Candishataka 19

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mahiṣitavapuṣo mahiṣīkṛtakāyasya vidviṣaḥ pārvatyā preṣitaḥ prahito'sau pṛ-
ṣatko bāṇo yuṣmānpātu . kathaṃbhūtaḥ pṛṣatkaḥ . pretapālasya yamasya ye svapuruṣāḥ
svakīyadūtāstadvatparuṣaḥ krūraḥ . kathaṃbhūtasya vidviṣaḥ . dyudhāmnāṃ devānāṃ durvārasya
duḥkhena vārayituṃ śakyasya . yaḥ pṛṣatko lakṣyasya mahiṣasya bhedaṃ kṛtvā hṛtabhu-
vanabhayaḥ san . mahiṣahiṃsanādbhuvanabhayaharaṇam . gāṃ bhūmiṃ vibhidya pātālaṃ
praviṣṭaḥ . kathaṃbhūtaḥ . pakṣapālyāḥ patrapaṅkteḥ pavanena kṛtā patatastārkṣyasya garu-
ḍasya śaṅkayā ākulā ahayaḥ sarpā yena saḥ . pūrva garuḍena pātālaṃ praviśatā
pakṣapavanena phaṇinastrāsitāstathā pārvatīśareṇāpīti bhāvaḥ ..
vajraṃ vinyasya hāre harikaragalitaṃ kaṇṭhasūtre ca cakraṃ
keśānbaddhvābdhipāśaidhṛtadhanadagadā prākpralīnānvihasya .
devānutsāraṇotkā kila mahiṣahatau mīlato hvepayantī
hrīmatyā haimavatyā vimativihataye tarjitā stājjayā vaḥ ..19..

May that arrow, dispatched by Pārvatī against the enemy whose body had been turned into that of a buffalo, protect you—an arrow harsh as the henchmen of the Lord of the Dead, Yama; [an enemy] irresistible to the gods, the dwellers of heaven; which arrow, having pierced the target, Mahiṣa, and dispelled the terror of the world—by slaying Mahiṣa taking away the fear of the world—split the earth and entered Pātāla; an arrow by which the serpents were agitated out of fear of the falling Tārkṣya, Garuḍa, produced by the wind of its fletching. Formerly, when Garuḍa entered Pātāla, the hooded serpents were frightened by the wind of his wings; so too by Pārvatī's arrow: this is the meaning.

Placing in her necklace the thunderbolt fallen from Hari's hand, and the discus upon her neck-cord;
binding her hair with the ocean-fetters, brandishing the mace of the Lord of Wealth, having laughed at the gods who had previously hidden;
eager to chase them away, shaming them as they gathered at the slaying of Mahiṣa,
reproved by the modest daughter of Himālaya: may Jayā be there to destroy your error! || 19