Candishataka 37

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itthaṃ pramathānāṃ pārṣadānāṃ paribhave sati daityaṃ mṛdgatī mardayantī adreḥ
kanyā pārvatī vastrāyatām . itthaṃ katham . he nandin , saṃprahāre yuddhe tava
prahāro me ānandadaḥ sukhapradaḥ . yato murajamṛdurmṛdaṅgadhvanikomalaḥ . he gaja-
mukha gaṇeśa, romṇi romatulye dante rugṇe bhagne sati kiṃ vrajasi . yatastvaṃ pa-
lāyito'pi vaśībhūta eva . lambodaratvāddūraṃ palāyanaṃ kartumaśakta iti bhāvaḥ.
dyujanamindrādyaṃ nighnannighnannitarāṃ mārayannahamevaiko mahākālaḥ . anyo nāsti ..
vajraṃ majño marutvānari harirurasaḥ śūlamīśaḥ śirasto
daṇḍaṃ tuṇḍātkṛtāntastvaritagatigadāmasthito'rthādhināthaḥ .
prāpanyatpādapiṣṭe dviṣi mahiṣavapuṣyaṅgalagnāni bhūyo-
'pyāyūṃṣīvāyudhāni dyuvasataya iti stādumā sā śriye vaḥ 36
mahiṣavapuṣi dviṣi yatpādapiṣṭe sati yuvasataya indrādayo'ṅgalagnānyāyu-
dhānyāyūṃṣīva bhūyo'pīti prāpanprāptavantaḥ sā umā vaḥ śriye'stu . pūrvaṃ mahi-
ṣayuddhe sarvadevāyudhāni taccharīre mamānyāsan , adhunā devyā mahiṣe piṣṭe
punarapi taiḥ svāyudhāni prāptāni tadvanmahiṣavināśādāyūṃṣyapi labdhāni, anya-
thā tu jīvanaṃ saṃdigdhamevāsīditi bhāvaḥ . iti katham . majñaḥ majjadhātoḥ
sakāśādindro vajraṃ prāpat . ari cakraṃ haristasyorasaḥ prāpat . īśaḥ śivaḥ
śirastaḥ śūlamāpat . kṛtānto yamastuṇḍānmukhāddaṇḍaṃ prāpat . arthādhināthaḥ
kubero'sthitastvaritagatiśālinī gadāṃ prāpat ..
dṛṣṭāvāsaktadṛṣṭiḥ 1prathamamiva tathā saṃmukhīnābhimukhye
smerā hāsapragalbhe priyavacasi kṛtaśrotrapeyādhikoktiḥ .
udyuktā narmakarmaṇyavatu 2paśupatau pūrvavatpārvatī vaḥ
kurvāṇā sarvamīṣadvinihitacaraṇālaktakeva kṣatāriḥ .. 37 ..

When the Pramathas, her attendants, were thus humiliated, crushing, grinding down the Daitya, may the Mountain's Daughter, Pārvatī, protect you! “Thus”—how? “O Nandin, in the clash, in battle, your blow gives me joy, brings me pleasure, since it is as soft as a muraja drum, gentle as the sound of a mṛdaṅga. O Elephant-Faced One, Gaṇeśa, when your tooth, frail as a hair, was broken, snapped, why do you go? For though you flee, you are still subjugated—the meaning is that due to your pot-belly you are incapable of fleeing far. Smiting, relentlessly slaying the gods, Indra and the rest, I alone am the Great Death; there is no other.”

Marutvat [recovered] his thunderbolt from the marrow, Hari his discus from the chest, the Lord his trident from the head,
Death his staff from the snout, and the Lord of Wealth, arriving, his swift-moving club from the bone:
when the foe in buffalo form was crushed beneath her foot, the gods recovered their weapons embedded in his body
as if they were their lives once more—may that Umā bring you prosperity! 36

When the foe in buffalo form was crushed beneath her foot, the gods, Indra and the others, recovered, got back, the weapons embedded in his body as if they were their lives once more—may that Umā bring you prosperity! Previously in the battle with Mahiṣa, all the gods' weapons had become embedded in his body; now, when Mahiṣa was crushed by the Goddess, they recovered their own weapons once again, and likewise with the destruction of Mahiṣa they also regained their lives, for otherwise their survival was utterly in doubt—this is the meaning. “Thus”—how? From the marrow, from the bodily tissue of marrow, Indra recovered the thunderbolt; Hari recovered the discus from his chest; the Lord, Śiva, recovered the trident from his head; Death, Yama, recovered his staff from his snout, his mouth; the Lord of Wealth, Kubera, recovered his swiftly moving club from the bone.

Fixing her gaze upon his gaze as if at first, similarly facing him face-to-face,
smiling at his bold laughter, speaking beyond measure so as to drink in through her ears his dear words,
intent upon the play [of combat] toward the lord of beasts as formerly toward the Lord of Beasts,
doing everything just slightly, her foe struck down as if she had only applied red lac to her feet—may Pārvatī protect you! 37