Candishataka 89

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ripuvadhe smarāriḥ śivo yāṃ kelau krīḍāyāmevaṃ hasati sā śivā vaḥ
pātu . evaṃ katham . kṣatā mahiṣasya raṇabyājena kaṇḍūtirthena etādṛśastavāṅgiḥ
sthāṇuḥ arthānnāhaṃ sthāṇuḥ . sthāṇau mahiṣasya kaṇḍūtiśamanaṃ prasiddham . trai-
kokyakṣemadātā tavāṅghriḥ, ataḥ śaṃkaraḥ . bhuvanabhayaharaḥ, ato haro'pi
tavāṅghriḥ. he devānāṃ nāyike, tvadguṇena kṛtaṃ vacanaṃ śabdo yasya . mahattvaṃ tva-
dguṇastena jātavacano mahādevaḥ, ata eṣa tavāṅghriḥrmahādevo'pi . mahiṣavadhe-
nānvarthatvātsthāvarādayaḥ saṃjñāstava caraṇasyaiva yujyante, nāsmākamiti bhāvaḥ ..
khaḍgaḥ kṛṣṇasya nūnaṃ rahitaguṇagatirnandakākhyāṃ prayātaḥ
śatrorbhaṅgena vāmastava muditasuro nandakastveṣa pādaḥ .
1. 'īdṛkkarma'. 2. 'śaṃbhunāgatya'. 3. 'bāhūpasādam'. 4. 'kodbhūtahastā'.
5, 'saṃtāpitārī'.
6. 'poṣite'.
7. 'gaurī vo'vyātsvarūpaṃ tridaśapatipuro
lajjayā dhārayantī'. 8. 'eva'. 9. 'kṣemadānāta'. 10. 'devānāṃ nāyakatvādguṇa-';
'devaibrahmādibhistvadguṇa-'. 11. 'smārārau vadati ripuvadhe pārvatī vaḥ punātu'.
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bhāvādevaṃ jayāyāṃ nutikṛti nitarāṃ saṃnidhau devatānāṃ
savrīḍā bhadrakālī hataripuravatādvīkṣitā śaṃbhunā vaḥ .. 89 ..

May that Śivā protect you, at whom Śiva, Smara's Enemy, thus laughed in sport upon the slaughter of the enemy. How so? "The itch of the buffalo was scratched on the pretext of battle: by that means, your foot is a post (Sthāṇu)—that is to say, I am not Sthāṇu [a dry post]. It is well known that a buffalo's itching is relieved against a post. Your foot bestows welfare upon the three worlds, therefore it is Śaṃkara ['Beneficent']. It removes the fear of the worlds, therefore your foot is also Hara ['Remover']. O Queen of the gods, his name [Mahādeva] was made by your virtue: greatness is your virtue, and from that arose the name 'Great God' (Mahādeva), therefore this foot of yours is also Mahādeva. Because they are literal only through the slaying of Mahiṣa, designations such as Sthāṇu apply solely to your foot, not to us"—such is the meaning.
"Kṛṣṇa's sword, surely lacking the quality of giving joy, merely went by the name of Nandaka ('Gladdener');
but this left foot of yours, which gladdens the gods through the crushing of the foe, is truly the gladdener (Nandaka)."
When Jayā thus offered praise out of deep devotion in the very presence of the deities,
may modest Bhadrakālī, having slain the foe and watched by Śambhu, protect you. || 89