Kalika Purana — Chapter 1

KaP 1.1

कालिकापुराणम् प्रथमोऽध्यायः कामप्रादुर्भाववर्णनम् अथ श्रीकालिका पुराण अध्याय १ श्रीकालिका पुराण ॥ श्रीगणेशायनमः ॥ ॥ श्रीकालिकायैनमः ॥ ॥ कालिकायै विद्महे श्मशानवासिन्यै धीमहि तन्नो घोरे प्रचोदयात् ॥ ॥ क्रीं कालिकायै नमः ॥ मङ्गलाचरण यद्योगिभिर्भवभयार्ति विनाशयोग्य- मासाद्य वन्दितमतीव विविक्तचित्तैः । तद् वः पुनातु हरिपादसरोजयुग्म- माविर्भवत् क्रमविलङ्घित-भूर्भुवः स्वः

kālikāpurāṇam prathamo'dhyāyaḥ kāmaprādurbhāvavarṇanam atha śrīkālikā purāṇa adhyāya 1 śrīkālikā purāṇa || śrīgaṇeśāyanamaḥ || || śrīkālikāyainamaḥ || || kālikāyai vidmahe śmaśānavāsinyai dhīmahi tanno ghore pracodayāt || || krīṃ kālikāyai namaḥ || maṅgalācaraṇa yadyogibhirbhavabhayārti vināśayogya- māsādya vanditamatīva viviktacittaiḥ | tad vaḥ punātu haripādasarojayugma- māvirbhavat kramavilaṅghita-bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ

The Kālikāpurāṇa, first chapter: the description of the manifestation of Kāma. Now the Śrī Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 1. The Śrī Kālikā Purāṇa. Homage to Śrī Gaṇeśa. Homage to Śrī Kālikā. May we know Kālikā, may we meditate on her who dwells in the cremation ground; may that Ghorā impel us. Krīṃ, homage to Kālikā. Auspicious invocation: That pair of lotus-feet of Hari which yogins, having approached (them) as fit to destroy the fear and pain of worldly existence, worship with wholly purified minds — may those feet purify you, which, appearing, overpassed by their stride earth, mid-air and heaven.

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KaP 1.2

सा पातु वः सकलयोगिजनस्य चित्ते- ऽविद्यातमिस्त्रतरणिर्मतिमुक्ति हेतुः। या चास्य जन्तुनिवहस्य विमोहिनीति माया विभोर्जनुषि शुद्ध- कुबुद्धिहन्त्री

sā pātu vaḥ sakalayogijanasya citte- 'vidyātamistrataraṇirmatimukti hetuḥ| yā cāsya jantunivahasya vimohinīti māyā vibhorjanuṣi śuddha- kubuddhihantrī

May she protect you, who is the sun to the darkness of ignorance in the mind of every yogin, the cause of understanding and release; and who, as the deluder of this multitude of creatures, is the Māyā of the all-pervading Lord, destroying at birth the bad thinking of the pure.

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KaP 1.3

ईश्वरं जगतामाद्यं प्रणम्य पुरुषोत्तमम् । नित्यज्ञानमयं वक्ष्ये पुराणं कालिकाह्वयम्

īśvaraṃ jagatāmādyaṃ praṇamya puruṣottamam | nityajñānamayaṃ vakṣye purāṇaṃ kālikāhvayam

Having bowed to the Lord, the first of the worlds, the highest Person, made of eternal knowledge, I shall declare the Purāṇa named after Kālikā.

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KaP 1.4

मार्कण्डेयं मुनिश्रेष्ठं स्थितं हिमधरान्तिके । मुनयः परिपप्रच्छुः प्रणम्य कमठादयः

mārkaṇḍeyaṃ muniśreṣṭhaṃ sthitaṃ himadharāntike | munayaḥ paripapracchuḥ praṇamya kamaṭhādayaḥ

The sages, Kamaṭha and the rest, bowing, questioned Mārkaṇḍeya, best of sages, who was seated near the snowy mountain.

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KaP 1.5

।। मुनयः ऊचुः ।। भगवन् सम्यगाख्यातं सर्वशास्त्राणि तत्त्वतः । वेदान् सर्वांस्तथा सांगान् सारभूतं प्रमथ्य च

|| munayaḥ ūcuḥ || bhagavan samyagākhyātaṃ sarvaśāstrāṇi tattvataḥ | vedān sarvāṃstathā sāṃgān sārabhūtaṃ pramathya ca

The sages said: Blessed one, all the treatises have been rightly expounded (by you) according to their truth, and all the Vedas together with their ancillary sciences, after churning out their essence.

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KaP 1.6

सर्ववेदेषु शास्त्रेषु यो यो नः संशयोऽभवत् । स स छिन्नस्त्वया ब्रह्मन् सवितेव तमश्चयः

sarvavedeṣu śāstreṣu yo yo naḥ saṃśayo'bhavat | sa sa chinnastvayā brahman saviteva tamaścayaḥ

Whatever doubt we had in all the Vedas and treatises, each one has been cut away by you, O brahman, as the sun cuts masses of darkness.

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KaP 1.7

जैवातृकाग्र्य भवतः प्रसादाद्द्द्विजसत्तम । निःसंशया वयं जाता वेदे शास्त्रे च सर्वशः

jaivātṛkāgrya bhavataḥ prasādādddvijasattama | niḥsaṃśayā vayaṃ jātā vede śāstre ca sarvaśaḥ

O foremost of the long-lived, best of the twice-born, by your grace we have become free of doubt in every way regarding Veda and treatise.

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KaP 1.8

कृतकृत्या वयं ब्रह्मन्त्वत्तोऽधीत्य समन्ततः । सरहस्य धर्मशास्त्रं यदवादि स्वयम्भुवा

kṛtakṛtyā vayaṃ brahmantvatto'dhītya samantataḥ | sarahasya dharmaśāstraṃ yadavādi svayambhuvā

We have accomplished our purpose, O brahman, having learned thoroughly from you the treatise on dharma together with its secret, which was spoken by the Self-existent one.

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KaP 1.9

भूयस्तच्छ्रोतुमिच्छामो हरं काली पुरा कथम् । मोहयामास पतिनं सतीरूपेण चेश्वरम्

bhūyastacchrotumicchāmo haraṃ kālī purā katham | mohayāmāsa patinaṃ satīrūpeṇa ceśvaram

Again we wish to hear this: how Kālī of old deluded Hara, the lord, the master of ascetics, in the form of Satī.

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KaP 1.10

सर्वदा ध्याननिलयं यतिनं पतिनां वरम् । कथं संक्षोभयामास संसारविमुखं हरम्

sarvadā dhyānanilayaṃ yatinaṃ patināṃ varam | kathaṃ saṃkṣobhayāmāsa saṃsāravimukhaṃ haram

How did she agitate Hara, who is always absorbed in meditation, an ascetic, the best of lords, turned away from worldly existence?

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KaP 1.11

सती वा कथमुत्पन्ना दक्षदारासु शोभना । कथं हरी मनश्चक्रे दारग्रहणकर्मणि

satī vā kathamutpannā dakṣadārāsu śobhanā | kathaṃ harī manaścakre dāragrahaṇakarmaṇi

And how was the beautiful Satī born among the wives of Dakṣa? How did Hara set his mind on the act of taking a wife?

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KaP 1.12

कथं वा दक्षकोपेन त्यक्तदेहा सती पुरा । हिमवत्तनया जाता भूयो वा कथमागता

kathaṃ vā dakṣakopena tyaktadehā satī purā | himavattanayā jātā bhūyo vā kathamāgatā

And how did Satī of old abandon her body through Dakṣa's anger, and how was she born as the daughter of Himavat, and how did she come back again?

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KaP 1.13

कथमर्द्धशरीरं साहरत् स्मररिपोः पुनः । एतत् सर्वं समाचक्ष्व विस्तरेण द्विजोत्तमः

kathamarddhaśarīraṃ sāharat smararipoḥ punaḥ | etat sarvaṃ samācakṣva vistareṇa dvijottamaḥ

And how did she again take half the body of the foe of Smara? Relate all this at length, O best of the twice-born.

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KaP 1.14

नान्योऽस्ति संशयच्छेत्ता त्वत्समो न भविष्यति । यथा जानीम विप्रेन्द्र तत् कुरुष्वैतदात्मवित्

nānyo'sti saṃśayacchettā tvatsamo na bhaviṣyati | yathā jānīma viprendra tat kuruṣvaitadātmavit

There is no other cutter of doubts equal to you, nor will there be; do that by which we may understand, O chief of brahmins, O knower of the self.

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KaP 1.15

।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। शृण्वंतु मुनयः सर्वे गुह्याद् गुह्यतरं परम् । पुण्यं शुभकरं सम्यग् ज्ञानदं कामदं परम्

|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || śṛṇvaṃtu munayaḥ sarve guhyād guhyataraṃ param | puṇyaṃ śubhakaraṃ samyag jñānadaṃ kāmadaṃ param

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Let all the sages listen to what is more secret than the secret, supreme, meritorious, bringing good fortune, rightly bestowing knowledge, granting desires, supreme.

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KaP 1.16

एतद् ब्रह्मा पुरोवाच नारदाय महात्मने । पृष्टस्तेन ततः सोऽपि बालखिल्येषु चोक्तवान्

etad brahmā purovāca nāradāya mahātmane | pṛṣṭastena tataḥ so'pi bālakhilyeṣu coktavān

This Brahmā formerly told to the great-souled Nārada; and he, being asked by him, in turn told it to the Bālakhilyas.

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KaP 1.17

बालखिल्या महात्मानस्तत आचक्षिरे पुनः । यवक्रीताय मुनये स प्रोवाचासिताय च । असितो मे समाचक्ष्व एतद्विस्तरतो द्विजाः

bālakhilyā mahātmānastata ācakṣire punaḥ | yavakrītāya munaye sa provācāsitāya ca | asito me samācakṣva etadvistarato dvijāḥ

Then the great-souled Bālakhilyas told it again to the sage Yavakrīta; and he told it to Asita. (Asita told it to me:) "Asita, relate this to me in full, O twice-born ones."

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KaP 1.18

अहं वः कथयिष्यामि कथामेतां पुरातनीम् । प्रणम्य परमात्मानं चक्रपाणिं जगत्पतिम्

ahaṃ vaḥ kathayiṣyāmi kathāmetāṃ purātanīm | praṇamya paramātmānaṃ cakrapāṇiṃ jagatpatim

I shall recite to you this ancient tale, after bowing to the Supreme Self, the wielder of the discus, the lord of the world.

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KaP 1.19

व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्वरूपाय सदसद्व्यक्तरूपिणे । स्थूलाय सूक्ष्मरूपाय विश्वरूपाय वेधसे

vyaktāvyaktasvarūpāya sadasadvyaktarūpiṇe | sthūlāya sūkṣmarūpāya viśvarūpāya vedhase

To him whose nature is manifest and unmanifest, who has the form of the manifest as being and non-being, to the gross one, to the one of subtle form, to the one whose form is the universe, to the creator—

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KaP 1.20

नित्याय नित्यज्ञानाय निर्विकाराय चेतसे । विद्याऽविद्यास्वरूपाय कलारूपाय वै नमः

nityāya nityajñānāya nirvikārāya cetase | vidyā'vidyāsvarūpāya kalārūpāya vai namaḥ

to the eternal, to eternal knowledge, to the changeless, to consciousness, to him whose nature is knowledge and ignorance, to him whose form is the parts (of time)—homage indeed.

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KaP 1.21

निर्मलायोर्मिषट्कादिरहिताय विरागिणे । व्यापिने विश्वरूपाय सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तकारिणे

nirmalāyormiṣaṭkādirahitāya virāgiṇe | vyāpine viśvarūpāya sṛṣṭisthityantakāriṇe

to the stainless one, to him who is free of the six waves and the rest, to the passionless, to the all-pervading, to him whose form is the universe, to the doer of creation, maintenance and end.

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KaP 1.22

योगिभिश्चिन्त्यते योऽसौ वेदान्तानान्तचिन्तकैः । अन्तर्वन्तः परं ज्योतिः स्वरूपं प्रणमामि तम्

yogibhiścintyate yo'sau vedāntānāntacintakaiḥ | antarvantaḥ paraṃ jyotiḥ svarūpaṃ praṇamāmi tam

He who is contemplated by yogins, by those who ponder the endless conclusions of the Veda—that supreme light within, that (very) essence, I bow to him.

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KaP 1.23

तमेवाराध्य भगवान्, ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । प्रजाः सर्ज सकलाः सुरासुरनरादिकाः । सृष्ट्वा प्रजापतीन् दक्षप्रमुखान् स यथाविधि

tamevārādhya bhagavān, brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | prajāḥ sarja sakalāḥ surāsuranarādikāḥ | sṛṣṭvā prajāpatīn dakṣapramukhān sa yathāvidhi

Having worshipped him alone, the blessed Brahmā, grandfather of the worlds, created all creatures—gods, demons, men and the rest—and, having created in due order the Prajāpatis headed by Dakṣa,

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KaP 1.24

मरीचिमत्रिं पुलहं तथैवाङ्गिरसं क्रतुम् । पुलस्त्यञ्च वशिष्ठञ्च नारदञ्च प्रचेतसम्

marīcimatriṃ pulahaṃ tathaivāṅgirasaṃ kratum | pulastyañca vaśiṣṭhañca nāradañca pracetasam

Marīci, Atri, Pulaha, and likewise Aṅgiras, Kratu, Pulastya and Vaśiṣṭha, and Nārada and Pracetas,

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KaP 1.25

भृगुञ्च मानसान् पुत्रान् यदा दश ससर्ज सः । तदा तन्मनसो जाता चारुरूपा वरांगना । नाम्ना सन्ध्येतिविख्याता सायं सन्ध्यां बरान्तिकाम्

bhṛguñca mānasān putrān yadā daśa sasarja saḥ | tadā tanmanaso jātā cārurūpā varāṃganā | nāmnā sandhyetivikhyātā sāyaṃ sandhyāṃ barāntikām

and Bhṛgu—when he had created these ten mind-born sons, then there was born from his mind a lovely-formed, excellent woman, known by the name Sandhyā, resembling the evening twilight.

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KaP 1.26

न तादृशी देवलोके न मर्त्ये न रसातले । कालत्रयेऽपि भविता सम्पूर्णगुणशालिनी

na tādṛśī devaloke na martye na rasātale | kālatraye'pi bhavitā sampūrṇaguṇaśālinī

There is no woman like her in the world of the gods, nor among mortals, nor in the nether world; nor will there be in any of the three times one so endowed with all the virtues.

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KaP 1.27

निसर्गचारुनीलेन कचभारेण राजते । मयूरीव विचित्रेण वर्षासु द्विजसत्तमाः

nisargacārunīlena kacabhāreṇa rājate | mayūrīva vicitreṇa varṣāsu dvijasattamāḥ

She shone with her mass of hair, dark with natural beauty, like a peahen with her variegated (plumage) in the rainy season, O best of the twice-born.

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KaP 1.28

आरक्तगौरपलकमाकर्णान्तं तथालकैः । रेजे सुराधिपधनुश्चारुबालेन्दुसन्निभम्

āraktagaurapalakamākarṇāntaṃ tathālakaiḥ | reje surādhipadhanuścārubālendusannibham

Her reddish-fair (brow?), extending to the ears, with its curls, shone like the bow of the lord of the gods, resembling a lovely new moon.

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KaP 1.29

प्रफुल्लनीलनलिनश्यामलं नयनद्वयम् । चकाशे चकितायास्तु कुरङ्ग्याः सदृशं चलम्

praphullanīlanalinaśyāmalaṃ nayanadvayam | cakāśe cakitāyāstu kuraṅgyāḥ sadṛśaṃ calam

Her pair of eyes, dark as a full-blown blue lotus, gleamed, moving like those of a startled doe.

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KaP 1.30

निसर्ग चञ्चलं चारु भ्रूयुग्मं श्रवणायतम् । मीनाङ्ककोदण्डसमं नीलं तस्याः द्विजोत्तमाः

nisarga cañcalaṃ cāru bhrūyugmaṃ śravaṇāyatam | mīnāṅkakodaṇḍasamaṃ nīlaṃ tasyāḥ dvijottamāḥ

Her pair of brows, naturally quivering, lovely, stretching to the ears, dark, was like the bow of the fish-marked (god of love), O best of the twice-born.

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KaP 1.31

भ्रूमध्याधोनिम्न भागादायत प्रांशु नासिका । लावण्यानि द्रवन्तीव ललाटात्तिलपुष्पवत्

bhrūmadhyādhonimna bhāgādāyata prāṃśu nāsikā | lāvaṇyāni dravantīva lalāṭāttilapuṣpavat

From the hollow below the middle of the brows her nose rose long and high, as though beauties were flowing down from her forehead like a sesame flower.

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KaP 1.32

तद्वक्त्रं शोणपद्माभ पूर्णचन्द्रसमप्रभम् । बिम्बाधरारुणिम्नातिरेजे रागि मनोहरम्

tadvaktraṃ śoṇapadmābha pūrṇacandrasamaprabham | bimbādharāruṇimnātireje rāgi manoharam

That face of hers, radiant as a red lotus, with the splendour of the full moon, shone with the redness of her bimba-fruit lower lip, passionate and charming.

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KaP 1.33

सौन्दर्यलावण्यगुणैरापूर्णं वदनं पुनः । अभितश्चिवुकं यातुमुद्यताविव तत्कुचौ

saundaryalāvaṇyaguṇairāpūrṇaṃ vadanaṃ punaḥ | abhitaścivukaṃ yātumudyatāviva tatkucau

Her face, again, was filled with the qualities of beauty and loveliness; and her two breasts seemed ready to reach her chin on either side.

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KaP 1.34

राजीवकुड्मलाकारी पीनोत्तुंगी निरन्तरौ । श्यामास्यौ तत्कुचौ विप्रा मुनीनामपि मोहनौ

rājīvakuḍmalākārī pīnottuṃgī nirantarau | śyāmāsyau tatkucau viprā munīnāmapi mohanau

Shaped like lotus buds, full and high, with no gap between them, dark-tipped—those breasts of hers, O brahmins, bewildered even sages.

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KaP 1.35

वलिभाजि क्षीणमध्यं मुष्टिग्राह्यमिवांशुगम् । तन्मध्यं ददृशुः सर्वे शक्तितुल्यं मनोभुवम्

valibhāji kṣīṇamadhyaṃ muṣṭigrāhyamivāṃśugam | tanmadhyaṃ dadṛśuḥ sarve śaktitulyaṃ manobhuvam

(Her) waist, marked with folds (of skin), was slender, seemingly graspable in a fist, fine as a ray of light; all (of them) beheld that waist of hers as equal to a spear, (and) the birthplace of desire.

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KaP 1.36

तस्य चोरुयुगं रेजे स्थूलोर्द्ध करभायतम् । आनमद्वारणकरप्रतिमं मृदुमन्थरम्

tasya coruyugaṃ reje sthūlorddha karabhāyatam | ānamadvāraṇakarapratimaṃ mṛdumantharam

And her pair of thighs shone, thick above, long as a camel's (neck), like the drooping trunk of an elephant, soft and slow-moving.

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KaP 1.37

स्थलाम्बुजरुणं पादयुग्मं सत्पाणिराजितम् । अङ्गुलीदलसंकीर्णं कुसुमायुधबाणवत्

sthalāmbujaruṇaṃ pādayugmaṃ satpāṇirājitam | aṅgulīdalasaṃkīrṇaṃ kusumāyudhabāṇavat

(Her) pair of feet, red as land-lotuses, adorned with fine soles, spread out with petal-like toes, like the arrows of the flower-weaponed (god).

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KaP 1.38

तां चारुदर्शनां तन्वीं तनुरोमावलीं शुभाम् । सस्वेदवदनां दीर्घनयनां चारुहासिनीम्

tāṃ cārudarśanāṃ tanvīṃ tanuromāvalīṃ śubhām | sasvedavadanāṃ dīrghanayanāṃ cāruhāsinīm

Her, lovely to look upon, slender, having a fine line of down, auspicious, her face moist with sweat, long-eyed, sweetly smiling —

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KaP 1.39

चारुकर्णयुगां कान्तां त्रिगम्भीरां षडुन्नताम् । दृष्ट्वा धाता समुत्थाय चिन्तयामास गतम्

cārukarṇayugāṃ kāntāṃ trigambhīrāṃ ṣaḍunnatām | dṛṣṭvā dhātā samutthāya cintayāmāsa gatam

— with a lovely pair of ears, charming, deep in three (places), raised in six (places): seeing (her), the Creator rose up and pondered on what had come about.

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KaP 1.40

दक्षादयस्ते स्रष्टारो मरीच्याद्यास्तु मानसाः । दध्युः समुत्सुकाः सर्वे तां दृष्ट्वा वरवर्णिनीम्

dakṣādayaste sraṣṭāro marīcyādyāstu mānasāḥ | dadhyuḥ samutsukāḥ sarve tāṃ dṛṣṭvā varavarṇinīm

Those creators headed by Dakṣa, and the mind-born ones beginning with Marīci — all of them, seeing her of surpassing beauty, grew filled with longing and reflected.

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KaP 1.41

किं कर्मास्या भवेत् सृष्टौ कस्य वा वरवर्णिनी । भविष्यतीति ते सर्वे चिन्तयामासुरुत्सुकाः

kiṃ karmāsyā bhavet sṛṣṭau kasya vā varavarṇinī | bhaviṣyatīti te sarve cintayāmāsurutsukāḥ

"What shall be her function in creation, or whose shall this beautiful woman be?" — thus all of them, eager, pondered.

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KaP 1.42

एवं चिन्तयतस्तस्य ब्रह्मणो मुनिसत्तमाः । मनसः पुरुषो वल्गुराविर्भूतो विनिसृतः

evaṃ cintayatastasya brahmaṇo munisattamāḥ | manasaḥ puruṣo valgurāvirbhūto vinisṛtaḥ

While that Brahmā was thinking thus, O best of sages, a handsome man appeared, issuing forth from his mind.

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KaP 1.43

काञ्चनीचूर्णपीताभः पीनोरस्कः सुनासिकः। सुवृत्तोरुकटीजङ्घ नीलवेष्टितकेशरः । लग्नभ्रूयुगलो लोलः पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननः

kāñcanīcūrṇapītābhaḥ pīnoraskaḥ sunāsikaḥ| suvṛttorukaṭījaṅgha nīlaveṣṭitakeśaraḥ | lagnabhrūyugalo lolaḥ pūrṇacandranibhānanaḥ

Yellow-gleaming like gold dust, broad-chested, fine-nosed, with well-rounded thighs, hips and shanks, his hair bound up dark (or: wrapped in blue), his two brows joined, restless, his face like the full moon;

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KaP 1.44

कपाटविस्तीर्णहृदि रोमराजिविराजितः । शुभ्रमातङ्गकरवत् पीननिस्तलबाहुकः । आरक्तपाणिनयनमुखपादकरोद्भवः

kapāṭavistīrṇahṛdi romarājivirājitaḥ | śubhramātaṅgakaravat pīnanistalabāhukaḥ | āraktapāṇinayanamukhapādakarodbhavaḥ

with a chest broad as a door-panel, adorned with a line of hair, with plump, rounded arms like the trunk of a white elephant, with palms, eyes, face, feet and hands reddish;

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KaP 1.45

क्षीणमध्यश्चारुदन्तः प्रमत्तगजबन्धनः । प्रफुल्लपद्मपत्राक्षः केशरप्राणतर्पणः । कम्बुग्रीवो मीनकेतुः प्रांशुर्मकरवाहनः

kṣīṇamadhyaścārudantaḥ pramattagajabandhanaḥ | praphullapadmapatrākṣaḥ keśaraprāṇatarpaṇaḥ | kambugrīvo mīnaketuḥ prāṃśurmakaravāhanaḥ

slender-waisted, with fine teeth, a binder of maddened elephants, his eyes like full-blown lotus petals, delighting life with (flower-)filaments, conch-necked, having the fish as his banner, tall, riding a makara;

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KaP 1.46

पञ्चपुष्पायुधो वेगी पुष्पकोदण्डमण्डितः । कान्तः कटाक्षपातेन भ्रामयन्नयनद्वयम्

pañcapuṣpāyudho vegī puṣpakodaṇḍamaṇḍitaḥ | kāntaḥ kaṭākṣapātena bhrāmayannayanadvayam

bearing five flower-arrows, swift, adorned with a bow of flowers, lovely, rolling his two eyes with the casting of sidelong glances;

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KaP 1.47

सुगन्धमारुतभ्रान्तं श्रृंगाररससेवितम् । तं वीक्ष्य तादृशं दक्षप्रमुखा मानसाश्च ये

sugandhamārutabhrāntaṃ śrṛṃgārarasasevitam | taṃ vīkṣya tādṛśaṃ dakṣapramukhā mānasāśca ye

(he was) wafted by a fragrant breeze, attended by the savour of erotic love. Seeing him such, those headed by Dakṣa and the mind-born ones,

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KaP 1.48

मरीच्याद्या दश ततो विस्मयाविष्टचेतसः । औत्सुक्यं परमं जग्मुरापुर्वैकारिकं मनः

marīcyādyā daśa tato vismayāviṣṭacetasaḥ | autsukyaṃ paramaṃ jagmurāpurvaikārikaṃ manaḥ

the ten beginning with Marīci, then, their minds seized with wonder, went to the highest eagerness; their minds became subject to unprecedented agitation.

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KaP 1.49

स चापि वेधसं वीक्ष्य स्रष्टारं जगतां पतिम् । प्रणम्य पुरुष: प्राह विनयानतकन्धरः

sa cāpi vedhasaṃ vīkṣya sraṣṭāraṃ jagatāṃ patim | praṇamya puruṣa: prāha vinayānatakandharaḥ

And he too, beholding the Ordainer, the creator, the lord of the worlds, bowed and, his neck bent in modesty, the man spoke.

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KaP 1.50

।। पुरुष उवाच ॥ किं करिष्याम्यहं कर्म ब्रह्मंस्तत्र नियोजय । मां न्याय्ये पुरुषो यस्मादुचिते शोभने विधे

|| puruṣa uvāca || kiṃ kariṣyāmyahaṃ karma brahmaṃstatra niyojaya | māṃ nyāyye puruṣo yasmāducite śobhane vidhe

The Man said: "What work shall I do, O Brahmā? Appoint me to it — to a proper, fitting, fair task, since I am a man (fit for it)."

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KaP 1.51

अभिधानं च यद्योग्यं स्थानं पत्नी च या मम । तन्मे कुरुष्व लोकेश त्वं स्रष्टा जगतां यतः

abhidhānaṃ ca yadyogyaṃ sthānaṃ patnī ca yā mama | tanme kuruṣva lokeśa tvaṃ sraṣṭā jagatāṃ yataḥ

"And what name is fitting (for me), and what place, and who is to be my wife — that do for me, O lord of the world, since you are the creator of the worlds."

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KaP 1.52

।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। एवं तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा पुरुषस्य महात्मनः I क्षणं न किञ्चित् प्रोवाच स्वसृष्टावपि विस्मितः

|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || evaṃ tasya vacaḥ śrutvā puruṣasya mahātmanaḥ I kṣaṇaṃ na kiñcit provāca svasṛṣṭāvapi vismitaḥ

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hearing thus the speech of that great-souled man, for a moment he said nothing at all, astonished even at his own creation.

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KaP 1.53

ततो मनः सुसंयम्य सम्यगुत्सृज्य विस्मयम् । उवाच पुरुषं ब्रह्मा तत्कार्योद्देशमावहन्

tato manaḥ susaṃyamya samyagutsṛjya vismayam | uvāca puruṣaṃ brahmā tatkāryoddeśamāvahan

Then, restraining his mind well and wholly casting off amazement, Brahmā spoke to the man, indicating to him his task.

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KaP 1.54

।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। अनेन चारुरूपेण पुष्पबाणैश्च पञ्चभिः । मोहयन् पुरुषांस्त्रींश्च कुरु सृष्टिं सनातनीम्

|| brahmovāca || anena cārurūpeṇa puṣpabāṇaiśca pañcabhiḥ | mohayan puruṣāṃstrīṃśca kuru sṛṣṭiṃ sanātanīm

Brahmā said: With this lovely form and with the five flower-arrows, bewildering men and women, carry on the everlasting creation.

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KaP 1.55

न देवो न च गन्धर्वो न किन्नर - महोरगाः । नासुरो न च दैत्यो वा न विद्याधर - राक्षसाः

na devo na ca gandharvo na kinnara - mahoragāḥ | nāsuro na ca daityo vā na vidyādhara - rākṣasāḥ

Neither a god, nor a gandharva, nor kinnaras and great serpents, nor an asura, nor a daitya, nor vidyādharas and rākṣasas —

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KaP 1.56

न यक्षा न पिशाचाश्च न भूता न विनायकाः । न गुह्यका न वा सिद्धा न मनुष्या न पक्षिणः

na yakṣā na piśācāśca na bhūtā na vināyakāḥ | na guhyakā na vā siddhā na manuṣyā na pakṣiṇaḥ

nor yakṣas, nor piśācas, nor bhūtas, nor vināyakas, nor guhyakas, nor siddhas, nor men, nor birds,

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KaP 1.57

पशवो न मृगाः कीटपतङ्गाजलजाश्च ये । न ते सर्वे भविष्यन्ति न लक्षा ये शरस्य ते

paśavo na mṛgāḥ kīṭapataṅgājalajāśca ye | na te sarve bhaviṣyanti na lakṣā ye śarasya te

nor cattle, nor deer, nor worms, insects and those born in water — none of them all will fail to be targets of that arrow of yours.

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KaP 1.58

अहं वा वासुदेवो वा स्थाणुर्वा पुरुषोत्तमः । भविष्यामस्तव वशे किमन्यैः प्राणधारिभिः

ahaṃ vā vāsudevo vā sthāṇurvā puruṣottamaḥ | bhaviṣyāmastava vaśe kimanyaiḥ prāṇadhāribhiḥ

I, or Vāsudeva, or Sthāṇu (Śiva), or the Supreme Person — we shall be in your power; what then of other creatures that bear breath?

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KaP 1.59

प्रच्छन्नरूपी जन्तूनां प्रविशन् हृदये सदा । सुखहेतुः स्वयं भूत्वा कुरु सृष्टिं सनातनीम्

pracchannarūpī jantūnāṃ praviśan hṛdaye sadā | sukhahetuḥ svayaṃ bhūtvā kuru sṛṣṭiṃ sanātanīm

With your form concealed, entering always into the heart of living beings, becoming yourself the cause of pleasure, carry out the everlasting creation.

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KaP 1.60

त्वत् पुष्पबाणस्य सदा मुख्यं लक्षं मनोऽस्तु तत् । सर्वेषां प्राणिनां नित्यं मदमोदकरो भवान्

tvat puṣpabāṇasya sadā mukhyaṃ lakṣaṃ mano'stu tat | sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ nityaṃ madamodakaro bhavān

Let the mind always be the chief target of your flower-arrow; you shall be the constant giver of intoxication and delight to all breathing creatures.

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KaP 1.61

इति ते कर्म कथितं सृष्टि प्रावर्तकं पुनः । नामानि च गदिष्यामि यत्ते योग्यं भविष्यति

iti te karma kathitaṃ sṛṣṭi prāvartakaṃ punaḥ | nāmāni ca gadiṣyāmi yatte yogyaṃ bhaviṣyati

Thus the work that sets creation going has been declared to you; and further I shall pronounce the names that will be fitting for you.

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KaP 1.62

।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वाथ च सुरश्रेष्ठो मानसानां मुखानि च । आलोक्य चासने पद्मे सूपविष्टोऽभवत् क्षणात्

|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktvātha ca suraśreṣṭho mānasānāṃ mukhāni ca | ālokya cāsane padme sūpaviṣṭo'bhavat kṣaṇāt

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus, the best of the gods, looking at the faces of the mind-born (sages), in an instant was seated well upon his lotus seat.

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