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C
MADHURAVIJAYAM
sacred learning; hidden is refinement; hushed is the
voice of Dharma; destroyed is discipline, and discounted
is nobility of birth.
62
Having thus narrated the sickening career of
the Yavanas, she (the strange woman that appeared
before Kampaṇa) by her wonderful power of magic
caused a terrible-looking sword to appear.
The description of the sword presented to Kampana. The
exhortation of the female Apparition to Kampana to rid
Madhurai of the Muslim rule.
In its shining silver sheath and handle, it looked like
a serpent that had recently sloughed. In its darkish
brilliance it resembled the agaru paste that one might
imagine on the person of Bhadrakali whose advent
marks the end of this universe. With the images of
burning lamps reflected in its surface, it looked like a
fresh cloud bright with lightening within it. This
sword, efficacious in drawing tears of sorrow from the
eyes of enemies' spouses, she placed before the king,
as if it were the personification of the Prosperity-God-
dess of Colas and Pandyas and began to further address
him thus :
"Oh king, in olden times, this sword was made by
Viswakarma with the melted splinters of all divine
missiles, and he gave it as a present to God Siva for the
destruction of asuras."
"And that God gave it as a boon to the
Pandya king, pleased with his severe austerities. And
his successors had it for a long time and were the
unchallenged rulers of their earth.
C
MADHURAVIJAYAM
sacred learning; hidden is refinement; hushed is the
voice of Dharma; destroyed is discipline, and discounted
is nobility of birth.
62
Having thus narrated the sickening career of
the Yavanas, she (the strange woman that appeared
before Kampaṇa) by her wonderful power of magic
caused a terrible-looking sword to appear.
The description of the sword presented to Kampana. The
exhortation of the female Apparition to Kampana to rid
Madhurai of the Muslim rule.
In its shining silver sheath and handle, it looked like
a serpent that had recently sloughed. In its darkish
brilliance it resembled the agaru paste that one might
imagine on the person of Bhadrakali whose advent
marks the end of this universe. With the images of
burning lamps reflected in its surface, it looked like a
fresh cloud bright with lightening within it. This
sword, efficacious in drawing tears of sorrow from the
eyes of enemies' spouses, she placed before the king,
as if it were the personification of the Prosperity-God-
dess of Colas and Pandyas and began to further address
him thus :
"Oh king, in olden times, this sword was made by
Viswakarma with the melted splinters of all divine
missiles, and he gave it as a present to God Siva for the
destruction of asuras."
"And that God gave it as a boon to the
Pandya king, pleased with his severe austerities. And
his successors had it for a long time and were the
unchallenged rulers of their earth.