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The Incarnation of the Goddess - Verse 3

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 11 · Verse 3

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Sanskrit Original

अर्धनारीनरवपुः दुष्प्रेक्ष्यो ऽतिभयङ्करः। विभजात्मानमित्युक्त्वा ब्रह्मा चान्तर्दधे भयात।।

ardhanārīnaravapuḥ duṣprekṣyo 'tibhayaṅkaraḥ| vibhajātmānamityuktvā brahmā cāntardadhe bhayāt||

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His body was half-male and half-female and was too terrible to behold. “Divide yourself,” saying this Brahma vanished out of fear.