भण्डासुरस्य मन्त्रणा
Bhaṇḍāsura’s War-Counsel against Lalitā
नित्या कालस्वरूपिण्यः प्रत्येकं तिथिविग्रहाः / क्रोधमुद्वीक्ष्य सम्नाज्ञ्या युद्धाय दधुरुद्यमम्
nityā kālasvarūpiṇyaḥ pratyekaṃ tithivigrahāḥ / krodhamudvīkṣya samnājñyā yuddhāya dadhurudyamam
The Nityās, embodiments of Time itself, each one the very form of a lunar tithi, on seeing the Great Queen’s wrath, took up her command and readied themselves for war.