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1. 1

   अयि गिरिनन्दिनि नन्दितमेदिनि विश्वविनोदिनि नन्दिनुते गिरिवरविन्ध्यशिरोऽधिनिवासिनि विष्णुविलासिनि जिष्णुनुते। भगवति हे शितिकण्ठकुटुम्बिनि भूरिकुटुम्बिनि भूरिकृते जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ १॥

   ayi girinandini nanditamedini viśvavinodini nandinute girivaravindhyaśiro'dhinivāsini viṣṇuvilāsini jiṣṇunute | bhagavati he śitikaṇṭhakuṭumbini bhūrikuṭumbini bhūrikṛte jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 1 ||

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   O daughter of the great mountain, who delights the earth and gladdens the whole universe, praised by Nandi; who dwells upon the finest peak of the Vindhya range, who delights Vishnu, and is extolled by the victorious Indra. O Bhagavati, consort of blue-throated Shiva, mistress of a vast divine family, doer of great deeds — victory, victory to you, Mahishasuramardini, of lovely matted locks, daughter of the mountain.

2. 2

   सुरवरवर्षिणि दुर्धरधर्षिणि दुर्मुखमर्षिणि हर्षरते त्रिभुवनपोषिणि शङ्करतोषिणि किल्बिषमोषिणि घोषरते दनुजनिरोषिणि दितिसुतरोषिणि दुर्मदशोषिणि सिन्धुसुते जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ २॥

   suravaravarṣiṇi durdharadharṣiṇi durmukhamarṣiṇi harṣarate tribhuvanapoṣiṇi śaṅkaratoṣiṇi kilbiṣamoṣiṇi ghoṣarate danujaniroṣiṇi ditisutaroṣiṇi durmadaśoṣiṇi sindhusute jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 2 ||

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   O bestower of the finest boons upon the gods, subduer of the unconquerable, who remains unmoved by the slander of the evil-tongued, who delights in joyous triumph; nourisher of the three worlds, pleaser of Shankara, remover of sins, who revels in the roar of battle; who dries up the pride of the sons of Danu and Diti, O daughter of the ocean — victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

3. 3

   अयि जगदम्ब मदम्ब कदम्ब वनप्रियवासिनि हासरते शिखरि शिरोमणि तुङ्गहिमलय शृङ्गनिजालय मध्यगते। मधुमधुरे मधुकैटभगञ्जिनि कैटभभञ्जिनि रासरते जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ ३॥

   ayi jagadamba madamba kadamba vanapriyavāsini hāsarate śikhari śiromaṇi tuṅgahimalaya śṛṅganijālaya madhyagate | madhumadhure madhukaiṭabhagañjini kaiṭabhabhañjini rāsarate jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 3 ||

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   O mother of the universe, my own mother, who lovingly dwells in the kadamba forest and delights in laughter; who resides amid the towering, snow-clad peaks that are the crown-jewel of mountains; sweet as honey, destroyer of the demons Madhu and Kaitabha, who delights in joyful play — victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

4. 4

   अयि शतखण्ड विखण्डितरुण्ड वितुण्डितशुण्ड गजाधिपते रिपुगजगण्ड विदारणचण्ड पराक्रमशुण्ड मृगाधिपते। निजभुजदण्ड निपातितखण्ड विपातितमुण्ड भटाधिपते जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ ४॥

   ayi śatakhaṇḍa vikhaṇḍitaruṇḍa vituṇḍitaśuṇḍa gajādhipate ripugajagaṇḍa vidāraṇacaṇḍa parākramaśuṇḍa mṛgādhipate | nijabhujadaṇḍa nipātitakhaṇḍa vipātitamuṇḍa bhaṭādhipate jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 4 ||

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   O sovereign over the war-elephants whose trunks and heads lie shattered in hundred pieces by your might; O ruler whose fierce valour rends the temples of enemy elephants and beasts alike; who fells the severed heads and bodies of demons with the mere staff of her own arm, commander of warriors — victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

5. 5

   अयि रणदुर्मद शत्रुवधोदित दुर्धरनिर्जर शक्तिभृते चतुरविचार धुरीणमहाशिव दूतकृत प्रमथाधिपते। दुरितदुरीह दुराशयदुर्मति दानवदुत कृतान्तमते जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ ५॥

   ayi raṇadurmada śatruvadhodita durdharanirjara śaktibhṛte caturavicāra dhurīṇamahāśiva dūtakṛta pramathādhipate | duritadurīha durāśayadurmati dānavaduta kṛtāntamate jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 5 ||

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   O bearer of unassailable, imperishable power that arose for the slaying of foes maddened by war; foremost among the wise, who made even great Shiva her own messenger, sovereign of the Pramatha attendants; who is death itself to the wicked-minded, ill-intentioned envoys of the demons — victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

6. 6

   अयि शरणागत वैरिवधुवर वीरवराभय दायकरे त्रिभुवनमस्तक शूलविरोधि शिरोऽधिकृतामल शूलकरे। दुमिदुमितामर धुन्दुभिनादमहोमुखरीकृत दिङ्मकरे जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ ६॥

   ayi śaraṇāgata vairivadhuvara vīravarābhaya dāyakare tribhuvanamastaka śūlavirodhi śiro'dhikṛtāmala śūlakare | dumidumitāmara dhundubhinādamahomukharīkṛta diṅmakare jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 6 ||

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   O heroine who grants fearlessness and boons even to the wives of enemies who take refuge in you; who bears the spotless trident raised above the heads of those who oppose the wielders of the trident across the three worlds; whose thundering divine kettle-drums resound through every direction — victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

7. 7

   अयि निजहुङ्कृति मात्रनिराकृत धूम्रविलोचन धूम्रशते समरविशोषित शोणितबीज समुद्भवशोणित बीजलते। शिवशिवशुम्भ निशुम्भमहाहव तर्पितभूत पिशाचरते जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ ७॥

   ayi nijahuṅkṛti mātranirākṛta dhūmravilocana dhūmraśate samaraviśoṣita śoṇitabīja samudbhavaśoṇita bījalate | śivaśivaśumbha niśumbhamahāhava tarpitabhūta piśācarate jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 7 ||

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   O you who, by the mere sound of your battle-cry, reduced hundreds like the smoke-eyed demon Dhumralochana to ashes; who dried up in battle the blood of Raktabija, from every drop of which new demons had sprung forth; O auspicious one who, in the great war with Shumbha and Nishumbha, satisfied the spirits and ghostly hosts — victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

8. 8

   धनुरनुषङ्ग रणक्षणसङ्ग परिस्फुरदङ्ग नटत्कटके कनकपिशङ्ग पृषत्कनिषङ्ग रसद्भटशृङ्ग हताबटुके। कृतचतुरङ्ग बलक्षितिरङ्ग घटद्बहुरङ्ग रटद्बटुके जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ ८॥

   dhanuranuṣaṅga raṇakṣaṇasaṅga parisphuradaṅga naṭatkaṭake kanakapiśaṅga pṛṣatkaniṣaṅga rasadbhaṭaśṛṅga hatābaṭuke | kṛtacaturaṅga balakṣitiraṅga ghaṭadbahuraṅga raṭadbaṭuke jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 8 ||

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   O you whose limbs quiver as the bowstring is drawn in the moments of battle, anklets ringing at every movement; who bears golden arrows in her quiver, resounding like a war-horn, felling young warriors; who arrays the fourfold army across the battlefield in many colours amid the roar of youthful soldiers — victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

9. 9

   सुरललना ततथेयि तथेयि कृताभिनयोदर नृत्यरते कृत कुकुथः कुकुथो गडदादिकताल कुतूहल गानरते। धुधुकुट धुक्कुट धिंधिमित ध्वनि धीर मृदंग निनादरते जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ ९॥

   suralalanā tatatheyi tatheyi kṛtābhinayodara nṛtyarate kṛta kukuthaḥ kukutho gaḍadādikatāla kutūhala gānarate | dhudhukuṭa dhukkuṭa dhiṃdhimita dhvani dhīra mṛdaṃga ninādarate jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 9 ||

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   O before whom the celestial damsels dance with the graceful rhythm of 'tatatheyi tatheyi', delighting in dance; who delights in songs and eager dance to the beat of 'kukuthah kukutho'; who revels in the deep resounding beat of the mridanga drum's 'dhudhukuta dhukkuta dhimdhimita' — victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

10. 10

    जय जय जप्य जयेजयशब्द परस्तुति तत्परविश्वनुते झणझणझिञ्झिमि झिङ्कृत नूपुरशिञ्जितमोहित भूतपते। नटित नटार्ध नटी नट नायक नाटितनाट्य सुगानरते जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ १०॥

    jaya jaya japya jayejayaśabda parastuti tatparaviśvanute jhaṇajhaṇajhiñjhimi jhiṅkṛta nūpuraśiñjitamohita bhūtapate | naṭita naṭārdha naṭī naṭa nāyaka nāṭitanāṭya sugānarate jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 10 ||

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    O you who are hailed everywhere with cries of victory, supreme object of adoration for the whole world; whose jingling anklets' enchanting sound entrances even Shiva, lord of all beings; who delights in the enchanting drama and song performed by dancers, actors and their leaders — victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

11. 11

    अयि सुमनःसुमनःसुमनः सुमनःसुमनोहरकान्तियुते श्रितरजनी रजनीरजनी रजनीरजनी करवक्त्रवृते। सुनयनविभ्रमर भ्रमरभ्रमर भ्रमरभ्रमराधिपते जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ ११॥

    ayi sumanaḥsumanaḥsumanaḥ sumanaḥsumanoharakāntiyute śritarajanī rajanīrajanī rajanīrajanī karavaktravṛte | sunayanavibhramara bhramarabhramara bhramarabhramarādhipate jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 11 ||

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    O you whose face is more lovely than the loveliest of flowers, radiant with charming splendour; whose countenance surpasses in beauty even the moon of many a night; whose eyes wander like intoxicated bees, sovereign even over the bees themselves — victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

12. 12

    सहितमहाहव मल्लमतल्लिक मल्लितरल्लक मल्लरते विरचितवल्लिक पल्लिकमल्लिक झिल्लिकभिल्लिक वर्गवृते। शितकृतफुल्ल समुल्लसितारुण तल्लजपल्लव सल्ललिते जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ १२॥

    sahitamahāhava mallamatallika mallitarallaka mallarate viracitavallika pallikamallika jhillikabhillika vargavṛte | śitakṛtaphulla samullasitāruṇa tallajapallava sallalite jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 12 ||

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    O you who delight in wrestling alongside the foremost champions of the great battle; adorned with garlands of forest creepers and flowers, surrounded by hosts of forest-dwellers; graced by fresh, cool, reddish tender shoots in full bloom — victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

13. 13

    अविरलगण्ड गलन्मदमेदुर मत्तमतङ्ग जराजपते त्रिभुवनभुषण भूतकलानिधि रूपपयोनिधि राजसुते। अयि सुदतीजन लालसमानस मोहन मन्मथराजसुते जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ १३॥

    aviralagaṇḍa galanmadamedura mattamataṅga jarājapate tribhuvanabhuṣaṇa bhūtakalānidhi rūpapayonidhi rājasute | ayi sudatījana lālasamānasa mohana manmatharājasute jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 13 ||

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    O daughter of the mountain, graced by the ever-flowing musth of mighty tusked elephants; ornament of the three worlds, treasury of every art and of surpassing beauty, princess born of the mountain-king; more enchanting than the god of love himself, who captivates the hearts of lovely maidens — victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

14. 14

    कमलदलामल कोमलकान्ति कलाकलितामल भाललते सकलविलास कलानिलयक्रम केलिचलत्कल हंसकुले। अलिकुलसङ्कुल कुवलयमण्डल मौलिमिलद्बकुलालिकुले जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ १४॥

    kamaladalāmala komalakānti kalākalitāmala bhālalate sakalavilāsa kalānilayakrama kelicalatkala haṃsakule | alikulasaṅkula kuvalayamaṇḍala maulimiladbakulālikule jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 14 ||

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    O you whose forehead, spotless and tender as a lotus petal, is adorned with artistry; abode of every graceful art and sport, where swans move in gentle play; encircled by swarms of bees upon blue lotuses, and bakula blossoms twined in your hair — victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

15. 15

    करमुरलीरव वीजितकूजित लज्जितकोकिल मञ्जुमते मिलितपुलिन्द मनोहरगुञ्जित रञ्जितशैल निकुञ्जगते। निजगणभूत महाशबरीगण सद्गुणसम्भृत केलितले जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ १५॥

    karamuralīrava vījitakūjita lajjitakokila mañjumate militapulinda manoharaguñjita rañjitaśaila nikuñjagate | nijagaṇabhūta mahāśabarīgaṇa sadguṇasambhṛta kelitale jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 15 ||

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    O you whose flute-sweet voice puts even the cuckoo's cooing to shame; who dwells amid mountain groves resounding with the charming murmur of forest-dwelling tribes; surrounded in your places of play by virtuous bands of forest huntresses — victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

16. 16

    कटितटपीत दुकूलविचित्र मयुखतिरस्कृत चन्द्ररुचे प्रणतसुरासुर मौलिमणिस्फुर दंशुलसन्नख चन्द्ररुचे। जितकनकाचल मौलिमदोर्जित निर्भरकुञ्जर कुम्भकुचे जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ १६॥

    kaṭitaṭapīta dukūlavicitra mayukhatiraskṛta candraruce praṇatasurāsura maulimaṇisphura daṃśulasannakha candraruce | jitakanakācala maulimadorjita nirbharakuñjara kumbhakuce jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 16 ||

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    O whose golden-yellow silken garment about the waist, radiant with splendour, outshines even the moon's own lustre; whose glowing nails, bowed to by the crest-jewels of gods and demons, gleam with moonlike lustre; who has conquered the pride of the golden mountain, bearing a bosom full and firm as an elephant's temples — victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

17. 17

    विजितसहस्रकरैक सहस्रकरैक सहस्रकरैकनुते कृतसुरतारक सङ्गरतारक सङ्गरतारक सूनुसुते। सुरथसमाधि समानसमाधि समाधिसमाधि सुजातरते जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ १७॥

    vijitasahasrakaraika sahasrakaraika sahasrakaraikanute kṛtasuratāraka saṅgaratāraka saṅgaratāraka sūnusute | surathasamādhi samānasamādhi samādhisamādhi sujātarate jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 17 ||

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    O who surpasses even the thousand-rayed one, especially praised and extolled by countless devotees; who, through her son (Kartikeya), brought about the gods' victory over the demon Taraka, the very cause of that triumph; whose profound meditation equals the deep contemplation of both King Suratha and the merchant Samadhi, born of pure devotion — victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

18. 18

    पदकमलं करुणानिलये वरिवस्यति योऽनुदिनं सुशिवे अयि कमले कमलानिलये कमलानिलयः स कथं न भवेत्। तव पदमेव परम्पदमित्यनुशीलयतो मम किं न शिवे जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ १८॥

    padakamalaṃ karuṇānilaye varivasyati yo'nudinaṃ suśive ayi kamale kamalānilaye kamalānilayaḥ sa kathaṃ na bhavet | tava padameva parampadamityanuśīlayato mama kiṃ na śive jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 18 ||

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    Whoever daily worships your lotus feet, the very abode of compassion, O auspicious one — how could such a devotee not himself become an abode of grace and fortune, O beautiful one? Meditating always that your feet alone are the supreme goal, what then, O gracious one, remains beyond my reach? Victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

19. 19

    कनकलसत्कलसिन्धुजलैरनुषिञ्चति तेगुणरङ्गभुवम् भजति स किं न शचीकुचकुम्भतटीपरिरम्भसुखानुभवम्। तव चरणं शरणं करवाणि नतामरवाणि निवासि शिवम् जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ १९॥

    kanakalasatkalasindhujalairanuṣiñcati teguṇaraṅgabhuvam bhajati sa kiṃ na śacīkucakumbhataṭīparirambhasukhānubhavam | tava caraṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ karavāṇi natāmaravāṇi nivāsi śivam jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 19 ||

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    Whoever, O Goddess, daily sprinkles your place of worship with sacred water from a golden vessel — does he not thereby taste a bliss as great as the embrace of Shachi, consort of Indra? O you praised by the speech of the immortals and dwelling in all that is auspicious, I take refuge in your feet alone. Victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

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    तव विमलेन्दुकुलं वदनेन्दुमलं सकलं ननु कूलयते किमु पुरुहूतपुरीन्दु मुखी सुमुखीभिरसौ विमुखीक्रियते। मम तु मतं शिवनामधने भवती कृपया किमुत क्रियते जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ २०॥

    tava vimalendukulaṃ vadanendumalaṃ sakalaṃ nanu kūlayate kimu puruhūtapurīndu mukhī sumukhībhirasau vimukhīkriyate | mama tu mataṃ śivanāmadhane bhavatī kṛpayā kimuta kriyate jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 20 ||

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    The spotless splendour of your own lineage outshines and purifies even the radiance of the moon's face. Are not even the moon-faced beauties of Indra's city then put to shame — eclipsed — by this loveliness of yours? This alone is my firm conviction, O treasury of Shiva's own name — what indeed is beyond the reach of your grace? Victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely locks, daughter of the mountain.

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    अयि मयि दीन दयालुतया कृपयैव त्वया भवितव्यमुमे अयि जगतो जननी कृपयासि यथासि तथानुमितासिरते। यदुचितमत्र भवत्युररीकुरुतादुरुतापमपाकुरुते जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते॥ २१॥

    ayi mayi dīna dayālutayā kṛpayaiva tvayā bhavitavyamume ayi jagato jananī kṛpayāsi yathāsi tathānumitāsirate | yaducitamatra bhavatyurarīkurutādurutāpamapākurute jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 21 ||

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    O Uma, be gracious to me, the lowly one, out of your compassion alone. O mother of the universe, just as you are ever compassionate, so may your sword too be understood as the very form of that same compassion, protecting righteousness by destroying evil. Whatever is fitting, O mother, may you grant it, and remove this great affliction of mine. Victory, victory to Mahishasuramardini, of lovely matted locks, daughter of the mountain.