हिरण्यबाहुप्रमुशै रुद्रैरन्यैर्निषेवितः
He is attended by Rudras, foremost among whom is Hiraṇyabāhu, along with others.
शूलकोट्या विनिर्भिद्य नेत्रोत्थैः कटुपावकैः
He pierces with a multitude of tridents, unleashing fierce flames from his eyes.
आज्ञाधरो महावीरो ललिताज्ञाप्रपालकः
He is the bearer of commands, a great hero, the protector of Lalita's decrees.
महारुद्रस्य तस्यर्षे परिवाराः प्रमाथिनः
O sage, the followers of that great Rudra are fierce and tumultuous.
ये रुद्रा अधिभूम्यां तु सहस्राणां सहस्रशः
Those Rudras who dwell upon the earth, in thousands upon thousands,
येषामन्नमिषश्चव येषां वातास्तथेषवः
For whom food and offerings are made, whose arrows are the winds,
अर्णवे चान्तरिक्षे च वर्तमाना महौजसः
Who dwell in the ocean and the sky, possessing great might,
ये भूतानामधिभुवो विशिखासः कपर्दिनः
Who are the lords of beings, with braided hair and quivers,
ये पथां रथका रुद्रा ये च तीर्थनिवासिनः
The Rudras who are charioteers of the paths, and those who dwell at the sacred fords,
ललिताज्ञाप्रणेतारो दिशो रुद्रा वितस्थिरे
The Rudras who carry out Lalita's commands have spread in all directions.
श्रीदेव्या ध्याननिषणाताञ्छ्रीदेवीमन्त्रजापिनः
Absorbed in meditation on the blessed Goddess, they recite the mantras of the blessed Goddess.
षोडशावरणं चक्रं मुक्ताप्राकारमण्डले
The sixteen-petaled wheel is encircled by a rampart of pearls.
हिरण्यबाहुप्रमुखा ज्वलन्मन्युमुपासते
Led by Hiraṇyabāhu, they worship the blazing, wrathful one.
तत्र स्थिताश्च रुद्राः के केन नाम्ना प्रकीर्तिताः
Which Rudras are established there, and by what names are they known?
यौगिकं रौढिकं नाम तेषां ब्रूहि कृपानिधे
Tell me, O ocean of compassion, their names both derived and traditional.
पञ्चयोजनविस्तारस्तत्संख्यायामशोभितः
It has an expanse of five yojanas, resplendent with that number.
मध्यपीठे महारुद्रो ज्वलन्मन्युस्त्रिलोचनः
In the central seat is the great Rudra, blazing with wrath, three-eyed.
त्रिकोणे कथिता रुद्रास्त्रय एव घटोद्भव
Within the triangle, it is said, are three Rudras, O Ghaṭodbhava.
हिरण्य बाहुः सेनानीर्दिशांपतिरथापरः
Hiraṇyabāhu, the commander, the lord of the directions, and another.
शष्पिञ्जरस्त्विषीमांश्च पथीनां पतिरेव च
Śaṣpiñjara, radiant, and the lord of the paths as well.
विव्याध्यन्नपतिश्चैव हरिकेशोपवीतिनौ
Vivyādhyannapati, and also Harikeśa, both wearing the sacred thread.
दशापत्रे त्वावरणे प्रथमो जगतां पतिः
In the ten-petaled enclosure, the first is the lord of the worlds.
अहं त्वन्यो वनपती रोहितः स्थपतिस्तथा
I myself, another as lord of the forests, Rohita, and likewise the chief architect.
मन्त्री च वाणिजश्चैव तथा कक्षपतिः परः
The counselor and the merchant, and then the lord of the boundary.
ओषधीनां पतिश्चैव षष्ठः कलशसंभव
The lord of the plants as well, the sixth, born from the pitcher.
कृत्स्नवीतश्च धावंश्च सत्त्वानां पतिरेव च
Kṛtsnavīta and Dhāvan, and the lord of beings as well.
सहमानश्च निर्व्याधिरव्याधीनां पतिस्तथा
Sahamāna, free from disease, and the lord of the healthy.
निचेरुश्चेति विज्ञेयाः षष्ठावरणदेवताः
Niceruṣ—thus are known the deities of the sixth enclosure.
जिघांसंतो मुष्णतां च पतयः कुंभसंभव
Those who intend to slay and to burn, the lords born from the pitcher.
प्रकृतीनां पतिश्चैव उष्णीषी च गिरेश्चरः
The lord of the elements, Uṣṇīṣin, and the wanderer of the mountains.