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Gaüḍavaho
281. Where, for those who go out, there is an impression that the sky does not exist at all, (the vision being obstructed by mountain-ranges overhead), while to those staying inside the deep caves, (it appears) that the mountain itself does not exist,
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282. Who, with its ridges full of many a cavern, appears to have been manufactured, by taking (as raw materials) half of the earth and half of the sky and then placing it in between the sky and the earth,
283. Who, with his peaks penetrating the sky and the sky spreading through the caves, has screwed up and steadied, as it were, the surfaces of the sky and the earth,
284. On this Vindhya mountain, with elephants pleased and happy to get bits of Sallaki plants full of fragrant juice and with thick-growing palm-forests, the King went up.
Praise of the Presiding Goddess of the Vindhyas
285. The arched entrance (of your temple), O Madhavi, is embellished with strings of bells snatched, as it were, from the whole family herd of the Buffalo-Demon, captured by you."
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286. "The head of the Buffalo-Demon, filled with the brilliance of the toe-nails of your feet, is seen to be a foot-stool, as it were, in the form of a block of snow placed by (your father) Himalaya for helping you to ascend."
287. "The rows of bees, O Bhairavi, over the perfumed courtyard of your temple, hover about like dangling chains of creatures released (from worldly life) by a prayer alone (offered to you).
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288. "Indeed, at your (mere) recollection on the battlefield, masses of elephants disperse from a distance, being put to flight, as it were, by the roar of your vehicle, the Lion.
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289. "How could your devotees, O Candi, falling in line at your lotus-like feet (in prostration), be bound over by Yama, when he would be, as it were, carried away (from them) by his buffalo, scared (by the memory) of the killing of the BuffaloDemon (Sairibha)?”
290. "The mountain Himalaya, by reason of his being your father, has been elevated (in status and dignity); so, too, is
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