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THE CANDIŚATAKA OF BĀŅA
Notes. 1. Instantly,' because she shoots as soon as she glances. The
commentary, however, would take jhatiti, 'instantly,' with mukta, 'sped,'
and regards the humming sound as that made by the bracelet. It would
render as follows: 'A glance, followed by the deep humming sound of her
braceleted hand that instantly speeds an arrow.' 2. For the omission of
the benediction, cf. stanza 3, note 5; and for the omission of any mention
of Mahişa, cf. stanza 25, note 8.
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bāhūtkṣepasamullasatkucataṭam prāntasphuṭatkañcukam
gambhirodaranābhimaṇḍalagalatkāñcīdhṛtārdhāmśukam
pārvatyā mahiṣāsuravyatikare vyāyāmaramyaṁ vapuḥ
paryastāvadhibandhabandhuralasatkeśoccayam pātu vaḥ
In¹ the conflict with the Buffalo-demon (Mahișa), the body of
Parvati (Candi) [appeared] lovely in its exertion;
[For] her corselet gaped open at the edges, and her rounded
breasts came into view by the raising of her arm,
And the girdle-supported half of her upper garment slipped
down to the circle of the navel deep-set in her abdomen,
And the shining mass of her hair, adorned with fillets to confine
it, was disheveled.
May the body of Parvati (Candi) protect you!
Notes. 1. The meter here, as also of stanzas 25, 32, 49, 55 and 56, is
fardalavikridita. 2. For vyatikara used in the sense of 'battle,' or 'con-
flict,' see stanza 5, note 3. 3. Lit. 'slope of the breast.' 4. A deep-set
navel was a mark of beauty. 5. Lit. 'adorned with fillets as limits.'
6. A stanza not unlike this as regards subject-matter, but in the sragdhara
meter, is found under Bāṇa's name in the Saduktikarnāmṛta (1.25.4), and
runs as follows:--
padavaştambhanamrikṛtamahişatanor ullasadbahumalam
śülam prolläsayantyāḥ saralitavapuso madhyabhāgasya devyāḥ
viśliştaspastadṛstonnataviralabahuvyaktagāurāntarālās
tisro vaḥ pantu rekhaḥ kramavaśavikasatkañcukaprāntamuktāḥ
'When Devi (Candi), with tense body, crushed the form of Mahisa with
her pillar-like foot,
She brandished her trident, making visible her arm-pit, and the three
wrinkles over her abdomen
Came into view by reason of the opening of the edges of her corselet as
she took a [forward] step,
And the very beautiful white spaces [of flesh] between [the wrinkles
appeared], disunited, clearly seen, raised, and separated by intervals.
May the three wrinkles of Devi's (Candi's) abdomen protect you!'
Notes. 1. Instantly,' because she shoots as soon as she glances. The
commentary, however, would take jhatiti, 'instantly,' with mukta, 'sped,'
and regards the humming sound as that made by the bracelet. It would
render as follows: 'A glance, followed by the deep humming sound of her
braceleted hand that instantly speeds an arrow.' 2. For the omission of
the benediction, cf. stanza 3, note 5; and for the omission of any mention
of Mahişa, cf. stanza 25, note 8.
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334
bāhūtkṣepasamullasatkucataṭam prāntasphuṭatkañcukam
gambhirodaranābhimaṇḍalagalatkāñcīdhṛtārdhāmśukam
pārvatyā mahiṣāsuravyatikare vyāyāmaramyaṁ vapuḥ
paryastāvadhibandhabandhuralasatkeśoccayam pātu vaḥ
In¹ the conflict with the Buffalo-demon (Mahișa), the body of
Parvati (Candi) [appeared] lovely in its exertion;
[For] her corselet gaped open at the edges, and her rounded
breasts came into view by the raising of her arm,
And the girdle-supported half of her upper garment slipped
down to the circle of the navel deep-set in her abdomen,
And the shining mass of her hair, adorned with fillets to confine
it, was disheveled.
May the body of Parvati (Candi) protect you!
Notes. 1. The meter here, as also of stanzas 25, 32, 49, 55 and 56, is
fardalavikridita. 2. For vyatikara used in the sense of 'battle,' or 'con-
flict,' see stanza 5, note 3. 3. Lit. 'slope of the breast.' 4. A deep-set
navel was a mark of beauty. 5. Lit. 'adorned with fillets as limits.'
6. A stanza not unlike this as regards subject-matter, but in the sragdhara
meter, is found under Bāṇa's name in the Saduktikarnāmṛta (1.25.4), and
runs as follows:--
padavaştambhanamrikṛtamahişatanor ullasadbahumalam
śülam prolläsayantyāḥ saralitavapuso madhyabhāgasya devyāḥ
viśliştaspastadṛstonnataviralabahuvyaktagāurāntarālās
tisro vaḥ pantu rekhaḥ kramavaśavikasatkañcukaprāntamuktāḥ
'When Devi (Candi), with tense body, crushed the form of Mahisa with
her pillar-like foot,
She brandished her trident, making visible her arm-pit, and the three
wrinkles over her abdomen
Came into view by reason of the opening of the edges of her corselet as
she took a [forward] step,
And the very beautiful white spaces [of flesh] between [the wrinkles
appeared], disunited, clearly seen, raised, and separated by intervals.
May the three wrinkles of Devi's (Candi's) abdomen protect you!'