Kalika Purana — Chapter 42
KaP 42.1
कालिकापुराणम् द्विचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः कामदहनम् अथ श्रीकालिका पुराण अध्याय ४२ ।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे शम्भुः क्षिप्रं त्यक्त्वा तदा सरः । गङ्गावतारमगमद् हिमवत्-प्रस्थमुत्तमम्
kālikāpurāṇam dvicatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ kāmadahanam atha śrīkālikā purāṇa adhyāya 42 || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || etasminnantare śambhuḥ kṣipraṃ tyaktvā tadā saraḥ | gaṅgāvatāramagamad himavat-prasthamuttamam
Kālikāpurāṇa, chapter forty-two: the Burning of Kāma. Now the Śrī Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 42. Mārkaṇḍeya said: In the meantime Śambhu, quickly leaving that lake then, went to Gaṅgāvatāra, the excellent tableland of Himavat.
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KaP 42.2
यत्र गङ्गा निपतिता पुरा ब्रह्मपुरात् सृता । ओषधीप्रस्थनगरस्यादूरे सानुरुत्तमः
yatra gaṅgā nipatitā purā brahmapurāt sṛtā | oṣadhīprasthanagarasyādūre sānuruttamaḥ
Where the Gaṅgā, flowing forth of old from Brahmā's city, had fallen down — not far from the city of Oṣadhīprastha (there is) an excellent ridge.
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KaP 42.3
तत्र भर्गः स्वमात्मानमक्षरं परमात्परम् । चेतो ज्ञानमयं नित्यं ज्योतीरूपं निराकुलम्
tatra bhargaḥ svamātmānamakṣaraṃ paramātparam | ceto jñānamayaṃ nityaṃ jyotīrūpaṃ nirākulam
There the resplendent one (contemplated) his own Self, imperishable, higher than the highest, mind (itself), consisting of knowledge, eternal, of the form of light, untroubled,
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KaP 42.4
जगन्मयं प्रदीपा द्वैतहीनाविशेषकम् । एकाग्रं चिन्तयामास भगवान् वृषभध्वजः
jaganmayaṃ pradīpā dvaitahīnāviśeṣakam | ekāgraṃ cintayāmāsa bhagavān vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ
pervading the world, luminous, free of duality and without distinguishing marks — thus the Lord whose banner is the bull meditated with single-pointed mind.
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KaP 42.5
हरे ध्यानपरे तस्मिन् प्रमथा ध्यानतत्पराः । अभवन् केचिदपरे नन्दिभृंग्यादयो गणाः
hare dhyānapare tasmin pramathā dhyānatatparāḥ | abhavan kecidapare nandibhṛṃgyādayo gaṇāḥ
While Hara was thus absorbed in meditation, the Pramathas too became intent on meditation; and some others were the troops led by Nandin, Bhṛṅgin and the rest.
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KaP 42.6
द्वा: स्था भूता महाभागा ये पूर्वद्वारि योजिताः। तावन्तोऽपि गणास्तत्र नैव किञ्चन कूजितम्
dvā: sthā bhūtā mahābhāgā ye pūrvadvāri yojitāḥ| tāvanto'pi gaṇāstatra naiva kiñcana kūjitam
Those greatly fortunate beings who were stationed as doorkeepers, posted at the eastern gate, and just as many troops there — no sound at all
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KaP 42.7
तेषां संश्रूयते सर्वे निः शब्दाः संस्थितास्ततः । अन्ये तु तत्र क्रीडन्ति गणा दूरान्तरस्थिताः
teṣāṃ saṃśrūyate sarve niḥ śabdāḥ saṃsthitāstataḥ | anye tu tatra krīḍanti gaṇā dūrāntarasthitāḥ
of theirs is heard; all stood there soundless. But other troops, stationed far off, played about there,
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KaP 42.8
कुसुमैश्च दलैर्भक्तैर्गिरिप्रस्रवणोदकैः । रत्नानि च विचिन्वन्तो भूषिता गैरिकैस्तथा
kusumaiśca dalairbhaktairgiriprasravaṇodakaiḥ | ratnāni ca vicinvanto bhūṣitā gairikaistathā
gathering jewels — with flowers, leaves and offerings and with water from the mountain streams — and adorned with red ochre.
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KaP 42.9
सगणं तु तथा दृष्ट्वा गिरिराजो गतं हरम् । स्वस्थानमोषधिप्रस्थान्निःसृत्य सहितो गणैः । पूजार्थमुपतस्थे स यथायोग्यं तथार्चयत्
sagaṇaṃ tu tathā dṛṣṭvā girirājo gataṃ haram | svasthānamoṣadhiprasthānniḥsṛtya sahito gaṇaiḥ | pūjārthamupatasthe sa yathāyogyaṃ tathārcayat
Seeing Hara come thus with his troops, the mountain-king, going out from his own place Oṣadhiprastha together with his attendants, presented himself for worship and honoured (him) as was fitting.
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KaP 42.10
स चापि शम्भुस्तस्यार्चा परया श्रद्धया युतः । प्रतिजग्राह कूटस्थो गङ्गाशीर्षे यथा पुरा
sa cāpi śambhustasyārcā parayā śraddhayā yutaḥ | pratijagrāha kūṭastho gaṅgāśīrṣe yathā purā
And that Śambhu too, filled with the highest faith, accepted his worship, remaining on the peak at the source of the Gaṅgā, as before.
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KaP 42.11
पूजितस्तेन सहसा गिरिराजं वृषध्वजः । उवाच ध्यानयोगस्थः स्मयन्निव जगत्पतिः
pūjitastena sahasā girirājaṃ vṛṣadhvajaḥ | uvāca dhyānayogasthaḥ smayanniva jagatpatiḥ
Being worshipped by him, the bull-bannered lord of the world, abiding in the yoga of meditation, at once spoke to the mountain-king, as if smiling.
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KaP 42.12
।। ईश्वर उवाच ।। तव प्रस्थे तपस्तप्तुं रहस्यमहमागतः । न यथा कोऽपि निकटं समायाति तथा कुरु
|| īśvara uvāca || tava prasthe tapastaptuṃ rahasyamahamāgataḥ | na yathā ko'pi nikaṭaṃ samāyāti tathā kuru
Īśvara said: I have come secretly to practise austerity on your tableland; act so that no one at all comes near.
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KaP 42.13
त्वं महात्मा जगद्धाम मुनीनां च सदाश्रयः । देवानां राक्षसानां च यक्षाणां किन्नरस्य च
tvaṃ mahātmā jagaddhāma munīnāṃ ca sadāśrayaḥ | devānāṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca yakṣāṇāṃ kinnarasya ca
"You are a great being, the abode of the world, and the constant refuge of the sages, of the gods, of the rākṣasas, of the yakṣas and of the kinnara,
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KaP 42.14
सदावासो द्विजातीनां गङ्गापूतश्च नित्यदा । त्वत्पुरस्यास्य निकटे प्रस्थं गङ्गावतारणम्
sadāvāso dvijātīnāṃ gaṅgāpūtaśca nityadā | tvatpurasyāsya nikaṭe prasthaṃ gaṅgāvatāraṇam
and the perpetual dwelling of the twice-born, and forever purified by the Gaṅgā. Near this city of yours is the tableland where the Gaṅgā descends.
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KaP 42.15
आश्रितोऽहं गिरिश्रेष्ठ तद्योग्यं कुरु साम्प्रतम्
āśrito'haṃ giriśreṣṭha tadyogyaṃ kuru sāmpratam
There I have taken up my abode, O best of mountains; now make it fit for that (purpose)."
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KaP 42.16
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा जगतां नाथस्तूष्णीमास वृषध्वजः । गिरिराजस्तदा शम्भुं प्रणयादिदमब्रवीत्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktvā jagatāṃ nāthastūṣṇīmāsa vṛṣadhvajaḥ | girirājastadā śambhuṃ praṇayādidamabravīt
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus, the lord of the worlds, the bull-bannered one, fell silent; then the king of mountains said this to Śambhu out of affection:
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KaP 42.17
।। गिरिराजोवाच ।। पूतोऽस्मि जगतां नाथ त्वयाऽहं परमेश्वर । आगतेनाद्य विषयमितः कृत्यं किमस्ति मे
|| girirājovāca || pūto'smi jagatāṃ nātha tvayā'haṃ parameśvara | āgatenādya viṣayamitaḥ kṛtyaṃ kimasti me
The king of mountains said: "I am purified, O lord of the worlds, O supreme lord, by you, who have today come into my domain. What task is there for me here?
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KaP 42.18
तपसा महता त्वं हि देवैर्यत्नपरिस्थितैः । न प्राप्यसे जगन्नाथ स त्वं स्वयमुपस्थितः
tapasā mahatā tvaṃ hi devairyatnaparisthitaiḥ | na prāpyase jagannātha sa tvaṃ svayamupasthitaḥ
For you are not attained even by the gods who stand fast in effort with great austerity, O lord of the world; yet that very you have come of your own accord.
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KaP 42.19
मत्तो धन्यतरो नास्ति न मत्तोऽन्योऽस्ति पुण्यवान् । यद्भवान् हिमवत्प्रस्थे तपसे समुपस्थितः
matto dhanyataro nāsti na matto'nyo'sti puṇyavān | yadbhavān himavatprasthe tapase samupasthitaḥ
There is none more blessed than I, no one else more meritorious than I, in that Your Honour has come to the tableland of Himavat to practise austerity.
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KaP 42.20
देवेन्द्रादधिकं मन्ये आत्मानं परमेश्वर । सगणेन त्वया प्राप्तो यदाऽहं कामचारतः
devendrādadhikaṃ manye ātmānaṃ parameśvara | sagaṇena tvayā prāpto yadā'haṃ kāmacārataḥ
I count myself greater than the lord of the gods, O supreme lord, since I have been reached by you together with your troops, moving at your pleasure."
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KaP 42.21
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा गिरिराजोऽथ स्ववेश्म पुनरागमत् । नियमाय परिवारान् गणानप्यवदत् स्वकान्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktvā girirājo'tha svaveśma punarāgamat | niyamāya parivārān gaṇānapyavadat svakān
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus, the king of mountains then returned to his own dwelling, and told his retinue and his own attendants, to restrain (them):
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KaP 42.22
॥ गिरिराजोवाच ।। अद्य प्रभृति ना गन्ता कोऽपि गङ्गावतारणम् । मच्छासनं न हि विना यो गन्ता दण्डये ह्यहम्
|| girirājovāca || adya prabhṛti nā gantā ko'pi gaṅgāvatāraṇam | macchāsanaṃ na hi vinā yo gantā daṇḍaye hyaham
The king of mountains said: "From today no one shall go to the Gaṅgā's descent; whoever goes without my command, him indeed I shall punish."
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KaP 42.23
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति स्वान् स नियम्याशु तिलपुष्पकुशान् फलम् । समादायाशु तनयासहितोऽगाद् हरान्तिकम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti svān sa niyamyāśu tilapuṣpakuśān phalam | samādāyāśu tanayāsahito'gād harāntikam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having thus quickly restrained his own people, he took sesame, flowers, kuśa grass and fruit, and at once went, together with his daughter, into Hara's presence.
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KaP 42.24
अथ गत्वा जगन्नाथं हरं ध्यानपरं तदा । नमयामास तनयां कालीं सर्वगुणान्विताम्
atha gatvā jagannāthaṃ haraṃ dhyānaparaṃ tadā | namayāmāsa tanayāṃ kālīṃ sarvaguṇānvitām
Then, having gone (there), he made his daughter Kālī, endowed with all good qualities, bow to Hara, the lord of the worlds, who was then absorbed in meditation.
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KaP 42.25
तिलपुष्पादिकं यद् यत्तत्तदग्रे निधाय सः । अग्रे कृत्वा सुतां शम्भुमिदमाह स शैलराट्
tilapuṣpādikaṃ yad yattattadagre nidhāya saḥ | agre kṛtvā sutāṃ śambhumidamāha sa śailarāṭ
Setting down before him whatever there was, the sesame, flowers and the rest, and placing his daughter in front, that king of mountains said this to Śambhu:
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KaP 42.26
॥ गिरिराजोवाच ।। भगवंस्तनयेयं मे त्वमाराधयितुं प्रति । समादिष्टा समानीता त्वदाराधनकांक्षिणी
|| girirājovāca || bhagavaṃstanayeyaṃ me tvamārādhayituṃ prati | samādiṣṭā samānītā tvadārādhanakāṃkṣiṇī
The king of mountains said: "Lord, this is my daughter; instructed to worship you, she has been brought (here), desiring to worship you.
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KaP 42.27
सखिभ्यां सह नित्यं त्वां सेवतामीश शङ्कर । अनुजानीहि सेवायै मयि ते यद्यनुग्रहः
sakhibhyāṃ saha nityaṃ tvāṃ sevatāmīśa śaṅkara | anujānīhi sevāyai mayi te yadyanugrahaḥ
Let her serve you constantly along with her two friends, O lord Śaṅkara; grant permission for her service, if you have favour toward me."
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KaP 42.28
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। अथ तां शङ्करोऽपश्यत् प्रथमारूढयौवनाम् । फुल्लेन्दीवरपत्राभां पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || atha tāṃ śaṅkaro'paśyat prathamārūḍhayauvanām | phullendīvarapatrābhāṃ pūrṇacandranibhānanām
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then Śaṅkara looked at her, who had just entered upon youth, with the sheen of a blossoming blue lotus petal, her face like the full moon,
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KaP 42.29
समग्रनीलकेशौघ - प्राप्तवेश-विजृम्भिकाम् । कम्बुग्रीवां विशालाक्षीं चारुकर्णयुगोज्ज्वलाम्
samagranīlakeśaugha - prāptaveśa-vijṛmbhikām | kambugrīvāṃ viśālākṣīṃ cārukarṇayugojjvalām
displaying the full mass of her dark hair arranged in a dressing, her neck like a conch, her eyes wide, radiant with a lovely pair of ears,
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KaP 42.30
मृणालायतपर्यन्त बाहुयुग्ममनोरमाम् । राजीवकुड्मलप्रख्य घनपीनोन्नतस्तनौ
mṛṇālāyataparyanta bāhuyugmamanoramām | rājīvakuḍmalaprakhya ghanapīnonnatastanau
charming with her pair of arms long and tapering like lotus stalks, bearing dense, full, high breasts resembling lotus buds,
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KaP 42.31
बिभ्रतीं क्षीणसन्मध्यां रक्तपाणितलद्वयाम् । स्थलपद्मप्रतीकाश पादयुग्ममनोरमाम्
bibhratīṃ kṣīṇasanmadhyāṃ raktapāṇitaladvayām | sthalapadmapratīkāśa pādayugmamanoramām
with a fine slender waist, with a pair of red palms, delightful with a pair of feet like land-lotuses,
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KaP 42.32
मध्य क्षीणांमहासत्त्वां वृत्तस्थूलघनोज्ज्वलाम् । सुजङ्घां नागनासोरुं निम्ननाभिविभूषिताम्
madhya kṣīṇāṃmahāsattvāṃ vṛttasthūlaghanojjvalām | sujaṅghāṃ nāganāsoruṃ nimnanābhivibhūṣitām
slender in the middle, of great strength, round, firm, dense and shining, with fine shanks, thighs like an elephant's trunk, adorned with a deep navel,
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KaP 42.33
सुवृत्तचारुजङ्घाग्रां त्रिगम्भीरां षडुन्नताम् । सर्वलक्षणसम्पूर्णां त्रिषु लोकेषु दुर्लभाम्
suvṛttacārujaṅghāgrāṃ trigambhīrāṃ ṣaḍunnatām | sarvalakṣaṇasampūrṇāṃ triṣu lokeṣu durlabhām
(Her) shank-tips beautifully rounded and lovely, deep in three places, raised in six, complete in every auspicious mark, hard to find in the three worlds —
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KaP 42.34
ध्यानपंजरनिर्बन्ध मुनिमानसमप्यरम् । दर्शनाद् भ्रंशितुं शक्तां योषिद्- गणशिरोमणिम्
dhyānapaṃjaranirbandha munimānasamapyaram | darśanād bhraṃśituṃ śaktāṃ yoṣid- gaṇaśiromaṇim
(her,) able by the mere sight (of her) to dislodge even swiftly a sage's mind that is confined in the cage of meditation, the crest-jewel of the throng of women —
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KaP 42.35
तां दृष्ट्वा तपसे नित्यं ध्यानिनां च मनोहराम् । विघ्नहेतुं चानुरागवर्धिनीं कामरूपिणीम्
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā tapase nityaṃ dhyānināṃ ca manoharām | vighnahetuṃ cānurāgavardhinīṃ kāmarūpiṇīm
Having seen her, ever captivating to (those engaged in) austerity and to meditators, a cause of obstruction, increasing passion, taking on the form of desire —
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KaP 42.36
गिरिराजस्य वचनात्तनयां तस्य शङ्करः । पर्येषणायै जगृहे गौरवादपि गोरथः
girirājasya vacanāttanayāṃ tasya śaṅkaraḥ | paryeṣaṇāyai jagṛhe gauravādapi gorathaḥ
at the word of the mountain king, Śaṅkara accepted his daughter for attendance (upon him), out of respect — he whose vehicle is the bull.
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KaP 42.37
उवाचेदं तव सुता सखिभ्यां सह शैलराट् । नित्यं मे सेवया यत्ता निर्भीता ह्यत्र तिष्ठतु
uvācedaṃ tava sutā sakhibhyāṃ saha śailarāṭ | nityaṃ me sevayā yattā nirbhītā hyatra tiṣṭhatu
The lord of the mountain said this: "Let your daughter, together with her two friends, ever intent on service to me, remain here without fear."
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KaP 42.38
एवमुक्त्वा तु तां देवीं सेवायै जगृहे हरः । इदमेव महद्धैर्यं यद् विघ्नो न हि विघ्नयेत् । निर्विघ्नं स्थानमासाद्य यत्तपः क्रियते द्विजैः
evamuktvā tu tāṃ devīṃ sevāyai jagṛhe haraḥ | idameva mahaddhairyaṃ yad vighno na hi vighnayet | nirvighnaṃ sthānamāsādya yattapaḥ kriyate dvijaiḥ
Having spoken thus, Hara accepted that goddess for (his) service. This precisely is great steadfastness, that an obstacle does not obstruct. Reaching a place free of obstacles, whatever austerity is performed by the twice-born —
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KaP 42.39
सविघ्नो विघ्नहेतुं यः परिभूय प्रवर्तते । त्त्वन्महत्त्वं च तपसां धीरता च तपस्विनाम्
savighno vighnahetuṃ yaḥ paribhūya pravartate | ttvanmahattvaṃ ca tapasāṃ dhīratā ca tapasvinām
— (but) he who, though beset by an obstacle, proceeds having overcome the cause of the obstacle: that (is) the greatness of austerities and the firmness of ascetics.
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KaP 42.40
ततः स्वपुरमायातो गिरिराट् परिचारकैः । हरश्च ध्यानयोगेन परं चिन्तयितुं स्थितः
tataḥ svapuramāyāto girirāṭ paricārakaiḥ | haraśca dhyānayogena paraṃ cintayituṃ sthitaḥ
Then the mountain king went to his own city with his attendants, and Hara remained, by the practice of meditation, to contemplate the Supreme.
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KaP 42.41
काली सखिभ्यां सहिता प्रत्यहं चन्द्रशेखरम् । सेवमाना महादेवं गमनागमनैः स्थिता
kālī sakhibhyāṃ sahitā pratyahaṃ candraśekharam | sevamānā mahādevaṃ gamanāgamanaiḥ sthitā
Kālī, together with her two friends, attending daily upon the Moon-crested Great God, remained (there) with (her) comings and goings.
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KaP 42.42
कदाचित् सहिता काली सखिभ्यां शङ्कराग्रतः । वितन्वती शुभं गीतां पञ्चमञ्चात्तनोत्तदा
kadācit sahitā kālī sakhibhyāṃ śaṅkarāgrataḥ | vitanvatī śubhaṃ gītāṃ pañcamañcāttanottadā
Once Kālī, together with her two friends, before Śaṅkara, performing a lovely song, then drew it out in the fifth (note).
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KaP 42.43
कदाचित् कुशपुष्पादिसमिद्वारि हराय सा । सखिभ्यां स्नानसत्कारं कुर्वन्ती न्यवसत्तदा
kadācit kuśapuṣpādisamidvāri harāya sā | sakhibhyāṃ snānasatkāraṃ kurvantī nyavasattadā
Once, (bringing) kuśa grass, flowers and the rest, firewood and water for Hara, she dwelt there with her two friends, performing the honour of (his) bathing.
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KaP 42.44
कदाचिदग्रे नियता स्थिता चन्द्रभृतो मुखम् । वीक्षन्ती चिन्तयामास सकामा चन्द्रशेखरम्
kadācidagre niyatā sthitā candrabhṛto mukham | vīkṣantī cintayāmāsa sakāmā candraśekharam
Once, standing restrained before (him), gazing at the face of the bearer of the moon, she thought of the Moon-crested one with desire.
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KaP 42.45
यदा कार्येषु सा व्यग्रा तदा तत्कर्म चेष्टते । कृत्यहीना यदा सा तु तदैवाचिन्तयद्धरम्
yadā kāryeṣu sā vyagrā tadā tatkarma ceṣṭate | kṛtyahīnā yadā sā tu tadaivācintayaddharam
When she was busy with tasks, then she carried out that work; but when she was without a task to do, then and there she thought of Hara.
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KaP 42.46
कदा मामेष भूतेशः कर्ता पाणिगृहीतिकाम् । कदा मया समं रन्ता नानासद्भावभावनैः
kadā māmeṣa bhūteśaḥ kartā pāṇigṛhītikām | kadā mayā samaṃ rantā nānāsadbhāvabhāvanaiḥ
"When will this Lord of beings take my hand (in marriage)? When will he make love with me with manifold imaginings of true feeling?"
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KaP 42.47
इति चिन्तापरा काली स्वप्नेऽपि परमेश्वरम् । अर्चयत्येव परमं सदाचिन्तनतत्परा
iti cintāparā kālī svapne'pi parameśvaram | arcayatyeva paramaṃ sadācintanatatparā
Kālī, intent on such thoughts, worshipped the Supreme Lord, the Highest, even in dream, being devoted to constant contemplation (of him).
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KaP 42.48
अग्रं गता यदा काली प्रध्यायति महेश्वरम् । तदा तद् वेदभूतेशस्तां निसर्गपरिस्थिताम्
agraṃ gatā yadā kālī pradhyāyati maheśvaram | tadā tad vedabhūteśastāṃ nisargaparisthitām
When Kālī, gone before (him), meditates upon Maheśvara, then the Lord of beings knows that, (knows) her as standing (there) by her (own) nature.
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KaP 42.49
किन्तु गर्भगतैर्बीजैर्धूतदेहेति तां तदा । नाग्रहीगिरिश: कालीं भार्यार्थे ह्यधृतव्रताम्
kintu garbhagatairbījairdhūtadeheti tāṃ tadā | nāgrahīgiriśa: kālīṃ bhāryārthe hyadhṛtavratām
But (thinking) "her body is defiled by the seeds present in the womb," Giriśa did not then take Kālī for a wife, since she had not undertaken the vow.
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KaP 42.50
महादेवोऽपि तं दृष्ट्वा तदैवेदमचिन्तयत् । कथमेषा तपश्चर्याव्रतं कुर्याद् गिरेः सुता
mahādevo'pi taṃ dṛṣṭvā tadaivedamacintayat | kathameṣā tapaścaryāvrataṃ kuryād gireḥ sutā
The Great God too, seeing that, then thought this: "How might this daughter of the mountain perform the vow of ascetic practice?
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KaP 42.51
कृतव्रतां ग्रहीष्यामि गर्भबीजविवर्जिताम् । कालीं भार्यां स्वंदयितां योनिजामतिदूषिताम्
kṛtavratāṃ grahīṣyāmi garbhabījavivarjitām | kālīṃ bhāryāṃ svaṃdayitāṃ yonijāmatidūṣitām
I shall take as wife the beloved Kālī when she has performed the vow and is rid of the womb-seed — (for now) she is born of a womb and greatly defiled.
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KaP 42.52
व्रतेन चाथ संस्कारैर्गर्भबीजं विमुच्यते । तस्माद् व्रतं यथा काली कुर्यात् तद् युज्यते कथम्
vratena cātha saṃskārairgarbhabījaṃ vimucyate | tasmād vrataṃ yathā kālī kuryāt tad yujyate katham
And by a vow and by the consecrations the womb-seed is got rid of; therefore, how can it be brought about that Kālī should perform the vow?"
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KaP 42.53
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति संचिन्त्य भूतेशस्तदा ध्यानमनाः स्थितः । ध्यानासक्तस्य तस्याथ नान्यचिन्ता व्यजायत
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti saṃcintya bhūteśastadā dhyānamanāḥ sthitaḥ | dhyānāsaktasya tasyātha nānyacintā vyajāyata
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having reflected thus, the lord of beings then remained with his mind in meditation; and for him, absorbed in meditation, no other thought arose.
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KaP 42.54
काली त्वनुदिनं शम्भुं भक्त्या भृशमसेवत । विचिन्तयन्ती सततं तस्य रूपं महात्मनः
kālī tvanudinaṃ śambhuṃ bhaktyā bhṛśamasevata | vicintayantī satataṃ tasya rūpaṃ mahātmanaḥ
But Kālī day after day served Śambhu intensely with devotion, constantly contemplating the form of that great one.
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KaP 42.55
हरोध्यानपरः कालीं नित्यं प्रत्यक्षतः स्थिताम् । विस्मृत्य पूर्ववृत्तान्तं पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति
harodhyānaparaḥ kālīṃ nityaṃ pratyakṣataḥ sthitām | vismṛtya pūrvavṛttāntaṃ paśyannapi na paśyati
Hara, intent on meditation, though seeing Kālī, who stood always visibly before (him), forgot the earlier events and, even seeing, did not see (her).
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KaP 42.56
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे देवांस्तारको नाम दैत्यराट् । बबाधे सर्वलोकांश्च ब्रह्मणो वरदर्पितः
etasminnantare devāṃstārako nāma daityarāṭ | babādhe sarvalokāṃśca brahmaṇo varadarpitaḥ
In the meantime a lord of demons named Tāraka, made arrogant by Brahmā's boon, oppressed the gods and all the worlds.
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KaP 42.57
वशीकृत्य स लोकांस्त्रीन् स्वयमिन्द्रो बभूव ह । विद्राव्य सकलान् देवान् दैत्यान् स्वांस्तत्-पदेषु च । स्वयं नियोजयामास देवयोनिषु चाप्यसौ
vaśīkṛtya sa lokāṃstrīn svayamindro babhūva ha | vidrāvya sakalān devān daityān svāṃstat-padeṣu ca | svayaṃ niyojayāmāsa devayoniṣu cāpyasau
Having subdued the three worlds, he himself became Indra; having driven off all the gods, he himself appointed his own demons to their posts and also to the stations of the gods.
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KaP 42.58
न यमः स्वेच्छया लोकांस्तस्मिन् राज्ञि नियच्छति । न स्वेच्छया तथा सूर्यो लोकांस्तपति तद्भयात्
na yamaḥ svecchayā lokāṃstasmin rājñi niyacchati | na svecchayā tathā sūryo lokāṃstapati tadbhayāt
Under that king Yama did not restrain the worlds at his own will, nor did the sun heat the worlds at his own will, out of fear of him.
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KaP 42.59
चन्द्रस्तु नर्मसाचिव्यं तस्य कुर्वन् स रश्मिभिः । वायुना सह संगम्य तत्-सेवां विदधेऽनिशम्
candrastu narmasācivyaṃ tasya kurvan sa raśmibhiḥ | vāyunā saha saṃgamya tat-sevāṃ vidadhe'niśam
And the moon, performing for him the service of pleasure with his rays, joining together with the wind, rendered service to him ceaselessly.
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KaP 42.60
सदा सौगन्ध्यगाम्भीर्य - शैत्यस्निग्धत्वसंयुतः । तं वीजयन् ववौ वायुः शासनात्तस्य भूभृतः
sadā saugandhyagāmbhīrya - śaityasnigdhatvasaṃyutaḥ | taṃ vījayan vavau vāyuḥ śāsanāttasya bhūbhṛtaḥ
Always endowed with fragrance, depth, coolness and softness, the wind blew, fanning him, at the command of that ruler of the earth.
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KaP 42.61
धनदोऽपि यथासारं धनमादाय यत्नतः । सावधानस्तस्य सेवामकरोत्तारकेच्छया
dhanado'pi yathāsāraṃ dhanamādāya yatnataḥ | sāvadhānastasya sevāmakarottārakecchayā
The giver of wealth (Kubera) too, taking wealth according to its worth, diligently and attentively performed service to him at Tāraka's wish.
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KaP 42.62
अग्निस्तस्याभवत् सूदः शासनात्तारकस्य तु । व्यञ्जनान्यथ भोज्यानि चक्रे तस्येच्छया तदा
agnistasyābhavat sūdaḥ śāsanāttārakasya tu | vyañjanānyatha bhojyāni cakre tasyecchayā tadā
And Fire became his cook at Tāraka's command, and then prepared condiments and foods according to his wish.
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KaP 42.63
निर्ऋतिस्तस्य सततं सहितः सर्वराक्षसैः । अश्वान् गजान् वाहनानि कारयामास साध्वसात्
nirṛtistasya satataṃ sahitaḥ sarvarākṣasaiḥ | aśvān gajān vāhanāni kārayāmāsa sādhvasāt
Nirṛti, constantly together with all the rākṣasas, out of fear made horses, elephants and vehicles (ready) for him.
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KaP 42.64
नृत्यद्धिरप्सरोभिश्च स्तुवद्भिः सूतमागधैः । गायमानैश्च गन्धर्वैः संचिक्रीड सुरान् द्विषन्
nṛtyaddhirapsarobhiśca stuvadbhiḥ sūtamāgadhaiḥ | gāyamānaiśca gandharvaiḥ saṃcikrīḍa surān dviṣan
With apsarases dancing, with bards and panegyrists praising, and with gandharvas singing, he amused himself, hating the gods.
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KaP 42.65
एवं स सर्वलोकांस्तु त्रिष्वप्यथ विलोडयन् । लोकेषु सारान् सारांश्च देवानामप्यथाग्रहीत्
evaṃ sa sarvalokāṃstu triṣvapyatha viloḍayan | lokeṣu sārān sārāṃśca devānāmapyathāgrahīt
Thus, harassing all the beings in the three (worlds), he seized whatever essences there were in the worlds, and even those of the gods.
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KaP 42.66
तेनाभिबाधिताः सर्वे देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः । ब्रह्माणं शरणं जग्मुरनाथा नाथमुत्तमम्
tenābhibādhitāḥ sarve devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ | brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmuranāthā nāthamuttamam
Oppressed by him, all the gods led by Śakra, being without a protector, went for refuge to Brahmā, the highest protector.
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KaP 42.67
ते प्रणम्य सुराः सर्वे पुरुहूतपुरोगमाः । इदमूचुर्महात्मन सर्वलोक पितामहम्
te praṇamya surāḥ sarve puruhūtapurogamāḥ | idamūcurmahātmana sarvaloka pitāmaham
All those gods, led by Puruhūta (Indra), having bowed down, said this to the great-souled grandfather of all the worlds.
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KaP 42.68
।। देवा ऊचुः ।। लोकेश तारको दैत्यो वरेण तव दर्पितः । निरस्यास्मान् हठादस्मद्विषयान् स्वयमग्रहीत्
|| devā ūcuḥ || lokeśa tārako daityo vareṇa tava darpitaḥ | nirasyāsmān haṭhādasmadviṣayān svayamagrahīt
The gods said: Lord of the worlds, the demon Tāraka, made arrogant by your boon, having cast us out, has forcibly seized our domains for himself.
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KaP 42.69
रात्रिंदिवं बाधतेऽस्मान् यत्र तत्र स्थिता वयम् । पलायिताश्च पश्यामः सर्वकाष्ठासु तारकम्
rātriṃdivaṃ bādhate'smān yatra tatra sthitā vayam | palāyitāśca paśyāmaḥ sarvakāṣṭhāsu tārakam
Night and day he harasses us, wherever we take our stand; and even when we have fled, we see Tāraka in all directions.
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KaP 42.70
अग्निर्यमोऽथ वरुणो निर्ऋतिर्वायुरेव च । तथा मनुष्यधर्मा च सर्वैः परिकरैर्युतः
agniryamo'tha varuṇo nirṛtirvāyureva ca | tathā manuṣyadharmā ca sarvaiḥ parikarairyutaḥ
Agni, Yama, then Varuṇa, Nirṛti and the Wind, and likewise the law of men, together with all their retinues—
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KaP 42.71
एते तेनार्दिता ब्रह्मन् देवास्तस्यैव शासनात् । अनिच्छाकार्यनिरता: सर्वे तस्यानुजीविनः
ete tenārditā brahman devāstasyaiva śāsanāt | anicchākāryaniratā: sarve tasyānujīvinaḥ
—these gods, O Brahmā, are afflicted by him, and by his very command they are all engaged in tasks against their will, living as his dependents.
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KaP 42.72
या देववनिताः स्वर्गे ये चाप्यप्सरसां गणाः । तान् सर्वानग्रहीद् दैत्यः सारं लोकेषु यच्च यत्
yā devavanitāḥ svarge ye cāpyapsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ | tān sarvānagrahīd daityaḥ sāraṃ lokeṣu yacca yat
Whatever wives of the gods are in heaven and whatever hosts of apsarases there are, all these the demon seized, and whatever is of worth in the worlds.
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KaP 42.73
न यज्ञाः सम्प्रवर्तन्ते न तपस्यन्ति तापसाः । दानधर्मादिकं किञ्चिद् न लोकेषु प्रवर्तते
na yajñāḥ sampravartante na tapasyanti tāpasāḥ | dānadharmādikaṃ kiñcid na lokeṣu pravartate
Sacrifices are no longer performed, ascetics do not practise austerity; not any gift-giving, religious duty and the like goes on in the worlds.
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KaP 42.74
तस्य सेनापतिः पापः क्रौंचो नामास्ति दानवः । स पातालतलं गत्वा बाधतेऽहर्निशं प्रजाः
tasya senāpatiḥ pāpaḥ krauṃco nāmāsti dānavaḥ | sa pātālatalaṃ gatvā bādhate'harniśaṃ prajāḥ
He has a wicked general, a Dānava named Krauñca; he, having gone down to the nether region of Pātāla, torments the creatures day and night.
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KaP 42.75
तस्मात् तु तारकेणेदं सकलं भुवनत्रयम् । हृतं सर्वं जगत् त्राहि पापात्तस्मात् पितामह
tasmāt tu tārakeṇedaṃ sakalaṃ bhuvanatrayam | hṛtaṃ sarvaṃ jagat trāhi pāpāttasmāt pitāmaha
So by Tāraka this whole triple world has been seized; save the entire world from that evildoer, O Grandfather.
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KaP 42.76
वयं च यत्र स्थास्यामस्तत्स्थानं विनिदेशय । स्वस्थानाच्च्यावितास्तेन लोकनाथ जगद्गुरोः
vayaṃ ca yatra sthāsyāmastatsthānaṃ vinideśaya | svasthānāccyāvitāstena lokanātha jagadguroḥ
And appoint for us a place where we shall dwell, for we have been cast out of our own abode by him, O Lord of the worlds, O Teacher of the universe.
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KaP 42.77
त्वं नो गतिश्च शास्ता च त्वं नस्त्राता पिता प्रसू । त्वमेव भुवनानां च स्थापक: पालकः कृती
tvaṃ no gatiśca śāstā ca tvaṃ nastrātā pitā prasū | tvameva bhuvanānāṃ ca sthāpaka: pālakaḥ kṛtī
You are our refuge and our ruler; you are our protector, father and mother; you alone are the establisher, the guardian, the maker of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.78
तस्माद् यावत्तारकाख्ये वह्नौ दग्धाः प्रजापते । न भवामस्तथा कर्तुं भवता युज्यतेऽधुना
tasmād yāvattārakākhye vahnau dagdhāḥ prajāpate | na bhavāmastathā kartuṃ bhavatā yujyate'dhunā
Therefore, O Lord of creatures, it is now fitting for you to act in such a way that we do not become burnt in the fire called Tāraka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.79
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। सुराणां वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मलोके पितामहः । प्रत्युवाच सुरान् सर्वास्तत्कालसदृशं वचः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || surāṇāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā brahmaloke pitāmahaḥ | pratyuvāca surān sarvāstatkālasadṛśaṃ vacaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard the gods' speech, the Grandfather, in Brahmaloka, replied to all the gods with words suited to that occasion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.80
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। ममैव वरदानेन तारकाख्यः समेधितः । न मत्तस्तस्य मरणं युज्यते त्रिदिवौकसः
|| brahmovāca || mamaiva varadānena tārakākhyaḥ samedhitaḥ | na mattastasya maraṇaṃ yujyate tridivaukasaḥ
Brahmā said: It is by my own granting of a boon that the one called Tāraka has grown strong; his death cannot fittingly come from me, O dwellers in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.81
युष्माकञ्च प्रतीकार: कर्तव्यः प्रतिकर्मणि । किन्तु सम्यक् न शक्नोमि प्रतिकर्तुं प्रचोदितः
yuṣmākañca pratīkāra: kartavyaḥ pratikarmaṇi | kintu samyak na śaknomi pratikartuṃ pracoditaḥ
And a countermeasure must be taken by you in the matter of countering (him); but when urged I am not able to counter (him) properly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.82
तस्माद् यथा तारकाख्यः स्वयमेष्यति संक्षयम् । तथा यूयं संविदध्वमुपदेशकरस्त्वहम्
tasmād yathā tārakākhyaḥ svayameṣyati saṃkṣayam | tathā yūyaṃ saṃvidadhvamupadeśakarastvaham
Therefore, arrange things in such a way that the one called Tāraka will come to destruction of himself; I am the giver of the instruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.83
न मया तारको वध्यो न तथा वनमालिना । न हरेण तथा वध्यो नान्यैरपि सुरैर्नरैः
na mayā tārako vadhyo na tathā vanamālinā | na hareṇa tathā vadhyo nānyairapi surairnaraiḥ
Tāraka cannot be slain by me, nor likewise by the Garland-wearer (Viṣṇu), nor can he be slain by Hara, nor by other gods or men either.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.84
एष एव वरो दत्तो मया तस्मै तपस्यते । उपायश्चिन्तितश्चास्ति तत्कुर्वन्तु सुरोत्तमाः
eṣa eva varo datto mayā tasmai tapasyate | upāyaścintitaścāsti tatkurvantu surottamāḥ
Just this boon was given by me to him while he was practising austerity. But a means has been thought of; let the best of the gods do it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.85
सती दाक्षायणी पूर्वं त्यक्तदेहा स्वजन्मने । अगच्छन्मेनकां देवीं शैलराजस्य योषितम्
satī dākṣāyaṇī pūrvaṃ tyaktadehā svajanmane | agacchanmenakāṃ devīṃ śailarājasya yoṣitam
Formerly Satī, Dakṣa's daughter, having abandoned her body, went for her own (re)birth to the goddess Menakā, the wife of the king of mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.86
तां समुत्पादयामास मेनकाजठरे गिरिः । लक्ष्मीमिव पुरा ख्यातां भृगुः स्वतनयो मम
tāṃ samutpādayāmāsa menakājaṭhare giriḥ | lakṣmīmiva purā khyātāṃ bhṛguḥ svatanayo mama
The mountain begot her in Menakā's womb, as formerly Bhṛgu, my own son, (begot) the renowned Lakṣmī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.87
तामवश्यं महादेवः कुर्यात् पाणिगृहीतिकाम् । यथा स नचिरात्तस्यामनुरक्तो भवेत् सुराः । तथा विदध्वं सुतरां तत्तेजः प्रतिकर्तृ वः
tāmavaśyaṃ mahādevaḥ kuryāt pāṇigṛhītikām | yathā sa nacirāttasyāmanurakto bhavet surāḥ | tathā vidadhvaṃ sutarāṃ tattejaḥ pratikartṛ vaḥ
Mahādeva must certainly make her his wedded wife. Act, O gods, so that he becomes deeply enamoured of her before long; that energy (of his) will be your means of countering (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.88
तमूर्ध्वरेतसं शम्भुं सैव प्रच्युतरेतसम् । कर्तुं समर्था नान्यास्ति काचिदप्यबलारा
tamūrdhvaretasaṃ śambhuṃ saiva pracyutaretasam | kartuṃ samarthā nānyāsti kācidapyabalārā
She alone is able to make Śambhu, whose seed is drawn upward, one whose seed is shed; there is no other woman at all (who can).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.89
तस्य तेजश्च्युतं यच्च तस्माद् यो जायते सुतः । स एव तारकाख्यस्य हन्ता नान्यस्तु विद्यते
tasya tejaścyutaṃ yacca tasmād yo jāyate sutaḥ | sa eva tārakākhyasya hantā nānyastu vidyate
And the son who is born from that energy of his which is shed—he alone is the slayer of the one called Tāraka; no other is to be found.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.90
सा सुता गिरिराजस्य साम्प्रतं रूढयौवना । तपस्यन्तं गिरिप्रस्थे नित्यं पर्येषते हरम्
sā sutā girirājasya sāmprataṃ rūḍhayauvanā | tapasyantaṃ giriprasthe nityaṃ paryeṣate haram
That daughter of the mountain king has now come into full youth, and she constantly attends upon Hara as he practises austerity on the mountain's tableland.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.91
वाक्याद् हिमवतः सा तु काली नाम्ना विषेवते । सखिभ्यां सह सर्वज्ञं ध्यानस्थं परमेश्वरम्
vākyād himavataḥ sā tu kālī nāmnā viṣevate | sakhibhyāṃ saha sarvajñaṃ dhyānasthaṃ parameśvaram
By Himavat's word she, named Kālī, waits, together with two friends, upon the all-knowing Supreme Lord who abides in meditation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.92
तामग्रतो वर्तमानां त्रिलोकवरवर्णिनीम् । ध्यानासक्तो महादेवो मनसापि न चेच्छति
tāmagrato vartamānāṃ trilokavaravarṇinīm | dhyānāsakto mahādevo manasāpi na cecchati
Though she stands before him, most beautiful in the three worlds, Mahādeva, absorbed in meditation, does not desire her even in thought.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.93
यथा समीहते भार्यां कालीं च चन्द्रशेखरः । तथा कुरुध्वं त्रिदशा नचिरादेव यत्नतः
yathā samīhate bhāryāṃ kālīṃ ca candraśekharaḥ | tathā kurudhvaṃ tridaśā nacirādeva yatnataḥ
"Act so, O gods, with effort and without delay, that the Moon-crested One (Śiva) may desire Kālī as his wife."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.94
स्वस्थानं भवतां स्वर्गस्तस्मात् तारकमप्यहम् । निवर्तयिष्ये सङ्गम्य गच्छध्वं विगतज्वराः
svasthānaṃ bhavatāṃ svargastasmāt tārakamapyaham | nivartayiṣye saṅgamya gacchadhvaṃ vigatajvarāḥ
"Heaven is your own place; therefore I too, having gone to Tāraka, shall turn him back. Go, your distress gone."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.95
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा सर्वलोकेशस्तारकाख्यमुपस्थितः । उपसङ्गम्य वचनं समाभाष्येदमब्रवीत्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktvā sarvalokeśastārakākhyamupasthitaḥ | upasaṅgamya vacanaṃ samābhāṣyedamabravīt
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having said this, the lord of all worlds presented himself before the one named Tāraka; and drawing near, addressing him, he spoke these words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.96
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। भो भो तारक मा स्वर्गराज्यं त्वं परिशाधि भोः । तदर्थं न तपस्तप्तं समये भवता पुरा
|| brahmovāca || bho bho tāraka mā svargarājyaṃ tvaṃ pariśādhi bhoḥ | tadarthaṃ na tapastaptaṃ samaye bhavatā purā
Brahmā said: "Ho, ho, Tāraka! Do not you rule over the kingdom of heaven, sir! No austerity was performed by you formerly, at that time, for that purpose;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.97
वरो नापि मया दत्तो न मया स्वर्गराजता । तस्मात् स्वर्गं परित्यज्य क्षितौ राज्यं समाचर । देवभोग्यानि तत्रैव सम्भविष्यन्ति तेऽसुर
varo nāpi mayā datto na mayā svargarājatā | tasmāt svargaṃ parityajya kṣitau rājyaṃ samācara | devabhogyāni tatraiva sambhaviṣyanti te'sura
nor was any boon granted by me, nor kingship over heaven given by me. Therefore, abandoning heaven, exercise your rule upon the earth; there itself, O asura, the enjoyments of the gods shall come to be yours."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.98
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ॥ इत्युक्त्वा सर्वलोकेशस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । स तारकः परित्यज्य स्वर्गं क्षितिमथाभ्ययात्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktvā sarvalokeśastatraivāntaradhīyata | sa tārakaḥ parityajya svargaṃ kṣitimathābhyayāt
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having said this, the lord of all worlds vanished on that very spot; and that Tāraka, abandoning heaven, went then to the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.99
तत्रैव संस्थितो देवान् बाधते स्म स नित्यशः । इन्द्रं करप्रदं चक्रे निदेशस्थं महाबलम्
tatraiva saṃsthito devān bādhate sma sa nityaśaḥ | indraṃ karapradaṃ cakre nideśasthaṃ mahābalam
Established there, he kept harassing the gods continually; and Indra, of great strength, he made a payer of tribute, subject to his command.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.100
तमिन्द्रः सततं देवभोग्यानि वितरन् मुहुः । सेवमानः क्षमो नाभूत् सन्तोषयितुमीश्वरम्
tamindraḥ satataṃ devabhogyāni vitaran muhuḥ | sevamānaḥ kṣamo nābhūt santoṣayitumīśvaram
Indra, constantly dispensing to him again and again the things enjoyable by the gods, serving him, was not able to satisfy that lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.101
एवं तेनार्दिता देवा मन्युना परिपीडिताः । विधातुरुपदेशेन यत्नं चक्रुर्हरान्वये
evaṃ tenārditā devā manyunā paripīḍitāḥ | vidhāturupadeśena yatnaṃ cakrurharānvaye
Thus tormented by him and afflicted by wrath, the gods, on the instruction of the Ordainer (Brahmā), made their effort with regard to a son of Hara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 42.102
तत इन्द्रोऽथ गुरुणा संगम्य कृतनिश्चयः । कुसुमेषुं समाहूय वचनं चेदमब्रवीत्
tata indro'tha guruṇā saṃgamya kṛtaniścayaḥ | kusumeṣuṃ samāhūya vacanaṃ cedamabravīt
Then Indra, having taken counsel with the (divine) preceptor and having come to a decision, summoned the Flower-arrowed One (Kāma) and spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.103
।। इन्द्र उवाच ॥ त्वयेदं पाल्यते विश्वं त्वया विश्वं प्रसूयते । त्वं ब्रह्मविष्णुरुद्राणां प्रीतिहेतुः पुराभवः
|| indra uvāca || tvayedaṃ pālyate viśvaṃ tvayā viśvaṃ prasūyate | tvaṃ brahmaviṣṇurudrāṇāṃ prītihetuḥ purābhavaḥ
Indra said: "By you this universe is protected, by you the universe is brought forth; you were of old the cause of the love of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.104
ब्रह्मा प्रीत्या यथा पूर्वमगृह्णाच्चरितव्रताम् । सावित्री माधवो लक्ष्मीं सतीं दाक्षायणीं हरः
brahmā prītyā yathā pūrvamagṛhṇāccaritavratām | sāvitrī mādhavo lakṣmīṃ satīṃ dākṣāyaṇīṃ haraḥ
As formerly Brahmā out of love took Sāvitrī, who had fulfilled her vows, and Mādhava took Lakṣmī, and Hara took Satī, the daughter of Dakṣa —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.105
ताः प्रीतये पुरा तेषां देवेशानां यथा कृता । तथैव कुरु मे प्रीतिं काम प्राणभृतां सदा
tāḥ prītaye purā teṣāṃ deveśānāṃ yathā kṛtā | tathaiva kuru me prītiṃ kāma prāṇabhṛtāṃ sadā
as those (wives) were formerly brought about for the delight of those lords of the gods, so do you, O Kāma, always the (Kāma) of all breathing creatures, work delight for me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.106
न त्वं न कस्यचित् स्वर्गे पाताले वाथ भूतले । प्रियः प्राणभृतां काम सततं जगतां मतः
na tvaṃ na kasyacit svarge pātāle vātha bhūtale | priyaḥ prāṇabhṛtāṃ kāma satataṃ jagatāṃ mataḥ
There is no one to whom you are not dear, in heaven, in the underworld, or on the earth; O Kāma, you are ever esteemed by the worlds, dear to breathing creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 42.107
देवदानवयक्षाणां रक्षसां मानुषस्य च । त्वं पालकश्च कर्ता च हृदये च प्रवर्तसे
devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ rakṣasāṃ mānuṣasya ca | tvaṃ pālakaśca kartā ca hṛdaye ca pravartase
Of gods, dānavas and yakṣas, of rākṣasas and of man, you are both the protector and the maker, and you move within the heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.108
तस्मात् त्वं सर्वजगतां हिताय कुरु चेष्टितम् । देवदानवयक्षाणां मानुषाणां महात्मनाम्
tasmāt tvaṃ sarvajagatāṃ hitāya kuru ceṣṭitam | devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ mahātmanām
Therefore do you perform an act for the benefit of all the worlds — of gods, dānavas, yakṣas, and great-souled men."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.109
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य शक्रस्य मकरध्वजः । देवराजमुवाचेदं सुप्रीतस्तद्वचोऽमृतैः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || etacchrutvā vacastasya śakrasya makaradhvajaḥ | devarājamuvācedaṃ suprītastadvaco'mṛtaiḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hearing this speech of Śakra, the Makara-bannered one, well pleased by the nectar of those words, said this to the king of the gods:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.110
।। काम उवाच ।। यत्राहमीशिता शक्र तत्कर्म विदितं त्वया । तस्मान्ममोचितं शक्यं करिष्ये तन्निदेशय
|| kāma uvāca || yatrāhamīśitā śakra tatkarma viditaṃ tvayā | tasmānmamocitaṃ śakyaṃ kariṣye tannideśaya
Kāma said: "That work in which I have power, Śakra, is known to you; therefore I shall do what is fitting for me and within my power — command it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.111
पञ्चैव बाणा मृदवस्ते च पुष्पमया मम । चापस्तथा पुष्पमयः शिञ्जिनी भ्रमरात्मिका
pañcaiva bāṇā mṛdavaste ca puṣpamayā mama | cāpastathā puṣpamayaḥ śiñjinī bhramarātmikā
My arrows are but five, and soft, and made of flowers; my bow too is made of flowers, and its string consists of bees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.112
रतिर्मे दयिता जाया वसन्तः सचिवो मम । यन्ता मलयजो वायुर्मित्रं मम सुधानिधिः
ratirme dayitā jāyā vasantaḥ sacivo mama | yantā malayajo vāyurmitraṃ mama sudhānidhiḥ
Rati is my beloved wife, Spring is my counsellor, my driver is the sandalwood-scented breeze, my friend is the repository of nectar (the moon).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.113
सेनाधिपो मे शृङ्गारो हावा भावाश्च सैनिकाः । सर्वे मे मृदवोऽक्रूरा अहं चापि तथाविधः
senādhipo me śṛṅgāro hāvā bhāvāśca sainikāḥ | sarve me mṛdavo'krūrā ahaṃ cāpi tathāvidhaḥ
Śṛṅgāra (erotic passion) is my commander of the army, and the amorous gestures (hāvas) and moods (bhāvas) are my soldiers. All mine are soft and not cruel, and I too am of that same kind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.114
यद् येन युज्यते कार्यं धीमांस्तत्तेन योजयेत् । मम योग्यं तु यत् कर्म तस्मात्तस्मिन् नियोजय
yad yena yujyate kāryaṃ dhīmāṃstattena yojayet | mama yogyaṃ tu yat karma tasmāttasmin niyojaya
Whatever task is fit for whom, a wise man should set him to that; so, whatever work is suitable for me, appoint me to that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.115
।। इन्द्र उवाच । यत् कारयितुमिच्छामि भवता तन्मनोभव । तत्ते समुचितं कर्म तस्मिन् परिवृतो भवान्
|| indra uvāca | yat kārayitumicchāmi bhavatā tanmanobhava | tatte samucitaṃ karma tasmin parivṛto bhavān
Indra said: What I wish to have done by you, O Manobhava — that work is fitting for you; you are the one chosen for it.
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KaP 42.116
कृतकर्मापि तत्र त्वं कृती चापि मनोभव । त्वदन्यैः किन्तु दुःसाध्यं तत्त्वां तत्र नियोजये
kṛtakarmāpi tatra tvaṃ kṛtī cāpi manobhava | tvadanyaiḥ kintu duḥsādhyaṃ tattvāṃ tatra niyojaye
In that (matter) you are one who has done the deed before and also skilled, O Manobhava; but it is hard to accomplish by others than you — therefore I appoint you to it.
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KaP 42.117
श्रूयते हि तपस्यन्तं ध्यानस्थं वृषभध्वजम् । गिरेर्हिमवतः प्रस्थे निराकांक्षं वधूकृतौ
śrūyate hi tapasyantaṃ dhyānasthaṃ vṛṣabhadhvajam | girerhimavataḥ prasthe nirākāṃkṣaṃ vadhūkṛtau
For it is heard that the bull-bannered one is performing austerities, fixed in meditation, on the slope of Mount Himavat, with no wish for the taking of a wife.
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KaP 42.118
तं पितुर्वचनात् काली तपस्यन्तं निषेवते । सखिभ्यां सहिता नित्यं हरस्यानुमतेऽधुना
taṃ piturvacanāt kālī tapasyantaṃ niṣevate | sakhibhyāṃ sahitā nityaṃ harasyānumate'dhunā
By her father's word Kālī attends upon him as he performs austerities, always accompanied by her two friends, now with Hara's consent.
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KaP 42.119
आरूढयौवनां तां तु स्त्रीरत्नमपि सुन्दरीम् । ध्यानासक्तो महादेवो नेहते मनसापि च
ārūḍhayauvanāṃ tāṃ tu strīratnamapi sundarīm | dhyānāsakto mahādevo nehate manasāpi ca
But her, who has come into her youth, a jewel among women and lovely — Mahādeva, engrossed in meditation, does not desire even in his mind.
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KaP 42.120
सानुरागो यथा तस्यां जायते वृषभध्वजः । तथा विधत्स्व देवानां हिताय जगतामपि
sānurāgo yathā tasyāṃ jāyate vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | tathā vidhatsva devānāṃ hitāya jagatāmapi
Bring it about that the bull-bannered one becomes enamoured of her, for the welfare of the gods and of the worlds as well.
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KaP 42.121
सह सत्या यथा रेमे सानुरागो वृषध्वजः । तथैतया गिरिजया रमतां तत्कृतेन वै
saha satyā yathā reme sānurāgo vṛṣadhvajaḥ | tathaitayā girijayā ramatāṃ tatkṛtena vai
As the bull-bannered one, enamoured, took his pleasure with Satī, so let him take his pleasure with this daughter of the mountain, indeed by your doing.
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KaP 42.122
तस्याः कृते तु यत्तेजः प्रच्युतं यद् हरस्य वै । ततो यो जायते सोऽस्मांस्तारकादुद्धरिष्यति
tasyāḥ kṛte tu yattejaḥ pracyutaṃ yad harasya vai | tato yo jāyate so'smāṃstārakāduddhariṣyati
And the seed of Hara that is shed for her sake — he who is born from that will rescue us from Tāraka.
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KaP 42.123
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। ततः स देवराजस्य वचः श्रुत्वा मनोभवः । प्राप्तकालं च सस्मारं शापं ब्रह्मकृतं पुरा
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || tataḥ sa devarājasya vacaḥ śrutvā manobhavaḥ | prāptakālaṃ ca sasmāraṃ śāpaṃ brahmakṛtaṃ purā
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, having heard the word of the king of the gods, Manobhava recalled the curse formerly made by Brahmā, whose time had now arrived.
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KaP 42.124
सन्ध्यां प्रतिविधातारं यदा शस्त्रं परीक्षितम् । कामोऽहनत् पुष्पबाणैस्तदा तमशपद्विधिः
sandhyāṃ pratividhātāraṃ yadā śastraṃ parīkṣitam | kāmo'hanat puṣpabāṇaistadā tamaśapadvidhiḥ
When, as the weapon was being tested, Kāma struck with his flower-arrows him who had ordained Sandhyā, then Vidhi (Brahmā) cursed him.
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KaP 42.125
शम्भुनेत्राग्निदग्धस्त्वं भविष्यसि द्विजोत्तमाः । यदा कुर्याद् गिरिसुतां हरः पाणिगृहीतिकाम् । तदा भवान् शरीरेणागमिष्यति समग्रताम्
śambhunetrāgnidagdhastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi dvijottamāḥ | yadā kuryād girisutāṃ haraḥ pāṇigṛhītikām | tadā bhavān śarīreṇāgamiṣyati samagratām
"You shall be burnt by the fire of Śambhu's eye" — O best of brahmins — "and when Hara takes the mountain's daughter in marriage, then you will come to completeness with a body."
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KaP 42.126
इति स्मृत्वा विधेः शापं भीतोऽपि मकरध्वजः । अङ्गीचक्रे शक्रवाक्यात् काल्या योजयितुं हरम् । इदं च वचनं प्रोचे तत्कालसदृशं पुनः
iti smṛtvā vidheḥ śāpaṃ bhīto'pi makaradhvajaḥ | aṅgīcakre śakravākyāt kālyā yojayituṃ haram | idaṃ ca vacanaṃ proce tatkālasadṛśaṃ punaḥ
Remembering thus the curse of Vidhi, the makara-bannered one, though afraid, consented, at Śakra's word, to unite Hara with Kālī; and again he spoke this speech, suited to that occasion.
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KaP 42.127
।। मदन उवाच ।। करिष्ये तद्वचः शक्र हरं सङ्गमयाम्यहम् । काल्या गिरिजया सार्धं दाक्षायण्या यथा पुरा
|| madana uvāca || kariṣye tadvacaḥ śakra haraṃ saṅgamayāmyaham | kālyā girijayā sārdhaṃ dākṣāyaṇyā yathā purā
Madana said: I shall do as you say, Śakra; I shall bring Hara together with Kālī, the mountain-born, just as formerly with Dākṣāyaṇī.
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KaP 42.128
किन्त्वेकं मम साहाय्यं कर्ता त्वं हरमोहने । यदा सन्मोहनेनाहं हरं सन्मोहयामि च
kintvekaṃ mama sāhāyyaṃ kartā tvaṃ haramohane | yadā sanmohanenāhaṃ haraṃ sanmohayāmi ca
But you must give me one piece of help in the bewildering of Hara: when I bewilder Hara with the Sammohana (arrow),
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KaP 42.129
तदा कुरु सहायं त्वं स्वस्थमाप्याययस्व माम् । प्रविश्याहं सुरभिणा नचिराच्छंकराश्रमम्
tadā kuru sahāyaṃ tvaṃ svasthamāpyāyayasva mām | praviśyāhaṃ surabhiṇā nacirācchaṃkarāśramam
then give aid, and make me strong and sound. Entering Śaṃkara's hermitage before long with fragrance,
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KaP 42.130
विधाय पूर्वं मनसो विकारं हर्षणेन तु । सम्मोहनेन सुदृढं मोहयिष्ये वृषध्वजम्
vidhāya pūrvaṃ manaso vikāraṃ harṣaṇena tu | sammohanena sudṛḍhaṃ mohayiṣye vṛṣadhvajam
having first produced an alteration of his mind with the Harṣaṇa (arrow), I shall bewilder the bull-bannered one very firmly with the Sammohana.
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KaP 42.131
स्मरिष्यसि त्वं सम्प्राप्ते काले मां मम पालने । अहं गच्छामि सहितं तत्कर्तुं बलसूदन
smariṣyasi tvaṃ samprāpte kāle māṃ mama pālane | ahaṃ gacchāmi sahitaṃ tatkartuṃ balasūdana
When the time comes you will remember me, for my protection. I go, O slayer of Bala, to do that.
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KaP 42.132
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा स जगामाथ मदनः शङ्कराश्रमम् । शक्रोऽपि त्रिदशान् सर्वानिदमाह वचस्तदा
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktvā sa jagāmātha madanaḥ śaṅkarāśramam | śakro'pi tridaśān sarvānidamāha vacastadā
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having said this, Madana then went to Śaṃkara's hermitage; and Śakra too then spoke this word to all the thirty (gods).
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KaP 42.133
।। इन्द्र उवाच ॥ यूयं कुरुध्वं साहाय्यं यत्र याति मनोभवः । तत्र तत्रानुगम्यैव समये मां च बोधत
|| indra uvāca || yūyaṃ kurudhvaṃ sāhāyyaṃ yatra yāti manobhavaḥ | tatra tatrānugamyaiva samaye māṃ ca bodhata
Indra said: You all render assistance wherever Manobhava (Kāma) goes; following him there in each place, alert me at the (right) moment.
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KaP 42.134
यदा सम्मोहनेनायं सम्मोहयति शङ्करम् । तदाहमपि यास्यामि तत्र बोधत मां सुराः
yadā sammohanenāyaṃ sammohayati śaṅkaram | tadāhamapi yāsyāmi tatra bodhata māṃ surāḥ
When he bewilders Śaṅkara with the Bewilderer (arrow), then I too shall go there — alert me then, O gods.
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KaP 42.135
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्तास्तेन शक्रेण देवा जग्मुर्मनोभवम् । सोऽपि गत्वा यत्र हरो गङ्गावतरणे गिरेः । हिमभारभृतः सानौ सुरभिं च न्ययोजयत्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktāstena śakreṇa devā jagmurmanobhavam | so'pi gatvā yatra haro gaṅgāvataraṇe gireḥ | himabhārabhṛtaḥ sānau surabhiṃ ca nyayojayat
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus addressed by that Śakra, the gods went to Manobhava; and he too, having gone to where Hara was, at the descent of the Gaṅgā, on the ridge of the snow-burdened mountain, set Spring to work as well.
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KaP 42.136
ततस्तत्र गते सम्यक्सुरभौ तस्य लक्षणम् । अभवन्नचिरादेव तरुगुल्मलतासु च
tatastatra gate samyaksurabhau tasya lakṣaṇam | abhavannacirādeva tarugulmalatāsu ca
Then, when Spring had duly come there, its marks appeared before long, both (elsewhere) and among the trees, shrubs and creepers.
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KaP 42.137
पुष्पिताः किंशुकास्तत्र मञ्जुला: केतकास्तथा । सरांसि च सपद्मानि सविकाराश्च जन्तवः
puṣpitāḥ kiṃśukāstatra mañjulā: ketakāstathā | sarāṃsi ca sapadmāni savikārāśca jantavaḥ
There the kiṃśuka trees blossomed, and the charming ketakas; and the lakes bore lotuses, and the creatures underwent change.
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KaP 42.138
ववौ वायुश्च गम्भीरो गंधिलः पुष्परेणुभिः । शनैः शनैः सुखकरः कर्षयन् स हि मानसम्
vavau vāyuśca gambhīro gaṃdhilaḥ puṣpareṇubhiḥ | śanaiḥ śanaiḥ sukhakaraḥ karṣayan sa hi mānasam
And a deep wind blew, made fragrant by flower-pollen, very gently, bringing pleasure — for it drew the mind (to itself).
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KaP 42.139
पक्षिणश्च मृगाश्चैव ये चान्ये प्राणधारिणः । सिद्धाश्च किन्नराश्चैव द्वन्द्व भावं वितेनिरे
pakṣiṇaśca mṛgāścaiva ye cānye prāṇadhāriṇaḥ | siddhāśca kinnarāścaiva dvandva bhāvaṃ vitenire
And the birds and the beasts and whatever other living things there were, and the Siddhas and the Kinnaras, spread out coupling in pairs.
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KaP 42.140
चूता: कुसुमितास्तत्र नवस्तवक भूषिताः । अशोकाः पाटलाचैव नागकेशरकारुणाः
cūtā: kusumitāstatra navastavaka bhūṣitāḥ | aśokāḥ pāṭalācaiva nāgakeśarakāruṇāḥ
There the mango trees were in flower, adorned with fresh clusters, and the aśokas and the pāṭalās, and the reddish nāgakeśaras.
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KaP 42.141
सविकारा गणाश्चासन् शङ्करस्य तदा द्विजाः । प्रत्यक्षतो ययुस्तेऽपि विकारं शम्भुसाध्वसात्
savikārā gaṇāścāsan śaṅkarasya tadā dvijāḥ | pratyakṣato yayuste'pi vikāraṃ śambhusādhvasāt
And Śaṅkara's troops too, O twice-born, were then altered; even they visibly underwent alteration, out of awe of Śambhu (or: while in Śambhu's very presence).
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KaP 42.142
भ्रमन्ति स्म तदा तत्र भ्रमराः कुसुमोद्भवम् । पिबन्तो बहुशश्युतं गुञ्जन्तः सह जायया
bhramanti sma tadā tatra bhramarāḥ kusumodbhavam | pibanto bahuśaśyutaṃ guñjantaḥ saha jāyayā
Then the bees were roaming there, drinking the abundantly oozing (nectar) born of the flowers, humming along with their mates.
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KaP 42.143
एवं प्रवृत्ते सुरभौ शृङ्गारोऽपि गणैः सह । हावभावयुतस्तत्र प्रविवेश हरान्तिकम्
evaṃ pravṛtte surabhau śṛṅgāro'pi gaṇaiḥ saha | hāvabhāvayutastatra praviveśa harāntikam
When Spring had thus set in, Passion (Śṛṅgāra) too, together with his troops, endowed with amorous gestures and moods, entered there into Hara's vicinity.
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KaP 42.144
मदनः सगणस्तत्र निवसंश्चिरमेव हि । न दृष्टवांस्तदा शम्भोश्छिद्रं येन प्रवेक्ष्यति
madanaḥ sagaṇastatra nivasaṃścirameva hi | na dṛṣṭavāṃstadā śambhośchidraṃ yena pravekṣyati
Madana, with his troops, dwelling there for a very long time, did not then see any opening of Śambhu by which he might enter.
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KaP 42.145
यदा च प्राप्तविवरस्तदा भयविमोहितः । नाग्रे सरोऽभवत् तस्य मदनो रतिवारितः
yadā ca prāptavivarastadā bhayavimohitaḥ | nāgre saro'bhavat tasya madano rativāritaḥ
And when he had gained an opening, then, confused by fear, Madana made no advance forward, being held back by Rati.
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KaP 42.146
एवं यातस्तस्य कालः प्रभूतो द्विजसत्तमाः । निरूपयन् न वा चाप छिद्रं तस्य यतेस्तदा
evaṃ yātastasya kālaḥ prabhūto dvijasattamāḥ | nirūpayan na vā cāpa chidraṃ tasya yatestadā
Thus a great deal of his time passed, O best of the twice-born; though watching for it, he did not find any opening in that ascetic then.
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KaP 42.147
ज्वलत्कालाग्निसंकाशं भानुलक्षसमप्रभम् । ध्यानस्थं शङ्करं को वा समासादयितुं क्षमः
jvalatkālāgnisaṃkāśaṃ bhānulakṣasamaprabham | dhyānasthaṃ śaṅkaraṃ ko vā samāsādayituṃ kṣamaḥ
Who indeed is able to approach Śaṅkara when he is fixed in meditation, resembling the blazing fire of time, with the radiance of a hundred thousand suns?
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KaP 42.148
अथैकदा गिरिसुता काली तस्याभवत्पुरः । कृत्वा परीष्टिं कर्त्तव्या सखिभ्यां प्रणता स्थिता
athaikadā girisutā kālī tasyābhavatpuraḥ | kṛtvā parīṣṭiṃ karttavyā sakhibhyāṃ praṇatā sthitā
Then one day the mountain's daughter, Kālī, came before him; having performed the worship that was to be done, she stood bowing, with her two companions.
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KaP 42.149
शङ्करोऽपि तदा ध्यानं त्यक्त्वा तत् क्षणमास्थितः । योजयन् स्वगणान् कृत्ये ज्योतिश्चिन्ताविवर्जितः
śaṅkaro'pi tadā dhyānaṃ tyaktvā tat kṣaṇamāsthitaḥ | yojayan svagaṇān kṛtye jyotiścintāvivarjitaḥ
And Śaṅkara at that time, having left off meditation, remained for that moment engaging his own troops in a task, free from thought of the (inner) light.
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KaP 42.150
तच्छिद्रं प्राप्य मदनः प्रथमं हर्षणेन तु । बाणेन हर्षयामास पार्श्वस्थं चन्द्रशेखरम्
tacchidraṃ prāpya madanaḥ prathamaṃ harṣaṇena tu | bāṇena harṣayāmāsa pārśvasthaṃ candraśekharam
Getting that opening, Madana first, with the arrow called Gladdener, gladdened the moon-crested one who stood beside (her).
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KaP 42.151
शृङ्गारश्च तदा भावैर्हावैश्च सहितो हरम् । जगाम कामसाहाय्यं कुर्वन् सुरभिणा सह
śṛṅgāraśca tadā bhāvairhāvaiśca sahito haram | jagāma kāmasāhāyyaṃ kurvan surabhiṇā saha
And Passion then, accompanied by the moods and gestures, went to Hara, rendering aid to Kāma together with Spring.
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KaP 42.152
हर्षणेनातिहृषितः शृङ्गाराद्यैर्निषेवितः । शङ्करो वदनं काल्याः साकूतं संव्यलोकयत्
harṣaṇenātihṛṣitaḥ śṛṅgārādyairniṣevitaḥ | śaṅkaro vadanaṃ kālyāḥ sākūtaṃ saṃvyalokayat
Made exceedingly glad by the Gladdener, and attended by Passion and the rest, Śaṅkara gazed with intent upon Kālī's face.
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KaP 42.153
तत् प्राप्य विवरं कामः पुष्पं चापे न्ययोजयत् । सम्मोहनं पुष्पवृतं पुष्पमालाविवर्धितम्
tat prāpya vivaraṃ kāmaḥ puṣpaṃ cāpe nyayojayat | sammohanaṃ puṣpavṛtaṃ puṣpamālāvivardhitam
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 42.154
तदाभूद् दक्षिणे पार्श्वे रतिः प्रीतिस्तु वामतः । पृष्ठे बसन्ततूणीरं पौष्पमादाय सुन्दरः
tadābhūd dakṣiṇe pārśve ratiḥ prītistu vāmataḥ | pṛṣṭhe basantatūṇīraṃ pauṣpamādāya sundaraḥ
Then Rati was at (his) right side, and Prīti on the left; behind (him) was Vasanta — the handsome one having taken up (his) quiver of flowers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 42.155
आकर्णपूरितं पुष्पं चापमाकृष्य संयतः । यदा मनोभवो वायुस्तदा तं समुपेयिवान्
ākarṇapūritaṃ puṣpaṃ cāpamākṛṣya saṃyataḥ | yadā manobhavo vāyustadā taṃ samupeyivān
When Manobhava (Kāma), poised, drew the flower-bow with (the arrow) pulled back to his ear, then the wind came up to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 42.156
संहिते पुष्पबाणे तु गिरिजां चन्द्रशेखरः । जातेन्द्रियविकारः सन् जिघृक्षुः सङ्गमेऽभवत्
saṃhite puṣpabāṇe tu girijāṃ candraśekharaḥ | jātendriyavikāraḥ san jighṛkṣuḥ saṅgame'bhavat
But when the flower-arrow was fitted (to the bow), the Moon-crested One (Śiva), a change having arisen in his senses, became eager to take the Mountain-born (Pārvatī) in union.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.157
अमरा: शक्रसहितास्तदा सर्वे वियद्गताः । सभ्यं मनोभवं मेने सुरकृत्ये निवेशितम्
amarā: śakrasahitāstadā sarve viyadgatāḥ | sabhyaṃ manobhavaṃ mene surakṛtye niveśitam
The immortals together with Śakra were all then in the sky; (Indra) considered Manobhava (Desire), set to the task of the gods, to be well-behaved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 42.158
अथ संस्मृत्य संयम्य निगृह्य विकृति तदा । इन्द्रियस्य महादेवः सहसेदं व्यचिन्तयत्
atha saṃsmṛtya saṃyamya nigṛhya vikṛti tadā | indriyasya mahādevaḥ sahasedaṃ vyacintayat
Then, having recollected (himself), having restrained and checked the agitation of his senses, Mahādeva at once thought this:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.159
योनिजां गिरिजां कालीं तपोव्रतविवर्जिताम् । कथं सङ्गमकामोऽहं धर्तुमिच्छामि वै हठात्
yonijāṃ girijāṃ kālīṃ tapovratavivarjitām | kathaṃ saṅgamakāmo'haṃ dhartumicchāmi vai haṭhāt
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 42.160
तपोव्रतपवित्राङ्गी तपश्चरणसत्कृताम् । स्वयमेव ग्रहीष्यामि सतीं दाक्षायणीमिव
tapovratapavitrāṅgī tapaścaraṇasatkṛtām | svayameva grahīṣyāmi satīṃ dākṣāyaṇīmiva
(Her) whose body is purified by austerity and vows, who is honoured by the practice of austerity — her I shall take of my own accord, the virtuous one, like Satī the daughter of Dakṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 42.161
कथं विकृतकामोऽहमनिच्छन्निव साम्प्रतम् । केनापि चाकृष्ट इव चिकीर्षुः सङ्गमोद्भवम्
kathaṃ vikṛtakāmo'hamanicchanniva sāmpratam | kenāpi cākṛṣṭa iva cikīrṣuḥ saṅgamodbhavam
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 42.162
एवं विकारहेतुं स निश्चिन्वन्निन्द्रियस्य तु । पुरोवलोकयामास संहितेषु मनोभवम्
evaṃ vikārahetuṃ sa niścinvannindriyasya tu | purovalokayāmāsa saṃhiteṣu manobhavam
Thus, as he was seeking to determine the cause of the alteration of his senses, he saw before him, among those assembled, Manobhava (Love, born of the mind).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 42.163
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे ब्रह्मा विज्ञातसमयः सुरान् । दृष्ट्वा स्थानादाजगाम तत्समाजमनुग्रहात्
etasminnantare brahmā vijñātasamayaḥ surān | dṛṣṭvā sthānādājagāma tatsamājamanugrahāt
Meanwhile Brahmā, who knew the (right) moment, seeing the gods, came from his abode to that assembly (of theirs) out of favour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.164
ततः स कुपितो दृष्ट्वा सन्धितेषु मनोभवम् । जज्वाल ज्वलनप्रख्यस्तं दिधक्षुः प्रसह्य तु
tataḥ sa kupito dṛṣṭvā sandhiteṣu manobhavam | jajvāla jvalanaprakhyastaṃ didhakṣuḥ prasahya tu
Then he, enraged at seeing Manobhava (Kāma) with his arrow fitted (to the bow), blazed up like fire, seeking to burn him up by force.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 42.165
कामोऽयं समयं ज्ञात्वा मां मोहयितुमिच्छति । मनो मे स्ववशं कर्तुं तन्नयामि यमक्षयम्
kāmo'yaṃ samayaṃ jñātvā māṃ mohayitumicchati | mano me svavaśaṃ kartuṃ tannayāmi yamakṣayam
"This Kāma, having recognized the right moment, wishes to bewilder me, to bring my mind under his own power — therefore I send him to the abode of Yama."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.166
एवं विचिन्तमानस्य नेत्रोद्भाविततेजसा । वर्धतो ज्वलनो भूत्वा क्रोधं नेत्रात् ससर्ज ह
evaṃ vicintamānasya netrodbhāvitatejasā | vardhato jvalano bhūtvā krodhaṃ netrāt sasarja ha
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 42.167
तं क्रोधान्निः सरिष्यन्तं जातवेदः स्वरूपिणम् । ज्ञात्वा कामस्य तान् बाणान् पौष्पचापनिषण्णकान्
taṃ krodhānniḥ sariṣyantaṃ jātavedaḥ svarūpiṇam | jñātvā kāmasya tān bāṇān pauṣpacāpaniṣaṇṇakān
Knowing that (blaze), which was about to issue forth from his wrath in the very form of Fire, (and seeing) those arrows of Kāma set upon his flower-bow —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 42.168
शक्तिं प्राणांस्तथात्मानमाकृष्यापालयद्विधिः । उत्सारयामास तदा वसन्तं स पितामहः
śaktiṃ prāṇāṃstathātmānamākṛṣyāpālayadvidhiḥ | utsārayāmāsa tadā vasantaṃ sa pitāmahaḥ
Having drawn away (Kāma's) power, his life-breaths, and his very self, Vidhi (Brahmā) protected (him); then that Grandfather made Spring withdraw (from there).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 42.169
निजशक्त्या तदा शम्भुक्रोधाद्रक्षन्मनोभवम् । अथाकाशगता देवाः क्रुद्धं दृष्ट्वा महेश्वरम्
nijaśaktyā tadā śambhukrodhādrakṣanmanobhavam | athākāśagatā devāḥ kruddhaṃ dṛṣṭvā maheśvaram
Then, by his own power, (Brahmā) protected Manobhava (Kāma) from Śambhu's wrath. Thereupon the gods, positioned in the sky, seeing Maheśvara enraged, (said):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.170
प्रसीद जगतां नाथ कामे क्रोधं परित्यज । त्वया यथा पुरा सृष्टः शम्भुरूपेण कर्मणा
prasīda jagatāṃ nātha kāme krodhaṃ parityaja | tvayā yathā purā sṛṣṭaḥ śambhurūpeṇa karmaṇā
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 42.171
येन चायोजितं कर्म तत्करोति मनोभवः । तस्मात् त्वं मदने शम्भो क्रोधाग्निमुपसंहर । प्रसीद सर्वभूतेश भक्त्या त्वां प्रणता वयम्
yena cāyojitaṃ karma tatkaroti manobhavaḥ | tasmāt tvaṃ madane śambho krodhāgnimupasaṃhara | prasīda sarvabhūteśa bhaktyā tvāṃ praṇatā vayam
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 42.172
इति स्म वदतां तेषाममराणां तदानलः
iti sma vadatāṃ teṣāmamarāṇāṃ tadānalaḥ
As those immortals were speaking thus, then that fire—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.173
ललाटचक्षुः सम्भूतो भस्माकार्षीन्मनोभवम् । दग्ध्वा कामं तदा वह्निज्वलामालातिदीपितः
lalāṭacakṣuḥ sambhūto bhasmākārṣīnmanobhavam | dagdhvā kāmaṃ tadā vahnijvalāmālātidīpitaḥ
Arisen from the eye in (Śiva's) forehead, (the fire) reduced the mind-born one to ashes; having then burnt up Kāma, blazing intensely with its garland of flames—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.174
संस्तम्भितोऽथ विधिना हरं गन्तुं शशाक न । महादेवोऽपि तद्भस्म मनोभवशरीरजम् । आदाय सर्वगात्रेषु भूतिलेपं तदाकरोत्
saṃstambhito'tha vidhinā haraṃ gantuṃ śaśāka na | mahādevo'pi tadbhasma manobhavaśarīrajam | ādāya sarvagātreṣu bhūtilepaṃ tadākarot
—being then checked by (Brahmā the) Ordainer, it could not go to Hara. And Mahādeva too, taking that ash born of the mind-born one's body, then made of it a smearing of ash over all his limbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.175
लेपशेषाणि भस्मानि समादाय तदा हरः । सगणोऽन्तर्दधे कालीं विहाय विधिसम्मते
lepaśeṣāṇi bhasmāni samādāya tadā haraḥ | sagaṇo'ntardadhe kālīṃ vihāya vidhisammate
Then Hara, gathering up the ashes left over from the smearing, vanished together with his troop, leaving Kālī behind, with (Brahmā the) Ordainer's assent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.176
ब्रह्मा क्रोधानलं शम्भोर्दहन्तं सकलान् सुरान् । वडवारूपिणं चक्रे देवानां पुरतस्तदा
brahmā krodhānalaṃ śambhordahantaṃ sakalān surān | vaḍavārūpiṇaṃ cakre devānāṃ puratastadā
Then Brahmā, in the presence of the gods, made Śambhu's fire of wrath, which was burning up all the gods, take the form of a mare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.177
वडवां तां तदा देवाः सौम्यां ज्वालामुखीं शुभाम् । दृष्ट्वा निर्विघ्नमनसो बभूवुः पूर्वपीडिताः
vaḍavāṃ tāṃ tadā devāḥ saumyāṃ jvālāmukhīṃ śubhām | dṛṣṭvā nirvighnamanaso babhūvuḥ pūrvapīḍitāḥ
Then the gods, seeing that mare, mild, auspicious, with flames in her mouth, became free of anxiety in mind, they who had been tormented before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.178
वडवां तां समादाय तदा ज्वालामुखीं विधिः । सागरं प्रययौ लोकहिताय जगतां पतिः
vaḍavāṃ tāṃ samādāya tadā jvālāmukhīṃ vidhiḥ | sāgaraṃ prayayau lokahitāya jagatāṃ patiḥ
Then the Ordainer, the lord of the worlds, taking that flame-mouthed mare, went to the ocean for the welfare of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.179
गत्वाथ सागरं ब्रह्मा प्रोवाच परिपूजितः । यथावत्तेन विप्रेन्द्राः समयं च निवेदयन्
gatvātha sāgaraṃ brahmā provāca paripūjitaḥ | yathāvattena viprendrāḥ samayaṃ ca nivedayan
Then Brahmā, having gone to the ocean and been duly honoured by him, spoke, O best of brahmins, and announced the agreement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.180
अयं क्रोधो महेशस्य वडवारूपधृक् त्वया । ज्वालामुखः सदा धार्यो यावन्न विनयाम्यहम्
ayaṃ krodho maheśasya vaḍavārūpadhṛk tvayā | jvālāmukhaḥ sadā dhāryo yāvanna vinayāmyaham
"This wrath of Maheśa, bearing the form of a mare, flame-mouthed, is to be borne by you always, so long as I do not remove it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.181
यदा त्वामहमागम्य वदामि सरितां पते । तदा त्वया परित्याज्यः क्रोधोऽयं वडवामुखः
yadā tvāmahamāgamya vadāmi saritāṃ pate | tadā tvayā parityājyaḥ krodho'yaṃ vaḍavāmukhaḥ
When I come to you and tell you, O lord of rivers, then this wrath, the mare's-mouth, is to be released by you.
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KaP 42.182
भोजनं भवतस्तोयमेतस्य तु भविष्यति । यनादेवं विधार्योऽयं यथा नो याति चान्तरम्
bhojanaṃ bhavatastoyametasya tu bhaviṣyati | yanādevaṃ vidhāryo'yaṃ yathā no yāti cāntaram
Your water will be the food of this (fire). It is to be held thus (with effort), so that no breach comes upon us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 42.183
इत्युक्तो ब्रह्मणा सिन्धुरङ्गीचक्रे तदा क्रुधम् । ग्रहीतुं वडवावक्त्रे शम्भोश्चाशक्यमप्यरम्
ityukto brahmaṇā sindhuraṅgīcakre tadā krudham | grahītuṃ vaḍavāvaktre śambhoścāśakyamapyaram
Addressed thus by Brahmā, the ocean then consented to (receive) Śambhu's wrath quickly into the mare's mouth, though it was impossible to hold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 42.184
ततः प्रविष्टो जलधौ पावको वडवामुखः । वार्योघान्निदहन् सम्यग् ज्वालामालातिदीपितः
tataḥ praviṣṭo jaladhau pāvako vaḍavāmukhaḥ | vāryoghānnidahan samyag jvālāmālātidīpitaḥ
Then the mare-mouthed fire entered the ocean, thoroughly burning the masses of water, blazing intensely with its garland of flames.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 42.185
यदाभवच्छम्भुनेत्राद् ददाह मदनं तदा । अभवत् सुमहाशब्दो येनाकाशः प्रपूरितः
yadābhavacchambhunetrād dadāha madanaṃ tadā | abhavat sumahāśabdo yenākāśaḥ prapūritaḥ
When (the fire) came forth from Śambhu's eye and burnt Madana, then there arose a very great sound, by which the sky was filled.
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KaP 42.186
तेन शब्देन महता कामदाहे क्षणेन च । सखीभ्यां सह भीताभूत् काली शोकयुता तदा
tena śabdena mahatā kāmadāhe kṣaṇena ca | sakhībhyāṃ saha bhītābhūt kālī śokayutā tadā
At that great sound, and at the burning of Kāma in an instant, Kālī together with her two friends became frightened and filled with grief.
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KaP 42.187
तेन शब्देन हिमवांश्चकितो विस्मितस्तदा । सुतामेव जगामाशु गतां काली हराश्रमम्
tena śabdena himavāṃścakito vismitastadā | sutāmeva jagāmāśu gatāṃ kālī harāśramam
At that sound Himavat, startled and amazed, went at once to his daughter Kālī, who had gone to Hara's hermitage.
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KaP 42.188
तां तत्र कालीं तनयां भयशोकाकुलां शुभाम् । रुदन्तीं शम्भुविरहादाससादाचलेश्वरः
tāṃ tatra kālīṃ tanayāṃ bhayaśokākulāṃ śubhām | rudantīṃ śambhuvirahādāsasādācaleśvaraḥ
There the lord of mountains reached his daughter, the fair Kālī, distraught with fear and grief, weeping at her separation from Śambhu.
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KaP 42.189
आसाद्य पाणिना तस्या मार्जयन्नयनद्वयम् । मा भैषीः कालि मा रोदीरित्युक्त्वा तां तदाग्रहीत्
āsādya pāṇinā tasyā mārjayannayanadvayam | mā bhaiṣīḥ kāli mā rodīrityuktvā tāṃ tadāgrahīt
Reaching her, wiping her two eyes with his hand, saying "Do not fear, Kālī, do not weep," he then took hold of her.
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KaP 42.190
क्रोडीकृत्य सुतां तां तु हिमवानचलेश्वरः । स्वमालयमथानिन्ये सान्त्वयामास चार्दिताम्
kroḍīkṛtya sutāṃ tāṃ tu himavānacaleśvaraḥ | svamālayamathāninye sāntvayāmāsa cārditām
And Himavat, the lord of mountains, embracing that daughter of his, then brought her to his own dwelling and consoled her in her distress.
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KaP 42.191
अन्तर्हिते हरे काली विरहात् तस्य संततम् । निवसन्ती पितुर्गेहे शुशोच च मुमोह च
antarhite hare kālī virahāt tasya saṃtatam | nivasantī piturgehe śuśoca ca mumoha ca
When Hara had vanished, Kālī, dwelling in her father's house, grieved continually and fainted from separation from him.
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KaP 42.192
शैलाधिराजोऽप्यथ मेनकापि मैनाक मुख्योऽपि सखीद्वयं च । तां सान्त्वयांचक्रुरदीनसत्त्वां हरं विसस्मार तथापि नोमा
śailādhirājo'pyatha menakāpi maināka mukhyo'pi sakhīdvayaṃ ca | tāṃ sāntvayāṃcakruradīnasattvāṃ haraṃ visasmāra tathāpi nomā
The supreme king of mountains, and Menakā too, and Maināka the foremost, and her two friends—they consoled her, whose spirit was not downcast; yet even so Umā did not forget Hara.
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