Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 35

BndP 3 35.1

हयग्रीव उवाच अथ वापीत्र यादीनां कक्ष्याभेदान्प्रचक्ष्महे । एषां श्रवणमात्रेण जायते श्रीमहोदयः

hayagrīva uvāca atha vāpītra yādīnāṃ kakṣyābhedānpracakṣmahe / eṣāṃ śravaṇamātreṇa jāyate śrīmahodayaḥ

Hayagrīva said: Now we shall set forth the several enclosures, beginning with the tanks and the rest; by merely hearing of these there arises great prosperity.

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BndP 3 35.2

सहस्रस्तम्भशालस्यातरमारुतयोजने । मनो नाम महाशालः सर्वरत्नविचित्रितः

sahasrastambhaśālasyātaramārutayojane / mano nāma mahāśālaḥ sarvaratnavicitritaḥ

At a distance of one yojana from the thousand-pillared hall there is a great wall named Manas, variegated with all manner of jewels.

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BndP 3 35.3

पूर्ववद्गोपुरद्वारकपाटार्गलसंयुतः । तन्मध्यकक्ष्याभागस्तु सर्वाप्यमृतवापिका

pūrvavadgopuradvārakapāṭārgalasaṃyutaḥ / tanmadhyakakṣyābhāgastu sarvāpyamṛtavāpikā

As before, it is furnished with gateway-towers, doors, door-panels and bolts; and the enclosure-space in its middle is entirely a tank of nectar.

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BndP 3 35.4

यत्पीत्वा योगिनः सिद्धा वज्रकाया महाबलाः । भवन्ति पुरुषाः प्राज्ञास्तदेव हि रसायनम्

yatpītvā yoginaḥ siddhā vajrakāyā mahābalāḥ / bhavanti puruṣāḥ prājñāstadeva hi rasāyanam

Drinking which, yogins become perfected, adamantine-bodied, of great strength, and men become wise — that indeed is the elixir.

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BndP 3 35.5

वाप्याममृतमय्यां तु वर्तते तोयतां गतम् । तद्गन्धाघ्राणमात्रेण सिद्धिकान्तापतिर्भवेत्

vāpyāmamṛtamayyāṃ tu vartate toyatāṃ gatam / tadgandhāghrāṇamātreṇa siddhikāntāpatirbhavet

In that tank made of nectar it (the nectar) exists having taken on the state of water; by merely smelling its fragrance one would become the husband of the fair lady Siddhi.

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BndP 3 35.6

अस्पृशन्नपि विन्धयारे पुरुषः क्षीणकल्मषः । उभयोः शालयोः पार्श्वे सुधावापीतटद्वये

aspṛśannapi vindhayāre puruṣaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣaḥ / ubhayoḥ śālayoḥ pārśve sudhāvāpītaṭadvaye

Even without touching it, O slayer of Vindhya, a man has his sins destroyed. On the flank of both walls, on the two banks of the nectar-tank —

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BndP 3 35.7

अधक्रोशसमायामा अन्यास्सर्वाश्च वापिकाः । चतुर्योजनदूरं तु तलं तस्या जलान्तरे

adhakrośasamāyāmā anyāssarvāśca vāpikāḥ / caturyojanadūraṃ tu talaṃ tasyā jalāntare

all the other tanks are half a krośa in extent; but the bottom of that one, within the water, is four yojanas down.

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BndP 3 35.8

सोपानावलयस्तस्या नानारत्नविचित्रिताः । स्वर्णवर्णा रत्नवर्णास्तस्यां हंसाश्च सारसाः

sopānāvalayastasyā nānāratnavicitritāḥ / svarṇavarṇā ratnavarṇāstasyāṃ haṃsāśca sārasāḥ

Its rows of steps are variegated with various jewels; in it are geese and sārasa cranes, gold-coloured and jewel-coloured.

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BndP 3 35.9

आस्फोट्यते तटद्वन्द्वतरङ्गैर्मन्दचञ्चलैः । पक्षिणस्तज्जलं पीत्वा रसायनमयं नवम्

āsphoṭyate taṭadvandvataraṅgairmandacañcalaiḥ / pakṣiṇastajjalaṃ pītvā rasāyanamayaṃ navam

It is beaten upon at both banks by softly stirring waves; the birds, having drunk that water, fresh and made of elixir,

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BndP 3 35.10

अजरामरतां प्राप्तास्तत्र विन्ध्यनिषूदन । सदाकूजितलक्षेण तत्र कारण्डवद्विजाः

ajarāmaratāṃ prāptāstatra vindhyaniṣūdana / sadākūjitalakṣeṇa tatra kāraṇḍavadvijāḥ

have attained freedom from age and death there, O slayer of Vindhya; there the kāraṇḍava birds, with their hundred thousand constant cooings,

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BndP 3 35.11

जपन्ति ललितादेव्या मन्त्रमेव महत्तरम् । परितो वापिकाचक्रपरिवेषणभूयसा

japanti lalitādevyā mantrameva mahattaram / parito vāpikācakrapariveṣaṇabhūyasā

recite nothing but the most exalted mantra of the goddess Lalitā; all around, because of the abundant encirclement by the ring of tanks,

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BndP 3 35.12

न तत्र गन्तु मार्गो ऽस्ति नौकावाहनमन्तरा । आज्ञया केवलं तत्र मन्त्रिणी दण्डनाथयोः । तारा नाम महाशक्तिर्वर्तते तोरणेश्वरी

na tatra gantu mārgo 'sti naukāvāhanamantarā / ājñayā kevalaṃ tatra mantriṇī daṇḍanāthayoḥ / tārā nāma mahāśaktirvartate toraṇeśvarī

there is no way to go there apart from travel by boat; only by the command of Mantriṇī and Daṇḍanāthā (may one go). There abides a great power named Tārā, the mistress of the gateway.

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BndP 3 35.13

बह्व्यस्तत्रोत्पलश्यामास्तारायाः परिचारिकाः । रत्ननौकासहस्रेण खेलन्त्यो सरसीजले

bahvyastatrotpalaśyāmāstārāyāḥ paricārikāḥ / ratnanaukāsahasreṇa khelantyo sarasījale

Many attendants of Tārā are there, dark as blue lotuses, playing in the lake-water with a thousand jewelled boats,

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BndP 3 35.14

अपरं पारमायान्ति पुनर्यान्ति परं तटम् । वीणावेणुमृदङ्गादि वादयन्त्यो मुहुर्मुहुः

aparaṃ pāramāyānti punaryānti paraṃ taṭam / vīṇāveṇumṛdaṅgādi vādayantyo muhurmuhuḥ

They come to the far shore and go again to the other bank, playing again and again on lute, flute, drum and the rest.

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BndP 3 35.15

कोटिशस्तत्र ताराया नाविक्यो नवयौवनाः । मुहुर्गायन्ति नृत्यन्ति देव्याः पुण्यतमं यशः

koṭiśastatra tārāyā nāvikyo navayauvanāḥ / muhurgāyanti nṛtyanti devyāḥ puṇyatamaṃ yaśaḥ

There, boatwomen of Tārā in the tens of millions, in fresh youth, again and again sing and dance the most holy glory of the Goddess.

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BndP 3 35.16

अरित्रपाणयः काश्चित्काश्चिच्छूगाम्बुपाणयः । पिबन्त्यस्तत्सुधातोयं संचरन्त्यस्तरीशतैः

aritrapāṇayaḥ kāścitkāścicchūgāmbupāṇayaḥ / pibantyastatsudhātoyaṃ saṃcarantyastarīśataiḥ

Some with oars in hand, some with (?) water-vessels in hand, drinking that nectar-water, they move about in hundreds of boats.

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BndP 3 35.17

तासां नौकावाहिकानां शक्तीनां श्यामलत्विषाम् । प्रधानभूता तारांबा जलौघशमनक्षमा

tāsāṃ naukāvāhikānāṃ śaktīnāṃ śyāmalatviṣām / pradhānabhūtā tārāṃbā jalaughaśamanakṣamā

Of those boat-driving Powers of dark-green luster, the chief is Mother Tārā, able to still the flood of waters.

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BndP 3 35.18

आज्ञां विना तयोस्तारा मन्त्रिणीदण्डधारयोः । त्रिनेत्रस्यापि नो दत्ते वापिकांभसि सन्तरम्

ājñāṃ vinā tayostārā mantriṇīdaṇḍadhārayoḥ / trinetrasyāpi no datte vāpikāṃbhasi santaram

Without the command of those two, the Minister (Mantriṇī) and the Wielder of the Rod (Daṇḍanāthā), Tārā does not grant a crossing over the water of the pool, not even to the Three-Eyed One.

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BndP 3 35.19

गायन्तीनां चलन्तीनां नौकाभिर्मणिचारुभिः । महाराज्ञी महौदार्यं पतन्तीनां पदेपदे

gāyantīnāṃ calantīnāṃ naukābhirmaṇicārubhiḥ / mahārājñī mahaudāryaṃ patantīnāṃ padepade

For those who sing, who move about in boats lovely with gems, who fall at every step, the great Queen (shows) great generosity.

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BndP 3 35.20

पिबन्तीनां मधु भृशं माणिक्यचषकोदरैः । प्रतिनौकं मणिगृहे वसन्तीनां मनोहरे

pibantīnāṃ madhu bhṛśaṃ māṇikyacaṣakodaraiḥ / pratinaukaṃ maṇigṛhe vasantīnāṃ manohare

Of those who drink wine copiously from the hollows of ruby cups, who dwell in a charming gem-chamber in each boat—

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BndP 3 35.21

तारातरणिशक्तीनां समवायो ऽतिसुन्दरः । काश्चिन्नौकाः सुवर्णाढ्याः काश्चिद्रत्नकृता मुने

tārātaraṇiśaktīnāṃ samavāyo 'tisundaraḥ / kāścinnaukāḥ suvarṇāḍhyāḥ kāścidratnakṛtā mune

—the assembly of Tārā's boat-Powers is exceedingly beautiful. Some boats are rich with gold, some made of jewels, O sage.

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BndP 3 35.22

मकराकारमापन्नाः काश्चिन्नौका मृगाननाः । काश्चित्सिंहासना नावः काश्चिद्दन्तावलाननाः

makarākāramāpannāḥ kāścinnaukā mṛgānanāḥ / kāścitsiṃhāsanā nāvaḥ kāściddantāvalānanāḥ

Some boats have taken the form of sea-monsters, some have deer faces; some vessels have lion seats, some have elephant faces.

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BndP 3 35.23

इत्थं विचित्ररूपाभिर्नौङ्काभिः परिवेष्टिता । तारांबामहतीं नौकामधिगम्य विराजते

itthaṃ vicitrarūpābhirnauṅkābhiḥ pariveṣṭitā / tārāṃbāmahatīṃ naukāmadhigamya virājate

Thus surrounded by boats of varied forms, Mother Tārā shines, having mounted the great boat.

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BndP 3 35.24

अनुलोमविलोमाभ्यां सञ्चारं वापिकाजले । तन्वाना सततं तारा कक्ष्यामेनां हि रक्षति

anulomavilomābhyāṃ sañcāraṃ vāpikājale / tanvānā satataṃ tārā kakṣyāmenāṃ hi rakṣati

Constantly making passage back and forth over the water of the pool, Tārā indeed guards this enclosure.

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BndP 3 35.25

मनशालस्यान्तराले सप्तयोजनदूरतः । बुद्धिशाल इति ख्यातश्चतुर्योजनमुच्छ्रितः

manaśālasyāntarāle saptayojanadūrataḥ / buddhiśāla iti khyātaścaturyojanamucchritaḥ

Within the Hall of Mind, at a distance of seven leagues, is the one known as the Hall of Intellect, four leagues high.

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BndP 3 35.26

तन्मध्यकक्ष्याभागे ऽस्ति सर्वाप्यानन्दवापिका । तत्र दिव्यं महामद्यं बकुलामोदमेदुरम् । प्रतप्तकनकच्छायं तज्जलत्वेन वर्त्तते

tanmadhyakakṣyābhāge 'sti sarvāpyānandavāpikā / tatra divyaṃ mahāmadyaṃ bakulāmodameduram / prataptakanakacchāyaṃ tajjalatvena varttate

In the middle enclosure-portion of that (hall) is the all-satisfying Pool of Bliss. There a divine great liquor, thick with the fragrance of bakula flowers, of the color of molten gold, serves as its water.

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BndP 3 35.27

आनन्दवापिकागाधाः पूर्ववत्परिकीर्त्तिताः । सोपानादिक्रमश्चैव पक्षिणास्तत्र पूर्ववत्

ānandavāpikāgādhāḥ pūrvavatparikīrttitāḥ / sopānādikramaścaiva pakṣiṇāstatra pūrvavat

The depths of the Pool of Bliss are declared to be as before, and the sequence of steps and so forth, and the birds there, as before.

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BndP 3 35.28

तत्रत्यं सलिलं मद्यं पायम्पायं तटस्थिताः । विहरन्ति मदोन्मत्ताः शक्तयो मदपाटलाः

tatratyaṃ salilaṃ madyaṃ pāyampāyaṃ taṭasthitāḥ / viharanti madonmattāḥ śaktayo madapāṭalāḥ

Drinking and drinking again the water there, which is liquor, the Powers, standing on the bank, drunk with intoxication and pink with drink, roam about.

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BndP 3 35.29

साक्षाच्च वारुणी देवी तत्र नौकाधिनायिका । यां सुधामालिनीमाहुर्यामा हुरमृतेश्वरीम्

sākṣācca vāruṇī devī tatra naukādhināyikā / yāṃ sudhāmālinīmāhuryāmā huramṛteśvarīm

And there the goddess Vāruṇī herself is the mistress of the boats—she whom they call Sudhāmālinī, whom they call Amṛteśvarī.

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BndP 3 35.30

सा तत्र मणिनौकास्थशक्तिसेनासमावृता । ईषदालोकमात्रेण त्रैलोक्यमददायिनी

sā tatra maṇinaukāsthaśaktisenāsamāvṛtā / īṣadālokamātreṇa trailokyamadadāyinī

She, surrounded there by her army of Powers stationed in gem-boats, by a mere slight glance intoxicates the three worlds.

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BndP 3 35.31

तरुणादित्य सङ्काश मदारक्तकपोलभूः । पारिजातप्रसूनस्रक्परिवीतकचाचिता

taruṇāditya saṅkāśa madāraktakapolabhūḥ / pārijātaprasūnasrakparivītakacācitā

Like the young sun, her cheeks reddened with drink, covered with hair encircled by a garland of pārijāta blossoms,

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BndP 3 35.32

वहन्ती मदिरापूर्णं चषकं लोलदुत्पलम् । पक्वं पिशितखण्डं च मणिपात्रे तथान्यके

vahantī madirāpūrṇaṃ caṣakaṃ loladutpalam / pakvaṃ piśitakhaṇḍaṃ ca maṇipātre tathānyake

bearing a cup full of wine with a swaying blue lotus, and a piece of cooked meat in a jeweled dish, and likewise in another,

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BndP 3 35.33

वारुणीतरणिश्रेणीनायिका तत्र राजते । साप्याज्ञयैव सर्वेषां मन्त्रिणीदण्डनाथयोः । ददाति वापीतरणं त्रिनेत्रस्यापि नान्यथा

vāruṇītaraṇiśreṇīnāyikā tatra rājate / sāpyājñayaiva sarveṣāṃ mantriṇīdaṇḍanāthayoḥ / dadāti vāpītaraṇaṃ trinetrasyāpi nānyathā

Vāruṇī, the leader of the row of boats, shines there. She too, only by the command of the Minister and the Lady of the Rod, grants to all a crossing of the pool—even to the Three-Eyed One, and not otherwise.

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BndP 3 35.34

अथ बुद्धिमहाशालान्तरे मारुतयोजने । अहङ्कारमहाशालः पूर्ववद्गोपुरान्वितः

atha buddhimahāśālāntare mārutayojane / ahaṅkāramahāśālaḥ pūrvavadgopurānvitaḥ

Then, within the great rampart of Buddhi, at a distance of a yojana of wind, (stands) the great rampart of Ahaṃkāra (Ego), furnished with gate-towers as before.

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BndP 3 35.35

तयोस्तु शालयोर्मध्ये कक्ष्याभूरखिला मुने । विमर्शवापिका नाम सौषुम्णामृतरूपिणी

tayostu śālayormadhye kakṣyābhūrakhilā mune / vimarśavāpikā nāma sauṣumṇāmṛtarūpiṇī

Between those two ramparts, O sage, the whole enclosure-ground is (occupied by) the pool named Vimarśa, whose form is the nectar of the suṣumṇā.

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BndP 3 35.36

तन्महायोगिनामन्तर्मनो मारुतपूरितम् । सुषुम्णदण्डविवरे जागर्ति परमामृतम्

tanmahāyogināmantarmano mārutapūritam / suṣumṇadaṇḍavivare jāgarti paramāmṛtam

That supreme nectar, which within the great yogins, with the mind filled by the breath, wakes in the hollow of the suṣumṇā-staff —

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BndP 3 35.37

तदेव तस्याः सलिलं वापिकायास्तपोधन । पूर्ववत्तटसोपानपक्षिनौका हि ताः स्मृताः

tadeva tasyāḥ salilaṃ vāpikāyāstapodhana / pūrvavattaṭasopānapakṣinaukā hi tāḥ smṛtāḥ

— that very (nectar) is the water of that pool, O you rich in austerity; and the banks, steps, birds and boats there are to be understood as before.

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BndP 3 35.38

तत्र नौकेश्वरी देवी क्लरुकुल्लेतिविश्रुता । तमालश्यामलाकारा श्यामकञ्चुकधारिणी

tatra naukeśvarī devī klarukulletiviśrutā / tamālaśyāmalākārā śyāmakañcukadhāriṇī

There (is) the goddess mistress of the boats, renowned as Klarukullā, dark-hued in form like the tamāla tree, wearing a dark bodice,

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BndP 3 35.39

नौकेश्वरीभिरन्याभिस्स्वसमानाभिरावृता । रत्नारित्रकरा नित्यमुल्लसन्मदमांसला

naukeśvarībhiranyābhissvasamānābhirāvṛtā / ratnāritrakarā nityamullasanmadamāṃsalā

surrounded by other boat-mistresses equal to herself, with jewelled oars in her hands, ever plump with surging intoxication.

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BndP 3 35.40

परितो भ्राम्यति मुने मणिनौकाधिरोहिणी । वापिका पयसागाधा पूर्ववत्परिकीर्तिता

parito bhrāmyati mune maṇinaukādhirohiṇī / vāpikā payasāgādhā pūrvavatparikīrtitā

Mounted on a jewelled boat she roams about on all sides, O sage; the pool is unfathomable with its water, as has been described before.

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BndP 3 35.41

अहङ्कारस्य शालस्यान्तरे मारुतयोजने । सूर्यबिंबमहाशालश्चतुर्योजन मुच्छ्रितः

ahaṅkārasya śālasyāntare mārutayojane / sūryabiṃbamahāśālaścaturyojana mucchritaḥ

Within the rampart of Ahaṃkāra, at a wind-yojana's distance, (stands) the great rampart made of the sun's orb, raised four yojanas high.

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BndP 3 35.42

सूर्यस्यापि महानासीद्यदभूदरुणोदयः । तन्मध्यकक्ष्या वसुधा खचिता कुरविन्दकैः

sūryasyāpi mahānāsīdyadabhūdaruṇodayaḥ / tanmadhyakakṣyā vasudhā khacitā kuravindakaiḥ

It was greater even than the sun, for from it arose the red dawn; the enclosure-ground in the middle of it is inlaid with rubies.

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BndP 3 35.43

तत्र बालातपोद्गारे ललिता परमेश्वरी । अतितीव्रतपस्तप्त्वा सूर्यो ऽलभत तां द्युतिम्

tatra bālātapodgāre lalitā parameśvarī / atitīvratapastaptvā sūryo 'labhata tāṃ dyutim

There, at the rising of the young sun('s heat), (dwells) Lalitā the supreme goddess; having performed most intense austerity, the sun obtained that radiance (of his).

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BndP 3 35.44

ग्रहराशिगणाः सर्वे नक्षत्राण्यपि तारकाः । ते ऽत्रेव हि तपस्तप्त्वा लोकभासकतां गताः

graharāśigaṇāḥ sarve nakṣatrāṇyapi tārakāḥ / te 'treva hi tapastaptvā lokabhāsakatāṃ gatāḥ

All the hosts of planets and zodiacal signs, the lunar mansions and the stars too — it was here indeed that they performed austerity and attained the state of illuminating the worlds.

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BndP 3 35.46

मार्तण्डभैरवस्तत्र भिन्नो द्वादशधा मुने । शक्तिभिस्तैजसीभिश्च कोटिसंख्याभिरन्वितः ३५।४५ । महाप्रकाशरूपश्च मदारुणविलोचनः । कङ्कोलितरुखण्डेषु नित्यं क्रीडारसोत्सुकः । वर्तते विन्ध्यदर्पारे पारे यस्तन्मयस्थितः

mārtaṇḍabhairavastatra bhinno dvādaśadhā mune / śaktibhistaijasībhiśca koṭisaṃkhyābhiranvitaḥ 35.45 / mahāprakāśarūpaśca madāruṇavilocanaḥ / kaṅkolitarukhaṇḍeṣu nityaṃ krīḍārasotsukaḥ / vartate vindhyadarpāre pāre yastanmayasthitaḥ

There, O sage, is Mārtaṇḍa-Bhairava, divided twelvefold, accompanied by fiery śaktis numbering in the crores; of the form of great light, with eyes red with intoxication, ever eager for the delight of play in the groves of kaṅkoli trees, he abides on the far shore, beyond the Vindhya-pride-destroyer, established as consisting of that (light).

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BndP 3 35.47

महाप्रकाशनाम्रास्ति तस्य शक्तिर्महीयसी । चक्षुष्मत्यपराशक्तिश्छाया देवी परा स्मृता

mahāprakāśanāmrāsti tasya śaktirmahīyasī / cakṣuṣmatyaparāśaktiśchāyā devī parā smṛtā

He has a most mighty śakti named Mahāprakāśā; Cakṣuṣmatī is another śakti; the goddess Chāyā is held to be the further one.

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BndP 3 35.48

इत्थं तिसृभि रिष्टाभिः शक्तिभिः परिवारितः । ललिताया महेशान्याः सदा विद्या हृदा जपन्

itthaṃ tisṛbhi riṣṭābhiḥ śaktibhiḥ parivāritaḥ / lalitāyā maheśānyāḥ sadā vidyā hṛdā japan

Thus surrounded by these three cherished śaktis, ever silently reciting in his heart the vidyā of Lalitā the great Sovereign,

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BndP 3 35.49

तद्भक्तानामिन्द्रियाणि भास्वराणि प्रकाशयन् । बहिरन्तस्तमोजालं समूलमवमर्दयन्

tadbhaktānāmindriyāṇi bhāsvarāṇi prakāśayan / bahirantastamojālaṃ samūlamavamardayan

illuminating the shining senses of her devotees, and crushing root and all the net of darkness outside and within,

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BndP 3 35.50

तत्र बालातपोद्गारे भाति मार्तण्डभैरवः । सूर्यबिम्बमहाशालान्तरे मारुतयोजने

tatra bālātapodgāre bhāti mārtaṇḍabhairavaḥ / sūryabimbamahāśālāntare mārutayojane

there at the rising of the young sunlight shines Mārtaṇḍa-Bhairava. Within the great rampart of the sun's orb, at a wind-yojana's distance,

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BndP 3 35.53

चन्द्रबिम्बमयः शालश्चतुर्योजनमुच्छ्रितः । पूर्ववद्गोपुरद्वारकपाटार्गलसंयुतः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,३५।५१ ॥ तन्मध्यभूः समस्तापि चन्द्रिकाद्वारमुच्यते ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,३५।५२ ॥ तत्रैव चन्द्रिकाद्वारे तपस्तप्त्वा सुदारुणम् । अत्रिनेत्रसमुत्पन्नश्चन्द्रमाः कान्तिमाययौ

candrabimbamayaḥ śālaścaturyojanamucchritaḥ / pūrvavadgopuradvārakapāṭārgalasaṃyutaḥ // bndp_3,35.51 // tanmadhyabhūḥ samastāpi candrikādvāramucyate // bndp_3,35.52 // tatraiva candrikādvāre tapastaptvā sudāruṇam / atrinetrasamutpannaścandramāḥ kāntimāyayau

(stands) the rampart made of the moon's orb, raised four yojanas high, furnished as before with gate-towers, doors, panels and bolts. (35.51) Its whole middle ground is called the Moonlight Gate. (35.52) In that very Moonlight Gate the moon, born from Atri's eye, having performed most terrible austerity, attained his beauty.

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BndP 3 35.54

अत्र श्रीसोमनाथाख्यो वर्तते निर्मलाकृतिः । देवस्त्रलोक्यतिमिरध्वंसी संसारवर्तकः

atra śrīsomanāthākhyo vartate nirmalākṛtiḥ / devastralokyatimiradhvaṃsī saṃsāravartakaḥ

Here abides he called the blessed Somanātha, of spotless form, the god who destroys the darkness of the three worlds and who keeps the round of existence turning.

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BndP 3 35.55

पिबञ्च षकसम्पूर्णं निर्मलं चन्द्रिकामृतम् । सप्तविंशतिनक्षत्रशक्तिभिः परिवारितः

pibañca ṣakasampūrṇaṃ nirmalaṃ candrikāmṛtam / saptaviṃśatinakṣatraśaktibhiḥ parivāritaḥ

And drinking the pure nectar of moonlight, full of the six (digits?), he is surrounded by the śaktis of the twenty-seven lunar mansions,

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BndP 3 35.56

सदा पूर्णनिजाकारो निष्कलङ्को निजाकृतिः । तत्रैव चन्द्रिकाद्वारे वर्तते भगवाञ्छशी

sadā pūrṇanijākāro niṣkalaṅko nijākṛtiḥ / tatraiva candrikādvāre vartate bhagavāñchaśī

ever full in his own shape, spotless in his own form — there in the Moonlight Gate abides the blessed moon.

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BndP 3 35.57

ललिताया जपैध्यानैः स्तोत्रैः पूजाशतैरपि । अश्विन्यादियुतस्तत्र कालं नयति चन्द्रमाः

lalitāyā japaidhyānaiḥ stotraiḥ pūjāśatairapi / aśvinyādiyutastatra kālaṃ nayati candramāḥ

With repetitions of Lalitā's name, with meditations, with hymns and with hundreds of worships — there the moon, joined with Aśvinī and the other (lunar mansions), passes the time.

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BndP 3 35.58

अन्याश्च शक्तयस्तारानामधेयाः सहस्रशः । सन्ति तस्यैव निकटे सा कक्षा तत्प्र पूरिता

anyāśca śaktayastārānāmadheyāḥ sahasraśaḥ / santi tasyaiva nikaṭe sā kakṣā tatpra pūritā

And there are other powers (śaktis), thousands of them, bearing the names of the stars, right in his vicinity; that enclosure is filled with them.

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BndP 3 35.59

अथ चन्द्रस्य शालस्यान्तरे मारुतयोजने । शृङ्गारो नाम शालो ऽस्ति चतुर्योजनमुच्छ्रितः

atha candrasya śālasyāntare mārutayojane / śṛṅgāro nāma śālo 'sti caturyojanamucchritaḥ

Now, within the moon's wall, at a distance of a yojana of wind (i.e. an airy yojana), there is a wall named Śṛṅgāra (Erotic Love), rising four yojanas high.

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BndP 3 35.60

शृङ्गारागाररूपैस्तु कौस्तुभैरिव निर्मितः । महाशृङ्गारपरिखा तन्मध्ये वसुधाखिला

śṛṅgārāgārarūpaistu kaustubhairiva nirmitaḥ / mahāśṛṅgāraparikhā tanmadhye vasudhākhilā

It is built, as it were, of kaustubha gems in the form of pleasure-chambers; in its midst is the great moat of Śṛṅgāra, (and) the whole ground.

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BndP 3 35.61

परिखावलये तत्र शृङ्गाररसपूरिते । शृङ्गारशक्तयः सन्ति नानाभूषणभासुराः

parikhāvalaye tatra śṛṅgārarasapūrite / śṛṅgāraśaktayaḥ santi nānābhūṣaṇabhāsurāḥ

There, in the circuit of the moat filled with the essence of erotic love, are the Śṛṅgāra śaktis, radiant with manifold ornaments.

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BndP 3 35.62

तत्र नौकासहस्रेण संचरन्त्यो मदोद्धताः । उपासते सदा सत्तं नौकास्थं कुसुमायुधम्

tatra naukāsahasreṇa saṃcarantyo madoddhatāḥ / upāsate sadā sattaṃ naukāsthaṃ kusumāyudham

There, moving about in a thousand boats, excited with intoxication, they constantly attend upon the one whose weapon is flowers (Kāma), seated in a boat.

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BndP 3 35.63

स तु संमोहयत्येव विश्वं सम्मोहनादिभिः । विशिखैरखिलांल्लोकांल्ललिताज्ञावशंवदः

sa tu saṃmohayatyeva viśvaṃ sammohanādibhiḥ / viśikhairakhilāṃllokāṃllalitājñāvaśaṃvadaḥ

And he, subject to Lalitā's command, indeed bewilders the universe — all the worlds — with his arrows, Sammohana and the rest.

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BndP 3 35.64

तत्प्रभावेण संमूढा महापद्माटवीस्थलम् । वनितुं शुद्धवेषाश्च ललिताभक्तिनिर्भराः । सावधानेन मनसा यान्ति पद्माटदीस्थलम्

tatprabhāveṇa saṃmūḍhā mahāpadmāṭavīsthalam / vanituṃ śuddhaveṣāśca lalitābhaktinirbharāḥ / sāvadhānena manasā yānti padmāṭadīsthalam

Bewildered by his power, (yet) of pure garb and filled with devotion to Lalitā, they go with attentive mind to the ground of the great lotus forest, to dwell in the ground of the lotus forest.

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BndP 3 35.65

न गन्तुं पारयत्येव सुरसिद्धनराः सुराः । ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशास्तु शुद्धचित्ताः स्वभावतः । तदाज्ञया परं यान्ति महापद्माटवीस्थलम्

na gantuṃ pārayatyeva surasiddhanarāḥ surāḥ / brahmaviṣṇumaheśāstu śuddhacittāḥ svabhāvataḥ / tadājñayā paraṃ yānti mahāpadmāṭavīsthalam

Gods, siddhas and men — the gods — are simply not able to go (there); but Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśa, pure of mind by their very nature, go by her command beyond, to the ground of the great lotus forest.

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BndP 3 35.66

संसारिणश्च रागान्धाबहुसंकल्पकल्पनाः । महाकुलाश्च पुरुषा विकल्पज्ञानधूसराः

saṃsāriṇaśca rāgāndhābahusaṃkalpakalpanāḥ / mahākulāśca puruṣā vikalpajñānadhūsarāḥ

And worldly beings, blind with passion, forming many designs, and men of great families, grey with the knowledge of (mere) alternatives —

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BndP 3 35.67

प्रभूतरागगहनाः प्रौढव्यामोहदायिनीम् । महाशृङ्गारपरिखान्तरितुं न विचक्षणाः

prabhūtarāgagahanāḥ prauḍhavyāmohadāyinīm / mahāśṛṅgāraparikhāntarituṃ na vicakṣaṇāḥ

dense with abundant passion, are not skilled enough to pass within the great Śṛṅgāra moat, which bestows full-grown delusion.

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BndP 3 35.68

यस्मादजेयसैन्दर्यस्त्रैलोक्यजनमोहनः । महाशृङ्गारपरिखाधिकारी वर्तते स्मरः

yasmādajeyasaindaryastrailokyajanamohanaḥ / mahāśṛṅgāraparikhādhikārī vartate smaraḥ

since Smara (Kāma), of unconquerable beauty, bewilderer of the folk of the three worlds, stands as the officer in charge of the great Śṛṅgāra moat.

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BndP 3 35.69

तस्य सर्वमतिक्रम्य महतामपि मोहनम् । महापद्माटवीं गन्तुं न को ऽपि भवति क्षमः

tasya sarvamatikramya mahatāmapi mohanam / mahāpadmāṭavīṃ gantuṃ na ko 'pi bhavati kṣamaḥ

No one is able to pass beyond all his bewitchment — which (bewitches) even the great — and to go to the great lotus forest.

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BndP 3 35.70

अथ शृङ्गारशालस्यान्तराले सप्तयोजने । चिन्तामणिगृहं नाम चक्रराजमहालयः

atha śṛṅgāraśālasyāntarāle saptayojane / cintāmaṇigṛhaṃ nāma cakrarājamahālayaḥ

Now, in the interval of seven yojanas from the Śṛṅgāra wall, is the great abode of the Cakrarāja, named the House of the Wish-Gem (Cintāmaṇi).

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BndP 3 35.71

तन्मध्यभूः समस्तापि परितो रत्नभूषिता । महापद्माटवी नाम सर्वसौभाग्यदायिनी

tanmadhyabhūḥ samastāpi parito ratnabhūṣitā / mahāpadmāṭavī nāma sarvasaubhāgyadāyinī

Its whole middle ground, adorned all around with jewels, is called the Great Lotus Forest, bestower of all good fortune.

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BndP 3 35.72

शृङ्गाराख्यामहाकालपर्यन्तं गोपुरं मुने । चतुर्दिक्ष्वप्येवमेव गोपुराणां व्यवस्थितिः

śṛṅgārākhyāmahākālaparyantaṃ gopuraṃ mune / caturdikṣvapyevameva gopurāṇāṃ vyavasthitiḥ

The gateway (reaching) up to the great Kāla named Śṛṅgāra, O sage; in all four directions likewise is the arrangement of the gateways.

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BndP 3 35.73

सर्वदिक्षु तदुक्तानि गोपुराणिशत मुने । शालास्तु विंशतिः प्रोक्ताः पञ्चसंख्याधिकाः शुभाः

sarvadikṣu taduktāni gopurāṇiśata mune / śālāstu viṃśatiḥ proktāḥ pañcasaṃkhyādhikāḥ śubhāḥ

Those gateways are said to be a hundred in every direction, O sage; and the walls are declared to be twenty-five, auspicious ones.

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BndP 3 35.74

सर्वेषामपि शालानां मूलं योजनसंमितम् । पद्माटवीस्थलं वक्ष्ये सावधानो मुने शृणु

sarveṣāmapi śālānāṃ mūlaṃ yojanasaṃmitam / padmāṭavīsthalaṃ vakṣye sāvadhāno mune śṛṇu

The base of all the walls measures a yojana. I shall describe the ground of the lotus forest; listen attentively, O sage.

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BndP 3 35.75

समस्तरत्नखचिते तत्र षड्योजनान्तरे । परितस्थलपद्मानि महाकाण्डानि संति वै

samastaratnakhacite tatra ṣaḍyojanāntare / paritasthalapadmāni mahākāṇḍāni saṃti vai

There, in the six-yojana space inlaid with all manner of jewels, there are indeed land-lotuses all around, with great stalks.

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BndP 3 35.76

काण्डास्तु योजनायामा मृदुभिः कण्टकैर्वृताः । पत्राणि तालदशकमात्रायामानि संति वै

kāṇḍāstu yojanāyāmā mṛdubhiḥ kaṇṭakairvṛtāḥ / patrāṇi tāladaśakamātrāyāmāni saṃti vai

The stalks are a yojana long, covered with soft thorns; the leaves are indeed just ten palm-trees in length.

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BndP 3 35.77

केसराश्च सरोजानां पञ्चतालसमायताः । दशतालसमुन्नम्रः कर्णिकाः परिकीर्तिताः

kesarāśca sarojānāṃ pañcatālasamāyatāḥ / daśatālasamunnamraḥ karṇikāḥ parikīrtitāḥ

And the filaments of the lotuses are five tālas long; the pericarps are said to rise up ten tālas.

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BndP 3 35.78

अत्यन्तकोमलान्यत्र सदा विकसितानि च । नवसौरभहृद्यानि विशङ्कटदलानि च । बहुशः संति पद्मानि कोडीनामपि कोडिशः

atyantakomalānyatra sadā vikasitāni ca / navasaurabhahṛdyāni viśaṅkaṭadalāni ca / bahuśaḥ saṃti padmāni koḍīnāmapi koḍiśaḥ

There are lotuses there, exceedingly soft and always in bloom, delightful with fresh fragrance and with very broad petals — many of them, crores upon crores.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.79

महापद्माडवीकक्ष्यापूर्वभागे घटोद्भव । क्रोशोन्नतो वह्निरूपो वर्तुलाकारसंस्थितः

mahāpadmāḍavīkakṣyāpūrvabhāge ghaṭodbhava / krośonnato vahnirūpo vartulākārasaṃsthitaḥ

In the eastern part of the enclosure of the great-lotus forest, O pot-born one, (there stands something) a krośa high, fire-shaped, set in a round form,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.80

अर्द्धयोजनविस्तारः कलाभिर्दशभिर्युतः । अर्घ्यपात्रमहाधारो वर्तते कुम्भसम्भव

arddhayojanavistāraḥ kalābhirdaśabhiryutaḥ / arghyapātramahādhāro vartate kumbhasambhava

half a yojana in extent, provided with ten kalās: it is the great support of the arghya vessel, O jar-born one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.81

तदाधारस्य परितः शक्तयोदीप्तविग्रहाः । धूम्रार्चिःप्रमुखा भान्ति कला दश विभावसोः

tadādhārasya paritaḥ śaktayodīptavigrahāḥ / dhūmrārciḥpramukhā bhānti kalā daśa vibhāvasoḥ

All around that support the ten kalās of fire shine as Śaktis of blazing form, headed by Dhūmrārcis.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.82

दीप्ततारुण्यलक्ष्मीका नानालङ्कारभूषिताः । आधाररूपं श्रीमन्तं भगवन्तं हविर्भुजम् । परिष्वज्यैव परितो वर्तन्ते मन्मथालसाः

dīptatāruṇyalakṣmīkā nānālaṅkārabhūṣitāḥ / ādhārarūpaṃ śrīmantaṃ bhagavantaṃ havirbhujam / pariṣvajyaiva parito vartante manmathālasāḥ

Possessing the splendour of blazing youth, adorned with manifold ornaments, embracing the glorious Lord, the eater of oblations, who has the form of the support, they abide all around, languid with desire.

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BndP 3 35.83

धूम्रार्चिरुष्णा ज्वलिनी ज्वालिनी विस्फुलिङ्गिनी । सुश्रीःसुरूपा कपिला हव्यकव्यवहेतिच । एता दशकलाः प्रोक्ता वह्नेराधाररूपिणः

dhūmrārciruṣṇā jvalinī jvālinī visphuliṅginī / suśrīḥsurūpā kapilā havyakavyavahetica / etā daśakalāḥ proktā vahnerādhārarūpiṇaḥ

Dhūmrārcis, Uṣṇā, Jvalinī, Jvālinī, Visphuliṅginī, Suśrī, Surūpā, Kapilā, Havyavahā and Kavyavahā — these are declared to be the ten kalās of the fire that has the form of the support.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.84

तत्राधारे स्थितो देवः पात्ररूपं समाश्रितः । सूर्यस्त्रिलोकीतिमिरप्रध्वंसप्रथितोदयः

tatrādhāre sthito devaḥ pātrarūpaṃ samāśritaḥ / sūryastrilokītimirapradhvaṃsaprathitodayaḥ

Stationed there upon that support, the god has taken on the form of the vessel: the Sun, whose rising is renowned for destroying the darkness of the three worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.85

सूर्यात्मकं तु तत्पात्रं सार्द्धयोजनमुन्नतम् । योजनायामविस्तारं महाज्योतिः प्रकाशितम्

sūryātmakaṃ tu tatpātraṃ sārddhayojanamunnatam / yojanāyāmavistāraṃ mahājyotiḥ prakāśitam

That vessel, whose essence is the Sun, is a yojana and a half high, a yojana in length and breadth, shining forth as a great light.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.86

तत्पात्रात्परितः सक्तवपुषः पुत्रिका इव । वर्तन्ते द्वादश कला अतिभास्वररोचिषः

tatpātrātparitaḥ saktavapuṣaḥ putrikā iva / vartante dvādaśa kalā atibhāsvararociṣaḥ

All around that vessel, with their bodies clinging to it like little figurines, abide twelve kalās of exceedingly brilliant lustre.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.87

तपिनी तापिनी धूम्रा मरीचिर्ज्वलिनी रुचिः । सुषुम्णा भोगदा विश्वा बोधिनी धारिणी क्षमा

tapinī tāpinī dhūmrā marīcirjvalinī ruciḥ / suṣumṇā bhogadā viśvā bodhinī dhāriṇī kṣamā

Tapinī, Tāpinī, Dhūmrā, Marīci, Jvalinī, Ruci, Suṣumṇā, Bhogadā, Viśvā, Bodhinī, Dhāriṇī, Kṣamā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.88

तस्मिन्पात्रे परानन्दकारणं परमामृतम् । सर्वौंषधि रसाढ्यं च हृद्यसौरभसंयुतम्

tasminpātre parānandakāraṇaṃ paramāmṛtam / sarvauṃṣadhi rasāḍhyaṃ ca hṛdyasaurabhasaṃyutam

In that vessel is the supreme nectar, the cause of the highest bliss, rich with the essences of all herbs and endowed with a delightful fragrance,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.89

नीलोत्पलैश्च कह्लारैरम्लानैरतिसौरभैः । वास्यमानं सदा हृद्यं शीतलं लघु निर्मलम्

nīlotpalaiśca kahlārairamlānairatisaurabhaiḥ / vāsyamānaṃ sadā hṛdyaṃ śītalaṃ laghu nirmalam

ever being perfumed by blue water-lilies and white kahlāra flowers, unwithered and intensely fragrant — delightful, cool, light and clear,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.90

चलद्वीचिशतोदारं ललिताब्यर्चनोचितम् । सदा शब्दायमानं च भासतेर्ऽचनकारणम्

caladvīciśatodāraṃ lalitābyarcanocitam / sadā śabdāyamānaṃ ca bhāsater'canakāraṇam

majestic with its hundreds of moving waves, fit for the worship of the lovely (goddess), ever murmuring, and the means of the worship of the shining one.

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

BndP 3 35.91

तदर्घ्यममृतं प्रोक्तं निशाकरकलामयम् । तस्मिंस्तनीयसीर्नौङ्का मणिकॢप्ताः समास्थिताः । निशाकरकला हृद्याः क्रीडन्ति नवयौवनाः

tadarghyamamṛtaṃ proktaṃ niśākarakalāmayam / tasmiṃstanīyasīrnauṅkā maṇikḷptāḥ samāsthitāḥ / niśākarakalā hṛdyāḥ krīḍanti navayauvanāḥ

That arghya is called nectar, made up of the kalās of the moon. On it very slender boats, fashioned of gems, are set; and the delightful kalās of the moon, in fresh youth, play (there).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.92

अमृता मानदा पूष्णा तुष्टिः पुष्टी रतिर्धृतिः । शशिनी चन्द्रिका कान्तिर्ज्योत्स्ना श्रीः प्रीतिरङ्गदा

amṛtā mānadā pūṣṇā tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭī ratirdhṛtiḥ / śaśinī candrikā kāntirjyotsnā śrīḥ prītiraṅgadā

Amṛtā, Mānadā, Pūṣṇā, Tuṣṭi, Puṣṭi, Rati, Dhṛti, Śaśinī, Candrikā, Kānti, Jyotsnā, Śrī, Prīti, Aṅgadā,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.93

पूर्णा पूर्णामृता चेति कलाः पीयूष रोचिषः । नवयौवनसंपूर्णाः सदा प्रहसिताननाः

pūrṇā pūrṇāmṛtā ceti kalāḥ pīyūṣa rociṣaḥ / navayauvanasaṃpūrṇāḥ sadā prahasitānanāḥ

Pūrṇā and Pūrṇāmṛtā — such are the kalās of nectar-lustre, filled with fresh youth, their faces always smiling.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.94

पुष्टिरृद्धिः स्थितिर्मेधा कान्तिर्लक्ष्मीर्द्युतिर्धृतिः । जरा सिद्धिरिति प्रोक्ताः क्रीडन्ति ब्रह्मणः कलाः

puṣṭirṛddhiḥ sthitirmedhā kāntirlakṣmīrdyutirdhṛtiḥ / jarā siddhiriti proktāḥ krīḍanti brahmaṇaḥ kalāḥ

Puṣṭi, Ṛddhi, Sthiti, Medhā, Kānti, Lakṣmī, Dyuti, Dhṛti, Jarā, Siddhi — thus are declared the kalās of Brahmā, and they play (there).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.95

स्थितिश्च पालिनी शान्तिश्चेश्वरी ततिकामिके । वरदाह्लादिनी प्रीतिर्दीर्घा चेति हरेः कलाः

sthitiśca pālinī śāntiśceśvarī tatikāmike / varadāhlādinī prītirdīrghā ceti hareḥ kalāḥ

Sthiti, Pālinī, Śānti, Īśvarī, Tati, Kāmikā, Varadā, Āhlādinī, Prīti and Dīrghā — these are the kalās of Hari.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.96

तीक्ष्णा रौद्री भया निद्रा तन्द्रा क्षुत्क्रोधिनी त्रपा । उत्कारी मृत्युरप्येता रोद्ध्र्यस्तत्र स्थिताः कालाः

tīkṣṇā raudrī bhayā nidrā tandrā kṣutkrodhinī trapā / utkārī mṛtyurapyetā roddhryastatra sthitāḥ kālāḥ

Tīkṣṇā, Raudrī, Bhayā, Nidrā, Tandrā, Kṣut, Krodhinī, Trapā, Utkārī and even Mṛtyu — these obstructing ones are the kalās stationed there.

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

BndP 3 35.97

ईश्वरस्य कलाः पीताः श्वेताश्चैवारुणाः सिताः । चतस्रेव प्रोक्तास्तु शङ्करस्य कला अथ

īśvarasya kalāḥ pītāḥ śvetāścaivāruṇāḥ sitāḥ / catasreva proktāstu śaṅkarasya kalā atha

The portions (kalās) of Īśvara are yellow, white, ruddy and pale — only four are declared. Now the portions of Śaṅkara:

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BndP 3 35.98

निवृत्तिश्च प्रतिष्ठा च त्रिद्या शान्तिस्तथैव च । इन्दिरा दीपिका चैव रेचिका चैव मोचिका

nivṛttiśca pratiṣṭhā ca tridyā śāntistathaiva ca / indirā dīpikā caiva recikā caiva mocikā

Nivṛtti and Pratiṣṭhā, Tridyā and likewise Śānti, Indirā and Dīpikā, Recikā and Mocikā,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.99

परा सूक्ष्मा च विन्ध्यारे तथा सूक्ष्मामृता कला । ज्ञानामृता व्याधिनी च व्यापिनी व्योमरूपिका । एतां षोडश संप्रोक्तास्तत्र क्रीडन्ति शक्तयः

parā sūkṣmā ca vindhyāre tathā sūkṣmāmṛtā kalā / jñānāmṛtā vyādhinī ca vyāpinī vyomarūpikā / etāṃ ṣoḍaśa saṃproktāstatra krīḍanti śaktayaḥ

Parā and Sūkṣmā and Vindhyāre, likewise the portion Sūkṣmāmṛtā, Jñānāmṛtā and Vyādhinī, Vyāpinī, Vyomarūpikā — these sixteen are declared; there the śaktis play.

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BndP 3 35.100

रुद्रनौकासमारूढास्ततश्चेतश्च चञ्चलाः । शक्तिरुपेण खेलन्ति तत्र विद्याः सहस्रशः

rudranaukāsamārūḍhāstataścetaśca cañcalāḥ / śaktirupeṇa khelanti tatra vidyāḥ sahasraśaḥ

Mounted upon Rudra's boat, and thence flickering, there vidyās by the thousands sport in the form of śakti.

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

BndP 3 35.101

अर्घ्यसंशोधनार्थाय कल्पिताः परमेष्ठिना । तदर्घ्यममृतं पीत्वा सदा माद्यन्ति शक्तयः

arghyasaṃśodhanārthāya kalpitāḥ parameṣṭhinā / tadarghyamamṛtaṃ pītvā sadā mādyanti śaktayaḥ

They were devised by the Supreme One for the purifying of the arghya; having drunk that nectar-arghya, the śaktis are forever intoxicated.

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BndP 3 35.102

महापद्माटवीवासा महाचक्रस्थिता अपि । मुहुर्मुहुर्नवनवं मुहुस्चाबद्धसौरभम्

mahāpadmāṭavīvāsā mahācakrasthitā api / muhurmuhurnavanavaṃ muhuscābaddhasaurabham

Dwelling in the great lotus-forest, and also stationed in the great wheel (cakra), again and again new and new, and again and again with unconfined fragrance,

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

BndP 3 35.103

रत्नकुम्भसहस्रैश्च सुवर्णघटकोटिभिः । आपूर्यापूर्य सततं तदर्घ्यममृतं महत्

ratnakumbhasahasraiśca suvarṇaghaṭakoṭibhiḥ / āpūryāpūrya satataṃ tadarghyamamṛtaṃ mahat

and with thousands of jewelled jars and tens of millions of golden pots, filling and filling again continually that great nectar-arghya,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.104

चिन्तामणिगृहस्थानां परिचारकशक्तयः । अणिमादिकशक्तीनामर्घ्ययन्ति मदोद्धताः

cintāmaṇigṛhasthānāṃ paricārakaśaktayaḥ / aṇimādikaśaktīnāmarghyayanti madoddhatāḥ

the attendant śaktis of those who dwell in the Cintāmaṇi house, elated with intoxication, offer arghya to the śaktis Aṇimā and the rest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 3 35.105

महापद्माटवीकक्ष्यापूर्वभागेर्ऽघ्यकल्पनम् । इत्थ समीरितं पश्चात्तत्रान्यदपि कथ्यते

mahāpadmāṭavīkakṣyāpūrvabhāger'ghyakalpanam / ittha samīritaṃ paścāttatrānyadapi kathyate

Thus has the arrangement of the arghya in the eastern part of the enclosure of the great lotus-forest been set forth; hereafter another matter there too is told.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition