Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 13
GnP 1 13.1
।। अथ त्रयोदशोऽध्यायः ।। व्यास उवाच ।। पञ्चास्य चतुरास्यश्च सहस्रमस्तकोपि च । गजास्यं वरदं देवं कथमेते प्रतुष्ठुवुः
|| atha trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ || vyāsa uvāca || pañcāsya caturāsyaśca sahasramastakopi ca | gajāsyaṃ varadaṃ devaṃ kathamete pratuṣṭhuvuḥ
Now the thirteenth chapter. Vyāsa said: The five-faced one, the four-faced one, and the thousand-headed one too—how did these praise the elephant-faced god, the giver of boons?
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GnP 1 13.2
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। प्रसादोन्मुख विघ्नेश कृपापाङ्ग निरीक्षणात् । प्राप्तबुद्धि प्रसादास्ते केशास्तंनुनुवुस्तदा
brahmovāca || prasādonmukha vighneśa kṛpāpāṅga nirīkṣaṇāt | prāptabuddhi prasādāste keśāstaṃnunuvustadā
Brahmā said: Because of the sidelong compassionate glance of the lord of obstacles, who was inclined to grace, they obtained intelligence and favour; then those (three) praised him.
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GnP 1 13.3
ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशा ऊचुः ।। अजं निर्विकल्पं निराकारमेकं निरानन्दमद्वैतमानन्द पूर्णम् । परं निर्गुणं निर्विशेषं निरीहं परब्रह्मरूपं गणेशं भजेम
brahmaviṣṇumaheśā ūcuḥ || ajaṃ nirvikalpaṃ nirākāramekaṃ nirānandamadvaitamānanda pūrṇam | paraṃ nirguṇaṃ nirviśeṣaṃ nirīhaṃ parabrahmarūpaṃ gaṇeśaṃ bhajema
Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśa said: Unborn, free of variation, formless, one, without (ordinary) joy, non-dual, full of bliss, supreme, without qualities, without distinction, without striving—let us worship Gaṇeśa, whose form is the supreme Brahman.
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GnP 1 13.4
गुणातीतमाद्यं चिदानन्दरूपं चिदाभासकं सर्वगं ज्ञानगम्यमम् । मुनिध्येयमाकाशरूपं परेशं परब्रह्मरूपं गणेशं भजेम
guṇātītamādyaṃ cidānandarūpaṃ cidābhāsakaṃ sarvagaṃ jñānagamyamam | munidhyeyamākāśarūpaṃ pareśaṃ parabrahmarūpaṃ gaṇeśaṃ bhajema
Beyond the qualities, primal, of the nature of consciousness and bliss, the illuminator of consciousness, all-pervading, attainable by knowledge, to be meditated upon by sages, of the nature of space, the supreme lord—let us worship Gaṇeśa, whose form is the supreme Brahman.
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GnP 1 13.5
जगत्कारणं कारणज्ञानरूपं सुरादिं सुखादिं युगादिं गणेशम् । जगद्व्यापिनं विश्ववन्द्यं सुरेशं परब्रह्मरूपं गणेशं भजेम
jagatkāraṇaṃ kāraṇajñānarūpaṃ surādiṃ sukhādiṃ yugādiṃ gaṇeśam | jagadvyāpinaṃ viśvavandyaṃ sureśaṃ parabrahmarūpaṃ gaṇeśaṃ bhajema
The cause of the world, of the nature of causal knowledge, the origin of the gods, the origin of happiness, the origin of the ages—Gaṇeśa; pervading the world, to be revered by all, lord of the gods—let us worship Gaṇeśa, whose form is the supreme Brahman.
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GnP 1 13.6
रजोयोगतो ब्रह्मरूपं श्रुतिज्ञं सदाकार्यसक्तं हृदाचिन्त्यरूपम् । जगत्कारकं सर्वविद्यानिधानं परब्रह्मरूपं गणेशं नतास्मः
rajoyogato brahmarūpaṃ śrutijñaṃ sadākāryasaktaṃ hṛdācintyarūpam | jagatkārakaṃ sarvavidyānidhānaṃ parabrahmarūpaṃ gaṇeśaṃ natāsmaḥ
Through union with rajas of the form of Brahmā, knower of the Vedas, ever engaged in action, of a form inconceivable to the heart, the maker of the world, the repository of all knowledge—we bow to Gaṇeśa, whose form is the supreme Brahman.
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GnP 1 13.7
सदासत्त्वयोगं मुदाक्रीडमानं सुरारीन्हरन्तं जगत्पालयन्तम् । अनेकावतारं निजाज्ञानहारं सदाविष्णुरूपं गणेशं नमामः
sadāsattvayogaṃ mudākrīḍamānaṃ surārīnharantaṃ jagatpālayantam | anekāvatāraṃ nijājñānahāraṃ sadāviṣṇurūpaṃ gaṇeśaṃ namāmaḥ
Ever in union with sattva, playing joyfully, destroying the enemies of the gods, protecting the world, of many incarnations, remover of ignorance about one's own self—we bow to Gaṇeśa, ever in the form of Viṣṇu.
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GnP 1 13.8
तमोयोगिनं रुद्ररूपं त्रिनेत्रं जगद्धारकं तारकं ज्ञानहेतुम् । अनेकागमैःस्वं जनं बोधयन्तं सदाशर्वरूपं गणेशं नमामः
tamoyoginaṃ rudrarūpaṃ trinetraṃ jagaddhārakaṃ tārakaṃ jñānahetum | anekāgamaiḥsvaṃ janaṃ bodhayantaṃ sadāśarvarūpaṃ gaṇeśaṃ namāmaḥ
(We bow to) the yogin of darkness (tamas), of Rudra's form, three-eyed, bearer of the world, the ferryman, the cause of knowledge; who awakens his own people by many scriptures — to Gaṇeśa, ever in the form of Śarva, we bow.
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GnP 1 13.9
तमस्तोमहारं जनाज्ञानहारं त्रयीवेदसारं परब्रह्मपारम् । मुनिज्ञानकारं विदूरेविकारं सदाब्रह्मरूपं गणेशं नमामः
tamastomahāraṃ janājñānahāraṃ trayīvedasāraṃ parabrahmapāram | munijñānakāraṃ vidūrevikāraṃ sadābrahmarūpaṃ gaṇeśaṃ namāmaḥ
(We bow to) the remover of the mass of darkness, the remover of people's ignorance, the essence of the threefold Veda, the far shore beyond the supreme Brahman; the maker of the sages' knowledge, far removed from change — to Gaṇeśa, ever in the form of Brahmā, we bow.
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GnP 1 13.10
निजैरोषधीस्तर्पयन्तं करोघैः सरौघान्कलाभिः सुधास्राविणीभिः । दिनेशांशु सन्तापहारं द्विजेशं शशाङ्कस्वरूपं गणेशं नमामः
nijairoṣadhīstarpayantaṃ karoghaiḥ saraughānkalābhiḥ sudhāsrāviṇībhiḥ | dineśāṃśu santāpahāraṃ dvijeśaṃ śaśāṅkasvarūpaṃ gaṇeśaṃ namāmaḥ
(We bow to) him who satisfies the herbs with his own floods of rays, and the floods of waters with his nectar-streaming digits; the remover of the burning of the sun's rays, lord of the twice-born (Brahmins/of the stars) — to Gaṇeśa, whose own form is the moon, we bow.
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GnP 1 13.11
प्रकाशस्वरूपं नभोवायुरूपं विकारादिहेतुं कलाकालभुतम् । अनेकक्रियानेकशक्तिस्वरूपं सदाशक्तिरूपं गणेशं नमामः
prakāśasvarūpaṃ nabhovāyurūpaṃ vikārādihetuṃ kalākālabhutam | anekakriyānekaśaktisvarūpaṃ sadāśaktirūpaṃ gaṇeśaṃ namāmaḥ
(We bow to) him whose form is light, whose form is sky and wind, the cause of change and the rest, who has become the divisions (of time) and time itself; whose own form is many actions and many powers — to Gaṇeśa, ever in the form of Śakti, we bow.
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GnP 1 13.12
प्रधानस्वरूपं महतत्वरूपं धरावारिरूपं दिगीशादिरूपम् । असत्सत्स्वरूपं जगद्धेतुभूतं सदाविश्वरूपं गणेशं नतास्मः
pradhānasvarūpaṃ mahatatvarūpaṃ dharāvārirūpaṃ digīśādirūpam | asatsatsvarūpaṃ jagaddhetubhūtaṃ sadāviśvarūpaṃ gaṇeśaṃ natāsmaḥ
(To him) whose form is primordial nature (pradhāna), whose form is the great principle (mahat), whose form is earth and water, whose form is the guardians of the directions and the rest; whose form is the unreal and the real, who has become the cause of the world — to Gaṇeśa, ever in the form of the universe, we are bowed down.
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GnP 1 13.13
त्वदीये मनःस्थापयेदङ्घ्रियुग्मे जनोविघ्नसङ्घान् नपीडां लभेत । लसत्सूर्यबिम्बे विशाले स्थितोयं जनोध्वान्त पीडां कथं वा लभेत
tvadīye manaḥsthāpayedaṅghriyugme janovighnasaṅghān napīḍāṃ labheta | lasatsūryabimbe viśāle sthitoyaṃ janodhvānta pīḍāṃ kathaṃ vā labheta
If a person should fix his mind upon your pair of feet, he would not suffer pain from the hosts of obstacles. Placed within the vast, shining orb of the sun, how could a man meet with the pain of darkness?
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GnP 1 13.14
वयं भ्रामिताः सर्वथा ज्ञानयोगादलब्धातवाङ्घ्रि बहून्वर्षपूगान् । इदानीमवाप्तास्तवैव प्रसादात् प्रपन्नान् सदा पाहि विश्वंभराद्य
vayaṃ bhrāmitāḥ sarvathā jñānayogādalabdhātavāṅghri bahūnvarṣapūgān | idānīmavāptāstavaiva prasādāt prapannān sadā pāhi viśvaṃbharādya
We have been made to wander in every way, away from the yoga of knowledge, not having attained your feet for many series of years. Now, by your grace alone, we have attained (them): O primeval Bearer of the universe, protect always those who have taken refuge.
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GnP 1 13.15
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। एवं स्तुतो गणेशस्तु संतुष्टोभून्महामुने । कृपया परयोपेतोभिधातुं तान् प्रचक्रमे
brahmovāca || evaṃ stuto gaṇeśastu saṃtuṣṭobhūnmahāmune | kṛpayā parayopetobhidhātuṃ tān pracakrame
Brahmā said: Thus praised, Gaṇeśa became well pleased, O great sage, and, filled with supreme compassion, he began to speak to them.
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GnP 1 13.16
गणेश उवाच ।। यदर्थं क्लेशिता यूयं यदर्थमिहचागताः । प्रीतोहमनयास्तुत्या वरंमत्तोवृणीततम्
gaṇeśa uvāca || yadarthaṃ kleśitā yūyaṃ yadarthamihacāgatāḥ | prītohamanayāstutyā varaṃmattovṛṇītatam
Gaṇeśa said: For whatever purpose you have undergone hardship, and for whatever purpose you have come here — I am pleased by this hymn of praise; choose that boon from me.
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GnP 1 13.17
कृतं च मम यत् स्तोत्रं भवद्भिर्भावितात्मभिः । स्तोत्रराजमितिख्यातं भविष्यति ममाज्ञया
kṛtaṃ ca mama yat stotraṃ bhavadbhirbhāvitātmabhiḥ | stotrarājamitikhyātaṃ bhaviṣyati mamājñayā
And the hymn to me that has been composed by you, whose selves are contemplative, shall by my command become known as the "King of Hymns."
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GnP 1 13.18
इदं यः पठेत् प्रातरुत्थायधीमां स्त्रिसन्ध्यं सदा भक्तियुक्तो विशुद्धः । सपुत्रान् श्रियं सर्वकामान् लभेत परब्रह्मरूपो भवेदन्तकाले
idaṃ yaḥ paṭhet prātarutthāyadhīmāṃ strisandhyaṃ sadā bhaktiyukto viśuddhaḥ | saputrān śriyaṃ sarvakāmān labheta parabrahmarūpo bhavedantakāle
Whoever, wise, rising at dawn, recites this always at the three junctures of the day, filled with devotion and purified, would obtain sons, prosperity and all desires, and at the end of time would become of the form of the supreme Brahman.
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GnP 1 13.19
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सन्तुष्टास्ते तमब्रुवन् । तदीक्षया रजःसत्त्वतमोगुणसमुद्भवाः
brahmovāca || iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā santuṣṭāste tamabruvan | tadīkṣayā rajaḥsattvatamoguṇasamudbhavāḥ
Brahmā said: Having heard that speech of his, they were pleased and said to him — they who had arisen from the qualities of rajas, sattva and tamas by his glance.
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GnP 1 13.20
त्रयऊचुः ।। यदि तुष्टोसि देवेश सृष्टिसंहारकारक । तवाङ्घ्रि कमलेनोस्तु भक्तिरव्यचिभारिणी
trayaūcuḥ || yadi tuṣṭosi deveśa sṛṣṭisaṃhārakāraka | tavāṅghri kamalenostu bhaktiravyacibhāriṇī
The three said: If you are pleased, O lord of gods, maker of creation and destruction, let there be for us devotion to your lotus feet, unwavering (in its) bearing.
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GnP 1 13.21
किं चास्मांभिः प्रकर्तव्यमाज्ञापयतु नो भवान् । अयमेव वरोस्माकं वाञ्छितोद्विरदानन
kiṃ cāsmāṃbhiḥ prakartavyamājñāpayatu no bhavān | ayameva varosmākaṃ vāñchitodviradānana
And what is to be done by us — let your honour command us. This alone is the boon desired by us, O elephant-faced one.
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GnP 1 13.22
इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तेषां पुनः प्राह गजाननः । भविष्यति महाभागा मयिभक्तिर्दृढाहिवः
iti śrutvā vacasteṣāṃ punaḥ prāha gajānanaḥ | bhaviṣyati mahābhāgā mayibhaktirdṛḍhāhivaḥ
Hearing this speech of theirs, the elephant-faced one spoke again: O greatly fortunate ones, your devotion to me shall be firm.
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GnP 1 13.23
संकष्टानि यथा यूयं तरिष्यथ महान्त्यपि । भवत् ख्यात्यै प्रवक्ष्यामि कार्याणि च पृथक् पृथक्
saṃkaṣṭāni yathā yūyaṃ tariṣyatha mahāntyapi | bhavat khyātyai pravakṣyāmi kāryāṇi ca pṛthak pṛthak
(I shall tell) how you will cross over even great calamities; and for your renown I shall declare your tasks, each separately.
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GnP 1 13.24
सृष्टिकर्ता भव ब्रह्मन् रजोगुण समुद्भवः । पालनं कुरु विष्णोत्वं व्यापकः सत्त्वसंश्रयः
sṛṣṭikartā bhava brahman rajoguṇa samudbhavaḥ | pālanaṃ kuru viṣṇotvaṃ vyāpakaḥ sattvasaṃśrayaḥ
Be the maker of creation, O Brahmā, arisen from the rajas quality; you, Viṣṇu, all-pervading and resting on sattva, carry out the protecting.
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GnP 1 13.25
हर संहर सर्वं त्वं तमोगुण समुद्भवः । ब्रह्मोवाच ।। वेदशास्त्रपुराणानि सृष्टिसामर्थ्यमेव च
hara saṃhara sarvaṃ tvaṃ tamoguṇa samudbhavaḥ | brahmovāca || vedaśāstrapurāṇāni sṛṣṭisāmarthyameva ca
O Hara, do you destroy all, arisen from the tamas quality. Brahmā said: The Vedas, the scriptures and the Purāṇas, and the very power of creation —
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GnP 1 13.26
ददौ गणेशोन्यां विद्यां ब्रह्मणे परमात्मने । विष्णवे भगवान् प्रादात् योगात्स्वच्छन्द रूपताम्
dadau gaṇeśonyāṃ vidyāṃ brahmaṇe paramātmane | viṣṇave bhagavān prādāt yogātsvacchanda rūpatām
— and another knowledge, Gaṇeśa gave to Brahmā, the supreme Self; and to Viṣṇu the Lord granted the power of taking any form at will through yoga.
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GnP 1 13.27
एकाक्षरं षडर्णं च मन्त्रं सर्वागमांस्तथा । हराय भगवान्प्रादाच्छक्तिं संहरणेपि च
ekākṣaraṃ ṣaḍarṇaṃ ca mantraṃ sarvāgamāṃstathā | harāya bhagavānprādācchaktiṃ saṃharaṇepi ca
And the one-syllabled and the six-syllabled mantra, and all the scriptures, the Lord gave to Hara, and power in destroying as well.
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GnP 1 13.28
ततोब्रह्मादीनमनास्त्रैलोक्येशं जगद्गुरुम् । उवाच प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा वरदं तमिभाननम्
tatobrahmādīnamanāstrailokyeśaṃ jagadgurum | uvāca prāñjalirbhūtvā varadaṃ tamibhānanam
Then Brahmā, his mind bowed low, with palms joined, spoke to that elephant-faced one, the lord of the three worlds, teacher of the universe, the granter of boons.
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GnP 1 13.29
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। यथागृहीतशक्तिस्तु वाच्यावाच्यं विवक्तिन । तथानेकविधां सृष्टिमदृष्ट्वा क्वापि किञ्चन
brahmovāca || yathāgṛhītaśaktistu vācyāvācyaṃ vivaktina | tathānekavidhāṃ sṛṣṭimadṛṣṭvā kvāpi kiñcana
Brahmā said: Just as one who has taken on power does not discriminate what should and should not be spoken, so too, never having seen anywhere any creation of the manifold kinds —
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GnP 1 13.30
कर्त्तुं वापि विभोराज्ञा विभेदं कथमुत्सहे । इतः कूप इतोवापीत्येवं प्राप्तं मया कथम्
karttuṃ vāpi vibhorājñā vibhedaṃ kathamutsahe | itaḥ kūpa itovāpītyevaṃ prāptaṃ mayā katham
— or even having (to) make it — how can I presume, at the Lord's command, to make the distinctions? 'Here a well, here a tank' — how has such (knowledge) come to me?
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GnP 1 13.31
ततो गजाननः प्राह दिव्यं चक्षुः प्रदायतम् । ब्रह्माणं वेदशास्त्रज्ञं तथा व्याकुलितं प्रभुः
tato gajānanaḥ prāha divyaṃ cakṣuḥ pradāyatam | brahmāṇaṃ vedaśāstrajñaṃ tathā vyākulitaṃ prabhuḥ
Then Gajānana, the Lord, having granted (him) the divine eye, spoke to Brahmā, knower of the Vedas and śāstras, who was thus agitated.
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GnP 1 13.32
गजानन उवाच ।। बहिरन्तः शरीरेमे संख्यातीतानि पद्मज । ब्रह्माण्डानि त्वमद्यैव विभ्रमन्ति विलोकय
gajānana uvāca || bahirantaḥ śarīreme saṃkhyātītāni padmaja | brahmāṇḍāni tvamadyaiva vibhramanti vilokaya
Gajānana said: Outside and inside this body of mine, O lotus-born, countless world-eggs are whirling about this very moment; look and see.
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GnP 1 13.33
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। ततो गजाननेना सौ स्वोदरे श्वासवायुना । नीतो ददर्श धातापि ब्रह्माण्डानि त्वनेकशः ।। औदुम्बराणीवतरौ तेषु वा मशकानिव
brahmovāca || tato gajānanenā sau svodare śvāsavāyunā | nīto dadarśa dhātāpi brahmāṇḍāni tvanekaśaḥ || audumbarāṇīvatarau teṣu vā maśakāniva
Brahmā said: Then he was carried by Gajānana into his belly by the breath-wind, and the creator saw world-eggs, many of them, like udumbara fruits on a tree, or like gnats within them.
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GnP 1 13.34
भेदयामास तत्रैकं परमेण स्वतेजसा । तदन्तः सकलां सृष्टिं ददर्श कमलासनः
bhedayāmāsa tatraikaṃ parameṇa svatejasā | tadantaḥ sakalāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ dadarśa kamalāsanaḥ
There he split one of them open by his own supreme power, and within it the lotus-seated one saw the whole of creation:
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GnP 1 13.35
ब्रह्माणं चा परं तत्र विष्णुमिन्द्रं प्रजापतिम् । शंकरं भाष्करं वायुं वनानि सरितोम्बुपम्
brahmāṇaṃ cā paraṃ tatra viṣṇumindraṃ prajāpatim | śaṃkaraṃ bhāṣkaraṃ vāyuṃ vanāni saritombupam
another Brahmā there, and Viṣṇu, Indra, Prajāpati, Śaṃkara, the sun, the wind, forests, rivers, and the lord of waters;
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GnP 1 13.36
सागरान् यक्षगन्धर्वानप्सरः किन्नरोरगान् । ऋषीन्पुण्यजनान्साध्यान्मनुष्यान्पर्वतान्द्रुमान्
sāgarān yakṣagandharvānapsaraḥ kinnaroragān | ṛṣīnpuṇyajanānsādhyānmanuṣyānparvatāndrumān
oceans, yakṣas, gandharvas, apsarases, kinnaras, serpents, ṛṣis, the holy folk, the sādhyas, men, mountains, trees;
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GnP 1 13.37
उद्भिजान्जारजान्जन्तून् स्वेदजानण्डजानपि । पृथ्वीं च सप्तपातालान्यव्ययान्येकविंशतिम्
udbhijānjārajānjantūn svedajānaṇḍajānapi | pṛthvīṃ ca saptapātālānyavyayānyekaviṃśatim
creatures sprout-born, womb-born, sweat-born and egg-born too; the earth, and the seven nether worlds, and the twenty-one imperishable (regions);
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GnP 1 13.38
ददर्श विश्वं चाहं वै भावाभावं चराचरम्
dadarśa viśvaṃ cāhaṃ vai bhāvābhāvaṃ carācaram
and he saw the universe — indeed, I saw it — existence and non-existence, the moving and the unmoving.
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GnP 1 13.39
यद्यद्ब्रह्मा भेदयामास चाण्डं तस्मिंस्तस्मिन् सर्वमेवं ददर्श । दृष्ट्वा भ्रान्तिं पूर्ववत्संप्रपेदे तेषामन्तं सर्वथा नाध्यगच्छत्
yadyadbrahmā bhedayāmāsa cāṇḍaṃ tasmiṃstasmin sarvamevaṃ dadarśa | dṛṣṭvā bhrāntiṃ pūrvavatsaṃprapede teṣāmantaṃ sarvathā nādhyagacchat
Whichever egg Brahmā split open, in each and every one he saw all this; and having seen it he fell into bewilderment as before, for he in no way reached their end.
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GnP 1 13.40
न स्थातुं नैव वा गन्तुं शशाक कमलासनः । उपविश्य ततो ब्रह्मा तुष्टावद्विरदाननम्
na sthātuṃ naiva vā gantuṃ śaśāka kamalāsanaḥ | upaviśya tato brahmā tuṣṭāvadviradānanam
The lotus-seated one was able neither to stay nor to go. So Brahmā sat down and praised the tusk-faced one.
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GnP 1 13.41
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। वन्दे देवं देवदेवं गणेशं ब्रह्मण्डानां नैव संख्यायदंगे । अभ्रोडुनां सागरे वा झषाणां कः संख्याता शर्कराणां च तीरे
brahmovāca || vande devaṃ devadevaṃ gaṇeśaṃ brahmaṇḍānāṃ naiva saṃkhyāyadaṃge | abhroḍunāṃ sāgare vā jhaṣāṇāṃ kaḥ saṃkhyātā śarkarāṇāṃ ca tīre
Brahmā said: I salute the god, the god of gods, Gaṇeśa, in whose body there is no counting of the world-eggs. Who is there to count the stars in the sky, or the fishes in the ocean, or the grains of sand on the shore?
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GnP 1 13.42
लज्जा नमेत्रास्ति सुरेन्द्रवन्द्य पादारविन्दं तव यद्विलोक्य । भ्रान्तो भवं ज्ञाननिधौ प्रसन्ने मोक्षोपि तुच्छः किमुतान्यवार्त्ता
lajjā nametrāsti surendravandya pādāravindaṃ tava yadvilokya | bhrānto bhavaṃ jñānanidhau prasanne mokṣopi tucchaḥ kimutānyavārttā
I have no shame in this, O you whom the lord of the gods reveres: that, beholding your lotus feet, I was bewildered. When the treasury of knowledge is pleased, even liberation is a trifle — what then to say of other matters?
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GnP 1 13.43
दृष्टं च नानार्थ युतं सुरेश ब्रह्माण्डकूटं जठरे त्वदीये । स्थातुं बहिर्गन्तुमपीहनेशस्त्वदन्यदेवं शरणं नवेद्मि
dṛṣṭaṃ ca nānārtha yutaṃ sureśa brahmāṇḍakūṭaṃ jaṭhare tvadīye | sthātuṃ bahirgantumapīhaneśastvadanyadevaṃ śaraṇaṃ navedmi
And I have seen, O lord of the gods, the mass of world-eggs, filled with all manner of things, within your belly. Unable here either to stay or to go out, I know no refuge other than you.
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GnP 1 13.44
ततः प्रसन्नो भगवाननन्तो वै गजाननः । बहिर्निष्कासयामास ब्रह्माणं खिन्नमानसम्
tataḥ prasanno bhagavānananto vai gajānanaḥ | bahirniṣkāsayāmāsa brahmāṇaṃ khinnamānasam
Then the infinite Lord Gajānana, being pleased, cast Brahmā, whose mind was dejected, outside,
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GnP 1 13.45
नासिकारन्ध्र मार्गेण हरिं तदनुयायिनम् । तामसं च हरं देवो ब्रह्मणासह संगतम्
nāsikārandhra mārgeṇa hariṃ tadanuyāyinam | tāmasaṃ ca haraṃ devo brahmaṇāsaha saṃgatam
by the passage of his nostril; and Hari, who had followed him, and the tamasic Hara, who had joined together with Brahmā —
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GnP 1 13.46
निःसारयामास विभुः श्रुतिरन्ध्राद्गजाननः । शयातेस्मतदंगेता बुभौहरिहरौसुखम्
niḥsārayāmāsa vibhuḥ śrutirandhrādgajānanaḥ | śayātesmatadaṃgetā bubhauhariharausukham
the mighty Gajānana expelled through the passage of his ear; they had been lying in his body, and Hari and Hara shone forth in comfort.
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