Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 41

GnP 1 41.1

व्यास उवाच । वरदेन गणेशेन प्रभुणा सर्वकारिणां । किं कृतं तन्ममाचक्ष्व पृच्छते चतुरानन दृष्ट्वा दास्ये वांछितं ते प्रियं प्राणमपि द्विज । न स्मरे परिहासेऽपि वितथं भाषितं मुने द्विज उवाच । अहं कैलासमगमं दृष्टवान् मूर्तिमुत्तमम् । शिवेन पूजितां सम्यग् गाणेशीं चिन्तितार्थदाम् व्यास उवाच । कृतवान् किमु दैत्यः स गते तास्मिन्कलाधरे। कथमानीय दत्ताऽस्मै मूर्तिश्चिन्तामणेः शुभा उवाच दूतौ दूतौ वामिति कृत्वा क्षमे वचः । कामस्येव भवेद्भस्म नो चेद्वां नात्र संशयः मुक्तामालां मुद्रिकाश्च कटिसूत्रं च कांचनम्। मुकुटं रत्नखचितं महार्घं बिभ्रदुल्लसत् ऋष्टिभिर्मुष्टिभिः केचित् केचित् परशु तोमरैः । हतानां तत्र वीराणां हयानां च पदातिनाम् ब्रह्मोवाच । अयुध्येतां द्वन्द्वशोऽथ गिरिशासुरनायकौ । षण्मुखेन प्रचंडश्च नन्दिना चंड एव च अप्राप्तानेव तांश्छित्त्वा शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । कातिकेयः पंचभिस्तं ताडयामास सायकैः एवं सर्वेषु सैन्येषु प्रभग्नेषु समन्ततः । दृष्ट्वा पलायनपरान्दैत्यान्देवगणार्दितान् मन्त्रयन्ननलास्त्रेण शिवसैन्ये न्यपायत् । अंगारवृष्टिः सहसा पतिता सर्वदाहिनी विहाय रणभूमिं तु ययौ कैलासमेव सः । दूराद्दृष्ट्वा तमायान्तं चकम्पे गिरिजा तदा अध्याय ४४ प्रारंभ :- व्यास उवाच । ततः किमकरोच्छम्भुस्त्रिपुरेण पराजितः । कथं तमजयद्दैत्यं त्रिपुरं जयशालिनम् नारद उवाच । सर्वज्ञे सर्वविद्येशे सर्वेशे सर्वकर्तरि । सर्वानने सर्वहरे सर्वस्यापि नियन्तरि शिव उवाच । सत्यमुक्तं त्वया ब्रह्मंस्त्वद्वाक्येन स्मृतं मया। उपदिष्टौ पूर्वमेव मन्त्रौ तेन मुने मम अथवा स्वप्न एवायं दृष्टो दीर्घतरो मया। अथवा मे वरं दातुमागतोऽयं गजाननः अध्याय ४५ प्रारंभ :- मुनिरुवाच । ततः प्रसन्ने विघ्नेशे देवेशे विघ्नहारिणि । वरान् दित्सति शर्वाय किं किं वव्रे सदाशिवः विनास्मृतिं तेन लभेच्च कोऽपि वांछार्य सिद्धिं कृमिकीट कोऽपि । शैवेस्त्वदीयैरथ वैष्णवैश्च शाक्तैश्च सौरेरथ सर्वकार्ये संतर्प्य देवान् मुनि सिद्धसंघान् दानानि दत्वा द्विजपुंगवेभ्यः । पुनश्च संपूज्य नमश्चकार देवं गिरीशो वरदं गणेशं

vyāsa uvāca | varadena gaṇeśena prabhuṇā sarvakāriṇāṃ | kiṃ kṛtaṃ tanmamācakṣva pṛcchate caturānana dṛṣṭvā dāsye vāṃchitaṃ te priyaṃ prāṇamapi dvija | na smare parihāse'pi vitathaṃ bhāṣitaṃ mune dvija uvāca | ahaṃ kailāsamagamaṃ dṛṣṭavān mūrtimuttamam | śivena pūjitāṃ samyag gāṇeśīṃ cintitārthadām vyāsa uvāca | kṛtavān kimu daityaḥ sa gate tāsminkalādhare| kathamānīya dattā'smai mūrtiścintāmaṇeḥ śubhā uvāca dūtau dūtau vāmiti kṛtvā kṣame vacaḥ | kāmasyeva bhavedbhasma no cedvāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ muktāmālāṃ mudrikāśca kaṭisūtraṃ ca kāṃcanam| mukuṭaṃ ratnakhacitaṃ mahārghaṃ bibhradullasat ṛṣṭibhirmuṣṭibhiḥ kecit kecit paraśu tomaraiḥ | hatānāṃ tatra vīrāṇāṃ hayānāṃ ca padātinām brahmovāca | ayudhyetāṃ dvandvaśo'tha giriśāsuranāyakau | ṣaṇmukhena pracaṃḍaśca nandinā caṃḍa eva ca aprāptāneva tāṃśchittvā śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | kātikeyaḥ paṃcabhistaṃ tāḍayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ evaṃ sarveṣu sainyeṣu prabhagneṣu samantataḥ | dṛṣṭvā palāyanaparāndaityāndevagaṇārditān mantrayannanalāstreṇa śivasainye nyapāyat | aṃgāravṛṣṭiḥ sahasā patitā sarvadāhinī vihāya raṇabhūmiṃ tu yayau kailāsameva saḥ | dūrāddṛṣṭvā tamāyāntaṃ cakampe girijā tadā adhyāya 44 prāraṃbha :- vyāsa uvāca | tataḥ kimakarocchambhustripureṇa parājitaḥ | kathaṃ tamajayaddaityaṃ tripuraṃ jayaśālinam nārada uvāca | sarvajñe sarvavidyeśe sarveśe sarvakartari | sarvānane sarvahare sarvasyāpi niyantari śiva uvāca | satyamuktaṃ tvayā brahmaṃstvadvākyena smṛtaṃ mayā| upadiṣṭau pūrvameva mantrau tena mune mama athavā svapna evāyaṃ dṛṣṭo dīrghataro mayā| athavā me varaṃ dātumāgato'yaṃ gajānanaḥ adhyāya 45 prāraṃbha :- muniruvāca | tataḥ prasanne vighneśe deveśe vighnahāriṇi | varān ditsati śarvāya kiṃ kiṃ vavre sadāśivaḥ vināsmṛtiṃ tena labhecca ko'pi vāṃchārya siddhiṃ kṛmikīṭa ko'pi | śaivestvadīyairatha vaiṣṇavaiśca śāktaiśca saureratha sarvakārye saṃtarpya devān muni siddhasaṃghān dānāni datvā dvijapuṃgavebhyaḥ | punaśca saṃpūjya namaścakāra devaṃ girīśo varadaṃ gaṇeśaṃ

Vyāsa said: What was done by the boon-granting lord Gaṇeśa, the doer of all things? Tell me that, four-faced one, since I ask. — "Seeing (you), I shall give you what you wish, even my dear life, brahmin; I do not recall having spoken falsely even in jest, sage." The brahmin said: I went to Kailāsa and saw the excellent image of Gaṇeśa, well worshipped by Śiva, granting what is thought of. Vyāsa said: What did that demon do when Kalādhara had gone? How was the auspicious image of Cintāmaṇi brought and given to him? He said: "Envoys, envoys!" — saying so, I pardon the speech; otherwise you two would become ash like Kāma, no doubt of it. Bearing a pearl necklace, rings, a golden waist-cord, and a jewel-studded, very costly crown, shining. Some with spears, some with fists, some with axes and lances — of the heroes, horses and foot-soldiers slain there. Brahmā said: Then Śiva and the demon chief fought in single combat, and Pracaṇḍa with the Six-faced one, and Caṇḍa with Nandin. Cutting them down with smooth-jointed arrows before they arrived, Kārtikeya struck him with five shafts. Thus, when all the armies were broken on every side, seeing the demons intent on flight, tormented by the hosts of gods... Charging (his bow) with the fire-weapon, he shot into Śiva's army; suddenly a rain of coals fell, burning everything. Abandoning the battlefield, he went to Kailāsa itself; seeing him coming from afar, Girijā then trembled. Chapter 44 begins. Vyāsa said: Then what did Śambhu do, defeated by Tripura? How did he conquer that victorious demon Tripura? Nārada said: In the all-knowing one, lord of all knowledge, lord of all, doer of all, all-faced, all-destroying, controller of all as well... Śiva said: You have spoken truly, brahmin; by your words I have remembered: the two mantras were taught to me by him earlier, sage. Or else this was but a very long dream I saw; or this elephant-faced one has come to grant me a boon. Chapter 45 begins. The sage said: Then, when the lord of obstacles, lord of gods, remover of obstacles, was pleased and about to grant boons to Śarva, what did Sadāśiva choose? Without remembrance of him, could anyone at all attain the desired accomplishment — even a worm or insect? By your Śaivas, and by Vaiṣṇavas, Śāktas, and Sauras... In every rite, having gratified the gods and the hosts of sages and siddhas, having given gifts to the foremost of brahmins, and having worshipped again, Girīśa made obeisance to the boon-granting god Gaṇeśa.

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GnP 1 41.2

ब्रह्मोवाच । ततो गजाननो विप्ररूपेण त्रिपुरं ययौ । महार्हासन संविष्टं ददर्श द्विजसत्तमः एतत्कथय मे सर्वं विस्तार्य चतुरानन । लीला गजाननीः शृण्वन् न तृप्यामि समासतः युयुधे पुष्पदन्तोऽपि भीमकायेन वीर्यवान् । भृशुंडी कालकूटेन विषवत्प्राणहारिणा ब्रह्मोवाच । ततः शम्भुः परां चिन्तामापेदे मनसाऽसकृत । स्वाहा स्वधा विहीनं तु भूतलं परिचिन्तयन् ब्रह्मोवाच । गणेशवचनं श्रुत्वा शिवो वाक्यमथाब्रवीत् । स्मृत्वा गजाननं तं तु स्वस्वरूपं वरप्रदम्

brahmovāca | tato gajānano viprarūpeṇa tripuraṃ yayau | mahārhāsana saṃviṣṭaṃ dadarśa dvijasattamaḥ etatkathaya me sarvaṃ vistārya caturānana | līlā gajānanīḥ śṛṇvan na tṛpyāmi samāsataḥ yuyudhe puṣpadanto'pi bhīmakāyena vīryavān | bhṛśuṃḍī kālakūṭena viṣavatprāṇahāriṇā brahmovāca | tataḥ śambhuḥ parāṃ cintāmāpede manasā'sakṛta | svāhā svadhā vihīnaṃ tu bhūtalaṃ paricintayan brahmovāca | gaṇeśavacanaṃ śrutvā śivo vākyamathābravīt | smṛtvā gajānanaṃ taṃ tu svasvarūpaṃ varapradam

Brahmā said: Then Gajānana went to Tripura in the form of a brahmin; that best of brahmins saw him seated on a most costly throne. — Tell me all this at length, four-faced one; hearing the sports of Gajānana I am not satisfied with a summary. Puṣpadanta too, the valiant, fought with Bhīmakāya; Bhṛśuṇḍi with Kālakūṭa, life-taking like poison. Brahmā said: Then Śambhu repeatedly fell into deep anxiety in his mind, pondering the earth deprived of svāhā and svadhā. Brahmā said: Hearing Gaṇeśa's words, Śiva then spoke, remembering that Gajānana, boon-granting, who was his own true form.

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GnP 1 41.3

स उत्थाय नमस्कृत्य स्वासने चोपवेशयत् । संपूज्य परिपपृच्छ कुत आगम्यते द्विज ब्रह्मोवाच तस्मिन्गते यदकरोत् स दैत्यो मुनिसत्तम । तत्सर्वं कथयिष्यामि शृणुष्वावहितो मुने अयुध्येतां वीरभद्र वज्रदंष्ट्रौ महाबलौ । इन्द्रोऽपि युयुधे तत्र दैत्यामात्येन वीर्यवान् कदा स्वस्थानगा देवा भविष्यन्ति गतज्वराः । केनोपायेन वासः स्याद् दुर्जयस्य पराजयः शिव उवाच । दशापि नेत्राणि ममाद्य धन्यान्यथो भुजाः पूजनतस्तवाद्य । तवानते पंच शिरांसि धन्या न्यथः स्तुते: पंचमुखानि देव

sa utthāya namaskṛtya svāsane copaveśayat | saṃpūjya paripapṛccha kuta āgamyate dvija brahmovāca tasmingate yadakarot sa daityo munisattama | tatsarvaṃ kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvāvahito mune ayudhyetāṃ vīrabhadra vajradaṃṣṭrau mahābalau | indro'pi yuyudhe tatra daityāmātyena vīryavān kadā svasthānagā devā bhaviṣyanti gatajvarāḥ | kenopāyena vāsaḥ syād durjayasya parājayaḥ śiva uvāca | daśāpi netrāṇi mamādya dhanyānyatho bhujāḥ pūjanatastavādya | tavānate paṃca śirāṃsi dhanyā nyathaḥ stute: paṃcamukhāni deva

He rose, made obeisance, and seated him on his own seat; having honoured him, he asked: "Whence do you come, brahmin?" Brahmā said: What that demon did when he had gone, best of sages — all that I shall relate; listen attentively, sage. Vīrabhadra and Vajradaṃṣṭra, of great strength, fought; Indra too, the valiant, fought there with the demon's minister. When will the gods, their fever gone, be in their own places? By what means may there be the defeat of the hard-to-conquer one? Śiva said: Blessed today are my ten eyes and my arms, from worshipping you today; blessed are my five heads bowed to you, and my five mouths from praising you, O god.

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GnP 1 41.4

का विद्या किं च ते नाम पृच्छते ब्रूहि मे द्विज । प्रयोजनं च किं तेऽस्ति शक्तिश्चेत् करवामहे दूतौ संप्रेषयामास मन्दराद्रिस्थितं शिवम् । अशिक्षयच्छिवं गत्वा ब्रूतं मद्वाक्यमादरात् दैत्यपुत्रेण बलिना जयन्तो युद्धदुर्मदः । काव्येन युयुधे तत्र सुराचार्योऽस्त्रवित्तमः एवं चिन्तातुरे तस्मिन् नारदो मुनिसत्तमः । आययौ शंकरं दृष्टुं देवान् सर्वान् यदृच्छया पृथ्वी जलं वायुरथो दिशश्च, तेजश्च कालः कलनात्मकोऽपि । नभो रसो रुपमथानि गंधः, स्पर्शश्च शब्दो मन इन्द्रियाणि

kā vidyā kiṃ ca te nāma pṛcchate brūhi me dvija | prayojanaṃ ca kiṃ te'sti śaktiścet karavāmahe dūtau saṃpreṣayāmāsa mandarādristhitaṃ śivam | aśikṣayacchivaṃ gatvā brūtaṃ madvākyamādarāt daityaputreṇa balinā jayanto yuddhadurmadaḥ | kāvyena yuyudhe tatra surācāryo'stravittamaḥ evaṃ cintāture tasmin nārado munisattamaḥ | āyayau śaṃkaraṃ dṛṣṭuṃ devān sarvān yadṛcchayā pṛthvī jalaṃ vāyuratho diśaśca, tejaśca kālaḥ kalanātmako'pi | nabho raso rupamathāni gaṃdhaḥ, sparśaśca śabdo mana indriyāṇi

"What learning (do you have), and what is your name? Tell me, brahmin, who ask. And what purpose have you? If it be in our power, we shall do it." He sent two envoys to Śiva, who was on Mount Mandara: "Go and instruct Śiva; respectfully speak my words." Jayanta, mad for battle, (fought) with the mighty son of the demon; there Kāvya, the preceptor of the gods, best knower of weapons, fought. While he was thus distressed with anxiety, Nārada, best of sages, came by chance to see Śaṃkara and all the gods. Earth, water, wind, and the directions, fire, and Time whose nature is measuring; sky, taste, form, and smell, touch and sound, mind and the senses (— all are you).

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GnP 1 41.5

द्विज उवाच । सायंगृहा वयं दैत्य सर्वज्ञाः सर्ववेदिनः । इच्छाविहारा लोकानां भ्रमामो हितकाम्यया मूर्तिश्चिन्तामणेस्तेऽस्ति गृहे सर्वार्थदा शुभा। देहि तां दैत्यराजाय साम्नैव गिरिजापते देवानां चैव दैत्यानामेवं द्वन्द्वान्यनेकशः । वर्णितुं नैव शक्यानि मया वर्षशतैरपि तं दृष्ट्वा जहृषे देवो मर्त्यः प्राप्य यथाऽमृतम् । पूजयामास विधिवत् कृतासन परिग्रहम् गंधर्वयक्षाः पितरो मनुष्या, देवर्षयो देवगणाश्च सर्वे । ब्रह्मेन्द्ररुद्रा वसवोऽथ साध्यास्त्वत्तः प्रसूता सचराचरश्च

dvija uvāca | sāyaṃgṛhā vayaṃ daitya sarvajñāḥ sarvavedinaḥ | icchāvihārā lokānāṃ bhramāmo hitakāmyayā mūrtiścintāmaṇeste'sti gṛhe sarvārthadā śubhā| dehi tāṃ daityarājāya sāmnaiva girijāpate devānāṃ caiva daityānāmevaṃ dvandvānyanekaśaḥ | varṇituṃ naiva śakyāni mayā varṣaśatairapi taṃ dṛṣṭvā jahṛṣe devo martyaḥ prāpya yathā'mṛtam | pūjayāmāsa vidhivat kṛtāsana parigraham gaṃdharvayakṣāḥ pitaro manuṣyā, devarṣayo devagaṇāśca sarve | brahmendrarudrā vasavo'tha sādhyāstvattaḥ prasūtā sacarācaraśca

The brahmin said: We are house-holders only at evening, demon — all-knowing, knowers of everything; roaming at will, we wander desiring the welfare of the worlds. In your house is the auspicious image of Cintāmaṇi, granting all objects; give it to the demon king by conciliation alone, O husband of Girijā. Thus were the duels of gods and demons, many in number; they cannot be described by me even in a hundred years. Seeing him the god rejoiced, as a mortal on obtaining nectar; he worshipped him duly, and (the guest) accepted a seat. Gandharvas and yakṣas, the fathers, men, the divine sages and all the hosts of gods, Brahmā, Indra, the Rudras, the Vasus and the Sādhyas were brought forth from you, and (the world) with all that moves and does not move.

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GnP 1 41.6

कलाधरेत्येव नाम्ना विख्याता भुवनत्रये । दृष्टुकामा वैभवं ते संप्राप्ता भवनं तव पाताले स्वर्गलोके वा मर्त्ये वा पुनरद्भुतम् । तत्सर्वं तेन दैत्यैन ह्यानीतं स्वगृहे तलात् रथिनो रथिभिः सार्धं गजिनो गजिभिः सह । अश्वारोहाः स्वसदृशैः पदाताश्च पदातिभिः आलिंग्य तमुवाचेत्थं शिवश्चिंतातुरो भृशम् । देवानां हितमन्विच्छन् दैत्यस्य वधमेव च सृजस्यदो विश्वमनन्यबुद्धे, रजोगुणात्पासि समस्तमेतत् । तमोगुणात्संहरसे गुणेश, नित्यो निरीहाखिलकर्मसाक्षी

kalādharetyeva nāmnā vikhyātā bhuvanatraye | dṛṣṭukāmā vaibhavaṃ te saṃprāptā bhavanaṃ tava pātāle svargaloke vā martye vā punaradbhutam | tatsarvaṃ tena daityaina hyānītaṃ svagṛhe talāt rathino rathibhiḥ sārdhaṃ gajino gajibhiḥ saha | aśvārohāḥ svasadṛśaiḥ padātāśca padātibhiḥ āliṃgya tamuvācetthaṃ śivaściṃtāturo bhṛśam | devānāṃ hitamanvicchan daityasya vadhameva ca sṛjasyado viśvamananyabuddhe, rajoguṇātpāsi samastametat | tamoguṇātsaṃharase guṇeśa, nityo nirīhākhilakarmasākṣī

"Famed under the very name Kalādhara throughout the three worlds — wishing to see your magnificence, we have reached your dwelling." Whatever was wondrous in the netherworld, in heaven, or in the mortal world — all that was brought by that demon into his own house from below. Chariot-warriors with chariot-warriors, elephant-riders with elephant-riders, horsemen with their like, and foot-soldiers with foot-soldiers. Embracing him, Śiva, sorely troubled by anxiety, spoke thus, seeking the good of the gods and the slaying of the demon. You create this universe, O you of undistracted mind; by the quality of rajas you protect all this; by the quality of tamas you withdraw it, lord of the guṇas — eternal, without striving, witness of all deeds.

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GnP 1 41.7

अखिला : संपदस्ते तु दृष्ट्वा तृप्ताः स्म सांप्रतम् । न कैलासे न वैकुंठे ब्रह्मलोकेऽपि नेदृशी शीघ्रमानीयतां देव यावो दैत्यं महाबलम् । न दास्यसे यदा साम्ना तदा दैत्यः पराक्रमी युयुधुः संयुगे घोरे नानावाद्य निनादिते । हेषितैर्बृंहितैः क्ष्वेडैर्नेमिनादैश्च शब्दिते शिव उवाच । दैत्येन सर्वदेवानां कदनं कृतमोजसा । तद्रणे भग्नसंकल्पाः सर्वे देवाः पलायिताः ब्रह्मोवाच । ततोऽहमब्रुवं देवं गणेशं तं शिवाज्ञया। नाम चाकरवं तस्य यत्तच्छृणु महामते

akhilā : saṃpadaste tu dṛṣṭvā tṛptāḥ sma sāṃpratam | na kailāse na vaikuṃṭhe brahmaloke'pi nedṛśī śīghramānīyatāṃ deva yāvo daityaṃ mahābalam | na dāsyase yadā sāmnā tadā daityaḥ parākramī yuyudhuḥ saṃyuge ghore nānāvādya ninādite | heṣitairbṛṃhitaiḥ kṣveḍairneminādaiśca śabdite śiva uvāca | daityena sarvadevānāṃ kadanaṃ kṛtamojasā | tadraṇe bhagnasaṃkalpāḥ sarve devāḥ palāyitāḥ brahmovāca | tato'hamabruvaṃ devaṃ gaṇeśaṃ taṃ śivājñayā| nāma cākaravaṃ tasya yattacchṛṇu mahāmate

"Having seen all your wealth, we are now satisfied; neither on Kailāsa nor in Vaikuṇṭha nor even in Brahmā's world is there such as this." "Let it be brought quickly, god, or we go to the mighty demon; when you will not give it by conciliation, then the valorous demon (will take it)." They fought in a terrible battle resounding with many instruments, loud with neighings, trumpetings, war-cries and the rumble of chariot-rims. Śiva said: By the demon a slaughter of all the gods was made by force; their resolve broken in that battle, all the gods fled. Brahmā said: Then, at Śiva's command, I spoke to that god Gaṇeśa, and I made a name for him — hear what that was, great-minded one.

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GnP 1 41.8

पदे शाक्रे न वै संपद्यादृशी दृश्यते तव । दैत्य उवाच । नाममात्रां कलाधारः किं वा जानासि तां द्विज ग्रहीष्यति बलात्तां तु ततो दुःखमवाप्स्यसि । इति दैत्यवचः श्रुत्वा जग्मतुस्तौ शिवं प्रति केचिच्च मल्लयुद्धेन युयुधुर्विविधेन तु । जघ्नुरंगानि चांगेषु त्यक्त्वा शस्त्राणि संयुगे याता दश दिशो ब्रह्मन् कः कुत्रास्ते न वेदम्यहम् । ममाप्यस्त्राणि तेनास्त्रैः प्रभग्नानि सहस्रशः त्वन्नाम बीजं प्रथमं मातृकाणामोंकार रूपं श्रुतिमूलभूतम् । यतो गणानां त्वमसीह ईशो, गणेश इत्येव तवास्तु नाम

pade śākre na vai saṃpadyādṛśī dṛśyate tava | daitya uvāca | nāmamātrāṃ kalādhāraḥ kiṃ vā jānāsi tāṃ dvija grahīṣyati balāttāṃ tu tato duḥkhamavāpsyasi | iti daityavacaḥ śrutvā jagmatustau śivaṃ prati kecicca mallayuddhena yuyudhurvividhena tu | jaghnuraṃgāni cāṃgeṣu tyaktvā śastrāṇi saṃyuge yātā daśa diśo brahman kaḥ kutrāste na vedamyaham | mamāpyastrāṇi tenāstraiḥ prabhagnāni sahasraśaḥ tvannāma bījaṃ prathamaṃ mātṛkāṇāmoṃkāra rūpaṃ śrutimūlabhūtam | yato gaṇānāṃ tvamasīha īśo, gaṇeśa ityeva tavāstu nāma

"Not even in Indra's station is such wealth as yours to be seen." The demon said: "Do you know that Kalādhara by name only, brahmin? He will take it by force, and then you will come to grief." Hearing the demon's words thus, those two went to Śiva. And some fought with wrestling of various kinds; abandoning their weapons in the battle they struck limbs against limbs. "They have gone to the ten directions, brahmin; who is where I do not know; my weapons too were shattered in thousands by his weapons." Your name is the first seed of the mother-letters, having the form of Om, the root of the Vedas; since here you are lord of the hosts (gaṇa), let your name be just this: 'Gaṇeśa'.

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GnP 1 41.9

संपदः सर्वलोकेषु याभ्य एता प्रशंससि । जानासि चेद्दर्शय मे तासां मध्ये महोत्कटाम् आहतुस्तौ महादेवं दैत्यराजेन शिक्षितम् । इत्थं दूतवचः श्रुत्वा त्रिनेत्रः क्रोधमूर्छितः ततः प्रचंडो नवभिस्ताडयामास षण्मुखम् । आकर्णाकर्षनिसृतैर्दृढैर्बाणैः शिलाशितैः ब्रह्मोवाच । श्रुत्वा शिववचः सोऽममवादीन् मुनिसत्तम । मन्वानः परमाश्चर्यं त्रैलोक्येशपराभवम् ओमित्यथोक्ते गणनाथ केन, तुतोष शर्वः प्रददौ वरांश्च । यः सर्वकार्येषु तवेश कुर्यात्, स्मृति तदन्तं स लभेदविघ्नम्

saṃpadaḥ sarvalokeṣu yābhya etā praśaṃsasi | jānāsi ceddarśaya me tāsāṃ madhye mahotkaṭām āhatustau mahādevaṃ daityarājena śikṣitam | itthaṃ dūtavacaḥ śrutvā trinetraḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ tataḥ pracaṃḍo navabhistāḍayāmāsa ṣaṇmukham | ākarṇākarṣanisṛtairdṛḍhairbāṇaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ brahmovāca | śrutvā śivavacaḥ so'mamavādīn munisattama | manvānaḥ paramāścaryaṃ trailokyeśaparābhavam omityathokte gaṇanātha kena, tutoṣa śarvaḥ pradadau varāṃśca | yaḥ sarvakāryeṣu taveśa kuryāt, smṛti tadantaṃ sa labhedavighnam

"The riches in all the worlds for which you praise these — if you know, show me the greatest among them." The two addressed Mahādeva as instructed by the demon king; hearing the envoys' speech thus, the three-eyed one was stupefied with rage. Then Pracaṇḍa struck the Six-faced one with nine firm, stone-sharpened arrows discharged from a draw to the ear. Brahmā said: Hearing Śiva's word he spoke, best of sages, thinking the defeat of the lord of the three worlds a supreme wonder. When "Om" was uttered, O lord of the hosts, by someone, Śarva was pleased and granted boons: whoever, O lord, keeps remembrance of you in all his undertakings, to the end of it he will meet no obstacle.

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GnP 1 41.11

कलाधर उवाच । परेषां संपदं दृष्ट्वा किं स्यात्तव सुरद्विष । विनयात्ते प्रसन्नोऽहं कलया ते ददामि वै किं कार्यं तेत दैत्येन तृणीभूतेन मे विभोः । आयातु युद्धमेवास्तु मर्तुकामो ममान्तिकम् संमूर्छितोऽपतद्भूमौ प्रचंडो भ्रान्तमानसः । नन्दिनाऽपि हतश्चंडः पंचभि निशितैः शरैः शक्ते कर्तुमकर्तुं वाऽन्यथाकर्तुमपि प्रभो । अणिमादि गुणोपेते षडैश्वर्यविलासिनि शुभाशुभे वैदिक लौकिके वा त्वमर्चनीयः प्रथमं प्रयत्नात । यन्मंगलं सर्वजनेषु देव सयक्ष विद्याधरपन्नगेषु

kalādhara uvāca | pareṣāṃ saṃpadaṃ dṛṣṭvā kiṃ syāttava suradviṣa | vinayātte prasanno'haṃ kalayā te dadāmi vai kiṃ kāryaṃ teta daityena tṛṇībhūtena me vibhoḥ | āyātu yuddhamevāstu martukāmo mamāntikam saṃmūrchito'patadbhūmau pracaṃḍo bhrāntamānasaḥ | nandinā'pi hataścaṃḍaḥ paṃcabhi niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ śakte kartumakartuṃ vā'nyathākartumapi prabho | aṇimādi guṇopete ṣaḍaiśvaryavilāsini śubhāśubhe vaidika laukike vā tvamarcanīyaḥ prathamaṃ prayatnāta | yanmaṃgalaṃ sarvajaneṣu deva sayakṣa vidyādharapannageṣu

Kalādhara said: What comes to you, enemy of the gods, from seeing the wealth of others? Being pleased with you for your modesty, I give you a portion. — "What business have I, the lord, with that demon who is as a straw to me? Let him come; let there be battle; he desires death, coming near me." Pracaṇḍa, his mind reeling, swooned and fell to the ground; and Caṇḍa was struck by Nandin with five sharp arrows. You who are able to do, not to do, or to do otherwise, O lord, endowed with the qualities of minuteness and the rest, sporting in the six lordships — in good and ill, in Vedic rite or worldly, you are to be worshipped first, with effort; whatever auspiciousness there is among all beings, O god, among yakṣas, vidyādharas and serpents —

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GnP 1 41.12

कांचनं राजतं लौहं त्रिपुरं शरसंस्थितम् । रम तत्र स्थिरो दैत्य चिरकालं यथासुखम् नेयं मूर्तिस्तेन शक्या प्राप्तुं जन्मशतैरपि । प्रलयाग्निः पतंगेन किं शान्तिमधिगच्छति मूर्छामवाप सहसा पतितो धरणीतले। भीमकायः पुष्पदन्तमविध्यद्दशभिः शरैः किं वक्तव्यं मया देव सर्ववक्तृवरे त्वयि । मुनिना गानसक्तेन त्रिलोकीं भ्रमताऽनिशम् तस्येश्वरो मंगलमूर्तितां त्वं ततो यतो मंगलकृत् स्वभक्ते । अहं पुराऽनर्चयतस्तवेश त्वय्यस्मृते दैत्यवरस्य युद्धे

kāṃcanaṃ rājataṃ lauhaṃ tripuraṃ śarasaṃsthitam | rama tatra sthiro daitya cirakālaṃ yathāsukham neyaṃ mūrtistena śakyā prāptuṃ janmaśatairapi | pralayāgniḥ pataṃgena kiṃ śāntimadhigacchati mūrchāmavāpa sahasā patito dharaṇītale| bhīmakāyaḥ puṣpadantamavidhyaddaśabhiḥ śaraiḥ kiṃ vaktavyaṃ mayā deva sarvavaktṛvare tvayi | muninā gānasaktena trilokīṃ bhramatā'niśam tasyeśvaro maṃgalamūrtitāṃ tvaṃ tato yato maṃgalakṛt svabhakte | ahaṃ purā'narcayatastaveśa tvayyasmṛte daityavarasya yuddhe

"Golden, silver and iron, the triple city set upon an arrow: dwell there firmly, demon, for a long time as you please. This image he cannot obtain even in a hundred births; does the fire of dissolution find quenching from a moth?" He suddenly swooned and fell upon the ground; Bhīmakāya pierced Puṣpadanta with ten arrows. What is to be said by me of you, god, best of all speakers — by a sage given to singing, wandering the three worlds unceasingly? You are the auspicious-formed lord of that, since you are the maker of good fortune for your devotee. Formerly, when I did not worship you, lord, when you were unremembered, in the battle with the foremost demon —

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GnP 1 41.13

अभेद्यं देव गंधर्वैर्मानुषैरुरगैरपि । कल्पितार्थप्रदं तत्ते कामगं कामदं शुभम् मेरोः पांतो मूषकेन शक्यः कर्तुं किमोजसा । असंख्य जल निष्काशाच्छुष्कः स्यात्किं महोदधिः छेदयामास समरे स्वशरैर्निशितैः स तान् । त्रिभिरेवाहनत्तं च सोऽपि भूतलमाश्रितः तव वाक्यानुरोधेन विचार्य प्रब्रवीम्यहम् । एवमुक्त्वा क्षणं ध्यात्वा पुनः प्राह शिवं मुनिः अवंदनाच्चाप पराभवं तं ततस्तवांघ्रिं शरणं प्रपन्नः । क्षमापराधं मम सर्वशक्ते जयं प्रयच्छाखिलजन्य काले

abhedyaṃ deva gaṃdharvairmānuṣairuragairapi | kalpitārthapradaṃ tatte kāmagaṃ kāmadaṃ śubham meroḥ pāṃto mūṣakena śakyaḥ kartuṃ kimojasā | asaṃkhya jala niṣkāśācchuṣkaḥ syātkiṃ mahodadhiḥ chedayāmāsa samare svaśarairniśitaiḥ sa tān | tribhirevāhanattaṃ ca so'pi bhūtalamāśritaḥ tava vākyānurodhena vicārya prabravīmyaham | evamuktvā kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvā punaḥ prāha śivaṃ muniḥ avaṃdanāccāpa parābhavaṃ taṃ tatastavāṃghriṃ śaraṇaṃ prapannaḥ | kṣamāparādhaṃ mama sarvaśakte jayaṃ prayacchākhilajanya kāle

"It is unbreakable, god, by gods, gandharvas, men, or serpents; it grants the objects conceived, goes at will, gives what is desired, auspicious. Can the flanks of Meru be split by a mouse with its strength? Would the great ocean become dry from the drawing off of countless waters?" He cut them down in the battle with his own sharp arrows, and struck him with just three, and he too took to the ground. In deference to your words I speak after consideration. — Saying this and pondering a moment, the sage spoke again to Śiva. From failing to salute (you) he met that defeat; therefore I have come for refuge to your foot: forgive my offence, O all-powerful one; grant victory at the time of every birth.

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GnP 1 41.14

यदैवैकेन बाणेन कस्मिंश्चित् कालपर्यये । भेत्स्यते तद्धरो दैत्य तदा नाशमुपैष्यति ब्रह्मोवाच :- श्रुत्वा तु शांकरीं वाणीं दैत्यौ यातौ यथागतम् । अब्रूतां स्वामिनं वाक्यं शंभुना यदुदीरितम् कालकूटं भृशुंडीस्तु पातयामास पंचभिः । शरैर्महाबलस्तत्र वीरभद्रो रुषायुतः मुनिरुवाच । युद्धाय गन्तुकामेन नार्चितो गणपस्त्वया । अतः पराभवं प्राप्तो वह्निनेत्रः पिनाकधृक् ये सर्वथा त्वां न भजन्ति देव, जडा दरिद्राः प्रभवन्तु तेऽपि। भजंति ते भक्तियुता मनुष्याः, प्राप्स्यन्ति सिद्धिं निखिलार्थदात्रीम्

yadaivaikena bāṇena kasmiṃścit kālaparyaye | bhetsyate taddharo daitya tadā nāśamupaiṣyati brahmovāca :- śrutvā tu śāṃkarīṃ vāṇīṃ daityau yātau yathāgatam | abrūtāṃ svāminaṃ vākyaṃ śaṃbhunā yadudīritam kālakūṭaṃ bhṛśuṃḍīstu pātayāmāsa paṃcabhiḥ | śarairmahābalastatra vīrabhadro ruṣāyutaḥ muniruvāca | yuddhāya gantukāmena nārcito gaṇapastvayā | ataḥ parābhavaṃ prāpto vahninetraḥ pinākadhṛk ye sarvathā tvāṃ na bhajanti deva, jaḍā daridrāḥ prabhavantu te'pi| bhajaṃti te bhaktiyutā manuṣyāḥ, prāpsyanti siddhiṃ nikhilārthadātrīm

"When, at some turn of time, its bearer is split by a single arrow, then, demon, he will come to destruction." Brahmā said: Hearing Śaṃkara's speech, the two demons went back as they had come, and told their master the words Śambhu had spoken. Bhṛśuṇḍi felled Kālakūṭa with five arrows; there the mighty Vīrabhadra, filled with fury... The sage said: Wishing to go to battle, you did not worship Gaṇapati; hence the fire-eyed bearer of the Pināka met defeat. Those who in no way worship you, god, let them become dull and poor; but the men who worship you, filled with devotion, will attain the accomplishment that grants all objects.

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GnP 1 41.15

ब्रह्मोवाच । इत्युक्त्वा धनुरादाय संस्तभ्य शरमन्तरा। पुरत्रयं निर्ममेऽसौ भुवनत्रय सन्निभम् तदाकर्ण्य प्रजज्वाल दैत्यो वाक्यार्थकोविदः । क्रोधानलेन दीप्तोऽसौ त्रैलोक्यं प्रदहन्निव वज्रदंष्ट्रस्ततो जघ्ने चतुर्भिर्निशितै शरैः । तान्निवार्य स्वयं जघ्ने वीरभद्रं त्रिभिः शरै इदानीमर्चय पुरा विघ्नेशं विघ्नवारणम् । प्रसाद्य तद्वरं लब्ध्वा याहि युद्धाय सादरम् क उवाच । इत्थं निशम्याखिलवाक्यसारं वेत्ताऽवदद्वाक्यमिदं गिरीशम् । यदा यदा मे स्मरणं विदद्ध्यास्तदाऽन्तिकं तेऽहमियामि मेउ

brahmovāca | ityuktvā dhanurādāya saṃstabhya śaramantarā| puratrayaṃ nirmame'sau bhuvanatraya sannibham tadākarṇya prajajvāla daityo vākyārthakovidaḥ | krodhānalena dīpto'sau trailokyaṃ pradahanniva vajradaṃṣṭrastato jaghne caturbhirniśitai śaraiḥ | tānnivārya svayaṃ jaghne vīrabhadraṃ tribhiḥ śarai idānīmarcaya purā vighneśaṃ vighnavāraṇam | prasādya tadvaraṃ labdhvā yāhi yuddhāya sādaram ka uvāca | itthaṃ niśamyākhilavākyasāraṃ vettā'vadadvākyamidaṃ girīśam | yadā yadā me smaraṇaṃ vidaddhyāstadā'ntikaṃ te'hamiyāmi meu

Brahmā said: Saying this, taking his bow and fixing an arrow upon it, he fashioned a triple city resembling the three worlds. Hearing that, the demon, skilled in the sense of words, blazed up; kindled by the fire of anger, he was as if burning the three worlds. Then Vajradaṃṣṭra struck with four sharp arrows; warding them off, he himself struck Vīrabhadra with three arrows. "Now worship first the lord of obstacles, the averter of obstacles; having propitiated him and obtained his boon, go respectfully to battle." He said: Hearing thus the essence of all speech, the knower spoke this word to Girīśa: "Whenever you make remembrance of me, then I come near you."

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GnP 1 41.16

विचित्रैर्भवनै रम्यै दीर्घिकाराम संयुतः । नानानक्षि गणैर्जुष्टं सर्वकामप्रदं खगम् आज्ञापयच्च युद्धाय स्वसेनां चतुरंगिणीम् । निर्गता सहसा सेना मन्दराचलसंमुखा तानापतत एवाशु वीरभद्रोऽच्छिनत् त्रिभिः । पातयामास वेगेन वज्रदंष्टं त्रिभिः शरैः पराजेष्यसि तं दैत्यं नात्र कार्या विचारणा । ब्रह्मोवाच। तेनापि तपसा देवो महताराधितः पुरा मन्नामबीजेन निमंत्रयैकं बाणं तु तेनैव पुरत्रयं तत् । निपातयास्मन् महसा महेश, कृत्वा स दैत्यं खलु भस्मसात्वम्

vicitrairbhavanai ramyai dīrghikārāma saṃyutaḥ | nānānakṣi gaṇairjuṣṭaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ khagam ājñāpayacca yuddhāya svasenāṃ caturaṃgiṇīm | nirgatā sahasā senā mandarācalasaṃmukhā tānāpatata evāśu vīrabhadro'cchinat tribhiḥ | pātayāmāsa vegena vajradaṃṣṭaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ parājeṣyasi taṃ daityaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā | brahmovāca| tenāpi tapasā devo mahatārādhitaḥ purā mannāmabījena nimaṃtrayaikaṃ bāṇaṃ tu tenaiva puratrayaṃ tat | nipātayāsman mahasā maheśa, kṛtvā sa daityaṃ khalu bhasmasātvam

With varied and lovely mansions, furnished with ponds and pleasure-gardens, frequented by various hosts (of creatures), granting all desires, moving in the sky. And he commanded his fourfold army for battle; the army went forth at once, facing Mount Mandara. As they were rushing on, Vīrabhadra quickly cut them down with three (arrows); he swiftly felled Vajradaṃṣṭra with three arrows. "You will defeat that demon; no deliberation is needed here." Brahmā said: By him too the god had formerly been worshipped with great austerity. "Charge a single arrow with the seed of my name, and with that alone, Maheśa, cast down that triple city by your might, reducing the demon to ashes."

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GnP 1 41.17

मायया मोहितो दैत्यस्तत्रस्थो चहृषे भृशम् । जगर्ज घनवद्दैत्यो लोकत्रयविकम्पनः भूतलं छादयामास निमंर्यादो यथाऽम्बुधिः । अनेंकसूर्य संकाशा विकोशैः शस्त्रसंचयैः इन्द्रोऽपि वज्रपातेन दैत्यामात्यं न्यपातयत् । उद्यम्य निशितं खड्गं दैत्यपुत्रः समाययौ तेन तस्मै वरो दत्तोऽखिल विघ्नौघहारिणा । महेश्वरं विना मृत्युर्न केनापि भवेत्तव ततः स्वनाम्नामवदत् सहस्रं गणाधिपोऽस्मै प्रणताय सम्यक् । शिवाय भक्त्या परितुष्टचित्तो, जयप्रदं कामकरं जनानाम्

māyayā mohito daityastatrastho cahṛṣe bhṛśam | jagarja ghanavaddaityo lokatrayavikampanaḥ bhūtalaṃ chādayāmāsa nimaṃryādo yathā'mbudhiḥ | aneṃkasūrya saṃkāśā vikośaiḥ śastrasaṃcayaiḥ indro'pi vajrapātena daityāmātyaṃ nyapātayat | udyamya niśitaṃ khaḍgaṃ daityaputraḥ samāyayau tena tasmai varo datto'khila vighnaughahāriṇā | maheśvaraṃ vinā mṛtyurna kenāpi bhavettava tataḥ svanāmnāmavadat sahasraṃ gaṇādhipo'smai praṇatāya samyak | śivāya bhaktyā parituṣṭacitto, jayapradaṃ kāmakaraṃ janānām

Deluded by (the) magic, the demon, standing there, rejoiced greatly. The demon roared like a thundercloud, making the three worlds tremble. He covered the surface of the earth as the ocean does when it has no bounds, with heaps of unsheathed weapons resembling many suns. Indra too, by hurling his thunderbolt, brought down the demon's minister. Raising a whetted sword, the demon's son came on. By him (Gaṇeśa), who takes away every flood of obstacles, this boon had been given to him: "Except through Maheśvara, death shall not come to you from anyone." Then the lord of the hosts, his mind well pleased with (the man's) devotion to Śiva, spoke to him, who had bowed down, the thousand of his own names — bestowing victory, fulfilling the desires of men.

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GnP 1 41.18

न मत्तः श्रेष्ठ इत्येवं गर्वदर्प समन्वितः । त्रैलोक्यं क्षोभयामास ब्राह्मणं तमथाब्रवीत् गर्जन्ती घनवद्घोरं मृत्योर्मानसकम्पिनीं । दैत्यस्त्रिपुरमारुह्य विमानसदृशं महत् हन्तुकामो जयन्तं तं वीरेषु पतितेषु च । तं निरीक्ष्य तथाऽऽयान्तं खड्गं चिच्छेद पत्रिणा तस्माद् गिरिश तस्येदं कामगं तु पुरत्रयम् । एकेषुणा दारयस्व जयोपायोऽयमीरितः उवाच चैनं रणकाल एतत् पठस्व दैत्यान्विनिहंसि शीघ्रम् । त्रिसंध्यमेतस्य जपान्नराणां सिध्यन्ति कामाः सकला अभीष्टाः

na mattaḥ śreṣṭha ityevaṃ garvadarpa samanvitaḥ | trailokyaṃ kṣobhayāmāsa brāhmaṇaṃ tamathābravīt garjantī ghanavadghoraṃ mṛtyormānasakampinīṃ | daityastripuramāruhya vimānasadṛśaṃ mahat hantukāmo jayantaṃ taṃ vīreṣu patiteṣu ca | taṃ nirīkṣya tathā''yāntaṃ khaḍgaṃ ciccheda patriṇā tasmād giriśa tasyedaṃ kāmagaṃ tu puratrayam | ekeṣuṇā dārayasva jayopāyo'yamīritaḥ uvāca cainaṃ raṇakāla etat paṭhasva daityānvinihaṃsi śīghram | trisaṃdhyametasya japānnarāṇāṃ sidhyanti kāmāḥ sakalā abhīṣṭāḥ

"There is none better than me" — thus, filled with pride and arrogance, he shook the three worlds; then he said to that brahmin... roaring terribly like a thundercloud, (with a roar) that shook even Death's mind, the demon, having mounted Tripura, huge, like a flying palace, wishing to slay that Jayanta when the heroes had fallen. Seeing him coming on so, he cut the sword with a feathered arrow. "Therefore, O Giriśa, this triple city of his goes wherever he wishes; split it with a single arrow — this is the means of victory that has been declared." And he said to him: "At the time of battle, recite this and you will swiftly slay the demons; from muttering it at the three junctures of the day, all men's desired wishes are accomplished."

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GnP 1 41.19

याचस्व दुर्लभतरं तत्ते दास्ये द्विजोत्तम । इत्युक्त्वा स द्विजः प्राह तं दैत्यं निस्पृहोऽपि सन् मनोवेगं ततः पश्चाज्जिघांसुः शंभुमाययौं । बृहन्मणिमयं चारु कवचं कुंडलेऽगदे जयन्तोऽभ्यहनच्छीघ्रं दैत्यसूनुं त्रिभिः शरैः । तैराहतो वमन्रक्तं न्यपतन्मोहसंयुतः प्रहर्षमतुलं लेभे श्रुत्वा गजाननगिरं। पूर्वाक्तां प्राह तं मुनिम् श्रुत्वा तु वाक्यं द्विरदाननस्य, तं पूज्य सम्यक्शिव उज्जहर्ष । संस्थापयामास महागणेशं प्रासादमुच्चैर्दृढमाशु चक्रे

yācasva durlabhataraṃ tatte dāsye dvijottama | ityuktvā sa dvijaḥ prāha taṃ daityaṃ nispṛho'pi san manovegaṃ tataḥ paścājjighāṃsuḥ śaṃbhumāyayauṃ | bṛhanmaṇimayaṃ cāru kavacaṃ kuṃḍale'gade jayanto'bhyahanacchīghraṃ daityasūnuṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ | tairāhato vamanraktaṃ nyapatanmohasaṃyutaḥ praharṣamatulaṃ lebhe śrutvā gajānanagiraṃ| pūrvāktāṃ prāha taṃ munim śrutvā tu vākyaṃ dviradānanasya, taṃ pūjya samyakśiva ujjaharṣa | saṃsthāpayāmāsa mahāgaṇeśaṃ prāsādamuccairdṛḍhamāśu cakre

"Ask for what is hardest to obtain; that I shall give you, best of the twice-born." Having said this, that brahmin, though himself free of longing, spoke to that demon... Then afterwards, wishing to kill, he went to Śambhu with the speed of thought; a great, beautiful armour made of gems, earrings, armlets. Jayanta swiftly struck the demon's son with three arrows; struck by them, vomiting blood, he fell down senseless. He gained unequalled delight on hearing the elephant-faced one's speech; he told the sage what had been said before. Hearing the two-tusk-faced one's words, Śiva, worshipping him duly, rejoiced greatly; he installed the great Gaṇeśa and quickly made a lofty, firm temple.

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GnP 1 41.21

तामानय त्वं मे देहि शक्तिर्यद्यसुरेश्वर । नेतादृशी मया मूर्तिस्त्रैलोक्यं चरतेक्षिता यस्य शब्देन महता चकम्पे हरमानसम् । तद्धनुः स निषंगं च कौर्मं खेटमसिं दृढम् अधावन्पृष्टतः केचित्प्रमया जयशालिनः । एवं जयत्सु देवेषु स्वसैन्ये विद्रुतेऽपि च षडक्षरैकाक्षरौ तौ सर्वसंकटहारकौ । युद्धे व्यासक्तचित्तेन न जप्तौ न च संस्मृतौ उवाच सर्वान् मणिपूरियं तु विख्यातिमागच्छतु सर्वलोके । देवेन सर्वैश्च तथोदितैस्तैरन्तर्दधुस्ते गणनाथमुख्याः

tāmānaya tvaṃ me dehi śaktiryadyasureśvara | netādṛśī mayā mūrtistrailokyaṃ caratekṣitā yasya śabdena mahatā cakampe haramānasam | taddhanuḥ sa niṣaṃgaṃ ca kaurmaṃ kheṭamasiṃ dṛḍham adhāvanpṛṣṭataḥ kecitpramayā jayaśālinaḥ | evaṃ jayatsu deveṣu svasainye vidrute'pi ca ṣaḍakṣaraikākṣarau tau sarvasaṃkaṭahārakau | yuddhe vyāsaktacittena na japtau na ca saṃsmṛtau uvāca sarvān maṇipūriyaṃ tu vikhyātimāgacchatu sarvaloke | devena sarvaiśca tathoditaistairantardadhuste gaṇanāthamukhyāḥ

"Bring her and give her to me, if you have the power, O lord of the asuras; no such form as this have I seen while roaming the three worlds" — at whose mighty sound Hara's mind trembled: that bow, and the quiver, and the tortoise-shell shield, and the firm sword. Some, flushed with victory, ran behind by force. Thus, while the gods were conquering and his own army was routed, those two (mantras), of six syllables and of one syllable, removers of every danger, were neither muttered nor remembered by him whose mind was engrossed in the fighting. He said to them all: "Let this Maṇipura come to fame in every world." When the god and all (the rest) had spoken thus, those chief lords of the hosts vanished.

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GnP 1 41.22

अतो मम मनस्तस्यामासक्तं दैत्यसत्तम । तां प्राप्य कृतकृत्योऽहं भविष्याम्यसुरेश्वर शुशुभे शक्तिका दिव्याऽवहद्यां दैत्यपुंगवः । गायमाना नर्तमाना गंधर्वाप्सरसां गणाः आययौ स्वयमेवेशं त्रिपुराधिष्टितोऽसुरः । शस्त्रयुद्धं पुरा कृत्वा युध्येतामस्त्रतो ह्युभौ सर्वविघ्नहरो देवो न स्मृतो हि गजाननः । सर्वेषां कारणं कर्ता पाता हर्ता विनायक: अन्तर्हिते मुनिगणे ससुरे गणेशे, शर्वोप्यगात् स्वनिलयं स्वगणैरुपेतः । गन्धर्व यक्ष निवहैरमरांगनाभिर्वृत्तं निजं परमुदा गिरिजामुवाच

ato mama manastasyāmāsaktaṃ daityasattama | tāṃ prāpya kṛtakṛtyo'haṃ bhaviṣyāmyasureśvara śuśubhe śaktikā divyā'vahadyāṃ daityapuṃgavaḥ | gāyamānā nartamānā gaṃdharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ āyayau svayameveśaṃ tripurādhiṣṭito'suraḥ | śastrayuddhaṃ purā kṛtvā yudhyetāmastrato hyubhau sarvavighnaharo devo na smṛto hi gajānanaḥ | sarveṣāṃ kāraṇaṃ kartā pātā hartā vināyaka: antarhite munigaṇe sasure gaṇeśe, śarvopyagāt svanilayaṃ svagaṇairupetaḥ | gandharva yakṣa nivahairamarāṃganābhirvṛttaṃ nijaṃ paramudā girijāmuvāca

"Therefore my mind is fixed on her, best of demons; on obtaining her I shall have accomplished my purpose, O lord of the asuras." The divine spear that the bull among demons carried shone forth; troops of gandharvas and apsarases singing and dancing... The asura, established in Tripura, came against the Lord himself; having first made war with hand-weapons, the two then fought with missiles. The god who removes all obstacles, the elephant-faced, was indeed not remembered — Vināyaka, the cause of all, maker, protector, destroyer. When the host of sages with the gods, and Gaṇeśa, had vanished, Śarva too went to his own abode, attended by his hosts; surrounded by throngs of gandharvas and yakṣas and by the women of the gods, with the greatest joy he told the mountain's daughter what had happened to him.

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GnP 1 41.23

कीर्तिं ते प्रथयिष्यामि त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे । न दाता त्रिपुराच्छ्रेष्ठो वांछितं यः प्रयच्छति बन्दिनश्चारणाश्चापि ययुरस्याग्रतो मुदा । शंकरो दूतवाक्येन श्रुत्वा दैत्यं ममागतम् वारुणास्रं जहौ दैत्यो वृष्टिर्घोरतराऽभवत् । नीहारबहुले युद्धे न प्राज्ञायत किंचन मुनिरुवाच । तं तोषय महादेव महादेवं गजाननम् । ब्रह्मोवाच । विसर्ज्य नारदं देवो जगाम तपसे शिवः। श्रुत्वा तदाऽमृतवचः सकलं गिरीशाद्देवेश्वरा मुमुदिरे मुनयः सदाराः । योगीश्वराश्च निहतं त्रिपुरं स्वधिष्ण्यममंसताधिगतं गिरिश प्रसादात्

kīrtiṃ te prathayiṣyāmi trailokye sacarācare | na dātā tripurācchreṣṭho vāṃchitaṃ yaḥ prayacchati bandinaścāraṇāścāpi yayurasyāgrato mudā | śaṃkaro dūtavākyena śrutvā daityaṃ mamāgatam vāruṇāsraṃ jahau daityo vṛṣṭirghoratarā'bhavat | nīhārabahule yuddhe na prājñāyata kiṃcana muniruvāca | taṃ toṣaya mahādeva mahādevaṃ gajānanam | brahmovāca | visarjya nāradaṃ devo jagāma tapase śivaḥ| śrutvā tadā'mṛtavacaḥ sakalaṃ girīśāddeveśvarā mumudire munayaḥ sadārāḥ | yogīśvarāśca nihataṃ tripuraṃ svadhiṣṇyamamaṃsatādhigataṃ giriśa prasādāt

"I shall spread your fame through the three worlds with all that moves and does not move; there is no giver better than Tripura, who grants what is wished for." Bards and heralds too went joyfully before him. Śaṃkara, hearing from the messenger's words that the demon had come against me... The demon released the Vāruṇa missile; a most terrible rain arose; in the battle, thick with mist, nothing could be made out. The sage said: "Propitiate him, O Mahādeva — the great god, the elephant-faced one." Brahmā said: Dismissing Nārada, the god Śiva went off to austerity. Hearing then all that nectar-like speech from the lord of the mountain, the lords of the gods rejoiced, and the sages with their wives, and the lords of yogins reckoned Tripura slain and their own stations regained by Giriśa's grace.

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GnP 1 41.24

दैत्य उवाच । शंकर किकरं मन्ये गणये न च देवताः । आनयित्वा प्रदास्यामि तां मूर्तिं द्विजपुंगव असंख्य व्रतसंयुक्तं युयुत्सुं कालकर्षितम् । शूलपाणिरपि तदा संपूज्य द्विरदाननम् क्वचिद् विद्युत्प्रकाशेन स्वपरज्ञानकारिणा । युद्धमासीत्तु तुमुलं घोररूपं दुरासदम् दंडकारण्यदेशे तु पद्मासनस्थितोऽजपत् । प्रणिधाय बलात्खानि नियम्य ध्यानतत्परः

daitya uvāca | śaṃkara kikaraṃ manye gaṇaye na ca devatāḥ | ānayitvā pradāsyāmi tāṃ mūrtiṃ dvijapuṃgava asaṃkhya vratasaṃyuktaṃ yuyutsuṃ kālakarṣitam | śūlapāṇirapi tadā saṃpūjya dviradānanam kvacid vidyutprakāśena svaparajñānakāriṇā | yuddhamāsīttu tumulaṃ ghorarūpaṃ durāsadam daṃḍakāraṇyadeśe tu padmāsanasthito'japat | praṇidhāya balātkhāni niyamya dhyānatatparaḥ

The demon said: "I count Śaṃkara a servant, and I do not reckon the gods at all; I shall have that image brought and give it (to you), O bull among the twice-born" — (him,) joined with countless vows, eager to fight, dragged along by time. Then the trident-bearer too, having duly worshipped the two-tusk-faced one... Here and there, by the flash of lightning, which made known one's own men and the enemy's, there was tumultuous fighting, terrible in form, hard to face. But in the region of the Daṇḍaka forest he sat in the lotus posture and muttered (the mantra), fixing (his mind), forcibly restraining the senses, intent on meditation.

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GnP 1 41.25

ब्रह्मोवाच । इत्युक्त्वा पूजयामास तं कलाधरमादरात्। ददौ तस्मै दश ग्रामान् गोवस्त्र भूषणानि च प्रणम्य तं परिक्रम्य पुरस्कृत्य बलं बलात् । आययौ क्रोधदीप्ताक्षः स्वस्थलाद् गणमंडलम् विलोक्य सैन्यं तत्सर्वं वृष्टिवातप्रपीडितम् । शिलापातभयाद्याते स्वसैन्ये तु दिशो दश सोऽतपत्तप उग्रं तु शतवर्षाणि शंकरः । ततस्तस्य मुखाम्भोजान् निर्गतस्तु पुमान्परः

brahmovāca | ityuktvā pūjayāmāsa taṃ kalādharamādarāt| dadau tasmai daśa grāmān govastra bhūṣaṇāni ca praṇamya taṃ parikramya puraskṛtya balaṃ balāt | āyayau krodhadīptākṣaḥ svasthalād gaṇamaṃḍalam vilokya sainyaṃ tatsarvaṃ vṛṣṭivātaprapīḍitam | śilāpātabhayādyāte svasainye tu diśo daśa so'tapattapa ugraṃ tu śatavarṣāṇi śaṃkaraḥ | tatastasya mukhāmbhojān nirgatastu pumānparaḥ

Brahmā said: Having said this, he worshipped that bearer of the crescent respectfully; he gave him ten villages, and cows, garments and ornaments. Bowing to him, circling him, and putting his force forward by force, with eyes blazing with anger he came from his own place to the circle of the (Śiva-)hosts. Seeing that whole army afflicted by the rain and wind — his own army having gone off in the ten directions for fear of the falling rocks — Śaṃkara performed fierce austerity for a hundred years. Then out of his lotus-face there came forth a supreme man.

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GnP 1 41.26

मुक्ताफलानि भूरीणि महार्हाणीतराणि च । रत्नानि च प्रवालानि रांकवास्तरणानि च ते वीरा वीरशब्देन नादयन्तो दिशो दश । अभिजग्मुः प्रहरणैः परस्परवधेप्सवः वायव्यमस्त्रं गिरिशो मोचयामास सत्वरम् । महावाता महामेघा विशीर्णाः खंडशोऽम्बरे पंचवक्त्रो दशभुजो ललाटेन्दुः शशिप्रभः । मुंडमालो सर्पभूषो मुकुटांगदभूषणः

muktāphalāni bhūrīṇi mahārhāṇītarāṇi ca | ratnāni ca pravālāni rāṃkavāstaraṇāni ca te vīrā vīraśabdena nādayanto diśo daśa | abhijagmuḥ praharaṇaiḥ parasparavadhepsavaḥ vāyavyamastraṃ giriśo mocayāmāsa satvaram | mahāvātā mahāmeghā viśīrṇāḥ khaṃḍaśo'mbare paṃcavaktro daśabhujo lalāṭenduḥ śaśiprabhaḥ | muṃḍamālo sarpabhūṣo mukuṭāṃgadabhūṣaṇaḥ

Many pearls, and other very costly things, and gems and corals and woollen coverlets (he gave). Those heroes, making the ten directions resound with the cry "Hero!", fell on one another with their weapons, each wanting to kill the other. Giriśa at once released the Vāyavya missile; mighty winds (arose); the great clouds were torn to shreds in the sky. Five-faced, ten-armed, with the moon on his forehead, bright as the moon, garlanded with skulls, adorned with serpents, ornamented with crown and armlets.

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GnP 1 41.27

दासीदास शतं नाना भूषायुक्तं ददेऽसुरः । सदश्वान् सवरूथांश्च स्वर्णाक्षान् राजतान् रथान् अभूतां मीलिते सेनें रजस्तिमिरसंकुले। स्वपरज्ञानरहिते जघ्नतू रणमूर्धनि वातेन घूर्णिता सेना दैत्यानां सर्वतो दिशम् । जगलुः पक्षिपिच्छानि वीरोष्णीषाणि दूरतः अग्न्यर्क शशिनो भाभिस्तिरस्कुर्वन्दशायुधः । तद्भासा धर्षितो देवोऽपश्यदुग्रं पुरःस्थितम्

dāsīdāsa śataṃ nānā bhūṣāyuktaṃ dade'suraḥ | sadaśvān savarūthāṃśca svarṇākṣān rājatān rathān abhūtāṃ mīlite seneṃ rajastimirasaṃkule| svaparajñānarahite jaghnatū raṇamūrdhani vātena ghūrṇitā senā daityānāṃ sarvato diśam | jagaluḥ pakṣipicchāni vīroṣṇīṣāṇi dūrataḥ agnyarka śaśino bhābhistiraskurvandaśāyudhaḥ | tadbhāsā dharṣito devo'paśyadugraṃ puraḥsthitam

The asura gave a hundred maidservants and menservants furnished with various ornaments, and silver chariots with golden axles, with horses and with fenders. The two armies became intermingled, filled with the darkness of dust; unable to tell their own from the enemy, they struck at the head of the battle. The demons' army was whirled about by the wind in every direction; the birds' plumes and the heroes' turbans were swept far off. Blotting out with his radiance the splendours of fire, sun and moon, the ten-weaponed one (appeared); overwhelmed by his brilliance the god saw the terrible one standing before him.

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GnP 1 41.28

प्रगृह्यै तत् बलाद्दत्तं प्रययों स कलाधर । स्वाश्रमं हर्षयन् पत्नी सर्वानाश्रमवासिनः अभवत्तुमुलं युद्धं न प्राज्ञायत किंचन। गजाश्वरथवीराणां हतानां शोणितोक्षिते पतिताश्चूर्णिताः केचिद्रथाश्व गजपत्तयः । उन्मूलिता लता वृक्षाश्छादयन्ति स्म सैनिकान् विनायकं पंचमुखं पंचास्यमपरं शिवम् । तं दृष्ट्वाऽतर्कयद्देवः किमहं द्विविधोऽभवम्

pragṛhyai tat balāddattaṃ prayayoṃ sa kalādhara | svāśramaṃ harṣayan patnī sarvānāśramavāsinaḥ abhavattumulaṃ yuddhaṃ na prājñāyata kiṃcana| gajāśvarathavīrāṇāṃ hatānāṃ śoṇitokṣite patitāścūrṇitāḥ kecidrathāśva gajapattayaḥ | unmūlitā latā vṛkṣāśchādayanti sma sainikān vināyakaṃ paṃcamukhaṃ paṃcāsyamaparaṃ śivam | taṃ dṛṣṭvā'tarkayaddevaḥ kimahaṃ dvividho'bhavam

Taking what was given by Bala (or: given by force), that bearer of the crescent went to his own hermitage, gladdening his wife and all the hermitage-dwellers. The battle grew tumultuous; nothing could be made out, drenched as it was with the blood of slain elephants, horses, chariots and heroes. Some fell crushed to powder — chariots, horses, elephants, footmen; uprooted creepers and trees were covering the soldiers. Vināyaka five-faced, and the other five-faced one, Śiva: seeing him the god pondered, "Have I somehow become twofold?"

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GnP 1 41.29

ब्रह्मोवाच । एवं च सर्वं वृत्तान्तं नारदोऽकथयत्सुरान् । तेऽपि कालं प्रतीक्षन्तो दिवसानतिचक्रमुः शान्ते रजस्य युध्यन्त वीरा वीरैः पृथक् पृथक्। केचित् प्रासः केऽपि खड्गैः केचिद्बाणै शिलाशितैः पन्नगास्त्रेण तं वायुं तथा दैत्यो न्यवारयत् । आकर्ण धनुराकृष्य तूणाद्बाणं प्रगृहय च किंवा ममैव रूपेण त्रिपुरोऽयमिहागतः । त्रयस्त्रिंशत्कोटि देवेष्वपरः पंचवक्त्रवान्

brahmovāca | evaṃ ca sarvaṃ vṛttāntaṃ nārado'kathayatsurān | te'pi kālaṃ pratīkṣanto divasānaticakramuḥ śānte rajasya yudhyanta vīrā vīraiḥ pṛthak pṛthak| kecit prāsaḥ ke'pi khaḍgaiḥ kecidbāṇai śilāśitaiḥ pannagāstreṇa taṃ vāyuṃ tathā daityo nyavārayat | ākarṇa dhanurākṛṣya tūṇādbāṇaṃ pragṛhaya ca kiṃvā mamaiva rūpeṇa tripuro'yamihāgataḥ | trayastriṃśatkoṭi deveṣvaparaḥ paṃcavaktravān

Brahmā said: And thus Nārada told the whole story to the gods; they too, waiting for the (right) time, let the days pass. When the dust had settled, the heroes fought with heroes, each with each — some with lances, some with swords, some with arrows sharpened on stone. The demon warded off that wind with the serpent-missile, drawing the bow to his ear and taking an arrow from the quiver. "Or has this Tripura come here in my very own form? Among the thirty-three crore gods there is another five-faced one!"

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GnP 1 41.31

असृङनदी समभवत् केशशैवल वाहिनी । खेटकूर्मा खड्गमत्स्या शिरः कमलभूषणा प्रलयं मेनिरे सर्वे ज्वाला मालाभिरर्दिताः । ज्वालाभ्यो दीप्यमानाभ्यो महाभीतिकरः पुमान् सर्वविघ्नहरं देवं यं ध्यायामि दिवानिशम् । ब्रह्मोवाच । एवमाकर्ण्य तद्वाक्यमुवाच द्विरदाननः

asṛṅanadī samabhavat keśaśaivala vāhinī | kheṭakūrmā khaḍgamatsyā śiraḥ kamalabhūṣaṇā pralayaṃ menire sarve jvālā mālābhirarditāḥ | jvālābhyo dīpyamānābhyo mahābhītikaraḥ pumān sarvavighnaharaṃ devaṃ yaṃ dhyāyāmi divāniśam | brahmovāca | evamākarṇya tadvākyamuvāca dviradānanaḥ

A river of blood came into being, flowing with hair for water-weed, with shields for turtles, swords for fish, adorned with heads for lotuses. All thought it the dissolution of the world, tormented by the garlands of flame. Out of the blazing flames (came) a man who caused great terror. "The god who removes all obstacles, whom I meditate on day and night" — Brahmā said: Hearing that speech, the two-tusk-faced one said:

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GnP 1 41.32

छत्रावर्ता घोरतरा कबन्ध वृक्षवाहिनी । वीर संतोषजननी गृध्रगोमायु हर्षकृत् आविरासीन्महाकायो लिखन्मूर्ध्ना नभस्तलम् । दंष्ट्राकरालवदनो महारावः क्षुधातुरः अन्तर्यस्तर्कितो देवः सोऽयं विघ्नहरो विभुः । न मे स्वरूपं जानन्ति देवर्षि चतुरारनाः

chatrāvartā ghoratarā kabandha vṛkṣavāhinī | vīra saṃtoṣajananī gṛdhragomāyu harṣakṛt āvirāsīnmahākāyo likhanmūrdhnā nabhastalam | daṃṣṭrākarālavadano mahārāvaḥ kṣudhāturaḥ antaryastarkito devaḥ so'yaṃ vighnaharo vibhuḥ | na me svarūpaṃ jānanti devarṣi caturāranāḥ

(That river,) with parasols for whirlpools, most terrible, carrying headless trunks for trees, giving satisfaction to heroes, delighting vultures and jackals. There appeared one of huge body, scoring the floor of the sky with his head, his mouth gaping with fangs, loud-roaring, afflicted with hunger. "This is that god whom I inwardly surmised, the lord who removes obstacles. The gods, the sages and the four-faced one do not know my own true form."

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GnP 1 41.33

दृष्ट्वा नदीं तु गिरिशो ययौ दैत्यान्तिकं बली । दैत्योऽपि त्रिपुरारूढो ययौ तस्य पुरः पुरः लालयन्रसनां घोरां शतयोजन विस्तृताम् । नासापवन वेगेन भ्रामयन्कुंजरान्रणे न वेदाः सोपनिषदः कुतः षट्शास्त्र वेदिनः । अशेष भुवनस्याहं कर्ता पाताऽपहारकः

dṛṣṭvā nadīṃ tu giriśo yayau daityāntikaṃ balī | daityo'pi tripurārūḍho yayau tasya puraḥ puraḥ lālayanrasanāṃ ghorāṃ śatayojana vistṛtām | nāsāpavana vegena bhrāmayankuṃjarānraṇe na vedāḥ sopaniṣadaḥ kutaḥ ṣaṭśāstra vedinaḥ | aśeṣa bhuvanasyāhaṃ kartā pātā'pahārakaḥ

Seeing the river, the mighty Giriśa went up close to the demon; the demon too, mounted on Tripura, went right on in front of him, licking his terrible tongue spread out a hundred yojanas wide, whirling the elephants about in the battle with the force of the wind of his nostrils. "Neither do the Vedas with the Upaniṣads (know me) — how then those who know the six sciences? Of the whole world I am the maker, the protector, and the one who takes it away."

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GnP 1 41.34

नायकौ संगतौ दृष्ट्वा द्वन्द्वशोऽन्ये परस्परम् । अव्याकुले युयुधिरे दैतेयाः शाम्भवास्तदा भक्षयामास तां सेनामुरगानिव पक्षिराट् । अपीपलद्भर्गसेना तेन पुंसा प्रपीडिता ब्रह्मादि स्थावरचर त्रिगुणामहं प्रभुः । तपसाऽनेन तुष्टोऽहं वरं दातुमिहागतः

nāyakau saṃgatau dṛṣṭvā dvandvaśo'nye parasparam | avyākule yuyudhire daiteyāḥ śāmbhavāstadā bhakṣayāmāsa tāṃ senāmuragāniva pakṣirāṭ | apīpaladbhargasenā tena puṃsā prapīḍitā brahmādi sthāvaracara triguṇāmahaṃ prabhuḥ | tapasā'nena tuṣṭo'haṃ varaṃ dātumihāgataḥ

Seeing the two leaders joined in combat, the others (fought) each other in pairs; the Daityas and Śambhu's men then fought without confusion. He devoured that army as the king of birds devours serpents; oppressed by that man, Bharga's army... "I am the lord of the three qualities, of the moving and unmoving beginning with Brahmā; pleased with this austerity, I have come here to grant a boon."

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GnP 1 41.35

नाना प्रहरणैर्दिव्यैः शस्त्ररस्त्रैर्द्रुमैरपि । तेषां युद्धानि नामानि कथयिष्ये समासतः शिवपृष्टं समासाद्य रक्ष रक्षेति चाब्रवीत् । मा भैष्टेत्यभयं तस्यै दत्त्वा वह्नि न्यवारयत् वरान्वृणु महादेव यावतो मत्त इच्छसि

nānā praharaṇairdivyaiḥ śastrarastrairdrumairapi | teṣāṃ yuddhāni nāmāni kathayiṣye samāsataḥ śivapṛṣṭaṃ samāsādya rakṣa rakṣeti cābravīt | mā bhaiṣṭetyabhayaṃ tasyai dattvā vahni nyavārayat varānvṛṇu mahādeva yāvato matta icchasi

With various divine missiles, with hand-weapons and shot-weapons and even with trees — I shall tell of their battles and their names in brief. Coming up behind Śiva she said, "Protect me, protect me!"; and giving her freedom from fear with "Do not be afraid," he warded off the fire. "Choose boons, O Mahādeva, as many as you wish from me."

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GnP 1 41.36

पर्जन्यास्त्र प्रपातेन तत्क्षणाद् गिरिजापतिः। बाणेनैकेन तं घोरं पुरूषं स न्यपातयत्

parjanyāstra prapātena tatkṣaṇād girijāpatiḥ| bāṇenaikena taṃ ghoraṃ purūṣaṃ sa nyapātayat

By the discharge of the Parjanya missile, that very instant the husband of Girijā felled that terrible man with a single arrow.

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GnP 1 41.37

तत उत्थाय पुरुषो बभक्ष शिवसैनिकान् । ययुः पलायनपराः प्रमथा भयविह्वलाः

tata utthāya puruṣo babhakṣa śivasainikān | yayuḥ palāyanaparāḥ pramathā bhayavihvalāḥ

Then the man rose up again and devoured Śiva's soldiers; the Pramathas, overcome with fear, gave themselves to flight.

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GnP 1 41.38

स्खलन्तो निपतन्तश्च निश्वसन्तश्चकंपिरे । शिवोऽपि निःसहायत्वाद्दरीमेवान्वपद्यत

skhalanto nipatantaśca niśvasantaścakaṃpire | śivo'pi niḥsahāyatvāddarīmevānvapadyata

Stumbling and falling and gasping, they trembled; Śiva too, being without help, took refuge in a cave.

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GnP 1 41.39

षडाननादयो वीरा अनुसस्रुस्तमेव हि । जिघृक्षुर्गिरिजां दैत्यो विचिन्त्यैकाकिनीं गिरौ

ṣaḍānanādayo vīrā anusasrustameva hi | jighṛkṣurgirijāṃ daityo vicintyaikākinīṃ girau

The heroes, the six-faced one (Skanda) and the rest, followed after him; and the demon, thinking that Girijā was alone on the mountain, wished to seize her.

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GnP 1 41.41

उवाच पितरं गत्वा दैत्यो मां किं नु नेष्यति । तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा नीत्वा तां दुर्गमांगृहाम्

uvāca pitaraṃ gatvā daityo māṃ kiṃ nu neṣyati | tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā nītvā tāṃ durgamāṃgṛhām

She went and said to her father, "Will the demon carry me off?" Hearing that word of hers, he took her to a dwelling hard of access,

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GnP 1 41.42

अविज्ञातां स्वेतरेण स्थापयामास निर्भयाम् । सोऽपि दैत्यस्ततो हैमं गिरिं तद्ग्रहणेच्छया

avijñātāṃ svetareṇa sthāpayāmāsa nirbhayām | so'pi daityastato haimaṃ giriṃ tadgrahaṇecchayā

and set her there, unknown to any but himself, and free of fear. That demon too then (came) to the golden mountain, wishing to seize her,

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GnP 1 41.43

आगतो न ददर्शाथ गिरिजां क्वापि सत्तम । भ्रमन्ददर्श तत्रैकां मूर्तिं चितामणेः शुभाम्

āgato na dadarśātha girijāṃ kvāpi sattama | bhramandadarśa tatraikāṃ mūrtiṃ citāmaṇeḥ śubhām

and having come, he did not see Girijā anywhere, O best one; but wandering about he saw there a single beautiful image of Cintāmaṇi,

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GnP 1 41.44

सहस्रसूर्यसंकाशां नानालंकारशोभिनीम् । त्रैलोक्यसुंदरां सद्यो गृहीत्वा स्वस्थलं ययौ

sahasrasūryasaṃkāśāṃ nānālaṃkāraśobhinīm | trailokyasuṃdarāṃ sadyo gṛhītvā svasthalaṃ yayau

like a thousand suns, gleaming with various ornaments, the loveliest in the three worlds; taking it at once, he went to his own place,

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GnP 1 41.45

नानावादित्र निर्घोषैः स्तुवद्भिर्बन्दिभिर्वृतः । ततः पातालमगमत् सर्वत्र विजयी बली

nānāvāditra nirghoṣaiḥ stuvadbhirbandibhirvṛtaḥ | tataḥ pātālamagamat sarvatra vijayī balī

surrounded by bards singing his praise amid the din of many instruments; then that strong one, victorious everywhere, went to Pātāla.

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GnP 1 41.46

गच्छतस्तस्य दैत्यस्य हस्तेऽप्यन्तर्हिता तदा । मूर्तिश्चितामणेः सा तु तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्

gacchatastasya daityasya haste'pyantarhitā tadā | mūrtiścitāmaṇeḥ sā tu tadadbhutamivābhavat

But as that demon was going, the image of Cintāmaṇi vanished then even from his hand; that was like a marvel.

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GnP 1 41.47

तमेवाशकुनं मत्वा तत्पुरं पुनराविशत् । अत्यन्तं विमनाश्चिन्तां दुरुतां समुपागतः

tamevāśakunaṃ matvā tatpuraṃ punarāviśat | atyantaṃ vimanāścintāṃ durutāṃ samupāgataḥ

Taking just that for an ill omen, he entered that city again; utterly dejected, he fell into grievous anxiety.

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