Candishataka 63

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śātatriśūlakṣatavapuṣi śatrau ruṣā pretakāṣṭhāṃ yamadiśaṃ preṣite sati adhikara-
yamadhikavegayuktaṃ kīlālakulyātrayaṃ rudhiradhārātrayaṃ vīkṣya iti hasittapatiḥ
kālī vaḥ prītaye kalpatām . itīti kim . he tryambaka, iyaṃ viśvāsi.
1. 'tridivaripuhato'.
2. 'proṣite'.
3. 'adhikataram'.
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kāvyamālā.
tadyauḥ paricitadyau raktā raktavarṇānuraktā ca nisrotā vahati paśya . iyaṃ tava
mūrdhnā bhṛśaṃ kiṃ bho dhāryate ..
śṛṅge paṃśyordhvadṛṣṭyādhikataramatanuḥ sanna puṣpāyudho'smi
vyālāsaṅge'pi nityaṃ na bhavati bhavato mīrnayajño'smi yena.
tvaṃ muñcoccaiḥ pinākinpunarapi viśikhaṃ dānavānāṃ puro'haṃ
pāyātsotprāsamevaṃ hasitaharamamā mṛdgatī dānavaṃ vaḥ .. 62 ..
evaṃ sotprāsaṃ samanāksmitaṃ yathā syāttathā hasitaharaṃ dānavaṃ mahiṣaṃ mṛdgatī
umā vaḥ pāyāt . evaṃ katham . he pinākin , ' ūrdhvadṛṣṭayā tṛtīyalocanena
mama śrṛṅge viṣāṇadvayamadhikataraṃ paśya . kiṃ tvahamatanuḥ sanna puṣpāyudhaḥ kā-
mo'smi . kāmo'pyatanuranaṅgaḥ, ahaṃ cātanurakṛśaḥ . yathā svayordhvadṛṣṭyā kāmo
dagdhastathāhaṃ dagdhuṃ na śakyaḥ . atha ca vyālasya bāṇasthāsaṅge'pi bhavato nityaṃ
bhīrnaṃ bhavati. yato'haṃ yajño nāsmi.yathā tava bāṇapātamītyā yajñaḥ palāyita-
stathā nāham . vyālāḥ sarpāśca teṣāmāsaṅge'pi mama bhīrna, yato'haṃ nayajño
gāruḍaśāstrajño'smi . ahaṃ dānavānāṃ puraḥ puratrayamasmi tvaṃ punarapi viśikhaṃ
bāṇamuccairmuñca . pakṣe dānavānāṃ puro'gre asmi . dānavāgresaro'hamiti bhāvaḥ .
'vyālaḥ syādvāṇasarpayoḥ ..
nandīśotsāryamāṇāpasṛtisamanamannākilokaṃ nuvatyā
napmurhastena hastaṃ tadanugatagateḥ ṣaṇmukhasyāvalambya .
jāmāturmātṛmadhyopagamaparihrate darśane śarma diśyā-
n3nedīyaccumbyamānā mahiṣavadhamahe menayā mūrdhyumā vaḥ ..63..

When the enemy, his body pierced by the sharp trident, had been sent in wrath to the abode of the dead, the quarter of Yama, Kālī, having looked upon the three streams of blood rushing with excessive speed, possessing exceeding velocity, thus laughed at her husband—may she bring you joy! “Thus”—how? “O Tryambaka, look: this three-streamed river, who has reassured heaven, who is familiar with heaven, flows, red in color and passionately red; why, sir, is she not held upon your head?”

“Look with your upward gaze at my horns: being vastly bodily, I am no Flower-Armed One;
even when in contact with arrows, there is never any fear in me of you, because I am no sacrifice;
O Pinākin, shoot your arrow aloft once more: I am the city of the Dānavas!”—
May Umā, who crushed the Dānava as he thus mockingly laughed at Hara, protect you! ||62

May Umā, who crushed the Dānava Mahiṣa as he thus mockingly, with a slight smile, laughed at Hara, protect you. “Thus”—how? “O Pinākin, look more intently with your upward gaze, with your third eye, upon my horns, my pair of horns. But being bodily (atanu), am I the Flower-Armed Love? Love too is bodiless (an-aṅga), whereas I am bodily, not slender. Just as Love was burnt by your upward gaze, so I cannot be burnt. Moreover, even when in contact with the arrow (vyāla), there is never any fear in me of you, because I am not the sacrifice. Just as the sacrifice fled in fear of the strike of your arrow, so do I not. Alternatively: even in contact with vyālas, serpents, I have no fear, because I know politics (nayajña), I know the Gāruḍa lore. I am the city (pura) of the Dānavas, their three cities; shoot your arrow aloft once more! In the alternative sense: I am in front (puraḥ) of the Dānavas, I lead the Dānavas, such is the meaning. For vyāla can mean both arrow and serpent.”

While praising the world of the gods who bowed as they were being cleared away by the lord of Nandī,
having clasped with her hand the hand of the Six-Faced One whose pace followed her,
when the sight of the son-in-law was avoided because of her coming into the presence of her mother—
may Umā, kissed on the head closely by Menā in the celebration of Mahiṣa's slaughter, bestow welfare upon you! ||63