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Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 38
Hari said: / On the ninth lunar day and other [occasions], one should worship Durgā with: 'Hrīṃ, O Durgā, the Protectress, / O Mother, Mother, excellent Durgā, achiever of all desired aims,

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by this presentation of an offering, grant me all desires.' / Gaurī, Kālī, Umā, Durgā, Bhadrā, Kānti, Sarasvatī,

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Maṅgalā, Vijayā, Lakṣmī, Śivā, and Nārāyaṇī in order— / beginning on the third lunar day in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa, he who worships [her] suffers no separation.

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One should meditate upon her with eighteen arms, holding a buckler, a bell, a mirror, the forefinger [gesture], / a bow, a banner, a damaru, an axe, and a noose,

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a spear, a mallet, a trident, a skull-cup, an arrow, a goad, / a thunderbolt, a discus, and a dart—eighteen-armed.

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I will state the mantra and the recitation and other [rites] of the glorious Goddess:

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Oṃ, homage to the blessed goddess Cāmuṇḍā, dweller in cremation grounds, skull in hand, mounted upon a great corpse, surrounded by rows of great aerial cars, night of time, encircled by numerous hosts, large-mouthed, many-armed, adorned with auspicious bells, damarus, and tinkling bells, laughing a boisterous laugh, kili-kili, huṃ, rich in sounds of every kind, whose body is covered in elephant skin, smeared with blood and flesh, tongue moving greedily, great rākṣasī, terrifying with frightful fangs, of terrible loud laughter, flashing with lightning-like radiance, move, move, fierce-eyed, hili-hili, darting-tongued, hraiṃ, hrīṃ, frowning-faced, seated upon the auspicious throne of the syllable Oṃ, encircled by a garland of skulls, wearing a matted-hair crown and the crescent moon, boisterously laughing, kili-kili, huṃ-huṃ, creating terrible darkness with your fangs, destroyer of all obstacles, accomplish, accomplish this work, do it quickly, make haste, kaha-kaha, lead them under the hook, shake, shake each group, stir, stir, agitate, agitate, lover of blood, flesh, and liquor, strike, strike, pound, pound, cut, cut, slay, slay, we proclaim, we proclaim, perfect, perfect the adamantine body, whether gone to the three worlds, wicked or not wicked, caught or uncaught, enter, enter, make advance, advance, dance, dance, bind, bind, prance, prance, hollow-eyed one, upward-haired one, owl-faced one, tinkling with armlets, wearing a garland of skulls, burn, burn, cook, cook, seize, seize, make enter, enter into the circle! Why do you delay? By the truth of Brahmā, by the truth of Viṣṇu, by the truth of the ṛṣis, by the truth of Rudra, possess, possess, kili-kili, khili-khili, mili-mili, cili-cili, bearer of a deformed form, body coiled by black serpents, possessing all evil spirits, hanging-lipped, nose sunken between the brows, hideous-faced, brown-matted-haired, Brāhmī, shatter, shatter, blaze, blaze, dark-faced, khala-khala, khara-khara, throw down, throw down, red-eyed one, make reel, reel, throw to the ground, throw down, seize the head, seize, close the eyes, close, break, break, seize the feet, seize, split the seal, split, huṃ hūṃ phaṭ! Tear apart, tear apart, pierce, pierce with the trident, strike, strike with the vajra, beat, beat with the staff, cut, cut with the discus, pierce, pierce with the lance, bite, bite with the fangs, pin down, pin down with the stake, rip, rip with the knife, seize, seize with the elephant hook! Brahmāṇī, come, come! Māheśvarī, come, come! Kaumārī, come, come! Vārāhī, come, come! Aindrī, come, come! Cāmuṇḍā, come, come! Vaiṣṇavī, come, come! Dweller on Himavat, come, come! Dweller on Kailāsa, come, come! Sever, sever the enemy's mantra, kili-kili, O reflection, O gentle one of terrifying form, Cāmuṇḍā, who issued from the blind rage of Ruru, destroyer of the asuras, sky-farer, bind, bind with the noose, stand firm, stand firm upon the pledge, enter, enter the circle, throw down, throw down, seize, seize, bind, bind the mouth, bind, bind the eyes, bind, bind the heart, bind, bind the hands and feet, bind, bind all wicked spirits, bind the directions, bind, bind the intermediate directions, bind, bind above, bind, bind below! With ashes, with water, with clay, or with mustard seeds, possess, possess, throw down, throw down, Cāmuṇḍā, kili-kili vicche hrīṃ phaṭ svāhā!

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The recitation is indeed a garland consisting of mantras of one hundred and eight words, / each word [recited] eight thousand times, with oblations of eight thousand sesamum seeds anointed with the three sweets.

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One should worship each word one thousand and eight times with great-meat anointed with the three sweets, / and one should offer in the fire eight thousand sesamum seeds anointed with the three sweets.

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Or else great-meat with the three sweets accomplishes every deed; / by casting water, mustard seeds, ashes, and the like, victory is obtained in battle and other [struggles].

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She should be meditated upon as twenty-eight-armed, or eighteen-armed, / or twelve- or eight-armed, or even meditated upon as four-armed.

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Two hands are equipped with sword and shield, two others with mace and staff, / two others with arrow and bow, and [two others] joined with the blade and the club;

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two others are accompanied by conch and bell, two others provided with banner and staff, / two others rich in axe and discus, and endowed with damaru and mirror;

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two others holding the lance, provided with whistle and pestle, / joined with noose and javelin, accompanied by the ḍhakkā and drum;

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threatening with one hand, making a clattering sound with another, / the foremost hands displaying fearlessness and the svastika, the slayer of Mahiṣa, riding a lion.

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"Be victorious, indeed, O ruler of beings, surrounded by all spirits! / Protect me from your own spirits, accept the offering, homage be to you!"

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Thus, in the holy Garuḍa Purāṇa, in the first section called the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part, the thirty-eighth chapter, entitled "Ascertainment of the Mantras for the Recitation, Worship, and Offering to Durgā."

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