Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 3

GnP 1 3.1

।। अथ तृतीयोऽध्यायः ।। सूत उवाच ।। तत उत्थाय राजा स गृहित्वा दक्षिणेकरे । पुत्रं विवेश हर्म्याग्रं यत्र मन्त्रयते सदा

|| atha tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ || sūta uvāca || tata utthāya rājā sa gṛhitvā dakṣiṇekare | putraṃ viveśa harmyāgraṃ yatra mantrayate sadā

Now the third chapter. Sūta said: Then the king rose, took his son by the right hand, and entered the upper part of the palace where he always held counsel.

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GnP 1 3.2

यत्र सिंहासनं दिव्यं काञ्चनं बहुरत्नयुक् । मुक्ताप्रवालरचितं भातिशक्रपदं यथा

yatra siṃhāsanaṃ divyaṃ kāñcanaṃ bahuratnayuk | muktāpravālaracitaṃ bhātiśakrapadaṃ yathā

Where a divine throne of gold, set with many jewels and fashioned with pearls and coral, shines like the seat of Indra.

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GnP 1 3.3

तत्रासतुः पितापुत्रौ भातोद्वावप्यनेकधा । प्रतिरत्नं गतौ यस्मात्सुमदायवृताविव

tatrāsatuḥ pitāputrau bhātodvāvapyanekadhā | pratiratnaṃ gatau yasmātsumadāyavṛtāviva

There father and son sat down, and the two shone in many ways, since they had come to each jewel (of it), like two (suns?) attended by delight.

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GnP 1 3.4

आचारं प्रथमं प्राह नीतिं नानाविधां नृपः । पुत्राय करुणायुक्तो यशसे स्वकुलस्य च

ācāraṃ prathamaṃ prāha nītiṃ nānāvidhāṃ nṛpaḥ | putrāya karuṇāyukto yaśase svakulasya ca

The king, filled with compassion, first declared to his son right conduct and statecraft of many kinds, for the sake of the fame of his own line.

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GnP 1 3.5

सोमकान्त उवाच ।। याममात्रावसिष्टायां निशायां जागृतः पुमान् । त्यक्त्वा शय्यां शुचिस्थाने उपविश्य गुरुं स्मरेत्

somakānta uvāca || yāmamātrāvasiṣṭāyāṃ niśāyāṃ jāgṛtaḥ pumān | tyaktvā śayyāṃ śucisthāne upaviśya guruṃ smaret

Somakānta said: When only a watch of the night remains, a man, being awake, should leave his bed, sit down in a clean place, and call his teacher to mind.

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GnP 1 3.6

देवतां चिन्तयित्वेष्टां प्रणमेत्स्तुतिपूर्वकम् । प्रार्थ्य पृथ्वीं क्षमस्वेति पादस्पर्शं जगन्मये

devatāṃ cintayitveṣṭāṃ praṇametstutipūrvakam | prārthya pṛthvīṃ kṣamasveti pādasparśaṃ jaganmaye

Having meditated on his chosen deity, he should bow with praise; and having entreated the earth, saying "forgive me," for the touch of his feet upon her who is (the body of) the world.

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GnP 1 3.7

प्रातर्नमामि गणनाथमशेषहेतुं ब्रह्मादिदेववरदं सकलागमाढ्यम् । धर्मार्थकामफलदं जनमोक्षहेतुं वाचामगोचरमनादिमनन्तरूपम्

prātarnamāmi gaṇanāthamaśeṣahetuṃ brahmādidevavaradaṃ sakalāgamāḍhyam | dharmārthakāmaphaladaṃ janamokṣahetuṃ vācāmagocaramanādimanantarūpam

At dawn I bow to the lord of the hosts, the cause of everything, the granter of boons to Brahmā and the other gods, rich in all the scriptures, giver of the fruits of dharma, wealth and pleasure, cause of men's release, beyond the reach of words, without beginning, of endless form.

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GnP 1 3.8

प्रातर्नमामि कमलापतिमुग्रवीर्यं नानावतारनिरतं निजरक्षणाय । क्षीराब्धिवासममराधिपबन्धुमीशं पापापहं रिपुहरं भव मुक्तिहेतुम्

prātarnamāmi kamalāpatimugravīryaṃ nānāvatāranirataṃ nijarakṣaṇāya | kṣīrābdhivāsamamarādhipabandhumīśaṃ pāpāpahaṃ ripuharaṃ bhava muktihetum

At dawn I bow to the husband of Kamalā, of fierce valour, engaged in his many descents for the protection of his own, dwelling in the ocean of milk, kinsman of the lord of the immortals, the Lord, remover of sin, destroyer of foes, the cause of release from existence.

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GnP 1 3.9

प्रातर्नमामि गिरिजापतिमिन्दुमौलिं व्याघ्राजिनांवृतमुदस्तयंमनोजे । नारायणेन्द्रवरदं सुरसिद्धजुष्टं सर्पांस्त्रिशूलडमरूदधतं पुरारिम्

prātarnamāmi girijāpatimindumauliṃ vyāghrājināṃvṛtamudastayaṃmanoje | nārāyaṇendravaradaṃ surasiddhajuṣṭaṃ sarpāṃstriśūlaḍamarūdadhataṃ purārim

At dawn I bow to the husband of the mountain's daughter, moon-crested, wrapped in a tiger's skin, who cast out the god of love, granter of boons to Nārāyaṇa and Indra, attended by gods and siddhas, holding serpents, trident and drum, the foe of (the demon of) the cities.

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GnP 1 3.10

प्रातर्नमामि दिननाथमघोपहारं गाढान्धकारहरमुत्तमलोकवन्द्यम् । वेदत्रयात्मकमुदस्तसुरारिमायं ज्ञानैकहेतुमुरुशक्तिमुदारभावम्

prātarnamāmi dinanāthamaghopahāraṃ gāḍhāndhakāraharamuttamalokavandyam | vedatrayātmakamudastasurārimāyaṃ jñānaikahetumuruśaktimudārabhāvam

At dawn I bow to the lord of the day, who takes away sin, who dispels dense darkness, praised by the highest worlds, whose self is the three Vedas, who has cast out the illusion of the gods' foes, the sole cause of knowledge, of vast power, of noble nature.

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GnP 1 3.11

प्रातर्नमामि गिरिजां भवभूतिहेतुं संसारसिन्धु परपारकरीं त्रिनेत्राम् । तत्त्वादिकारणमुदस्तसुरारिमायां मायामयीं सुरमुनीन्द्रनुतां सुरेशीम्

prātarnamāmi girijāṃ bhavabhūtihetuṃ saṃsārasindhu parapārakarīṃ trinetrām | tattvādikāraṇamudastasurārimāyāṃ māyāmayīṃ suramunīndranutāṃ sureśīm

At dawn I bow to the mountain's daughter, cause of prosperity and welfare, who carries (one) to the far shore of the ocean of transmigration, three-eyed, the primal cause of the elements, who has cast out the illusion of the gods' foes, made of māyā, praised by the gods and the chief of sages, ruler of the gods.

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GnP 1 3.12

एवमन्यांश्च संस्मृत्य देवान्मुनिगणांस्तथा । मानसैरुपचारैश्च पूजयित्वा क्षमापयेत्

evamanyāṃśca saṃsmṛtya devānmunigaṇāṃstathā | mānasairupacāraiśca pūjayitvā kṣamāpayet

Having thus called to mind the other gods too and the hosts of sages, and having worshipped them with mental offerings, he should ask their forgiveness.

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GnP 1 3.13

ततो गच्छेत्सोदपात्रो ग्रामस्य नैर्ऋतीं दिशम् । मृदं गृहित्वा सुश्वेतां ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियोरुणाम्

tato gacchetsodapātro grāmasya nairṛtīṃ diśam | mṛdaṃ gṛhitvā suśvetāṃ brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyoruṇām

Then, with a water-pot, he should go to the south-western quarter of the village; a brahmin should take very white earth, a kṣatriya reddish (earth).

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GnP 1 3.14

वैश्यशूद्रौ तथा श्यामां ननदीतीरतः खनेत् । नोर्वराया न वल्मीकाद् ब्राह्मणागारतः क्वचित्

vaiśyaśūdrau tathā śyāmāṃ nanadītīrataḥ khanet | norvarāyā na valmīkād brāhmaṇāgārataḥ kvacit

A vaiśya and a śūdra likewise dark (earth); he should dig it not from a river bank, nor from ploughed land, nor from an anthill, nor ever from a brahmin's house.

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GnP 1 3.15

तृणादिनाच्छादयित्वा धरां मूत्रपुरीषयोः । कृत्वोत्सर्गं दिवारात्रावुदग्दक्षिणदिङ्मुखः

tṛṇādinācchādayitvā dharāṃ mūtrapurīṣayoḥ | kṛtvotsargaṃ divārātrāvudagdakṣiṇadiṅmukhaḥ

Having covered the ground with grass or the like, he should void urine and excrement, facing north by day and south by night.

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GnP 1 3.16

आदौ गुदं प्रमृज्यैव तृणकाष्ठादिना नरः । पञ्चवारं मृदाद्भिश्च क्षालयेत्तदनन्तरम्

ādau gudaṃ pramṛjyaiva tṛṇakāṣṭhādinā naraḥ | pañcavāraṃ mṛdādbhiśca kṣālayettadanantaram

First a man should wipe the anus with grass, a stick, or the like; then he should wash it five times with earth and water.

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GnP 1 3.17

दशवारं वामहस्तं सप्तवारमुभौकरौ । लिङ्गतथैकवारं तु वामहस्तं त्रिवारतः

daśavāraṃ vāmahastaṃ saptavāramubhaukarau | liṅgatathaikavāraṃ tu vāmahastaṃ trivārataḥ

(He should wash) the left hand ten times, both hands seven times, and the penis once, and the left hand three times.

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GnP 1 3.18

मूत्रोत्सर्गे क्षालयीत द्वौ करौ च द्विवारतः । पादौसदैकवारं तु गृहस्थस्यैवमीरितम्

mūtrotsarge kṣālayīta dvau karau ca dvivārataḥ | pādausadaikavāraṃ tu gṛhasthasyaivamīritam

After passing urine he should wash both hands twice, and the feet once; thus it is declared for the householder.

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GnP 1 3.19

व्रतवान् द्विगुणं कुर्यास्त्रिगुणं वनगोचरः । यतिश्चतुर्गुणं कुर्याद्गात्रावर्द्धन्तुमौनवान्

vratavān dviguṇaṃ kuryāstriguṇaṃ vanagocaraḥ | yatiścaturguṇaṃ kuryādgātrāvarddhantumaunavān

One under a vow should do it twice as much, a forest-dweller three times; an ascetic should do it four times, keeping silence, for the purification of the body.

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GnP 1 3.20

अर्द्धंपादं दिवारात्रौ शौचं स्त्रीशुद्र एव च । तत आचम्य काष्ठं तु क्षीरकण्टकवृक्षयोः

arddhaṃpādaṃ divārātrau śaucaṃ strīśudra eva ca | tata ācamya kāṣṭhaṃ tu kṣīrakaṇṭakavṛkṣayoḥ

For a woman and a śūdra the purification is half or a quarter, by day and by night. Then, having sipped water, (he should take) a twig from a milky or a thorny tree.

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GnP 1 3.21

गृहीत्वा प्रार्थनापूर्वं दन्ताञ्जिह्वान्विशोधयेत् । बलमोजोयशस्तेजः पशुबुद्धिधनानि च

gṛhītvā prārthanāpūrvaṃ dantāñjihvānviśodhayet | balamojoyaśastejaḥ paśubuddhidhanāni ca

Having taken (it) with a preceding prayer, he should cleanse his teeth and tongue: "Strength, vigour, fame, splendour, cattle, intelligence and wealth,

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GnP 1 3.22

मेधां ब्रह्मधियं चैव त्वं मे देहि वनस्पते । ततः शीतजलैः स्नानं कृत्वा मलहरं पुरा

medhāṃ brahmadhiyaṃ caiva tvaṃ me dehi vanaspate | tataḥ śītajalaiḥ snānaṃ kṛtvā malaharaṃ purā

and wisdom and knowledge of brahman — give me these, O lord of the forest." Then, having first bathed with cold water, which removes impurity,

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GnP 1 3.23

ततो मन्त्रैश्च गृह्योक्तैः सन्ध्योपास्तिं ततश्चरेत् । जपं होमं च स्वाध्यायं तर्पणं देवपूजनम्

tato mantraiśca gṛhyoktaiḥ sandhyopāstiṃ tataścaret | japaṃ homaṃ ca svādhyāyaṃ tarpaṇaṃ devapūjanam

then, with the mantras stated in the Gṛhya (texts), he should perform the worship of the twilight; (then) muttered prayer, oblation, private recitation of scripture, the offering of water (to ancestors), and worship of the gods;

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GnP 1 3.24

वैश्वदेवं तथातिथ्यं भोजनं द्विजसाक्षिकम् । पुराणश्रवणं दानं परनिन्दाविवर्जनम्

vaiśvadevaṃ tathātithyaṃ bhojanaṃ dvijasākṣikam | purāṇaśravaṇaṃ dānaṃ paranindāvivarjanam

the Vaiśvadeva offering, likewise hospitality, eating with a brahmin as witness, listening to the Purāṇas, giving, and the avoidance of censuring others.

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GnP 1 3.25

परोपकारं कुर्याच्च द्रव्यप्राणवचोमृतैः । परापकारं नोकुर्यादात्मस्तवनमेव च

paropakāraṃ kuryācca dravyaprāṇavacomṛtaiḥ | parāpakāraṃ nokuryādātmastavanameva ca

And he should do good to others with goods, with his life, with words and with nectar; he should not do harm to others, nor praise himself.

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GnP 1 3.26

गुरुद्रोहं वेदनिन्दां नास्तिक्यं पापसेवनम् । अभक्ष्यभक्षणं चैव परदारनिषेवणम्

gurudrohaṃ vedanindāṃ nāstikyaṃ pāpasevanam | abhakṣyabhakṣaṇaṃ caiva paradāraniṣevaṇam

Treachery to the teacher, censure of the Veda, unbelief, the practice of sin, the eating of what should not be eaten, and resorting to another's wife —

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GnP 1 3.27

स्वदारवर्जनं चैव कुर्यादृतुगतिं चरेत् । मातापितृगुरुणां च गवांशुश्रूषणं सदा

svadāravarjanaṃ caiva kuryādṛtugatiṃ caret | mātāpitṛguruṇāṃ ca gavāṃśuśrūṣaṇaṃ sadā

and the avoidance of his own wife — (these) he should not do; he should approach (her) at her fertile season. And always (he should render) service to mother, father, teachers and cows.

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GnP 1 3.28

दीनान्धकृपणेभ्यश्च दद्यादन्नं सवस्त्रकम् । प्राणात्ययेपि सत्यस्य त्यागं नैव समाचरेत्

dīnāndhakṛpaṇebhyaśca dadyādannaṃ savastrakam | prāṇātyayepi satyasya tyāgaṃ naiva samācaret

And to the wretched, the blind, and the destitute he should give food together with clothing; even at the cost of life he should not abandon truth.

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GnP 1 3.29

ईश्वरानुग्रहोयेषां साधूनां च प्रपालनम् । अपराधानुसारेण धर्मशास्त्रं विलोक्य च

īśvarānugrahoyeṣāṃ sādhūnāṃ ca prapālanam | aparādhānusāreṇa dharmaśāstraṃ vilokya ca

Those upon whom is the Lord's favour, and the protection of good people — (this he should do); and in accordance with the offence, having consulted the law-books,

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GnP 1 3.30

पृष्ट्वा वा पण्डितान्दण्डं कुर्यान्नीतिविशारदः । विश्वासो यस्य नैवस्यात्तत्र नो विश्वसेत्क्वचित्

pṛṣṭvā vā paṇḍitāndaṇḍaṃ kuryānnītiviśāradaḥ | viśvāso yasya naivasyāttatra no viśvasetkvacit

or having asked the learned, one skilled in statecraft should impose punishment. In one in whom there is no trustworthiness, one should never place trust.

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GnP 1 3.31

विश्वस्तेत्यन्त विश्वासो नकर्तव्योबुभूषता । कृतवैरेथ विश्वस्ते कदापि न च विश्वसेत्

viśvastetyanta viśvāso nakartavyobubhūṣatā | kṛtavairetha viśvaste kadāpi na ca viśvaset

Excessive trust should not be placed even in one who is trusted, by a man who wishes to prosper; and in one with whom enmity has been made, though he be trusted, one should never trust.

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GnP 1 3.32

षड्गुणानां प्रयोगेण वर्धयेद्राष्टमात्मनः । दानं स्वशक्त्या कुर्वीत क्षीणतामन्यथा व्रजेत्

ṣaḍguṇānāṃ prayogeṇa vardhayedrāṣṭamātmanaḥ | dānaṃ svaśaktyā kurvīta kṣīṇatāmanyathā vrajet

By the employment of the six expedients he should enlarge his own kingdom; he should give gifts according to his ability, otherwise he will come to ruin.

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GnP 1 3.33

परे व्याकुलितेयानमधमं परिचक्षते । चारदृष्टिर्दूतवक्त्रउद्यदण्डो नृपो भवेत्

pare vyākuliteyānamadhamaṃ paricakṣate | cāradṛṣṭirdūtavaktraudyadaṇḍo nṛpo bhavet

When the enemy is in disarray, they call marching (against him) the lowest (course). A king should have spies for his eyes, envoys for his mouth, and his rod of punishment raised.

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GnP 1 3.34

दण्डस्यैव भयाल्लोकाः स्वे स्वे धर्मे व्यवस्थिताः । अन्यथा नियमो नस्यात्पारक्यं स्वीयमित्यदः

daṇḍasyaiva bhayāllokāḥ sve sve dharme vyavasthitāḥ | anyathā niyamo nasyātpārakyaṃ svīyamityadaḥ

It is through fear of punishment alone that people remain established each in his own duty; otherwise there would be no restraint, and what belongs to another would be (taken as) one's own.

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GnP 1 3.35

अधमो यदि निन्देतस्तुवीत यदि वा क्वचित् । नक्रुद्धेन्नचतुष्येच्च किं तया किं तयापि च

adhamo yadi nindetastuvīta yadi vā kvacit | nakruddhennacatuṣyecca kiṃ tayā kiṃ tayāpi ca

If a low person censures, or if he somewhere praises, one should neither be angry nor be pleased: what of that (censure), and what of that (praise)?

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GnP 1 3.36

पूर्वापकारी यदि च पुनर्वा शरणं व्रजेत् । पूर्वं च धनिको यः स्यात्परिपाल्यः सदैव हि

pūrvāpakārī yadi ca punarvā śaraṇaṃ vrajet | pūrvaṃ ca dhaniko yaḥ syātparipālyaḥ sadaiva hi

And if one who has formerly done (us) injury comes again for refuge, and one who was formerly rich (but is now fallen) — he is always to be protected.

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GnP 1 3.37

मन्त्रगुप्तिः सदाकार्या तन्मूलं राज्यमुच्यते । कामादि षड्रिपून्हित्वा ततोन्यान्विजयीत च

mantraguptiḥ sadākāryā tanmūlaṃ rājyamucyate | kāmādi ṣaḍripūnhitvā tatonyānvijayīta ca

The keeping of counsel secret should always be practised; that is said to be the root of kingship. Having first abandoned the six enemies beginning with desire, he should then conquer the others.

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GnP 1 3.38

वृत्तिच्छेदं प्रजोच्छेदं देवतोच्छेदमेव च । आरामचैत्ययोश्छेदं न कुयान्नृपसत्तमः

vṛtticchedaṃ prajocchedaṃ devatocchedameva ca | ārāmacaityayośchedaṃ na kuyānnṛpasattamaḥ

— tr. refused: cyber

GnP 1 3.39

पर्वकाले ददेद्दानं यशसे त्यागमेव च । न मित्रवञ्चनां कुर्यात्स्त्रीषु गोप्यं वदेन्न च

parvakāle dadeddānaṃ yaśase tyāgameva ca | na mitravañcanāṃ kuryātstrīṣu gopyaṃ vadenna ca

At the time of the (sacred) parvan days he should give gifts, and (practise) liberality for the sake of renown. He should not commit deception against a friend, nor tell a secret to women.

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GnP 1 3.40

ऋणतो ब्राह्मणं चैव पङ्कतो गां समुद्धरेत् । अनृतं न वदेत्क्वापि सत्यं क्वापि न हापयेत्

ṛṇato brāhmaṇaṃ caiva paṅkato gāṃ samuddharet | anṛtaṃ na vadetkvāpi satyaṃ kvāpi na hāpayet

One should rescue a brahmin from debt and a cow from the mud; one should never speak untruth anywhere, nor anywhere let truth be abandoned.

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GnP 1 3.41

अमात्यानां प्रजानाञ्च भृत्यानां चित्तहृद्भवेत् । ब्राह्मणेभ्यो नमस्कुर्याद्देवताभ्यः सदैव च

amātyānāṃ prajānāñca bhṛtyānāṃ cittahṛdbhavet | brāhmaṇebhyo namaskuryāddevatābhyaḥ sadaiva ca

He should be one who wins the hearts of his ministers, his subjects, and his servants; and he should always pay homage to brahmins and to the gods.

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GnP 1 3.42

सूत उवाच ।। इत्यन्यदपि शिक्षाप्य हेमकण्ठ सुतं नृपः । आचारं सहधर्मेण नीतिशास्त्रं यथा श्रुतम्

sūta uvāca || ityanyadapi śikṣāpya hemakaṇṭha sutaṃ nṛpaḥ | ācāraṃ sahadharmeṇa nītiśāstraṃ yathā śrutam

Sūta said: Having thus instructed (his) son in this and other matters too, O Hemakaṇṭha — the king (taught him) right conduct along with dharma, and the science of statecraft as he had heard it.

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GnP 1 3.43

क्षेमं करं रूपवन्तं विद्याधीशं तथैव च । आह्वयामास चामात्यान्सुमुहूर्तं विलोक्य च

kṣemaṃ karaṃ rūpavantaṃ vidyādhīśaṃ tathaiva ca | āhvayāmāsa cāmātyānsumuhūrtaṃ vilokya ca

And likewise he summoned Kṣemakara, Rūpavanta and Vidyādhīśa, and the ministers, after observing an auspicious moment.

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GnP 1 3.44

संभारानुपकल्प्यैव नानास्थानगतान्नृपः । ब्राह्मणन्वेदविदुषो यज्ञकर्म सुनिष्ठितान्

saṃbhārānupakalpyaiva nānāsthānagatānnṛpaḥ | brāhmaṇanvedaviduṣo yajñakarma suniṣṭhitān

Having first assembled the requisites that lay in various places, the king (summoned) brahmins learned in the Vedas and well versed in the performance of sacrifice,

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GnP 1 3.45

राज्ञोथमहतोराजपत्नीश्च सुहृदः स्वकान् । आह्वयामास नृपतिः श्रेणीमुख्यांश्च नागरान् अभिषेकावलोकाय पुत्रस्य रिपुघातिनः । गणेशं पूजयित्वेष्टदेवतां च यथाविधि

rājñothamahatorājapatnīśca suhṛdaḥ svakān | āhvayāmāsa nṛpatiḥ śreṇīmukhyāṃśca nāgarān abhiṣekāvalokāya putrasya ripughātinaḥ | gaṇeśaṃ pūjayitveṣṭadevatāṃ ca yathāvidhi

Then the king summoned (other) kings, the great men, the royal wives, his own friends, and the chiefs of the guilds and the townsfolk, to witness the consecration of his son, the slayer of foes; and having worshipped Gaṇeśa and his chosen deity according to the rule,

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GnP 1 3.47

वाचयित्वास्वस्त्ययनं मातृपूजनपूर्वकम् । कृत्वाभ्युदयिकं श्राद्धं ब्राह्मणांस्तर्प्यचान्धसा

vācayitvāsvastyayanaṃ mātṛpūjanapūrvakam | kṛtvābhyudayikaṃ śrāddhaṃ brāhmaṇāṃstarpyacāndhasā

Having had the benedictory recitation performed, preceded by worship of the Mother-goddesses, having performed the auspicious (ābhyudayika) śrāddha, and having satisfied the brahmins with food —

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GnP 1 3.48

कारयित्वा मन्त्रघोषैरभिषेकं सुतस्य सः । उवाच सोमकान्तस्त्रीन्मन्त्रिमुख्यानिदं वचः

kārayitvā mantraghoṣairabhiṣekaṃ sutasya saḥ | uvāca somakāntastrīnmantrimukhyānidaṃ vacaḥ

Having had his son's consecration performed with the chanting of mantras, Somakānta spoke this word to the three chief ministers:

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GnP 1 3.49

राजोवाच ।। ममायं सुत इत्येव ममात्याबुद्धिरस्तुवः । भवतामेवहस्तेषु सुत एष निरूपितः

rājovāca || mamāyaṃ suta ityeva mamātyābuddhirastuvaḥ | bhavatāmevahasteṣu suta eṣa nirūpitaḥ

The king said: "Let not your thought be merely, 'This is my son'; this son has been placed in your very hands."

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GnP 1 3.50

ममानुशासनं यद्वत्कृतं नीतिविशारदैः । तथास्य शासनं कार्यं श्रेणीमुख्यसमन्वितैः

mamānuśāsanaṃ yadvatkṛtaṃ nītiviśāradaiḥ | tathāsya śāsanaṃ kāryaṃ śreṇīmukhyasamanvitaiḥ

"Just as my own instruction was carried out by those versed in statecraft, so should his instruction be carried out by (you), together with the chiefs of the guilds."

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