Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 20
GnP 1 20.1
ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ ततः स ब्राह्मणान् साधून् दैवज्ञान् वेदनिष्ठितान्। आकार्य प्रतिपूज्यादौ रत्नवासोधनादिभिः कदाचित् सह पुत्रेण भिक्षितुं सा पुरं ययौ । कस्यचिद् द्विजमुख्यस्य वायुस्पर्शेन सोऽर्भकः वृत्तं च परिपपृच्छ ततस्तं पुनरब्रवीत् । कर्नाटे भानुनगरे वल्लभो मे पिता महान् वायुभक्षौ शुष्कतनू निरीक्ष्य भगवांस्तदा। आविरासीत्तयोरग्रे करूणाब्धिर्विनायकः त्वमेव कर्ता कार्याणां लघुस्थूल शरीरिणाम् । नाना रूप्येकरूपी त्वं निरूपश्च निराकृतिः गजानन उवाच ॥ प्रीतोऽहं ते महाभाग स्तुत्या गंभीरयाऽनया । वरं दातुं समुत्कंठस्तथापि न ददामि ते
brahmovāca || tataḥ sa brāhmaṇān sādhūn daivajñān vedaniṣṭhitān| ākārya pratipūjyādau ratnavāsodhanādibhiḥ kadācit saha putreṇa bhikṣituṃ sā puraṃ yayau | kasyacid dvijamukhyasya vāyusparśena so'rbhakaḥ vṛttaṃ ca paripapṛccha tatastaṃ punarabravīt | karnāṭe bhānunagare vallabho me pitā mahān vāyubhakṣau śuṣkatanū nirīkṣya bhagavāṃstadā| āvirāsīttayoragre karūṇābdhirvināyakaḥ tvameva kartā kāryāṇāṃ laghusthūla śarīriṇām | nānā rūpyekarūpī tvaṃ nirūpaśca nirākṛtiḥ gajānana uvāca || prīto'haṃ te mahābhāga stutyā gaṃbhīrayā'nayā | varaṃ dātuṃ samutkaṃṭhastathāpi na dadāmi te
Brahmā said: Then, having summoned brahmins, holy men, astrologers and those established in the Vedas, and having first honoured them with jewels, garments, wealth and the like — / Once she went with her son to the city to beg for alms; by the touch of the breath of a certain chief among brahmins that child (was healed) / and he asked about her story; then he spoke to him again: "In Karṇāṭa, in the city Bhānu, my father was the great Vallabha" / Seeing the two of them living on air, their bodies withered, the Lord then / appeared before them, Vināyaka, the ocean of compassion. / "You alone are the doer of the deeds of embodied beings, small and gross; you are of many forms and of one form, and formless and without shape." / The Elephant-faced One said: "I am pleased with you, greatly fortunate one, by this profound hymn of praise; I am eager to give you a boon, yet I do not give it to you."
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GnP 1 20.2
पृष्ट्वा तान्दक्ष इत्येव नाम चक्रे सुतस्य सः । जप मंत्र प्रयोगांश्च चकारौषध संवयान्
pṛṣṭvā tāndakṣa ityeva nāma cakre sutasya saḥ | japa maṃtra prayogāṃśca cakārauṣadha saṃvayān
Having consulted them, he made the name of his son just "Dakṣa," and he carried out recitations and applications of mantras, and (treatments) combined with medicines.
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GnP 1 20.3
स्वयं च द्वादशाब्दानि चकार परमं तपः । पुत्ररोगविमुक्त्यर्थं स्वसंतानस्य वृद्धये
svayaṃ ca dvādaśābdāni cakāra paramaṃ tapaḥ | putrarogavimuktyarthaṃ svasaṃtānasya vṛddhaye
And he himself performed supreme austerity for twelve years, for the sake of his son's release from disease and for the increase of his own lineage.
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GnP 1 20.4
नापश्यद्रोगनिर्मुक्तं पुत्रं तं स सदा नृपः । तदा निर्वेदमापन्नो जगाद क्रोधमूर्छितः
nāpaśyadroganirmuktaṃ putraṃ taṃ sa sadā nṛpaḥ | tadā nirvedamāpanno jagāda krodhamūrchitaḥ
That king never saw his son freed from disease; then, fallen into despair, he spoke, faint with rage:
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GnP 1 20.5
गच्छ मे भवनाद्राज्ञि कमले पुत्रसंयुता। नेमं पुत्रं न च त्वाहं द्रष्टुं शक्त इतःपरम्
gaccha me bhavanādrājñi kamale putrasaṃyutā| nemaṃ putraṃ na ca tvāhaṃ draṣṭuṃ śakta itaḥparam
"Go from my house, O queen Kamalā, together with your son; from now on I am able to look neither at this son nor at you."
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GnP 1 20.6
इति निर्भर्त्सिता तेन वल्लभेन तदा सुतम् । आदाय कमला तस्मान्नगरात् प्रस्थिता वनम्
iti nirbhartsitā tena vallabhena tadā sutam | ādāya kamalā tasmānnagarāt prasthitā vanam
Thus rebuked by him, by Vallabha, Kamalā then took her son and set out from that city to the forest,
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GnP 1 20.7
रुदती शोकसंविग्ना दुःखिताऽश्रुप्रमार्जती। वहन्ती पृष्ठभागे तं क्षुत्तृट्शमविकशिता
rudatī śokasaṃvignā duḥkhitā'śrupramārjatī| vahantī pṛṣṭhabhāge taṃ kṣuttṛṭśamavikaśitā
weeping, agitated with sorrow, grieving, wiping away her tears, carrying him on her back, worn out and withered by hunger and thirst.
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GnP 1 20.8
ग्रामाद्ग्रामान्तरं याता भिक्षाचारा भृशातुरा। तस्करैर्लुंठितं तस्या वसनं भूषणादिकम्
grāmādgrāmāntaraṃ yātā bhikṣācārā bhṛśāturā| taskarairluṃṭhitaṃ tasyā vasanaṃ bhūṣaṇādikam
She went from village to village, living by begging, sorely afflicted; her clothing, ornaments and the rest were plundered by thieves.
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GnP 1 20.9
ततो ग्रामान्तरं गत्वा न्यस्य पुत्रं शिवालये। भिक्षायै पुरमध्ये सा बभ्राम नृपवल्लभा
tato grāmāntaraṃ gatvā nyasya putraṃ śivālaye| bhikṣāyai puramadhye sā babhrāma nṛpavallabhā
Then, going to another village and leaving her son in a temple of Śiva, she — (once) the king's beloved — wandered about in the middle of the town for alms.
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GnP 1 20.11
भक्तेरतिशयात् साक्षात्कृतो लंबोदरेण सः । चक्षुष्मान् श्रुतिसंपन्नो दिव्यदेहोऽभवत्तदा
bhakteratiśayāt sākṣātkṛto laṃbodareṇa saḥ | cakṣuṣmān śrutisaṃpanno divyadeho'bhavattadā
Because of the excess of (his) devotion he was granted a direct vision by the Pot-bellied One (Gaṇeśa); then he became possessed of eyes, endowed with hearing, and of a divine body.
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GnP 1 20.12
जहर्ष कमला त्यक्त्वा सर्वं दुःखं निरीक्ष्य तम् । मंजुलां सुखदां वाचमुच्चरन्तं मुहुर्मुहुः
jaharṣa kamalā tyaktvā sarvaṃ duḥkhaṃ nirīkṣya tam | maṃjulāṃ sukhadāṃ vācamuccarantaṃ muhurmuhuḥ
Kamalā rejoiced, abandoning all her sorrow, when she saw him uttering again and again sweet, pleasure-giving speech.
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GnP 1 20.13
तर्कयामास कमला मणिमंत्रमहौषधैः । अनुष्ठानैर्महाहोमैर्न सम्यग्यो बभूव ह
tarkayāmāsa kamalā maṇimaṃtramahauṣadhaiḥ | anuṣṭhānairmahāhomairna samyagyo babhūva ha
Kamalā reflected: "By gems, spells and great herbs, by rites and by great fire-offerings he did not become whole."
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GnP 1 20.14
स कथं मारुतस्पर्शात् समीचीनोऽभवत्सुतः । अथ तं पुरुषं क्वाहं द्रक्ष्ये दुष्कर्मनाशनम्
sa kathaṃ mārutasparśāt samīcīno'bhavatsutaḥ | atha taṃ puruṣaṃ kvāhaṃ drakṣye duṣkarmanāśanam
"How did that son become sound merely from the touch of the wind? And where shall I see that man, the destroyer of evil deeds?"
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GnP 1 20.15
इत्युक्त्वा सुतमालिंग्य सा तस्थौ विगतज्वरा। तमादाय गता भिक्षां कर्तुं तन्नगरे पुनः
ityuktvā sutamāliṃgya sā tasthau vigatajvarā| tamādāya gatā bhikṣāṃ kartuṃ tannagare punaḥ
Having said this, she embraced her son and stood with her fever (of grief) gone; taking him, she went again to beg alms in that city.
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GnP 1 20.16
नागरा भोजयामासुरुभावामन्त्र्य सादरम् । नाना पक्वान्नशाकाद्यैः शर्कराघृतपायसैः
nāgarā bhojayāmāsurubhāvāmantrya sādaram | nānā pakvānnaśākādyaiḥ śarkarāghṛtapāyasaiḥ
The townspeople, respectfully inviting them both, fed them with various cooked foods, vegetables and the like, with sugar, ghee and milk-puddings.
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GnP 1 20.17
एवं प्रतिदिनं तौ तु भुक्त्वाऽनुदिवसं मुदा । आपतुर्धनवस्त्राणि नूतनानि वराणि च
evaṃ pratidinaṃ tau tu bhuktvā'nudivasaṃ mudā | āpaturdhanavastrāṇi nūtanāni varāṇi ca
Thus the two, eating in this way with joy day after day, obtained wealth and garments, new and excellent.
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GnP 1 20.18
तमपृच्छन्नागरिक: पितुस्ते नाम वै वद । को देशः किं पुरं ज्ञातिः का च ते वृत्तमेव च
tamapṛcchannāgarika: pituste nāma vai vada | ko deśaḥ kiṃ puraṃ jñātiḥ kā ca te vṛttameva ca
A townsman asked him: "Tell me your father's name; what is (your) country, what city, what (your) kin, and your story too."
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GnP 1 20.19
इति तद्गिरमाकर्ण्य दक्षो नाम तमब्रवीत् । ततो मातरमागम्य पितरं नगरं कुलम्
iti tadgiramākarṇya dakṣo nāma tamabravīt | tato mātaramāgamya pitaraṃ nagaraṃ kulam
Hearing that speech of his, the one named Dakṣa said to him — then (naming) his mother, his father, his city, his family:
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GnP 1 20.21
क्षत्रियो बलसंपन्नः ख्यातो रिपुबलार्दनः । तस्येयं कमला जाया सुतोऽहं दक्षसंज्ञकः
kṣatriyo balasaṃpannaḥ khyāto ripubalārdanaḥ | tasyeyaṃ kamalā jāyā suto'haṃ dakṣasaṃjñakaḥ
"(He was) a Kṣatriya endowed with strength, renowned as Ripubalārdana ('crusher of the enemy's army'); this Kamalā is his wife, and I am his son, named Dakṣa.
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GnP 1 20.22
उत्पन्नोऽहं यदा ब्रह्मन्नन्धो बधिर एव च । अनेक क्षतसंपन्नो माता त्यक्तुं तदोद्यता
utpanno'haṃ yadā brahmannandho badhira eva ca | aneka kṣatasaṃpanno mātā tyaktuṃ tadodyatā
"When I was born, O brahmin, blind and also deaf, and afflicted with many defects, my mother was then ready to abandon (me).
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GnP 1 20.23
पित्रा निषेधिता सा च यत्नं बहु तथाऽकरोत् । द्वादशाब्दं तपस्तप्त्वा पिता पुण्यं न्यवेदयत्
pitrā niṣedhitā sā ca yatnaṃ bahu tathā'karot | dvādaśābdaṃ tapastaptvā pitā puṇyaṃ nyavedayat
"She was forbidden by (my) father, and she made much effort likewise; and (my) father, having performed austerity for twelve years, offered up the merit (of it).
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GnP 1 20.24
न च मे पाटवं देहे पश्यति स्म पिता यदा। तदा विसर्जयामास मातरं मां च नागर
na ca me pāṭavaṃ dehe paśyati sma pitā yadā| tadā visarjayāmāsa mātaraṃ māṃ ca nāgara
"And when my father saw no soundness in my body, then, O townsman, he sent away my mother and me."
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GnP 1 20.25
इति सर्वं जगौ तस्मै दक्षो मातृमुखोद्गतम् । अत्राहं सुभगो जातो वायुस्पर्शेन कस्यचित्
iti sarvaṃ jagau tasmai dakṣo mātṛmukhodgatam | atrāhaṃ subhago jāto vāyusparśena kasyacit
Thus Dakṣa recounted to him everything that had come from his mother's mouth: "And here I have become fortunate through someone's touch of wind."
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GnP 1 20.26
श्रुत्वैवं तु गते तस्मिन् पुरुषे पुरवासिनि । दक्षो जगाम त्वरितो मातरं प्रति नन्दयन्
śrutvaivaṃ tu gate tasmin puruṣe puravāsini | dakṣo jagāma tvarito mātaraṃ prati nandayan
When that man, a resident of the city, having heard this, had gone, Dakṣa went quickly to his mother, gladdening (her).
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GnP 1 20.27
ततस्तन्नगरे तौ द्वावुपदिष्टौ द्विजन्मना । गणेशाराधनविधौ करुणायुत चेतसा
tatastannagare tau dvāvupadiṣṭau dvijanmanā | gaṇeśārādhanavidhau karuṇāyuta cetasā
Then in that city the two of them were instructed by a brahmin, whose mind was full of compassion, in the procedure for worshipping Gaṇeśa.
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GnP 1 20.28
ततः सा कमला दक्षो निर्वाणं परमास्थितौ । एकांगुष्ठेन तपसा गणेशाराधने रतौ
tataḥ sā kamalā dakṣo nirvāṇaṃ paramāsthitau | ekāṃguṣṭhena tapasā gaṇeśārādhane ratau
Then that Kamalā and Dakṣa, both fixed on the highest liberation, were devoted to the worship of Gaṇeśa with austerity (standing) on a single toe.
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GnP 1 20.29
देवनाम चतुर्थ्यन्तमोंकार पल्लवान्वितम् । अष्टाक्षरं परं मंत्रं जपन्तौ भक्तितत्परौ
devanāma caturthyantamoṃkāra pallavānvitam | aṣṭākṣaraṃ paraṃ maṃtraṃ japantau bhaktitatparau
Intent on devotion, the two recited the supreme eight-syllabled mantra: the god's name ending in the dative, joined with the syllable Oṃ as its shoot (prefix).
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GnP 1 20.31
चतुर्भुजो महाकायो वारणास्योऽतिसुंदरः । अनेक सूर्यसंकाशो निशि सूर्य इवोदितः
caturbhujo mahākāyo vāraṇāsyo'tisuṃdaraḥ | aneka sūryasaṃkāśo niśi sūrya ivoditaḥ
Four-armed, of great body, elephant-faced, exceedingly beautiful, resembling many suns, like the sun risen in the night —
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GnP 1 20.32
रत्नकांचनमुक्तावन् मुकुटभ्राजिमस्तकः । पीतकौशेयवसनो हाटकांगदभूषणः
ratnakāṃcanamuktāvan mukuṭabhrājimastakaḥ | pītakauśeyavasano hāṭakāṃgadabhūṣaṇaḥ
His head shining with a diadem of jewels, gold and pearls, clothed in yellow silk, adorned with golden armlets.
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GnP 1 20.33
एकजानु निपातेन सन्निविष्टो महासने । कटिसूत्र कांचनीयं मुद्रिकां रत्नसंयुताम्
ekajānu nipātena sanniviṣṭo mahāsane | kaṭisūtra kāṃcanīyaṃ mudrikāṃ ratnasaṃyutām
Seated on a great throne with one knee let down, (wearing) a golden girdle at the waist and a ring set with gems—
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GnP 1 20.34
महार्हि जठरे बिभ्रदेकदंतं गजार्धकम् । एवं रूपं ददृशतुः पुनश्च द्विजरूपिणम्
mahārhi jaṭhare bibhradekadaṃtaṃ gajārdhakam | evaṃ rūpaṃ dadṛśatuḥ punaśca dvijarūpiṇam
—bearing a great serpent on his belly, single-tusked, half an elephant: such was the form the two of them saw, and again (they saw him) in the form of a brahmin.
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GnP 1 20.35
जगाद स द्विजस्तौ तु भवन्निर्वाणतोषितः । आगतोऽहं वरं दातुं वृणुतं मनसेप्सितम्
jagāda sa dvijastau tu bhavannirvāṇatoṣitaḥ | āgato'haṃ varaṃ dātuṃ vṛṇutaṃ manasepsitam
That brahmin said to the two of them, gratified by your (attainment of) release: "I have come to grant a boon; choose what your heart desires."
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GnP 1 20.36
विश्वामित्र उवाच ॥ एवं प्रसन्ने विघ्नेशे प्रत्यक्षे द्विजरूपतः । ननाम परया भक्त्याऽभणद् बद्धांजलिश्च तम्
viśvāmitra uvāca || evaṃ prasanne vighneśe pratyakṣe dvijarūpataḥ | nanāma parayā bhaktyā'bhaṇad baddhāṃjaliśca tam
Viśvāmitra said: When the Lord of Obstacles was thus favourable, present before (him) in brahmin form, he bowed with supreme devotion and, with joined palms, spoke to him.
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GnP 1 20.37
दक्ष उवाच ॥ पूर्वजन्मकृतं पुण्यं फलितं मे द्विजोत्तम । यन्मयाऽदर्शि रूपं ते द्विविधं परमं महत्
dakṣa uvāca || pūrvajanmakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ phalitaṃ me dvijottama | yanmayā'darśi rūpaṃ te dvividhaṃ paramaṃ mahat
Dakṣa said: The merit made in a former birth has borne fruit for me, best of the twice-born, in that I have been shown your twofold form, supreme and great.
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GnP 1 20.38
वैनायकं च वैप्रं च जन्म मेऽजनि सार्थकम् । कारणानां परं त्वं च कारणं छन्दसामपि
vaināyakaṃ ca vaipraṃ ca janma me'jani sārthakam | kāraṇānāṃ paraṃ tvaṃ ca kāraṇaṃ chandasāmapi
My birth has become fruitful, both (through the vision of) the Vaināyaka and the brahmin (forms). You are beyond the causes, and the cause of the metres too.
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GnP 1 20.39
परं ज्ञेयं परं ब्रह्म श्रुतिमृग्यं सनातनम् । त्वमेव साक्षी सर्वस्व सर्वस्यान्तर्बहिस्तथा
paraṃ jñeyaṃ paraṃ brahma śrutimṛgyaṃ sanātanam | tvameva sākṣī sarvasva sarvasyāntarbahistathā
(You are) the supreme object of knowledge, the supreme brahman, sought by the Vedas, eternal. You alone are the witness of everything, within and without everything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 20.41
त्वमेव शंकरो विष्णुस्त्वमेवेन्द्रोऽनलोऽर्यमा। भूवायुखस्वरूपोऽपि जल सोमर्क्ष रूपवान्
tvameva śaṃkaro viṣṇustvamevendro'nalo'ryamā| bhūvāyukhasvarūpo'pi jala somarkṣa rūpavān
You alone are Śaṃkara and Viṣṇu; you alone are Indra, Fire, Aryaman; you have the nature of earth, wind and space, and also the form of water, the moon and the stars.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 20.42
विश्वकर्ता विश्वपाता विश्वसंहारकारकः । चराचर गुरोर्गोप्ता ज्ञानविज्ञानवानपि
viśvakartā viśvapātā viśvasaṃhārakārakaḥ | carācara gurorgoptā jñānavijñānavānapi
(You are) the maker of the universe, the sustainer of the universe, the one who brings about the universe's destruction; the protector of the teacher of the moving and unmoving, and possessed of knowledge and discernment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 20.43
भूतं भावि भवच्चैव त्वमेवेन्द्रियदेवताः । कला काष्ठा मुहूर्ताश्च श्रीर्धृतिः कान्तिरेव च
bhūtaṃ bhāvi bhavaccaiva tvamevendriyadevatāḥ | kalā kāṣṭhā muhūrtāśca śrīrdhṛtiḥ kāntireva ca
(You are) the past, the future and the present; you alone are the deities of the senses, the kalās, kāṣṭhās and muhūrtas, and prosperity, steadfastness and beauty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 20.44
त्वमेव सांख्य योगश्च शास्त्राणि श्रुतिरेव च । पुराणानि चतुःषष्टि कला उपनिषत्तथा
tvameva sāṃkhya yogaśca śāstrāṇi śrutireva ca | purāṇāni catuḥṣaṣṭi kalā upaniṣattathā
You alone are Sāṃkhya and Yoga, the śāstras and the Veda, the Purāṇas, the sixty-four arts, and the Upaniṣads.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 20.45
त्वमेव ब्राह्मणो वैश्यः क्षत्रियः शूद्र एव च । देशो विदेशस्त्वं क्षेत्रं पुण्यक्षेत्राणि यान्युत
tvameva brāhmaṇo vaiśyaḥ kṣatriyaḥ śūdra eva ca | deśo videśastvaṃ kṣetraṃ puṇyakṣetrāṇi yānyuta
You alone are the brahmin, the vaiśya, the kṣatriya and the śūdra; you are one's own country and foreign lands, the field, and whatever holy fields there are.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 20.46
त्वं प्रमेयोऽप्रमेयश्च योगिनां ज्ञानगोचरः । त्वमेव स्वर्गः पातालं वनान्युपवनानि च
tvaṃ prameyo'prameyaśca yogināṃ jñānagocaraḥ | tvameva svargaḥ pātālaṃ vanānyupavanāni ca
You are the measurable and the immeasurable, the object of the yogins' knowledge; you alone are heaven, the netherworld, the forests and the groves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 20.47
ओषध्योऽथ लतावृक्ष कन्दमूलफलानि च । अंडजा जारजा जीवाः स्वेदजा उद्भिजा अपि
oṣadhyo'tha latāvṛkṣa kandamūlaphalāni ca | aṃḍajā jārajā jīvāḥ svedajā udbhijā api
(You are) the herbs, and creepers and trees, bulbs, roots and fruits, and living beings born from eggs, from the womb, from sweat, and sprung from the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 20.48
कामः क्रोधः क्षुधा लोभो दम्भो दर्पो दया क्षमा । निद्रा तन्द्री विलासश्च हर्षः शोकस्त्वमेव च
kāmaḥ krodhaḥ kṣudhā lobho dambho darpo dayā kṣamā | nidrā tandrī vilāsaśca harṣaḥ śokastvameva ca
Desire, anger, hunger, greed, hypocrisy, arrogance, compassion, patience, sleep, drowsiness and dalliance, joy and grief—all that too is you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 20.49
विश्वामित्र उवाच ॥ इति दक्षवचः श्रुत्वा सुप्रसन्नो विनायकः । मेघगंभीरया वाचा स्मयन्निव जगाद तम्
viśvāmitra uvāca || iti dakṣavacaḥ śrutvā suprasanno vināyakaḥ | meghagaṃbhīrayā vācā smayanniva jagāda tam
Viśvāmitra said: Hearing Dakṣa's words thus, Vināyaka, well pleased, spoke to him in a voice deep as a cloud, as if smiling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 20.51
यद्यहं वरदः स्यां ते क्रुध्येद् भक्तो ममोपरि। स एव दास्यति वरं यदैकस्य प्रभंजनात्
yadyahaṃ varadaḥ syāṃ te krudhyed bhakto mamopari| sa eva dāsyati varaṃ yadaikasya prabhaṃjanāt
"If I were to be the granter of your boon, my devotee would be angry with me. He himself will give the boon, since by the blast (of wind) of a single (being)..."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 20.52
दिव्यं देहमनुप्राप्तश्चक्षु श्रोत्र समन्वितः । जातस्त्वं तस्य नामापि वदामि मुद्गलेति च
divyaṃ dehamanuprāptaścakṣu śrotra samanvitaḥ | jātastvaṃ tasya nāmāpi vadāmi mudgaleti ca
"...you obtained a divine body furnished with eyes and ears—you were (re)born. I shall tell you his name too: Mudgala."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 20.53
स ध्यातमात्रो विप्रेशः स्वरूपं दर्शयिष्यति । यान्यान् कामयसे कामान् स ते सर्वान् प्रदास्यति
sa dhyātamātro vipreśaḥ svarūpaṃ darśayiṣyati | yānyān kāmayase kāmān sa te sarvān pradāsyati
"That lord of brahmins, the moment he is meditated upon, will show his own form; whatever desires you desire, he will grant you all of them."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 20.54
इत्युक्त्वा परमात्माऽसौ तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । तस्मिन्नन्तर्हिते दक्षो रुरोद भृशदुःखितः
ityuktvā paramātmā'sau tatraivāntaradhīyata | tasminnantarhite dakṣo ruroda bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ
Having said this, that Supreme Self vanished right there. When he had vanished, Dakṣa wept, exceedingly stricken with grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 20.55
दरिद्रेण निधौ लब्धे गते तस्मिन्यथैव सः । गतायां गवि वत्सो वा रोरवीति यथा भृशम्
daridreṇa nidhau labdhe gate tasminyathaiva saḥ | gatāyāṃ gavi vatso vā roravīti yathā bhṛśam
Just as a poor man (cries) when a treasure he had found is lost, so did he; or as a calf bellows loudly when the cow has gone away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 20.56
मुंचन्नश्रूणि नेत्राभ्यां पपात धरणीतले। क्व गतः क्व गत इति मुहुर्जल्पन्विनायकः
muṃcannaśrūṇi netrābhyāṃ papāta dharaṇītale| kva gataḥ kva gata iti muhurjalpanvināyakaḥ
Shedding tears from both his eyes, he fell upon the surface of the earth, muttering again and again, "Where has he gone? Where has he gone?" — (calling on) Vināyaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain