhaṇḍa engages in battle, and the śaktis, overcome with the sweat of fighting, become thirsty,

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BndP 3 20.76

तदातदा सुरासिंधुरात्मानं बहुधा क्षिपन् । रणे खेदं देवतानामञ्जसापाकरिष्यति

tadātadā surāsiṃdhurātmānaṃ bahudhā kṣipan / raṇe khedaṃ devatānāmañjasāpākariṣyati

Then, again and again, the ocean of wine, pouring itself out abundantly, will readily dispel the exhaustion of the goddesses in the battle.

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BndP 3 20.77

तदप्यद्भुतमे वर्षे भविष्यति न संशयः । तदा श्रोष्यसि संग्रामे कथ्यमानं मया मुदा

tadapyadbhutame varṣe bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ / tadā śroṣyasi saṃgrāme kathyamānaṃ mayā mudā

That too will be most wonderful — there is no doubt of it; then you shall hear it gladly told by me in (the account of) the battle.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BndP 3 20.78

तस्यैव पर्वणो ऽधस्तादष्टदिक्ष्वघ एव हि । उपर्यपि कृतावासा हेतुकाद्या दश स्मृताः

tasyaiva parvaṇo 'dhastādaṣṭadikṣvagha eva hi / uparyapi kṛtāvāsā hetukādyā daśa smṛtāḥ

Below that very joint (of the chariot), in the eight directions and indeed downward, and above as well, having made their dwellings, the ten beginning with Hetuka are recorded.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.79

महान्तो भैरवश्रेष्ठाः ख्याता विपुलविक्रमाः । उद्दीप्तायुत तेजोभिर्द्दिवा दीपितभानवः

mahānto bhairavaśreṣṭhāḥ khyātā vipulavikramāḥ / uddīptāyuta tejobhirddivā dīpitabhānavaḥ

They are great ones, foremost among Bhairavas, renowned, of vast valour, whose suns are (as if) lit up by day with the blazing radiance of ten thousand (fires).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BndP 3 20.80

कल्पान्तकाले दण्डिन्या आज्ञया विश्वघस्मराः । अत्युदग्रप्रकृतयो रददष्टौष्ठसंपुटाः

kalpāntakāle daṇḍinyā ājñayā viśvaghasmarāḥ / atyudagraprakṛtayo radadaṣṭauṣṭhasaṃpuṭāḥ

At the time of the end of the aeon, by the command of Daṇḍinī, they are devourers of the universe, of exceedingly fierce nature, their lips clamped shut and bitten by their teeth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.81

त्रिशूलाग्रविनिर्भिन्नमहावारिदमण्डलाः । हेतुकस्त्रिपुरारिश्च तृतीयश्चाग्निभैरवः

triśūlāgravinirbhinnamahāvāridamaṇḍalāḥ / hetukastripurāriśca tṛtīyaścāgnibhairavaḥ

By the points of their tridents they split open the great circles of rain-clouds. (They are:) Hetuka, and Tripurāri, and third Agnibhairava,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.82

यमजिह्वैकपादौ च तथा कालकरालकौ । भीमरूपो हाटकेशस्तथैवाचलनामवान्

yamajihvaikapādau ca tathā kālakarālakau / bhīmarūpo hāṭakeśastathaivācalanāmavān

and Yamajihva and Ekapāda, and likewise Kāla and Karālaka, Bhīmarūpa, Hāṭakeśa, and likewise the one named Acala.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.83

एते दशैव विख्याता दशकोटिभटान्विताः । तस्यैव किरिचक्रस्य वर्तन्ते पर्वसीमनि

ete daśaiva vikhyātā daśakoṭibhaṭānvitāḥ / tasyaiva kiricakrasya vartante parvasīmani

These very ten are renowned, attended by ten crore warriors; they abide at the boundary of the joint of that same Kiricakra (chariot).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.84

एवं हि दण्डनाथायाः किरिचक्रस्य देवताः । जृंभिण्याद्यचलेन्द्रान्ताः प्रोक्तास्त्रैलोक्यपावनाः

evaṃ hi daṇḍanāthāyāḥ kiricakrasya devatāḥ / jṛṃbhiṇyādyacalendrāntāḥ proktāstrailokyapāvanāḥ

Thus have the deities of Daṇḍanāthā's Kiricakra chariot, from Jṛmbhiṇī to the lord Acala, been declared — purifiers of the three worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.85

तत्रत्यैर्देवतावृन्दैर्बहवस्तत्र संगरे । दानवा मारयिष्यन्ते पास्यन्ते रक्तवृष्टयः

tatratyairdevatāvṛndairbahavastatra saṃgare / dānavā mārayiṣyante pāsyante raktavṛṣṭayaḥ

By the throngs of deities belonging to that place many dānavas will be slain there in the battle, and showers of blood will be drunk.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.86

इत्थं बहुविधत्राणं पर्वस्थैर्देवतागणैः । किरिचक्रं दण्डनेत्र्या रथरत्नं चचाल ह

itthaṃ bahuvidhatrāṇaṃ parvasthairdevatāgaṇaiḥ / kiricakraṃ daṇḍanetryā ratharatnaṃ cacāla ha

Thus manifoldly guarded by the hosts of deities stationed on its joints, the Kiricakra, the jewel of chariots of the Leader-with-the-Staff, moved forth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.87

चक्रराजरथो यत्र तत्र गेयरथोत्तमः । यत्र गेयरथस्तत्र किरिचक्ररथोत्तमः

cakrarājaratho yatra tatra geyarathottamaḥ / yatra geyarathastatra kiricakrarathottamaḥ

Where the Cakrarāja chariot was, there was the excellent Geya chariot; where the Geya chariot was, there was the foremost Kiricakra chariot.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.88

एतद्रथ त्रयं तत्र त्रैलोक्यमिव जङ्गमम् । शक्तिसेनासहस्रस्यान्तश्चचार तदा शुभम्

etadratha trayaṃ tatra trailokyamiva jaṅgamam / śaktisenāsahasrasyāntaścacāra tadā śubham

These three chariots there, like the three worlds set moving, then moved, auspicious, in the midst of the thousandfold army of the śaktis.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.89

मेरुमन्दरविन्ध्यानां समवाय इवाभवत् । महाघोषः प्रववृते शक्तीनां सैन्यमण्डले । चचाल वसुधा सर्वा तच्चक्ररवदारिता

merumandaravindhyānāṃ samavāya ivābhavat / mahāghoṣaḥ pravavṛte śaktīnāṃ sainyamaṇḍale / cacāla vasudhā sarvā taccakraravadāritā

It was as if there were a coming together of Meru, Mandara and the Vindhyas. A great roar arose in the army-circle of the śaktis; the whole earth shook, torn apart by the rumbling of those wheels.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.90

ललिता चक्रराजाख्या रथनाथस्य कीर्तिताः । षट्सारथय उद्दण्डपाशग्रहणकोविदाः

lalitā cakrarājākhyā rathanāthasya kīrtitāḥ / ṣaṭsārathaya uddaṇḍapāśagrahaṇakovidāḥ

Lalitā's chariot is called Cakrarāja; six charioteers of the lord of that chariot are proclaimed, skilled in the seizing of the upraised staff and the noose.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BndP 3 20.91

यत्र गेयरथस्तत्र किरिचक्ररथोत्तमम् । इति देवी प्रथमतस्तथा त्रिपुरभैरवी

yatra geyarathastatra kiricakrarathottamam / iti devī prathamatastathā tripurabhairavī

Where the Geya chariot is, there is the foremost Kiricakra chariot. Thus (first) the Goddess, and likewise Tripurabhairavī,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BndP 3 20.92

संहारभैरवश्चान्यो रक्तयोगिनिवल्लभः । सारसः पञ्चमश्चैव चामुण्डा च तथा परा

saṃhārabhairavaścānyo raktayoginivallabhaḥ / sārasaḥ pañcamaścaiva cāmuṇḍā ca tathā parā

and another, Saṃhārabhairava, dear to Raktayoginī; and fifth Sārasa, and likewise another, Cāmuṇḍā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BndP 3 20.93

एतासु देवतास्तत्र रथसारथयः स्मृताः । गेयच क्ररथेन्द्रस्य सारथिस्तु हसंतिका

etāsu devatāstatra rathasārathayaḥ smṛtāḥ / geyaca krarathendrasya sārathistu hasaṃtikā

Among these, the deities there are held to be the charioteers of the chariot; but the charioteer of the great Geyacakra chariot is Hasantikā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.94

किरिचक्ररथेन्द्रस्य स्तंभिनी सारथिः स्मृता । दशयोजनमुन्नम्रो ललितारथपुङ्गवः

kiricakrarathendrasya staṃbhinī sārathiḥ smṛtā / daśayojanamunnamro lalitārathapuṅgavaḥ

Stambhinī is held to be the charioteer of the great Kiricakra chariot. Ten yojanas high is Lalitā's foremost chariot.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.95

सप्तयोजनमुच्छ्रायो गीतसक्ररथोत्तमः । षड्योजनसमुन्नम्रो किरिचक्ररथो मुने

saptayojanamucchrāyo gītasakrarathottamaḥ / ṣaḍyojanasamunnamro kiricakraratho mune

Seven yojanas in height is the excellent Geyacakra chariot; six yojanas high is the Kiricakra chariot, O sage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.96

महामुक्तातपत्रं तु दशयोजनविस्तृतम् । वर्तते ललितेशान्या रथ एव न चान्यतः

mahāmuktātapatraṃ tu daśayojanavistṛtam / vartate laliteśānyā ratha eva na cānyataḥ

But the great pearl parasol, ten yojanas broad, exists only on the chariot of Lalitā, the sovereign lady, and nowhere else.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.97

तदेव शक्तिसाम्राज्यसूचकं परिकीर्तितम् । सामान्यमातपत्रं तु तथद्वन्द्वेपि वर्तते

tadeva śaktisāmrājyasūcakaṃ parikīrtitam / sāmānyamātapatraṃ tu tathadvandvepi vartate

That very (parasol) is declared to be the mark of the imperial sovereignty of the Śakti; but an ordinary parasol is present for that pair as well.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.98

अथ सा ललितेशानी सर्वशक्तिमहेश्वरी । महासाम्राज्यपदवीमारूढा परमेश्वरी

atha sā laliteśānī sarvaśaktimaheśvarī / mahāsāmrājyapadavīmārūḍhā parameśvarī

Then she, Lalitā the sovereign lady, the great mistress of all the Śaktis, the supreme ruler, having ascended to the rank of great imperial sovereignty,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.99

चचाल भण्डदेत्यस्य क्षयसिद्ध्यभिकाङ्क्षिणी । शब्दायन्ते दिशः सर्वाः कंपते च वसुंधरा

cacāla bhaṇḍadetyasya kṣayasiddhyabhikāṅkṣiṇī / śabdāyante diśaḥ sarvāḥ kaṃpate ca vasuṃdharā

set forth, desiring to accomplish the destruction of the demon Bhaṇḍa. All the directions resound, and the earth trembles.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.100

क्षुभ्यन्ति सर्वभूतानि ललितेशाविनिर्गमे । देवदुन्दुभयो नेदुर्निपेतुः पुष्पवृष्टयः

kṣubhyanti sarvabhūtāni laliteśāvinirgame / devadundubhayo nedurnipetuḥ puṣpavṛṣṭayaḥ

At Lalitā's setting out all beings are agitated; the drums of the gods sounded, showers of flowers fell.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.101

विश्वावसुप्रभृतयो गन्धर्वाः सुरगायकाः । तुम्बुरुर्नारदश्चैव साक्षादेव सरस्वती

viśvāvasuprabhṛtayo gandharvāḥ suragāyakāḥ / tumbururnāradaścaiva sākṣādeva sarasvatī

Viśvāvasu and the rest, the Gandharvas who sing for the gods, Tumburu and Nārada, and Sarasvatī herself in person—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.102

जयमङ्गल पद्यानि पठन्तः पटुगीतिभिः । हर्षसंफुल्लवदनाः स्फुरत्पुलकभूषणाः । मुहुर्जयजयेत्येवं स्तुवाना ललितेश्वरीम्

jayamaṅgala padyāni paṭhantaḥ paṭugītibhiḥ / harṣasaṃphullavadanāḥ sphuratpulakabhūṣaṇāḥ / muhurjayajayetyevaṃ stuvānā laliteśvarīm

reciting verses of victory and blessing with skilful songs, their faces blossoming with joy, adorned with bristling gooseflesh, praising Lalitā over and over with "Victory! Victory!"—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.103

हर्षेणाढ्या मदोन्मत्ताः प्रनृत्यन्तः पदेपदे । सप्तर्षयो वशिष्ठाद्या ऋग्यजुः सामरूपिभिः

harṣeṇāḍhyā madonmattāḥ pranṛtyantaḥ padepade / saptarṣayo vaśiṣṭhādyā ṛgyajuḥ sāmarūpibhiḥ

filled with joy, drunk with rapture, dancing at every step; and the seven sages, Vasiṣṭha and the others, with (verses) in the form of Ṛg, Yajus and Sāman,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 20.104

अथर्वरूपैर्मन्त्रैश्च वर्धयन्तो जयश्रियम् । हविषेव महावह्निशिखामत्यन्तपाविनीम्

atharvarūpairmantraiśca vardhayanto jayaśriyam / haviṣeva mahāvahniśikhāmatyantapāvinīm

and with mantras in the form of the Atharva(-veda), increasing the splendour of victory, as with an oblation (one increases) the flame of the great fire that purifies utterly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition