भण्डासुरस्य मन्त्रणा
Bhaṇḍāsura’s War-Counsel against Lalitā
दत्तावलंबनमिव स्त्रीणां कर्णोत्पलत्विषि / एकीभूतमिव प्रौढदिङ्नागमिव कज्जले / आबद्धमैत्रकमिव स्फुरच्छाद्वलमण्डले
dattāvalaṃbanamiva strīṇāṃ karṇotpalatviṣi / ekībhūtamiva prauḍhadiṅnāgamiva kajjale / ābaddhamaitrakamiva sphuracchādvalamaṇḍale
As though a support were granted to women in the sheen of the lotus at the ear; as though the mighty elephant of the quarters had merged into one within the black of kohl; as though friendship were bound fast upon a circle of shimmering green turf.