Lilavaikaha

Author(s): K R Chandra, Ramniklal M Shah
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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LĪLĀVAT-KAHĀ OF KOŪHALA
1. Salute the pair of claws of Hari, which were looked at
angrily by the Sudarsana (discus) while they stood embedded in the pieces of (shattered) bones of the broad chest of
Hiranyakaśipu. 2. Salute him, whose third step, having a concrete form, got
accommodated within its own abstract form, at that time
when he was measuring the three worlds. 3. Salute again that foot of his (of that same Hari), which was
laughed at covertly by Balarāma as it stood halfway without
completing the crossing of the threshold. 4. May he be victorious, whose bolt-like arm, as dark as a
cloud, while catching the neck of Ariştāsura, resembled
Yama's noose extended at the time of) world-destruction. 5. As Hari sleeps in the ocean, may the rays of jewels from
Seșa's hood, which look like the sprouts from the bulbous root in the form of Kaustubha covered by (and pressed under)
Lakşmi's breasts, protect you. 5.1. May (that) Hari be victorious, who was awakened from sleep
by the conch blown (accidentally) by the hissing breath given out by the serpent Seșa being pressed by Vişnu's turning
(his body in sleep). 6. Salute Hari's arms, which broke the pair of Arjuna-trees,
twisted (the neck of) Aristāsura, rent asunder Kesin, dragged Kamsa the King of demons (down from his throne) and held
(aloft) the mountain (Govardhana). 7, Victorious is Hari (destroyer of Madhu), who accomplished
the act of destroying Kesin (demon, in the form of a) foal by thrusting in his mouth his stout elbow and by putting
around (his neck) his strong arms. 8. May he (Siva) be victorious, who, with his mouth about to
swallow the three worlds, drank like Achamana-water all the oceans held in his cupped palm.
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