Candishataka 13

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nakharajanikṛtāṃ nakhacandrāṇāmātapena prakāśenātipāṇḍuratiśubhraḥ pārvatyāḥ
sa pādo yuṣmānpātu . kathaṃbhūtānāṃ nakharajanikṛtām . prāleyotpīḍapīnām
prāleyaṃ himaṃ tacca dhavalaṃ bhavati . tadutpīḍanena dhavalimnaḥ puṣṭatā bhavati .
bhagavatī ca prāyeṇa prāleyaśailasaṃcāriṇī . kasyeva pādaḥ. pituriva himāca-
lasyeva pādaḥ pratyantaparvataḥ . pādaśabdo dvirāvartanīyaḥ . athavā svapitṛcara-
ṇasadṛśaścaraṇaḥ . pitṛsaddaśī kanyā dhanyeti praśastatvakathanam . kīdṛśaḥ pādaḥ.
tulitāndrīndrasāraḥ . atigururiti yāvat . sa kaḥ . yaḥ pādo devyā eva
no vāmaḥ savyaḥ, api tu chalamahiṣatanoḥ kapaṭamahiṣasya nākalokadviṣo deva-
śatrorapi vāmo vairī pratikūlo vā . kutaḥ . dhairyātsattvādhikyānmuktā yā
līlā tasyāḥ samucitaṃ yatpatanaṃ pātastasyāpāte ārambhe yadvā samucitapata-
nena āpātataḥ pītā gilitā asavaḥ prāṇā yena [arthānmahiṣasya] . yatra
dhīrarasavibhāvakā dhairyaśauryādayo bhavanti tatra śṛṅgāravyañjikā līlā na bhava-
ti. ata eva līlāmuktatvamuktam . tato vairivyāpādanamucitam . tata āpā-
tato'vibhāvitavicāraṃ pītāsutvam ..
vakṣo vyājaiṇarājaḥ sa daśabhirabhinatpāṇijaiḥ prāksurāreḥ
pañcaivāstaṃ nayāmo yuvaticaraṇajāḥ śatrumete vayaṃ tu .
ityutpannābhimānairnakhaṃśaśimaṇibhirjyotsnayā svāṃśumayyā
yasyāḥ pāde hatārau hasita iva hariḥ sāstu kālī śriye vaḥ 11
sā kālī vaḥ śriye'stu . sā kā . yasyāḥ pāde hatārau ghātitaśatrau sati
svāṃśumayyā jyotsnayā nakhaśaśimaṇibhirnakhacandrakāntairha ririti hasita iva
babhūva . itīti kim . prākpūrva surārerhiraṇyakaśiporvakṣa uraḥsthalaṃ vyājaiṇa-
rājaḥ kapaṭasiṃho naraharirdaśabhiḥ pāṇijainakhairabhinat . ete vayaṃ tu yuvatica-
raṇajāḥ,
pañcaiva śatrumastaṃ nayāma ityutpannābhimānairjātagarvaiḥ . harernakhā: karajāḥ,
cayaṃ yuvaticaraṇajāḥ, te daśa vayaṃ pañca, tairvakṣomātraṃ vidāritamasmābhistu
śatrurastaṃ nītaḥ, ityabhimānakāraṇam ..
raktākte'laktakaśrīrvijayini vijaye no virājatyamuṣmi-
nhāso hastāgrasaṃvāhanamapi dalitāndrīndrasāradviṣo'sya .
trāsenaivādya sarvaḥ praṇamati kadanenāmuneti kṣatāriḥ
pādo'vyācumbito vo rahasi vihasatā tryambakeṇāmbikāyāḥ12
iti vihasatā tryambakeṇa rahaspekānte'nyaṃ vinayaprakāramapaśyatā cumbitaḥ
kṣatārirvyāpāditaśatrurambikāyāḥ pādo vo yuṣmānavyādrakṣatu . itīti kim .
he vijaye pārvatisakhi, athavā vijaye sati amuṣminvijayini vijayaśā-
lini raktākte mahiṣarudhirādrīṃbhūte te pāde'laktakaśrīrna cirājati . atha ca
dalitādrīndrasāradviṣo nāśitaḥ parvatendrasamānagarimā śatruryena tasyāsya tava
pādasya hastāgreṇa saṃvāhanamapi hāsaḥ . kiṃ cādyādhunāmunā kadanena mahiṣava-
dhena sarvo janastrāsenaiva praṇamatīti . caraṇe yāvakarasarañjanaṃ hastāgreṇa saṃvāhanaṃ
praṇāmaśceti trayamucitam . kiṃ tvatra trayamapi na ghaṭata iti mahādevena taccu-
mbanameva kṛtam ..
bhaṅgo na bhrūlatāyāstulitabalatayānāsthamasthāṃ tu cakre
na krodhātpādapadmaṃ mahadamṛtabhujāmuddhṛtaṃ śalyamantaḥ .
vācālaṃ nūpuraṃ no jagadajani jayaṃ śaṃsadaṃśena pārṣṇe-
rmuṣṇantyāsūnsurāreḥ samarabhuvi yayā pārvatī pātu sā vaḥ ..13..

Exceedingly white, intensely brilliant through the radiant light, the luster of the moon-claws, may that foot of Pārvatī protect you. Of what sort of moon-claws? Fattened by the crush of snow: snow is white, and by the pressure against it, the whiteness increases in richness; and the Lady generally traverses the snow-covered mountain. Like whose foot? Like her father’s: like the foot, the foot-hill, of the Himālaya. The word “foot” is to be repeated twice. Or else: a foot like her own father's foot; for a daughter resembling her father is fortunate—this is a statement of praise. Of what kind is the foot? Equal to the strength of the lord of mountains: meaning, exceedingly weighty. What was it? The foot which was not merely the Goddess's left, but was also adverse, hostile or contrary, to the enemy of the celestial realm, the foe of the gods disguised in the body of a buffalo. Why? Because of firmness, an abundance of vigor, upon the onset, the beginning, of its fall—a landing suited to playfulness that was cast aside; or else, by that proper fall, suddenly the life-breaths, the vital airs, were drunk, swallowed by it—meaning, those of Mahiṣa. Where firmness, valor, and the like, which are the determinants of the heroic sentiment, are present, there playfulness, which conveys the erotic sentiment, does not occur. Therefore, it is said that playfulness was cast aside. Hence the slaying of the enemy was appropriate. Hence too, upon its sudden impact, without deliberate thought, his life was drunk.

"That deceitful lion of old tore open the chest of the enemy of the gods with ten claws of his hands;
we, however, born from a young woman’s foot, bring the enemy to ruin being only five!"
With such pride born within them, as if Hari were mocked by the moonstone-claws through their light composed of rays
when the enemy was slain at her foot, may that Kālī be for your prosperity! || 11

May that Kālī be for your prosperity. Which Kālī? At whose foot, when the enemy was slain, Hari seemed to be mocked by the moonstone-claws, by the moonlight-claws, through their light composed of rays. In what way? As follows: "Of old, that deceitful lion, the Man-Lion, tore open the chest, the breast, of the enemy of the gods, Hiraṇyakaśipu, with ten finger-claws. We, however, born from the foot of a young woman, bring the enemy to ruin being only five!"—by these having such pride born within them, having become proud. Hari's claws are born of hands; we are born of a young woman's foot. Those were ten; we are five. By them merely the chest was torn open; by us, however, the enemy was brought to ruin: such is the cause of their pride.

"On this victorious [foot] smeared with blood, the beauty of lac dye does not shine, O Vijayā;
massaging it with the fingertips is also a joke, since it crushed an enemy equal in strength to the lord of mountains;
now, because of this slaughter, everyone bows down merely out of terror!"
Laughing thus in secret, may the foot of Ambikā, kissed by Tryambaka when the enemy was destroyed, protect you! || 12

Laughing thus in secret, in solitude, seeing no other form of courtesy, kissed by Tryambaka, may the foot of Ambikā, which destroyed the enemy, which killed the foe, protect you! Saying what? "O Vijayā, friend of Pārvatī!" Or: "When victory is won, upon this victorious, triumphant foot of yours, smeared with blood, wet with the blood of Mahiṣa, the beauty of lac dye does not shine. Moreover, massaging with the fingertips this foot of yours, by which an enemy possessing a weight equal to the lord of mountains was destroyed, is also a joke. And furthermore, now, through this slaughter, the slaying of Mahiṣa, all people bow down merely out of terror!" The dyeing of the foot with the juice of red lac, massage with the fingertips, and bowing down—these three are customary. But since none of these three was suitable here, Mahādeva performed only the kissing of it.

There was no knitting of the creeper of her eyebrow; out of matched power, she paid no heed to his effort;
her lotus foot was not [stamped] out of rage; the great dart within the immortals was drawn out;
her anklet did not become noisy; the world proclaimed victory—by her who stole the life of the enemy of the gods
upon the battlefield with the edge of her heel, may that Pārvatī protect you! || 13