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Chapter 8

The Defeat of RaktabījaThe Defeat of Raktabīja

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8.1

Original / source text

Sage Medhas / मेधा ऋषि

ऋषिरुवाच

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The sage said.

Roman reading

rishiruvaachaṛṣiruvāca

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Sage Medhas continues his account of the Goddess’s battles. In the traditional count this speaker formula forms one recitation unit, but it is not a complete metrical verse.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

मेधा ऋषि देवी के युद्ध का वृत्तान्त आगे कहते हैं। पारम्परिक गणना में यह वक्ता-सूत्र एक अलग इकाई है, पर स्वयं पूर्ण छन्दबद्ध श्लोक नहीं है।

8.2

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

चण्डे च निहते दैत्ये मुण्डे च विनिपातिते । बहुलेषु च सैन्येषु क्षयितेष्वसुरेश्वरः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

When Chanda had been killed, Munda had fallen, and large portions of the army had been destroyed, the ruler of the asuras learned of those losses.When Caṇḍa had been killed, Muṇḍa had fallen, and large portions of the army had been destroyed, the ruler of the asuras learned of those losses.

Roman reading

chande cha nihate daitye munde cha vinipaatite | bahuleshu cha sainyeshu kshayiteshvasureshvarahcaṇḍe ca nihate daitye muṇḍe ca vinipātite | bahuleṣu ca sainyeṣu kṣayiteṣvasureśvaraḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The opening links this chapter directly to the defeat in Chapter 7. The names matter: Raktabīja’s arrival is a response to a failing military campaign, not the beginning of a disconnected story.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

आरम्भ सातवें अध्याय की पराजय से सीधे जुड़ा है। रक्तबीज का प्रवेश किसी अलग कथा की शुरुआत नहीं, बल्कि असुरों के विफल होते अभियान की प्रतिक्रिया है।

8.3

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

ततः कोपपराधीनचेताः शुम्भः प्रतापवान्। उद्योगं सर्वसैन्यानां दैत्यानामादिदेश ह

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Overcome by anger, the mighty Shumbha ordered all the asura armies to mobilize.Overcome by anger, the mighty Śumbha ordered all the asura armies to mobilize.

Roman reading

tatah kopaparaadheenachetaah shumbhah prataapavaan| udyogam sarvasainyaanaam daityaanaamaadidesha hatataḥ kopaparādhīnacetāḥ śumbhaḥ pratāpavān| udyogaṃ sarvasainyānāṃ daityānāmādideśa ha

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The narrative foregrounds Shumbha’s emotional reaction before describing the enormous forces he calls upon. This escalation prepares for a confrontation extending beyond one or two commanders.

The narrative foregrounds Śumbha’s emotional reaction before describing the enormous forces he calls upon. This escalation prepares for a confrontation extending beyond one or two commanders.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

विशाल सैन्य-समूहों का वर्णन करने से पहले कथा शुम्भ के क्रोध को सामने रखती है। संघर्ष अब दो सेनानायकों से बढ़कर व्यापक अभियान बन जाता है।

8.4

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

अद्य सर्वबलैर्दैत्याः षडशीतिरुदायुधाः । कम्बूनां चतुरशीतिर्निर्यान्तु स्वबलैर्वृताः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

He commanded eighty-six armed groups of daityas and eighty-four groups of Kambus to march out, each accompanied by its own force.

Roman reading

adya sarvabalairdaityaah shadasheetirudaayudhaah | kamboonaam chaturasheetirniryaantu svabalairvritaahadya sarvabalairdaityāḥ ṣaḍaśītirudāyudhāḥ | kambūnāṃ caturaśītirniryāntu svabalairvṛtāḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

These are traditional military-group designations in the epic setting. The precise force structure and the term Kambu require lexical review; the numbers mainly convey the scale of Shumbha’s deployment.

These are traditional military-group designations in the epic setting. The precise force structure and the term Kambu require lexical review; the numbers mainly convey the scale of Śumbha’s deployment.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ये पौराणिक सैन्य-दलों के नाम हैं। 'कम्बु' तथा दल-संरचना की सटीक पहचान शब्दार्थ-जाँच चाहती है; संख्याएँ शुम्भ की विशाल तैयारी दर्शाती हैं।

8.5

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

कोटिवीर्याणि पञ्चाशदसुराणां कुलानि वै । शतं कुलानि धौम्राणां निर्गच्छन्तु ममाज्ञया

ShivGoraksh English Translation

“Let fifty clans of the powerful Koṭivīryas and a hundred clans of the Dhaumras also depart at my command.”

Roman reading

kotiveeryaani panchaashadasuraanaam kulaani vai | shatam kulaani dhaumraanaam nirgachchhantu mamaajnayaakoṭivīryāṇi pañcāśadasurāṇāṃ kulāni vai | śataṃ kulāni dhaumrāṇāṃ nirgacchantu mamājñayā

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The text adds named asura lineages to the mobilization. We preserve these names rather than treat them as independently verifiable historical communities.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

इस पद्य में असुर-समूहों के विशेष नाम जोड़े जाते हैं। इन्हें कथा के नामों के रूप में सुरक्षित रखा गया है, स्वतंत्र रूप से प्रमाणित ऐतिहासिक समुदायों के रूप में नहीं।

8.6

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

कालका दौर्हृदा मौर्वाः कालिकेयास्तथासुराः । युद्धाय सज्जा निर्यान्तु आज्ञया त्वरिता मम

ShivGoraksh English Translation

“Let the Kālakas, Daurhṛdas, Maurvas, and Kālakeyas hurry out ready for battle under my order.”

Roman reading

kaalakaa daurhridaa maurvaah kaalikeyaastathaasuraah | yuddhaaya sajjaa niryaantu aajnayaa tvaritaa mamakālakā daurhṛdā maurvāḥ kālikeyāstathāsurāḥ | yuddhāya sajjā niryāntu ājñayā tvaritā mama

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The listing communicates urgency and diversity within Shumbha’s forces. The transliteration of lineage names is provisional pending comparison with the historic print.

The listing communicates urgency and diversity within Śumbha’s forces. The transliteration of lineage names is provisional pending comparison with the historic print.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

सूची शुम्भ की सेना की विविधता और तत्काल तैयारी को प्रकट करती है। इन कुलनामों के सटीक पाठ और लिप्यन्तरण पर ऐतिहासिक प्रति से पुनः जाँच अपेक्षित है।

8.7

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

इत्याज्ञाप्यासुरपतिः शुम्भो भैरवशासनः । निर्जगाम महासैन्यसहस्रैर्बहुभिर्वृतः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

After issuing these fearsome commands, Shumbha, lord of the asuras, advanced surrounded by many thousands of great troops.After issuing these fearsome commands, Śumbha, lord of the asuras, advanced surrounded by many thousands of great troops.

Roman reading

ityaajnaapyaasurapatih shumbho bhairavashaasanah | nirjagaama mahaasainyasahasrairbahubhirvritahityājñāpyāsurapatiḥ śumbho bhairavaśāsanaḥ | nirjagāma mahāsainyasahasrairbahubhirvṛtaḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The order becomes action as the ruler himself enters the field. The magnitude is a feature of Purāṇic battle poetry rather than an independently corroborated army census.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

आदेश अब कार्रवाई बनता है और असुरराज स्वयं आगे आता है। सेना की व्यापकता पौराणिक युद्ध-काव्य की विशेषता है, किसी ऐतिहासिक सैन्य-गणना का प्रमाण नहीं।

8.8

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

आयान्तं चण्डिका दृष्ट्वा तत्सैन्यमतिभीषणम्। ज्यास्वनैः पूरयामास धरणीगगनान्तरम्

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Seeing that terrifying army approaching, Chandika filled the space between earth and sky with the twang of her bowstring.Seeing that terrifying army approaching, Caṇḍikā filled the space between earth and sky with the twang of her bowstring.

Roman reading

aayaantam Chandika drishtvaa tatsainyamatibheeshanam| jyaasvanaih poorayaamaasa dharaneegaganaantaramāyāntaṃ caṇḍikā dṛṣṭvā tatsainyamatibhīṣaṇam| jyāsvanaiḥ pūrayāmāsa dharaṇīgaganāntaram

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Her bowstring sound is a deliberate answer to the advancing host. This kind of vast sound image makes divine presence felt before the weapons actually meet.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

धनुष की टंकार निकट आती सेना के लिए देवी का उत्तर है। व्यापक ध्वनि का यह चित्र वास्तविक भिड़न्त से पहले ही देवी की उपस्थिति को प्रभावशाली बनाता है।

8.9

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

ततः सिंहो महानादमतीव कृतवान्नृप । घण्टास्वनेन तान्नादानम्बिका चोपबृंहयत्

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Then, O king, the lion roared mightily; Ambikā amplified those sounds with the ringing of her bell.

Roman reading

tatah simho mahaanaadamateeva kritavaannripa | ghantaasvanena taannaadaanambikaa chopabrimhayattataḥ siṃho mahānādamatīva kṛtavānnṛpa | ghaṇṭāsvanena tānnādānambikā copabṛṃhayat

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The narrator addresses the king while describing a layered soundscape: bow, lion, and bell. Their combined sound announces resistance and unshaken resolve.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ऋषि राजा को सम्बोधित करते हुए धनुष, सिंह और घंटा की सम्मिलित ध्वनियाँ सुनाते हैं। यह संयुक्त नाद प्रतिरोध और अडिग संकल्प का वातावरण बनाता है।

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

धनुर्ज्यासिंहघण्टानां नादापूरितदिङ्मुखा । निनादैर्भीषणैः काली जिग्ये विस्तारितानना

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Kali, her mouth wide open, surpassed the fearsome reverberations of the bowstring, lion, and bell with her own cries.Kālī, her mouth wide open, surpassed the fearsome reverberations of the bowstring, lion, and bell with her own cries.

Roman reading

dhanurjyaasimhaghantaanaam naadaapooritadinmukhaa | ninaadairbheeshanaih Kali jigye vistaaritaananaadhanurjyāsiṃhaghaṇṭānāṃ nādāpūritadiṅmukhā | ninādairbhīṣaṇaiḥ kālī jigye vistāritānanā

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Kali’s voice adds a fourth and strongest sound. The verse deliberately intensifies the scene rather than setting out a measurable comparison of loudness.

Kālī’s voice adds a fourth and strongest sound. The verse deliberately intensifies the scene rather than setting out a measurable comparison of loudness.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

काली की गर्जना चौथी और सबसे तीव्र ध्वनि बनती है। यह काव्यात्मक तीव्रता है, ध्वनि की भौतिक माप का कथन नहीं।

8.11

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

तं निनादमुपश्रुत्य दैत्यसैन्यैश्चतुर्दिशम्। देवी सिंहस्तथा काली सरोषैः परिवारिताः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Hearing that uproar, asura armies came from every direction and angrily surrounded the Goddess, the lion, and Kali.Hearing that uproar, asura armies came from every direction and angrily surrounded the Goddess, the lion, and Kālī.

Roman reading

tam ninaadamupashrutya daityasainyaishchaturdisham| devee simhastathaa Kali saroshaih parivaaritaahtaṃ ninādamupaśrutya daityasainyaiścaturdiśam| devī siṃhastathā kālī saroṣaiḥ parivāritāḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The preceding sounds now have a narrative consequence: the armies converge. The text keeps the Goddess, her lion, and Kali distinguishable within the same battlefield.

The preceding sounds now have a narrative consequence: the armies converge. The text keeps the Goddess, her lion, and Kālī distinguishable within the same battlefield.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

पहले के नाद का अब कथानक में परिणाम दिखाई देता है—सेनाएँ एकत्र होकर घेरती हैं। वर्णन देवी, उनके सिंह और काली को एक ही युद्ध-दृश्य में अलग-अलग पहचान देता है।

8.12

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे भूप विनाशाय सुरद्विषाम्। भवायामरसिंहानामतिवीर्यबलान्विताः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

At that moment, O king, immensely powerful forces appeared for the destruction of the gods’ enemies and the welfare of the immortals.

Roman reading

etasminnantare bhoopa vinaashaaya suradvishaam| bhavaayaamarasimhaanaamativeeryabalaanvitaahetasminnantare bhūpa vināśāya suradviṣām| bhavāyāmarasiṃhānāmativīryabalānvitāḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

This is the transition from an army-wide threat to the collective manifestation of divine powers. The next verses identify each power by the deity whose form she assumes.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह क्षण विशाल संकट से सामूहिक देवी-शक्ति के प्राकट्य की ओर कथा को मोड़ता है। आगे हर शक्ति को उसके सम्बन्धित देवता के रूप और आयुधों से पहचाना गया है।

8.13

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

ब्रह्मेशगुहविष्णूनां तथेन्द्रस्य च शक्तयः । शरीरेभ्यो विनिष्क्रम्य तद्रूपैश्चण्डिकां ययुः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The powers of Brahma, Shiva, Skanda, Vishnu, and Indra emerged from their bodies, took corresponding forms, and approached Chandika.The powers of Brahmā, Śiva, Skanda, Viṣṇu, and Indra emerged from their bodies, took corresponding forms, and approached Caṇḍikā.

Roman reading

brahmeshaguhavishnoonaam tathendrasya cha shaktayah | shareerebhyo vinishkramya tadroopaishchandikaam yayuhbrahmeśaguhaviṣṇūnāṃ tathendrasya ca śaktayaḥ | śarīrebhyo viniṣkramya tadrūpaiścaṇḍikāṃ yayuḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse explicitly names the divine origins of the Mātṛkās. In this account they converge around Chandika rather than replacing her as the principal focus.

The verse explicitly names the divine origins of the Mātṛkās. In this account they converge around Caṇḍikā rather than replacing her as the principal focus.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह पद्य मातृशक्तियों के दिव्य उद्गम को नाम से बताता है। वे चण्डिका के चारों ओर संगठित होती हैं; कथा की मुख्य देवी का स्थान नहीं लेतीं।

8.14

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

यस्य देवस्य यद्रूपं यथा भूषणवाहनम्। तद्वदेव हि तच्छक्तिरसुरान्योद्धुमाययौ

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Each Goddess-power came to battle the asuras with the form, adornments, and vehicle of the deity from whom she emerged.

Roman reading

yasya devasya yadroopam yathaa bhooshanavaahanam| tadvadeva hi tachchhaktirasuraanyoddhumaayayauyasya devasya yadrūpaṃ yathā bhūṣaṇavāhanam| tadvadeva hi tacchaktirasurānyoddhumāyayau

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse supplies a rule for reading the next portraits. These correspondences explain why each Mātṛkā is recognizable through particular objects and vehicles.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह आगे के रूप-वर्णनों को समझने की कुंजी है। सम्बन्धित आयुध, अलंकार और वाहन प्रत्येक मातृशक्ति की पहचान बनाते हैं।

8.15

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

हंसयुक्तविमानाग्रे साक्षसूत्रकमण्डलुः । आयाता ब्रह्मणः शक्तिर्ब्रह्माणीत्यभिधीयते

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Brahma’s power, called Brāhmāṇī, arrived in a swan-drawn aerial vehicle holding a rosary and a water pot.Brahmā’s power, called Brāhmāṇī, arrived in a swan-drawn aerial vehicle holding a rosary and a water pot.

Roman reading

hamsayuktavimaanaagre saakshasootrakamandaluh | aayaataa brahmanah shaktirbrahmaaneetyabhidheeyatehaṃsayuktavimānāgre sākṣasūtrakamaṇḍaluḥ | āyātā brahmaṇaḥ śaktirbrahmāṇītyabhidhīyate

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Rosary and water pot evoke the iconographic world associated with Brahma. The imagery identifies Brāhmāṇī without suggesting that she is merely a passive attendant.

Rosary and water pot evoke the iconographic world associated with Brahmā. The imagery identifies Brāhmāṇī without suggesting that she is merely a passive attendant.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

अक्षसूत्र और कमण्डलु ब्रह्मा से जुड़े प्रतिमात्मक चिह्न हैं। ये ब्राह्माणी को पहचान देते हैं, पर उन्हें निष्क्रिय सहचरी के रूप में नहीं दिखाते।

8.16

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

माहेश्वरी वृषारूढा त्रिशूलवरधारिणी । महाहिवलया प्राप्ता चन्द्ररेखाविभूषणा

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Māheśvarī arrived mounted on a bull, bearing a fine trident, adorned with great serpent bracelets and the crescent moon.

Roman reading

maaheshvaree vrishaaroodhaa trishoolavaradhaarinee | mahaahivalayaa praaptaa chandrarekhaavibhooshanaamāheśvarī vṛṣārūḍhā triśūlavaradhāriṇī | mahāhivalayā prāptā candrarekhāvibhūṣaṇā

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Bull, trident, serpents and crescent mark the association with Shiva. The Goddess’s specific iconographic identity matters more here than a generalized image of divinity.

Bull, trident, serpents and crescent mark the association with Śiva. The Goddess’s specific iconographic identity matters more here than a generalized image of divinity.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

वृषभ, त्रिशूल, सर्प और चन्द्रकला शिव से सम्बन्धित संकेत हैं। यहाँ देवी की विशिष्ट प्रतिमा-परम्परा को समझना किसी सामान्य देवी-चित्र से अधिक उपयोगी है।

8.17

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

कौमारी शक्तिहस्ता च मयूरवरवाहना । योद्धुमभ्याययौ दैत्यानम्बिका गुहरूपिणी

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Kaumārī, holding a spear and riding an excellent peacock, came in Skanda’s form to fight the asuras.

Roman reading

kaumaaree shaktihastaa cha mayooravaravaahanaa | yoddhumabhyaayayau daityaanambikaa guharoopineekaumārī śaktihastā ca mayūravaravāhanā | yoddhumabhyāyayau daityānambikā guharūpiṇī

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Kaumārī’s spear and peacock connect her with Skanda, also called Kumāra or Guha. The names in the verse express relationship, not a separate human genealogy.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

कौमारी की शक्ति और मयूर उन्हें स्कन्द, कुमार या गुह से जोड़ते हैं। ये नाम दिव्य रूप-साम्य के हैं, किसी मानवीय वंशावली के नहीं।

8.18

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

तथैव वैष्णवी शक्तिर्गरुडोपरि संस्थिता । शङ्खचक्रगदाशार्ङ्गखड्गहस्ताभ्युपाययौ

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Vaiṣṇavī came seated upon Garuḍa, carrying conch, discus, mace, the Śārṅga bow, and sword.

Roman reading

tathaiva vaishnavee shaktirgarudopari samsthitaa | shankhachakragadaashaarngakhadgahastaabhyupaayayautathaiva vaiṣṇavī śaktirgaruḍopari saṃsthitā | śaṅkhacakragadāśārṅgakhaḍgahastābhyupāyayau

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Her weapons collectively identify Vishnu’s associated power. The verse shows multiplicity of divine forms acting together in service of the Goddess’s battle.

Her weapons collectively identify Viṣṇu’s associated power. The verse shows multiplicity of divine forms acting together in service of the Goddess’s battle.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

उनके आयुध विष्णु से सम्बद्ध शक्ति की पहचान कराते हैं। अनेक दिव्य रूप यहाँ एक ही संघर्ष में सम्मिलित होते दिखाई देते हैं।

8.19

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

यज्ञवाराहमतुलं रूपं या बिभ्रतो हरेः । शक्तिः साप्याययौ तत्र वाराहीं बिभ्रती तनुम्

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The power of Hari that bears the incomparable sacrificial-boar form arrived there in the body of Vārāhī.

Roman reading

yajnavaaraahamatulam roopam yaa bibhrato hareh | shaktih saapyaayayau tatra vaaraaheem bibhratee tanumyajñavārāhamatulaṃ rūpaṃ yā bibhrato hareḥ | śaktiḥ sāpyāyayau tatra vārāhīṃ bibhratī tanum

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The boar imagery alludes to the Varāha form of Vishnu, while the compound yajña-varāha adds a sacrificial association. Its precise grammatical nuance remains for review.

The boar imagery alludes to the Varāha form of Viṣṇu, while the compound yajña-varāha adds a sacrificial association. Its precise grammatical nuance remains for review.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

वराह-रूप विष्णु के अवतार-संबन्धी संकेत को सामने लाता है, जबकि 'यज्ञवराह' समास में यज्ञ का सम्बन्ध भी जुड़ता है। इसके सूक्ष्म व्याकरणिक अर्थ की समीक्षा बाकी है।

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

नारसिंही नृसिंहस्य बिभ्रती सदृशं वपुः । प्राप्ता तत्र सटाक्षेपक्षिप्तनक्षत्रसंहतिः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Nārasiṃhī came bearing a form like Narasiṃha, her mane’s sweeping movement seeming to scatter constellations.

Roman reading

naarasimhee nrisimhasya bibhratee sadrisham vapuh | praaptaa tatra sataakshepakshiptanakshatrasamhatihnārasiṃhī nṛsiṃhasya bibhratī sadṛśaṃ vapuḥ | prāptā tatra saṭākṣepakṣiptanakṣatrasaṃhatiḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The cosmic-scale simile creates awe; it does not claim observed astronomical movement. Nārasiṃhī is another distinct Mātṛkā in the coordinated divine host.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

नक्षत्रों के बिखरने की उपमा विस्मय उत्पन्न करती है, किसी प्रत्यक्ष खगोलीय घटना का दावा नहीं। नारसिंही संयुक्त देवी-सेना का विशिष्ट रूप हैं।

8.21

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

वज्रहस्ता तथैवैन्द्री गजराजोपरि स्थिता । प्राप्ता सहस्रनयना यथा शक्रस्तथैव सा

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Aindrī appeared mounted on a mighty elephant and holding a thunderbolt, with a thousand eyes like Indra.

Roman reading

vajrahastaa tathaivaindree gajaraajopari sthitaa | praaptaa sahasranayanaa yathaa shakrastathaiva saavajrahastā tathaivaindrī gajarājopari sthitā | prāptā sahasranayanā yathā śakrastathaiva sā

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The elephant, thunderbolt and thousand eyes unmistakably recall Indra. Their appearance completes the sequence of Mātṛkā portraits before the narrative shifts to action.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

हाथी, वज्र और सहस्र नेत्र इन्द्र की पहचान याद दिलाते हैं। यह रूप-वर्णन आगे युद्ध-क्रिया शुरू होने से पहले मातृशक्तियों की श्रृंखला पूर्ण करता है।

8.22

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

ततः परिवृतस्ताभिरीशानो देवशक्तिभिः । हन्यन्तामसुराः शीघ्रं मम प्रीत्याह चण्डिकाम्

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Then Īśāna, surrounded by those divine powers, spoke to Chandika: “Let the asuras be destroyed quickly, for my sake.”Then Īśāna, surrounded by those divine powers, spoke to Caṇḍikā: “Let the asuras be destroyed quickly, for my sake.”

Roman reading

tatah parivritastaabhireeshaano devashaktibhih | hanyantaamasuraah sheeghram mama preetyaaha chandikaamtataḥ parivṛtastābhirīśāno devaśaktibhiḥ | hanyantāmasurāḥ śīghraṃ mama prītyāha caṇḍikām

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The source attributes these words to Īśāna, a name of Shiva. The direct speech and its relationship to the next emergence need close grammatical comparison with the historical print.

The source attributes these words to Īśāna, a name of Śiva. The direct speech and its relationship to the next emergence need close grammatical comparison with the historical print.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

पाठ में यह कथन ईशान अर्थात् शिव से सम्बद्ध है। अगले देवी-प्राकट्य से इसका सम्बन्ध समझने के लिए संस्कृत पदक्रम और वक्ता-निर्धारण की विशेष जाँच आवश्यक है।

8.23

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

ततो देवीशरीरात्तु विनिष्क्रान्तातिभीषणा । चण्डिका शक्तिरत्युग्रा शिवाशतनिनादिनी

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Then from the Goddess’s own body emerged a most formidable and exceedingly fierce power of Chandika, resounding with the cries of jackals.Then from the Goddess’s own body emerged a most formidable and exceedingly fierce power of Caṇḍikā, resounding with the cries of jackals.

Roman reading

tato deveeshareeraattu vinishkraantaatibheeshanaa | Chandika shaktiratyugraa shivaashataninaadineetato devīśarīrāttu viniṣkrāntātibhīṣaṇā | caṇḍikā śaktiratyugrā śivāśataninādinī

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The text brings another manifestation into the scene, usually identified in the following verses as Śivadūtī. The word shiva in this context can denote jackals; its reading deserves deliberate attention.

The text brings another manifestation into the scene, usually identified in the following verses as Śivadūtī. The word śivā in this context can denote jackals; its reading deserves deliberate attention.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

अब कथा में एक और देवी-शक्ति प्रकट होती है, जिन्हें आगे शिवदूती नाम मिलता है। यहाँ 'शिवा' शब्द सियारों के अर्थ में भी आता है; इसलिए उसका सावधानी से अर्थ करना चाहिए।

8.24

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Goddess addressing Śiva / शिव से देवी का कथन

सा चाह धूम्रजटिलमीशानमपराजिता । दूत त्वं गच्छ भगवन्पार्श्वं शुम्भनिशुम्भयोः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

That unconquered Goddess, addressing the matted-haired Īśāna, said: “Lord, go as a messenger to Shumbha and Nishumbha.”That unconquered Goddess, addressing the matted-haired Īśāna, said: “Lord, go as a messenger to Śumbha and Niśumbha.”

Roman reading

saa chaaha dhoomrajatilameeshaanamaparaajitaa | doota tvam gachchha bhagavanpaarshvam shumbhanishumbhayohsā cāha dhūmrajaṭilamīśānamaparājitā | dūta tvaṃ gaccha bhagavanpārśvaṃ śumbhaniśumbhayoḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The reversal is central: the Goddess appoints Shiva himself as messenger. The narrative uses this appointment to explain her epithet Śivadūtī, not to diminish Shiva’s worshipful status.

The reversal is central: the Goddess appoints Śiva himself as messenger. The narrative uses this appointment to explain her epithet Śivadūtī, not to diminish Śiva’s worshipful status.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यहाँ देवी स्वयं शिव को दूत नियुक्त करती हैं—यही प्रसंग 'शिवदूती' नाम का आधार है। कथानक की इस भूमिका को शिव के आध्यात्मिक सम्मान के विरोध में नहीं पढ़ना चाहिए।

8.25

Original / source text

Goddess addressing Śiva / शिव से देवी का कथन

ब्रूहि शुम्भं निशुम्भं च दानवावतिगर्वितौ । ये चान्ये दानवास्तत्र युद्धाय समुपस्थिताः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

“Tell the exceedingly proud Shumbha and Nishumbha, and the other demons assembled there for battle…”“Tell the exceedingly proud Śumbha and Niśumbha, and the other demons assembled there for battle…”

Roman reading

broohi shumbham nishumbham cha daanavaavatigarvitau | ye chaanye daanavaastatra yuddhaaya samupasthitaahbrūhi śumbhaṃ niśumbhaṃ ca dānavāvatigarvitau | ye cānye dānavāstatra yuddhāya samupasthitāḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

This opens the Goddess’s last warning through her chosen envoy. The sentence continues in the following units; it should not be isolated as a complete offer.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह देवी की ओर से दूत द्वारा भेजी जाने वाली अंतिम चेतावनी का आरम्भ है। वाक्य आगे चलता है; इसे अकेले पूर्ण प्रस्ताव मानकर नहीं पढ़ना चाहिए।

8.26

Original / source text

Goddess addressing Śiva / शिव से देवी का कथन

त्रैलोक्यमिन्द्रो लभतां देवाः सन्तु हविर्भुजः । यूयं प्रयात पातालं यदि जीवितुमिच्छथ

ShivGoraksh English Translation

“Let Indra regain the three worlds; let the gods receive their sacrificial offerings. Return to the nether regions, if you wish to live.”

Roman reading

trailokyamindro labhataam devaah santu havirbhujah | yooyam prayaata paataalam yadi jeevitumichchhathatrailokyamindro labhatāṃ devāḥ santu havirbhujaḥ | yūyaṃ prayāta pātālaṃ yadi jīvitumicchatha

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The terms identify what the Gods are demanding be restored: their cosmic status and shares in ritual offerings. The warning still offers departure instead of battle.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

शब्द बताते हैं कि देवता किस व्यवस्था की पुनःस्थापना चाहते हैं—त्रैलोक्य का शासन और यज्ञभाग। चेतावनी में युद्ध के बदले लौट जाने का विकल्प अभी भी है।

8.27

Original / source text

Goddess addressing Śiva / शिव से देवी का कथन

बलावलेपादथ चेद्भवन्तो युद्धकाङ्क्षिणः । तदागच्छत तृप्यन्तु मच्छिवाः पिशितेन वः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

“But if, swollen with the pride of strength, you insist on fighting, come; let my jackals be satisfied with your flesh.”

Roman reading

balaavalepaadatha chedbhavanto yuddhakaankshinah | tadaagachchhata tripyantu machchhivaah pishitena vahbalāvalepādatha cedbhavanto yuddhakāṅkṣiṇaḥ | tadāgacchata tṛpyantu macchivāḥ piśitena vaḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

This intentionally fierce threat belongs to the mythic battle address. The compound mat-śivāḥ refers to jackals in the martial imagery; it is not an injunction concerning real people.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह भयावह चेतावनी पौराणिक युद्ध-भाषा का अंग है। 'मच्छिवाः' से यहाँ सियारों का आशय है; यह वास्तविक मनुष्यों के प्रति हिंसा का निर्देश नहीं।

8.28

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

यतो नियुक्तो दौत्येन तया देव्या शिवः स्वयम्। शिवदूतीति लोकेऽस्मिंस्ततः सा ख्यातिमागता

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Because the Goddess appointed Shiva himself to perform the messenger’s duty, that divine form became famous in the world as Śivadūtī.Because the Goddess appointed Śiva himself to perform the messenger’s duty, that divine form became famous in the world as Śivadūtī.

Roman reading

yato niyukto dautyena tayaa devyaa shivah svayam| shivadooteeti loke’smimstatah saa khyaatimaagataayato niyukto dautyena tayā devyā śivaḥ svayam| śivadūtīti loke’smiṃstataḥ sā khyātimāgatā

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The narrator explicitly explains the name Śivadūtī through an event in the story. This is an etymological episode within the scripture, and should be stated separately from later sectarian interpretations.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ऋषि कथा की घटना से 'शिवदूती' नाम का स्पष्ट कारण बताते हैं। यह ग्रन्थ के भीतर की नाम-व्युत्पत्ति है; बाद की सम्प्रदायगत व्याख्याओं को अलग पहचाना जाना चाहिए।

8.29

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

तेऽपि श्रुत्वा वचो देव्याः शर्वाख्यातं महासुराः । अमर्षापूरिता जग्मुर्यत्र कात्यायनी स्थिता

ShivGoraksh English Translation

On hearing the Goddess’s message spoken by Śarva, the great asuras were filled with indignation and moved toward Katyayani.On hearing the Goddess’s message spoken by Śarva, the great asuras were filled with indignation and moved toward Kātyāyanī.

Roman reading

te’pi shrutvaa vacho devyaah sharvaakhyaatam mahaasuraah | amarshaapooritaa jagmuryatra kaatyaayanee sthitaate’pi śrutvā vaco devyāḥ śarvākhyātaṃ mahāsurāḥ | amarṣāpūritā jagmuryatra kātyāyanī sthitā

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The asuras reject the offered path of withdrawal. Śarva is another name of Shiva, while Katyayani designates the Goddess in this scene.

The asuras reject the offered path of withdrawal. Śarva is another name of Śiva, while Kātyāyanī designates the Goddess in this scene.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

असुर लौटने के विकल्प को अस्वीकार कर देते हैं। 'शर्व' शिव का और 'कात्यायनी' इसी प्रसंग में देवी का नाम है।

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

ततः प्रथममेवाग्रे शरशक्त्यृष्टिवृष्टिभिः । ववर्षुरुद्धतामर्षास्तां देवीममरारयः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The enemies of the gods, burning with rage, began by raining arrows, spears, and other missiles upon the Goddess.

Roman reading

tatah prathamamevaagre sharashaktyrishtivrishtibhih | vavarshuruddhataamarshaastaam deveemamaraarayahtataḥ prathamamevāgre śaraśaktyṛṣṭivṛṣṭibhiḥ | vavarṣuruddhatāmarṣāstāṃ devīmamarārayaḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse marks the start of actual combat after the failed embassy. The military terms are retained as varied missile-weapons rather than flattened into one generic weapon.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

दूत-संदेश ठुकराए जाने के बाद यही वास्तविक युद्ध का आरम्भ है। अलग-अलग आयुधनामों को एक सामान्य 'हथियार' में समेटने के बजाय उनकी विविधता रखी गई है।

8.31

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

सा च तान्प्रहितान्बाणाञ्छूलशक्तिपरश्वधान्। चिच्छेद लीलयाध्मातधनुर्मुक्तैर्महेषुभिः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

She playfully cut through their incoming arrows, tridents, spears, and axes with mighty arrows released from her taut bow.

Roman reading

saa cha taanprahitaanbaanaanchhoolashaktiparashvadhaan| chichchheda leelayaadhmaatadhanurmuktairmaheshubhihsā ca tānprahitānbāṇāñchūlaśaktiparaśvadhān| ciccheda līlayādhmātadhanurmuktairmaheṣubhiḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The adverb conveying ease reverses the apparent advantage of numbers. This is an action of defence against the weapons hurled at her.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

'सहजता से' का भाव विशाल संख्या की शक्ति को उलट देता है। देवी यहाँ उन पर फेंके गए अस्त्रों का प्रतिकार करती हैं।

8.32

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

तस्याग्रतस्तथा काली शूलपातविदारितान्। खट्वाङ्गपोथितांश्चारीन्कुर्वती व्यचरत्तदा

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Kali moved before her, striking enemies with the khaṭvāṅga and piercing others with the trident.Kālī moved before her, striking enemies with the khaṭvāṅga and piercing others with the trident.

Roman reading

tasyaagratastathaa Kali shoolapaatavidaaritaan| khatvaangapothitaamshchaareenkurvatee vyacharattadaatasyāgratastathā kālī śūlapātavidāritān| khaṭvāṅgapothitāṃścārīnkurvatī vyacarattadā

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The text distinguishes Kali’s close combat from Chandika’s archery. Khaṭvāṅga is the characteristic staff already seen in Chapter 7.

The text distinguishes Kālī’s close combat from Caṇḍikā’s archery. Khaṭvāṅga is the characteristic staff already seen in Chapter 7.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यहाँ काली के निकट-युद्ध को चण्डिका के बाण-प्रयोग से अलग दिखाया गया है। खट्वांग वही विशिष्ट आयुध है जिसका परिचय सातवें अध्याय में हुआ था।

8.33

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

कमण्डलुजलाक्षेपहतवीर्यान्हतौजसः । ब्रह्माणी चाकरोच्छत्रून्येन येन स्म धावति

ShivGoraksh English Translation

As Brāhmāṇī moved among the foes, sprinkling water from her water pot, she deprived those enemies of their strength and brilliance.

Roman reading

kamandalujalaakshepahataveeryaanhataujasah | brahmaanee chaakarochchhatroonyena yena sma dhaavatikamaṇḍalujalākṣepahatavīryānhataujasaḥ | brahmāṇī cākarocchatrūnyena yena sma dhāvati

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Brāhmāṇī fights differently from the weapon-bearing Mothers: her water vessel becomes efficacious in the sacred narrative. This unusual battle action should not be confused with an ordinary claim about the physical effects of water.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ब्राह्माणी का युद्ध अन्य आयुधधारी देवियों से अलग है—कमण्डलु का जल कथा में प्रभावकारी बनता है। इसे सामान्य जल के भौतिक गुणों का प्रत्यक्ष वैज्ञानिक दावा न मानें।

8.34

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

माहेश्वरी त्रिशूलेन तथा चक्रेण वैष्णवी । दैत्याञ्जघान कौमारी तथा शक्त्यातिकोपना

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Māheśvarī felled demons with her trident, Vaiṣṇavī with her discus, and the furious Kaumārī with her spear.

Roman reading

maaheshvaree trishoolena tathaa chakrena vaishnavee | daityaanjaghaana kaumaaree tathaa shaktyaatikopanaamāheśvarī triśūlena tathā cakreṇa vaiṣṇavī | daityāñjaghāna kaumārī tathā śaktyātikopanā

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Three Mātṛkās act through their defining weapons, repeating the correspondences established during their manifestation. The quick parallel clauses give the battlefield a sense of coordinated action.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

तीन मातृशक्तियाँ उन्हीं चिह्नित आयुधों से युद्ध करती हैं जो उनके प्राकट्य में बताए गए थे। समानान्तर वाक्य सामूहिक युद्ध-क्रिया की तीव्रता दिखाते हैं।

8.35

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

ऐन्द्री कुलिशपातेन शतशो दैत्यदानवाः । पेतुर्विदारिताः पृथ्व्यां रुधिरौघप्रवर्षिणः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Struck by Aindrī’s thunderbolt, hundreds of daityas and dānavas fell on the earth, their blood streaming forth.

Roman reading

aindree kulishapaatena shatasho daityadaanavaah | peturvidaaritaah prithvyaam rudhiraughapravarshinahaindrī kuliśapātena śataśo daityadānavāḥ | peturvidāritāḥ pṛthvyāṃ rudhiraughapravarṣiṇaḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Aindrī’s thunderbolt retains its association with Indra. The blood imagery also prepares the story’s central problem: in the next phase, spilled blood will increase rather than diminish danger.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ऐन्द्री का वज्र इन्द्र से जुड़ी पहचान बनाए रखता है। रक्त का यह वर्णन आगे की समस्या की भूमिका भी है, जब रक्त बहने से संकट घटने के बजाय बढ़ेगा।

8.36

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

तुण्डप्रहारविध्वस्ता दंष्ट्राग्रक्षतवक्षसः । वाराहमूर्त्या न्यपतंश्चक्रेण च विदारिताः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Some foes fell shattered by the boar-form’s snout or wounded by her tusks; others were cut down by her discus.

Roman reading

tundaprahaaravidhvastaa damshtraagrakshatavakshasah | vaaraahamoortyaa nyapatamshchakrena cha vidaaritaahtuṇḍaprahāravidhvastā daṃṣṭrāgrakṣatavakṣasaḥ | vārāhamūrtyā nyapataṃścakreṇa ca vidāritāḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Vārāhī’s attacks combine the embodied features of the boar with a divine weapon. This specificity matters for understanding the diverse iconographies of the Mothers.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

वाराही के प्रहारों में वराह-शरीर के अंग और दिव्य आयुध दोनों सम्मिलित हैं। यह विशिष्टता मातृशक्तियों के अलग-अलग रूप समझने में सहायक है।

8.37

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

नखैर्विदारितांश्चान्यान्भक्षयन्ती महासुरान्। नारसिंही चचाराजौ नादापूर्णदिगम्बरा

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Nārasiṃhī ranged across the battlefield, tearing great demons with her claws and consuming others, while her roars filled the directions.

Roman reading

nakhairvidaaritaamshchaanyaanbhakshayantee mahaasuraan| naarasimhee chachaaraajau naadaapoornadigambaraanakhairvidāritāṃścānyānbhakṣayantī mahāsurān| nārasiṃhī cacārājau nādāpūrṇadigambarā

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Claws, devouring and the lion-like roar express the Narasiṃha correspondence. The intensity is part of the chapter’s extraordinary Purāṇic battle imagery.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

नख, भक्षण और सिंह-जैसी गर्जना उनका नरसिंह से सम्बन्ध स्पष्ट करते हैं। वर्णन की तीव्रता पौराणिक युद्ध-काव्य के असाधारण स्वरूप का भाग है।

8.38

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

चण्डाट्टहासैरसुराः शिवदूत्यभिदूषिताः । पेतुः पृथिव्यां पतितांस्तांश्चखादाथ सा तदा

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The asuras, undone by Śivadūtī’s fierce laughter, fell to the ground; she then devoured those who had fallen.

Roman reading

chandaattahaasairasuraah shivadootyabhidooshitaah | petuh prithivyaam patitaamstaamshchakhaadaatha saa tadaacaṇḍāṭṭahāsairasurāḥ śivadūtyabhidūṣitāḥ | petuḥ pṛthivyāṃ patitāṃstāṃścakhādātha sā tadā

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Śivadūtī now takes part in the fighting, immediately after her messenger-role episode. Her overwhelming laughter is a distinct feature of her fearsome presence in the text.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

दूत-प्रसंग के बाद शिवदूती अब स्वयं युद्ध में दिखाई देती हैं। उनका अट्टहास इस कथा में उनके उग्र रूप का विशेष संकेत है।

8.39

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

इति मातृगणं क्रुद्धं मर्दयन्तं महासुरान्। दृष्ट्वाभ्युपायैर्विविधैर्नेशुर्देवारिसैनिकाः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Seeing the enraged group of divine Mothers crushing the great asuras by many means, the troops hostile to the gods began to perish.

Roman reading

iti maatriganam kruddham mardayantam mahaasuraan| drishtvaabhyupaayairvividhairneshurdevaarisainikaahiti mātṛgaṇaṃ kruddhaṃ mardayantaṃ mahāsurān| dṛṣṭvābhyupāyairvividhairneśurdevārisainikāḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

This unit draws together the separate actions of the Mātṛkās into one picture. It is the pause before a new opponent changes the conditions of battle.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह पद्य मातृशक्तियों की अलग-अलग गतिविधियों को एक चित्र में जोड़ता है। अगले क्षण एक नया प्रतिद्वन्द्वी युद्ध की परिस्थिति बदल देगा।

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

पलायनपरान्दृष्ट्वा दैत्यान्मातृगणार्दितान्। योद्धुमभ्याययौ क्रुद्धो रक्तबीजो महासुरः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

When Raktabīja, the great asura, saw the daityas afflicted by the Mothers and turning to flee, he approached in fury to fight.

Roman reading

palaayanaparaandrishtvaa daityaanmaatriganaarditaan| yoddhumabhyaayayau kruddho raktabeejo mahaasurahpalāyanaparāndṛṣṭvā daityānmātṛgaṇārditān| yoddhumabhyāyayau kruddho raktabījo mahāsuraḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The opponent is named only after his army is breaking. His arrival introduces a special difficulty that ordinary victories over enemies cannot resolve.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

सेना के टूटने के बाद रक्तबीज सामने आता है। उसके आगमन से ऐसी समस्या जन्म लेती है जिसे सामान्य युद्ध-प्रहार से सुलझाया नहीं जा सकेगा।

8.41

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

रक्तबिन्दुर्यदा भूमौ पतत्यस्य शरीरतः । समुत्पतति मेदिन्यां तत्प्रमाणो महासुरः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Whenever a drop of blood from his body fell on the ground, another great asura of his own size arose upon the earth.

Roman reading

raktabinduryadaa bhoomau patatyasya shareeratah | samutpatati medinyaam tatpramaano mahaasurahraktabinduryadā bhūmau patatyasya śarīrataḥ | samutpatati medinyāṃ tatpramāṇo mahāsuraḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

This verse states Raktabīja’s defining power clearly. The name, meaning “blood-seed,” aligns with the multiplication of warriors from spilled blood; any moral symbolism is a later explanatory layer.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह रक्तबीज की मुख्य शक्ति का स्पष्ट वर्णन है। 'रक्त-बीज' नाम रक्त की बूँदों से नए योद्धा उत्पन्न होने के प्रसंग से जुड़ता है; नैतिक प्रतीकार्थ अलग व्याख्यात्मक स्तर है।

8.42

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

युयुधे स गदापाणिरिन्द्रशक्त्या महासुरः । ततश्चैन्द्री स्ववज्रेण रक्तबीजमताडयत्

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Armed with a mace, that great asura fought Aindrī; she struck Raktabīja with her thunderbolt.

Roman reading

yuyudhe sa gadaapaanirindrashaktyaa mahaasurah | tatashchaindree svavajrena raktabeejamataadayatyuyudhe sa gadāpāṇirindraśaktyā mahāsuraḥ | tataścaindrī svavajreṇa raktabījamatāḍayat

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The first direct encounter repeats a familiar divine weapon, but against this adversary the result will be unexpected. The verse begins a demonstration of why force alone increases the threat.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

पहली सीधी भिड़न्त में परिचित दिव्य आयुध सामने आता है, पर इस शत्रु के विरुद्ध परिणाम अनपेक्षित है। यहीं से केवल प्रहार करने की सीमा स्पष्ट होने लगती है।

8.43

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

कुलिशेनाहतस्याशु बहु सुस्राव शोणितम्। समुत्तस्थुस्ततो योधास्तद्रूपास्तत्पराक्रमाः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Blood flowed freely from the wound made by the thunderbolt, and warriors identical to him in appearance and power immediately arose.

Roman reading

kulishenaahatasyaashu bahu susraava shonitam| samuttasthustato yodhaastadroopaastatparaakramaahkuliśenāhatasyāśu bahu susrāva śoṇitam| samuttasthustato yodhāstadrūpāstatparākramāḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The consequence of Aindrī’s blow is multiplication, not straightforward defeat. The narrator stresses likeness in form and strength, making the new warriors serious combatants.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ऐन्द्री का प्रहार शत्रु को घटाने के बजाय बढ़ा देता है। कथा रूप और बल की समानता बताती है, जिससे नए योद्धा भी वास्तविक युद्ध-चुनौती बन जाते हैं।

8.44

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

यावन्तः पतितास्तस्य शरीराद्रक्तबिन्दवः । तावन्तः पुरुषा जातास्तद्वीर्यबलविक्रमाः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

As many drops of his blood fell from his body, so many warriors arose with comparable strength, valour, and fighting prowess.

Roman reading

yaavantah patitaastasya shareeraadraktabindavah | taavantah purushaa jaataastadveeryabalavikramaahyāvantaḥ patitāstasya śarīrādraktabindavaḥ | tāvantaḥ puruṣā jātāstadvīryabalavikramāḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The mechanism is repeated to ensure the reader understands the mathematical escalation within the story. Every injury risks producing more opponents.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

कथा अपनी मुख्य समस्या को फिर स्पष्ट करती है—हर रक्त-बूँद से नया प्रतिद्वन्द्वी। इस प्रकार अधिक चोट पहुँचाने से युद्ध और फैल सकता है।

8.45

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

ते चापि युयुधुस्तत्र पुरुषा रक्तसम्भवाः । समं मातृभिरत्युग्रशस्त्रपातातिभीषणम्

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Those blood-born warriors fought fiercely there against the divine Mothers, meeting their terrible weapons in battle.

Roman reading

te chaapi yuyudhustatra purushaa raktasambhavaah | samam maatribhiratyugrashastrapaataatibheeshanamte cāpi yuyudhustatra puruṣā raktasambhavāḥ | samaṃ mātṛbhiratyugraśastrapātātibhīṣaṇam

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The newly born fighters are active, not merely a visual illusion. This distinguishes Raktabīja’s multiplying ability from a harmless transformation.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

नए उत्पन्न योद्धा केवल छाया या दृश्य-भ्रम नहीं, बल्कि लड़ने वाले पात्र हैं। इससे रक्तबीज की बहुगुणन शक्ति का संकट बढ़ता है।

8.46

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

पुनश्च वज्रपातेन क्षतमस्य शिरो यदा । ववाह रक्तं पुरुषास्ततो जाताः सहस्रशः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

When another thunderbolt struck and wounded his head, blood flowed again, and thousands of warriors were born from it.

Roman reading

punashcha vajrapaatena kshatamasya shiro yadaa | vavaaha raktam purushaastato jaataah sahasrashahpunaśca vajrapātena kṣatamasya śiro yadā | vavāha raktaṃ puruṣāstato jātāḥ sahasraśaḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Repeating the same tactic intensifies the problem. The battle account prepares readers for Chandika’s later change of strategy.

Repeating the same tactic intensifies the problem. The battle account prepares readers for Caṇḍikā’s later change of strategy.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

वही प्रहार दोहराने से समस्या और विकराल होती है। यह वर्णन आगे चण्डिका के नए उपाय की आवश्यकता तैयार करता है।

8.47

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

वैष्णवी समरे चैनं चक्रेणाभिजघान ह । गदया ताडयामास ऐन्द्री तमसुरेश्वरम्

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Vaiṣṇavī struck him with her discus in battle, and Aindrī beat the asura lord with her mace.

Roman reading

vaishnavee samare chainam chakrenaabhijaghaana ha | gadayaa taadayaamaasa aindree tamasureshvaramvaiṣṇavī samare cainaṃ cakreṇābhijaghāna ha | gadayā tāḍayāmāsa aindrī tamasureśvaram

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Different Mothers attack with different weapons; the point is the growing collective effort. The attribution of the mace to Aindrī should be checked against the print because her iconic weapon is the thunderbolt.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

विभिन्न मातृशक्तियाँ अलग-अलग आयुधों से प्रहार करती हैं। ऐन्द्री के गदा-प्रयोग की ऐतिहासिक पाठ से जाँच उपयोगी है, क्योंकि उनकी सामान्य पहचान वज्र से जुड़ी है।

8.48

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

वैष्णवीचक्रभिन्नस्य रुधिरस्रावसम्भवैः । सहस्रशो जगद्व्याप्तं तत्प्रमाणैर्महासुरैः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

From the blood shed when Vaiṣṇavī’s discus wounded him, thousands of asuras of the same size spread throughout the world.

Roman reading

vaishnaveechakrabhinnasya rudhirasraavasambhavaih | sahasrasho jagadvyaaptam tatpramaanairmahaasuraihvaiṣṇavīcakrabhinnasya rudhirasrāvasambhavaiḥ | sahasraśo jagadvyāptaṃ tatpramāṇairmahāsuraiḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The text scales the crisis from a battlefield to the world. This is the story’s own account of cosmic danger, not an externally observable historical event.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

कथा संकट को रणभूमि से बढ़ाकर सारे जगत तक ले जाती है। यह पौराणिक आख्यान का वैश्विक संकट है, किसी प्रत्यक्ष ऐतिहासिक घटना का वृत्तान्त नहीं।

8.49

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

शक्त्या जघान कौमारी वाराही च तथासिना । माहेश्वरी त्रिशूलेन रक्तबीजं महासुरम्

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Kaumārī struck the great Raktabīja with her spear, Vārāhī with her sword, and Māheśvarī with her trident.

Roman reading

shaktyaa jaghaana kaumaaree vaaraahee cha tathaasinaa | maaheshvaree trishoolena raktabeejam mahaasuramśaktyā jaghāna kaumārī vārāhī ca tathāsinā | māheśvarī triśūlena raktabījaṃ mahāsuram

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse sets three divine attacks beside one another. Their variety makes the failure of normal combat methods increasingly apparent.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

तीन मातृशक्तियों के प्रहार एक साथ वर्णित हैं। आयुध बदलते रहते हैं, पर सामान्य युद्ध-उपाय की अपर्याप्तता और स्पष्ट होती जाती है।

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

स चापि गदया दैत्यः सर्वा एवाहनत्पृथक् । मातॄः कोपसमाविष्टो रक्तबीजो महासुरः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Raktabīja, himself overcome by anger, separately struck each of the divine Mothers with his mace.

Roman reading

sa chaapi gadayaa daityah sarvaa evaahanatprithak | maatreeh kopasamaavishto raktabeejo mahaasurahsa cāpi gadayā daityaḥ sarvā evāhanatpṛthak | mātṝḥ kopasamāviṣṭo raktabījo mahāsuraḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The enemy is shown as an active attacker. The battle is reciprocal, and the multiple Mothers face a foe who can both fight and multiply.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

असुर केवल प्रहार सहने वाला पात्र नहीं है; वह स्वयं आक्रमण करता है। मातृशक्तियाँ ऐसे शत्रु से जूझ रही हैं जो लड़ भी सकता है और बढ़ भी सकता है।

8.51

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Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

तस्याहतस्य बहुधा शक्तिशूलादिभिर्भुवि । पपात यो वै रक्तौघस्तेनासञ्छतशोऽसुराः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Wherever showers of blood from his many wounds fell upon the ground after blows from spears and tridents, hundreds more asuras appeared.

Roman reading

tasyaahatasya bahudhaa shaktishoolaadibhirbhuvi | papaata yo vai raktaughastenaasanchhatasho’suraahtasyāhatasya bahudhā śaktiśūlādibhirbhuvi | papāta yo vai raktaughastenāsañchataśo’surāḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The repeated failures explain why the coming solution must stop blood from reaching the ground. The problem is not insufficient military power but an adverse consequence of conventional attack.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

बार-बार की विफलता बताती है कि आगे का उपाय रक्त को धरती तक पहुँचने से रोकना होगा। समस्या शक्ति की कमी नहीं, सामान्य प्रहार के उलटे परिणाम की है।

8.52

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

तैश्चासुरासृक्सम्भूतैरसुरैः सकलं जगत्। व्याप्तमासीत्ततो देवा भयमाजग्मुरुत्तमम्

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The whole world became filled with asuras produced from his blood; seeing this, the great gods grew frightened.

Roman reading

taishchaasuraasriksambhootairasuraih sakalam jagat| vyaaptamaaseettato devaa bhayamaajagmuruttamamtaiścāsurāsṛksambhūtairasuraiḥ sakalaṃ jagat| vyāptamāsīttato devā bhayamājagmuruttamam

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The crisis is now at its height. Even the gathered divine powers have not yet contained the spreading threat.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

संकट चरम पर है। अनेक देवी-शक्तियाँ उपस्थित होने पर भी फैलती हुई विपत्ति अभी नियंत्रित नहीं हुई है।

8.53

Original / source text

Caṇḍikā addressing Cāmuṇḍā / चामुण्डा को चण्डिका का कथन

तान्विषण्णान्सुरान्दृष्ट्वा चण्डिका प्राहसत्वरम्। उवाच कालीं चामुण्डे विस्तीर्णं वदनं कुरु

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Seeing the gods distressed, Chandika quickly addressed Kali: “Cāmuṇḍā, open your mouth wide.”Seeing the gods distressed, Caṇḍikā quickly addressed Kālī: “Cāmuṇḍā, open your mouth wide.”

Roman reading

taanvishannaansuraandrishtvaa Chandika praahasatvaram| uvaacha kaaleem chaamunde visteernam vadanam kurutānviṣaṇṇānsurāndṛṣṭvā caṇḍikā prāhasatvaram| uvāca kālīṃ cāmuṇḍe vistīrṇaṃ vadanaṃ kuru

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Chandika identifies the solution and addresses Kali as Chamunda, linking this episode to the name bestowed in Chapter 7. The immediate speech is a command within the battle narrative.

Caṇḍikā identifies the solution and addresses Kālī as Cāmuṇḍā, linking this episode to the name bestowed in Chapter 7. The immediate speech is a command within the battle narrative.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

चण्डिका उपाय बताती हैं और काली को 'चामुण्डे' कहती हैं—यह पिछले अध्याय में मिले नाम से जुड़ा है। उनका कथन युद्ध के बीच दिया गया विशिष्ट निर्देश है।

8.54

Original / source text

Caṇḍikā addressing Cāmuṇḍā / चामुण्डा को चण्डिका का कथन

मच्छस्त्रपातसम्भूतान्रक्तबिन्दून्महासुरान्। रक्तबिन्दोः प्रतीच्छ त्वं वक्त्रेणानेन वेगिना

ShivGoraksh English Translation

“Swiftly catch in your mouth both the drops of blood released by the blows of my weapons and the great asuras born from those drops.”

Roman reading

machchhastrapaatasambhootaanraktabindoonmahaasuraan| raktabindoh prateechchha tvam vaktrenaanena veginaamacchastrapātasambhūtānraktabindūnmahāsurān| raktabindoḥ pratīccha tvaṃ vaktreṇānena veginā

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The Goddess’s strategy is precise: intercept the source of multiplication and its immediate products. This is more than a stronger blow; it changes the mechanics of the fight.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

देवी की योजना स्पष्ट है—नए शत्रु उत्पन्न करने वाले रक्त तथा उत्पन्न हुए योद्धाओं, दोनों को रोकना। यह केवल अधिक बल का प्रयोग नहीं, युद्ध की विधि में परिवर्तन है।

8.55

Original / source text

Caṇḍikā addressing Cāmuṇḍā / चामुण्डा को चण्डिका का कथन

भक्षयन्ती चर रणे तदुत्पन्नान्महासुरान्। एवमेष क्षयं दैत्यः क्षेणरक्तो गमिष्यति

ShivGoraksh English Translation

“Move through battle devouring those newly born asuras. When his blood has been exhausted, this foe will come to his end.”

Roman reading

bhakshayantee chara rane tadutpannaanmahaasuraan| evamesha kshayam daityah kshenarakto gamishyatibhakṣayantī cara raṇe tadutpannānmahāsurān| evameṣa kṣayaṃ daityaḥ kṣeṇarakto gamiṣyati

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The explanation for the tactic is stated openly: prevention of further reproduction will allow the original enemy to be defeated. The imagery remains part of an extraordinary sacred battle story.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

उपाय का कारण भी स्पष्ट है—नए असुरों का जन्म रुकने पर मूल शत्रु का अन्त सम्भव होगा। भक्षण का यह वर्णन असाधारण देवी-युद्ध कथा का हिस्सा है।

8.56

Original / source text

Caṇḍikā addressing Cāmuṇḍā / चामुण्डा को चण्डिका का कथन

भक्ष्यमाणास्त्वया चोग्रा न चोत्पत्स्यन्ति चापरे । इत्युक्त्वा तां ततो देवी शूलेनाभिजघान तम्

ShivGoraksh English Translation

“As you consume those fierce beings, no others will arise.” Having said this, the Goddess then struck Raktabīja with her trident.

Roman reading

bhakshyamaanaastvayaa chograa na chotpatsyanti chaapare | ityuktvaa taam tato devee shoolenaabhijaghaana tambhakṣyamāṇāstvayā cogrā na cotpatsyanti cāpare | ityuktvā tāṃ tato devī śūlenābhijaghāna tam

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The instruction and its execution meet within one numbered unit. Chandika deliberately resumes combat only when Chamunda is prepared to prevent multiplication.

The instruction and its execution meet within one numbered unit. Caṇḍikā deliberately resumes combat only when Cāmuṇḍā is prepared to prevent multiplication.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

निर्देश और उसका क्रियान्वयन एक ही इकाई में आते हैं। चण्डिका तब प्रहार करती हैं जब चामुण्डा रक्त को फैलने से रोकने के लिए तैयार हैं।

8.57

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

मुखेन काली जगृहे रक्तबीजस्य शोणितम्। ततोऽसावाजघानाथ गदया तत्र चण्डिकाम्

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Kali caught Raktabīja’s blood in her mouth. He then struck Chandika with his mace.Kālī caught Raktabīja’s blood in her mouth. He then struck Caṇḍikā with his mace.

Roman reading

mukhena Kali jagrihe raktabeejasya shonitam| tato’saavaajaghaanaatha gadayaa tatra chandikaammukhena kālī jagṛhe raktabījasya śoṇitam| tato’sāvājaghānātha gadayā tatra caṇḍikām

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The two Goddesses now act in coordination. Raktabīja keeps fighting, but his ability to multiply is being constrained.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

अब दोनों देवियाँ मिलकर कार्य करती हैं। रक्तबीज अभी युद्ध कर रहा है, पर उसकी बहुगुणन की क्षमता नियंत्रित होने लगी है।

8.58

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

न चास्या वेदनां चक्रे गदापातोऽल्पिकामपि । तस्याहतस्य देहात्तु बहु सुस्राव शोणितम्

ShivGoraksh English Translation

That blow of the mace caused Chandika not even a little pain, while the asura’s wounded body again shed abundant blood.That blow of the mace caused Caṇḍikā not even a little pain, while the asura’s wounded body again shed abundant blood.

Roman reading

na chaasyaa vedanaam chakre gadaapaato’lpikaamapi | tasyaahatasya dehaattu bahu susraava shonitamna cāsyā vedanāṃ cakre gadāpāto’lpikāmapi | tasyāhatasya dehāttu bahu susrāva śoṇitam

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse contrasts the Goddess’s unaffected state with the enemy’s continued bleeding. The story does not end at the first successful interception.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

पद्य देवी की अप्रभावित स्थिति और शत्रु के बहते रक्त का विरोध दिखाता है। पहली सफलता के साथ युद्ध तुरन्त समाप्त नहीं होता।

8.59

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

यतस्ततस्तद्वक्त्रेण चामुण्डा सम्प्रतीच्छति । मुखे समुद्गता येऽस्या रक्तपातान्महासुराः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Wherever blood fell, Chamunda received it with her mouth; the asuras that sprang up within her mouth from those drops were also contained there.Wherever blood fell, Cāmuṇḍā received it with her mouth; the asuras that sprang up within her mouth from those drops were also contained there.

Roman reading

yatastatastadvaktrena Chamunda samprateechchhati | mukhe samudgataa ye’syaa raktapaataanmahaasuraahyatastatastadvaktreṇa cāmuṇḍā sampratīcchati | mukhe samudgatā ye’syā raktapātānmahāsurāḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The battle’s decisive detail is containment. Blood-born beings cannot scatter across the ground when their emergence occurs inside Chamunda’s mouth.

The battle’s decisive detail is containment. Blood-born beings cannot scatter across the ground when their emergence occurs inside Cāmuṇḍā’s mouth.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

निर्णायक बात रोकथाम है। चामुण्डा के मुख के भीतर उत्पन्न होने वाले रक्तजनित योद्धा धरती पर फैल नहीं पाते।

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

तांश्चखादाथ चामुण्डा पपौ तस्य च शोणितम्। देवी शूलेन वज्रेण बाणैरसिभिरृष्टिभिः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Chamunda devoured those beings and drank his blood; meanwhile the verse begins listing the Goddess’s trident, thunderbolt, arrows, sword and spear as her weapons of attack.Cāmuṇḍā devoured those beings and drank his blood; meanwhile the verse begins listing the Goddess’s trident, thunderbolt, arrows, sword and spear as her weapons of attack.

Roman reading

taamshchakhaadaatha Chamunda papau tasya cha shonitam| devee shoolena vajrena baanairasibhirrishtibhihtāṃścakhādātha cāmuṇḍā papau tasya ca śoṇitam| devī śūlena vajreṇa bāṇairasibhirṛṣṭibhiḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

This numbered unit begins a Sanskrit sentence whose action verb comes in 8.61. The two units should be read together; a standalone rendering would otherwise anticipate a verb not yet stated.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

इस इकाई से आरम्भ संस्कृत वाक्य का मुख्य क्रियापद 8.61 में आता है। दोनों इकाइयों को साथ पढ़ना चाहिए; अन्यथा यहाँ वह क्रिया जोड़नी पड़ेगी जो पाठ में अभी नहीं आई है।

8.61

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

जघान रक्तबीजं तं चामुण्डापीतशोणितम्। स पपात महीपृष्ठे शस्त्रसङ्घसमाहतः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The Goddess struck Raktabīja, whose blood Chamunda had drunk, with a succession of weapons; overwhelmed by the blows, he fell to the ground.The Goddess struck Raktabīja, whose blood Cāmuṇḍā had drunk, with a succession of weapons; overwhelmed by the blows, he fell to the ground.

Roman reading

jaghaana raktabeejam tam chaamundaapeetashonitam| sa papaata maheeprishthe shastrasanghasamaahatahjaghāna raktabījaṃ taṃ cāmuṇḍāpītaśoṇitam| sa papāta mahīpṛṣṭhe śastrasaṅghasamāhataḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The causal sequence remains important: he is defeated after the special blood-born multiplication has been blocked. The sentence continues into the next numbered unit.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

कारणक्रम महत्वपूर्ण है—विशेष रक्तजनित बहुगुणन रुकने के बाद उसका पराभव होता है। वाक्य का अर्थ अगली क्रमांकित इकाई में आगे बढ़ता है।

8.62

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

नीरक्तश्च महीपाल रक्तबीजो महासुरः । ततस्ते हर्षमतुलमवापुस्त्रिदशा नृप

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Bloodless, the great asura Raktabīja lay on the earth. Then, O king, the gods experienced incomparable joy.

Roman reading

neeraktashcha maheepaala raktabeejo mahaasurah | tataste harshamatulamavaapustridashaa nripanīraktaśca mahīpāla raktabījo mahāsuraḥ | tataste harṣamatulamavāpustridaśā nṛpa

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The narrator returns to direct address to the king at the moment of relief. The word “bloodless” also completes the logic of the battle strategy.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

संकट मिटने के क्षण ऋषि फिर राजा को सम्बोधित करते हैं। 'रक्तहीन' शब्द युद्ध के उपाय की पूरी प्रक्रिया का सार भी बनता है।

Original / source text

Sage Medhas narrating / मेधा ऋषि का कथन

तेषां मातृगणो जातो ननर्तासृङ्मदोद्धतः

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The group of divine Mothers then danced, exhilarated and intoxicated by the blood of battle.

Roman reading

teshaam maatrigano jaato nanartaasrinmadoddhatahteṣāṃ mātṛgaṇo jāto nanartāsṛṅmadoddhataḥ

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

This is a single half-verse counted as its own final unit by the traditional colophon. Its fierce celebratory image belongs to the narrative world; it must not be expanded into an invented missing half-verse.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह एक अर्धश्लोक है जिसे पारम्परिक कोलोफ़न अलग अंतिम इकाई मानता है। इसका उग्र उत्सवी चित्र पौराणिक कथा का अंग है; किसी कल्पित दूसरे अर्धांश को जोड़ना उचित नहीं होगा।

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Devi Mahatmyam (Durga Saptashati) · Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional) · Initial editorial V1

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  1. 8.1 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  2. 8.1 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  3. 8.1 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  4. 8.1 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  5. 8.1 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  6. 8.2 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  7. 8.2 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  8. 8.2 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  9. 8.2 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  10. 8.2 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  11. 8.3 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  12. 8.3 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  13. 8.3 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  14. 8.3 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  15. 8.3 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  16. 8.4 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  17. 8.4 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  18. 8.4 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  19. 8.4 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  20. 8.4 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  21. 8.5 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  22. 8.5 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  23. 8.5 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  24. 8.5 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  25. 8.5 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  26. 8.6 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  27. 8.6 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  28. 8.6 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  29. 8.6 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  30. 8.6 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  31. 8.7 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  32. 8.7 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  33. 8.7 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  34. 8.7 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  35. 8.7 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  36. 8.8 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  37. 8.8 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  38. 8.8 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  39. 8.8 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  40. 8.8 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  41. 8.9 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  42. 8.9 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  43. 8.9 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  44. 8.9 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  45. 8.9 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  46. 8.10 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  47. 8.10 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  48. 8.10 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  49. 8.10 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  50. 8.10 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  51. 8.11 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  52. 8.11 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  53. 8.11 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  54. 8.11 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  55. 8.11 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  56. 8.12 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  57. 8.12 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  58. 8.12 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  59. 8.12 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  60. 8.12 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  61. 8.13 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  62. 8.13 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  63. 8.13 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  64. 8.13 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  65. 8.13 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  66. 8.14 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  67. 8.14 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  68. 8.14 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  69. 8.14 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  70. 8.14 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  71. 8.15 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  72. 8.15 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  73. 8.15 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  74. 8.15 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  75. 8.15 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  76. 8.16 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  77. 8.16 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  78. 8.16 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  79. 8.16 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  80. 8.16 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  81. 8.17 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  82. 8.17 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  83. 8.17 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  84. 8.17 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  85. 8.17 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  86. 8.18 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  87. 8.18 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  88. 8.18 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  89. 8.18 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  90. 8.18 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  91. 8.19 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  92. 8.19 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  93. 8.19 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  94. 8.19 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  95. 8.19 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  96. 8.20 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  97. 8.20 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  98. 8.20 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  99. 8.20 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  100. 8.20 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  101. 8.21 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  102. 8.21 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  103. 8.21 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  104. 8.21 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  105. 8.21 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  106. 8.22 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  107. 8.22 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  108. 8.22 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  109. 8.22 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  110. 8.22 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  111. 8.23 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  112. 8.23 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  113. 8.23 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  114. 8.23 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  115. 8.23 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  116. 8.24 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  117. 8.24 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  118. 8.24 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  119. 8.24 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  120. 8.24 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  121. 8.25 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  122. 8.25 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  123. 8.25 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  124. 8.25 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  125. 8.25 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  126. 8.26 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  127. 8.26 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  128. 8.26 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  129. 8.26 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  130. 8.26 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  131. 8.27 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  132. 8.27 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  133. 8.27 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  134. 8.27 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  135. 8.27 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  136. 8.28 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  137. 8.28 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  138. 8.28 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  139. 8.28 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  140. 8.28 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  141. 8.29 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  142. 8.29 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  143. 8.29 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  144. 8.29 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  145. 8.29 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  146. 8.30 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  147. 8.30 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  148. 8.30 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  149. 8.30 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  150. 8.30 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  151. 8.31 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  152. 8.31 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  153. 8.31 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  154. 8.31 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  155. 8.31 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  156. 8.32 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  157. 8.32 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  158. 8.32 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  159. 8.32 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  160. 8.32 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  161. 8.33 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  162. 8.33 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  163. 8.33 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  164. 8.33 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  165. 8.33 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  166. 8.34 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  167. 8.34 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  168. 8.34 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  169. 8.34 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  170. 8.34 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  171. 8.35 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  172. 8.35 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  173. 8.35 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  174. 8.35 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  175. 8.35 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  176. 8.36 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  177. 8.36 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  178. 8.36 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  179. 8.36 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  180. 8.36 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  181. 8.37 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  182. 8.37 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  183. 8.37 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  184. 8.37 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  185. 8.37 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  186. 8.38 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  187. 8.38 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  188. 8.38 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  189. 8.38 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  190. 8.38 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  191. 8.39 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  192. 8.39 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  193. 8.39 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  194. 8.39 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  195. 8.39 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  196. 8.40 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  197. 8.40 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  198. 8.40 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  199. 8.40 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  200. 8.40 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  201. 8.41 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  202. 8.41 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  203. 8.41 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  204. 8.41 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  205. 8.41 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  206. 8.42 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  207. 8.42 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  208. 8.42 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  209. 8.42 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  210. 8.42 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  211. 8.43 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  212. 8.43 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  213. 8.43 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  214. 8.43 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  215. 8.43 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  216. 8.44 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  217. 8.44 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  218. 8.44 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  219. 8.44 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  220. 8.44 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  221. 8.45 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  222. 8.45 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  223. 8.45 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  224. 8.45 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  225. 8.45 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  226. 8.46 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  227. 8.46 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  228. 8.46 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  229. 8.46 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  230. 8.46 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  231. 8.47 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  232. 8.47 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  233. 8.47 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  234. 8.47 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  235. 8.47 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  236. 8.48 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  237. 8.48 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  238. 8.48 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  239. 8.48 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  240. 8.48 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  241. 8.49 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  242. 8.49 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  243. 8.49 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  244. 8.49 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  245. 8.49 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  246. 8.50 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  247. 8.50 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  248. 8.50 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  249. 8.50 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  250. 8.50 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  251. 8.51 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  252. 8.51 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  253. 8.51 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  254. 8.51 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  255. 8.51 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  256. 8.52 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  257. 8.52 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  258. 8.52 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  259. 8.52 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  260. 8.52 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  261. 8.53 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  262. 8.53 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  263. 8.53 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  264. 8.53 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  265. 8.53 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  266. 8.54 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  267. 8.54 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  268. 8.54 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  269. 8.54 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  270. 8.54 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  271. 8.55 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  272. 8.55 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  273. 8.55 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  274. 8.55 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  275. 8.55 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  276. 8.56 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  277. 8.56 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  278. 8.56 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  279. 8.56 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  280. 8.56 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  281. 8.57 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  282. 8.57 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  283. 8.57 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  284. 8.57 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  285. 8.57 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  286. 8.58 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  287. 8.58 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  288. 8.58 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  289. 8.58 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  290. 8.58 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  291. 8.59 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  292. 8.59 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  293. 8.59 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  294. 8.59 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  295. 8.59 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  296. 8.60 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  297. 8.60 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  298. 8.60 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  299. 8.60 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  300. 8.60 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  301. 8.61 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  302. 8.61 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  303. 8.61 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  304. 8.61 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  305. 8.61 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  306. 8.62 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  307. 8.62 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  308. 8.62 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  309. 8.62 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  310. 8.62 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  311. 8.63 — Original / source text

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  312. 8.63 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  313. 8.63 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  314. 8.63 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  315. 8.63 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Paṇśīkar / Nirṇaya Sāgara (1917 attributed; provisional)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization