Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 24
GnP 1 24.1
भीम उवाच ॥ दक्षेण मुनिशार्दूल राजपुत्रेण धीमता । अनुष्ठानं कृतं कुत्र कथं वा कस्य वा मुने चारुप्रसन्नवदनं दन्तशोभिमहत्करम । भ्रमरालिसमाकीर्णं गजाननमिवापरम् । तेन तत्कंठदेशे तु रत्नमाला समर्पिता अध्याय २५ प्रारंभ:- विश्वामित्र उवाच ॥ शृणु राजन् महाश्चर्यं दैवकालकृतं शुभम् । कौंडिन्ये नगरे राजा चंद्रसेनो महामतिः रे धातर्न दया तेऽस्ति बालवच्चरितं तव । युनक्षि स्नेहभावेन विनियुंक्ष्य कृतार्थकम् सुहृदां रोदनाश्रूणि मुखे प्रेतस्य यान्ति हि । पृथिव्यां भारतां याति प्राणहीनं कलेवरम् एकदा नागराः सर्वे द्वावमात्यौ नृपप्रिया । सर्वे संशयिता आसन् प्रजापालन कर्मणि
bhīma uvāca || dakṣeṇa muniśārdūla rājaputreṇa dhīmatā | anuṣṭhānaṃ kṛtaṃ kutra kathaṃ vā kasya vā mune cāruprasannavadanaṃ dantaśobhimahatkarama | bhramarālisamākīrṇaṃ gajānanamivāparam | tena tatkaṃṭhadeśe tu ratnamālā samarpitā adhyāya 25 prāraṃbha:- viśvāmitra uvāca || śṛṇu rājan mahāścaryaṃ daivakālakṛtaṃ śubham | kauṃḍinye nagare rājā caṃdraseno mahāmatiḥ re dhātarna dayā te'sti bālavaccaritaṃ tava | yunakṣi snehabhāvena viniyuṃkṣya kṛtārthakam suhṛdāṃ rodanāśrūṇi mukhe pretasya yānti hi | pṛthivyāṃ bhāratāṃ yāti prāṇahīnaṃ kalevaram ekadā nāgarāḥ sarve dvāvamātyau nṛpapriyā | sarve saṃśayitā āsan prajāpālana karmaṇi
Bhīma said: O tiger among sages, by Dakṣa, the wise prince — where was the observance performed, and how, and to whom, O sage? (Interpolated lines:) with a lovely, gracious face, with great splendour of tusk, thronged by swarms of bees, like a second Elephant-faced one; and by him a jewelled garland was offered at his neck. — Beginning of chapter 25: Viśvāmitra said: Hear, O king, a great marvel, auspicious, wrought by fate and time: in the city of Kauṇḍinya there was a king, Candrasena, of great mind. — "O Creator, you have no pity; your conduct is like a child's; you join (people) in affection and then set them to (their) purpose." — The weeping tears of friends go into the mouth of the dead; the body bereft of breath goes onto the earth. — Once all the townsmen and the two ministers dear to the king were all in doubt about the task of protecting the subjects.
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GnP 1 24.2
एतद्विस्तार्य ब्रूहि त्वं शृण्वंस्तृप्याम्यहं न च । विश्वामित्र उवाच ॥ अविदूरे पुरस्तस्याः कौंडिन्यस्य महावनम् स्वकर्मपरिपाकेन निधनं कालयोगतः। अगमद्दिव्ययानेन धर्मबाहुल्यतो दिवम्
etadvistārya brūhi tvaṃ śṛṇvaṃstṛpyāmyahaṃ na ca | viśvāmitra uvāca || avidūre purastasyāḥ kauṃḍinyasya mahāvanam svakarmaparipākena nidhanaṃ kālayogataḥ| agamaddivyayānena dharmabāhulyato divam
Tell this expanding on it; even hearing it I am not sated. — Viśvāmitra said: Not far from that city of Kauṇḍinya was a great forest. (Interpolated:) By the ripening of his own deeds, through the working of time, (came) death; and because of his abundant merit he went to heaven by a divine vehicle.
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GnP 1 24.3
रम्यं नानावृक्षयुतं नानाश्वापदसंकुलम् । नानापक्षिगणैर्युक्तं लताजालविराजितम् तच्च नागरिकाः श्रुत्वा हाहाकारं प्रचक्रिरे। धावमाना ययुस्तत्र त्यक्त्वा कार्याण्यनेकशः
ramyaṃ nānāvṛkṣayutaṃ nānāśvāpadasaṃkulam | nānāpakṣigaṇairyuktaṃ latājālavirājitam tacca nāgarikāḥ śrutvā hāhākāraṃ pracakrire| dhāvamānā yayustatra tyaktvā kāryāṇyanekaśaḥ
Delightful, filled with many trees, crowded with many beasts of prey, possessed of many flocks of birds, radiant with networks of creepers. (Interpolated:) And the townsfolk, hearing that, set up a cry of "Alas! Alas!" and, running, went there, abandoning their many tasks.
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GnP 1 24.4
सन्मनो निर्मलपयः सरोवापीविराजितम् । जीर्णप्रासादमध्यस्थ गजानन विराजितम् शिरांसि च विनिघ्नंतः पाणिभिः शोककर्शिताः । चस्खलुश्च पतन्तश्च ददृशुः प्रेतभूपतिम्
sanmano nirmalapayaḥ sarovāpīvirājitam | jīrṇaprāsādamadhyastha gajānana virājitam śirāṃsi ca vinighnaṃtaḥ pāṇibhiḥ śokakarśitāḥ | caskhaluśca patantaśca dadṛśuḥ pretabhūpatim
Pleasing to the mind, bright with lakes and step-wells of clear water, made splendid by the Elephant-faced one standing in the middle of a decayed palace. (Interpolated:) And beating their heads with their hands, wasted with grief, stumbling and falling, they saw the dead king.
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GnP 1 24.5
तत्र स्थित्वा तपश्चक्रे गजाननसुतोषकम् । मुद्गलेनोपदिष्टेन मन्त्रेणैकाक्षरेण सः नेमुः पादौ प्रगृहयैव दुःखमोहवशं गताः । केचिद्धस्तं गृहीत्वैव स्वस्वमूर्ध्निन्यवेशयन्
tatra sthitvā tapaścakre gajānanasutoṣakam | mudgalenopadiṣṭena mantreṇaikākṣareṇa saḥ nemuḥ pādau pragṛhayaiva duḥkhamohavaśaṃ gatāḥ | keciddhastaṃ gṛhītvaiva svasvamūrdhninyaveśayan
Staying there he performed austerity that would please the Elephant-faced one, with the one-syllabled mantra taught by Mudgala. (Interpolated:) Overcome by grief and bewilderment they bowed, clasping his feet; some, taking his hand, placed it on their own heads.
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GnP 1 24.6
तोषयामास तं देवं वर्षैर्द्वादशसंमितैः । स्नानैर्वस्त्रैः सुगंधैश्च माल्यैर्धूपैश्च दीपकैः रुरुदुः सुस्वरं केचित्पाणिपृष्टमुखस्वनाः । मृता इव निपेतुश्च स्नेहातिशयतोऽपरे
toṣayāmāsa taṃ devaṃ varṣairdvādaśasaṃmitaiḥ | snānairvastraiḥ sugaṃdhaiśca mālyairdhūpaiśca dīpakaiḥ ruruduḥ susvaraṃ kecitpāṇipṛṣṭamukhasvanāḥ | mṛtā iva nipetuśca snehātiśayato'pare
He pleased that god for a full twelve years, with bathings, garments, fragrances, garlands, incense and lamps. (Interpolated:) Some wept aloud sweetly, their faces sounding against the backs of their hands; others fell down as though dead from excess of affection.
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GnP 1 24.7
नैवेद्यं कन्दमूलैश्च भक्षणीयैरकल्पयत् । मनसा कल्पयामास दक्षिणां क्षत्रियर्षभः तस्य पत्नी तु सुलभा रुरोद करुणस्वरा । पाणिभ्यां निघ्नती स्वीयं हृदयं भृशदुःखिता
naivedyaṃ kandamūlaiśca bhakṣaṇīyairakalpayat | manasā kalpayāmāsa dakṣiṇāṃ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ tasya patnī tu sulabhā ruroda karuṇasvarā | pāṇibhyāṃ nighnatī svīyaṃ hṛdayaṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitā
He arranged an offering of food with bulbs, roots and edibles; and the bull among Kṣatriyas mentally arranged the priestly fee. (Interpolated:) But his wife Sulabhā wept with a piteous voice, beating her own breast with both hands, exceedingly grieved.
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GnP 1 24.8
एवं तस्यागमन्भूप दिनानि त्वेकविंशतिः । ततः प्रभातसमये स्वयमेवं ददर्श सः विकीर्णभूषणा मूर्च्छामागता पतितः भुवि । समानव्यसनाभिः सा पुरस्त्रीभिर्धृता तदा
evaṃ tasyāgamanbhūpa dināni tvekaviṃśatiḥ | tataḥ prabhātasamaye svayamevaṃ dadarśa saḥ vikīrṇabhūṣaṇā mūrcchāmāgatā patitaḥ bhuvi | samānavyasanābhiḥ sā purastrībhirdhṛtā tadā
Thus, O king, twenty-one days of his (austerity) passed; then at the time of dawn he himself saw this. (Interpolated:) Her ornaments scattered, fallen swooning to the ground, she was then held up by the women of the city who shared her sorrow.
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GnP 1 24.9
एकं महामतंगं च सिंदूराक्तं सुशोभितम् । मदस्राविसुगंडाभ्यां सुंदरं गिरिसन्निभम् विललाप तदा कान्ता चन्द्रसेनस्य सुंदरी। निर्लज्जा निरनुक्रोशा नाथ नाथेति जल्पती
ekaṃ mahāmataṃgaṃ ca siṃdūrāktaṃ suśobhitam | madasrāvisugaṃḍābhyāṃ suṃdaraṃ girisannibham vilalāpa tadā kāntā candrasenasya suṃdarī| nirlajjā niranukrośā nātha nātheti jalpatī
A single great elephant, smeared with vermilion, beautifully adorned, lovely with its two fine cheeks streaming with rut-fluid, like a mountain. (Interpolated:) Then Candrasena's beautiful wife lamented, shameless and pitiless (in her grief), babbling "My lord, my lord!"
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GnP 1 24.11
तत उत्थाप्य तं स्कन्धे स्थापयामास दन्तिराट् । स दन्ती नगरं यातः पताका ध्वजशोभितम् राजन्न पृष्ट्वा क्व गतो वद मां करुणानिधे । दिने दिने वदस्येव यामि भद्रासनं प्रिये
tata utthāpya taṃ skandhe sthāpayāmāsa dantirāṭ | sa dantī nagaraṃ yātaḥ patākā dhvajaśobhitam rājanna pṛṣṭvā kva gato vada māṃ karuṇānidhe | dine dine vadasyeva yāmi bhadrāsanaṃ priye
Then the elephant-king lifted him up and set him on its shoulder; that elephant went to the city, adorned with banners and flags. (Interpolated:) "O king, where have you gone without asking (me)? Tell me, O treasury of compassion! Day by day you would say, 'I am going to the throne, my dear.'"
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GnP 1 24.12
ततः स प्रतिबुद्धः सन्पपृच्छ जननीं निजाम् । कमले वद मातस्त्वमस्याभिप्रायमद्य मे अद्य निष्ठुरतां केन गमितोऽस्यागसा मम । तत्क्षमस्व नमाम्येषा जनमध्ये गतत्रपा
tataḥ sa pratibuddhaḥ sanpapṛccha jananīṃ nijām | kamale vada mātastvamasyābhiprāyamadya me adya niṣṭhuratāṃ kena gamito'syāgasā mama | tatkṣamasva namāmyeṣā janamadhye gatatrapā
Then, having awakened, he asked his own mother: "Kamalā, mother, tell me now the intention of this (elephant)." (Interpolated:) "By whose (fault) have you today been brought to such harshness? By what offence of mine? Forgive that; I bow to you here, my shame gone before the people."
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GnP 1 24.13
आरोहणं गजस्कन्धे शुभं वा यदि वाऽशुभम् । कमलोवाच ॥ धन्यस्त्वमसि दृष्टोऽयं गजरूपी विनायकः नय मां यत्र यातोऽसि प्रियां ते प्रियकारिणीम् । त्रिलोकीं पश्यतीं शून्यामपुत्रां पतिता विना
ārohaṇaṃ gajaskandhe śubhaṃ vā yadi vā'śubham | kamalovāca || dhanyastvamasi dṛṣṭo'yaṃ gajarūpī vināyakaḥ naya māṃ yatra yāto'si priyāṃ te priyakāriṇīm | trilokīṃ paśyatīṃ śūnyāmaputrāṃ patitā vinā
"Is the mounting on the elephant's shoulder auspicious or inauspicious?" Kamalā said: "You are fortunate; this elephant-formed Vināyaka has been seen." (Interpolated:) "Take me where you have gone — me, your beloved who did what pleased you; the three worlds she sees as empty, sonless, without her husband."
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GnP 1 24.14
आरोहणफलं राज्यप्राप्तिरेव न संशयः । दक्ष उवाच ॥ यदि राज्यस्य प्राप्तिः स्यात्तदा तुभ्यं ददाम्यहम् मुनिरुवाच ॥ सुमन्तुः प्रकृतिस्तस्य मनोरंजन एव च । द्वावप्यवोदितां ता किं राजस्य भविष्यति
ārohaṇaphalaṃ rājyaprāptireva na saṃśayaḥ | dakṣa uvāca || yadi rājyasya prāptiḥ syāttadā tubhyaṃ dadāmyaham muniruvāca || sumantuḥ prakṛtistasya manoraṃjana eva ca | dvāvapyavoditāṃ tā kiṃ rājasya bhaviṣyati
"The fruit of the mounting is the gaining of the kingdom, without doubt." Dakṣa said: "If the kingdom is gained, then I will give (it) to you." The sage said: Sumantu was his minister, and Manoraṃjana too; both of them said, "What now will become of the kingdom?" (Interpolated:) "Without consulting the two of us, where have you gone, O best of kings? Why do you not speak, O king? Why have you taken to silence?"
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GnP 1 24.15
नरयानं तथा ग्रामान् दीदिकां मौक्तिकं स्रजम् । धर्मं च कारयिष्यामि गवाष्टा पददानतः आवाभ्याविचार्यैव क्व गतो नृपसत्तम । कस्मान्न वदसे राजन् किमर्थं मौनमास्थितः
narayānaṃ tathā grāmān dīdikāṃ mauktikaṃ srajam | dharmaṃ ca kārayiṣyāmi gavāṣṭā padadānataḥ āvābhyāvicāryaiva kva gato nṛpasattama | kasmānna vadase rājan kimarthaṃ maunamāsthitaḥ
"Human conveyances, and villages, a lamp(?), a pearl necklace, and I shall have merit made by the gift of eight cows and land." (Interpolated:) "Do you not see your dear wife, distraught as one without a protector? Let us go together, O king, abandoning all household life."
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GnP 1 24.16
व्रतानि नियमांश्चैव दानान्यन्यान्यनेकशः । मुनिरुवाच ॥ श्रुत्वेत्थं कमला हृष्टा जगाद तनयं प्रति न पश्यसि प्रियां भार्यामनाथामिव विह्वलाम् । सहैव यावो नृपते त्यक्त्वा सर्वं गृहाश्रमम्
vratāni niyamāṃścaiva dānānyanyānyanekaśaḥ | muniruvāca || śrutvetthaṃ kamalā hṛṣṭā jagāda tanayaṃ prati na paśyasi priyāṃ bhāryāmanāthāmiva vihvalām | sahaiva yāvo nṛpate tyaktvā sarvaṃ gṛhāśramam
"Vows and observances, and various other gifts." The sage said: Hearing thus, Kamalā, delighted, spoke to her son. (Interpolated:) "Today who will protect your city, left without a lord, or your realm?"
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GnP 1 24.17
त्वयि राज्यस्थिते पुत्र परमानन्दता मम । सद्धर्मे रमतां चेतः सतः सारभृतस्तव । आयुष्य विपुलं तेऽस्तु द्विजदेवार्चने रतिः अनाथं नगरं तेऽद्य राष्ट्रं वा कोऽथ पास्यति
tvayi rājyasthite putra paramānandatā mama | saddharme ramatāṃ cetaḥ sataḥ sārabhṛtastava | āyuṣya vipulaṃ te'stu dvijadevārcane ratiḥ anāthaṃ nagaraṃ te'dya rāṣṭraṃ vā ko'tha pāsyati
"With you established in the kingdom, my son, I have the highest joy. Let your mind, being good and holding to what is essential, delight in true dharma; may your life be long, and your pleasure be in the worship of brahmins and gods." (Interpolated:) "Today who will protect your city, left without a lord, or your realm?"
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GnP 1 24.18
मुनिरुवाच ॥ एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र बभाण ब्राह्मणः सुधीः
muniruvāca || etasminnaṃtare tatra babhāṇa brāhmaṇaḥ sudhīḥ
The sage said: Meanwhile, there a wise brahmin spoke.
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GnP 1 24.19
वेदशास्त्रार्थतत्वज्ञः प्रस्तुतं निष्ठुरं वचः । सर्वे स्वार्थपरा यूयं नाप्तः कश्चन विद्यते
vedaśāstrārthatatvajñaḥ prastutaṃ niṣṭhuraṃ vacaḥ | sarve svārthaparā yūyaṃ nāptaḥ kaścana vidyate
He who knew the truth of the meaning of the Vedas and treatises uttered a harsh speech: "You are all bent on your own interest; no true kinsman is to be found."
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GnP 1 24.21
ब्रह्मांडगोलके को नु मृतमन्योऽनुगच्छति । इयं च सुलभा राज्ञी रोदते जीविताशया
brahmāṃḍagolake ko nu mṛtamanyo'nugacchati | iyaṃ ca sulabhā rājñī rodate jīvitāśayā
In the whole sphere of the universe, who indeed follows another when he has died? And this queen Sulabhā weeps out of hope for (her own) life.
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GnP 1 24.22
यस्या मनोऽनुगत्यर्थं न सा रोदिति कर्हिचित् । यूयं सर्वे नागरिकाः स्वकार्यगमनाकुलाः
yasyā mano'nugatyarthaṃ na sā roditi karhicit | yūyaṃ sarve nāgarikāḥ svakāryagamanākulāḥ
She does not weep at all for the sake of following after him whose mind (she followed). All of you townsfolk are busy going about your own affairs.
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GnP 1 24.23
सूर्यवंश्याः सोमवंश्या ये राजानो मृता न किम् । तस्मादुत्थाय सर्वेऽपि राज्ञः कुर्वन्तु संस्कृतिम्
sūryavaṃśyāḥ somavaṃśyā ye rājāno mṛtā na kim | tasmādutthāya sarve'pi rājñaḥ kurvantu saṃskṛtim
Have not the kings of the solar line and of the lunar line all died? Therefore let all of you rise up and perform the funeral rites for the king.
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GnP 1 24.24
मृतसंस्कारकारी यः स एवाप्तो न चापरः ।। एतदर्थं हि लोकस्य ज्यायसी पुत्रगृध्नुता
mṛtasaṃskārakārī yaḥ sa evāpto na cāparaḥ || etadarthaṃ hi lokasya jyāyasī putragṛdhnutā
He who performs the rites for the dead, he alone is a kinsman, and no other. It is for this very reason that people's craving for a son is so great.
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GnP 1 24.25
तस्मादानीयतां धर्मपुत्रो वाऽप्यन्य एव च । स हि क्रियामारभतु सर्वैर्देयस्तिलांजलि: (९९७) इति श्रीगणेशपुराण उपासनाखंडे पंचविशोऽध्याय:
tasmādānīyatāṃ dharmaputro vā'pyanya eva ca | sa hi kriyāmārabhatu sarvairdeyastilāṃjali: (997) iti śrīgaṇeśapurāṇa upāsanākhaṃḍe paṃcaviśo'dhyāya:
Therefore let a son by adoption (dharma-son) be brought, or else some other person; let him begin the rite, and let the handful of sesame and water be offered by all. (997) Thus the twenty-fifth chapter in the Upāsanā section of the glorious Gaṇeśa Purāṇa.
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GnP 1 24.26
मुनिरुवाच ॥ ततस्ते नागराः सर्वे द्वावमात्यौ स्त्रियश्च ताः । प्रबोधिता ब्राह्मणेन चक्रुस्तस्यौर्ध्वदेहिकम्
muniruvāca || tataste nāgarāḥ sarve dvāvamātyau striyaśca tāḥ | prabodhitā brāhmaṇena cakrustasyaurdhvadehikam
The sage said: Then all those townspeople, the two ministers, and those women, being instructed by the brahmin, performed his after-death rites.
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GnP 1 24.27
सुमंतुना कृतं सर्वं सर्वैर्दत्तस्तिलांजलिः । पुनः स्नात्वा तु ते सर्वे नगरं विविशुश्चिरात्
sumaṃtunā kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ sarvairdattastilāṃjaliḥ | punaḥ snātvā tu te sarve nagaraṃ viviśuścirāt
Everything was done by Sumantu, and the handful of sesame was offered by all; then, having bathed again, they all entered the city after a long while.
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GnP 1 24.28
अश्नन्ति पिचुमन्दस्य पत्रं नत्वेश्वरं जनाः । सान्त्वयित्वा तु सुलभां ययुः स्वं स्वं निकेतनम्
aśnanti picumandasya patraṃ natveśvaraṃ janāḥ | sāntvayitvā tu sulabhāṃ yayuḥ svaṃ svaṃ niketanam
The people eat a leaf of the nimba tree after bowing to the Lord; and having consoled Sulabhā, they went each to his own home.
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GnP 1 24.29
त्रयोदशाहे निर्वृत्ते राज्ञ्यै दत्त्वाऽम्बराणि ते। चक्रुस्ते भोजनं प्रीत्या प्रत्यहं बहुवासरम्
trayodaśāhe nirvṛtte rājñyai dattvā'mbarāṇi te| cakruste bhojanaṃ prītyā pratyahaṃ bahuvāsaram
When the thirteenth day had passed, they gave garments to the queen, and out of affection provided her food daily for many days.
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GnP 1 24.31
एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र मुद्गलो मुनिराययौ। उवाच सर्वाशयविदस्य राज्ञो महागजः
etasminnaṃtare tatra mudgalo munirāyayau| uvāca sarvāśayavidasya rājño mahāgajaḥ
Meanwhile the sage Mudgala came there; he, the knower of all intentions, said: The king's great elephant—
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GnP 1 24.32
गहनो नाम गृह्णातु मालां पुष्करनिर्मिताम् । समाजे यस्य कंठे तां निक्षिपेत्स नृपो भवेत्
gahano nāma gṛhṇātu mālāṃ puṣkaranirmitām | samāje yasya kaṃṭhe tāṃ nikṣipetsa nṛpo bhavet
—named Gahana, let him take a garland made of lotuses; on whose neck he casts it in the assembly, he shall become king.
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GnP 1 24.33
तथेति च तदा सर्वे साधु साध्वित्यपूजयन् । अतीन्द्रिय ज्ञानवतो वचो मुद्गलशर्मणः
tatheti ca tadā sarve sādhu sādhvityapūjayan | atīndriya jñānavato vaco mudgalaśarmaṇaḥ
And then all said "So be it," and honoured with cries of "Well said, well said!" the words of Mudgalaśarman, who possessed knowledge beyond the senses.
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