Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 2
GnP 1 2.1
।। अथ द्वितीयोऽध्यायः ।। सूत उवाच ।। श्रूयतामृषयः सर्वे सोमकान्तस्य दुष्कृतम् । अकस्मादभवेत्तस्य गलत्कुष्ठोतिदुःखदः
|| atha dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ || sūta uvāca || śrūyatāmṛṣayaḥ sarve somakāntasya duṣkṛtam | akasmādabhavettasya galatkuṣṭhotiduḥkhadaḥ
Now the second chapter. Sūta said: Hear, all you sages, of Somakānta's evil deed. Suddenly there arose in him a spreading leprosy that gave him great pain.
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GnP 1 2.2
धर्मशीलस्यराज्ञोथपूर्वकर्मविपाकतः । शुभंवाप्यशुभं कर्म नमुञ्चति नरं क्वचित्
dharmaśīlasyarājñothapūrvakarmavipākataḥ | śubhaṃvāpyaśubhaṃ karma namuñcati naraṃ kvacit
(This befell) that king of dharmic conduct through the ripening of former deeds; deeds, whether good or bad, never release a man anywhere.
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GnP 1 2.3
यस्यांयस्यामवस्थायां कृतं भवति कर्म यत् । तस्यांतस्यामवस्थायां भुज्यते प्राणिभिर्ध्रुवम्
yasyāṃyasyāmavasthāyāṃ kṛtaṃ bhavati karma yat | tasyāṃtasyāmavasthāyāṃ bhujyate prāṇibhirdhruvam
In whatever condition a deed has been done, in that very condition it is surely experienced by living beings.
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GnP 1 2.4
दुःखसागरमग्नोभूदप्लवोजलधौ यथा । वेदनामलभद्बह्वीं भुजङ्गेनेव दंशितः
duḥkhasāgaramagnobhūdaplavojaladhau yathā | vedanāmalabhadbahvīṃ bhujaṅgeneva daṃśitaḥ
He was sunk in an ocean of suffering, like one without a raft in the sea; he suffered much pain, as though bitten by a serpent.
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GnP 1 2.5
नानाक्षतसमाकीर्णः स्रवद्रक्तस्ततस्ततः । पूयशोणितवान् राजा कृमिभिर्विह्वलीकृतः ।। अस्थिशेषोभवद्राजा यक्ष्मणे वसमावृतः
nānākṣatasamākīrṇaḥ sravadraktastatastataḥ | pūyaśoṇitavān rājā kṛmibhirvihvalīkṛtaḥ || asthiśeṣobhavadrājā yakṣmaṇe vasamāvṛtaḥ
Covered all over with various sores, blood flowing here and there, the king full of pus and blood, tormented by worms; the king became nothing but bones, wasted by consumption.
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GnP 1 2.6
चिन्तया व्याकुलीभूतः सर्वेन्द्रियरुजान्वितः । ततोमात्यान्जगौराजा मनः संरुद्ध्ययत्नतः
cintayā vyākulībhūtaḥ sarvendriyarujānvitaḥ | tatomātyānjagaurājā manaḥ saṃruddhyayatnataḥ
Distraught with anxiety, afflicted with disease in all his senses, the king then, restraining his mind with effort, summoned his ministers.
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GnP 1 2.7
राजोवाच ।। धिङ्मे राज्यं च रूपं च धिग्बलं जीवितं धनम् । केनेदं कर्मबीजेन व्यसनं समुपस्थितम्
rājovāca || dhiṅme rājyaṃ ca rūpaṃ ca dhigbalaṃ jīvitaṃ dhanam | kenedaṃ karmabījena vyasanaṃ samupasthitam
The king said: Shame on my kingdom and on my beauty, shame on my strength, my life, my wealth! By what seed of (past) action has this calamity come upon me?
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GnP 1 2.8
कान्त्यासोमोजितो येन सोमकान्तस्ततोभवम् । येन मे साधवो दीनाः संत सन्यासिनोपि च
kāntyāsomojito yena somakāntastatobhavam | yena me sādhavo dīnāḥ saṃta sanyāsinopi ca
(I) by whose beauty the moon was surpassed, and so became Somakānta; by whom no good men, no saints, not even renunciants (were left) wretched at my (door);
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GnP 1 2.9
पालिताः पुत्रवज्जानपदालोकास्तथापरे । येन मे निर्जिता बाणैः शत्रवोघोररूपिणः
pālitāḥ putravajjānapadālokāstathāpare | yena me nirjitā bāṇaiḥ śatravoghorarūpiṇaḥ
by whom the people of the country and others too were protected like sons; by whom my enemies of terrible form were vanquished with arrows;
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GnP 1 2.10
येन मे सकलापृथ्वी कृतास्ववशवर्तिनी । सम्यगाराधितोदेवः परमात्मा सदाशिवः
yena me sakalāpṛthvī kṛtāsvavaśavartinī | samyagārādhitodevaḥ paramātmā sadāśivaḥ
by whom the whole earth was made subject to my sway; by whom the god, the supreme Self, the eternally auspicious (Sadāśiva), was rightly worshipped;
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GnP 1 2.11
दुष्टसङ्गतिहीनेन चित्तनिग्रहकारिणा । येन मे वपुषापूर्वमिष्टगन्धानिषेविताः
duṣṭasaṅgatihīnena cittanigrahakāriṇā | yena me vapuṣāpūrvamiṣṭagandhāniṣevitāḥ
by (this) body, free from evil company and restraining the mind, by which pleasing fragrances were formerly enjoyed by me —
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GnP 1 2.12
तदिदानीं पूतिगन्धमतोमे जीवितं वृथा । अतोहं काननं यास्ये सर्वेषामभ्यनुज्ञया
tadidānīṃ pūtigandhamatome jīvitaṃ vṛthā | atohaṃ kānanaṃ yāsye sarveṣāmabhyanujñayā
that (body) now smells of putrefaction; my life is in vain. Therefore I shall go to the forest, with the consent of all.
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GnP 1 2.13
हेमकण्ठ सुतं सर्वे बुद्धिविक्रम संयुतम् । सिञ्चन्तुराज्यहेतोर्मे पालयन्तु पराक्रमैः
hemakaṇṭha sutaṃ sarve buddhivikrama saṃyutam | siñcanturājyahetorme pālayantu parākramaiḥ
Let all consecrate (with the anointing waters) Hemakaṇṭha, my son, endowed with intelligence and valour, for the sake of my kingdom, and let them protect (it) by their prowess.
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GnP 1 2.14
इदानीं न प्रदर्शिष्ये मुखं लोके कथञ्चन । न मे राज्यैर्नदारैर्वा जीवितेन श्रियापिवा
idānīṃ na pradarśiṣye mukhaṃ loke kathañcana | na me rājyairnadārairvā jīvitena śriyāpivā
From now on I shall not show my face among people in any way. I have no use for kingdoms, nor for wives, nor for life, nor for prosperity;
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GnP 1 2.15
प्रयोजनं महामात्याः करिष्ये स्वहितं वने । सूत उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा निपपातोर्व्यां तरुर्वातहतोयथा
prayojanaṃ mahāmātyāḥ kariṣye svahitaṃ vane | sūta uvāca || ityuktvā nipapātorvyāṃ tarurvātahatoyathā
great ministers, I shall pursue my own good in the forest. The Sūta said: Having said this, he fell to the ground like a tree struck by the wind.
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GnP 1 2.16
पूयशोणितधर्मौघैर्व्याप्तोसौ द्विजसत्तमाः । कोलाहलो महानासीदमात्यानां च योषिताम्
pūyaśoṇitadharmaughairvyāptosau dvijasattamāḥ | kolāhalo mahānāsīdamātyānāṃ ca yoṣitām
He was covered with streams of pus and blood, O best of the twice-born; and there arose a great clamour of the ministers and of the women.
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GnP 1 2.17
हाहाकारश्च लोकानां क्षणमासीत्सुदारुणः । वस्त्रप्रोंछनवाताद्यैरौषधैः क्षिप्रकारिभिः
hāhākāraśca lokānāṃ kṣaṇamāsītsudāruṇaḥ | vastraproṃchanavātādyairauṣadhaiḥ kṣiprakāribhiḥ
And for a moment there was a most dreadful cry of "Alas! Alas!" from the people; with cloths, wipings, fannings and the rest, with fast-acting medicines,
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GnP 1 2.18
मन्त्रि मन्त्र प्रयोगैस्तं सचेतनमकारयन् । स्वस्थे जाते नृपे तस्मिन्नमात्याः प्राब्रुवन्निदम्
mantri mantra prayogaistaṃ sacetanamakārayan | svasthe jāte nṛpe tasminnamātyāḥ prābruvannidam
and with the ministers' applications of mantras, they brought him back to consciousness. When the king had recovered, the ministers said this:
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GnP 1 2.19
अमात्याऊचुः ।। तव प्रसादादमरेन्द्रतुल्यं भुक्तं सुखं सर्वजनेष्वसिद्धम् । कथं त्विदानीं त्वदृतेवसामः कथं जीवेम पशुघ्नतुल्याः
amātyāūcuḥ || tava prasādādamarendratulyaṃ bhuktaṃ sukhaṃ sarvajaneṣvasiddham | kathaṃ tvidānīṃ tvadṛtevasāmaḥ kathaṃ jīvema paśughnatulyāḥ
The ministers said: By your grace we have enjoyed happiness equal to that of the lord of the gods, unattained by all (other) people. But how shall we now live without you? How shall we go on living, like slaughterers of cattle?
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GnP 1 2.20
कतोतु राज्यं तव सूनुरेकः प्रभूत कोशो बलबान् रिपुघ्नः । विहाय सर्वं सुखमद्यराजन्सहैवयामस्तुवनायगन्तुम्
katotu rājyaṃ tava sūnurekaḥ prabhūta kośo balabān ripughnaḥ | vihāya sarvaṃ sukhamadyarājansahaivayāmastuvanāyagantum
Your one son alone is fit for the kingdom — the treasury is ample, he is strong, a slayer of foes. Abandoning all comfort today, O king, we go together with you, to go to the forest.
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GnP 1 2.21
सूत उवाच ।। ततः सुधर्मा वचनं जगाद वने नृपं सेवितुमेकवीरा । व्रजेसहानेन प्रधानवर्या प्रशिष्टराज्यं सहमेसुतेन
sūta uvāca || tataḥ sudharmā vacanaṃ jagāda vane nṛpaṃ sevitumekavīrā | vrajesahānena pradhānavaryā praśiṣṭarājyaṃ sahamesutena
The Sūta said: Then Sudharmā spoke these words, (she) the sole heroine, to serve the king in the forest: "Go with him, O best of the chief (ministers); the kingdom has been entrusted, together with my son."
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GnP 1 2.22
दुःखस्य भोक्तानपरोस्ति नैव सुखस्य वा पूर्वकृतस्य जन्तोः । यथा यथा कर्मफलं प्रसक्तं तदेव भोग्यं स्वयमेव तादृक्
duḥkhasya bhoktānaparosti naiva sukhasya vā pūrvakṛtasya jantoḥ | yathā yathā karmaphalaṃ prasaktaṃ tadeva bhogyaṃ svayameva tādṛk
There is no other who enjoys the sorrow or the happiness of a creature's previously performed (deeds). In whatever way the fruit of action has attached itself, just that must be experienced, of itself, just so.
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GnP 1 2.23
मयापि नानाविध भोगवत्या सुखेन राज्यं परिभुक्तमस्य । स्त्रीणां हि भत्त्र्रा गमनं सहैव परत्रलोके मुनिभिः प्रदिष्टम्
mayāpi nānāvidha bhogavatyā sukhena rājyaṃ paribhuktamasya | strīṇāṃ hi bhattrrā gamanaṃ sahaiva paratraloke munibhiḥ pradiṣṭam
By me too the kingdom of this (king) has been enjoyed happily, with pleasures of many kinds. For women, going together with the husband to the world beyond has been enjoined by the sages.
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GnP 1 2.24
ततः पुत्रो हेमकण्ठो विनीतः शोकसङ्कुलः । उवाच तस्मिन्समये सोमकान्दमिदंवचः
tataḥ putro hemakaṇṭho vinītaḥ śokasaṅkulaḥ | uvāca tasminsamaye somakāndamidaṃvacaḥ
Then the son Hemakaṇṭha, well-mannered and overwhelmed with grief, spoke at that moment these words to Somakānta:
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GnP 1 2.25
हेमकण्ठ उवाच ।। ननुराज्येन दारैश्च प्राणैर्धनचयैरपि । त्वां विना नृपशार्दूल कृत्यं नैवास्ति यत्क्वचित्
hemakaṇṭha uvāca || nanurājyena dāraiśca prāṇairdhanacayairapi | tvāṃ vinā nṛpaśārdūla kṛtyaṃ naivāsti yatkvacit
Hemakaṇṭha said: Indeed, with a kingdom, with wives, with life, even with heaps of wealth — without you, O tiger among kings, there is no purpose to be served anywhere.
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GnP 1 2.26
विनास्नेहं यथा दीपो विनाप्राणं यथा तनुः । वृथाराज्यं तथा राजं स्त्वां विना धर्मपालक
vināsnehaṃ yathā dīpo vināprāṇaṃ yathā tanuḥ | vṛthārājyaṃ tathā rājaṃ stvāṃ vinā dharmapālaka
As a lamp is without oil, as a body is without breath, so is a kingdom in vain, O king, without you, O protector of dharma.
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GnP 1 2.27
सूत उवाच ।। अमात्यानां सुधर्मायाः पुत्रस्य वचनामृतम् । श्रुत्वा हृष्टमना राजा पुत्रं प्रोवाच धर्मतः
sūta uvāca || amātyānāṃ sudharmāyāḥ putrasya vacanāmṛtam | śrutvā hṛṣṭamanā rājā putraṃ provāca dharmataḥ
Sūta said: Having heard the nectar-like speech of the ministers, of Sudharmā, and of his son, the king, glad at heart, spoke to his son in accordance with dharma.
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GnP 1 2.28
राजोवाच ।। पितुर्वाक्यरतोनित्यं श्रद्धया श्राद्धकृत्तथा । पिण्डदोयो गयायान्तु स पुत्रः पुत्र उच्यते
rājovāca || piturvākyaratonityaṃ śraddhayā śrāddhakṛttathā | piṇḍadoyo gayāyāntu sa putraḥ putra ucyate
The king said: He who is ever devoted to his father's word, who likewise performs the śrāddha with faith, and who offers the piṇḍa at Gayā — such a son is called a son.
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GnP 1 2.29
धर्मशास्त्रार्थतत्त्वज्ञो नीतिज्ञोखिलदोषकृत् । पितृृनुद्धरतेयस्तु पुत्रवान्पुत्र उच्यते
dharmaśāstrārthatattvajño nītijñokhiladoṣakṛt | pitṛṛnuddharateyastu putravānputra ucyate
He who knows the true meaning of the dharma-treatises, who knows statecraft, who does away with every fault, and who rescues the ancestors — he, having sons himself, is called a son.
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GnP 1 2.30
अतोनीत्यासमायुक्तः कुरुराज्यं ममाज्ञया । अमात्ययुक्तः शाधित्वं पुत्रवद्धाखिलाः प्रजाः
atonītyāsamāyuktaḥ kururājyaṃ mamājñayā | amātyayuktaḥ śādhitvaṃ putravaddhākhilāḥ prajāḥ
Therefore, joined with statecraft, rule the kingdom by my command; together with the ministers, govern all the subjects as (you would) your own sons.
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GnP 1 2.31
अहं वनं गमिष्यामि गलत्कुष्ठोऽतिगर्हितः । पत्न्यासुधर्मयासार्धमनुजानीहि सुव्रत
ahaṃ vanaṃ gamiṣyāmi galatkuṣṭho'tigarhitaḥ | patnyāsudharmayāsārdhamanujānīhi suvrata
I, afflicted with an oozing leprosy and utterly loathsome, shall go to the forest together with my wife Sudharmā — grant permission, O you of good vows.
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