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THE CANDIŚATAKA OF BĀŅA
Mahisa, who was assailable¹ neither by Agni nor by Indu (Moon),
and who could not be resisted for an instant by the twelve
Suns,³
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Who violently destroyed the thousand eyes of Sakra (Indra)
together with the assembly of the gods,
And who was like the approach of the terrible darkness of some
[evil-boding] portent, was killed by Devi (Candi)
With the five moon-like toe-nails of her left lotus foot.
May Devi (Candi) bestow happiness upon you!
Notes. 1. In Süryaśataka, stanza 23, gamya, 'assailable,' is again found
with a genitive case. 2. By the 'twelve Suns' are meant the twelve
manifestations of the Sun in the twelve months of the year; cf. Sarya-
śataka, stanza 90, note 1, and stanza 94, note 5. 3. For Indra's thousand
eyes, cf. Saryaśataka, stanza 94, note 4, and Candidataka, stanza 57, note 6.
4. Lit. with the five moons constituting the nails of her left foot-lotus.'
Stanza 10 says that Candi killed Mahişa with her right foot, but elsewhere
in the Candidataka, whenever specific mention is made, it is always said
that she used her left; cf. stanza 10, note 6.
V.L. (a) na 'gner jitendum; dvādaśānām aśakyam.
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dattvā sthūlāntramālāvalivighasahasadghasmarapretakantam
kätyāyanyā "tmanāiva tridaśaripumahādāityadehopahāram
viśrantyai pātu yuşmān kṣaṇam upari dhṛtam kesariskan-
dhabhitter
bibhrat tatkesarālim alimukhararaṇannūpuram padapadmam
After Katyayani (Candi) had verily in person offered as an
oblation the body of the great Dāitya (Mahiṣa), the Foe of
the Gods-
An oblation that roused the mockery of the voracious female
ghouls, since the residue [for their consumption] was
[merely] the series of the festoons of his large intestine,³
Her lotus foot, possessed of a jingling anklets that hummed
like a bee, was placed for a moment, for the purpose of rest-
ing [it],
Mahisa, who was assailable¹ neither by Agni nor by Indu (Moon),
and who could not be resisted for an instant by the twelve
Suns,³
307
Who violently destroyed the thousand eyes of Sakra (Indra)
together with the assembly of the gods,
And who was like the approach of the terrible darkness of some
[evil-boding] portent, was killed by Devi (Candi)
With the five moon-like toe-nails of her left lotus foot.
May Devi (Candi) bestow happiness upon you!
Notes. 1. In Süryaśataka, stanza 23, gamya, 'assailable,' is again found
with a genitive case. 2. By the 'twelve Suns' are meant the twelve
manifestations of the Sun in the twelve months of the year; cf. Sarya-
śataka, stanza 90, note 1, and stanza 94, note 5. 3. For Indra's thousand
eyes, cf. Saryaśataka, stanza 94, note 4, and Candidataka, stanza 57, note 6.
4. Lit. with the five moons constituting the nails of her left foot-lotus.'
Stanza 10 says that Candi killed Mahişa with her right foot, but elsewhere
in the Candidataka, whenever specific mention is made, it is always said
that she used her left; cf. stanza 10, note 6.
V.L. (a) na 'gner jitendum; dvādaśānām aśakyam.
43
dattvā sthūlāntramālāvalivighasahasadghasmarapretakantam
kätyāyanyā "tmanāiva tridaśaripumahādāityadehopahāram
viśrantyai pātu yuşmān kṣaṇam upari dhṛtam kesariskan-
dhabhitter
bibhrat tatkesarālim alimukhararaṇannūpuram padapadmam
After Katyayani (Candi) had verily in person offered as an
oblation the body of the great Dāitya (Mahiṣa), the Foe of
the Gods-
An oblation that roused the mockery of the voracious female
ghouls, since the residue [for their consumption] was
[merely] the series of the festoons of his large intestine,³
Her lotus foot, possessed of a jingling anklets that hummed
like a bee, was placed for a moment, for the purpose of rest-
ing [it],