Candishataka 26

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spardhayā parābhavecchayā vardhito yo vindhyastadvadurbharo yo bharastena vyastā-
dvikalāstāt . arthātkaṃsasya . vihāyastalaṃ gaganatalamutpatitā kātyāyanī
vaḥ kṛtyāni kāryāṇi prasādayatu prasannāni nirvighnāni karotu . yāṃ kātyāyanī-
maśeṣabāndhavakuladhvaṃsāya mohāndhadhīḥ kaṃso devadārughaṭitāṃ śūlamiva skandhena
vadhyoddeśaṃ vadhyapradeśamanayat ..
tūrṇaṃ 1toṣātturāṣāṭprabhṛtiṣu śamite śātrave stotrakṛtsu
klāntevopetya patyustatabhujayugalasyālamālambanāya .
dehārdhe gehabuddhiṃ prativihitavatī lajjayālīya kālī
kṛcchraṃ vo'nicchayaivāpatitaghanatarāśleṣasaukhyā vihantu ..26..

May Kātyāyanī, who leaped up into the expanse of the sky, into the vault of heaven, from the hand disabled, rendered helpless, by that burden which was unbearable like the Vindhya grown great through rivalry, through the desire to conquer—meaning Kaṃsa's hand—make your undertakings, your affairs, prosper, make them favored and unobstructed—Kātyāyanī whom Kaṃsa, his mind blinded by delusion, carried upon his shoulder to the place of execution, to the execution site, like an impaling stake made of devadāru pine, for the destruction of the entire race of his kinsmen.

When the enemy was quieted, and Turāṣāṭ and the other gods swiftly began their praise out of delight,
approaching her husband as if weary, to find ample support in his pair of outstretched arms,
making her home in half of his body, shrinking out of modesty,
may Kālī dispel your distress, her joy in a much tighter embrace obtained without her even wishing it. 26