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.pura ; whose food is the nectar dropping from the 

 beams of the moon ; who rejoiced in the sacrifice of 

 heads by the Lord of Rucshasas^ ', whose face is 

 adorned with smiles, when he enjoys the embraces of 



Gauri.^ 



(The foregoing Sanscrit : the fourth, which is Prd- 

 crit, is unexplained. Those which follow, are in Ca- 

 nard. J 



5. ^ By the consort of DeVi, whose divinity is 

 adored, the spouse of Pa'rvati, resplendent with the 

 glorious light of gems reflected from the crowns of the 

 Lords of Gods and demons whose heads lay, prostrate at 

 his feet ; with a face ever lighted up with smiles ; he is 

 the self existent deity : may the wealth, and the sta- 

 tions of his saints, be ever granted to us. 



6. * The beams of whose light, like the frequent 

 waving of the io/us liower, flashes reflected from the 

 numerous crowns of glorious Kings, of the chief of 

 Gods, of the King of Kings, and of the Lord of De- 

 mons ; who exists in all things, in all elements, in wa- 

 ter, air, earth, ether, and fire, in the sun and moon : 

 the renowned deity manifested in eight forms ; Sam- 

 £Hu' ; may he grant our ardent prayers. 



7. ' Cheerfully I bow to Samdhu' in tht Jotus 

 of the heart ; to him who increases and gives life to 

 all ; who holds supreme command over all ; who, 

 through his three divine attributes, created and ani- 

 mated fourteen worlds ; who ever resides in the minds 

 of his saints.' 



(The two next stanzas have not been explained. 

 The following is in Ilalld Ccuiara.) 



* JiAVANA. 



