Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 42
BndP 2 42.1
तस्योर्ध्वं च विदर्शयन्भृगुवरं गोलोकमीशात्मजो निष्पात्याधरलोकसप्तक मपीत्थं दर्शयामास च । उद्धृत्याथ ततो हि गर्भसलिले प्रक्षप्तमात्रं त्वरा भीतं प्राणपरिप्सुमानयदथो तत्रैव यत्रास्थितः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,४१।५५ ॥ इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे भार्गवचरिते एकचत्वारिंशत्तमो ऽध्यायः ॥ ४१॥ वसिष्ठ उवाच एवं संभ्रामितो रामो गणाधीशेन भूपते । हर्षशोकसमाविष्टो विचिन्त्यात्मपराभवम्
tasyordhvaṃ ca vidarśayanbhṛguvaraṃ golokamīśātmajo niṣpātyādharalokasaptaka mapītthaṃ darśayāmāsa ca / uddhṛtyātha tato hi garbhasalile prakṣaptamātraṃ tvarā bhītaṃ prāṇaparipsumānayadatho tatraiva yatrāsthitaḥ // bndp_2,41.55 // iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde bhārgavacarite ekacatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 41// vasiṣṭha uvāca evaṃ saṃbhrāmito rāmo gaṇādhīśena bhūpate / harṣaśokasamāviṣṭo vicintyātmaparābhavam
And showing the best of the Bhṛgus Goloka above that, the son of the Lord, having flung (him) down, showed him likewise the group of seven lower worlds as well; then lifting (him) up from there — for he had barely been cast into the waters of the womb (of the earth), frightened, hastily trying to save his life — he brought him back to that very place where he had been standing. Thus the forty-first chapter, in the account of the Bhārgava, in the third Upoddhāta section of the middle part of the glorious Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa spoken by Vāyu. Vasiṣṭha said: Thus whirled about by the lord of the gaṇas, O king of the earth, Rāma, seized by both joy and grief, reflecting on his own defeat —
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BndP 2 42.2
गणेशं चाभितो वीक्ष्य निर्विकारमवस्थितम् । क्रोधाविष्टो भृशं भूत्वा प्राक्षिपत्स्वपरश्वधम्
gaṇeśaṃ cābhito vīkṣya nirvikāramavasthitam / krodhāviṣṭo bhṛśaṃ bhūtvā prākṣipatsvaparaśvadham
— and seeing Gaṇeśa standing right before him, unmoved, he became filled with intense anger and hurled his axe.
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BndP 2 42.3
गणेशस्त्वभिवीक्ष्याथ पित्रा दत्तं परश्वधम् । अमोघं कर्त्तुकामस्तु वामे तं दशने ऽग्रहीत्
gaṇeśastvabhivīkṣyātha pitrā dattaṃ paraśvadham / amoghaṃ karttukāmastu vāme taṃ daśane 'grahīt
But Gaṇeśa, looking at the axe that had been given (to Rāma) by his own father, and wishing to make it not fail, received it on his left tusk.
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BndP 2 42.4
स तु दन्तः कुठारेण विच्छिन्नो भूतले ऽपतत् । भुवि शोणितसंदिग्धो वज्राहत इवाचलः
sa tu dantaḥ kuṭhāreṇa vicchinno bhūtale 'patat / bhuvi śoṇitasaṃdigdho vajrāhata ivācalaḥ
And that tusk, cut through by the axe, fell to the ground, smeared with blood upon the earth, like a mountain struck by the thunderbolt.
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BndP 2 42.5
दन्तपातेन विद्वस्ता साब्धिद्वीपधरा धरा । चकंपे पृथिवीपाल लोकास्त्रासमुपागताः
dantapātena vidvastā sābdhidvīpadharā dharā / cakaṃpe pṛthivīpāla lokāstrāsamupāgatāḥ
Shattered by the falling of the tusk, the earth, bearing its oceans and continents, trembled, O ruler of the earth, and the worlds' people were seized with terror.
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BndP 2 42.6
हाहाकारो महानासी द्देवानां दिवि पश्यताम् । कार्त्तिकेयादयस्तत्र चुक्रुशुर्भृशमातुराः
hāhākāro mahānāsī ddevānāṃ divi paśyatām / kārttikeyādayastatra cukruśurbhṛśamāturāḥ
There was a great cry of "Alas!" from the gods watching in heaven; there Kārttikeya and the others, greatly stricken, wailed aloud.
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BndP 2 42.7
अथ कोलाहलं श्रुत्वा दन्तपातध्वनिं तथा । पार्वतीशङ्करौ तत्र समाजग्मतुरीश्वरौ
atha kolāhalaṃ śrutvā dantapātadhvaniṃ tathā / pārvatīśaṅkarau tatra samājagmaturīśvarau
Then, hearing the clamour and the sound of the tusk's fall, Pārvatī and Śaṅkara, the two sovereigns, came there together.
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BndP 2 42.8
हेरम्बं पुरतो दृष्ट्वा वक्रतुण्डैकदन्तिनम् । पप्रच्छ स्कन्दं पार्वती किमेतदिति कारणम्
herambaṃ purato dṛṣṭvā vakratuṇḍaikadantinam / papraccha skandaṃ pārvatī kimetaditi kāraṇam
Seeing Heramba before her with his curved trunk and single tusk, Pārvatī asked Skanda: "What is the cause of this?"
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BndP 2 42.9
स तु पृष्टस्तदा मात्रा सेनानीः सर्वमादितः । वृत्तान्तं कथयामास मात्रे रामस्य शृण्वतः
sa tu pṛṣṭastadā mātrā senānīḥ sarvamāditaḥ / vṛttāntaṃ kathayāmāsa mātre rāmasya śṛṇvataḥ
And he, the commander of the army, being then asked by his mother, told his mother the whole course of events from the beginning, while Rāma listened.
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BndP 2 42.10
सा श्रुत्वोदन्तमखिलं जगतां जननी नृप । उवाच शङ्करं रुष्टा पार्वती प्राणनायकम्
sā śrutvodantamakhilaṃ jagatāṃ jananī nṛpa / uvāca śaṅkaraṃ ruṣṭā pārvatī prāṇanāyakam
Having heard the entire report, she, the mother of the worlds, O king — Pārvatī — angered, spoke to Śaṅkara, the lord of her life.
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BndP 2 42.11
पार्वत्युवाच अयं ते भार्गवः शंभो शिष्यः पुत्रः समो ऽभवत् । त्वत्तोलब्ध्वा परं तेजो वर्म त्रैलोक्यजिद्विभो
pārvatyuvāca ayaṃ te bhārgavaḥ śaṃbho śiṣyaḥ putraḥ samo 'bhavat / tvattolabdhvā paraṃ tejo varma trailokyajidvibho
Pārvatī said: This Bhārgava, O Śambhu, has become your pupil, as good as a son, having obtained from you supreme fiery power and the armour that conquers the three worlds, O mighty one.
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BndP 2 42.12
कार्त्तवीर्यार्जुनं संख्ये जितवानूर्जितं नृपम् । स्वकार्यं साधयित्वा तु प्रादात्तुभ्यं च दक्षिणाम्
kārttavīryārjunaṃ saṃkhye jitavānūrjitaṃ nṛpam / svakāryaṃ sādhayitvā tu prādāttubhyaṃ ca dakṣiṇām
He conquered in battle Kārtavīrya Arjuna, that powerful king, and having accomplished his own purpose he gave you your fee.
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BndP 2 42.13
यत्ते सुतस्य दशन कुठारेण न्यपातयत् । अनेनैव कृतार्थस्त्वं भविष्यसि न संशयः
yatte sutasya daśana kuṭhāreṇa nyapātayat / anenaiva kṛtārthastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ
Since he has struck down your son's tusk with his axe — by this very (act) you will have your purpose fulfilled, no doubt of it.
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BndP 2 42.14
त्वमिमं भार्गवं शम्भो रक्षान्तेवासिसत्तमम् । तव कार्याणि सर्वाणि साधयिष्यति सद्गुरोः
tvamimaṃ bhārgavaṃ śambho rakṣāntevāsisattamam / tava kāryāṇi sarvāṇi sādhayiṣyati sadguroḥ
You, O Śambhu, protect this Bhārgava, the best of resident pupils; he will accomplish all the tasks of you, his true teacher.
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BndP 2 42.15
अह नैवात्र तिष्ठामि यत्त्वया विमता विभो । पुत्राभ्यां सहिता यास्ये पितुः स्वस्य निकेतनम्
aha naivātra tiṣṭhāmi yattvayā vimatā vibho / putrābhyāṃ sahitā yāsye pituḥ svasya niketanam
I will not stay here at all, since I am disregarded by you, O lord; together with my two sons I shall go to my own father's house.
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BndP 2 42.16
संतो भुजिष्यातनयं सत्कुर्वन्त्यात्मपुत्रवत् । भवता तु कृतोनैव सत्कारो वचसापि हि
saṃto bhujiṣyātanayaṃ satkurvantyātmaputravat / bhavatā tu kṛtonaiva satkāro vacasāpi hi
Good people honour even a servant-woman's son as their own son; but by you no honour at all has been shown, not even in words,
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BndP 2 42.17
आत्मनस्तनयस्यास्य ततो यास्यामि दुःखिता । वसिष्ठ उवाच एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं पार्वत्या भगवान्भवः
ātmanastanayasyāsya tato yāsyāmi duḥkhitā / vasiṣṭha uvāca etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ pārvatyā bhagavānbhavaḥ
to this son of my own; therefore I shall go away, grieving. Vasiṣṭha said: Having heard this speech of Pārvatī, the Lord Bhava
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BndP 2 42.18
नोवाच किञ्चिद्वचनं साधु वासाधु भूपते । सस्मार मनसा कृष्णं प्रणतक्लेशनाशनम्
novāca kiñcidvacanaṃ sādhu vāsādhu bhūpate / sasmāra manasā kṛṣṇaṃ praṇatakleśanāśanam
spoke no word at all, good or bad, O king; he called to mind Kṛṣṇa, the destroyer of the troubles of those who bow to him,
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BndP 2 42.19
गोलोकनाथं गोपीशं नानानुनयकोविदम् । स्मृतमात्रो ऽथ भगवान् केशवः प्रणतार्त्तिहा । आजगाम दयासिंधुर्भक्तवश्यो ऽखिलेश्वरः
golokanāthaṃ gopīśaṃ nānānunayakovidam / smṛtamātro 'tha bhagavān keśavaḥ praṇatārttihā / ājagāma dayāsiṃdhurbhaktavaśyo 'khileśvaraḥ
the lord of Goloka, the lord of the gopīs, skilled in every kind of conciliation. And the Lord Keśava, remover of the distress of those who bow, no sooner remembered, came — the ocean of compassion, subject to his devotees, the lord of all.
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BndP 2 42.22
मेघश्यामो विशदवदनो रत्नकेयूरहारो विद्युद्वासा मकरसदृशे कुण्डले संदधानः । बर्हापीडं मणिगणयुतं बिभ्रदीषत्स्मितास्यो गोपीनाथो गदितसुयशाः कौस्तुभोद्भासिवक्षाः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,४२।२० ॥ राधया सहितः श्रीमान् श्रीदाम्ना चापराजितः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,४२।२१ ॥ मुष्णंस्तेजांसि सर्वेषां स्वरुचा ज्ञानवारिधिः । अथैनमागतं दृष्ट्वा शिवः संहृष्टमानसः
meghaśyāmo viśadavadano ratnakeyūrahāro vidyudvāsā makarasadṛśe kuṇḍale saṃdadhānaḥ / barhāpīḍaṃ maṇigaṇayutaṃ bibhradīṣatsmitāsyo gopīnātho gaditasuyaśāḥ kaustubhodbhāsivakṣāḥ // bndp_2,42.20 // rādhayā sahitaḥ śrīmān śrīdāmnā cāparājitaḥ // bndp_2,42.21 // muṣṇaṃstejāṃsi sarveṣāṃ svarucā jñānavāridhiḥ / athainamāgataṃ dṛṣṭvā śivaḥ saṃhṛṣṭamānasaḥ
Dark as a cloud, bright-faced, wearing jewelled armlets and necklace, clad in lightning(-hued garments), fitted with a pair of earrings shaped like sea-monsters; bearing a peacock-feather crest set with clusters of gems, his face faintly smiling, the lord of the gopīs, whose fair fame is proclaimed, his chest gleaming with the Kaustubha (jewel) — (42.20) glorious, accompanied by Rādhā and by Śrīdāman, unconquered — (42.21) stealing away by his own radiance the splendours of all, an ocean of knowledge. Then, seeing him arrived, Śiva, with delighted mind,
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BndP 2 42.23
प्रणिपत्य यथान्यायं पूजयामास चागतम् । प्रवेश्याभ्यन्तरे वेश्मराधया सहितं विभुम्
praṇipatya yathānyāyaṃ pūjayāmāsa cāgatam / praveśyābhyantare veśmarādhayā sahitaṃ vibhum
having bowed down as is proper, worshipped him who had come, and having brought the Lord, together with Rādhā, inside the house,
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BndP 2 42.24
रत्नसिंहासने नम्ये सदारं स न्यवेशयत् । थ तत्र गता देवी पार्वती तनयान्विता
ratnasiṃhāsane namye sadāraṃ sa nyaveśayat / tha tatra gatā devī pārvatī tanayānvitā
he seated (him) together with his consort on a jewelled lion-throne that (should be) honoured. Then the goddess Pārvatī went there, accompanied by her son,
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BndP 2 42.25
ननाम चरणान्प्रभ्वोः पुत्राभ्यां सहिता मुदा । थ रामो ऽपि तत्रैव गत्वा नमितकन्धरः
nanāma caraṇānprabhvoḥ putrābhyāṃ sahitā mudā / tha rāmo 'pi tatraiva gatvā namitakandharaḥ
and joyfully, together with her two sons, she bowed to the feet of the Lord. Then Rāma too, going to that very place, his neck bent (in homage),
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BndP 2 42.28
पार्वत्याश्चरणोपान्ते पपाताकुलमानसः । सा यदा नाभ्यनन्दत्तं भार्गवं प्रणतं पुरः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,४२।२६ ॥ तदोवाच जगन्नाथः पार्वतीं प्रीणयन्गिरा ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,४२।२७ ॥ श्रीकृष्म उवाच अयि नगनं दिनि निन्दितचन्द्रमुखि त्वमिमं जमदग्निसुतम् । नय निजहस्तसरोजसमर्पितम्स्तकमङ्कमनन्तगुणे
pārvatyāścaraṇopānte papātākulamānasaḥ / sā yadā nābhyanandattaṃ bhārgavaṃ praṇataṃ puraḥ // bndp_2,42.26 // tadovāca jagannāthaḥ pārvatīṃ prīṇayangirā // bndp_2,42.27 // śrīkṛṣma uvāca ayi naganaṃ dini ninditacandramukhi tvamimaṃ jamadagnisutam / naya nijahastasarojasamarpitamstakamaṅkamanantaguṇe
fell down beside Pārvatī's feet with troubled mind. When she did not welcome that Bhārgava bowing before her — (42.26) then the Lord of the world spoke, gratifying Pārvatī with (these) words: (42.27) Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: O daughter of the mountain, O you whose moon-face puts (the moon) to shame, take this son of Jamadagni, whose head is offered up by his own lotus-hands, into your lap, O you of endless virtues.
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BndP 2 42.29
भवभयहारिणि शंभुविहारिणि कल्मषनाशिनि कुंभिगते । तव चरणे पतितं सततं कृतकिल्बिषमप्यव देहि वरम्
bhavabhayahāriṇi śaṃbhuvihāriṇi kalmaṣanāśini kuṃbhigate / tava caraṇe patitaṃ satataṃ kṛtakilbiṣamapyava dehi varam
O you who take away the fear of existence, who play with Śambhu, who destroy stain, who ride the elephant — protect him who has fallen at your feet, though he has constantly done wrong, and grant (him) a boon.
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BndP 2 42.30
श्रुणु देवि महाभागे वेदोक्तं वचनं मम । यच्छ्रुत्वा हर्षिता नूनं भविष्यसि न संशयः । विनायकस्ते तनयो महात्मा महतां महान्
śruṇu devi mahābhāge vedoktaṃ vacanaṃ mama / yacchrutvā harṣitā nūnaṃ bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ / vināyakaste tanayo mahātmā mahatāṃ mahān
Listen, O goddess of great fortune, to my word which is spoken in the Veda; hearing which you will surely become delighted, there is no doubt. Vināyaka, your son, is a great soul, the greatest of the great,
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BndP 2 42.31
यं कामः क्रोध उद्वेगो भयं नाविशते कदा । वेदस्मृतिपुराणेषु संहितासु च भामिनि
yaṃ kāmaḥ krodha udvego bhayaṃ nāviśate kadā / vedasmṛtipurāṇeṣu saṃhitāsu ca bhāmini
whom desire, anger, agitation and fear never enter. In the Vedas, the Smṛtis, the Purāṇas and the Saṃhitās, O lovely lady,
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BndP 2 42.32
नामान्यस्योपदिष्टानि सुपुण्यानि महात्मभिः । यानि तानि प्रवक्ष्यामि निखिलाघहराणि च
nāmānyasyopadiṣṭāni supuṇyāni mahātmabhiḥ / yāni tāni pravakṣyāmi nikhilāghaharāṇi ca
his most holy names have been taught by the great souls; those I shall declare, which take away every sin.
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BndP 2 42.33
प्रमथानां गणा ये च नानारूपा महाबलाः । तेषामीशस्त्वयं यस्माद्गणेशस्तेन कीर्त्तितः
pramathānāṃ gaṇā ye ca nānārūpā mahābalāḥ / teṣāmīśastvayaṃ yasmādgaṇeśastena kīrttitaḥ
Since he is lord of those troops of Pramathas who are of many forms and of great strength, therefore he is called Gaṇeśa.
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BndP 2 42.34
भूतानि च भविष्याणि वर्त्तमानानि यानि च । ब्रह्माण्डान्यखिलान्येव यस्मिंल्लंबोदरः स तु
bhūtāni ca bhaviṣyāṇi varttamānāni yāni ca / brahmāṇḍānyakhilānyeva yasmiṃllaṃbodaraḥ sa tu
And since in him are all the world-eggs — those that have been, those that will be, and those that are now — he is Lambodara ('pot-bellied').
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BndP 2 42.35
यः स्थिरो देवयोगेन च्छिन्नं संयोजितं पुनः । गजस्य शिरसा देवितेन प्रोक्तो गजाननः
yaḥ sthiro devayogena cchinnaṃ saṃyojitaṃ punaḥ / gajasya śirasā devitena prokto gajānanaḥ
He who was made steady by divine means, the severed (head) being joined on again with the head of an elephant — by that he is called Gajānana ('elephant-faced').
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BndP 2 42.36
चतुर्थ्यामुदितश्चन्द्रो दर्भिणा शप्त आतुरः । अनेन विधृतो भाले भालचन्द्रस्ततः स्मृतः
caturthyāmuditaścandro darbhiṇā śapta āturaḥ / anena vidhṛto bhāle bhālacandrastataḥ smṛtaḥ
The moon, having risen on the fourth (day), was cursed by the grass-holder (Ganeśa?) and became afflicted; it was held on the forehead by him, and therefore he is remembered as Bhālacandra ('moon-on-the-forehead').
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BndP 2 42.37
शप्तः पुरा सप्तभिस्तु मुनिभिः संक्षयं गतः । जातवेदा दीपितो ऽभूद्येनासौशूर्पकर्मकः
śaptaḥ purā saptabhistu munibhiḥ saṃkṣayaṃ gataḥ / jātavedā dīpito 'bhūdyenāsauśūrpakarmakaḥ
Formerly, cursed by the seven sages, Jātavedas (Fire) had gone to destruction; by him he was kindled again, he whose work is (done with) a winnowing basket.
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BndP 2 42.38
पुरा देवासुरे युद्धे पूजितो दिविषद्गणैः । विघ्नं निवारयामास विघ्ननाशस्ततः स्मृतः
purā devāsure yuddhe pūjito diviṣadgaṇaiḥ / vighnaṃ nivārayāmāsa vighnanāśastataḥ smṛtaḥ
Formerly, in the war of the gods and the demons, being worshipped by the hosts of the dwellers in heaven, he warded off the obstacle; therefore he is remembered as Vighnanāśa ('destroyer of obstacles').
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BndP 2 42.39
अद्यायं देवि रामेण कुठारेण निपात्य च । दशनं दैवतो भद्रे ह्येकदन्तः कृतो ऽमुना
adyāyaṃ devi rāmeṇa kuṭhāreṇa nipātya ca / daśanaṃ daivato bhadre hyekadantaḥ kṛto 'munā
Today, O goddess, by Rāma striking down his tusk with the axe, O auspicious one, he has by him been made One-Tusked (Ekadanta) by fate.
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BndP 2 42.40
भविष्यत्यथ पर्याये ब्रह्मणो हरवल्लभे । वक्रीभविष्यत्तुण्डत्वाद्वक्रतुण्डः स्मृतो बुधैः
bhaviṣyatyatha paryāye brahmaṇo haravallabhe / vakrībhaviṣyattuṇḍatvādvakratuṇḍaḥ smṛto budhaiḥ
And then, O beloved of Hara, in the turn (of office) of Brahmā, because his trunk will become bent, he is called Vakratuṇḍa ('bent-trunk') by the wise.
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BndP 2 42.41
एवं तवास्य पुत्रस्य संति नामानि पार्वति । स्मरणात्पापहारीणि त्रिकालानुगतान्यपि
evaṃ tavāsya putrasya saṃti nāmāni pārvati / smaraṇātpāpahārīṇi trikālānugatānyapi
Thus, O Pārvatī, these are the names of this son of yours, which take away sin by the mere remembering (of them), and which extend over the three times.
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BndP 2 42.42
अस्मात्त्रयोदशीकल्पात्पूर्वस्मिन्दशमीभवे । मयास्मै तु वरो दत्तः सर्गदेवाग्रपूजने
asmāttrayodaśīkalpātpūrvasmindaśamībhave / mayāsmai tu varo dattaḥ sargadevāgrapūjane
Before this Trayodaśī kalpa, in the earlier Daśamī period, a boon was granted by me to him: that he be worshipped first among the gods of creation —
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BndP 2 42.43
जातकर्मादिसंस्कारे गर्भाधानादिके ऽपि च । यात्रायां च वणिज्यादौ युद्धे देवार्चने शुभे
jātakarmādisaṃskāre garbhādhānādike 'pi ca / yātrāyāṃ ca vaṇijyādau yuddhe devārcane śubhe
in the rite of the birth-ceremony and the other sacraments, and in the impregnation rite and the rest, and on a journey, in trade and the like, in battle, in the auspicious worship of the gods,
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BndP 2 42.44
संकष्टे काम्यसिद्ध्यर्थं पूजयेद्यो गजाननम् । तस्य सर्वाणि कार्याणि सिद्ध्यन्त्येव न संशयः
saṃkaṣṭe kāmyasiddhyarthaṃ pūjayedyo gajānanam / tasya sarvāṇi kāryāṇi siddhyantyeva na saṃśayaḥ
Whoever, in distress, worships the elephant-faced one for the fulfilment of his wish — all his undertakings do indeed succeed; there is no doubt.
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BndP 2 42.45
वसिष्ठ उवाच इत्युक्तं तु समाकर्ण्य कृष्णेन सुमहात्मना । पार्वती जगतां नाथा विस्मितासीच्छुभानना
vasiṣṭha uvāca ityuktaṃ tu samākarṇya kṛṣṇena sumahātmanā / pārvatī jagatāṃ nāthā vismitāsīcchubhānanā
Vasiṣṭha said: But having heard this spoken by Kṛṣṇa, the great-souled one, Pārvatī, the mistress of the worlds, fair-faced, was astonished.
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BndP 2 42.46
यदा नैवोत्तरं प्रादात्पार्वती शिवसन्निधौ । तदा राधाब्रवीद्देवीं शिवरूपा सनातनी
yadā naivottaraṃ prādātpārvatī śivasannidhau / tadā rādhābravīddevīṃ śivarūpā sanātanī
When Pārvatī gave no reply in Śiva's presence, then Rādhā, the eternal one whose form is Śiva's own, spoke to the goddess.
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BndP 2 42.47
श्रीराधोवाच । प्रकृतिः पुरुषश्चोभावन्योन्याश्रयविग्रहौ । द्विधा भिन्नौ प्रकाशेते प्रपञ्चे ऽस्मिन् यथा तथा
śrīrādhovāca / prakṛtiḥ puruṣaścobhāvanyonyāśrayavigrahau / dvidhā bhinnau prakāśete prapañce 'smin yathā tathā
Śrī Rādhā said: Prakṛti and Puruṣa, the two whose bodies depend upon each other, appear split in two in this manifold world — just so (are we).
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BndP 2 42.48
त्वं चाहमावयोर्देवि भेदो नैवास्ति कश्चन । विष्णुस्त्वमहमेवास्मि शिवो द्विगुणतां गतः
tvaṃ cāhamāvayordevi bhedo naivāsti kaścana / viṣṇustvamahamevāsmi śivo dviguṇatāṃ gataḥ
You and I, O goddess — between us two there is no difference whatever: you are Viṣṇu, and I am Śiva himself become twofold.
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BndP 2 42.49
शिवस्य हृदये विष्णुर्भवत्या रूपमास्थितः । मम रूपं समास्थाय विष्णोश्च हृदये शिवः
śivasya hṛdaye viṣṇurbhavatyā rūpamāsthitaḥ / mama rūpaṃ samāsthāya viṣṇośca hṛdaye śivaḥ
In Śiva's heart Viṣṇu abides, having taken on your form; and in Viṣṇu's heart Śiva abides, having assumed my form.
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BndP 2 42.50
एष रामो महाभागे वैष्णवः शैवतां गतः । गणेशो ऽयं शिवः साक्षाद्वैष्णवत्वं समास्थितः
eṣa rāmo mahābhāge vaiṣṇavaḥ śaivatāṃ gataḥ / gaṇeśo 'yaṃ śivaḥ sākṣādvaiṣṇavatvaṃ samāsthitaḥ
This Rāma, O greatly fortunate one, is a Vaiṣṇava who has attained the state of a Śaiva; and this Gaṇeśa is Śiva himself, who has taken on Vaiṣṇava-hood.
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BndP 2 42.51
एतयोरोवयोः प्रभवोश्चापि भेदो न दृश्यते । एवामुक्त्वा तु सा राधा क्रोडे कृत्वा गजाननम्
etayorovayoḥ prabhavoścāpi bhedo na dṛśyate / evāmuktvā tu sā rādhā kroḍe kṛtvā gajānanam
Between these two, and also between us two, the mighty ones, no difference is to be seen. Having spoken thus, that Rādhā took the elephant-faced one on her lap,
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BndP 2 42.52
मूर्ध्न्युपाघ्राय पस्पर्श स्वहस्तेन कपोलके । स्पृष्टमात्रे कपोले तु क्षतं पूर्त्तिमुदागतम्
mūrdhnyupāghrāya pasparśa svahastena kapolake / spṛṣṭamātre kapole tu kṣataṃ pūrttimudāgatam
and kissing him on the head she touched his cheek with her own hand; and the moment the cheek was touched, the wound came to be made whole.
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BndP 2 42.53
पार्वती मुप्रसन्नाभूदनुनीताथ राधया । पादयोः पतितं राममुत्थाप्य निजपाणिना
pārvatī muprasannābhūdanunītātha rādhayā / pādayoḥ patitaṃ rāmamutthāpya nijapāṇinā
Pārvatī became well pleased, being then conciliated by Rādhā; and raising up with her own hand Rāma, who had fallen at her feet,
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BndP 2 42.54
क्रोडीचकार सुप्रीता मूर्ध्न्यु पाघ्राय पार्वती । एवं तयोस्तु सत्कारं दृष्ट्वा रामगणेशयोः
kroḍīcakāra suprītā mūrdhnyu pāghrāya pārvatī / evaṃ tayostu satkāraṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmagaṇeśayoḥ
Pārvatī, greatly delighted, took him on her lap and kissed him on the head. Thus seeing the honouring of those two, Rāma and Gaṇeśa,
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