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GaP 1 133.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १३३ ब्रह्मोवाच । अशोककलिका ह्यष्टौ ये पिबन्ति पुनर्वसौ । चैत्रे मासि सिताष्टम्यां न ते शोकमवाप्नुयुः

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 133 brahmovāca / aśokakalikā hyaṣṭau ye pibanti punarvasau / caitre māsi sitāṣṭamyāṃ na te śokamavāpnuyuḥ

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 133. Brahmā said: Those who drink eight aśoka buds under the (constellation) Punarvasu, in the month of Caitra on the bright eighth, would not meet with sorrow.

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GaP 1 133.2

त्वामशोक ! हराभीष्ट ! मधुमाससमुद्भव । पिबामि शोकसन्तप्तो मामशोकं सदा कुरु

tvāmaśoka ! harābhīṣṭa ! madhumāsasamudbhava / pibāmi śokasantapto māmaśokaṃ sadā kuru

"You, aśoka tree, dear to Hara, born in the month of Madhu — grief-scorched, I drink (you); make me ever free of grief."

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GaP 1 133.3

(इत्यशोकाष्टमीव्रतम्) । ब्रह्मोवाच । शुक्लाष्टम्यामाश्वयुजे उत्तराषाढया युता । सा महानवमीत्युक्ता स्नानदानादि चाक्षयम्

(ityaśokāṣṭamīvratam) / brahmovāca / śuklāṣṭamyāmāśvayuje uttarāṣāḍhayā yutā / sā mahānavamītyuktā snānadānādi cākṣayam

(Thus the Aśoka-eighth vow.) Brahmā said: The bright eighth in (the month of) Āśvayuja joined with (the asterism) Uttarāṣāḍhā — that is called the Great Ninth, and bathing, giving and the rest (done then) is imperishable.

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GaP 1 133.4

नवमी केवला चापि दुर्गां चैव तु पूजयेत् । महाव्रतं महापुण्यं शङ्कराद्यैरनुष्ठितम्

navamī kevalā cāpi durgāṃ caiva tu pūjayet / mahāvrataṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ śaṅkarādyairanuṣṭhitam

And the ninth alone as well; and one should worship Durgā (on it). (It is) a great vow, of great merit, performed by Śaṅkara and the others.

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GaP 1 133.5

अयाचितादि षष्ठ्यादौ राजा शत्रुजयाया च । जपहोमसमायुक्तः कन्यां वा भोजयेत्सदा

ayācitādi ṣaṣṭhyādau rājā śatrujayāyā ca / japahomasamāyuktaḥ kanyāṃ vā bhojayetsadā

Unasked-for food and the rest (should be taken) beginning on the sixth, and a king (should do this) for victory over enemies; joined with muttering and oblation, or he should always feed a maiden.

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GaP 1 133.6

दुर्गेदुर्गे रक्षिणि स्वाहा मन्त्रो ऽयं पूजनादिषु । दीर्घाकारादिमात्राभिर्नव देव्यो नमो ऽन्तिकाः

durgedurge rakṣiṇi svāhā mantro 'yaṃ pūjanādiṣu / dīrghākārādimātrābhirnava devyo namo 'ntikāḥ

"Durge, Durge, O protectress, svāhā" — this is the mantra in the worship and the rest; with the long and other vowel-signs (added), the nine goddesses (are named), ending in "namaḥ."

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GaP 1 133.7

षड्भिः पदैर्नमः स्वाहा वषडादिहृदादिकम् । अङ्गुष्ठादिकनिष्ठान्तं न्यस्य वै पृजयेच्छिवाम्

ṣaḍbhiḥ padairnamaḥ svāhā vaṣaḍādihṛdādikam / aṅguṣṭhādikaniṣṭhāntaṃ nyasya vai pṛjayecchivām

With six words, (adding) "namaḥ," "svāhā," "vaṣaṭ" and so on, and "(to) the heart" and so on; placing (them) from the thumb to the little finger, one should indeed worship Śivā.

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GaP 1 133.8

अष्टम्यां नव गेहानि दारुजान्येकमेव वा । तस्मिन्देवी प्रकर्तव्या हैमी वाराजतापि वा

aṣṭamyāṃ nava gehāni dārujānyekameva vā / tasmindevī prakartavyā haimī vārājatāpi vā

On the eighth (one should make) nine houses of wood, or just one; in it the Goddess is to be made, of gold or else of silver.

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GaP 1 133.9

शूले खङ्गे पुस्तके वा पटे वा मण्डले (पे) यजेत् । कपालं खेटकं घण्टां दर्पणं तर्जनीं धनः

śūle khaṅge pustake vā paṭe vā maṇḍale (pe) yajet / kapālaṃ kheṭakaṃ ghaṇṭāṃ darpaṇaṃ tarjanīṃ dhanaḥ

Or one should worship (her) on a spear, on a sword, in a book, on a cloth, or in a diagram — (bearing) a skull, a shield, a bell, a mirror, the threatening finger, a bow,

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GaP 1 133.10

ध्वजं डमरुकं पाशं वामहस्तेषु बिभ्रती । शक्तिं च मुद्गरं शूलं वज्रं खङ्गं तथाङ्कुशम्

dhvajaṃ ḍamarukaṃ pāśaṃ vāmahasteṣu bibhratī / śaktiṃ ca mudgaraṃ śūlaṃ vajraṃ khaṅgaṃ tathāṅkuśam

a banner, a ḍamaru drum, a noose — holding (these) in her left hands; and a spear, a mallet, a trident, a thunderbolt, a sword, and likewise a goad,

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GaP 1 133.11

शरं चक्रं शलाकां च दुर्गामायुधसंयुताम् । शेषाः षोडशहस्तां स्युरञ्जनं डमरुं विना

śaraṃ cakraṃ śalākāṃ ca durgāmāyudhasaṃyutām / śeṣāḥ ṣoḍaśahastāṃ syurañjanaṃ ḍamaruṃ vinā

an arrow, a discus, and a needle — Durgā furnished with weapons. The rest (of her forms) should have sixteen hands, without the collyrium and the ḍamaru.

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GaP 1 133.12

रुद्रचण्डा प्रचण्डा च चण्डोग्रा चण्डनायिका । चण्डा चण्डवती चैव चण्डरूपातिचण्डिका

rudracaṇḍā pracaṇḍā ca caṇḍogrā caṇḍanāyikā / caṇḍā caṇḍavatī caiva caṇḍarūpāticaṇḍikā

Rudracaṇḍā, and Pracaṇḍā, Caṇḍogrā, Caṇḍanāyikā, Caṇḍā, and Caṇḍavatī, Caṇḍarūpā, Aticaṇḍikā,

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GaP 1 133.13

नवमी चोग्रचण्डा च मध्यमाग्निप्रभाकृतिः । रोचना त्वरुणा कृष्णा नीलं धूम्रा च शुक्रका

navamī cogracaṇḍā ca madhyamāgniprabhākṛtiḥ / rocanā tvaruṇā kṛṣṇā nīlaṃ dhūmrā ca śukrakā

and the ninth, Ugracaṇḍā, having the form of the radiance of a middling fire; (their colours are) yellow-ochre, red, black, dark blue, smoke-grey, and white,

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GaP 1 133.14

पाता च पाण्डुरा प्रोक्ता आलीढं हरितं तथा । म (मा) हिषो ऽस्य स खड्गाग्रप्रकचग्रहमुष्टिकः

pātā ca pāṇḍurā proktā ālīḍhaṃ haritaṃ tathā / ma (mā) hiṣo 'sya sa khaḍgāgraprakacagrahamuṣṭikaḥ

and pale is declared, and likewise licked-over(?) and green. Her buffalo (foe) is (there), his hair seized in her fist at the sword's point.

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GaP 1 133.15

जप्त्वा दशाक्षरीं विद्यां नासौ केनापि बध्यते । पञ्च (ञ्चा) दशाङ्गुलं खड्गं त्रिशूलं च ततो यजेत् । लिङ्गस्यां पूजयेद्वापि पादुके ऽथ जले ऽपि वा

japtvā daśākṣarīṃ vidyāṃ nāsau kenāpi badhyate / pañca (ñcā) daśāṅgulaṃ khaḍgaṃ triśūlaṃ ca tato yajet / liṅgasyāṃ pūjayedvāpi pāduke 'tha jale 'pi vā

Having muttered the ten-syllabled spell, he is bound by no one. Then one should worship a sword fifteen fingers (long) and a trident; or one may worship (her) in a liṅga, or in the sandals, or even in water.

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GaP 1 133.16

विचित्रां रक्षयेत्पूजामष्टम्यामुपवासयेत् । पञ्चाब्दं महिषं बस्तं रात्रिशेषे च घातयेत्

vicitrāṃ rakṣayetpūjāmaṣṭamyāmupavāsayet / pañcābdaṃ mahiṣaṃ bastaṃ rātriśeṣe ca ghātayet

One should keep up a varied worship, and should fast on the eighth; and at the end of the night he should have a five-year-old buffalo and a goat slain.

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