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372 Treatment of Svara
(ख) कम्बलगानम्
यत्र ग्रहो ऽंशो ऽपन्यासः पञ्चमो बहुलस्तु रिः ।
सो न्यासो मधगान्धारास्त्वल्पान्तास्तत्कम्बलं मतम् ।।११।।
पञ्चमोजातिसञ्जातल्पताबहुतावशात् ।
स्वराणां बहवो भेदास्तस्य पूर्वैरुदीरिताः ।।१२।।
प्रीतः कम्बलगानेन कम्बलाय वरं ददौ ।
पुरा पुरारिरद्यापि ग्रीयते तैरतः शिवः ।।१३।।
(ग) कपालगतपदानि
कपालानां क्रमाद् ब्रूमो ब्रह्मप्रोक्तां पदावलीम् ।
झण्टुं झण्टुं ।।१।। खट्वाङ्गधरं ।।२।। दंष्ट्राकरालं ।।३।।
(b) Kambala-gāna : (11-13)
Where the initial note, the fundamental note and the
semifinal note is pañcama, ṛṣabha is profuse, ṣaḍja is the final
note and madhyama, dhaivata and gāndhāra are rare, that is
accepted to be kambala. It has originated from the pañcamī
jāti. The ancients have spoken of many of its varieties based
on the rareness and the profusion of notes. (11-12)
Sometimes in the past Lord Śiva, being propitiated by
the kambala (song) bestowed a boon upon kambala⁵ (nāga),
and therefore even today, he is propitiated by them (i. e. the
kambala-songs). (13)
(c) The verbal text of the kapāla songs : (14ab)
We shall now speak of the verbal text of the kapāla
songs as originated⁶ in due order. (14ab)

1. The ṣāḍjī-kapāla song
   Jhaṇṭuṃ jhaṇṭum⁷ (1) khaṭvāṅgadharam (2) daṁṣṭrākarālam
2. Cf. S. Raj, Vol. I, p. 659 for greater information regarding
   Kambala
3. Brahmaprokta lit. ‘spoken or sung by Brahmā’ who composed
   them
4. Jhaṇṭum is one of the śuṣkākṣara-s (syllables devoid of meaning
   said to have been spoken by Brahmā. These meaningless

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Section 8 : Gīti-s 373
तडित्सदृशजिह्वं ।।४।। हौ हौ हौ हौ हौ हौ हौ हौ ।।५।। बहुरूपवदनं
घनघोरनादं ।।६।। हौ हौ हौ हौ हौ हौ हौ हौ ।।७।। ॐ ॐ ह्रां
रौं हौं हौं हौं हौं ।।८।। नृमुण्डमण्डितम् ।।९।। हूं हूं कह कह हूं हूं
।।१०।। कृतविकटमुखम् ।।११।। नमामि देवं भैरवम् ।।१२।। इति
षाड्जीकपालपदानि ।।१।।
झण्टुं झण्टुं खट्वाङ्गधरम् ।।१।। दंष्ट्राकरालम् ।।२।। तडित्स-
दृशजिह्वम् ।।३।। हौ हौ हौ हौ हौ हौ हौ हौ ।।४।। वरसुरभि-
कुसुम ।।५।। चर्चितगात्रम् ।।६।। कपालहस्तम् ।।७।। नमामि देवम्
।।८।। इत्यार्षभीकपालपदानि ।।२।।
taḍitsadṛśajihvam (4) hau hau hau hau hau hau hau hau (5) bahu-
rūpavadanam ghanaghoranādam (6) hau hau hau hau hau hau hau
hau (7) ūṁ ūṁ hrāṁ rauṁ hauṁ hauṁ hauṁ hauṁ (8) nṛmuṇḍamaṇḍitam
(9) hūṁ hūṁ kaha kaha hūṁ hūṁ (10) kṛtavikaṭamukham (11)
*namāmi devam bhairavam.*⁸ (12)
2. The ārṣabhī-kapāla song
Jhaṇṭum jhaṇṭum khaṭvāṅgadharam (1) daṁṣṭrākarālam (2)
taḍitsadṛśajihvam (3) hau hau hau hau hau hau hau hau (4) varasu-
rabhikusuma (5) carcitagātram (6) kapālahastam (7) namāmi devam⁹
(8).
syllables form a part of an ancient tradition and even Bharata
mentions them at various places (cf. G. O. S. Vol. IV, pp. 107,
108, 112, 118, etc. and XXXIV. 32). All such words are
recounted by Śārṅgadeva in Taladhyāya (cf. S. R, Ad.
ed. Vol. III, p. 129). These are also called stobhākṣara-s.
Oṅkāra and h in conjunction with vowels or consonants is also
included among the stobhākṣara-s (cf. Brihaspati, Bharat kā
Saṅgīt Siddhānta pp. 251, 252).
8. The Sanskrit text purports as under :
Obeisance to Lord Bhairava, holding a club with a skull
on the top and having terrific teeth, a tongue resembling light-
ning, a face with many forms and a tumultuous sound, who is
decorated by human skulls and bears a terrible countenance.
9. The Sanskrit text purports as under :
Obeisance to the Lord holding a club with a skull on the
top, and having terrific teeth and a tongue resembling light-
ning, whose body is anointed with the best of the fragrant
flowers and who bears a skull in his hand.