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THE CANDIŚATAKA OF BĀŅA
vadha (1.60) states that it was cut off by Ravaṇa, and the Haracarita
(18.23) says that it was lost as the outcome of a wager between Kumāra
and Ganesa as to which of them could most quickly encircle the earth; cf.
H. Jacobi, Brahmanism, in Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, vol. 2,
p. 799-813, sub-heading Ganesa (p. 807), ed. James Hastings, New York,
1910. The Candiśataka, stanza 67, tells us that the tusk was broken off by
the demon Mahişa. 4. Mahākāla was the name of one of Siva's attend-
ants, as well as being an epithet of Siva himself. 5. Nandin, Gaṇeśa and
Mahākāla were all attendants of Siva, and so also of Candi, Siva's wife.
Gaṇeśa was the reputed son of Siva and Pärvati (Candi); for his parent-
age, see Kennedy, Ancient and Hindu Mythology, p. 352-356, and especially
H. Jacobi, Brahmanism, as cited in note 3; see also Moor, Hindu Pantheon,
pl. 9, p. 42, where the infant Gaṇeśa is pictured held in Pârvati's (Candi's)
arms.
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vajram majño marutvān ari harir urasaḥ śūlam iśaḥ śirasto
dandam tundāt kṛtāntas tvaritagatigadām asthito 'rthādhi-
näthaḥ
präpan yatpädapiṣṭe dviși mahişavapusy angalagnāni bhūyo
'py ayumşi 'vā "yudhāni dyuvasataya iti stād umā sā śriye vaḥ
When¹ Umā (Candi) crushed with her foot the Foe (Mahişa)
who had the body of a buffalo,
The inhabitants of heaven <obtained> again their weapons <that
were sticking in his body», just as they <saved> their lives
<inherent in their bodies»²;
(Indra), whom the Maruts attend, [recovered] the thunderbolt
from [Mahişa's] marrow; Hari (Viṣṇu), the discus from
his breast; Isa (Siva), the trident from his head;
Kṛtānta (Yama) [recovered] the staff from his mouth; and
(Kubera), Lord of Wealth, the swift-moving mace from his
bones.³
May that Uma (Candi) bring you prosperity!
:
Notes. 1. For convenience, I have translated the last two pādas first.
2. The commentary says: 'Formerly, in the battle with Mahişa, the
weapons of all the gods were plunged into his body; now, when Mahişa
has been crushed by Devi (Candi), their weapons are obtained by them
again; in like manner their lives are obtained (i.e. saved) through the
destruction of Mahişa; for otherwise their lives were verily precari-
ous. 3. Note that the name of the god has some similarity in sound
vadha (1.60) states that it was cut off by Ravaṇa, and the Haracarita
(18.23) says that it was lost as the outcome of a wager between Kumāra
and Ganesa as to which of them could most quickly encircle the earth; cf.
H. Jacobi, Brahmanism, in Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, vol. 2,
p. 799-813, sub-heading Ganesa (p. 807), ed. James Hastings, New York,
1910. The Candiśataka, stanza 67, tells us that the tusk was broken off by
the demon Mahişa. 4. Mahākāla was the name of one of Siva's attend-
ants, as well as being an epithet of Siva himself. 5. Nandin, Gaṇeśa and
Mahākāla were all attendants of Siva, and so also of Candi, Siva's wife.
Gaṇeśa was the reputed son of Siva and Pärvati (Candi); for his parent-
age, see Kennedy, Ancient and Hindu Mythology, p. 352-356, and especially
H. Jacobi, Brahmanism, as cited in note 3; see also Moor, Hindu Pantheon,
pl. 9, p. 42, where the infant Gaṇeśa is pictured held in Pârvati's (Candi's)
arms.
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36
vajram majño marutvān ari harir urasaḥ śūlam iśaḥ śirasto
dandam tundāt kṛtāntas tvaritagatigadām asthito 'rthādhi-
näthaḥ
präpan yatpädapiṣṭe dviși mahişavapusy angalagnāni bhūyo
'py ayumşi 'vā "yudhāni dyuvasataya iti stād umā sā śriye vaḥ
When¹ Umā (Candi) crushed with her foot the Foe (Mahişa)
who had the body of a buffalo,
The inhabitants of heaven <obtained> again their weapons <that
were sticking in his body», just as they <saved> their lives
<inherent in their bodies»²;
(Indra), whom the Maruts attend, [recovered] the thunderbolt
from [Mahişa's] marrow; Hari (Viṣṇu), the discus from
his breast; Isa (Siva), the trident from his head;
Kṛtānta (Yama) [recovered] the staff from his mouth; and
(Kubera), Lord of Wealth, the swift-moving mace from his
bones.³
May that Uma (Candi) bring you prosperity!
:
Notes. 1. For convenience, I have translated the last two pādas first.
2. The commentary says: 'Formerly, in the battle with Mahişa, the
weapons of all the gods were plunged into his body; now, when Mahişa
has been crushed by Devi (Candi), their weapons are obtained by them
again; in like manner their lives are obtained (i.e. saved) through the
destruction of Mahişa; for otherwise their lives were verily precari-
ous. 3. Note that the name of the god has some similarity in sound