Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 12
GnP 1 12.1
।। अथ द्वादशोऽध्यायः ।। सूत उवाच ।। इति श्रुत्वा तु वचनं निर्गतं ब्रह्मणोमुखात् । हर्षेण महतायुक्तो मुनिः पप्रच्छ तं पुनः
|| atha dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || sūta uvāca || iti śrutvā tu vacanaṃ nirgataṃ brahmaṇomukhāt | harṣeṇa mahatāyukto muniḥ papraccha taṃ punaḥ
Now the twelfth chapter. Sūta said: Having heard this speech that issued from Brahmā's mouth, the sage, filled with great joy, questioned him again.
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GnP 1 12.2
व्यास उवाच ।। अवधानं मया प्राप्तं पीत्वावागमृतं तव । इदानीं श्रोतुमिच्छामि मन्त्रराजमिमंपितः
vyāsa uvāca || avadhānaṃ mayā prāptaṃ pītvāvāgamṛtaṃ tava | idānīṃ śrotumicchāmi mantrarājamimaṃpitaḥ
Vyāsa said: I have gained attentiveness by drinking the nectar of your speech. Now I wish to hear about this king of mantras, father.
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GnP 1 12.3
को जजाप कथं सिद्धिमवाप च गजाननात् । एतं मे संशयं च्छिन्धि त्वत्तोन्योनास्ति मे गुरुः
ko jajāpa kathaṃ siddhimavāpa ca gajānanāt | etaṃ me saṃśayaṃ cchindhi tvattonyonāsti me guruḥ
Who recited it, and how did he obtain success from the Elephant-faced One? Cut away this doubt of mine; I have no other teacher than you.
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GnP 1 12.4
भृगुरुवाच ।। इत्येवं मुनिना पृष्टोसौ जगाद वदतां वरः । कृपयावनतं ब्रह्मा तं व्यासं राजसत्तम
bhṛguruvāca || ityevaṃ muninā pṛṣṭosau jagāda vadatāṃ varaḥ | kṛpayāvanataṃ brahmā taṃ vyāsaṃ rājasattama
Bhṛgu said: Thus questioned by the sage, that best of speakers, Brahmā, spoke out of compassion to that Vyāsa who was bowed (before him), O best of kings.
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GnP 1 12.5
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। साधुसाधु त्वया पृष्टं पुण्यवानसि साम्प्रतम् । नह्यपुण्यवतां ब्रह्मन् कथायाः श्रवणेरतिः
brahmovāca || sādhusādhu tvayā pṛṣṭaṃ puṇyavānasi sāmpratam | nahyapuṇyavatāṃ brahman kathāyāḥ śravaṇeratiḥ
Brahmā said: Well, well asked by you! You are indeed meritorious now; for those without merit have no delight in hearing the tale, O brahmin.
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GnP 1 12.6
उपासनामार्गमिमं सम्यक्त्वां बोधयाम्यहम् । स्निग्धे प्रज्ञाधिके शिष्ये यतो गोप्यं न किञ्चन
upāsanāmārgamimaṃ samyaktvāṃ bodhayāmyaham | snigdhe prajñādhike śiṣye yato gopyaṃ na kiñcana
I shall teach you this path of worship rightly, for to a disciple who is affectionate and of superior understanding nothing is to be kept secret.
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GnP 1 12.7
ॐकाररूपीभगवानुक्तस्ते गणनायकः । यथा सर्वेषु कार्येषु पूज्यते सौ विनायकः
oṃkārarūpībhagavānuktaste gaṇanāyakaḥ | yathā sarveṣu kāryeṣu pūjyate sau vināyakaḥ
The Lord Gaṇanāyaka, whose form is the syllable Om, has been described to you — how in all undertakings that Vināyaka is worshipped,
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GnP 1 12.8
निर्विघ्नकामनावद्भिर्नोचेद्विघ्नं करोति सः । तथोंकारबीजयुक्त ॐकारपल्लवान्विताः
nirvighnakāmanāvadbhirnocedvighnaṃ karoti saḥ | tathoṃkārabījayukta oṃkārapallavānvitāḥ
by those who desire freedom from obstacles; if not, he creates obstruction. Likewise (mantras) joined with the Om-seed and furnished with Om-sprouts,
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GnP 1 12.9
मन्त्राः सर्वागमेप्रोक्ता अन्ये ये निष्फलाश्च ते । सदसद्व्यक्तमव्यक्तं सर्वं हि गणनायकः
mantrāḥ sarvāgameproktā anye ye niṣphalāśca te | sadasadvyaktamavyaktaṃ sarvaṃ hi gaṇanāyakaḥ
the mantras declared in every scripture (are fruitful); the others are fruitless. For being and non-being, the manifest and the unmanifest — all is Gaṇanāyaka.
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GnP 1 12.10
एवं सर्वे देवसिद्धमुनिराक्षसकिन्नराः । गन्धर्वाश्चारणानागायक्षगुह्यकमानवाः
evaṃ sarve devasiddhamunirākṣasakinnarāḥ | gandharvāścāraṇānāgāyakṣaguhyakamānavāḥ
Thus all — gods, siddhas, sages, rākṣasas, kinnaras, gandharvas, cāraṇas, nāgas, yakṣas, guhyakas and men —
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GnP 1 12.11
उपासका गणेशस्य सर्वेलोकाश्चराचराः । अतएव गणेशाद्धि परं किञ्चिन्नविद्यते ।। इदानीं कथयिष्यामि कथामेकां पुरातनीम्
upāsakā gaṇeśasya sarvelokāścarācarāḥ | ataeva gaṇeśāddhi paraṃ kiñcinnavidyate || idānīṃ kathayiṣyāmi kathāmekāṃ purātanīm
all the worlds, moving and unmoving, are worshippers of Gaṇeśa; therefore there is nothing at all higher than Gaṇeśa. Now I shall relate an ancient tale,
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GnP 1 12.12
मन्त्रराज जपेनायं यथा तुष्टो गजाननः । कदाचिद्दैवयोगेन प्रलये समुपस्थिते
mantrarāja japenāyaṃ yathā tuṣṭo gajānanaḥ | kadāciddaivayogena pralaye samupasthite
how the elephant-faced one was pleased by the recitation of this king of mantras. Once, by the working of fate, when the dissolution had come upon (the world),
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GnP 1 12.13
वायुभिः पर्वताभिन्नाः पतिताः परितोदिशम् । तपन्ति द्वादशादित्याः शोषयित्वा जलं महत्
vāyubhiḥ parvatābhinnāḥ patitāḥ paritodiśam | tapanti dvādaśādityāḥ śoṣayitvā jalaṃ mahat
the mountains, shattered by the winds, fell in all directions; twelve suns blaze, having dried up the great waters;
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GnP 1 12.14
ज्वालामाली महावह्निरखिलं ज्वलयत्यपि । संवर्तका महामेघा वर्षन्ति परितोजलम्
jvālāmālī mahāvahnirakhilaṃ jvalayatyapi | saṃvartakā mahāmeghā varṣanti paritojalam
a great fire, garlanded with flames, sets everything ablaze; and the great saṃvartaka clouds rain water on every side.
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GnP 1 12.15
हस्तिहस्तोपमाभिस्तु धाराभिर्द्विजसत्तम । उल्लङ्घयन्ति मर्यादां सागराः सरितोपि च
hastihastopamābhistu dhārābhirdvijasattama | ullaṅghayanti maryādāṃ sāgarāḥ saritopi ca
With torrents like elephants' trunks, O best of the twice-born, the oceans and the rivers too overstep their bounds.
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GnP 1 12.16
एवं सर्वे विनश्यन्ति आब्रह्मस्थावरादयः । एवं मायामये नष्टे विकारेसौ गजाननः
evaṃ sarve vinaśyanti ābrahmasthāvarādayaḥ | evaṃ māyāmaye naṣṭe vikāresau gajānanaḥ
Thus all perish, from Brahmā down to immovable things; and when the world made of māyā is thus destroyed, he, the elephant-faced, (remains) in the modification—
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GnP 1 12.17
अणुभ्योणुतरं रूपं कृत्वा क्वापि व्यवस्थितः । ततः काले बहुतरेगतेन्ध तमसावृते
aṇubhyoṇutaraṃ rūpaṃ kṛtvā kvāpi vyavasthitaḥ | tataḥ kāle bahutaregatendha tamasāvṛte
having made his form finer than the finest atoms, he abides somewhere. Then, when much time had passed and (all) was covered with darkness,
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GnP 1 12.18
एकाक्षरं पुनर्ब्रह्म नादयुक्तमजायत । वैकारिकं पुनारूपं यदानन्दमयं स्थितम्
ekākṣaraṃ punarbrahma nādayuktamajāyata | vaikārikaṃ punārūpaṃ yadānandamayaṃ sthitam
again the one-syllabled Brahman, joined with sound, was born; and again the mutable form, which stands as made of bliss—
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GnP 1 12.19
मायाविकारमासाद्यतदेवाभूद्गजाननः । तत एव च संभूता गुणाः सत्वंरजस्तमः
māyāvikāramāsādyatadevābhūdgajānanaḥ | tata eva ca saṃbhūtā guṇāḥ satvaṃrajastamaḥ
attaining the modification of māyā, that very (Brahman) became the elephant-faced one; and from that same (source) arose the qualities: sattva, rajas and tamas.
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GnP 1 12.20
ततस्त्रयः समुत्पन्ना विष्णुर्ब्रह्मा हरोपि च । मायया रचितं सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्
tatastrayaḥ samutpannā viṣṇurbrahmā haropi ca | māyayā racitaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram
Then three were produced: Viṣṇu, Brahmā and Hara; and the whole triple world with its moving and unmoving beings was fashioned by māyā.
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GnP 1 12.21
ततस्तन्मायया भ्रान्ता बभ्रमुस्ते सुरास्त्रयः । तमेव जनकं स्वस्य द्रष्टुं प्रष्टुं समुत्सुकाः
tatastanmāyayā bhrāntā babhramuste surāstrayaḥ | tameva janakaṃ svasya draṣṭuṃ praṣṭuṃ samutsukāḥ
Then those three gods, bewildered by that māyā, wandered about, eager to see and to question him alone, their own progenitor:
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GnP 1 12.22
किमस्माभिः कर्मकार्यमिति जिज्ञासया मुने । एकविंशति स्वर्गाणि पूर्वमूर्ध्वं विलोक्यते
kimasmābhiḥ karmakāryamiti jijñāsayā mune | ekaviṃśati svargāṇi pūrvamūrdhvaṃ vilokyate
"What work is to be done by us?" — with this wish to know, O sage, the twenty-one heavens were first looked over, upwards,
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GnP 1 12.23
अन्तरीक्षं तथा तिर्यक् पश्चात् पातालमाययुः । अदृष्ट्वा परमात्मानं तपश्चेरुस्ततो भृशम्
antarīkṣaṃ tathā tiryak paścāt pātālamāyayuḥ | adṛṣṭvā paramātmānaṃ tapaścerustato bhṛśam
then the middle region, then sideways; afterwards they went to the netherworld. Not seeing the Supreme Self, they then practised austerity intensely.
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GnP 1 12.24
निराहारा जपपरा दिव्यवर्ष सहस्रकम् । श्रान्ताः खेदमनुप्राप्तास्ततस्ते पृथिवीं पुनः
nirāhārā japaparā divyavarṣa sahasrakam | śrāntāḥ khedamanuprāptāstataste pṛthivīṃ punaḥ
Without food, intent on recitation, for a thousand divine years — wearied and fallen into dejection, they then (came) again to the earth,
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GnP 1 12.25
विचिन्वतो ययुर्द्रष्टुं वनान्युपवनानि च । सरितः सागरान् शैलान् शिखराणि गुहापि च
vicinvato yayurdraṣṭuṃ vanānyupavanāni ca | saritaḥ sāgarān śailān śikharāṇi guhāpi ca
and searching, they went to look at forests and groves, rivers, oceans, mountains, peaks and caves too.
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GnP 1 12.26
ततो जलाशयं ते तु महान्तं ददृशुः सुराः । नानाजलचरैर्वृक्षैः पक्षिभिर्विविधैर्युतम्
tato jalāśayaṃ te tu mahāntaṃ dadṛśuḥ surāḥ | nānājalacarairvṛkṣaiḥ pakṣibhirvividhairyutam
Then those gods saw a great body of water, filled with various water-creatures, with trees, and with birds of many kinds.
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GnP 1 12.27
बलाकाभिश्चक्रवाकैर्हंसैः कारण्डकैरपि । नादितं नलिनीजालं बिसखण्डाशनेरतैः
balākābhiścakravākairhaṃsaiḥ kāraṇḍakairapi | nāditaṃ nalinījālaṃ bisakhaṇḍāśanerataiḥ
(It was) made to resound by cranes, by cakravāka birds, by geese and by ducks too, a thicket of lotuses (frequented by birds) delighting in feeding on pieces of lotus-stalk.
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GnP 1 12.28
स्नात्वा विश्रम्य तत्तीरे समुत्तीर्य पुरो ययुः । नानावीचि समायुक्तं महान्तं तं जलाशयम्
snātvā viśramya tattīre samuttīrya puro yayuḥ | nānāvīci samāyuktaṃ mahāntaṃ taṃ jalāśayam
Having bathed and rested on its bank, they came up out (of it) and went forward; (they beheld) that great body of water joined with waves of many kinds—
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GnP 1 12.29
सुदुस्तरतरं पुंसां झषनक्रसमाकुलम् । ईक्षांचक्रु सुदुर्दर्शं प्रलयानल सन्निभम्
sudustarataraṃ puṃsāṃ jhaṣanakrasamākulam | īkṣāṃcakru sudurdarśaṃ pralayānala sannibham
very hard indeed for men to cross, crowded with fish and crocodiles—they gazed upon (it), most hard to look at, resembling the fire of the world's dissolution.
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GnP 1 12.30
कोटिसूर्यप्रतिकाशं तेजाराशिं पुरो मुने । चिन्तामापुः परां ते तु तेजसा हृतदृष्टयः
koṭisūryapratikāśaṃ tejārāśiṃ puro mune | cintāmāpuḥ parāṃ te tu tejasā hṛtadṛṣṭayaḥ
O sage, (they saw) before (them) a mass of radiance like ten million suns; and they fell into the utmost anxiety, their sight taken away by that brilliance.
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GnP 1 12.31
ततो गगन मार्गेण तेजो मध्याद्विनिर्गताः । क्षुधातृषापरिश्रान्ता निश्वसंतो मुहुर्मुहुः
tato gagana mārgeṇa tejo madhyādvinirgatāḥ | kṣudhātṛṣāpariśrāntā niśvasaṃto muhurmuhuḥ
Then they came forth from the middle of that radiance by the path of the sky, exhausted by hunger and thirst, sighing again and again,
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GnP 1 12.32
निन्दन्तश्च शपन्तश्च स्वात्मानं जातसाध्वसाः । ततोति करुणाविष्टो लोकाध्यक्षो खिलार्थवित्
nindantaśca śapantaśca svātmānaṃ jātasādhvasāḥ | tatoti karuṇāviṣṭo lokādhyakṣo khilārthavit
blaming and cursing their own selves, terror having arisen (in them). Then the overseer of the worlds, knower of all purposes, filled with great compassion,
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GnP 1 12.33
दर्शयामास तान् रूपं मनोनयन नन्दनम् । पादाङ्गुलीनखश्रीभिर्जितरक्ताब्जकेसरम्
darśayāmāsa tān rūpaṃ manonayana nandanam | pādāṅgulīnakhaśrībhirjitaraktābjakesaram
showed them his form, the delight of mind and eye: (a form) whose toe-nails' splendour surpassed the filaments of red lotuses,
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GnP 1 12.34
रक्ताम्बर प्रभावात्तु जितसन्ध्यार्कमण्डलम् । कटिसूत्रप्रभाजालैर्जितहेमाद्रिशेखरम्
raktāmbara prabhāvāttu jitasandhyārkamaṇḍalam | kaṭisūtraprabhājālairjitahemādriśekharam
which by the radiance of its red garment surpassed the disk of the twilight sun, and by the webs of light from its waist-cord surpassed the peak of the golden mountain,
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GnP 1 12.35
खड्गखेटधनुःशक्तिशोभिचारुचतुर्भुजम् । सुवासं पूर्णिमाचन्द्र जितकान्ति मुखाम्बुजम्
khaḍgakheṭadhanuḥśaktiśobhicārucaturbhujam | suvāsaṃ pūrṇimācandra jitakānti mukhāmbujam
with four lovely arms shining with sword, shield, bow and spear, beautifully dressed, its lotus-face outdoing the loveliness of the full-moon,
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GnP 1 12.36
अहर्निशं प्रभायुक्तं पद्मचारु सुलोचनम् । अनेकसूर्यशोभाजिन्मुकुटभ्राजिमस्तकम्
aharniśaṃ prabhāyuktaṃ padmacāru sulocanam | anekasūryaśobhājinmukuṭabhrājimastakam
joined with radiance day and night, with beautiful fine eyes like lotuses, its head bright with a crown that surpassed the splendour of many suns,
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GnP 1 12.37
नानाताराङ्कित व्योम कान्तिजिदुत्तरीयकम् । वराहदंष्ट्राशोभाजिदेकदन्त विराजितम्
nānātārāṅkita vyoma kāntijiduttarīyakam | varāhadaṃṣṭrāśobhājidekadanta virājitam
with an upper garment that surpassed the beauty of the sky studded with many stars, resplendent with a single tusk that surpassed the beauty of a boar's tusk,
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GnP 1 12.38
ऐरावतादि दिक्पाल भयकारिसु पुष्करम् । दृष्ट्वैव सहसा देवं प्रणेमुस्तेमुदामुने । पादाम्बुजमुपस्पृश्य ततस्तोत्रं प्रचक्रमुः
airāvatādi dikpāla bhayakārisu puṣkaram | dṛṣṭvaiva sahasā devaṃ praṇemustemudāmune | pādāmbujamupaspṛśya tatastotraṃ pracakramuḥ
with a fine trunk that causes fear to Airāvata and the other guardians of the quarters. As soon as they saw the god, O sage, they at once bowed down with joy; and having touched his lotus-feet, they then began a hymn of praise.
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