Candishataka 22

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vijayayā devyāḥ sakhyā vyāpāditārirbhavānī vrīḍāṃ nīyamānā jayati .
kiṃbhūtayā . tyaktahetīnsurāniti dhruvantyā . itīti kim . he śakra, īdṛgla-
jjājananaṃ karma yuddhātpalāyanaṃ kṛtvā anaśane'bhojanaviṣaye'sūnprāṇānmā vi.
hāsīrmā tyaja . atha ca aśanirvajraṃ tadahito'naśanistatsaṃbodhanaṃ he anaśane
tyaktavajra . yuddhātpalāyanaṃ lajjājananam . yo hi lajjājananaṃ karmaṃ karoti
so'naśanena prāṇāṃstyajatīti bhāvaḥ . he vitteśa kubera, sthānukaṇṭhe gadaṃ rogaṃ
jahi . yato bhavānagado gadārahita auṣadharūpaśca . bhavānonayarūpaḥ saṃvṛtto'to
bhavanmitrasya śivasya kaṇṭharogaṃ dūrīkurviti bhāvaḥ . he cakrin viṣṇo, ditijo
mahiṣo vicakraḥ sainyarahito jātaḥ . yathā bhavāṃścakrībhūtvāpi tyaktacakra
stathā mahiṣo'pi vicakra iti bhāvaḥ..
deyādvo vāñchitāni cchalamayamahiṣotpeṣaroṣānuṣaṅgā-
nnītaḥ pātālakukṣiṃ hṛtabhuvanabhayo bhadrakālyāḥ sa pādaḥ .
1. 'arthaśa'. 2. 'lajjām'. 3. 'doṣā-', 4. 'kṛtaparamabhayo'.
yaḥ prādakṣiṇyakāṅkṣāvalayitavapuṣā vandyamāno muhūrtaṃ
śeṣeṇevendukāntopalaracitamahānūpurābhogalakṣmīḥ .. 22 ..

Bhavānī, who had slain the enemy, being brought to shame by Vijayā, the companion of the goddess, triumphs. By whom of what sort? Addressing the gods who had abandoned their weapons. "Thus"—how? "O Śakra, having done such a shame-producing deed as fleeing from battle, do not abandon, do not give up your life through fasting, through abstaining from food. Or rather, *aśani* is thunderbolt, and without it is *anaśani*: in that vocative, O you who have abandoned your thunderbolt! Fleeing from battle causes shame; for he who performs a shame-producing deed gives up his life by fasting: this is the meaning. O Lord of Wealth, Kubera, destroy the disease, the affliction, in Sthāṇu's throat, since you are whole, free of disease, and also bereft of your mace (*gada*). You have become of an uninjured nature; therefore remove the throat-disease of your friend Śiva: this is the meaning. O Discus-Bearer, Viṣṇu, the son of Diti, Mahiṣa, has become wheelless, deprived of his army (*cakra*). Just as you, though being the Discus-Bearer, have abandoned your discus, so Mahiṣa too is wheelless: this is the meaning.

May that foot of Bhadrakālī grant your desires, which,
plunged into the hollow of Pātāla by the force of wrath at crushing the treacherous buffalo, took away the fear of the world;
whose splendor of a great anklet wrought of moonstones was for a moment worshipped
by Śeṣa, as it were, his body coiled in desire to circumambulate it! || 22