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Gopalacampu 1.5.62

Gopālacampū 1.5.62

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Sanskrit

1.5.62

[51] madhukaṇṭha uvāca-purastād yogamāyākhyaṃ kāraṇam upanyastaṃ, prakriyāntaraṃ ca tatra tayā kriyate sma | yathā, sā hi tatrāntar-gūḍhāṅga-bhujaṅgī-saṅgatāyāḥ kūṭa-kanaka-maya-payaḥ-kanakālukāyāḥ sāmyāvagamyaṃ rūpaṃ dadhatī, paritaḥ sravad-asra-dhārā-vārājasra-stanya-pravāhān vahantī, snehānukāraka-dehata eva te mohitavatī |

[51] Madhukaṇṭha said: "The cause named Yogamāyā was already mentioned earlier, and another method was also employed by her in this matter. Namely, bearing a form comparable to a water-pot made of imitation gold containing a she-serpent with limbs hidden inside, and shedding streaming rivers of tears all around while carrying ceaseless currents of breast-milk, she bewitched them through a body that simulated maternal affection.

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