Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 41
BndP 3 41.1
अगस्त्य उवाच कीदृशं यन्त्रमेतस्या मन्त्रोवा कीदृशो वरः । उपदेष्टा च कीदृक्स्याच्छिष्यो वा कीदृशः स्मृतः
agastya uvāca kīdṛśaṃ yantrametasyā mantrovā kīdṛśo varaḥ / upadeṣṭā ca kīdṛksyācchiṣyo vā kīdṛśaḥ smṛtaḥ
Agastya said: What is her diagram like, and what sort is the excellent mantra? And what should the instructor be like, and what sort of disciple is prescribed?
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BndP 3 41.2
सर्वज्ञस्त्वं हयग्रीव साक्षात्परमपूरुषः । स्वामिन्मयि कृपादृष्ट्या सर्वमेतन्निवेदय
sarvajñastvaṃ hayagrīva sākṣātparamapūruṣaḥ / svāminmayi kṛpādṛṣṭyā sarvametannivedaya
You are all-knowing, Hayagrīva, the supreme Person in person. Lord, with a glance of grace upon me, declare all this.
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BndP 3 41.3
हयग्रीव उवाच मन्त्रं श्रीचक्रगेवास्याः सेयं हि त्रिपुरांबिका । सैषैव हि महालक्ष्मीः स्फुरच्चैवात्मनः पुरा
hayagrīva uvāca mantraṃ śrīcakragevāsyāḥ seyaṃ hi tripurāṃbikā / saiṣaiva hi mahālakṣmīḥ sphuraccaivātmanaḥ purā
Hayagrīva said: Her mantra is (embodied) in the Śrīcakra itself, for she is that very Tripurā, the Mother; and she alone is Mahālakṣmī, and formerly she shone forth of herself.
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BndP 3 41.4
पस्यति स्म तदा चक्रं ज्योतिर्मयविजृंभितम् । अस्य चक्रस्य माहात्म्यमपरिज्ञेयमेव हि
pasyati sma tadā cakraṃ jyotirmayavijṛṃbhitam / asya cakrasya māhātmyamaparijñeyameva hi
Then (he/one) beheld the cakra expanded with light. Indeed the greatness of this cakra is simply not to be fully known.
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BndP 3 41.5
साक्षात्सैव महालक्ष्मीः श्रीचक्रमिति तत्त्वतः । यदभ्यर्च्य महाविष्णुः सर्वलोकविमोहनम् । कामसंमोहिनीरूपं भेजे राजीवलोचनः
sākṣātsaiva mahālakṣmīḥ śrīcakramiti tattvataḥ / yadabhyarcya mahāviṣṇuḥ sarvalokavimohanam / kāmasaṃmohinīrūpaṃ bheje rājīvalocanaḥ
In truth that very Mahālakṣmī is herself the Śrīcakra; having worshipped it, the lotus-eyed Mahāviṣṇu took on the form of Kāmasaṃmohinī, which bewilders all the worlds.
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BndP 3 41.6
अर्चयित्वा तदीशानः सर्वविद्येश्वरो ऽभवत् । तदाराध्य विशेषेण ब्रह्मा ब्रह्माण्डसूरभूत् । मुनीनां मोहनश्चासीत्स्मरो यद्वरिवस्यया
arcayitvā tadīśānaḥ sarvavidyeśvaro 'bhavat / tadārādhya viśeṣeṇa brahmā brahmāṇḍasūrabhūt / munīnāṃ mohanaścāsītsmaro yadvarivasyayā
Having worshipped it, Īśāna became lord of all the sciences; by worshipping it especially, Brahmā became the creator of the cosmic egg; and by the service of which Smara became the bewilderer of the sages.
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BndP 3 41.7
श्रीदेव्याः पुरतश्चक्रं हेमरौप्यादिनिर्मितम् । निधाय गन्धैरभ्यर्च्य षोडशाक्षरविद्यया
śrīdevyāḥ purataścakraṃ hemaraupyādinirmitam / nidhāya gandhairabhyarcya ṣoḍaśākṣaravidyayā
Having placed before Śrīdevī a cakra made of gold, silver or the like, and worshipped it with fragrances with the sixteen-syllabled vidyā,
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BndP 3 41.8
प्रत्यहं तुलसीपत्रैः पवित्रैर्मङ्गलाकृतिः । सहस्रैर्मूलमन्त्रेण श्रीदेवीध्यानसंयुतः
pratyahaṃ tulasīpatraiḥ pavitrairmaṅgalākṛtiḥ / sahasrairmūlamantreṇa śrīdevīdhyānasaṃyutaḥ
daily, with pure tulasī leaves, of auspicious form, a thousand (of them), with the root-mantra, joined with meditation on Śrīdevī,
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BndP 3 41.9
अर्चयित्वा च मध्वाज्यशर्करापायसैः शुभैः । अनवद्यैश्च नैवेद्यैर्माषापूपैर्मनोहरैः
arcayitvā ca madhvājyaśarkarāpāyasaiḥ śubhaiḥ / anavadyaiśca naivedyairmāṣāpūpairmanoharaiḥ
and having worshipped with auspicious honey, ghee, sugar and rice-pudding, and with blameless food-offerings and with delightful black-gram cakes —
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BndP 3 41.10
यः प्रीणति महालक्ष्मीं मतिमान्मण्डलत्रये । महसा तस्य सांनिध्यमाधत्ते परमेश्वरी
yaḥ prīṇati mahālakṣmīṃ matimānmaṇḍalatraye / mahasā tasya sāṃnidhyamādhatte parameśvarī
the wise man who thus gratifies Mahālakṣmī for three periods of forty days, upon him the Supreme Goddess bestows her presence with splendour.
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BndP 3 41.11
मनसा वाञ्छितं यच्च प्रसन्ना तत्प्रपूरयेत् । धवलै कुसुमैश्चक्रमुक्तरीत्या तु योर्ऽचयेत्
manasā vāñchitaṃ yacca prasannā tatprapūrayet / dhavalai kusumaiścakramuktarītyā tu yor'cayet
And, being pleased, she would fulfil whatever is desired in the mind. And he who should worship the cakra with white flowers in the manner stated —
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BndP 3 41.12
तस्यैव रसनाभागे नित्यं नृत्यति भारती । पाटलैः कुसुमैश्चक्रं योर्ऽचयेदुक्तमार्गतः । सार्वभौमं च राजानं दासवद्वशयेदसौ
tasyaiva rasanābhāge nityaṃ nṛtyati bhāratī / pāṭalaiḥ kusumaiścakraṃ yor'cayeduktamārgataḥ / sārvabhaumaṃ ca rājānaṃ dāsavadvaśayedasau
on his very tongue Bhāratī dances constantly. He who should worship the cakra with pāṭala flowers by the stated method, he would subdue even a universal emperor like a slave.
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BndP 3 41.13
पीतवर्णैः शुभैः पुष्पैः पूर्ववत्पूजयेच्च यः । तस्य वक्षस्थले नित्यं साक्षाच्छ्रीर्वसति ध्रुवम्
pītavarṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ puṣpaiḥ pūrvavatpūjayecca yaḥ / tasya vakṣasthale nityaṃ sākṣācchrīrvasati dhruvam
And he who should worship as before with auspicious yellow-coloured flowers — on his breast Śrī herself surely dwells forever.
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BndP 3 41.14
दुर्गन्धैर्गन्धहीनैश्च सुवर्णैरपि नार्चयेत् । सुगन्धैरेव कुसुमैः पुष्पैश्चाभ्यर्चर्योच्छवाम्
durgandhairgandhahīnaiśca suvarṇairapi nārcayet / sugandhaireva kusumaiḥ puṣpaiścābhyarcaryocchavām
One should not worship with foul-smelling or scentless (flowers), even if golden; one should worship the Exalted One only with fragrant blossoms and flowers.
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BndP 3 41.15
कामाक्ष्यैव महालक्ष्मीश्चक्रं श्रीचक्रमेव हि । श्रीविद्यैषा परा विद्या नायिका गुरुनायिका
kāmākṣyaiva mahālakṣmīścakraṃ śrīcakrameva hi / śrīvidyaiṣā parā vidyā nāyikā gurunāyikā
Kāmākṣī alone is Mahālakṣmī, and the cakra is none other than the Śrīcakra; this Śrīvidyā is the supreme knowledge, the mistress, the mistress of the gurus.
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BndP 3 41.16
एतस्या मन्त्रराजस्तु श्रीविद्यैव तपोधन । कामराजान्तमन्त्रान्ते श्रीबीजेन समन्वितः
etasyā mantrarājastu śrīvidyaiva tapodhana / kāmarājāntamantrānte śrībījena samanvitaḥ
And her king of mantras is Śrīvidyā itself, O rich in austerity — (the mantra) ending in the Kāmarāja (syllable), joined at the end of the mantra with the Śrī-seed.
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BndP 3 41.17
षोडशाक्षरविद्येयं श्रीविद्येति प्रकीर्तिता । इत्थं रहस्यमाख्यातं गोपनीयं प्रयत्नतः
ṣoḍaśākṣaravidyeyaṃ śrīvidyeti prakīrtitā / itthaṃ rahasyamākhyātaṃ gopanīyaṃ prayatnataḥ
This sixteen-syllabled vidyā is proclaimed as the Śrīvidyā. Thus the secret has been declared; it is to be guarded carefully.
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BndP 3 41.18
तिसृणामपि मूर्तीनां शक्तिर्विद्येयमीरिता । सर्वेषा मपि मन्त्राणां विद्यैषा प्राणरूपिणी
tisṛṇāmapi mūrtīnāṃ śaktirvidyeyamīritā / sarveṣā mapi mantrāṇāṃ vidyaiṣā prāṇarūpiṇī
This vidyā is declared to be the power of all three forms (of the deity); this vidyā is the very life-form of all mantras.
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BndP 3 41.19
पारंपर्येण विज्ञाता विद्येयं बन्धमोचिनी । संस्मृता पापहरणी जरामृत्युविनाशिनी
pāraṃparyeṇa vijñātā vidyeyaṃ bandhamocinī / saṃsmṛtā pāpaharaṇī jarāmṛtyuvināśinī
Known through the succession (of teachers), this vidyā releases from bondage; when remembered it removes sin, and destroys old age and death.
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BndP 3 41.20
पूजिता दुःखदौर्भाग्यव्याधिदारिद्रयनाशिनी । स्तुता विघ्नौघशमिनी ध्याता सर्वार्थसिद्धिदा
pūjitā duḥkhadaurbhāgyavyādhidāridrayanāśinī / stutā vighnaughaśaminī dhyātā sarvārthasiddhidā
Worshipped, she destroys suffering, misfortune, disease, and poverty; praised, she quells the flood of obstacles; meditated upon, she grants the accomplishment of every aim.
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BndP 3 41.21
मुद्राविशेषतत्त्वज्ञो दीक्षाक्षपितकल्मषः । भजेद्यः परमेशानीमभीष्टफलमाप्नुयात्
mudrāviśeṣatattvajño dīkṣākṣapitakalmaṣaḥ / bhajedyaḥ parameśānīmabhīṣṭaphalamāpnuyāt
He who knows the truth of the particular hand-gestures, whose sins have been consumed by initiation, and who worships the supreme Mistress, would obtain the fruit he desires.
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BndP 3 41.22
धवलांबरसंवीतां धवलावासमध्यगाम् । पूजयेद्धवलैः पुष्पैर्ब्रह्मचर्ययुतो नरः
dhavalāṃbarasaṃvītāṃ dhavalāvāsamadhyagām / pūjayeddhavalaiḥ puṣpairbrahmacaryayuto naraḥ
A man observing chastity should worship with white flowers (the Goddess) wrapped in white garments and seated in the midst of a white dwelling,
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BndP 3 41.23
धवलैश्चैव नैवेद्यैर्दधिक्षीरौदनादिभिः । संकल्पधवलैर्वापि पूजयेत्परमेश्वरीम्
dhavalaiścaiva naivedyairdadhikṣīraudanādibhiḥ / saṃkalpadhavalairvāpi pūjayetparameśvarīm
and with white food-offerings — curds, milk, boiled rice and the rest — or even with (things) made white by mental resolve, he should worship the supreme Goddess.
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BndP 3 41.26
श्रीर्वालन्त्र्यक्षीबीजैः क्रमात्खण्डेषु योजिताम् । षोडशाक्षरविद्यां तामर्चयेच्छुद्धमानसः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,४१।२४ ॥ अनुलोमविलोमेन प्रजपन्मात्रिकाक्षरैः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,४१।२५ ॥ भावयन्नेव देवाग्रे श्रीदेवीं दीपरूपिणीम् । मनसोपांशुना वापि निगदेनापि तापस
śrīrvālantryakṣībījaiḥ kramātkhaṇḍeṣu yojitām / ṣoḍaśākṣaravidyāṃ tāmarcayecchuddhamānasaḥ // bndp_3,41.24 // anulomavilomena prajapanmātrikākṣaraiḥ // bndp_3,41.25 // bhāvayanneva devāgre śrīdevīṃ dīparūpiṇīm / manasopāṃśunā vāpi nigadenāpi tāpasa
With the seed-syllables śrī, vāla and tryakṣī joined in order to the (three) sections, he should worship with pure mind that sixteen-syllabled vidyā, reciting with the syllables of the mātṛkā forward and in reverse, all the while visualizing before the deity the glorious Goddess in the form of a lamp — mentally, or in a whisper, or even aloud, O ascetic.
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BndP 3 41.27
श्रीदेवीन्याससहितः श्रीदेवीकृतविग्रहः । एकलक्षजपेनैव महापापैः प्रमुच्यते
śrīdevīnyāsasahitaḥ śrīdevīkṛtavigrahaḥ / ekalakṣajapenaiva mahāpāpaiḥ pramucyate
He who has performed the installation (nyāsa) of Śrīdevī and has made his body (identical with) Śrīdevī is freed from great sins by a single lakh of recitations.
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BndP 3 41.28
लक्षद्वयेन देवर्षे सप्तजन्मकृतान्यपि । पापानि नाशयत्येव साधकस्य परा कला
lakṣadvayena devarṣe saptajanmakṛtānyapi / pāpāni nāśayatyeva sādhakasya parā kalā
By two lakhs, O divine seer, the supreme portion (of the mantra) destroys even the sins committed by the practitioner in seven births.
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BndP 3 41.29
लक्षत्रितयजापेन सहस्रजनिपातकैः । मुच्यते नात्र संदेहो निर्मलो नितरां मुने । क्रमात्षोडशलक्षेण देवीसांनिध्यमाप्नुयात्
lakṣatritayajāpena sahasrajanipātakaiḥ / mucyate nātra saṃdeho nirmalo nitarāṃ mune / kramātṣoḍaśalakṣeṇa devīsāṃnidhyamāpnuyāt
By reciting three lakhs he is freed from the sins of a thousand births — there is no doubt here — and becomes utterly spotless, O sage; and by sixteen lakhs, in due order, he would attain the presence of the Goddess.
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BndP 3 41.30
पूजा त्रैकालिकी नित्यं जपस्तर्पणमेव च । होमो ब्राह्मणभुक्तिश्च पुरश्चरणमुच्यते
pūjā traikālikī nityaṃ japastarpaṇameva ca / homo brāhmaṇabhuktiśca puraścaraṇamucyate
Worship at the three times of day, daily recitation and libation, oblation, and the feeding of brahmins — this is called the preliminary observance.
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BndP 3 41.31
होमतर्पणयोः स्वाहा न्यासपूजनयोर्नमः । मन्त्रान्ते पूजयेद्देवीं जपकाले यथोचितम्
homatarpaṇayoḥ svāhā nyāsapūjanayornamaḥ / mantrānte pūjayeddevīṃ japakāle yathocitam
In oblation and libation (one uses) svāhā, in installation and worship namaḥ; at the end of the mantra he should worship the Goddess, and at the time of recitation as is fitting.
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BndP 3 41.32
जपाद्दशांशो होमः स्यात्तद्दशांशं तु तर्पणम् । तद्दशांशं ब्राह्मणानां भोजनं विन्ध्यमर्दन
japāddaśāṃśo homaḥ syāttaddaśāṃśaṃ tu tarpaṇam / taddaśāṃśaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ bhojanaṃ vindhyamardana
The oblation should be a tenth of the recitation, the libation a tenth of that, and the feeding of brahmins a tenth of that, O crusher of the Vindhya.
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BndP 3 41.33
देशकालोपघाते तु यद्यदङ्गं विहीयते । तत्संख्याद्विगुणं जप्त्वा पुरश्चर्यां समापयेत्
deśakālopaghāte tu yadyadaṅgaṃ vihīyate / tatsaṃkhyādviguṇaṃ japtvā puraścaryāṃ samāpayet
But when there is impairment by place or time, whatever component is omitted — having recited twice that number, he should complete the preliminary observance.
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BndP 3 41.34
ततः काम्यप्रयोगार्थं पुनर्लक्षत्रयं जपेत् । व्रतस्थो निर्विकारश्च त्रिकालं पूजनेरतः । पश्चाद्वश्यादिकर्माणि कुर्वन्सिद्धिमवाप्स्यति
tataḥ kāmyaprayogārthaṃ punarlakṣatrayaṃ japet / vratastho nirvikāraśca trikālaṃ pūjanerataḥ / paścādvaśyādikarmāṇi kurvansiddhimavāpsyati
Then, for the purpose of rites aimed at particular desires, he should recite three lakhs again; abiding in his vow, free from perturbation, devoted to worship at the three times — afterwards, performing the rites of subjugation and the rest, he will attain success.
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BndP 3 41.35
अभ्यर्च्य चक्रमध्यस्थो मन्त्री चिन्तयते यदा । सर्वमात्मानमरुणं साध्यमप्यरुणीकृतम्
abhyarcya cakramadhyastho mantrī cintayate yadā / sarvamātmānamaruṇaṃ sādhyamapyaruṇīkṛtam
When the mantra-adept, having worshipped and standing in the middle of the diagram, contemplates everything and himself as red, and the target too as made red,
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BndP 3 41.36
ततो भवति विन्ध्यारे सर्वसौभाग्यसुन्दरः । वल्लभः सर्वलोकानां वशयेन्नात्रसंशयः
tato bhavati vindhyāre sarvasaubhāgyasundaraḥ / vallabhaḥ sarvalokānāṃ vaśayennātrasaṃśayaḥ
then, O foe of the Vindhya, he becomes beautiful with every good fortune, beloved of all people, and he may subjugate (them) — there is no doubt here.
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BndP 3 41.37
रोचनाकुङ्कुमाभ्यां तु समभागं तु चन्दनम् । शतमष्टोत्तरं जप्त्वा तिलकं कारयेद् बुधः
rocanākuṅkumābhyāṃ tu samabhāgaṃ tu candanam / śatamaṣṭottaraṃ japtvā tilakaṃ kārayed budhaḥ
With orpiment (rocanā) and saffron, and sandal-paste in equal measure — having recited (the mantra) one hundred and eight times, the wise man should make a forehead-mark.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.38
ततो यमीक्षते वक्ति स्पृशते चिन्तयेच्च यम् । अर्धेन च शरीरेण स वशं याति दासवत्
tato yamīkṣate vakti spṛśate cintayecca yam / ardhena ca śarīreṇa sa vaśaṃ yāti dāsavat
Then whomever he looks at, speaks to, touches or thinks of — with half his body that one comes under his sway, like a slave.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 41.39
तथा पुष्पं फलं गन्धं पानं वस्त्रं तपोधन । शतमष्टोत्तरं जप्त्वा यस्यै संप्रोष्यते स्त्रियै । सद्य आकृष्यते सा तु विमूढहृदया सती
tathā puṣpaṃ phalaṃ gandhaṃ pānaṃ vastraṃ tapodhana / śatamaṣṭottaraṃ japtvā yasyai saṃproṣyate striyai / sadya ākṛṣyate sā tu vimūḍhahṛdayā satī
Likewise a flower, a fruit, a perfume, a drink, a garment, O you rich in austerity — having recited (the mantra) one hundred and eight times, to whichever woman it is sent, she at once is drawn (to him), her heart bewildered, chaste though she be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 41.40
लिखेद्रोचन यैकान्ते प्रतिमामवनीतले । सुरूपां च सशृङ्गारवेषाभरणमण्डिताम्
likhedrocana yaikānte pratimāmavanītale / surūpāṃ ca saśṛṅgāraveṣābharaṇamaṇḍitām
In a solitary place he should draw with orpiment an image on the surface of the ground, beautiful, adorned with amorous dress and ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.41
तद्भालगलहृन्नाभिजानुमण्डलयोजितम् । जन्मनाममहाविद्यामङ्कुशान्तर्विदर्भितम्
tadbhālagalahṛnnābhijānumaṇḍalayojitam / janmanāmamahāvidyāmaṅkuśāntarvidarbhitam
(He should write) that (mantra), fitted onto her forehead, throat, heart, navel and knee-circles — the great vidyā consisting of her birth-name, interlaced within a hook (aṅkuśa) figure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 41.42
सर्वाङ्गसंधिसंलीनामालिख्य मदनाक्षरैः । तदाशाभिमुखो भूत्वा त्रिपुरीकृतविग्रहः
sarvāṅgasaṃdhisaṃlīnāmālikhya madanākṣaraiḥ / tadāśābhimukho bhūtvā tripurīkṛtavigrahaḥ
Having written (her name), merged into all the joints of her limbs, with the syllables of passion (madana), and facing that direction, with his own body made into (that of) Tripurā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 41.43
बद्ध्वा तु क्षोभिणीं मुद्रां विद्यामष्टशतं जपेत् । संयोज्य दहनागारे चन्द्रसूर्यप्रभाकुले
baddhvā tu kṣobhiṇīṃ mudrāṃ vidyāmaṣṭaśataṃ japet / saṃyojya dahanāgāre candrasūryaprabhākule
and having formed the agitating (kṣobhiṇī) mudrā, he should recite the vidyā one hundred and eight times, joining (it) in the fire-chamber thronged with the radiance of moon and sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.44
ततो विह्वलितापाङ्गीमनङ्गशरपीडिताम् । प्रज्वलन्मदनोन्मेषप्रस्फुरज्जघनस्थलाम्
tato vihvalitāpāṅgīmanaṅgaśarapīḍitām / prajvalanmadanonmeṣaprasphurajjaghanasthalām
Then (he should visualize) her with the corners of her eyes reeling, tormented by the arrows of Anaṅga, the region of her loins throbbing with the blazing awakening of desire,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.45
शक्तिचक्रे लसद्रश्मिवलनाकवलीकृताम् । दूरीकृतसुचारित्रां विशालनयनाम्बुजाम्
śakticakre lasadraśmivalanākavalīkṛtām / dūrīkṛtasucāritrāṃ viśālanayanāmbujām
swallowed up by the whirling of the gleaming rays in the wheel of śakti, her good conduct driven far away, her wide eyes like lotuses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 41.46
आकृष्टनयनां नष्टधैर्यसंलीनव्रीडनाम् । मन्त्रयन्त्रौषधमहामुद्रानिगडबन्धनाम् । दूरीकृतसुचारित्रां विशालनयनाम्बुजाम्
ākṛṣṭanayanāṃ naṣṭadhairyasaṃlīnavrīḍanām / mantrayantrauṣadhamahāmudrānigaḍabandhanām / dūrīkṛtasucāritrāṃ viśālanayanāmbujām
her eyes drawn (to him), her modesty dissolved with her lost steadfastness, fettered by the chains of mantra, yantra, herb and the great mudrā, her good conduct driven far away, her wide eyes like lotuses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 41.47
मनो ऽधिकमहामन्त्रजपमानां हृतांशुकाम् । विमूढामिव विक्षुब्धामिव प्लुष्टामिवाद्भुताम्
mano 'dhikamahāmantrajapamānāṃ hṛtāṃśukām / vimūḍhāmiva vikṣubdhāmiva pluṣṭāmivādbhutām
muttering the great mantra that overpowers the mind, her garment snatched away, as if stupefied, as if shaken, as if scorched, as if astonishing,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 41.48
लिखितामिव निःसंज्ञामिव प्रमथितामिव । निलीनामिव निश्चेष्टामिवान्यत्वं गतामिव
likhitāmiva niḥsaṃjñāmiva pramathitāmiva / nilīnāmiva niśceṣṭāmivānyatvaṃ gatāmiva
as if painted (on a wall), as if unconscious, as if crushed, as if shrunk away, as if motionless, as if turned into something other,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.49
भ्रमन्मन्त्रानिलोद्धूतवेणुपत्राकृतिं च खे । भ्रमन्तीं भावयेन्नारीं योजनानां शतादपि
bhramanmantrāniloddhūtaveṇupatrākṛtiṃ ca khe / bhramantīṃ bhāvayennārīṃ yojanānāṃ śatādapi
and in the sky, having the appearance of a bamboo leaf tossed up by the wind of the whirling mantra — he should visualize the woman whirling (thus), even from a hundred yojanas away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 41.50
चक्रमध्यगतां पृथ्वीं सशैलवनकाननाम् । चतुःसमुद्रपर्यन्तं ज्वलन्तीं चिन्तयेत्ततः
cakramadhyagatāṃ pṛthvīṃ saśailavanakānanām / catuḥsamudraparyantaṃ jvalantīṃ cintayettataḥ
Then he should contemplate the earth, set in the middle of the wheel, with its mountains, woods and forests, as far as the four oceans, blazing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.51
षण्मासाभ्यासयोगेन जायते मदनोपमः । दृष्ट्वा कर्षयते लोकं दृष्ट्वैव कुरुते वशम्
ṣaṇmāsābhyāsayogena jāyate madanopamaḥ / dṛṣṭvā karṣayate lokaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva kurute vaśam
By the practice of six months he becomes like Madana: by a look he draws people, by a look alone he brings (them) under his control,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.52
दृष्ट्वा संक्षोभयेन्नारीं दृष्ट्वैव हरते विषम् । दृष्ट्वा करीति वागीशं दृष्ट्वा सर्वं विमोहयेत् । दृष्ट्वा चातुर्थिकादींश्च ज्वरान्नाशयते क्षणात्
dṛṣṭvā saṃkṣobhayennārīṃ dṛṣṭvaiva harate viṣam / dṛṣṭvā karīti vāgīśaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvaṃ vimohayet / dṛṣṭvā cāturthikādīṃśca jvarānnāśayate kṣaṇāt
by a look he agitates a woman, by a look alone he takes away poison, by a look he makes (a man) a lord of speech, by a look he bewilders everyone, and by a look he destroys quartan and other fevers in an instant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 41.53
पीतद्रव्येण लिखितं चक्रं गूढं तु धारयेत् । वाक्स्तंभं वादिनां क्षिप्रं कुरुते नात्र संशयः
pītadravyeṇa likhitaṃ cakraṃ gūḍhaṃ tu dhārayet / vākstaṃbhaṃ vādināṃ kṣipraṃ kurute nātra saṃśayaḥ
The wheel written with a yellow substance he should wear concealed; it quickly effects the paralysis of the speech of disputants — there is no doubt in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.54
महानीलीरसेनापि शत्रुनामयुतं लिखेत् । दक्षिणाभिमुखो वह्नौ दग्ध्वा मारयते रिपून्
mahānīlīrasenāpi śatrunāmayutaṃ likhet / dakṣiṇābhimukho vahnau dagdhvā mārayate ripūn
Or else with the juice of great indigo he should write the enemy's name ten thousand times; facing south, having burnt it in the fire, he kills his foes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.55
महिषाश्वपुरीषाभ्यां गोमूत्रैर्नाम टङ्कितम् । आरनालस्थितं चक्रं विद्वेषं कुरुते द्विषाम्
mahiṣāśvapurīṣābhyāṃ gomūtrairnāma ṭaṅkitam / āranālasthitaṃ cakraṃ vidveṣaṃ kurute dviṣām
The wheel, with the name inscribed with buffalo and horse dung and with cow's urine, placed in sour gruel, produces enmity among adversaries.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.56
युक्त्वा रोचनया नाम काकपक्षेण मध्यगम् । लंबमानस्तदाकारो उच्चाटनकरं परम्
yuktvā rocanayā nāma kākapakṣeṇa madhyagam / laṃbamānastadākāro uccāṭanakaraṃ param
Having joined the name with gorocanā, (writing it) in the centre with a crow's feather, (the wheel) hanging down in that shape is supreme in causing (an enemy's) expulsion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 41.57
दुग्धलाक्षारोचनाभिर्महानीलीरसेन च । लिखित्वा धारयंश्चक्रं चातुर्वर्ण्यं वशं नयेत्
dugdhalākṣārocanābhirmahānīlīrasena ca / likhitvā dhārayaṃścakraṃ cāturvarṇyaṃ vaśaṃ nayet
Having written (it) with milk, lac, gorocanā and the juice of great indigo, and wearing the wheel, he brings the four classes under his control.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.58
अनेनैव विधानेन जलमध्ये यदि क्षिपेत् । सौभाग्यमतुलं तस्य स्नानपानान्न संशयः
anenaiva vidhānena jalamadhye yadi kṣipet / saubhāgyamatulaṃ tasya snānapānānna saṃśayaḥ
If, by this very procedure, he should cast (it) into water, incomparable good fortune is his from bathing in and drinking (that water) — no doubt of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.59
चक्रमध्यगतं देशं नगरीं वा वराङ्गनाम् । ज्वलन्तीं चिन्तयेन्नित्यं सप्ताहात्क्षोभयेन्मुने
cakramadhyagataṃ deśaṃ nagarīṃ vā varāṅganām / jvalantīṃ cintayennityaṃ saptāhātkṣobhayenmune
He should constantly contemplate the country, or the city, or the beautiful woman placed in the middle of the wheel as blazing; within seven days he will agitate (them), O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.60
लिखित्वा पीतवर्णं तु चक्रमेतद्यदाचरेत् । पूर्वाशाभिमुखो भूत्वा स्तंभयेत्सर्ववादिनः
likhitvā pītavarṇaṃ tu cakrametadyadācaret / pūrvāśābhimukho bhūtvā staṃbhayetsarvavādinaḥ
Whoever, having written this wheel in yellow colour, performs (the rite) facing east, will paralyse all disputants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.61
सिंदूरवर्णलिखितं पूजयेदुत्तरामुखः । यदा तदा स्ववशगो लोको भवति नान्यथा
siṃdūravarṇalikhitaṃ pūjayeduttarāmukhaḥ / yadā tadā svavaśago loko bhavati nānyathā
One written in the colour of vermilion he should worship facing north; when (he does) so, people come under his own control, and not otherwise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.62
चक्रं गौरिकयालिख्यपूजयेत्पश्चिमामुखः । यः ससर्वाङ्गनाकर्षवश्यक्षोभकरो भवेत्
cakraṃ gaurikayālikhyapūjayetpaścimāmukhaḥ / yaḥ sasarvāṅganākarṣavaśyakṣobhakaro bhavet
Having drawn the wheel (cakra) with yellow ochre, one should worship it facing west; (he who does so) becomes one who works the attraction, subjugation and agitation of all women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.63
पूजयेद्विन्ध्यदर्पारे रहस्येकचरो गिरौ । अजरामरतां मन्त्री लभते नात्र संशयः
pūjayedvindhyadarpāre rahasyekacaro girau / ajarāmaratāṃ mantrī labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
One should worship on the mountain, in the Vindhya... (cave?), moving about alone in secret; the reciter of the mantra attains freedom from old age and death — of this there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 41.64
रहस्यमेतत्कथितं गोपितव्यं महामुने । गोपनात्सर्वसिद्धिः स्याद्भ्रंश एव प्रकाशनात्
rahasyametatkathitaṃ gopitavyaṃ mahāmune / gopanātsarvasiddhiḥ syādbhraṃśa eva prakāśanāt
This secret has been told (to you); it is to be kept hidden, great sage. From concealment comes complete success; from disclosure, only ruin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.65
अविधाय पुरश्चर्यां यः कर्म कुरुते मुने । देवताशापमाप्नोति न च सिद्धिं स विन्दति
avidhāya puraścaryāṃ yaḥ karma kurute mune / devatāśāpamāpnoti na ca siddhiṃ sa vindati
He who performs the rite, sage, without having done the preliminary practice (puraścaryā), incurs the deity's curse and does not obtain success.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.69
प्रयोगदोषशान्त्यर्थं पुनर्लक्षं जपेद्बुधः । कुर्याच्च विधिवत्पूजां पुनर्योग्यो भवेन्नरः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,४१।६६ ॥ निष्कामो देवतां नित्यं योर्ऽचयेद्भक्तिनिर्भरः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,४१।६७ ॥तामेव चिन्तयन्नास्ते यथाशक्ति मनुं जपन् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,४१।६८ ॥ सैव तस्यैहिकं भारं वहेन्मुक्तिं च साधयेत् । सदा संनिहिता तस्य सर्वं च कथयेत सा
prayogadoṣaśāntyarthaṃ punarlakṣaṃ japedbudhaḥ / kuryācca vidhivatpūjāṃ punaryogyo bhavennaraḥ // bndp_3,41.66 // niṣkāmo devatāṃ nityaṃ yor'cayedbhaktinirbharaḥ // bndp_3,41.67 //tāmeva cintayannāste yathāśakti manuṃ japan // bndp_3,41.68 // saiva tasyaihikaṃ bhāraṃ vahenmuktiṃ ca sādhayet / sadā saṃnihitā tasya sarvaṃ ca kathayeta sā
To appease the fault in the practice the wise man should recite a further hundred thousand (repetitions), and should perform the worship according to rule; then the man becomes fit again. // He who, free of desire, worships the deity daily, filled with devotion, // and remains meditating on her alone, reciting the mantra to the best of his ability, // she herself will bear his worldly burden and will bring about his liberation; ever present near him, she will tell him everything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.70
वात्सल्यसहिता धेनु यथा वत्समनुव्रजेत् । तथानुगच्छेत्सा देवी स्वभक्तं शरणागतम्
vātsalyasahitā dhenu yathā vatsamanuvrajet / tathānugacchetsā devī svabhaktaṃ śaraṇāgatam
As a cow full of maternal affection follows after her calf, so does that Goddess follow after her own devotee who has come for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.71
अगस्त्य उवाच शरणागतशब्दस्य कोर्ऽथो वद हया नन । वत्सं गौरिव यं गौरी धावन्तमनुधावति
agastya uvāca śaraṇāgataśabdasya kor'tho vada hayā nana / vatsaṃ gauriva yaṃ gaurī dhāvantamanudhāvati
Agastya said: Tell (me), Horse-faced one, what is the meaning of the word 'one who has come for refuge' — whom does Gaurī run after as he runs, as a cow (after) her calf?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.72
हयग्रीव उवाच यः पुमानखिलं भारमैहिकामुष्मिकात्मकम् । श्रीदेवतायां निक्षिप्य सदा तद्गतमानसः
hayagrīva uvāca yaḥ pumānakhilaṃ bhāramaihikāmuṣmikātmakam / śrīdevatāyāṃ nikṣipya sadā tadgatamānasaḥ
Hayagrīva said: The man who, having laid the whole burden — that concerning this world and the next — upon the blessed deity, with his mind ever fixed on her,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.73
सर्वानुकूलः सर्वत्र प्रतिकूलविवर्जितः । अनन्यशरणो गौरीं दृढं सम्प्रार्थ्य रक्षणे
sarvānukūlaḥ sarvatra pratikūlavivarjitaḥ / ananyaśaraṇo gaurīṃ dṛḍhaṃ samprārthya rakṣaṇe
is agreeable to all in every situation, avoiding all that is contrary, having no other refuge, and having firmly entreated Gaurī for protection,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.74
रक्षिष्यतीति विश्वासस्तत्सेवैकप्रयोजनः । वरिवस्यातत्परः स्यात्सा एव शरणागतिः
rakṣiṣyatīti viśvāsastatsevaikaprayojanaḥ / varivasyātatparaḥ syātsā eva śaraṇāgatiḥ
has the confidence 'she will protect (me)', has her service as his sole purpose, and is intent upon (her) attendance — that itself is 'coming for refuge'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.75
यदा कदाचित्स्तुतिनिन्दनादौ निन्दन्तु लोकाः स्तुवतां जनो वा । इति स्वरूपं सुधिया समीक्ष्य विषादखेदौ न भजेत्प्रपन्नः
yadā kadācitstutinindanādau nindantu lokāḥ stuvatāṃ jano vā / iti svarūpaṃ sudhiyā samīkṣya viṣādakhedau na bhajetprapannaḥ
Whenever the occasion of praise or blame arises: "Let people blame, or let a man praise" — thus, examining with sound understanding the nature (of things), one who has surrendered should not give way to dejection or distress.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.76
अनुकूलस्य संकल्पः प्रतिकूलस्य वर्जनम् । रक्षिष्यतीति विश्वासो गोप्तृत्ववरणं तथा
anukūlasya saṃkalpaḥ pratikūlasya varjanam / rakṣiṣyatīti viśvāso goptṛtvavaraṇaṃ tathā
The resolve toward what is agreeable, the avoidance of what is contrary, the confidence 'she will protect (me)', and likewise the choosing (of her) as protector,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.77
आत्मनिक्षेपकार्पण्ये षड्विधा शरणागतिः । अङ्गीकृत्यात्मनिक्षेपं पञ्चाङ्गानि समर्पयेत् । न ह्यस्य सदृशं किञ्चिद्भुक्तिमुक्त्योस्तु साधनम्
ātmanikṣepakārpaṇye ṣaḍvidhā śaraṇāgatiḥ / aṅgīkṛtyātmanikṣepaṃ pañcāṅgāni samarpayet / na hyasya sadṛśaṃ kiñcidbhuktimuktyostu sādhanam
the offering up of oneself, and helplessness (of humility) — sixfold is the coming for refuge. Having adopted the offering up of oneself, one should present the five (other) members. There is indeed no means whatever equal to this for enjoyment and for liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.78
अमानित्वमदंभित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम् । आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः
amānitvamadaṃbhitvamahiṃsā kṣāntirārjavam / ācāryopāsanaṃ śaucaṃ sthairyamātmavinigrahaḥ
Absence of pride, absence of hypocrisy, non-injury, patience, uprightness, service of the teacher, purity, steadiness, self-restraint,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.79
इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार एव च । जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिदुःखदोषानुदर्शनम् । असक्तिरनभिष्वङ्गः पुत्रदारगृहादिषु
indriyārtheṣu vairāgyamanahaṅkāra eva ca / janmamṛtyujarāvyādhiduḥkhadoṣānudarśanam / asaktiranabhiṣvaṅgaḥ putradāragṛhādiṣu
dispassion toward the objects of the senses, and absence of egoism, keeping in view the suffering and defects of birth, death, old age and disease, non-attachment, absence of clinging to son, wife, house and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.80
नित्यं च समचित्तत्वमिष्टानिष्टोपपत्तिषु । मयि चानन्यभावेन भक्तिख्यभिचारिणी
nityaṃ ca samacittatvamiṣṭāniṣṭopapattiṣu / mayi cānanyabhāvena bhaktikhyabhicāriṇī
constant evenness of mind in the occurrences of the desired and the undesired, and unwavering devotion to me with no other object of thought,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.81
विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि । अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम् । एतानि सर्वदा ज्ञानसाधनानि समभ्यसेत्
viviktadeśasevitvamaratirjanasaṃsadi / adhyātmajñānanityatvaṃ tattvajñānārthadarśanam / etāni sarvadā jñānasādhanāni samabhyaset
resorting to solitary places, no delight in the company of people, constancy in knowledge of the self, insight into the object of the knowledge of truth — these means of knowledge one should practise at all times.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.82
तत्कर्मकृत्तत्परमस्तद्भक्तः संगवर्जितः । निर्वैरः सर्वभूतेषु यः स याति परां श्रियम्
tatkarmakṛttatparamastadbhaktaḥ saṃgavarjitaḥ / nirvairaḥ sarvabhūteṣu yaḥ sa yāti parāṃ śriyam
He who performs her work, is devoted to her as the highest, is her devotee, free of attachment, without enmity toward all beings — he attains the supreme splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 41.83
गुरुस्तु मादृशो धीमान्ख्यातो वातापितापन । शिष्यो ऽपि त्वादृशः प्रोक्तो रहस्याम्नायदेशिकः
gurustu mādṛśo dhīmānkhyāto vātāpitāpana / śiṣyo 'pi tvādṛśaḥ prokto rahasyāmnāyadeśikaḥ
A guru is declared to be a wise man such as I am, O scorcher of Vātāpi; and a pupil too is said to be one like you, one who points the way to the secret tradition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition