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Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 11

KuP 1 11.1

श्रीकूर्म उवाच एवं सृष्ट्वा परीच्यादीन् देवदेवः पितामहः । सहैव मानसैः पुत्रैस्तताप परमं तपः

śrīkūrma uvāca evaṃ sṛṣṭvā parīcyādīn devadevaḥ pitāmahaḥ / sahaiva mānasaiḥ putraistatāpa paramaṃ tapaḥ

Śrī Kūrma said: Having thus created Marīci and the others, the grandfather, god of gods, together with his mind-born sons, performed supreme austerity.

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KuP 1 11.2

तस्यैवं तपतो वक्त्राद् रुद्रः कालाग्निसन्निभः । त्रिशूलपाणिरीशानः प्रदुरासीत् त्रिलोचनः

tasyaivaṃ tapato vaktrād rudraḥ kālāgnisannibhaḥ / triśūlapāṇirīśānaḥ pradurāsīt trilocanaḥ

As he was thus performing austerity, from his mouth appeared Rudra, resembling the fire of time, three-eyed, the lord, with a trident in his hand.

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KuP 1 11.3

अर्धनारीनरवपुः दुष्प्रेक्ष्यो ऽतिभयङ्करः । विभजात्मानमित्युक्त्वा ब्रह्मा चान्तर्दधे भयात्

ardhanārīnaravapuḥ duṣprekṣyo 'tibhayaṅkaraḥ / vibhajātmānamityuktvā brahmā cāntardadhe bhayāt

His body half woman, half man, hard to look upon, exceedingly terrifying — Brahmā said "Divide yourself," and vanished out of fear.

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KuP 1 11.4

तथोक्तो ऽसौ द्विधा स्त्रीत्वं पुरुषत्वमथाकरोत् । बिभेद पुरुषत्वं च दशधा चैकधा पुनः

tathokto 'sau dvidhā strītvaṃ puruṣatvamathākarot / bibheda puruṣatvaṃ ca daśadhā caikadhā punaḥ

Thus addressed, he made (himself) twofold: femaleness and maleness; and he divided the maleness tenfold, and then once again into one.

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KuP 1 11.5

एकादशैते कथिता रुद्रास्त्रिभुवनेश्वराः । कपालोशादयो विप्रा देवकार्ये नियोजिताः

ekādaśaite kathitā rudrāstribhuvaneśvarāḥ / kapālośādayo viprā devakārye niyojitāḥ

These eleven Rudras, lords of the three worlds, are declared, O brahmins — Kapālīśa and the rest — appointed to the work of the gods.

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KuP 1 11.6

सौम्यासौम्यैस्तथा शान्ताशान्तैः स्त्रीत्वं च स प्रभुः । बिभेद बहुधा देवः स्वरूपैरसितैः सितैः

saumyāsaumyaistathā śāntāśāntaiḥ strītvaṃ ca sa prabhuḥ / bibheda bahudhā devaḥ svarūpairasitaiḥ sitaiḥ

And that lord, the god, divided the femaleness manifoldly, into forms mild and not mild, calm and not calm, dark and white.

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KuP 1 11.7

ता वै विभूतयो विप्रा विश्रुताः शक्तयो भुवि । लक्ष्म्यादयो याभिरीशा विश्वंव्याप्नोति शाङ्करी

tā vai vibhūtayo viprā viśrutāḥ śaktayo bhuvi / lakṣmyādayo yābhirīśā viśvaṃvyāpnoti śāṅkarī

These, O brahmins, are the manifestations renowned on earth as the powers, Lakṣmī and the rest, by which the ruling power of Śaṅkara pervades the universe.

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KuP 1 11.8

विभज्य पुररीशानी स्वात्मानं शङ्कराद् विभोः । महादेवनियोगेन पितामहमुपस्थिता

vibhajya purarīśānī svātmānaṃ śaṅkarād vibhoḥ / mahādevaniyogena pitāmahamupasthitā

Having formerly divided her own self off from the pervading Śaṅkara, Īśānī, by the command of Mahādeva, presented herself before the grandfather.

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KuP 1 11.9

तामाह भगवान् ब्रह्मा दक्षस्य दुहिता भव । सापि तस्य नियोगेन प्रादुरासीत् प्रजापतेः

tāmāha bhagavān brahmā dakṣasya duhitā bhava / sāpi tasya niyogena prādurāsīt prajāpateḥ

To her the lord Brahmā said: "Become the daughter of Dakṣa." And she, by his command, appeared (as daughter) of that lord of creatures.

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KuP 1 11.10

नियोगाद् ब्रह्मणो देवीं ददौ रुद्राय तां सतीम् । दक्षाद् रुद्रो ऽपि जग्राह स्वकीयामेव शूलभृत्

niyogād brahmaṇo devīṃ dadau rudrāya tāṃ satīm / dakṣād rudro 'pi jagrāha svakīyāmeva śūlabhṛt

By Brahmā's command he gave that goddess Satī to Rudra; and Rudra, the trident-bearer, received from Dakṣa the very one who was his own.

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KuP 1 11.11

प्रजापतिं विनिन्द्यैषा कालेन परमेश्वरी । मेनायामभवत् पुत्री तदा हिमवतः सती

prajāpatiṃ vinindyaiṣā kālena parameśvarī / menāyāmabhavat putrī tadā himavataḥ satī

Having reproached the lord of creatures, this supreme goddess Satī in time became, in Menā, the daughter of Himavat.

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KuP 1 11.12

स चापि पर्वतवरो ददौ रुद्राय पार्वतीम् । हिताय सर्वदेवानां त्रिलोकस्यात्मनो ऽपि च

sa cāpi parvatavaro dadau rudrāya pārvatīm / hitāya sarvadevānāṃ trilokasyātmano 'pi ca

And that best of mountains gave Pārvatī to Rudra, for the good of all the gods, of the three worlds, and of himself as well.

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KuP 1 11.13

सैषा माहेश्वरी देवी शङ्करार्धशरीरिणी । शिवा सती हैमवती सुरासुरनमस्कृता

saiṣā māheśvarī devī śaṅkarārdhaśarīriṇī / śivā satī haimavatī surāsuranamaskṛtā

She indeed is the goddess Māheśvarī, having half of Śaṅkara's body (as her own), Śivā, Satī, Haimavatī, saluted by gods and demons.

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KuP 1 11.14

तस्याः प्रभावमतुलं सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । विन्दन्ति मुनयो वेत्ति शङ्करो वा स्वयं हरिः

tasyāḥ prabhāvamatulaṃ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ / vindanti munayo vetti śaṅkaro vā svayaṃ hariḥ

Her incomparable power all the gods together with Indra, and the sages, (do not) attain; Śaṅkara knows it, or Hari himself.

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KuP 1 11.15

एतद् वः कथितं विप्राः पुत्रत्वं परमेष्ठिनः । ब्रह्मणः पद्मयोनित्वं शङ्करस्यामितौजसः

etad vaḥ kathitaṃ viprāḥ putratvaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ / brahmaṇaḥ padmayonitvaṃ śaṅkarasyāmitaujasaḥ

This has been told to you, brahmins: the sonship of the highest one, and the lotus-birth of Brahmā, (both) of Śaṅkara of measureless might.

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KuP 1 11.16

सूत उवाच इत्याकर्ण्याथ मुनयः कूर्मरूपेण भाषितम् । विष्णुना पुनरेवैनं प्रणता हरिम्

sūta uvāca ityākarṇyātha munayaḥ kūrmarūpeṇa bhāṣitam / viṣṇunā punarevainaṃ praṇatā harim

Sūta said: Having thus heard what was spoken by Viṣṇu in the form of a tortoise, the sages again bowed down to him, Hari.

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KuP 1 11.17

ऋषय ऊचुः कैषा भगवती देवी शङ्करार्धशरीरिणी । शिवा सती हैमवती यथावद् ब्रूहि पृच्छताम्

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ kaiṣā bhagavatī devī śaṅkarārdhaśarīriṇī / śivā satī haimavatī yathāvad brūhi pṛcchatām

The sages said: Who is this blessed goddess who has half of Śaṅkara's body, Śivā, Satī, Haimavatī? Tell us, who ask, exactly as it is.

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KuP 1 11.18

तेषां तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा मुनीनां पुरुषोत्तमः । प्रत्युवाच महायोगी ध्यात्वा स्वं परमं पदम्

teṣāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā munīnāṃ puruṣottamaḥ / pratyuvāca mahāyogī dhyātvā svaṃ paramaṃ padam

Hearing that speech of those sages, the supreme Person, the great yogin, having meditated on his own highest state, replied.

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KuP 1 11.19

श्रीकूर्म उवाच पुरा पितामहेनोक्तं मेरुपृष्ठे सुशोभनम् । रहस्यमेतद् विज्ञानं गोपनीयं विशेषतः

śrīkūrma uvāca purā pitāmahenoktaṃ merupṛṣṭhe suśobhanam / rahasyametad vijñānaṃ gopanīyaṃ viśeṣataḥ

The blessed Tortoise said: Long ago this was spoken by the Grandfather (Brahmā) on the beautiful summit of Meru — this knowledge is a secret, to be especially kept hidden;

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KuP 1 11.20

सांख्यानां परमं सांख्यं ब्रह्मविज्ञानमुत्तमम् । संसारार्णवमग्नानां जन्तूनामेकमोचनम्

sāṃkhyānāṃ paramaṃ sāṃkhyaṃ brahmavijñānamuttamam / saṃsārārṇavamagnānāṃ jantūnāmekamocanam

the supreme reckoning of those who reckon, the highest knowledge of Brahman, the sole release of creatures sunk in the ocean of transmigration.

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KuP 1 11.21

या सा माहेश्वरी शक्तिर्ज्ञानरूपातिलालसा । व्योमसंज्ञा परा काष्ठा सेयं हैमवती मता

yā sā māheśvarī śaktirjñānarūpātilālasā / vyomasaṃjñā parā kāṣṭhā seyaṃ haimavatī matā

That power of Maheśvara which is of the nature of knowledge and utterly eager, named Space, the supreme limit — she is held to be this Haimavatī.

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KuP 1 11.22

शिवा सर्वगतानान्ता गुणातीता सुनिष्कला । एकानेकविभागस्था ज्ञानरूपातिलालसा

śivā sarvagatānāntā guṇātītā suniṣkalā / ekānekavibhāgasthā jñānarūpātilālasā

(She is) Śivā, all-pervading, endless, beyond the qualities, wholly undivided, abiding in the division of the one and the many, of the nature of knowledge and utterly eager.

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KuP 1 11.23

अनन्या निष्कले तत्त्वे संस्थिता तस्य तेजसा । स्वाभाविकी च तन्मूला प्रभा भानोरिवामला

ananyā niṣkale tattve saṃsthitā tasya tejasā / svābhāvikī ca tanmūlā prabhā bhānorivāmalā

Not other (than him), she abides in the undivided reality by his radiance, and, natural and rooted in him, (she is) like the spotless light of the sun.

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KuP 1 11.24

एका माहेश्वरी शक्तिरनेकोपाधियोगतः । परावरेण रूपेण क्रीडते तस्य सन्निधौ

ekā māheśvarī śaktiranekopādhiyogataḥ / parāvareṇa rūpeṇa krīḍate tasya sannidhau

The one power of Maheśvara, through conjunction with many limiting conditions, plays in his presence in higher and lower form.

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KuP 1 11.25

सेयं करोति सकलं तस्याः कार्यमिदं जगत् । न कार्यं नापि करणमीश्वरस्येति सूरयः

seyaṃ karoti sakalaṃ tasyāḥ kāryamidaṃ jagat / na kāryaṃ nāpi karaṇamīśvarasyeti sūrayaḥ

She it is who makes all this; this world is her effect. Neither effect nor instrument belongs to the Lord — so say the wise.

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KuP 1 11.26

चतस्त्रः शक्तयो देव्याः स्वरूपत्वेन संस्थिताः । अधिष्ठानवशात् तस्याः शृणुध्वं मुनिपुङ्गवाः

catastraḥ śaktayo devyāḥ svarūpatvena saṃsthitāḥ / adhiṣṭhānavaśāt tasyāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ

Four powers of the Goddess are established as her own forms, by virtue of (her) being their substratum; hear of them, O foremost of sages.

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KuP 1 11.27

शान्तिर्विद्या प्रतिष्ठा च निवृत्तिश्चेतिताः स्मृतः । चतुर्व्यूहस्ततो देवः प्रोच्यते परमेश्वरः

śāntirvidyā pratiṣṭhā ca nivṛttiścetitāḥ smṛtaḥ / caturvyūhastato devaḥ procyate parameśvaraḥ

Peace (śānti), knowledge (vidyā), establishment (pratiṣṭhā) and cessation (nivṛtti) — these are recorded; hence the god, the Supreme Lord, is called the one with four groupings.

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KuP 1 11.28

अनया परया देवः स्वात्मानन्दं समश्नुते । चतुर्ष्वपि च वेदेषु चतुर्मूर्तिर्महेश्वरः

anayā parayā devaḥ svātmānandaṃ samaśnute / caturṣvapi ca vedeṣu caturmūrtirmaheśvaraḥ

By this supreme (power) the god enjoys the bliss of his own self; and in the four Vedas too Maheśvara has four forms.

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KuP 1 11.29

अस्यास्त्वनादिसंसिद्धमैश्वर्यमतुलं महत् । तत्सम्बन्धादनन्ताया रुद्रेण परमात्मना

asyāstvanādisaṃsiddhamaiśvaryamatulaṃ mahat / tatsambandhādanantāyā rudreṇa paramātmanā

But hers is a beginningless, perfectly accomplished, incomparable and great lordship, since she, the endless one, is joined with Rudra, the supreme Self.

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KuP 1 11.30

सैषा सर्वेश्वरी देवी सर्वभूतप्रवर्तिका । प्रोच्यते भगवान् कालो हरिः प्राणो महेश्वरः

saiṣā sarveśvarī devī sarvabhūtapravartikā / procyate bhagavān kālo hariḥ prāṇo maheśvaraḥ

She indeed is the goddess, ruler of all, the impeller of all beings; (as such) she is called the Lord Time, Hari, Breath, Maheśvara.

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KuP 1 11.31

तत्र सर्वमिदं प्रोतमोतं चैवाखिलं जगत् । स कालो ऽग्निर्हरो रुद्रो गीयते वेदवादिभिः

tatra sarvamidaṃ protamotaṃ caivākhilaṃ jagat / sa kālo 'gnirharo rudro gīyate vedavādibhiḥ

In that (Time) all this, the whole world, is woven crosswise and lengthwise; that Time is sung of by the speakers of the Veda as Fire, as Hara, as Rudra.

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KuP 1 11.32

कालः सृजति भूतानि कालः संहरते प्रजाः । सर्वे कालस्य वशगा न कालः कस्यचिद् वशे

kālaḥ sṛjati bhūtāni kālaḥ saṃharate prajāḥ / sarve kālasya vaśagā na kālaḥ kasyacid vaśe

Time creates the beings, Time gathers back the creatures; all are subject to Time, but Time is in no one's power.

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KuP 1 11.33

प्रधानं पुरुषस्तत्त्वं महानात्मा त्वहङ्कृतिः । कालेनान्यानि तत्त्वानि समाविष्टानि योगिना

pradhānaṃ puruṣastattvaṃ mahānātmā tvahaṅkṛtiḥ / kālenānyāni tattvāni samāviṣṭāni yoginā

The primal matter (pradhāna), the principle called puruṣa, the great (principle), the self, and the I-maker — and the other principles too are pervaded by Time, the yogin.

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KuP 1 11.34

तस्य सर्वजगत्सूतिः शक्तिर्मायेति विश्रुता । तयेदं भ्रामयेदीशो मायावी पुरुषोत्तमः

tasya sarvajagatsūtiḥ śaktirmāyeti viśrutā / tayedaṃ bhrāmayedīśo māyāvī puruṣottamaḥ

His power, which brings forth the whole world, is known as māyā; by her that Lord, the wielder of māyā, the highest person, makes this (world) whirl.

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KuP 1 11.35

सैषा मायात्मिका शक्तिः सर्वाकारा सनातनी । वैश्वरूप्यं महेशस्य सर्वदा संप्रकाशयेत्

saiṣā māyātmikā śaktiḥ sarvākārā sanātanī / vaiśvarūpyaṃ maheśasya sarvadā saṃprakāśayet

This very power, whose nature is māyā, taking all forms, eternal, ever makes manifest the all-formedness of Maheśvara.

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KuP 1 11.36

अन्याश्च शक्तयो मुख्यास्तस्य देवस्य निर्मिताः । ज्ञानशक्तिः क्रियाशक्तिः प्राणशक्तिरिति त्रयम्

anyāśca śaktayo mukhyāstasya devasya nirmitāḥ / jñānaśaktiḥ kriyāśaktiḥ prāṇaśaktiriti trayam

And other chief powers were fashioned by that god: the power of knowledge, the power of action, and the power of breath (life) — these three.

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KuP 1 11.37

सर्वासामेव शक्तीनां शक्तिमन्तो विनिर्मिताः । माययैवाथ विप्रेन्द्राः सा चानादिरनन्तया

sarvāsāmeva śaktīnāṃ śaktimanto vinirmitāḥ / māyayaivātha viprendrāḥ sā cānādiranantayā

And the possessors of all these powers, O best of brahmins, were fashioned by māyā alone; and she is without beginning and endless.

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KuP 1 11.38

सर्वशक्त्यात्मिका माया दुर्निवारा दुरत्यया । मायावी सर्वशक्तीशः कालः कालकारः प्रभुः

sarvaśaktyātmikā māyā durnivārā duratyayā / māyāvī sarvaśaktīśaḥ kālaḥ kālakāraḥ prabhuḥ

Māyā, whose nature is all the powers, is hard to ward off and hard to pass beyond; the wielder of māyā, the lord of all powers, is Time, the maker of Time, the master.

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KuP 1 11.39

करोति कालः सकलं संहरेत् काल एव हि । कालः स्थापयते विश्वं कालाधीनमिदं जगत्

karoti kālaḥ sakalaṃ saṃharet kāla eva hi / kālaḥ sthāpayate viśvaṃ kālādhīnamidaṃ jagat

Time makes everything, and Time alone gathers it back; Time upholds the universe — this world is subject to Time.

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KuP 1 11.40

लब्ध्वा देवाधिदेवस्य सन्निधिं परमेष्ठिनः । अनन्तस्याखिलेशस्य शंभोः कालात्मनः प्रभोः

labdhvā devādhidevasya sannidhiṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ / anantasyākhileśasya śaṃbhoḥ kālātmanaḥ prabhoḥ

Having obtained the presence of the god above the gods, the supreme one, the endless lord of all, Śambhu, the master whose self is Time —

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KuP 1 11.41

प्रधानं पुरुषो माया माया चैवं प्रपद्यते । एका सर्वगतानन्ता केवला निष्कला शिवा

pradhānaṃ puruṣo māyā māyā caivaṃ prapadyate / ekā sarvagatānantā kevalā niṣkalā śivā

the primal matter, the puruṣa, and māyā — thus does māyā come forth: one, all-pervading, endless, alone, undivided, auspicious.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

KuP 1 11.42

एका शक्तिः शिवैको ऽपि शक्तिमानुच्यते शिवः । शक्तयः शक्तिमन्तो ऽन्ये सर्वशक्तिसमुद्भवाः

ekā śaktiḥ śivaiko 'pi śaktimānucyate śivaḥ / śaktayaḥ śaktimanto 'nye sarvaśaktisamudbhavāḥ

The power is one; Śiva too is one; Śiva is called the possessor of the power. The other powers and possessors of power all arise from the totality of power.

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KuP 1 11.43

शक्तिशक्तिमतोर्भेदं वदन्ति परमार्थतः । अभेदं चानुपश्यन्ति योगिनस्तत्त्वचिन्तकाः

śaktiśaktimatorbhedaṃ vadanti paramārthataḥ / abhedaṃ cānupaśyanti yoginastattvacintakāḥ

They speak of a difference between the power and the possessor of the power in the highest sense; yet the yogins who reflect on reality perceive also their non-difference.

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KuP 1 11.44

शक्तयो गिरजा देवी शक्तिमन्तो ऽथ शङ्करः । विशेषः कथ्यते चायं पुराणे ब्रह्मवादिभिः

śaktayo girajā devī śaktimanto 'tha śaṅkaraḥ / viśeṣaḥ kathyate cāyaṃ purāṇe brahmavādibhiḥ

The powers are the Goddess born of the mountain; the possessor of the powers is Śaṅkara. This distinction is stated in the Purāṇa by the speakers of brahman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.45

भोग्या विश्वेश्वरी देवी महेश्वरपतिव्रता । प्रोच्यते भगवान् भोक्ता कपर्दे नीललोहितः

bhogyā viśveśvarī devī maheśvarapativratā / procyate bhagavān bhoktā kaparde nīlalohitaḥ

The Goddess, mistress of the universe, faithful wife of Maheśvara, is called the object of enjoyment; the Blessed One, the blue-red one with braided hair, is called the enjoyer.

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KuP 1 11.46

मन्ता विश्वेश्वरो देवः शङ्करो मन्मथान्तकः । प्रोच्यते मतिरीशानी मन्तव्या च विचारतः

mantā viśveśvaro devaḥ śaṅkaro manmathāntakaḥ / procyate matirīśānī mantavyā ca vicārataḥ

The god Śaṅkara, lord of the universe, destroyer of Manmatha, is the thinker; Īśānī is called thought, and, by (this) reasoning, that which is to be thought.

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KuP 1 11.47

इत्येतदखिलं विप्राः शक्तिशक्तिमदुद्भवम् । प्रोच्यते सर्ववेदेषु मुनिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः

ityetadakhilaṃ viprāḥ śaktiśaktimadudbhavam / procyate sarvavedeṣu munibhistattvadarśibhiḥ

Thus all this, O brahmins, arising from power and the possessor of power, is declared in all the Vedas by the sages who see reality.

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KuP 1 11.48

एतत् प्रदर्शितं दिव्यं देव्या माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । सर्ववेदान्तवेदेषु निश्चितं ब्रह्मवादिभिः

etat pradarśitaṃ divyaṃ devyā māhātmyamuttamam / sarvavedāntavedeṣu niścitaṃ brahmavādibhiḥ

This divine, supreme greatness of the Goddess has been set forth, established in all the Vedāntas and Vedas by the speakers of brahman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.49

एकं सर्वगतं सूक्ष्मं कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम् । योगिनस्तत् प्रपश्यन्ति महादेव्याः परं पदम्

ekaṃ sarvagataṃ sūkṣmaṃ kūṭasthamacalaṃ dhruvam / yoginastat prapaśyanti mahādevyāḥ paraṃ padam

One, all-pervading, subtle, standing at the summit, unmoving, fixed — that the yogins behold as the supreme station of the Great Goddess.

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KuP 1 11.50

आनन्दमक्षरं ब्रह्म केवलं निष्कलं परम् । योगिनस्तत् प्रपश्यन्ति महादेव्याः परं पदम्

ānandamakṣaraṃ brahma kevalaṃ niṣkalaṃ param / yoginastat prapaśyanti mahādevyāḥ paraṃ padam

Bliss, the imperishable brahman, alone, undivided, supreme — that the yogins behold as the supreme station of the Great Goddess.

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KuP 1 11.51

परात्परतरं तत्त्वं शाश्वतं शिवमच्युतम् । अनन्तप्रकृतौ लीनं देव्यास्तत् परमं पदम्

parātparataraṃ tattvaṃ śāśvataṃ śivamacyutam / anantaprakṛtau līnaṃ devyāstat paramaṃ padam

That reality higher than the high, everlasting, auspicious, unfalling, merged in the endless prakṛti — that is the supreme station of the Goddess.

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KuP 1 11.52

शुभं निरञ्जनं शुद्धं निर्गुणं द्वैतवर्जितम् । आत्मोपलब्धिविषयं देव्यास्तत् परमं पदम्

śubhaṃ nirañjanaṃ śuddhaṃ nirguṇaṃ dvaitavarjitam / ātmopalabdhiviṣayaṃ devyāstat paramaṃ padam

Auspicious, spotless, pure, without qualities, free of duality, having (its) sphere in the realization of the Self — that is the supreme station of the Goddess.

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KuP 1 11.53

सैषा धात्री विधात्री च परमानन्दमिच्छताम् । संसारतापानखिलान् निहन्तीश्वरसंश्रया

saiṣā dhātrī vidhātrī ca paramānandamicchatām / saṃsāratāpānakhilān nihantīśvarasaṃśrayā

She indeed is the establisher and the ordainer for those who desire the highest bliss; resting on the Lord, she destroys all the torments of transmigration.

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KuP 1 11.54

तस्माद् विमुक्तिमन्विच्छन् पार्वतीं परमेश्वरीम् । आश्रयेत् सर्वभावानामात्मभूतां शिवात्मिकाम्

tasmād vimuktimanvicchan pārvatīṃ parameśvarīm / āśrayet sarvabhāvānāmātmabhūtāṃ śivātmikām

Therefore one seeking liberation should take refuge in Pārvatī, the supreme sovereign lady, who is the very self of all beings and whose nature is Śiva.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.55

लब्ध्वा च पुत्रीं शर्वाणीं तपस्तप्त्वा सुदुश्चरम् । सभार्यः शरं यातः पार्वतीं परमेश्वरीम्

labdhvā ca putrīṃ śarvāṇīṃ tapastaptvā suduścaram / sabhāryaḥ śaraṃ yātaḥ pārvatīṃ parameśvarīm

And having obtained as daughter Śarvāṇī, Pārvatī, the supreme sovereign lady, by performing very difficult austerity, he with his wife came to (her for) refuge.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

KuP 1 11.56

तां दृष्ट्वा जायमानां च स्वेच्छयैव वराननाम् । मेना हिमवतः पत्नी प्राहेदं पर्वतेश्वरम्

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā jāyamānāṃ ca svecchayaiva varānanām / menā himavataḥ patnī prāhedaṃ parvateśvaram

And seeing her, the fair-faced one, being born by her own will alone, Menā, the wife of Himavat, said this to the lord of mountains:

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KuP 1 11.57

मेनोवाच पश्य बालामिमां राजन् राजीवसदृशाननाम् । हिताय सर्वभूतानां जाता च तपसावयोः

menovāca paśya bālāmimāṃ rājan rājīvasadṛśānanām / hitāya sarvabhūtānāṃ jātā ca tapasāvayoḥ

Menā said: Look, O king, at this girl whose face is like a lotus; she has been born by the austerity of us two, for the welfare of all beings.

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KuP 1 11.58

सो ऽपि दृष्ट्वा ततः पुत्रीं तरुणादित्यसन्निभाम् । कपर्दिनीं चतुर्वक्त्रां त्रिनेत्रामतिलालसाम्

so 'pi dṛṣṭvā tataḥ putrīṃ taruṇādityasannibhām / kapardinīṃ caturvaktrāṃ trinetrāmatilālasām

He too then, seeing the daughter, resembling the young sun, with braided hair, four-faced, three-eyed, exceedingly eager,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.59

अष्टहस्तां विशालाक्षीं चन्द्रावयवभूषणाम् । निर्गुणां सगुणां साक्षात् सदसद्व्यक्तिवर्जिताम्

aṣṭahastāṃ viśālākṣīṃ candrāvayavabhūṣaṇām / nirguṇāṃ saguṇāṃ sākṣāt sadasadvyaktivarjitām

eight-handed, wide-eyed, adorned with a portion of the moon (as ornament), without qualities and with qualities, manifestly free of manifestation as existent or non-existent —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.60

प्रणम्य शिरसा भूमौ तेजसा चातिविह्वलः । भीतः कृताञ्जलिस्तस्याः प्रोवाच परमेश्वरीम्

praṇamya śirasā bhūmau tejasā cātivihvalaḥ / bhītaḥ kṛtāñjalistasyāḥ provāca parameśvarīm

bowing with his head to the ground, and utterly overwhelmed by (her) radiance, frightened, with folded hands, he spoke to her, the supreme sovereign lady:

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KuP 1 11.61

हीमवानुवाच का त्वं देवि विशालाक्षि शशाङ्कावयवाङ्किते । न जाने त्वामहं वत्से यथावद् ब्रूहि पृच्छते

hīmavānuvāca kā tvaṃ devi viśālākṣi śaśāṅkāvayavāṅkite / na jāne tvāmahaṃ vatse yathāvad brūhi pṛcchate

Himavat said: Who are you, O goddess, wide-eyed one, marked with a portion of the moon? I do not know you, child; tell (me) truly, who asks.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.62

गिरीन्द्रवचनं श्रुत्वा ततः सा परमेश्वरी । व्याजहार महाशैलं योगिनामभयप्रदा

girīndravacanaṃ śrutvā tataḥ sā parameśvarī / vyājahāra mahāśailaṃ yogināmabhayapradā

Having heard the words of the lord of mountains, she then, the supreme sovereign lady, the giver of fearlessness to yogins, addressed the great mountain:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.63

देव्युवाच मां विद्ध परमां शक्तिं परमेश्वरसमाश्रयाम् । अनन्यामव्ययामेकां यां पश्यन्ति मुमुक्षवः

devyuvāca māṃ viddha paramāṃ śaktiṃ parameśvarasamāśrayām / ananyāmavyayāmekāṃ yāṃ paśyanti mumukṣavaḥ

The Goddess said: Know me as the supreme power, wholly resting in the supreme Lord, without another, imperishable, one, whom those desiring liberation behold.

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KuP 1 11.64

अहं वै सर्वभावानात्मा सर्वान्तरा शिवा । शाश्वतैश्वर्यविज्ञानमूर्तिः सर्वप्रवर्तिका

ahaṃ vai sarvabhāvānātmā sarvāntarā śivā / śāśvataiśvaryavijñānamūrtiḥ sarvapravartikā

I indeed am the self of all beings, the auspicious one within all, whose form is eternal sovereignty and knowledge, the impeller of all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.65

अनन्तानन्तमहिमा संसारार्णवतारिणी । दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे रूपमैश्वरम्

anantānantamahimā saṃsārārṇavatāriṇī / divyaṃ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya me rūpamaiśvaram

(I am) of endless, endless greatness, the ferrier across the ocean of transmigration. I give you a divine eye: behold my sovereign form.

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KuP 1 11.66

एतावदुक्त्वा विज्ञानं दत्त्वा हिमवते स्वयम् । स्वं रूपं दर्शयामास दिव्यं तत् पारमेश्वरम्

etāvaduktvā vijñānaṃ dattvā himavate svayam / svaṃ rūpaṃ darśayāmāsa divyaṃ tat pārameśvaram

Having said this much and having herself given knowledge to Himavat, she showed her own form, that divine supreme-lordly one:

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KuP 1 11.67

कोटिसूर्यप्रितीकाशं तेजोबिम्बं निराकुलम् । ज्वालामालासहस्त्राढ्यं कालानलशतोपमम्

koṭisūryapritīkāśaṃ tejobimbaṃ nirākulam / jvālāmālāsahastrāḍhyaṃ kālānalaśatopamam

resembling ten million suns, an orb of radiance, undisturbed, rich with a thousand garlands of flame, like a hundred fires of doomsday,

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KuP 1 11.68

दंष्ट्राकरालं दुर्धर्ष जटामण्डलमण्डितम् । त्रिशूलवरहस्तं च घोररूपं भयानकम्

daṃṣṭrākarālaṃ durdharṣa jaṭāmaṇḍalamaṇḍitam / triśūlavarahastaṃ ca ghorarūpaṃ bhayānakam

gaping with fangs, unassailable, adorned with a mass of matted hair, with trident and boon in (its) hands, of terrible shape, frightful,

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KuP 1 11.69

प्रशान्तं सौम्यवदनमनन्ताश्चर्यसंयुतम् । चन्द्रावयवलक्ष्माणं चन्द्रकोटिसमप्रभम्

praśāntaṃ saumyavadanamanantāścaryasaṃyutam / candrāvayavalakṣmāṇaṃ candrakoṭisamaprabham

(and yet) tranquil, with a gentle face, joined with endless marvels, bearing the mark of a portion of the moon, with a brilliance equal to ten million moons,

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KuP 1 11.70

किरीटिनं गदाहस्तं नूपुरैरुपशोभितम् । दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरं दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम्

kirīṭinaṃ gadāhastaṃ nūpurairupaśobhitam / divyamālyāmbaradharaṃ divyagandhānulepanam

crowned, with a mace in hand, resplendent with anklets, wearing divine garlands and garments, anointed with divine perfumes,

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KuP 1 11.71

शङ्खचक्रधरं काम्यं त्रिनेत्रं कृत्तिवाससम् । अण्डस्थं चाण्डबाह्यस्थं बाह्यमाभ्यन्तरं परम्

śaṅkhacakradharaṃ kāmyaṃ trinetraṃ kṛttivāsasam / aṇḍasthaṃ cāṇḍabāhyasthaṃ bāhyamābhyantaraṃ param

bearing conch and discus, desirable, three-eyed, clad in a hide, standing within the egg (of the universe) and standing outside the egg, outer and inner, supreme,

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KuP 1 11.72

सर्वशक्तिमयं शुभ्रं सर्वाकारं सनातनम् । ब्रह्मोन्द्रोपेन्द्रयोगीन्द्रैर्वन्द्यमानपदाम्बुजम्

sarvaśaktimayaṃ śubhraṃ sarvākāraṃ sanātanam / brahmondropendrayogīndrairvandyamānapadāmbujam

(He saw him) consisting of all powers, radiant white, having every form, everlasting, whose lotus-feet are worshipped by Brahmā, Indra, Upendra and the lords of yogins.

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KuP 1 11.73

सर्वतः पाणिपादान्तं सर्वतो ऽक्षिशिरोमुखम् । सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठन्तं ददर्श परमेश्वरम्

sarvataḥ pāṇipādāntaṃ sarvato 'kṣiśiromukham / sarvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhantaṃ dadarśa parameśvaram

With hands and feet on every side, with eyes, heads and faces on every side, standing having encompassed all — (thus) he beheld the Supreme Lord.

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KuP 1 11.74

दृष्ट्वा तदीदृशं रूपं देव्या माहेश्वरं परम् । भयेन च समाविष्टः स राजा हृष्टमानसः

dṛṣṭvā tadīdṛśaṃ rūpaṃ devyā māheśvaraṃ param / bhayena ca samāviṣṭaḥ sa rājā hṛṣṭamānasaḥ

Having seen that such a form of the Goddess, supreme, belonging to Maheśvara, that king was both filled with fear and delighted in mind.

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KuP 1 11.75

आत्मन्याधाय चात्मानमोङ्कारं समनुस्मरन् । नाम्नामष्टसहस्त्रेण तुष्टाव परमेश्वरीम्

ātmanyādhāya cātmānamoṅkāraṃ samanusmaran / nāmnāmaṣṭasahastreṇa tuṣṭāva parameśvarīm

And placing his self within his own self, meditating continually on the syllable OM, he praised the Supreme Goddess with a thousand and eight names.

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KuP 1 11.76

हीमवानुवाच शिवोमा परमा शक्तिरनन्ता निष्कलामला । शान्ता माहेश्वरी नित्या शाश्वती परमाक्षरा

hīmavānuvāca śivomā paramā śaktiranantā niṣkalāmalā / śāntā māheśvarī nityā śāśvatī paramākṣarā

Himavat said: Śivā, Umā, the supreme Power, endless, undivided, spotless, tranquil, Māheśvarī, eternal, everlasting, the supreme imperishable one;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.77

अचिन्त्या केवलानन्त्या शिवात्मा परमात्मिका । अनादिरव्यया शुद्धा देवात्मा सर्वगाचला

acintyā kevalānantyā śivātmā paramātmikā / anādiravyayā śuddhā devātmā sarvagācalā

unthinkable, alone, infinite, whose self is Śiva, of the nature of the supreme Self, beginningless, unchanging, pure, whose self is divine, all-pervading, unmoving;

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KuP 1 11.78

एकानेकविभागस्था मायातीता सुनिर्मला । महामाहेश्वरी सत्या महादेवी निरञ्जना

ekānekavibhāgasthā māyātītā sunirmalā / mahāmāheśvarī satyā mahādevī nirañjanā

abiding in the division of the one and the many, beyond māyā, wholly stainless, the great Māheśvarī, real, the great Goddess, unblemished;

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KuP 1 11.79

काष्ठा सर्वान्तरस्था च चिच्छक्तिरतिलालसा । नन्दा सर्वात्मिका विद्या ज्योतीरूपामृताक्षरा

kāṣṭhā sarvāntarasthā ca cicchaktiratilālasā / nandā sarvātmikā vidyā jyotīrūpāmṛtākṣarā

the (highest) region, dwelling within all, the power of consciousness, exceedingly eager, joy, the self of all, knowledge, of the form of light, imperishable nectar;

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KuP 1 11.80

शान्तिः प्रतिष्ठा सर्वेषां निवृत्तिरमृतप्रदा । व्योममूर्तिर्व्योमलया व्योमाधाराच्युतामरा

śāntiḥ pratiṣṭhā sarveṣāṃ nivṛttiramṛtapradā / vyomamūrtirvyomalayā vyomādhārācyutāmarā

peace, the ground of all, cessation, bestower of immortality, whose form is space, whose dissolution is in space, whose support is space, unfallen, immortal;

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KuP 1 11.81

अनादिनिधनामोघा कारणात्मा कलाकला । क्रतुः प्रथमजा नाभिरमृतस्यात्मसंश्रया

anādinidhanāmoghā kāraṇātmā kalākalā / kratuḥ prathamajā nābhiramṛtasyātmasaṃśrayā

without beginning or end, unfailing, whose self is the cause, at once part and partless, the sacrifice, the firstborn, the navel of the nectar, resting in herself;

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KuP 1 11.82

प्राणेश्वरप्रिया माता महामहिषघातिनी । प्राणेश्वरी प्राणरूपा प्रधानपुरुषेश्वरी

prāṇeśvarapriyā mātā mahāmahiṣaghātinī / prāṇeśvarī prāṇarūpā pradhānapuruṣeśvarī

beloved of the Lord of breath, mother, slayer of the great buffalo(-demon), mistress of the vital breath, of the form of breath, ruler of pradhāna and puruṣa;

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KuP 1 11.83

सर्वशक्तिकलाकारा ज्योत्स्ना द्योर्महिमास्पदा । सर्वकार्यनियन्त्री च सर्वभूतेश्वरेश्वरी

sarvaśaktikalākārā jyotsnā dyormahimāspadā / sarvakāryaniyantrī ca sarvabhūteśvareśvarī

having the form of the parts of all powers, moonlight, heaven, the seat of greatness, controller of all effects, and the ruler of the lords of all beings;

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KuP 1 11.84

अनादिरव्यक्तगुहा महानन्दा सनातनी । आकाशयोनिर्योगस्था महायोगेश्वरेश्वरी

anādiravyaktaguhā mahānandā sanātanī / ākāśayoniryogasthā mahāyogeśvareśvarī

beginningless, the unmanifest cave, great bliss, everlasting, whose womb is the ether, abiding in yoga, ruler of the great lords of yoga;

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KuP 1 11.85

महामाया सुदुष्पूरा मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी । संसारयोनिः सकला सर्वशक्तिसमुद्भवा

mahāmāyā suduṣpūrā mūlaprakṛtirīśvarī / saṃsārayoniḥ sakalā sarvaśaktisamudbhavā

the great māyā, very hard to fill, the root nature, the sovereign, the womb of transmigration, possessed of parts, the source from which all powers arise;

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KuP 1 11.86

संसारपारा दुर्वारा दुर्निरोक्ष्या दुरासदा । प्राणशक्तिः प्रणविद्या योगिनी परमा कला

saṃsārapārā durvārā durnirokṣyā durāsadā / prāṇaśaktiḥ praṇavidyā yoginī paramā kalā

the far shore of transmigration, hard to ward off, hard to look upon, hard to approach, the power of breath, the knowledge of the praṇava, the yoginī, the supreme part;

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KuP 1 11.87

महाविभूतिर्दुर्धर्षा मूलप्रकृतिसंभवा । अनाद्यनन्तविभवा परार्था पुरुषारणिः

mahāvibhūtirdurdharṣā mūlaprakṛtisaṃbhavā / anādyanantavibhavā parārthā puruṣāraṇiḥ

great splendour, unassailable, arising from the root nature, whose power is without beginning or end, existing for the sake of another, the fire-drill of the puruṣa;

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KuP 1 11.88

सर्गस्थित्यन्तकरणी सुदुर्वाच्या दुरत्यया । शब्दयोनिः शब्दमयी नादाख्या नादविग्रहा

sargasthityantakaraṇī sudurvācyā duratyayā / śabdayoniḥ śabdamayī nādākhyā nādavigrahā

the agent of creation, maintenance and end, very hard to describe, hard to pass beyond, the womb of sound, consisting of sound, called nāda, whose body is nāda;

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KuP 1 11.89

प्रधानपुरुषातीता प्रधानपुरुषात्मिका । पुराणी चिन्मयी पुंसामादिः पुरुषरूपिणी

pradhānapuruṣātītā pradhānapuruṣātmikā / purāṇī cinmayī puṃsāmādiḥ puruṣarūpiṇī

transcending pradhāna and puruṣa, having pradhāna and puruṣa as her self, ancient, made of consciousness, the beginning of men, having the form of the puruṣa;

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KuP 1 11.90

भूतान्तरात्मा कूटस्था महापुरुषसंज्ञिता । जन्ममृत्युजरातीता सर्वशक्तिसमन्विता

bhūtāntarātmā kūṭasthā mahāpuruṣasaṃjñitā / janmamṛtyujarātītā sarvaśaktisamanvitā

the inner self of beings, standing on the summit, named the great Puruṣa, beyond birth, death and old age, endowed with all powers;

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KuP 1 11.91

व्यापिनी चानवच्छिन्ना प्रधानानुप्रवेशिनी । क्षेत्रज्ञशक्तिरव्यक्तलक्षणा मलवर्जिता

vyāpinī cānavacchinnā pradhānānupraveśinī / kṣetrajñaśaktiravyaktalakṣaṇā malavarjitā

pervading and undivided, entering into pradhāna, the power of the knower of the field, whose mark is the unmanifest, free of impurity;

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KuP 1 11.92

अनादिमायसंभिन्ना त्रितत्त्वा प्रकृतिर्गुहा । महामायासमुत्पन्ना तामसी पौरुषी ध्रुवा

anādimāyasaṃbhinnā tritattvā prakṛtirguhā / mahāmāyāsamutpannā tāmasī pauruṣī dhruvā

(She is) commingled with beginningless māyā, consisting of three principles, Nature, the hidden one, arisen from the great māyā, dark (tāmasī), belonging to the Puruṣa, constant;

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KuP 1 11.93

व्यक्ताव्यक्तात्मिकाकृष्णा रक्ताशुक्ला प्रसूतिका । अकार्या कार्यजननी नित्यं प्रसवधर्मिणी

vyaktāvyaktātmikākṛṣṇā raktāśuklā prasūtikā / akāryā kāryajananī nityaṃ prasavadharmiṇī

whose nature is both manifest and unmanifest, black, red, white, the bringer forth, herself not a product yet the producer of products, ever of a nature to give birth;

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KuP 1 11.94

सर्गप्रलयनिर्मुक्ता सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तधर्मिणी । ब्रह्मगर्भा चतुर्विशा पद्मनाभाच्युतात्मिका

sargapralayanirmuktā sṛṣṭisthityantadharmiṇī / brahmagarbhā caturviśā padmanābhācyutātmikā

free from creation and dissolution, (yet) having the nature of origination, maintenance and end, having Brahmā as her womb, consisting of twenty-four (principles), lotus-navelled, whose self is Acyuta;

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KuP 1 11.95

वैद्युती शाश्वती योनिर्जगन्मातेश्वरप्रिया । सर्वाधारा महारूपा सर्वैश्वर्यसमन्विता

vaidyutī śāśvatī yonirjaganmāteśvarapriyā / sarvādhārā mahārūpā sarvaiśvaryasamanvitā

of lightning, everlasting, the womb, mother of the world, beloved of the Lord, the support of all, of great form, endowed with all sovereignty;

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KuP 1 11.96

विश्वरूपा महागर्भा विश्वेशेच्छानुवर्तिनी । महीयसी ब्रह्मयोनिर्महालक्ष्मीसमुद्भावा

viśvarūpā mahāgarbhā viśveśecchānuvartinī / mahīyasī brahmayonirmahālakṣmīsamudbhāvā

having the universe as her form, the great womb, following the will of the Lord of the universe, the greater one, the womb of Brahman, arisen as Mahālakṣmī;

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KuP 1 11.97

महाविमानमध्यस्था महानिद्रात्महेतुका । सर्वसाधारणी सूक्ष्मा ह्यविद्या पारमार्थिका

mahāvimānamadhyasthā mahānidrātmahetukā / sarvasādhāraṇī sūkṣmā hyavidyā pāramārthikā

seated in the midst of the great chariot, the cause of the self's great sleep, the common (support) of all, subtle, indeed ignorance, (and yet) pertaining to the highest truth;

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KuP 1 11.98

अनन्तरूपानन्तस्था देवी पुरुषमोहिनी । अनेकाकारसंस्थाना कालत्रयविवर्जिता

anantarūpānantasthā devī puruṣamohinī / anekākārasaṃsthānā kālatrayavivarjitā

of endless form, abiding in the endless, the goddess who bewilders the Puruṣa, established in many shapes, free of the three times;

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KuP 1 11.99

ब्रह्मजन्मा हरेर्मूर्तिर्ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवात्मिका । ब्रह्मेशविष्णुजननी ब्रह्माख्या ब्रह्मसंश्रया

brahmajanmā harermūrtirbrahmaviṣṇuśivātmikā / brahmeśaviṣṇujananī brahmākhyā brahmasaṃśrayā

born of Brahman, the embodiment of Hari, whose self is Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, the mother of Brahmā, Īśa and Viṣṇu, named Brahman, resting on Brahman;

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KuP 1 11.100

व्यक्ता प्रथमजा ब्राह्मी महती ज्ञानरूपिणी । वैराग्यैश्वर्यधर्मात्मा ब्रह्ममूर्तिर्हृदिस्थिता । अपांयोनिः स्वयंभूतिर्मानसी तत्त्वसंभवा

vyaktā prathamajā brāhmī mahatī jñānarūpiṇī / vairāgyaiśvaryadharmātmā brahmamūrtirhṛdisthitā / apāṃyoniḥ svayaṃbhūtirmānasī tattvasaṃbhavā

the manifest, the firstborn, Brāhmī, the great one, having knowledge for her form, whose self is dispassion, sovereignty and dharma, the embodiment of Brahman abiding in the heart, the source of the waters, self-arisen, of the mind, born of the (first) principle;

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KuP 1 11.101

ईश्वराणी च शर्वाणी शङ्करार्धशरीरिणी । भवानी चैव रुद्राणी महालक्ष्मीरथाम्बिका

īśvarāṇī ca śarvāṇī śaṅkarārdhaśarīriṇī / bhavānī caiva rudrāṇī mahālakṣmīrathāmbikā

and Īśvarāṇī and Śarvāṇī, forming half of Śaṅkara's body, and Bhavānī and Rudrāṇī, Mahālakṣmī, and then Ambikā;

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KuP 1 11.102

महेश्वरसमुत्पन्ना भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदा । सर्वेश्वरी सर्ववन्द्या नित्यं मुदितमानसा

maheśvarasamutpannā bhuktimuktiphalapradā / sarveśvarī sarvavandyā nityaṃ muditamānasā

sprung from Maheśvara, granting the fruits of enjoyment and liberation, ruler of all, to be revered by all, ever glad of mind;

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KuP 1 11.103

ब्रह्मेन्द्रोपेन्द्रनमिता शङ्करेच्छानुवर्तिनी । ईश्वरार्धासनगता महेश्वरपतिव्रता

brahmendropendranamitā śaṅkarecchānuvartinī / īśvarārdhāsanagatā maheśvarapativratā

bowed to by Brahmā, Indra and Upendra, following the will of Śaṅkara, occupying half of Īśvara's seat, faithful to her husband Maheśvara;

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KuP 1 11.104

सकृद्विभाविता सर्वा समुद्रपरिशोषिणी । पार्वती हिमवत्पुत्री परमानन्ददायिनी

sakṛdvibhāvitā sarvā samudrapariśoṣiṇī / pārvatī himavatputrī paramānandadāyinī

made manifest at once, the all, the drier-up of the ocean, Pārvatī, daughter of Himavat, giver of supreme bliss;

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KuP 1 11.105

गुणाढ्या योगजा योग्या ज्ञानमूर्तिर्विकासिनी । सावित्रीकमला लक्ष्मीः श्रीरनन्तोरसि स्थिता

guṇāḍhyā yogajā yogyā jñānamūrtirvikāsinī / sāvitrīkamalā lakṣmīḥ śrīranantorasi sthitā

rich in qualities, born of yoga, fit (for yoga), the embodiment of knowledge, unfolding, Sāvitrī, Kamalā, Lakṣmī, Śrī who abides on Ananta's breast;

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KuP 1 11.106

सरोजनिलया मुद्रा योगनिद्रा सुरार्दिना । सरस्वती सर्वविद्या जगज्ज्येष्ठा सुमङ्गला

sarojanilayā mudrā yoganidrā surārdinā / sarasvatī sarvavidyā jagajjyeṣṭhā sumaṅgalā

dwelling in the lotus, Mudrā, the yoga-sleep, tormentor of the gods, Sarasvatī, all learning, eldest in the world, most auspicious;

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KuP 1 11.107

वाग्देवी वरदा वाच्या कीर्तिः सर्वार्थसाधिका । योगीश्वरी ब्रह्मविद्या महाविद्या सुशोभना

vāgdevī varadā vācyā kīrtiḥ sarvārthasādhikā / yogīśvarī brahmavidyā mahāvidyā suśobhanā

goddess of speech, granter of boons, that which is to be spoken, Fame, accomplisher of all aims, mistress of yogins, the knowledge of Brahman, the great knowledge, most beautiful;

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KuP 1 11.108

गुह्यविद्यात्मविद्या च धर्मविद्यात्मभाविता । स्वाहा विश्वंभरा सिद्धिः स्वधा मेधा धृतिः श्रुतिः

guhyavidyātmavidyā ca dharmavidyātmabhāvitā / svāhā viśvaṃbharā siddhiḥ svadhā medhā dhṛtiḥ śrutiḥ

and the secret knowledge and the knowledge of the self, contemplated as the self of the knowledge of dharma, Svāhā, bearer of the universe, Attainment, Svadhā, Wisdom, Steadfastness, Revelation;

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KuP 1 11.109

नीतिः सुनीतिः सुकृतिर्माधवी नरवाहिनी । अजा विभावरी सौम्या भोगिनी भोगदायिनी

nītiḥ sunītiḥ sukṛtirmādhavī naravāhinī / ajā vibhāvarī saumyā bhoginī bhogadāyinī

Guidance, good guidance, good conduct, Mādhavī, borne by men, the unborn, the night, the gentle one, the enjoyer, the giver of enjoyment;

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KuP 1 11.110

शोभा वंशकरी लोला मालिनी परमेष्ठिनी । त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरी रम्या सुन्दरी कामचारिणी

śobhā vaṃśakarī lolā mālinī parameṣṭhinī / trailokyasundarī ramyā sundarī kāmacāriṇī

Splendour, continuer of the lineage, the restless one, the garlanded, the highest-placed, the beauty of the three worlds, delightful, lovely, moving at will;

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KuP 1 11.111

महानुभावा सत्त्वस्था महामहिषमर्दनी । पद्ममाला पापहरा विचित्रा मुकुटानना

mahānubhāvā sattvasthā mahāmahiṣamardanī / padmamālā pāpaharā vicitrā mukuṭānanā

of great majesty, abiding in sattva, crusher of the great buffalo, garlanded with lotuses, remover of sin, of varied form, her face (crowned) with a diadem;

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KuP 1 11.112

निर्यन्त्रा यन्त्रवाहस्था नन्दिनी भद्रकालिका । आदित्यवर्णा कौमारी मयूरवरवाहिनी

niryantrā yantravāhasthā nandinī bhadrakālikā / ādityavarṇā kaumārī mayūravaravāhinī

Free of restraint, seated on a mechanical vehicle, Nandinī, Bhadrakālikā; sun-coloured, Kaumārī, riding the excellent peacock.

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KuP 1 11.113

निर्यन्त्रा यन्त्रवाहस्था नन्दिनी भद्रकालिका । आदित्यवर्णा कौमारी मयूरवरवाहिनी

niryantrā yantravāhasthā nandinī bhadrakālikā / ādityavarṇā kaumārī mayūravaravāhinī

Free of restraint, seated on a mechanical vehicle, Nandinī, Bhadrakālikā; sun-coloured, Kaumārī, riding the excellent peacock.

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KuP 1 11.114

वृषासनगता गौरो महाकाली सुरार्चिता । अदितिर्नियता रौद्री पद्मगर्भा विवाहना

vṛṣāsanagatā gauro mahākālī surārcitā / aditirniyatā raudrī padmagarbhā vivāhanā

Seated on a bull, fair (Gaurī), Mahākālī, worshipped by the gods; Aditi, restrained, Raudrī, lotus-wombed, the bringer of marriage.

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KuP 1 11.115

विरूपाक्षी लेलिहाना महापुरनिवासिनी । महाफलानवद्याङ्गी कामपूरा विभावरी

virūpākṣī lelihānā mahāpuranivāsinī / mahāphalānavadyāṅgī kāmapūrā vibhāvarī

Of misshapen eyes, licking (with her tongue), dwelling in the great city; of great fruit, of faultless limbs, fulfilling desire, the night (Vibhāvarī).

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KuP 1 11.116

विचित्ररत्नमुकुटा प्रणतार्तिप्रभञ्जनी । कौशिकी कर्षणी रात्रिस्त्रिदशार्तिविनाशिनी

vicitraratnamukuṭā praṇatārtiprabhañjanī / kauśikī karṣaṇī rātristridaśārtivināśinī

Wearing a crown of many-coloured jewels, crushing the affliction of those who bow (to her); Kauśikī, the drawer-away, Night, destroyer of the distress of the thirty (gods).

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KuP 1 11.117

बहुरूपा सुरूपा च विरूपा रूपवर्जिता । भक्तार्तिशमनी भव्या भवभावविनाशनी

bahurūpā surūpā ca virūpā rūpavarjitā / bhaktārtiśamanī bhavyā bhavabhāvavināśanī

Of many forms, of fair form, and of no (proper) form, devoid of form; allaying the affliction of the devoted, auspicious, destroying the condition of existence.

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KuP 1 11.118

निर्गुणा नित्यविभवा निः सारा निरपत्रपा । यशस्विनी सामगीतिर्भवाङ्गनिलयालया

nirguṇā nityavibhavā niḥ sārā nirapatrapā / yaśasvinī sāmagītirbhavāṅganilayālayā

Without qualities, of everlasting power, without essence, without shame; glorious, the singing of the Sāman, whose abode is the dwelling of Bhava's consort.

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KuP 1 11.119

दीक्षा विद्याधरी दीप्ता महेन्द्रविनिपातिनी । सर्वातिशायिनी विद्या सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायिनी

dīkṣā vidyādharī dīptā mahendravinipātinī / sarvātiśāyinī vidyā sarvasiddhipradāyinī

Initiation, bearer of knowledge, blazing, caster-down of great Indra; surpassing all, knowledge, granter of all attainments.

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KuP 1 11.120

सर्वेश्वरप्रिया तार्क्ष्या समुद्रान्तरवासिनी । अकलङ्का निराधारा नित्यसिद्धा निरामया

sarveśvarapriyā tārkṣyā samudrāntaravāsinī / akalaṅkā nirādhārā nityasiddhā nirāmayā

Dear to the Lord of all, belonging to Garuḍa, dwelling within the ocean; spotless, without support, eternally accomplished, free of disease.

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KuP 1 11.121

कामधेनुर्बृहद्गर्भा धीमती मोहनाशिनी । निः सङ्कल्पा निरातङ्का विनया विनयप्रदा

kāmadhenurbṛhadgarbhā dhīmatī mohanāśinī / niḥ saṅkalpā nirātaṅkā vinayā vinayapradā

The wish-granting cow, of vast womb, intelligent, destroyer of delusion; without intention, without terror, discipline and the giver of discipline.

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KuP 1 11.122

ज्वालामालासहस्त्राढ्या देवदेवी मनोन्मनी । महाभगवती दुर्गा वासुदेवसमुद्भवा

jvālāmālāsahastrāḍhyā devadevī manonmanī / mahābhagavatī durgā vāsudevasamudbhavā

Rich in a thousand garlands of flame, goddess of gods, Manonmanī; the great Bhagavatī, Durgā, arisen from Vāsudeva.

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KuP 1 11.123

महेन्द्रोपेन्द्रभगिनी भक्तिगम्या परावरा । ज्ञानज्ञेया जरातीता वेदान्तविषया गतिः

mahendropendrabhaginī bhaktigamyā parāvarā / jñānajñeyā jarātītā vedāntaviṣayā gatiḥ

Sister of Mahendra and Upendra, approachable by devotion, the higher and the lower; knowable by knowledge, beyond old age, the object of the Vedānta, the (final) goal.

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KuP 1 11.124

दक्षिणा दहना दाह्या सर्वभूतनमस्कृता । योगमाया विभावज्ञा महामाया महीयसी

dakṣiṇā dahanā dāhyā sarvabhūtanamaskṛtā / yogamāyā vibhāvajñā mahāmāyā mahīyasī

The southern (offering), the burner and the to-be-burnt, saluted by all beings; the magic of yoga, knower of manifestation, the great illusion, the greater one.

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KuP 1 11.125

संध्या सर्वसमुद्भूतिर्ब्रह्मवृक्षाश्रयानतिः । बीजाङ्कुरसमुद्भूतिर्महाशक्तिर्महामतिः

saṃdhyā sarvasamudbhūtirbrahmavṛkṣāśrayānatiḥ / bījāṅkurasamudbhūtirmahāśaktirmahāmatiḥ

Twilight, the origin of all, the bowing that takes refuge in the tree of brahman; the springing forth of seed and sprout, the great power, of great mind.

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KuP 1 11.126

ख्यातिः प्रज्ञा चितिः संवित् महाभोगीन्द्रशायिनी । विकृतिः शांसरी शास्त्री गणगन्धर्वसेविता

khyātiḥ prajñā citiḥ saṃvit mahābhogīndraśāyinī / vikṛtiḥ śāṃsarī śāstrī gaṇagandharvasevitā

Renown, wisdom, thought, awareness, she who lies upon the great lord of serpents; modification, belonging to the round of rebirth, the instructress, attended by the Gaṇas and Gandharvas.

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KuP 1 11.127

वैश्वानरी महाशाला देवसेना गुहप्रिया । महारात्रिः शिवानन्दा शची दुः स्वप्ननाशिनी

vaiśvānarī mahāśālā devasenā guhapriyā / mahārātriḥ śivānandā śacī duḥ svapnanāśinī

Belonging to the (universal) fire, the great hall, the army of the gods, dear to Guha; the great night, the joy of Śiva, Śacī, destroyer of bad dreams.

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KuP 1 11.128

इज्या पूज्या जगद्धात्री दुर्विज्ञेया सुरूपिणी । गुहाम्बिका गुणोत्पत्तिर्महापीठा मरुत्सुता

ijyā pūjyā jagaddhātrī durvijñeyā surūpiṇī / guhāmbikā guṇotpattirmahāpīṭhā marutsutā

The offering, the one to be worshipped, upholder of the world, hard to know, of fair form; the mother of Guha, the arising of the qualities, the great seat, daughter of the Maruts.

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KuP 1 11.129

हव्यवाहान्तरागादिः हव्यवाहसमुद्भवा । जगद्योनिर्जगन्माता जन्ममृत्युजरातिगा

havyavāhāntarāgādiḥ havyavāhasamudbhavā / jagadyonirjaganmātā janmamṛtyujarātigā

The first (fire) that enters into the bearer of oblations, arisen from the bearer of oblations; womb of the world, mother of the world, gone beyond birth, death and old age.

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KuP 1 11.130

बुद्धिमाता बुद्धिमती पुरुषान्तरवासिनी । तरस्विनी समाधिस्था त्रिनेत्रा दिविसंस्थिता

buddhimātā buddhimatī puruṣāntaravāsinī / tarasvinī samādhisthā trinetrā divisaṃsthitā

Mother of intellect, possessing intellect, dwelling within the person; swift, established in absorption, three-eyed, abiding in heaven.

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KuP 1 11.131

सर्वेन्द्रियमनोमाता सर्वभूतहृदि स्थिता । संसारतारिणी विद्या ब्रह्मवादिमनोलया

sarvendriyamanomātā sarvabhūtahṛdi sthitā / saṃsāratāriṇī vidyā brahmavādimanolayā

Mother of all the senses and the mind, abiding in the heart of all beings; the knowledge that ferries (one) across the round of rebirth, in whom the minds of those who speak of brahman dissolve.

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KuP 1 11.132

ब्रह्माणी बृहती ब्राह्मी ब्रह्मभूता भवारणिः । हिरण्मयी महारात्रिः संसारपरिवर्तिका

brahmāṇī bṛhatī brāhmī brahmabhūtā bhavāraṇiḥ / hiraṇmayī mahārātriḥ saṃsāraparivartikā

(She is) Brahmāṇī, the vast one, the Brahmic one, become Brahman, the kindling-wood of existence; golden, the great night, the one who turns the wheel of transmigration.

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KuP 1 11.133

सुमालिनी सुरूपा च भाविनी तारिणी प्रभा । उन्मीलनी सर्वसहा सर्वप्रत्ययसाक्षिणी

sumālinī surūpā ca bhāvinī tāriṇī prabhā / unmīlanī sarvasahā sarvapratyayasākṣiṇī

Beautifully garlanded, of fair form, and (she is) the coming-to-be one, the one who carries across, radiance; the one who opens (buds or eyes), the all-enduring, the witness of every cognition.

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KuP 1 11.134

सुसौम्या चन्द्रवदना ताण्डवासक्तमानसा । सत्त्वशुद्धिकरी शुद्धिर्मलत्रयविनाशिनी

susaumyā candravadanā tāṇḍavāsaktamānasā / sattvaśuddhikarī śuddhirmalatrayavināśinī

Very gentle, moon-faced, her mind fixed on the tāṇḍava dance; the maker of purity in the sattva, purity itself, the destroyer of the three taints.

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KuP 1 11.135

जगत्प्रिया जगन्मूर्तिस्त्रिमूर्तिरमृताश्रया । निराश्रया निराहारा निरङ्कुरवनोद्भवा

jagatpriyā jaganmūrtistrimūrtiramṛtāśrayā / nirāśrayā nirāhārā niraṅkuravanodbhavā

Dear to the world, the world's very form, of triple form, the abode of the immortal; without support, without food, arising in a grove that has no shoots.

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KuP 1 11.136

चन्द्रहस्ता विचित्राङ्गी स्त्रग्विणी पद्मधारिणी । परावरविधानज्ञा महापुरुषपूर्वजा

candrahastā vicitrāṅgī stragviṇī padmadhāriṇī / parāvaravidhānajñā mahāpuruṣapūrvajā

Moon in hand, of variegated body, wearing a garland, holding a lotus; knowing the ordering of the higher and the lower, born before the Great Puruṣa.

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KuP 1 11.137

विद्येश्वरप्रिया विद्या विद्युज्जिह्वा जितश्रमा । विद्यामयी सहस्त्राक्षी सहस्त्रवदनात्मजा

vidyeśvarapriyā vidyā vidyujjihvā jitaśramā / vidyāmayī sahastrākṣī sahastravadanātmajā

Dear to the Lord of Knowledge, knowledge itself, lightning-tongued, having conquered weariness; made of knowledge, thousand-eyed, born of the thousand-mouthed one.

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KuP 1 11.138

सहस्त्ररश्मिः सत्त्वस्था महेश्वरपदाश्रया । क्षालिनी सन्मयी व्याप्ता तैजसी पद्मबोधिका

sahastraraśmiḥ sattvasthā maheśvarapadāśrayā / kṣālinī sanmayī vyāptā taijasī padmabodhikā

Thousand-rayed, abiding in sattva, resting in the station of Maheśvara; the cleanser, made of being, all-pervading, made of light, the awakener of the lotus.

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KuP 1 11.139

महामायाश्रया मान्या महादेवमनोरमा । व्योमलक्ष्मीः सिहरथा चेकितानामितप्रभा

mahāmāyāśrayā mānyā mahādevamanoramā / vyomalakṣmīḥ siharathā cekitānāmitaprabhā

The support of the great Māyā, the honoured one, delighting the mind of Mahādeva; the Lakṣmī of the sky, lion-charioted, discerning, of measureless radiance.

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KuP 1 11.140

वीरेश्वरी विमानस्था विशोकाशोकनाशिनी । अनाहता कुण्डलिना नलिनी पद्मवासिनी

vīreśvarī vimānasthā viśokāśokanāśinī / anāhatā kuṇḍalinā nalinī padmavāsinī

Mistress of heroes, seated in a celestial car, free from grief and destroying grief; unstruck (anāhata), coiled, the lotus-plant, dwelling in the lotus.

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KuP 1 11.141

सदानन्दा सदाकीर्तिः सर्वभूताश्रयस्थिता । वाग्देवता ब्रह्मकला कलातीता कलारणिः

sadānandā sadākīrtiḥ sarvabhūtāśrayasthitā / vāgdevatā brahmakalā kalātītā kalāraṇiḥ

Ever blissful, of everlasting fame, established as the support of all beings; the deity of speech, the portion of Brahman, beyond all portions, the kindling-wood of the portions.

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KuP 1 11.142

ब्रह्मश्रीर्ब्रह्महृदया ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवप्रिया । व्योमशक्तिः क्रियाशक्तिर्ज्ञानशक्तिः परागतिः

brahmaśrīrbrahmahṛdayā brahmaviṣṇuśivapriyā / vyomaśaktiḥ kriyāśaktirjñānaśaktiḥ parāgatiḥ

The glory of Brahman, the heart of Brahman, dear to Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva; the power of space, the power of action, the power of knowledge, the highest goal.

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KuP 1 11.143

क्षोभिका बन्धिका भेद्या भेदाभेदविवर्जिता । अभिन्नाभिन्नसंस्थाना वंशिनी वंशहारिणी

kṣobhikā bandhikā bhedyā bhedābhedavivarjitā / abhinnābhinnasaṃsthānā vaṃśinī vaṃśahāriṇī

She who agitates, she who binds, she who is to be divided, (yet) free of both division and non-division; whose station is neither divided nor undivided, the flute-player (or: she of the lineage) and the destroyer of the lineage.

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KuP 1 11.144

गुह्यशक्तिर्गुणातीता सर्वदा सर्वतोमुखी । भगिनी भगवत्पत्नी सकला कालकारिणी

guhyaśaktirguṇātītā sarvadā sarvatomukhī / bhaginī bhagavatpatnī sakalā kālakāriṇī

The secret power, beyond the qualities, ever-present, facing in all directions; the sister, the wife of the Blessed One, complete with all parts, the maker of time.

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KuP 1 11.145

सर्ववित् सर्वतोभद्रा गुह्यातीता गुहारणिः । प्रक्रिया योगमाता च गङ्गा विश्वेश्वरेश्वरी

sarvavit sarvatobhadrā guhyātītā guhāraṇiḥ / prakriyā yogamātā ca gaṅgā viśveśvareśvarī

All-knowing, auspicious on every side, beyond what is secret, the kindling-wood of the cave; the process (of creation), and the mother of yoga, the Gaṅgā, sovereign over the Lord of the universe.

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KuP 1 11.146

कपिला कापिला कान्ताकनकाभाकलान्तरा । पुण्या पुष्करिणी भोक्त्री पुरन्दरपुरस्सरा

kapilā kāpilā kāntākanakābhākalāntarā / puṇyā puṣkariṇī bhoktrī purandarapurassarā

Tawny, descended from Kapila, the lovely one, of golden lustre, dwelling within the parts; meritorious, possessing a lotus-pool, the enjoyer, going before Purandara (Indra).

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KuP 1 11.147

पोषणी परमैश्वर्यभूतिदा भूतिभूषणा । पञ्चब्रह्मसमुत्पत्तिः परमार्थार्थविग्रहा

poṣaṇī paramaiśvaryabhūtidā bhūtibhūṣaṇā / pañcabrahmasamutpattiḥ paramārthārthavigrahā

The nourisher, giver of supreme sovereignty and prosperity, adorned with prosperity; the origin of the five Brahmans, whose body is the highest reality and its object.

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KuP 1 11.148

धर्मोदया भानुमती योगिज्ञेय मनोजवा । मनोहरा मनोरक्षा तापसी वेदरूपिणी

dharmodayā bhānumatī yogijñeya manojavā / manoharā manorakṣā tāpasī vedarūpiṇī

The dawning of dharma, luminous, to be known by yogins, swift as thought; captivating the mind, guarding the mind, ascetic, having the form of the Veda.

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KuP 1 11.149

वेदशक्तिर्वेदमाता वेदविद्याप्रकाशिनी । योगेश्वरेश्वरी माता महाशक्तिर्मनोमयी

vedaśaktirvedamātā vedavidyāprakāśinī / yogeśvareśvarī mātā mahāśaktirmanomayī

The power of the Veda, the mother of the Veda, revealing the knowledge of the Veda; mistress of the lord of yogins, mother, the great power, made of mind.

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KuP 1 11.150

विश्वावस्था वियन्मूर्तिर्विद्युन्माला विहायसी । किंनरी सुरभी वन्द्या नन्दिनी नन्दिवल्लभा

viśvāvasthā viyanmūrtirvidyunmālā vihāyasī / kiṃnarī surabhī vandyā nandinī nandivallabhā

The condition of the universe, whose form is the sky, a garland of lightning, moving in the air; the kiṃnara woman, the fragrant one, to be praised, delighting, the beloved of Nandin.

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KuP 1 11.151

भारती परमानन्दा परापरविभेदिका । सर्वप्रहरणोपेता काम्या कामेश्वरेश्वरी

bhāratī paramānandā parāparavibhedikā / sarvapraharaṇopetā kāmyā kāmeśvareśvarī

Bhāratī, supreme bliss, she who distinguishes the higher and the lower; furnished with every weapon, desirable, mistress of the Lord of desire.

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KuP 1 11.152

अचिन्त्याचिन्त्यविभवा हृल्लेखा कनकप्रभा । कूष्माण्डी धनरत्नाढ्या सुगन्धा गन्धायिनी

acintyācintyavibhavā hṛllekhā kanakaprabhā / kūṣmāṇḍī dhanaratnāḍhyā sugandhā gandhāyinī

(She is) of inconceivable, unthinkable might, Hṛllekhā, gold-radiant, Kūṣmāṇḍī, rich in wealth and jewels, sweet-scented, the giver of fragrance.

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KuP 1 11.153

त्रिविक्रमपदोद्भूता धनुष्पाणिः शिवोदया । सुदुर्लभा धनाद्यक्षा धन्या पिङ्गललोचना

trivikramapadodbhūtā dhanuṣpāṇiḥ śivodayā / sudurlabhā dhanādyakṣā dhanyā piṅgalalocanā

Arisen from the step of Trivikrama, bow in hand, the dawning of Śiva (or: from whom Śiva arises), very hard to obtain, chief overseer of wealth, fortunate, tawny-eyed.

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KuP 1 11.154

शान्तिः प्रभावती दीप्तिः पङ्कजायतलोचना । आद्या हृत्कमलोद्भूता गवां मता रणप्रिया

śāntiḥ prabhāvatī dīptiḥ paṅkajāyatalocanā / ādyā hṛtkamalodbhūtā gavāṃ matā raṇapriyā

Peace, the radiant one, brilliance, wide-eyed as a lotus, the primordial one, arisen from the lotus of the heart, esteemed among (or: by) cows, fond of battle.

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KuP 1 11.155

सत्क्रिया गिरिजा शुद्धा नित्यपुष्टा निरन्तरा । दुर्गाकात्यायनीचण्डी चर्चिका शान्तविग्रहा

satkriyā girijā śuddhā nityapuṣṭā nirantarā / durgākātyāyanīcaṇḍī carcikā śāntavigrahā

Right action, the mountain-born, the pure, ever-nourished, unbroken, Durgā, Kātyāyanī, Caṇḍī, Carcikā, of peaceful form.

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KuP 1 11.156

हिरण्यवर्णा रजनी जगद्यन्त्रप्रवर्तिका । मन्दराद्रिनिवासा च शारदा स्वर्णमालिनी

hiraṇyavarṇā rajanī jagadyantrapravartikā / mandarādrinivāsā ca śāradā svarṇamālinī

Of golden hue, the night, she who sets the machine of the world in motion, dweller on Mount Mandara, Śāradā, garlanded with gold.

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KuP 1 11.157

रत्नमाला रत्नगर्भा पृथ्वी विश्वप्रमाथिनी । पद्मानना पद्मनिभा नित्यतुष्टामृतोद्भवा

ratnamālā ratnagarbhā pṛthvī viśvapramāthinī / padmānanā padmanibhā nityatuṣṭāmṛtodbhavā

Garlanded with jewels, jewel-wombed, the earth, the crusher of the universe, lotus-faced, lotus-like, ever content, arisen from the nectar.

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KuP 1 11.158

धुन्वती दुः प्रकम्प्या च सूर्यमाता दृषद्वती । महेन्द्रभगिनी मान्या वरेण्या वरदर्पिता

dhunvatī duḥ prakampyā ca sūryamātā dṛṣadvatī / mahendrabhaginī mānyā vareṇyā varadarpitā

The shaker, hard to make tremble, mother of the sun, Dṛṣadvatī, sister of great Indra, honoured, excellent, proud in (granting) boons.

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KuP 1 11.159

कल्याणी कमला रामा पञ्चभूता वरप्रदा । वाच्या वरेश्वरी वन्द्या दुर्जया दुरतिक्रमा

kalyāṇī kamalā rāmā pañcabhūtā varapradā / vācyā vareśvarī vandyā durjayā duratikramā

The auspicious, Kamalā, Rāmā, the five elements, giver of boons, to be uttered, mistress of boons, to be revered, hard to conquer, hard to pass beyond.

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KuP 1 11.160

कालरात्रिर्महावेगा वीरभद्रप्रिया हिता । भद्रकाली जगन्माता भक्तानां भद्रदायिनी

kālarātrirmahāvegā vīrabhadrapriyā hitā / bhadrakālī jaganmātā bhaktānāṃ bhadradāyinī

Kālarātri, of great speed, dear to Vīrabhadra, beneficent, Bhadrakālī, mother of the world, giver of good to (her) devotees.

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KuP 1 11.161

कराला पिङ्गलाकारा नामभेदामहामदा । यशस्विनी यशोदा च षडध्वपरिवर्तिका

karālā piṅgalākārā nāmabhedāmahāmadā / yaśasvinī yaśodā ca ṣaḍadhvaparivartikā

The gaping one, tawny in form, distinguished by (many) names, of great intoxication, glorious, Yaśodā, and the turner of the six paths.

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KuP 1 11.162

शङ्खिनी पद्मिनी सांख्या सांख्ययोगप्रवर्तिका । चैत्रा संवत्सरारूढा जगत्संपूरणीन्द्रजा

śaṅkhinī padminī sāṃkhyā sāṃkhyayogapravartikā / caitrā saṃvatsarārūḍhā jagatsaṃpūraṇīndrajā

The conch-bearer, the lotus one, Sāṃkhya, promulgator of Sāṃkhya and Yoga, Caitrā, mounted upon the year, the filler of the world, born of Indra.

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KuP 1 11.163

शुम्भारिः खेचरीस्वस्था कम्बुग्रीवा कलिप्रिया । खगध्वजी खगारूढा परार्घ्या परमालिनी

śumbhāriḥ khecarīsvasthā kambugrīvā kalipriyā / khagadhvajī khagārūḍhā parārghyā paramālinī

The foe of Śumbha, self-abiding as the sky-goer, conch-necked, fond of strife, bearing the bird-banner, mounted on a bird, most worthy of honour, supremely garlanded.

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KuP 1 11.164

ऐश्वर्यवर्त्मनिलया विरक्ता गरुडासना । जयन्ती हृद्गुहा रम्या गह्विरेष्ठा गणाग्रणीः

aiśvaryavartmanilayā viraktā garuḍāsanā / jayantī hṛdguhā ramyā gahvireṣṭhā gaṇāgraṇīḥ

Dwelling on the path of lordship, dispassionate, seated on Garuḍa, victorious, the cave of the heart, delightful, established in the depths, foremost of the hosts.

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KuP 1 11.165

संकल्पसिद्धा साम्यस्था सर्वविज्ञानदायिनी । कलिकल्पषहन्त्री च गुह्योपनिषदुत्तमा

saṃkalpasiddhā sāmyasthā sarvavijñānadāyinī / kalikalpaṣahantrī ca guhyopaniṣaduttamā

Accomplished by mere intention, abiding in equality, giver of all knowledge, destroyer of the taint of the Kali (age), the highest secret Upaniṣad.

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KuP 1 11.166

निष्ठा दृष्टिः स्मृतिर्व्याप्तिः पुष्टिस्तुष्टिः क्रियावती । विश्वामरेश्वरेशाना भुक्तिर्मुक्तीः शिवामृता

niṣṭhā dṛṣṭiḥ smṛtirvyāptiḥ puṣṭistuṣṭiḥ kriyāvatī / viśvāmareśvareśānā bhuktirmuktīḥ śivāmṛtā

Steadfastness, sight, memory, pervasion, nourishment, satisfaction, possessed of action, ruler over the lords of the universe and the immortals, enjoyment, release, the auspicious nectar.

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KuP 1 11.167

लोहिता सर्पमाला च भीषणी वनमालिनी । अनन्तशयनानन्या नरनारायणोद्भवा

lohitā sarpamālā ca bhīṣaṇī vanamālinī / anantaśayanānanyā naranārāyaṇodbhavā

The red one, garlanded with serpents, the terrifying, garlanded with forest-flowers, she who is not other than the couch of Ananta, arisen from Nara and Nārāyaṇa.

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KuP 1 11.168

नृसिंही दैत्यमथनी शङ्खचक्रगदाधरा । संकर्षणसमुत्पत्तिरम्बिकापादसंश्रया

nṛsiṃhī daityamathanī śaṅkhacakragadādharā / saṃkarṣaṇasamutpattirambikāpādasaṃśrayā

The man-lioness, crusher of the demons, bearing conch, discus and mace, the origin of Saṃkarṣaṇa, taking refuge at Ambikā's feet.

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KuP 1 11.169

महाज्वाला महामूर्तिः सुमूर्तिः सर्वकामधुक् । सुप्रभा सुस्तना गौरी धर्मकामार्थमोक्षदा

mahājvālā mahāmūrtiḥ sumūrtiḥ sarvakāmadhuk / suprabhā sustanā gaurī dharmakāmārthamokṣadā

Of great flame, of great form, of fair form, milking forth all desires, of fair radiance, fair-breasted, Gaurī, giver of dharma, pleasure, wealth and liberation.

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KuP 1 11.170

भ्रूमध्यनिलया पूर्वा पुराणपुरुषारणिः । महाविभूतिदा मध्या सरोजनयना समा

bhrūmadhyanilayā pūrvā purāṇapuruṣāraṇiḥ / mahāvibhūtidā madhyā sarojanayanā samā

Dwelling between the brows, the prior one, the fire-kindling stick of the ancient Puruṣa, giver of great power, the middle one, lotus-eyed, even.

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KuP 1 11.171

अष्टादशभुजानाद्या नीलोत्पलदलप्रभा । सर्वशक्त्यासनारूढा धर्माधर्मार्थवर्जिता

aṣṭādaśabhujānādyā nīlotpaladalaprabhā / sarvaśaktyāsanārūḍhā dharmādharmārthavarjitā

Eighteen-armed, without beginning, radiant as the petal of a blue water-lily, mounted on the seat of all powers, free of dharma, non-dharma, and (worldly) aim.

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KuP 1 11.172

वैराग्यज्ञाननिरता निरालोका निरिन्द्रिया । विचित्रगहनाधारा शाश्वतस्थानवासिनी

vairāgyajñānaniratā nirālokā nirindriyā / vicitragahanādhārā śāśvatasthānavāsinī

Devoted to dispassion and knowledge, without light, without sense-organs, the support of the manifold thicket, dwelling in the everlasting abode.

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KuP 1 11.173

स्थानेश्वरी निरानन्दा त्रिशूलवरधारिणी । अशेषदेवतामूर्तिर्देवता वरदेवता । गणाम्बिका गिरेः पुत्री निशुम्भविनिपातिनी

sthāneśvarī nirānandā triśūlavaradhāriṇī / aśeṣadevatāmūrtirdevatā varadevatā / gaṇāmbikā gireḥ putrī niśumbhavinipātinī

Mistress of the (holy) place, free of joy, bearing the excellent trident, whose form is all the deities, (herself) a deity, the highest deity, mother of the Gaṇas, daughter of the mountain, who struck down Niśumbha.

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KuP 1 11.174

अवर्ण वर्णरहिता निवर्णा बीजसंभवा । अनन्तवर्णानन्यस्था शङ्करी शान्तमानसा

avarṇa varṇarahitā nivarṇā bījasaṃbhavā / anantavarṇānanyasthā śaṅkarī śāntamānasā

Without colour (or: without syllable), devoid of colour, colourless, arisen from the seed(-syllable), of endless colours, resting in nothing else, Śaṅkarī, of tranquil mind.

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KuP 1 11.175

अगोत्रा गोमती गोप्त्री गुह्यरूपा गुणोत्तरा । गौर्गोर्गव्यप्रिया गौणी गणेश्वरनमस्कृता

agotrā gomatī goptrī guhyarūpā guṇottarā / gaurgorgavyapriyā gauṇī gaṇeśvaranamaskṛtā

Without lineage, possessing cows, the protectress, of hidden form, surpassing the guṇas, the cow (or: Gaurī), fond of the products of the cow, secondary (in nature), saluted by the lord of the Gaṇas.

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KuP 1 11.176

सत्यमात्रा सत्यसंधा त्रिसंध्या संधिवर्जिता । सर्ववादाश्रया संख्या संख्ययोगसमुद्भवा

satyamātrā satyasaṃdhā trisaṃdhyā saṃdhivarjitā / sarvavādāśrayā saṃkhyā saṃkhyayogasamudbhavā

Consisting of truth alone, true to her promise, the three junctures of the day, (yet) devoid of juncture, the ground of all doctrines, enumeration (Sāṃkhya), arisen from Sāṃkhya and Yoga.

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KuP 1 11.177

असंख्येयाप्रमेयाख्या शून्या शुद्धकुलोद्भवा । बिन्दुनादसमुत्पत्तिः शंभुवामा शशिप्रभा

asaṃkhyeyāprameyākhyā śūnyā śuddhakulodbhavā / bindunādasamutpattiḥ śaṃbhuvāmā śaśiprabhā

Innumerable, called immeasurable, void, sprung from a pure family, the origin of the (mystic) point and sound, the left (consort) of Śambhu, radiant as the moon.

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KuP 1 11.178

विसङ्गा भेदरहिता मनोज्ञा मधुसूदनी । महाश्रीः श्रीसमुत्पत्तिस्तमः पारे प्रतिष्ठिता

visaṅgā bhedarahitā manojñā madhusūdanī / mahāśrīḥ śrīsamutpattistamaḥ pāre pratiṣṭhitā

Free of attachment, without division, charming to the mind, slayer of Madhu, great prosperity, the source of prosperity, established beyond darkness.

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KuP 1 11.179

त्रितत्त्वमाता त्रिविधा सुसूक्ष्मपदसंश्रया । शान्त्यतीता मलातीता निर्विकारा निराश्रया

tritattvamātā trividhā susūkṣmapadasaṃśrayā / śāntyatītā malātītā nirvikārā nirāśrayā

Mother of the three principles, threefold, resting in the very subtle station, beyond peace, beyond impurity, without change, without support.

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KuP 1 11.180

शिवाख्या चित्तनिलया शिवज्ञानस्वरूपिणी । दैत्यदानवनिर्मात्री काश्यपी कालकल्पिका

śivākhyā cittanilayā śivajñānasvarūpiṇī / daityadānavanirmātrī kāśyapī kālakalpikā

Named Śivā, having her seat in the mind, whose own form is the knowledge of Śiva, fashioner of the Daityas and Dānavas, daughter of Kaśyapa, who ordains time.

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KuP 1 11.181

शास्त्रयोनिः क्रियामूर्तिश्चतुर्वर्गप्रदर्शिका । नारायणी नरोद्भूतिः कौमुदी लिङ्गधारिणी

śāstrayoniḥ kriyāmūrtiścaturvargapradarśikā / nārāyaṇī narodbhūtiḥ kaumudī liṅgadhāriṇī

The womb of scripture, whose form is (ritual) action, who reveals the fourfold aim, Nārāyaṇī, the origin of man, the moonlight, bearer of the liṅga.

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KuP 1 11.182

कामुकी ललिता भावा परापरविभूतिदा । परान्तजातमहिमा बडवा वामलोचना

kāmukī lalitā bhāvā parāparavibhūtidā / parāntajātamahimā baḍavā vāmalocanā

Full of desire, lovely, existence (or: emotion), giver of the higher and lower powers, whose greatness arose at the end of the highest, the mare, with beautiful eyes.

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KuP 1 11.183

सुभद्रा देवकी सीता वेदवेदाङ्गपारगा । मनस्विनी मन्युमाता महामन्युसमुद्भवा

subhadrā devakī sītā vedavedāṅgapāragā / manasvinī manyumātā mahāmanyusamudbhavā

Subhadrā, Devakī, Sītā, who has mastered the Vedas and their auxiliary sciences, high-minded, mother of wrath, arisen from great wrath.

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KuP 1 11.184

अमृत्युरमृता स्वाहा पुरुहूता पुरुष्टुता । अशोच्या भिन्नविषया हिरण्यरजतप्रिया

amṛtyuramṛtā svāhā puruhūtā puruṣṭutā / aśocyā bhinnaviṣayā hiraṇyarajatapriyā

Deathless, immortal, Svāhā, much invoked, much praised, not to be grieved over, whose spheres are distinct, fond of gold and silver.

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KuP 1 11.185

हिरण्या राजती हैमी हेमाभरणभूषिता । विभ्राजमाना दुर्ज्ञेया ज्योतिष्टोमफलप्रदा

hiraṇyā rājatī haimī hemābharaṇabhūṣitā / vibhrājamānā durjñeyā jyotiṣṭomaphalapradā

Golden, made of silver, of gold, adorned with golden ornaments, shining forth, hard to know, granting the fruit of the Jyotiṣṭoma sacrifice.

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KuP 1 11.186

महानिद्रासमुद्भूतिरनिद्रा सत्यदेवता । दीर्घाककुद्मिनी हृद्या शान्तिदा शान्तिवर्धिनी

mahānidrāsamudbhūtiranidrā satyadevatā / dīrghākakudminī hṛdyā śāntidā śāntivardhinī

Arisen from the great sleep, sleepless, the deity of truth, with a long, prominent hump (?), pleasing to the heart, giver of peace, increaser of peace.

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KuP 1 11.187

लक्ष्म्यादिशक्तिजननी शक्तिचक्रप्रवर्तिका । त्रिशक्तिजननी जन्या षडूर्मिपरिर्जिता

lakṣmyādiśaktijananī śakticakrapravartikā / triśaktijananī janyā ṣaḍūrmiparirjitā

Mother of Lakṣmī and the other powers, who sets the wheel of powers in motion, mother of the three powers, (herself) to be born, victorious over the six waves.

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KuP 1 11.188

सुधामा कर्मकरणी युगान्तदहनात्मिका । संकर्षणी जगद्धात्री कामयोनिः किरीटिनी

sudhāmā karmakaraṇī yugāntadahanātmikā / saṃkarṣaṇī jagaddhātrī kāmayoniḥ kirīṭinī

Of good radiance (or: whose abode is nectar), performer of (ritual) action, whose nature is the fire that burns at the end of an age, Saṃkarṣaṇī, upholder of the world, the womb of desire, wearing a diadem.

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KuP 1 11.189

ऐन्द्री त्रैलोक्यनमिता वैष्णवी परमेश्वरी । प्रद्युम्नदयिता दान्ता युग्मदृष्टिस्त्रिलोचना

aindrī trailokyanamitā vaiṣṇavī parameśvarī / pradyumnadayitā dāntā yugmadṛṣṭistrilocanā

Belonging to Indra, bowed to by the three worlds, Vaiṣṇavī, supreme mistress, beloved of Pradyumna, self-controlled, with paired eyes, three-eyed.

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KuP 1 11.190

मदोत्कटा हंसगतिः प्रचण्डा चण्डविक्रमा । वृषावेशा वियन्माता विन्ध्यपर्वतवासिनी

madotkaṭā haṃsagatiḥ pracaṇḍā caṇḍavikramā / vṛṣāveśā viyanmātā vindhyaparvatavāsinī

Fierce with intoxication, moving like a goose, violent, of terrible valour, entering into the bull, mother of the sky, dwelling on the Vindhya mountain.

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KuP 1 11.191

हिमवन्मेरुनिलया कैलासगिरिवासिनी । चाणूरहन्तृतनया नीतिज्ञा कामरूपिणी

himavanmerunilayā kailāsagirivāsinī / cāṇūrahantṛtanayā nītijñā kāmarūpiṇī

Whose abode is the Himalaya and Meru, dwelling on Mount Kailāsa, daughter of the slayer of Cāṇūra, knowing statecraft, taking the form she desires.

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KuP 1 11.192

वेदविद्याव्रतस्नाता धर्मशीलानिलाशना । वीरभद्रप्रिया वीरा महाकालसमुद्भवा

vedavidyāvratasnātā dharmaśīlānilāśanā / vīrabhadrapriyā vīrā mahākālasamudbhavā

(She who is) consecrated by the vow of Vedic knowledge, whose nature is dharma, who feeds on wind, dear to Vīrabhadra, the heroic one, arisen from Mahākāla.

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KuP 1 11.193

विद्याधरप्रिया सिद्धा विद्याधरनिराकृतिः । आप्यायनी हरन्ती च पावनी पोषणी खिला

vidyādharapriyā siddhā vidyādharanirākṛtiḥ / āpyāyanī harantī ca pāvanī poṣaṇī khilā

Dear to the Vidyādharas, the accomplished one, she who repels the Vidyādharas; the one who satiates, and the one who takes away, the purifier, the nourisher, the entire one.

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KuP 1 11.194

मातृका मन्मथोद्भूता वारिजा वाहनप्रिया । करीषिणी सुधावाणी वीणावादनतत्परा

mātṛkā manmathodbhūtā vārijā vāhanapriyā / karīṣiṇī sudhāvāṇī vīṇāvādanatatparā

The mother (or: the alphabet-mother), sprung from Manmatha, born of the waters, fond of vehicles, rich in dung (or: dwelling in dung-heaps), whose speech is nectar, intent on playing the vīṇā.

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KuP 1 11.195

सेविता सेविका सेव्या सिनीवाली गरुत्मती । अरुन्धती हिरण्याक्षी मृगाङ्का मानदायिनी

sevitā sevikā sevyā sinīvālī garutmatī / arundhatī hiraṇyākṣī mṛgāṅkā mānadāyinī

The one served, the one who serves, the one to be served, Sinīvālī, she who has wings (Garutmatī), Arundhatī, the golden-eyed, marked with a deer, the giver of honour.

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KuP 1 11.196

वसुप्रदा वसुमती वसोर्धारा वसुंधरा । धाराधरा वरारोहा वरावरसहस्त्रदा

vasupradā vasumatī vasordhārā vasuṃdharā / dhārādharā varārohā varāvarasahastradā

The giver of wealth, possessing wealth, the stream of riches, the earth (bearer of wealth), the bearer of streams, of noble ascent (or: with beautiful hips), the giver of a thousand things better and worse.

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KuP 1 11.197

श्रीफला श्रीमती श्रीशा श्रीनिवासा शिवप्रिया । श्रीधरा श्रीकरी कल्या श्रीधरार्धशरीरिणी

śrīphalā śrīmatī śrīśā śrīnivāsā śivapriyā / śrīdharā śrīkarī kalyā śrīdharārdhaśarīriṇī

She whose fruit is prosperity, possessed of Śrī, mistress of Śrī, the abode of Śrī, dear to Śiva, the bearer of Śrī, the maker of Śrī, the fit one, she who is half the body of Śrīdhara.

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KuP 1 11.198

अनन्तदृष्टिरक्षुद्रा धात्रीशा धनदप्रिया । निहन्त्री दैत्यसङ्घानां सिहिका सिहवाहना

anantadṛṣṭirakṣudrā dhātrīśā dhanadapriyā / nihantrī daityasaṅghānāṃ sihikā sihavāhanā

Of endless sight, not petty, mistress of the earth (or: of Dhātrī), dear to the giver of wealth (Kubera), the destroyer of the hosts of Daityas, the lioness, riding a lion.

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KuP 1 11.199

सुषेणा चन्द्रनिलया सुकीर्तिश्छिन्नसंशया । रसज्ञा रसदा रामा लेलिहानामृतस्त्रवा

suṣeṇā candranilayā sukīrtiśchinnasaṃśayā / rasajñā rasadā rāmā lelihānāmṛtastravā

Having a good army, dwelling in the moon, of good fame, she whose doubts are cut off, the knower of flavour, the giver of flavour, the lovely one, she who licks (repeatedly) and streams nectar.

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KuP 1 11.200

नित्योदिता स्वयञ्ज्योतिरुत्सुका मृतजीवनी । वज्रदण्डा वज्रजिह्वा वैदेवी वज्रविग्रहा

nityoditā svayañjyotirutsukā mṛtajīvanī / vajradaṇḍā vajrajihvā vaidevī vajravigrahā

Ever risen, self-luminous, eager, she who revives the dead, whose staff is the thunderbolt, whose tongue is the thunderbolt, Vaidevī, whose body is adamant.

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KuP 1 11.201

मङ्गल्या मङ्गला माला मलिना मलहारिणी । गान्धर्वो गारुडी चान्द्री कम्बलाश्वतरप्रिया

maṅgalyā maṅgalā mālā malinā malahāriṇī / gāndharvo gāruḍī cāndrī kambalāśvatarapriyā

Auspicious, good fortune, the garland, the soiled one, the remover of impurity, belonging to the Gandharvas, to Garuḍa, to the moon, dear to Kambala and Aśvatara (the serpents).

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KuP 1 11.202

सौदामिनी जनानन्दा भ्रुकुटीकुटिलानना । कर्णिकारकरा कक्ष्या कंसप्राणापहारिणी

saudāminī janānandā bhrukuṭīkuṭilānanā / karṇikārakarā kakṣyā kaṃsaprāṇāpahāriṇī

The lightning-flash, the joy of people, whose face is bent with a frown, whose hand holds the karṇikāra flower, the girdle (kakṣyā), she who took away the life of Kaṃsa.

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KuP 1 11.203

युगन्धरा युगावर्ता त्रिसंध्या हर्षवर्धनी । प्रत्यक्षदेवता दिव्या दिव्यगन्धा दिवापरा

yugandharā yugāvartā trisaṃdhyā harṣavardhanī / pratyakṣadevatā divyā divyagandhā divāparā

The bearer of the yoke, the turning of the ages, the three junctures of day, the increaser of joy, the deity visible before the eyes, divine, of divine fragrance, transcending the day.

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KuP 1 11.204

शक्रासनगता शाक्री साध्वी नारी शवासना । इष्टा विशिष्टा शिष्टेष्टा शिष्टाशिष्टप्रपूजिता

śakrāsanagatā śākrī sādhvī nārī śavāsanā / iṣṭā viśiṣṭā śiṣṭeṣṭā śiṣṭāśiṣṭaprapūjitā

Seated on Indra's throne, belonging to Indra, the virtuous woman, the woman, seated on a corpse, desired, distinguished, dear to the disciplined, worshipped by the disciplined and the undisciplined alike.

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KuP 1 11.205

शतरूपा शतावर्ता विनता सुरभिः सुरा । सुरेन्द्रमाता सुद्युम्ना सुषुम्ना सूर्यसंस्थिता

śatarūpā śatāvartā vinatā surabhiḥ surā / surendramātā sudyumnā suṣumnā sūryasaṃsthitā

Of a hundred forms, with a hundred whirls, Vinatā, Surabhi, the goddess (surā), mother of the lord of the gods, Sudyumnā, Suṣumnā, abiding in the sun.

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KuP 1 11.206

समीक्ष्या सत्प्रतिष्ठा च निवृत्तिर्ज्ञानपारगा । धर्मशास्त्रार्थकुशला धर्मज्ञा धर्मवाहना

samīkṣyā satpratiṣṭhā ca nivṛttirjñānapāragā / dharmaśāstrārthakuśalā dharmajñā dharmavāhanā

To be looked upon (or: to be examined), the true foundation, cessation, she who has gone to the far shore of knowledge, skilled in the meaning of the dharma treatises, the knower of dharma, whose vehicle is dharma.

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KuP 1 11.207

धर्माधर्मविनिर्मात्री धार्मिकाणां शिवप्रदा । धर्मशक्तिर्धर्ममयी विधर्मा विश्वधर्मिणी

dharmādharmavinirmātrī dhārmikāṇāṃ śivapradā / dharmaśaktirdharmamayī vidharmā viśvadharmiṇī

The fashioner of dharma and non-dharma, the giver of welfare to the righteous, the power of dharma, made of dharma, contrary to dharma, upholding dharma for all.

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KuP 1 11.208

धर्मान्तरा धर्ममेघा धर्मपूर्वा धनावहा । धर्मोपदेष्ट्री धर्मत्मा धर्मगम्या धराधरा

dharmāntarā dharmameghā dharmapūrvā dhanāvahā / dharmopadeṣṭrī dharmatmā dharmagamyā dharādharā

Dwelling within dharma, the cloud of dharma, having dharma first, bringing wealth, the teacher of dharma, whose self is dharma, to be reached through dharma, supporting the earth.

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KuP 1 11.209

कापाली शाकला मूर्तिः कला कलितविग्रहा । सर्वशक्तिविनिर्मुक्ता सर्वशक्त्याश्रयाश्रया

kāpālī śākalā mūrtiḥ kalā kalitavigrahā / sarvaśaktivinirmuktā sarvaśaktyāśrayāśrayā

The skull-bearer, made of parts, form itself, the part (kalā), whose body is made of parts, free from all powers, the support of the support of all powers.

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KuP 1 11.210

सर्वा सर्वेश्वरी सूक्ष्मा सुसूक्ष्मा ज्ञानरूपिणी । प्रधानपुरुषेशेशा महादेवैकसाक्षिणी । सदाशिवा वियन्मूर्तिर्विश्वमूर्तिरमूर्तिका

sarvā sarveśvarī sūkṣmā susūkṣmā jñānarūpiṇī / pradhānapuruṣeśeśā mahādevaikasākṣiṇī / sadāśivā viyanmūrtirviśvamūrtiramūrtikā

She who is all, mistress of all, subtle, most subtle, whose form is knowledge, ruler of the lords of pradhāna and puruṣa, the sole witness of Mahādeva, ever auspicious, whose form is the sky, whose form is the universe, and who is without form.

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KuP 1 11.211

एवं नाम्नां सहस्त्रेण स्तुत्वासौ हिमवान् गिरिः । भूयः प्रणम्य भीतात्मा प्रोवाचेदं कृताञ्जलिः

evaṃ nāmnāṃ sahastreṇa stutvāsau himavān giriḥ / bhūyaḥ praṇamya bhītātmā provācedaṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ

Thus, having praised (her) with a thousand names, that mountain Himavān, bowing again with a frightened heart, spoke this with joined palms.

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KuP 1 11.212

यदेतदैश्वरं रूपं घोरं ते परमेश्वरि । भीतो ऽस्मि साम्प्रतं दृष्ट्वा रूपमन्यत् प्रदर्शय

yadetadaiśvaraṃ rūpaṃ ghoraṃ te parameśvari / bhīto 'smi sāmprataṃ dṛṣṭvā rūpamanyat pradarśaya

"Since this lordly form of yours is terrible, O supreme Goddess, I am now afraid at seeing it; show me another form."

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KuP 1 11.213

एवमुक्ताथ सा देवी तेन शैलेन पार्वती । संहृत्य दर्शयामास स्वरूपमपरं पुनः

evamuktātha sā devī tena śailena pārvatī / saṃhṛtya darśayāmāsa svarūpamaparaṃ punaḥ

Thus addressed by that mountain, the goddess Pārvatī then withdrew (that form) and showed yet another form of her own.

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KuP 1 11.214

नीलोत्पलदलप्रख्यं नीलोत्पलसुगन्धिकम् । द्विनेत्रं द्विभुजं सौम्यं नीलालकविभूषितम्

nīlotpaladalaprakhyaṃ nīlotpalasugandhikam / dvinetraṃ dvibhujaṃ saumyaṃ nīlālakavibhūṣitam

(A form) like the petal of a blue lotus, fragrant as a blue lotus, with two eyes and two arms, gentle, adorned with dark curls,

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KuP 1 11.215

रक्तपादाम्बुजतलं सुरक्तकरपल्लवम् । श्रीमद् विशालसंवृत्तललाटतिलकोज्ज्वलम्

raktapādāmbujatalaṃ suraktakarapallavam / śrīmad viśālasaṃvṛttalalāṭatilakojjvalam

with the soles of its lotus-feet red, with hands like very red shoots, glorious, radiant with the tilaka on its broad, well-rounded forehead,

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KuP 1 11.216

भूषितं चारुसर्वाङ्गं भूषणैरतिकोमलम् । दधानमुरसा मालां विशालां हेमनिर्मिताम्

bhūṣitaṃ cārusarvāṅgaṃ bhūṣaṇairatikomalam / dadhānamurasā mālāṃ viśālāṃ hemanirmitām

all its limbs lovely, adorned with ornaments, exceedingly delicate, bearing on its breast a large garland made of gold,

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KuP 1 11.217

ईषत्स्मितं सुविम्बोष्ठं नूपुरारावसंयुतम् । प्रसन्नवदनं दिव्यमनन्तमहिमास्पदम्

īṣatsmitaṃ suvimboṣṭhaṃ nūpurārāvasaṃyutam / prasannavadanaṃ divyamanantamahimāspadam

faintly smiling, with fair bimba-like lips, accompanied by the ringing of anklets, with a serene face, divine, the seat of endless greatness.

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KuP 1 11.218

तदीदृशं समालोक्य स्वरूपं शैलसत्तमः । भीतिं संत्यज्य हृष्टात्मा बभाषे परमेश्वरीम्

tadīdṛśaṃ samālokya svarūpaṃ śailasattamaḥ / bhītiṃ saṃtyajya hṛṣṭātmā babhāṣe parameśvarīm

Seeing that form of such a kind, the best of mountains cast off fear and, glad at heart, spoke to the supreme Goddess.

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KuP 1 11.219

हिमवानुवाच अद्य मे सफलं जन्म अद्य मे सफलं तपः । यन्मे साक्षात् त्वमव्यक्ताप्रसन्ना दृष्टिगोचरा

himavānuvāca adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me saphalaṃ tapaḥ / yanme sākṣāt tvamavyaktāprasannā dṛṣṭigocarā

Himavat said: Today my birth has borne fruit, today my austerity has borne fruit, in that you, the Unmanifest, being pleased, have come within my sight in person.

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KuP 1 11.220

त्वया सृष्टं जगत् सर्वं प्रधानाद्यन्त्वयि स्थितम् । त्वय्येव लीयते देवि त्वमेव च परा गतिः

tvayā sṛṣṭaṃ jagat sarvaṃ pradhānādyantvayi sthitam / tvayyeva līyate devi tvameva ca parā gatiḥ

By you the whole world is created; beginning with pradhāna it rests in you; in you alone it dissolves, O Goddess, and you alone are the highest goal.

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KuP 1 11.221

वदन्ति केचित् त्वामेव प्रकृतिं प्रकृतेः पराम् । अपरे परमार्थज्ञाः शिवेति शिवसंश्रये

vadanti kecit tvāmeva prakṛtiṃ prakṛteḥ parām / apare paramārthajñāḥ śiveti śivasaṃśraye

Some call you Prakṛti, beyond prakṛti; others, knowers of the highest truth, (call you) Śivā, O you who abide with Śiva.

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KuP 1 11.222

त्वयि प्रधानं पुरुषो महान् ब्रह्मा तथेश्वरः । अविद्या नियतिर्माया कलाद्याः शतशो ऽभवन्

tvayi pradhānaṃ puruṣo mahān brahmā tatheśvaraḥ / avidyā niyatirmāyā kalādyāḥ śataśo 'bhavan

In you pradhāna, puruṣa, the Great (mahat), Brahmā and likewise Īśvara, ignorance, necessity, māyā, kalā and the rest arose by the hundreds.

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KuP 1 11.223

त्वं हि सा परमा शक्तिरनन्ता परमेष्ठिनी । सर्वभेदविनिर्मुक्ता सर्वेभेदाश्रया निजा

tvaṃ hi sā paramā śaktiranantā parameṣṭhinī / sarvabhedavinirmuktā sarvebhedāśrayā nijā

For you are that supreme power, endless, the highest ruler, free from all distinctions, (yet) the ground of all distinctions, self-existent.

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KuP 1 11.224

त्वामधिष्ठाय योगेशि महादेवो महेश्वरः । प्रधानाद्यं जगत् कृत्स्नं करोति विकरोति च

tvāmadhiṣṭhāya yogeśi mahādevo maheśvaraḥ / pradhānādyaṃ jagat kṛtsnaṃ karoti vikaroti ca

Presiding over you, O mistress of yoga, the great god Maheśvara makes and transforms the entire world beginning with pradhāna.

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KuP 1 11.225

त्वयैव संगतो देवः स्वमानन्दं समश्नुते । त्वमेव परमानन्दस्त्वमेवानन्ददायिनी

tvayaiva saṃgato devaḥ svamānandaṃ samaśnute / tvameva paramānandastvamevānandadāyinī

United with you alone the god enjoys his own bliss; you are supreme bliss itself, and you are the giver of bliss.

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KuP 1 11.226

त्वमक्षरं परं व्योम महज्ज्योतिर्निरञ्जनम् । शिवं सर्वगतं सूक्ष्मं परं ब्रह्मा सनातनम्

tvamakṣaraṃ paraṃ vyoma mahajjyotirnirañjanam / śivaṃ sarvagataṃ sūkṣmaṃ paraṃ brahmā sanātanam

You are the imperishable, the highest sky, the great light, spotless, benign, all-pervading, subtle, the supreme eternal Brahman.

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KuP 1 11.227

त्वं शक्रः सर्वदेवानां ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदामसि । वायुर्बलवतां देवि योगिनां त्वं कुमारकः

tvaṃ śakraḥ sarvadevānāṃ brahmā brahmavidāmasi / vāyurbalavatāṃ devi yogināṃ tvaṃ kumārakaḥ

You are Śakra among all the gods, you are Brahmā among knowers of Brahman, Vāyu among the strong, O Goddess, and among yogins you are Kumāra.

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KuP 1 11.228

ऋषीणां च वसिष्ठस्त्वं व्यासो वेदविदामसि । सांख्यानां कपिलो देवो रुद्राणामसि शङ्करः

ṛṣīṇāṃ ca vasiṣṭhastvaṃ vyāso vedavidāmasi / sāṃkhyānāṃ kapilo devo rudrāṇāmasi śaṅkaraḥ

Among seers you are Vasiṣṭha, among knowers of the Veda you are Vyāsa; among the Sāṃkhyas the god Kapila, among the Rudras you are Śaṅkara.

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KuP 1 11.229

आदित्यानामुपेन्द्रस्त्वं वसूनां चैव पावकः । वेदानां सामवेदस्त्वं गायत्री छन्दसामसि

ādityānāmupendrastvaṃ vasūnāṃ caiva pāvakaḥ / vedānāṃ sāmavedastvaṃ gāyatrī chandasāmasi

Among the Ādityas you are Upendra, and among the Vasus the fire; among the Vedas you are the Sāmaveda, among metres you are the Gāyatrī.

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KuP 1 11.230

अध्यात्मविद्या विद्यानां गतीनां परम् गतिः । माया त्वं सर्वशक्तीनां कालः कलयतामसि

adhyātmavidyā vidyānāṃ gatīnāṃ param gatiḥ / māyā tvaṃ sarvaśaktīnāṃ kālaḥ kalayatāmasi

Among knowledges (you are) the knowledge of the self, among goals the highest goal; you are māyā among all powers, and among reckoners you are Time.

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KuP 1 11.231

ओङ्कारः सर्वगुह्यानां वर्णानां च द्विजात्तमः । आश्रमाणां च गार्हस्थ्यमीश्वराणां महेश्वरः

oṅkāraḥ sarvaguhyānāṃ varṇānāṃ ca dvijāttamaḥ / āśramāṇāṃ ca gārhasthyamīśvarāṇāṃ maheśvaraḥ

(You are) the syllable Om among all secret things, and among classes the best of the twice-born; among the stages of life, householdership; among lords, Maheśvara.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.232

पुंसां त्वमेकः पुरुषः सर्वभूतहृदि स्थितः । सर्वोपनिषदां देवि गुह्योपनिषदुच्यते

puṃsāṃ tvamekaḥ puruṣaḥ sarvabhūtahṛdi sthitaḥ / sarvopaniṣadāṃ devi guhyopaniṣaducyate

Among men you are the one Puruṣa, seated in the heart of all beings; among all the Upaniṣads, O Devī, (you) are called the secret Upaniṣad.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.233

ईशानश्चासि कल्पानां युगानां कृतमेव च । आदित्यः सर्वमार्गाणां वाचां देवि सरस्वती

īśānaścāsi kalpānāṃ yugānāṃ kṛtameva ca / ādityaḥ sarvamārgāṇāṃ vācāṃ devi sarasvatī

You are Īśāna among the kalpas, and the Kṛta among the yugas; the sun among all paths, and Sarasvatī among speech-forms, O Devī.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.234

त्वं लक्ष्मीश्चारुरूपाणां विष्णुर्मायाविनामसि । अरुन्धती सतीनां त्वं सुपर्णः पततामसि

tvaṃ lakṣmīścārurūpāṇāṃ viṣṇurmāyāvināmasi / arundhatī satīnāṃ tvaṃ suparṇaḥ patatāmasi

You are Lakṣmī among the beautiful of form, Viṣṇu among wielders of illusion; you are Arundhatī among faithful wives, Suparṇa among birds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.235

सूक्तानां पौरुषं सूक्तं ज्येष्ठसाम च सामसु । सावित्री चासि जप्यानां यजुषां शतरुद्रियम्

sūktānāṃ pauruṣaṃ sūktaṃ jyeṣṭhasāma ca sāmasu / sāvitrī cāsi japyānāṃ yajuṣāṃ śatarudriyam

Among hymns (you are) the Puruṣa-hymn, and among the Sāmans the Jyeṣṭha-sāman; you are the Sāvitrī among the mantras to be muttered, and the Śatarudriya among the Yajus (formulas).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.236

पर्वतानां महामेरुरनन्तो भोगिनामसि । सर्वेषां त्वं परं ब्रह्म त्वन्मयं सर्वमेव हि

parvatānāṃ mahāmerurananto bhogināmasi / sarveṣāṃ tvaṃ paraṃ brahma tvanmayaṃ sarvameva hi

Among mountains you are the great Meru, among serpents Ananta; you are the supreme Brahman of all, for everything indeed consists of you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.237

रूपं तवोशेषकलाविहीन- मगोचरं निर्मलमेकरूपम् । अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तामाद्यं नमामि सत्यं तमसः परस्तात्

rūpaṃ tavośeṣakalāvihīna- magocaraṃ nirmalamekarūpam / anādimadhyāntamanantāmādyaṃ namāmi satyaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt

Your form is devoid of every part, beyond perception, spotless, of a single form; without beginning, middle, or end, endless, primordial — I bow to (that) truth, which is beyond darkness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.238

यदेव पश्यन्ति जगत्प्रसूतिं वेदान्तविज्ञानविनिश्चितार्थाः । आनन्दमात्रं प्रणवाभिधानं तदेव रूपं शरणं प्रपद्ये

yadeva paśyanti jagatprasūtiṃ vedāntavijñānaviniścitārthāḥ / ānandamātraṃ praṇavābhidhānaṃ tadeva rūpaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye

That very form which those whose understanding is settled by the knowledge of Vedānta behold as the source of the world — pure bliss, designated by the syllable Om — to that form I go for refuge.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.239

अशेषभूतान्तरसन्निविष्टं प्रधानपुंयोगवियोगहेतुम् । तेजोमयं जन्मविनाशहीनं प्राणाभिधानं प्रणतो ऽस्मि रूपम्

aśeṣabhūtāntarasanniviṣṭaṃ pradhānapuṃyogaviyogahetum / tejomayaṃ janmavināśahīnaṃ prāṇābhidhānaṃ praṇato 'smi rūpam

To the form named Prāṇa, which has entered within all beings without exception, which is the cause of the union and separation of Pradhāna and Puruṣa, which is made of radiance and free of birth and destruction, I have bowed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.240

आद्यन्तहीनं जगदात्मभूतं विभिन्नसंस्थं प्रकृतेः परस्तात् । कूटस्थमव्यक्तवपुस्तवैव नमामि रूपं पुरुषाभिधानम्

ādyantahīnaṃ jagadātmabhūtaṃ vibhinnasaṃsthaṃ prakṛteḥ parastāt / kūṭasthamavyaktavapustavaiva namāmi rūpaṃ puruṣābhidhānam

Without beginning or end, being the self of the world, established in diverse states, beyond Prakṛti, immovable, of unmanifest body — to that form of yours alone, named Puruṣa, I bow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.241

सर्वाश्रयं सर्वजगद्विधानं सर्वत्रगं जन्मविनाशहीनम् । सूक्ष्मं विचित्रं त्रिगुणं प्रधानं नतो ऽस्मि ते रूपमलुप्तभेदम्

sarvāśrayaṃ sarvajagadvidhānaṃ sarvatragaṃ janmavināśahīnam / sūkṣmaṃ vicitraṃ triguṇaṃ pradhānaṃ nato 'smi te rūpamaluptabhedam

The support of all, the ordainer of the whole world, all-pervading, free of birth and destruction, subtle, manifold, made of the three guṇas — to that form of yours, the Pradhāna, in which distinctions are not lost, I have bowed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.242

आद्यं महत् ते पुरुषात्मरूपं प्रकृत्यवस्थं त्रिगुणात्मबीजम् । ऐश्वर्यविज्ञानविरागधर्मैः समन्वितं देवि नतो ऽस्मि रूपम्

ādyaṃ mahat te puruṣātmarūpaṃ prakṛtyavasthaṃ triguṇātmabījam / aiśvaryavijñānavirāgadharmaiḥ samanvitaṃ devi nato 'smi rūpam

To your primordial Mahat form, which is the self of Puruṣa, abiding in Prakṛti, the seed whose essence is the three guṇas, endowed with the attributes of lordship, knowledge, and dispassion — to that form, O Devī, I have bowed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.243

द्विसप्तलोकात्मकमम्बुसंस्थं विचित्रभेदं पुरुषैकनाथम् । अनन्तभूतैरधिवासितं ते नतो ऽस्मि रूपं जगदण्डसंज्ञम्

dvisaptalokātmakamambusaṃsthaṃ vicitrabhedaṃ puruṣaikanātham / anantabhūtairadhivāsitaṃ te nato 'smi rūpaṃ jagadaṇḍasaṃjñam

To your form named the world-egg, which consists of the twice-seven worlds, resting on the waters, of manifold divisions, having Puruṣa as its sole lord, inhabited by endless beings, I have bowed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.244

अशेषवेदात्मकमेकमाद्यं स्वतेजसा पूरितलोकभेदम् । त्रिकालहेतुं रपमेष्ठिसंज्ञं नमामि रूपं रविमण्डलस्थम्

aśeṣavedātmakamekamādyaṃ svatejasā pūritalokabhedam / trikālahetuṃ rapameṣṭhisaṃjñaṃ namāmi rūpaṃ ravimaṇḍalastham

To the form that consists of all the Vedas, that is one and primordial, that has filled the several worlds with its own radiance, the cause of the three times, named Parameṣṭhin, abiding in the sun's orb, I bow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.245

सहस्त्रमूर्धानमनन्तशक्तिं सहस्त्रबाहुं पुरुषं पुराणम् । शयानमन्तः सलिले तथैव नारायणाख्यं प्रणतो ऽस्मि रूपम्

sahastramūrdhānamanantaśaktiṃ sahastrabāhuṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇam / śayānamantaḥ salile tathaiva nārāyaṇākhyaṃ praṇato 'smi rūpam

To the ancient Puruṣa, thousand-headed, of endless power, thousand-armed, likewise lying asleep within the waters, the form called Nārāyaṇa, I have bowed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.246

दंष्ट्राकरालं त्रिदशाभिवन्द्यं युगान्तकालानलकल्परूपम् । अशेषभूताण्डविनाशहेतुं नमामि रूपं तव कालसंज्ञम्

daṃṣṭrākarālaṃ tridaśābhivandyaṃ yugāntakālānalakalparūpam / aśeṣabhūtāṇḍavināśahetuṃ namāmi rūpaṃ tava kālasaṃjñam

To that form of yours named Kāla, gaping with fangs, to be worshipped by the thirty gods, resembling the fire of destruction at the end of an age, the cause of the destruction of the entire egg of beings, I bow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.247

फणासहस्त्रेण विराजमानं भोगीन्द्रमुख्यैरभिपूज्यमानम् । जनार्दनारूढतनुं प्रसुप्तं नतो ऽस्मि रूपं तव शेषसंज्ञम्

phaṇāsahastreṇa virājamānaṃ bhogīndramukhyairabhipūjyamānam / janārdanārūḍhatanuṃ prasuptaṃ nato 'smi rūpaṃ tava śeṣasaṃjñam

To that form of yours named Śeṣa, shining with a thousand hoods, worshipped by the chief lords of serpents, whose body Janārdana has mounted, lying asleep, I have bowed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.248

अव्याहतैश्वर्यमयुग्मनेत्रं ब्रह्मामृतानन्दरसज्ञमेकम् । युगान्तशेषं दिवि नृत्यमानं नतो ऽस्मि रूपं तव रुद्रसंज्ञम्

avyāhataiśvaryamayugmanetraṃ brahmāmṛtānandarasajñamekam / yugāntaśeṣaṃ divi nṛtyamānaṃ nato 'smi rūpaṃ tava rudrasaṃjñam

To that form of yours named Rudra, of unobstructed sovereignty, with an odd number of eyes, the one knower of the taste of the immortal bliss of Brahman, remaining at the end of an age, dancing in the sky, I have bowed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.249

प्रहीणशोकं विमलं पवित्रं सुरासुरैरर्चितापादपद्मम् । सुकोमलं देवि विशालशुम्रं नमामि ते रूपमिदं नमासि

prahīṇaśokaṃ vimalaṃ pavitraṃ surāsurairarcitāpādapadmam / sukomalaṃ devi viśālaśumraṃ namāmi te rūpamidaṃ namāsi

Free of sorrow, spotless, pure, its lotus-feet worshipped by gods and demons, very tender, O Devī, vast and radiant — to this form of yours I bow, (as) you are (my) obeisance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

KuP 1 11.250

ॐ नमस्ते महादेवि नमस्ते परमेश्वरि । नमो भगवतीशानि शिवायै ते नमो नमः

oṃ namaste mahādevi namaste parameśvari / namo bhagavatīśāni śivāyai te namo namaḥ

Om, homage to you, great Goddess; homage to you, supreme Mistress; homage, O blessed Īśānī; homage, again homage, to you, Śivā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.251

त्वन्मयो ऽहं त्वदाधारस्त्वमेव च गतिर्मम । त्वामेव शरणं यास्ये प्रसीद परमेश्वरि

tvanmayo 'haṃ tvadādhārastvameva ca gatirmama / tvāmeva śaraṇaṃ yāsye prasīda parameśvari

I consist of you, I have you as my support, and you alone are my goal; to you alone I shall go for refuge — be gracious, supreme Mistress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.252

मया नास्ति समो लोके देवो वादानवो ऽपि वा । जगन्मातैव मत्पुत्री संभूता तपसा यतः

mayā nāsti samo loke devo vādānavo 'pi vā / jaganmātaiva matputrī saṃbhūtā tapasā yataḥ

There is none in the world equal to me, neither god nor dānava, since the very Mother of the world has become my daughter through (my) austerity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.253

एषा तवाम्बिका देवि किलाभूत पितृकन्यका । मेनाशेषजगन्मातुरहो वुण्यस्य गौरवम्

eṣā tavāmbikā devi kilābhūta pitṛkanyakā / menāśeṣajaganmāturaho vuṇyasya gauravam

This Ambikā, O goddess (Menā), has indeed become (our) daughter by (her) father — ah, the weight of the merit of Menā, (mother) of the mother of the whole world!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

KuP 1 11.254

पाहि माममरेशानि मेनया सह सर्वदा । नमामि तव पादाब्जं व्रजामि शरणं शिवाम्

pāhi māmamareśāni menayā saha sarvadā / namāmi tava pādābjaṃ vrajāmi śaraṇaṃ śivām

Protect me always, together with Menā, O mistress of the immortals; I bow to your lotus-foot, I go for refuge to Śivā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.255

अहो मे सुमहद् भाग्यं महादेवीसमागमात् । आज्ञापय महादेवि किं करिष्यामि शङ्करि

aho me sumahad bhāgyaṃ mahādevīsamāgamāt / ājñāpaya mahādevi kiṃ kariṣyāmi śaṅkari

Ah, very great is my good fortune, from this meeting with the Great Goddess! Command me, O Mahādevī: what shall I do, O Śaṅkarī?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.256

एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं तदा हिमगिरीश्वरः । संप्रेक्षणमाणो गिरिजां प्राञ्जलिः पार्श्वतो ऽभवत्

etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ tadā himagirīśvaraḥ / saṃprekṣaṇamāṇo girijāṃ prāñjaliḥ pārśvato 'bhavat

Having spoken just this much, the lord of the snowy mountain then, gazing at Girijā, stood at her side with joined palms.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.257

अथ सा तस्य वचनं निशम्य जगतो ऽरणिः । सस्मितं प्राह पितरं स्मृत्वा पशुपतिं पतिम्

atha sā tasya vacanaṃ niśamya jagato 'raṇiḥ / sasmitaṃ prāha pitaraṃ smṛtvā paśupatiṃ patim

Then she, the kindling-wood (source) of the world, having heard his words, smilingly spoke to her father, remembering her husband Paśupati.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.258

देव्युवाच शृणुष्व चैतत् परमं गुह्यमीश्वरगोचरम् । उपदेशं गिरिश्रेष्ठ सेवितं ब्रह्मवादिभिः

devyuvāca śṛṇuṣva caitat paramaṃ guhyamīśvaragocaram / upadeśaṃ giriśreṣṭha sevitaṃ brahmavādibhiḥ

The Goddess said: Hear this supreme secret, which has the Lord for its object, this instruction, O best of mountains, cultivated by those who speak of Brahman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.259

यन्मे साक्षात् परं रूपमैश्वरं दृष्टमद्भुतम् । सर्वशक्तिसमायुक्तमनन्तं प्रेरकं परम्

yanme sākṣāt paraṃ rūpamaiśvaraṃ dṛṣṭamadbhutam / sarvaśaktisamāyuktamanantaṃ prerakaṃ param

That supreme, lordly, wondrous form of mine which you saw directly, joined with all powers, endless, the impeller, the supreme —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.260

शान्तः समाहितमना दम्भाहङ्कारवर्जितः । तन्निष्ठस्तत्परो भूत्वा तदेव शरणं व्रज

śāntaḥ samāhitamanā dambhāhaṅkāravarjitaḥ / tanniṣṭhastatparo bhūtvā tadeva śaraṇaṃ vraja

— tranquil, with collected mind, free of pretence and egoism, being fixed on that and intent on that, go to that alone for refuge.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.261

भक्त्या त्वनन्यया तात पद्भावं परमाश्रितः । सर्वयज्ञतपोदानैस्तदेवार्चय सर्वदा

bhaktyā tvananyayā tāta padbhāvaṃ paramāśritaḥ / sarvayajñatapodānaistadevārcaya sarvadā

With undivided devotion, dear one, having taken supreme refuge in the state of that (foot/station), worship that alone always with all sacrifices, austerities and gifts.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.262

तदेव मनसा पश्य तद् ध्यायस्व जपस्व च । ममोपदेशात् संसारं नाशयामि तवानघ

tadeva manasā paśya tad dhyāyasva japasva ca / mamopadeśāt saṃsāraṃ nāśayāmi tavānagha

See that alone with the mind, meditate on that and recite it; by my instruction I destroy your round of rebirth, O faultless one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.263

अहं वै मत्परान् भक्तानैश्वरं योगमास्थितान् । संसारसागरादस्मादुद्धराम्यचिरेण तु

ahaṃ vai matparān bhaktānaiśvaraṃ yogamāsthitān / saṃsārasāgarādasmāduddharāmyacireṇa tu

I indeed lift up devotees devoted to me, who have taken to the lordly yoga, out of this ocean of saṃsāra before long.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.264

ध्यानेन कर्मयोगेन भक्त्या ज्ञानेन चैव हि । प्राप्याहं ते गिरिश्रेष्ठ नान्यथा कर्मकोटिभिः

dhyānena karmayogena bhaktyā jñānena caiva hi / prāpyāhaṃ te giriśreṣṭha nānyathā karmakoṭibhiḥ

By meditation, by the yoga of action, by devotion and by knowledge am I attainable by you, O best of mountains, not otherwise, (not) by crores of rites.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.265

श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितं सम्यक् कर्म वर्णाश्रमात्मकम् । अध्यात्मज्ञानसहितं मुक्तये सततं कुरु

śrutismṛtyuditaṃ samyak karma varṇāśramātmakam / adhyātmajñānasahitaṃ muktaye satataṃ kuru

Perform constantly, for the sake of liberation, the action declared by śruti and smṛti, correct, consisting of (the duties of) class and stage of life, accompanied by knowledge of the self.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.266

धर्मात् संजायते भक्तिर्भक्त्या संप्राप्यते परम् । श्रुतिस्मृतिभ्यामुदितो धर्मो यज्ञादिको मतः

dharmāt saṃjāyate bhaktirbhaktyā saṃprāpyate param / śrutismṛtibhyāmudito dharmo yajñādiko mataḥ

From dharma devotion is born; by devotion the supreme is attained. Dharma declared by śruti and smṛti is held to be sacrifice and the rest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.267

नान्यतो जायते धर्मो वेदाद् धर्मो हि निर्बभौ । तस्मान्मुमुक्षुर्धर्मार्थो मद्रूपं वेदमाश्रयेत्

nānyato jāyate dharmo vedād dharmo hi nirbabhau / tasmānmumukṣurdharmārtho madrūpaṃ vedamāśrayet

Dharma arises from nothing else; dharma shone forth from the Veda. Therefore one who seeks liberation, aiming at dharma, should resort to the Veda, which is my form.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.268

ममैवैषा परा शक्तिर्वेदसंज्ञा पुरातनी । ऋग्यजुः सामरूपेण सर्गादौ संप्रवर्तते

mamaivaiṣā parā śaktirvedasaṃjñā purātanī / ṛgyajuḥ sāmarūpeṇa sargādau saṃpravartate

This ancient supreme power of mine, called the Veda, proceeds at the beginning of creation in the form of Ṛg, Yajus and Sāman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.269

तेषामेव च गुप्त्यर्थं वेदानां भगवानजः । ब्राह्मणादीन् ससर्जाथ स्वे स्वे कर्मण्ययोजयत्

teṣāmeva ca guptyarthaṃ vedānāṃ bhagavānajaḥ / brāhmaṇādīn sasarjātha sve sve karmaṇyayojayat

And for the protection of those very Vedas the blessed Unborn One created the brāhmaṇas and the rest, and then appointed each to his own work.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.270

ये न कुर्वन्ति तद् धर्मं तदर्थं ब्रह्मनिर्मितम् । तेषामधस्ताद् नरकांस्तामिस्त्रादीनकल्पयत्

ye na kurvanti tad dharmaṃ tadarthaṃ brahmanirmitam / teṣāmadhastād narakāṃstāmistrādīnakalpayat

For those who do not perform that dharma, made by Brahmā for that purpose, he fashioned below the hells, Tāmisra and the others.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.271

न च वेदाद् ऋते किञ्चिच्छास्त्रधर्माभिधायकम् । यो ऽन्यत्ररमतेसो ऽसौनसंभाष्यो द्विजातिभिः

na ca vedād ṛte kiñcicchāstradharmābhidhāyakam / yo 'nyatraramateso 'saunasaṃbhāṣyo dvijātibhiḥ

And apart from the Veda there is nothing that declares the dharma of scripture; he who takes delight elsewhere is not to be spoken with by the twice-born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.272

यानि शास्त्राणि दृश्यन्ते लोके ऽस्मिन् विविधानितु । श्रुतिस्मृतिविरुद्धानि निष्ठा तेषां हि तामसी

yāni śāstrāṇi dṛśyante loke 'smin vividhānitu / śrutismṛtiviruddhāni niṣṭhā teṣāṃ hi tāmasī

But as for the many and various treatises that are seen in this world which contradict śruti and smṛti — their basis is indeed of darkness (tāmasic).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.273

कापालं पञ्चरात्रं च यामलं वाममार्हतम् । एवंविधानि चान्यानि मोहनार्थानि तानि तु

kāpālaṃ pañcarātraṃ ca yāmalaṃ vāmamārhatam / evaṃvidhāni cānyāni mohanārthāni tāni tu

The Kāpāla, the Pāñcarātra, the Yāmala, the Vāma, the Ārhata (Jain), and others of this sort — these are meant for deluding.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.274

ये कुशास्त्राभियोगेन मोहयन्तीह मानवान् । मया सृष्टानि शास्त्राणि मोहायैषां भवान्तरे

ye kuśāstrābhiyogena mohayantīha mānavān / mayā sṛṣṭāni śāstrāṇi mohāyaiṣāṃ bhavāntare

Those who here delude men by devotion to false treatises — (for them) those treatises were created by me, for their delusion in another existence.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.275

वेदार्थवित्तमैः कार्यं यत् स्मृतं कर्म वैदिकम् । तत् प्रयत्नेन कुर्वन्ति मत्प्रियास्ते हि ये नराः

vedārthavittamaiḥ kāryaṃ yat smṛtaṃ karma vaidikam / tat prayatnena kurvanti matpriyāste hi ye narāḥ

That Vedic rite which is declared as to be performed by those most learned in the meaning of the Veda — those men who diligently perform it are indeed dear to me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.276

वर्णानामनुकम्पार्थं मन्नियोगाद् विराट् स्वयम् । स्वायंभुवो मनुर्धार्मान् मुनीनां पूर्वमुक्तवाना

varṇānāmanukampārthaṃ manniyogād virāṭ svayam / svāyaṃbhuvo manurdhārmān munīnāṃ pūrvamuktavānā

Thus, out of compassion for the (four) classes and by my appointment, Virāṭ himself, Manu son of the Self-existent, formerly declared the dharmas to the sages.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.277

श्रुत्वा चान्ये ऽपि मुनयस्तन्मुखाद् धर्ममुत्तमम् । चक्रुर्धर्मप्रतिष्ठार्थं धर्मशास्त्राणि चैव हि

śrutvā cānye 'pi munayastanmukhād dharmamuttamam / cakrurdharmapratiṣṭhārthaṃ dharmaśāstrāṇi caiva hi

And other sages too, having heard the highest dharma from his mouth, composed the dharma-treatises for the sake of establishing dharma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.278

तेषु चान्तर्हितेष्वेवं युगान्तेषु महर्षयः । ब्रह्मणो वचनात् तानि करिष्यन्ति युगे युगे

teṣu cāntarhiteṣvevaṃ yugānteṣu maharṣayaḥ / brahmaṇo vacanāt tāni kariṣyanti yuge yuge

And when these have thus disappeared at the ends of the ages, the great seers will, by the word of Brahmā, compose them (again) in age after age.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.279

अष्टादश पुराणानि व्यासेन कथितानि तु । नियोगाद् ब्रह्मणो राजंस्तेषु धर्मः प्रतिष्ठितः

aṣṭādaśa purāṇāni vyāsena kathitāni tu / niyogād brahmaṇo rājaṃsteṣu dharmaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ

The eighteen Purāṇas were recited by Vyāsa at Brahmā's appointment, O king; in them dharma is established.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.280

अन्यान्युपपुराणानि तच्छिष्यैः कथितानि तु । युगे युगे ऽत्र सर्वेषां कर्ता वै धर्मशास्त्रवित्

anyānyupapurāṇāni tacchiṣyaiḥ kathitāni tu / yuge yuge 'tra sarveṣāṃ kartā vai dharmaśāstravit

And the other Upapurāṇas were recited by his pupils; in age after age here the maker of all of them is one who knows the dharma-treatises.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.281

शिक्षा कल्पो व्याकरणं निरुक्तं छन्द एव च । ज्योतिः शास्त्रं न्यायविद्या मीमांसा चोपबृंहणम्

śikṣā kalpo vyākaraṇaṃ niruktaṃ chanda eva ca / jyotiḥ śāstraṃ nyāyavidyā mīmāṃsā copabṛṃhaṇam

Phonetics, ritual procedure, grammar, etymology, and metre; astronomy, the science of reasoning, and Mīmāṃsā as the supplement (to these).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.282

एवं चतुर्दशैतानि विद्यास्थानानि सत्तम । चतुर्वेदैः सहोक्तानि धर्मो नान्यत्र विद्यते

evaṃ caturdaśaitāni vidyāsthānāni sattama / caturvedaiḥ sahoktāni dharmo nānyatra vidyate

Thus these fourteen seats of knowledge, O best of the good, are declared together with the four Vedas; dharma is not found elsewhere.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.283

एवं पैतामहं धर्मं मनुव्यासादयः परम् । स्थापयन्ति ममादेशाद् यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

evaṃ paitāmahaṃ dharmaṃ manuvyāsādayaḥ param / sthāpayanti mamādeśād yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

Thus Manu, Vyāsa and the rest establish the supreme dharma of the Grandfather, by my command, until the dissolution of beings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.284

ब्रह्मणा सह ते सर्वे संप्राप्ते प्रतिसंचरे । परस्यान्ते कृतात्मानः प्रविशन्ति परं पदम्

brahmaṇā saha te sarve saṃprāpte pratisaṃcare / parasyānte kṛtātmānaḥ praviśanti paraṃ padam

All of them, together with Brahmā, when the reabsorption has arrived, at the end of the supreme (age), being perfected in soul, enter the supreme state.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.285

तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन धर्मार्थं वेदमाश्रयेत् । धर्मेण सहितं ज्ञानं परं ब्रह्म प्रकाशयेत्

tasmāt sarvaprayatnena dharmārthaṃ vedamāśrayet / dharmeṇa sahitaṃ jñānaṃ paraṃ brahma prakāśayet

Therefore with every effort one should resort to the Veda for the sake of dharma; knowledge joined with dharma reveals the supreme Brahman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.286

ये तु सङ्गान् परित्यज्य मामेव शरणं गताः । उपासते सदा भक्त्या योगमैश्वरमास्थिताः

ye tu saṅgān parityajya māmeva śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ / upāsate sadā bhaktyā yogamaiśvaramāsthitāḥ

But those who, having abandoned attachments, have gone to me alone for refuge, and worship (me) always with devotion, established in the yoga of the Lord —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.287

सर्वभूतदयावन्तः शान्ता दान्ता विमत्सराः । अमानिनो बुद्धिमन्तस्तापसाः शंसितव्रताः

sarvabhūtadayāvantaḥ śāntā dāntā vimatsarāḥ / amānino buddhimantastāpasāḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ

— compassionate to all beings, calm, self-controlled, free of envy, without conceit, intelligent, ascetic, of praised vows —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.288

मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा मज्ज्ञानकथने रताः । संन्यासिनो गृहस्थाश्च वनस्था ब्रह्मचारिणः

maccittā madgataprāṇā majjñānakathane ratāḥ / saṃnyāsino gṛhasthāśca vanasthā brahmacāriṇaḥ

— with their thought on me, their life-breath gone to me, delighting in the telling of knowledge of me, whether renouncers, householders, forest-dwellers, or students —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.289

तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां मायातत्त्वसमुत्थितम् । नाशयामि तमः कृत्स्नं ज्ञानदीपने मा चिरात्

teṣāṃ nityābhiyuktānāṃ māyātattvasamutthitam / nāśayāmi tamaḥ kṛtsnaṃ jñānadīpane mā cirāt

— for these, ever intent (on me), I destroy entirely the darkness that has arisen from the principle of māyā, before long, by the lamp of knowledge.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

KuP 1 11.290

ते सुनिर्धूततमसो ज्ञानेनैकेन मन्मयाः । सदानन्दास्तु संसारे न जायन्ते पुनः पुनः

te sunirdhūtatamaso jñānenaikena manmayāḥ / sadānandāstu saṃsāre na jāyante punaḥ punaḥ

They, with their darkness well shaken off, made of me through knowledge alone, ever blissful, are not born again and again in the round of rebirth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.291

तस्मात् सर्वप्रकारेण मद्भक्तो मत्परायणः । मामेवार्चय सर्वत्र मेनया सह संगतः

tasmāt sarvaprakāreṇa madbhakto matparāyaṇaḥ / māmevārcaya sarvatra menayā saha saṃgataḥ

Therefore in every way, as my devotee, with me as your highest goal, worship me alone everywhere, being united with Menā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

KuP 1 11.292

अशक्तो यदि मे ध्यातुमैश्वरं रूपमव्ययम् । ततो मे सकलं रूपं कालाद्यं शरणं व्रज

aśakto yadi me dhyātumaiśvaraṃ rūpamavyayam / tato me sakalaṃ rūpaṃ kālādyaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja

If you are unable to meditate on my sovereign, imperishable form, then take refuge in my form with parts, that which begins with Time.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.293

यद् यत् स्वरूपं मे तात मनसो गोचरं भवेत् । तन्निष्ठस्तत्परो भूत्वा तदर्चनपरो भव

yad yat svarūpaṃ me tāta manaso gocaraṃ bhavet / tanniṣṭhastatparo bhūtvā tadarcanaparo bhava

Whatever form of mine, my son, becomes an object of your mind, being fixed on that and devoted to that, be intent on worshipping it.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.294

यत्तु मे निष्कलं रूपं चिन्मात्रं केवलं शिवम् । सर्वोपाधिविनिर्मुक्तमनन्तममृतं परम्

yattu me niṣkalaṃ rūpaṃ cinmātraṃ kevalaṃ śivam / sarvopādhivinirmuktamanantamamṛtaṃ param

But that form of mine which is without parts, pure consciousness only, alone, auspicious, freed from all limiting conditions, endless, immortal, supreme —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.295

ज्ञानेनैकेन तल्लभ्यं क्लेशेन परमं पदम् । ज्ञानमेव प्रपश्यन्तो मामेव प्रविशन्ति ते

jñānenaikena tallabhyaṃ kleśena paramaṃ padam / jñānameva prapaśyanto māmeva praviśanti te

that supreme station is attainable by knowledge alone, with effort; and those who see knowledge alone enter into me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.296

तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः । गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः

tadbuddhayastadātmānastanniṣṭhāstatparāyaṇāḥ / gacchantyapunarāvṛttiṃ jñānanirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ

Having their thought of that, their self in that, fixed on that, devoted to that, their taint shaken off by knowledge, they go to non-return.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.297

मामनाश्रित्य परमं निर्वाणममलं पदम् । प्राप्यते न हि राजेन्द्र ततो मां शरणं व्रज

māmanāśritya paramaṃ nirvāṇamamalaṃ padam / prāpyate na hi rājendra tato māṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja

Without resorting to me, the supreme, stainless station of extinction is indeed not attained, O best of kings; therefore go to me for refuge.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.298

एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन तथा चोभयतो ऽपि वा । मामुपास्य महाराज ततो यास्यासि तत्पदम्

ekatvena pṛthaktvena tathā cobhayato 'pi vā / māmupāsya mahārāja tato yāsyāsi tatpadam

By oneness, or by separateness, or indeed by both ways, having worshipped me, great king, you will then go to that station.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.299

मामनाश्रित्य तत् तत्त्वं स्वभावविमलं शिवम् । ज्ञायते न हि राजेन्द्र ततो मां शरणं व्रज

māmanāśritya tat tattvaṃ svabhāvavimalaṃ śivam / jñāyate na hi rājendra tato māṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja

Without resorting to me, that reality, pure by its own nature, auspicious, is indeed not known, O best of kings; therefore go to me for refuge.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.300

तस्मात् त्वमक्षरं रूपं नित्यं चारूपमैश्वरम् । आराधय प्रयत्नेन ततो बन्धं प्रहास्यसि

tasmāt tvamakṣaraṃ rūpaṃ nityaṃ cārūpamaiśvaram / ārādhaya prayatnena tato bandhaṃ prahāsyasi

Therefore worship diligently the imperishable form, and the eternal formless sovereign (form); then you will let go of bondage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.301

कर्मणा मनसा वाचा शिवं सर्वत्र सर्वदा । समाराधय भावेन ततो यास्यसि तत्पदम्

karmaṇā manasā vācā śivaṃ sarvatra sarvadā / samārādhaya bhāvena tato yāsyasi tatpadam

By act, by mind, by speech, everywhere and always, worship Śiva with feeling; then you will go to that station.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.302

न वै पश्यन्ति तत् तत्त्वं मोहिता मम मायया । अनाद्यनन्तं परमं महेश्वरमजं शिवम्

na vai paśyanti tat tattvaṃ mohitā mama māyayā / anādyanantaṃ paramaṃ maheśvaramajaṃ śivam

Deluded by my māyā, they do not see that reality — without beginning or end, supreme, the great lord, unborn, auspicious;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.303

सर्वभूतात्मभूतस्थं सर्वाधारं निरञ्जनम् । नित्यानन्दं निराभासं निर्गुणं तमसः परम्

sarvabhūtātmabhūtasthaṃ sarvādhāraṃ nirañjanam / nityānandaṃ nirābhāsaṃ nirguṇaṃ tamasaḥ param

abiding as the self of all beings, the support of all, unblemished, eternally blissful, without appearance, without qualities, beyond darkness;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.304

अद्वैतमचलं ब्रह्म निष्कलं निष्प्रपञ्चकम् । स्वसंवेद्यमवेद्यं तत् परे व्योम्नि व्यवस्थितम्

advaitamacalaṃ brahma niṣkalaṃ niṣprapañcakam / svasaṃvedyamavedyaṃ tat pare vyomni vyavasthitam

non-dual, unmoving brahman, without parts, without manifold extension, to be known by itself and not to be known (by another), established in the supreme space.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.305

सूक्ष्मेण तमसा नित्यं वेष्टिता मम मायया । संसारसागरे घोरे जायन्ते च पुनः पुनः

sūkṣmeṇa tamasā nityaṃ veṣṭitā mama māyayā / saṃsārasāgare ghore jāyante ca punaḥ punaḥ

Constantly enveloped by subtle darkness, by my māyā, they are born again and again in the terrible ocean of transmigration.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.306

भक्त्या त्वनन्यया राजन् सम्यग् ज्ञानेन चैव हि । अन्वेष्टव्यं हि तद् ब्रह्म जन्मबन्धनिवृत्तये

bhaktyā tvananyayā rājan samyag jñānena caiva hi / anveṣṭavyaṃ hi tad brahma janmabandhanivṛttaye

But by undivided devotion, O king, and indeed by right knowledge, that brahman is to be sought, for the cessation of the bondage of birth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

KuP 1 11.307

अहङ्कारं च मात्सर्यं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम् । अधर्माभिनिवेशं च त्यक्त्वा वैराग्यमास्थितः

ahaṅkāraṃ ca mātsaryaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ parigraham / adharmābhiniveśaṃ ca tyaktvā vairāgyamāsthitaḥ

And having abandoned egoism, envy, desire, anger, acquisitiveness, and attachment to unrighteousness, established in dispassion,

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KuP 1 11.308

सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि । अन्वीक्ष्य चात्मनात्मानं ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते

sarvabhūteṣu cātmānaṃ sarvabhūtāni cātmani / anvīkṣya cātmanātmānaṃ brahmabhūyāya kalpate

and having looked upon the self in all beings and all beings in the self, and the self by the self, one becomes fit for becoming brahman.

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KuP 1 11.309

ब्रह्मभूतः प्रसन्नात्मा सर्वभूताभयप्रदः । ऐश्वरीं परमां भक्तिं विन्देतानन्यगामिनीम्

brahmabhūtaḥ prasannātmā sarvabhūtābhayapradaḥ / aiśvarīṃ paramāṃ bhaktiṃ vindetānanyagāminīm

Become brahman, of serene self, granting freedom from fear to all beings, one would find the supreme devotion to the Lord, which goes to no other.

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KuP 1 11.310

वीक्षते तत् परं तत्त्वमैश्वरं ब्रह्मनिष्कलम् । सर्वसंसारनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्मणेयवावतिष्ठते

vīkṣate tat paraṃ tattvamaiśvaraṃ brahmaniṣkalam / sarvasaṃsāranirmukto brahmaṇeyavāvatiṣṭhate

He beholds that supreme reality, the sovereign brahman without parts; freed from all transmigration, he abides in brahman alone.

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KuP 1 11.311

ब्रह्मणो हि प्रतिष्ठायं परस्य परमः शिवः । अनन्तस्याव्ययस्यैकः स्वात्माधारो महेश्वरः

brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāyaṃ parasya paramaḥ śivaḥ / anantasyāvyayasyaikaḥ svātmādhāro maheśvaraḥ

For the ground of that supreme brahman is the highest Śiva: of the endless and imperishable (brahman) he is the one great lord, whose support is his own self.

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KuP 1 11.312

ज्ञानेन कर्मयोगेन भक्तियोगेन वा नृप । सर्वसंसारमुक्त्यर्थमीश्वरं सततं श्रय

jñānena karmayogena bhaktiyogena vā nṛpa / sarvasaṃsāramuktyarthamīśvaraṃ satataṃ śraya

By knowledge, by the discipline of action, or by the discipline of devotion, O king, resort constantly to the Lord for the sake of release from all transmigration.

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KuP 1 11.313

एष गुह्योपदेशस्ते मया दत्तो गिरीश्वर । अन्वीक्ष्य चैतदखिलं यथेष्टं कर्तुमर्हसि

eṣa guhyopadeśaste mayā datto girīśvara / anvīkṣya caitadakhilaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ kartumarhasi

This secret instruction has been given to you by me, O lord of mountains; and having examined all this, you may act as you please.

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KuP 1 11.314

अहं वै याचिता देवैः संजाता परमेश्वरात् । विनिन्द्य दक्षं पितरं महेश्वरविनिन्दकम्

ahaṃ vai yācitā devaiḥ saṃjātā parameśvarāt / vinindya dakṣaṃ pitaraṃ maheśvaravinindakam

I indeed, entreated by the gods, was born from the Supreme Lord, having censured (my) father Dakṣa, who reviled Maheśvara.

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KuP 1 11.315

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय तवाराधनकारणात् । मेनादेहसमुत्पन्ना त्वामेव पितरं श्रिता

dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya tavārādhanakāraṇāt / menādehasamutpannā tvāmeva pitaraṃ śritā

For the sake of establishing dharma, and because of your worship (of me), I was born from Menā's body and took you yourself as father.

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KuP 1 11.316

स त्वं नियोगाद् देवस्य ब्रह्मणः परमात्मनः । प्रिदास्यसे मां रुद्राय स्वयंवरसमागमे

sa tvaṃ niyogād devasya brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ / pridāsyase māṃ rudrāya svayaṃvarasamāgame

You, by the command of the god Brahmā, the supreme Self, will give me to Rudra at the assembly of the self-choice (of a husband).

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KuP 1 11.317

तत्संबन्धाच्च ते राजन् सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । त्वां नमस्यन्ति वै तात प्रसीदति च शङ्करः

tatsaṃbandhācca te rājan sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ / tvāṃ namasyanti vai tāta prasīdati ca śaṅkaraḥ

And through that connection, O king, all the gods together with Vāsava (Indra) will bow to you, dear one, and Śaṅkara will be gracious.

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KuP 1 11.318

तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन मां विद्धीश्वरगोचराम् । संपूज्य देवमीशानं शरण्यं शरणं व्रज

tasmāt sarvaprayatnena māṃ viddhīśvaragocarām / saṃpūjya devamīśānaṃ śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja

Therefore with every effort know me to be within the Lord's scope; having duly worshipped the god Īśāna, who grants refuge, go to (him for) refuge.

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KuP 1 11.319

स एवमुक्तो भगवान् देवदेव्या गिरीश्वरः । प्रणम्य शिरसा देवीं प्राञ्जलिः पुनरब्रवीत्

sa evamukto bhagavān devadevyā girīśvaraḥ / praṇamya śirasā devīṃ prāñjaliḥ punarabravīt

When the lord of mountains had been thus addressed by the goddess of gods, he bowed his head to the Goddess and, with palms joined, spoke again.

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KuP 1 11.320

विस्तरेण महेशानि योगं माहेश्वरं परम् । ज्ञानं चैवात्मनो योगं साधनानि प्रचक्ष्व मे

vistareṇa maheśāni yogaṃ māheśvaraṃ param / jñānaṃ caivātmano yogaṃ sādhanāni pracakṣva me

O great Mistress, declare to me at length the supreme yoga of Maheśvara, and the knowledge, and the yoga of the Self, and the means (of attaining them).

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KuP 1 11.321

तस्यैतत् परमं ज्ञानमात्मयोगमनुत्तमम् । यथावद् व्याजहारेशासाधनानिच विस्तरात्

tasyaitat paramaṃ jñānamātmayogamanuttamam / yathāvad vyājahāreśāsādhanānica vistarāt

The Mistress declared to him this supreme knowledge, the unsurpassed yoga of the Self, just as it is, and the means as well, at length.

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KuP 1 11.322

निशम्य वदनाम्भोजाद् गिरीन्द्रो लोकपूजितः । लोकमातुः परं ज्ञानं योगासक्तो ऽभवत्पुनः

niśamya vadanāmbhojād girīndro lokapūjitaḥ / lokamātuḥ paraṃ jñānaṃ yogāsakto 'bhavatpunaḥ

Having heard from the lotus mouth of the world's Mother that supreme knowledge, the lord of mountains, honoured by the world, became again devoted to yoga.

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KuP 1 11.323

प्रददौ च महेशाय पार्वतीं भाग्यगौरवात् । नियोगाद् ब्रह्मणः साध्वीं देवानां चैव संनिधौ

pradadau ca maheśāya pārvatīṃ bhāgyagauravāt / niyogād brahmaṇaḥ sādhvīṃ devānāṃ caiva saṃnidhau

And out of the greatness of his good fortune, by the command of Brahmā, he gave the virtuous Pārvatī to Maheśa, in the presence of the gods.

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KuP 1 11.324

य इमं पठते ऽध्यायं देव्या माहात्म्यकीर्तनम् । शिवस्य संनिधौ भक्त्या सुचिस्तद्भावभावितः

ya imaṃ paṭhate 'dhyāyaṃ devyā māhātmyakīrtanam / śivasya saṃnidhau bhaktyā sucistadbhāvabhāvitaḥ

Whoever recites this chapter, the proclamation of the Goddess's greatness, with devotion in the presence of Śiva, pure and filled with feeling for her—

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KuP 1 11.325

सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो दिव्ययोगसमन्वितः । उल्लङ्घ्य ब्रह्मणो लोकन्देव्याः स्थानमवाप्नुयात्

sarvapāpavinirmukto divyayogasamanvitaḥ / ullaṅghya brahmaṇo lokandevyāḥ sthānamavāpnuyāt

—freed from all sins, possessed of divine yoga, he would pass beyond Brahmā's world and attain the abode of the Goddess.

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KuP 1 11.326

यश्चैतत् पठते स्तोत्रं ब्राह्मणानां समीपतः । देव्याः समाहितमनाः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

yaścaitat paṭhate stotraṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ samīpataḥ / devyāḥ samāhitamanāḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

And he who recites this hymn of the Goddess near brahmins, with concentrated mind, is released from all sins.

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KuP 1 11.327

नाम्नामष्टसहस्त्रं तु देव्या यत् समुदीरितम् । ज्ञात्वार्ऽकमण्डलगतां संभाव्य परमेश्वरीम्

nāmnāmaṣṭasahastraṃ tu devyā yat samudīritam / jñātvār'kamaṇḍalagatāṃ saṃbhāvya parameśvarīm

But (as for) the thousand and eight names of the Goddess that have been uttered—having known (them), and having conceived the Supreme Mistress as abiding in the orb of the sun,

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KuP 1 11.328

अभ्यर्च्य गन्धपुष्पाद्यैर्भक्तियोगसमन्वितः । संस्मरन् परमं भावं देव्या माहेश्वरं परम्

abhyarcya gandhapuṣpādyairbhaktiyogasamanvitaḥ / saṃsmaran paramaṃ bhāvaṃ devyā māheśvaraṃ param

having worshipped (her) with perfumes, flowers and the rest, endowed with the discipline of devotion, recollecting the supreme, transcendent state of the Goddess belonging to Maheśvara,

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KuP 1 11.329

अनन्यमानसो नित्यं जपेदामरणाद् द्विजः । सो ऽन्तकाले स्मृतिं लब्ध्वापरं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति

ananyamānaso nityaṃ japedāmaraṇād dvijaḥ / so 'ntakāle smṛtiṃ labdhvāparaṃ brahmādhigacchati

the twice-born should recite (them) constantly with undistracted mind until death; he, gaining remembrance at the last moment, reaches the supreme brahman.

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KuP 1 11.330

अथवा जायते विप्रो ब्राह्मणानां कुले शुचौ । पूर्वसंस्कारमाहात्म्याद् ब्रह्मविद्यामवाप्य सः

athavā jāyate vipro brāhmaṇānāṃ kule śucau / pūrvasaṃskāramāhātmyād brahmavidyāmavāpya saḥ

Or else he is born a brahmin in a pure family of brahmins, and through the greatness of his former conditioning he obtains the knowledge of brahman;

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KuP 1 11.331

संप्राप्य योगं परमं दिव्यं तत् पारमेश्वरम् । शान्तः सर्वगातो भूत्वा शिवसायुज्यमानप्नुयात्

saṃprāpya yogaṃ paramaṃ divyaṃ tat pārameśvaram / śāntaḥ sarvagāto bhūtvā śivasāyujyamānapnuyāt

having attained that supreme divine yoga of the Supreme Lord, becoming tranquil and all-pervading, he would attain union with Śiva.

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KuP 1 11.332

प्रत्येकं चाथ नामानि जुहुयात् सवनत्रयम् । पूतनादिकृतैर्देषैर्ग्रहदोषैश्च मुच्यते

pratyekaṃ cātha nāmāni juhuyāt savanatrayam / pūtanādikṛtairdeṣairgrahadoṣaiśca mucyate

And he should offer (into the fire) the names one by one at the three (daily) pressings; (thereby) he is freed from the harms wrought by Pūtanā and the like and from the afflictions of the (evil) planets.

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KuP 1 11.333

जपेद् वाहरहर्नित्यं संवत्सरमतन्द्रितः । श्रीकामः पार्वतीं देवीं पूजयित्वा विधानतः

japed vāharaharnityaṃ saṃvatsaramatandritaḥ / śrīkāmaḥ pārvatīṃ devīṃ pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ

Or one desiring prosperity should recite (it) daily, unwearied, for a year, having worshipped the goddess Pārvatī according to the prescribed rule,

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KuP 1 11.334

संपूज्य पार्श्वतः शंभुं त्रिनेत्रं भक्तिसंयुतः । लभते महतीं लक्ष्मीं महादेवप्रसादतः

saṃpūjya pārśvataḥ śaṃbhuṃ trinetraṃ bhaktisaṃyutaḥ / labhate mahatīṃ lakṣmīṃ mahādevaprasādataḥ

and having worshipped, at her side, three-eyed Śambhu, filled with devotion, he obtains great wealth by the grace of Mahādeva.

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KuP 1 11.335

तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन जप्तव्यं हि द्विजातिभिः । सर्वपापानोदार्थं देव्या नाम सहस्त्रकम्

tasmāt sarvaprayatnena japtavyaṃ hi dvijātibhiḥ / sarvapāpānodārthaṃ devyā nāma sahastrakam

Therefore the thousand names of the Goddess should indeed be recited with every effort by the twice-born, for the removal of all sins.

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KuP 1 11.336

प्रसङ्गात् कथितं विप्रा देव्या माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । अतः परं प्रजासर्गं भृग्वादीनां निबोधत

prasaṅgāt kathitaṃ viprā devyā māhātmyamuttamam / ataḥ paraṃ prajāsargaṃ bhṛgvādīnāṃ nibodhata

O brahmins, the excellent greatness of the Goddess has been told incidentally; now, after this, learn of the creation of offspring by Bhṛgu and the others.

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