Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 31
BndP 3 31.1
अगस्त्य उवाच किमिदं श्रीपुरं नाम केन रूपेण वर्तते । केन वानिर्मितं पूर्व तत्सर्वं मे निवदय
agastya uvāca kimidaṃ śrīpuraṃ nāma kena rūpeṇa vartate / kena vānirmitaṃ pūrva tatsarvaṃ me nivadaya
Agastya said: What is this called Śrīpura, in what form does it exist, and by whom was it fashioned formerly? Tell me all that.
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BndP 3 31.2
कियत्प्रमाणं किं वर्णं कथयस्व मम प्रभो । त्वमेव सर्वसन्देहपङ्कशोषणभास्करः
kiyatpramāṇaṃ kiṃ varṇaṃ kathayasva mama prabho / tvameva sarvasandehapaṅkaśoṣaṇabhāskaraḥ
Of what measure is it, of what colour? Tell me, O lord; you alone are the sun that dries up the mire of all doubts.
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BndP 3 31.3
हयग्रीव उवाच यथा चक्ररथं प्राप्य पूर्वोक्तैर्लक्षणैर्युतम् । महायागानलोत्पन्ना ललिता परमेश्वरी
hayagrīva uvāca yathā cakrarathaṃ prāpya pūrvoktairlakṣaṇairyutam / mahāyāgānalotpannā lalitā parameśvarī
Hayagrīva said: How, having obtained the Cakraratha endowed with the marks described before, Lalitā the supreme sovereign lady, born from the fire of the great sacrifice—
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BndP 3 31.4
कृत्वा वैवाहिकीं लीलां ब्रह्माद्यैः प्रार्थिता पुनः । व्यजेष्ट भण्डनामानमसुरं लोककण्टकम्
kṛtvā vaivāhikīṃ līlāṃ brahmādyaiḥ prārthitā punaḥ / vyajeṣṭa bhaṇḍanāmānamasuraṃ lokakaṇṭakam
—having performed the play of marriage, and being entreated again by Brahmā and the others, conquered the demon named Bhaṇḍa, the thorn of the worlds.
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BndP 3 31.5
तदा देवा महेन्द्राद्याः सन्तोषं बहु भेजिरे । अथ कामेश्वरस्यापि ललितायाश्च शोभनम् । नित्योपभोगसर्वार्थं मन्दिरं कर्तुमुत्सुकाः
tadā devā mahendrādyāḥ santoṣaṃ bahu bhejire / atha kāmeśvarasyāpi lalitāyāśca śobhanam / nityopabhogasarvārthaṃ mandiraṃ kartumutsukāḥ
Then the gods, Mahendra and the rest, took much satisfaction. Then they were eager to make a beautiful palace for Kāmeśvara and for Lalitā too, for the sake of all (their) perpetual enjoyment.
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BndP 3 31.6
कुमारा ललितादेव्या ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः । वर्धकिं विश्वकर्माणं सुराणां शिल्पकोविदम्
kumārā lalitādevyā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ / vardhakiṃ viśvakarmāṇaṃ surāṇāṃ śilpakovidam
The sons of the goddess Lalitā, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara, (summoned) the builder Viśvakarman, skilled in the craft of the gods,
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BndP 3 31.7
सुराणां शिल्पनं च मयं मायाविचक्षणम् । आहूय कृतसत्कारानूचिरे ललिताज्ञया
surāṇāṃ śilpanaṃ ca mayaṃ māyāvicakṣaṇam / āhūya kṛtasatkārānūcire lalitājñayā
and Maya, the craftsman of the gods, expert in illusion; having called them and shown them honour, they spoke, by the command of Lalitā.
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BndP 3 31.8
अधिकारिपुरुषा ऊचुः भो विश्वकर्मञ्छिल्पज्ञ भोभो मय महोदय । भवन्तौ सर्वशास्त्रज्ञौ घटनामार्गकोविदौ
adhikāripuruṣā ūcuḥ bho viśvakarmañchilpajña bhobho maya mahodaya / bhavantau sarvaśāstrajñau ghaṭanāmārgakovidau
The officiating men said: Ho Viśvakarman, knower of craft! Ho ho Maya, of great splendour! You two know all the treatises and are skilled in the ways of construction,
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BndP 3 31.9
संकल्पमात्रेण महाशिल्पकल्पविशारदौ । युवाभ्यां ललितादेव्या नित्यज्ञानमहोदधेः
saṃkalpamātreṇa mahāśilpakalpaviśāradau / yuvābhyāṃ lalitādevyā nityajñānamahodadheḥ
skilled in the great craft's designing by mere intention. By you two, for the goddess Lalitā, the great ocean of eternal knowledge,
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BndP 3 31.10
षोडशीक्षेत्रमध्येषु तत्क्षेत्रसमसंख्यया । कर्तव्या श्रीनगर्यो हि नानारत्नैरलङ्कृताः
ṣoḍaśīkṣetramadhyeṣu tatkṣetrasamasaṃkhyayā / kartavyā śrīnagaryo hi nānāratnairalaṅkṛtāḥ
in the midst of the sixteen sacred fields, in number equal to those fields, cities of Śrī are to be made, adorned with various jewels,
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BndP 3 31.11
यत्र षोडशधा भिन्ना ललिता परमेश्वरी । विश्वत्राणाय सततं निवासं रचयिष्यति
yatra ṣoḍaśadhā bhinnā lalitā parameśvarī / viśvatrāṇāya satataṃ nivāsaṃ racayiṣyati
where Lalitā the supreme sovereign lady, divided in sixteen ways, will make her dwelling constantly for the protection of the universe.
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BndP 3 31.12
अस्माकं हि प्रियमिदं मरुतामपिच प्रियम् । सर्वलोकप्रियं चैतत्तन्नाम्नैव विरच्यताम्
asmākaṃ hi priyamidaṃ marutāmapica priyam / sarvalokapriyaṃ caitattannāmnaiva viracyatām
For this is dear to us and dear also to the Maruts, and it is dear to all the worlds: let it be built with her name itself.
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BndP 3 31.13
इति कारणदेवानां वचनं सुनिशम्य तौ । विश्वकर्ममयौ नत्वा व्यभाषेतां तथास्त्विति
iti kāraṇadevānāṃ vacanaṃ suniśamya tau / viśvakarmamayau natvā vyabhāṣetāṃ tathāstviti
Having listened well to this speech of the causal gods, those two, Viśvakarman and Maya, bowed and said, "So be it."
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BndP 3 31.14
पुनर्नत्वा पृष्टवन्तौ तौ तान्कारण पूरुषान् । केषु क्षेत्रेषु कर्तव्याः श्रीनगर्यो महोदयाः
punarnatvā pṛṣṭavantau tau tānkāraṇa pūruṣān / keṣu kṣetreṣu kartavyāḥ śrīnagaryo mahodayāḥ
Bowing again, those two asked those causal persons: "In which sites are the glorious cities of great splendour to be made?"
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BndP 3 31.15
ब्रह्माद्याः परिपृष्टास्ते प्रोचुस्तौ शिल्पिनौ पुनः । क्षेत्राणां प्रविभागं तु कल्पयन्तौ यथोचितम्
brahmādyāḥ paripṛṣṭāste procustau śilpinau punaḥ / kṣetrāṇāṃ pravibhāgaṃ tu kalpayantau yathocitam
Brahmā and the others, being thus questioned, spoke again to those two artisans, apportioning the division of the sites as was fitting.
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BndP 3 31.16
कारणपुरुषा ऊचुः प्रथमं मेरुपृष्ठे तु निषधे च महीधरे । हेमकूटे हिमगिरौ पञ्चमे गन्धमादने
kāraṇapuruṣā ūcuḥ prathamaṃ merupṛṣṭhe tu niṣadhe ca mahīdhare / hemakūṭe himagirau pañcame gandhamādane
The causal persons said: first on the back of Meru, and on the mountain Niṣadha, on Hemakūṭa, on Himagiri, fifth on Gandhamādana,
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BndP 3 31.17
नीले मेषे च शृङ्गारे महेन्द्रे च महागिरौ । क्षेत्राणि हि नवैतानि भौमानि विदितान्यथ
nīle meṣe ca śṛṅgāre mahendre ca mahāgirau / kṣetrāṇi hi navaitāni bhaumāni viditānyatha
on Nīla, on Meṣa, and on Śṛṅgāra, and on the great mountain Mahendra — these nine, then, are known as the earthly sites.
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BndP 3 31.18
औदकानि तु सप्तैव प्रोक्तान्यखिल सिन्धुषु । लवणो ऽब्धीक्षुसाराब्धिः सुराब्धिर्घृतसागरः
audakāni tu saptaiva proktānyakhila sindhuṣu / lavaṇo 'bdhīkṣusārābdhiḥ surābdhirghṛtasāgaraḥ
But seven watery ones are declared, in all the oceans: the salt sea, the sea of sugarcane juice, the sea of liquor, the sea of ghee,
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BndP 3 31.19
दधिसिन्धुः क्षीरसिन्धुर्जलसिन्धुश्च सप्तमः । पूर्वोक्ता नव शैलेन्द्राः पश्चात्सप्त च सिन्धवः
dadhisindhuḥ kṣīrasindhurjalasindhuśca saptamaḥ / pūrvoktā nava śailendrāḥ paścātsapta ca sindhavaḥ
the sea of curds, the sea of milk, and the sea of water as the seventh — the nine lords of mountains stated before, and after them the seven seas.
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BndP 3 31.20
आत्दृत्य षोडश क्षेत्राण्यंबाश्रीपुरकॢप्तये । येषु दिव्यानि वेश्मानि ललिताया महौजसः । सृजतं दिव्यघटनापण्डितौ शिल्पिनौ युवाम्
ātdṛtya ṣoḍaśa kṣetrāṇyaṃbāśrīpurakḷptaye / yeṣu divyāni veśmāni lalitāyā mahaujasaḥ / sṛjataṃ divyaghaṭanāpaṇḍitau śilpinau yuvām
Taking up with care these sixteen sites for the fashioning of the Mother's glorious city — in which (stand) the divine dwellings of the mighty Lalitā — create (them), you two artisans skilled in divine construction.
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BndP 3 31.21
येषु क्षेत्रेषु कॢप्तानि घ्नन्त्या देव्या महासुरान् । नामानि नित्यानाम्नैव प्रथितानि न संशयः
yeṣu kṣetreṣu kḷptāni ghnantyā devyā mahāsurān / nāmāni nityānāmnaiva prathitāni na saṃśayaḥ
In whichever sites (these cities) are fashioned by the Goddess who slays the great demons, their names are indeed renowned by the very names of the Nityās; there is no doubt of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 31.22
सा हि नित्यास्वरूपेण कालव्याप्तिकरी परा । सर्वं कलयते देवी कलनाङ्कतया जगत्
sā hi nityāsvarūpeṇa kālavyāptikarī parā / sarvaṃ kalayate devī kalanāṅkatayā jagat
For she, in the form of the Nityās, is the supreme one who brings about the pervasion of time; the Goddess reckons the whole world, since she is the very mark of reckoning.
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BndP 3 31.23
नित्यानाच महाराज्ञी नित्या यत्र न तद्भिदा । अतस्तदीयनाम्ना तु सनामा प्रथिता पुरा
nityānāca mahārājñī nityā yatra na tadbhidā / atastadīyanāmnā tu sanāmā prathitā purā
And of the Nityās (she is) the great queen, the Eternal one, in whom there is no separateness from them; hence by her name she was of old renowned as bearing that name.
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BndP 3 31.24
कामेश्वरीपुरी चैव भगमालापुरी तथा । नित्यक्लिन्नापुरीत्यादिनामानि प्रथितान्यलम्
kāmeśvarīpurī caiva bhagamālāpurī tathā / nityaklinnāpurītyādināmāni prathitānyalam
Kāmeśvarī's city, and likewise Bhagamālā's city, and Nityaklinnā's city — such names are amply renowned.
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BndP 3 31.25
अतो नामानि वर्णेन योग्ये पुण्यतमे दिने । महाशिल्पप्रकारेण पुरीं रचयतां शुभाम्
ato nāmāni varṇena yogye puṇyatame dine / mahāśilpaprakāreṇa purīṃ racayatāṃ śubhām
Therefore, setting down the names, on a suitable, most auspicious day, let you two fashion the beautiful city in the manner of great craftsmanship.
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BndP 3 31.26
इति कारणकृत्येन्द्रैर्ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वरैः । प्रोक्तौ तौ श्रीपुरीस्थेषु तेषु क्षेत्रेषु चक्रतुः
iti kāraṇakṛtyendrairbrahmaviṣṇumaheśvaraiḥ / proktau tau śrīpurīstheṣu teṣu kṣetreṣu cakratuḥ
Thus addressed by Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara, the chief agents of causation, those two made (the cities) in those sites where the glorious cities were to stand.
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BndP 3 31.27
अथ श्रीपुरविस्तारं पुराधिष्ठातृदेवताः । कथयाम्यहमाधार्य लोपामुद्रापते शृणु
atha śrīpuravistāraṃ purādhiṣṭhātṛdevatāḥ / kathayāmyahamādhārya lopāmudrāpate śṛṇu
Now I shall tell the extent of the glorious city and the deities presiding over the city; give heed and listen, O husband of Lopāmudrā.
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BndP 3 31.28
यो मेरुरखिलाधारस्तुङ्गश्चानन्तयोजनः । चतुर्दशजगच्चक्रसंप्रोतनिजविग्रहः
yo merurakhilādhārastuṅgaścānantayojanaḥ / caturdaśajagaccakrasaṃprotanijavigrahaḥ
That Meru which is the support of all, lofty, measuring endless yojanas, whose own body is strung through with the wheel of the fourteen worlds —
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BndP 3 31.29
तस्य चत्वारि शृङ्गाणि शक्रनैरृतवायुषु । मध्यस्थलेषु जातानि प्रोच्छ्रायस्तेषु कथ्यते
tasya catvāri śṛṅgāṇi śakranairṛtavāyuṣu / madhyasthaleṣu jātāni procchrāyasteṣu kathyate
its four peaks arose in the eastern, south-western and north-western quarters and in the middle regions; their height is (now) told.
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BndP 3 31.30
पूर्वोक्तशृङ्गत्रितयं शतयोजनमुन्नतम् । शतयोजनविस्तारं तेषु लोकास्त्रयो मताः
pūrvoktaśṛṅgatritayaṃ śatayojanamunnatam / śatayojanavistāraṃ teṣu lokāstrayo matāḥ
The three peaks mentioned first are a hundred yojanas high and a hundred yojanas wide; on them three worlds are held (to be).
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BndP 3 31.31
ब्रह्मलोको विष्णुलोकः शिवलोकस्तथैव च । एतेषां गृहविन्यासान्वक्ष्याम्यवसरान्तरे
brahmaloko viṣṇulokaḥ śivalokastathaiva ca / eteṣāṃ gṛhavinyāsānvakṣyāmyavasarāntare
Brahmā's world, Viṣṇu's world, and likewise Śiva's world; the layout of the houses of these I shall tell on another occasion.
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BndP 3 31.32
मध्ये स्थितस्य शृङ्गस्य विस्तारं चोच्छ्रयं शृणु । चतुःशतं योजनानामुच्छ्रितं विस्तृतं तथा
madhye sthitasya śṛṅgasya vistāraṃ cocchrayaṃ śṛṇu / catuḥśataṃ yojanānāmucchritaṃ vistṛtaṃ tathā
Hear the breadth and the height of the peak that stands in the middle: four hundred yojanas high, and as much in breadth.
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BndP 3 31.33
तत्रैव शृङ्गे महति शिल्पिभ्यां श्रीपुरं कृतम् । चतुःशतं योजनानां विस्तृत कुम्भसंभव
tatraiva śṛṅge mahati śilpibhyāṃ śrīpuraṃ kṛtam / catuḥśataṃ yojanānāṃ vistṛta kumbhasaṃbhava
On that very great peak the glorious city was made by the two artisans, four hundred yojanas in extent, O pot-born one.
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BndP 3 31.34
तत्रायं प्रविभागस्ते प्रविविच्य प्रदर्श्यते । प्राकारः प्रथमः प्रोक्तः कालायसविनिर्मितः
tatrāyaṃ pravibhāgaste pravivicya pradarśyate / prākāraḥ prathamaḥ proktaḥ kālāyasavinirmitaḥ
There this division (of it) is set out for you, distinguished (item by item): the first enclosing wall is said to be made of black iron.
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BndP 3 31.35
षट्दशाधिकसाहस्रयोजनायतवेष्टनः । चतुर्दिक्षु द्वार्युतश्च चतुर्योजनमुच्छ्रितः
ṣaṭdaśādhikasāhasrayojanāyataveṣṭanaḥ / caturdikṣu dvāryutaśca caturyojanamucchritaḥ
Its encircling extent is sixteen thousand yojanas long; it is furnished with gates on the four sides and is four yojanas high.
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BndP 3 31.36
शालमूलपरीणाहो योजनायुतमब्धिप । शालाग्रस्य तु गव्यूतेर्नद्धवातायनं पृथक्
śālamūlaparīṇāho yojanāyutamabdhipa / śālāgrasya tu gavyūternaddhavātāyanaṃ pṛthak
The girth of the wall's base is ten thousand yojanas, O lord of the waters; but that of the wall's top is a gavyūti, with windows set in it separately.
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BndP 3 31.37
शालद्वारस्य चौन्नत्यमेकयोजनमाश्रितम् । द्वारेद्वारे कपाटे द्वे गव्यूत्यर्धप्रविस्तरे
śāladvārasya caunnatyamekayojanamāśritam / dvāredvāre kapāṭe dve gavyūtyardhapravistare
And the height of the wall's gate is fixed at one yojana; at each gate there are two door-leaves, each half a gavyūti in breadth.
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BndP 3 31.38
एकयोजनमुन्नद्धे कालायस विनिर्मिते । उभयोरर्गला चेत्थमर्धक्रोशसमायता
ekayojanamunnaddhe kālāyasa vinirmite / ubhayorargalā cetthamardhakrośasamāyatā
raised one yojana, made of black iron; and the bolt of the two (leaves) is likewise half a krośa in length.
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BndP 3 31.39
एवं चतुर्षु द्वारेषु सदृशं परिकीर्तितम् । गोपुरस्य तु संस्थानं कथये कुंभसंभव
evaṃ caturṣu dvāreṣu sadṛśaṃ parikīrtitam / gopurasya tu saṃsthānaṃ kathaye kuṃbhasaṃbhava
Thus it is declared to be the same at the four gates; but the structure of the gate-tower I shall tell, O pot-born one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.40
पूर्वोक्तस्य तु शालस्य मूले योजनसंमिते । पार्श्वद्वये योजने द्वे द्वे समादाय निर्मिते
pūrvoktasya tu śālasya mūle yojanasaṃmite / pārśvadvaye yojane dve dve samādāya nirmite
At the base of the aforesaid wall, which measures a yojana, two yojanas on each of the two flanks are taken and built up.
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BndP 3 31.41
विस्तारमपि तावन्तं संप्राप्तं द्वारगर्भितम् । पार्श्वद्वयं योजने द्वे मध्ये शालस्य योजनम्
vistāramapi tāvantaṃ saṃprāptaṃ dvāragarbhitam / pārśvadvayaṃ yojane dve madhye śālasya yojanam
The breadth too comes out as just that much, with the gateway included: two yojanas the two flanks, and in the middle one yojana of the wall.
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BndP 3 31.42
मेलयित्वा पञ्च मुने योजनानि प्रमाणतः । पार्श्वद्वयेन सार्धेन क्रोशयुग्मेन संयुतम्
melayitvā pañca mune yojanāni pramāṇataḥ / pārśvadvayena sārdhena krośayugmena saṃyutam
Adding these up, five yojanas by measure, O sage; together with the two flanks it amounts to two and a half krośas (more).
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BndP 3 31.43
मेलयित्वा पञ्चसंख्यायोजनान्यायतस्तथा । एवं प्राकारतस्तत्र गोपुरं रचितं मुने
melayitvā pañcasaṃkhyāyojanānyāyatastathā / evaṃ prākāratastatra gopuraṃ racitaṃ mune
Adding up, five yojanas in length likewise; thus there, out of the wall, the gate-tower was fashioned, O sage.
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BndP 3 31.44
तस्माद्गोपुरमूलस्य वेष्टो विंशतियोजनः । उपर्युपरि वेष्टस्य ह्रास एव प्रकीर्त्यते
tasmādgopuramūlasya veṣṭo viṃśatiyojanaḥ / uparyupari veṣṭasya hrāsa eva prakīrtyate
Hence the circuit of the gate-tower's base is twenty yojanas; and higher and higher a decrease of the circuit is declared.
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BndP 3 31.45
गोपुरस्योन्नतिः प्रोक्तापञ्चविंशतियोजना । योजनेयोजने द्वारं सकपाटं मनोहरम्
gopurasyonnatiḥ proktāpañcaviṃśatiyojanā / yojaneyojane dvāraṃ sakapāṭaṃ manoharam
The height of the gate-tower is said to be twenty-five yojanas; at every yojana there is a charming doorway with its door-leaf.
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BndP 3 31.46
भूमिकाश्चापि तावन्त्यो यथोर्ध्वं ह्राससंयुताः । गोपुराग्रस्य निस्तारो योजनं हि समाश्रितः
bhūmikāścāpi tāvantyo yathordhvaṃ hrāsasaṃyutāḥ / gopurāgrasya nistāro yojanaṃ hi samāśritaḥ
And the storeys too are that many, decreasing as they go upward; the breadth of the gate-tower's summit is fixed at one yojana.
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BndP 3 31.47
आयामो ऽपि च तावान्वै तत्र त्रिमुकुटं स्मृतम् । मुकुटस्य तु विस्तारः क्रोशमानो घटोद्भव
āyāmo 'pi ca tāvānvai tatra trimukuṭaṃ smṛtam / mukuṭasya tu vistāraḥ krośamāno ghaṭodbhava
And the length too is just that much; there three crests are known. The breadth of a crest is a krośa in measure, O pot-born one.
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BndP 3 31.48
क्रोशद्वयं समुन्नद्धं ह्रासं गोपुरवन्मुने । मुकुटस्यान्तरे क्षोणी क्रोशार्धेन च संमिता
krośadvayaṃ samunnaddhaṃ hrāsaṃ gopuravanmune / mukuṭasyāntare kṣoṇī krośārdhena ca saṃmitā
It rises two krośas, with a tapering as in the gate-tower, O sage; the floor between the crests measures half a krośa.
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BndP 3 31.49
मुकुटं पश्चिमे प्राच्यां दक्षिणे द्वारगोपुरे । दक्षोत्तरस्तु मुकुटाः पश्चिमद्वारगोपुरे
mukuṭaṃ paścime prācyāṃ dakṣiṇe dvāragopure / dakṣottarastu mukuṭāḥ paścimadvāragopure
On the southern gate-tower a crest is in the west and in the east; but on the western gate-tower the crests are in the south and the north.
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BndP 3 31.50
दक्षिणद्वारवत्प्रोक्ता उत्तरद्वाःकिरीटिकाः । पश्चिमद्वारवत्पूर्वद्वारे मुकुटकल्पना
dakṣiṇadvāravatproktā uttaradvāḥkirīṭikāḥ / paścimadvāravatpūrvadvāre mukuṭakalpanā
The crest-diadems of the northern gate are declared to be like those of the southern gate; the arrangement of crests on the eastern gate is like that on the western gate.
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BndP 3 31.51
कालायसाख्यशालस्यान्तरे मारुतयोजने । अन्तरे कांस्यशालस्य पूर्ववद्गोपुरो ऽन्वितः
kālāyasākhyaśālasyāntare mārutayojane / antare kāṃsyaśālasya pūrvavadgopuro 'nvitaḥ
Within the wall called black iron, at (a distance of) ... yojanas, is the bronze wall, provided with a gate-tower as before.
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BndP 3 31.52
शालमूलप्रमाणं च पूर्ववत्परिकीर्तितम् । कांस्यशालो ऽपि पूर्वादिदिक्षु द्वारसमन्विन्तः
śālamūlapramāṇaṃ ca pūrvavatparikīrtitam / kāṃsyaśālo 'pi pūrvādidikṣu dvārasamanvintaḥ
And the measure of the wall's base is declared to be as before; the bronze wall too is furnished with gates in the east and the other directions.
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BndP 3 31.53
द्वारेद्वारे गोपुराणि पर्वलक्षणभाञ्जि च । कालायसस्य कांस्यस्य य्ॐऽतर्देशः समन्ततः
dvāredvāre gopurāṇi parvalakṣaṇabhāñji ca / kālāyasasya kāṃsyasya yoṃ'tardeśaḥ samantataḥ
At each gate there are gate-towers bearing the aforesaid characteristics; and the region between the black-iron and the bronze (walls), all around —
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BndP 3 31.54
नानावृक्षमहोद्यानं तत्प्रोक्तं कुम्भसंभव । उद्भिज्जाद्यं यावदस्ति तत्सर्वं तत्र वर्तते
nānāvṛkṣamahodyānaṃ tatproktaṃ kumbhasaṃbhava / udbhijjādyaṃ yāvadasti tatsarvaṃ tatra vartate
That is called a great garden of many kinds of trees, O pot-born one (Agastya); whatever there is, beginning with plants that sprout up, all of it is present there.
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BndP 3 31.55
परंसहस्रास्तरवः सदापुष्पाः सदाफलाः । सदापल्लवशोभाढ्याः सदा सौरभसंकुलाः
paraṃsahasrāstaravaḥ sadāpuṣpāḥ sadāphalāḥ / sadāpallavaśobhāḍhyāḥ sadā saurabhasaṃkulāḥ
There are more than a thousand trees, always in flower, always in fruit, always rich with the beauty of new shoots, always thick with fragrance.
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BndP 3 31.56
चूताः कङ्कोलका लोध्रा बकुलाः कर्णिकारकाः । शिंशपाश्च शिरीषाश्च देवदारुनमेरवः
cūtāḥ kaṅkolakā lodhrā bakulāḥ karṇikārakāḥ / śiṃśapāśca śirīṣāśca devadārunameravaḥ
Mango trees, kaṅkola trees, lodhras, bakulas, karṇikāras, śiṃśapās and śirīṣas, deodars and nameru trees;
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BndP 3 31.57
पुन्नागा नागभद्राश्च मुचुकुन्दाश्च कट्फलाः । एलालवङ्गास्तक्कोलास्तथा कर्पूरशाखिनः
punnāgā nāgabhadrāśca mucukundāśca kaṭphalāḥ / elālavaṅgāstakkolāstathā karpūraśākhinaḥ
punnāgas and nāgabhadras, mucukundas and kaṭphalas, cardamom, clove, takkola, and likewise camphor trees;
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BndP 3 31.58
पीलवः काकतुण्ड्यश्च शालकाश्चासनास्तथा । काञ्चनाराश्च लकुचाः पनसा हिङ्गुलास्तथा
pīlavaḥ kākatuṇḍyaśca śālakāścāsanāstathā / kāñcanārāśca lakucāḥ panasā hiṅgulāstathā
pīlu trees and kākatuṇḍīs, śālakas and asanas as well, kāñcanāras and lakucas, jackfruit trees and hiṅgulas too;
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BndP 3 31.59
पाटलाश्च फलिन्यश्च जटिल्यो जघनेफलाः । गणिकाश्च कुरण्टाश्च बन्धुजीवाश्च दाडिमाः
pāṭalāśca phalinyaśca jaṭilyo jaghanephalāḥ / gaṇikāśca kuraṇṭāśca bandhujīvāśca dāḍimāḥ
pāṭalās and phalinīs, jaṭilīs, jaghanephalās, gaṇikās and kuraṇṭas, bandhujīvas and pomegranates;
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BndP 3 31.60
अश्वकर्णा हस्तिकर्णाश्चांपेयाः कनकद्रुमाः । यूथिकास्तालपर्ण्यश्च तुलस्यश्च सदाफलाः
aśvakarṇā hastikarṇāścāṃpeyāḥ kanakadrumāḥ / yūthikāstālaparṇyaśca tulasyaśca sadāphalāḥ
aśvakarṇas and hastikarṇas, cāmpeyas, kanaka trees, yūthikās and tālaparṇīs, and tulasī plants ever in fruit;
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BndP 3 31.61
तालास्तमालहिन्तालखर्जूराः शरबर्बुराः । इक्षवः क्षीरिणश्चैव श्लेष्मान्तकविभीतकाः
tālāstamālahintālakharjūrāḥ śarabarburāḥ / ikṣavaḥ kṣīriṇaścaiva śleṣmāntakavibhītakāḥ
palmyras, tamālas, hintālas, date palms, reeds and barbura trees, sugar canes and milky-sapped trees, śleṣmāntakas and vibhītakas;
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BndP 3 31.62
हरीत्क्यस्त्ववाक्पुष्प्यो घोण्टाल्यः स्वर्गपुष्पिकाः । भल्लातकाश्च खदिराः शाखोटाश्चन्दनद्रुमाः
harītkyastvavākpuṣpyo ghoṇṭālyaḥ svargapuṣpikāḥ / bhallātakāśca khadirāḥ śākhoṭāścandanadrumāḥ
harītakīs and avākpuṣpīs, ghoṇṭālīs, svargapuṣpikās, bhallātakas and khadiras, śākhoṭas and sandal trees;
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BndP 3 31.63
कालागुरुद्रुमाः कालस्कन्धाश्चिञ्चा वदास्तथा । उदुंबरार्जुनाश्वत्थाः शमीवृक्षा ध्रुवाद्रुमाः
kālāgurudrumāḥ kālaskandhāściñcā vadāstathā / uduṃbarārjunāśvatthāḥ śamīvṛkṣā dhruvādrumāḥ
black-aloe trees, kālaskandhas, tamarinds and vadas likewise, uduṃbaras, arjunas, aśvatthas, śamī trees, dhruva trees;
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BndP 3 31.64
रुचकाः कुटजाः सप्तपर्णाश्च कृतमालकाः । कपित्थास्तिन्तिणी चैवेत्येवमाध्याः सहस्रशः
rucakāḥ kuṭajāḥ saptaparṇāśca kṛtamālakāḥ / kapitthāstintiṇī caivetyevamādhyāḥ sahasraśaḥ
rucakas, kuṭajas, saptaparṇas and kṛtamālakas, kapitthas and the tamarind — such and the like, by the thousand,
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BndP 3 31.65
नानाऋतुसमाविष्टा देव्याः शृङ्गारहेतवः । नानावृक्षमहोत्सेधा वर्तन्ते वरशाखिनः
nānāṛtusamāviṣṭā devyāḥ śṛṅgārahetavaḥ / nānāvṛkṣamahotsedhā vartante varaśākhinaḥ
pervaded by the various seasons, serving as means for the Goddess's adornment: many kinds of trees of great height, excellent trees, are there.
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BndP 3 31.66
कांस्यशालस्यान्तरोले सप्तयोजनदूरतः । चतुरस्रस्ताम्रशालः सिंधुयोजनमुन्नतः
kāṃsyaśālasyāntarole saptayojanadūrataḥ / caturasrastāmraśālaḥ siṃdhuyojanamunnataḥ
In the interior space of the bronze rampart, at a distance of seven yojanas, is the four-sided copper rampart, raised up seven yojanas.
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BndP 3 31.67
अनयोरन्तरक्षोणी प्रोक्ता कल्पकवाटिका । कर्पूरगन्धिभिश्चारुरत्नबीजसमन्वितैः
anayorantarakṣoṇī proktā kalpakavāṭikā / karpūragandhibhiścāruratnabījasamanvitaiḥ
The ground between these two is called the kalpa-tree garden: with (fruits) camphor-scented and furnished with lovely jewel-seeds,
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BndP 3 31.68
काञ्चनत्वक्सुरुचिरैः फलैस्तैः फलिता द्रुमाः । पीतांबराणि दिव्यानि प्रवालान्येव शाखिषु
kāñcanatvaksuruciraiḥ phalaistaiḥ phalitā drumāḥ / pītāṃbarāṇi divyāni pravālānyeva śākhiṣu
the trees bear fruits lovely with golden skin; and on the branches the shoots are themselves divine yellow garments.
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BndP 3 31.69
अमृतं स्यान्मधुरसः पुष्पाणि च विभूषणम् । ईदृशा वहवस्तत्र कल्पवृक्षाः प्रकीर्तिताः
amṛtaṃ syānmadhurasaḥ puṣpāṇi ca vibhūṣaṇam / īdṛśā vahavastatra kalpavṛkṣāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
The sweet juice would be nectar, and the flowers ornaments; many such kalpa trees are declared to be there.
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BndP 3 31.70
एषा कक्षा द्वितीया स्यान्कल्पवापीति नामतः । ताम्रशालस्यान्तराले नागशालः प्रकीर्तिताः
eṣā kakṣā dvitīyā syānkalpavāpīti nāmataḥ / tāmraśālasyāntarāle nāgaśālaḥ prakīrtitāḥ
This is the second enclosure, by name Kalpavāpī. In the interior of the copper rampart the lead rampart is declared (to stand).
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BndP 3 31.71
अनयोरुभयोस्तिर्यगदेशः स्यात्सप्तयोजनः । तत्र संतानवाटी स्यान्कल्पवापीसमाकृतिः
anayorubhayostiryagadeśaḥ syātsaptayojanaḥ / tatra saṃtānavāṭī syānkalpavāpīsamākṛtiḥ
The space crosswise between these two is seven yojanas; there is the Santāna grove, of the same form as the Kalpavāpī.
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BndP 3 31.72
तयोर्मध्ये मही प्रोक्ता हरिचन्दनवाटिका । कल्पवाटीसमाकारा फलपुष्पसमाकुला
tayormadhye mahī proktā haricandanavāṭikā / kalpavāṭīsamākārā phalapuṣpasamākulā
The ground between those two is called the Haricandana garden, of the same shape as the Kalpa grove, thick with fruits and flowers.
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BndP 3 31.73
एषु सर्वेषु शालेषु पूर्ववद्द्वारकल्पनम् । पूर्ववद्गोपुराणां च मुकुटानां च कल्पनम्
eṣu sarveṣu śāleṣu pūrvavaddvārakalpanam / pūrvavadgopurāṇāṃ ca mukuṭānāṃ ca kalpanam
In all these ramparts the arrangement of gates is as before; as before too is the arrangement of the gate-towers and of the crowning turrets.
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BndP 3 31.74
गोपुरद्वारकॢप्तं च द्वारे द्वारे च संमितिः । आरकूटस्यान्तराले सप्तयोजनदूरतः
gopuradvārakḷptaṃ ca dvāre dvāre ca saṃmitiḥ / ārakūṭasyāntarāle saptayojanadūrataḥ
And the arrangement of the gateway-doors is (as before), and at each and every door there is (the same) measure. In the interval beyond the brass (wall), at a distance of seven yojanas—
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BndP 3 31.75
पञ्चलोहमयः शालः पूर्वशालसमाकृतिः । तयोर्मध्ये मही प्रोक्ता मन्दारद्रुमवाटिका
pañcalohamayaḥ śālaḥ pūrvaśālasamākṛtiḥ / tayormadhye mahī proktā mandāradrumavāṭikā
—there is a wall made of the five metals, of the same form as the preceding wall. The ground between the two is said to be a garden of mandāra trees.
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BndP 3 31.76
पञ्चलोहस्यान्तराले सप्तयोजनदूरतः । रौप्यशालस्तु संप्रोक्तः पूर्वोक्तैर्लक्षणैर्युतः
pañcalohasyāntarāle saptayojanadūrataḥ / raupyaśālastu saṃproktaḥ pūrvoktairlakṣaṇairyutaḥ
In the interval beyond the five-metal (wall), at a distance of seven yojanas, a silver wall is declared (to stand), furnished with the characteristics stated before.
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BndP 3 31.77
तयोर्मध्यमही प्रोक्ता पारिजातद्रुवाटिका । दिव्यामोदसुसंपूर्णा फलपुष्पभरोज्ज्वला
tayormadhyamahī proktā pārijātadruvāṭikā / divyāmodasusaṃpūrṇā phalapuṣpabharojjvalā
The ground between the two is said to be a garden of pārijāta trees, wholly filled with divine fragrance, radiant with its load of fruit and flowers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.78
रौप्यशालस्यान्तराले सप्तयोजनविस्तरः । हेमशालः प्रकथितः पूर्ववद्द्वारशोभितः
raupyaśālasyāntarāle saptayojanavistaraḥ / hemaśālaḥ prakathitaḥ pūrvavaddvāraśobhitaḥ
In the interval beyond the silver wall, at an extent of seven yojanas, a golden wall is described, adorned with doors as before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.79
तयोर्मध्ये महीप्रोक्ता कदम्बतरुवाटिका । तत्र दिव्या नीपवृक्षा योजनद्वयमुन्नताः
tayormadhye mahīproktā kadambataruvāṭikā / tatra divyā nīpavṛkṣā yojanadvayamunnatāḥ
The ground between the two is said to be a garden of kadamba trees; there stand divine nīpa trees, two yojanas tall,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.80
सदैव मदिरास्पन्दा मेदुरप्रसवोज्ज्वलाः । येभ्यः कादंबरी नाम योगिनी भोगदायिनी
sadaiva madirāspandā meduraprasavojjvalāḥ / yebhyaḥ kādaṃbarī nāma yoginī bhogadāyinī
ever oozing liquor, radiant with rich blossom—trees from which (comes) the yoginī named Kādambarī, the giver of enjoyments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.81
विशिष्टा मदिरोद्याना मन्त्रिण्याः सततं प्रिया । ते नीपवृक्षाः सुच्छायाः पत्रलाः पल्लवाकुलाः । आमोदलोलभृङ्गालीझङ्कारैः पूरितोदराः
viśiṣṭā madirodyānā mantriṇyāḥ satataṃ priyā / te nīpavṛkṣāḥ succhāyāḥ patralāḥ pallavākulāḥ / āmodalolabhṛṅgālījhaṅkāraiḥ pūritodarāḥ
distinguished, having liquor-groves (as her domain), ever dear to the Minister (goddess). Those nīpa trees give good shade, are full of leaves, thick with shoots, their interiors filled with the humming of swarms of bees restless for the fragrance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.82
तत्रैव मन्त्रिणीनाथाया मन्दिरं सुमनोहरम् । कदंबवनवाट्यास्तु विदिक्षुज्वलनादितः
tatraiva mantriṇīnāthāyā mandiraṃ sumanoharam / kadaṃbavanavāṭyāstu vidikṣujvalanāditaḥ
There itself is the very lovely palace of the Mistress of the Minister-goddesses; and of the kadamba-grove garden (the boundary) is marked out by fire in the intermediate directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 31.83
चत्वारि मन्दिराण्युच्चैः कल्पितान्यादिशिल्पिना । एकैकस्य तु गे७स्य विस्तारः पञ्चयोजनः
catvāri mandirāṇyuccaiḥ kalpitānyādiśilpinā / ekaikasya tu ge7sya vistāraḥ pañcayojanaḥ
Four lofty palaces were fashioned by the primal architect; the breadth of each single house is five yojanas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.84
पञ्चयोजनमायामः सप्तावरणतः स्थितिः । एवमन्यविदिक्षु स्युस्सर्वत्र प्रियकद्रुमाः । निवासनगरी सेयं श्यामायाः परिकीर्तिता
pañcayojanamāyāmaḥ saptāvaraṇataḥ sthitiḥ / evamanyavidikṣu syussarvatra priyakadrumāḥ / nivāsanagarī seyaṃ śyāmāyāḥ parikīrtitā
Its length is five yojanas; its position is at the seventh enclosure. So too in the other intermediate directions there would be priyaka trees everywhere. This is proclaimed to be the dwelling-city of Śyāmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.85
सेनार्थं नगरी त्वन्या महापद्माटवीस्थले । यदत्रैव गृह तस्या बहुयोजनदूरतः
senārthaṃ nagarī tvanyā mahāpadmāṭavīsthale / yadatraiva gṛha tasyā bahuyojanadūrataḥ
But another city, for the army's sake, (is) on the ground of the great lotus forest; since her house is right here, many yojanas away,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 31.86
श्रीदेव्या नित्यसेवा तु मत्रिण्या न घटिष्यते । अतश्चितामणिगृहोपान्ते ऽपि भवनं कृतम् । तस्याः श्रीमन्त्रनाथायाः सुरत्वष्ट्रा मयेन च
śrīdevyā nityasevā tu matriṇyā na ghaṭiṣyate / ataścitāmaṇigṛhopānte 'pi bhavanaṃ kṛtam / tasyāḥ śrīmantranāthāyāḥ suratvaṣṭrā mayena ca
the Minister-goddess's daily service to Śrīdevī would not come about. Therefore a residence was also built close beside the Cintāmaṇi house for her, the Mistress of the Śrī-mantra, by the artificer of the gods and by Maya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.87
श्रीपुरे मन्त्रेणी देव्या मन्दिरस्य गुणान्बहुन् । वर्णयिष्यति को नाम यो द्विजिह्वासहस्रवान्
śrīpure mantreṇī devyā mandirasya guṇānbahun / varṇayiṣyati ko nāma yo dvijihvāsahasravān
Who indeed, even one possessing a thousand forked tongues, will describe the many excellences of the Minister-goddess's palace in Śrīpura?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.88
कादंबरीमदाताम्रनयनाः कलवीणया । गायन्त्यस्तत्र खेलन्ति मान्यमातङ्गकन्यकाः
kādaṃbarīmadātāmranayanāḥ kalavīṇayā / gāyantyastatra khelanti mānyamātaṅgakanyakāḥ
There, their eyes coppery with the intoxication of Kādambarī wine, singing with a sweet lute, the honoured daughters of Mātaṅga play.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.89
अगस्त्य उवाच मातङ्गो नाम कःप्रोक्तस्तस्य कन्याः कथं च ताः । सेवन्ते मन्त्रिणीनाथां सदा मधुमदालसाः
agastya uvāca mātaṅgo nāma kaḥproktastasya kanyāḥ kathaṃ ca tāḥ / sevante mantriṇīnāthāṃ sadā madhumadālasāḥ
Agastya said: Who is this called Mātaṅga, and how (is it that) those daughters of his, ever languid with the intoxication of liquor, serve the Mistress of the Minister-goddesses?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.90
हयग्रीव उवाच मतङ्गो नाम तपसामेकराशिस्तपोधनः । महाप्रभावसंपन्नो जगत्सर्जनलंपटः
hayagrīva uvāca mataṅgo nāma tapasāmekarāśistapodhanaḥ / mahāprabhāvasaṃpanno jagatsarjanalaṃpaṭaḥ
Hayagrīva said: There was one named Mataṅga, a very heap of austerities, rich in penance, endowed with great power, eager for the creation of worlds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.92
तपः शक्त्यात्तधिया च सर्वत्राज्ञाप्रवर्त्तकः । तस्य पुत्रस्तु मातङ्गो मुद्रिणीं मन्त्रिनायिकाम् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,३१।९१ ॥ । घोरैस्तपोभिरत्यर्थं पूरयामास धीरधीः । मतङ्गमुनिपुत्रेण सुचिरं समुपासिता
tapaḥ śaktyāttadhiyā ca sarvatrājñāpravarttakaḥ / tasya putrastu mātaṅgo mudriṇīṃ mantrināyikām // bndp_3,31.91 // . ghoraistapobhiratyarthaṃ pūrayāmāsa dhīradhīḥ / mataṅgamuniputreṇa suciraṃ samupāsitā
and, with his mind (fortified) by the power of austerity, one who set his command in force everywhere. His son was Mātaṅga; (he), firm of mind, wholly satisfied Mudriṇī, the leader of the Minister-goddesses, with terrible austerities. Long worshipped by the son of the sage Mataṅga,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 31.93
मन्त्रिणी कृतसान्निध्या वृणीष्व वरमित्यशात् । सो ऽपिसर्वमुनिश्रेष्ठो मातङ्गस्तपसां निधिः । उवाच तां पुरो दत्तसान्निध्यां श्यामलांबिकाम्
mantriṇī kṛtasānnidhyā vṛṇīṣva varamityaśāt / so 'pisarvamuniśreṣṭho mātaṅgastapasāṃ nidhiḥ / uvāca tāṃ puro dattasānnidhyāṃ śyāmalāṃbikām
the Minister-goddess, having made herself present, commanded: "Choose a boon." And he, Mātaṅga, best of all sages, a treasury of austerities, said to her, mother Śyāmalā, who had granted her presence before him:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.94
मातङ्गमहामुनिरुवाच देवी त्वत्स्मृतिमात्रेण सर्वाश्च मम सिद्धयः । जाता एवाणिमाद्यास्ताः सर्वाश्चान्या विभूतयः
mātaṅgamahāmuniruvāca devī tvatsmṛtimātreṇa sarvāśca mama siddhayaḥ / jātā evāṇimādyāstāḥ sarvāścānyā vibhūtayaḥ
The great sage Mātaṅga said: O goddess, by the mere remembrance of you all attainments have become mine—those beginning with aṇimā, and all the other powers as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.95
प्रापणीयन्न मे किञ्चिदस्त्यंबभुवनत्रये । सर्वतः प्राप्तकालस्य भवत्याश्चरितस्मृतेः
prāpaṇīyanna me kiñcidastyaṃbabhuvanatraye / sarvataḥ prāptakālasya bhavatyāścaritasmṛteḥ
There is nothing left for me to obtain in the three worlds, O Mother, since for me, whose time has come to fullness in every way, the memory of your deeds (is ever present).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 31.96
अथापि तव सांनिध्यमिदं नो निष्फलं भवेत् । एवं परं प्रार्थये ऽहं तं वरं पूरयांबिके
athāpi tava sāṃnidhyamidaṃ no niṣphalaṃ bhavet / evaṃ paraṃ prārthaye 'haṃ taṃ varaṃ pūrayāṃbike
Even so, let this nearness of yours not be fruitless for us; thus I beg the highest boon — fulfil that boon, O Ambikā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.97
पूर्वं हिमवता सार्थं सौहार्दं परिहासवान् । क्रीडामत्तेन चावाच्यैस्तत्र तेन प्रगल्भितम्
pūrvaṃ himavatā sārthaṃ sauhārdaṃ parihāsavān / krīḍāmattena cāvācyaistatra tena pragalbhitam
Formerly, in friendship with Himavat, in jest, and drunk with play, he grew bold there with unspeakable words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.98
अहङ्गौरीगुरुरिति श्लाघामात्मनि तेनिवान् । तद्वाक्यं मम नैवाभूद्यतस्तत्राधिको गुणः
ahaṅgaurīgururiti ślāghāmātmani tenivān / tadvākyaṃ mama naivābhūdyatastatrādhiko guṇaḥ
"I am Gaurī's elder (guru)" — so he made a boast about himself; that saying was not mine to make, since in that matter his merit was the greater.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 31.99
उभयोर्गुणसाम्ये तु मित्रयोरधिके गुणे । एकस्य कारणाज्जाते तत्रान्यस्य स्पृहा भवेत्
ubhayorguṇasāmye tu mitrayoradhike guṇe / ekasya kāraṇājjāte tatrānyasya spṛhā bhavet
When the merits of two friends are equal, but a superior merit arises for one of them through some cause, then the other feels longing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.100
गौरीगुरुत्वश्लाघार्थं प्राप्तकामो ऽप्यहं तपः । कृतवान्मन्त्रिणीनाथे तत्त्वंमत्तनया भव
gaurīgurutvaślāghārthaṃ prāptakāmo 'pyahaṃ tapaḥ / kṛtavānmantriṇīnāthe tattvaṃmattanayā bhava
For the sake of the boast of being Gaurī's elder, though my desires were already fulfilled, I performed austerity; O Mistress of the Mantriṇī, therefore be you my daughter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.101
यतो मन्नामविख्याता भविष्यसि न संशयः । इत्युक्तं वचनं श्रुत्वा मातङ्गस्य महामुनेः । तथास्त्विति तिरोघत् स च प्रीतो ऽभवन्मुनिः
yato mannāmavikhyātā bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ / ityuktaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā mātaṅgasya mahāmuneḥ / tathāstviti tiroghat sa ca prīto 'bhavanmuniḥ
For by that you will become renowned under my name, there is no doubt. Having heard these words spoken by the great sage Mātaṅga, (she said) "So be it" and vanished; and that sage became glad.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.102
मातङ्गस्य महर्षेस्तु तस्य स्वप्ने तदा मुदा । तापिच्छमञ्जरीमेकां ददौ कर्णावतंसतः
mātaṅgasya maharṣestu tasya svapne tadā mudā / tāpicchamañjarīmekāṃ dadau karṇāvataṃsataḥ
Then, in the dream of that great sage Mātaṅga, she joyfully gave a single cluster of tāpiccha blossoms from her ear-ornament.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.103
तत्स्वप्नस्य प्रभावेण मातङ्गस्य सधर्मिणी । नाम्ना सिद्धिमती गर्भे लघुश्यामामधारयत्
tatsvapnasya prabhāveṇa mātaṅgasya sadharmiṇī / nāmnā siddhimatī garbhe laghuśyāmāmadhārayat
By the power of that dream, Mātaṅga's wife, Siddhimatī by name, bore Laghuśyāmā in her womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 31.104
तत एव समुत्पन्ना मातङ्गी तेन कीर्तिताः । लघुश्यामेति सा प्रोक्त श्यामा यन्मूलकन्दभूः
tata eva samutpannā mātaṅgī tena kīrtitāḥ / laghuśyāmeti sā prokta śyāmā yanmūlakandabhūḥ
From her indeed arose those whom he proclaimed as the Mātaṅgīs; she was called Laghuśyāmā, she who was born from the root-bulb that is Śyāmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 31.105
मातङ्गकन्यका हृद्याः कोटीनामपि कोटिशः । लघुश्यामा महाश्यामामातङ्गी वृन्दसंयुताः । अङ्गशक्तित्वमापन्नाः सेवन्ते प्रियकप्रियाम्
mātaṅgakanyakā hṛdyāḥ koṭīnāmapi koṭiśaḥ / laghuśyāmā mahāśyāmāmātaṅgī vṛndasaṃyutāḥ / aṅgaśaktitvamāpannāḥ sevante priyakapriyām
Charming maidens of Mātaṅga, by crores upon crores — Laghuśyāmā, Mahāśyāmā and Mātaṅgī together with their throngs — having attained the state of limb-powers, serve her who loves the priyaka (kadamba).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 31.106
इति मातङ्गकन्यानामुत्पत्तिः कुंभसंभव । कथिताः सप्तकक्षाश्च शाला लोहादिनिर्मिताः
iti mātaṅgakanyānāmutpattiḥ kuṃbhasaṃbhava / kathitāḥ saptakakṣāśca śālā lohādinirmitāḥ
Thus the origin of the Mātaṅga maidens, O jar-born one, and the seven enclosures, the halls built of iron and the rest, have been told.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition