Kalika Purana — Chapter 6
KaP 6.1
कालिकापुराणम् षष्ठोऽध्यायः योगनिद्रामाहात्म्यम् अथ कालिका पुराण अध्याय ६ ।। देव्युवाच ।। यदुक्तं भवता ब्रह्मन् समस्तं सत्यमेव तत् । मोहयित्रीह शङ्करस्य न विद्यते
kālikāpurāṇam ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ yoganidrāmāhātmyam atha kālikā purāṇa adhyāya 6 || devyuvāca || yaduktaṃ bhavatā brahman samastaṃ satyameva tat | mohayitrīha śaṅkarasya na vidyate
The Kālikāpurāṇa, sixth chapter: the Greatness of Yoganidrā. The Goddess said: What you have said, O Brahman, all of it is indeed true: there exists here no female deluder of Śaṅkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.2
हरे गृहीतदारे तु सृष्टिषा सनातनी । भविष्यतीति तत् सत्यं भवता प्रतिपादितम्
hare gṛhītadāre tu sṛṣṭiṣā sanātanī | bhaviṣyatīti tat satyaṃ bhavatā pratipāditam
But if Hara takes a wife, this eternal creation will come to be—that truth has been set forth by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.3
मयापि च महान् यत्नो विद्यतेऽस्य जगत्पतेः । त्वद्वाक्याद्विगुणो मेऽद्य प्रयत्नोऽभूत् सुनिर्भरः
mayāpi ca mahān yatno vidyate'sya jagatpateḥ | tvadvākyādviguṇo me'dya prayatno'bhūt sunirbharaḥ
I too have (made) great effort regarding this lord of the world; today, by your words, my effort has become doubled and most intense.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.4
अहं तथा यतिष्यामि यथा दारपरिग्रहम् । हर: करिष्यत्यवशः स्वयमेव विमोहितः
ahaṃ tathā yatiṣyāmi yathā dāraparigraham | hara: kariṣyatyavaśaḥ svayameva vimohitaḥ
I shall so strive that Hara, helpless, himself deluded, will take a wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.5
चावीं मूर्तिमहं धृत्वा तस्यैव वशवर्तिनी । भविष्यामि महाभाग यथा विष्णोर्हरिप्रिया
cāvīṃ mūrtimahaṃ dhṛtvā tasyaiva vaśavartinī | bhaviṣyāmi mahābhāga yathā viṣṇorharipriyā
Assuming a lovely form, subject to his will alone, I shall become (his), O greatly blessed one, as Hari's beloved is to Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.6
यथा सोऽपि ममैवेह वशवर्ती सदा भवेत् । तथा चाहं करिष्यामि यथेतरजनं हरम् ॥ श्रीकालिकापुराणे योगनिद्रामाहात्म्यं नाम षष्ठोऽध्यायः
yathā so'pi mamaiveha vaśavartī sadā bhavet | tathā cāhaṃ kariṣyāmi yathetarajanaṃ haram || śrīkālikāpurāṇe yoganidrāmāhātmyaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ
And I shall so act that he too shall here be always subject to my will—(making) Hara like an ordinary person. Thus the sixth chapter, named the Greatness of Yoganidrā, in the glorious Kālikāpurāṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.7
प्रतिसर्गादि मध्यं तमहं शम्भुं निराकुलम् । स्त्रीरूपेणानुयास्यामि विशेषेणान्यतो विधे
pratisargādi madhyaṃ tamahaṃ śambhuṃ nirākulam | strīrūpeṇānuyāsyāmi viśeṣeṇānyato vidhe
That Śambhu, unagitated, from the beginning of the re-creation onward and in its middle, I shall follow in a woman's form, and especially so beyond that, O Vidhi (Brahmā).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 6.8
उत्पन्ना दक्षजायायां चारुरूपेण शङ्करम् । अहं सभाजयिष्यामि प्रतिसर्ग पितामह
utpannā dakṣajāyāyāṃ cārurūpeṇa śaṅkaram | ahaṃ sabhājayiṣyāmi pratisarga pitāmaha
Born from Dakṣa's wife, in a beautiful form I shall honour Śaṅkara in the re-creation, O Grandfather.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.9
ततस्तु योगनिद्रां मां विष्णुमायां जगन्मयीम् । शङ्कत वदिष्यन्ति रुद्राणीति दिवौकसः
tatastu yoganidrāṃ māṃ viṣṇumāyāṃ jaganmayīm | śaṅkata vadiṣyanti rudrāṇīti divaukasaḥ
Then the dwellers of heaven will call me—Yoganidrā, Viṣṇu's māyā, consisting of the world—'Rudrāṇī'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 6.10
उत्पन्नमात्रं सततं मोहये प्राणिनं यथा । तथा सन्मोहयिष्यामि शङ्करं प्रमथाधिपम्
utpannamātraṃ satataṃ mohaye prāṇinaṃ yathā | tathā sanmohayiṣyāmi śaṅkaraṃ pramathādhipam
Just as I constantly delude a creature from the moment it is born, so shall I thoroughly delude Śaṅkara, the lord of the Pramathas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.11
यथान्यजन्तुरवनौ वर्तते वनितावशे । ततोऽप्यति हरो वामावशवर्ती भविष्यति
yathānyajanturavanau vartate vanitāvaśe | tato'pyati haro vāmāvaśavartī bhaviṣyati
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 6.12
विभिद्य भुवनाधीनां लीनां स्वहृदयान्तरे । यां विद्याञ्च महादेवो मोहात् प्रतिग्रहीष्यति
vibhidya bhuvanādhīnāṃ līnāṃ svahṛdayāntare | yāṃ vidyāñca mahādevo mohāt pratigrahīṣyati
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 6.13
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति तस्मै समाभाष्य ब्रह्मणे द्विजसत्तमाः । वीक्ष्यमाणा जगत्स्रष्ट्रा तत्रैवान्तर्दधे ततः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti tasmai samābhāṣya brahmaṇe dvijasattamāḥ | vīkṣyamāṇā jagatsraṣṭrā tatraivāntardadhe tataḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 6.14
तस्यामन्तर्हितायान्तु धाता लोक - पितामहः । जगाम तत्र भगवान् स्थितो यत्र मनोभवः
tasyāmantarhitāyāntu dhātā loka - pitāmahaḥ | jagāma tatra bhagavān sthito yatra manobhavaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 6.15
मुदितोऽत्यर्थमभवन्महामायावचः स्मरन् । कृतकृत्यं तदात्मानं मेने च मुनिपुङ्गवाः
mudito'tyarthamabhavanmahāmāyāvacaḥ smaran | kṛtakṛtyaṃ tadātmānaṃ mene ca munipuṅgavāḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 6.16
अथ दृष्ट्वा महात्मानं विरञ्चि मदनस्तथा । गच्छन्तं हंसयानेन चाभ्युत्तस्थौ त्वरान्वितः
atha dṛṣṭvā mahātmānaṃ virañci madanastathā | gacchantaṃ haṃsayānena cābhyuttasthau tvarānvitaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 6.17
आसनं तमथासाद्य हर्षोत्फुल्लविलोचनः । ववन्दे सर्वलोकेशं मोदयुक्तं मनोभवः
āsanaṃ tamathāsādya harṣotphullavilocanaḥ | vavande sarvalokeśaṃ modayuktaṃ manobhavaḥ
Then, having brought (him) to a seat, Manobhava (the Mind-born, Kāma), his eyes wide open with delight, saluted the joy-filled Lord of all the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.18
अथाह भगवान् धाता प्रीत्या मधुरगद्गदम् । मदनं मोदयन् सूक्तं यद् देव्या विष्णुमायया
athāha bhagavān dhātā prītyā madhuragadgadam | madanaṃ modayan sūktaṃ yad devyā viṣṇumāyayā
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 6.19
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। यदाह वत्स शर्वस्य मोहने त्वं पुरा वचः । अनुमोहनकर्त्री या तां सृजेति मनोभव
|| brahmovāca || yadāha vatsa śarvasya mohane tvaṃ purā vacaḥ | anumohanakartrī yā tāṃ sṛjeti manobhava
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 6.20
तदर्थं संस्तुता देवी योगनिद्रा जगन्मयी । एकतातेन मनसा मया मन्दरकन्दरे
tadarthaṃ saṃstutā devī yoganidrā jaganmayī | ekatātena manasā mayā mandarakandare
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 6.21
स्वयमेव तया वत्स प्रत्यक्षीभूतया मम । तुष्टयाङ्गीकृतं शम्भुर्मोनीयो मयेति वै
svayameva tayā vatsa pratyakṣībhūtayā mama | tuṣṭayāṅgīkṛtaṃ śambhurmonīyo mayeti vai
By her very self, my child — for she became visible to me and was pleased — this was agreed to: "Śambhu shall be beguiled by me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.22
तया च दक्षभवने स समुत्पन्नया हरः । मोहनीयस्तु न चिरादिति सत्यं मनोभव
tayā ca dakṣabhavane sa samutpannayā haraḥ | mohanīyastu na cirāditi satyaṃ manobhava
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 6.23
।। मदन उवाच ।। ब्रह्मन् का योगनिद्रेति विख्याता या जगन्मयी । कथं तस्या हरो वश्यः कार्यस्तपसि संस्थितः
|| madana uvāca || brahman kā yoganidreti vikhyātā yā jaganmayī | kathaṃ tasyā haro vaśyaḥ kāryastapasi saṃsthitaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 6.24
किम्प्रभावाथ सा देवी का वा सा कुत्र संस्थिता । तदहं श्रोतुमिच्छामि त्वत्तो लोकपितामह
kimprabhāvātha sā devī kā vā sā kutra saṃsthitā | tadahaṃ śrotumicchāmi tvatto lokapitāmaha
What is her power, and who is that goddess, and where does she abide? That I wish to hear from you, O grandfather of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.25
यस्य त्यक्तसमाधेस्तु न क्षणं दृष्टिगोचरे । शक्नुमोऽपि वयं स्थातुं तं कस्मात् सा विमोहयेत्
yasya tyaktasamādhestu na kṣaṇaṃ dṛṣṭigocare | śaknumo'pi vayaṃ sthātuṃ taṃ kasmāt sā vimohayet
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 6.26
ज्वलदग्निप्रकाशाक्षं जटाराजिकरालितम् । शूलिनं वीक्ष्य कः स्थातुं ब्रह्मन् शक्नोति तत्पुरः
jvaladagniprakāśākṣaṃ jaṭārājikarālitam | śūlinaṃ vīkṣya kaḥ sthātuṃ brahman śaknoti tatpuraḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 6.27
तस्य तादृक्स्वरूपस्य सम्यङ्मोहनवाञ्छया । मयाभ्युपेतं तां श्रोतुमहमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः
tasya tādṛksvarūpasya samyaṅmohanavāñchayā | mayābhyupetaṃ tāṃ śrotumahamicchāmi tattvataḥ
(Tell me) what is to be undertaken by me, out of a desire to thoroughly bewilder him whose form is such as that — that I wish to hear truly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 6.28
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। मनोभवस्य वचनं श्रुत्वाथ चतुराननः । विवक्षुरपि तद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वानुत्साहकारणम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || manobhavasya vacanaṃ śrutvātha caturānanaḥ | vivakṣurapi tadvākyaṃ śrutvānutsāhakāraṇam
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 6.29
शर्वस्य मोहने ब्रह्मा चिन्ताविष्टोऽभवन्नहि । समर्थो मोहयितुमिति निशश्वास मुहुर्मुहुः
śarvasya mohane brahmā cintāviṣṭo'bhavannahi | samartho mohayitumiti niśaśvāsa muhurmuhuḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 6.30
मारगणों की उत्पत्ति निःश्वासमारुतात्तस्य नानारूपा: महाबलाः । जाता गणा लोलजिह्वा लोलाश्चाति भयङ्कराः
māragaṇoṃ kī utpatti niḥśvāsamārutāttasya nānārūpā: mahābalāḥ | jātā gaṇā lolajihvā lolāścāti bhayaṅkarāḥ
[Heading (in Hindi): The origin of the hosts of Māra.] From his exhaled breath, as from a wind, there arose hosts of many forms and great strength, with lolling tongues, restless, and exceedingly terrifying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.31
तुरङ्गवदनाः केचित् केचिद्गजमुखास्तथा । सिंहव्याघ्रमुखाश्चान्ये श्ववराहखराननाः
turaṅgavadanāḥ kecit kecidgajamukhāstathā | siṃhavyāghramukhāścānye śvavarāhakharānanāḥ
Some had horse faces, and some had elephant mouths; others had the faces of lions and tigers, or the muzzles of dogs, boars, and donkeys.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.32
ऋक्षमार्जारवदनाः शरभास्याः शुकाननाः । प्लवगोमायु - वक्त्राश्च सरीसृपमुखाः परे
ṛkṣamārjāravadanāḥ śarabhāsyāḥ śukānanāḥ | plavagomāyu - vaktrāśca sarīsṛpamukhāḥ pare
(Some had) the faces of bears and cats, some the muzzles of śarabhas, some the beaks of parrots; others had the faces of monkeys and jackals, and still others the mouths of creeping things.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.33
गोरूपा गोमुखाः केचित्तथा पक्षिमुखाः परे । महादीर्घा महाह्रस्वा महास्थूला महाकृशाः
gorūpā gomukhāḥ kecittathā pakṣimukhāḥ pare | mahādīrghā mahāhrasvā mahāsthūlā mahākṛśāḥ
Some had the form of cattle and the faces of cows, and others likewise the faces of birds; (some were) very tall, very short, very stout, very lean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.34
पिंगाक्षा विडालाक्षाश्च त्र्यक्षैकाक्षा महोदराः । एककर्णास्त्रिकर्णाश्च चतुष्कर्णास्तथा परे
piṃgākṣā viḍālākṣāśca tryakṣaikākṣā mahodarāḥ | ekakarṇāstrikarṇāśca catuṣkarṇāstathā pare
(Some had) tawny eyes and cat's eyes, three eyes or one eye, and huge bellies; some had one ear, some three ears, and others four ears.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.35
स्थूलकर्णा महाकर्णा बहुकर्णा विकर्णकाः । दीर्घाक्षाः स्थूलनेत्राश्च सूक्ष्मनेत्रा विदृष्टयः
sthūlakarṇā mahākarṇā bahukarṇā vikarṇakāḥ | dīrghākṣāḥ sthūlanetrāśca sūkṣmanetrā vidṛṣṭayaḥ
(Some had) thick ears, huge ears, many ears, or misshapen ears; (some had) long eyes, thick eyes, tiny eyes, or eyes without sight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.36
चतुष्पादाः पञ्चपादास्त्रिपादैकपदास्तथा । ह्रस्वपादा दीर्घपादाः स्थूलपादा महापदाः
catuṣpādāḥ pañcapādāstripādaikapadāstathā | hrasvapādā dīrghapādāḥ sthūlapādā mahāpadāḥ
(Some had) four feet, some five feet, some three feet, and some one foot; (some had) short feet, long feet, thick feet, huge feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.37
एकहस्ताश्चतुर्हस्ता द्विहस्तास्त्रिशयास्तथा । विहस्ताश्च विरूपाक्षा गोधिकाकृतयः परे
ekahastāścaturhastā dvihastāstriśayāstathā | vihastāśca virūpākṣā godhikākṛtayaḥ pare
(Some had) one hand, some four hands, some two hands, and some three; some were without hands, some had deformed eyes, and others had the shape of lizards.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.38
मनुष्याकृतयः केचिच्छिशुमारमुखास्तथा । क्रौञ्चाकारा वकाकारा हंससारसरूपिणः । तथैव मद्गुकुरर- कंककाकमुखास्तथा
manuṣyākṛtayaḥ kecicchiśumāramukhāstathā | krauñcākārā vakākārā haṃsasārasarūpiṇaḥ | tathaiva madgukurara- kaṃkakākamukhāstathā
Some had human shape, and some the snouts of porpoises; some were shaped like curlews, some like cranes, some had the forms of geese and sārasa cranes; and likewise some had the beaks of cormorants, ospreys, herons, and crows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.39
अर्द्धनीला अर्द्धरक्ताः कपिलाः पिङ्गलास्तथा । नीलाः शुक्लास्तथा पीता हरिताश्चित्ररूपिणः
arddhanīlā arddharaktāḥ kapilāḥ piṅgalāstathā | nīlāḥ śuklāstathā pītā haritāścitrarūpiṇaḥ
Some were half dark blue, half red, some brown, some tawny; some dark, some white, some yellow, some green, and some of variegated form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.40
अवादयन्त ते शङ्खान् पटहान् परिवादिनः । मृदङ्गान् डिडिमांश्चैव गोमुखान् पणवांस्तथा
avādayanta te śaṅkhān paṭahān parivādinaḥ | mṛdaṅgān ḍiḍimāṃścaiva gomukhān paṇavāṃstathā
They sounded conches, war drums, and lutes, and mṛdaṅgas and ḍiḍimas, gomukha horns and paṇava drums.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 6.41
सर्वे जटाभिः पिङ्गाभिस्तुङ्गाभिश्च करालिताः । निरन्तराभिर्विप्रेन्द्रा गणाः स्यन्दनगामिनः
sarve jaṭābhiḥ piṅgābhistuṅgābhiśca karālitāḥ | nirantarābhirviprendrā gaṇāḥ syandanagāminaḥ
All of them, O best of brahmins, were made terrible with tawny, towering, matted locks with no gap between them; those hosts moved as if flowing along.
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KaP 6.42
शूलहस्ताः पाशहस्ता: खड्गहस्ताः धनुर्द्धराः । शक्त्यंकुशगदावाण-पट्टिशप्रासपाणयः
śūlahastāḥ pāśahastā: khaḍgahastāḥ dhanurddharāḥ | śaktyaṃkuśagadāvāṇa-paṭṭiśaprāsapāṇayaḥ
Some with tridents in hand, some with nooses in hand, some with swords in hand, some bearing bows; some with spears, hooks, maces, arrows, paṭṭiśa axes, and prāsa darts in their hands.
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KaP 6.43
नानायुधा महानादं कुर्वन्तस्ते महाबलाः । मारय च्छेदयेत्यूचुर्ब्रह्मणः पुरतो गताः
nānāyudhā mahānādaṃ kurvantaste mahābalāḥ | māraya cchedayetyūcurbrahmaṇaḥ purato gatāḥ
Bearing manifold weapons, those mighty ones, making a great roar, went before Brahmā and said, "Kill! Cut down!"
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KaP 6.44
तेषान्तु वदतां यत्र मारय छेदयेत्युत । योगनिद्रा प्रभावात् स विधिर्वक्तुं प्रचक्रमे
teṣāntu vadatāṃ yatra māraya chedayetyuta | yoganidrā prabhāvāt sa vidhirvaktuṃ pracakrame
But while they were speaking thus—"Kill! Cut down!"—that ordainer (Brahmā), by the power of the yoga-slumber, began to speak.
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KaP 6.45
अथ ब्रह्माणमाभाष्य तान् दृष्ट्वा मदनो गणान् । उवाच वारयन् वक्तुं गणानामग्रतः स्मरः
atha brahmāṇamābhāṣya tān dṛṣṭvā madano gaṇān | uvāca vārayan vaktuṃ gaṇānāmagrataḥ smaraḥ
Then Madana, having seen those hosts, addressed Brahmā, and Smara spoke before the hosts, restraining them from speaking.
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KaP 6.46
।। मदन उवाच ॥ किं कर्म ते करिष्यन्ति कुत्र स्थास्यन्ति वा विधे । किन्नामधेया एते वा तत्रैतान् विनियोजय
|| madana uvāca || kiṃ karma te kariṣyanti kutra sthāsyanti vā vidhe | kinnāmadheyā ete vā tatraitān viniyojaya
Madana said: What work will they do, or where will they dwell, O Ordainer? And what are these to be named? Appoint them to that (task).
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KaP 6.47
नियोज्यैतान्निजे कृत्ये स्थानं दत्त्वा नाम च । कृत्वा पश्चात् महामायाप्रभावं कथयस्व मे
niyojyaitānnije kṛtye sthānaṃ dattvā nāma ca | kṛtvā paścāt mahāmāyāprabhāvaṃ kathayasva me
Having appointed these to their own task, having given them a place and a name—having done that, afterwards tell me the power of Mahāmāyā.
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KaP 6.48
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। अथ तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य सर्वलोकपितामहः । गणान् समदनानाह तेषां कर्मादिकं दिशन्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || atha tadvākyamākarṇya sarvalokapitāmahaḥ | gaṇān samadanānāha teṣāṃ karmādikaṃ diśan
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, hearing that speech, the grandfather of all the worlds spoke to the hosts along with Madana, assigning their work and the rest.
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KaP 6.49
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। एते उत्पन्नमात्रा हि मारयेत्यवदंस्तराम् । मुहुर्मुहुरतोऽमीषां नाम मारेति जायताम्
|| brahmovāca || ete utpannamātrā hi mārayetyavadaṃstarām | muhurmuhurato'mīṣāṃ nāma māreti jāyatām
Brahmā said: These, the very moment they were born, cried out again and again, "Kill!"; therefore let their name be "Māra."
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KaP 6.50
मारात्मकत्वादप्येते माराः सन्तु च नामतः । सदा विघ्नं करिष्यन्ति जन्तूनाञ्च विनार्चनम्
mārātmakatvādapyete mārāḥ santu ca nāmataḥ | sadā vighnaṃ kariṣyanti jantūnāñca vinārcanam
And since their nature is killing, let them be Māras also by name. They will always cause obstruction to creatures who are without worship (of them).
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KaP 6.51
तवानुगमनं कर्म मुख्यमेषां मनोभव । यत्र यत्र भवान् याता स्वकर्मार्थं यदा यदा । गन्तारस्तत्र तत्रैते साहाय्याय तदा तदा
tavānugamanaṃ karma mukhyameṣāṃ manobhava | yatra yatra bhavān yātā svakarmārthaṃ yadā yadā | gantārastatra tatraite sāhāyyāya tadā tadā
Following you is their chief work, O Manobhava (Mind-born). Wherever you go for your own purpose, whenever (you go), there and then these will go to help (you).
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KaP 6.52
चित्तोद्भ्रान्तिं करिष्यन्ति त्वदस्त्रवशवर्तिनाम् । ज्ञानिनां ज्ञानमार्गञ्च विघ्नयिष्यन्ति सर्वदा
cittodbhrāntiṃ kariṣyanti tvadastravaśavartinām | jñānināṃ jñānamārgañca vighnayiṣyanti sarvadā
They will produce agitation of mind in those who are subject to your weapons, and they will always obstruct the path of knowledge of the wise.
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KaP 6.53
यथा सांसारिकं कर्म सर्वे कुर्वन्ति जन्तवः । तथा चैते करिष्यन्ति सविघ्नमपि सर्वतः
yathā sāṃsārikaṃ karma sarve kurvanti jantavaḥ | tathā caite kariṣyanti savighnamapi sarvataḥ
Just as all creatures perform worldly action, so these too will perform (it), and with obstruction as well, in every way.
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KaP 6.54
इमे स्थास्यन्ति सर्वत्र वेगिनः कामरूपिणः । त्वमेवैषां गणाध्यक्षः पञ्चयज्ञांशभोगिनः । नित्यक्रियावतां तोय-भोगिनो वै भवन्त्विति
ime sthāsyanti sarvatra veginaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ | tvamevaiṣāṃ gaṇādhyakṣaḥ pañcayajñāṃśabhoginaḥ | nityakriyāvatāṃ toya-bhogino vai bhavantviti
These, swift and taking on any form at will, shall abide everywhere; you alone are the overlord of their troop, they who enjoy a share of the five sacrifices. Let them indeed be enjoyers of the water(-offering) of those who perform the daily rites.
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KaP 6.55
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति श्रुत्वा तु ते सर्वे मदनं सविधिं ततः । परिवार्य यथाकामं तस्थुः श्रुत्वा निजां गतिम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti śrutvā tu te sarve madanaṃ savidhiṃ tataḥ | parivārya yathākāmaṃ tasthuḥ śrutvā nijāṃ gatim
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard this, all of them, hearing their own destiny, surrounded Madana together with (his) ordinance and stood as they pleased.
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KaP 6.56
तेषां वर्णयितुं शक्यो भुवि किं मुनिसत्तमाः । माहात्म्यञ्च प्रभावञ्च ते तपः शालिनो यतः
teṣāṃ varṇayituṃ śakyo bhuvi kiṃ munisattamāḥ | māhātmyañca prabhāvañca te tapaḥ śālino yataḥ
How can their greatness and power be described on earth, O best of sages, since they are possessed of ascetic power?
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KaP 6.57
नैषां जाया न तनया निःसमीहाः सदैव हि । न्यासिनोऽपि महात्मानः सर्वे त ऊर्द्धरतसः
naiṣāṃ jāyā na tanayā niḥsamīhāḥ sadaiva hi | nyāsino'pi mahātmānaḥ sarve ta ūrddharatasaḥ
They have no wives, no sons; they are always without craving; though renunciants, all those great souls have their seed drawn upward.
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KaP 6.58
ततो ब्रह्मा प्रसन्नः स माहात्म्यं मदनाय च । गदितुं योगनिद्रायाः सम्यक् समुपचक्रमे
tato brahmā prasannaḥ sa māhātmyaṃ madanāya ca | gadituṃ yoganidrāyāḥ samyak samupacakrame
Then Brahmā, being pleased, duly began to declare to Madana the greatness of Yoganidrā.
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KaP 6.59
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। अव्यक्तव्यक्तरूपेण रजः सत्त्वतमोगुणैः । विभज्य यार्थं कुरुते विष्णुमायेति सोच्यते
|| brahmovāca || avyaktavyaktarūpeṇa rajaḥ sattvatamoguṇaiḥ | vibhajya yārthaṃ kurute viṣṇumāyeti socyate
Brahmā said: She who, in unmanifest and manifest form, dividing (things) by the qualities rajas, sattva and tamas, accomplishes the purpose — she is called Viṣṇumāyā.
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KaP 6.60
या निम्नान्तस्थलाम्भस्था जगदण्डकपालतः । विभज्य पुरुषं याति योगनिद्रेति सोच्यते
yā nimnāntasthalāmbhasthā jagadaṇḍakapālataḥ | vibhajya puruṣaṃ yāti yoganidreti socyate
She who abides in the water of the low-lying ground, and, separating the Puruṣa from the shell of the world-egg, goes (forth) — she is called Yoganidrā.
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KaP 6.61
मन्त्रान्तर्भावनपरा परमानन्दरूपिणी । योगिनां सत्त्वविद्यान्तः सा निगद्या जगन्मयी
mantrāntarbhāvanaparā paramānandarūpiṇī | yogināṃ sattvavidyāntaḥ sā nigadyā jaganmayī
Intent on being contemplated within mantras, having the form of supreme bliss, she, consisting of the world, is to be declared as (dwelling) within the sattva-knowledge of yogins.
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KaP 6.62
गर्भान्तर्ज्ञानसम्पन्नं प्रेरितं सूतिमारुतैः । उत्पन्नं ज्ञानरहितं कुरुते या निरन्तरम्
garbhāntarjñānasampannaṃ preritaṃ sūtimārutaiḥ | utpannaṃ jñānarahitaṃ kurute yā nirantaram
She who continually makes (the child), endowed with knowledge while in the womb, driven forth by the winds of birth, once born, devoid of knowledge —
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KaP 6.63
पूर्वातिपूर्वं सन्धातुं संस्कारेण नियोज्य च । आहारादौ ततो मोहं ममत्वं ज्ञानसंशयम्
pūrvātipūrvaṃ sandhātuṃ saṃskāreṇa niyojya ca | āhārādau tato mohaṃ mamatvaṃ jñānasaṃśayam
— (she) who, in order to join (it) to what is earlier and earlier still, and yoking (it) by (past) conditioning, then (creates) delusion regarding food and the rest, the sense of 'mine', and doubt about knowledge,
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KaP 6.64
क्रोधोपरोधलोभेषु क्षिप्त्वा क्षिप्त्वा पुनः पुनः । पश्चात् कामे नियोज्याशु चिन्तायुक्तमहर्निशम्
krodhoparodhalobheṣu kṣiptvā kṣiptvā punaḥ punaḥ | paścāt kāme niyojyāśu cintāyuktamaharniśam
— casting (it) again and again into anger, obstruction and greed, and afterwards quickly yoking (it) to desire, filled with anxiety day and night,
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KaP 6.65
आमोदयुक्तं व्यसनासक्तं जन्तुं करोति या । महामायेति सा प्रोक्ता तेन सा जगदीश्वरी
āmodayuktaṃ vyasanāsaktaṃ jantuṃ karoti yā | mahāmāyeti sā proktā tena sā jagadīśvarī
— she who makes the creature filled with pleasure and attached to vice: for that reason she, the mistress of the world, is called Mahāmāyā.
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KaP 6.66
अहङ्कारादि संसक्ता सृष्टिप्रभवभाविनी । उत्पत्तिरितिलोकैः सा कथ्यतेऽनन्तरूपिणी
ahaṅkārādi saṃsaktā sṛṣṭiprabhavabhāvinī | utpattiritilokaiḥ sā kathyate'nantarūpiṇī
Bound up with egoity and the rest, causing the arising of creation, she of endless forms is spoken of by people as 'Origination'.
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KaP 6.67
उत्पन्नमङ्कुरं बीजाद् यथापो मेघसम्भवाः । प्ररोहयति सा जन्तूंस्तथोत्पन्नान् प्ररोहयेत्
utpannamaṅkuraṃ bījād yathāpo meghasambhavāḥ | prarohayati sā jantūṃstathotpannān prarohayet
As waters born of the clouds make the sprout that has come from the seed grow, so she makes creatures, once born, grow.
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KaP 6.68
सा शक्ति: सृष्टिरूपा च सर्वेषां ख्यातिरीश्वरी । क्षमा क्षमावतां नित्यं करुणा सा दयावताम्
sā śakti: sṛṣṭirūpā ca sarveṣāṃ khyātirīśvarī | kṣamā kṣamāvatāṃ nityaṃ karuṇā sā dayāvatām
She is Śakti, and in the form of creation she is the fame of all, the sovereign lady; she is ever the patience of the patient, the compassion of the compassionate.
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KaP 6.69
नित्या सा नित्यरूपेण जगद्गर्भे प्रकाशते । ज्योतिः स्वरूपेण परा व्यक्ताव्यक्तप्रकाशिनी
nityā sā nityarūpeṇa jagadgarbhe prakāśate | jyotiḥ svarūpeṇa parā vyaktāvyaktaprakāśinī
Eternal, she shines in eternal form in the womb of the world; supreme, in the form of light, illuminating the manifest and the unmanifest.
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KaP 6.70
सा योगिनां मुक्तिहेतुर्विद्यारूपेण वैष्णवी । सांसारिकाणां संसारबन्धहेतु विपर्यया
sā yogināṃ muktiheturvidyārūpeṇa vaiṣṇavī | sāṃsārikāṇāṃ saṃsārabandhahetu viparyayā
She, the Vaiṣṇavī, in the form of knowledge, is the cause of liberation for yogins; reversed, she is the cause of the bondage of transmigration for worldly beings.
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KaP 6.71
लक्ष्मीरूपेण कृष्णस्य द्वितीया सुमनोहरा । त्रयीरूपेण कण्ठस्था सदा मम मनोभव
lakṣmīrūpeṇa kṛṣṇasya dvitīyā sumanoharā | trayīrūpeṇa kaṇṭhasthā sadā mama manobhava
In the form of Lakṣmī she is Kṛṣṇa's second (i.e. his consort), exceedingly lovely; in the form of the triple Veda she abides always in my throat, O Manobhava (Love).
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KaP 6.72
सर्वत्रस्था सर्वगा दिव्यमूर्ति र्नित्या देवी सर्वरूपा पराख्या । कृष्णादीनां सर्वदा मोहयित्री सा स्त्रीरूपैः सर्वजन्तो: समन्तात्
sarvatrasthā sarvagā divyamūrti rnityā devī sarvarūpā parākhyā | kṛṣṇādīnāṃ sarvadā mohayitrī sā strīrūpaiḥ sarvajanto: samantāt
Present everywhere, all-pervading, of divine form, eternal, the Goddess of all forms, called the Supreme — she it is who forever bewilders Kṛṣṇa and the rest, and all creatures on every side, by means of her female forms.
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