Candishataka 64

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mahiṣavadhamahe menayā himavadbhāryayā mūrdhni cumbyamānā umā vaḥ śarma
diśyāt . kiṃbhūtayā menayā . nandīśena utsāryamāṇaṃ apamṛtisamaṃ apasaraṇa-
kālatulyaṃ nākilokaṃ nuvatyā stuvatyā . kiṃ kṛtvā . tadanugatagateḥ ṣaṇmu-
khasya hastaṃ hastenālambya . kassinsati . jāmāturdarśane mātṛmadhyopagamaparihrate
sati . nedīyaḥ samīpam , arthājjāmātuḥ, gaurī menayā cumbitā ..
1. 'yasya'. 2. 'nākinṛtyam'. 3. "devī saṃtuṣyamāṇā'.
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caṇḍīśatakam .
bhaktyā bhṛgvatrimukhyairmunibhirabhinutā bibhratī naiva garvaṃ
śarvāṇī śarmaṇe vaḥ praśamitasakalopaplavā sā sadāstu .
yā pārṣṇikṣuṇṇaśatrurvigalitakuliśaprāsapāśatriśūlaṃ
nānaukolokameva svamapi bhujavanaṃ saṃyuge'vastvamaṃsta .. 64 ..

May Umā, kissed on the head by Menā, the wife of the Himālaya, in the celebration of Mahiṣa’s slaughter, bestow welfare upon you. By Menā of what sort? Praising, lauding the world of the gods who bowed while being cleared away by the lord of Nandī, at the moment of their retreat. Having done what? Having clasped with her hand the hand of the Six-Faced One whose pace followed her. Under what circumstance? When the sight of the son-in-law was avoided because of her coming into the presence of her mother. “Closely”—near the son-in-law, that is, Gaurī was kissed by Menā.

Praised with devotion by sages headed by Bhṛgu and Atri, yet bearing no pride at all,
may that Śarvāṇī, who has quelled every calamity, always be for your welfare—
she who, having trampled the enemy with her heel, considered in the battle
that the world of the dwellers of heaven—whose thunderbolts, barbed spears, nooses, and tridents had fallen—and even her own forest of arms were of no consequence! ||64