Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 32

BndP 3 32.1

अगस्त्य उवाच लोहादिसप्तशालानां रक्षका एव संति वै । तन्नामकीर्तय प्राज्ञ येन मे संशयच्छिदा

agastya uvāca lohādisaptaśālānāṃ rakṣakā eva saṃti vai / tannāmakīrtaya prājña yena me saṃśayacchidā

Agastya said: There are indeed guardians of the seven halls of iron and the rest; proclaim their names, O wise one, by which my doubt may be cut away.

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BndP 3 32.2

हयग्रीव उवाच नानावृक्षमहोद्याने वर्तते कुंभसंभव । महाकालः सर्वलोकभक्षकः श्यामविग्रहः

hayagrīva uvāca nānāvṛkṣamahodyāne vartate kuṃbhasaṃbhava / mahākālaḥ sarvalokabhakṣakaḥ śyāmavigrahaḥ

Hayagrīva said: In the great garden of various trees, O jar-born one, dwells Mahākāla, devourer of all the worlds, dark of body,

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BndP 3 32.3

श्यामकञ्चुकधारी च मदारुणविलोचनः । ब्रह्माण्डचषके पूर्णं पिबन्विश्वरसायनम्

śyāmakañcukadhārī ca madāruṇavilocanaḥ / brahmāṇḍacaṣake pūrṇaṃ pibanviśvarasāyanam

wearing a dark tunic, his eyes red with intoxication, drinking the elixir of the universe that fills the goblet of the cosmic egg,

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BndP 3 32.4

महाकालीं घनश्यामामनङ्गार्द्रामपाङ्गयन् । सिंहासने समासीनः कल्पान्ते कलनात्मके

mahākālīṃ ghanaśyāmāmanaṅgārdrāmapāṅgayan / siṃhāsane samāsīnaḥ kalpānte kalanātmake

casting sidelong glances at Mahākālī, dark as a raincloud and moist with desire, seated upon a lion-throne at the end of the kalpa, whose very nature is reckoning (destruction),

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BndP 3 32.5

ललिताध्यानसंपन्नो ललितापूजनोत्सुकः । वितन्वंल्लरिताभक्तेः स्वायुषो दीर्घ दीर्घताम् । कालमृत्युप्रमुख्यैश्च किङ्करैरपि सेवितः

lalitādhyānasaṃpanno lalitāpūjanotsukaḥ / vitanvaṃllaritābhakteḥ svāyuṣo dīrgha dīrghatām / kālamṛtyupramukhyaiśca kiṅkarairapi sevitaḥ

possessed of meditation on Lalitā, eager for the worship of Lalitā, extending by devotion to Lalitā the long length of his own lifespan, and attended by servants headed by Kāla and Mṛtyu.

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BndP 3 32.6

महाकालीमहाकालौ ललिताज्ञाप्रवर्त्तकौ । विश्वं कलयतः कृत्स्नं प्रथमे ऽध्वनि वासिनौ

mahākālīmahākālau lalitājñāpravarttakau / viśvaṃ kalayataḥ kṛtsnaṃ prathame 'dhvani vāsinau

Mahākālī and Mahākāla, who carry out Lalitā's command, reckon up (devour) the whole universe, dwelling in the first course.

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BndP 3 32.7

कालचक्रं मतङ्गस्य तस्यैवासनतां गताम् । चतुरावरणोपेतं मध्ये बिन्दुमनोहरम्

kālacakraṃ mataṅgasya tasyaivāsanatāṃ gatām / caturāvaraṇopetaṃ madhye bindumanoharam

The wheel of time, which became the very seat of that Mataṅga, provided with four enclosures, charming with a bindu at the centre:

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BndP 3 32.8

त्रिकोणंपञ्चकोणं च षोडशच्छदपङ्कजम् । अष्टारपङ्कजं चैवं महाकालस्तु मध्यगः

trikoṇaṃpañcakoṇaṃ ca ṣoḍaśacchadapaṅkajam / aṣṭārapaṅkajaṃ caivaṃ mahākālastu madhyagaḥ

a triangle, a pentagon, a sixteen-petalled lotus, and likewise an eight-spoked lotus; and Mahākāla is in the middle.

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BndP 3 32.9

त्रिकोणे तु महाकाल्या महासंध्या महानिशा । एतास्तिस्रो महादेव्यो महाकालस्य शक्तयः

trikoṇe tu mahākālyā mahāsaṃdhyā mahāniśā / etāstisro mahādevyo mahākālasya śaktayaḥ

In the triangle (are) Mahākālī, Mahāsaṃdhyā and Mahāniśā; these three great goddesses are the powers of Mahākāla.

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BndP 3 32.10

तत्रैव पञ्चकोणाग्रे प्रत्यूषश्च पितृप्रसूः । प्राह्णापराह्णमध्याह्नाः पञ्च कालस्य शक्तयः

tatraiva pañcakoṇāgre pratyūṣaśca pitṛprasūḥ / prāhṇāparāhṇamadhyāhnāḥ pañca kālasya śaktayaḥ

There too, at the points of the pentagon, (are) Pratyūṣa and Pitṛprasū, and Prāhṇa, Aparāhṇa and Madhyāhna — the five powers of Time.

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BndP 3 32.11

अथ षोडशपत्राब्जे स्थिता शक्तीर्मुने शृणु । दिनमिश्रा तमिस्रा च ज्योत्स्नी चैव तु पक्षिणी

atha ṣoḍaśapatrābje sthitā śaktīrmune śṛṇu / dinamiśrā tamisrā ca jyotsnī caiva tu pakṣiṇī

Now hear, O sage, the powers stationed in the sixteen-petalled lotus: Dinamiśrā and Tamisrā, and Jyotsnī and Pakṣiṇī,

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BndP 3 32.12

प्रदोषा च निशीथा च प्रहरा पूर्णिमापि च । राका चानुमतिश्चैव तथैवामावस्यिका पुनः

pradoṣā ca niśīthā ca praharā pūrṇimāpi ca / rākā cānumatiścaiva tathaivāmāvasyikā punaḥ

and Pradoṣā and Niśīthā, and Praharā and Pūrṇimā, and Rākā and Anumati, and likewise again Amāvasyikā,

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BndP 3 32.13

सिनीवाली कुहूर्भद्रा उपरागा च षोडशी । एता षोडशमात्रस्थाः शक्तयः षोडश स्मृताः

sinīvālī kuhūrbhadrā uparāgā ca ṣoḍaśī / etā ṣoḍaśamātrasthāḥ śaktayaḥ ṣoḍaśa smṛtāḥ

Sinīvālī, Kuhū, Bhadrā, and Uparāgā as the sixteenth: these sixteen, abiding in the sixteen (petals), are held to be the (sixteen) powers.

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BndP 3 32.14

कला काष्ठा निमेषाश्च क्षणाश्चैव लवास्त्रुटिः । मुहुर्ताः कुतपाहोरा शुक्लपक्षस्तथैव च

kalā kāṣṭhā nimeṣāśca kṣaṇāścaiva lavāstruṭiḥ / muhurtāḥ kutapāhorā śuklapakṣastathaiva ca

Kalā, Kāṣṭhā and the Nimeṣas, and the Kṣaṇas, the Lavas, Truṭi, the Muhūrtas, Kutapa, Horā, and likewise the bright fortnight,

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BndP 3 32.15

कृष्णपक्षायनाश्चैव विषुवा च त्रयोदशी । संवत्सरा च परिवत्सरेडावत्सरापि च

kṛṣṇapakṣāyanāścaiva viṣuvā ca trayodaśī / saṃvatsarā ca parivatsareḍāvatsarāpi ca

and the dark fortnight and the solstices (ayanas), and Viṣuvā, and the thirteenth, and Saṃvatsarā and Parivatsara, and Iḍāvatsarā too,

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BndP 3 32.16

एताःषोडश पत्राब्जवासिन्यः शक्तयः स्मृताः । इद्वत्सरा ततश्चेन्दुवत्सरावत्सरे ऽपि च

etāḥṣoḍaśa patrābjavāsinyaḥ śaktayaḥ smṛtāḥ / idvatsarā tataścenduvatsarāvatsare 'pi ca

these sixteen are held to be the powers dwelling in the petalled lotus; and then Idvatsarā and Induvatsara and Vatsara too,

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BndP 3 32.17

तिथिर्वारांश्च नक्षत्रं योगाश्च करणानि च । एतास्तु शक्तयो नागपत्रांभोरुहसंस्थिताः

tithirvārāṃśca nakṣatraṃ yogāśca karaṇāni ca / etāstu śaktayo nāgapatrāṃbhoruhasaṃsthitāḥ

the lunar day, the weekdays, the lunar mansion, the yogas and the karaṇas — these are the powers seated in the eight-petalled lotus.

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BndP 3 32.18

कलिः कल्पा च कलना काली चेति चतुष्टयम् । द्वारपालकतां प्राप्तं कालच क्रस्य भास्वतः

kaliḥ kalpā ca kalanā kālī ceti catuṣṭayam / dvārapālakatāṃ prāptaṃ kālaca krasya bhāsvataḥ

Kali, Kalpā, Kalanā and Kālī — this set of four has attained the office of door-keepers of the shining wheel of time.

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BndP 3 32.19

एता महाकालदेव्यो मदप्रहसिताननाः । मदिरापूर्णचषकमशेषं चारुणप्रभम् । दधानाः श्यामलाकाराः सर्वाः कालस्य योषितः

etā mahākāladevyo madaprahasitānanāḥ / madirāpūrṇacaṣakamaśeṣaṃ cāruṇaprabham / dadhānāḥ śyāmalākārāḥ sarvāḥ kālasya yoṣitaḥ

These goddesses of Mahākāla, with faces laughing from drink, holding a cup filled to the brim with wine and of ruddy lustre, dark-formed, all of them are the women of Kāla.

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BndP 3 32.20

ललितापूजनध्यानजपस्तोत्रपरायणाः । निषेवन्ते महाकालं कालचक्रासनस्थितम्

lalitāpūjanadhyānajapastotraparāyaṇāḥ / niṣevante mahākālaṃ kālacakrāsanasthitam

Devoted to the worship, meditation, muttered recitation and hymns of Lalitā, they serve Mahākāla seated on the throne of the wheel of time.

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BndP 3 32.21

अथ कल्पकवट्यास्तु रक्षकः कुम्भसंभव । वसन्तर्तुर्महातेजा ललिताप्रियकिङ्करः

atha kalpakavaṭyāstu rakṣakaḥ kumbhasaṃbhava / vasantarturmahātejā lalitāpriyakiṅkaraḥ

Now, O pot-born one (Agastya), the guardian of the grove of kalpaka trees is the season Spring, of great splendour, the dear servant of Lalitā;

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BndP 3 32.22

पुष्पसिंहासनासीनः पुष्पमाध्वीमदारुणाः । पुष्पायुधः पुष्पभूषः पुष्पच्छत्रेण शोभितः

puṣpasiṃhāsanāsīnaḥ puṣpamādhvīmadāruṇāḥ / puṣpāyudhaḥ puṣpabhūṣaḥ puṣpacchatreṇa śobhitaḥ

seated on a lion-throne of flowers, flushed red with the wine of flower-honey, with flowers for weapons, adorned with flowers, resplendent with a parasol of flowers.

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BndP 3 32.23

मधुश्रीर्माधवश्रीश्च द्वे देव्यौ तस्य दीव्यतः । प्रसूनमदिरामत्ते प्रसूनशरलालसे

madhuśrīrmādhavaśrīśca dve devyau tasya dīvyataḥ / prasūnamadirāmatte prasūnaśaralālase

And Madhuśrī and Mādhavaśrī are his two goddesses, who sport (with him), intoxicated with the wine of blossoms, longing for the arrows of blossoms.

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BndP 3 32.24

सन्तानवाटिकापालो ग्रीष्मर्तुस्तीक्ष्णलोचनः । ललिताकिङ्करो नित्यं तस्यास्त्वाज्ञाप्रवर्तकः

santānavāṭikāpālo grīṣmartustīkṣṇalocanaḥ / lalitākiṅkaro nityaṃ tasyāstvājñāpravartakaḥ

The guardian of the santāna-tree garden is the sharp-eyed season Summer, ever the servant of Lalitā and the executor of her command.

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BndP 3 32.25

शुक्र श्रीश्च शुचिश्रीश्च तस्य भार्ये उभे स्मृते । हरिचन्दनवाटी तु मुने वर्षर्तुना स्थिता

śukra śrīśca śuciśrīśca tasya bhārye ubhe smṛte / haricandanavāṭī tu mune varṣartunā sthitā

Śukraśrī and Śuciśrī are held to be his two wives; and the garden of yellow sandal, O sage, is occupied by the season of the Rains.

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BndP 3 32.26

स वर्षर्न्तुर्महातेजा विद्युत्पङ्गललोचनः । वज्राट्टहासमुखरो मत्तजीमूतवाहनः

sa varṣarnturmahātejā vidyutpaṅgalalocanaḥ / vajrāṭṭahāsamukharo mattajīmūtavāhanaḥ

That season of the Rains, of great splendour, with tawny eyes of lightning, noisy with the loud laughter of thunderbolts, riding a maddened cloud,

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BndP 3 32.27

जीमूतकवचच्छन्नो मणिकार्मुकधारकः । ललितापूजनध्यानजपस्तोत्रपरायणः

jīmūtakavacacchanno maṇikārmukadhārakaḥ / lalitāpūjanadhyānajapastotraparāyaṇaḥ

covered with a cloud for armour, bearing a bow of jewels (the rainbow), devoted to the worship, meditation, recitation and hymns of Lalitā,

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BndP 3 32.28

वर्तते विन्ध्यमथन त्रैलोक्याह्लाददायकः । नभःश्रीश्च नभस्यश्रीः स्वरस्वारस्वमालिनी

vartate vindhyamathana trailokyāhlādadāyakaḥ / nabhaḥśrīśca nabhasyaśrīḥ svarasvārasvamālinī

so he exists, O crusher of the Vindhya, giving delight to the three worlds. And Nabhaḥśrī and Nabhasyaśrī, Svarasvārasvamālinī,

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BndP 3 32.29

अम्बा दुला निरलिश्चाभ्रयन्ती मेघयन्त्रिका । वर्षयन्ती चिबुणिका वारिधारा च शक्तयः

ambā dulā niraliścābhrayantī meghayantrikā / varṣayantī cibuṇikā vāridhārā ca śaktayaḥ

Ambā, Dulā, Nirali, Abhrayantī, Meghayantrikā, Varṣayantī, Cibuṇikā, and Vāridhārā are the Śaktis,

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BndP 3 32.30

वर्षन्त्यो द्वादश प्रोक्ता मदारुणविलोचनाः । ताभिः समं स वर्षर्तुः शक्तिभिः परमेश्वरीम्

varṣantyo dvādaśa proktā madāruṇavilocanāḥ / tābhiḥ samaṃ sa varṣartuḥ śaktibhiḥ parameśvarīm

(and) the twelve are declared to be the rainers, their eyes reddened with intoxication. Together with those Śaktis, that rainy season (worships) the Supreme Goddess,

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BndP 3 32.31

सदैव संजपन्नास्ते निजोत्थैः पुष्पमण्डलैः । ललिताभक्तदेशांस्तु भूषयन्स्वस्य सम्पदा

sadaiva saṃjapannāste nijotthaiḥ puṣpamaṇḍalaiḥ / lalitābhaktadeśāṃstu bhūṣayansvasya sampadā

ever remaining reciting (her name), and with the flower-clusters that spring from himself he adorns the regions of Lalitā's devotees with his own abundance,

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BndP 3 32.32

तद्वैरिणां तु वसुधामनाबृष्ट्या निपीडयन् । वर्तते सततं देवीकिङ्करौ जलदागमः

tadvairiṇāṃ tu vasudhāmanābṛṣṭyā nipīḍayan / vartate satataṃ devīkiṅkarau jaladāgamaḥ

while oppressing the lands of her enemies with lack of rain — thus the coming of the clouds, the Goddess's servant, continually goes on.

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BndP 3 32.33

मन्दारवाटिकायां तु सदा शरदृतुर्वसन् । तां कक्षां रक्षति श्रीमांल्लोकचित्तप्रसादनः

mandāravāṭikāyāṃ tu sadā śaradṛturvasan / tāṃ kakṣāṃ rakṣati śrīmāṃllokacittaprasādanaḥ

But in the mandāra grove the autumn season, ever dwelling (there), guards that enclosure — the glorious one who gladdens the minds of people.

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BndP 3 32.34

इषश्रीश्च तथोर्जश्रीस्तस्यर्तोः प्राणनायिके । ताब्यां संजह्रतुस्तोयं निजोत्थैः पुष्पमण्डलैः । अभ्यर्चयति साम्राज्ञीं श्रीकामेश्वरयोषितम्

iṣaśrīśca tathorjaśrīstasyartoḥ prāṇanāyike / tābyāṃ saṃjahratustoyaṃ nijotthaiḥ puṣpamaṇḍalaiḥ / abhyarcayati sāmrājñīṃ śrīkāmeśvarayoṣitam

Iṣaśrī and likewise Ūrjaśrī are the beloved mistresses of that season; with those two he takes up water, and with the flower-clusters sprung from himself he worships the Empress, the wife of the glorious Kāmeśvara.

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BndP 3 32.35

हेमन्तर्तुर्महातेजा हिमशीतलविग्रहः । सदा प्रसन्नवदनो ललिताप्रियकिङ्करः

hemantarturmahātejā himaśītalavigrahaḥ / sadā prasannavadano lalitāpriyakiṅkaraḥ

The winter season, of great splendour, his body cold as snow, ever of serene countenance, the dear servant of Lalitā,

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BndP 3 32.36

निजोत्थैः पुष्पसंभारैरर्चयन्परमेश्वरीम् । पारिजातस्य वाटीं तु रक्षति ज्वलनार्दनः

nijotthaiḥ puṣpasaṃbhārairarcayanparameśvarīm / pārijātasya vāṭīṃ tu rakṣati jvalanārdanaḥ

worshipping the Supreme Goddess with the masses of flowers sprung from himself, he guards the grove of the pārijāta — he, the tormentor of fire.

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BndP 3 32.37

सहःश्रीश्च सहस्यश्रीस्तस्य द्वे योषिते शुभे । कदम्बवनवाट्यास्तु रक्षकः शिशिराकृतिः

sahaḥśrīśca sahasyaśrīstasya dve yoṣite śubhe / kadambavanavāṭyāstu rakṣakaḥ śiśirākṛtiḥ

Sahaḥśrī and Sahasyaśrī are his two auspicious wives. And the guardian of the kadamba-forest grove, having the form of the cool season,

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BndP 3 32.38

शिशिरर्तुर्मुनिश्रेष्ठ वर्तते कुम्भसम्भव । सा कक्ष्या तेन सर्वत्र शीशिरीकृतभूतला

śiśirarturmuniśreṣṭha vartate kumbhasambhava / sā kakṣyā tena sarvatra śīśirīkṛtabhūtalā

is the cool season, O best of sages, O pitcher-born one; by him that enclosure has its ground everywhere made cool.

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BndP 3 32.39

तद्वासिनी ततः श्यामा देवता शिशिराकृतिः । तपःश्रीश्च तपस्यश्रीस्तस्य द्वे योषिदुत्तमे । ताभ्यां सहार्चयत्यंबां ललितां विश्वपावनीम्

tadvāsinī tataḥ śyāmā devatā śiśirākṛtiḥ / tapaḥśrīśca tapasyaśrīstasya dve yoṣiduttame / tābhyāṃ sahārcayatyaṃbāṃ lalitāṃ viśvapāvanīm

Then its resident deity is dark, of cool-season form; and Tapaḥśrī and Tapasyaśrī are his two excellent wives; together with those two he worships Mother Lalitā, the purifier of the universe.

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BndP 3 32.40

अगस्त्य उवाच गन्धर्ववदन श्रीमन्नानावृक्षादिसप्तकैः । प्रथमोद्यानपालस्तु महाकालो मया श्रितः

agastya uvāca gandharvavadana śrīmannānāvṛkṣādisaptakaiḥ / prathamodyānapālastu mahākālo mayā śritaḥ

Agastya said: O glorious one with a Gandharva's face, by me it has been grasped that Mahākāla is the keeper of the first garden, with its seven groups of various trees and the rest.

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BndP 3 32.41

चतुरावरणं चक्रं त्वया तस्य प्रकीर्तितम् । षण्णामृतूनामन्येषां कल्पकोद्यानवाटिषु । पालकत्वं श्रुतं त्वत्तश्चक्रदेव्यस्तु न श्रुताः

caturāvaraṇaṃ cakraṃ tvayā tasya prakīrtitam / ṣaṇṇāmṛtūnāmanyeṣāṃ kalpakodyānavāṭiṣu / pālakatvaṃ śrutaṃ tvattaścakradevyastu na śrutāḥ

His fourfold-enclosure diagram has been described by you; and from you I have heard of the guardianship of the six seasons over the other groves of the wish-granting garden — but the goddesses of the diagram (cakra) have not been heard.

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BndP 3 32.42

अत एव वसन्तादिचक्रावरणदेवताः । क्रमेण ब्रूहि भगवन्सर्वज्ञो ऽसि यतो महान्

ata eva vasantādicakrāvaraṇadevatāḥ / krameṇa brūhi bhagavansarvajño 'si yato mahān

Therefore tell me in order, O lord, the enclosure-deities of the diagrams of spring and the rest, since you, great one, are all-knowing.

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BndP 3 32.43

हयग्रीव उवाच आकर्णय मुनिश्रेष्ट तत्तच्चक्रस्थदेवताः

hayagrīva uvāca ākarṇaya muniśreṣṭa tattaccakrasthadevatāḥ

Hayagrīva said: Listen, O best of sages, to the deities stationed in each of those diagrams.

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BndP 3 32.44

कालचक्रं पुरा प्रोक्तं वासन्तं चक्रमुच्यते । त्रिकोणं पञ्चकोणं च नागच्छदसरोरुहम् । षोडशारं सरोजं च दशारद्वितयं पुनः

kālacakraṃ purā proktaṃ vāsantaṃ cakramucyate / trikoṇaṃ pañcakoṇaṃ ca nāgacchadasaroruham / ṣoḍaśāraṃ sarojaṃ ca daśāradvitayaṃ punaḥ

The wheel of time was described earlier; now the spring diagram is spoken of: a triangle, a pentagon, an eight-petalled lotus, a sixteen-spoked lotus, and again two sets of ten spokes,

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BndP 3 32.45

चतुरस्रं च विज्ञेयं सप्तावरणसंयुतम् । तन्मध्ये बिन्दुचक्रस्थो वसन्तर्तुर्महाद्युति

caturasraṃ ca vijñeyaṃ saptāvaraṇasaṃyutam / tanmadhye binducakrastho vasantarturmahādyuti

and a square is to be known (as its parts), joined with (its) seven enclosures. In the middle of it, seated in the point-circle, is the spring season, of great brilliance.

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BndP 3 32.46

तदेकद्वयसंलग्ने मधुश्रीमाधवश्रियौ । उभाभ्यां निजहस्ताभ्यामुभयोस्तनमेककम्

tadekadvayasaṃlagne madhuśrīmādhavaśriyau / ubhābhyāṃ nijahastābhyāmubhayostanamekakam

Clinging to his one side and the other are Madhuśrī and Mādhavaśrī; with his two hands he presses one breast of each of the two,

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BndP 3 32.47

निपीडयन्स्वहस्तस्य युगलेन ससौरभम् । सपुष्पमदिरापूर्मचषकं पिशितं वहन्

nipīḍayansvahastasya yugalena sasaurabham / sapuṣpamadirāpūrmacaṣakaṃ piśitaṃ vahan

and with the pair of his own hands he carries a fragrant goblet filled with flower-wine, and meat.

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

BndP 3 32.48

एवमेव तु सर्वर्तुध्यानं विन्ध्यनिषूदन । वर्षर्तोस्तु पुनर्ध्याने शक्तिद्वितयमादिमम् । अङ्कस्थितं तु विज्ञेयं शक्तयो ऽन्याः समीपगाः

evameva tu sarvartudhyānaṃ vindhyaniṣūdana / varṣartostu punardhyāne śaktidvitayamādimam / aṅkasthitaṃ tu vijñeyaṃ śaktayo 'nyāḥ samīpagāḥ

Just in this same way is the meditation on all the seasons, O slayer (of the demon) of the Vindhya. But in the meditation on the rainy season, the first pair of Śaktis is to be known as seated on his lap, while the other Śaktis stand near by.

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BndP 3 32.49

अथ वासन्तचक्रस्थदेवीः शृणु वदाम्यम् । मधुशुक्लप्रथमिका मधुशुक्लद्वितीयिका

atha vāsantacakrasthadevīḥ śṛṇu vadāmyam / madhuśuklaprathamikā madhuśukladvitīyikā

Now hear the goddesses stationed in the spring wheel; I shall tell (them): She of the first (day) of Madhu's bright fortnight, she of the second of Madhu's bright fortnight,

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BndP 3 32.50

मधुशुक्लतृतीया च मधुशुक्लचतुर्थिका । मधुशुक्ला पञ्चमी च मधुशुक्ला च षष्ठिका

madhuśuklatṛtīyā ca madhuśuklacaturthikā / madhuśuklā pañcamī ca madhuśuklā ca ṣaṣṭhikā

and the third of Madhu's bright fortnight, and she of the fourth of Madhu's bright fortnight, and the fifth of Madhu's bright fortnight, and the sixth of Madhu's bright fortnight,

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BndP 3 32.51

मधुशुक्ला सप्तमी च मधुशुक्लाष्टमी पुनः । नवमी मधुशुक्ला च दशमी मधुशुक्लिका

madhuśuklā saptamī ca madhuśuklāṣṭamī punaḥ / navamī madhuśuklā ca daśamī madhuśuklikā

and the seventh of Madhu's bright fortnight, and again the eighth of Madhu's bright fortnight, and the ninth of Madhu's bright fortnight, and she of the tenth of Madhu's bright fortnight,

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BndP 3 32.52

मधुशुक्लैकादशी च द्वादशी मधुशुक्लतः । मधुशुक्लत्रयोदश्यां मधुशुक्ला चतुर्दशी

madhuśuklaikādaśī ca dvādaśī madhuśuklataḥ / madhuśuklatrayodaśyāṃ madhuśuklā caturdaśī

and the eleventh of Madhu's bright fortnight, and the twelfth of Madhu's bright fortnight, on the thirteenth of Madhu's bright fortnight, and the fourteenth of Madhu's bright fortnight,

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BndP 3 32.53

मधुशुक्ला पौर्णमासी प्रथमा मधुकृष्णिका । मधुकृष्णा द्वितीया च तृतीया मधुकृष्णिका

madhuśuklā paurṇamāsī prathamā madhukṛṣṇikā / madhukṛṣṇā dvitīyā ca tṛtīyā madhukṛṣṇikā

the full-moon day of Madhu's bright fortnight; the first of Madhu's dark fortnight, and the second of Madhu's dark fortnight, and the third of Madhu's dark fortnight,

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BndP 3 32.54

चतुर्थी मधुकृष्णा च मधुकृष्म च पञ्चमी । षष्टी तु मधुकृष्णा स्यात्सप्तमी मधुकृष्मतः

caturthī madhukṛṣṇā ca madhukṛṣma ca pañcamī / ṣaṣṭī tu madhukṛṣṇā syātsaptamī madhukṛṣmataḥ

and the fourth of Madhu's dark fortnight, and the fifth of Madhu's dark fortnight, and the sixth would be of Madhu's dark fortnight, the seventh of Madhu's dark fortnight,

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BndP 3 32.55

मधुकृष्णाष्टमी चैव नवमीमधुकृष्णतः । दशमी मधुकृष्णा च विन्ध्यदर्पनिषूदन

madhukṛṣṇāṣṭamī caiva navamīmadhukṛṣṇataḥ / daśamī madhukṛṣṇā ca vindhyadarpaniṣūdana

and the eighth of Madhu's dark fortnight, the ninth of Madhu's dark fortnight, and the tenth of Madhu's dark fortnight, O slayer of the Vindhya's pride,

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BndP 3 32.56

मधुकृष्णैकादशी तु द्वादशी मधुकृष्णतः । मधुकृष्णत्रयोदश्या मधुकृष्णचतुर्दशी

madhukṛṣṇaikādaśī tu dvādaśī madhukṛṣṇataḥ / madhukṛṣṇatrayodaśyā madhukṛṣṇacaturdaśī

the eleventh of Madhu's dark fortnight, the twelfth of Madhu's dark fortnight, the thirteenth of Madhu's dark fortnight, the fourteenth of Madhu's dark fortnight,

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BndP 3 32.57

मध्वमा चेति विज्ञेयास्त्रिंशदेतास्तु शक्तयः । एवमेव प्रकारेण माधवाख्यो परिस्थिताः

madhvamā ceti vijñeyāstriṃśadetāstu śaktayaḥ / evameva prakāreṇa mādhavākhyo paristhitāḥ

and "Madhvamā" — thus these thirty are to be known as the Śaktis. In just this same manner (thirty) are stationed (in the month) named Mādhava.

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

BndP 3 32.58

शुक्लप्रतिपदाद्यास्तु शक्तयस्त्रिंशदन्यकाः । मिलित्वा षष्टिसंख्यास्तु ख्याता वासन्तशक्तयः

śuklapratipadādyāstu śaktayastriṃśadanyakāḥ / militvā ṣaṣṭisaṃkhyāstu khyātā vāsantaśaktayaḥ

But the other thirty Śaktis begin with the first day of the bright fortnight (of Mādhava); joined together, they are declared to be sixty in number, the Śaktis of spring.

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BndP 3 32.59

स्वैः स्वैर्मन्त्रैस्तत्र चक्रे पूजनीया विधानतः । वासन्तचक्रराजस्य सप्तावरणभूमयः

svaiḥ svairmantraistatra cakre pūjanīyā vidhānataḥ / vāsantacakrarājasya saptāvaraṇabhūmayaḥ

There in the wheel they are to be worshipped according to rule with their own respective mantras. The enclosure-levels of the sovereign spring wheel are seven.

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BndP 3 32.60

षष्टिः स्युर्दैवतास्तासु षष्टिभूमिषु संस्थिताः । विभज्य चार्चनीयाः स्युस्तत्तन्मन्त्रैस्तु साधकैः

ṣaṣṭiḥ syurdaivatāstāsu ṣaṣṭibhūmiṣu saṃsthitāḥ / vibhajya cārcanīyāḥ syustattanmantraistu sādhakaiḥ

The deities would be sixty, established on those sixty grounds; and, distributed (among them), they should be worshipped by the adepts with their respective mantras.

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BndP 3 32.61

तथा वासन्तचक्रं स्यात्तथैवान्येषु च त्रिषु । देवतास्तु परं भिन्नाः शुक्रशुच्यादिभेदतः

tathā vāsantacakraṃ syāttathaivānyeṣu ca triṣu / devatāstu paraṃ bhinnāḥ śukraśucyādibhedataḥ

As the spring wheel is, so too (it is) in the other three; but the deities are different, by the distinction of Śukra, Śuci and the rest (the months).

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BndP 3 32.62

शक्तयः षष्टिसंख्याता ग्रीष्मचक्रे महोदयाः । एवं वर्षादिके चक्रे भेदान्नभवभस्यजान्

śaktayaḥ ṣaṣṭisaṃkhyātā grīṣmacakre mahodayāḥ / evaṃ varṣādike cakre bhedānnabhavabhasyajān

In the summer wheel the Śaktis, reckoned as sixty, are of great rising (majesty); thus in the wheels beginning with the rainy season (the deities arise) from the divisions born of Nabhas, Nabhasya and the rest.

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BndP 3 32.63

षष्टि षष्टिसु शक्तीनां चक्रेचक्रे प्रतिष्ठिताः । ग्रन्थविस्तारभीत्या तु तत्संख्यानाद्विरम्यते

ṣaṣṭi ṣaṣṭisu śaktīnāṃ cakrecakre pratiṣṭhitāḥ / granthavistārabhītyā tu tatsaṃkhyānādviramyate

Sixty by sixty of the Śaktis are established in wheel after wheel; but from fear of the book's expansion, the enumeration of them is left off.

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BndP 3 32.64

आर्तव्याः शक्तयस्त्वेता ललिताभक्त सौख्यदाः । ललितापूजनध्यानजपस्तोत्रपरायणाः

ārtavyāḥ śaktayastvetā lalitābhakta saukhyadāḥ / lalitāpūjanadhyānajapastotraparāyaṇāḥ

These Śaktis are seasonal, granting happiness to Lalitā's devotees, devoted to the worship, meditation, muttered recitation and praise of Lalitā,

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BndP 3 32.65

कल्पादिवाटिकाचक्रे सञ्चरन्त्यो मदालसाः । स्वस्वपुष्पोत्थमधुभिस्तर्पयन्त्यो महेश्वरीम्

kalpādivāṭikācakre sañcarantyo madālasāḥ / svasvapuṣpotthamadhubhistarpayantyo maheśvarīm

languid with intoxication, roaming in the wheel of gardens beginning with the Kalpa (tree), satisfying Maheśvarī with the honeys arisen from their own respective flowers.

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BndP 3 32.66

मिलित्वा चैव संख्याताः षष्ट्युत्तरशतत्रयम् । एवं सप्तसु शालेषु पालिकाश्चक्रदेवताः

militvā caiva saṃkhyātāḥ ṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatrayam / evaṃ saptasu śāleṣu pālikāścakradevatāḥ

Joined together they are reckoned as three hundred and sixty; thus the wheel-deities are the guardians in the seven halls.

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BndP 3 32.67

नामकीर्तनपूर्वं तु प्रोक्तस्तुभ्यं प्रपृच्छते । अन्येषामपि शालानामुपादानं तु पूरकम् । विस्तारं तत्र शक्तिं च कथयाम्यवधारय

nāmakīrtanapūrvaṃ tu proktastubhyaṃ prapṛcchate / anyeṣāmapi śālānāmupādānaṃ tu pūrakam / vistāraṃ tatra śaktiṃ ca kathayāmyavadhāraya

With the recitation of their names first, (this) has been told to you who ask. But the material of the other halls too is supplementary; I shall tell of their extent and their power there — attend.

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