Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 22

GnP 1 22.1

राजोवाच ॥ आश्चर्यभूतं कथितं दक्षपुत्रस्य चेष्टितम् । विस्मयो मे महांस्तत्र संजातो मुनिसत्तम पतिव्रता पतिप्राणा पतिवाक्यपरायणा । तयोः कालेन संजातो गुणवान् पुत्र उत्तमः व्याचक्रुर्धर्मशास्त्राणि ग्रंथानन्यांश्च केचन । एवं देवरताः सर्वे निन्युर्वै दिवसान्बहून् बबंध तं सुतं वृक्षे वल्लीपाशशतैर्दृढम् । पुत्रस्नेहं परित्यज्य यमदूत इवापरः अनन्यबुद्ध्या परिचिन्त्य देवं, त्यजामि देहं विजने वनेऽस्मिन् । पलायनं नैव कृतं यदैव, तदैव देहोऽर्पित एष देवे पिता समातृकं चैनं करिष्यति गृहाद् बहिः । अन्यत्ते वांछितं ब्रूहि दुष्प्रापमपि ते ददे

rājovāca || āścaryabhūtaṃ kathitaṃ dakṣaputrasya ceṣṭitam | vismayo me mahāṃstatra saṃjāto munisattama pativratā patiprāṇā pativākyaparāyaṇā | tayoḥ kālena saṃjāto guṇavān putra uttamaḥ vyācakrurdharmaśāstrāṇi graṃthānanyāṃśca kecana | evaṃ devaratāḥ sarve ninyurvai divasānbahūn babaṃdha taṃ sutaṃ vṛkṣe vallīpāśaśatairdṛḍham | putrasnehaṃ parityajya yamadūta ivāparaḥ ananyabuddhyā paricintya devaṃ, tyajāmi dehaṃ vijane vane'smin | palāyanaṃ naiva kṛtaṃ yadaiva, tadaiva deho'rpita eṣa deve pitā samātṛkaṃ cainaṃ kariṣyati gṛhād bahiḥ | anyatte vāṃchitaṃ brūhi duṣprāpamapi te dade

The king said: "A marvel is this deed of Dakṣa's son that has been recounted; great amazement has arisen in me at it, O best of sages. Devoted to her husband, with her husband as her life, wholly given to her husband's word—in time there was born to those two an excellent son endowed with virtues. They expounded the treatises on dharma and certain other books; thus all of them, devoted to the god, passed many days. He bound that son firmly to a tree with hundreds of creeper-ropes, casting off affection for his son, like a second messenger of Yama. 'With undivided mind pondering the god, I give up my body in this deserted forest; the very moment that I made no flight, that very moment this body was offered up to the god.' 'The father will put him, together with his mother, out of the house. Tell me another wish of yours; even what is hard to obtain I will give you.'"

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GnP 1 22.2

अंधः कुब्जः स्रवद्रक्तः पूतिगन्धसमन्वितः । वाचा विहीनोऽमेध्यश्च श्वासमात्रावशेषितः

aṃdhaḥ kubjaḥ sravadraktaḥ pūtigandhasamanvitaḥ | vācā vihīno'medhyaśca śvāsamātrāvaśeṣitaḥ

Blind, hunchbacked, oozing blood, filled with a putrid stench, bereft of speech and unclean, with only his breathing left—

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GnP 1 22.3

कथं मुद्गल देहोत्थ वायुना दिव्यदेहभाक् । संजातः केन पुण्येन मुक्तो वा पातकात् कुतः

kathaṃ mudgala dehottha vāyunā divyadehabhāk | saṃjātaḥ kena puṇyena mukto vā pātakāt kutaḥ

how, O Mudgala, by the wind risen from the body, did he come to possess a divine body? By what merit (was this)? Or whence was he freed from his sin?

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GnP 1 22.4

दिव्यवर्षसहस्रं यस्तताप परमं तपः । कथं तस्याभवन्नैव दर्शनं देवकांक्षितम्

divyavarṣasahasraṃ yastatāpa paramaṃ tapaḥ | kathaṃ tasyābhavannaiva darśanaṃ devakāṃkṣitam

He who performed supreme austerity for a thousand divine years—how did the sight of the god, which he longed for, not come to him?

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GnP 1 22.5

कथं वल्लभपुत्राय देवदेव इभाननः । प्रत्यक्षोऽभूद्विना क्लेशः स च कः पूर्वजन्मनि

kathaṃ vallabhaputrāya devadeva ibhānanaḥ | pratyakṣo'bhūdvinā kleśaḥ sa ca kaḥ pūrvajanmani

How did the god of gods, the elephant-faced one, become visible without effort to Vallabha's son? And who was he in a former birth?

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GnP 1 22.6

एतत्संशय जातं मे नुद सर्वज्ञ ते नमः । न तृप्यामि पिबन्नित्यं गजानन कथामृतम्

etatsaṃśaya jātaṃ me nuda sarvajña te namaḥ | na tṛpyāmi pibannityaṃ gajānana kathāmṛtam

Dispel this doubt that has arisen in me, O all-knowing one; homage to you. I am not sated, though I drink constantly the nectar of the tale of Gajānana.

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GnP 1 22.7

विश्वामित्र उवाच ॥ सम्यक् पृष्टं त्वया राजन् संशयच्छेदनाय ते । वदामि निखिलं सम्यक् शृणुष्वैकमना नृप

viśvāmitra uvāca || samyak pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā rājan saṃśayacchedanāya te | vadāmi nikhilaṃ samyak śṛṇuṣvaikamanā nṛpa

Viśvāmitra said: You have asked well, O king. To cut away your doubt I shall tell it all fully; listen with a single mind, O king.

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GnP 1 22.8

सिंधुदेशेऽति विख्याता पल्ली नाम्ना ऽभवत्पुरी। तस्यामासीद्धनी वैश्यः श्रेष्ठः कल्याणसंज्ञकः

siṃdhudeśe'ti vikhyātā pallī nāmnā 'bhavatpurī| tasyāmāsīddhanī vaiśyaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ kalyāṇasaṃjñakaḥ

In the Sindhu country there was a very renowned city, Pallī by name. In it there lived a wealthy vaiśya, a foremost man, called Kalyāṇa,

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GnP 1 22.9

वदान्यः कुशलो धीमान् द्विजदेवपरायणः । इन्दुमतीति विख्याता पत्नी तस्य शुभानना

vadānyaḥ kuśalo dhīmān dvijadevaparāyaṇaḥ | indumatīti vikhyātā patnī tasya śubhānanā

generous, capable, intelligent, devoted to brahmins and gods; his wife, of lovely face, was renowned as Indumatī.

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GnP 1 22.11

कल्याणः प्रददौ धेनूर्वस्त्रालंकरणानि च । ब्राह्मणेभ्योऽथ रत्नानि कांचनं भूरिदक्षिणाम्

kalyāṇaḥ pradadau dhenūrvastrālaṃkaraṇāni ca | brāhmaṇebhyo'tha ratnāni kāṃcanaṃ bhūridakṣiṇām

Kalyāṇa gave cows, garments and ornaments, and then jewels, gold and abundant fees to the brahmins.

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GnP 1 22.12

ज्योतिर्विद्भिर्निगदितं नाम चक्रे सुतस्य सः । बल्लाल इति विख्यातं बलदेव्याच्छुभं (बलदय्वाच्छुभं) तदा

jyotirvidbhirnigaditaṃ nāma cakre sutasya saḥ | ballāla iti vikhyātaṃ baladevyācchubhaṃ (baladayvācchubhaṃ) tadā

He gave his son the name declared by the astrologers, the auspicious one renowned as Ballāla, (given) then by/from Baladevī.

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GnP 1 22.13

स च कालेन महता वयस्यैश्च समन्वितः । देवपूजारतो नित्यं ग्रामाद् बहिरयान्मदा

sa ca kālena mahatā vayasyaiśca samanvitaḥ | devapūjārato nityaṃ grāmād bahirayānmadā

And he, after a long time, in the company of his playmates, ever devoted to the worship of the god, would go out of the village with delight.

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GnP 1 22.14

एकदा ते वनं याता बल्लाल प्रमुखाः सुता । नाना क्रीडारताः स्नाता उपले स्थाप्य सुन्दरम्

ekadā te vanaṃ yātā ballāla pramukhāḥ sutā | nānā krīḍāratāḥ snātā upale sthāpya sundaram

One day Ballāla and the other boys went to the forest; engaged in various games, they bathed and set up a beautiful (stone) upon a rock,

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GnP 1 22.15

गणेशबुद्ध्या संपूज्य दुर्वाकुरं सुपल्लवैः । केचिद्ध्यानरतास्तस्य नाम जाप्यं प्रचक्रिरे

gaṇeśabuddhyā saṃpūjya durvākuraṃ supallavaiḥ | keciddhyānaratāstasya nāma jāpyaṃ pracakrire

and having worshipped (it) as Gaṇeśa with dūrvā shoots and fine young leaves, some, intent on meditation, set about the recitation of his name.

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GnP 1 22.16

केचिच्च ननृतुस्तत्र यथेष्टं देवभक्तितः । केचिच्च गानकुशला जगुर्देवस्य तुष्टये

kecicca nanṛtustatra yatheṣṭaṃ devabhaktitaḥ | kecicca gānakuśalā jagurdevasya tuṣṭaye

And some danced there as they pleased, out of devotion to the god; and some, skilled in song, sang for the god's pleasure.

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GnP 1 22.17

केचित्काष्ठैः पल्लवैश्च मंडपं चक्रुरोजसा। केचिद्भित्तिपरीवेषं केचित्प्रासादमुत्तमम्

kecitkāṣṭhaiḥ pallavaiśca maṃḍapaṃ cakrurojasā| kecidbhittiparīveṣaṃ kecitprāsādamuttamam

Some with all their strength made a pavilion of wood and leaves, some an enclosing wall, some an excellent shrine.

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GnP 1 22.18

केचिन्मानसपूजाभिः केचित्पुष्पलतादिभिः । धूपं दीपं च नैवेद्यं फलतांबूलदक्षिणाः

kecinmānasapūjābhiḥ kecitpuṣpalatādibhiḥ | dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ ca naivedyaṃ phalatāṃbūladakṣiṇāḥ

Some with mental worship, some with flowers, creepers and the like; incense, lamp, and food-offering, fruit, betel and gifts—

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GnP 1 22.19

निवेद्य पुपुजुस्तस्मै मुदा परमया युताः । केचिच्च पंडिता भूत्वा पुराणान्यब्रुवंस्तथा

nivedya pupujustasmai mudā paramayā yutāḥ | kecicca paṃḍitā bhūtvā purāṇānyabruvaṃstathā

having presented (these), they worshipped him, filled with the highest joy; and some, becoming learned men, likewise recited the Purāṇas.

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GnP 1 22.21

न क्षुधा न तृषां कोऽपि जानन्देवस्य भक्तितः। एकदा जनकास्तेषां कल्याणवैश्यमन्वयुः

na kṣudhā na tṛṣāṃ ko'pi jānandevasya bhaktitaḥ| ekadā janakāsteṣāṃ kalyāṇavaiśyamanvayuḥ

None of them felt hunger or thirst, because of their devotion to the god. One day their fathers went to Kalyāṇa the vaiśya

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GnP 1 22.22

अब्रुवन् रोषिताः सर्वे स्वबल्लालं निवारय । शिशून् सर्वान् समाहूय वनं याति दिने दिने

abruvan roṣitāḥ sarve svaballālaṃ nivāraya | śiśūn sarvān samāhūya vanaṃ yāti dine dine

and all of them, angered, said: "Restrain your Ballāla! Day after day he calls together all the children and goes off to the forest.

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GnP 1 22.23

नायान्ति प्रातराशाय मध्याह्ने निशामुखे । कृशा नो बालका जाताः स्वसुतं शिक्षायाधुना

nāyānti prātarāśāya madhyāhne niśāmukhe | kṛśā no bālakā jātāḥ svasutaṃ śikṣāyādhunā

They do not come for the morning meal, nor at midday, nor at nightfall. Our boys have grown thin. Instruct your own son now!

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GnP 1 22.24

नो चेद्वयं निबद्ध्वैनं ताडयामः इतः परम् । पुराधिपमथाभ्येत्य त्वां बहिः करवामहि

no cedvayaṃ nibaddhvainaṃ tāḍayāmaḥ itaḥ param | purādhipamathābhyetya tvāṃ bahiḥ karavāmahi

If not, we shall bind him and beat him from now on; and going to the town's ruler, we shall have you expelled."

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GnP 1 22.25

इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वाऽश्रुतपूर्वं कदाचन । रोषावेशात्स कल्याणो जपाकुसुमलोचनः

iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā'śrutapūrvaṃ kadācana | roṣāveśātsa kalyāṇo japākusumalocanaḥ

Hearing these words of theirs, such as he had never heard before, that Kalyāṇa, from the onset of rage, his eyes (red) as a japā blossom,

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GnP 1 22.26

महान्तं दंडमादाय ताडनार्थं सुतं ययौ। दण्डाघातेन गत्वैव मंडपं प्रबभंज ह

mahāntaṃ daṃḍamādāya tāḍanārthaṃ sutaṃ yayau| daṇḍāghātena gatvaiva maṃḍapaṃ prababhaṃja ha

took a great staff and went to beat his son; and as soon as he arrived he shattered the pavilion with a blow of the staff.

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GnP 1 22.27

बालकाश्च ततः सर्वे जग्मुर्दश दिशो नृप । एक एव स बल्लालो दृढभक्त्या स्थिरोऽभवत्

bālakāśca tataḥ sarve jagmurdaśa diśo nṛpa | eka eva sa ballālo dṛḍhabhaktyā sthiro'bhavat

And then all the boys fled in the ten directions, O king; only that Ballāla alone stood firm, through his steadfast devotion.

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GnP 1 22.28

दृढमुष्ट्या स तं धृत्वा दंडेनाताड्यद् भृशम् । यथा सर्वशरीरात्तु धाराः शोणितसंभवाः

dṛḍhamuṣṭyā sa taṃ dhṛtvā daṃḍenātāḍyad bhṛśam | yathā sarvaśarīrāttu dhārāḥ śoṇitasaṃbhavāḥ

Seizing him with a firm grip, he beat him severely with the staff, so that from his whole body streams of blood arose—

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GnP 1 22.29

प्रादुरासन् वारिधारा वर्षाकाले यथा गिरे । चिक्षेप दूरतः पश्चाद्देवं सिंदूरसुंदरम्

prādurāsan vāridhārā varṣākāle yathā gire | cikṣepa dūrataḥ paścāddevaṃ siṃdūrasuṃdaram

streams of water appeared, as from a mountain in the rainy season. Afterwards he flung away the god, lovely with vermilion, to a distance.

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GnP 1 22.31

मुक्तो दन्तैर्न हस्ताभ्यां पादाभ्यां न यथा भवेत् । उवाच पश्चात्तं पुत्रं देवस्त्वां मोचयिष्यति

mukto dantairna hastābhyāṃ pādābhyāṃ na yathā bhavet | uvāca paścāttaṃ putraṃ devastvāṃ mocayiṣyati

(He bound him) so that he could not be freed by teeth, nor by his hands, nor by his feet. Then he said to his son: "Let the god release you!

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GnP 1 22.32

स दाता भोजनं पानं गोपनं च करिष्यति । यदि चेद् गृहमायासि तदा सत्यं मरिष्यसि

sa dātā bhojanaṃ pānaṃ gopanaṃ ca kariṣyati | yadi ced gṛhamāyāsi tadā satyaṃ mariṣyasi

He will be the giver; he will provide food and drink and protection. But if you come home, then truly you shall die."

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GnP 1 22.33

मुनिरुवाच ॥ विभज्य देवालयमाशु यातः कल्याणवैश्योऽतिरुषानिविष्ट: । स्वमन्दिरं बध्य वने स्वपुत्रं दैवस्य योगादभवत् सुदुष्टः

muniruvāca || vibhajya devālayamāśu yātaḥ kalyāṇavaiśyo'tiruṣāniviṣṭa: | svamandiraṃ badhya vane svaputraṃ daivasya yogādabhavat suduṣṭaḥ

The sage said: Having quickly broken apart the god's shrine, Kalyāṇa the vaiśya went away, possessed by extreme fury; having bound his own son in the forest, he went to his own house—by the working of fate he had become utterly wicked.

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GnP 1 22.34

तस्मिन्प्रयाते स च वैश्यपुत्रः शुशोच देवं मनसा विचिन्त्य । विघ्नारिरित्येव कथं नु देव नामाभवत् सर्वजनेषु गीतम्

tasminprayāte sa ca vaiśyaputraḥ śuśoca devaṃ manasā vicintya | vighnārirityeva kathaṃ nu deva nāmābhavat sarvajaneṣu gītam

When he had departed, that vaiśya's son grieved, pondering the god in his mind: "O god, how then did the name 'Foe of Obstacles' come to be sung among all people?"

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GnP 1 22.35

दुष्टांश्च विघ्नानि न नाशयेस्त्वं दुष्टान्तकत्वेन कथं प्रसिद्धः । शेषोऽवनिं वा सविताऽथ दीप्तिं चन्द्रोऽमृतं वह्निरथोष्णतां च

duṣṭāṃśca vighnāni na nāśayestvaṃ duṣṭāntakatvena kathaṃ prasiddhaḥ | śeṣo'vaniṃ vā savitā'tha dīptiṃ candro'mṛtaṃ vahnirathoṣṇatāṃ ca

"Would you not destroy the wicked and the obstacles? How (else) are you famed as the destroyer of the wicked? Or (else) Śeṣa (might abandon) the earth, the sun its blaze, the moon its nectar, fire its heat —"

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GnP 1 22.36

त्यजेत्स्वभक्तान्न च संत्यजेथा वेदेषु शास्त्रेषु कथं प्रसिद्धिः । एवं विलप्याथ निजं शशाप कल्याणसंज्ञं पितरं सुदुष्टं

tyajetsvabhaktānna ca saṃtyajethā vedeṣu śāstreṣu kathaṃ prasiddhiḥ | evaṃ vilapyātha nijaṃ śaśāpa kalyāṇasaṃjñaṃ pitaraṃ suduṣṭaṃ

"— (and) one might abandon his own devotees; but do not abandon (them)! How then (would there be) your fame in the Vedas and the śāstras?" Having lamented thus, he then cursed his own father, named Kalyāṇa, the very wicked one:

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GnP 1 22.37

येनेदं मम विध्वस्तं देवालयमनुत्तमम् । गणेशमूर्तिविक्षेपं ताडनं च ममाकरोत्

yenedaṃ mama vidhvastaṃ devālayamanuttamam | gaṇeśamūrtivikṣepaṃ tāḍanaṃ ca mamākarot

"He by whom this most excellent temple of mine (was) destroyed, and who threw down the image of Gaṇeśa and beat me —

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GnP 1 22.38

स चान्धो बधिरः कुब्जो मूको भवति निश्चितम् । यदि मे सुदृढा भक्तिर्द्विरदानन उत्तमा

sa cāndho badhiraḥ kubjo mūko bhavati niścitam | yadi me sudṛḍhā bhaktirdviradānana uttamā

he shall certainly become blind, deaf, hunchbacked and dumb. If my devotion to the two-tusked-faced one is very firm and excellent,

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GnP 1 22.39

तदोक्तं मम सत्यं स्यात्तस्य सर्वं मयोदितम् । न बद्धे भक्तिमनसी शक्तोऽसौ देहबन्धने

tadoktaṃ mama satyaṃ syāttasya sarvaṃ mayoditam | na baddhe bhaktimanasī śakto'sau dehabandhane

then what I have said shall come true: all of it, as spoken by me, (shall come) upon him. (For) when the mind is bound in devotion, he is not able (to bind one) in the bondage of the body."

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GnP 1 22.41

तस्यैवं निश्चयं बुद्ध्वा प्रादुरासीद्गजाननः । ब्राह्मणस्य स्वरूपेण बल्लालस्य प्रभावतः

tasyaivaṃ niścayaṃ buddhvā prādurāsīdgajānanaḥ | brāhmaṇasya svarūpeṇa ballālasya prabhāvataḥ

Knowing his resolve to be thus, the Elephant-faced one appeared in the form of a brahmin, through the power of Ballāla.

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GnP 1 22.42

यथा निशातमोपाये च्छ्रीमूर्य उदयाचले। तथैव बन्धनान्यस्य तेजसा शिथिलानि च

yathā niśātamopāye cchrīmūrya udayācale| tathaiva bandhanānyasya tejasā śithilāni ca

Just as the darkness of night departs when the glorious sun is on the mountain of rising, just so his bonds, by that radiance, became slack

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GnP 1 22.43

जातानि तत एनं स नमश्चक्रेथ दंडवत् । देहस्य चारुता जाता न क्षतं न च शोणितम्

jātāni tata enaṃ sa namaścakretha daṃḍavat | dehasya cārutā jātā na kṣataṃ na ca śoṇitam

— they became (so); thereupon he made obeisance to him like a staff (prostrate). His body became beautiful: no wound and no blood.

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GnP 1 22.44

ज्ञानं च निर्मलं जातं देवदेवस्य दर्शनात् । तुष्टाव विविधैर्वाक्यैर्यथामति गजाननम्

jñānaṃ ca nirmalaṃ jātaṃ devadevasya darśanāt | tuṣṭāva vividhairvākyairyathāmati gajānanam

And pure knowledge arose from the sight of the God of gods. He praised the Elephant-faced one with various words, according to his understanding.

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GnP 1 22.45

बल्लाल उवाच ॥ त्वमेव माताऽसि पिताऽसि बन्धुस्त्वमेव कर्ताऽसि चराचरस्य । निर्मासि दुष्टांश्च खलांश्च साधून्योनौ वियोनौ विनियुंक्ष्यथापि

ballāla uvāca || tvameva mātā'si pitā'si bandhustvameva kartā'si carācarasya | nirmāsi duṣṭāṃśca khalāṃśca sādhūnyonau viyonau viniyuṃkṣyathāpi

Ballāla said: You alone are mother, you are father, you are kinsman; you alone are the maker of the moving and unmoving. You fashion the wicked, the vile, and the good, and you also appoint (them) to a womb or to no womb.

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GnP 1 22.46

त्वमेव दिक् चक्र नभोधराब्धि, गिरीन्द्र कालानल वायुरूपः । रवीन्दु ताराग्रह लोकपाल वर्णेन्द्रियार्थोषधि धातुरूपः

tvameva dik cakra nabhodharābdhi, girīndra kālānala vāyurūpaḥ | ravīndu tārāgraha lokapāla varṇendriyārthoṣadhi dhāturūpaḥ

You alone are the directions, the (celestial) circle, the sky, the cloud, the ocean, the lord of mountains, and you have the form of time, fire and wind; you have the form of sun, moon, stars, planets, the world-guardians, the (letters/classes), the senses, their objects, the healing herbs and the elements.

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GnP 1 22.47

मुनिरुवाच ॥ इति स्तुतिं समाकर्ण्य सुप्रसन्नो गजाननः । आलिंग्य निजभक्तं तमुवाच घननिस्वनः

muniruvāca || iti stutiṃ samākarṇya suprasanno gajānanaḥ | āliṃgya nijabhaktaṃ tamuvāca ghananisvanaḥ

The sage said: Having heard this praise, the Elephant-faced one, well pleased, embraced his own devotee and spoke to him with a voice like a cloud:

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GnP 1 22.48

गजानन उवाच ॥ प्रासादो येन भग्नो मे नरके स पतिष्यति । तव शापोऽपि तस्यैवं भविष्यति ममाज्ञया

gajānana uvāca || prāsādo yena bhagno me narake sa patiṣyati | tava śāpo'pi tasyaivaṃ bhaviṣyati mamājñayā

The Elephant-faced one said: He by whom my temple was broken shall fall into hell; and your curse upon him shall come about thus by my command.

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GnP 1 22.49

अन्धोऽथ बधिरः कुब्जो मूकोऽसृक्स्रावसंयुतः । मम शापं समासाद्य भविष्यति न संशयः

andho'tha badhiraḥ kubjo mūko'sṛksrāvasaṃyutaḥ | mama śāpaṃ samāsādya bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

He shall become blind, deaf, hunchbacked, dumb, and afflicted with a flow of blood, having incurred my curse — there is no doubt.

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GnP 1 22.51

मुनिरुवाच ॥ बल्लालोऽथाब्रवीद्देवं त्वयि भक्तिर्दृढाऽस्तु मे । अस्मिन्क्षेत्रे स्थिरो भूत्वा लोकान् रक्षस्व विघ्नतः

muniruvāca || ballālo'thābravīddevaṃ tvayi bhaktirdṛḍhā'stu me | asminkṣetre sthiro bhūtvā lokān rakṣasva vighnataḥ

The sage said: Then Ballāla said to the god: "Let my devotion to you be firm. Remaining fixed in this holy place, protect the people from obstacles."

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GnP 1 22.52

गणेश उवाच ॥ त्वन्नामपूर्व मन्नाम भविष्यति जने शुभम् । बल्लाल विनायकेति नगरे सुप्रतिष्ठितम्

gaṇeśa uvāca || tvannāmapūrva mannāma bhaviṣyati jane śubham | ballāla vināyaketi nagare supratiṣṭhitam

Gaṇeśa said: My name, preceded by your name, shall become auspicious among the people: "Ballāla Vināyaka," well established in the town.

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GnP 1 22.53

मयि चित्तं स्थिरं ते स्याद् भक्तिरव्यभिचारिणी। यात्रा मम करिष्यन्ति नगरे पल्लिसंज्ञिके

mayi cittaṃ sthiraṃ te syād bhaktiravyabhicāriṇī| yātrā mama kariṣyanti nagare pallisaṃjñike

Your mind shall be fixed on me, (your) devotion unwavering. (Those) who will make pilgrimage to me in the town named Palli

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GnP 1 22.54

भाद्रपदशुक्लचतुर्थ्यां ये तेषां कामान्ददाम्यहम्

bhādrapadaśuklacaturthyāṃ ye teṣāṃ kāmāndadāmyaham

on the fourth of the bright fortnight of Bhādrapada — to them I grant (their) desires.

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GnP 1 22.55

भृगुरुवाच ॥ इति दत्वा वरं देवस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । ततो विनायकं स्थाप्य बल्लालो ब्राह्मणैः सह

bhṛguruvāca || iti datvā varaṃ devastatraivāntaradhīyata | tato vināyakaṃ sthāpya ballālo brāhmaṇaiḥ saha

Bhṛgu said: Having thus granted the boon, the god vanished on that very spot. Then Ballāla, together with the brahmins, installed Vināyaka

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GnP 1 22.56

प्रासादं कारयामास नाना शोभासमन्वितम्। विश्वामित्र उवाच ॥ बल्लालवैनायकेति कथितं ते कथानकम्

prāsādaṃ kārayāmāsa nānā śobhāsamanvitam| viśvāmitra uvāca || ballālavaināyaketi kathitaṃ te kathānakam

and had a temple built, endowed with manifold splendour. Viśvāmitra said: Thus has the little story called "Ballāla Vaināyaka" been told to you,

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GnP 1 22.57

यच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुक्तः कामानवाप्नुयात

yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo muktaḥ kāmānavāpnuyāta

—hearing which, one is freed from all sins and may obtain (all) desires.

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