Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 27
GnP 1 27.1
व्यास उवाच ॥ क उपायस्तु मुनिना विश्वामित्रेण धीमता। कृपावता तु भीमाय कथितस्तं वदस्व मे। मन्मनोमोहपटलं मृत्योरिव विनिःसृतम् इति शृण्वन्नृयानस्थस्तथा सा चारूहासिनी । वस्त्रालंकारशोभाढ्यौ स्तूयमानौ मुदान्वितौ स गत्वा भवनं राजा तच्चकार तथैव च । देवानां ब्राह्मणानां च पूजनं तर्पणं तथा ब्रह्मोवाच ।। ततो रुक्मांगदोऽपश्यदृषिं वाचक्नविं शुभम् । मुकुन्दां तस्य पत्नीं च स्निग्ध मंजुल भाषिणीम् मुकुन्दोवाच ।। बलात्कारेण योऽन्यस्य स्त्रियं धर्षितुमिच्छति । स एव नरकं याति न स्वयं यातितामपि न मे मनश्चलेत् क्वापि यदि शुष्येन् महोदधिः । एवं निराकृता तेन तं शशाप रुषान्विता इत्थं वदतीं तां राजा निर्भर्त्स्य बहुधा ततः । त्वरया निर्गतस्तस्मादाश्रमाद् भृशदुःखितः ८।। स्वं ददर्श शरीरं स श्वेतं बक शरीरवत् । कुष्ठरोगयुतं कान्त्या हीनं च भृश कुत्सितम् ९।। चिन्तार्णवे तदा मग्न इदमाह गजाननम् । किमपराद्धं मया तेऽद्य कथमत्रागतोऽ प्यहम् मुनिरुवाच ।। तस्मिन्वटे समासीनः कस्मिश्चिद्दिवसे नृपः । दूराद्ददर्श देवर्षि नारदं मुनिपुंगवम् उपायं तस्य कुष्ठस्य नाशाय करुणायुतः । नारद उवाच ।। आगच्छता मया मार्गे दृष्टमाश्चर्यमुत्तमम् विमानवरमारुह्य स गतः स्थानमुत्तमम् । यत्र गत्वा न शोचन्ति न पतन्ति पुनः क्वचित् ५।। दृष्टो मयैव राजेन्द्र तत्र स्नानाय सांप्रतम् । स्नात्वा देवं समभ्यर्च चिन्तितार्थप्रदं विभुम् गंतुं समुद्यते तस्मिन्नारदे मुनिपुंगवे । प्रणिपत्य ततोऽपृच्छत् प्रपूज्य च मुनिं पुनः ९।। रुक्मांगद उवाच ।। तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे पुरा केन सिद्धिः प्राप्ता शुभानघ
vyāsa uvāca || ka upāyastu muninā viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā| kṛpāvatā tu bhīmāya kathitastaṃ vadasva me| manmanomohapaṭalaṃ mṛtyoriva viniḥsṛtam iti śṛṇvannṛyānasthastathā sā cārūhāsinī | vastrālaṃkāraśobhāḍhyau stūyamānau mudānvitau sa gatvā bhavanaṃ rājā taccakāra tathaiva ca | devānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca pūjanaṃ tarpaṇaṃ tathā brahmovāca || tato rukmāṃgado'paśyadṛṣiṃ vācaknaviṃ śubham | mukundāṃ tasya patnīṃ ca snigdha maṃjula bhāṣiṇīm mukundovāca || balātkāreṇa yo'nyasya striyaṃ dharṣitumicchati | sa eva narakaṃ yāti na svayaṃ yātitāmapi na me manaścalet kvāpi yadi śuṣyen mahodadhiḥ | evaṃ nirākṛtā tena taṃ śaśāpa ruṣānvitā itthaṃ vadatīṃ tāṃ rājā nirbhartsya bahudhā tataḥ | tvarayā nirgatastasmādāśramād bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ 8|| svaṃ dadarśa śarīraṃ sa śvetaṃ baka śarīravat | kuṣṭharogayutaṃ kāntyā hīnaṃ ca bhṛśa kutsitam 9|| cintārṇave tadā magna idamāha gajānanam | kimaparāddhaṃ mayā te'dya kathamatrāgato' pyaham muniruvāca || tasminvaṭe samāsīnaḥ kasmiściddivase nṛpaḥ | dūrāddadarśa devarṣi nāradaṃ munipuṃgavam upāyaṃ tasya kuṣṭhasya nāśāya karuṇāyutaḥ | nārada uvāca || āgacchatā mayā mārge dṛṣṭamāścaryamuttamam vimānavaramāruhya sa gataḥ sthānamuttamam | yatra gatvā na śocanti na patanti punaḥ kvacit 5|| dṛṣṭo mayaiva rājendra tatra snānāya sāṃpratam | snātvā devaṃ samabhyarca cintitārthapradaṃ vibhum gaṃtuṃ samudyate tasminnārade munipuṃgave | praṇipatya tato'pṛcchat prapūjya ca muniṃ punaḥ 9|| rukmāṃgada uvāca || tasminkṣetre purā kena siddhiḥ prāptā śubhānagha
Vyāsa said: What is the means that the wise sage Viśvāmitra, being compassionate, told to Bhīma? Tell that to me, (that which is) the veil of delusion of my mind, as though it had come forth from death itself. — Hearing this, he seated in the chariot, and she too of the lovely smile, both resplendent with garments and ornaments, praised (by others), filled with joy. And the king, having gone to his palace, did just that: the worship of the gods and of the brahmins, and the libation (to them). Brahmā said: Then Rukmāṅgada saw the auspicious sage Vācaknavi, and Mukundā his wife, who spoke tenderly and sweetly. Mukundā said: He who wishes to force another man's woman by violence, he alone goes to hell, not she who is forced against her will. My mind would not waver anywhere, even if the great ocean should dry up. Rejected thus by him, filled with fury she cursed him. Then the king, rebuking her much as she spoke thus, went out in haste from that hermitage, greatly grieved. (8) He saw his own body white like the body of a crane, afflicted with leprosy, bereft of lustre and utterly loathsome. (9) Then, sunk in an ocean of anxiety, he said this to Gajānana: What offence have I committed against you today, and how is it that I have come here? The sage said: Seated at that banyan tree on a certain day, the king saw from afar the divine seer Nārada, the bull among sages, (and asked) the means for the destruction of that leprosy; and he (Nārada), full of compassion, — Nārada said: As I was coming, I saw on the way a supreme marvel. Mounting an excellent celestial car he went to the highest abode, going where (men) do not grieve and do not fall again anywhere. (5) He was seen by me, O lord of kings, there, just now, (going) for a bath; having bathed and worshipped the god, the lord who grants what is thought of — When Nārada, that bull among sages, was making ready to go, then, prostrating and honouring the sage again, he asked (him). (9) Rukmāṅgada said: In that holy field who formerly attained perfection, O auspicious and sinless one?
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GnP 1 27.2
तत्कथामृतपानेन पितामह मृता यथा। ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ भीमाय कथितस्तेन य उपायः शृणुष्व तम् । एकाक्षरं महामंत्रं भीमायाकथयन्मुनि अतिश्रान्तो नरपतिर्नमश्चक्रे उभावपि । तस्मिन्मुनौ गते स्नातुं ययाचे नृपसत्तमः प्राप्तः कथं नु दुष्टाया मुनिपत्न्या समागमम् । त्वया नूनं सिद्धिपते दुष्टाः संवर्धिता भृशम् निश्चित्यैवं नरपतिरास न्यग्रोधसन्निधौ । भृत्या इतस्ततो धावन्नेक्षन्ते स्म च तं नृपम् ननाम प्रार्थयामास क्षणं विश्राम्यतामिति । उत्ततार नभोमार्गान्नारदः करुणानिधिः मूर्तिश्च स्थापिता केन मणिरत्नमयी शुभा । वैनायकीति मे शंस परं कौतूहलं मुने १ ।। भवादृशानां साधूनां परोपकरणे मतिः । अन्यथा भ्रमणे कृत्यं न लोकेषु प्रदृश्यते २।। लोकेषु वर्षते मेघः शेषेण ध्रियते धरा । उपकाराय सूर्योऽपि भ्रमते हर्निशं द्विज
tatkathāmṛtapānena pitāmaha mṛtā yathā| brahmovāca || bhīmāya kathitastena ya upāyaḥ śṛṇuṣva tam | ekākṣaraṃ mahāmaṃtraṃ bhīmāyākathayanmuni atiśrānto narapatirnamaścakre ubhāvapi | tasminmunau gate snātuṃ yayāce nṛpasattamaḥ prāptaḥ kathaṃ nu duṣṭāyā munipatnyā samāgamam | tvayā nūnaṃ siddhipate duṣṭāḥ saṃvardhitā bhṛśam niścityaivaṃ narapatirāsa nyagrodhasannidhau | bhṛtyā itastato dhāvannekṣante sma ca taṃ nṛpam nanāma prārthayāmāsa kṣaṇaṃ viśrāmyatāmiti | uttatāra nabhomārgānnāradaḥ karuṇānidhiḥ mūrtiśca sthāpitā kena maṇiratnamayī śubhā | vaināyakīti me śaṃsa paraṃ kautūhalaṃ mune 1 || bhavādṛśānāṃ sādhūnāṃ paropakaraṇe matiḥ | anyathā bhramaṇe kṛtyaṃ na lokeṣu pradṛśyate 2|| lokeṣu varṣate meghaḥ śeṣeṇa dhriyate dharā | upakārāya sūryo'pi bhramate harniśaṃ dvija
— by drinking the nectar of that story, O grandfather, as the dead (are revived). Brahmā said: Hear the means that was told by him to Bhīma. The sage declared to Bhīma the great one-syllabled mantra. The king, utterly exhausted, made obeisance to them both. When that sage had gone to bathe, the best of kings begged — How indeed did (I) come to union with the wicked wife of the sage? Surely by you, O lord of perfections, the wicked have been greatly fostered. Having thus resolved, the king remained near the banyan; his servants, running here and there, caught sight of the king. He bowed and entreated, "Let (you) rest a moment"; and Nārada, a treasury of compassion, came down from the path of the sky. And by whom was set up that beautiful image made of gems and jewels? Tell me that it is Vaināyakī — my curiosity is great, O sage. (1) Good men such as you have their mind set on helping others; otherwise no purpose is seen in the worlds for (such) wandering. (2) The cloud rains upon the worlds, the earth is upheld by Śeṣa, and the sun too roams day and night for the sake of benefit, O twice-born one.
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GnP 1 27.3
पाराशर्य मुनिश्रेष्ठ कथयामि शृणुष्व तम् । उवाच तं प्रसन्नात्मा विश्वामित्रः सुधर्मवित् मातुर्मुकुन्दे मे देहि शीतलं जलमुत्तमम् । विना जलं मम प्राणा गमिष्यन्ति यमक्षयम् पूजयित्वा यथाशक्ति प्रपच्छ मुनिमादरात् । अहं रुक्मांगदो नाम भीमपुत्रो महाबलः
pārāśarya muniśreṣṭha kathayāmi śṛṇuṣva tam | uvāca taṃ prasannātmā viśvāmitraḥ sudharmavit māturmukunde me dehi śītalaṃ jalamuttamam | vinā jalaṃ mama prāṇā gamiṣyanti yamakṣayam pūjayitvā yathāśakti prapaccha munimādarāt | ahaṃ rukmāṃgado nāma bhīmaputro mahābalaḥ
O son of Parāśara, best of sages, I shall tell it; hear it. Viśvāmitra, serene of mind and well versed in dharma, said to him: "Mother Mukundā, give me excellent cool water; without water my life-breaths will go to the abode of Yama." Having honoured (him) as far as he was able, he respectfully asked the sage: "I am named Rukmāṅgada, the son of Bhīma, of great strength."
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GnP 1 27.4
विश्वामित्र उवाच ॥ अनेनाराधय विभुं दैवतं गणनायकम् । अनुष्ठानं कुरुष्व प्रासादे दक्षनिर्मिते । विनायकः प्रसन्नस्ते सर्वान्कामान् प्रदास्यति आकर्ण्य तस्य वाचं सा जगाद मदनातुरा । त्वादृशं पुरूषं क्वापि मारादप्यति सुन्दरम् मृगयां व्यचरन्वाचक्नवेराश्रममागतः । जलयाच्चा कृता तत्र तृषितेन मयाऽनघ
viśvāmitra uvāca || anenārādhaya vibhuṃ daivataṃ gaṇanāyakam | anuṣṭhānaṃ kuruṣva prāsāde dakṣanirmite | vināyakaḥ prasannaste sarvānkāmān pradāsyati ākarṇya tasya vācaṃ sā jagāda madanāturā | tvādṛśaṃ purūṣaṃ kvāpi mārādapyati sundaram mṛgayāṃ vyacaranvācaknaverāśramamāgataḥ | jalayāccā kṛtā tatra tṛṣitena mayā'nagha
Viśvāmitra said: With this (mantra) propitiate the mighty deity, the lord of the gaṇas; perform the observance in the temple built by Dakṣa; Vināyaka, being pleased with you, will grant all your desires. Hearing his words, she, sick with love, said: "A man like you, more beautiful even than Māra, (I have not seen) anywhere." — "Ranging in the hunt I came to the hermitage of Vācaknavi; being thirsty, I made a request there for water, O sinless one."
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GnP 1 27.5
धर्ममर्थं तथा कामं मोक्षमन्यदपेक्षितम् । गच्छ वा स्वपुरं भीम चिन्तां कामपि मा कुरु न देवेषु न नागेषु यक्षगंधर्व पुंजयोः । पश्यामि चारु सर्वागं मते मे हृदयं त्वयि तस्य पत्नी भृशं नष्टा कामार्ता मामचुंबत । तस्मिन्मुनौ गते स्नातुं दुष्टभावेन चेतसा
dharmamarthaṃ tathā kāmaṃ mokṣamanyadapekṣitam | gaccha vā svapuraṃ bhīma cintāṃ kāmapi mā kuru na deveṣu na nāgeṣu yakṣagaṃdharva puṃjayoḥ | paśyāmi cāru sarvāgaṃ mate me hṛdayaṃ tvayi tasya patnī bhṛśaṃ naṣṭā kāmārtā māmacuṃbata | tasminmunau gate snātuṃ duṣṭabhāvena cetasā
Dharma, wealth and pleasure, liberation, and whatever else is desired — or else go to your own city, Bhīma, and do not worry at all. Neither among the gods nor among the nāgas nor in the hosts of yakṣas and gandharvas do I see one lovely in every limb (as you); my heart is set on you. His wife, utterly ruined, afflicted with desire, kissed me, with a mind of evil intent, when that sage had gone to bathe.
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GnP 1 27.6
ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इत्युक्तः स तदा तेन तं प्रणम्य ययौ नृपः । सपत्नीको ददर्शाथ पत्तनं स्वं जहर्ष च अत्यासक्तं त्वदधरामृतपाने च देहि तत् । मुनिरुवाच ।। व्यलीकं स तु श्रुत्वैव श्रान्तत्वाद् भृशदुःखित उवाच मां भजस्वेति कामबाण प्रपीडिता । जितेन्द्रिय तया देव प्रसादात्सा निराकृता
brahmovāca || ityuktaḥ sa tadā tena taṃ praṇamya yayau nṛpaḥ | sapatnīko dadarśātha pattanaṃ svaṃ jaharṣa ca atyāsaktaṃ tvadadharāmṛtapāne ca dehi tat | muniruvāca || vyalīkaṃ sa tu śrutvaiva śrāntatvād bhṛśaduḥkhita uvāca māṃ bhajasveti kāmabāṇa prapīḍitā | jitendriya tayā deva prasādātsā nirākṛtā
Brahmā said: Addressed thus by him, the king then bowed to him and departed; together with his wife he then beheld his own city and rejoiced. "(My mind is) exceedingly attached to drinking the nectar of your lip; grant that!" The sage said: But he, hearing that falsehood, being weary, was deeply pained. "Love me," she said, tormented by the arrows of desire; by (your) mastery of the senses, O god, and by (your) grace, she was refused.
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GnP 1 27.7
अमात्यौ सेनया सार्द्धं नागरैरीयतुर्नृपम् । आलिलिंगुर्नृपं केचिन्नेमुर्दूरात्तथान्तिके तिलोत्तमोत्तमां तां स जितेन्द्रिय तया जगौ । त्यज प्रौढिं न मे चित्तं पारदार्यं विगर्हिते अशपद् दुःखिताऽत्यन्तं सा मां निष्ठुर चेतसा । कुष्ठी भव महादुष्ट सकामां त्यजसे यतः
amātyau senayā sārddhaṃ nāgarairīyaturnṛpam | āliliṃgurnṛpaṃ kecinnemurdūrāttathāntike tilottamottamāṃ tāṃ sa jitendriya tayā jagau | tyaja prauḍhiṃ na me cittaṃ pāradāryaṃ vigarhite aśapad duḥkhitā'tyantaṃ sā māṃ niṣṭhura cetasā | kuṣṭhī bhava mahāduṣṭa sakāmāṃ tyajase yataḥ
The two ministers, together with the army and the townsmen, came to the king; some embraced the king, some bowed from afar and some close by. He spoke to her, who was as excellent as Tilottamā, with his senses restrained: "Abandon this boldness; my mind is not set on adultery, which is condemned." Utterly grieved, she cursed me with a cruel heart: "Become a leper, great villain, since you reject a woman full of desire."
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GnP 1 27.8
प्रविवेश पुरं राजा सर्वैः साकं ध्वजालिमत्। सिक्तमार्गं चारुगंधं नानावादित्रशब्दितम् विनायक प्रभावेण सक्तं नैवात्र कर्हिचित् । न जलं पातुमिच्छामि त्वया दत्तं सुदुष्टया श्रुत्वैवं नष्टवचनं निर्गतोऽहं तदाश्रमात् । श्वेतकुष्ठी तदा जातो वद मे निष्कृतिं मुने
praviveśa puraṃ rājā sarvaiḥ sākaṃ dhvajālimat| siktamārgaṃ cārugaṃdhaṃ nānāvāditraśabditam vināyaka prabhāveṇa saktaṃ naivātra karhicit | na jalaṃ pātumicchāmi tvayā dattaṃ suduṣṭayā śrutvaivaṃ naṣṭavacanaṃ nirgato'haṃ tadāśramāt | śvetakuṣṭhī tadā jāto vada me niṣkṛtiṃ mune
The king entered the city, adorned with rows of banners, together with them all — its roads sprinkled with water, sweetly fragrant, resounding with many kinds of instruments. By the power of Vināyaka he was never at all attached there. "I do not wish to drink water given by you, wicked as you are." Hearing such ruinous speech, I went out from that hermitage; then I became a white leper — tell me the expiation, O sage.
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GnP 1 27.9
ऊचुः परस्परं लोकाः पुरीयं शोभतेऽधुना। यथा नारी पतिं प्राप्य यथाऽन्धो वापि सदृशम् ऋषेराश्रम इत्येवं यातो यास्य इतोऽशुभे । तं गन्तुमुद्यतं पाणिं धृत्वा ऽब्रवीवद्धदातुरा वियोगान्मम भीमोऽपि मग्नः स्याद् दुःखसागरे । श्रुत्वेत्थं वचनं तस्य नारदः प्राह विश्ववित्
ūcuḥ parasparaṃ lokāḥ purīyaṃ śobhate'dhunā| yathā nārī patiṃ prāpya yathā'ndho vāpi sadṛśam ṛṣerāśrama ityevaṃ yāto yāsya ito'śubhe | taṃ gantumudyataṃ pāṇiṃ dhṛtvā 'bravīvaddhadāturā viyogānmama bhīmo'pi magnaḥ syād duḥkhasāgare | śrutvetthaṃ vacanaṃ tasya nāradaḥ prāha viśvavit
The people said to one another: "This city shines now, as a woman does on obtaining a husband, or as a blind man on obtaining his like." "This is a seer's hermitage; go away from here, O inauspicious woman!" As he was making ready to go, she seized his hand and spoke, stricken (with desire): "By separation from me even Bhīma would sink in an ocean of grief." Hearing this speech of his, Nārada the all-knowing said:
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GnP 1 27.11
उभौ विविशतू रम्यं पुरं नानर्द्धिसंकुलम् । विसृज्य सर्वलोकं तौ वस्त्रालंकार मौक्तिकैः कृते त्रेतायुगे ब्रह्मा स्त्रीणां स्वातन्त्र्यमभ्यधात् । न करोषि यदा वाक्यं तदा भस्म भविष्यसि विदर्भे नगरं ख्यातं कदम्बमिति संज्ञया । तत्प्रासादे मया दृष्टा मूर्ति वैनायकी शुभा
ubhau viviśatū ramyaṃ puraṃ nānarddhisaṃkulam | visṛjya sarvalokaṃ tau vastrālaṃkāra mauktikaiḥ kṛte tretāyuge brahmā strīṇāṃ svātantryamabhyadhāt | na karoṣi yadā vākyaṃ tadā bhasma bhaviṣyasi vidarbhe nagaraṃ khyātaṃ kadambamiti saṃjñayā | tatprāsāde mayā dṛṣṭā mūrti vaināyakī śubhā
Both entered the lovely city crowded with manifold riches; dismissing all the people, the two, with garments, ornaments and pearls — In the Kṛta and Tretā ages Brahmā declared independence for women; when you do not do (my) bidding, then you shall become ashes. In Vidarbha there is a city renowned by the name of Kadamba; in its temple I saw the auspicious image of Vināyaka.
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GnP 1 27.12
तांबूलैस्तेषु यातेषु भवनं स्वमगच्छताम् । ततः शुभे दिने राजा दक्षप्रासादमागतम् अथवा राज्यविभ्रष्टं करिष्ये वनचारिणम् । मुनिरुवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा धावमाना सा काममार्गणपीडिता चिंतामणिरिति ख्याता सर्वेषां सर्वकामदा । तस्याग्रतो महाकुंडं गणेश पदपूर्वकम्
tāṃbūlaisteṣu yāteṣu bhavanaṃ svamagacchatām | tataḥ śubhe dine rājā dakṣaprāsādamāgatam athavā rājyavibhraṣṭaṃ kariṣye vanacāriṇam | muniruvāca || ityuktvā dhāvamānā sā kāmamārgaṇapīḍitā ciṃtāmaṇiriti khyātā sarveṣāṃ sarvakāmadā | tasyāgrato mahākuṃḍaṃ gaṇeśa padapūrvakam
When those (people) had departed with betel, the two went to their own dwelling. Then on an auspicious day the king came to the temple of Dakṣa. "Or else I shall make you fallen from your kingdom, a wanderer in the forest." The sage said: Having said this she ran, tormented by the arrows of desire. (The image) is famed as Cintāmaṇi, granting all wishes to all; in front of it is a great pond preceded by the word Gaṇeśa (i.e. named Gaṇeśa-kuṇḍa).
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GnP 1 27.13
यत्कौंडिन्यपुरेऽकारि पुरा दक्षेण धीमता। तत्रार्चयामास विभुं सर्वदा तं विनायकम् । उपवासपरो नित्यं तन्मंत्रमवलोडयन् रभसाऽऽलिंगयामास चुचुम्बे वदनं हठात् । ततो रूक्मांगदस्तां तु बलाच्चिक्षेप दूरतः कश्चिच्छूद्रो महाकुष्ठी जराजर्जरितो नृप । तीर्थयात्रा प्रसंगेन कदम्बपुरमागतः
yatkauṃḍinyapure'kāri purā dakṣeṇa dhīmatā| tatrārcayāmāsa vibhuṃ sarvadā taṃ vināyakam | upavāsaparo nityaṃ tanmaṃtramavaloḍayan rabhasā''liṃgayāmāsa cucumbe vadanaṃ haṭhāt | tato rūkmāṃgadastāṃ tu balāccikṣepa dūrataḥ kaścicchūdro mahākuṣṭhī jarājarjarito nṛpa | tīrthayātrā prasaṃgena kadambapuramāgataḥ
which was made long ago in the city of Kauṇḍinya by the wise Dakṣa. There he worshipped that mighty Vināyaka at all times, ever intent on fasting, murmuring his mantra. Violently she embraced (him) and forcibly kissed his face; thereupon Rukmāṅgada flung her far away by force. A certain śūdra, a great leper, worn out by old age, O king, came to the city of Kadamba in the course of a pilgrimage.
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GnP 1 27.14
भोजने शयने याने वचने श्वसनेपि च । तमेव चिंतयन्नित्यमनन्यमनसा नृपः मूर्छिता पतिता भूमौ रम्भेव मरुता हता । उत्थितां तां तदा प्राह परदार विरक्तधीः गणेशकुंडे स्नात्वैव दिव्यदेहमवाप सः । विनायकस्वरूपैस्तु गणैरानतितम्बरात्
bhojane śayane yāne vacane śvasanepi ca | tameva ciṃtayannityamananyamanasā nṛpaḥ mūrchitā patitā bhūmau rambheva marutā hatā | utthitāṃ tāṃ tadā prāha paradāra viraktadhīḥ gaṇeśakuṃḍe snātvaiva divyadehamavāpa saḥ | vināyakasvarūpaistu gaṇairānatitambarāt
In eating, in sleeping, in travelling, in speaking, and even in breathing, the king constantly thought of him alone, with a mind turned to nothing else. She fell fainting to the ground like a plantain struck down by the wind; and when she had risen, he, his mind averse to another's wife, spoke to her. Merely by bathing in the Gaṇeśa pond he obtained a divine body; and by gaṇas in the very form of Vināyaka (he was carried) from the sky.
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GnP 1 27.15
जले स्थले नभोमार्गे स्वर्गे देवे नरे द्रुमे । भक्ष्ये पेये नृपोऽपश्यद्विनायकमनुत्तमम् रुक्मांगदो महाभागे मुनिपत्न्यविवेकिनि । परपुंसि मनो यस्याः सा वै निरयभाग्भवेत्
jale sthale nabhomārge svarge deve nare drume | bhakṣye peye nṛpo'paśyadvināyakamanuttamam rukmāṃgado mahābhāge munipatnyavivekini | parapuṃsi mano yasyāḥ sā vai nirayabhāgbhavet
In water, on land, on the path of the sky, in heaven, in a god, in a man, in a tree, in food and in drink, the king saw the unsurpassed Vināyaka. "(I am) Rukmāṅgada, O greatly fortunate but undiscerning wife of the sage; she whose mind is on another man becomes indeed a sharer in hell."
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GnP 1 27.16
यं यं पश्यति तं नौति दृढालिंगनतत्परः । नगरे तं जनाः सर्वे पिशाच इति मेनिरे
yaṃ yaṃ paśyati taṃ nauti dṛḍhāliṃganatatparaḥ | nagare taṃ janāḥ sarve piśāca iti menire
Whomever he saw, him he praised, eager to embrace him tightly; all the people in the city thought him a piśāca.
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GnP 1 27.17
ततो विनायकोऽभ्येत्य धृत्वा पाणितले नृपम् । आह तं नृप मुक्तोऽसि किं वांछसि वदस्व तत् ६।। ययाऽहं कष्टमगमं तथा त्वं कुष्ठभाग्भव । यतस्ते वज्रात् सारभूतं न च द्रुतम् ६।। देहि दानानि विप्रेभ्य सद्यः पूतो भविष्यसि । जीर्णां त्वचं परित्यज्य सुरूपी भुजगो यथा
tato vināyako'bhyetya dhṛtvā pāṇitale nṛpam | āha taṃ nṛpa mukto'si kiṃ vāṃchasi vadasva tat 6|| yayā'haṃ kaṣṭamagamaṃ tathā tvaṃ kuṣṭhabhāgbhava | yataste vajrāt sārabhūtaṃ na ca drutam 6|| dehi dānāni viprebhya sadyaḥ pūto bhaviṣyasi | jīrṇāṃ tvacaṃ parityajya surūpī bhujago yathā
Then Vināyaka, coming near and taking the king by the hand, said to him: "King, you are released; say what you desire." (6) "As I have come to suffering, so may you be a sharer in leprosy, since (your heart is) harder than a diamond and not quickly (softened)." (6) "Give gifts to the brahmins; you will at once be purified, becoming handsome like a serpent that has cast off its worn-out skin."
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GnP 1 27.18
तमुवाच नृपो नान्यं जाने त्वच्चरणाम्बुजात् । ततो विनायकः प्राह पुत्रस्ते चारुदर्शनः ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इति वाणीं नारदोक्तां निशम्य नृपसत्तम । न किंचिदुक्तवान् वाक्यं मग्न आनंदसागरे
tamuvāca nṛpo nānyaṃ jāne tvaccaraṇāmbujāt | tato vināyakaḥ prāha putraste cārudarśanaḥ brahmovāca || iti vāṇīṃ nāradoktāṃ niśamya nṛpasattama | na kiṃciduktavān vākyaṃ magna ānaṃdasāgare
The king said to him: "I know nothing other than your lotus feet." Then Vināyaka said: "A son of fair appearance (will be yours)." Brahmā said: Hearing this speech spoken by Nārada, O best of kings, he uttered not a word, sunk in an ocean of bliss.
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GnP 1 27.19
भविता मत्प्रसादेन गुणी स्वर्णतनुर्नृप। व्रज स्वं भवनं देवद्विजपूजापरो भव
bhavitā matprasādena guṇī svarṇatanurnṛpa| vraja svaṃ bhavanaṃ devadvijapūjāparo bhava
"By my grace, O king, (a son) will be born, endowed with virtues and with a body of gold. Go to your own dwelling; be devoted to the worship of gods and of brahmins."
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GnP 1 27.21
अकरोत्सर्वभावेन गणेशः प्रीयतामिति । अल्पेनैव तु कालेन पुत्रस्तस्याभवच्छुभः
akarotsarvabhāvena gaṇeśaḥ prīyatāmiti | alpenaiva tu kālena putrastasyābhavacchubhaḥ
He performed (worship) with his whole being, (thinking) "may Gaṇeśa be pleased"; and in a very short time an auspicious son was born to him.
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GnP 1 27.22
ददौ दानान्यनेकानि पुत्रजन्मनिमित्ततः । रुक्मांगदेति नामास्य चक्रे द्विजवरोदितम् १ ।। अवताराश्च साधूनां रक्षणाय बिभर्षि हि । इयं न नाशिता दुष्टा स्वैरिणी रुपगर्विता
dadau dānānyanekāni putrajanmanimittataḥ | rukmāṃgadeti nāmāsya cakre dvijavaroditam 1 || avatārāśca sādhūnāṃ rakṣaṇāya bibharṣi hi | iyaṃ na nāśitā duṣṭā svairiṇī rupagarvitā
He gave many gifts on the occasion of his son's birth; he gave him the name "Rukmāṅgada," which had been pronounced by the best of the twice-born. (1) "For you bear avatāras for the protection of the good; (yet) this wicked, wanton woman, proud of her beauty, has not been destroyed."
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GnP 1 27.23
ववृधे बालको नित्यं शुक्लपक्षे यथा शशी । चकार गुरुसात्तं स शिक्षार्थं नृपतिः सुतम् कथं मम शरीरं तत् कांचनस्पर्द्धि सुंदरम् । इवामवस्थां संप्राप्तः केन वा दुष्टकर्मणा
vavṛdhe bālako nityaṃ śuklapakṣe yathā śaśī | cakāra gurusāttaṃ sa śikṣārthaṃ nṛpatiḥ sutam kathaṃ mama śarīraṃ tat kāṃcanasparddhi suṃdaram | ivāmavasthāṃ saṃprāptaḥ kena vā duṣṭakarmaṇā
The boy grew day by day like the moon in the bright fortnight; the king placed his son under a teacher for his education. — How has that body of mine, beautiful and rivalling gold, come to such a raw (diseased) condition, and by what evil deed?
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GnP 1 27.24
स च श्रवणमात्रेण जग्राह गुरुणोदितम् । सर्वविद्यानिधानेन दत्तं यत्कपिलेन च तव भक्ति यथा पूर्वं सदा कुर्वे यथाविधि । त्वदन्यं नैव शरणं यामि नाथ गजानन ३ ।। समस्य सर्वभूतेषु सर्वज्ञस्य तवाग्रतः । अनभिज्ञेन मूढेन किं वक्तव्यं दयानिधे
sa ca śravaṇamātreṇa jagrāha guruṇoditam | sarvavidyānidhānena dattaṃ yatkapilena ca tava bhakti yathā pūrvaṃ sadā kurve yathāvidhi | tvadanyaṃ naiva śaraṇaṃ yāmi nātha gajānana 3 || samasya sarvabhūteṣu sarvajñasya tavāgrataḥ | anabhijñena mūḍhena kiṃ vaktavyaṃ dayānidhe
And he grasped by merely hearing it what was spoken by the teacher, and what was given by Kapila, the treasury of all knowledge. — I will always do devotion to you as before, according to rule; I go to no refuge other than you, O lord Gajānana. Before you, who are the same toward all beings and all-knowing, what is there for an ignorant fool to say, O treasury of compassion?
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GnP 1 27.25
सोऽपि विद्यानिधिरभूद् गजकर्ण इवापरः । रूक्मांगदोऽति बलवान् सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः नेदं शरीरं वक्त्रं वा दर्शयिष्ये जनं प्रति । प्रायोपवेशनेनेदं शोषयिष्ये कलेवरम् पृच्छे तथापि देवर्षे संशयच्छेदनाय वै । नारद उवाच ।। साधु पृष्टं त्वया भूप लोकानुग्रहकारक
so'pi vidyānidhirabhūd gajakarṇa ivāparaḥ | rūkmāṃgado'ti balavān sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ nedaṃ śarīraṃ vaktraṃ vā darśayiṣye janaṃ prati | prāyopaveśanenedaṃ śoṣayiṣye kalevaram pṛcche tathāpi devarṣe saṃśayacchedanāya vai | nārada uvāca || sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā bhūpa lokānugrahakāraka
He too became a treasury of learning, like a second Gajakarṇa; Rukmāṅgada was exceedingly strong and skilled in all the scriptures. — I will not show this body or face to people; by sitting in a fast unto death I will dry up this frame. Yet I ask you, O divine sage, for the cutting away of doubt. Nārada said: Well have you asked, O king, benefactor of the world.
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GnP 1 27.26
तस्मै पट्टाभिषेकं स चकार गुणराशये। ददौ च द्विजमुख्येभ्यो दासोरत्न धनानि च तृप्तोहं तव वाक्येन सर्वं च कथयामि ते
tasmai paṭṭābhiṣekaṃ sa cakāra guṇarāśaye| dadau ca dvijamukhyebhyo dāsoratna dhanāni ca tṛptohaṃ tava vākyena sarvaṃ ca kathayāmi te
He performed the consecration by investiture for him, that heap of virtues, and gave to the chief brahmins slaves, jewels and riches. — I am satisfied by your words, and I will tell you everything.
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GnP 1 27.27
ततोऽधिकां महाभक्तिं सोऽपि चक्रे विनायके । जजापैकाक्षरं मन्त्रं पितुः प्राप्तं दिने दिने ६।। प्रवृत्तायां निशायां च जग्मुः स्वं स्वं निकेतनम् । स्वामि सेवकयोर्जाता गतिश्चक्राह्वयोरिव
tato'dhikāṃ mahābhaktiṃ so'pi cakre vināyake | jajāpaikākṣaraṃ mantraṃ pituḥ prāptaṃ dine dine 6|| pravṛttāyāṃ niśāyāṃ ca jagmuḥ svaṃ svaṃ niketanam | svāmi sevakayorjātā gatiścakrāhvayoriva
And he too made even greater devotion to Vināyaka, and day after day muttered the single-syllable mantra obtained from his father. And when night came on they each went to their own dwelling; the going of master and servant became like that of the two called cakra (cakravāka birds).
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GnP 1 27.28
एकस्मिन्दिवसेऽरण्यं युवराजा विवेश ह । मृगयां व्यचरद्भूस्ति जघान नवयान्मृगान्
ekasmindivase'raṇyaṃ yuvarājā viveśa ha | mṛgayāṃ vyacaradbhūsti jaghāna navayānmṛgān
On one day the crown prince entered the forest; he roamed hunting on the earth and killed nine deer.
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GnP 1 27.29
अतिश्रान्तो ददर्शाथ मुनेः कस्यचिदाश्रमम् । नानावृक्षलताजालं त्यक्तवैरमृगान्वितम्
atiśrānto dadarśātha muneḥ kasyacidāśramam | nānāvṛkṣalatājālaṃ tyaktavairamṛgānvitam
Then, greatly wearied, he saw the hermitage of a certain sage, a thicket of various trees and creepers, filled with deer that had given up enmity.
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