Candishataka 47

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yena pādenāriḥ śatrurmahiṣo hataḥ sa pañcama upāyaścaṇḍikāyāḥ pādo vaḥ
sukhayatu . yo mahiṣa āmnāyayonerbrahmaṇaḥ sāmnā vedaviśeṣeṇa prathamopāyena
ca dhṛtiṃ nākṛta na kṛtavān . hareścakreṇa bhedādvidāraṇādvitīyopāyāccāpi dhṛtiṃ
paritoṣaṃ na kṛtavān . sendrasyairāvaṇasya dānavṛṣṭyā madavarṣaṇena tṛtīyopāyena
ca kevalamupari kaluṣito malinatvaṃ gataḥ, athavā krodhaṃ gato na tu tuṣṭaḥ . na
ca mṛtyoryamasya daṇḍenāyudhena caturthopāyena ca dānto damitaḥ . ata evaṃ
viphalayathoktābhyupāyaḥ niṣphalīkṛtasāmādyupāyaḥ ..
bhartā kartā trilokyāstripuravadhakṛtī paśyati tryakṣa eṣa
kva strī kvāyodhanecchā na tu sadṛśamidaṃ prastutaṃ kiṃ mayeti .
1. 'āghātam'. 2. 'pulakitaḥ'. 3. 'nudatu bhavadadham'.
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kāvyamālā.
matvā savyājasavyetara1caraṇacalāṅguṣṭhakoṇābhimṛṣṭaṃ
sadyo yā lajjitevāsurapatimavadhītpārvatī pātu sā vaḥ.. 47 ..

May that foot of Caṇḍikā, the fifth expedient, by which foot the enemy, the foe Mahiṣa, was slain, bring you joy! Which Mahiṣa did not take comfort, did not find satisfaction, through the *sāman* (a hymn of the Veda, and the first expedient) of the Source of the Vedas, Brahmā; nor did he take comfort or satisfaction through division (the tearing, and the second expedient) by Hari's discus; by the shower of rut (and the third expedient, the giving of gifts) of Indra's Airāvata, he was merely soiled, dirtied above—or rather, became enraged, but not pleased; nor was he subdued, tamed, by the staff (the weapon, and the fourth expedient) of Death, Yama. Therefore, he for whom the aforementioned expedients proved useless, for whom conciliation and the other expedients were rendered fruitless.

'My husband, the creator of the three worlds, skilled in slaying Tripura, this three-eyed one is watching;
where is a woman, and where is the desire for battle? Is this undertaking of mine not unseemly?'—
thinking thus, she who immediately killed the lord of the Asuras, touched by the corner of the moving big toe of her deceitfully averted foot, as if ashamed—may that Pārvatī protect you! || 47