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THE CANDIŚTAKA OF BĀṆA
As with these words the Foe (Mahisa) was humbling the god-
world, he was slain by Parvati (Candi).
May that Parvati (Candi) protect you!
Notes. 1. Lit. 'went backward.' 2. Bala was a demon, brother of
Vrtra; cf. Mahabharata, 1. 65. 33; he was conquered by Maghavan (Indra),
according to Mahabharata, 3. 168. 81. 3. Siva burnt Tripura; cf. stanza
16, note 3. 4. Lit. 'what is the tale in [the case of] the Six-faced Boy?'
-the meaning being that Kärttikeya would be even less able to conquer
him; this is implied also in the commentary. For Kärttikeya and his six
faces, cf. Saryaśataka, stanza 25, notes 1, 4, 8 and 10, and Candisataka,
stanza 5, note 1, and stanza 28, note 2.
V.L. (a) pratihatam apatat.
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vidrāṇe rudravṛnde savitari tarale vajriņi dhvastavajre
jātāśanke śaśānke viramati maruti tyaktaväire kubere
väikuṇṭhe kuṇṭhitāstre mahiṣam atirușam pāurușopaghnanigh-
nam
nirvighnam nighnati vaḥ śamayatu duritam bhūribhāvā
bhavani
When the troop of the Rudras ran away, when Savitar (Sürya)
trembled, when Indra lost his thunderbolt,
When fear was born in the Hare-marked² (Moon), when Marut
(Wind) stopped, when Kubera was deserted by his courage,
And when the Sharp One's (Viṣṇu's) weapon was blunted, [then]
Bhavani (Candi), whose existences are manifold,
Easily slew the enraged Mahișa, who depended for safeguard
on his own prowess.
May Bhavani (Candi) destroy your sin!
Notes. 1. This stanza is quoted in the Paddhati (4.26) of Särngadhara
(no. 112 of the ed. by Peterson; cf. the partial edition by Aufrecht in
ZDMG, vol. 27, where text and translation are given on p. 53-54), in the
Hariharavali, or Subhasitahārāvali (13 b), of Hari Kavi (cf. Peterson,
Second Report of Operations in Search of Skt. MSS, p. 57-58, Bombay,
1884; see also Thomas's edition of the Kavindravacanasamuccaya, introd.,
p. 56, Calcutta, 1912; Peterson, loc. cit., states that this anthology is later
than the Subhaşitävali [1450 A.D.], or the Paddhati [1363 A.D.] of Sārn-
gadhara), in the Saduktikarṇāmṛta (1.25.5) of Sridhara Dasa (ed. in the
THE CANDIŚTAKA OF BĀṆA
As with these words the Foe (Mahisa) was humbling the god-
world, he was slain by Parvati (Candi).
May that Parvati (Candi) protect you!
Notes. 1. Lit. 'went backward.' 2. Bala was a demon, brother of
Vrtra; cf. Mahabharata, 1. 65. 33; he was conquered by Maghavan (Indra),
according to Mahabharata, 3. 168. 81. 3. Siva burnt Tripura; cf. stanza
16, note 3. 4. Lit. 'what is the tale in [the case of] the Six-faced Boy?'
-the meaning being that Kärttikeya would be even less able to conquer
him; this is implied also in the commentary. For Kärttikeya and his six
faces, cf. Saryaśataka, stanza 25, notes 1, 4, 8 and 10, and Candisataka,
stanza 5, note 1, and stanza 28, note 2.
V.L. (a) pratihatam apatat.
66
vidrāṇe rudravṛnde savitari tarale vajriņi dhvastavajre
jātāśanke śaśānke viramati maruti tyaktaväire kubere
väikuṇṭhe kuṇṭhitāstre mahiṣam atirușam pāurușopaghnanigh-
nam
nirvighnam nighnati vaḥ śamayatu duritam bhūribhāvā
bhavani
When the troop of the Rudras ran away, when Savitar (Sürya)
trembled, when Indra lost his thunderbolt,
When fear was born in the Hare-marked² (Moon), when Marut
(Wind) stopped, when Kubera was deserted by his courage,
And when the Sharp One's (Viṣṇu's) weapon was blunted, [then]
Bhavani (Candi), whose existences are manifold,
Easily slew the enraged Mahișa, who depended for safeguard
on his own prowess.
May Bhavani (Candi) destroy your sin!
Notes. 1. This stanza is quoted in the Paddhati (4.26) of Särngadhara
(no. 112 of the ed. by Peterson; cf. the partial edition by Aufrecht in
ZDMG, vol. 27, where text and translation are given on p. 53-54), in the
Hariharavali, or Subhasitahārāvali (13 b), of Hari Kavi (cf. Peterson,
Second Report of Operations in Search of Skt. MSS, p. 57-58, Bombay,
1884; see also Thomas's edition of the Kavindravacanasamuccaya, introd.,
p. 56, Calcutta, 1912; Peterson, loc. cit., states that this anthology is later
than the Subhaşitävali [1450 A.D.], or the Paddhati [1363 A.D.] of Sārn-
gadhara), in the Saduktikarṇāmṛta (1.25.5) of Sridhara Dasa (ed. in the