Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 36

GnP 1 36.1

व्यास उवाच । श्रुतं गणेशतीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं कमलासन । रुक्मांगदस्य चरितं कौण्डिन्य पुरवासिनाम् इंद्रो रूक्मांगदो भूतस्तत्रैवान्तर्दधे सुत । मेने रुक्मांगदो भुक्तस्ततो गर्भं दधौ तु सा गृत्समेत्यनुज्ञातो ज्योतिःशास्त्रपरैर्द्विजै । ततस्तु पंचमेऽब्देऽस्य व्रतबन्धं चकार ह वेदशास्त्रनिधिर्जातः स्वकर्म कुशलोऽपि च । कदाचित् सुमहूर्ते तु पिता वाचक्नविः सुतम् ८।। गणानां त्वेति ऋङ्मन्त्रं महांतमुपदिष्टवान् । उवाच च महामन्त्रो वैदिकोऽखिल सिद्धिदः ९।। आगमोक्तेषु मन्त्रेषु सर्वेषु श्रेष्ठ एव च । ध्यात्वा गजाननं देवं जपैनं स्थिरमानसः नास्मत्समक्षो पूजार्हं इतो गच्छ स्वमाश्रमम् । इत्यत्रिवचनं श्रुत्वा क्रोधदीप्त इव ज्वलन् ९।। असंख्येय फला सर्वे प्राणिभिः परिवर्जिता । साऽपि शापं ददौ तस्मै क्रोधाविष्टा सुताय हि ६ ।। ब्रह्मोवाच। भ्रमन्मुनि ददर्शाग्रे वनं पुष्पकसंज्ञितम्। नानाद्रुमलताकीर्णं पुष्पप्राकारशोभितम् तथा विनायको देवः शीघ्रं गृत्समदं ययौ । भासयंस्तेजसा विश्वं सहस्ररविसन्निभः ०।। चलत्कर्णतालो बृहद्दन्तिलीलो मुदा चारूखेलो लसच्चन्द्रभालः । बृहत्पद्ममालो जगत्कार्यमूलः करकंजनालो नमत्सविमेलः सिद्धिबुद्धि युतः श्रीमान् कोटिसूर्याधिक द्युतिः । अनिर्वाच्य स्वरूपोऽपि लोलयाऽऽसीत्पुरो मुने ब्रह्मोवाच । इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा जगाद स विनायकः । गणेश उवाच । अनुग्रहाय संप्राप्तं विद्धि मां गणनायकम् ९।। तव भक्तेषु सर्वेषु श्रेष्ठतां च गजानन । अन्यं चैकं वरं याचे तं च मे देहि शंकर कृते ज्ञानाद्दैवतर्षि च्छन्दसां कर्म निष्फलम् । पुत्रश्च बलवान् सर्वं देवानां सुभयंकरः (१.३७.३२ पुष्पके प्रासादे चतुःषष्टिः स्तम्भाः भवन्ति। किमेते ६४ स्तम्भाः ६४ कलानां रूपाः सन्ति, अयं अन्वेषणीयः) व्यास उवाच । ततो गृत्समदस्यासीत् कथं वृत्तिः सुरेश्वर । तन्ममाचक्ष्व यत्नेन श्रद्दधानस्य पद्मज चारुणा कटिसूत्रेण राजत्कटितटं सुतम् । पप्रच्छ तं मुनिः कोऽसि कस्यासि किं चिकीर्षसि एवं संचिंत्य मनसा तस्मै स्वं मन्त्रमादिशत् । गणानां त्वेति तं चाह कुर्वनुष्ठानमादरात् ८।। जपस्व वैदिकं मंत्रं चित्तं स्थाप्य गजानने । संतुष्टस्ते यदा पुत्र सर्वान् कामान् प्रदास्यति ९।। एवं प्राप्त महामंत्रो जगाम तपसे वनम् । एकांगुष्ठेनावतस्थे निराहारो जितेन्द्रियः ममेदं परमं रूपं स्वप्रकाशं जगन्मयम् । न विदुर्ब्रह्म रुद्राद्याः कुतो वेत्स्यन्ति मानवाः ९।। अन्यं च ते वरं याचे पुरमेतत् तवाज्ञया । प्रथां यातु यतश्चात्र तपमुग्रं तपो मया व्यास उवाच । ततः किमकरोद् ब्रह्मस्त्रिपुरो वरदर्पितः । तत्सर्वं कौतुकं महयं वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषतः एवमाक्रम्य भूखंड ततोऽगादमरावतीम् । तत इंद्रो देवगणै नौंनायुद्ध करे वृतः ते गत्वा शक्रमाचख्युस्त्रिपुरासुर चेष्टितम् । श्रुत्वेत्थं वचनं तेषां वज्राहत इवाचल कोलाहलो महानासीद् बृंहितैर्ह्रेषितैरपि । क्ष्वेडितै रथघोषैश्च वाद्यघोषैरनेकधा सक्षणं पतितो भूमौ तत उत्थाय वेगवान् । जघान मुष्टिना शक्रं धरण्यां तमपातयत् तत्याज दूरतः शक्रं यथा न ज्ञायते क्वचित् । आरुरोह स्वयं तं तु चतुर्दन्तं गजेश्वरम् ब्रह्मोवाच । आक्रम्य देवधिष्ण्यानि दैत्योऽगाद् ब्रह्मणः पदम् । पराक्रमं दैत्यकृतं श्रुत्वा देवमुखात्परा भीमकायोऽपि बलवान् भूमंडल गतो बलात् । वशे चकार नृपतीन् ऋषीन् सर्वान् बबन्ध च आययौ नारदस्तत्र त्रैलोक्यचर इच्छया । ददर्श दीनान्देवांस्ता नुत्ततार नभः पथात् तेन मन्त्रेण ते सर्वे मया दत्तेन भक्तितः । अनुष्ठानं प्रकुर्वन्तु सर्वेऽपि स्थिरमानसाः प्रणेमुः सहसा केचिद्देवास्तं द्विरदाननम् । पूजयामासुरपरे हर्षगदगद भाषिणः ब्रह्मोवाच । एवं स्तुतः सुरैर्देवो द्विरदानन ईश्वरः । उवाच परमप्रीतो हर्षयत् सुरसत्तमान्

vyāsa uvāca | śrutaṃ gaṇeśatīrthasya māhātmyaṃ kamalāsana | rukmāṃgadasya caritaṃ kauṇḍinya puravāsinām iṃdro rūkmāṃgado bhūtastatraivāntardadhe suta | mene rukmāṃgado bhuktastato garbhaṃ dadhau tu sā gṛtsametyanujñāto jyotiḥśāstraparairdvijai | tatastu paṃcame'bde'sya vratabandhaṃ cakāra ha vedaśāstranidhirjātaḥ svakarma kuśalo'pi ca | kadācit sumahūrte tu pitā vācaknaviḥ sutam 8|| gaṇānāṃ tveti ṛṅmantraṃ mahāṃtamupadiṣṭavān | uvāca ca mahāmantro vaidiko'khila siddhidaḥ 9|| āgamokteṣu mantreṣu sarveṣu śreṣṭha eva ca | dhyātvā gajānanaṃ devaṃ japainaṃ sthiramānasaḥ nāsmatsamakṣo pūjārhaṃ ito gaccha svamāśramam | ityatrivacanaṃ śrutvā krodhadīpta iva jvalan 9|| asaṃkhyeya phalā sarve prāṇibhiḥ parivarjitā | sā'pi śāpaṃ dadau tasmai krodhāviṣṭā sutāya hi 6 || brahmovāca| bhramanmuni dadarśāgre vanaṃ puṣpakasaṃjñitam| nānādrumalatākīrṇaṃ puṣpaprākāraśobhitam tathā vināyako devaḥ śīghraṃ gṛtsamadaṃ yayau | bhāsayaṃstejasā viśvaṃ sahasraravisannibhaḥ 0|| calatkarṇatālo bṛhaddantilīlo mudā cārūkhelo lasaccandrabhālaḥ | bṛhatpadmamālo jagatkāryamūlaḥ karakaṃjanālo namatsavimelaḥ siddhibuddhi yutaḥ śrīmān koṭisūryādhika dyutiḥ | anirvācya svarūpo'pi lolayā''sītpuro mune brahmovāca | iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā jagāda sa vināyakaḥ | gaṇeśa uvāca | anugrahāya saṃprāptaṃ viddhi māṃ gaṇanāyakam 9|| tava bhakteṣu sarveṣu śreṣṭhatāṃ ca gajānana | anyaṃ caikaṃ varaṃ yāce taṃ ca me dehi śaṃkara kṛte jñānāddaivatarṣi cchandasāṃ karma niṣphalam | putraśca balavān sarvaṃ devānāṃ subhayaṃkaraḥ (1.37.32 puṣpake prāsāde catuḥṣaṣṭiḥ stambhāḥ bhavanti| kimete 64 stambhāḥ 64 kalānāṃ rūpāḥ santi, ayaṃ anveṣaṇīyaḥ) vyāsa uvāca | tato gṛtsamadasyāsīt kathaṃ vṛttiḥ sureśvara | tanmamācakṣva yatnena śraddadhānasya padmaja cāruṇā kaṭisūtreṇa rājatkaṭitaṭaṃ sutam | papraccha taṃ muniḥ ko'si kasyāsi kiṃ cikīrṣasi evaṃ saṃciṃtya manasā tasmai svaṃ mantramādiśat | gaṇānāṃ tveti taṃ cāha kurvanuṣṭhānamādarāt 8|| japasva vaidikaṃ maṃtraṃ cittaṃ sthāpya gajānane | saṃtuṣṭaste yadā putra sarvān kāmān pradāsyati 9|| evaṃ prāpta mahāmaṃtro jagāma tapase vanam | ekāṃguṣṭhenāvatasthe nirāhāro jitendriyaḥ mamedaṃ paramaṃ rūpaṃ svaprakāśaṃ jaganmayam | na vidurbrahma rudrādyāḥ kuto vetsyanti mānavāḥ 9|| anyaṃ ca te varaṃ yāce purametat tavājñayā | prathāṃ yātu yataścātra tapamugraṃ tapo mayā vyāsa uvāca | tataḥ kimakarod brahmastripuro varadarpitaḥ | tatsarvaṃ kautukaṃ mahayaṃ vaktumarhasyaśeṣataḥ evamākramya bhūkhaṃḍa tato'gādamarāvatīm | tata iṃdro devagaṇai nauṃnāyuddha kare vṛtaḥ te gatvā śakramācakhyustripurāsura ceṣṭitam | śrutvetthaṃ vacanaṃ teṣāṃ vajrāhata ivācala kolāhalo mahānāsīd bṛṃhitairhreṣitairapi | kṣveḍitai rathaghoṣaiśca vādyaghoṣairanekadhā sakṣaṇaṃ patito bhūmau tata utthāya vegavān | jaghāna muṣṭinā śakraṃ dharaṇyāṃ tamapātayat tatyāja dūrataḥ śakraṃ yathā na jñāyate kvacit | āruroha svayaṃ taṃ tu caturdantaṃ gajeśvaram brahmovāca | ākramya devadhiṣṇyāni daityo'gād brahmaṇaḥ padam | parākramaṃ daityakṛtaṃ śrutvā devamukhātparā bhīmakāyo'pi balavān bhūmaṃḍala gato balāt | vaśe cakāra nṛpatīn ṛṣīn sarvān babandha ca āyayau nāradastatra trailokyacara icchayā | dadarśa dīnāndevāṃstā nuttatāra nabhaḥ pathāt tena mantreṇa te sarve mayā dattena bhaktitaḥ | anuṣṭhānaṃ prakurvantu sarve'pi sthiramānasāḥ praṇemuḥ sahasā keciddevāstaṃ dviradānanam | pūjayāmāsurapare harṣagadagada bhāṣiṇaḥ brahmovāca | evaṃ stutaḥ surairdevo dviradānana īśvaraḥ | uvāca paramaprīto harṣayat surasattamān

Vyāsa said: The greatness of Gaṇeśa's holy place has been heard, O lotus-seated one, and the deeds of Rukmāṅgada, O Kauṇḍinya, and of the city's inhabitants. Indra, having become Rukmāṅgada, vanished on that very spot, my son; she thought that Rukmāṅgada had enjoyed her, and thereupon she conceived. Gṛtsamada, having come and been authorized by brahmins versed in astrology — then in his fifth year (his father) performed his initiation. He became a treasury of Veda and scripture, and skilled too in his own duty. Once, at an auspicious moment, the father Vācaknavi taught his son the great Ṛg-mantra beginning "gaṇānāṃ tvā," and said: This great Vedic mantra bestows all attainments, and it is the very best among all the mantras stated in the Āgamas; meditating on the god Elephant-faced, recite it with steady mind. "You are not fit for worship in our presence; go from here to your own hermitage." Hearing these words of Atri, blazing as if kindled by anger... All (the trees), bearing countless fruits, were shunned by living creatures. She too, seized by anger, gave a curse to her son. Brahmā said: The wandering sage saw before him a forest named Puṣpaka, strewn with many trees and creepers, adorned with a wall of flowers. Then the god Vināyaka quickly went to Gṛtsamada, lighting up the universe with his radiance, resembling a thousand suns — with flapping ears, with the play of his great tusk, joyfully sporting sweetly, the moon shining on his brow, with a great lotus-garland, the root of the world's business, with lotus-stalk hands, uniting with those who bow; endowed with Siddhi and Buddhi, glorious, with a splendour exceeding a crore of suns; though of indescribable form, he stood before (him) with Lolā, O sage. Brahmā said: Hearing that speech of his, Vināyaka spoke. Gaṇeśa said: Know me, the lord of the hosts, come to show favour. "And (grant me) pre-eminence among all your devotees, O elephant-faced; and I ask one other boon — give me that, O Śaṃkara." Action done from knowledge of the deity, the seer and the metre is fruitless; "and a son, mighty, causing great terror to all the gods." (Note: in the Puṣpaka palace there are sixty-four pillars; are these sixty-four pillars forms of the sixty-four arts? This is to be investigated.) Vyāsa said: Then what was Gṛtsamada's manner of living, O lord of gods? Tell me that carefully, for I am faithful, O lotus-born. The sage asked the boy, whose waist shone with a lovely girdle: Who are you? whose are you? what do you wish to do? Having thus reflected in his mind, he imparted his own mantra to him, and told him the "gaṇānāṃ tvā," performing the observance with reverence: Recite the Vedic mantra, fixing your mind on the Elephant-faced; when he is pleased with you, son, he will grant all your desires. Having thus obtained the great mantra, he went to the forest for austerity; he stood on one big toe, without food, his senses subdued. "This supreme form of mine, self-luminous, consisting of the world, Brahmā, Rudra and the rest do not know it; whence then shall men know it?" "And I ask you another boon: let this city attain renown by your command, since here severe austerity has been performed by me." Vyāsa said: Then what did Tripura, made proud by the boon, do, O Brahmā? All that marvel you must tell me without remainder. Having thus overrun the sphere of earth, he then went to Amarāvatī. Then Indra, surrounded by the hosts of gods with weapons in their hands... They went and told Śakra the doings of the demon Tripura; hearing their words thus, (he was) like a mountain struck by the thunderbolt, unmoved. There was a great uproar, with trumpetings and neighings, with battle-cries, the noise of chariots and the sound of instruments in many ways. In an instant he fell to the ground; then, rising up swiftly, he struck Śakra with his fist and threw him down upon the earth. He flung Śakra far off, so that he could not be found anywhere; and he himself mounted that four-tusked lord of elephants. Brahmā said: Having overrun the abodes of the gods, the demon went to Brahmā's station. Hearing from the mouth of the gods of the exploit done by the demon... Bhīma too, huge-bodied and strong, went by force to the sphere of earth, brought the kings under his sway and bound all the sages. Nārada, who roams the three worlds, came there at will; he saw the gods in distress and descended from the path of the sky. "By that mantra given by me, let them all devotedly perform the observance, all of them with steady minds." Some of the gods at once bowed down to that two-tusked one; others worshipped him, speaking with voices stammering from joy. Brahmā said: Thus praised by the gods, the two-tusked lord god, supremely pleased, spoke, gladdening the best of the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 1 36.2

तथापि ब्रूहि मे ब्रह्मन् मुकुंदाचरितं शुभं । ब्रह्मोवाच । गते रूक्मांगदे सा तु जज्वाल मदनाग्निना चारुरूपा महामानी दानशूरोऽरिमर्दनः । नानालंकार शोभाढ्यो महार्हासन संश्रितः पतिव्रता महाभागा शापानुग्रहणे क्षमा । तस्य राज्ञः पितुश्राद्धे समाजग्मुर्महर्षयः शोभितं निर्झरजलैर्निर्जरैर्मुनिसत्तमै । ननाम तान् गृत्समदो न्यवसच्च तदाज्ञया सनकादिभिरप्राप्यं चिरं नियममास्थितैः । त्यक्त्वा भयं ब्रूहि यत्ते वांछितं मुनिसत्तम ब्रह्मज्ञानं तथा ज्ञानं देहि मे जगदीश्वर । त्वयि भक्तिं च सुदृढामविस्मरणमेव च ब्रह्मोवाच । ततः सर्वे मुनिगणा मानयामासुरादरात् । ब्रह्मन् मुनिवरश्रेष्ठं नेमुर्गृत्समदं च तम् ततस्तत् तपसा तुष्ट आविरासीद् गजाननः । दिशो वितिमिराः कुर्वंश्छादयन् भानुमंडलम् परशुं कमलं माला मोदकान् बिभ्रतं करैः । तेजसा धर्षितस्तस्य धैर्यं कृत्वा ननाम सः ब्रह्मोवाच । ततः काश्मीर पाषाणभवां मूर्तिं गजाननीम । स्थापयामास विधिवद् ब्रह्मणैर्मन्त्रकोविदैः ब्रह्मा ययौ नाभिपद्मं विष्णुः क्षीरनिधिं ययौ । दैत्यस्य मानसौ पुत्रौ प्रचंडश्चंड एव च

tathāpi brūhi me brahman mukuṃdācaritaṃ śubhaṃ | brahmovāca | gate rūkmāṃgade sā tu jajvāla madanāgninā cārurūpā mahāmānī dānaśūro'rimardanaḥ | nānālaṃkāra śobhāḍhyo mahārhāsana saṃśritaḥ pativratā mahābhāgā śāpānugrahaṇe kṣamā | tasya rājñaḥ pituśrāddhe samājagmurmaharṣayaḥ śobhitaṃ nirjharajalairnirjarairmunisattamai | nanāma tān gṛtsamado nyavasacca tadājñayā sanakādibhiraprāpyaṃ ciraṃ niyamamāsthitaiḥ | tyaktvā bhayaṃ brūhi yatte vāṃchitaṃ munisattama brahmajñānaṃ tathā jñānaṃ dehi me jagadīśvara | tvayi bhaktiṃ ca sudṛḍhāmavismaraṇameva ca brahmovāca | tataḥ sarve munigaṇā mānayāmāsurādarāt | brahman munivaraśreṣṭhaṃ nemurgṛtsamadaṃ ca tam tatastat tapasā tuṣṭa āvirāsīd gajānanaḥ | diśo vitimirāḥ kurvaṃśchādayan bhānumaṃḍalam paraśuṃ kamalaṃ mālā modakān bibhrataṃ karaiḥ | tejasā dharṣitastasya dhairyaṃ kṛtvā nanāma saḥ brahmovāca | tataḥ kāśmīra pāṣāṇabhavāṃ mūrtiṃ gajānanīma | sthāpayāmāsa vidhivad brahmaṇairmantrakovidaiḥ brahmā yayau nābhipadmaṃ viṣṇuḥ kṣīranidhiṃ yayau | daityasya mānasau putrau pracaṃḍaścaṃḍa eva ca

"Even so, tell me, O Brahman, the auspicious story of Mukundā." Brahmā said: When Rukmāṅgada had gone, she burned with the fire of love. (She was) of lovely form and greatly proud; (he was) heroic in giving, a crusher of foes, rich with the splendour of many ornaments, seated on a most costly throne. Devoted to her husband, greatly blessed, capable of cursing and of favour. At the śrāddha of that king's father the great sages assembled. (The place was) adorned with waterfall waters, with streams and with the best of sages; Gṛtsamada bowed to them and dwelt there by their permission. (A state) unattainable even by Sanaka and the others, long established in their observances. "Setting fear aside, say what you desire, O best of sages." "Give me knowledge of Brahman and (true) knowledge, O lord of the world, and firm devotion to you, and never forgetting (you)." Brahmā said: Then all the hosts of sages honoured him respectfully; O Brahman, they bowed to that Gṛtsamada, most excellent among the best of sages. Then, pleased by that austerity, the Elephant-faced appeared, making the directions free of darkness and veiling the orb of the sun, bearing in his hands an axe, a lotus, a garland and sweet cakes. Overwhelmed by his splendour, he steadied himself and bowed. Brahmā said: Then he installed, according to rule, an elephant-faced image made of Kashmir stone, by means of brahmins skilled in mantras. Brahmā went to the navel-lotus, Viṣṇu went to the ocean of milk. The demon's two mind-born sons were Pracaṇḍa and Caṇḍa.

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GnP 1 36.3

दावाग्निना यथा ग्रीष्मे महावनस्थला सुत । मुकुंदा नालभच्छर्म वने शीतल मारुते उवाच तत्र सदसि वसिष्ठादीन् मुनीन्प्रति । गृत्समद उवाच । यर्हि रुक्मांगदस्याहं न भवेयं मुनीश्वराः । तदा शापाग्निना युष्मान्कुर्यां भस्मावशेषितान् २।। ब्रह्मोवाच । इत्युक्त्वा तान्मुनीन् सर्वान् प्रययौ मातरं प्रति । पप्रच्छ तां गृत्समदो वद दुष्टेऽतिकामुके मुकुंदोवाच । मृगयासक्तचित्तोऽभूद्धृष्टसार्थो नृपोत्तमः । त्रैलोक्यसुभगो दृष्टो मया रूक्मांगदः शुभः लज्जयाऽधोमुखः शापमभ्यधाज्जननीं प्रति ।। पुत्र उवाच । दुष्टे मूढे पापरते कानने कंटकी भव तत्र स्नात्वा जपं चक्रे पादांगुष्ठाग्रधिष्टितः । स्थिरेण मनसा ध्यायन्देवं विघ्नेश्वरं विभुम् तव भक्त्यैकनिलयं त्रैलोक्याकर्षण क्षमम् । विख्यातं त्रिषु लोकेषु नमस्यं सुरमानुषैः १ ।। एवं मां कुरु विघ्नेश यदि तुष्टोऽखिलार्थकृत्। वनं च पुष्पकं नाम्ना ख्यातिं यातु सुरेश्वर गणेश उवाच । साधु साधु महाबाहो प्रसन्ने मयि दुर्लभम् । भक्तानां त्रिषु लोकेषु न किंचिन् मुनिपुंगव वरदानाद् गणेशस्य वव्रुस्तं यज्ञकर्मणि । सर्वारम्भे गणेशस्य पूजनादौ च सस्मरः स उवाच ततो बालो धन्योऽहं तव दर्शनात् । पिता धन्यतरो मेऽद्य सार्थकं जन्म मे तपः महिमानं महान्तं ते केशा अपि न यं विदुः । यदि मे वरदोऽसि त्वं तन्मे देहि गजानन वश्या मम सदा सन्तु मुनिकिन्नर चारणाः। मनसा चिन्तितं यन्मे तत्तत् सिध्यतु सर्वदा ८।। इंद्रादयो लोकपालाः सेवां कुर्वन्तु मे सदा । इह भोगाननेकान्मे मुक्तिं चान्ते प्रयच्छ च महांतं कांचनं दिव्यं मणिमुक्ता विभूषितम् । गणेशपुरमध्ये स प्रासादं कृतवान्शुभम् प्रचंडं स्थापयामास ब्रह्मलोकेऽधिनायकम् । ततश्चंडं च वैकुंठे चकार स्वामिनं स्वयम्

dāvāgninā yathā grīṣme mahāvanasthalā suta | mukuṃdā nālabhaccharma vane śītala mārute uvāca tatra sadasi vasiṣṭhādīn munīnprati | gṛtsamada uvāca | yarhi rukmāṃgadasyāhaṃ na bhaveyaṃ munīśvarāḥ | tadā śāpāgninā yuṣmānkuryāṃ bhasmāvaśeṣitān 2|| brahmovāca | ityuktvā tānmunīn sarvān prayayau mātaraṃ prati | papraccha tāṃ gṛtsamado vada duṣṭe'tikāmuke mukuṃdovāca | mṛgayāsaktacitto'bhūddhṛṣṭasārtho nṛpottamaḥ | trailokyasubhago dṛṣṭo mayā rūkmāṃgadaḥ śubhaḥ lajjayā'dhomukhaḥ śāpamabhyadhājjananīṃ prati || putra uvāca | duṣṭe mūḍhe pāparate kānane kaṃṭakī bhava tatra snātvā japaṃ cakre pādāṃguṣṭhāgradhiṣṭitaḥ | sthireṇa manasā dhyāyandevaṃ vighneśvaraṃ vibhum tava bhaktyaikanilayaṃ trailokyākarṣaṇa kṣamam | vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu namasyaṃ suramānuṣaiḥ 1 || evaṃ māṃ kuru vighneśa yadi tuṣṭo'khilārthakṛt| vanaṃ ca puṣpakaṃ nāmnā khyātiṃ yātu sureśvara gaṇeśa uvāca | sādhu sādhu mahābāho prasanne mayi durlabham | bhaktānāṃ triṣu lokeṣu na kiṃcin munipuṃgava varadānād gaṇeśasya vavrustaṃ yajñakarmaṇi | sarvārambhe gaṇeśasya pūjanādau ca sasmaraḥ sa uvāca tato bālo dhanyo'haṃ tava darśanāt | pitā dhanyataro me'dya sārthakaṃ janma me tapaḥ mahimānaṃ mahāntaṃ te keśā api na yaṃ viduḥ | yadi me varado'si tvaṃ tanme dehi gajānana vaśyā mama sadā santu munikinnara cāraṇāḥ| manasā cintitaṃ yanme tattat sidhyatu sarvadā 8|| iṃdrādayo lokapālāḥ sevāṃ kurvantu me sadā | iha bhogānanekānme muktiṃ cānte prayaccha ca mahāṃtaṃ kāṃcanaṃ divyaṃ maṇimuktā vibhūṣitam | gaṇeśapuramadhye sa prāsādaṃ kṛtavānśubham pracaṃḍaṃ sthāpayāmāsa brahmaloke'dhināyakam | tataścaṃḍaṃ ca vaikuṃṭhe cakāra svāminaṃ svayam

As a great forest tract in summer by a wildfire, so Mukundā, my son, found no relief in the forest, though the breeze was cool. There in the assembly he spoke to Vasiṣṭha and the other sages. Gṛtsamada said: If I should not be Rukmāṅgada's (son), O lords of sages, then with the fire of my curse I will reduce you to nothing but ashes. Brahmā said: Having said this to all those sages, he went to his mother; Gṛtsamada asked her: Speak, wicked and over-lustful woman! Mukundā said: The best of kings, his mind bent on the hunt, was bold and purposeful; I saw the handsome Rukmāṅgada, fair in the three worlds. His face downcast with shame, he pronounced a curse upon his mother. The son said: Wicked, deluded, given to sin — become a thorn-tree in the forest! Having bathed there he performed recitation, poised on the tip of his toe, meditating with steady mind on the mighty god Vighneśvara. "(Make me) the one abode of devotion to you, able to draw the three worlds, renowned in the three worlds, to be saluted by gods and men — make me thus, O Vighneśa, if you are pleased, accomplisher of every aim; and let this forest attain fame by the name Puṣpaka, O lord of gods." Gaṇeśa said: Well, well, mighty-armed one! When I am pleased there is nothing in the three worlds hard to obtain for devotees, O bull among sages. Because Gaṇeśa granted a boon, they chose him for the sacrificial rite; and at the outset of every undertaking he remembered the worship of Gaṇeśa and the rest. Then the boy said: I am blessed by the sight of you; my father is more blessed today; my birth and my austerity have borne fruit. Your great greatness not even the hairs (of your body) know; if you are a granter of boons to me, then give me this, O Elephant-faced: let sages, kinnaras and cāraṇas always be subject to me; whatever I conceive in my mind, let that always succeed; let Indra and the other world-guardians always render me service; grant me many enjoyments here and liberation at the end. In the midst of Gaṇeśapura he made a great, golden, divine, auspicious temple adorned with gems and pearls. He installed Pracaṇḍa as overlord in Brahmaloka, and then himself made Caṇḍa the master in Vaikuṇṭha.

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GnP 1 36.4

लतापुष्पमये स्थाने चंद्रचंदनवोऽपि च । तस्या न रोचते हास्यं गीतं नृत्यं कथान्तरम् जननी त्वमनादृत्य यतः शप्ता खलु त्वया । अतः शपामि त्वां पुत्र त्वत्तः पुत्रोऽति दारुणः नासाग्र न्यस्तदृष्टिः सन्निरीक्षन्न दिशोदिश । जितेन्द्रियो जितश्वासो जितात्मा मारुताशनः भविष्यति महाख्यातिं त्रिषु लोकेषु यास्यति । अजेयः सर्वदेवानां विना रुद्रं भविष्यति एवं विख्यातिमगमत् स मुनिर्गणनायके । भक्तिं परमिकां चक्रे जपन्मंत्रं सुनिश्चलः उपचारैः षोडशभिः पूजयामास तं विभुम् । नमस्कारैरसंख्यातैः स्तुतिभिः प्रार्थनैरपि ततः कैलासमगमत् तं च दौर्भ्यामचालयत् । भयभीता च गिरिजा लिलिंगे शंकरं भृशम्

latāpuṣpamaye sthāne caṃdracaṃdanavo'pi ca | tasyā na rocate hāsyaṃ gītaṃ nṛtyaṃ kathāntaram jananī tvamanādṛtya yataḥ śaptā khalu tvayā | ataḥ śapāmi tvāṃ putra tvattaḥ putro'ti dāruṇaḥ nāsāgra nyastadṛṣṭiḥ sannirīkṣanna diśodiśa | jitendriyo jitaśvāso jitātmā mārutāśanaḥ bhaviṣyati mahākhyātiṃ triṣu lokeṣu yāsyati | ajeyaḥ sarvadevānāṃ vinā rudraṃ bhaviṣyati evaṃ vikhyātimagamat sa munirgaṇanāyake | bhaktiṃ paramikāṃ cakre japanmaṃtraṃ suniścalaḥ upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ pūjayāmāsa taṃ vibhum | namaskārairasaṃkhyātaiḥ stutibhiḥ prārthanairapi tataḥ kailāsamagamat taṃ ca daurbhyāmacālayat | bhayabhītā ca girijā liliṃge śaṃkaraṃ bhṛśam

In a place made of creepers and flowers, with moon(light) and sandal too; neither laughter nor song nor dance nor any tale pleases her. "Since your mother was cursed by you, disregarding her, therefore I curse you, son: from you (will come) an exceedingly terrible son — with his gaze fixed on the tip of his nose, not looking in any direction, his senses conquered, his breath conquered, himself conquered, feeding on air, he will be, and he will attain great fame in the three worlds; he will be unconquerable by all the gods, save Rudra." Thus that sage attained renown in (regard to) the lord of the hosts; he practised supreme devotion, wholly unwavering, reciting the mantra. With the sixteen services he worshipped that lord, with countless salutations, with hymns and with prayers. Then he went to Kailāsa and shook it with his two arms; and Girijā, terrified, clung fast to Śaṃkara.

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GnP 1 36.5

अन्नं जलं विह्वलापास्सचित्ताया मुनीश्वर । क्षुत्तृट् श्रमेण तस्यास्तु क्षणं निद्रा समाययौ दिव्यवर्षसहस्रं स तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम् । उन्मील्य नयनं पश्यद्यदा गृत्समदो मुनिः कदाचित् स मुनिर्व्यास चुक्षुवे बलमुत्तरम् । दिशो नभश्च पृथिवीं नादयन् गिरिगह्वरान् क्षमाप्य देवदेवेशमनुज्ञोप्य ययौ बहिः । ददौ दानान्यनेकानि ब्राह्मणेभ्यो यथार्हतः ततः कैलासमगमद्युद्धाकांक्षी महासुरः । तेन तुष्टो महादेवो दैत्यस्य पौरुषेण च

annaṃ jalaṃ vihvalāpāssacittāyā munīśvara | kṣuttṛṭ śrameṇa tasyāstu kṣaṇaṃ nidrā samāyayau divyavarṣasahasraṃ sa tapastepe sudāruṇam | unmīlya nayanaṃ paśyadyadā gṛtsamado muniḥ kadācit sa munirvyāsa cukṣuve balamuttaram | diśo nabhaśca pṛthivīṃ nādayan girigahvarān kṣamāpya devadeveśamanujñopya yayau bahiḥ | dadau dānānyanekāni brāhmaṇebhyo yathārhataḥ tataḥ kailāsamagamadyuddhākāṃkṣī mahāsuraḥ | tena tuṣṭo mahādevo daityasya pauruṣeṇa ca

Food and water (were unwelcome) to her, her mind distraught, O lord of sages; from hunger, thirst and exhaustion sleep came upon her for a moment. He practised most dreadful austerity for a thousand divine years; when the sage Gṛtsamada, opening his eyes, looked... Once, O Vyāsa, that sage sneezed a mighty sneeze, making the directions, the sky, the earth and the mountain caverns resound. Having begged pardon of the god of gods and taken his leave, he went out; he gave many gifts to brahmins as each deserved. Then the great demon, eager for battle, went to Kailāsa; Mahādeva was pleased with him and with the demon's manliness.

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GnP 1 36.6

तामिंद्रो बुबुधे कांता प्रसुप्ता विजने वने । कामातुरा विह्वला च रूक्मांगद कृते सुत तदा नेत्रोद्भवो वह्नीस्त्रिदशान्पर्यतापयत् । शशंकिरे तदा देवाः कस्यायं पदभाग्भवेत अपश्यत् पुरतो यावत् तावद्बालं भयंकरम् । रक्तवर्णं महानादं जपाकुसुमसन्निभम् ततस्तदभवत्स्थानं बंगाले त्रिपुरस्य ह । गणेशपुरमित्येवं सर्वेषां सर्वसिद्धिदम् बहिर्ययौ वरं दातुं निजभक्तं सुखप्रदः । ददर्श त्रिपुरं दैत्यं वरं वृण्वित्यथाब्रवीत्

tāmiṃdro bubudhe kāṃtā prasuptā vijane vane | kāmāturā vihvalā ca rūkmāṃgada kṛte suta tadā netrodbhavo vahnīstridaśānparyatāpayat | śaśaṃkire tadā devāḥ kasyāyaṃ padabhāgbhaveta apaśyat purato yāvat tāvadbālaṃ bhayaṃkaram | raktavarṇaṃ mahānādaṃ japākusumasannibham tatastadabhavatsthānaṃ baṃgāle tripurasya ha | gaṇeśapuramityevaṃ sarveṣāṃ sarvasiddhidam bahiryayau varaṃ dātuṃ nijabhaktaṃ sukhapradaḥ | dadarśa tripuraṃ daityaṃ varaṃ vṛṇvityathābravīt

Indra became aware of her, that beloved woman asleep in the lonely forest, tormented by desire and distraught for Rukmāṅgada's sake, my son. Then a fire arising from (his) eye scorched the thirty gods; then the gods grew anxious: "Whose portion shall this be?" As he looked in front, he saw a terrifying child, red in colour, loudly roaring, like a japā flower. Then that place of Tripura's came to be in Baṅgāla, (known) thus as Gaṇeśapura, granting every attainment to all. The bestower of happiness went outside to give a boon to his own devotee; he saw the demon Tripura and then said, "Choose a boon."

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GnP 1 36.7

धृत्वा रौक्मांगदं रूपं बुभुजे कामुकां तु ताम् । आलिलिंग मुदा शक्रो मुकुंदा जहृषे भृशम् अपरं गलितं पत्रं भक्षयन्नेकमेव च । यत्नमास्थाय परमं स्थाणुभूतोऽति निश्चलः तेजोराशिं च मुष्णंतं नेत्रालोकपथं मुहुः । दृष्ट्वा स तादृशं बालं चकम्पे भयविह्वलः ततः स त्रिपुरो दैत्यो गजानन वरोद्धतः । नृलोकान्पालयामास देवानामाक्रमे रतः स वव्रे यदि तुष्टोऽसि देहि कैलासमद्य मे । गच्छ मन्दारशिखरं यावन्मम मनोरथः

dhṛtvā raukmāṃgadaṃ rūpaṃ bubhuje kāmukāṃ tu tām | āliliṃga mudā śakro mukuṃdā jahṛṣe bhṛśam aparaṃ galitaṃ patraṃ bhakṣayannekameva ca | yatnamāsthāya paramaṃ sthāṇubhūto'ti niścalaḥ tejorāśiṃ ca muṣṇaṃtaṃ netrālokapathaṃ muhuḥ | dṛṣṭvā sa tādṛśaṃ bālaṃ cakampe bhayavihvalaḥ tataḥ sa tripuro daityo gajānana varoddhataḥ | nṛlokānpālayāmāsa devānāmākrame rataḥ sa vavre yadi tuṣṭo'si dehi kailāsamadya me | gaccha mandāraśikharaṃ yāvanmama manorathaḥ

Assuming the form of Rukmāṅgada, he enjoyed that lustful woman; Śakra embraced her with delight, and Mukundā rejoiced exceedingly. Eating only one other fallen leaf, making the utmost effort, become like a post, utterly motionless; and seeing such a boy, a mass of splendour that again and again stole away the path of the eye's sight, he trembled, overcome with fear. Then that demon Tripura, made arrogant by the Elephant-faced's boon, ruled the worlds of men, bent on overrunning the gods. He chose: "If you are pleased, give me Kailāsa today." "Go to the peak of Mandāra, so long as it is my wish."

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GnP 1 36.8

साऽपि रुक्मांगदं तं तु चुचुम्बे सुभृशं सुत । सोऽपि तस्याः कुचौ पीनौ ममर्द दृढमुष्टिना क उवाच । सा तदैव शरीरं तत् त्यक्त्वाऽभूद् बदरी वने । वर्जिता पक्षिसंघातै जरिजैरंडजैरपि दशपंचसहस्राणि तेपे निश्चलमानसः । ततो विनायको दृष्ट्वा तपनं तस्य दुर्घटम् तर्कयामास मनसा विघ्नः कोऽयमिहागतः ।। न जाने गणनाथेन दत्त पुत्रो ममाद्भुतः पदातयस्तुरंगाश्च गजाश्च रथिनस्तथा । दशदिग्भ्यो ययुस्तं तु सेवार्थं बलवत्तराः शंकरोऽपि ददौ तस्मै कैलासं स्वल्पकालिने । स्वयं जगाम गिरिशो मन्दाराद्रिं गणैर्वृतः

sā'pi rukmāṃgadaṃ taṃ tu cucumbe subhṛśaṃ suta | so'pi tasyāḥ kucau pīnau mamarda dṛḍhamuṣṭinā ka uvāca | sā tadaiva śarīraṃ tat tyaktvā'bhūd badarī vane | varjitā pakṣisaṃghātai jarijairaṃḍajairapi daśapaṃcasahasrāṇi tepe niścalamānasaḥ | tato vināyako dṛṣṭvā tapanaṃ tasya durghaṭam tarkayāmāsa manasā vighnaḥ ko'yamihāgataḥ || na jāne gaṇanāthena datta putro mamādbhutaḥ padātayasturaṃgāśca gajāśca rathinastathā | daśadigbhyo yayustaṃ tu sevārthaṃ balavattarāḥ śaṃkaro'pi dadau tasmai kailāsaṃ svalpakāline | svayaṃ jagāma giriśo mandārādriṃ gaṇairvṛtaḥ

She too kissed that Rukmāṅgada again and again, my son; and he too crushed her full breasts with a tight fist. Ka said: At that very moment she left that body and became a jujube tree in the forest, shunned by flocks of birds and by egg-born creatures. He practised austerity for fifteen thousand (years) with unwavering mind; then Vināyaka, seeing his difficult austerity, reflected in his mind: "What obstacle has come here? I do not know." "By the lord of the hosts a wondrous son has been given to me." Foot-soldiers and horses and elephants and charioteers, very mighty, came to him from the ten directions to serve him. Śaṃkara too gave him Kailāsa for a short time; Girīśa himself went to Mount Mandāra, surrounded by his hosts.

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GnP 1 36.9

व्यंशुकां व्यंशुको रेमे निःशंकं स तया सह । ततः सा लज्जमानेव स्वगृहं प्रत्यपद्यत अनुग्रहाय तस्याथ प्रादुरासीत् सुदीप्तिमान् । यथा धेनुर्वत्सरवं श्रुत्वा धावति सत्वरम् पश्यति स्म पुनः सोऽमुं चारुवक्त्रं सुलोचनम् । चारु रूक्मांगदं चारु मुकुटं चारुनूपुरम् राजानः सेवका जाता आनुकूल्येन तस्य ह । प्रतिकूला गता मृत्युं युद्धं कर्तुं मनीश्वराः कैलासशिखरारूढो जहर्ष त्रिपुरासुरः। एवं देवान्वशे कृत्वा पुनरायाद्रसातलम्

vyaṃśukāṃ vyaṃśuko reme niḥśaṃkaṃ sa tayā saha | tataḥ sā lajjamāneva svagṛhaṃ pratyapadyata anugrahāya tasyātha prādurāsīt sudīptimān | yathā dhenurvatsaravaṃ śrutvā dhāvati satvaram paśyati sma punaḥ so'muṃ cāruvaktraṃ sulocanam | cāru rūkmāṃgadaṃ cāru mukuṭaṃ cārunūpuram rājānaḥ sevakā jātā ānukūlyena tasya ha | pratikūlā gatā mṛtyuṃ yuddhaṃ kartuṃ manīśvarāḥ kailāsaśikharārūḍho jaharṣa tripurāsuraḥ| evaṃ devānvaśe kṛtvā punarāyādrasātalam

Vyaṃśuka enjoyed Vyaṃśukā, sporting with her without hesitation; then she, as if ashamed, went back to her own house. Then, to show him grace, (the god) appeared, most radiant—just as a cow, hearing the calf's cry, runs at once. He looked again and again at that one of lovely face and beautiful eyes, the lovely golden armlet, the lovely crown, the lovely anklet. Kings became his servants, favourably disposed to him; those hostile went to their death, (though) lords of mind, to make war. Mounted on the peak of Kailāsa, the demon Tripura rejoiced. Having thus brought the gods under his sway, he came again to the nether world.

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GnP 1 36.11

..१० ।। सुषुवे नवमे मासि सुवेलायां सुतं शुभम् । चारुसर्वानवद्यांगं रूपेण मदनातिगम् क्व च ते पितरौ स्थानं वद तेजोनिधेऽर्भक । क उवाच । श्रुत्वेत्थं वचनं तस्य जगाद बालको मुनिम् ऐरावत समारूढो ययौ युद्धाय दंशितः । सोऽपि सेनां त्रिधा चक्रे चतुरंगां महाबलः अग्निकुंडानि सर्वाणि देवतृप्ति कराणि च । आश्रमांश्च बभंजाशु तीर्थानि च विशेषतः

..10 || suṣuve navame māsi suvelāyāṃ sutaṃ śubham | cārusarvānavadyāṃgaṃ rūpeṇa madanātigam kva ca te pitarau sthānaṃ vada tejonidhe'rbhaka | ka uvāca | śrutvetthaṃ vacanaṃ tasya jagāda bālako munim airāvata samārūḍho yayau yuddhāya daṃśitaḥ | so'pi senāṃ tridhā cakre caturaṃgāṃ mahābalaḥ agnikuṃḍāni sarvāṇi devatṛpti karāṇi ca | āśramāṃśca babhaṃjāśu tīrthāni ca viśeṣataḥ

In the ninth month, at an auspicious hour, she bore a beautiful son, with all his limbs lovely and faultless, surpassing Kāma in beauty. "And where are your parents, where your abode? Tell (me), O child, treasury of splendour!" Ka said: Having heard his words thus, the boy spoke to the sage. Mounted on Airāvata, armoured, he went out to battle; and he too, of great strength, made his fourfold army into three divisions. And all the fire-pits that give satisfaction to the gods, and the hermitages, and especially the sacred fords, he swiftly broke apart.

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GnP 1 36.12

तस्य शब्देन महता धरण्या पतितस्य तु । सनादं दशदिग्वृंदमभूत्खं भूरसातलम् १।। सिंहारूढो दशभुजो व्यालयज्ञोपवीतवान् । कुंकुमागरु कस्तूरी चारूचंदन चर्चितः बालक उवाच । भूतभाविभवज्ज्ञानी किं मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि । तथाऽप्याज्ञावशो वच्मि क्षुतात्तव जनिर्मम भीमकायं महादैत्यं वज्रदंष्ट्रं च दानवम् । धनुर्युद्धे गदायुद्धे शस्त्रयुद्धे च कोविदम् तापसांस्त्रासयामास कारागार समाश्रयात् । स्वाहा स्वधा वषट्कारान् वेदस्याभ्यसनानि च

tasya śabdena mahatā dharaṇyā patitasya tu | sanādaṃ daśadigvṛṃdamabhūtkhaṃ bhūrasātalam 1|| siṃhārūḍho daśabhujo vyālayajñopavītavān | kuṃkumāgaru kastūrī cārūcaṃdana carcitaḥ bālaka uvāca | bhūtabhāvibhavajjñānī kiṃ māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi | tathā'pyājñāvaśo vacmi kṣutāttava janirmama bhīmakāyaṃ mahādaityaṃ vajradaṃṣṭraṃ ca dānavam | dhanuryuddhe gadāyuddhe śastrayuddhe ca kovidam tāpasāṃstrāsayāmāsa kārāgāra samāśrayāt | svāhā svadhā vaṣaṭkārān vedasyābhyasanāni ca

At his great sound, as he fell to the earth, the whole compass of the ten directions, and the sky, the earth, and the nether world became filled with the roar. Mounted on a lion, ten-armed, wearing a snake for a sacred thread, smeared with saffron, aloe, musk, and lovely sandal-paste— The boy said: You who know past, future, and present, why do you question me? Still, being subject to (your) command, I speak: my birth is from your sneeze. (There were) the great Daitya Bhīmakāya and the Dānava Vajradaṃṣṭra, skilled in bow-fight, mace-fight, and weapon-fight. He terrified the ascetics by (throwing them) into prison, and the cries of svāhā, svadhā, and vaṣaṭ, and the recitations of the Veda—

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GnP 1 36.13

पक्षिणो बभ्रमुः सर्वे उड्डीयोड्डीय सर्वतः । वाचक्नविः समायातस्त्यक्त्वा स्वनित्यकर्म च त्वमेव जनको माता कृपां कुरु ममोपरी । पालयस्व पितर्मां त्वं दिनानि कतिचिन्मुने अस्त्रयुद्धे मल्लयुद्धे निष्णातं दैत्यपुंगवम् । भीमकायमवोचत्स नृलोकस्याधिपो भव सदाचारान् सदा द्वेष्टि सर्वगर्वसमन्वित । वज्रदंष्ट्रोथ सप्तापि पातालानि वशेऽनयत्

pakṣiṇo babhramuḥ sarve uḍḍīyoḍḍīya sarvataḥ | vācaknaviḥ samāyātastyaktvā svanityakarma ca tvameva janako mātā kṛpāṃ kuru mamoparī | pālayasva pitarmāṃ tvaṃ dināni katicinmune astrayuddhe mallayuddhe niṣṇātaṃ daityapuṃgavam | bhīmakāyamavocatsa nṛlokasyādhipo bhava sadācārān sadā dveṣṭi sarvagarvasamanvita | vajradaṃṣṭrotha saptāpi pātālāni vaśe'nayat

All the birds flew about, flying up again and again in every direction; and Vācaknavi came, abandoning his own daily rites. "You alone are father and mother; show mercy upon me. Protect me, father, for a few days, O sage." To Bhīmakāya, that bull among Daityas, skilled in weapon-fight and wrestling, he said: "Be lord of the world of men." Filled with every kind of pride, he always hated good conduct; then Vajradaṃṣṭra brought all the seven nether regions under his sway.

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GnP 1 36.14

मुकुंदाचरितं तेन नैव बुद्धं कदाचन। जातकर्मादिकं सर्वं चकार भृषहर्षितः ३।। तत्तेजसा ह्रतं तेजा मुनेस्तस्य महात्मनः । ब्रध्नस्य तेजसा यद्वन् नाक्षत्रं चंद्रजं महः त्रैलोक्याक्रमणे शक्तो देवेन्द्रं वशवर्तिनम् । करिष्यामि न सन्देहो वीक्ष्यसे पौरूषं मम कालकूटं वज्रदंष्ट्रं जगाद त्रिपुरो बली । त्रिभागयाऽनया याहि सेनया त्वं रसातलम् शेषं च वासुकिं चैव तक्षकं सर्वभोगिनः। निर्विषान् स विषांश्चैव चकार वशवर्तिलः । वज्रदंष्ट्रो रत्नजातं बुभुजे प्रेषयच्च तम्

mukuṃdācaritaṃ tena naiva buddhaṃ kadācana| jātakarmādikaṃ sarvaṃ cakāra bhṛṣaharṣitaḥ 3|| tattejasā hrataṃ tejā munestasya mahātmanaḥ | bradhnasya tejasā yadvan nākṣatraṃ caṃdrajaṃ mahaḥ trailokyākramaṇe śakto devendraṃ vaśavartinam | kariṣyāmi na sandeho vīkṣyase paurūṣaṃ mama kālakūṭaṃ vajradaṃṣṭraṃ jagāda tripuro balī | tribhāgayā'nayā yāhi senayā tvaṃ rasātalam śeṣaṃ ca vāsukiṃ caiva takṣakaṃ sarvabhoginaḥ| nirviṣān sa viṣāṃścaiva cakāra vaśavartilaḥ | vajradaṃṣṭro ratnajātaṃ bubhuje preṣayacca tam

By him the deeds of Mukunda were never understood. Greatly delighted, he performed all the birth-rites and the rest. By that one's splendour the splendour of that great-souled sage was carried off, as the light of a star born of the moon (is carried off) by the sun's splendour. "I am able to overrun the three worlds and to make Indra of the gods subject to me—there is no doubt; you shall see my prowess." The mighty Tripura said to Vajradaṃṣṭra, Kālakūṭa: "Go with this third part of the army to the nether world." And Śeṣa and Vāsuki and Takṣaka and all the serpents—those without venom and those with venom—he made subject to himself. Vajradaṃṣṭra enjoyed the mass of jewels and sent it (to him).

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GnP 1 36.15

ददौ दानं यथाशक्ति ब्राह्मणेभ्यो यथार्हतः । दशाहे तु व्यतीते स नामकर्माकरोन्मुनिः निमील्य नयने सोऽथ चकम्पे भृशविह्वलः । पपात मूर्छितो भूमौ विस्मृत ध्यानमंगलः ब्रह्मोवाच । इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य भयहर्षं समन्वितः । उवाच श्लक्ष्णया वाचा मुनिर्गृत्समदो वचः शेषमुख्यान सर्वनागान् वशान्कुरु ममायज्ञा। अहं त्रिभागया शक्रमाक्रमिष्येऽखिलान्सुरान् नागांगनाभिश्च कुतूहलेन रेमे सदाऽसौ समदोऽति हर्षात् । भोगान् विमुंजन विविधानि रत्नान्यादाय यातस्त्रिपुरान्तिके सः

dadau dānaṃ yathāśakti brāhmaṇebhyo yathārhataḥ | daśāhe tu vyatīte sa nāmakarmākaronmuniḥ nimīlya nayane so'tha cakampe bhṛśavihvalaḥ | papāta mūrchito bhūmau vismṛta dhyānamaṃgalaḥ brahmovāca | ityākarṇya vacastasya bhayaharṣaṃ samanvitaḥ | uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā munirgṛtsamado vacaḥ śeṣamukhyāna sarvanāgān vaśānkuru mamāyajñā| ahaṃ tribhāgayā śakramākramiṣye'khilānsurān nāgāṃganābhiśca kutūhalena reme sadā'sau samado'ti harṣāt | bhogān vimuṃjana vividhāni ratnānyādāya yātastripurāntike saḥ

He gave gifts to the brahmins according to his ability and their deserts; and when ten days had passed the sage performed the naming rite. Then, closing his eyes, he trembled, utterly overcome; he fell fainting to the ground, his meditation and its blessing forgotten. Brahmā said: Hearing his words thus, filled at once with fear and joy, the sage Gṛtsamada spoke words in a gentle voice. "By my command, subdue all the Nāgas with Śeṣa at their head; I with a third part (of the army) shall overrun Śakra and all the gods." And he, Samada, ever sported in curiosity with the Nāga women; out of great joy, enjoying pleasures, and taking various jewels, he went into Tripura's presence.

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GnP 1 36.16

पुनश्च मनसा ध्यायन् गजाननमनामयम् । मनसा तर्कयन् विघ्नं निमित्तं व्याकुलो मुनिः यद्ययं जातमात्रोऽपि शक्तस्त्रैलोक्य कर्षणे । तस्मादस्य प्रदास्यामि स्वं मन्त्रं स्वात्मजस्य हि भौमकायो वज्रदंष्ट्रो यथाज्ञप्तो प्रतस्थतुः । चतुरंगबलैर्युक्तः स्वयं नन्दनमाययौ पातालवश्यतां शंसन् लेभे मानं ततोधिकम्

punaśca manasā dhyāyan gajānanamanāmayam | manasā tarkayan vighnaṃ nimittaṃ vyākulo muniḥ yadyayaṃ jātamātro'pi śaktastrailokya karṣaṇe | tasmādasya pradāsyāmi svaṃ mantraṃ svātmajasya hi bhaumakāyo vajradaṃṣṭro yathājñapto pratasthatuḥ | caturaṃgabalairyuktaḥ svayaṃ nandanamāyayau pātālavaśyatāṃ śaṃsan lebhe mānaṃ tatodhikam

And again, meditating in his mind on the unailing Elephant-faced one, the sage, agitated, reasoned in his mind about the obstacle and its cause: "If this one, though just born, is able to draw the three worlds (to himself), then I shall give my own mantra to him, my own son." Bhaumakāya (Bhīmakāya) and Vajradaṃṣṭra set out as they had been commanded; he himself, joined with fourfold forces, came to the Nandana grove. Announcing the subjugation of the nether world, he obtained honour greater than before.

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GnP 1 36.17

किमेतत् क्षोभजननं सहसा समुपस्थितम् । अद्यप्रभृति यत्तप्तं तत्कथं मे वृथा गतम् येनास्य वांछितं देवः परितुष्टो विनायकः । प्रदास्यति जगन्नाथो मम कीर्तिर्भविष्यति वस्त्राणि च महार्हाणि ग्रामान् दासाननेकशः । एवं त्रिलोकान्वशगान् कृत्वा दैत्यो ननन्द ह

kimetat kṣobhajananaṃ sahasā samupasthitam | adyaprabhṛti yattaptaṃ tatkathaṃ me vṛthā gatam yenāsya vāṃchitaṃ devaḥ parituṣṭo vināyakaḥ | pradāsyati jagannātho mama kīrtirbhaviṣyati vastrāṇi ca mahārhāṇi grāmān dāsānanekaśaḥ | evaṃ trilokānvaśagān kṛtvā daityo nananda ha

"What is this cause of agitation that has suddenly arisen? How has all that I have practised in austerity from today onward gone to waste for me?"—by which (means) the god Vināyaka, wholly pleased, the Lord of the world, will grant him his desire; my fame will come to be. And most costly garments, villages, and servants in numbers—thus having brought the three worlds under his sway, the Daitya rejoiced.

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GnP 1 36.18

पाहि देवेश सर्वात्मन् विघ्नादस्माद् भयानकात् । त्वामृते शरणं यामि कमन्यं जगदीश्वरम् दिव्यान् वृक्षान् बभंजुस्ते वार्यमाणास्तु सैनिकाः ।। तत्र स्थित्वा दैत्यराजो दूतान् शक्राय प्राहिणोत् । अत्रा नयन्तु तं शक्रं दर्शनाय त्वरान्विताः वदन्तु मम वाक्यं वा मृत्युलोकं व्रजाधुना देवाः सर्वे गुहावासाश्चिन्तयामासुरन्वहम् । कथमस्य वधः कस्मिन्काले वापि भविष्यति

pāhi deveśa sarvātman vighnādasmād bhayānakāt | tvāmṛte śaraṇaṃ yāmi kamanyaṃ jagadīśvaram divyān vṛkṣān babhaṃjuste vāryamāṇāstu sainikāḥ || tatra sthitvā daityarājo dūtān śakrāya prāhiṇot | atrā nayantu taṃ śakraṃ darśanāya tvarānvitāḥ vadantu mama vākyaṃ vā mṛtyulokaṃ vrajādhunā devāḥ sarve guhāvāsāścintayāmāsuranvaham | kathamasya vadhaḥ kasminkāle vāpi bhaviṣyati

"Protect (me), lord of the gods, self of all, from this dreadful obstacle; apart from you, to what other lord of the world should I go for refuge?" His soldiers, though forbidden, broke the divine trees. Staying there, the king of the Daityas sent envoys to Śakra: "Let them bring that Śakra here in haste for (my) audience, or let them speak my word: 'Go now to the world of death.'" All the gods, dwelling in caves, brooded day after day: "How, or at what time, will his slaying come about?"

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GnP 1 36.19

महद्दुःखं सदा देव प्राप्तं केन च हेतुना । नास्मत् पंक्तौ पूजनीय इति यद्वहते मनः तत्र त्वां पालयिष्यामि साम्ना देह्यमरावतीम् यदि युद्धे च ते बुद्धिस्तदा शीघ्रं प्रयाहि माम् कस्माद्वेति न जानीमो लब्धोऽनेन वरं कुतः । एवं व्याकुलचित्तेषु सुरेषु मुनिसत्तम

mahadduḥkhaṃ sadā deva prāptaṃ kena ca hetunā | nāsmat paṃktau pūjanīya iti yadvahate manaḥ tatra tvāṃ pālayiṣyāmi sāmnā dehyamarāvatīm yadi yuddhe ca te buddhistadā śīghraṃ prayāhi mām kasmādveti na jānīmo labdho'nena varaṃ kutaḥ | evaṃ vyākulacitteṣu sureṣu munisattama

"For what reason, O god, has this great suffering come upon (us) always?"—since the mind bears the thought, "He is not to be worshipped in our row." "There I shall protect you; by conciliation, give up Amarāvatī. But if your mind is set on battle, then come quickly against me." "We do not know from whom or whence he obtained the boon." While the gods were thus troubled in mind, O best of sages—

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GnP 1 36.21

० ।। परां सिद्धिं समाप्यैव ख्यातिं लोके गमिष्यसि । ततो गृत्समदो विप्रो मन्त्रं प्राप्य पितुर्मुखात् ० ।। ध्यायन् गजाननं देवं मनसा निश्चेलन सः । जपतस्तस्य वर्षाणि सार्धायुतमितानि च चकम्पे चाचलरिपुर्वायुनेव यथा तरुः । चिन्तया व्याकुलीभूतः किमेतदिति चिन्तयन् दृष्ट्वा सर्वे नारदं तमुत्तस्थु सहसाऽऽदरात् । आलिलिंगुश्च नेमुश्च पुपूजुश्च यथाक्रमम्

0 || parāṃ siddhiṃ samāpyaiva khyātiṃ loke gamiṣyasi | tato gṛtsamado vipro mantraṃ prāpya piturmukhāt 0 || dhyāyan gajānanaṃ devaṃ manasā niścelana saḥ | japatastasya varṣāṇi sārdhāyutamitāni ca cakampe cācalaripurvāyuneva yathā taruḥ | cintayā vyākulībhūtaḥ kimetaditi cintayan dṛṣṭvā sarve nāradaṃ tamuttasthu sahasā''darāt | āliliṃguśca nemuśca pupūjuśca yathākramam

"Having attained the highest attainment, you will come to fame in the world." Then the brahmin Gṛtsamada, having received the mantra from his father's mouth, meditating with unwavering mind on the god Gajānana—as he recited for years numbering fifteen thousand— And he trembled like a tree in the wind, the enemy of mountains, bewildered with anxiety, wondering "What is this?" Seeing Nārada, they all rose up at once in reverence, and embraced him and bowed and worshipped him in due order.

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GnP 1 36.22

अनुष्ठानरतो भूत्वा जपध्यान परोऽभवत् । एवं बहुतिथे काले गते तु मुनिपुंगवे । तस्मिन् मगधदेशे यो राजा मगधसंज्ञितः १।। एकांगुष्ठेन तपसा तोषितोऽहं त्वयाऽनिशम् । ब्रह्मोवाच । निशम्येत्थं वचस्तस्य देवदेवस्य शोभनम् गतानि तस्य मुखतो बभूवाग्निर्दिशो ज्वलन । भयं बभूव देवानां दैत्यानां तलवासिनाम् क्रोधानलेन जज्बाल संरक्ताखिललोचनः । कुर्वन्भस्मेव लोकानां शोषयन्निव वारिधीन् विश्रान्तं परिपप्रच्छुस्त्रिपुरस्य वरादिकम् । देवा ऊचुः । त्रिपुरेण समाक्रान्तं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचराम्

anuṣṭhānarato bhūtvā japadhyāna paro'bhavat | evaṃ bahutithe kāle gate tu munipuṃgave | tasmin magadhadeśe yo rājā magadhasaṃjñitaḥ 1|| ekāṃguṣṭhena tapasā toṣito'haṃ tvayā'niśam | brahmovāca | niśamyetthaṃ vacastasya devadevasya śobhanam gatāni tasya mukhato babhūvāgnirdiśo jvalana | bhayaṃ babhūva devānāṃ daityānāṃ talavāsinām krodhānalena jajbāla saṃraktākhilalocanaḥ | kurvanbhasmeva lokānāṃ śoṣayanniva vāridhīn viśrāntaṃ paripapracchustripurasya varādikam | devā ūcuḥ | tripureṇa samākrāntaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācarām

Devoted to observance, he became intent on recitation and meditation. When much time had thus passed for that bull among sages—in that land of Magadha, the king who was named Magadha— "By your austerity, (performed) on one toe, tirelessly, I have been pleased by you." Brahmā said: Having heard these fair words of the God of gods— They went; from his mouth arose fire, blazing in (all) the directions; there was fear among the gods and among the Daityas dwelling in the nether world. He blazed with the fire of anger, all his eyes turned red, as though reducing the worlds to ashes, as though drying up the oceans. They questioned him, when he had rested, about Tripura's boon and the rest. The gods said: The three worlds, with all that moves and moves not, are overrun by Tripura.

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GnP 1 36.23

दंडवत् प्रणनामैनं निजानंद परिप्लुतः । उवाच परमप्रीतो वरदं तं विनायकम् उवाच दूतान् गच्छन्तु यान्तु युद्धाय सत्वराः । स्वयमैरावतारूढो जगर्ज सुरशत्रुहा स्थाथानि नो गृहीतानि केशास्तेनापि निर्जिताः । शरणं कं व्रजामोऽद्य कथं तस्य वधो भवेत्

daṃḍavat praṇanāmainaṃ nijānaṃda pariplutaḥ | uvāca paramaprīto varadaṃ taṃ vināyakam uvāca dūtān gacchantu yāntu yuddhāya satvarāḥ | svayamairāvatārūḍho jagarja suraśatruhā sthāthāni no gṛhītāni keśāstenāpi nirjitāḥ | śaraṇaṃ kaṃ vrajāmo'dya kathaṃ tasya vadho bhavet

Overflowing with his own bliss, he bowed to him prostrate like a rod; supremely pleased, he spoke to that boon-giving Vināyaka. He told the envoys: "Let them go, let them go swiftly to battle." Himself mounted on Airāvata, the slayer of the gods' foes roared. "Our places have been seized; even our hair he has vanquished. To whose refuge shall we go today? How may his slaying come about?"

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GnP 1 36.24

३ ।। सुधर्मासनगो धीरः पुरुहूत इवापरः । चतुरंबलोपेतो ज्ञानी पंडितमानदः गृत्समद उवाच । अद्य मे सफलं जन्म तपसो नियमस्य च । अखंडानंदरूपो यो ब्रह्मभूयो निराकृतिः ३ ।। भ्रामयन् पुष्पकरं चारू सुविषाणं मुदा युतः । तद्बृंहित रवं श्रुत्वा बालको विह्वलग्निव तेन नादेन महता क्षोभयन्भुवनत्रयम् । श्रुत्वा तद्वचनं ते तु गता दूतः यथागतम् वराश्च केन दत्ता नो वदास्य त्रिपुरस्य भोः । नारद उवाच । कथयामि समासेन दैत्यस्य चेष्टितं महत्

3 || sudharmāsanago dhīraḥ puruhūta ivāparaḥ | caturaṃbalopeto jñānī paṃḍitamānadaḥ gṛtsamada uvāca | adya me saphalaṃ janma tapaso niyamasya ca | akhaṃḍānaṃdarūpo yo brahmabhūyo nirākṛtiḥ 3 || bhrāmayan puṣpakaraṃ cārū suviṣāṇaṃ mudā yutaḥ | tadbṛṃhita ravaṃ śrutvā bālako vihvalagniva tena nādena mahatā kṣobhayanbhuvanatrayam | śrutvā tadvacanaṃ te tu gatā dūtaḥ yathāgatam varāśca kena dattā no vadāsya tripurasya bhoḥ | nārada uvāca | kathayāmi samāsena daityasya ceṣṭitaṃ mahat

Seated on the seat of good law, steadfast, like a second Indra, endowed with the fourfold force, wise, giving honour to the learned—Gṛtsamada said: Today my birth is fruitful, and my austerity and observance, (in seeing) him who is of undivided bliss, who is one with Brahman, without form. Whirling his lovely lotus and fine tusk, filled with joy—hearing that trumpeting cry, the boy was as if overcome. With that great roar shaking the three worlds— And hearing his words, the envoys went back as they had come. "And by whom were the boons granted to this Tripura? Tell us, sir!" Nārada said: I shall relate in brief the great doings of the Daitya.

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GnP 1 36.25

अमात्यौ द्वौ ज्ञाननिधी वाचस्पत्यधिकौ गुणौः। अम्बिका नाम भार्याऽस्य चारुरूपा गुणाधिका मुंचन्नश्रूणि नेत्राभ्यां मानदेन ननर्त च। चिदानंदघनो वेद शास्त्राणामप्यगोचरः उन्मील्य नेत्रे सोऽपश्यद्देवं तं पुरतः स्थितम् । चतुर्भुजं महाकायं नानाभूषा विभूषितम् विबुधाश्चापि सन्नद्धा नानाशस्रासिपाणयः । भिण्डिपालकराः केचित् केचिच्छक्त्यृष्टिपाणयः दिव्यवर्षसहस्रं स तताप परमं तपः । प्रसादयामास विभुं गणेशं देवनायकम्

amātyau dvau jñānanidhī vācaspatyadhikau guṇauḥ| ambikā nāma bhāryā'sya cārurūpā guṇādhikā muṃcannaśrūṇi netrābhyāṃ mānadena nanarta ca| cidānaṃdaghano veda śāstrāṇāmapyagocaraḥ unmīlya netre so'paśyaddevaṃ taṃ purataḥ sthitam | caturbhujaṃ mahākāyaṃ nānābhūṣā vibhūṣitam vibudhāścāpi sannaddhā nānāśasrāsipāṇayaḥ | bhiṇḍipālakarāḥ kecit kecicchaktyṛṣṭipāṇayaḥ divyavarṣasahasraṃ sa tatāpa paramaṃ tapaḥ | prasādayāmāsa vibhuṃ gaṇeśaṃ devanāyakam

He had two ministers, treasuries of knowledge, surpassing Vācaspati in virtues; his wife was named Ambikā, of lovely form, abounding in virtues. Shedding tears from his eyes, he danced, giving honour. Dense with consciousness and bliss, beyond the reach even of the Vedas and the sciences— Opening his eyes he saw that god standing before him, four-armed, of great body, adorned with many ornaments. The gods too were armed, with various weapons and swords in their hands; some with javelins in hand, some with spears and lances in hand. For a thousand divine years he practised the highest austerity, and propitiated the mighty Gaṇeśa, the leader of the gods.

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GnP 1 36.26

सद्यो दृष्टो मया साक्षादतः किं प्रार्थये विभो । तवाज्ञया तथाऽप्येकं प्रार्थये द्विरदानन मुद्गरासिधराः केचिद्धनुर्बाणकराः परे । गदाखेटकराः केचित् केचित्तु दंडपाणयः तेनास्मै दुर्धरा दत्ता वराः सर्वभयंकराः । देवर्षि पितृभूतेभ्यो यक्षरक्ष पिशाचतः

sadyo dṛṣṭo mayā sākṣādataḥ kiṃ prārthaye vibho | tavājñayā tathā'pyekaṃ prārthaye dviradānana mudgarāsidharāḥ keciddhanurbāṇakarāḥ pare | gadākheṭakarāḥ kecit kecittu daṃḍapāṇayaḥ tenāsmai durdharā dattā varāḥ sarvabhayaṃkarāḥ | devarṣi pitṛbhūtebhyo yakṣarakṣa piśācataḥ

"At once you have been seen by me in person—so what should I ask for, Lord? Yet by your command I ask one thing, O elephant-faced one." Some bore mallets and swords, others bows and arrows in hand; some had maces and shields in hand, some had staves in hand. By him there were granted to him boons hard to bear, terrifying to all—from the gods, sages, ancestors, and spirits, from Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, and Piśācas.

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GnP 1 36.27

६।। राज्ञाहूता वसिष्ठात्रि प्रमुखाः श्रुतिपारगाः । आकारितो गृत्समदस्तपस्वी शुचिमानसः चतुरशीति लक्षासु योनिषु श्रेष्ठतासु च । मनुष्याणां महाभाग वर्णास्तत्र महत्तराः ६ ।। बद्धांजलिपुटो भूत्वा प्रार्थयामास तं विभुम् । बालक उवाच । किं मां धर्षयसे देव भक्तं त्वां शरणागतम् एवं देवगणैर्युक्तो वज्रभृन्निर्ययौ बहिः । कृतस्वस्त्ययनो विप्रैर्नाना वादित्र निस्वनैः न नागेभ्यो भयं दत्तं विनैकं शंकरं विभुम् । प्रसादयन्तु देवेशं द्विरदाननमादरात्

6|| rājñāhūtā vasiṣṭhātri pramukhāḥ śrutipāragāḥ | ākārito gṛtsamadastapasvī śucimānasaḥ caturaśīti lakṣāsu yoniṣu śreṣṭhatāsu ca | manuṣyāṇāṃ mahābhāga varṇāstatra mahattarāḥ 6 || baddhāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā prārthayāmāsa taṃ vibhum | bālaka uvāca | kiṃ māṃ dharṣayase deva bhaktaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇāgatam evaṃ devagaṇairyukto vajrabhṛnniryayau bahiḥ | kṛtasvastyayano viprairnānā vāditra nisvanaiḥ na nāgebhyo bhayaṃ dattaṃ vinaikaṃ śaṃkaraṃ vibhum | prasādayantu deveśaṃ dviradānanamādarāt

Summoned by the king, Vasiṣṭha, Atri and the foremost, masters of the Vedas (came); the ascetic Gṛtsamada of pure mind was called. Among the eighty-four lakhs of wombs, and among the best of them, and among human beings, O greatly fortunate one, the (four) classes there are the greater. With his palms joined he entreated that mighty one. The boy said: Why do you assail me, O god, your devotee, come to you for refuge? Thus, joined by the hosts of gods, the wielder of the thunderbolt went forth, the rite of benediction performed by the brahmins amid the sounds of many instruments. But no fear (of him) was granted (as regards) the Nāgas, except from Śaṃkara alone, the mighty one. "Let (us) reverently propitiate the lord of the gods, the elephant-faced."

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GnP 1 36.28

ततः शास्त्र प्रसंगेन प्रौढि गृत्समदोऽवदत् । तमत्रि धिग्धिगित्येवमब्रवीन् मुनिसंन्निधौ तत्रापि ब्राह्मणाः श्रेष्ठास्तत्रापि ज्ञानिनः पराः । ज्ञानिष्वनुष्ठानपरास्तेषु च ब्रह्मवेदिनः भव सौम्यतरो देव देहि मेऽखिलवांछितम् । ब्रह्मोवाच । इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य संजहार स्वकं महः त्रिपुरो दूतवाक्येन ज्ञात्वा युद्धोद्यमं तु तम् । सन्नद्धामकरोत्सेनां प्रहृष्टां चतुरंगिणीम् आराधयन्तु सर्वेऽपि विघ्नेशं सर्वसिद्धिदम् । देवा ऊचुः। कथमाराधनं तस्य देवदेवस्य धीमतः

tataḥ śāstra prasaṃgena prauḍhi gṛtsamado'vadat | tamatri dhigdhigityevamabravīn munisaṃnnidhau tatrāpi brāhmaṇāḥ śreṣṭhāstatrāpi jñāninaḥ parāḥ | jñāniṣvanuṣṭhānaparāsteṣu ca brahmavedinaḥ bhava saumyataro deva dehi me'khilavāṃchitam | brahmovāca | ityākarṇya vacastasya saṃjahāra svakaṃ mahaḥ tripuro dūtavākyena jñātvā yuddhodyamaṃ tu tam | sannaddhāmakarotsenāṃ prahṛṣṭāṃ caturaṃgiṇīm ārādhayantu sarve'pi vighneśaṃ sarvasiddhidam | devā ūcuḥ| kathamārādhanaṃ tasya devadevasya dhīmataḥ

Then, in the course of (a dispute on) scripture, Gṛtsamada spoke boastfully; and Atri said to him "Shame, shame!" in the presence of the sages. Among them too the brahmins are best, and among them the knowers, and among the knowers those devoted to observance, and among them the knowers of Brahman. "Be more gracious, O god; grant me all I desire." Brahmā said: Hearing his words thus, he withdrew his own radiance. Tripura, learning from the envoys' words of that preparation for battle, made his fourfold army ready and eager. "Let all worship the Lord of obstacles, giver of all attainments." The gods said: How is the worship of that wise God of gods (to be done)?

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GnP 1 36.29

तपस्वीति भवान्मान्यो न मुनिस्त्वं यतस्तव । जन्म रूक्मांगदाज्जातं राजपुत्राद्विचारय उवाच परमप्रीतो सावधान भवार्भक । यं ध्यायसि दिवारात्रो सोऽहं ते वरदोऽधुना असंख्यातां समादाय ह्यारूढोऽभि निर्ययौ । परस्परं ददृशतुस्ते सेने वीरभूषणे कर्तव्यं मुनिशार्दूल कृपया तद्वदस्व नः । नारद उवाच । अहमेकाक्षरं मन्त्रं कथयाम्यखिलान् प्रति

tapasvīti bhavānmānyo na munistvaṃ yatastava | janma rūkmāṃgadājjātaṃ rājaputrādvicāraya uvāca paramaprīto sāvadhāna bhavārbhaka | yaṃ dhyāyasi divārātro so'haṃ te varado'dhunā asaṃkhyātāṃ samādāya hyārūḍho'bhi niryayau | parasparaṃ dadṛśatuste sene vīrabhūṣaṇe kartavyaṃ muniśārdūla kṛpayā tadvadasva naḥ | nārada uvāca | ahamekākṣaraṃ mantraṃ kathayāmyakhilān prati

"You are honoured as an ascetic, but you are no sage, for your birth came from Rukmāṅgada, a king's son—consider that." Supremely pleased he said: "Be attentive, child; he whom you meditate on day and night, I am he, now your boon-giver." Taking an innumerable (host), he mounted and went out to meet (them); those two armies, adorned with heroes, beheld each other. "Tell us, tiger among sages, out of kindness, what must be done." Nārada said: I shall declare the one-syllabled mantra to you all.

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GnP 1 36.31

० ।। दहन्निव त्रिलोकीं स भक्षयन्निव तान्मुनीन् । अपेर त्वपलायन्त सिंहं दृष्ट्वा यथा मृगाः ० ।। देवाश्च मुनयः सर्वे न च राजर्षयोऽपरे । नासुराः सिद्धगन्धर्वा न नागा न च दानवः ततो हुंकारमात्रेण नोदितास्त्रिपुरेण ते । वीरा युयुधिरे देवैः स संमर्दो महानभूत् यावत् प्रत्यक्षतामेति देवोऽसौ गणनायकः । स एव तद्वधोपायं वदिष्यत्यखिलान्प्रति

0 || dahanniva trilokīṃ sa bhakṣayanniva tānmunīn | apera tvapalāyanta siṃhaṃ dṛṣṭvā yathā mṛgāḥ 0 || devāśca munayaḥ sarve na ca rājarṣayo'pare | nāsurāḥ siddhagandharvā na nāgā na ca dānavaḥ tato huṃkāramātreṇa noditāstripureṇa te | vīrā yuyudhire devaiḥ sa saṃmardo mahānabhūt yāvat pratyakṣatāmeti devo'sau gaṇanāyakaḥ | sa eva tadvadhopāyaṃ vadiṣyatyakhilānprati

As if burning the three worlds, as if devouring those sages, they went off and fled, as deer do on seeing a lion. And the gods and all the sages, and no others—not royal sages, not Asuras, not Siddhas or Gandharvas, not Nāgas nor Dānavas— Then, urged on by Tripura with a mere "hum!", those heroes fought with the gods; the crush was great. "Until that god, the lord of the hosts, becomes manifest—he alone will declare to all the means of his slaying."

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GnP 1 36.32

सोऽहं तव तपोबद्धो वरं दातुमिहागतः । वरयस्व वरान्मत्तो यान्यांस्त्वं मनसेच्छसि नाभूत् स्वपर बोधोऽपि जघ्नुरेव परस्परम् । एवं सुतुमुले जन्ये मृतास्ते दानवा बहु नान्योपायं प्रपश्यामि तस्मात् कुर्वन्तु मे वचः । ब्रह्मोवाच । इत्युक्त्वा नारदः सर्वानुपदिश्य मनुं च तम्

so'haṃ tava tapobaddho varaṃ dātumihāgataḥ | varayasva varānmatto yānyāṃstvaṃ manasecchasi nābhūt svapara bodho'pi jaghnureva parasparam | evaṃ sutumule janye mṛtāste dānavā bahu nānyopāyaṃ prapaśyāmi tasmāt kurvantu me vacaḥ | brahmovāca | ityuktvā nāradaḥ sarvānupadiśya manuṃ ca tam

"I, bound by your austerity, have come here to give a boon; choose from me whatever boons you wish in your mind." / There was no awareness of one's own side or the other's; they simply struck one another. Thus in that most tumultuous battle many of those dānavas died. / "I see no other means; therefore let them act on my word." Brahmā said: Having said this, Nārada, having instructed them all and (given) that mantra to him...

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GnP 1 36.33

२ ।।* अस्मिन् स्थित्वा च भक्तानां कामान्पूरय नित्यदा । इदं च पुष्पकपुरं चतुर्दिक्षु विशेषतः सुमनसोऽपि पतिता दैत्यशस्त्र प्रपीडिताः। बभुस्ते सैनिकास्तत्र पुष्पिता इव किंशुकाः जगाम तत्क्षणादेव वीणागानरतो मुनिः । ततः सर्वे सुरवरा गणेशं ध्यानतत्पराः

2 ||* asmin sthitvā ca bhaktānāṃ kāmānpūraya nityadā | idaṃ ca puṣpakapuraṃ caturdikṣu viśeṣataḥ sumanaso'pi patitā daityaśastra prapīḍitāḥ| babhuste sainikāstatra puṣpitā iva kiṃśukāḥ jagāma tatkṣaṇādeva vīṇāgānarato muniḥ | tataḥ sarve suravarā gaṇeśaṃ dhyānatatparāḥ

"And abiding here, always fulfil the desires of (your) devotees, and (protect) this city Puṣpaka especially on all four sides." / The good-hearted ones too fell, crushed by the daityas' weapons; those soldiers there looked like kiṃśuka trees in bloom. / That very instant the sage, fond of song with the vīṇā, departed; then all the foremost gods, intent on meditation upon Gaṇeśa...

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GnP 1 36.34

३ ।। मुकुंदे वद मे तात नो चेद् भस्म भविष्यसि । आकर्ण्येवं वचस्तस्य चकम्पे भृशविह्वला गणेशपुरमित्येवं प्रथां यातु गजानन । ब्रह्मोवाच । इति तद्वचन श्रुत्वा जगाद द्विरदाननः ३ ।। स्तुतिं कर्तुं न जानामि बालभावात्सुरेश्वर । यतस्त्वं सर्वजगतां कर्ता पाताऽपहारकः अशय्याः शयिताः केचिदंघ्रिहीनास्तथाऽपरे। क्रमेलका गजाध्यक्षा रथाश्वाश्च पदातिनः एकपादस्थिताः केचित् केचित्पद्मासनस्थिताः । केचिद्वीरासनयुताः केचिन्मीलित लोचना। निराहारा जितश्वासा जेपुर्मन्त्रं मुनींरितम्

3 || mukuṃde vada me tāta no ced bhasma bhaviṣyasi | ākarṇyevaṃ vacastasya cakampe bhṛśavihvalā gaṇeśapuramityevaṃ prathāṃ yātu gajānana | brahmovāca | iti tadvacana śrutvā jagāda dviradānanaḥ 3 || stutiṃ kartuṃ na jānāmi bālabhāvātsureśvara | yatastvaṃ sarvajagatāṃ kartā pātā'pahārakaḥ aśayyāḥ śayitāḥ kecidaṃghrihīnāstathā'pare| kramelakā gajādhyakṣā rathāśvāśca padātinaḥ ekapādasthitāḥ kecit kecitpadmāsanasthitāḥ | kecidvīrāsanayutāḥ kecinmīlita locanā| nirāhārā jitaśvāsā jepurmantraṃ munīṃritam

"Tell me, Mukundā, my dear—if not, you shall become ashes." Hearing his words thus she trembled, utterly overcome. / "Let it thus attain fame as Gaṇeśapura, O elephant-faced one." Brahmā said: Hearing that speech of his, the two-tusked-faced one spoke. / "I do not know how to make praise, being a child, O lord of gods, since you are the maker, preserver and remover of all the worlds." / Some lay without bedding, and others were without feet; camels, elephant-masters, chariots, horses and foot-soldiers. / Some stood on one foot, some sat in the lotus posture, some in the hero posture, some with eyes closed; without food, with breath controlled, they murmured the mantra uttered by the sage.

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GnP 1 36.35

मुकुंदा मारूतेनेव कदली कुड्मलान्विता। उवाच दीनया वाचा बद्धांजलिपुटा सती त्वद् भासा भासयत्येव रविरग्निश्च चन्द्रमाः । चराचरं चेतयसे स्वमाहात्म्यान् महामते ततः पलायनपरा दैत्या याता दिशो दश । सिंहं दृष्ट्वैव सहसा मृगा जीवनकांक्षिणः ततो बहुगते काले करणाब्धिर्गजाननः। अनुष्ठानं निरीक्ष्यैषां देवानां चिरकालजम

mukuṃdā mārūteneva kadalī kuḍmalānvitā| uvāca dīnayā vācā baddhāṃjalipuṭā satī tvad bhāsā bhāsayatyeva raviragniśca candramāḥ | carācaraṃ cetayase svamāhātmyān mahāmate tataḥ palāyanaparā daityā yātā diśo daśa | siṃhaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva sahasā mṛgā jīvanakāṃkṣiṇaḥ tato bahugate kāle karaṇābdhirgajānanaḥ| anuṣṭhānaṃ nirīkṣyaiṣāṃ devānāṃ cirakālajama

Mukundā, like a budding plantain shaken by the wind, spoke with piteous voice, her palms folded together. / "By your radiance the sun, fire and moon shine; you make the moving and unmoving conscious by your own greatness, O great-minded one." / Then the daityas, bent on flight, went off to the ten directions, like deer craving life on suddenly seeing a lion. / Then, when much time had passed, the elephant-faced ocean of compassion, observing the long-continued observance of these gods...

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GnP 1 36.36

६।। त्वया यत्प्रार्थितं विप्र तत्ते सर्वं भविष्यति । विप्रत्वं दुर्लभतरं प्रसन्नेन मयार्पितम् ततो निवार्य तत्सैन्यं वृन्दारकरिपुः स्वयम् । क्रोधानल महाज्वालो गर्जन्मेघ इवापरः आविर्बभूव गणपस्तेषामग्रे वरप्रदः । उल्लसत् स्वर्णमुकुटश्चारु कुंडलमंडितः

6|| tvayā yatprārthitaṃ vipra tatte sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati | vipratvaṃ durlabhataraṃ prasannena mayārpitam tato nivārya tatsainyaṃ vṛndārakaripuḥ svayam | krodhānala mahājvālo garjanmegha ivāparaḥ āvirbabhūva gaṇapasteṣāmagre varapradaḥ | ullasat svarṇamukuṭaścāru kuṃḍalamaṃḍitaḥ

"Whatever you have asked for, brahmin, all that shall be yours; brahminhood, hardest of all to obtain, has been bestowed by me, being pleased." / Then, holding back that army, the enemy of the gods himself, with the great flames of the fire of wrath, like a second thundering cloud... / Gaṇapati, the giver of boons, appeared before them, with gleaming golden crown, adorned with lovely earrings.

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GnP 1 36.37

६।। अनुष्ठानरते वाचक्नवौ मे भर्तरि प्रिये । अनिवार्याः स्त्रिय इति स्मृत्वा वाक्यं विधीरितम् गणानां त्वेति मन्त्रस्य वैदिकस्य यतस्त्वया । * (ऋ. २.२३.१) जपः कृतो मुनेस्तस्त्वमृषिरस्य भविष्यसि ६।। त्रैलोक्याकर्षणे शक्तिं विशिष्टां देहि मे विभो । देवदानवगन्धर्व मनुष्योरगराक्षसा शत्रुसान्निध्यमगमद् भक्षयन्निव रोदसी । स्वखड्गेनाहनतीव्रं हस्तं वज्रधरं हरेः दन्तन्यस्तकरो राजत् कटिसूत्र वरांगद । पाशं सृणिं च परशुं कमलं च भुजैर्दधत्

6|| anuṣṭhānarate vācaknavau me bhartari priye | anivāryāḥ striya iti smṛtvā vākyaṃ vidhīritam gaṇānāṃ tveti mantrasya vaidikasya yatastvayā | * (ṛ. 2.23.1) japaḥ kṛto munestastvamṛṣirasya bhaviṣyasi 6|| trailokyākarṣaṇe śaktiṃ viśiṣṭāṃ dehi me vibho | devadānavagandharva manuṣyoragarākṣasā śatrusānnidhyamagamad bhakṣayanniva rodasī | svakhaḍgenāhanatīvraṃ hastaṃ vajradharaṃ hareḥ dantanyastakaro rājat kaṭisūtra varāṃgada | pāśaṃ sṛṇiṃ ca paraśuṃ kamalaṃ ca bhujairdadhat

"While my dear husband Vācaknava was engaged in his observance—recalling the saying that women are not to be restrained—" / "Since the japa of the Vedic mantra 'gaṇānāṃ tvā...' of the sage was performed by you, therefore you shall be its ṛṣi." / "Grant me, O lord, exceptional power to draw the three worlds—gods, dānavas, gandharvas, men, serpents, rākṣasas." / He came close to the enemy, as if devouring heaven and earth; with his own sword he struck fiercely the thunderbolt-bearing hand of Hari (Indra). / With his hand laid on his tusk he shone, with waist-cord and fine armlets, bearing in his arms noose, goad, axe and lotus.

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GnP 1 36.38

तस्मिन् नृपे सक्तमना जाताऽस्मि स पिता तव । श्रुत्वेत्थं वचनं तस्या मौनवान्स ययौ मुनिः ब्रह्मादिषु च देवेषु वसिष्ठादि मुनिष्वपि । ख्यातिं यास्यसि सर्वत्र परं श्रैष्ठयमुपागतः वज्रं पपात तद्धस्तात् तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् । तदा दाया हनद्दैत्यस्तेनैवैरावतं गजम् रक्तचन्दन कस्तूरी सिन्दूर शशिभूषणः।। विद्युत्तेजो लसत्कान्तिः कोटिसूर्यसमप्रभः

tasmin nṛpe saktamanā jātā'smi sa pitā tava | śrutvetthaṃ vacanaṃ tasyā maunavānsa yayau muniḥ brahmādiṣu ca deveṣu vasiṣṭhādi muniṣvapi | khyātiṃ yāsyasi sarvatra paraṃ śraiṣṭhayamupāgataḥ vajraṃ papāta taddhastāt tadadbhutamivābhavat | tadā dāyā hanaddaityastenaivairāvataṃ gajam raktacandana kastūrī sindūra śaśibhūṣaṇaḥ|| vidyuttejo lasatkāntiḥ koṭisūryasamaprabhaḥ

"My mind became attached to that king; he is your father." Hearing her words thus, the sage went away in silence. / "Among the gods beginning with Brahmā and the sages beginning with Vasiṣṭha you shall attain fame everywhere, having reached the highest excellence." / The thunderbolt fell from his hand; that was like a marvel. Then the daitya struck the elephant Airāvata with that very (weapon). / Adorned with red sandal, musk, vermilion and the moon, with the brilliance of lightning, of gleaming loveliness, with radiance equal to ten million suns.

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GnP 1 36.39

सर्वेष्वारब्ध कार्येषु पूर्वं ते मम चापरम् । स्मरणं ये करिष्यन्ति तेषां सिद्धिर्भविष्यति ऐरावतः प्रहारेण पलायनपरो ययौ । ततो जघान स हरिर्मुष्टिना दैत्यपुंगवम् दिव्य वादित्रनिर्घोषैः शृण्वन् गांधर्वनिस्वनान् । किन्नरैः सेव्यमानस्तु रेमे चाप्सरसां गणैः ५७ (१५१६) दृष्ट्वैवं सहसा देवं विनायकमनामयम् । तेजसा धर्षितः सर्वे भयमापुश्च केचन

sarveṣvārabdha kāryeṣu pūrvaṃ te mama cāparam | smaraṇaṃ ye kariṣyanti teṣāṃ siddhirbhaviṣyati airāvataḥ prahāreṇa palāyanaparo yayau | tato jaghāna sa harirmuṣṭinā daityapuṃgavam divya vāditranirghoṣaiḥ śṛṇvan gāṃdharvanisvanān | kinnaraiḥ sevyamānastu reme cāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ 57 (1516) dṛṣṭvaivaṃ sahasā devaṃ vināyakamanāmayam | tejasā dharṣitaḥ sarve bhayamāpuśca kecana

"In all tasks begun, those who make remembrance first of you and afterwards of me—for them there shall be success." / Airāvata, from the blow, turned to flight and went off; then Indra struck the bull among daityas with his fist. / Hearing gandharva songs amid the sounds of divine instruments, and attended by kinnaras, he took his pleasure with troops of apsarases. / Seeing thus, all at once, the god Vināyaka free of any affliction, all were overwhelmed by his splendour, and some became afraid.

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GnP 1 36.40

ब्रह्मोवाच । इति दत्त्वा वरं तेषां सुराणां जगदीश्वरः । पश्यतां मुनिदेवानां तत्रैवान्तर्दधे विभुः ५७ (१५७३)

brahmovāca | iti dattvā varaṃ teṣāṃ surāṇāṃ jagadīśvaraḥ | paśyatāṃ munidevānāṃ tatraivāntardadhe vibhuḥ 57 (1573)

Brahmā said: Having thus given a boon to those gods, the lord of the world, the all-pervading one, vanished on that very spot while the sages and gods looked on.

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GnP 1 36.41

गणेशपुरमिति च ख्यातिं यातु जनेष्टदम् ।। गणेश उवाच । त्रयाणामपि लोकानामाक्रमं त्वं करिष्यसि तत उत्थाय मघवा दैत्यं प्राह रुषान्वितः । इदानीं मल्लयुद्धाय सज्जीभवासुरेश्वर स्वसंकष्ट विनाशाय तुष्टुवु कोऽपि तं विभुम। प्रसादसुमुखं देवं सुसुखं संकटापहम्

gaṇeśapuramiti ca khyātiṃ yātu janeṣṭadam || gaṇeśa uvāca | trayāṇāmapi lokānāmākramaṃ tvaṃ kariṣyasi tata utthāya maghavā daityaṃ prāha ruṣānvitaḥ | idānīṃ mallayuddhāya sajjībhavāsureśvara svasaṃkaṣṭa vināśāya tuṣṭuvu ko'pi taṃ vibhuma| prasādasumukhaṃ devaṃ susukhaṃ saṃkaṭāpaham

"And let it attain fame as Gaṇeśapura, granting what people desire." Gaṇeśa said: "You shall overrun all three of the worlds." / Then Maghavan (Indra), rising up, said to the daitya in anger: "Now make yourself ready for a wrestling-match, lord of asuras." / For the destruction of their own distress they praised that lord—the god gracious and fair of face, delightful, remover of distress.

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GnP 1 36.42

१ ।। त्रैलोक्यभयदो दैत्यो भविष्यति महाबलः । एवं शशपतुस्तौ तु मातापुत्रौ परस्परम् १ ।। मद्भक्तो मद्गतप्राणो मन्निष्ठो मत्परायणः । इदं च नगरं देव युगे पुष्पक संज्ञितम् सर्वेभ्यो न भयं तेऽस्ति सर्वे वश्याश्च ते सदा । आयसं कांचनं रौप्यं मया दत्तं पुरत्रयम् ततः स विस्मयाविष्ट उवाच बलगर्वितः । किमर्थत्वं निजप्राणे निर्दयोऽसि सुरेश्वर देवा ऊचुः। नमो नमस्ते परमार्थरूप नमो नमस्तेऽखिलकारणाय । नमो नमस्तेऽखिल कारणाय सर्वेन्द्रियाणामधिवासिनेऽपि

1 || trailokyabhayado daityo bhaviṣyati mahābalaḥ | evaṃ śaśapatustau tu mātāputrau parasparam 1 || madbhakto madgataprāṇo manniṣṭho matparāyaṇaḥ | idaṃ ca nagaraṃ deva yuge puṣpaka saṃjñitam sarvebhyo na bhayaṃ te'sti sarve vaśyāśca te sadā | āyasaṃ kāṃcanaṃ raupyaṃ mayā dattaṃ puratrayam tataḥ sa vismayāviṣṭa uvāca balagarvitaḥ | kimarthatvaṃ nijaprāṇe nirdayo'si sureśvara devā ūcuḥ| namo namaste paramārtharūpa namo namaste'khilakāraṇāya | namo namaste'khila kāraṇāya sarvendriyāṇāmadhivāsine'pi

"He shall become a daitya of great strength, bringing terror to the three worlds." Thus the two, mother and son, cursed each other. / "My devotee, his life given over to me, fixed on me, devoted to me. And this city, O god, is named Puṣpaka in the (first) age." / "You have no fear from any; all are always subject to you. Three cities, of iron, of gold and of silver, are given by me." / Then he, filled with amazement, proud of his strength, said: "Why are you merciless toward your own life, lord of gods?" / The gods said: Homage, homage to you whose form is the highest reality; homage, homage to the cause of all; homage, homage to the cause of all, and to him who dwells within all the senses.

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GnP 1 36.43

त्रेतायां मणिपूरं च भानकं द्वापरेऽपि च । कलौ तु भद्रकं नाम ख्यातं लोके भविष्यति अभेद्यं सर्वदेवानां कामगं शंकर विना । त्रिपुरेति च ते नाम ख्यातिं लोके गमिष्यति ।। कृमिकीटपतंगानां प्राणोऽतीव प्रियो मतः । गच्छ देव धरण्यां ते स्थानं दत्तं मया शुभम् नमो नमो भूतमयाय तेऽस्तु नमो नमो भूतकृते सुरेश । नमो नमः सर्वधियां प्रबोध नमो नमो विश्वलयोद्भवाय

tretāyāṃ maṇipūraṃ ca bhānakaṃ dvāpare'pi ca | kalau tu bhadrakaṃ nāma khyātaṃ loke bhaviṣyati abhedyaṃ sarvadevānāṃ kāmagaṃ śaṃkara vinā | tripureti ca te nāma khyātiṃ loke gamiṣyati || kṛmikīṭapataṃgānāṃ prāṇo'tīva priyo mataḥ | gaccha deva dharaṇyāṃ te sthānaṃ dattaṃ mayā śubham namo namo bhūtamayāya te'stu namo namo bhūtakṛte sureśa | namo namaḥ sarvadhiyāṃ prabodha namo namo viśvalayodbhavāya

"In the Tretā (age it will be) Maṇipūra, and Bhānaka in the Dvāpara; but in the Kali age it will be known in the world by the name Bhadraka." / "Unbreakable by all the gods, moving at will, save by Śaṃkara; and your name shall become famed in the world as Tripura." / "Life is held exceedingly dear even by worms, insects and moths. Go, god; an auspicious place on earth has been given to you by me." / Homage, homage be to you who consist of the beings; homage, homage to the maker of the beings, O lord of gods; homage, homage, O awakener of all thoughts; homage, homage to him from whom come the dissolution and the arising of the universe.

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GnP 1 36.44

३ ।। ततोऽन्तरिक्षे वागासीदिन्द्राद् गृत्समदो ह्यभूत्। स तु गृत्समदो ब्रह्मन्ननुष्ठानाय जग्मिवान् अत्र स्नानेन दानेन सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात् । ब्रह्मोवाच । एवं दत्वा वरांस्तस्मै तत्रैवान्तर्दधे विभुः यदैकेन च बाणेन शिवो भेत्स्यति ते पुरम् । तदैव यास्यसे मुक्तिं नात्र कार्या विचारणा ब्रह्मोवाच । इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा जगाद बलवृत्रहा। यद्यहं जीविताच्वांहि मोचयामि न चेद्रिपो नमो नमो विश्वभृतेऽखिलेश नमो नमः कारण कारणाय । नमो नमो वेदविदामदृश्य नमो नमः सर्ववरप्रदाय

3 || tato'ntarikṣe vāgāsīdindrād gṛtsamado hyabhūt| sa tu gṛtsamado brahmannanuṣṭhānāya jagmivān atra snānena dānena sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt | brahmovāca | evaṃ datvā varāṃstasmai tatraivāntardadhe vibhuḥ yadaikena ca bāṇena śivo bhetsyati te puram | tadaiva yāsyase muktiṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā brahmovāca | iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā jagāda balavṛtrahā| yadyahaṃ jīvitācvāṃhi mocayāmi na cedripo namo namo viśvabhṛte'khileśa namo namaḥ kāraṇa kāraṇāya | namo namo vedavidāmadṛśya namo namaḥ sarvavarapradāya

Then there was a voice in the sky: "From Indra indeed was Gṛtsamada born." And that Gṛtsamada, O brahmin, went off to perform his observance. / "Here, by bathing and by giving, one may obtain all desires." Brahmā said: Having thus given him boons, the lord vanished on that very spot. / "When with a single arrow Śiva shall split your city, at that very moment you will go to liberation; no deliberation is needed here." / Brahmā said: Hearing that speech of his, the slayer of Bala and Vṛtra said: "If I do not release you from life, O foe..." / Homage, homage to the upholder of the universe, lord of all; homage, homage to the cause of causes; homage, homage, O you unseen by the knowers of the Veda; homage, homage to the giver of all boons.

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GnP 1 36.45

इदं गृत्समदाख्यानं यः शृणोति नरोत्तमः । न स संकटमाप्नोति वांछितं लभतेऽखिलम् तस्मिन्नंतर्हिते तत्र स्थापयामास वै मुनिः। गणेशमूर्ति प्रासादं कारयामास सुन्दरम् अन्यत्ते वांछितं सर्वं मत्प्रसादाद् भविष्यति । ब्रह्मोवाच । दत्त्वेत्थं स वरान्देवस्तत्रैवान्तर्दधे विभुः। विषादमगमद्देव वियोगात् त्रिपुरासुरः तदाऽहं धरणीं यामि त्वदाज्ञा वशगोऽधम । त्वमेव हतमूर्धाऽद्य धरणीं यास्यसे खल नमो नमो वागविचारभूत नमो नमो विघ्ननिवारणाय । नमो नमोऽभक्त मनोरथघ्ने नमो नमो भक्त मनोरथज्ञ

idaṃ gṛtsamadākhyānaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti narottamaḥ | na sa saṃkaṭamāpnoti vāṃchitaṃ labhate'khilam tasminnaṃtarhite tatra sthāpayāmāsa vai muniḥ| gaṇeśamūrti prāsādaṃ kārayāmāsa sundaram anyatte vāṃchitaṃ sarvaṃ matprasādād bhaviṣyati | brahmovāca | dattvetthaṃ sa varāndevastatraivāntardadhe vibhuḥ| viṣādamagamaddeva viyogāt tripurāsuraḥ tadā'haṃ dharaṇīṃ yāmi tvadājñā vaśago'dhama | tvameva hatamūrdhā'dya dharaṇīṃ yāsyase khala namo namo vāgavicārabhūta namo namo vighnanivāraṇāya | namo namo'bhakta manorathaghne namo namo bhakta manorathajña

That best of men who hears this narrative of Gṛtsamada meets with no distress and obtains everything he wishes. / When he had vanished, the sage installed there an image of Gaṇeśa and had a beautiful temple built. / "Everything else you wish shall come to be by my grace." Brahmā said: Having thus given boons, the god, the lord, vanished on that very spot; and the asura Tripura fell into dejection at parting from the god. / "Then I go to the earth, base one, subject to your command." "It is you, wretch, whose head will be smashed today, who will go to the earth." / Homage, homage to you who are beyond the reach of speech's reflection; homage, homage to the averter of obstacles; homage, homage to the destroyer of the wishes of non-devotees; homage, homage to the knower of the wishes of devotees.

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GnP 1 36.46

वरदेति च तन्नाम स्थापयामास शाश्वतम् । सिद्धिस्थानं च तत्रासीद् गणेशस्य प्रसादतः हर्षं च विपुलं लेभे वरान्प्राप्य यथेप्सितान्। त्रैलोक्यविजयं कर्तुं यतते स्म ततो बलात् वदत्येवं तु देवेन्द्र दैन्येन्द्रो निजघान तम् । मुष्टिना हृदये दुष्टस्ततो युद्धमभूत्तयोः नमो नमोऽभक्तमनोरथेश नमो नमो विश्वविधानदक्ष । नमो नमो दैत्यविनाशहेतो नमो नमः संकटनाशकाय

varadeti ca tannāma sthāpayāmāsa śāśvatam | siddhisthānaṃ ca tatrāsīd gaṇeśasya prasādataḥ harṣaṃ ca vipulaṃ lebhe varānprāpya yathepsitān| trailokyavijayaṃ kartuṃ yatate sma tato balāt vadatyevaṃ tu devendra dainyendro nijaghāna tam | muṣṭinā hṛdaye duṣṭastato yuddhamabhūttayoḥ namo namo'bhaktamanoratheśa namo namo viśvavidhānadakṣa | namo namo daityavināśaheto namo namaḥ saṃkaṭanāśakāya

And he established that name, "Varada," for all time; and by Gaṇeśa's grace it became a place of accomplishment there. / He gained great joy on obtaining the boons as he wished, and then strove by force to conquer the three worlds. / While Indra was speaking thus, the wicked lord of the daityas struck him on the chest with his fist; then a fight arose between the two. / Homage, homage, O lord of the wishes of non-devotees; homage, homage, O skilled in the ordering of the universe; homage, homage, O cause of the destruction of the daityas; homage, homage to the destroyer of distress.

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GnP 1 36.47

कामान्पुष्णाणि सर्वेषां पुष्पकं क्षेत्रमित्यपि । पूजयामास तां मूर्तिं भक्तिभावसमन्वितः चाणूरकृष्णयोर्यद्वत् परस्पर जयैषिणोः । हृदयं हृदयेनैव हस्तं हस्तेन जघ्नतुः नमो नमः कारुणिकोत्तमाय नमो नमो ज्ञानमयाय तेऽस्तु । नमो नमोऽज्ञानविनाशनाय नमो नमो भक्त विभूतिदाय

kāmānpuṣṇāṇi sarveṣāṃ puṣpakaṃ kṣetramityapi | pūjayāmāsa tāṃ mūrtiṃ bhaktibhāvasamanvitaḥ cāṇūrakṛṣṇayoryadvat paraspara jayaiṣiṇoḥ | hṛdayaṃ hṛdayenaiva hastaṃ hastena jaghnatuḥ namo namaḥ kāruṇikottamāya namo namo jñānamayāya te'stu | namo namo'jñānavināśanāya namo namo bhakta vibhūtidāya

"I nourish the desires of all—hence too the sacred field is Puṣpaka." He worshipped that image, filled with devotional feeling. / As with Cāṇūra and Kṛṣṇa, each seeking to defeat the other, they struck chest against chest and hand against hand. / Homage, homage to the best of the compassionate; homage, homage be to you who consist of knowledge; homage, homage to the destroyer of ignorance; homage, homage to the giver of prosperity to devotees.

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GnP 1 36.48

इमां कथां यः शृणुयान् मुनीन्द्र श्रीविघ्नराजस्य वरप्रकाशाम्। सभेत कामानरिपलान् गणेश भक्तिं दृढां संसृतिमोचनीं च जानुभ्यां जानुनी चोरू ताभ्यां तौ च निजघ्नतुः । मस्तकं मस्तकेनैव कूर्परं कूर्परेण तु नमो नमोऽभक्तविभूति हन्त्रे नयो नमो भक्त विमोचनाय । नमो नमोऽभक्त विबन्धनाय नमो नमस्ते प्रविभक्त मूर्ते

imāṃ kathāṃ yaḥ śṛṇuyān munīndra śrīvighnarājasya varaprakāśām| sabheta kāmānaripalān gaṇeśa bhaktiṃ dṛḍhāṃ saṃsṛtimocanīṃ ca jānubhyāṃ jānunī corū tābhyāṃ tau ca nijaghnatuḥ | mastakaṃ mastakenaiva kūrparaṃ kūrpareṇa tu namo namo'bhaktavibhūti hantre nayo namo bhakta vimocanāya | namo namo'bhakta vibandhanāya namo namaste pravibhakta mūrte

Whoever, O best of sages, should hear this tale of Śrī Vighnarāja, which reveals his boons, would obtain his desires and firm devotion to Gaṇeśa, which frees from the round of rebirth. / With knees they struck each other's knees, and thighs with thighs; head with head, and elbow with elbow. / Homage, homage to the destroyer of the prosperity of non-devotees; homage, homage to the liberator of devotees; homage, homage to the binder of non-devotees; homage, homage to you of distinctly divided form.

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GnP 1 36.49

पृष्टं पृष्टेन पादाभ्यां पादौ तावभिजघ्नतुः । पादौ गृहीत्वा दैत्योऽस्य भ्रामयित्वा मुहुर्मुहुः नमो नमस्तत्व विबोधकाय नमो नमस्तत्व विदुत्तमाय । नमो नमस्तेऽखिल कर्म साक्षिणे नमो नमस्ते गुणनायकाय

pṛṣṭaṃ pṛṣṭena pādābhyāṃ pādau tāvabhijaghnatuḥ | pādau gṛhītvā daityo'sya bhrāmayitvā muhurmuhuḥ namo namastatva vibodhakāya namo namastatva viduttamāya | namo namaste'khila karma sākṣiṇe namo namaste guṇanāyakāya

Back with back, and feet with feet, the two struck each other; and the daitya, seizing his feet, whirled him round again and again. / Homage, homage to the awakener of the truth; homage, homage to the foremost among knowers of the truth; homage, homage to you, witness of every act; homage, homage to you, leader of the guṇas.

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GnP 1 36.51

ततो देवगणाः सर्वे हिमवद् गिरिगह्वरम् । ययुः शक्रं विचिन्वन्तो दैत्यसंत्रासतापिताः गणेश उवाच । स्तोत्रेण तपसा चैव सुराः संतुष्टिमागतः । ददामि सकलाभीष्टं तद् वृणुध्वं सुरेश्वराः

tato devagaṇāḥ sarve himavad girigahvaram | yayuḥ śakraṃ vicinvanto daityasaṃtrāsatāpitāḥ gaṇeśa uvāca | stotreṇa tapasā caiva surāḥ saṃtuṣṭimāgataḥ | dadāmi sakalābhīṣṭaṃ tad vṛṇudhvaṃ sureśvarāḥ

Then all the hosts of gods, scorched by terror of the daitya, went to a cave in the Himālaya mountain in search of Śakra. / Gaṇeśa said: By your hymn and by your austerity, gods, I have come to satisfaction; I grant every wish—so choose, lords of gods.

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GnP 1 36.52

कुत्र वा पतितो देवो द्रक्ष्यामो वा कथं विभुम् । एवं संचिंतयन्तस्ते भ्रमंतो ददृशुश्च तम् देवा ऊचुः । यदि तुष्टोऽसि देवेश त्रिपुरं जहि दानवम् । सर्वेषामधिकारान्नो गृहीत्वा यस्तु तिष्ठति

kutra vā patito devo drakṣyāmo vā kathaṃ vibhum | evaṃ saṃciṃtayantaste bhramaṃto dadṛśuśca tam devā ūcuḥ | yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa tripuraṃ jahi dānavam | sarveṣāmadhikārānno gṛhītvā yastu tiṣṭhati

"Where has the god fallen? Or how shall we see the lord?" Thinking thus and wandering about, they saw him. / The gods said: If you are pleased, lord of gods, slay the dānava Tripura, who remains having seized the offices of us all.

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GnP 1 36.53

अधोमुखं समायान्तं देवेन्द्रं तं तदैव ह । प्रणेमुर्देवसंघास्तमालिलिंगस्तथाऽपरे त्वयैवास्याभयं दत्तं सर्वामरसमूहतः । अतः स्म संकटं प्राप्ताः संकटान्मोचयाशु नः

adhomukhaṃ samāyāntaṃ devendraṃ taṃ tadaiva ha | praṇemurdevasaṃghāstamāliliṃgastathā'pare tvayaivāsyābhayaṃ dattaṃ sarvāmarasamūhataḥ | ataḥ sma saṃkaṭaṃ prāptāḥ saṃkaṭānmocayāśu naḥ

The hosts of gods bowed to that lord of the gods (Indra) as he came with his face downcast, and others embraced him. — "By you yourself was safety granted to him over against the whole assembly of immortals; hence we have fallen into straits: free us quickly from our straits."

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GnP 1 36.54

पूजयामासुरपरे बीजयामास कश्चन । पादसंवाहनं चास्य चक्रुः केचन भक्तितः त्वामेव शरणं प्राप्ता एष एव वरो हि नः । गणेश उवाच । वारयिष्ये भयं सर्वं तस्माद्घोरतराद्धि वः

pūjayāmāsurapare bījayāmāsa kaścana | pādasaṃvāhanaṃ cāsya cakruḥ kecana bhaktitaḥ tvāmeva śaraṇaṃ prāptā eṣa eva varo hi naḥ | gaṇeśa uvāca | vārayiṣye bhayaṃ sarvaṃ tasmādghoratarāddhi vaḥ

Others worshipped (him); someone fanned him; some out of devotion massaged his feet. "We have come to you alone for refuge; this very thing is our boon." Gaṇeśa said: "I shall ward off all your fear from that most terrible one."

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GnP 1 36.55

तत्रैव न्यवसन् सर्वे गुप्तरूपाः सुरास्तदा । दैत्यस्त्वैरावतारूढो ययौ ताममरावतीम् भवत्कृतमिदं स्तोत्रमतिप्रीतिकरं मम् । संकष्टनाशनमिति विख्यातं च भविष्यति

tatraiva nyavasan sarve guptarūpāḥ surāstadā | daityastvairāvatārūḍho yayau tāmamarāvatīm bhavatkṛtamidaṃ stotramatiprītikaraṃ mam | saṃkaṣṭanāśanamiti vikhyātaṃ ca bhaviṣyati

Then all the gods dwelt right there in concealed forms; but the demon, mounted on Airāvata, went to that Amarāvatī. — "This hymn composed by you is most pleasing to me; and it shall become known as 'Destroyer of Distress'."

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GnP 1 36.56

देवस्थानानि दैत्यानामिंद्रासन गतः स्वयम् । ददौ विभज्य प्रत्येकं मानपूर्वं सुरद्विषाम् । पठतां शृण्वतां चैव सर्वकामप्रदं नृणाम् । त्रिसन्ध्यं यः पठेदेतत् संकष्टं नाप्नुयात् क्वचित्

devasthānāni daityānāmiṃdrāsana gataḥ svayam | dadau vibhajya pratyekaṃ mānapūrvaṃ suradviṣām | paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām | trisandhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhedetat saṃkaṣṭaṃ nāpnuyāt kvacit

Having himself gone to Indra's throne, he divided the gods' abodes and gave them, each with honour, to the enemies of the gods. — "For men who recite and who hear it, it grants every desire; whoever recites this at the three junctures of the day will nowhere meet with distress."

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GnP 1 36.57

६।। वेदव्रतानि चत्वारि चकार बटुकस्य सः । सकृन्निगदमात्रेण गृह्णाति ब्रह्मतेजसा

6|| vedavratāni catvāri cakāra baṭukasya saḥ | sakṛnnigadamātreṇa gṛhṇāti brahmatejasā

6. He performed for the boy the four Veda-vows; by a single utterance he grasps (them) through the splendour of brahman.

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