Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 16

GnP 1 16.1

राजोवाच ॥ श्रुत्वा कथां गणेशस्य हर्षश्चेतसि जायते । पुनश्च वद विप्रर्षे न तप्यामि कथामृतम् अन्तरिक्षं तथा नाभेः शिरसो दिवमेव च । भूमिं पद्भ्यां दिश: श्रोत्रादन्याँल्लोकानकल्पयत् ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ स्वाहा स्वधा रूपधरा सुधा त्वं मात्रार्धं मात्रा स्वरूपिणी च । कर्त्री च हर्त्री जननी जनस्य सतोऽसतः शक्तिरसि त्वमेव

rājovāca || śrutvā kathāṃ gaṇeśasya harṣaścetasi jāyate | punaśca vada viprarṣe na tapyāmi kathāmṛtam antarikṣaṃ tathā nābheḥ śiraso divameva ca | bhūmiṃ padbhyāṃ diśa: śrotrādanyā~llokānakalpayat brahmovāca || svāhā svadhā rūpadharā sudhā tvaṃ mātrārdhaṃ mātrā svarūpiṇī ca | kartrī ca hartrī jananī janasya sato'sataḥ śaktirasi tvameva

The king said: Hearing the story of Gaṇeśa, joy arises in (my) mind; speak again, O sage among brahmins, I am not sated with the nectar of the tale. — the middle region from the navel, and heaven from the head; the earth from (his) feet, the directions from the ear: (thus) he fashioned the other worlds. — Brahmā said: You are Svāhā, Svadhā, bearing (all) forms, you are the nectar, you are the half-measure and the very form of the measure (mātrā); maker and destroyer, mother of people; you alone are the power of what is and what is not.

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GnP 1 16.2

अन्तर्हिते भगवति गणेशे परमात्मनि । कथं विनिर्ममे सृष्टिं ब्रह्मा तद्वर्णय प्रभो

antarhite bhagavati gaṇeśe paramātmani | kathaṃ vinirmame sṛṣṭiṃ brahmā tadvarṇaya prabho

When the Lord Gaṇeśa, the supreme Self, had vanished, how did Brahmā fashion the creation? Describe that, O master.

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GnP 1 16.3

यच्चाग्रे कथयामास व्यासायाख्यानकं विधिः । तदहं विस्तरेणैव श्रोतुमिच्छामि सन्मुने

yaccāgre kathayāmāsa vyāsāyākhyānakaṃ vidhiḥ | tadahaṃ vistareṇaiva śrotumicchāmi sanmune

And the narrative which the Creator formerly told to Vyāsa — that I wish to hear in full detail, O true sage.

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GnP 1 16.4

भृगुरुवाच ॥ सिद्धक्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यं व्यासायाकथयत्प्रभुः । आनुपूर्व्येण तत्तेऽहं कथयिष्येऽसृजच्च यत्

bhṛguruvāca || siddhakṣetrasya māhātmyaṃ vyāsāyākathayatprabhuḥ | ānupūrvyeṇa tatte'haṃ kathayiṣye'sṛjacca yat

Bhṛgu said: The Lord told Vyāsa the greatness of the Siddhakṣetra; that I shall recount to you in order, and also what he created.

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GnP 1 16.5

स ब्रह्मा निर्ममे पूर्वं मनसा सप्त पुत्रकान् । आह तान् सृष्टिसाहाय्यं सृजध्वं स्वस्वबुद्धितः

sa brahmā nirmame pūrvaṃ manasā sapta putrakān | āha tān sṛṣṭisāhāyyaṃ sṛjadhvaṃ svasvabuddhitaḥ

That Brahmā first produced from his mind seven sons; he said to them: "Create, each by his own understanding, as help in the creation."

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GnP 1 16.6

ते तु तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा तपसे कृत निश्चयाः । तपस्तप्त्वा सुविपुलं परं ब्रह्म समागताः

te tu tadvacanaṃ śrutvā tapase kṛta niścayāḥ | tapastaptvā suvipulaṃ paraṃ brahma samāgatāḥ

But they, having heard that speech of his, resolved upon ascetic practice; having performed vast austerity, they attained the supreme Brahman.

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GnP 1 16.7

ततोऽन्यान् कल्पयामास सप्तपुत्रान् प्रजापतिः । तेऽत्यन्त ज्ञानसंपन्ना न चक्रुः सृष्टिमुत्तमाम्

tato'nyān kalpayāmāsa saptaputrān prajāpatiḥ | te'tyanta jñānasaṃpannā na cakruḥ sṛṣṭimuttamām

Then the Lord of creatures fashioned seven other sons; they, being endowed with exceeding knowledge, did not carry out the excellent creation.

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GnP 1 16.8

मत्तः स्वयं समारेभे सनकादीन् विलोक्य तान् । मुखतो ब्राह्मणानग्निमसृजत् कमलासनः

mattaḥ svayaṃ samārebhe sanakādīn vilokya tān | mukhato brāhmaṇānagnimasṛjat kamalāsanaḥ

Seeing those (sons), Sanaka and the rest, he, intoxicated (with anger), himself began (the creation): the lotus-seated one created from his mouth the brahmins and fire.

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GnP 1 16.9

बाहुरुपादतोऽन्यां स्त्रीन् वर्णाश्चन्द्रमसं ह्रदः । चक्षुभ्यां च रविं श्रोत्रान् मारुतं प्राणमेव च

bāhurupādato'nyāṃ strīn varṇāścandramasaṃ hradaḥ | cakṣubhyāṃ ca raviṃ śrotrān mārutaṃ prāṇameva ca

From his arms and feet the other classes (of men), and the moon from his mind(?); from his two eyes the sun, from his ears the wind and also the breath.

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GnP 1 16.11

अन्यदुच्चावचं विश्वं स्थावरं जंगमं च यत् । समुद्रान् सरितः शैलां तृण गुल्म महीरुहान्

anyaduccāvacaṃ viśvaṃ sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamaṃ ca yat | samudrān saritaḥ śailāṃ tṛṇa gulma mahīruhān

And the rest of the universe, high and low, whatever is unmoving and moving: the oceans, the rivers, the mountains, the grasses, shrubs and trees.

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GnP 1 16.12

ततः कतिपयाहः सु गतेषु मुनिसत्तमाः । निद्रितस्य महाविष्णोः श्रोत्राज्जातौ महासुरौ

tataḥ katipayāhaḥ su gateṣu munisattamāḥ | nidritasya mahāviṣṇoḥ śrotrājjātau mahāsurau

Then, when some few days had passed, O best of sages, from the ear of the sleeping great Viṣṇu two great demons were born.

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GnP 1 16.13

मधु कैटभ नामानौ विख्यातो भुवनत्रये। दंष्ट्राकरालवदनौ पिंगाक्षौ दीर्घनासिकौ

madhu kaiṭabha nāmānau vikhyāto bhuvanatraye| daṃṣṭrākarālavadanau piṃgākṣau dīrghanāsikau

Named Madhu and Kaiṭabha, renowned in the three worlds, with faces gaping with tusks, tawny-eyed, long-nosed,

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GnP 1 16.14

महाकायौ महासारावत्युच्चौ पर्वताविव । वर्षा मुदिर शब्दौ तौ गर्जन्तौ भृशगर्वितौ

mahākāyau mahāsārāvatyuccau parvatāviva | varṣā mudira śabdau tau garjantau bhṛśagarvitau

huge-bodied, of great strength, very tall like two mountains, roaring with a sound like rain-clouds, exceedingly proud;

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GnP 1 16.15

वचोभिर्बहुभिर्दुष्टो धिक्कारं तस्य चक्रतुः। विप्रान् देवान् ऋषीन् साधून् शास्त्राणि च निनिन्दतुः

vacobhirbahubhirduṣṭo dhikkāraṃ tasya cakratuḥ| viprān devān ṛṣīn sādhūn śāstrāṇi ca ninindatuḥ

with many words the two wicked ones made mockery of him, and reviled the brahmins, the gods, the seers, the good, and the scriptures.

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GnP 1 16.16

तयोः शब्देन धरणी चकम्पे शेष एव च । उद्विग्नभासित् सकलं ब्रह्मांडं स्वनस्तयोः

tayoḥ śabdena dharaṇī cakampe śeṣa eva ca | udvignabhāsit sakalaṃ brahmāṃḍaṃ svanastayoḥ

At the sound of those two the earth trembled, and Śeṣa as well; the whole cosmic egg was made agitated by their noise.

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GnP 1 16.17

ततस्तौ क्रोध रक्ताक्षौ कं तं खादितुमुद्यतौ। ततोऽसौ वरदां देवीं विष्णु मोहनकारिणीम्

tatastau krodha raktākṣau kaṃ taṃ khāditumudyatau| tato'sau varadāṃ devīṃ viṣṇu mohanakāriṇīm

Then those two, their eyes red with rage, were ready to devour him; thereupon he (praised) the boon-giving Goddess who causes Viṣṇu's delusion,

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GnP 1 16.18

विष्णुनेत्रगतां निद्रां तुष्टाव कमलासनः । मधुकैटभनाशाय प्रबोधाय हरेरपि

viṣṇunetragatāṃ nidrāṃ tuṣṭāva kamalāsanaḥ | madhukaiṭabhanāśāya prabodhāya harerapi

the lotus-seated one praised Sleep, who dwelt in Viṣṇu's eyes, for the destruction of Madhu and Kaiṭabha and for the awakening of Hari.

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GnP 1 16.19

गजानन प्रसादेन विष्णु हस्तात्तयोर्वधम् । ज्ञात्वा सम्यग् विचार्यैव चिंता हर्ष समन्वितः

gajānana prasādena viṣṇu hastāttayorvadham | jñātvā samyag vicāryaiva ciṃtā harṣa samanvitaḥ

Knowing, by the grace of the elephant-faced one, that their slaying would come at Viṣṇu's hand, and having reflected on it well, he was filled with both anxiety and joy.

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GnP 1 16.21

श्रुतिः स्वरा कालरात्रिरनादि निधना क्षपा। जगन्माता जगद्धात्री सृष्टि स्थित्यंतकारिणी

śrutiḥ svarā kālarātriranādi nidhanā kṣapā| jaganmātā jagaddhātrī sṛṣṭi sthityaṃtakāriṇī

You are the Veda, the vowel (or: sound), the Night of Time, without beginning or end, the dark night; mother of the world, upholder of the world, who works creation, preservation and destruction.

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GnP 1 16.22

सावित्री च तथा संध्या महामाया तृषा क्षुधा । सर्वेषां वस्तुजातानां शक्तिस्त्वमसि पार्वति

sāvitrī ca tathā saṃdhyā mahāmāyā tṛṣā kṣudhā | sarveṣāṃ vastujātānāṃ śaktistvamasi pārvati

And Sāvitrī, and likewise Saṃdhyā, Mahāmāyā, thirst and hunger — you, Pārvatī, are the power of all things that exist.

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GnP 1 16.23

त्रैलोक्यकर्ता त्वन्नाथो दैत्यदानवसूदनः । निद्रया व्याप्तलित्तौऽसौ ज्ञानविज्ञानवान्हरिः

trailokyakartā tvannātho daityadānavasūdanaḥ | nidrayā vyāptalittau'sau jñānavijñānavānhariḥ

The maker of the three worlds, your lord, the slayer of the daityas and dānavas — that Hari, possessed of knowledge and discernment, is (yet) pervaded and overtaken by sleep.

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GnP 1 16.24

जगदुत्पाद्यते येन पाल्यते हियतेपि च । सोऽपि त्वयाऽवताराणां संकटे विनियोज्यते

jagadutpādyate yena pālyate hiyatepi ca | so'pi tvayā'vatārāṇāṃ saṃkaṭe viniyojyate

He by whom the world is brought forth, protected, and also destroyed — even he is employed by you in the straits of (his) incarnations.

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GnP 1 16.25

दुष्टात्मानौ मोहयैतौ त्वं दैत्यौ मधुकैटभौ । हन्तुमेतौ दुराधर्षौ ज्ञानमस्य प्रदीयताम्

duṣṭātmānau mohayaitau tvaṃ daityau madhukaiṭabhau | hantumetau durādharṣau jñānamasya pradīyatām

Delude these two evil-souled daityas, Madhu and Kaiṭabha; and let knowledge be granted to him (Hari), so that he may slay these two who are hard to assail.

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GnP 1 16.26

अहमाराधितश्चाभ्यां पूर्वजन्मन् यतद्रितम् । वरान् बहुविधान् प्रादामवध्यौ मम तावुभौ

ahamārādhitaścābhyāṃ pūrvajanman yatadritam | varān bahuvidhān prādāmavadhyau mama tāvubhau

I was worshipped by these two in a former birth with effort; I gave (them) boons of many kinds — the two of them are not to be slain by me.

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GnP 1 16.27

तयोरुच्चावचां शब्दा ततोऽहमसहं बहु। मामेव हंतुकामौ तौ स्तुतौ नानाविधै स्तवैः

tayoruccāvacāṃ śabdā tato'hamasahaṃ bahu| māmeva haṃtukāmau tau stutau nānāvidhai stavaiḥ

Then I could not endure much their loud and low clamour; and those two, wishing to kill me myself, were (nonetheless) praised with hymns of various kinds.

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GnP 1 16.28

तथापि मद्वधात्तौ न निवृत्तौ दुष्टभावतः । अतस्त्वां प्रार्थये देवि विष्णु बोधन हेतवे

tathāpi madvadhāttau na nivṛttau duṣṭabhāvataḥ | atastvāṃ prārthaye devi viṣṇu bodhana hetave

Even so, those two did not turn back from (their) evil disposition, from slaying me. Therefore, O goddess, I entreat you for the sake of awakening Viṣṇu.

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