Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 31

GnP 1 31.1

अध्याय ३१ प्रारंभ : - रूक्मांगद उवाच । आगते गौतमे को वा वृत्तान्तोऽभून्महामुने । वद मे सकलं तं तु जिज्ञासा महती मम तावदेव भवद्वाक्यं श्रुतं तु मुनिसत्तम । लज्जयाऽनागता शीघ्रमपराधं क्षमस्व मे ध्यानेन बुबुधे तं तु क्षणेन मुनिसत्त्मः । न ते भस्म करिष्यामि देवेन्द्रोऽसि यतः खलः अध्याय ३२ प्रारंभ :- नारद उवाच । शक्रे तु नलिनीं याते तत्पुरं त्वहमागतः । बृहस्पतिपुरोगांस्तांस्तत्रापश्यं स्थितान् सुरान् तस्मान्नारद यास्यामो गौतमं सान्वितुं मुनिम् । एवं ते निर्ययुर्देवा नारदेन समन्विताः जन्माश्रम तपोदानं देह आत्मा व्रतानि च । सार्थकानी क्षणेनैव जातानि भवतां खलु पूतो भवति जन्तुर्हि बहुभिर्यो ऽनुगृह्यते । अत एकं वदे मन्त्रं तस्मै तं प्रदिशन्तु च।

adhyāya 31 prāraṃbha : - rūkmāṃgada uvāca | āgate gautame ko vā vṛttānto'bhūnmahāmune | vada me sakalaṃ taṃ tu jijñāsā mahatī mama tāvadeva bhavadvākyaṃ śrutaṃ tu munisattama | lajjayā'nāgatā śīghramaparādhaṃ kṣamasva me dhyānena bubudhe taṃ tu kṣaṇena munisattmaḥ | na te bhasma kariṣyāmi devendro'si yataḥ khalaḥ adhyāya 32 prāraṃbha :- nārada uvāca | śakre tu nalinīṃ yāte tatpuraṃ tvahamāgataḥ | bṛhaspatipurogāṃstāṃstatrāpaśyaṃ sthitān surān tasmānnārada yāsyāmo gautamaṃ sānvituṃ munim | evaṃ te niryayurdevā nāradena samanvitāḥ janmāśrama tapodānaṃ deha ātmā vratāni ca | sārthakānī kṣaṇenaiva jātāni bhavatāṃ khalu pūto bhavati janturhi bahubhiryo 'nugṛhyate | ata ekaṃ vade mantraṃ tasmai taṃ pradiśantu ca|

Chapter 31 begins. Rukmāṅgada said: “When Gautama came, what then took place, O great sage? Tell me all of it; my curiosity is great.” — “Only so much of your account have I heard, O best of sages.” — “Out of shame she did not come quickly; forgive my offence.” — But by meditation the best of sages understood it in an instant: “I shall not reduce you to ashes, since you are the Indra of the gods, you rogue.” Chapter 32 begins. Nārada said: “When Śakra had gone to Nalinī, I came to that city (of his), and there I saw the gods standing, with Bṛhaspati at their head. ‘Therefore, Nārada, let us go to conciliate the sage Gautama.’ Thus those gods set out, accompanied by Nārada. ‘Your birth, your stage of life, your austerity and giving, your body, your self and your vows have all in a single moment become fruitful indeed. For a creature becomes purified who is favoured by many; therefore I shall speak one mantra — and let them impart it to him.’”

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GnP 1 31.2

नारद उवाच । नित्यकर्म समाप्यैव स्वाश्रमं गौतमो ययौ। आकार्यं निजपत्नीं तां देहि पादोदकं मम तेभ्यो ह्यकथयं सर्वमुभयोः शापकारणम् । अहल्याया महेन्द्रस्य संयोगं च विरूपताम्

nārada uvāca | nityakarma samāpyaiva svāśramaṃ gautamo yayau| ākāryaṃ nijapatnīṃ tāṃ dehi pādodakaṃ mama tebhyo hyakathayaṃ sarvamubhayoḥ śāpakāraṇam | ahalyāyā mahendrasya saṃyogaṃ ca virūpatām

Nārada said: As soon as he had finished his daily rites, Gautama went to his own hermitage. Calling that wife of his: “Give me water for my feet.” — “To them I told everything, the cause of the curse of both, and Ahalyā's union with great Indra, and (his) disfigurement.”

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GnP 1 31.3

किमर्थं नागताऽद्य त्वं संमुखं मम पूर्ववत् । नानीतमासनं कस्मात्कथं चाटु न भाषसे सहस्रभगतां यातः शक्रो गौतमशापतः । अहल्याधर्षणाद्देवास्तत्संगात्सा शिलाऽभवत्

kimarthaṃ nāgatā'dya tvaṃ saṃmukhaṃ mama pūrvavat | nānītamāsanaṃ kasmātkathaṃ cāṭu na bhāṣase sahasrabhagatāṃ yātaḥ śakro gautamaśāpataḥ | ahalyādharṣaṇāddevāstatsaṃgātsā śilā'bhavat

“Why have you not come before me today as you did before? Why has a seat not been brought? Why do you not speak sweet words?” — “Śakra came to have a thousand vulvas through Gautama's curse, O gods, for having violated Ahalyā; and she, from union with him, became a stone.”

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GnP 1 31.4

श्रुत्वेत्थं वचनं तस्य वेपमाना लतेव सा । अधोमुखी विनिर्गम्य मुहुर्तान्मुनिमाययौ ब्रह्मोवाच । श्रुत्वा ते नारदोक्तं तत् सर्वे देवाः शुचान्विताः। अतिदुःखाद्रुदन्तस्ते निश्वासोच्छवास विभ्रमैः

śrutvetthaṃ vacanaṃ tasya vepamānā lateva sā | adhomukhī vinirgamya muhurtānmunimāyayau brahmovāca | śrutvā te nāradoktaṃ tat sarve devāḥ śucānvitāḥ| atiduḥkhādrudantaste niśvāsocchavāsa vibhramaiḥ

Hearing his words thus, trembling like a creeper, with face bent down, she went out and after a moment came back to the sage. Brahmā said: Hearing what Nārada had said, all the gods were filled with grief; out of excessive sorrow they wept, with confused inhaling and exhaling of breath.

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GnP 1 31.5

साष्टांगं पतिता भूमौ तत्पादौ परिमस्तका । विह्वला शापभीता सा शनैरथ जगौ मुनिम् देवा ऊचुः । येनाकारि शतं यज्ञा दानवा येन निर्जिताः । त्रैलोक्यं पालितं येन भुक्तमैन्द्रं पदं शुभम्

sāṣṭāṃgaṃ patitā bhūmau tatpādau parimastakā | vihvalā śāpabhītā sā śanairatha jagau munim devā ūcuḥ | yenākāri śataṃ yajñā dānavā yena nirjitāḥ | trailokyaṃ pālitaṃ yena bhuktamaindraṃ padaṃ śubham

She fell to the ground with all eight limbs, her head at his feet; distraught and terrified of a curse, she then softly spoke to the sage. The gods said: (He) by whom a hundred sacrifices were performed, by whom the dānavas were vanquished, by whom the three worlds were guarded and the auspicious rank of Indra enjoyed —

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GnP 1 31.6

उषसि त्वं प्रयातोऽसि स्नानं कर्तुं निजं विधिम् । तवरूपधरो दुष्टो देवेन्द्रो मामुवाच ह पूजिता बहवो देवा ब्राह्मणा ब्रह्मवित्तमाः । भुक्ता नानाविधा भोगा अन्येषामतिदुर्लभाः

uṣasi tvaṃ prayāto'si snānaṃ kartuṃ nijaṃ vidhim | tavarūpadharo duṣṭo devendro māmuvāca ha pūjitā bahavo devā brāhmaṇā brahmavittamāḥ | bhuktā nānāvidhā bhogā anyeṣāmatidurlabhāḥ

"At dawn you had gone out to perform your own rite of bathing. The wicked lord of the gods, wearing your form, said to me: 'Many gods have been worshipped, and brahmins who are the best knowers of Brahman; enjoyments of every kind have been enjoyed, exceedingly hard for others to get.'"

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GnP 1 31.7

दृष्टा वराऽप्सरोभ्योऽपि सुंदरी कामिनी मया । न मे मनो जपे दैवे विधौ नित्ये स्थिरं भवेत् । परावृत्यागतस्तस्माद्रतिं मे देहि शोभने कुत्र स्थास्यत्यसौ देवो भोक्ष्यते स्वप्स्यते कथम् । कमद्य शरणं यामः स्वकृते तत्कृतेऽपि वा

dṛṣṭā varā'psarobhyo'pi suṃdarī kāminī mayā | na me mano jape daive vidhau nitye sthiraṃ bhavet | parāvṛtyāgatastasmādratiṃ me dehi śobhane kutra sthāsyatyasau devo bhokṣyate svapsyate katham | kamadya śaraṇaṃ yāmaḥ svakṛte tatkṛte'pi vā

"'I have seen a lovely, desirable woman finer even than the apsarases; my mind cannot stay steady in recitation, in the divine rite, in the daily observance. Therefore I have turned back and come: grant me love, O beautiful one.'" — Where will that god stay, how will he eat, how will he sleep? To whom shall we go for refuge today, for our own sake or for his?

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GnP 1 31.8

त्वमेवेति मया भान्त्या कृतं वाक्यं तथैव तत् । दिव्यगन्धानुपाघ्राय विकल्पो मेऽभवत्पुनः पालयिष्यति कांऽस्मान्वै पदमैन्द्रं शचीं तथा । कथं प्रसन्नतां यायाद् गौतमो मुनिसत्तमः

tvameveti mayā bhāntyā kṛtaṃ vākyaṃ tathaiva tat | divyagandhānupāghrāya vikalpo me'bhavatpunaḥ pālayiṣyati kāṃ'smānvai padamaindraṃ śacīṃ tathā | kathaṃ prasannatāṃ yāyād gautamo munisattamaḥ

"Deluded, I made the reply 'You yourself (are he)' — and so it was. But after smelling the divine fragrances, doubt arose in me again." Whom then will (he) protect — us, the rank of Indra, and Śacī? How might Gautama, best of sages, be brought to favour?

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GnP 1 31.9

दुरात्मन् कोऽसि नो ब्रूहि नोचेद्भस्म भविष्यसि । इति शापभयाज्जातः प्रकटो बलसूदनः स्वीयभार्या वियुक्तःसंस्तत्कृतागः स्मरन् रूषा । अन्योपायं न पश्यामो गौतमस्य प्रसादतः

durātman ko'si no brūhi nocedbhasma bhaviṣyasi | iti śāpabhayājjātaḥ prakaṭo balasūdanaḥ svīyabhāryā viyuktaḥsaṃstatkṛtāgaḥ smaran rūṣā | anyopāyaṃ na paśyāmo gautamasya prasādataḥ

"'Evil-souled one, who are you? Tell us — otherwise you will become ashes.' At this, out of fear of the curse, the slayer of Bala became visible." Being separated from his own wife, recalling with anger the offence done by him — we see no other means than the grace of Gautama.

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GnP 1 31.11

स्वयं निवेदनेऽदोषो दोषोऽपर निवेदने । मन्त्रायुर्गृहरुध्रश्री रतयश्चौषधानि च गौतमं ते समासाद्य बद्धांजलिपुटा मुनिम् । तुष्टवुर्विविधैर्वाक्यै स्तमेव शरणं गताः

svayaṃ nivedane'doṣo doṣo'para nivedane | mantrāyurgṛharudhraśrī ratayaścauṣadhāni ca gautamaṃ te samāsādya baddhāṃjalipuṭā munim | tuṣṭavurvividhairvākyai stameva śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ

In declaring (a thing) oneself there is no fault; the fault is in declaring it to another. A mantra, one's lifespan, the household, ... wealth, pleasures, and medicines (are not to be disclosed). They, having approached the sage Gautama with palms joined, praised him with various words, having gone to him alone for refuge.

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GnP 1 31.12

मानापमान दानानि प्रकटानि न कारयेत् । इत्थं निशम्य स मुनिः कोपव्याकुलितेन्द्रियः देवा ऊचुः । तव प्रभावं वक्तुं नो मुने शक्तिर्न विद्यते । गरिमाणं वदेत् को नु मेरोर्हिमवतोऽपि च । वृष्टिधारा रजो भूमेर्गंगायाः सिकता अपि

mānāpamāna dānāni prakaṭāni na kārayet | itthaṃ niśamya sa muniḥ kopavyākulitendriyaḥ devā ūcuḥ | tava prabhāvaṃ vaktuṃ no mune śaktirna vidyate | garimāṇaṃ vadet ko nu merorhimavato'pi ca | vṛṣṭidhārā rajo bhūmergaṃgāyāḥ sikatā api

One should not make public honours, dishonours, or gifts. Hearing this, that sage, his senses unsettled by anger, (spoke). The gods said: We have no power, O sage, to tell your might. Who indeed could tell the weight of Meru, or even of Himavat, the streams of rain, the dust of the earth, or the sands of the Gaṅgā?

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GnP 1 31.13

शशाप वनिनां स्वीयां दुःशीलां त्वं शिला भव । नाज्ञासीर्मे स्वरुपं तं स्वभावं चेष्टितानि च कमम्बुधेर्गुणान्विष्णोर् गणयेत्को नु मूढधीः । प्रातरेवोप्तबीजानां मध्याह्ने सस्यसंपदः

śaśāpa vanināṃ svīyāṃ duḥśīlāṃ tvaṃ śilā bhava | nājñāsīrme svarupaṃ taṃ svabhāvaṃ ceṣṭitāni ca kamambudherguṇānviṣṇor gaṇayetko nu mūḍhadhīḥ | prātarevoptabījānāṃ madhyāhne sasyasaṃpadaḥ

He cursed his own wife, the ill-behaved woman: "Become a stone! You did not recognise that form of mine, nor my nature, nor my doings." What dull-witted man could count the qualities of the ocean, or of Viṣṇu? For seeds sown at dawn, riches of grain at midday —

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GnP 1 31.14

परे पुंसि निमग्नं ते यतश्चेतोऽतिकामुके । यदा दाशरथी रामो भ्रमद्राजा वने वने संपादितास्त्वया पूर्वमविता ऋषिसत्तमाः। वालखिल्यैर्यजिं कृत्वा पर इन्द्रो विनिर्मितः

pare puṃsi nimagnaṃ te yataśceto'tikāmuke | yadā dāśarathī rāmo bhramadrājā vane vane saṃpāditāstvayā pūrvamavitā ṛṣisattamāḥ| vālakhilyairyajiṃ kṛtvā para indro vinirmitaḥ

— since your mind, exceedingly lustful, was sunk in another man. When Rāma, son of Daśaratha, the roaming king, (wanders) from forest to forest ... Formerly the best of sages were furthered and protected by you; when the Vālakhilyas performed a sacrifice, another Indra was fashioned.

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GnP 1 31.15

तस्यांघ्रिस्पर्शनादेव स्वं रूपं प्रतिपत्स्यसे । नारद उवाच । तदैव सा शिला जाता तपोनिधिवचोबलात् ब्रह्मादिभिः प्रार्थितास्ते पक्षिणां तमकल्पयन् । पयसां निधिरेकेन प्राशितश्चुलकेन यत्

tasyāṃghrisparśanādeva svaṃ rūpaṃ pratipatsyase | nārada uvāca | tadaiva sā śilā jātā taponidhivacobalāt brahmādibhiḥ prārthitāste pakṣiṇāṃ tamakalpayan | payasāṃ nidhirekena prāśitaśculakena yat

"By the very touch of his feet you will regain your own form." Nārada said: At that moment she became that stone, by the force of the word of that treasury of austerity. Entreated by Brahmā and the others, they appointed him over the birds; since the ocean of waters was swallowed at a single sip —

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GnP 1 31.16

तस्या शापं समाकर्ण्य चकम्पे पाकशासनः । प्रकम्पनस्य संयोगाद्धिमवत् पर्वतो यथा अपरा सृष्टिरारब्धा गाधिपुत्रेण धीमता । स्तम्भितो भुज इन्द्रस्य च्यवनेन महात्मना

tasyā śāpaṃ samākarṇya cakampe pākaśāsanaḥ | prakampanasya saṃyogāddhimavat parvato yathā aparā sṛṣṭirārabdhā gādhiputreṇa dhīmatā | stambhito bhuja indrasya cyavanena mahātmanā

Hearing her curse, the chastiser of Pāka trembled, as the Himavat mountain does at the onset of a shaking wind. Another creation was begun by the wise son of Gādhi; Indra's arm was made rigid by the great-souled Cyavana.

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GnP 1 31.17

तर्कयामास मनसि कथं कार्यं मयाऽधुना। समुद्रमध्ये कूपे वा तडागे कमलेऽथवा तस्मात्सर्वात्मना पुंसां भवतां सेवनं नतिः । दर्शनं भाषणं पूजा स्पर्शनं पापनाशनम्

tarkayāmāsa manasi kathaṃ kāryaṃ mayā'dhunā| samudramadhye kūpe vā taḍāge kamale'thavā tasmātsarvātmanā puṃsāṃ bhavatāṃ sevanaṃ natiḥ | darśanaṃ bhāṣaṇaṃ pūjā sparśanaṃ pāpanāśanam

He pondered in his mind: how am I to act now? In the middle of the ocean, or in a well, or in a pond, or in a lotus —. Therefore, with one's whole being, (there should be) service and obeisance to men such as you; seeing, speaking with, worshipping, and touching (you) destroys sin.

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GnP 1 31.18

लीनो भूत्वा तदा स्थास्ये तदा ज्ञास्यति मां मुनिः । अतो बिडालरूपेण विचचार स वज्रभृत उपकारेरतानां च दीनानुग्रहकारिणाम् । इन्द्रार्थे शरणं यातान्कृपां कर्तुं त्वमर्हसि

līno bhūtvā tadā sthāsye tadā jñāsyati māṃ muniḥ | ato biḍālarūpeṇa vicacāra sa vajrabhṛta upakāreratānāṃ ca dīnānugrahakāriṇām | indrārthe śaraṇaṃ yātānkṛpāṃ kartuṃ tvamarhasi

"Having become hidden, I shall stay there; then the sage will (only) know me (thus)." So the bearer of the thunderbolt went about in the form of a cat. Of you who delight in doing good and who show favour to the wretched — for Indra's sake you ought to show mercy to those who have come for refuge.

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GnP 1 31.19

गौतमस्तमचक्षाणो गृहे द्वारि तथाश्रमे । क्व गतो दानवरिपुर्यो मे भार्याविदूषकः गौतम उवाच । भवतां दर्शनं चर्मचक्षुषां नैव जायते । मम पुण्येन जातं तत् कामसंपादनं नृणाम्

gautamastamacakṣāṇo gṛhe dvāri tathāśrame | kva gato dānavaripuryo me bhāryāvidūṣakaḥ gautama uvāca | bhavatāṃ darśanaṃ carmacakṣuṣāṃ naiva jāyate | mama puṇyena jātaṃ tat kāmasaṃpādanaṃ nṛṇām

Gautama, not seeing him in the house, at the door, or in the hermitage (said): "Where has he gone, the foe of the dānavas, the defiler of my wife?" Gautama said: The sight of you does not come about for those whose eyes are of mere skin; by my merit it has come about — that fulfilment of men's desires.

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GnP 1 31.21

शपामि त्वां शचीभर्तः सहस्रभगवान्भव । श्रुतवान्वचनं यावद्रोषेण मुनिनेरितम् इदानीं प्रार्थितं किं वस्तन्निरुप्यं ममाग्रतः । शक्यं चेत्तत् करिष्येऽहं भवत्स्मृतिबलेन तत्

śapāmi tvāṃ śacībhartaḥ sahasrabhagavānbhava | śrutavānvacanaṃ yāvadroṣeṇa munineritam idānīṃ prārthitaṃ kiṃ vastannirupyaṃ mamāgrataḥ | śakyaṃ cettat kariṣye'haṃ bhavatsmṛtibalena tat

"I curse you, husband of Śacī: may you become possessed of a thousand vulvas!" As soon as he heard the word uttered in anger by the sage — "What is it that is now requested? Let that be set forth before me; if it is possible, I shall do it by the power of your remembrance."

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GnP 1 31.22

तावद्ददर्श स्वं देहं सहस्रभग चिह्नितम् । ततो दुःखार्णवे मग्नः शुशोच बलवृत्रहा मुनिरुवाच । इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा जहृषुस्ते दिवौकसः । चन्द्रोदये यथा हर्षं प्राप्नोति जलधिः स्फुटम्

tāvaddadarśa svaṃ dehaṃ sahasrabhaga cihnitam | tato duḥkhārṇave magnaḥ śuśoca balavṛtrahā muniruvāca | iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā jahṛṣuste divaukasaḥ | candrodaye yathā harṣaṃ prāpnoti jaladhiḥ sphuṭam

— just then he saw his own body marked with a thousand vulvas. Then, sunk in an ocean of grief, the slayer of Bala and Vṛtra lamented. The sage said: Hearing that word of his, those dwellers in heaven rejoiced, as the ocean plainly attains joy at the rising of the moon.

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GnP 1 31.23

इन्द्र उवाच । अहं शिक्षापितो वृद्धैर्नाना धर्माननेकशः । वृद्धानां वचनं यन्मे न विचारितमादरात् यथा वा बालभाषाभिः पितरौ मुदमीयतुः । प्रार्थनां चक्रिरे सर्वे गौतमं तं महामुनिम्

indra uvāca | ahaṃ śikṣāpito vṛddhairnānā dharmānanekaśaḥ | vṛddhānāṃ vacanaṃ yanme na vicāritamādarāt yathā vā bālabhāṣābhiḥ pitarau mudamīyatuḥ | prārthanāṃ cakrire sarve gautamaṃ taṃ mahāmunim

Indra said: I was instructed by the elders in many duties many times over; yet the word of the elders was not respectfully considered by me. Or, as two parents take delight in the babblings of a child, so they all made their entreaty to that great sage Gautama.

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GnP 1 31.24

स्व बुद्धीर्हितकृत्सर्वा विनाशाय परेरिता । गुरोर्गरीयसी बुद्धिः क्षयदा कामिनीमतिः देवा ऊचुः । ईश्वरस्यापराधेन कामो भस्मत्वमागतः । आगस्कारी त्वया शक्रो न च प्राणैर्वियोजितः

sva buddhīrhitakṛtsarvā vināśāya pareritā | gurorgarīyasī buddhiḥ kṣayadā kāminīmatiḥ devā ūcuḥ | īśvarasyāparādhena kāmo bhasmatvamāgataḥ | āgaskārī tvayā śakro na ca prāṇairviyojitaḥ

One's own ideas, all of them beneficial, when prompted by another (turn) to ruin. The guru's understanding is weightier; a woman's counsel brings destruction. The gods said: By an offence against the Lord, Kāma came to be ashes; yet Śakra, though an offender, was not deprived of his life by you.

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GnP 1 31.25

कुतो नारदवाक्येन यातोऽहं तामनिंदिताम् । देवराजो भवन्नास्यं लोकानां दर्शये कथम् इदानीं स यथास्थानं स्वकीयं प्राप्नुयान्मुने । क्षमित्वा तस्य चागांसि सर्वेषां वचनाद्धि नः

kuto nāradavākyena yāto'haṃ tāmaniṃditām | devarājo bhavannāsyaṃ lokānāṃ darśaye katham idānīṃ sa yathāsthānaṃ svakīyaṃ prāpnuyānmune | kṣamitvā tasya cāgāṃsi sarveṣāṃ vacanāddhi naḥ

Why, on Nārada's word, did I go to that blameless woman? Being the king of the gods, how shall I show my face to the worlds? Now, O sage, may he regain his own proper station, you forgiving his offences at the word of all of us.

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GnP 1 31.26

दिव्यदेहो गतः क्वाद्य निजभार्यां वदे नु किम् । धिङ्ग्मां च धिक्स्मरं येन प्रापितो गर्हितां दशाम् कृते तस्मिन्प्रसादे तु सर्वेषां वांछितं भवेत् । नारद उवाच । श्रुत्वा देवसमूहस्य वचनानि स गौतमः

divyadeho gataḥ kvādya nijabhāryāṃ vade nu kim | dhiṅgmāṃ ca dhiksmaraṃ yena prāpito garhitāṃ daśām kṛte tasminprasāde tu sarveṣāṃ vāṃchitaṃ bhavet | nārada uvāca | śrutvā devasamūhasya vacanāni sa gautamaḥ

Where has my divine body gone today? And what am I to say to my own wife? Shame on me, and shame on Kāma, by whom I have been brought to this contemptible state. If that favour is granted, the wish of all will be fulfilled. Nārada said: Hearing the words of the assembled gods, that Gautama —

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GnP 1 31.27

प्राणिभिर्भुज्यते कर्म शुभं वा यदि वाऽशुभम् । तिर्यग् योनिं समासाद्य क्षपयिष्येऽघमात्मनः प्रहस्य प्रत्युवाचेदं सर्वान् देवगणान्प्रति । गौतम उवाच । नामापि तस्य न ग्राहयं पतितस्य कृतागसः

prāṇibhirbhujyate karma śubhaṃ vā yadi vā'śubham | tiryag yoniṃ samāsādya kṣapayiṣye'ghamātmanaḥ prahasya pratyuvācedaṃ sarvān devagaṇānprati | gautama uvāca | nāmāpi tasya na grāhayaṃ patitasya kṛtāgasaḥ

Living beings must undergo their karma, whether good or bad; having entered an animal womb, I shall wear away my own sin. — Laughing, he replied thus to all the hosts of gods. Gautama said: Not even the name of that fallen man, who has committed a crime, should be uttered.

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GnP 1 31.28

नलिनी कुड्मले तिष्ठे हीन्द्र गोपकरूपधृक । कपटस्य शठस्यापि दुष्टस्याप्यविवेकिनः । अनुतापविहीनस्य निष्कृतिर्नैव विद्यते

nalinī kuḍmale tiṣṭhe hīndra gopakarūpadhṛka | kapaṭasya śaṭhasyāpi duṣṭasyāpyavivekinaḥ | anutāpavihīnasya niṣkṛtirnaiva vidyate

Remain, O Indra, in the bud of a lotus, wearing the form of a cowherd. For the deceitful, the crooked, the wicked, the undiscerning man who is devoid of remorse, there is no expiation at all.

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GnP 1 31.29

तथापि भवतां वाक्यात्करिष्ये तत्प्रियं सुराः । भवन्तोऽपि यदा रुष्टास्तदा शापः पतेन्ययि

tathāpi bhavatāṃ vākyātkariṣye tatpriyaṃ surāḥ | bhavanto'pi yadā ruṣṭāstadā śāpaḥ patenyayi

Even so, O gods, at your word I shall do what pleases him. But when you too are angered, then the curse will fall upon me.

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GnP 1 31.31

सर्वकर्ता सर्वहर्ता सर्वपाता कृपानिधिः । विनायको देवदेवो ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवात्मकः

sarvakartā sarvahartā sarvapātā kṛpānidhiḥ | vināyako devadevo brahmaviṣṇuśivātmakaḥ

The maker of all, the destroyer of all, the protector of all, the treasury of compassion — Vināyaka, god of gods, whose nature is Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva.

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GnP 1 31.32

षडक्षरस्तस्य मन्त्रो महासिद्धि प्रदायकः। उपदेशे कृते तस्य दिव्यदेहो भवेत्तु सः

ṣaḍakṣarastasya mantro mahāsiddhi pradāyakaḥ| upadeśe kṛte tasya divyadeho bhavettu saḥ

His mantra of six syllables bestows great attainment; once the instruction of it has been given, he will come to have a divine body.

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GnP 1 31.33

भगानि तस्य यावन्ति तावन्नेत्रो भविष्यति । स्वराज्यं प्राप्स्यते शक्र इति सत्यं वदामि वः

bhagāni tasya yāvanti tāvannetro bhaviṣyati | svarājyaṃ prāpsyate śakra iti satyaṃ vadāmi vaḥ

As many as are his vulvas, that many eyes he shall have; Śakra will obtain his own kingdom — this I tell you truly.

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GnP 1 31.34

अभिधाय सुरानित्थं तूष्णीमासीत्स गौतमः। तं च ते पूजयित्वा तु नमश्चक्रुर्मुदान्विताः

abhidhāya surānitthaṃ tūṣṇīmāsītsa gautamaḥ| taṃ ca te pūjayitvā tu namaścakrurmudānvitāḥ

Having spoken thus to the gods, that Gautama fell silent; and they, having worshipped him, made obeisance, filled with joy.

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GnP 1 31.35

प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य पुनः प्राप्यानुज्ञां ययुः सुराः । प्रशंसन्तो मुनिं तत्र यत्रास्ते बलवृत्रहा

pradakṣiṇīkṛtya punaḥ prāpyānujñāṃ yayuḥ surāḥ | praśaṃsanto muniṃ tatra yatrāste balavṛtrahā

Having circled him to the right and again obtained his leave, the gods departed, praising the sage, to where the slayer of Bala and Vṛtra was.

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GnP 1 31.36

गौतमा ज्ञानसंपन्नात् सात्विकोऽन्यो न वर्तते

gautamā jñānasaṃpannāt sātviko'nyo na vartate

There exists no other man of sattva (so great) as Gautama, who is endowed with knowledge.

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