Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 33

BndP 3 33.1

हयग्रीव उवाच कथितं सप्तशालानां लक्षणं शिल्पिभिः कृतम् । अथ रत्नमयाः शालाः प्रकीर्त्यन्ते ऽवधारय

hayagrīva uvāca kathitaṃ saptaśālānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ śilpibhiḥ kṛtam / atha ratnamayāḥ śālāḥ prakīrtyante 'vadhāraya

Hayagrīva said: The description of the seven halls, made by the craftsmen, has been told. Now the halls made of jewels are proclaimed — attend.

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BndP 3 33.2

सुवर्णमयशालस्य पुष्परागमयस्य च । सप्तयोजनमात्रं स्यान्मध्येन्तरमुदात्दृतम्

suvarṇamayaśālasya puṣparāgamayasya ca / saptayojanamātraṃ syānmadhyentaramudātdṛtam

Between the wall made of gold and the one made of topaz the intervening space is declared to be just seven yojanas.

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BndP 3 33.3

तत्र सिद्धाःसिद्धनार्यः खेलन्ति मदविह्वलाः । रसै रसायनैश्चापि खड्गैः पादाञ्जनैरपि

tatra siddhāḥsiddhanāryaḥ khelanti madavihvalāḥ / rasai rasāyanaiścāpi khaḍgaiḥ pādāñjanairapi

There the Siddhas and the Siddha-women, overcome with intoxication, play with essences and elixirs, with swords and with foot-ointments too.

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BndP 3 33.4

ललितायां भक्तियुक्तास्तर्पयन्तो महाजनान् । वसंति विविधास्तत्र पिबन्ति मदिरारसान्

lalitāyāṃ bhaktiyuktāstarpayanto mahājanān / vasaṃti vividhāstatra pibanti madirārasān

Filled with devotion to Lalitā, gratifying the great folk, various (beings) dwell there and drink draughts of liquor.

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BndP 3 33.5

पुष्परागादिशालानां पूर्ववद्द्वारकॢप्तयः । पुष्परागादिशालेषु कवाटार्गलगोपुरम् । पुष्परागादिजं ज्ञेयमुच्चेन्द्वादित्यभास्वरम्

puṣparāgādiśālānāṃ pūrvavaddvārakḷptayaḥ / puṣparāgādiśāleṣu kavāṭārgalagopuram / puṣparāgādijaṃ jñeyamuccendvādityabhāsvaram

For the topaz and the other walls the arrangements of the doors are as before. In the topaz and other walls the door-panels, the bolts and the gate-tower are to be known as made of topaz and the rest, shining like the lofty moon and sun.

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BndP 3 33.6

हेमप्राकारचक्रस्य पुष्परागमयस्य च । अन्तरे या स्वली सापि पुष्परागमयी स्मृता

hemaprākāracakrasya puṣparāgamayasya ca / antare yā svalī sāpi puṣparāgamayī smṛtā

And the ground that lies between the circle of the golden rampart and the one made of topaz — that too is held to be made of topaz.

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BndP 3 33.7

वक्ष्यमाणमहाशालाकक्षासु निखिलास्वपि । तद्वर्णाः पक्षिणस्तत्र तद्वर्णानि सरांसि च

vakṣyamāṇamahāśālākakṣāsu nikhilāsvapi / tadvarṇāḥ pakṣiṇastatra tadvarṇāni sarāṃsi ca

In all the courtyards, without exception, of the great walls that are to be described, the birds there are of that same colour, and the lakes are of that colour,

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BndP 3 33.8

तद्वर्मसलिला नद्यस्तद्वर्णाश्च मणिद्रुमाः । सिद्धजातिषु ये देवीमुपास्य विविधैः क्रमै । त्यक्तवन्तो वपुः पूर्वं ते सिद्धास्तत्र सांगनाः

tadvarmasalilā nadyastadvarṇāśca maṇidrumāḥ / siddhajātiṣu ye devīmupāsya vividhaiḥ kramai / tyaktavanto vapuḥ pūrvaṃ te siddhāstatra sāṃganāḥ

the rivers have water of that colour, and the jewel-trees are of that colour. Those among the classes of Siddhas who, having worshipped the Goddess by various sequences (of rites), gave up their former bodies — those Siddhas are there with their women,

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BndP 3 33.9

ललितामन्त्रजप्तारो ललिताक्रमतत्पराः । ते सर्वे ललितादेव्या नामकीर्तनकारिणः

lalitāmantrajaptāro lalitākramatatparāḥ / te sarve lalitādevyā nāmakīrtanakāriṇaḥ

reciters of Lalitā's mantra, intent upon the Lalitā sequence — all of them performers of the chanting of the names of the goddess Lalitā.

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BndP 3 33.10

पुष्परागमहाशालान्तरे मारुतयोजने । पद्मरागमयः शालश्चतुरस्रः समन्ततः

puṣparāgamahāśālāntare mārutayojane / padmarāgamayaḥ śālaścaturasraḥ samantataḥ

Within the great topaz wall, at a distance of one yojana, there is a wall made of ruby, four-sided on every side.

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BndP 3 33.11

स्थली च पद्मरागढ्या गोपुराद्यं च तन्मयम् । तत्र चारणदेशस्थाः पूर्वदेहविनाशतः । सिद्धिं प्राप्ता महाराज्ञीचरमाम्भोजसेवकाः

sthalī ca padmarāgaḍhyā gopurādyaṃ ca tanmayam / tatra cāraṇadeśasthāḥ pūrvadehavināśataḥ / siddhiṃ prāptā mahārājñīcaramāmbhojasevakāḥ

And the ground is rich in ruby, and the gate-tower and the rest are made of it. There dwell those who belonged to the Cāraṇa region and, upon the destruction of their former bodies, attained perfection — servants of the lotus feet of the Great Queen.

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BndP 3 33.12

चारणीनां स्त्रियश्चापि चार्वङ्ग्यो मदलालसाः । गायन्ति ललितादेव्या गीतिबन्धान्मुहुर्मुहुः

cāraṇīnāṃ striyaścāpi cārvaṅgyo madalālasāḥ / gāyanti lalitādevyā gītibandhānmuhurmuhuḥ

And the women of the Cāraṇas too, of lovely limbs, languid with intoxication, sing again and again the song-compositions of the goddess Lalitā.

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BndP 3 33.13

तत्रैव कल्पवृक्षाणां मध्यस्थवेदिकास्थिताः । भर्तृभिः सहचारिण्यः पिबन्ति मधुरं मधु

tatraiva kalpavṛkṣāṇāṃ madhyasthavedikāsthitāḥ / bhartṛbhiḥ sahacāriṇyaḥ pibanti madhuraṃ madhu

In that very place, seated on the altars that stand amid the wish-granting trees, the women, keeping company with their husbands, drink sweet mead.

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BndP 3 33.14

पद्मरागमहाशालान्तरे मरुतयोजने । गोमेदकमहाशालः पूर्वशालासमाकृतिः । अतितुङ्गो हीरशालस्तयोर्मध्ये च हीरभूः

padmarāgamahāśālāntare marutayojane / gomedakamahāśālaḥ pūrvaśālāsamākṛtiḥ / atituṅgo hīraśālastayormadhye ca hīrabhūḥ

Within the great ruby wall, at a distance of a yojana, is the great wall of gomedaka, of the same form as the previous wall; and (within it) the very lofty diamond wall, and between the two a diamond ground.

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BndP 3 33.15

तत्र देवीं समभ्यर्च्य पूर्वजन्मनि कुम्भज । वसन्त्यप्सरसां वृन्दैः साकं गन्धर्वपुङ्गवाः

tatra devīṃ samabhyarcya pūrvajanmani kumbhaja / vasantyapsarasāṃ vṛndaiḥ sākaṃ gandharvapuṅgavāḥ

There, having duly worshipped the Goddess in a former birth, O pot-born one, the foremost of Gandharvas dwell together with throngs of Apsarases,

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BndP 3 33.16

महाराज्ञीगुणगणान्गायन्तो वल्लकीस्वनैः । कामभोजैकरसिकाः कामसन्निभविग्रहाः । सुकुमारप्रकृतयः श्रीदेवीभक्तिशालिनः

mahārājñīguṇagaṇāngāyanto vallakīsvanaiḥ / kāmabhojaikarasikāḥ kāmasannibhavigrahāḥ / sukumāraprakṛtayaḥ śrīdevībhaktiśālinaḥ

singing the host of the Great Queen's virtues to the sounds of lutes, relishing the enjoyment of love alone, their bodies like Kāma's, of very delicate nature, rich in devotion to the glorious Goddess.

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BndP 3 33.17

गोमेदकस्य शालस्तुपूर्वशालसमाकृतिः । तदन्तरे योगिनीनां भैरवाणां च कोटयः । कालसङ्कर्षणीमंबां सेवन्ते तत्र भक्तितः

gomedakasya śālastupūrvaśālasamākṛtiḥ / tadantare yoginīnāṃ bhairavāṇāṃ ca koṭayaḥ / kālasaṅkarṣaṇīmaṃbāṃ sevante tatra bhaktitaḥ

The wall of gomedaka is of the same form as the previous wall; within it are crores of Yoginīs and of Bhairavas, who there serve Mother Kālasaṅkarṣaṇī with devotion.

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BndP 3 33.18

गोमेदकमहाशालान्तरे मारुतयोजने । उर्वशी मेनका चैव रम्भा चालंबुषा तथा

gomedakamahāśālāntare mārutayojane / urvaśī menakā caiva rambhā cālaṃbuṣā tathā

Within the great gomedaka wall, at a distance of a yojana, (are) Urvaśī and Menakā, and Rambhā and Alambuṣā likewise,

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BndP 3 33.19

मञ्जुघोषा सुकेशी च पूर्वचित्तिर्घृताचिका । कृतस्थला च विश्वाची पुञ्जिकस्थलया सह

mañjughoṣā sukeśī ca pūrvacittirghṛtācikā / kṛtasthalā ca viśvācī puñjikasthalayā saha

Mañjughoṣā and Sukeśī, Pūrvacitti, Ghṛtācikā, Kṛtasthalā and Viśvācī, together with Puñjikasthalā,

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BndP 3 33.20

तिलोत्तमेति देवानां वेश्या एतादृशो ऽपराः । गन्धर्वैः सह नव्यानि कल्पवृक्षम धूनि च

tilottameti devānāṃ veśyā etādṛśo 'parāḥ / gandharvaiḥ saha navyāni kalpavṛkṣama dhūni ca

and Tilottamā — such are the courtesans of the gods, and others like them; together with the Gandharvas (they drink) the fresh meads of the wish-granting trees,

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BndP 3 33.21

पिबन्त्यो ललितादेवीं ध्यायन्त्यश्च मुहुर्मुहुः । स्वसौभाग्यविवृद्ध्यर्थं गुणयन्त्यश्च तन्मनुम्

pibantyo lalitādevīṃ dhyāyantyaśca muhurmuhuḥ / svasaubhāgyavivṛddhyarthaṃ guṇayantyaśca tanmanum

drinking, and meditating again and again on the goddess Lalitā, and reciting her mantra for the increase of their own good fortune.

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BndP 3 33.22

चतुर्दशसुचोत्पन्ना स्थानेष्वप्सरसो ऽखिलाः । तत्रैव देवीमर्चन्त्यो वसंति मुदिताशयाः

caturdaśasucotpannā sthāneṣvapsaraso 'khilāḥ / tatraiva devīmarcantyo vasaṃti muditāśayāḥ

All the apsarases, born in fourteen places, dwell there itself, worshipping the Goddess, their hearts delighted.

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BndP 3 33.23

अगस्त्य उवाच चतुर्दशापि जन्मानि तासामप्सरसां विभो । कीर्तय त्वं महाप्राज्ञ सर्वविद्यामहानिधे

agastya uvāca caturdaśāpi janmāni tāsāmapsarasāṃ vibho / kīrtaya tvaṃ mahāprājña sarvavidyāmahānidhe

Agastya said: O mighty one, recount the fourteen births of those apsarases, O greatly wise one, O great treasury of all knowledge.

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BndP 3 33.24

हयग्रीव उवाच ब्राह्मणो हृदयं कामो मृत्युरुर्वी च मारुतः । तपनस्य कराश्चन्द्रकरो वेदाश्च पावकः

hayagrīva uvāca brāhmaṇo hṛdayaṃ kāmo mṛtyururvī ca mārutaḥ / tapanasya karāścandrakaro vedāśca pāvakaḥ

Hayagrīva said: A brahmin, the heart, Kāma, Death, the earth, the wind, the rays of the sun, the moon's ray, the Vedas, fire,

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BndP 3 33.25

सौदामिनी च पीयूषं दक्षकन्या जलं तथा । जन्मनः कारणान्येतान्या मनन्ति मनीषिणः

saudāminī ca pīyūṣaṃ dakṣakanyā jalaṃ tathā / janmanaḥ kāraṇānyetānyā mananti manīṣiṇaḥ

lightning, nectar, Dakṣa's daughter, and water — the wise consider these to be the causes of (their) birth.

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BndP 3 33.26

गीर्वाणगण्यनारीणां स्फुरत्सौभाग्यसंपदाम् । एताः समस्ता गन्धर्वैः सार्धमर्चन्ति चक्रिणीम्

gīrvāṇagaṇyanārīṇāṃ sphuratsaubhāgyasaṃpadām / etāḥ samastā gandharvaiḥ sārdhamarcanti cakriṇīm

All these women counted among the gods, whose fortune and beauty shine forth — they worship the wielder of the discus together with the gandharvas.

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BndP 3 33.27

किन्नराः सह नारीभिस्तथा किंपुरुषा मुने । स्त्रीभिः सह मदोन्मत्ता हीरकस्थलमाश्रिताः

kinnarāḥ saha nārībhistathā kiṃpuruṣā mune / strībhiḥ saha madonmattā hīrakasthalamāśritāḥ

Kinnaras with their women, and likewise kiṃpuruṣas with their wives, O sage, intoxicated with passion, resorting to the diamond ground,

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BndP 3 33.28

महाराज्ञीमन्त्रजापैर्विधूताशेष कल्मषाः । नृत्यन्तश्चैव गायन्तो वर्तन्ते कुंभसंभव

mahārājñīmantrajāpairvidhūtāśeṣa kalmaṣāḥ / nṛtyantaścaiva gāyanto vartante kuṃbhasaṃbhava

with all their sins shaken off by mutterings of the Mahārājñī mantra, they abide there dancing and singing, O pot-born one.

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BndP 3 33.29

तत्रैव हीरकक्षोण्यां वज्रा नाम नदी मुने । वज्रकारैर्निबिडिता भासमाना तटद्रुमैः

tatraiva hīrakakṣoṇyāṃ vajrā nāma nadī mune / vajrakārairnibiḍitā bhāsamānā taṭadrumaiḥ

There itself, on the diamond ground, is a river named Vajrā, O sage, thickly set with diamond-makers (diamond mines?), shining with the trees on its banks.

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BndP 3 33.30

वज्ररत्नैकसिकता वज्रद्रवमयोदका । सदा वहति सा सिंधुः परितस्तत्र पावनी

vajraratnaikasikatā vajradravamayodakā / sadā vahati sā siṃdhuḥ paritastatra pāvanī

Its sands are wholly of diamond-jewels, its water made of liquid diamond; that purifying river always flows there all around.

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BndP 3 33.31

ललितापरमेशान्यां भक्त ये मानवोत्तमाः । ते तस्या उदकं पीत्वा वज्ररूपकलेवराः । दीर्घायुषश्च नीरोगा भवन्ति कलशोद्भव

lalitāparameśānyāṃ bhakta ye mānavottamāḥ / te tasyā udakaṃ pītvā vajrarūpakalevarāḥ / dīrghāyuṣaśca nīrogā bhavanti kalaśodbhava

Those best of men who are devoted to Lalitā, the supreme Goddess — having drunk her water, they come to have bodies of diamond form, and become long-lived and free of disease, O jar-born one.

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BndP 3 33.32

भण्डासुरेण गलिते मुक्ते वज्रे शतक्रतुः । तरयास्तीरे तपस्तेपे वज्रेशीं प्रति भक्तिमान्

bhaṇḍāsureṇa galite mukte vajre śatakratuḥ / tarayāstīre tapastepe vajreśīṃ prati bhaktimān

When the thunderbolt was lost, released (from his hand) because of the demon Bhaṇḍa, Indra of the hundred sacrifices performed austerities on the bank of that (river), being devoted to Vajreśī.

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BndP 3 33.33

तज्जलादुदिता देवी वज्रं दत्त्वा बलद्विषे । पुनरन्तर्दधेसो ऽपि कृतार्थःस्वर्गमेयिवान्

tajjalāduditā devī vajraṃ dattvā baladviṣe / punarantardadheso 'pi kṛtārthaḥsvargameyivān

The Goddess arose from that water, and having given the thunderbolt to the foe of Bala, she vanished again; and he too, his purpose accomplished, went to heaven.

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BndP 3 33.34

अथ वज्राख्यशालस्यान्तरे मारुतयोजने । वैदूर्यशाल उत्तुङ्गः पूर्ववद्गोपुरान्वितः । स्थाली च तत्र वैदृर्यनिर्मिता भास्वराकृतिः

atha vajrākhyaśālasyāntare mārutayojane / vaidūryaśāla uttuṅgaḥ pūrvavadgopurānvitaḥ / sthālī ca tatra vaidṛryanirmitā bhāsvarākṛtiḥ

Now, within the rampart called Vajra, at a distance of a wind-yojana, is a lofty rampart of cat's-eye gem, furnished with gateways as before; and there is a plateau there made of cat's-eye, of radiant form.

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BndP 3 33.35

पातालवासिनो येये श्रीदेव्यर्चनसाधकाः । ते सिद्धमूर्तयस्तत्र वसन्ति सुखमेदुराः

pātālavāsino yeye śrīdevyarcanasādhakāḥ / te siddhamūrtayastatra vasanti sukhamedurāḥ

Whatever dwellers in the netherworld are adepts in the worship of the glorious Goddess, they, having attained perfected bodies, dwell there abounding in happiness.

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BndP 3 33.36

शेषकर्केटकमहापद्मवासुकिशङ्खकाः । तक्षकः शङ्खचूडश्च महादन्तो महाफणः

śeṣakarkeṭakamahāpadmavāsukiśaṅkhakāḥ / takṣakaḥ śaṅkhacūḍaśca mahādanto mahāphaṇaḥ

Śeṣa, Karkoṭaka, Mahāpadma, Vāsuki, Śaṅkhaka, Takṣaka, Śaṅkhacūḍa, Mahādanta, Mahāphaṇa —

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BndP 3 33.37

इत्येवमादयस्तत्र नागा नागास्त्रयो ऽपि च । बलीन्द्रप्रमुखानां च दैत्यानां धर्मवर्तिनाम् । गणस्तत्र तथा नागैः सार्धं वसति सांगनाः

ityevamādayastatra nāgā nāgāstrayo 'pi ca / balīndrapramukhānāṃ ca daityānāṃ dharmavartinām / gaṇastatra tathā nāgaiḥ sārdhaṃ vasati sāṃganāḥ

such and others are the nāgas there, and the three (classes of) nāgas as well; and the host of the daityas headed by Bali who walk in dharma dwells there together with the nāgas, along with their women.

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BndP 3 33.38

ललितामन्त्र जप्तारो ललिताशास्त्रदीक्षिताः । ललितापूजका नित्यं वसन्त्यसुरभोगिनः

lalitāmantra japtāro lalitāśāstradīkṣitāḥ / lalitāpūjakā nityaṃ vasantyasurabhoginaḥ

Reciters of the Lalitā mantra, initiated in the Lalitā scripture, worshippers of Lalitā, the asuras dwell there constantly enjoying pleasures.

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BndP 3 33.39

तत्र वैदूर्यकक्षायां नद्यः शिशिरपाथसः । सरांसिविमलांभांसि सारसालङ्कृतानि च

tatra vaidūryakakṣāyāṃ nadyaḥ śiśirapāthasaḥ / sarāṃsivimalāṃbhāṃsi sārasālaṅkṛtāni ca

There in the cat's-eye enclosure are rivers with cool water, and lakes with clear waters, adorned with sārasa cranes.

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BndP 3 33.40

भवनानि तु दिव्यानि वैदूर्यमणिमन्ति च । तेषु क्रीडन्ति ते नागा असुराश्च सहाङ्गनाः

bhavanāni tu divyāni vaidūryamaṇimanti ca / teṣu krīḍanti te nāgā asurāśca sahāṅganāḥ

And there are divine mansions set with cat's-eye gems; in them those nāgas and asuras sport together with their women.

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BndP 3 33.41

वैदूर्याख्यमहाशालान्तरे मारुतयोजने । इन्द्रनीलमयः शालश्चक्रवाल इवापरः

vaidūryākhyamahāśālāntare mārutayojane / indranīlamayaḥ śālaścakravāla ivāparaḥ

Within the great rampart called Vaidūrya, at a distance of a wind-yojana, is a rampart made of sapphire, like another encircling mountain range.

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BndP 3 33.42

तन्मध्यकक्षाभूमिश्च नीलरत्नमयी मुने । तत्र नद्यश्च मधुराः सरांसि शिशिराणि च । नानाविधानि भोग्यानि वस्तूनि सरसान्यपि

tanmadhyakakṣābhūmiśca nīlaratnamayī mune / tatra nadyaśca madhurāḥ sarāṃsi śiśirāṇi ca / nānāvidhāni bhogyāni vastūni sarasānyapi

And the ground of the enclosure between those two is made of blue gems, O sage; there are sweet rivers there, and cool lakes, and enjoyable things of many kinds, juicy ones too.

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BndP 3 33.43

ये भूलोकगता मर्त्या ललितामन्त्रसाधकाः । ते देहान्ते शक्रनीलकक्ष्यां प्राप्य वसंति वै

ye bhūlokagatā martyā lalitāmantrasādhakāḥ / te dehānte śakranīlakakṣyāṃ prāpya vasaṃti vai

Those mortals dwelling in the earthly world who are adepts of Lalitā's mantra — they, at the end of the body, reach the sapphire enclosure and dwell (there).

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BndP 3 33.44

तत्र दिव्यानि वस्तूनि भुञ्जाना वनितासखाः । पिबन्तो मधुरं मद्यं नृत्यन्तो भक्तिनिर्भराः

tatra divyāni vastūni bhuñjānā vanitāsakhāḥ / pibanto madhuraṃ madyaṃ nṛtyanto bhaktinirbharāḥ

There, enjoying divine things, accompanied by women, drinking sweet wine, dancing, filled to overflowing with devotion —

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BndP 3 33.45

सरस्सु तेषु सिंधूनां कुलेषु कलशोद्भव । लतागृहेषु रम्येषु मन्दिरेषु महर्द्धिषु

sarassu teṣu siṃdhūnāṃ kuleṣu kalaśodbhava / latāgṛheṣu ramyeṣu mandireṣu maharddhiṣu

in those lakes, on the banks of the rivers, O pot-born one, in the pleasant arbours of creepers, in mansions of great abundance,

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BndP 3 33.46

सदा जपन्तः श्रीदेवी पठन्तश्चापि तद्गुणान् । निवसंति महाभागा नारीभिः परिवेष्टिताः

sadā japantaḥ śrīdevī paṭhantaścāpi tadguṇān / nivasaṃti mahābhāgā nārībhiḥ pariveṣṭitāḥ

constantly muttering "Śrī Devī" and also reciting her qualities, those greatly fortunate ones dwell, surrounded by women.

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BndP 3 33.47

कर्मक्षये पुनर्यान्ति भूलोके मानुषीं तनुम् । पूर्ववासनया युक्ताः पुनरर्चन्ति चक्रिणीम् । पुनर्यान्ति श्रीनगरे शक्रनीलमहास्थलीम्

karmakṣaye punaryānti bhūloke mānuṣīṃ tanum / pūrvavāsanayā yuktāḥ punararcanti cakriṇīm / punaryānti śrīnagare śakranīlamahāsthalīm

When their karma is exhausted they go again to a human body in the earthly world; endowed with their former disposition they again worship the Wielder of the Discus (the Goddess), and again they go to the great sapphire ground in Śrī's city.

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BndP 3 33.48

तत्स्थलस्यैव संपर्काद्रागद्वेषसमुद्भवैः । नीलैर्भावैः सदा युक्ता वर्तन्ते मनुजा मुने

tatsthalasyaiva saṃparkādrāgadveṣasamudbhavaiḥ / nīlairbhāvaiḥ sadā yuktā vartante manujā mune

By the very contact with that ground, O sage, men are always endowed with dark (nīla) states of mind arising from passion and hatred.

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BndP 3 33.49

ये पुनर्ज्ञानिनो मर्त्या निर्द्वन्द्वा नियतेन्द्रियाः । ते मुने विस्मयाविष्टाः संविशन्ति महेश्वरीम्

ye punarjñānino martyā nirdvandvā niyatendriyāḥ / te mune vismayāviṣṭāḥ saṃviśanti maheśvarīm

But those mortals who have knowledge, who are free of the pairs of opposites and have their senses restrained — they, O sage, filled with wonder, enter into the Great Goddess.

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BndP 3 33.50

इन्द्रनीलाख्यशालस्यान्तरे मारुतयोजने । मुक्ताफलमयःशालः पूर्ववद्गोपुरान्वितः

indranīlākhyaśālasyāntare mārutayojane / muktāphalamayaḥśālaḥ pūrvavadgopurānvitaḥ

Within the wall called sapphire, at a distance of a maruta-yojana, is a wall made of pearls, furnished with gate-towers as before.

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BndP 3 33.51

अत्यन्तभास्वरा स्वच्छा तयोर्मध्ये स्थली मुने । सर्वापि मुक्ताखचिताः शिशिरातिमनोहराः

atyantabhāsvarā svacchā tayormadhye sthalī mune / sarvāpi muktākhacitāḥ śiśirātimanoharāḥ

Exceedingly radiant and clear is the ground between those two, O sage; all of it too is inlaid with pearls, cool and most delightful.

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BndP 3 33.52

ताम्रपर्णी महापर्णी सदा मुक्ताफलोदका । एवमाद्या महानद्यः प्रवरन्ति महास्थले

tāmraparṇī mahāparṇī sadā muktāphalodakā / evamādyā mahānadyaḥ pravaranti mahāsthale

Tāmraparṇī, Mahāparṇī, and (one) whose water is always pearls — these and other great rivers flow on that great ground.

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BndP 3 33.53

तासां तीरेषु सर्वे ऽपि देवलोकनिवासिनः । वसंति पूर्वजनुषि श्रीदेवीमन्त्रसाधकाः

tāsāṃ tīreṣu sarve 'pi devalokanivāsinaḥ / vasaṃti pūrvajanuṣi śrīdevīmantrasādhakāḥ

On their banks dwell all those inhabitants of the world of the gods who in a former birth were adepts of Śrī Devī's mantra.

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BndP 3 33.54

पूर्वाद्यष्टसु भागेषु लोकाः शक्रादिगोचराः । मुक्ताशालस्य परितः संयुज्य द्वारदेशकान्

pūrvādyaṣṭasu bhāgeṣu lokāḥ śakrādigocarāḥ / muktāśālasya paritaḥ saṃyujya dvāradeśakān

In the eight regions beginning with the east are the worlds belonging to Indra and the rest, all around the pearl wall, adjoining the areas of the gates.

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BndP 3 33.55

मुक्ताशालस्य नीलस्य द्वारयोर्मध्यदेशतः । पूर्वभागे शक्रलोकस्तत्कोणे वह्निलोकभूः

muktāśālasya nīlasya dvārayormadhyadeśataḥ / pūrvabhāge śakralokastatkoṇe vahnilokabhūḥ

In the area between the two gates of the pearl wall and the sapphire wall, in the eastern part is Indra's world, and in the corner of it the ground of the fire-god's world.

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BndP 3 33.56

याम्यभागे यमपुरं तत्र दण्डधरः प्रभुः । सर्वत्र ललितामन्त्रजापी तीव्रस्वभाववान्

yāmyabhāge yamapuraṃ tatra daṇḍadharaḥ prabhuḥ / sarvatra lalitāmantrajāpī tīvrasvabhāvavān

In the southern part is Yama's city; there is the lord who bears the rod, everywhere a muttterer of Lalitā's mantra, of fierce nature,

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BndP 3 33.57

आज्ञाधरो यमभटैश्चित्रगुप्तपुरोगमैः । सार्धं नियमयत्येव श्रीदेवीसमयं गुहः

ājñādharo yamabhaṭaiścitraguptapurogamaiḥ / sārdhaṃ niyamayatyeva śrīdevīsamayaṃ guhaḥ

holding (her) command; together with Yama's servants headed by Citragupta, Guha indeed enforces Śrī Devī's rule.

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

BndP 3 33.58

गुहशप्तान्दुराचाराल्लंलिताद्वेषकारिणः । कूडभक्तिपरान्मूर्खांस्तब्धानत्यन्तदर्पितान्

guhaśaptāndurācārāllaṃlitādveṣakāriṇaḥ / kūḍabhaktiparānmūrkhāṃstabdhānatyantadarpitān

Those cursed by Guha, of evil conduct, who show hatred toward Lalitā, given to false devotion, fools, stiff-necked, exceedingly arrogant,

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BndP 3 33.59

मन्त्रचोरान्कुमन्त्रांश्च कुविद्यानघसंश्रयान् । नास्तिकान्पापशीलांश्च वृथैव प्राणिहिंसकान्

mantracorānkumantrāṃśca kuvidyānaghasaṃśrayān / nāstikānpāpaśīlāṃśca vṛthaiva prāṇihiṃsakān

stealers of mantras, those with evil mantras, those with false learning, resorts of sin, deniers, those of sinful character, and killers of living beings for no reason,

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BndP 3 33.60

स्त्रीद्विष्टांल्लोकविद्विष्टान्पाषण्डानां हि पालिनः । कालसूत्रे रौरवे च कुम्भीपाके च कुम्भज

strīdviṣṭāṃllokavidviṣṭānpāṣaṇḍānāṃ hi pālinaḥ / kālasūtre raurave ca kumbhīpāke ca kumbhaja

haters of women, hated by the world, protectors indeed of heretics — in Kālasūtra and in Raurava and in Kumbhīpāka, O pot-born one,

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BndP 3 33.61

असिपत्रवने घोरे कृमिभक्षे प्रतापने । लालाक्षेपे सूचिवेधे तथैवाङ्गारपातने

asipatravane ghore kṛmibhakṣe pratāpane / lālākṣepe sūcivedhe tathaivāṅgārapātane

in the terrible Asipatravana, in Kṛmibhakṣa, in Pratāpana, in Lālākṣepa, in Sūciveedha, and likewise in Aṅgārapātana,

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BndP 3 33.62

एवमादिषु कष्टेषु नरकेषु घटोद्भव । पातयत्याज्ञया तस्याः श्रीदेव्याः स महौजसः

evamādiṣu kaṣṭeṣu narakeṣu ghaṭodbhava / pātayatyājñayā tasyāḥ śrīdevyāḥ sa mahaujasaḥ

In such painful hells as these, O pot-born (Agastya), that one of great might casts (beings) down by the command of that glorious Goddess.

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BndP 3 33.63

तस्यैव पश्चिमे भागे निरृतिः खड्गधारकः । राक्षसं लोकमाश्रित्य वर्तते ललितार्चकः

tasyaiva paścime bhāge nirṛtiḥ khaḍgadhārakaḥ / rākṣasaṃ lokamāśritya vartate lalitārcakaḥ

In the western quarter of that very (region) is Nirṛti, the sword-bearer; occupying the rākṣasa world he abides there, a worshipper of Lalitā.

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BndP 3 33.64

तस्य चोत्तरभागे तु द्वारयोरन्तस्यले । वारुणं लोकमाश्रित्य वरुणे वर्तते सदा

tasya cottarabhāge tu dvārayorantasyale / vāruṇaṃ lokamāśritya varuṇe vartate sadā

And in its northern quarter, in the space between the two gates, Varuṇa, occupying the world of Varuṇa, always abides.

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BndP 3 33.65

वारुण्यास्वादनोन्मत्तः शुभ्राङ्गो झषवाहनः । सदा श्रीदेवतामं त्रजापी श्रीक्रमसाधकः

vāruṇyāsvādanonmattaḥ śubhrāṅgo jhaṣavāhanaḥ / sadā śrīdevatāmaṃ trajāpī śrīkramasādhakaḥ

Intoxicated with the tasting of liquor, of bright body, riding a fish, always reciting the mantra of the glorious Goddess, an adept of the Śrīkrama.

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BndP 3 33.66

श्रीदेवतादर्शनस्य द्वेषिणः पाशबन्धनैः । बद्ध्वा नयत्यधोमार्गं भक्तानां बन्धमोचकः

śrīdevatādarśanasya dveṣiṇaḥ pāśabandhanaiḥ / baddhvā nayatyadhomārgaṃ bhaktānāṃ bandhamocakaḥ

Binding with noose-fetters those who hate the sight of the glorious Goddess, he leads (them) on the downward path — he who releases the bonds of the devotees.

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BndP 3 33.67

तस्य चोत्तरकोणेषु वायुलोको महाद्युतिः । तत्र वायुशरीराश्च सदानन्दमहोदयाः

tasya cottarakoṇeṣu vāyuloko mahādyutiḥ / tatra vāyuśarīrāśca sadānandamahodayāḥ

And in its northern corners is the world of Vāyu, of great brilliance; and there are (beings) with bodies of wind, whose great fortune is perpetual bliss.

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BndP 3 33.68

सिद्धा दिव्यर्षयश्चैव पवनाभ्यासिनो ऽपरे । गोरक्षप्रमुखाश्चान्ये योगिनो योगतत्पराः

siddhā divyarṣayaścaiva pavanābhyāsino 'pare / gorakṣapramukhāścānye yogino yogatatparāḥ

Siddhas and divine seers, and others who practise breath-control, and still others, headed by Gorakṣa, yogins intent upon yoga.

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BndP 3 33.69

एतैः सह महासत्त्वक्तत्र श्रीमारुतेश्वरः । सर्वथा भिन्नमूर्तिश्च वर्तते कुम्भसम्भव

etaiḥ saha mahāsattvaktatra śrīmāruteśvaraḥ / sarvathā bhinnamūrtiśca vartate kumbhasambhava

Together with these, O pot-born, the glorious Lord of the Winds, of great strength, abides there, his form wholly distinct (from theirs).

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BndP 3 33.70

इडा च पिङ्गला चैव सुषुम्णा तस्य शक्तयः । तिस्रो मारुतनाथस्य सदा मधुमदालसाः

iḍā ca piṅgalā caiva suṣumṇā tasya śaktayaḥ / tisro mārutanāthasya sadā madhumadālasāḥ

Iḍā, Piṅgalā, and Suṣumṇā are his powers — the three (powers) of the Lord of the Winds, ever languid with the intoxication of mead.

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BndP 3 33.71

ध्वजहस्तो मृगवरे वाहने महति स्थितः । ललितायजनध्यानक्रमपूजनतत्परः

dhvajahasto mṛgavare vāhane mahati sthitaḥ / lalitāyajanadhyānakramapūjanatatparaḥ

With a banner in his hand, seated on a great mount, the best of deer, he is intent on the sacrifice, meditation, and sequential worship of Lalitā.

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BndP 3 33.72

आनन्दपूरिताङ्गीभिरन्याभिः शक्तिभिर्वृतः । स मारुतेश्वरः श्रीमान्सदा जपति चक्रिणीम्

ānandapūritāṅgībhiranyābhiḥ śaktibhirvṛtaḥ / sa māruteśvaraḥ śrīmānsadā japati cakriṇīm

Surrounded by other Powers whose limbs are filled with bliss, that glorious Lord of the Winds ever recites (the mantra of) the Wielder of the Discus (the Goddess).

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BndP 3 33.73

तेन सत्त्वेन कल्पान्ते त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् । परागमयतां नीत्वा विनोदयति तत्क्षणात्

tena sattvena kalpānte trailokyaṃ sacarācaram / parāgamayatāṃ nītvā vinodayati tatkṣaṇāt

By that strength, at the end of the aeon, having reduced the three worlds with all that moves and does not move to a mass of dust, he sports in that very instant.

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BndP 3 33.74

तस्य सत्त्वस्य सिद्ध्यर्थं तामेव ललितेश्वरीम् । पूजयन्भावयन्नास्ते सर्वाभरणभूषितः

tasya sattvasya siddhyarthaṃ tāmeva laliteśvarīm / pūjayanbhāvayannāste sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ

For the attainment of that strength he remains worshipping and contemplating that very Lalitā, the Sovereign Lady, adorned with all ornaments.

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BndP 3 33.75

तल्लोकपूर्वभागस्थे यक्षलोके महाद्युतिः । यक्षेन्द्रो वसति श्रीमांस्तद्द्वारद्वन्द्वमध्यगः

tallokapūrvabhāgasthe yakṣaloke mahādyutiḥ / yakṣendro vasati śrīmāṃstaddvāradvandvamadhyagaḥ

In the yakṣa world situated in the eastern part of that world dwells the glorious Lord of the Yakṣas, of great brilliance, placed midway between the pair of gates there.

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BndP 3 33.76

निधिभिश्च नवाकारैरृद्धिवृद्ध्यादिशक्तिभिः । सहितो ललिताभक्तान्पूरयन्धनसम्पदा

nidhibhiśca navākārairṛddhivṛddhyādiśaktibhiḥ / sahito lalitābhaktānpūrayandhanasampadā

Together with the nine kinds of treasures and with the powers Ṛddhi, Vṛddhi and the rest, filling the devotees of Lalitā with wealth and prosperity.

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BndP 3 33.77

यक्षीभिश्च मनोज्ञाभिरनुकूलप्रवृत्तिभिः । विविधैर्मधुभेदैश्च सम्पूजयति चक्रिणीम्

yakṣībhiśca manojñābhiranukūlapravṛttibhiḥ / vividhairmadhubhedaiśca sampūjayati cakriṇīm

And with charming yakṣīs of compliant conduct, and with various kinds of mead, he worships the Wielder of the Discus (the Goddess).

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BndP 3 33.78

मणिभद्रः पूर्णभद्रो मणिमान्माणिकन्धरः । इत्येवमादयो यक्षसेनान्यस्तत्र संति वै

maṇibhadraḥ pūrṇabhadro maṇimānmāṇikandharaḥ / ityevamādayo yakṣasenānyastatra saṃti vai

Maṇibhadra, Pūrṇabhadra, Maṇimān, Māṇikandhara — such and others are the yakṣa generals who are there.

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BndP 3 33.79

तल्लोकपूर्वभागे तु रुद्रलोको महोदयः । अनर्ध्यरत्नखचितस्तत्र रुद्रो ऽधिदेवता

tallokapūrvabhāge tu rudraloko mahodayaḥ / anardhyaratnakhacitastatra rudro 'dhidevatā

But in the eastern part of that world is the world of Rudra, of great splendour, inlaid with priceless gems; there Rudra is the presiding deity.

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BndP 3 33.80

सदैव मन्युना दीप्तः सदा बद्धमहेषुधिः । स्वसमानैर्महासत्त्वैलोङ्कनिर्वाहदक्षिणैः

sadaiva manyunā dīptaḥ sadā baddhamaheṣudhiḥ / svasamānairmahāsattvailoṅkanirvāhadakṣiṇaiḥ

Ever blazing with wrath, his great quiver always fastened on, (surrounded) by great beings equal to himself, skilled in carrying out the destruction of the worlds—

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BndP 3 33.81

अधिज्यकार्मुकैर्दक्षैः षोडशावरणस्थितैः । आवृतः सततं वक्त्रैर्जपञ्छीदेवतामनुम्

adhijyakārmukairdakṣaiḥ ṣoḍaśāvaraṇasthitaiḥ / āvṛtaḥ satataṃ vaktrairjapañchīdevatāmanum

—skilled ones with bows strung, stationed in sixteen enclosures: he is constantly surrounded (by them), reciting with his mouths the mantra of the glorious Goddess.

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BndP 3 33.82

श्रीदेवीध्यानसम्पन्नः श्रीदेवीपूजनोत्सुकः । अनेककोटिरुद्राणीगणमण्डितपार्श्वभूः

śrīdevīdhyānasampannaḥ śrīdevīpūjanotsukaḥ / anekakoṭirudrāṇīgaṇamaṇḍitapārśvabhūḥ

Endowed with meditation on Śrī Devī, eager for the worship of Śrī Devī, his flanks adorned by troops of many crores of Rudrāṇīs —

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BndP 3 33.83

ताश्च सर्वाः प्रदीप्ताङ्ग्यो नवयौवनगर्विताः । ललिताध्याननिरनाः सदासवमदालसाः

tāśca sarvāḥ pradīptāṅgyo navayauvanagarvitāḥ / lalitādhyānaniranāḥ sadāsavamadālasāḥ

And all those (Rudrāṇīs), with blazing limbs, proud of their fresh youth, intent on meditation on Lalitā, always languid with the intoxication of wine —

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BndP 3 33.84

ताभिश्च साकं स श्रीमान्महारुद्रस्त्रिशूलभृत् । हिरण्यबाहुप्रमुशै रुद्रैरन्यैर्निषेवितः

tābhiśca sākaṃ sa śrīmānmahārudrastriśūlabhṛt / hiraṇyabāhupramuśai rudrairanyairniṣevitaḥ

Together with them, that glorious Mahārudra, bearer of the trident, is attended by Hiraṇyabāhu and the other Rudras headed (by him),

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BndP 3 33.85

ललितादर्शनभ्रष्टानुद्धतान्गुरुधिक्कृतान् । शूलकोट्या विनिर्भिद्य नेत्रोत्थैः कटुपावकैः

lalitādarśanabhraṣṭānuddhatāngurudhikkṛtān / śūlakoṭyā vinirbhidya netrotthaiḥ kaṭupāvakaiḥ

and (he), piercing with the point of his trident those who have fallen away from the sight of Lalitā, the arrogant, those cursed by their teachers, with the sharp fires arisen from his eyes,

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BndP 3 33.86

दहंस्तेषा वधूभृत्यान्प्रजाश्चैव विनाशयन् । आज्ञाधरो महावीरो ललिताज्ञाप्रपालकः

dahaṃsteṣā vadhūbhṛtyānprajāścaiva vināśayan / ājñādharo mahāvīro lalitājñāprapālakaḥ

burning them, destroying too their wives, servants and offspring — (he is) the bearer of (her) command, the great hero, the upholder of Lalitā's command.

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BndP 3 33.87

रुद्रलोके ऽतिरुचिरे वर्तते कुम्भसम्भव । महारुद्रस्य तस्यर्षे परिवाराः प्रमाथिनः

rudraloke 'tirucire vartate kumbhasambhava / mahārudrasya tasyarṣe parivārāḥ pramāthinaḥ

He dwells in the exceedingly lovely Rudra-world, O pot-born one; and of that Mahārudra, O seer, the retinue are the Pramāthins.

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BndP 3 33.88

ये रुद्रास्तानसंख्यातान्को वा वक्तुं पटुर्भवेत् । ये रुद्रा अधिभूम्यां तु सहस्राणां सहस्रशः

ye rudrāstānasaṃkhyātānko vā vaktuṃ paṭurbhavet / ye rudrā adhibhūmyāṃ tu sahasrāṇāṃ sahasraśaḥ

Who would be competent to tell those countless Rudras who exist? Those Rudras who are on the earth, thousands upon thousands,

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BndP 3 33.89

दिविये ऽपि च वर्तन्ते सहस्राणां सहस्रशः । येषामन्नमिषश्चव येषां वातास्तथेषवः

diviye 'pi ca vartante sahasrāṇāṃ sahasraśaḥ / yeṣāmannamiṣaścava yeṣāṃ vātāstatheṣavaḥ

and in heaven too there exist thousands upon thousands, whose food is arrows, whose arrows are the winds,

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BndP 3 33.90

येषां च वर्षमिषवः प्रदीप्ताः पिङ्गलेक्षणाः । अर्णवे चान्तरिक्षे च वर्तमाना महौजसः

yeṣāṃ ca varṣamiṣavaḥ pradīptāḥ piṅgalekṣaṇāḥ / arṇave cāntarikṣe ca vartamānā mahaujasaḥ

and whose arrows are the rain, blazing, tawny-eyed, existing in the ocean and in the mid-air, of great might,

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BndP 3 33.91

जटावन्तो मधुष्मन्तो नीलग्रीवा विलोहिताः । ये भूतानामधिभुवो विशिखासः कपर्दिनः

jaṭāvanto madhuṣmanto nīlagrīvā vilohitāḥ / ye bhūtānāmadhibhuvo viśikhāsaḥ kapardinaḥ

wearing matted locks, full of honey (i.e. sweetness), blue-necked, deep red, those who are the overlords of beings, shaven-headed and wearing braided hair,

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BndP 3 33.92

ये अन्नेषु विविध्यन्ति पात्रेषु पिबतो जनान् । ये पथां रथका रुद्रा ये च तीर्थनिवासिनः

ye anneṣu vividhyanti pātreṣu pibato janān / ye pathāṃ rathakā rudrā ye ca tīrthanivāsinaḥ

those who strike into the food, into the vessels, (and into) people while they drink; those Rudras who are the charioteers of the roads, and those who dwell at fords,

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BndP 3 33.93

सहस्रसंख्या ये चान्ये सृकावन्तो निषङ्गिणः । ललिताज्ञाप्रणेतारो दिशो रुद्रा वितस्थिरे

sahasrasaṃkhyā ye cānye sṛkāvanto niṣaṅgiṇaḥ / lalitājñāpraṇetāro diśo rudrā vitasthire

and those others, a thousand in number, bearing spears and quivers — the Rudras, conveyors of Lalitā's command, stood spread over the directions.

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BndP 3 33.94

ते सर्वे सुमहात्मानः क्षणाद्विश्वत्रयीवहाः । श्रीदेव्या ध्याननिषणाताञ्छ्रीदेवीमन्त्रजापिनः

te sarve sumahātmānaḥ kṣaṇādviśvatrayīvahāḥ / śrīdevyā dhyānaniṣaṇātāñchrīdevīmantrajāpinaḥ

All those very great-souled ones, who traverse the three worlds in an instant, absorbed in meditation on Śrī Devī, reciting the mantra of Śrī Devī,

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BndP 3 33.95

श्रीदेवतायां भक्ताश्च पालयन्ति कृपालवः । षोडशावरणं चक्रं मुक्ताप्राकारमण्डले

śrīdevatāyāṃ bhaktāśca pālayanti kṛpālavaḥ / ṣoḍaśāvaraṇaṃ cakraṃ muktāprākāramaṇḍale

and being compassionate, protect those devoted to Śrī Devī; the sixteen-enclosure wheel, within the circle whose rampart is of pearls —

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BndP 3 33.96

आश्रित्य रुद्रास्ते सर्वे महारुद्रं महोदयम् । हिरण्यबाहुप्रमुखा ज्वलन्मन्युमुपासते

āśritya rudrāste sarve mahārudraṃ mahodayam / hiraṇyabāhupramukhā jvalanmanyumupāsate

resorting to it, all those Rudras, headed by Hiraṇyabāhu, worship Mahārudra of great splendour, whose wrath blazes.

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