Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 30
GnP 1 30.1
नारद उवाच ॥ कदाचिदमरावत्यां शक्रं दृष्टुं गतोऽस्म्यहम् । स मां संपूज्य विधिवदुवाचावनतो भृशम् अन्तर्हिते मयि तदा मद्वाक्यं मनसा स्मरन् । जम्भभेदी मत्सकेतु विद्धो मूर्छामवाप सः भर्तुः शुश्रूषणादन्यो धर्मो नास्ति स्त्रियाः क्वचित् । नारद उवाच । स्वराकृति स्वभावैः सा ज्ञात्वा तं स्वामिनं निजम् श्रुत्वेत्थं वचनं तस्य मुनिपत्नी रुषान्विता। वमन्तीव मुखाज्ज्वालां जगाद त्रिदशाधिपम्
nārada uvāca || kadācidamarāvatyāṃ śakraṃ dṛṣṭuṃ gato'smyaham | sa māṃ saṃpūjya vidhivaduvācāvanato bhṛśam antarhite mayi tadā madvākyaṃ manasā smaran | jambhabhedī matsaketu viddho mūrchāmavāpa saḥ bhartuḥ śuśrūṣaṇādanyo dharmo nāsti striyāḥ kvacit | nārada uvāca | svarākṛti svabhāvaiḥ sā jñātvā taṃ svāminaṃ nijam śrutvetthaṃ vacanaṃ tasya munipatnī ruṣānvitā| vamantīva mukhājjvālāṃ jagāda tridaśādhipam
Nārada said: Once I went to Amarāvatī to see Śakra; he honoured me duly and, bowing low, spoke. — Then, when I had vanished, recalling my words in his mind, the splitter of Jambha, pierced by the arrow of desire, fell into a swoon. — For a woman there is nowhere any duty other than the service of her husband. — Nārada said: By his voice, form and manner she knew him not to be her own husband. Hearing his speech thus, the sage's wife, filled with anger, as if vomiting flame from her mouth, spoke to the lord of the thirty (gods).
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GnP 1 30.2
इन्द्र उवाच ॥ किंचिदाश्चर्यभूतं मे संतोषाय मुने वद। भ्रमसे सर्वलोकांस्त्वं विदितं सर्वमस्ति ते
indra uvāca || kiṃcidāścaryabhūtaṃ me saṃtoṣāya mune vada| bhramase sarvalokāṃstvaṃ viditaṃ sarvamasti te
Indra said: Tell me something wonderful, O sage, for my delight; you roam through all the worlds, and everything is known to you.
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GnP 1 30.3
नारद उवाच ॥ मृत्युलोके मया दृष्टो गौतमस्याश्रमो महान् । नाना वृक्षलताजालैर्नानाक्षिगणैर्युतः
nārada uvāca || mṛtyuloke mayā dṛṣṭo gautamasyāśramo mahān | nānā vṛkṣalatājālairnānākṣigaṇairyutaḥ
Nārada said: In the world of mortals I saw the great hermitage of Gautama, filled with thickets of various trees and creepers and with flocks of various birds.
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GnP 1 30.4
अहिल्यासहितं तत्र गौतमं दृष्टवानहम् । रूपं विलोक्य तस्यास्तु जातोऽहं कामविह्वलः
ahilyāsahitaṃ tatra gautamaṃ dṛṣṭavānaham | rūpaṃ vilokya tasyāstu jāto'haṃ kāmavihvalaḥ
There I saw Gautama together with Ahalyā; and looking upon her beauty I became overcome with desire.
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GnP 1 30.5
यस्या रूपेण सावित्री शची लक्ष्मी गिरीन्द्रजा। उर्वशी मेनका रम्भा लोके ख्याता तिलोत्तमा
yasyā rūpeṇa sāvitrī śacī lakṣmī girīndrajā| urvaśī menakā rambhā loke khyātā tilottamā
She by whose beauty Sāvitrī, Śacī, Lakṣmī, the daughter of the mountain lord, Urvaśī, Menakā, Rambhā, and Tilottamā, famed in the world,
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GnP 1 30.6
केशाबाला ययाऽकारि साऽनसूयाऽप्यरून्धती। छाया संज्ञा रवेर्भार्या कश्यपस्य च याऽदितिः
keśābālā yayā'kāri sā'nasūyā'pyarūndhatī| chāyā saṃjñā raverbhāryā kaśyapasya ca yā'ditiḥ
were made mere hair-girls (i.e. reduced to insignificance) by her — and Anasūyā too, and Arundhatī, Chāyā, Saṃjñā the wife of the sun, and Aditi who is Kaśyapa's —
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GnP 1 30.7
सदृशी नैव काऽपिस्यान्नागपत्नीषु वा क्वचित् । न च मे रोचते गानं न पूजा न च भोजनम्
sadṛśī naiva kā'pisyānnāgapatnīṣu vā kvacit | na ca me rocate gānaṃ na pūjā na ca bhojanam
none anywhere would be her equal, not even among the wives of the Nāgas. Neither song pleases me, nor worship, nor food.
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GnP 1 30.8
ब्रह्मचर्य च मे स्वीयं निद्रां च न लभे क्वचित् । त्वरावानहमायातो दृष्टुं साध्वमरावतीम्
brahmacarya ca me svīyaṃ nidrāṃ ca na labhe kvacit | tvarāvānahamāyāto dṛṣṭuṃ sādhvamarāvatīm
And my own chastity (is lost), and nowhere do I get sleep; in haste I have come to see the good Amarāvatī.
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GnP 1 30.9
तुच्छां पश्य इमां देवीं विना ताममरावतीम् । नारद उवाच ॥ इति शक्रं ब्रुवन्नन्तर्हितोऽहं नृपते वर
tucchāṃ paśya imāṃ devīṃ vinā tāmamarāvatīm | nārada uvāca || iti śakraṃ bruvannantarhito'haṃ nṛpate vara
See this goddess (Śacī) as worthless compared to her, apart from that Amarāvatī. Nārada said: Saying this to Śakra I vanished, O best of kings.
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GnP 1 30.11
पश्ये कदा मुनेर्भार्यां गौतमस्येत्य चिन्तयत् । कदाऽधरामृतं प्राप्य मुच्येयं मदनानलात्
paśye kadā munerbhāryāṃ gautamasyetya cintayat | kadā'dharāmṛtaṃ prāpya mucyeyaṃ madanānalāt
He thought: "When shall I see the sage Gautama's wife? When, obtaining the nectar of her lip, shall I be freed from the fire of love?"
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GnP 1 30.12
जीवितुं नैव पश्येऽन्यं तदाश्लेषं विना शुभम् । एवं निश्चित्य संकल्पं गौतमोऽभूत्स जम्भहा
jīvituṃ naiva paśye'nyaṃ tadāśleṣaṃ vinā śubham | evaṃ niścitya saṃkalpaṃ gautamo'bhūtsa jambhahā
"I see no other good way to live except embracing her." Having thus fixed his resolve, that slayer of Jambha became Gautama.
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GnP 1 30.13
चितयन्नेव तां मार्गे मुनेराश्रममाययौ। ददर्श तामहल्यां तु स्नातुं याते स गौतमे
citayanneva tāṃ mārge munerāśramamāyayau| dadarśa tāmahalyāṃ tu snātuṃ yāte sa gautame
Thinking of her all the way, he came to the sage's hermitage; and when Gautama had gone to bathe, he saw that Ahalyā.
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GnP 1 30.14
अभ्यंतरगतः प्रोचे प्रिये शय्यां शुभां कुरु । सा चोवाच जपं त्यक्त्वा कथमद्यागतो गृहम्
abhyaṃtaragataḥ proce priye śayyāṃ śubhāṃ kuru | sā covāca japaṃ tyaktvā kathamadyāgato gṛham
Having gone inside he said: "Beloved, make the bed fine." And she said: "How is it that you have come home today, abandoning your recitation?"
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GnP 1 30.15
दिवैव सुरतेच्छां किं कुरुषेऽतिविगर्हिताम् । गौतम उवाच ॥ अहं स्नातुं गतो यावत्तावद्देवा वराप्सराः
divaiva suratecchāṃ kiṃ kuruṣe'tivigarhitām | gautama uvāca || ahaṃ snātuṃ gato yāvattāvaddevā varāpsarāḥ
“Why do you desire lovemaking in broad daylight, a thing most blameworthy?” Gautama said: “I had gone to bathe, and meanwhile divine, excellent apsarases —
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GnP 1 30.16
तत्रैव स्नातुमायाता जाता नग्नाऽक्षिगोचरा । बिम्बाधरा सुचार्वंगी चारुपीन पयोधरा
tatraiva snātumāyātā jātā nagnā'kṣigocarā | bimbādharā sucārvaṃgī cārupīna payodharā
came there to that very place to bathe and appeared naked before my eyes — lipped like the bimba fruit, lovely of limb, with beautiful full breasts.
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GnP 1 30.17
न लग्नं मे मनो देवि जपे कामास्त्र पीडितम्। ततोऽहमाश्रमं यातो रति देहि प्रियेऽधुना
na lagnaṃ me mano devi jape kāmāstra pīḍitam| tato'hamāśramaṃ yāto rati dehi priye'dhunā
My mind, tormented by the arrow of Kāma, would not fix on recitation, O goddess. Therefore I came back to the hermitage; grant me love now, my dear.
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GnP 1 30.18
नोचेत्कामाग्निना दग्धं मृतं मां क्व नु पश्यसि । शपे त्वां प्रव्रजिष्ये वा निग्रहीष्ये मनोभृशम्
nocetkāmāgninā dagdhaṃ mṛtaṃ māṃ kva nu paśyasi | śape tvāṃ pravrajiṣye vā nigrahīṣye manobhṛśam
Otherwise, where indeed will you see me, burnt up and dead by the fire of desire? I shall curse you, or go forth as a wanderer, or restrain my mind with force.”
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GnP 1 30.19
अहल्योवाच । स्वाध्यायं देवपूजां च त्यक्त्वा किं प्रार्थ्यते रतिः । नोचितं तव ब्रह्मर्षे तथाऽप्याज्ञां करोम्यहम्
ahalyovāca | svādhyāyaṃ devapūjāṃ ca tyaktvā kiṃ prārthyate ratiḥ | nocitaṃ tava brahmarṣe tathā'pyājñāṃ karomyaham
Ahalyā said: “Abandoning private recitation of scripture and the worship of the gods, why is lovemaking sought? It is not fitting for you, O brahmin-sage; nevertheless I carry out your command.”
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GnP 1 30.21
विवेश शयने रन्तुमहल्या सह वज्रिणा। निःशंकं चुम्बनाश्लेष नीवीविस्रंसनादिभिः
viveśa śayane rantumahalyā saha vajriṇā| niḥśaṃkaṃ cumbanāśleṣa nīvīvisraṃsanādibhiḥ
Ahalyā entered the bed to take pleasure with the wielder of the thunderbolt, without hesitation, with kisses, embraces, the loosening of the girdle and the rest.
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GnP 1 30.22
आकृत्या गौतमस्यैवं चिक्रीडे जम्भहा तया। दिव्यान्गन्धानुपाघ्राय चकिता शंकिता भृशम्
ākṛtyā gautamasyaivaṃ cikrīḍe jambhahā tayā| divyāngandhānupāghrāya cakitā śaṃkitā bhṛśam
In this way, in the shape of Gautama, the slayer of Jambha sported with her; but having smelled the divine fragrances she was startled and greatly suspicious.
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GnP 1 30.23
तर्कयामास मनसि किमयं कूटरुपवान् । कलंकोऽयं मम भृशं चन्द्रस्येव भवेन्नु किम्
tarkayāmāsa manasi kimayaṃ kūṭarupavān | kalaṃko'yaṃ mama bhṛśaṃ candrasyeva bhavennu kim
She reasoned in her mind: “Can this be someone of counterfeit form? Might this become a grave stain upon me, like the moon's blemish?
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GnP 1 30.24
उभे कुले मे नष्टे किं दुष्टस्यास्य तु संगमात् । दर्शयिष्ये कथं लोकेऽयशःश्यामं मुखं त्विदम्
ubhe kule me naṣṭe kiṃ duṣṭasyāsya tu saṃgamāt | darśayiṣye kathaṃ loke'yaśaḥśyāmaṃ mukhaṃ tvidam
Are not both my families ruined by this union with this defiled one? How shall I show in the world this face, dark with dishonour?
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GnP 1 30.25
नयिष्यति गतिं कां मे प्रियो भर्ता तु मां मुनिः। पप्रच्छ तं शठं कोपात् कोऽसि त्वं कूटरुपधृक्
nayiṣyati gatiṃ kāṃ me priyo bhartā tu māṃ muniḥ| papraccha taṃ śaṭhaṃ kopāt ko'si tvaṃ kūṭarupadhṛk
To what state will my dear husband, the sage, bring me?” In anger she asked that cheat: “Who are you, wearing a counterfeit form?
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GnP 1 30.26
विश्वस्ता स्वामिरूपेण वद नो चेच्छपामि ते । इत्युक्तः शापभीतोऽसा आविश्चक्रे निजं वपुः
viśvastā svāmirūpeṇa vada no cecchapāmi te | ityuktaḥ śāpabhīto'sā āviścakre nijaṃ vapuḥ
I trusted (you) because of my husband's form — speak, or else I curse you.” Addressed thus, he, afraid of the curse, revealed his own body,
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GnP 1 30.27
दिव्याभरण संयुक्तं किरीट कटकान्वितम् । कुंडलाद्भुत दीप्ताभिर्विलसन्मुखपंकजम्
divyābharaṇa saṃyuktaṃ kirīṭa kaṭakānvitam | kuṃḍalādbhuta dīptābhirvilasanmukhapaṃkajam
furnished with divine ornaments, provided with diadem and bracelets, its lotus-face shining with the wondrous bright gleams of the earrings.
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GnP 1 30.28
उवाच स ततस्तां तु विद्धि मां त्वं शचीपतिम्। लावण्यदर्शनात्तेऽहं विह्वलो मदनाग्निना
uvāca sa tatastāṃ tu viddhi māṃ tvaṃ śacīpatim| lāvaṇyadarśanātte'haṃ vihvalo madanāgninā
Then he said to her: “Know me to be the husband of Śacī. From seeing your loveliness I was overwhelmed by the fire of love;
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GnP 1 30.29
न लेभे कुत्रचिच्छर्म तत इत्थं कृतं मया। इतोऽपि मां भजस्व त्वं त्रैलोक्येश्वरमादरात्
na lebhe kutraciccharma tata itthaṃ kṛtaṃ mayā| ito'pi māṃ bhajasva tvaṃ trailokyeśvaramādarāt
I found relief nowhere, and so this was done by me. Even now, love me, the lord of the three worlds, with regard.”
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GnP 1 30.31
अस्य ते वपुषो मूढ मद्भर्तरि समागते। अवस्था का भवेन्मन्द न जानेऽहं शतक्रतो
asya te vapuṣo mūḍha madbhartari samāgate| avasthā kā bhavenmanda na jāne'haṃ śatakrato
“Fool, when my husband arrives, what condition will this body of yours be in? I do not know, O dull one, O Śatakratu.
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GnP 1 30.32
पातिव्रत्यं त्वया भग्नं दुष्ट पापीयसा मम । कामवस्थां गमिष्यामि शापाद् गौतमवाग्भवात्
pātivratyaṃ tvayā bhagnaṃ duṣṭa pāpīyasā mama | kāmavasthāṃ gamiṣyāmi śāpād gautamavāgbhavāt
My fidelity to my husband has been broken by you, wicked and most sinful one. What state shall I come to, through the curse that will arise from Gautama's word?”
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