Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 37
BndP 3 37.1
हयग्रीव उवाच सर्वज्ञद्यन्तरालस्योपरिष्टात्कलशोद्भव । हस्तविंशतिरुन्नम्रं चतुर्नल्वप्रविस्तरम्
hayagrīva uvāca sarvajñadyantarālasyopariṣṭātkalaśodbhava / hastaviṃśatirunnamraṃ caturnalvapravistaram
Hayagrīva said: Above the interior space of (the cakra of) Sarvajñā and the rest, O pot-born one, (there is a structure) twenty hastas high and four nalvas broad,
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BndP 3 37.2
वशिन्याद्यन्तरं ज्ञेयं प्राग्वत्सोपानमन्दिरम् । सर्वरोगहरं नाम्ना तच्चक्रमिति विश्रुतम्
vaśinyādyantaraṃ jñeyaṃ prāgvatsopānamandiram / sarvarogaharaṃ nāmnā taccakramiti viśrutam
which is to be known as the enclosure of Vaśinī and the rest, a mansion with stairways as before; that cakra is famed by the name 'Remover of All Disease'.
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BndP 3 37.3
वशिन्याद्यास्तत्र देव्यः पूर्वादिदिगनुक्रमात् । स्वरैस्तु रहितास्तत्र प्रथमा वशिनीश्वरी
vaśinyādyāstatra devyaḥ pūrvādidiganukramāt / svaraistu rahitāstatra prathamā vaśinīśvarī
There the goddesses beginning with Vaśinī are, in order of the directions beginning with the east; there the first is Vaśinī the sovereign, devoid of the vowels,
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BndP 3 37.4
कवर्गसहिता पश्चात्कामेश्वर्याख्यवाह्मयी । चवर्गजुष्टा वागीशी मोदिनी स्यात्तृतीयका
kavargasahitā paścātkāmeśvaryākhyavāhmayī / cavargajuṣṭā vāgīśī modinī syāttṛtīyakā
next, accompanied by the ka-series, is she called Kāmeśvarī, consisting of speech; joined with the ca-series, Vāgīśī Modinī would be the third,
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BndP 3 37.5
टवर्गमण्डिताकारा विमलाख्या सरस्वती । तवर्गेण तथोपेता पञ्चमी वाक्प्रधारणा
ṭavargamaṇḍitākārā vimalākhyā sarasvatī / tavargeṇa tathopetā pañcamī vākpradhāraṇā
the fourth, her form adorned with the ṭa-series, is Vimalā, (a form of) Sarasvatī; likewise endowed with the ta-series, the fifth is Vākpradhāraṇā (Aruṇā),
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BndP 3 37.6
पवर्गेण परिस्फीता षष्ठी तु जयिनी मता । यादिवर्णचतुष्कोणे सर्वैश्वर्यादिवाङ्मयी
pavargeṇa parisphītā ṣaṣṭhī tu jayinī matā / yādivarṇacatuṣkoṇe sarvaiśvaryādivāṅmayī
swollen full with the pa-series, the sixth is held to be Jayinī; in the four-cornered (place) with the letters beginning with ya is she who consists of the speech of all sovereignty and the rest,
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BndP 3 37.7
साधिकाक्षरषट्केन कौलिनी त्वष्टमी मता । एता देव्यो जपरता मुक्ताभरणमण्डिताः
sādhikākṣaraṣaṭkena kaulinī tvaṣṭamī matā / etā devyo japaratā muktābharaṇamaṇḍitāḥ
with the six letters together with the additional one, Kaulinī is held to be the eighth. These goddesses, intent upon muttered recitation, adorned with pearl ornaments,
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BndP 3 37.8
सदा स्फुरद्गद्यपद्यलहरीलालिता मताः । काव्यैश्च नाटकैश्चैव मधुरैः कर्णहारिभिः । विनोदयन्त्यः श्रीदेवीं वर्तन्ते कुम्भसम्भवः
sadā sphuradgadyapadyalaharīlālitā matāḥ / kāvyaiśca nāṭakaiścaiva madhuraiḥ karṇahāribhiḥ / vinodayantyaḥ śrīdevīṃ vartante kumbhasambhavaḥ
are held to be caressed by an ever-flashing wave of prose and verse; and with poems and with plays, sweet and ravishing to the ear, they abide diverting the glorious Goddess, O pot-born one.
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BndP 3 37.9
एता रहस्यनाम्नैव ख्याता वातापितापन । नायिका स्वस्य चक्रस्य सिद्धानाम्ना प्रकीर्तिता
etā rahasyanāmnaiva khyātā vātāpitāpana / nāyikā svasya cakrasya siddhānāmnā prakīrtitā
These are known by their secret name, O tormentor of Vātāpi; the mistress of this cakra is proclaimed by the name of the Accomplished One (Siddhā).
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BndP 3 37.10
अस्य चक्रस्य संरक्षाकारिणी खेचरी मता । वशिन्याद्यन्तरालस्योपरिष्टाद्विन्ध्यमर्दन
asya cakrasya saṃrakṣākāriṇī khecarī matā / vaśinyādyantarālasyopariṣṭādvindhyamardana
Khecarī is held to be the protectress of this cakra. Above the interior space of (the cakra of) Vaśinī and the rest, O crusher of the Vindhya,
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BndP 3 37.11
हस्तविंशतिरुन्नम्रं चतुर्नल्वप्रविस्तरम् । अस्त्रं चक्रमितिज्ञेयं तत्र बाणादिदेवताः
hastaviṃśatirunnamraṃ caturnalvapravistaram / astraṃ cakramitijñeyaṃ tatra bāṇādidevatāḥ
(there is a structure) twenty hastas high and four nalvas broad; it is to be known as the Weapon-cakra; there are the deities beginning with the Arrow:
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BndP 3 37.12
पञ्च बाणेश्वरीदेव्यः पञ्च कामेश्वराशुगाः । अङ्कुशद्वितयं दीप्तमादिस्त्रीपुंसयोर्द्वयोः
pañca bāṇeśvarīdevyaḥ pañca kāmeśvarāśugāḥ / aṅkuśadvitayaṃ dīptamādistrīpuṃsayordvayoḥ
the five goddesses who are lords of the arrows, the five arrows of Kāmeśvara; and a blazing pair of goads, of the two, the primal woman and man;
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BndP 3 37.13
धनुर्द्वयं च विन्ध्यारे नव पुण्ड्रेषु कल्पितम् । पाशद्वयं च दीप्ताभं चत्वार्यस्त्राणि कुम्भज
dhanurdvayaṃ ca vindhyāre nava puṇḍreṣu kalpitam / pāśadvayaṃ ca dīptābhaṃ catvāryastrāṇi kumbhaja
and a pair of bows, O foe of the Vindhya, fashioned of fresh sugarcane; and a pair of nooses of blazing lustre — four weapons, O jar-born one,
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BndP 3 37.14
कामेश्वर्यास्तु चत्वारि चत्वारि श्रीमहेशितुः । आहत्याष्टायुधानीति प्रज्वलन्ति विभान्ति च
kāmeśvaryāstu catvāri catvāri śrīmaheśituḥ / āhatyāṣṭāyudhānīti prajvalanti vibhānti ca
four belonging to Kāmeśvarī and four to the glorious Great Lord: altogether the eight weapons blaze and shine.
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BndP 3 37.15
भण्डासुरमहायुद्धे दुष्टदानवशोणितैः । पीतैरतीव तृप्तानिदिव्यास्त्राण्यति जाग्रति
bhaṇḍāsuramahāyuddhe duṣṭadānavaśoṇitaiḥ / pītairatīva tṛptānidivyāstrāṇyati jāgrati
In the great war with the demon Bhaṇḍa, sated to excess by the blood of the wicked dānavas that they drank, these divine weapons stay exceedingly awake.
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BndP 3 37.16
एतेषामायुधानां तु परिवारायुधान्यलम् । वर्तन्ते ऽस्त्रान्तरे तत्र तेषां संख्या तु कोटिशः
eteṣāmāyudhānāṃ tu parivārāyudhānyalam / vartante 'strāntare tatra teṣāṃ saṃkhyā tu koṭiśaḥ
And of these weapons there are attendant weapons in plenty; they exist there within the Weapon-(cakra), and their number runs to crores.
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BndP 3 37.17
वज्रशक्तिः शतघ्नी च भुशुण्डी मुसलं तथा । कृपाणः पट्टिशं चैव मुद्गरं भिन्दिपालकम्
vajraśaktiḥ śataghnī ca bhuśuṇḍī musalaṃ tathā / kṛpāṇaḥ paṭṭiśaṃ caiva mudgaraṃ bhindipālakam
The vajra-spear, the śataghnī, the bhuśuṇḍī, and likewise the pestle, the sword, the paṭṭiśa, the mallet, the bhindipāla —
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BndP 3 37.18
एवमादीनि शस्त्राणि सहस्राणां सहस्रशः । अष्टायुधमहाशक्तीः सेवन्ते मदविह्वलाः
evamādīni śastrāṇi sahasrāṇāṃ sahasraśaḥ / aṣṭāyudhamahāśaktīḥ sevante madavihvalāḥ
weapons such as these, by thousands upon thousands, overcome with intoxication, attend upon the great Śaktis of the eight weapons.
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BndP 3 37.19
अथ शस्त्रान्तरालस्योपरि वातापितापन । हस्तविंशतिरुन्नम्रं चतुर्नल्वप्रविस्तरम् । धिष्ण्यं तु समयेशीनां स्थानं च तिसृणां मतम्
atha śastrāntarālasyopari vātāpitāpana / hastaviṃśatirunnamraṃ caturnalvapravistaram / dhiṣṇyaṃ tu samayeśīnāṃ sthānaṃ ca tisṛṇāṃ matam
Now above the interior space of the Weapon-(cakra), O tormentor of Vātāpi, (there is a structure) twenty hastas high and four nalvas broad; it is held to be the abode and the seat of the three Samayeśvarīs.
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BndP 3 37.20
कामेशाद्यास्तत्र देव्यस्तिस्रो ऽन्या तु चतुर्थिका । सैव निःशेषविश्वानां सवित्री ललितेश्वरी
kāmeśādyāstatra devyastisro 'nyā tu caturthikā / saiva niḥśeṣaviśvānāṃ savitrī laliteśvarī
There are three goddesses there, Kāmeśī and the rest, but another is the fourth: she indeed is Laliteśvarī, the mother of all the worlds without remainder.
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BndP 3 37.21
तिसृणां शृणु नामानि कामेशी प्रथमा मता । वज्रेशी भगमाला च ताः सेवन्ते सहस्रशः
tisṛṇāṃ śṛṇu nāmāni kāmeśī prathamā matā / vajreśī bhagamālā ca tāḥ sevante sahasraśaḥ
Hear the names of the three: Kāmeśī is held to be the first, and Vajreśī and Bhagamālā; them (others) serve by the thousands.
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BndP 3 37.22
सर्वेषां दर्शनानां च या देव्यो विविधाः स्मृताः । ताः सर्वास्तत्र सेवन्ते कामेशादिमहोदयाः
sarveṣāṃ darśanānāṃ ca yā devyo vividhāḥ smṛtāḥ / tāḥ sarvāstatra sevante kāmeśādimahodayāḥ
And whatever various goddesses are recorded in all the (philosophical/religious) systems, all of them attend there, having Kāmeśī and the others as their great source of eminence.
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BndP 3 37.23
एतासांच प्रसंगेषु नित्यानां च प्रसञ्जने । चक्रिणीनां योगिनीनां श्रीदेवी पूरणात्मिका
etāsāṃca prasaṃgeṣu nityānāṃ ca prasañjane / cakriṇīnāṃ yoginīnāṃ śrīdevī pūraṇātmikā
And in the connections of these, and in the joining of the Nityās, of the Cakriṇīs and of the Yoginīs, the glorious Goddess is the one who completes (them).
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BndP 3 37.24
या कामेश्वरदेवाङ्कशायिनी ललितांबिका । कामेश्यादिचतुर्थी सा नित्यानां षोडशी मता
yā kāmeśvaradevāṅkaśāyinī lalitāṃbikā / kāmeśyādicaturthī sā nityānāṃ ṣoḍaśī matā
She who is the mother Lalitā, reclining on the lap of the god Kāmeśvara, is the fourth counting from Kāmeśī, and is held to be the sixteenth of the Nityās.
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BndP 3 37.25
योगिनी चक्रदेवीनां नवमी परिकीर्तिता । समयेश्यन्तरालस्योपरिष्टादिल्वलान्तक
yoginī cakradevīnāṃ navamī parikīrtitā / samayeśyantarālasyopariṣṭādilvalāntaka
She is proclaimed the ninth of the goddesses of the Yoginī circle. Above the interspace of Samayeśī, O slayer of Ilvala,
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BndP 3 37.26
नाथान्तरमिति प्रोक्तं हस्तविंशतिरुन्नतम् । चतुर्नल्वप्रविस्तारं प्राग्वत्सोपानमण्डितम्
nāthāntaramiti proktaṃ hastaviṃśatirunnatam / caturnalvapravistāraṃ prāgvatsopānamaṇḍitam
is what is called the Nātha interspace, twenty cubits high, four nalvas in extent, adorned with steps as before.
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BndP 3 37.27
तत्र नाथामहादेव्या योगशास्त्रप्रवर्त्तकाः । सर्वेषां मन्त्रगुरवः सर्वविद्यामहार्णवाः
tatra nāthāmahādevyā yogaśāstrapravarttakāḥ / sarveṣāṃ mantraguravaḥ sarvavidyāmahārṇavāḥ
There (dwell) the promulgators of the yoga treatises, (servants) of the great goddess Nāthā, the mantra-teachers of all, great oceans of all knowledge.
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BndP 3 37.28
चत्वारो यागनाथाश्च लोकानामिह गुप्तये । सृष्टाः कामंशदेवेन तेषां नामानि मे शृणु
catvāro yāganāthāśca lokānāmiha guptaye / sṛṣṭāḥ kāmaṃśadevena teṣāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu
And the four Lords of the Sacrifice, created here by the god Kāma's portion for the protection of the worlds — hear their names from me.
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BndP 3 37.29
मित्री च शोडिशश्चैव चर्याख्यः कुम्भसम्भव । तैः सृष्टा बहवो लोकारक्षार्थं पादुकात्मकाः
mitrī ca śoḍiśaścaiva caryākhyaḥ kumbhasambhava / taiḥ sṛṣṭā bahavo lokārakṣārthaṃ pādukātmakāḥ
Mitrī, and Śoḍiśa, and the one named Caryā, O pot-born one. By them many were created, in the form of pādukās (lineage-feet), for the protection of the world.
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BndP 3 37.30
दिव्यविद्या मानवौघसिद्धौघाः सुरतापसाः । प्राप्तसालोक्यसारूप्यसायुज्यादिकसिद्धयः
divyavidyā mānavaughasiddhaughāḥ suratāpasāḥ / prāptasālokyasārūpyasāyujyādikasiddhayaḥ
Divine lores, the stream of men and the stream of siddhas, gods and ascetics, who have attained the powers such as dwelling in the same world (as the deity), sameness of form, and union,
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BndP 3 37.31
महान्तो गुरवस्तांस्तु सेवन्ते प्रचुरा गुरून् । अथ नाथान्तरालस्योपरिष्टाद्धिष्ण्यमुत्तमम्
mahānto guravastāṃstu sevante pracurā gurūn / atha nāthāntarālasyopariṣṭāddhiṣṇyamuttamam
great gurus — these many serve the gurus. Now, above the interspace of the Nāthas, (there is) an excellent abode,
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BndP 3 37.32
हस्तविंशतिरुन्नमं चतुर्नल्वप्रविस्तरम् । नित्यान्तरमिति प्रोक्तं नित्याः पञ्चदशात्र वै
hastaviṃśatirunnamaṃ caturnalvapravistaram / nityāntaramiti proktaṃ nityāḥ pañcadaśātra vai
twenty cubits high, four nalvas in extent, called the Nityā interspace; and there indeed are the fifteen Nityās.
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BndP 3 37.33
अथ कामेश्वरी नित्या नित्या च भगमालिनी । नित्यक्लिन्ना अपि तथा भेरुण्डा वह्निवासिनी
atha kāmeśvarī nityā nityā ca bhagamālinī / nityaklinnā api tathā bheruṇḍā vahnivāsinī
Now: the Nityā Kāmeśvarī, and the Nityā Bhagamālinī, and likewise Nityaklinnā, Bheruṇḍā, Vahnivāsinī,
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BndP 3 37.34
महावज्रेश्वरी दूती त्वरिता कुलसुन्दरी । नित्या नीलपताका च विजया सर्वमङ्गला
mahāvajreśvarī dūtī tvaritā kulasundarī / nityā nīlapatākā ca vijayā sarvamaṅgalā
Mahāvajreśvarī, Dūtī, Tvaritā, Kulasundarī, Nityā, Nīlapatākā, Vijayā, Sarvamaṅgalā,
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BndP 3 37.35
ज्वालामालिनिका चित्रेत्येताः पञ्चदशोदिताः । एता देवीस्वरूपाः स्युर्महाबलपराक्रमाः
jvālāmālinikā citretyetāḥ pañcadaśoditāḥ / etā devīsvarūpāḥ syurmahābalaparākramāḥ
Jvālāmālinikā, Citrā — these fifteen are declared. These are forms of the Goddess, of great strength and prowess,
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BndP 3 37.36
प्रथमा मुख्यतिथितां प्राप्ता व्याप्य जगत्त्रयाः । कालत्रितयरूपाश्च कालग्रासविचक्षणाः
prathamā mukhyatithitāṃ prāptā vyāpya jagattrayāḥ / kālatritayarūpāśca kālagrāsavicakṣaṇāḥ
the first having attained the status of the chief lunar day, pervading the three worlds, having the form of the three times, and skilled in devouring time,
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BndP 3 37.37
ब्रह्मादीनामशेषाणां चिरकालमुपेयुषाम् । तत्तत्कालशतायुष्यरूपा देव्याज्ञया स्थिताः
brahmādīnāmaśeṣāṇāṃ cirakālamupeyuṣām / tattatkālaśatāyuṣyarūpā devyājñayā sthitāḥ
standing by the Goddess's command as the very form of the hundredfold lifespans of those respective ages of Brahmā and all the rest, who reach a long duration;
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BndP 3 37.38
नित्योद्यता निरान्तकाः श्रीपराङ्गसमुद्भवाः । सेवन्ते जगतामृद्ध्यै ललितां चित्स्वरूपिणीम्
nityodyatā nirāntakāḥ śrīparāṅgasamudbhavāḥ / sevante jagatāmṛddhyai lalitāṃ citsvarūpiṇīm
ever active, without end, arisen from the body of the supreme Śrī, they serve Lalitā, whose nature is consciousness, for the prosperity of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.39
तासां भवनतां प्राप्ता दीप्ताः पञ्चदशेश्वराः । विसृष्टिबिन्दुचक्रे तु षोडश्या भवनं मतम्
tāsāṃ bhavanatāṃ prāptā dīptāḥ pañcadaśeśvarāḥ / visṛṣṭibinducakre tu ṣoḍaśyā bhavanaṃ matam
The fifteen blazing lords have become their dwellings; but in the emission-point circle (visṛṣṭi-bindu-cakra) the dwelling of the sixteenth is held to be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 37.40
अथ नित्यान्तरालस्योपरिष्टात्कुम्भसम्भव । अङ्गदेव्यन्तरं प्रोक्तं हस्तविंशातिरुन्नतम्
atha nityāntarālasyopariṣṭātkumbhasambhava / aṅgadevyantaraṃ proktaṃ hastaviṃśātirunnatam
Now, above the space between the Nityās, O jar-born (Agastya), is declared the inner (chamber) of the Aṅga-goddesses, twenty cubits high.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 37.41
चतुर्नल्वप्रविस्तारं प्राग्वत्सोपानमन्दिरम् । तस्मिन्हृदयदेव्याद्याः शक्तयः संति वै मुने
caturnalvapravistāraṃ prāgvatsopānamandiram / tasminhṛdayadevyādyāḥ śaktayaḥ saṃti vai mune
It has an extent of four nalvas, and, as before, a stair-house; there, O sage, dwell the powers beginning with the Heart-goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.42
हृद्देवी च शिरोदेवी शिखादेवी तथैव च । वर्मदेवी दृष्टिदेवी शस्त्रदेवी षडीरिताः
hṛddevī ca śirodevī śikhādevī tathaiva ca / varmadevī dṛṣṭidevī śastradevī ṣaḍīritāḥ
The Heart-goddess, the Head-goddess, and likewise the Crest-goddess, the Armour-goddess, the Eye-goddess, the Weapon-goddess — these six are named.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.43
अत्यन्तसन्निकृष्टास्ताः श्रीकामेश्वरसुभ्रुवः । नवलावण्यपूर्णाङ्ग्यः सावधाना धृतायुधाः
atyantasannikṛṣṭāstāḥ śrīkāmeśvarasubhruvaḥ / navalāvaṇyapūrṇāṅgyaḥ sāvadhānā dhṛtāyudhāḥ
They stand extremely close to the fair-browed (consort) of the blessed Kāmeśvara, their limbs filled with fresh loveliness, attentive, bearing weapons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 37.44
परितो बिन्दुपीठे च भ्राम्यन्तो दृप्तमूर्तयः । ललिताज्ञाप्रवर्तिन्यो वशीनां पीठवर्तिकाः
parito bindupīṭhe ca bhrāmyanto dṛptamūrtayaḥ / lalitājñāpravartinyo vaśīnāṃ pīṭhavartikāḥ
And all around, upon the seat of the point, they move about with proud forms, carrying out Lalitā's command, occupying the seat of the vaśinīs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 37.45
अथाङ्गदेव्यन्तरस्योपरिष्टान्मण्डलाकृति । बिन्दुनाद महापीठं दशहस्तसमुन्नतम्
athāṅgadevyantarasyopariṣṭānmaṇḍalākṛti / bindunāda mahāpīṭhaṃ daśahastasamunnatam
Now, above the inner chamber of the Aṅga-goddesses, circular in shape, is the great seat of the point-and-sound (bindu-nāda), ten cubits high,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 37.46
नल्वाष्टकप्रविस्तारमुद्यदादित्यसंनिभम् । बिन्दुपीठमिदं ज्ञेयं श्रीपीठमपि चेष्यते
nalvāṣṭakapravistāramudyadādityasaṃnibham / bindupīṭhamidaṃ jñeyaṃ śrīpīṭhamapi ceṣyate
with an extent of eight nalvas, resembling the rising sun. This is to be known as the Bindu-seat, and it is also called the Śrī-seat;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.47
महापीठमिति ज्ञेयं विद्यापीठमपीष्यते । आनन्दपीठमपि च पञ्चाशत्पीठरूपधृक्
mahāpīṭhamiti jñeyaṃ vidyāpīṭhamapīṣyate / ānandapīṭhamapi ca pañcāśatpīṭharūpadhṛk
it is to be known as the Great Seat, and it is also called the Vidyā-seat, and also the Seat of Bliss, and it bears the form of the fifty seats.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.48
तत्र श्रीललितादेव्याः पञ्चब्रह्ममये महत् । जागर्ति मञ्चरत्नं तु प्रपञ्चत्रयमूलकम्
tatra śrīlalitādevyāḥ pañcabrahmamaye mahat / jāgarti mañcaratnaṃ tu prapañcatrayamūlakam
There, upon the (seat) made of the five Brahmās, the great jewel-couch of the blessed goddess Lalitā stands awake, the root of the triple manifestation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 37.49
तस्य मञ्चस्य पादास्तु चत्वारः परिकीर्तिताः । दशहस्तसमुन्नम्रा हस्तत्रितयविष्ठिताः
tasya mañcasya pādāstu catvāraḥ parikīrtitāḥ / daśahastasamunnamrā hastatritayaviṣṭhitāḥ
Of that couch four legs are proclaimed, ten cubits tall and set three cubits apart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.50
ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशानेश्वररूपत्वमागताः । शक्तिभावमनुप्राप्ताः सदा श्रीध्यानयोगतः
brahmaviṣṇumaheśāneśvararūpatvamāgatāḥ / śaktibhāvamanuprāptāḥ sadā śrīdhyānayogataḥ
They have attained the form of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśa and Īśvara, and have come to the state of powers, ever through the yoga of meditation on Śrī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.51
एकस्तु पञ्चपादः स्याज्जपाकुसुमसन्निभः । ब्रह्मात्मकः स विज्ञेयो वह्निदिग्भागमाश्रितः
ekastu pañcapādaḥ syājjapākusumasannibhaḥ / brahmātmakaḥ sa vijñeyo vahnidigbhāgamāśritaḥ
One (leg) has five feet and resembles the hibiscus flower; it is to be known as consisting of Brahmā, resting toward the direction of fire (southeast).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 37.52
चतुर्थो मञ्चपादस्तु कर्णिकारकसाररुक् । ईश्वरात्मा स विज्ञेय ईशदिग्भागमाश्रितः
caturtho mañcapādastu karṇikārakasāraruk / īśvarātmā sa vijñeya īśadigbhāgamāśritaḥ
The fourth leg of the couch has the lustre of karṇikāra sap; it is to be known as consisting of Īśvara, resting toward the direction of Īśa (northeast).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.53
एते सर्वे सायुधाश्च सर्वालङ्कारभूषिताः । उपर्यधःस्तंभरूपा मध्ये पुरुषरूपिणः
ete sarve sāyudhāśca sarvālaṅkārabhūṣitāḥ / uparyadhaḥstaṃbharūpā madhye puruṣarūpiṇaḥ
All these bear weapons and are adorned with every ornament; above and below they have the form of pillars, in the middle the form of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.54
श्रीध्यानमीलिताक्षाश्च श्रीध्यानान्निश्चलाङ्गकाः । तेषामुपरि मञ्चस्य फलकस्तु सदाशिवः
śrīdhyānamīlitākṣāśca śrīdhyānānniścalāṅgakāḥ / teṣāmupari mañcasya phalakastu sadāśivaḥ
Their eyes are closed in meditation on Śrī, and their limbs are motionless from meditation on Śrī. Above them, the plank of the couch is Sadāśiva,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.55
विकासिदाडिमच्छायश्चतुर्नल्वप्रविस्तरः । नल्वषट्कायामवांश्च सदाभास्वरमूर्तिमान्
vikāsidāḍimacchāyaścaturnalvapravistaraḥ / nalvaṣaṭkāyāmavāṃśca sadābhāsvaramūrtimān
the colour of a split-open pomegranate, four nalvas broad and six nalvas long, and ever possessing a shining form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.56
अङ्गदेव्यन्तरारंभान्मञ्चस्य फलकावधि । चिन्तामणिमयाङ्गानि तत्त्वरूपाणि तापस
aṅgadevyantarāraṃbhānmañcasya phalakāvadhi / cintāmaṇimayāṅgāni tattvarūpāṇi tāpasa
From the beginning of the Aṅga-goddesses' inner chamber up to the plank of the couch, the parts are made of wish-granting gems and have the form of the (cosmic) principles, O ascetic.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.57
सोपानानि विभासंते षट्त्रिंशद्वै निवेशनैः । आरोहस्य क्रमेणैव सोपानान्यभिदध्महे
sopānāni vibhāsaṃte ṣaṭtriṃśadvai niveśanaiḥ / ārohasya krameṇaiva sopānānyabhidadhmahe
The steps shine forth, thirty-six by their placements; we shall name the steps just in the order of ascent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.58
भूमिरापो ऽनलो वायुराकाशो गन्ध एव च । रसो रूपं स्पर्शसंब्दोपस्थपायुपदानि च
bhūmirāpo 'nalo vāyurākāśo gandha eva ca / raso rūpaṃ sparśasaṃbdopasthapāyupadāni ca
Earth, water, fire, wind, ether, and smell, taste, form, touch and sound, and the organs of generation, excretion and locomotion,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.59
पाणिवाग्घ्राणजिह्वाश्चत्वक् चक्षुः श्रोत्रमेव च । अहङ्कारश्च बुद्धिश्च मनः प्रकृतिपूरुषौ
pāṇivāgghrāṇajihvāścatvak cakṣuḥ śrotrameva ca / ahaṅkāraśca buddhiśca manaḥ prakṛtipūruṣau
the hand, speech, nose and tongue, skin, eye and ear, and the I-maker, and intellect, mind, nature (prakṛti) and person (puruṣa),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.60
नियतिः कालरागौ च कला विद्ये च मायया । शुद्धाविद्येश्वरसदाशिवशक्तिः शिवा इति
niyatiḥ kālarāgau ca kalā vidye ca māyayā / śuddhāvidyeśvarasadāśivaśaktiḥ śivā iti
Necessity (niyati), time and passion (rāga), limitation (kalā), knowledge (vidyā), and māyā; then pure knowledge (śuddhavidyā), Īśvara, Sadāśiva, Śakti, and Śiva — so (they run).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.61
एताः षट्त्रिंशदाख्यातास्तत्त्वसोपानपङ्क्तयः । पूषा सोपानपङ्क्तिश्च मञ्चपूर्वदिशंश्रिताः
etāḥ ṣaṭtriṃśadākhyātāstattvasopānapaṅktayaḥ / pūṣā sopānapaṅktiśca mañcapūrvadiśaṃśritāḥ
These, called thirty-six, are the rows of steps consisting of the tattvas; and the row of steps (called) Pūṣā — (these) rest against the eastern side of the couch.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 37.62
अथ मञ्चस्योपरिष्टाद्धंसतूलिकतल्पकः । हस्तमात्रं समुन्नम्रं चतुर्नल्वप्रविस्तरम्
atha mañcasyopariṣṭāddhaṃsatūlikatalpakaḥ / hastamātraṃ samunnamraṃ caturnalvapravistaram
Now, above the couch there is a bed of swan's-down, rising a cubit high and four nalvas broad.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.63
पादोपधानमूर्धोपधान दन्द्वविराजितम् । गड्डकानां चतुः षष्टिशोभितं पाटलत्विषा
pādopadhānamūrdhopadhāna dandvavirājitam / gaḍḍakānāṃ catuḥ ṣaṣṭiśobhitaṃ pāṭalatviṣā
It is graced with a pair (of pillows), a foot-pillow and a head-pillow, and made beautiful by sixty-four cushions of pink hue.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 37.64
तस्योपरिष्टात्कौसुंभवसनेनोत्तरच्छदः । शुचिना मृदुना कॢप्तः पद्मरागमणित्विषा
tasyopariṣṭātkausuṃbhavasanenottaracchadaḥ / śucinā mṛdunā kḷptaḥ padmarāgamaṇitviṣā
Above that a coverlet is spread of safflower-dyed cloth, clean and soft, with the gleam of the ruby.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.65
तस्योपरि वसन्पूर्वदिङ्मुखो दययान्वितः । शृङ्गारवेषरुचिरस्सदा षोडशवार्षिकः
tasyopari vasanpūrvadiṅmukho dayayānvitaḥ / śṛṅgāraveṣarucirassadā ṣoḍaśavārṣikaḥ
Dwelling upon that, facing east, filled with compassion, lovely in amorous dress, ever sixteen years of age,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.66
उद्यद्भास्करबिंबाभश्चतुर्हस्तस्त्रिलोचनः । हारकेयूरमुकुटकटकाद्यैरलङ्कृतः
udyadbhāskarabiṃbābhaścaturhastastrilocanaḥ / hārakeyūramukuṭakaṭakādyairalaṅkṛtaḥ
with the radiance of the rising sun's orb, four-armed, three-eyed, adorned with necklace, armlet, crown, bracelets and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.67
कमनीयस्मितज्योत्स्नामरिपूर्णकपोलभूः । जागर्ति भगवानादिदेवः कामेश्वरः शिवः
kamanīyasmitajyotsnāmaripūrṇakapolabhūḥ / jāgarti bhagavānādidevaḥ kāmeśvaraḥ śivaḥ
the surface of his cheeks flooded with the moonlight of a charming smile — (there) the Lord, the primal god, Kāmeśvara Śiva, keeps watch.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.68
तस्योत्संगे समासीना तरुणादित्यपाटला । सदा षोडशवर्षा च नवयौवनदर्पिता
tasyotsaṃge samāsīnā taruṇādityapāṭalā / sadā ṣoḍaśavarṣā ca navayauvanadarpitā
Seated in his lap, pink as the young sun, ever sixteen years old, proud with fresh youth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.69
अमृष्टपद्मरागाभा चन्दनाब्जनखच्छटा । यावकश्रीर्निर्व्यपेक्षा पादलौहित्यवाहिनी
amṛṣṭapadmarāgābhā candanābjanakhacchaṭā / yāvakaśrīrnirvyapekṣā pādalauhityavāhinī
having the sheen of unpolished ruby, the gleam of her nails (like) sandal-paste on a lotus, indifferent to the splendour of lac-dye, since she carries redness in her feet of herself,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 37.70
कलनिस्वानमञ्जीरपतत्कङ्कणमोहना । अनङ्गवरतूणीरदर्पोन्मथनजङ्घिका
kalanisvānamañjīrapatatkaṅkaṇamohanā / anaṅgavaratūṇīradarponmathanajaṅghikā
enchanting with softly sounding anklets and slipping bangles, her calves crushing the pride of Love's fine quiver,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.71
करिशुण्डदोः कदलिकाकान्तितुल्योरुशोभिनी । अरुणेन दुकूलेन सुस्पर्शेन तनीयसा । अलङ्कृतनितंबाढ्या जघनाभोगभासुरा
kariśuṇḍadoḥ kadalikākāntitulyoruśobhinī / aruṇena dukūlena susparśena tanīyasā / alaṅkṛtanitaṃbāḍhyā jaghanābhogabhāsurā
her arms (like) elephants' trunks, shining with thighs matching the beauty of plantain stems, rich in hips adorned with a red silk cloth, soft to the touch and very fine, resplendent with the expanse of her loins,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.72
अर्धोरुकग्रन्थिमती रत्नकाञ्चीविराजिता । नतनाभिमहावर्तत्रि वल्यूर्मिप्रभासरित्
ardhorukagranthimatī ratnakāñcīvirājitā / natanābhimahāvartatri valyūrmiprabhāsarit
having the knot (of her garment) at mid-thigh, resplendent with a jewelled girdle, a river of radiance whose great whirlpool is her sunken navel and whose waves are the three folds (of her belly),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 37.75
स्तनकुड्मलहिन्दोलमुक्तादामशतावृता । अतिपीवरवक्षोजभारभङ्गुरमध्यभूः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,३७।७३ ॥ शिरीषदाममृदुलच्छदाभांश्चतुरो भुजान् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,३७।७४ ॥ केयूरकङ्कणश्रेणीमण्डितान्सोर्मिकाङ्गुलीन् । वहन्ती पतिसंसृष्टशङ्खसुन्दरकन्धरा
stanakuḍmalahindolamuktādāmaśatāvṛtā / atipīvaravakṣojabhārabhaṅguramadhyabhūḥ // bndp_3,37.73 // śirīṣadāmamṛdulacchadābhāṃścaturo bhujān // bndp_3,37.74 // keyūrakaṅkaṇaśreṇīmaṇḍitānsormikāṅgulīn / vahantī patisaṃsṛṣṭaśaṅkhasundarakandharā
encircled by a hundred strings of pearls swinging on the buds of her breasts, her waist bent by the weight of her very full breasts, bearing four arms soft-hued as garlands of śirīṣa blossoms, decked with rows of armlets and bangles, her fingers with rings, her neck as beautiful as a conch and pressed close by her husband,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 37.76
मुखदर्पण वृत्ताभचिबुका पाटलाधरा । शुचिभिः पङ्क्तिशुद्धैस्च विद्यारूपैर्विभास्वरैः । कुन्दकुड्मललक्ष्मीकैर्दन्तैर्दर्शितचन्द्रिका
mukhadarpaṇa vṛttābhacibukā pāṭalādharā / śucibhiḥ paṅktiśuddhaisca vidyārūpairvibhāsvaraiḥ / kundakuḍmalalakṣmīkairdantairdarśitacandrikā
her chin round and bright as the mirror of her face, her lips pink, displaying moonlight with her teeth — clean, in pure rows, shining, in the form of the vidyās, with the beauty of jasmine buds,
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BndP 3 37.77
स्थूलमौक्तिकसनद्धनानाभरणभासुरा । केतकान्तर्दलश्रोणी दीर्घदीर्घविलोचना
sthūlamauktikasanaddhanānābharaṇabhāsurā / ketakāntardalaśroṇī dīrghadīrghavilocanā
radiant with manifold ornaments set with large pearls, her hips (like) the inner petal of the ketaka, her eyes very long,
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BndP 3 37.78
अर्धेन्दुललिते भाले सम्यक्कॢप्तालकच्छटा । पालीवतं समाणिक्यकुण्डलामण्डितश्रुतिः
ardhendulalite bhāle samyakkḷptālakacchaṭā / pālīvataṃ samāṇikyakuṇḍalāmaṇḍitaśrutiḥ
on her forehead, lovely as a half-moon, a well-arranged mass of curls; her ears adorned with the pālī ornament and with ruby earrings,
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BndP 3 37.79
नवकर्पूरकस्तूरीसदामोदितवीटिका । शरच्चञ्चन्निशानाथमण्डलीमधुरानना
navakarpūrakastūrīsadāmoditavīṭikā / śaraccañcanniśānāthamaṇḍalīmadhurānanā
her betel-roll ever made fragrant with fresh camphor and musk, her face sweet as the orb of the lord of night gleaming in autumn,
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BndP 3 37.80
चिन्तामणीनां सारेण कॢप्तचारुकिरीटिका । स्फुरत्तिलकरत्नाभभालनेत्रविराजिता
cintāmaṇīnāṃ sāreṇa kḷptacārukirīṭikā / sphurattilakaratnābhabhālanetravirājitā
with a lovely diadem fashioned from the essence of wish-granting gems, resplendent with her forehead-eye that shines like the jewel of her tilaka,
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BndP 3 37.81
गाढान्धकारनिबिडक्षामकुन्तलसंहतिः । सीमन्तरेशाविन्यस्तकिन्दूरश्रेणिभासुरा
gāḍhāndhakāranibiḍakṣāmakuntalasaṃhatiḥ / sīmantareśāvinyastakindūraśreṇibhāsurā
her mass of hair dark and dense as thick darkness and fine, radiant with the line of vermilion set along the parting,
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BndP 3 37.82
स्फुरच्चन्द्रकलोत्तंसमदलोलविलोचना । सर्वशृङ्गारवेषाढ्या सर्वाभरणभूषिता
sphuraccandrakalottaṃsamadalolavilocanā / sarvaśṛṅgāraveṣāḍhyā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā
Her eyes rolling with the intoxication (of joy), with the gleaming crescent of the moon as her crest-ornament; rich in every amorous adornment and decked with every ornament.
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BndP 3 37.83
समस्तलोकमाता च सदानन्दविवर्धिनी । ब्रह्मविष्णुगिरीशेशसदाशिवनिदानभूः
samastalokamātā ca sadānandavivardhinī / brahmaviṣṇugirīśeśasadāśivanidānabhūḥ
And she is the mother of all the worlds, the increaser of everlasting bliss, the source-ground of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Giriśa (Śiva), Īśa and Sadāśiva.
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BndP 3 37.84
अपाङ्गरिङ्खत्करुणानिर्झरीतर्पिताखिला । भासते सा भगवती पापघ्नी ललितांबिका
apāṅgariṅkhatkaruṇānirjharītarpitākhilā / bhāsate sā bhagavatī pāpaghnī lalitāṃbikā
She by whom all are satisfied by the streaming torrent of compassion that flows from the corners of her eyes — she, the blessed Lalitā, the Mother, destroyer of sin, shines forth.
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BndP 3 37.85
अन्यदैवतपूजानां यस्याः पूजाफलं विदुः । यस्याः पूजाफलं प्राहुयस्या एव हि पूजनम्
anyadaivatapūjānāṃ yasyāḥ pūjāphalaṃ viduḥ / yasyāḥ pūjāphalaṃ prāhuyasyā eva hi pūjanam
She whose worship they know to be the fruit of worshipping all other deities, and whose worship they declare to be the fruit of her own worship —
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BndP 3 37.86
तस्याश्च ललितादेव्या वर्णयामि कथं पुनः । वर्षकोटिसहस्रेणाप्येकांशो वर्ण्यते न हि
tasyāśca lalitādevyā varṇayāmi kathaṃ punaḥ / varṣakoṭisahasreṇāpyekāṃśo varṇyate na hi
How, then, am I to describe that goddess Lalitā? Not even in a thousand crores of years can a single portion (of her) be described.
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BndP 3 37.87
वर्ण्यमाना ह्यवाग्रूपा वाचस्तस्यां कुतो गतिः । यतो वाचो निवर्तन्ते अप्राप्य मनसा सह
varṇyamānā hyavāgrūpā vācastasyāṃ kuto gatiḥ / yato vāco nivartante aprāpya manasā saha
For when described she is beyond the range of speech; how should speech have access to her? — she from whom words turn back, together with the mind, without reaching (her).
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BndP 3 37.88
बहुना किमिहोक्तेन तत्त्वभूतमिदं शृणु । न पक्षपातान्न स्नेहान्न मोहाद्वा मयोच्यते
bahunā kimihoktena tattvabhūtamidaṃ śṛṇu / na pakṣapātānna snehānna mohādvā mayocyate
What is the use of much talk here? Hear this, which is the very truth: it is not out of partiality, nor out of affection, nor out of delusion that I speak.
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BndP 3 37.89
संतु कल्पतरोः शाखा लेखिन्यस्तपसां निधे । मषीपात्राणि सर्वे ऽपि सप्त संतु महार्णवाः
saṃtu kalpataroḥ śākhā lekhinyastapasāṃ nidhe / maṣīpātrāṇi sarve 'pi sapta saṃtu mahārṇavāḥ
Let the branches of the wish-granting tree be the pens, O treasury of austerities, and let all the seven great oceans be the inkpots;
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BndP 3 37.90
पञ्चाशत्कोटिविस्तीर्णा भूमिः पत्रत्वमृच्छतु । तस्य लेखनकालो ऽस्तु परार्ध्याधिकवत्सरैः
pañcāśatkoṭivistīrṇā bhūmiḥ patratvamṛcchatu / tasya lekhanakālo 'stu parārdhyādhikavatsaraiḥ
let the earth, fifty crores (of yojanas) in extent, serve as the writing-leaf, and let the time for that writing be years exceeding a parārdha;
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BndP 3 37.91
लिखन्तु सर्वे लोकाश्च प्रत्येकं कोटिबाहवः । सर्वे बृहस्पतिसमा वक्तारो यदि कुंभज
likhantu sarve lokāśca pratyekaṃ koṭibāhavaḥ / sarve bṛhaspatisamā vaktāro yadi kuṃbhaja
and let all the people write, each with a crore of arms, and if all the speakers were equal to Bṛhaspati, O pot-born one (Agastya) —
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BndP 3 37.92
अथापि तस्याः श्रीदेव्याः पादाब्जैकाङ्गुलिद्युतेः । सहस्रांशेष्वेकैकांशवर्णना न हि जायते । अथ वा वृत्तिरखिला निष्फला तद्गुणस्तुतौ
athāpi tasyāḥ śrīdevyāḥ pādābjaikāṅgulidyuteḥ / sahasrāṃśeṣvekaikāṃśavarṇanā na hi jāyate / atha vā vṛttirakhilā niṣphalā tadguṇastutau
even then, of the radiance of a single toe of that glorious Goddess's lotus-feet, the description of even one part among a thousand parts does not come about; or rather, all effort is fruitless in praising her qualities.
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BndP 3 37.93
बिन्दुपीठस्य परितश्चतुरस्रवया स्थिता । महामायाजवनिका लंबते मेचकप्रभा
bindupīṭhasya paritaścaturasravayā sthitā / mahāmāyājavanikā laṃbate mecakaprabhā
All around the seat of the bindu, set in a square, hangs the curtain of Mahāmāyā, dark-blue in its lustre.
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BndP 3 37.94
देव्या उपरि हस्तानां विंशतिद्वितयोर्ध्वतः । इन्द्रगोपवितानं तु बद्धं त्रैलोक्यदुर्लभम्
devyā upari hastānāṃ viṃśatidvitayordhvataḥ / indragopavitānaṃ tu baddhaṃ trailokyadurlabham
Above the Goddess, at a height of forty hands, is stretched a canopy of cochineal-red, hard to obtain in the three worlds.
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BndP 3 37.95
तत्रालङ्कारजालं तु वर्तमानं सुदुर्लभम् । मद्वाणी वर्णयिष्यन्ती कण्ठ एव ह्रिया हता
tatrālaṅkārajālaṃ tu vartamānaṃ sudurlabham / madvāṇī varṇayiṣyantī kaṇṭha eva hriyā hatā
There exists there a network of ornaments most rare; my speech, about to describe it, is struck down by shame in the very throat.
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BndP 3 37.96
सैव जानाति तत्सर्वं तत्रत्यमखिलं गुणम् । मनसो ऽपि हि दूरे तत्सौभाग्यं केनवर्ण्यते
saiva jānāti tatsarvaṃ tatratyamakhilaṃ guṇam / manaso 'pi hi dūre tatsaubhāgyaṃ kenavarṇyate
She alone knows all that, every excellence belonging to that place; that splendour is far beyond even the mind — by whom can it be described?
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BndP 3 37.97
इत्थं भण्डमहादैत्यवधाय ललितांबिका । प्रादुर्भुता चिदनलाद्दग्धनिःशेषदानवा
itthaṃ bhaṇḍamahādaityavadhāya lalitāṃbikā / prādurbhutā cidanalāddagdhaniḥśeṣadānavā
Thus, for the slaying of the great demon Bhaṇḍa, Mother Lalitā manifested herself, and the demons were burnt up entirely by the fire of consciousness.
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BndP 3 37.98
दिव्यशिल्पिजनैः कॢप्तं षोडशक्षेत्रवेशनम् । अधिष्ठाय श्रीनगरं सदा रक्षति विष्टपम्
divyaśilpijanaiḥ kḷptaṃ ṣoḍaśakṣetraveśanam / adhiṣṭhāya śrīnagaraṃ sadā rakṣati viṣṭapam
Taking her seat in Śrīnagara, fashioned by divine artisans, with its sixteen precinct-enclosures, she protects the world forever.
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BndP 3 37.99
इत्थमेव प्रकारेण श्रीपुराण्यन्यकान्यपि । न भेदको ऽपि विन्यासो नाममात्रं पुरां भिदा
itthameva prakāreṇa śrīpurāṇyanyakānyapi / na bhedako 'pi vinyāso nāmamātraṃ purāṃ bhidā
In just this same manner are the other Śrī-cities too; there is no arrangement that distinguishes them — the difference of the cities is a matter of name only.
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BndP 3 37.100
नानावृक्षमहोद्यानमारभ्येतिक्रमेण ये । वदन्ति श्रीपुरकथां ते यान्ति परमां गतिम्
nānāvṛkṣamahodyānamārabhyetikrameṇa ye / vadanti śrīpurakathāṃ te yānti paramāṃ gatim
Those who tell the story of Śrīpura in due order, beginning with the great garden of many trees, go to the highest goal.
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BndP 3 37.101
आकर्णयन्ति पृच्छन्ति विचिन्वन्ति च ये नराः । ये पुस्तके धारयन्ति ते यान्ति परमां गतिम्
ākarṇayanti pṛcchanti vicinvanti ca ye narāḥ / ye pustake dhārayanti te yānti paramāṃ gatim
Those men who listen to it, who ask about it, and who ponder it, and those who keep it in a book — they go to the highest goal.
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BndP 3 37.102
ये श्रीपुरप्रकारेण तत्तत्स्थानविभेदतः । कृत्वा शिल्पिजनैः सर्वं श्रीदेव्यायतनं महत् । संपादयन्ति ये भक्तास्ते यान्ति परमां गतिम्
ye śrīpuraprakāreṇa tattatsthānavibhedataḥ / kṛtvā śilpijanaiḥ sarvaṃ śrīdevyāyatanaṃ mahat / saṃpādayanti ye bhaktāste yānti paramāṃ gatim
Those devotees who, following the plan of Śrīpura, with its divisions into the several stations, have artisans construct the whole of it and complete the great temple of Śrī Devī — they go to the supreme goal.
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