Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 25
BndP 3 25.1
ततः श्रुत्वा वधं तेषां तपोबलवतामपि । न्यश्वसत्कृष्णसर्पेन्द्र इव भण्डो महासुरः
tataḥ śrutvā vadhaṃ teṣāṃ tapobalavatāmapi / nyaśvasatkṛṣṇasarpendra iva bhaṇḍo mahāsuraḥ
Then, hearing of the slaying of those who were strong even in the power of austerity, the great asura Bhaṇḍa hissed like a great king of black serpents.
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BndP 3 25.2
एकान्ते मन्त्रयामास स आहूय महोदरौ । भण्डः प्रचण्डशैण्डीर्यः काङ्क्षमाणो रणे जयम्
ekānte mantrayāmāsa sa āhūya mahodarau / bhaṇḍaḥ pracaṇḍaśaiṇḍīryaḥ kāṅkṣamāṇo raṇe jayam
Bhaṇḍa of fierce prowess, longing for victory in battle, having summoned the two Mahodaras, took counsel with them in a private place.
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BndP 3 25.3
युवराजो ऽपि सक्रोधो विषङ्गेण यवीयसा । भण्डासुरं नमस्कृत्य मन्त्रस्थानमुपागमत्
yuvarājo 'pi sakrodho viṣaṅgeṇa yavīyasā / bhaṇḍāsuraṃ namaskṛtya mantrasthānamupāgamat
The crown prince too, full of anger, together with his younger brother Viṣaṅga, having bowed to Bhaṇḍāsura, came to the place of counsel.
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BndP 3 25.4
अत्याप्तैर्मन्त्रिभिर्युक्तः कुटिलाक्षपुरःसरैः । ललिताविजये मन्त्रं चकार क्वथिताश्यः
atyāptairmantribhiryuktaḥ kuṭilākṣapuraḥsaraiḥ / lalitāvijaye mantraṃ cakāra kvathitāśyaḥ
Joined by his most trusted ministers, with Kuṭilākṣa at their head, his mouth seething, he held counsel on the conquest of Lalitā.
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BndP 3 25.5
भण्ड उवाच अहो बत कुलभ्रंशः समायातः सुरद्विषाम् । उपेक्षामधुना कर्तुं प्रवृत्तो बलवान्विधिः
bhaṇḍa uvāca aho bata kulabhraṃśaḥ samāyātaḥ suradviṣām / upekṣāmadhunā kartuṃ pravṛtto balavānvidhiḥ
Bhaṇḍa said: Alas, alas! the ruin of the family has come upon the enemies of the gods; mighty fate has now set about being indifferent (to us).
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BndP 3 25.6
मद्भृत्यनाममात्रेण विद्रवन्ति दिवौकसः । तादृशानामिहास्माकमागतो ऽयं विपर्ययः
madbhṛtyanāmamātreṇa vidravanti divaukasaḥ / tādṛśānāmihāsmākamāgato 'yaṃ viparyayaḥ
At the mere name of my servants the dwellers of heaven scatter; and to us, who are such as that, this reversal has come here.
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BndP 3 25.7
करोति बलिनं क्लीबं धनिनं धनवर्जितम् । दीर्घायुषमनायुष्कं दुर्धाता भवितव्यता
karoti balinaṃ klībaṃ dhaninaṃ dhanavarjitam / dīrghāyuṣamanāyuṣkaṃ durdhātā bhavitavyatā
Ill-disposing destiny makes the strong man impotent, the rich man destitute of wealth, the long-lived man short of life.
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BndP 3 25.8
क्व सत्त्वमस्मद्बाहुनां क्वेयं दुर्ल्ललिता वधूः । अकाण्ड एव विधिना कृतो ऽयं निष्ठुरो विधिः
kva sattvamasmadbāhunāṃ kveyaṃ durllalitā vadhūḥ / akāṇḍa eva vidhinā kṛto 'yaṃ niṣṭhuro vidhiḥ
Where is the might of our arms, and where this wanton woman? Untimely indeed has this harsh dispensation been made by fate.
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BndP 3 25.9
सर्पिणीमाययोदग्रास्तंया दुर्घटशौर्यया । अधिसंग्रामभूचक्रे सेनान्यो विनिपातिताः
sarpiṇīmāyayodagrāstaṃyā durghaṭaśauryayā / adhisaṃgrāmabhūcakre senānyo vinipātitāḥ
By her, whose valour is hard to withstand, the lofty generals have been laid low on the circle of the battlefield by the magic of a she-serpent.
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BndP 3 25.10
एवमुद्दामदर्पाढ्या वनिता कापि मायिनी । यदि संप्रहरत्यस्मान्धिग्बलं नो भुजार्जितम्
evamuddāmadarpāḍhyā vanitā kāpi māyinī / yadi saṃpraharatyasmāndhigbalaṃ no bhujārjitam
If some woman, thus swollen with unchecked pride and skilled in illusion, strikes at us, then fie on our strength won by our arms!
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BndP 3 25.11
इमं प्रसंगं वक्तुं च जिह्वा जिह्वेति मामकी । वनिता किमु मत्सैन्यं मर्द यिष्यति दुर्मदा
imaṃ prasaṃgaṃ vaktuṃ ca jihvā jihveti māmakī / vanitā kimu matsainyaṃ marda yiṣyati durmadā
And my tongue is ashamed to speak of this affair: shall a woman, drunk with wicked pride, crush my army?
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BndP 3 25.12
तदत्र मूलच्छेदाय तस्या यत्नो विधीयताम् । मया चारमुखाज्ज्ञाता तस्या वृत्तिर्महाबला
tadatra mūlacchedāya tasyā yatno vidhīyatām / mayā cāramukhājjñātā tasyā vṛttirmahābalā
Therefore let effort be made here to cut her off at the root; and by me, from the mouth of spies, her manner of proceeding has been learnt to be very powerful.
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BndP 3 25.13
सर्वेषामपि सैन्यानां पश्चादेवावतिष्ठते । अग्रतश्चलितं सैन्यं हयहस्तिरथादिकम्
sarveṣāmapi sainyānāṃ paścādevāvatiṣṭhate / agrataścalitaṃ sainyaṃ hayahastirathādikam
She remains behind all the armies, while the army—horses, elephants, chariots and the rest—has moved forward.
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BndP 3 25.14
अस्मिन्नेव ह्यवसरे पार्ष्णिग्राहो विधीयताम् । पार्ष्णिग्रहमिमं कर्तुं विषङ्गश्चतुरो भवेत्
asminneva hyavasare pārṣṇigrāho vidhīyatām / pārṣṇigrahamimaṃ kartuṃ viṣaṅgaścaturo bhavet
At just this opportunity let an attack on the rear be made; to carry out this rear attack let Viṣaṅga be the skilful one.
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BndP 3 25.15
तेन प्रौढमदोन्मता बहुसंग्रामदुर्मदाः । दश पञ्च च सेनान्यः सह यान्तु युयुत्सया
tena prauḍhamadonmatā bahusaṃgrāmadurmadāḥ / daśa pañca ca senānyaḥ saha yāntu yuyutsayā
Therefore let fifteen generals, frenzied with full-grown intoxication and wild with many battles, go along, eager to fight.
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BndP 3 25.16
पृष्ठतः परिवारास्तु न तथा संति ते पुनः । अल्पैस्तु रक्षिता वै स्यात्तेनैवासौ सुनिग्रहा
pṛṣṭhataḥ parivārāstu na tathā saṃti te punaḥ / alpaistu rakṣitā vai syāttenaivāsau sunigrahā
But her attendants at the rear are not so numerous; guarded as she is by few, she will for that very reason be easy to subdue.
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BndP 3 25.17
अतस्त्वं बहुसन्नाहमाविधाय मदोत्कटः । विषङ्ग गुप्तरूपेण पार्ष्णिग्राहं समाचर
atastvaṃ bahusannāhamāvidhāya madotkaṭaḥ / viṣaṅga guptarūpeṇa pārṣṇigrāhaṃ samācara
So you, Viṣaṅga, having put on much armour, exulting in your intoxication, in concealed guise carry out the attack on her rear.
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BndP 3 25.18
अल्पीयसी त्वया सार्द्धं सेना गच्छतु विक्रमात् । सज्जाश्च लन्तु सेनान्यो दिक्पालविजयोद्धताः
alpīyasī tvayā sārddhaṃ senā gacchatu vikramāt / sajjāśca lantu senānyo dikpālavijayoddhatāḥ
Let a smaller force go with you, boldly; and let the generals, elated with their victory over the guardians of the quarters, march in readiness.
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BndP 3 25.19
अक्षौहिण्यश्च सेनानां दश पञ्च चलन्तु ते । त्वं गुप्तवेषस्तां दुष्टां सन्निपत्य दृढं जहि
akṣauhiṇyaśca senānāṃ daśa pañca calantu te / tvaṃ guptaveṣastāṃ duṣṭāṃ sannipatya dṛḍhaṃ jahi
And let fifteen akṣauhiṇīs of troops of yours march out; you, in disguise, fall upon that wicked woman and strike her down hard.
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BndP 3 25.20
सैव निःशेषशक्तीनां मूलभूता महीयसी । तस्याः समूलनाशेन शक्तिवृन्दं विनश्यति
saiva niḥśeṣaśaktīnāṃ mūlabhūtā mahīyasī / tasyāḥ samūlanāśena śaktivṛndaṃ vinaśyati
She herself is the mighty one, the root of all the powers without exception; by her destruction root and all, the whole host of powers perishes,
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BndP 3 25.21
कन्दच्छेदे सरोजिन्या दलजालमिवांभसि । सर्वेषामेव पश्चाद्यो रथश्चलति भासुरः
kandacchede sarojinyā dalajālamivāṃbhasi / sarveṣāmeva paścādyo rathaścalati bhāsuraḥ
as the mass of a lotus plant's petals (perishes) in the water when the root-bulb is cut. That gleaming chariot which moves behind all the rest,
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BndP 3 25.22
दशयोजनसंपन्ननिजदेहसमुच्छ्रयः । महामुक्तातपत्रेण सर्वोद्ध्व परिशोभितः
daśayojanasaṃpannanijadehasamucchrayaḥ / mahāmuktātapatreṇa sarvoddhva pariśobhitaḥ
whose own body's height amounts to ten yojanas, adorned above everything by a great parasol of pearls,
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BndP 3 25.23
वहन्मुहर्वीज्यमानं चामराणां चतुष्टयम् । उत्तङ्गकेतुसंघातलिखितांबुदमण्डलः
vahanmuharvījyamānaṃ cāmarāṇāṃ catuṣṭayam / uttaṅgaketusaṃghātalikhitāṃbudamaṇḍalaḥ
bearing a set of four yak-tail whisks being waved again and again, with the circle of the clouds scored across by its mass of lofty banners —
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BndP 3 25.24
तस्मिन्रथे समायाति सा दृष्टा हरिणेक्षणा । निबृतं संनिपत्य त्वं चिह्नेनानेन लक्षिताम्
tasminrathe samāyāti sā dṛṣṭā hariṇekṣaṇā / nibṛtaṃ saṃnipatya tvaṃ cihnenānena lakṣitām
in that chariot she comes, the doe-eyed one, once she is sighted; do you, closing in secretly, (attack) her, recognised by this mark.
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BndP 3 25.25
तां विजित्य दुराचारां केशेष्वा कृष्य मर्दय । पुरतश्चलिते सैन्ये सत्त्वशालिनि सा वधूः
tāṃ vijitya durācārāṃ keśeṣvā kṛṣya mardaya / purataścalite sainye sattvaśālini sā vadhūḥ
Conquer her of evil conduct, drag her by the hair, and crush her. When the army of great strength has moved on ahead, that woman,
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BndP 3 25.26
स्त्रीमात्ररक्षा भवतो वशमेष्यति सत्त्वरम् । भवत्सहायभूतायां सेनेन्द्राणामिहाभिधा
strīmātrarakṣā bhavato vaśameṣyati sattvaram / bhavatsahāyabhūtāyāṃ senendrāṇāmihābhidhā
guarded only by women, will swiftly come under your power. Here are the names of the army-commanders who will be your helpers.
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BndP 3 25.27
शृणु यैर्भवतो युद्धे साह्यकार्यमतन्द्रितैः । आद्यो मदनको नाम दीर्घजिह्वो द्वितीयकः
śṛṇu yairbhavato yuddhe sāhyakāryamatandritaiḥ / ādyo madanako nāma dīrghajihvo dvitīyakaḥ
Hear by whom, unwearying, the work of aiding you in the battle (is to be done): the first is named Madanaka, Dīrghajihva the second,
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BndP 3 25.28
हुबको हुलुमुलुश्च कक्लसः कक्लिवाहनः । थुक्लसः पुण्ड्रकेतुश्च चण्डबाहुश्च कुक्कुरः
hubako hulumuluśca kaklasaḥ kaklivāhanaḥ / thuklasaḥ puṇḍraketuśca caṇḍabāhuśca kukkuraḥ
Hubaka and Hulumulu, Kaklasa, Kaklivāhana, Thuklasa, Puṇḍraketu, Caṇḍabāhu and Kukkura,
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BndP 3 25.29
जंबुकाक्षो जंभनश्च तीक्ष्णशृङ्गस्त्रिकण्टकः । चन्द्रगुप्तश्च पञ्चैते दश चोक्ताश्चमूवराः
jaṃbukākṣo jaṃbhanaśca tīkṣṇaśṛṅgastrikaṇṭakaḥ / candraguptaśca pañcaite daśa coktāścamūvarāḥ
Jambukākṣa and Jambhana, Tīkṣṇaśṛṅga, Trikaṇṭaka, and Candragupta — these five, together with the ten already named, are the chief commanders of the forces.
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BndP 3 25.30
एकैकाक्षौहिणीयुक्ताः प्रत्येकं भवता सह । आगमिष्यन्ति सेनान्यो दमनाद्या महाबलाः
ekaikākṣauhiṇīyuktāḥ pratyekaṃ bhavatā saha / āgamiṣyanti senānyo damanādyā mahābalāḥ
Each joined with a single akṣauhiṇī, the army-commanders headed by Damana, of great strength, will come along with you, each one.
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BndP 3 25.31
परस्य कटकं नैव यथा जानाति ते गतिम् । तथा गुप्तसमाचारः पार्ष्णिग्राहं समाचर
parasya kaṭakaṃ naiva yathā jānāti te gatim / tathā guptasamācāraḥ pārṣṇigrāhaṃ samācara
Act as a rear-attacker with your movements kept secret, in such a way that the enemy's camp does not know your course at all.
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BndP 3 25.32
अस्मिन्कार्ये सुमहतां प्रौढिमानं समुद्वहन् । निषङ्ग त्वं हि तभसे जयसिद्धिमनुत्तमाम्
asminkārye sumahatāṃ prauḍhimānaṃ samudvahan / niṣaṅga tvaṃ hi tabhase jayasiddhimanuttamām
Bearing great pride (in the accomplishment) of this task, O Niṣaṅga (Viṣaṅga), you will indeed win the highest attainment of victory.
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BndP 3 25.33
इति मन्त्रितमन्त्रो ऽयं दुर्मन्त्री भण्डदानवः । विषङ्गं प्रेषयामास रक्षितं सैन्यपालकैः
iti mantritamantro 'yaṃ durmantrī bhaṇḍadānavaḥ / viṣaṅgaṃ preṣayāmāsa rakṣitaṃ sainyapālakaiḥ
Having thus deliberated his counsel, this evil counsellor, the Daitya Bhaṇḍa, sent forth Viṣaṅga, guarded by the army-protectors.
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BndP 3 25.34
अथ श्रीललितादेव्याः पार्ष्णिग्राहकृतोद्यमे । युवराजानुजे दैत्ये सूर्यो ऽस्तगिरिमाययौ
atha śrīlalitādevyāḥ pārṣṇigrāhakṛtodyame / yuvarājānuje daitye sūryo 'stagirimāyayau
Then, while the Daitya, the crown prince's younger brother, was making his effort to attack the rear of the goddess Śrī Lalitā, the sun reached the sunset mountain.
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BndP 3 25.35
प्रथमे युद्धदिवसे व्यतीते लोकभीषणे । अन्धकारः समभवत्तस्य बाह्यचिकीर्षया
prathame yuddhadivase vyatīte lokabhīṣaṇe / andhakāraḥ samabhavattasya bāhyacikīrṣayā
When the first day of battle, terrifying to the world, had passed, darkness came on, through his (Viṣaṅga's) wish to work outside (i.e. by stealth).
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BndP 3 25.36
महिषस्कन्धधूम्राभं वनक्रोडवपुर्द्दुति । नीलकण्ठनिभच्छायं निबिडं पप्रथे तमः
mahiṣaskandhadhūmrābhaṃ vanakroḍavapurdduti / nīlakaṇṭhanibhacchāyaṃ nibiḍaṃ paprathe tamaḥ
Dense darkness spread out, smoke-grey like a buffalo's shoulder, dark-gleaming like the body of a forest boar, with a hue like the blue-throated (Śiva's).
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BndP 3 25.37
कुञ्जेषु पिण्डितमिव प्रधावदिव संधिषु । उज्जिहानमिव क्षोणीविवरेभ्यः सहस्रशः
kuñjeṣu piṇḍitamiva pradhāvadiva saṃdhiṣu / ujjihānamiva kṣoṇīvivarebhyaḥ sahasraśaḥ
As if lumped together in the thickets, as if racing along in the crevices, as if rising up by thousands out of the fissures of the earth,
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BndP 3 25.38
निर्गच्छदिव शैलानां भूरि कन्दरमन्दिरात् । क्वचिद्दीपप्रभाजाले कृतकातरचेष्टितम्
nirgacchadiva śailānāṃ bhūri kandaramandirāt / kvaciddīpaprabhājāle kṛtakātaraceṣṭitam
as if issuing abundantly from the cavern-houses of the mountains, in places behaving timidly within the net of lamp-light,
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BndP 3 25.39
दत्तावलंबनमिव स्त्रीणां कर्णोत्पलत्विषि । एकीभूतमिव प्रौढदिङ्नागमिव कज्जले । आबद्धमैत्रकमिव स्फुरच्छाद्वलमण्डले
dattāvalaṃbanamiva strīṇāṃ karṇotpalatviṣi / ekībhūtamiva prauḍhadiṅnāgamiva kajjale / ābaddhamaitrakamiva sphuracchādvalamaṇḍale
as if given support in the gleam of women's lotus ear-ornaments, as if become one with the lampblack, as if a full-grown elephant of the quarters, as if having formed a friendship with the glittering circle of green turf,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.40
कृतप्रियाश्लेषमिव स्फुरन्तीष्वसियष्टिषु । गुप्तप्रविष्टमिव च श्यामासु वनपङ्क्तिषु
kṛtapriyāśleṣamiva sphurantīṣvasiyaṣṭiṣu / guptapraviṣṭamiva ca śyāmāsu vanapaṅktiṣu
as if embracing a beloved amid the flashing sword-blades, and as if secretly entered into the dark rows of forest trees,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.41
क्रमेण बहुलीभूतं प्रससार महत्तमः । त्रियामावामनयना नीलकञ्चुकरोचिषा
krameṇa bahulībhūtaṃ prasasāra mahattamaḥ / triyāmāvāmanayanā nīlakañcukarociṣā
the great darkness, grown thick by degrees, spread abroad, with the sheen of a blue bodice for the small-eyed(?) night of three watches.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 25.42
तिमिरेणावृतं विश्वं न किञ्चित्प्रत्यपद्यत । असुराणां प्रदुष्टानां रात्रिरेव बलावहा
timireṇāvṛtaṃ viśvaṃ na kiñcitpratyapadyata / asurāṇāṃ praduṣṭānāṃ rātrireva balāvahā
The universe was covered with gloom; nothing could be made out. For the wicked asuras, night itself brings strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.43
तेषां मायाविलासो ऽयं तस्यामेव हि वर्धते । अथ प्रचलितं सैन्यं विषङ्गेण महौजसा
teṣāṃ māyāvilāso 'yaṃ tasyāmeva hi vardhate / atha pracalitaṃ sainyaṃ viṣaṅgeṇa mahaujasā
Indeed this play of their magic increases in that very (night). Then the army was set in motion by Viṣaṅga of great might,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.44
धौतखड्गलताच्छायावर्धिष्णु तिमिरच्छटम् । दमनाद्याश्च सेनान्यः श्मामकङ्कटधारिणः
dhautakhaḍgalatācchāyāvardhiṣṇu timiracchaṭam / damanādyāśca senānyaḥ śmāmakaṅkaṭadhāriṇaḥ
(the army) whose mass of darkness was made to grow by the shadow of its burnished sword-creepers; and the generals, Damana and the rest, wearing dark mail,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.45
श्यामोष्णीषधराः श्यामवर्णसर्वपरिच्छदाः । एकत्वमिव संप्राप्तास्तिमिरेणातिभूयसा
śyāmoṣṇīṣadharāḥ śyāmavarṇasarvaparicchadāḥ / ekatvamiva saṃprāptāstimireṇātibhūyasā
wearing dark turbans, with all their equipment dark-coloured, as if become one with the exceedingly abundant gloom,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.46
विषङ्गमनुसंचेलुः कृताग्रजनमस्कृतिम् । कूटेन युद्धकृत्येन विजिगीषुर्महेश्वरीम्
viṣaṅgamanusaṃceluḥ kṛtāgrajanamaskṛtim / kūṭena yuddhakṛtyena vijigīṣurmaheśvarīm
marched behind Viṣaṅga, having made obeisance to their elder brother, (he) desiring to conquer the Great Goddess by a treacherous act of war.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.47
मेघडंबरकं नाम दधे वक्षसि कङ्कटम् । यथा तस्य निशायुद्धानुरूपो वेषसंग्रहः
meghaḍaṃbarakaṃ nāma dadhe vakṣasi kaṅkaṭam / yathā tasya niśāyuddhānurūpo veṣasaṃgrahaḥ
He put on his breast the armour named Meghaḍambaraka. Just as his outfit was suited to night-fighting,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.48
तथा कृतवती सेना श्यामलं कञ्चुकादिकम् । न च दुन्दुभिनिस्वानो न च मर्द्दलगर्जितम्
tathā kṛtavatī senā śyāmalaṃ kañcukādikam / na ca dundubhinisvāno na ca marddalagarjitam
so the army made its jackets and the rest dark. There was no sound of kettledrums, no roar of the marddala drum,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.49
पणवानकभेरीणां न च घोषविजृंभणम् । गुप्ताचाराः प्रचलितास्तिमिरेण समावृताः
paṇavānakabherīṇāṃ na ca ghoṣavijṛṃbhaṇam / guptācārāḥ pracalitāstimireṇa samāvṛtāḥ
nor any swelling noise of paṇava, ānaka and bherī drums; moving in secret, they marched on, wrapped in the gloom,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.50
परैरदृश्यगतयो विष्कोशीकृतरिष्टयः । पश्चिमाभिमुखं यान्ति ललितायाः पताकिनीम्
parairadṛśyagatayo viṣkośīkṛtariṣṭayaḥ / paścimābhimukhaṃ yānti lalitāyāḥ patākinīm
their movements invisible to the foe, their weapons drawn from the sheath; they go westward toward Lalitā's host.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.51
आवृतोत्तरमार्गेण पूर्वभागमशिश्रियन् । निश्वासमपि सस्वानमकुर्वन्तः पदेपदे
āvṛtottaramārgeṇa pūrvabhāgamaśiśriyan / niśvāsamapi sasvānamakurvantaḥ padepade
By a covered northern road they took to the eastern side, not making even their breathing audible at every step,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.52
सावधानाः प्रचलिताः पार्ष्णिग्राहाय दानवाः । भूयः पुरस्य दिग्भागं गत्वा मन्दपराक्रमाः
sāvadhānāḥ pracalitāḥ pārṣṇigrāhāya dānavāḥ / bhūyaḥ purasya digbhāgaṃ gatvā mandaparākramāḥ
the dānavas moved on watchfully to attack the rear; going again to that quarter of the city, slow in their advance,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.53
ललितासैन्यमेव स्वान्सूचयन्तः प्रपृच्छतः । आगत्य निभृतं पृष्ठे कवचच्छन्नविग्रहाः
lalitāsainyameva svānsūcayantaḥ prapṛcchataḥ / āgatya nibhṛtaṃ pṛṣṭhe kavacacchannavigrahāḥ
declaring themselves, to any who asked, to be Lalitā's own army, they came up quietly from behind, their bodies concealed in armour,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.54
चक्रराजरथं तुङ्गं मेरुमन्दरसंनिभम् । अपश्यन्नतिदीप्ताभिः शक्तिभिः परिवारितम्
cakrarājarathaṃ tuṅgaṃ merumandarasaṃnibham / apaśyannatidīptābhiḥ śaktibhiḥ parivāritam
and they saw the lofty chariot Cakrarāja, resembling Meru and Mandara, surrounded by exceedingly brilliant Śaktis,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.55
तत्र मुक्तातपत्रस्य वर्त्तमानामधःस्थले । सहस्रादित्यसंकाशां पश्चिमाभिमुखीं स्थिताम्
tatra muktātapatrasya varttamānāmadhaḥsthale / sahasrādityasaṃkāśāṃ paścimābhimukhīṃ sthitām
There, beneath the pearl-canopy, (they saw her) abiding, radiant like a thousand suns, facing westward, on the level below.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 25.56
कामेश्वर्यादिनित्याभिः स्वसमानसमृद्धिभिः । नर्मालापविनोदेन सेव्यमानां रथोत्तमे
kāmeśvaryādinityābhiḥ svasamānasamṛddhibhiḥ / narmālāpavinodena sevyamānāṃ rathottame
(and) being attended, upon that best of chariots, by the Nityā goddesses beginning with Kāmeśvarī, who are equal to her in splendour, with the diversion of playful conversation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.57
तां तथाभूतवृत्तान्ताम तादृशरणोद्यमाम् । पुरोगतं महत्सैन्यं वीक्षमाण सकौतुकम्
tāṃ tathābhūtavṛttāntāma tādṛśaraṇodyamām / purogataṃ mahatsainyaṃ vīkṣamāṇa sakautukam
Her, whose doings were of such a kind, whose readiness for battle was such — (and) the great army marching in front, gazing with curiosity —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 25.58
मन्वानश्च हि तामेव विषङ्गः सुदुराशयः । पृष्ठवंशे रथेन्द्रस्य घट्टयामास सैनिकैः
manvānaśca hi tāmeva viṣaṅgaḥ sudurāśayaḥ / pṛṣṭhavaṃśe rathendrasya ghaṭṭayāmāsa sainikaiḥ
and Viṣaṅga of very evil mind, thinking only of her, harassed the rear frame of that lord of chariots with his soldiers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 25.59
तत्राणि मादिशक्तीनां परिवारवरूथिनी । महाकलकलं चक्रुरणिमाद्याः परःशतम्
tatrāṇi mādiśaktīnāṃ parivāravarūthinī / mahākalakalaṃ cakruraṇimādyāḥ paraḥśatam
Thereupon the host forming the retinue of the powers headed by Aṇimā — the Aṇimā and the rest, more than a hundred — raised a great uproar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 25.60
पट्टिशैर्द्रुघणैश्चैव भिन्दिपालैर्भुशुण्डिभिः । कठोरवज्रनिर्धातनिष्ठुरैः शक्तिमण्डलैः
paṭṭiśairdrughaṇaiścaiva bhindipālairbhuśuṇḍibhiḥ / kaṭhoravajranirdhātaniṣṭhuraiḥ śaktimaṇḍalaiḥ
With paṭṭiśa-spears and with cudgels, with bhindipāla-javelins and with bhuśuṇḍi-missiles, and with rings of spears harsh as the crash of a hard thunderbolt,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.61
मर्दयन्तो महासत्त्वाः समरं बहुमेनिरे । आकस्मिकरणोत्साहविपर्याविष्टविग्रहम्
mardayanto mahāsattvāḥ samaraṃ bahumenire / ākasmikaraṇotsāhaviparyāviṣṭavigraham
crushing (the foe), those great beings held the battle in high esteem — a fight into which the reversal had entered through the sudden zeal for combat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 25.62
अकाण्डक्षुभितं चासीद्रथस्थं शक्तिमण्डलम् । विपाटैः पाटयामासुरदृश्यैरन्धकारिणः
akāṇḍakṣubhitaṃ cāsīdrathasthaṃ śaktimaṇḍalam / vipāṭaiḥ pāṭayāmāsuradṛśyairandhakāriṇaḥ
And the circle of powers stationed on the chariot was thrown into unseasonable turmoil; the makers of darkness, being invisible, split it apart with their splitting weapons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 25.63
ततश्चक्ररथेन्द्रस्य नवमे पर्वणि स्थिताः । अदृश्यमानशस्त्राणामदृश्यनिजवर्मणाम्
tataścakrarathendrasya navame parvaṇi sthitāḥ / adṛśyamānaśastrāṇāmadṛśyanijavarmaṇām
Then those stationed on the ninth tier of that lord of wheel-chariots — (assailed) by the arrows of the Dānavas whose weapons were unseen, whose own armour was unseen,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 25.64
तिमिरच्छन्नरूपाणां दानवानां शिलीमुखैः । इतस्ततो बहु क्लिष्टं छन्नवर्मितमर्मवत्
timiracchannarūpāṇāṃ dānavānāṃ śilīmukhaiḥ / itastato bahu kliṣṭaṃ channavarmitamarmavat
whose forms were hidden by darkness — were much afflicted here and there, as though their vital points were covered with armour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 25.65
शक्तीनां मण्डलं तेने क्रन्दनं ललितां प्रति । पूर्वानुक्रम तस्तत्र संप्राप्तं सुमहद्भयम्
śaktīnāṃ maṇḍalaṃ tene krandanaṃ lalitāṃ prati / pūrvānukrama tastatra saṃprāptaṃ sumahadbhayam
The circle of powers set up a cry to Lalitā: 'By the earlier sequence a very great danger has come upon us here.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 25.66
कर्णाकर्णिकयाकर्ण्य ललिता कोपमादधे । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे भण्डश्चण्डदुर्मत्रिपण्डितः
karṇākarṇikayākarṇya lalitā kopamādadhe / etasminnantare bhaṇḍaścaṇḍadurmatripaṇḍitaḥ
Hearing it from ear to ear, Lalitā conceived anger. Meanwhile Bhaṇḍa, instructed by Caṇḍa and Durmada,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 25.67
दशाक्षौहिणिकायुक्तं कुटिलाक्षं महौजसम् । ललितासैन्यनाशाय युद्धाय प्रजिघाय सः
daśākṣauhiṇikāyuktaṃ kuṭilākṣaṃ mahaujasam / lalitāsainyanāśāya yuddhāya prajighāya saḥ
sent forth Kuṭilākṣa, of great vigour, joined with ten akṣauhiṇīs, to battle, for the destruction of Lalitā's army.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.68
यथा पश्चात्कलकलं श्रुत्वाग्रेवर्तिनी चमूः । नागच्छति तथा चक्रे कुटिलाक्षो महारणम्
yathā paścātkalakalaṃ śrutvāgrevartinī camūḥ / nāgacchati tathā cakre kuṭilākṣo mahāraṇam
Kuṭilākṣa waged a great battle in such a way that the force in front, hearing the uproar behind, should not come (to help).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.69
एवं चोभयतो युद्धं पश्चादग्रे तथाभवत् । अत्यन्ततुमुलं चासीच्छक्तीनां सैनिके महत्
evaṃ cobhayato yuddhaṃ paścādagre tathābhavat / atyantatumulaṃ cāsīcchaktīnāṃ sainike mahat
Thus the fighting was on both sides, behind and in front alike; and there was an exceedingly great tumult in the army of the powers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.70
नक्तसत्त्वाश्च दैत्येन्द्रास्तिमिरेण समावृताः । इतस्ततः शिथिलतां कण्टके निन्युरुद्धताः
naktasattvāśca daityendrāstimireṇa samāvṛtāḥ / itastataḥ śithilatāṃ kaṇṭake ninyuruddhatāḥ
And the demon lords, creatures of the night, wrapped in darkness, insolent, brought slackness here and there upon the (army's) flank.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 25.71
निषङ्गेण दुराशेन धमनाद्यैश्चमूवरैः । चमूभिश्च प्रणहिता न्यपतञ्छत्रुकोटयः
niṣaṅgeṇa durāśena dhamanādyaiścamūvaraiḥ / camūbhiśca praṇahitā nyapatañchatrukoṭayaḥ
Urged on by ill-minded Niṣaṅga together with Dhamana and the other army-chiefs and their troops, tens of millions of foes fell upon (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 25.72
ताभिर्दैत्यास्त्रमालाभिश्चक्रराजरथो वृतः । बकावलीनिबिडतः शैलराज इवाबभौ
tābhirdaityāstramālābhiścakrarājaratho vṛtaḥ / bakāvalīnibiḍataḥ śailarāja ivābabhau
Encircled by those garlands of demon missiles, the chariot of the wheel-king looked like the king of mountains thick-set with a line of cranes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.73
आक्रान्तपर्वणाधस्ताद्विषङ्गेण दुरात्मना । मुक्त एकः शरोदेव्यास्तालवृन्तमचूर्णयत्
ākrāntaparvaṇādhastādviṣaṅgeṇa durātmanā / mukta ekaḥ śarodevyāstālavṛntamacūrṇayat
From below the tier assailed by the evil-souled Viṣaṅga, a single arrow released shattered the Goddess's palm-leaf fan.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 25.74
अथ तेनाव्याहितेन संभ्रान्ते शक्तिमण्डले । कामेश्वरीमुखा नित्या महान्तं क्रोधमाययुः
atha tenāvyāhitena saṃbhrānte śaktimaṇḍale / kāmeśvarīmukhā nityā mahāntaṃ krodhamāyayuḥ
Then, when the circle of powers was thrown into confusion by that unhindered (arrow), the Nityās headed by Kāmeśvarī fell into great wrath.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.75
ईषद्भृकुटिसंसक्तं श्रीदेव्या वदनांबुजम् । अवलोक्य भृशोद्विग्ना नित्या दधुरतिश्रमम्
īṣadbhṛkuṭisaṃsaktaṃ śrīdevyā vadanāṃbujam / avalokya bhṛśodvignā nityā dadhuratiśramam
Seeing the lotus-face of the glorious Goddess drawn together in a slight frown, the Nityās, greatly agitated, made an extreme effort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.76
नित्या कालस्वरूपिण्यः प्रत्येकं तिथिविग्रहाः । क्रोधमुद्वीक्ष्य सम्नाज्ञ्या युद्धाय दधुरुद्यमम्
nityā kālasvarūpiṇyaḥ pratyekaṃ tithivigrahāḥ / krodhamudvīkṣya samnājñyā yuddhāya dadhurudyamam
The Nityās, whose nature is Time, each one embodying a lunar day, seeing (her) anger, took up, with the assent of the Great Queen, the resolve to fight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 25.77
प्रणिपत्य च तां देवीं महाराज्ञीं महोदयाम् । ऊचुर्वाचमकाण्डोत्थां युद्धकौतुकगद्गदाम्
praṇipatya ca tāṃ devīṃ mahārājñīṃ mahodayām / ūcurvācamakāṇḍotthāṃ yuddhakautukagadgadām
And bowing to that Goddess, the Great Queen of great majesty, they spoke words that arose unprompted, faltering with eagerness for battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 25.78
तिथिनित्या उचुः । देवदेवी महाराज्ञी तवाग्रे ब्रेक्षितां चमूम् । दण्डिनीमन्त्रनाथादिमहाशक्त्याभपालिताम्
tithinityā ucuḥ / devadevī mahārājñī tavāgre brekṣitāṃ camūm / daṇḍinīmantranāthādimahāśaktyābhapālitām
The Tithi-Nityās said: O Goddess of gods, Great Queen, the army beheld before you is guarded by the great Śaktis beginning with Daṇḍinī and Mantranāthā.
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BndP 3 25.79
धर्षितु कातरा दुष्टा मायाच्छद्मपरायणाः । पार्ष्णिग्राहेण युद्धेन बाधन्ते रथपुङ्गवम्
dharṣitu kātarā duṣṭā māyācchadmaparāyaṇāḥ / pārṣṇigrāheṇa yuddhena bādhante rathapuṅgavam
Timid to attack (openly), these wicked ones, given over to deceit and trickery, harass the foremost of chariot-warriors by fighting from the rear.
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BndP 3 25.80
तस्मात्तिमिरसंछन्नमूर्तीनां विबुधद्रुहाम् । शमयामो वयं दर्पं क्षणमात्रं विलोकय
tasmāttimirasaṃchannamūrtīnāṃ vibudhadruhām / śamayāmo vayaṃ darpaṃ kṣaṇamātraṃ vilokaya
Therefore we shall quell the pride of these foes of the gods, whose bodies are hidden by darkness; look on but for a moment.
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BndP 3 25.81
या वह्निवासिनी नित्या या ज्वालामालिनी परा । ताभ्यां प्रदीपिते युद्धे द्रष्टुं शक्ताः सुरद्विषः
yā vahnivāsinī nityā yā jvālāmālinī parā / tābhyāṃ pradīpite yuddhe draṣṭuṃ śaktāḥ suradviṣaḥ
She who is the Nityā Vahnivāsinī, and she, the supreme Nityā Jvālāmālinī — when the battle is lit up by those two, the enemies of the gods will be visible.
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BndP 3 25.82
प्रशमय्य महादर्पं पार्ष्णिग्राहप्रवर्तिनाम् । सहसैवागमिष्यामः सेवितुं श्रीपदांबुजम् । आज्ञां देहि महाराज्ञि मर्दनार्थं दुरात्मनाम्
praśamayya mahādarpaṃ pārṣṇigrāhapravartinām / sahasaivāgamiṣyāmaḥ sevituṃ śrīpadāṃbujam / ājñāṃ dehi mahārājñi mardanārthaṃ durātmanām
Having quelled the great pride of those who fight from the rear, we shall come at once to serve your glorious lotus-feet. Give the command, Great Queen, for the crushing of the evil-natured ones.
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BndP 3 25.83
इत्युक्ते सति नित्याभिस्तथास्त्विति जगाद सा । अथ कामेश्वरी नित्या प्रणम्य ललितेश्वरीम् । तया संप्रेषिता ताभिः कुण्डलीकृत कार्मुका
ityukte sati nityābhistathāstviti jagāda sā / atha kāmeśvarī nityā praṇamya laliteśvarīm / tayā saṃpreṣitā tābhiḥ kuṇḍalīkṛta kārmukā
When this had been said by the Nityās, she said, "So be it." Then the Nityā Kāmeśvarī, bowing to the Mistress Lalitā, sent forth by her and by them, her bow bent into a circle —
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BndP 3 25.84
सा हन्तुं तान्दुराचारान्कूटयुद्धकृतक्षणान् । बालारुणमिव क्रोधारुणं वक्त्रं वितन्वती
sā hantuṃ tāndurācārānkūṭayuddhakṛtakṣaṇān / bālāruṇamiva krodhāruṇaṃ vaktraṃ vitanvatī
— she, to slay those of evil conduct who awaited the moment for treacherous fighting, making her face red with anger like the young rising sun,
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BndP 3 25.85
रे रे तिष्ठत पापिष्ठा मायानिष्ठाश्छिनद्मि वः । अन्धकारमनुप्राप्य कूटयुद्धपरायणाः
re re tiṣṭhata pāpiṣṭhā māyāniṣṭhāśchinadmi vaḥ / andhakāramanuprāpya kūṭayuddhaparāyaṇāḥ
"Ho there! Stand, you most sinful ones, set upon trickery — I will cut you down! Having got hold of the darkness, you are given over to treacherous fighting!"
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BndP 3 25.86
इति तान्भर्त्सयन्ती सा तूणीरोत्खातसायकात् । पर्वावरोहणं चक्रे क्रोधेन प्रस्खलद्गतिः
iti tānbhartsayantī sā tūṇīrotkhātasāyakāt / parvāvarohaṇaṃ cakre krodhena praskhaladgatiḥ
Thus reviling them, she, her step faltering with rage, drew the arrow plucked from the quiver back to the joint (of her hand).
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BndP 3 25.87
सज्जकार्मुकहस्ताश्च भगमालापुरःसराः । अन्याश्च चरिता नित्याः कृत पर्वावरोहणाः
sajjakārmukahastāśca bhagamālāpuraḥsarāḥ / anyāśca caritā nityāḥ kṛta parvāvarohaṇāḥ
And with ready bows in their hands, the other Nityās too, led by Bhagamālā, went into action, having drawn (their arrows) back to the joint.
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BndP 3 25.88
ज्वालामालिनि नित्या च या नित्या वह्निवासिनी । सज्जे युद्धे स्वतेजोभिः समदीपयतां रणे
jvālāmālini nityā ca yā nityā vahnivāsinī / sajje yuddhe svatejobhiḥ samadīpayatāṃ raṇe
And the Nityā Jvālāmālinī and she who is the Nityā Vahnivāsinī, when the battle was joined, lit up the battlefield with their own radiance.
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BndP 3 25.89
अथ ते दुष्टदनुजाः प्रदीप्ते युद्धमण्डले । प्रकाशवपुषस्तत्र मरान्तं क्रोधमाययुः
atha te duṣṭadanujāḥ pradīpte yuddhamaṇḍale / prakāśavapuṣastatra marāntaṃ krodhamāyayuḥ
Then those wicked demon sons, their bodies now revealed in the lit-up circle of battle, fell into great rage there.
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BndP 3 25.90
कामेश्वर्यादिका नित्यास्ताः पञ्चदश सायुधाः । ससिंहनादास्तान्दैत्यानमृद्नन्नेव हेलया
kāmeśvaryādikā nityāstāḥ pañcadaśa sāyudhāḥ / sasiṃhanādāstāndaityānamṛdnanneva helayā
Those fifteen Nityās beginning with Kāmeśvarī, bearing weapons and roaring like lions, crushed those demons with sheer ease.
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BndP 3 25.91
महाकलकलस्तत्र समभूद्युद्धसीमनि । मन्दरक्षोभितांभोदिवेल्लत्कल्लोलमण्डलः
mahākalakalastatra samabhūdyuddhasīmani / mandarakṣobhitāṃbhodivellatkallolamaṇḍalaḥ
A great uproar arose there on the field of battle, like the mass of tossing waves of the ocean churned by Mandara.
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BndP 3 25.92
ताश्च नित्यावलत्क्वाणकङ्कणैर्युधि पाणिभिः । आकृष्य प्रामकोदण्डास्तेनिरे युद्धमुद्धतम्
tāśca nityāvalatkvāṇakaṅkaṇairyudhi pāṇibhiḥ / ākṛṣya prāmakodaṇḍāstenire yuddhamuddhatam
And those Nityās, with their hands whose bracelets rang as they moved in the fight, drawing back their grasped bows, waged a furious battle.
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BndP 3 25.93
यामत्रितयपर्यन्तमेवं युद्धमवर्त्तत । नित्यानां निशितैर्बाणैरक्षौहिण्यश्च संहृताः
yāmatritayaparyantamevaṃ yuddhamavarttata / nityānāṃ niśitairbāṇairakṣauhiṇyaśca saṃhṛtāḥ
Thus the battle went on for the space of three watches, and by the sharp arrows of the Nityās whole akṣauhiṇīs were destroyed.
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BndP 3 25.94
जघान दमनं दुष्टं कामेशी प्रथमं शरैः । दीर्घजिह्वं चमूनाथं भगमाला व्यदारत्
jaghāna damanaṃ duṣṭaṃ kāmeśī prathamaṃ śaraiḥ / dīrghajihvaṃ camūnāthaṃ bhagamālā vyadārat
Kāmeśī first slew the wicked Damana with her arrows; Bhagamālā tore apart the army-commander Dīrghajihva.
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BndP 3 25.95
नित्यक्लिन्ना च भेरुण्डा हुम्बेकं हुलुमल्लकम् । कक्लसं वह्निवासा च निजघान शरैः शतैः
nityaklinnā ca bheruṇḍā humbekaṃ hulumallakam / kaklasaṃ vahnivāsā ca nijaghāna śaraiḥ śataiḥ
And Nityaklinnā, Bheruṇḍā and Vahnivāsā struck down Humbeka, Hulumallaka and Kaklasa with hundreds of arrows.
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BndP 3 25.96
महावज्रेश्वरी बाणैरभिनत्केकिवाहनम् । पुक्लसं शिवदूती च प्राहिणोद्यमसादनम्
mahāvajreśvarī bāṇairabhinatkekivāhanam / puklasaṃ śivadūtī ca prāhiṇodyamasādanam
Mahāvajreśvarī pierced Kekivāhana with arrows, and Śivadūtī dispatched Puklasa to the abode of Yama.
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BndP 3 25.97
पुण्ड्रकेतुं भुजोद्दण्डं त्वरिता समदारयत् । कुलसुन्दरिका नित्या चण्डबाहुं च कुक्कुरम्
puṇḍraketuṃ bhujoddaṇḍaṃ tvaritā samadārayat / kulasundarikā nityā caṇḍabāhuṃ ca kukkuram
Tvaritā tore apart Puṇḍraketu and Bhujoddaṇḍa, and the Nityā Kulasundarikā (tore apart) Caṇḍabāhu and Kukkura.
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BndP 3 25.98
अथ निलपताका च विजया च जयोद्धते । जंबुकाक्षं जृंभणं च व्यतन्वातां रणे बलिम् । सर्वमङ्गलिका नित्या तीक्ष्णशृङ्गमखण्डयत् । ज्वालामालिनिका नित्या जघानोग्रं त्रिकर्णकम्
atha nilapatākā ca vijayā ca jayoddhate / jaṃbukākṣaṃ jṛṃbhaṇaṃ ca vyatanvātāṃ raṇe balim / sarvamaṅgalikā nityā tīkṣṇaśṛṅgamakhaṇḍayat / jvālāmālinikā nityā jaghānograṃ trikarṇakam
Then Nīlapatākā and Vijayā, exultant with victory, made an offering of Jaṃbukākṣa and Jṛṃbhaṇa in the battle; the Nityā Sarvamaṅgalikā cut Tīkṣṇaśṛṅga to pieces, and the Nityā Jvālāmālinikā slew the fierce Trikarṇaka.
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BndP 3 25.99
चन्द्रगुप्तं च दुःशीलं चित्रं चित्रा व्यदारत् । सेनानाथेषु सर्वेषु निहतेषु दुरात्मसु
candraguptaṃ ca duḥśīlaṃ citraṃ citrā vyadārat / senānātheṣu sarveṣu nihateṣu durātmasu
And Citrā tore apart the ill-natured Candragupta in various ways. When all the wicked army-commanders had been slain—
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BndP 3 25.100
विषङ्गः परमः कुद्धश्चचाल पुरतो बली । अथ यामावशेषायां यामिन्यां घटिकाद्वयम्
viṣaṅgaḥ paramaḥ kuddhaścacāla purato balī / atha yāmāvaśeṣāyāṃ yāminyāṃ ghaṭikādvayam
—Viṣaṅga, exceedingly enraged and strong, advanced to the front. Then, when a watch of the night remained, for two ghaṭikās
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BndP 3 25.101
नित्याभिः सह संग्रामं विधाय स दुराशयः । अशक्यत्वं समुद्दिश्य चक्राम प्रपलायितुम्
nityābhiḥ saha saṃgrāmaṃ vidhāya sa durāśayaḥ / aśakyatvaṃ samuddiśya cakrāma prapalāyitum
that evil-minded one, having waged battle with the Nityās, and perceiving his own inability, set out to flee.
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BndP 3 25.102
कामेश्वरीकराकृष्टचापोत्थौर्निशितैः शरैः । भिन्नवर्मा दृढतरं विषङ्गो विह्वलाशयः । हतावशिष्टैर्योधैश्च सार्धमेव पलायितः
kāmeśvarīkarākṛṣṭacāpotthaurniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ / bhinnavarmā dṛḍhataraṃ viṣaṅgo vihvalāśayaḥ / hatāvaśiṣṭairyodhaiśca sārdhameva palāyitaḥ
His armour thoroughly split by the sharp arrows sped from the bow drawn by Kāmeśvarī's hand, Viṣaṅga, his mind reeling, fled together with the warriors left over from the slaughter.
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BndP 3 25.103
ताभिर्न निहतो दुष्टो यस्माद्वध्यः स दानवः । दण्डनाथाशरेणैव कालदण्डसमत्विषा
tābhirna nihato duṣṭo yasmādvadhyaḥ sa dānavaḥ / daṇḍanāthāśareṇaiva kāladaṇḍasamatviṣā
The wicked Dānava was not slain by them, since he was to be killed only by an arrow of Daṇḍanāthā, blazing like the staff of Death.
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BndP 3 25.104
तस्मिन्पलायिते दुष्टे विषङ्गे भण्डसोदरे । सा विभाता च रजनी प्रसन्नाश्चाभवन्दिशः
tasminpalāyite duṣṭe viṣaṅge bhaṇḍasodare / sā vibhātā ca rajanī prasannāścābhavandiśaḥ
When that wicked Viṣaṅga, Bhaṇḍa's brother, had fled, the night grew light and the quarters became clear.
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BndP 3 25.105
पलायितं रणेवीरमनुसर्त्तुमनौचिती । इति ताः समरान्नित्यास्तस्मिन्काले व्यरंसिषुः
palāyitaṃ raṇevīramanusarttumanaucitī / iti tāḥ samarānnityāstasminkāle vyaraṃsiṣuḥ
"It is improper to pursue a warrior who has fled from battle"—thus the Nityās desisted from combat at that time.
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BndP 3 25.106
दैत्यशस्त्रव्रणस्यन्दिशोणितप्लुतविग्रहाः । नित्याः श्रीललितां देवीं प्रणिपेतुर्जयोद्धताः
daityaśastravraṇasyandiśoṇitaplutavigrahāḥ / nityāḥ śrīlalitāṃ devīṃ praṇipeturjayoddhatāḥ
With their bodies drenched in the blood flowing from the wounds of the Daityas' weapons, the Nityās, exultant with victory, bowed down before the goddess Śrī Lalitā.
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BndP 3 25.107
इत्थं रात्रौ महद्युद्धं तत्र जातं भयङ्करम् । नित्यानां रूपजालं च शस्त्रक्षतमलोकयत्
itthaṃ rātrau mahadyuddhaṃ tatra jātaṃ bhayaṅkaram / nityānāṃ rūpajālaṃ ca śastrakṣatamalokayat
Thus a great and terrifying battle took place there in the night, and (she) beheld the array of the Nityās' forms wounded by weapons.
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