विशदाकाशसङ्काशे स्वप्नाञ्जनपुरोपमे । अङ्गे तस्या बृहज्जङ्घे पिण्डादर्शसमत्विषि
On her vast thighs, radiant as clear sky and resembling a city of dreams painted with black, the clusters shine with the brilliance of a crystal.
विन्ध्यो नृत्यति काञ्चनाचलवने सह्यश् च मह्यां गिरिẖ कैलासो मलयो महेन्द्रशिखरे क्रौञ्चाचले मन्दरः । गोकर्णो गगनाङ्गने वसुमती विद्याधराणां पुरे सर्वा जङ्गमतां गता वनभुवस् तस्याश् शरीरे तदा
Vindhya dances in the golden mountain forests, Sahya on the earth, Kailasa, Malaya, and Mahendra on their peaks, Krauncha and Mandara, Gokarna in the sky's expanse, the earth in the cities of celestial beings—all the forests and lands became animated within her body at that time.
अब्धिर् नृत्यति पर्वते गिरिर् अपि प्रोच्चैर् नभẖकोटरे व्योमापीन्दुदिवाकरर्क्षवलितं भूमेर् अधस्ताद् गतम् । सद्वीपाचलपत्तनो वनगणḫ प्रोत्कीर्णपुष्पो दिवि व्यालोलं जगद् अम्बुधाव् इव तृणं दिक्चक्रके भ्राम्यति
The ocean dances upon the mountain, and the mountain itself rises high within the vault of the sky; the heavens are adorned with the moon, sun, and stars, while the earth lies below. The continents, mountains, cities, and forests, with their scattered flowers, whirl in the sky, and the world spins like a blade of grass in the wheel of directions, as if afloat in the ocean.
व्योम्नि भ्रमन्ति गिरयो ऽम्बुधयो दिगन्तलोकान्तराणि पुरपत्तनमण्डलानि । नद्यस् सरांसि मकुरान्तर् अशेषबद्धवातावकीर्णतृणपर्णगणक्रमेण
Mountains and oceans wander in the sky, along with the boundaries of directions and realms, and the circles of cities and towns. Rivers, lakes, and ponds, together with clusters of grass and leaves scattered by the wind, move in succession everywhere.
मत्स्याश् चरन्ति च मरौ वरवारिणीव व्योम्नि स्थिराणि नगराणि भुवीव भान्ति । खे भूर् अधो गगनम् अक्षयवारिवाहम् उत्पातवातपरिवृत्तगिरिस्थितं तत्
Fishes swim in the sea as if in a splendid stream, and cities appear fixed in the sky as they do on earth. The earth is below, and the sky above is filled with inexhaustible waters, while mountains are turned by stormy winds and stand within it.
ऋक्षोत्करो भ्रमति दीपसहस्रयन्त्रचक्रभ्रमेण मणिवर्षणमेघचारुः । अन्तर् बहिश् च चकितैḫ प्रणयेन मुक्तं विद्याधरामरगणैर् इव पुष्पवर्षम्
The cluster of stars spins like the mechanism of a thousand lamps, beautiful as a cloud showering jewels. Both inside and outside, startled and affectionate, it is released like a rain of flowers by the hosts of vidyādharas and gods.
संहारसर्गनिचया दिनरात्रिभागे बिन्दूपमा रजनयो दिवसोत्कराश् च । कृष्णास् सिताश् च परितो ऽमलशुक्लकृष्णस्वादर्शमण्डलवद् आकुलम् उल्लसन्ति
The cycles of dissolution and creation, divided into day and night, shine like drops; the nights resemble dots, and the days are like rays. Black and white, all around, they gleam in confusion, like the reflection of a spotless white and black mirror.
रत्नानि भास्करनिशाकरमण्डलानि तारोत्करास् तरलकान्तिभृतश् च हाराः । स्वच्छाम्बराणि वलितानि महाम्बराणि कुर्वन्त्य् अनारतम् अनल्पम् अलातलेखाः
Jewels, the circles of the sun and moon, clusters of stars, and garlands bearing flickering radiance, along with transparent garments and vast, folded skies, continually create countless streaks like marks of fire.
कल्पान्तकालविलुठत्त्रिजगन्मणीनि व्यावर्तनैर् झगितिजातझणज्झणानि । तेजांसि सन्तततयोर्ध्वम् अधश् च यान्ति नानाविधानि गुणवन्ति विभूषणानि
The gems of the three worlds, tossed about by the time of the end of the age, produce a constant clattering sound with their revolutions. Radiant energies, always moving upward and downward, take on various forms, possessing qualities and serving as ornaments.
सङ्ग्राममत्तभटखड्गमरीचिवीचिश्यामायमानसकलातपवासराणाम् । व्यावृत्तिभिर् विलुठताम् अपि सुस्थिराणाम् आकर्ण्यते कलकलो जनमण्डलानाम्
The tumult of people is heard among even the most stable ones, as the waves of sword-blades shimmer darkly in the battles of warriors intoxicated by war, and the commotion arises from the revolutions of the crowds.
ब्रह्मेन्द्रविष्णुहरवह्निरवीन्दुपूर्वा देवासुराḫ परिविवृत्तिभिर् आपतन्तः । अन्योऽन्यम् एव विविधा उपयान्ति यान्ति वातावधूतमषकाशनिविभ्रमेण
Brahma, Indra, Vishnu, Shiva, Agni, the Sun, the Moon, gods and demons—all rush forth in endless cycles, each approaching and departing from one another, like swarms of mosquitoes scattered by the wind.
संहारसर्गसुखदुẖखभवाभवेहानीहानिषेधविधिजन्ममृतिभ्रमाद्याः । सार्धं पृथक् च विलसन्ति सदैव सर्वे व्यामिश्रताम् उपगता अपि तत्र भावाः
Destruction, creation, pleasure, pain, existence, non-existence, effort, inactivity, prohibition, prescription, birth, death, delusion—all these, together and separately, always manifest; even when mingled, their distinct natures remain.
भावोद्भवस्थितिविपत्करणभ्रमाणां संहारसर्गभुवनावनिविभ्रमाणाम् । मिथ्यैव खे प्रकचतां खशरीरकाणां संलक्ष्यते ऽत्र न मनाग् अपि नाम सङ्ख्या
The arising, sustaining, and dissolution of states, the confusion of causes, the creation and destruction of worlds—all these are merely apparent in the sky-like bodies, and here, not even the slightest trace of real enumeration is found.
उत्पातशान्तिमरणोत्सवयुद्धसाम्यविद्वेषरागभयविश्वसनादि तत्र । एकत्र कोश इव रत्नचयो विभाति नानारसाप्रतिघसर्गपरम्परं तत्
Calamity, peace, death, celebration, war, equality, enmity, attachment, fear, trust, and so forth—all shine together in one place like a treasury of jewels, an unending succession of diverse flavors without obstruction.
तस्याश् चिदम्बरमये वपुषि स्वभावभूतास् स्फुटानुभवभावजगद्व्यवस्थाः । सर्गक्षया मलिनदृक्कलिताम्बरस्थकेशोण्डुकस्फुरणवत् परितस् स्फुरन्ति
Within that form made of the sky of consciousness, the manifest experiences and arrangements of the world, which are its own nature, flash all around, like the flickering of dust motes in a sunbeam, tainted by creation and destruction.
जगत् सङ्क्सुब्धम् अक्षुब्धं दृश्यते ऽस्थितिसंस्थिति । सञ्चाल्यमानमकुरप्रतिबिम्ब इव स्थितम्
The world appears agitated and unagitated, with both movement and stillness, like the reflection of a moving monkey in a mirror, yet remaining unmoved.
नृत्तस्थपूता अप्य् अन्तर् जगदर्थाḫ प्रतिक्षणम् । स्थितिं त्यजन्ति गृह्णन्ति बालसङ्कल्पसर्गवत्
Even those entities that seem to dance, stand, or be purified within, continually abandon and assume their states, just as the creations of a child's imagination do.
क्रियाशक्तिशरीरे ऽन्तḫ पूयमाना अनारतम् । राशीभूय विशीर्यन्ते जगन्मुद्गकणोत्कराः
Within the body of action and power, constantly purified, the clusters of the world, like heaps of grain, form and then scatter endlessly.
क्षणम् आलक्ष्यते किञ्चिन् न किञ्चिद् अपि सा क्षणम् । क्षणम् अङ्गुष्ठमात्रैव क्षणम् आकाशपूरिणी
For a moment she is perceived as something, then for a moment as nothing at all; for a moment she is the size of a thumb, for a moment she fills all space.
यस्मात् सा कलना देवी संविच्छक्तिर् जगन्मयी । अनन्ता परमाकाशकोशशुद्धशरीरिणी
Because she is that measuring power, the goddess, the energy of consciousness, pervading the universe—endless, with a body pure as the supreme expanse.
कालत्रयस्थितजगत्त्रितयाम्बराङ्गी चित् सा तथा कचति तेन तथास्थितेन । रूपेण चित्रकृदुदारमनस्स्थचित्रसंसारजालसदृशेन कचज्जवेन
Consciousness, thus, abides as the sky-clad one of the three worlds existing in the three times; by that mode, she acts, her form like the wondrous creations of a painter’s mind, resembling the swift play of the web of worldly existence.
सर्गात्मकं वपुर् अनेकचिदात्मकत्वात् संशान्तखैकवपुर् एकविदात्मकत्वात् । एकं निमेषणसमुन्मिषितैकरूपं सा बिभ्रती वपुर् अनन्तम् अनादि भाति
Her form is the essence of creation, because of her manifold consciousness; yet, as the one tranquil sky, her form is singular; she appears as the one form that opens and closes the eyes in a moment, shining as the infinite, beginningless form.
तस्यां विभाति तद् अनन्तशिलात्मकोशलेखाब्जचक्ररचनादिवद् एव दृश्यम् । व्योमात्मकं गगनमात्रशरीरवत्यां चित्त्वाद् द्रवाज् जलधिकोश इवोर्मिलेखाः
Within her shines that infinite, crystalline core, like the patterns of lines, lotuses, and circles; in her whose body is only space, consciousness appears as wave-traces on the ocean, as forms in the sky.
महती भैरवी देवी नृत्यतḫ पूरिताम्बरा । तस्य कल्पान्तरुद्रस्य सा पुरो भैरवाकृतेः
The great, terrifying goddess dances, filling the sky; before the Rudra of the end of the age, she stands in a fearsome form.
सिरामर्माश्रितोग्राग्निदग्धस्थाणुवनावनिः । कल्पान्तवातव्याधूता वनमालेव नृत्यति
Her veins and vital points scorched by fierce fire, she dances like a forest at the end of an age, shaken by the wind of dissolution, with trees and earth burned to stumps.
कुणालोलूखलबृसीहलशूर्पकरण्डकैः । मुसुलोदञ्चनस्थालीकुम्भस्रग्दामधारिणी
She bears broken mortars, pestles, ploughs, winnowing baskets, and trays; she holds up a pestle, a pan, a pot, and garlands of vessels.
एवंविधानां स्रग्दामजालानां कुसुमोत्करम् । किरन्ती संसृजन्ती च नृत्तक्षुब्धाक्षयं ततम्
Garlands and chains of flowers of such kind, scattering and weaving clusters of blossoms, spread out in the agitation of the dance.
वन्द्यमानस् तया सो ऽपि तथैवाकाशभैरवः । तथैव वितताकारस् तदोच्चैḫ परिनृत्यति
As she is being worshipped, so too is the Bhairava of the sky; in the same way, with his form expanded, he dances with great vigor.
डिम्बं डिम्बं कुडिम्बं पच मन डुह मा झम् प्रझम् प्रं प्रझम् प्रं तृल्लं तृल्लं तृतृल्लं तृखलु खलुमयं खङ्खमं खङ्खमङ्खम् । गुं हं गुं हं तु गुं हं गुडुलडुडुमुडं डाडिमाडिं डुडेति नृत्यन्ती शब्दवाद्यैḫ प्रलयपितृवने श्रेयसे वो ऽस्तु काली
Dimba dimba kudimba, cook, mind, duha, do not jham, prajham pram prajham pram, trilla trilla tritrilla, trkhalu khalumaya, khankhamam khankhamankham; gum ham gum ham, and gum ham guduladudumuda, dadimadi dudeti—she dances with these sounds and instruments in the forest of dissolution and ancestors; may Kali bring you auspiciousness.
बद्ध्वा खट्वाङ्गशृङ्गे कपिलम् उरुजटामण्डलं पद्मयोनेẖ कृत्वा दैत्योत्तमाङ्गैस् स्रजम् उरसि शिरश्शेखरं तार्क्ष्यपक्षैः । पूर्णं रक्तासवानां यममहिषमहाशृङ्गम् आदाय पाणौ पायाद् वो वन्द्यमानḫ प्रलयमुदितया भैरवẖ कालरात्र्या
Binding a tawny mass of matted hair to the spike of the skull-staff, making a garland on her chest from the heads of demons and a crown from Garuda's wings, taking in her hand the full horn of Yama's buffalo filled with blood-wine, may the Bhairava, worshipped and rejoicing in dissolution with Kalaratri, protect you.