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Praise of the Vindhya Goddess
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329. “Revati (Cāmundā) moves ahead of you, her body naturally gaunt and dried-up, (indicating) as if her flesh is lost through fear of human bodies ever present here.”
330. “You are worshipped even by trees, with an offering of their own blood, as it were, (flowing) from their hacked arms (branches ), red with sap exuding from the cuts made by axes.”
331. “Even cocks (or peacocks ), turning the entrance) path muddy with blood, fat and hair, dropped (on the ground) in their mutual fights, obey your comands, as it were.”
332. “You strike terror (dimba) even with these pillars decorated with cloth dyed red, prominently displaying, as it were, circular heaps of flesh (from animals), butchered for your offering.”
333. “Your carrier corpse, indeed, makes itself (strong and ) capable to bear you, its strength being brought about, even in its dead state, by its body which can easily breathe.”
334. "Charming you look, in your night-forms (in association) with the temple-deities, pouring out from their mouths extraordinary blood-streams, being fanned in devotion by red banners, as it were.”
.335. “The dark nights, by your association, O Goddess, develop shoots (baddhamkura ) as it were, in the form of the buffalo-horns and put out sprouts, as it were, by the out-stretched necks of peacocks.”
336. “The blue-bodied (meaakāyā) Sabara couples look charming, gaining a dark complexion, as it were, by their reflections in the rows of copper ( loha) mirrors.”
337. “It is only your form as a Black Night of Destruction which is dreadful and frightening; your heart, however, is evee affectionate with feelings of compassion."
338. Thus was homage, with requisite ceremonies ( sapariara) of worship, paid by the King to the Divinity dwelling in the cave of the Vindhya mountain, the way (to the temple ) being directed by Sabaras clothed in mere leaves ( tammi-dala ).
Thoughts at the sight of a dead body
339. “Is it that even now flares up the flush of the fire of anger within the spot of his heart, although the bony skeleton is browned off by its longtime ( decay) ?”
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