Kalika Purana — Chapter 3
KaP 3.1
कालिकापुराणम् तृतीयोऽध्यायः रतिउत्पत्तिवर्णनम् अथ कालिका पुराण अध्याय ३ ॥ मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। ततः कोपसमाविष्टः पद्मयोनिर्जगत्पतिः । प्रजज्वालातिबलवद्दिधक्षुरिवं पावकः
kālikāpurāṇam tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ ratiutpattivarṇanam atha kālikā purāṇa adhyāya 3 || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || tataḥ kopasamāviṣṭaḥ padmayonirjagatpatiḥ | prajajvālātibalavaddidhakṣurivaṃ pāvakaḥ
The Kālikā Purāṇa, third chapter: the description of the birth of Rati. Now the Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 3. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then the lotus-born Lord of the world, filled with anger, blazed up most mightily, like a fire about to burn (all).
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KaP 3.2
उवाच चेश्वरं कामो भवतः पुरतो यतः । पुष्पेषुभिर्मामभजत् तत्फलस्याप्नुयाद्धर
uvāca ceśvaraṃ kāmo bhavataḥ purato yataḥ | puṣpeṣubhirmāmabhajat tatphalasyāpnuyāddhara
And he said to the Lord: since Kāma has struck me with his flower-arrows in your very presence, let him reap the fruit of that, O Hara.
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KaP 3.3
तव नेत्राग्निनिर्दग्धः कन्दर्पो दर्पमोहितः । भविष्यति महादेव कृत्वा कर्मातिदुष्करम् ॥ श्रीकालिकापुराणे रत्युत्पत्तिवर्णनं नामतृतीयोऽध्यायः
tava netrāgninirdagdhaḥ kandarpo darpamohitaḥ | bhaviṣyati mahādeva kṛtvā karmātiduṣkaram || śrīkālikāpurāṇe ratyutpattivarṇanaṃ nāmatṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ
Kandarpa, bewildered by his pride, shall be burnt up by the fire of your eye, O Mahādeva, when he has done a most grievous deed.
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KaP 3.4
इति वेधाः स्वयं कामं शशाप द्विजसत्तमाः । समक्षं व्योमकेशस्य मुनीनाञ्च यतात्मनाम्
iti vedhāḥ svayaṃ kāmaṃ śaśāpa dvijasattamāḥ | samakṣaṃ vyomakeśasya munīnāñca yatātmanām
Thus, O best of the twice-born, the Creator himself cursed Kāma, in the sight of the Sky-haired One (Śiva) and of the self-restrained sages.
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KaP 3.5
अथ भीतो रतिपतिस्तत्क्षणात् त्यक्तमार्गणः । प्रादुर्बभूव प्रत्यक्षं शापं श्रुत्वातिदारुणम्
atha bhīto ratipatistatkṣaṇāt tyaktamārgaṇaḥ | prādurbabhūva pratyakṣaṃ śāpaṃ śrutvātidāruṇam
Then the lord of Rati, terrified, having heard the exceedingly harsh curse, at that very moment dropped his arrows and appeared there in visible form.
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KaP 3.6
उवाच चेदं ब्रह्माणं सदक्षं समरीचिकम् । तथ्यञ्च गद्गदं भीत्या भीतिर्हि गुणहानिकृत्
uvāca cedaṃ brahmāṇaṃ sadakṣaṃ samarīcikam | tathyañca gadgadaṃ bhītyā bhītirhi guṇahānikṛt
And he spoke this to Brahmā, who was together with Dakṣa and Marīci — speaking truly, and stammering from fear, for fear destroys one's good qualities.
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KaP 3.7
।। मन्मथ उवाच ।। ब्रह्मन् किमर्थं भवता शप्तोऽहमतिदारुणम् । अनागस्तव लोकेश न्यायमार्गानुसारिणा
|| manmatha uvāca || brahman kimarthaṃ bhavatā śapto'hamatidāruṇam | anāgastava lokeśa nyāyamārgānusāriṇā
Manmatha said: O Brahmā, why have I been cursed by you so terribly, though I am guiltless, O Lord of the world, and you follow the path of justice?
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KaP 3.8
त्वयैवोक्तन्तु तत् कर्म यत्तु कुर्यामहं विभो । तत्र योग्यो न शापो मे यतो नान्यन्मयाकृतम्
tvayaivoktantu tat karma yattu kuryāmahaṃ vibho | tatra yogyo na śāpo me yato nānyanmayākṛtam
That very act which I performed was enjoined by you yourself, O mighty one; therefore the curse is not deserved by me, since I did nothing else.
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KaP 3.9
अहं विष्णुस्तथा शम्भुः सर्वे त्वच्छरगोचराः । इति यद्भवताप्रोक्तं तन्मयापि परीक्षितम्
ahaṃ viṣṇustathā śambhuḥ sarve tvaccharagocarāḥ | iti yadbhavatāproktaṃ tanmayāpi parīkṣitam
"I, and Viṣṇu, and Śambhu — all are within range of your arrow": what was thus declared by you, that I merely put to the test.
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KaP 3.10
नापराधो ममास्त्यत्र ब्रह्मन् मयि निरागसि । दारुणं शमयस्वैनं शापं मम जगत्पते
nāparādho mamāstyatra brahman mayi nirāgasi | dāruṇaṃ śamayasvainaṃ śāpaṃ mama jagatpate
There is no fault of mine in this, O Brahmā; I am without offence — allay this terrible curse of mine, O Lord of the world.
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KaP 3.11
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा विधाता जगतां पतिः । प्रत्युवाच यतात्मानं मदनं सदयं द्रुतः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā vidhātā jagatāṃ patiḥ | pratyuvāca yatātmānaṃ madanaṃ sadayaṃ drutaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard those words of his, the Creator, lord of the worlds, at once answered the self-restrained Madana compassionately.
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KaP 3.12
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। आत्मजा मम सन्ध्येयं यस्मादेतत्सकामतः । लक्ष्यीकृतोऽहं भवता ततः शापो मया कृतः
|| brahmovāca || ātmajā mama sandhyeyaṃ yasmādetatsakāmataḥ | lakṣyīkṛto'haṃ bhavatā tataḥ śāpo mayā kṛtaḥ
Brahmā said: Because this Sandhyā is my own daughter, and I was made your target with desire for her, therefore the curse was uttered by me.
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KaP 3.13
अधुना शान्तरोषोऽहं त्वां वदामि मनोभव । भवतः शापशमनं भविष्यति यथा तथा
adhunā śāntaroṣo'haṃ tvāṃ vadāmi manobhava | bhavataḥ śāpaśamanaṃ bhaviṣyati yathā tathā
Now that my anger is stilled, I shall tell you, O Mind-born, how the allaying of your curse will come about.
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KaP 3.14
त्वं भस्मभूतो मदन भर्गलोचनवह्निना । तस्यैवानुग्रहात् पश्चाच्छरीरं समवाप्स्यसि
tvaṃ bhasmabhūto madana bhargalocanavahninā | tasyaivānugrahāt paścāccharīraṃ samavāpsyasi
You, Madana, have been reduced to ashes by the fire of Bharga's (Śiva's) eye; afterwards, by his very grace, you will regain a body.
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KaP 3.15
यदा हरो महादेवः कुर्याद्दारपरिग्रहम् । तदा स एव भवतः शरीरं प्रापयिष्यति
yadā haro mahādevaḥ kuryāddāraparigraham | tadā sa eva bhavataḥ śarīraṃ prāpayiṣyati
When Hara, the great god, takes a wife, then he himself will bring your body back to you.
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KaP 3.16
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। एवमुक्तवाथ मदनं ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । अन्तर्दधे मुनीन्द्राणां मानसानाञ्च पश्यताम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || evamuktavātha madanaṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | antardadhe munīndrāṇāṃ mānasānāñca paśyatām
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having thus spoken to Madana, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, vanished while the best of sages and the mind-born ones looked on.
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KaP 3.17
तस्मिन्नन्तर्हिते शम्भुः सर्वेषाञ्च विधातरि । यथेष्टदेशं गतवान् ब्रह्मा मारुतरंहसा
tasminnantarhite śambhuḥ sarveṣāñca vidhātari | yatheṣṭadeśaṃ gatavān brahmā mārutaraṃhasā
When he, the ordainer of all, had vanished, Śambhu went to whatever region he wished, with the speed of the wind — (as did) Brahmā.
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KaP 3.18
वेधस्यन्तर्हिते तस्मिन् शम्भौ निजास्पदे गतः । दक्षः प्राहाथ कन्दर्पं पत्नीं तस्य निदर्शयन्
vedhasyantarhite tasmin śambhau nijāspade gataḥ | dakṣaḥ prāhātha kandarpaṃ patnīṃ tasya nidarśayan
When the creator had vanished and Śambhu had gone to his own abode, Dakṣa then spoke to Kandarpa, showing him his wife.
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KaP 3.19
।। दक्ष उवाच ॥ मद्देहजेयं कन्दर्प मद्रूप गुणसंयुता । एनां गृह्णीष्व भार्यार्थे भवतः सदृशीं गुणैः
|| dakṣa uvāca || maddehajeyaṃ kandarpa madrūpa guṇasaṃyutā | enāṃ gṛhṇīṣva bhāryārthe bhavataḥ sadṛśīṃ guṇaiḥ
Dakṣa said: This girl, Kandarpa, was born from my body, endowed with my form and qualities; take her as a wife, one who matches you in qualities.
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KaP 3.20
एषा तव महातेजाः सर्वदा सहचारिणी । भविष्यति यथाकामं धर्मतो वशवर्तिनी
eṣā tava mahātejāḥ sarvadā sahacāriṇī | bhaviṣyati yathākāmaṃ dharmato vaśavartinī
O greatly splendid one, she will always be your companion, obedient to your will as you desire, in accordance with dharma.
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KaP 3.21
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा प्रददौ दक्षः देहस्वेदम्बुसम्भवाम् । कन्दर्पायाप्रतः कृत्वा नाम कृत्वा रतीति ताम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktvā pradadau dakṣaḥ dehasvedambusambhavām | kandarpāyāprataḥ kṛtvā nāma kṛtvā ratīti tām
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having said this, Dakṣa gave to Kandarpa her who was born from the sweat-water of his body, having made her ready (?) and having given her the name Rati.
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KaP 3.22
तां वीक्ष्य मदनो वामां रत्याख्यां सुमनोहराम् । आत्माशुगेन विद्धोऽसौ मुमोह रतिरञ्जितः
tāṃ vīkṣya madano vāmāṃ ratyākhyāṃ sumanoharām | ātmāśugena viddho'sau mumoha ratirañjitaḥ
Seeing her, the lovely one named Rati, most captivating, Madana, pierced by his own arrow, was bewildered, delighted by Rati.
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KaP 3.23
क्षणप्रभावदेकान्तगौरी मृगदृशी सदा । लोलापांग्यथ तस्यैव मृगीव सदृशी वभौ
kṣaṇaprabhāvadekāntagaurī mṛgadṛśī sadā | lolāpāṃgyatha tasyaiva mṛgīva sadṛśī vabhau
Fair throughout like a flash of lightning, ever doe-eyed, with restlessly moving eye-corners, she shone as though a doe matching him.
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KaP 3.24
तस्या भ्रूयुगलं वीक्ष्य संशयं मदनोऽकरोत् । उन्मादकृन्मे कोदण्डं किं वा अस्यां निवेशितम्
tasyā bhrūyugalaṃ vīkṣya saṃśayaṃ madano'karot | unmādakṛnme kodaṇḍaṃ kiṃ vā asyāṃ niveśitam
Looking at the pair of her eyebrows, Madana fell into doubt: "Is it my own bow that maddens (people), or has it been set upon her?"
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KaP 3.25
कटाक्षाणामाशुगतिं दृष्ट्वा तस्या द्विजोत्तमाः । आशुगत्वं निजात्राणां श्रद्दधे न च चारुताम्
kaṭākṣāṇāmāśugatiṃ dṛṣṭvā tasyā dvijottamāḥ | āśugatvaṃ nijātrāṇāṃ śraddadhe na ca cārutām
Seeing the arrow-swift motion of her sidelong glances, O best of twice-born, he no longer trusted the swiftness of his own arrows, nor their beauty.
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KaP 3.26
तस्याः स्वभावसुरभि धीरं श्वासानिलं तथा । आघ्राय मदनः श्रद्धां त्यक्तवान् मलयानिले
tasyāḥ svabhāvasurabhi dhīraṃ śvāsānilaṃ tathā | āghrāya madanaḥ śraddhāṃ tyaktavān malayānile
And having smelled the breath-breeze of hers, naturally fragrant and steady, Madana abandoned his faith in the Malaya breeze.
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KaP 3.27
पूर्णेन्दुसदृशं वक्त्रं दृष्ट्वा भ्रूलक्ष्मलक्षितम् । न निश्चिकाय मदनो भेदत्वन्मुखचन्द्रयोः
pūrṇendusadṛśaṃ vaktraṃ dṛṣṭvā bhrūlakṣmalakṣitam | na niścikāya madano bhedatvanmukhacandrayoḥ
Seeing her face, like the full moon, marked with the mark of eyebrows, Madana could not determine the difference between her face and the moon.
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KaP 3.28
सुवर्णपद्मकलिकातुल्यं तस्याः कुचद्वयम् । रेजे चुचुकयुग्मेन भ्रमरेणैव सेवितम्
suvarṇapadmakalikātulyaṃ tasyāḥ kucadvayam | reje cucukayugmena bhramareṇaiva sevitam
Her pair of breasts, like the buds of a golden lotus, shone, attended by the pair of nipples as if by bees.
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KaP 3.29
दृढपीनोन्नतघन स्तनमध्याद्विलम्बिनीम् । आनाभितो रोमराजिं तन्वीं चार्वायतां शुभाम्
dṛḍhapīnonnataghana stanamadhyādvilambinīm | ānābhito romarājiṃ tanvīṃ cārvāyatāṃ śubhām
(He saw) the line of hair, slender, gracefully long and lovely, hanging down from the middle of her firm, full, high, close-set breasts as far as the navel.
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KaP 3.30
ज्यां पुष्पधनुषः कामः षट्पदावलिसम्भृताम् । विसस्मार च यस्मात्तां विगृह्यैनां निरीक्षते
jyāṃ puṣpadhanuṣaḥ kāmaḥ ṣaṭpadāvalisambhṛtām | visasmāra ca yasmāttāṃ vigṛhyaināṃ nirīkṣate
And because of it Kāma forgot the string of his flower-bow, thick with a row of bees, and seizing (his bow) he gazed at her.
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KaP 3.31
गम्भीरनाभिरन्ध्रान्तश्चतुष्पार्श्वत्वगावृताम् । आननाब्जे क्षणद्वन्द्वमारक्तकमलं यथा
gambhīranābhirandhrāntaścatuṣpārśvatvagāvṛtām | ānanābje kṣaṇadvandvamāraktakamalaṃ yathā
(He saw) the deep hollow of her navel within, covered with skin on all four sides, and in her lotus-face the pair of eyes like a reddish lotus.
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KaP 3.32
क्षीणामध्येन वपुषा निसर्गाष्टपदप्रभा । रत्नवेदीव ददृशे कामेन द्विजसत्तमाः
kṣīṇāmadhyena vapuṣā nisargāṣṭapadaprabhā | ratnavedīva dadṛśe kāmena dvijasattamāḥ
With her body slender at the waist, shining with a natural golden lustre, she appeared to Kāma like a jewelled altar, O best of the twice-born.
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KaP 3.33
रम्भास्तम्भायतं स्निग्धं तदुरुयुगलं मृदु । निजशक्तिसमं कामो वीक्षाञ्चक्रे मनोहरम्
rambhāstambhāyataṃ snigdhaṃ taduruyugalaṃ mṛdu | nijaśaktisamaṃ kāmo vīkṣāñcakre manoharam
That pair of her thighs, long as plantain stems, smooth, soft and captivating, equal to his own power, Kāma gazed upon.
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KaP 3.34
आरक्तपाणिपादाग्रप्रान्तभागं पदद्वयम् । अनुरागम मे स्थितं तस्यां मनोभवः
āraktapāṇipādāgraprāntabhāgaṃ padadvayam | anurāgama me sthitaṃ tasyāṃ manobhavaḥ
(He beheld) the pair of feet, with the tips and edges of hands and feet reddish; Manobhava (the mind-born god) fixed his love upon her.
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KaP 3.35
तस्याः करयुगं रक्तनखरैः किंशुकोपमैः । वृत्ताभिरङ्गुलिभिश्च सूक्ष्माग्रभिर्मनोहरैः
tasyāḥ karayugaṃ raktanakharaiḥ kiṃśukopamaiḥ | vṛttābhiraṅgulibhiśca sūkṣmāgrabhirmanoharaiḥ
Her pair of hands, with red nails like kiṃśuka blossoms, and with rounded, charming fingers tapering to fine tips —
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KaP 3.36
इति दृष्ट्वा स्मरो मेने ममास्त्रैर्द्विगुणीकृतैः । मां मोहयितुमुद्युक्ता किमेषा द्विजसत्तमाः
iti dṛṣṭvā smaro mene mamāstrairdviguṇīkṛtaiḥ | māṃ mohayitumudyuktā kimeṣā dvijasattamāḥ
Seeing (all) this, Smara thought: "Is she, best of twice-born ones, prepared to bewilder even me with my own weapons doubled in force?"
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KaP 3.37
तद्वाहुयुगलं कान्तं मृणालयुगलायतम् । मृदुस्त्रिग्धं रराजातिकान्ति - तोयप्रवाहवत्
tadvāhuyugalaṃ kāntaṃ mṛṇālayugalāyatam | mṛdustrigdhaṃ rarājātikānti - toyapravāhavat
That lovely pair of her arms, long like a pair of lotus stalks, soft and glossy, shone like a stream of water of surpassing beauty.
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KaP 3.38
नीलनीरदसङ्काशः केशपाशो मनोहरः । चमरीबालभारवद्विभातिस्म स्मरप्रियः
nīlanīradasaṅkāśaḥ keśapāśo manoharaḥ | camarībālabhāravadvibhātisma smarapriyaḥ
Her charming mass of hair, resembling a dark rain-cloud, shone like the bushy tail-hair of a yak, and was dear to Smara.
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KaP 3.39
तां वीक्ष्य मदनो देवीं रतिमतिमनोहराम् । कान्तितोयौघसम्पूर्णां कुचवक्त्राब्जकुड्मलाम्
tāṃ vīkṣya madano devīṃ ratimatimanoharām | kāntitoyaughasampūrṇāṃ kucavaktrābjakuḍmalām
Seeing that goddess Rati, exceedingly charming, filled as with a flood of beauty's water, her breasts and face the buds of lotuses,
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KaP 3.40
वक्त्रपद्मां चारुवाहु मृणालीशकलान्विताम् । भ्रूयुग्मविभ्रमद्वात तनूर्मिपरिराजिताम्
vaktrapadmāṃ cāruvāhu mṛṇālīśakalānvitām | bhrūyugmavibhramadvāta tanūrmiparirājitām
her face a lotus, her fair arms furnished with pieces of lotus-stalk, adorned with slender ripples (raised) by the wind of the play of her two brows,
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KaP 3.41
अपूर्णकचवक्त्रौघ नेत्रनीलोत्पलान्विताम् । तनुलोमानिशैवालां मनोद्रुमविशातिनीम्
apūrṇakacavaktraugha netranīlotpalānvitām | tanulomāniśaivālāṃ manodrumaviśātinīm
with the flood of her (unbroken?) hair and face, endowed with the blue lotuses of her eyes, whose water-moss was her fine down, and which uproots the tree of the mind,
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KaP 3.42
निम्ननाभिहृदां दक्षप्रालेयाद्रिसमुद्भवाम् । गङ्गामिव महादेवो जग्राहोत्फुल्ललोचनः
nimnanābhihṛdāṃ dakṣaprāleyādrisamudbhavām | gaṅgāmiva mahādevo jagrāhotphullalocanaḥ
her deep navel the pool, risen from the snow-mountain that was Dakṣa — (Kāma) with wide-open eyes took her, as Mahādeva took the Gaṅgā.
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KaP 3.43
उवाच च तदा दक्षं कामो मोदभरान्वितः । विस्मृत्य शापञ्च तदा विधिदत्तं सुदारुणम्
uvāca ca tadā dakṣaṃ kāmo modabharānvitaḥ | vismṛtya śāpañca tadā vidhidattaṃ sudāruṇam
And then Kāma, filled with a load of delight, spoke to Dakṣa, forgetting at that moment the very terrible curse given by the Ordainer (Brahmā).
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KaP 3.44
।। मदन उवाच ।। अनया सहचारिण्या सम्यक्सुन्दररूपया । समर्थो मोहितुं शम्भुं किमन्यैर्जन्तुभिर्विभो
|| madana uvāca || anayā sahacāriṇyā samyaksundararūpayā | samartho mohituṃ śambhuṃ kimanyairjantubhirvibho
Madana said: With this companion, of perfectly beautiful form, I am able to bewilder Śambhu — what need, O lord, of other creatures?
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KaP 3.45
यत्र यत्र मया लक्ष्यं क्रियते धनुषोऽनघ । तत्रानयापि चेष्टव्यं मायया परमाह्वया
yatra yatra mayā lakṣyaṃ kriyate dhanuṣo'nagha | tatrānayāpi ceṣṭavyaṃ māyayā paramāhvayā
Wherever, O sinless one, a target is made by me for my bow, there let her too act, by the illusion (māyā) called the supreme.
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KaP 3.46
यदा देवालयं यामि पृथिवीं वा रसातलम् । तदैषाप्यस्तु सध्रीची सर्वदा चारुहसिनी
yadā devālayaṃ yāmi pṛthivīṃ vā rasātalam | tadaiṣāpyastu sadhrīcī sarvadā cāruhasinī
When I go to the abode of the gods, or to the earth, or to the netherworld, then let her too, ever sweetly smiling, be my companion.
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KaP 3.47
यथा पद्मालया विष्णोर्जलदानां यथा तडित् । तथा ममैषा भविता प्रजाध्यक्षसहायिनी
yathā padmālayā viṣṇorjaladānāṃ yathā taḍit | tathā mamaiṣā bhavitā prajādhyakṣasahāyinī
As the lotus-dweller (Lakṣmī) is to Viṣṇu, as the lightning is to the clouds, so shall she be my helper, O overseer of creatures.
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KaP 3.48
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा मदनो देवीं रतिं जग्राह सोत्सुकः । सागरादुत्थितां लक्ष्मीं हृषीकेश इवोत्तमाम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktvā madano devīṃ ratiṃ jagrāha sotsukaḥ | sāgarādutthitāṃ lakṣmīṃ hṛṣīkeśa ivottamām
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus, Madana eagerly took the goddess Rati, as Hṛṣīkeśa took the excellent Lakṣmī when she rose from the ocean.
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KaP 3.49
रराज स तया सार्द्धं भिन्नपीतप्रभः स्मरः । जीमूत इव सन्ध्यायां सौदामिन्या मनोज्ञया
rarāja sa tayā sārddhaṃ bhinnapītaprabhaḥ smaraḥ | jīmūta iva sandhyāyāṃ saudāminyā manojñayā
Smara, whose yellow radiance was broken (by her brightness), shone together with her, like a cloud at twilight with charming lightning.
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KaP 3.50
इति रतिपतिरुच्चैर्मोदयुक्तो रतिं तां हृदि परिजगृहे यां योगदर्शीव विद्याम् । रतिरपि पतिमग्रयं प्राप्य तोषञ्च लेभे हरिमिव कमलोत्था पूर्णचन्द्रोपमास्या
iti ratipatiruccairmodayukto ratiṃ tāṃ hṛdi parijagṛhe yāṃ yogadarśīva vidyām | ratirapi patimagrayaṃ prāpya toṣañca lebhe harimiva kamalotthā pūrṇacandropamāsyā
Thus the lord of Rati, loudly rejoicing, embraced that Rati in his heart, as one who has the vision of yoga embraces knowledge; and Rati too, obtaining a foremost husband, gained satisfaction, like her who arose from the lotus (obtaining) Hari — she whose face was like the full moon.
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