Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 11
GnP 1 11.1
।। अथैकादशोऽध्यायः ।। भृगुरुवाच ।। जगादभूयश्चतुराननस्तमेवं कृत प्रश्न विवक्षयाथ । क्रमेण सर्वं कथयामितेहं गणेश मन्त्रान्बहुधा विचार्य
|| athaikādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || bhṛguruvāca || jagādabhūyaścaturānanastamevaṃ kṛta praśna vivakṣayātha | krameṇa sarvaṃ kathayāmitehaṃ gaṇeśa mantrānbahudhā vicārya
Chapter eleven. Bhṛgu said: Then the four-faced one, out of a wish to speak on the question thus put, spoke to him again: "I shall tell all in order here, having pondered the mantras of Gaṇeśa in their many kinds."
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GnP 1 11.2
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। अनन्ता हि मुने मन्त्रा गणेशस्य महात्मनः । उपासनं वदिष्यामि शीघ्रं सिद्धिकरस्य ते
brahmovāca || anantā hi mune mantrā gaṇeśasya mahātmanaḥ | upāsanaṃ vadiṣyāmi śīghraṃ siddhikarasya te
Brahmā said: Endless indeed, O sage, are the mantras of the great-souled Gaṇeśa; I shall tell you the worship of him who grants attainment swiftly.
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GnP 1 11.3
सप्तकोटि महामन्त्रा गणेशस्यागमेस्थिताः । तद्रहस्यं शिवोवेदकिञ्चिकिञ्चिदहं मुने
saptakoṭi mahāmantrā gaṇeśasyāgamesthitāḥ | tadrahasyaṃ śivovedakiñcikiñcidahaṃ mune
Seven crores of great mantras of Gaṇeśa stand in the Āgama; their secret Śiva knows, and I, O sage, (know) only a little.
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GnP 1 11.4
षडक्षरैकाक्षरयोः श्रेष्ठत्वं तेषु विद्यते । ययोः स्मरणमात्रेण सर्वसिद्धिःकरे भवेत्
ṣaḍakṣaraikākṣarayoḥ śreṣṭhatvaṃ teṣu vidyate | yayoḥ smaraṇamātreṇa sarvasiddhiḥkare bhavet
Among them the six-syllabled and the one-syllabled possess pre-eminence—by the mere remembrance of which two all attainment comes into (one's) hand.
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GnP 1 11.5
जीवन्मुक्ताभवन्त्येव यदुपासनया मुने । त एव धन्यास्ते पूज्यास्तेनमस्याः सुरैरपि
jīvanmuktābhavantyeva yadupāsanayā mune | ta eva dhanyāste pūjyāstenamasyāḥ surairapi
By worship of whom, O sage, (men) become liberated while living; they alone are fortunate, they are to be honoured, they are to be saluted even by the gods.
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GnP 1 11.6
यदुपासनयादास्यं येषां कुर्वन्ति सिद्धयः । इच्छाविहाराः सर्वज्ञा नानारूपा भवन्ति ते
yadupāsanayādāsyaṃ yeṣāṃ kurvanti siddhayaḥ | icchāvihārāḥ sarvajñā nānārūpā bhavanti te
By worship of whom the attainments (siddhis) render service to them: they go where they wish, are all-knowing, and take on many forms.
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GnP 1 11.7
ये कुर्वन्ति गणेशस्य भक्तिं भावसमन्विताः । न येषां भक्तिलेशोपि तेषां जन्म निरर्थकम्
ye kurvanti gaṇeśasya bhaktiṃ bhāvasamanvitāḥ | na yeṣāṃ bhaktileśopi teṣāṃ janma nirarthakam
(Blessed are) those who render devotion to Gaṇeśa with true feeling; but of those who have not even a trace of devotion, the birth is fruitless.
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GnP 1 11.8
नालोकयेन् मुखं तेषां विमुखा ये गजानने । तेषां दर्शनमात्रेण विघ्नानिस्युः पदे पदे
nālokayen mukhaṃ teṣāṃ vimukhā ye gajānane | teṣāṃ darśanamātreṇa vighnānisyuḥ pade pade
One should not look upon the face of those who are averse to the elephant-faced one; by the mere sight of them obstacles arise at every step.
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GnP 1 11.9
विघ्नान्युपशमं यान्ति तदुपासक दर्शनात् । नमस्यन्ति च भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च
vighnānyupaśamaṃ yānti tadupāsaka darśanāt | namasyanti ca bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca
Obstacles come to cessation from the sight of his worshipper, and beings, both immobile and moving, bow (to him).
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GnP 1 11.10
अतस्तेहं प्रवक्ष्यामि मन्त्रमेकाक्षरं शुभम् । तदनुष्ठान मात्रेण वाञ्छितं समवाप्स्यसि
atastehaṃ pravakṣyāmi mantramekākṣaraṃ śubham | tadanuṣṭhāna mātreṇa vāñchitaṃ samavāpsyasi
Therefore I shall declare to you the auspicious one-syllabled mantra; by the mere practice of it you will obtain what you desire.
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GnP 1 11.11
अनुष्ठानं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथोक्तं शम्भुना मम । स्नानं कृत्वा धौतवस्त्रे परिधाय शुचिर्नरः
anuṣṭhānaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathoktaṃ śambhunā mama | snānaṃ kṛtvā dhautavastre paridhāya śucirnaraḥ
I shall declare the practice as it was told to me by Śambhu: having bathed and put on washed garments, the man being pure—
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GnP 1 11.12
चैलाजिनकुशैःकृत्वा स्वासनं साधकः सुधीः । तस्मिन् स्थित्वा भूतसुद्धिं प्राणानां स्थापनं तथा
cailājinakuśaiḥkṛtvā svāsanaṃ sādhakaḥ sudhīḥ | tasmin sthitvā bhūtasuddhiṃ prāṇānāṃ sthāpanaṃ tathā
the wise practitioner, having made his own seat of cloth, antelope-skin and kuśa grass, and seated on it, (performs) purification of the elements and the placing of the breaths,
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GnP 1 11.13
अन्तर्बहिर्मातृकाणां न्यासं कृत्वात्वतन्द्रितः । प्राणायामं ततः कृत्वा मूलमन्त्रं जपन् हृदि
antarbahirmātṛkāṇāṃ nyāsaṃ kṛtvātvatandritaḥ | prāṇāyāmaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā mūlamantraṃ japan hṛdi
and, unwearied, having performed the inner and outer placing (nyāsa) of the mātṛkā-syllables, and then having done breath-control, reciting the root mantra in the heart—
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GnP 1 11.14
मन्त्र सन्ध्यामुपासीत आगमोक्तां यथाविधि । आपादमस्तकं देवं ध्यात्वानिश्चलचेतसा
mantra sandhyāmupāsīta āgamoktāṃ yathāvidhi | āpādamastakaṃ devaṃ dhyātvāniścalacetasā
He should perform the mantra-twilight worship as prescribed, as declared in the Āgama, having meditated on the god from foot to head with an unwavering mind.
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GnP 1 11.15
मानसैरुपचारैस्तं पूजयेत्सुसमाहितः । ततो जपेद्यथाशक्ति पुरश्चरणमार्गतः
mānasairupacāraistaṃ pūjayetsusamāhitaḥ | tato japedyathāśakti puraścaraṇamārgataḥ
With mental offerings he should worship him, well concentrated; then he should recite (the mantra) as much as he is able, following the way of the preliminary observance (puraścaraṇa).
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GnP 1 11.16
अनुकूलोभवेद्यावद्वरं दातुं गजाननः । स्वरूपं दर्शयेद्यावत्तावज्जपपरो भवेत्
anukūlobhavedyāvadvaraṃ dātuṃ gajānanaḥ | svarūpaṃ darśayedyāvattāvajjapaparo bhavet
Until the Elephant-faced One becomes favourable so as to grant a boon, until he shows his own form, so long should one remain devoted to recitation.
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GnP 1 11.17
भृगुरुवाच ।। एवमुक्त्वा मुनिं ब्रह्मा विलोक्य शुभवासरम् । एकाक्षरं मन्त्रराजमेकार्णं गणपस्य च
bhṛguruvāca || evamuktvā muniṃ brahmā vilokya śubhavāsaram | ekākṣaraṃ mantrarājamekārṇaṃ gaṇapasya ca
Bhṛgu said: Having spoken thus to the sage, Brahmā, having observed an auspicious day, (taught him) the one-syllabled king of mantras, the single-lettered (mantra) of Gaṇapati,
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GnP 1 11.18
अशिक्षयत्तदा सर्वं सम्भ्रान्तं मुनिसत्तमम् । ब्रह्मोवाच ।। सूर्यकोटिप्रतीकाशं वरं दातुं समागमत्
aśikṣayattadā sarvaṃ sambhrāntaṃ munisattamam | brahmovāca || sūryakoṭipratīkāśaṃ varaṃ dātuṃ samāgamat
then he taught the whole of it to that best of sages, who was bewildered. Brahmā said: (When he) who shines like ten million suns has come to grant a boon —
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GnP 1 11.19
यदाद्रक्ष्यसितं देवं तदाचित्तं स्थिरी कुरु । ममैव हृदये नित्यं स्थिरो भव गजानन
yadādrakṣyasitaṃ devaṃ tadācittaṃ sthirī kuru | mamaiva hṛdaye nityaṃ sthiro bhava gajānana
when you shall see that god, then make your mind steady. "Be ever fixed in my very heart, O Elephant-faced One,
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GnP 1 11.20
याचस्वेति वरं तस्मात् स ते दास्यत्य संशयम् । हृदिस्थिते तत्र देवे दिव्यं ज्ञानमवाप्स्यसि
yācasveti varaṃ tasmāt sa te dāsyatya saṃśayam | hṛdisthite tatra deve divyaṃ jñānamavāpsyasi
ask (this) boon" — thus (say), and he will surely grant it to you. When that god dwells in your heart, you will obtain divine knowledge.
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GnP 1 11.21
भूतं भावि भवद्घैव ज्ञास्यसि त्वमशेषतः । हित्वा भ्रान्तिं दृढां वत्स नानाग्रन्थान् करिष्यति
bhūtaṃ bhāvi bhavadghaiva jñāsyasi tvamaśeṣataḥ | hitvā bhrāntiṃ dṛḍhāṃ vatsa nānāgranthān kariṣyati
You will know the past, the future and the present entirely, without remainder; abandoning your firm delusion, my child, (you) will compose various treatises.
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GnP 1 11.22
व्यास उवाच ।। गता भ्रान्तिर्ममपितरुपदेशे कृते त्वया । अनुष्ठानं करिष्यामि पितामह तवाज्ञया
vyāsa uvāca || gatā bhrāntirmamapitarupadeśe kṛte tvayā | anuṣṭhānaṃ kariṣyāmi pitāmaha tavājñayā
Vyāsa said: My delusion is gone, father, now that the instruction has been given by you. I shall perform the observance, O grandfather, at your command.
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GnP 1 11.23
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। एकान्ते निर्जने देशे व्यग्रता हेतु वर्जिते । अनुष्ठानं कुरुविभो गजाननमनुस्मरन्
brahmovāca || ekānte nirjane deśe vyagratā hetu varjite | anuṣṭhānaṃ kuruvibho gajānanamanusmaran
Brahmā said: In a solitary, unpeopled place, free from causes of distraction, perform the observance, O mighty one, calling the Elephant-faced One continually to mind.
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GnP 1 11.24
नास्तिके निन्दके क्रूरे नाचारे च खले शठे । न वक्तव्यो मन्त्रराजस्तादृशे शरणागते
nāstike nindake krūre nācāre ca khale śaṭhe | na vaktavyo mantrarājastādṛśe śaraṇāgate
To an unbeliever, a reviler, a cruel man, one of bad conduct, a wicked or deceitful man — to such a one the king of mantras is not to be told, (even) if he has come for refuge.
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GnP 1 11.25
दृढभक्तौ श्रद्दधाने विनीते वेदवादिनि । साकांक्षेनिरनुक्रोशे शास्त्रज्ञे च प्रकाशय
dṛḍhabhaktau śraddadhāne vinīte vedavādini | sākāṃkṣeniranukrośe śāstrajñe ca prakāśaya
To one of firm devotion, faithful, humble, a speaker of the Veda, eager (to learn), free from harshness, and knowing the scriptures — reveal (it).
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GnP 1 11.26
प्रापयत्येव नरकान् दशपूर्वान् दशापरान् । मन्त्रराजस्तु वक्तारमप्रकाश्येप्रकाशितः
prāpayatyeva narakān daśapūrvān daśāparān | mantrarājastu vaktāramaprakāśyeprakāśitaḥ
The king of mantras, when revealed to one to whom it should not be revealed, sends the speaker to the hells — ten ancestors before him and ten after him.
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GnP 1 11.27
योजयेद्भक्तिपूर्वं तु स लभेदीप्सितं फलम् । पुत्रपौत्रसमायुक्तो धनधान्यसमन्वितः
yojayedbhaktipūrvaṃ tu sa labhedīpsitaṃ phalam | putrapautrasamāyukto dhanadhānyasamanvitaḥ
But should one apply (it) with devotion, he will obtain the desired fruit; blessed with sons and grandsons, endowed with wealth and grain,
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GnP 1 11.28
एकदन्त प्रभावेन लब्ध्वाज्ञानं सुनिर्मलम् । इह भुक्त्वाखिलान् भोगानन्ते मोक्षमवाप्नुयात्
ekadanta prabhāvena labdhvājñānaṃ sunirmalam | iha bhuktvākhilān bhogānante mokṣamavāpnuyāt
having gained wholly pure knowledge by the power of the One-tusked One, having enjoyed all pleasures here, in the end he would attain liberation.
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