Markandeya Purana — Chapter 84
MkP 84.1
ततः सुरगणाः सर्वे देव्या हन्द्रपुरोगमाः । स्तुतिमारेभिरे कर्तुं निहते महिषासुरे
tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarve devyā handrapurogamāḥ / stutimārebhire kartuṃ nihate mahiṣāsure
Then all the hosts of gods, with Indra at their head, began to make praise of the Goddess, Mahiṣāsura having been slain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 84.2
शक्रादयः सुरगणा निहते ऽतिवीर्ये तस्मिन् दुरात्मनि सुरारिबले च देव्या । तां तुष्टुबुः प्रणतिनम्रशिरोधरांसा वाग्भिः प्रहर्षपुलकोद्गमचारुदेहाः
śakrādayaḥ suragaṇā nihate 'tivīrye tasmin durātmani surāribale ca devyā / tāṃ tuṣṭubuḥ praṇatinamraśirodharāṃsā vāgbhiḥ praharṣapulakodgamacārudehāḥ
When that evil-souled one of surpassing valour, and the army of the gods' enemies, had been slain by the Goddess, the hosts of gods led by Śakra praised her with words, their heads, necks and shoulders bowed in obeisance, their bodies lovely with the bristling hairs of great joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 84.3
देव्या यया ततमिदं जगदात्मशक्त्या निः शेषदेवगणशक्तिसमूहमूर्त्या । तामम्बिकामखिलदेवमर्षिपूज्यां भक्त्या नताः स्म विदधातु शुभानि सा नः
devyā yayā tatamidaṃ jagadātmaśaktyā niḥ śeṣadevagaṇaśaktisamūhamūrtyā / tāmambikāmakhiladevamarṣipūjyāṃ bhaktyā natāḥ sma vidadhātu śubhāni sā naḥ
The Goddess by whom this world is pervaded through her own power, whose form is the assembled powers of all the hosts of gods without remainder — to her, Ambikā, worthy of the worship of all gods and great seers, we are bowed in devotion: may she ordain good things for us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 84.4
यस्याः प्रभावमतुलं भगवाननन्तो ब्रह्मा हरश्च नहि वक्तुमलं बलं च । सा चण्डिकाखिलजगत्परिपालनाय नाशाय चाशुभयस्य मतिं करोतु
yasyāḥ prabhāvamatulaṃ bhagavānananto brahmā haraśca nahi vaktumalaṃ balaṃ ca / sā caṇḍikākhilajagatparipālanāya nāśāya cāśubhayasya matiṃ karotu
She whose incomparable might and power not the blessed endless (Viṣṇu), nor Brahmā, nor Hara are able to tell — may that Caṇḍikā set her mind upon guarding the whole world and upon destroying the fear of evil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 84.5
या श्रीः स्वयं सुकृतिनां भवनेष्वलक्ष्मीः पापात्मनां कृतधियां हृदयेषु बुद्धिः । श्रद्धां सतां कुलजनप्रभवस्य लज्जा तां त्वां नताः स्म परिपालय देवि विश्वम्
yā śrīḥ svayaṃ sukṛtināṃ bhavaneṣvalakṣmīḥ pāpātmanāṃ kṛtadhiyāṃ hṛdayeṣu buddhiḥ / śraddhāṃ satāṃ kulajanaprabhavasya lajjā tāṃ tvāṃ natāḥ sma paripālaya devi viśvam
You who are Prosperity itself in the houses of the meritorious and Misfortune in those of the wicked, Intelligence in the hearts of the discerning, Faith in the good, Modesty in one born of good family — to you we bow: guard the universe, O Goddess.
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MkP 84.6
किं वर्णयाम तव रूपमचिन्त्यमेतत् किं चातिवीर्यमसुरक्षयकारि भूरि । किं चाहवेषु चरितानि तवाद्भुतानि सर्वेषु देव्यसुरदेवगणादिकेषु
kiṃ varṇayāma tava rūpamacintyametat kiṃ cātivīryamasurakṣayakāri bhūri / kiṃ cāhaveṣu caritāni tavādbhutāni sarveṣu devyasuradevagaṇādikeṣu
How shall we describe this inconceivable form of yours, and your abundant surpassing valour that destroys the demons, and your marvellous deeds in the battles among all those beginning with the hosts of demons and gods, O Goddess?
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MkP 84.7
हेतुः समस्तजगतां त्रिगुणापि दोषैर् न ज्ञायसे हरिहरादिभिरप्यपारा । सर्वाश्रयाखिलमिदं जगदंशभूतम् अव्याकृता हि परमा प्रकृतिस्त्वमाद्या
hetuḥ samastajagatāṃ triguṇāpi doṣair na jñāyase hariharādibhirapyapārā / sarvāśrayākhilamidaṃ jagadaṃśabhūtam avyākṛtā hi paramā prakṛtistvamādyā
You are the cause of all the worlds; though possessed of the three qualities, you are not known to be tainted with faults; you are unfathomable even to Hari, Hara and the rest. You are the support of all; this whole world is a portion of you; for you are the unmanifest, supreme, primordial Nature.
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MkP 84.8
यस्याः समस्तसुरता समुदीरणेन तृप्तिं प्रियाति सकलेषु मखेषु देवि । स्वाहासि वै पितृगणस्य च तृप्तिहेतुर् उच्चार्यसे त्वमत एव जनैः स्वधा च
yasyāḥ samastasuratā samudīraṇena tṛptiṃ priyāti sakaleṣu makheṣu devi / svāhāsi vai pitṛgaṇasya ca tṛptihetur uccāryase tvamata eva janaiḥ svadhā ca
You by whose utterance all the gods attain satisfaction in every sacrifice, O Goddess — you are indeed Svāhā; and you are the cause of the satisfaction of the host of the fathers, and for that very reason people pronounce you Svadhā as well.
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MkP 84.9
या मुक्तिहेतुरविचिन्त्यमहाव्रता त्वम् अभ्यस्यसे सुनियतेन्द्रियतत्त्वसारैः । मोक्षार्थिभिर्मुनिभिरस्तसमस्तदोषैर् विद्यासि सा भगवती परमा हि देवि
yā muktiheturavicintyamahāvratā tvam abhyasyase suniyatendriyatattvasāraiḥ / mokṣārthibhirmunibhirastasamastadoṣair vidyāsi sā bhagavatī paramā hi devi
You who are the cause of liberation, whose great vow is unthinkable, are practised upon by sages seeking release, whose senses are well restrained, who have grasped the essence of truth and cast off all faults — you, O Goddess, are that supreme blessed Knowledge.
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MkP 84.10
शब्दात्मिका सुविमलर्ग्यजुषां निधानम् उद्गीथरम्यपदपाठवतां च साम्नाम् । देवी त्रयी भगवती भवभावनाय वार्ता च सर्वजगतां परमार्तिहन्त्री
śabdātmikā suvimalargyajuṣāṃ nidhānam udgītharamyapadapāṭhavatāṃ ca sāmnām / devī trayī bhagavatī bhavabhāvanāya vārtā ca sarvajagatāṃ paramārtihantrī
You have sound for your essence, you are the repository of the wholly pure Ṛg and Yajur (verses) and of the Sāmans, whose pleasing lines are recited with the Udgītha; you, Goddess, are the blessed triple Veda for the bringing-forth of the world, and you are Vārtā (livelihood), destroyer of the utmost distress of all the worlds.
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MkP 84.11
मेधासि देवि विदिताखिलशास्त्रसारा दुर्गासि दुर्गभवसागरनौरसङ्गा । श्रीः कैटभारिहृदयैककृताधिवासा गौरी त्वमेव शशिमौलिकृतप्रतिष्ठा
medhāsi devi viditākhilaśāstrasārā durgāsi durgabhavasāgaranaurasaṅgā / śrīḥ kaiṭabhārihṛdayaikakṛtādhivāsā gaurī tvameva śaśimaulikṛtapratiṣṭhā
You are Medhā, O Goddess, knowing the essence of all the scriptures; you are Durgā, the boat unattached (or: the boat and the raft) on the hard-to-cross ocean of existence; you are Śrī, who has made her sole dwelling in the heart of Kaiṭabha's foe; you alone are Gaurī, established with the moon-crested one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 84.12
ईषत्सहासममलं परिपूर्णचन्द्र- बिम्बानुकारि कनकोत्तमकान्तिकान्तम् । अत्यद्भुतं प्रहृतमात्तरुषा तथापि वक्त्रं विलोक्य सहसा महिषासुरेण
īṣatsahāsamamalaṃ paripūrṇacandra- bimbānukāri kanakottamakāntikāntam / atyadbhutaṃ prahṛtamāttaruṣā tathāpi vaktraṃ vilokya sahasā mahiṣāsureṇa
Faintly smiling, spotless, resembling the orb of the full moon, lovely with the beauty of finest gold — yet even so, on suddenly seeing your face, Mahiṣāsura, seized with fury, struck at it: most astonishing!
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MkP 84.13
दृष्ट्वा तु देवि कुपितं भ्रुकुटीकरालम् उद्यच्छशाङ्कसदृशच्छवि यन्न सद्यः । प्राणान्मुमोच महीषस्तदतीव चित्रं कैर्जोव्यते हि कुपितान्तकदर्शनेन
dṛṣṭvā tu devi kupitaṃ bhrukuṭīkarālam udyacchaśāṅkasadṛśacchavi yanna sadyaḥ / prāṇānmumoca mahīṣastadatīva citraṃ kairjovyate hi kupitāntakadarśanena
But that Mahiṣa did not at once give up his life on seeing your face angered, dreadful with knitted brows, its hue like the rising moon — that is exceedingly strange, O Goddess; for who lives on after seeing angry Death?
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MkP 84.14
देवि प्रसीद परमा भवती भवाय सद्यो विनाशयसि कोपवती कुलानि । विज्ञातमेतदधुनैव यदस्तमेतन् नीतं बलं सुविपुलं महिषासुरस्य
devi prasīda paramā bhavatī bhavāya sadyo vināśayasi kopavatī kulāni / vijñātametadadhunaiva yadastametan nītaṃ balaṃ suvipulaṃ mahiṣāsurasya
Be gracious, Goddess: you, the supreme one, are for (our) welfare; when angered you destroy whole families in an instant. This has been understood just now, since the very great army of Mahiṣāsura has been brought to its end.
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MkP 84.15
ते संमता जनपदेषु धनानि तेषां तेषां यशांसि न च सीदति धर्मवर्गः । धन्यास्त एव निभृतात्मजभृत्यदारा येषां सदाभ्युदयदा भवती प्रसन्ना
te saṃmatā janapadeṣu dhanāni teṣāṃ teṣāṃ yaśāṃsi na ca sīdati dharmavargaḥ / dhanyāsta eva nibhṛtātmajabhṛtyadārā yeṣāṃ sadābhyudayadā bhavatī prasannā
They are honoured in the lands, theirs are riches, theirs the glories, and their store of merit does not fail; blessed indeed are they, with contented sons, servants and wives, upon whom you, gracious, ever bestow prosperity.
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MkP 84.16
धर्म्याणि देवि सकलानि सदैव कर्माण्य् अत्यादृतः प्रतिदिनं सुकृती करोति । स्वर्गं प्रयाति च ततो भवतीप्रसादाल् लोकत्रये ऽपि फलदा ननु देवि तेन
dharmyāṇi devi sakalāni sadaiva karmāṇy atyādṛtaḥ pratidinaṃ sukṛtī karoti / svargaṃ prayāti ca tato bhavatīprasādāl lokatraye 'pi phaladā nanu devi tena
All righteous acts, O Goddess, the meritorious man performs with great reverence every day, and thereafter he goes to heaven by your grace: so surely, Goddess, you are the giver of fruit in all three worlds thereby.
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MkP 84.17
दुर्गे स्मृता हरसि भीतिमशेषजन्तोः स्वस्थैः स्मृता मतिमतीव शुभां ददासि । दारिद्रयदुः खभयहारिणि का त्वदन्या सर्वोपकारकरणाय सदार्ऽऽद्रचित्ता
durge smṛtā harasi bhītimaśeṣajantoḥ svasthaiḥ smṛtā matimatīva śubhāṃ dadāsi / dāridrayaduḥ khabhayahāriṇi kā tvadanyā sarvopakārakaraṇāya sadār''dracittā
When you are remembered, O Durgā, you take away the fear of every creature; remembered by those who are well, you grant a mind exceedingly auspicious. Who but you, remover of poverty, suffering and fear, is ever tender-hearted for doing good to all?
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MkP 84.18
एभिर्हतैर्जगदुपैति सुखं तथैते कुर्वन्तु नाम नरकाय चिराय पापम् । संग्राममृत्युमधिगम्य दिवं प्रयान्तु मत्वेति नूनमहितान् विनिहंसि देवि
ebhirhatairjagadupaiti sukhaṃ tathaite kurvantu nāma narakāya cirāya pāpam / saṃgrāmamṛtyumadhigamya divaṃ prayāntu matveti nūnamahitān vinihaṃsi devi
"By the slaying of these the world attains happiness; and these, granted that they have done evil leading to long (residence in) hell, let them meet death in battle and go to heaven" — thinking thus, surely, you destroy the enemies, O Goddess.
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MkP 84.19
दृष्ट्वैव किं न भवती प्रकरोति भस्म सर्वासुरानरिषु यत्प्रहिणोषि शस्त्रम् । लोकान् प्रयान्तु रिपवो ऽपि हि शस्त्रपूता इत्थं मतिर्भवति तेष्वपि ते ऽतिसाध्वी
dṛṣṭvaiva kiṃ na bhavatī prakaroti bhasma sarvāsurānariṣu yatprahiṇoṣi śastram / lokān prayāntu ripavo 'pi hi śastrapūtā itthaṃ matirbhavati teṣvapi te 'tisādhvī
Why does your ladyship not reduce all the demons to ashes by a mere glance, that you hurl a weapon at your foes? — "Let even the enemies, purified by the weapon, go to the (higher) worlds": such is your intention, most kindly even towards them.
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MkP 84.20
खड्गप्रभानिकरविस्फुरणैस्तथोग्रैः शूलाग्रकान्तिनिवहेन दृशो ऽसुराणाम् । यन्नागता विलयमंशुमदिन्दुखण्ड- योग्याननं तव विलोकयतां तदेतत्
khaḍgaprabhānikaravisphuraṇaistathograiḥ śūlāgrakāntinivahena dṛśo 'surāṇām / yannāgatā vilayamaṃśumadindukhaṇḍa- yogyānanaṃ tava vilokayatāṃ tadetat
That the eyes of the demons did not melt away at the flashing of the mass of radiance from your sword and at the fierce blaze of light from your spear-point — this was because they were gazing on your face, fit to rival a piece of the radiant moon.
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MkP 84.21
दुर्वृत्तवृत्तशमनं तव देवि शीलं रूपं तथैतदविचिन्त्यमतुल्यमन्यैः । वीर्यं च हन्तृ हृतदेवपराक्रमाणां वैरिष्वपि प्रकटितैव दया त्वयेत्थम्
durvṛttavṛttaśamanaṃ tava devi śīlaṃ rūpaṃ tathaitadavicintyamatulyamanyaiḥ / vīryaṃ ca hantṛ hṛtadevaparākramāṇāṃ vairiṣvapi prakaṭitaiva dayā tvayettham
Your character, O Goddess, is the quelling of the conduct of the wicked; this form of yours is likewise inconceivable, unmatched by others; and your valour destroys those who robbed the gods of their prowess — thus by you compassion has been shown even towards enemies.
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MkP 84.22
केनोपमा भवतु ते ऽस्य पराक्रमस्य रूपं च शत्रुभयकार्यतिहारि कुत्र । चित्ते कृपा समरनिष्ठुरता च दृष्टा त्वय्येव देवि वरदे भुवनत्रये ऽपि
kenopamā bhavatu te 'sya parākramasya rūpaṃ ca śatrubhayakāryatihāri kutra / citte kṛpā samaraniṣṭhuratā ca dṛṣṭā tvayyeva devi varade bhuvanatraye 'pi
With what shall this prowess of yours be compared? And where else is a form that, while causing fear to foes, is so surpassingly lovely? Both pity in the heart and harshness in battle are seen in you alone, O Goddess, granter of boons, in all the three worlds.
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MkP 84.23
त्रैलोक्यमेतदखिलं रिपुनाशनेन त्रातं त्वया समरमूर्धनि ते ऽपि हत्वा । नीता दिवं रिपुगणा भयमप्यपास्तम् अस्माकमुन्मदसुरारिभवं नमस्ते
trailokyametadakhilaṃ ripunāśanena trātaṃ tvayā samaramūrdhani te 'pi hatvā / nītā divaṃ ripugaṇā bhayamapyapāstam asmākamunmadasurāribhavaṃ namaste
This entire triple world has been saved by you through the destruction of the enemies; and having slain them too at the front of battle, you led the hosts of foes to heaven; and our fear, arising from the maddened enemies of the gods, has been cast away. Homage to you!
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MkP 84.24
शूलेन पाहि नो देवि पाहि खड्गेन चाम्बिके । घण्टास्वनेन नः पाहि चापज्यानिः स्वनेन च
śūlena pāhi no devi pāhi khaḍgena cāmbike / ghaṇṭāsvanena naḥ pāhi cāpajyāniḥ svanena ca
Protect us with your spear, O Goddess; protect (us) with your sword too, O Ambikā; protect us with the sound of your bell, and with the twang of your bowstring.
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MkP 84.25
प्राच्यां रक्ष प्रतीच्यां च चण्डिके रक्ष दक्षिणे । भ्रामणेनात्मशूलस्य उत्तरस्यां तथेश्वरि
prācyāṃ rakṣa pratīcyāṃ ca caṇḍike rakṣa dakṣiṇe / bhrāmaṇenātmaśūlasya uttarasyāṃ tatheśvari
Guard (us) in the east and in the west, O Caṇḍikā; guard (us) in the south by the whirling of your own spear, and likewise in the north, O Īśvarī.
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MkP 84.26
सौम्यानि यानि रूपाणि त्रैलोक्ये विचरन्ति ते । यानि चात्यर्थघोराणि तै रक्षास्मांस्तथा भुवम्
saumyāni yāni rūpāṇi trailokye vicaranti te / yāni cātyarthaghorāṇi tai rakṣāsmāṃstathā bhuvam
Those forms of yours that are gentle, which roam in the three worlds, and those that are exceedingly terrible — with these protect us and likewise the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 84.27
खड्गशूलगदादीनि यानि चास्त्राणि ते ऽम्बिके । करपल्लवसङ्गीनि तैरस्मान् रक्ष सर्वतः
khaḍgaśūlagadādīni yāni cāstrāṇi te 'mbike / karapallavasaṅgīni tairasmān rakṣa sarvataḥ
The weapons that are yours, O Ambikā — sword, spear, mace and the rest — clasped in your tender sprout-like hands: with these protect us on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 84.28
एवं स्तुता सुरैर्दिव्यैः कुसुमैर्नन्दनोद्भवैः । अर्चिता जगतां धात्री तथा गन्धानुलेपनैः
evaṃ stutā surairdivyaiḥ kusumairnandanodbhavaiḥ / arcitā jagatāṃ dhātrī tathā gandhānulepanaiḥ
Thus praised by the gods, and worshipped with divine flowers grown in Nandana, and likewise with fragrant unguents, the Maker of the worlds —
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MkP 84.29
भक्त्या समस्तैस्त्रिदशार्दिव्यैर्धूपैस्तु धूपिता । प्राह प्रसादसुमुखी समस्तान् प्रणतान् सुरान्
bhaktyā samastaistridaśārdivyairdhūpaistu dhūpitā / prāha prasādasumukhī samastān praṇatān surān
— incensed with devotion by all the gods with divine incense, she, her face gracious with favour, spoke to all the bowing gods.
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MkP 84.30
व्रियतां त्रिदशाः सर्वे यदस्मत्तो ऽभिवाञ्छितम् । ददाम्यहमतिप्रीत्या स्तवैरेभिः सुपूजिता
vriyatāṃ tridaśāḥ sarve yadasmatto 'bhivāñchitam / dadāmyahamatiprītyā stavairebhiḥ supūjitā
"Let it be chosen, all you gods, whatever is desired from us; well worshipped by these hymns, I give it with great delight."
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MkP 84.31
कर्तव्यमपरं यच्च दुष्करं तन्न विद्महे । इत्याकर्ण्ये वचो देव्याः प्रत्यूचुस्ते दिवौकसः
kartavyamaparaṃ yacca duṣkaraṃ tanna vidmahe / ityākarṇye vaco devyāḥ pratyūcuste divaukasaḥ
"And whatever else is to be done, we know of nothing (too) hard." Having heard this speech of the Goddess, those dwellers in heaven replied:
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MkP 84.32
भगवत्या कृतं सर्वं न किञ्चिदवशिष्यते । यदयं निहतः शत्रुरस्माकं महिषासुरः
bhagavatyā kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ na kiñcidavaśiṣyate / yadayaṃ nihataḥ śatrurasmākaṃ mahiṣāsuraḥ
"Everything has been done by the Blessed Lady; nothing at all remains over, in that this enemy of ours, Mahiṣāsura, has been slain.
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MkP 84.33
यदि चापि वरो देयस्त्वयास्माकं महेश्वरि । संस्मृता संस्मृता त्वं नो हिंसेथाः परमापदः
yadi cāpi varo deyastvayāsmākaṃ maheśvari / saṃsmṛtā saṃsmṛtā tvaṃ no hiṃsethāḥ paramāpadaḥ
And if a boon is to be granted by you to us, O Great Goddess: whenever you are called to mind, may you destroy for us the direst calamities.
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MkP 84.34
यश्च मर्त्यः स्तवैरेभिस्त्वां स्तोष्यत्यमलानने । तस्य वित्तर्धिविभवैर्धनदारादिसम्पदाम् । वृद्धये ऽस्मात्प्रसन्ना त्वं भवेथाः सर्वदाम्बिके
yaśca martyaḥ stavairebhistvāṃ stoṣyatyamalānane / tasya vittardhivibhavairdhanadārādisampadām / vṛddhaye 'smātprasannā tvaṃ bhavethāḥ sarvadāmbike
And whatever mortal shall praise you with these hymns, O you of spotless face — for the increase of his wealth-abundance and prosperity, of his riches, wife and other possessions, may you be gracious to him at all times, O Ambikā, because of this (praise).
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MkP 84.35
इति प्रसादिता देवैर्जगतोर्ऽथे तथाऽत्मनः । तथेत्युक्त्वा भद्रकाली बभूवान्तर्हिता नृप
iti prasāditā devairjagator'the tathā'tmanaḥ / tathetyuktvā bhadrakālī babhūvāntarhitā nṛpa
Thus propitiated by the gods for the sake of the world and likewise of themselves, Bhadrakālī said "So be it," and became invisible, O king.
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MkP 84.36
इत्येतत्कथितं भूप सम्भूता सा यथा पुरा । देवी देवशरीरेभ्यो जगत्त्रयहितैषिणी
ityetatkathitaṃ bhūpa sambhūtā sā yathā purā / devī devaśarīrebhyo jagattrayahitaiṣiṇī
Thus has this been told, O king — how of old that Goddess came into being from the bodies of the gods, she who seeks the welfare of the three worlds.
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MkP 84.37
पुनश्च गौरीदेहात् सा समुद्भूता यथाभवत् । वधाय दुष्टदैत्यानां तथा शुम्भनिशुम्भयोः
punaśca gaurīdehāt sā samudbhūtā yathābhavat / vadhāya duṣṭadaityānāṃ tathā śumbhaniśumbhayoḥ
And again, how she arose from the body of Gaurī for the slaying of the wicked Daityas and likewise of Śumbha and Niśumbha,
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MkP 84.38
रक्षणाय च लोकानां देवानामुपकारिणी । तच्छृणुष्व मयाऽख्यातं यथावत्कथयामि ते
rakṣaṇāya ca lokānāṃ devānāmupakāriṇī / tacchṛṇuṣva mayā'khyātaṃ yathāvatkathayāmi te
and for the protection of the worlds, doing service to the gods — hear that, declared by me; I shall tell it to you as it was.
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