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THE CANDĪŠATAKA OF BĀŅA
been broken off. Guha now promises to give him two tusks, namely, the
two horns of Mahişa, in place of the one he had lost. 2. This is not
the usual cause assigned to explain the loss of Ganesa's tusk. According
to the story told in the Brahmavaivarta Purana, Gaņeśa and Paraśurāma
once came to blows because the latter attempted to force his way past the
former into Siva's presence. In the course of the struggle, Paraśurāma
threw his ax at Gaṇeśa, and the latter, recognizing it as his
her's weapon
-Siva had given it to Paraśurāma-received it humbly on his tusk, which
it forthwith severed; cf. Wilkins, Hindu Mythology, p. 327. For other
accounts of the manner in which Gaņeśa lost his tusk, cf. stanza 35, note 3.
3. Or, 'placed them on the face'; that is, adjusted them to Ganesa's
physiognomy. 4. Kärttikeya was the reputed brother of Gaṇeśa, and
son to Siva and Parvati (Candi); cf. stanza 5, note 1, stanza 28, note 2,
and stanza 35, note 5. 5. For the power of Candi's smile to make objects
brilliant, cf. stanza 58.
68
viśrāmyanti śramārtā iva tapanabhṛtaḥ saptayaḥ sapta yasmin
suptāḥ saptā 'pi lokāḥ sthitimuși mahişe yāminidhāmni yatra
dhārāṇām rāudhirīņām aruṇimani nabhaḥsāndrasamdhyām
dadhānas
tasya dhvamsāt sutā 'drer aparadinapatiḥ pātu vaḥ pādapātāiḥ
When <Mahişa>,¹ «possessing the appearance of night», de-
stroyed the settled order of things>>,³
The seven horses of (Sürya), Bringer of Heat, sought repose,
as if oppressed with weariness, and the seven worlds [had
recourse to] sleep; [but]
(Candi), Daughter of the Mountain, a second (Sürya), Lord of
Day, produced a deep twilight in the sky
By the redness of the streams of blood [that arose] from the
destruction of <that (Mahișa)> <through blows of her feet>>.
May (Candi), Daughter of the Mountain, protect you!
[And, punningly]
After the powerful> <splendor of night» destroys the uni-
formity things>>,'
The seven horses of (Sürya), Bringer of Heat, seek repose, as
if oppressed with weariness, and the seven worlds [have re-
course to] sleep; [but]
THE CANDĪŠATAKA OF BĀŅA
been broken off. Guha now promises to give him two tusks, namely, the
two horns of Mahişa, in place of the one he had lost. 2. This is not
the usual cause assigned to explain the loss of Ganesa's tusk. According
to the story told in the Brahmavaivarta Purana, Gaņeśa and Paraśurāma
once came to blows because the latter attempted to force his way past the
former into Siva's presence. In the course of the struggle, Paraśurāma
threw his ax at Gaṇeśa, and the latter, recognizing it as his
her's weapon
-Siva had given it to Paraśurāma-received it humbly on his tusk, which
it forthwith severed; cf. Wilkins, Hindu Mythology, p. 327. For other
accounts of the manner in which Gaņeśa lost his tusk, cf. stanza 35, note 3.
3. Or, 'placed them on the face'; that is, adjusted them to Ganesa's
physiognomy. 4. Kärttikeya was the reputed brother of Gaṇeśa, and
son to Siva and Parvati (Candi); cf. stanza 5, note 1, stanza 28, note 2,
and stanza 35, note 5. 5. For the power of Candi's smile to make objects
brilliant, cf. stanza 58.
68
viśrāmyanti śramārtā iva tapanabhṛtaḥ saptayaḥ sapta yasmin
suptāḥ saptā 'pi lokāḥ sthitimuși mahişe yāminidhāmni yatra
dhārāṇām rāudhirīņām aruṇimani nabhaḥsāndrasamdhyām
dadhānas
tasya dhvamsāt sutā 'drer aparadinapatiḥ pātu vaḥ pādapātāiḥ
When <Mahişa>,¹ «possessing the appearance of night», de-
stroyed the settled order of things>>,³
The seven horses of (Sürya), Bringer of Heat, sought repose,
as if oppressed with weariness, and the seven worlds [had
recourse to] sleep; [but]
(Candi), Daughter of the Mountain, a second (Sürya), Lord of
Day, produced a deep twilight in the sky
By the redness of the streams of blood [that arose] from the
destruction of <that (Mahișa)> <through blows of her feet>>.
May (Candi), Daughter of the Mountain, protect you!
[And, punningly]
After the powerful> <splendor of night» destroys the uni-
formity things>>,'
The seven horses of (Sürya), Bringer of Heat, seek repose, as
if oppressed with weariness, and the seven worlds [have re-
course to] sleep; [but]