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Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 34

BndP 3 34.1

अगस्त्य उवाच षोडशावरणं चक्रं किं तद्रुद्राधिदैवतम् । तत्र स्थिताश्च रुद्राः के केन नाम्ना प्रकीर्तिताः

agastya uvāca ṣoḍaśāvaraṇaṃ cakraṃ kiṃ tadrudrādhidaivatam / tatra sthitāśca rudrāḥ ke kena nāmnā prakīrtitāḥ

Agastya said: What is that sixteen-enclosure wheel whose presiding deity is Rudra? And who are the Rudras stationed there, and by what name are they proclaimed?

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BndP 3 34.2

केष्वावरणबिंबेषु किन्नामानो वसंति ते । यौगिकं रौढिकं नाम तेषां ब्रूहि कृपानिधे

keṣvāvaraṇabiṃbeṣu kinnāmāno vasaṃti te / yaugikaṃ rauḍhikaṃ nāma teṣāṃ brūhi kṛpānidhe

In which images of the enclosures do they dwell, and bearing what names? Tell their names, both etymological and conventional, O treasury of compassion.

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BndP 3 34.3

हयग्रीव उवाच तत्र रुद्रा लयः प्रोक्तो मुक्ताजालकनिर्मितः । पञ्चयोजनविस्तारस्तत्संख्यायामशोभितः

hayagrīva uvāca tatra rudrā layaḥ prokto muktājālakanirmitaḥ / pañcayojanavistārastatsaṃkhyāyāmaśobhitaḥ

Hayagrīva said: There the abode of the Rudras is declared, made of networks of pearls, five yojanas in breadth, adorned in length by that same measure,

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BndP 3 34.4

षोडशावरणैर्युक्तो मध्यपीठमनोहरः । मध्यपीठे महारुद्रो ज्वलन्मन्युस्त्रिलोचनः

ṣoḍaśāvaraṇairyukto madhyapīṭhamanoharaḥ / madhyapīṭhe mahārudro jvalanmanyustrilocanaḥ

furnished with sixteen enclosures, charming with its central seat; on the central seat is Mahārudra, of blazing wrath, three-eyed,

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BndP 3 34.7

सच्चकार्मुकहस्तश्च सर्वदा वर्तते मुने । त्रिकोणे कथिता रुद्रास्त्रय एव घटोद्भव ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,३४।५ ॥ हिरण्य बाहुः सेनानीर्दिशांपतिरथापरः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,३४।६ ॥ वृक्षाश्च हरिकेशाश्च तथा पशुपतिः परः । शष्पिञ्जरस्त्विषीमांश्च पथीनां पतिरेव च

saccakārmukahastaśca sarvadā vartate mune / trikoṇe kathitā rudrāstraya eva ghaṭodbhava // bndp_3,34.5 // hiraṇya bāhuḥ senānīrdiśāṃpatirathāparaḥ // bndp_3,34.6 // vṛkṣāśca harikeśāśca tathā paśupatiḥ paraḥ / śaṣpiñjarastviṣīmāṃśca pathīnāṃ patireva ca

with the true wheel and bow in his hands, he abides always, O sage. In the triangle just three Rudras are declared, O pot-born one: Hiraṇyabāhu, Senānī, and Diśāṃpati as the other. And Vṛkṣas and Harikeśas, and further Paśupati, Śaṣpiñjara and Tviṣīmān, and the Lord of Paths.

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BndP 3 34.8

एते षट्कोणगाः किं च बभ्रुशास्त्वष्टकोणके । विव्याध्यन्नपतिश्चैव हरिकेशोपवीतिनौ

ete ṣaṭkoṇagāḥ kiṃ ca babhruśāstvaṣṭakoṇake / vivyādhyannapatiścaiva harikeśopavītinau

These are placed in the six-cornered (figure); and further, the tawny ones (Babhru and the rest) in the eight-cornered one, and Vivyādhin and Annapati, Harikeśa and Upavītin.

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BndP 3 34.9

पुष्टानां पतिरप्यन्यो भवो हेतिस्तथैव च । दशापत्रे त्वावरणे प्रथमो जगतां पतिः

puṣṭānāṃ patirapyanyo bhavo hetistathaiva ca / daśāpatre tvāvaraṇe prathamo jagatāṃ patiḥ

Another is the lord of the well-nourished, and Bhava, and likewise Heti; but in the ten-petalled enclosure, the first is the lord of the worlds.

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BndP 3 34.10

रुद्रातताविनौ क्षेत्रपतिः सूतस्तथापरः । अहं त्वन्यो वनपती रोहितः स्थपतिस्तथा

rudrātatāvinau kṣetrapatiḥ sūtastathāparaḥ / ahaṃ tvanyo vanapatī rohitaḥ sthapatistathā

Rudra and Atatāvin, the lord of the field, and likewise another, the Charioteer; then I (myself), and another, the lord of the forest, Rohita, and the master builder.

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BndP 3 34.11

वृक्षाणां पतिरप्यन्यश्चैते सज्जशरासनाः । मन्त्री च वाणिजश्चैव तथा कक्षपतिः परः

vṛkṣāṇāṃ patirapyanyaścaite sajjaśarāsanāḥ / mantrī ca vāṇijaścaiva tathā kakṣapatiḥ paraḥ

And another is the lord of trees—these have their bows strung; and the Counsellor, and the Merchant, and likewise another, the lord of the thicket.

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BndP 3 34.12

भवन्तिस्तु चतुर्थः स्यात्पञ्चमो वारिवस्ततः । ओषधीनां पतिश्चैव षष्ठः कलशसंभव

bhavantistu caturthaḥ syātpañcamo vārivastataḥ / oṣadhīnāṃ patiścaiva ṣaṣṭhaḥ kalaśasaṃbhava

Bhavanti would be the fourth, and then Vārivas the fifth, and the lord of the herbs is the sixth, O pot-born one.

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BndP 3 34.13

उच्चैर्घोषाक्रन्दयन्तौ पतीनां च पतिस्तथा । कृत्स्नवीतश्च धावंश्च सत्त्वानां पतिरेव च

uccairghoṣākrandayantau patīnāṃ ca patistathā / kṛtsnavītaśca dhāvaṃśca sattvānāṃ patireva ca

He of the loud roar and he who makes (others) cry out, and likewise the lord of lords, and Kṛtsnavīta, and the Runner, and the lord of beings.

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BndP 3 34.14

एते द्वादश पत्रस्थाः पञ्चमावरणस्थिताः । सहमानश्च निर्व्याधिरव्याधीनां पतिस्तथा

ete dvādaśa patrasthāḥ pañcamāvaraṇasthitāḥ / sahamānaśca nirvyādhiravyādhīnāṃ patistathā

These twelve stand in the petals, established in the fifth enclosure: and the Enduring one, and the Free-from-affliction, and the lord of those free from affliction,

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BndP 3 34.15

ककुभश्च निषङ्गी च स्तेनानां च पतिस्तथा । निचेरुश्चेति विज्ञेयाः षष्ठावरणदेवताः

kakubhaśca niṣaṅgī ca stenānāṃ ca patistathā / niceruśceti vijñeyāḥ ṣaṣṭhāvaraṇadevatāḥ

and Kakubha, and the quiver-bearer, and likewise the lord of thieves, and Niceru—these are to be known as the deities of the sixth enclosure.

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BndP 3 34.16

अधः परिचरो ऽरण्यः पतिः किं च सृकाविषः । जिघांसंतो मुष्णतां च पतयः कुंभसंभव

adhaḥ paricaro 'raṇyaḥ patiḥ kiṃ ca sṛkāviṣaḥ / jighāṃsaṃto muṣṇatāṃ ca patayaḥ kuṃbhasaṃbhava

Below (are) the Attendant, the Forest one, the Lord, and further Sṛkāviṣa; and those who seek to slay, and the lords of those who steal, O pot-born one.

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BndP 3 34.17

असीमन्तश्च सुप्राज्ञस्तथा नक्तञ्चरो मुने । प्रकृतीनां पतिश्चैव उष्णीषी च गिरेश्चरः

asīmantaśca suprājñastathā naktañcaro mune / prakṛtīnāṃ patiścaiva uṣṇīṣī ca gireścaraḥ

And Asīmanta, and Suprājña, and likewise the night-roamer, O sage, and the lord of the (subject) peoples, and the turban-wearer, and the mountain-roamer.

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BndP 3 34.18

कुलुञ्चानां पतिश्चैवेषुमन्तः कलशोद्भव । धन्वाविदश्चातन्वानप्रतिपूर्वदधानकाः

kuluñcānāṃ patiścaiveṣumantaḥ kalaśodbhava / dhanvāvidaścātanvānapratipūrvadadhānakāḥ

And the lord of the Kuluñcas, and the arrow-bearers, O jar-born one; and the bow-bearers, and those not drawing (the bow), and those who first set (the arrow to the string),

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BndP 3 34.19

आयच्छतः षोडशैते षोडशारनिवासिनः । विसृजन्तस्तथास्यन्तो विध्यन्तश्चापि सिंधुप

āyacchataḥ ṣoḍaśaite ṣoḍaśāranivāsinaḥ / visṛjantastathāsyanto vidhyantaścāpi siṃdhupa

and those who draw it back—these sixteen dwell in the sixteen spokes; and those who release, and those who shoot, and those who pierce, O lord of rivers,

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BndP 3 34.20

आसीनाश्च शयानाश्च यन्तो जाग्रत एव च । तिष्ठन्तश्चैव धावन्तः सभ्याश्चैव समाधिपाः

āsīnāśca śayānāśca yanto jāgrata eva ca / tiṣṭhantaścaiva dhāvantaḥ sabhyāścaiva samādhipāḥ

and those seated, and those lying down, and those going, and those waking, and those standing, and those running, and the men of the assembly and the lords of assemblies,

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BndP 3 34.21

अश्वाश्चैवाश्वपतय अव्याधिन्यस्तथैव च । विविध्यन्तो गणाध्यक्षा बृहन्तो विन्ध्यमर्द्दन

aśvāścaivāśvapataya avyādhinyastathaiva ca / vividhyanto gaṇādhyakṣā bṛhanto vindhyamarddana

and the horses and the lords of horses, and likewise the (female) ones free from affliction, and those who pierce through, the overseers of hosts, the great ones, O crusher of Vindhya,

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BndP 3 34.22

गृत्सश्चाष्टादशविधा देवता अष्टमावृतौ । अथ गृत्साधिपतयो व्राता व्राताधिपास्तथा

gṛtsaścāṣṭādaśavidhā devatā aṣṭamāvṛtau / atha gṛtsādhipatayo vrātā vrātādhipāstathā

and the clever one—(these) deities of eighteen kinds are in the eighth enclosure. Next, the lords of the clever ones, the troops and the lords of troops,

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BndP 3 34.23

गणाश्च गणपाश्चैव विश्वरुपा विरूपकाः । महान्तः क्षुल्लकाश्चैव रथिनश्चारथाः परे

gaṇāśca gaṇapāścaiva viśvarupā virūpakāḥ / mahāntaḥ kṣullakāścaiva rathinaścārathāḥ pare

and the hosts and the lords of hosts, those of all forms and those of no form, the great and the small, the ones with chariots and, others, those without chariots,

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BndP 3 34.24

रथाश्च रथपत्त्याख्याः सेनाः सेनान्य एव च । क्षत्तारः संग्रही तारस्तक्षाणो रथकारकाः

rathāśca rathapattyākhyāḥ senāḥ senānya eva ca / kṣattāraḥ saṃgrahī tārastakṣāṇo rathakārakāḥ

and the chariots, and those called chariot-and-foot(-troops), the armies and the army-leaders, the chamberlains, the rein-holders, the carpenters, the chariot-makers,

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BndP 3 34.25

कुलालश्चेति रुद्रास्ते नवमावृतिदेवताः । कर्माराश्चैव पुञ्जिष्ठा निषादाश्चेषुकृद्गणाः

kulālaśceti rudrāste navamāvṛtidevatāḥ / karmārāścaiva puñjiṣṭhā niṣādāśceṣukṛdgaṇāḥ

and the potter—these Rudras are the deities of the ninth enclosure. And the smiths, and the fowlers, the Niṣādas, and the troops of arrow-makers,

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BndP 3 34.26

धन्वकारा मृगयवः श्वनयः श्वान एव च । अश्वाश्चैवश्वपतयो भवो रुद्रो घटोद्भव

dhanvakārā mṛgayavaḥ śvanayaḥ śvāna eva ca / aśvāścaivaśvapatayo bhavo rudro ghaṭodbhava

the bow-makers, the hunters, the dog-leaders and the dogs themselves, and the horses and the lords of horses, Bhava, Rudra, O pot-born one,

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BndP 3 34.27

शर्वः पशुपतिर्नीलग्रीवश्च शितिकण्ठकः । कपर्दी व्युप्तकेशश्च सहस्रक्षस्तथापरः

śarvaḥ paśupatirnīlagrīvaśca śitikaṇṭhakaḥ / kapardī vyuptakeśaśca sahasrakṣastathāparaḥ

Śarva, Paśupati, and the blue-necked one, and the white-throated one, the one with braided hair, and the one with shorn hair, and likewise another, the thousand-eyed one,

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BndP 3 34.28

शतधन्वा च गिरिशः शिपिविष्टश्च कुंभज । मीढुष्टम इति प्रोक्ता रुद्रा दशमशालगाः

śatadhanvā ca giriśaḥ śipiviṣṭaśca kuṃbhaja / mīḍhuṣṭama iti proktā rudrā daśamaśālagāḥ

Śatadhanvan, Giriśa, and Śipiviṣṭa, O pitcher-born (Agastya), and Mīḍhuṣṭama — these are declared to be the Rudras stationed in the tenth enclosure.

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BndP 3 34.29

अथैकादशचक्रस्था इषुमद्ध्रस्ववामनाः । बृहंश्च वर्षीयां श्चैव वृद्धः समृद्धिना सह

athaikādaśacakrasthā iṣumaddhrasvavāmanāḥ / bṛhaṃśca varṣīyāṃ ścaiva vṛddhaḥ samṛddhinā saha

Now those stationed in the eleventh circle: Iṣumat, Hrasva, Vāmana, Bṛhat, Varṣīyas, Vṛddha together with Samṛddhi.

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BndP 3 34.30

अग्र्यः प्रथम आशुश्चाजिरोन्यः शीघ्रशिभ्यकौ । उर्म्यावस्वन्यरुद्रौ च स्रोतस्यो दिव्य एव च

agryaḥ prathama āśuścājironyaḥ śīghraśibhyakau / urmyāvasvanyarudrau ca srotasyo divya eva ca

Agrya, Prathama, Āśu, Ajira, Anya (?), Śīghra and Śibhya, the two Rudras Ūrmya and Avasvanya, and Srotasya and Divya.

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BndP 3 34.31

ज्येष्ठश्चैव कनिष्ठश्च पूर्वजावरजौ तथा । मध्यमश्चावगम्यश्च जघन्यश्च घटोद्भव

jyeṣṭhaścaiva kaniṣṭhaśca pūrvajāvarajau tathā / madhyamaścāvagamyaśca jaghanyaśca ghaṭodbhava

Jyeṣṭha and Kaniṣṭha, Pūrvaja and Aparaja, Madhyama and Avagamya, and Jaghanya, O pitcher-born one.

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BndP 3 34.32

चतुर्विंशतिराख्याता एते रुद्रा महाबलाः । अथ बुध्न्यः सोम्यरुद्रः प्रतिसर्पकयाम्यकौ

caturviṃśatirākhyātā ete rudrā mahābalāḥ / atha budhnyaḥ somyarudraḥ pratisarpakayāmyakau

These twenty-four Rudras of great strength have been named. Now Budhnya, the Rudra Somya, Pratisarpaka and Yāmyaka.

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BndP 3 34.33

क्षेम्योवोचवखल्यश्च ततः श्लोक्यावसान्यकौ । वन्यः कक्ष्यः श्रवश्चैव ततो ऽन्यस्तु प्रतिश्रवः

kṣemyovocavakhalyaśca tataḥ ślokyāvasānyakau / vanyaḥ kakṣyaḥ śravaścaiva tato 'nyastu pratiśravaḥ

Kṣemya, Ucca(?), Avakhalya, then Ślokya and Avasānya, Vanya, Kakṣya, and Śrava, and then another, Pratiśrava.

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BndP 3 34.34

आशुषेणश्चाशुरथः शूरश्च तपसां निधे । अवभिन्दश्च वर्मी च वरूथी बिल्मिना सह

āśuṣeṇaścāśurathaḥ śūraśca tapasāṃ nidhe / avabhindaśca varmī ca varūthī bilminā saha

Āśuṣeṇa and Āśuratha, and Śūra, O treasury of austerities, and Avabhinda, Varmin, Varūthin together with Bilmin.

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BndP 3 34.35

कवची च श्रुतश्चैव सेनो दुन्दुभ्य एव च । आहनन्यश्च धृष्णुश्च ते च षड्विंशतिः स्मृताः । द्वादशावरणस्थास्ते महाकाया महाबलाः

kavacī ca śrutaścaiva seno dundubhya eva ca / āhananyaśca dhṛṣṇuśca te ca ṣaḍviṃśatiḥ smṛtāḥ / dvādaśāvaraṇasthāste mahākāyā mahābalāḥ

Kavacin, Śruta, Sena, and Dundubhya, and Āhananya and Dhṛṣṇu — these are remembered as twenty-six; they stand in the twelfth enclosure, huge of body and of great strength.

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BndP 3 34.36

प्रभृशाश्चैव दूताश्च प्रहिताश्च निपङ्गिणः । अन्यस्त्विषुधिमानन्यस्तक्ष्णेषुश्च तथा युधि

prabhṛśāścaiva dūtāśca prahitāśca nipaṅgiṇaḥ / anyastviṣudhimānanyastakṣṇeṣuśca tathā yudhi

And the Prabhṛśas, the Dūtas, the Prahitas, the Niṣaṅgins, another the quiver-bearer, and another Tīkṣṇeṣu (sharp-arrowed) in battle.

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BndP 3 34.37

स्वायुधश्च सुधन्वा च स्तुत्यः पथ्यश्च कुंभज । काप्यो नाढ्यस्तथा सूधः सरस्यो विन्ध्यमर्दन

svāyudhaśca sudhanvā ca stutyaḥ pathyaśca kuṃbhaja / kāpyo nāḍhyastathā sūdhaḥ sarasyo vindhyamardana

Svāyudha and Sudhanvan, Stutya and Pathya, O pitcher-born one, Kāpya, Nāḍhya, likewise Sūdha, and Sarasya, O crusher of the Vindhya.

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BndP 3 34.38

ततश्चान्यो नाधमानो वेशन्तः कुप्य एव च । अवधवर्ष्यो ऽवर्ष्यश्च मेध्यो विद्युत्य एव च

tataścānyo nādhamāno veśantaḥ kupya eva ca / avadhavarṣyo 'varṣyaśca medhyo vidyutya eva ca

And then another, Nādhamāna, Veśanta, and Kūpya, Avadhavarṣya(?) and Avarṣya, Medhya and Vidyutya.

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BndP 3 34.39

इध्र्यातप्यौ तथा वात्यौ रेष्म्यश्चैव तथापरः । वास्तव्यो वास्तुपश्चैव सोमश्चेति महाबलाः

idhryātapyau tathā vātyau reṣmyaścaiva tathāparaḥ / vāstavyo vāstupaścaiva somaśceti mahābalāḥ

Idhrya and Ātapya, likewise the two Vātyas, and another, Reṣmya, and Vāstavya and Vāstupa, and Soma — these of great strength.

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BndP 3 34.40

त्रयोदशावरणगाञ्छृणु रुद्रांश्च तान्मुने । रुद्रस्ताम्रारुणः शङ्गस्तथा पशुपतिर्मुने

trayodaśāvaraṇagāñchṛṇu rudrāṃśca tānmune / rudrastāmrāruṇaḥ śaṅgastathā paśupatirmune

Hear also, O sage, those Rudras that occupy the thirteenth enclosure: Rudra, Tāmra, Aruṇa, Śaṅga, and Paśupati, O sage.

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BndP 3 34.41

उग्रो भीमस्तथैवाग्रेवधदूरेवधावपि । हन्ता चैव हनीयांश्च वृषश्च हरिकेशकः

ugro bhīmastathaivāgrevadhadūrevadhāvapi / hantā caiva hanīyāṃśca vṛṣaśca harikeśakaḥ

Ugra, Bhīma, and likewise Agrevadha and Dūrevadha, and Hantṛ and Hanīyas, and Vṛṣa and Harikeśa.

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BndP 3 34.42

तारः शंभुर्मयोभूश्च शङ्करश्च मयस्करः । शिवः शिवतरश्चैव तीर्थ्यः कुल्यस्तथैव च । पार्यो ऽपार्यः प्रतरणस्तथा चोत्तरणो मुने

tāraḥ śaṃbhurmayobhūśca śaṅkaraśca mayaskaraḥ / śivaḥ śivataraścaiva tīrthyaḥ kulyastathaiva ca / pāryo 'pāryaḥ prataraṇastathā cottaraṇo mune

Tāra, Śambhu, Mayobhū, Śaṅkara and Mayaskara, Śiva and Śivatara, Tīrthya and Kulya likewise, Pārya, Apārya, Prataraṇa and Uttaraṇa, O sage.

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BndP 3 34.43

आतर्यश्च तथा लभ्यः षष्ठः फेन्यस्तथैव च । चतुर्दशावरणके कथिता रुद्रदेवताः

ātaryaśca tathā labhyaḥ ṣaṣṭhaḥ phenyastathaiva ca / caturdaśāvaraṇake kathitā rudradevatāḥ

And Ātarya, likewise Labhya, and sixth Phenya — (these) Rudra-deities are declared to be in the fourteenth enclosure.

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BndP 3 34.44

सिकत्यश्च प्रवाह्यश्च तथेरिण्यस्तपोनिधे । प्रपथ्यः किंशिलश्चैव क्षयणस्तदनन्तरम्

sikatyaśca pravāhyaśca tatheriṇyastaponidhe / prapathyaḥ kiṃśilaścaiva kṣayaṇastadanantaram

Sikatya and Pravāhya, likewise Iriṇya, O treasury of austerities, Prapathya and Kiṃśila, and thereafter Kṣayaṇa.

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BndP 3 34.45

कपर्दी च पुलस्त्यंश्च गोष्ठ्यो गृह्यस्तथैव च । तल्पयो गेह्य स्तथा काट्यो गह्वरेष्ठोरुदीपकः

kapardī ca pulastyaṃśca goṣṭhyo gṛhyastathaiva ca / talpayo gehya stathā kāṭyo gahvareṣṭhorudīpakaḥ

Kapardin and Pulastya, Goṣṭhya and Gṛhya likewise, Talpya, Gehya, likewise Kāṭya, Gahvareṣṭha, and Rudīpaka(?).

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BndP 3 34.46

निवेष्ट्यश्चापि पान्तव्यो रथन्यः शुक्य एव च । हरीत्यलोथा लोप्याश्च उर्य्यसूर्म्यै तथा मुने

niveṣṭyaścāpi pāntavyo rathanyaḥ śukya eva ca / harītyalothā lopyāśca uryyasūrmyai tathā mune

Niveṣya too, and Pāntavya, Rathanya and Śukya, and Harītya, Alothā, Lopya, and Ūrvya and Sūrmya, O sage.

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BndP 3 34.47

पयेयश्च पर्णशश्च तथा वगुरमाणकः । अभिघ्ननाशिदुश्चैव प्रखिदन किरिकास्तथा

payeyaśca parṇaśaśca tathā vaguramāṇakaḥ / abhighnanāśiduścaiva prakhidana kirikāstathā

Payeya and Parṇaśa, likewise Vaguramāṇaka, and Abhighnat, Āśidu, Prakhidat, and the Kirikas.

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BndP 3 34.48

देवानां हृदयश्चैव द्वात्रिंशद्रुद्रदेवताः । वर्तते सायुधाः प्राज्ञ नित्यं पञ्चादशावृतौ

devānāṃ hṛdayaścaiva dvātriṃśadrudradevatāḥ / vartate sāyudhāḥ prājña nityaṃ pañcādaśāvṛtau

And (there is) the "Heart of the Gods," and the thirty‑two Rudra deities; armed, O wise one, they abide always in the fifteenth enclosure.

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BndP 3 34.49

षोडशे त्वावरणके पूर्वादिद्वारवर्तिनः । विक्षिणत्काविचिन्वत्कास्तथा निर्हतनामकाः

ṣoḍaśe tvāvaraṇake pūrvādidvāravartinaḥ / vikṣiṇatkāvicinvatkāstathā nirhatanāmakāḥ

But in the sixteenth enclosure, stationed at the doors beginning with the eastern one, are the Vikṣiṇatkas and Vicinvatkas, and those named Nirhatana,

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BndP 3 34.50

आमीवक्ताश्च निष्टप्ता महारुद्रमुपासते । इति षोडशशालेषु स्थितै रुद्रैः सहस्रशः

āmīvaktāśca niṣṭaptā mahārudramupāsate / iti ṣoḍaśaśāleṣu sthitai rudraiḥ sahasraśaḥ

and the Āmīvaktas and the Niṣṭaptas: (these) attend upon Mahārudra. Thus, by the Rudras stationed in thousands in the sixteen halls,

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BndP 3 34.51

सेवितस्तु महारुद्रो ललिताज्ञाप्रवर्तकः । वर्तते जगतामृद्ध्यै मुक्ताशालेशकोणके

sevitastu mahārudro lalitājñāpravartakaḥ / vartate jagatāmṛddhyai muktāśāleśakoṇake

Mahārudra, being served, the executor of Lalitā's command, abides for the prosperity of the worlds in the (northeast) corner of the pearl hall.

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BndP 3 34.52

शतरुद्रियसंख्याता एते रुद्रा महाबलाः । ललिताभक्तिमम्पन्नान्पालयन्ति दिवानिशम् । अभक्तांल्लरितादेव्याः प्रत्यूहैर्योजयन्त्यमी

śatarudriyasaṃkhyātā ete rudrā mahābalāḥ / lalitābhaktimampannānpālayanti divāniśam / abhaktāṃllaritādevyāḥ pratyūhairyojayantyamī

These mighty Rudras, counted as (the hundred of) the Śatarudriya, protect day and night those endowed with devotion to Lalitā; and they visit with obstacles those who are not devotees of the goddess Lalitā.

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BndP 3 34.53

इत्थं शक्रादिदिक्पाला सुक्ताशालं समाश्रिताः । ललितापरमेश्वर्याः सेवामेव वितन्वते

itthaṃ śakrādidikpālā suktāśālaṃ samāśritāḥ / lalitāparameśvaryāḥ sevāmeva vitanvate

In this way the guardians of the directions, Śakra and the rest, having resorted to the pearl hall, do nothing but extend service to Lalitā, the supreme sovereign.

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BndP 3 34.54

अथ मुक्ताख्यशालस्यान्तरे मारुतयोजने । शालोमारकताभिख्यश्चतुर्योजनमुच्छ्रितः

atha muktākhyaśālasyāntare mārutayojane / śālomārakatābhikhyaścaturyojanamucchritaḥ

Now, inside the hall called the pearl one, at (a distance of) forty‑nine yojanas, is a hall known as the emerald one, four yojanas high,

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BndP 3 34.55

पूर्ववद्गोपुरादीना संस्थानैश्च सुशोभितः । तत्र श्रीदण्डनाथाया दहनादिविदिग्गताः

pūrvavadgopurādīnā saṃsthānaiśca suśobhitaḥ / tatra śrīdaṇḍanāthāyā dahanādividiggatāḥ

beautifully adorned, as before, with the structures of gateways and the rest. There, belonging to Śrī Daṇḍanāthā, situated in the intermediate directions beginning with the southeast,

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BndP 3 34.56

चत्वारो निलयाः प्रोक्ता मन्त्रिणीगृहविस्तराः । गीतिचक्ररथेन्द्रस्य याः पर्वाणि समाश्रिताः

catvāro nilayāḥ proktā mantriṇīgṛhavistarāḥ / gīticakrarathendrasya yāḥ parvāṇi samāśritāḥ

four dwellings are declared, of the extent of the Mantriṇī's house, which are attached to the sections of the great chariot Gīticakra.

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BndP 3 34.57

भण्डासुरमहायुद्धे ता देव्यस्तत्र जाग्रति । सर्वाः स्थल्यो मरकतश्रेणिभिः खचिताः शुभाः

bhaṇḍāsuramahāyuddhe tā devyastatra jāgrati / sarvāḥ sthalyo marakataśreṇibhiḥ khacitāḥ śubhāḥ

In the great war with Bhaṇḍāsura those goddesses keep watch there. All the terraces are auspicious, inlaid with rows of emeralds,

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BndP 3 34.58

हेमतालवनाढ्याश्च सर्ववस्तुसमाकुलाः । तत्रदेव्यः समस्ताश्च दण्डनाथासमश्रियः

hematālavanāḍhyāśca sarvavastusamākulāḥ / tatradevyaḥ samastāśca daṇḍanāthāsamaśriyaḥ

rich in groves of golden palms and filled with every kind of thing. And there all the goddesses have splendour equal to Daṇḍanāthā's;

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BndP 3 34.59

हलोद्धर्णहलाद्धर्णमुसलाः सञ्चरन्त्यपि । संख्यातीतास्तालवृक्षा नवस्वर्णविचित्रिताः

haloddharṇahalāddharṇamusalāḥ sañcarantyapi / saṃkhyātītāstālavṛkṣā navasvarṇavicitritāḥ

bearing ploughs and pestles, they move about as well. Countless are the palm trees, variegated with fresh gold,

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BndP 3 34.60

योजनायतकाण्डाश्च दलैर्युक्ता विशङ्कटैः । हेमत्वचो ऽतिसुस्निग्धाः सच्छायाः फलभङ्गुराः

yojanāyatakāṇḍāśca dalairyuktā viśaṅkaṭaiḥ / hematvaco 'tisusnigdhāḥ sacchāyāḥ phalabhaṅgurāḥ

with trunks a yojana long, furnished with huge leaves, gold‑barked, exceedingly glossy, shady, bending under their fruit.

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BndP 3 34.61

आमूलाग्रं लम्बमानास्ताला हालाघटाकुलाः । वर्तन्ते दण्डनाथायाः प्रीत्यर्थं शिल्पिभिः कृताः

āmūlāgraṃ lambamānāstālā hālāghaṭākulāḥ / vartante daṇḍanāthāyāḥ prītyarthaṃ śilpibhiḥ kṛtāḥ

Hanging from root to tip, crowded with pots of palm liquor, the palms stand there, made by craftsmen for the pleasure of Daṇḍanāthā.

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BndP 3 34.62

तं च तालरसापूरं पीत्वापीत्वा मदाकुलाः । जृंभिण्याद्याश्चक्रदेव्यो हेतुकाद्याश्च भैरवाः

taṃ ca tālarasāpūraṃ pītvāpītvā madākulāḥ / jṛṃbhiṇyādyāścakradevyo hetukādyāśca bhairavāḥ

And drinking again and again that flood of palm juice, agitated with intoxication, the wheel‑goddesses Jṛmbhiṇī and the rest, and the Bhairavas Hetuka and the rest,

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BndP 3 34.63

सप्तनिग्रहदेव्यश्च नृत्यन्ति मदविह्वलाः । चतुर्विदिक्षु दण्डिन्या यत्रयत्र महादृशः

saptanigrahadevyaśca nṛtyanti madavihvalāḥ / caturvidikṣu daṇḍinyā yatrayatra mahādṛśaḥ

and the seven goddesses of restraint, dance overwhelmed with drink, in the four intermediate directions of Daṇḍinī, wherever the great‑eyed ones (are).

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BndP 3 34.64

तत्र पूर्वादिदिग्भागे देवीसदृशवर्चसः । उन्मत्तभैरवी चव स्वप्नेशी सर्वतोदिशम्

tatra pūrvādidigbhāge devīsadṛśavarcasaḥ / unmattabhairavī cava svapneśī sarvatodiśam

There, in the quarters beginning with the east, having a lustre like the Goddess's, are Unmattabhairavī and Svapneśī, in every direction.

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BndP 3 34.65

निवासो दण्डनाथायाः केवलं त्वाभिमानिकः । तस्यास्तु सेवावासो ऽन्यो महापद्माटवीस्थले । तत्कक्षातिदवीयस्त्वान्सेवार्थं तत्र तद्गृहः

nivāso daṇḍanāthāyāḥ kevalaṃ tvābhimānikaḥ / tasyāstu sevāvāso 'nyo mahāpadmāṭavīsthale / tatkakṣātidavīyastvānsevārthaṃ tatra tadgṛhaḥ

The dwelling of Daṇḍanāthā (here) is merely a nominal one; her other, service, residence is on the ground of the great lotus forest; since that enclosure is very far off, her house is here for the sake of (her) service.

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BndP 3 34.66

अथो मरकताकारे शाले तत्सप्तयोजने । प्राकारो विद्रुमाकारः प्रातरर्यमपाटलः

atho marakatākāre śāle tatsaptayojane / prākāro vidrumākāraḥ prātararyamapāṭalaḥ

Now, at seven yojanas from that emerald‑shaped hall, there is a rampart of the form of coral, pale‑red like the morning sun.

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BndP 3 34.67

तत्र स्थलास्तु सकला विद्रुमैरेव निर्मिताः । तद्वद्विद्रुमसंकाशो ब्रह्मा नलिनविष्टरः

tatra sthalāstu sakalā vidrumaireva nirmitāḥ / tadvadvidrumasaṃkāśo brahmā nalinaviṣṭaraḥ

There all the terraces are made of coral itself; likewise Brahmā, coral‑hued, seated on a lotus,

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BndP 3 34.68

ब्रह्मलोकात्समागत्य सार्द्धं सर्वैर्मुनीश्वरैः । सदा श्रीललितादेव्याः सेवनार्थमतन्द्रितः

brahmalokātsamāgatya sārddhaṃ sarvairmunīśvaraiḥ / sadā śrīlalitādevyāḥ sevanārthamatandritaḥ

Having come from Brahmā's world together with all the lords of sages, always untiring, for the sake of serving the goddess Śrī Lalitā —

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BndP 3 34.69

मरीच्याद्यैः प्रजासृग्भिर्वर्तते साकमब्धिप । चतुर्दशापि विद्यास्ता उपविद्याः सहस्रशः

marīcyādyaiḥ prajāsṛgbhirvartate sākamabdhipa / caturdaśāpi vidyāstā upavidyāḥ sahasraśaḥ

— he abides there, O lord of the ocean, together with Marīci and the other progenitors of creatures; and (there are) those fourteen sciences and the subsidiary sciences by the thousands.

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BndP 3 34.70

चतुष्षष्टिकलाश्चैव शरीरिण्यो महत्तराः । प्राकारे विद्रुमाकारे ब्रह्मलोकसमाश्रिताः । वर्तन्ते जगतामृद्ध्यै ललिता देवताज्ञया

catuṣṣaṣṭikalāścaiva śarīriṇyo mahattarāḥ / prākāre vidrumākāre brahmalokasamāśritāḥ / vartante jagatāmṛddhyai lalitā devatājñayā

And the sixty-four arts, embodied and very great, resting upon Brahmā's world in the coral-coloured rampart, abide there for the prosperity of the worlds, by the command of the goddess Lalitā.

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BndP 3 34.71

अथ विद्रुमशालस्यानतरे मारुतयोजने । माणिक्यमण्डपस्थाने परीतः सर्वतोदिशम् । वर्तते विष्णुलोकस्तु ललितासेवनोत्सुकः

atha vidrumaśālasyānatare mārutayojane / māṇikyamaṇḍapasthāne parītaḥ sarvatodiśam / vartate viṣṇulokastu lalitāsevanotsukaḥ

Now, within the coral wall, at a distance of a wind-yojana, in the place of the ruby pavilion, spread about in every direction, there abides Viṣṇu's world, eager for the service of Lalitā.

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BndP 3 34.72

तत्र वैष्णवलोके तु विष्णुः साक्षात्सनातनः । चतुर्घा दशधा चैव तथा द्वादशधा पुनः । विभिन्नमूर्तिः सततं वर्तते माधवः सदा

tatra vaiṣṇavaloke tu viṣṇuḥ sākṣātsanātanaḥ / caturghā daśadhā caiva tathā dvādaśadhā punaḥ / vibhinnamūrtiḥ satataṃ vartate mādhavaḥ sadā

There in that Vaiṣṇava world Viṣṇu himself, the eternal one, Mādhava, with his form divided fourfold, and tenfold, and again twelvefold, abides continually, always.

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BndP 3 34.73

भण्डासुरमहायुद्धे ये श्रीदेवीनखोद्भवाः । दशावतारदेवास्तु ते ऽपि माणिक्यमण्डपे

bhaṇḍāsuramahāyuddhe ye śrīdevīnakhodbhavāḥ / daśāvatāradevāstu te 'pi māṇikyamaṇḍape

Those gods of the ten incarnations who arose from the nails of Śrī Devī in the great battle with the demon Bhaṇḍa — they too (are) in the ruby pavilion.

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BndP 3 34.74

पूर्वकक्षान्तरेभ्यस्तु तत्कक्षायां विशेषतः । उपर्याच्छादनामात्रं माणिक्यदृषदां गणैः

pūrvakakṣāntarebhyastu tatkakṣāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ / uparyācchādanāmātraṃ māṇikyadṛṣadāṃ gaṇaiḥ

But in comparison with the earlier enclosures, in that enclosure especially, there is a covering above, only (that), made of masses of ruby slabs.

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BndP 3 34.75

तत्र कक्षान्तरे देवः शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः । भिन्नो द्वादशमूर्त्या च पूर्वाद्याशासुरक्षति

tatra kakṣāntare devaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ / bhinno dvādaśamūrtyā ca pūrvādyāśāsurakṣati

There within the enclosure the god who bears conch, discus and mace, divided into twelve forms, guards the directions beginning with the east.

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BndP 3 34.76

जाम्बूनदप्रभश्चक्री पूर्वस्यां दिशि केशवः । पश्चान्नारायणः शङ्खी नीलजीमूतसंनिभः

jāmbūnadaprabhaścakrī pūrvasyāṃ diśi keśavaḥ / paścānnārāyaṇaḥ śaṅkhī nīlajīmūtasaṃnibhaḥ

In the eastern direction (is) Keśava, bearing the discus, with the lustre of river-gold; behind (in the west) Nārāyaṇa, bearing the conch, resembling a dark cloud.

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BndP 3 34.77

इन्दीवरदलश्या मो मधुमान्माधवो ऽवति । गोविन्दो दक्षिणे पार्श्वे धन्वी चन्द्रप्रभो महान्

indīvaradalaśyā mo madhumānmādhavo 'vati / govindo dakṣiṇe pārśve dhanvī candraprabho mahān

Mādhava, dark as a blue-lotus petal, holding the mace, protects (there); on the southern side (is) Govinda, bearing the bow, great, with the radiance of the moon.

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BndP 3 34.78

उत्तरे हलधृग्विष्णुः पद्मकिञ्जल्कसंनिभः । आग्नेय्यामरविन्दाभो मुसली मधुसूदनः

uttare haladhṛgviṣṇuḥ padmakiñjalkasaṃnibhaḥ / āgneyyāmaravindābho musalī madhusūdanaḥ

In the north (is) Viṣṇu bearing the plough, resembling the filament of a lotus; in the south-east, Madhusūdana, shining like a lotus, holding the pestle.

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BndP 3 34.79

त्रिविक्रमः खड्गपाणिर्नैरृत्ये च्वलनप्रभः । वायव्यां वामनो वज्री तरुणादित्य दीप्तिमान्

trivikramaḥ khaḍgapāṇirnairṛtye cvalanaprabhaḥ / vāyavyāṃ vāmano vajrī taruṇāditya dīptimān

In the south-west (is) Trivikrama, sword in hand, with the brilliance of fire; in the north-west, Vāmana, holding the thunderbolt, blazing like the young sun.

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BndP 3 34.80

ईशान्यां पुण्डरीकाभः श्रीधरः पट्टिशायुधः । विद्युत्प्रभो हृषीकेशो ह्यवाच्यां दिशि मुद्गरी

īśānyāṃ puṇḍarīkābhaḥ śrīdharaḥ paṭṭiśāyudhaḥ / vidyutprabho hṛṣīkeśo hyavācyāṃ diśi mudgarī

In the north-east (is) Śrīdhara, shining like a white lotus, with the paṭṭiśa as his weapon; in the downward direction, Hṛṣīkeśa, with the radiance of lightning, holding the mallet.

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BndP 3 34.81

पद्मनाभः शार्ङ्गपाणिः सहस्रार्कसमप्रभः । माणिक्यमण्डपस्थानमनुलोम्येन वेष्टते

padmanābhaḥ śārṅgapāṇiḥ sahasrārkasamaprabhaḥ / māṇikyamaṇḍapasthānamanulomyena veṣṭate

Padmanābha, bow in hand, with the radiance equal to a thousand suns, encircles the place of the ruby pavilion in the forward (clockwise) direction.

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BndP 3 34.82

सर्वायुधः सर्वशक्तिः सर्वज्ञः सर्वतोमुखः । इन्द्रगोपकसंकाशः पाशहस्तो ऽपराजितः

sarvāyudhaḥ sarvaśaktiḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvatomukhaḥ / indragopakasaṃkāśaḥ pāśahasto 'parājitaḥ

Bearing all weapons, possessing all powers, all-knowing, facing in all directions, resembling the indragopa insect (in colour), noose in hand, unconquered —

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BndP 3 34.83

दामोदरस्तु सर्वात्मा ललिताभक्तिनिर्भरः । माणिक्यमण्डपस्थानं विलोमेन विवेष्टते

dāmodarastu sarvātmā lalitābhaktinirbharaḥ / māṇikyamaṇḍapasthānaṃ vilomena viveṣṭate

— Dāmodara, the self of all, filled full with devotion to Lalitā, encircles the place of the ruby pavilion in the reverse (counter-clockwise) direction.

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BndP 3 34.84

इति द्वादशभिर्देहैर्भगवानम्बुजेक्षणः । माणिक्यमण्डपगतो विष्णुलोके विराजते

iti dvādaśabhirdehairbhagavānambujekṣaṇaḥ / māṇikyamaṇḍapagato viṣṇuloke virājate

Thus with twelve bodies the lotus-eyed Lord, present in the ruby pavilion, shines forth in Viṣṇu's world.

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BndP 3 34.85

अथ नानारत्नशालान्तरे मारुतयोजने । सहस्रस्तम्भकं नाम मण्डपं सुमनोहरम्

atha nānāratnaśālāntare mārutayojane / sahasrastambhakaṃ nāma maṇḍapaṃ sumanoharam

Now, within the wall of various jewels, at a distance of a wind-yojana, (there is) a most delightful pavilion named Thousand-Pillared.

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BndP 3 34.86

नानारत्नैस्तु खचितं नानारत्नैरलङ्कृतम् । नानारत्नकृतश्शालस्तुङ्गस्तत्राभिवर्तते

nānāratnaistu khacitaṃ nānāratnairalaṅkṛtam / nānāratnakṛtaśśālastuṅgastatrābhivartate

Inlaid with various jewels, adorned with various jewels, a lofty wall made of various jewels stands there.

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BndP 3 34.87

एका पङ्क्तिः सहस्रैस्तु स्तम्भस्तियक्प्रवर्तते । तादृशाः पङ्क्तयो बह्व्यः स्तम्भानां तु चतुर्दिशम्

ekā paṅktiḥ sahasraistu stambhastiyakpravartate / tādṛśāḥ paṅktayo bahvyaḥ stambhānāṃ tu caturdiśam

One row runs crosswise with a thousand pillars; and there are many such rows of pillars on all four sides.

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BndP 3 34.88

उपर्याच्छादनं चापि पूर्ववद्रत्नदारुभिः । शिवलोकस्तत्र महाञ्जागर्ति स्फुरितद्युतिः

uparyācchādanaṃ cāpi pūrvavadratnadārubhiḥ / śivalokastatra mahāñjāgarti sphuritadyutiḥ

And the covering above too is, as before, of jewels and (precious) woods; there the great world of Śiva keeps waking, its brilliance ablaze.

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BndP 3 34.89

शैवागमा मूर्तिमन्तस्तत्राष्टाविंशतिः स्मृताः । नन्दिभृङ्गिमहाकालप्रमुखास्तत्र चोत्तमाः

śaivāgamā mūrtimantastatrāṣṭāviṃśatiḥ smṛtāḥ / nandibhṛṅgimahākālapramukhāstatra cottamāḥ

There the Śaiva scriptures are remembered as embodied, twenty-eight (in number); and there are the foremost ones, headed by Nandin, Bhṛṅgin and Mahākāla.

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BndP 3 34.90

षड्विंशत्तत्त्वदेवाश्च गजवक्त्राः सहस्रशः । शिवलोकोत्तमे तस्मिन्सहस्रस्तम्भमण्डपे

ṣaḍviṃśattattvadevāśca gajavaktrāḥ sahasraśaḥ / śivalokottame tasminsahasrastambhamaṇḍape

And the gods of the twenty-six principles (tattvas), elephant-faced, by the thousands, are in that highest world of Śiva, in the thousand-pillared pavilion.

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BndP 3 34.91

ईशानः सर्वविद्यानामधिपश्चन्द्रशेखरः । ललिताज्ञापालकश्च ललिताज्ञाप्रवर्तकः

īśānaḥ sarvavidyānāmadhipaścandraśekharaḥ / lalitājñāpālakaśca lalitājñāpravartakaḥ

Īśāna, the lord of all branches of knowledge, the moon-crested one, is the guardian of Lalitā's command and the promulgator of Lalitā's command;

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BndP 3 34.92

ललितामन्त्र जापी च नित्यमानन्दमानसः । शैव्या दृष्ट्या स्वभक्तानां ललितामन्त्रसिद्धये

lalitāmantra jāpī ca nityamānandamānasaḥ / śaivyā dṛṣṭyā svabhaktānāṃ lalitāmantrasiddhaye

and he is a reciter of Lalitā's mantra, his mind ever in bliss, (looking) with a Śaiva gaze upon his own devotees for the attainment of Lalitā's mantra,

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BndP 3 34.93

अन्तर्बहिस्तमः पुञ्जनिर्भेदनपटी यसीम् । महाप्रकाशरूपां तां मेधाशक्ति प्रकाशयन्

antarbahistamaḥ puñjanirbhedanapaṭī yasīm / mahāprakāśarūpāṃ tāṃ medhāśakti prakāśayan

making manifest that power of intellect (medhāśakti), whose form is the great light, most skilled at splitting apart the mass of darkness within and without.

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BndP 3 34.94

सर्वज्ञः सर्वकर्ता च सहस्रस्तम्भमण्डपे । वर्तमानो महादेव देवीः श्रीभक्तिनिर्भरः । तत्तच्छालान्समाश्रित्य वर्तते कुम्भसंभवः

sarvajñaḥ sarvakartā ca sahasrastambhamaṇḍape / vartamāno mahādeva devīḥ śrībhaktinirbharaḥ / tattacchālānsamāśritya vartate kumbhasaṃbhavaḥ

Omniscient and the doer of all, dwelling in the thousand-pillared pavilion, Mahādeva (is there), filled with devotion to the glorious Goddess; and, resorting to those various halls, the Pot-born one (Agastya) abides.

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