Soundarya Lahari--Verse 65

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Rane jitvA'daityAn apahrta-sirastraih kavacibhir

nivrttais candAmsa-Tripurahara-nirmAlva-vimukhih

visAkh'endr'opendraih sasi-visada-karpUra-sakalA

vilIyante mAtas tava vadana-tAmbUla-kabalAh

 

 

O Mother! the [chewed]betel and nut [mixed] with the powder of

refined camphor radiant like the moon, [spit] off Thy mouth, is

eagerly set upon by VisAkha, Indra and Upendra, on their return after

vanquishing the Daitya-s in battle, with their head-gear doffed and

clad in armour, having giving up the offal of Tripurahara as falling

to the share of Canda.

 

VisAkha-Skanda, the commander-in-chief of the celestial army.Upendra-

Visnu. Canda - a devotee of siva, worshipped as one of the PaNcamUrti-

s in Siva Shrines, whole privilege it is to claim as his the

NirmAlya, what is thrown off by his Lord. Skanda and his lieutenants,

returning victorious from the battle field, are represented here as

sharing among themselves the chewed betel, nut and refined camphor

spat out of the Devi's mouth, viewing it as a worthy meed for their

trouble, after giving up to Canda the undisputed ownership of Siva's

offal. The doffing of the head-gear is by way of showing their

veneration for the Devi.

 

 

 

 

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The Saundarya-Lahari of Sri Samkara-Bhagavatpada.

By Pandit S. Subrahmanya Sastri and T.R Srinivasa Ayyangar.