Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 5
GnP 1 5.1
।। अथ पञ्चमोऽध्यायः ।। ततो मातरमभ्येत्य स्नेहकातरयाधिया । तां जगाद कथं मातस्त्यजसेऽनपराधिनम्
|| atha pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ || tato mātaramabhyetya snehakātarayādhiyā | tāṃ jagāda kathaṃ mātastyajase'naparādhinam
Then chapter five: Then, approaching his mother with a mind faint with affection, he said to her: Mother, how can you abandon one who has done no wrong?
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GnP 1 5.2
पुत्र उवाच ।। सहैवयातु पुत्रोयमिति वाच्यस्त्वया पिता । तववाक्यानुरोधेन यदिमांसहनेष्यति
putra uvāca || sahaivayātu putroyamiti vācyastvayā pitā | tavavākyānurodhena yadimāṃsahaneṣyati
The son said: 'Let this son go along with (us)' — thus should father be told by you. If, in compliance with your word, he takes me along,
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GnP 1 5.3
तदावां सेवनं कुर्यां न मे राज्ये मतिस्तथा । किं तद्राज्यं सुखं तद्याद्भवद्भ्यांरहितस्यमे
tadāvāṃ sevanaṃ kuryāṃ na me rājye matistathā | kiṃ tadrājyaṃ sukhaṃ tadyādbhavadbhyāṃrahitasyame
then I would render service to you both; my mind is not on the kingdom as it is. What is that kingdom, what that pleasure, for me bereft of you two?
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GnP 1 5.4
सुधर्मोवाच ।। एतावद्दुःखशोकाभ्यां युक्तोराजानमेव च । करिष्यति महाबाहो तस्माद्गच्छ ममाज्ञया
sudharmovāca || etāvadduḥkhaśokābhyāṃ yuktorājānameva ca | kariṣyati mahābāho tasmādgaccha mamājñayā
Sudharmā said: The king is already this much afflicted with pain and grief — and will he do (yet more)? Therefore go, O mighty-armed one, by my command.
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GnP 1 5.5
पातिव्रत्येन धर्मेण परवत्यस्मि बालक । भर्तुरन्यो न देवोस्ति योषितां मान्यएव च
pātivratyena dharmeṇa paravatyasmi bālaka | bharturanyo na devosti yoṣitāṃ mānyaeva ca
By the dharma of devotion to my husband I am subject to another, child; for women there is no other god than the husband, and he alone is to be honoured.
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GnP 1 5.6
सूत उवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य नमश्चक्रे मातरं ससुहृत्सुतः । प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य ततोनुज्ञांप्राप्य पुरं ययौ
sūta uvāca || ityākarṇya namaścakre mātaraṃ sasuhṛtsutaḥ | pradakṣiṇīkṛtya tatonujñāṃprāpya puraṃ yayau
The bard said: Having heard this, the son with his friends made obeisance to his mother, and having circumambulated her and obtained her leave, he went to the city —
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GnP 1 5.7
अलङ्कृतैर्नागरिकैः पताकाध्वजपल्लवैः । सिक्तमार्गं सुगन्धाढ्यं यथेन्द्रनगरं तथा
alaṅkṛtairnāgarikaiḥ patākādhvajapallavaiḥ | siktamārgaṃ sugandhāḍhyaṃ yathendranagaraṃ tathā
(a city) with its townsfolk adorned, with pennants, flags and foliage, its roads sprinkled with water, rich in fragrance, just like the city of Indra.
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GnP 1 5.8
दत्त्वाताम्बूलवासांसि विसृज्य स्वजनान्नृपः । प्रविवेश गृहं श्रीमद्धर्षशोकसमन्वितः
dattvātāmbūlavāsāṃsi visṛjya svajanānnṛpaḥ | praviveśa gṛhaṃ śrīmaddharṣaśokasamanvitaḥ
Having given betel and garments, and dismissed his own people, the king entered the splendid palace, filled at once with joy and with sorrow.
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GnP 1 5.9
चकारराज्यं धर्मेण सुतवत्पालयन्प्रजाः । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षेषु यथा शिक्षं मनोदधे
cakārarājyaṃ dharmeṇa sutavatpālayanprajāḥ | dharmārthakāmamokṣeṣu yathā śikṣaṃ manodadhe
He ruled the kingdom according to dharma, protecting his subjects as (his own) sons; and he set his mind, as he had been taught, upon dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation.
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GnP 1 5.10
ऋषय ऊचुः ।। कथं राजा सोमकान्तः किं वनं समुपागतः । किं सहायश्च किं चक्रे कर्मनो वदविस्तरात्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || kathaṃ rājā somakāntaḥ kiṃ vanaṃ samupāgataḥ | kiṃ sahāyaśca kiṃ cakre karmano vadavistarāt
The sages said: How (did it happen with) King Somakānta? Why did he go to the forest? Who was his companion, and what did he do? Tell us the deed at length.
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GnP 1 5.11
सूत उवाच ।। हंतवः कथयिष्यामि सोमकान्तो यथा वनम् । गत्वा चकारयत्कार्यं सादरं श्रृणुतानघाः
sūta uvāca || haṃtavaḥ kathayiṣyāmi somakānto yathā vanam | gatvā cakārayatkāryaṃ sādaraṃ śrṛṇutānaghāḥ
Sūta said: Very well, I shall relate how Somakānta went to the forest and what he did there; listen with attention, O sinless ones.
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GnP 1 5.12
सुबल ज्ञानगम्याममात्याभ्यां सुधर्मया । धर्मप ! यायुतोरण्यं प्रविवेशदुरासदम्
subala jñānagamyāmamātyābhyāṃ sudharmayā | dharmapa ! yāyutoraṇyaṃ praviveśadurāsadam
Together with the two ministers Subala and Jñānagamya, and with Sudharmā, (the king), the guardian of dharma, entered the forest, difficult of access.
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GnP 1 5.13
अग्रतः प्रकृतियातो मध्येराजाथपृष्ठतः । धर्मपत्नी सुधर्मागात्सीतेवरामपृष्ठतः
agrataḥ prakṛtiyāto madhyerājāthapṛṣṭhataḥ | dharmapatnī sudharmāgātsītevarāmapṛṣṭhataḥ
In front went the minister, in the middle the king, and then behind, his lawful wife Sudharmā followed behind, like Sītā (following) Rāma.
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GnP 1 5.14
एकाशनाश्च चत्वार एकचित्तासनालयाः । समदुःखसुखाश्चापि वनाद्वनमुपाययुः
ekāśanāśca catvāra ekacittāsanālayāḥ | samaduḥkhasukhāścāpi vanādvanamupāyayuḥ
The four of them, eating together, of one mind in sitting and lodging, sharing alike in sorrow and joy, went on from forest to forest.
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GnP 1 5.15
क्षुधातृषाश्रमैर्वापि निम्नोन्नतगताध्वभिः । अत्यन्तकर्षितश्छायामाश्रित्योपाविशन्क्वचित्
kṣudhātṛṣāśramairvāpi nimnonnatagatādhvabhiḥ | atyantakarṣitaśchāyāmāśrityopāviśankvacit
Utterly worn down by hunger, thirst and fatigue, and by the roads they travelled over low and high ground, they sometimes sat down, taking refuge in the shade.
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GnP 1 5.16
पुनर्वनान्तरं गत्वा ददृशुस्ते सरोमहत् । यत्र मातङ्गसदृशा नक्राभान्तिसकच्छपाः
punarvanāntaraṃ gatvā dadṛśuste saromahat | yatra mātaṅgasadṛśā nakrābhāntisakacchapāḥ
Going on again into another part of the forest, they saw a great lake, where crocodiles like elephants gleamed, along with tortoises.
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GnP 1 5.17
तालास्तमालाः सरलाः प्रियालाबकुलाः शुभाः । सरलाः पनसाजम्बुनिम्बाश्वत्थवटादयः
tālāstamālāḥ saralāḥ priyālābakulāḥ śubhāḥ | saralāḥ panasājambunimbāśvatthavaṭādayaḥ
Palms, tamālas, sarala pines, priyālas, lovely bakulas, sarala trees, jackfruit, rose-apple, nimba, aśvattha, banyan and the rest —
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GnP 1 5.18
वृक्षानानालताजालैर्वेष्टिताः परितोबभुः । यत्रास्ते तिमिरं गाढं गिरिदर्युदरे यथा
vṛkṣānānālatājālairveṣṭitāḥ paritobabhuḥ | yatrāste timiraṃ gāḍhaṃ giridaryudare yathā
— the trees shone all round, wrapped in nets of various creepers, where dense darkness abides, as in the belly of a mountain cave.
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GnP 1 5.19
यत्रवायुः सुखस्पर्शः कुमुदोत्पल गन्धवान् । यस्मान्नयन्ति मुनयो विसासन च फलानि च
yatravāyuḥ sukhasparśaḥ kumudotpala gandhavān | yasmānnayanti munayo visāsana ca phalāni ca
Where the wind is pleasant to the touch and fragrant with white and blue lotuses; from which the sages carry off lotus-stalks and fruits.
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GnP 1 5.20
यत्र हंसा बकाः श्येनाः सुकाः काकाश्चकोकिलाः । सारिकाश्चक्रवाकाश्च नानारावान्विकुर्वते
yatra haṃsā bakāḥ śyenāḥ sukāḥ kākāścakokilāḥ | sārikāścakravākāśca nānārāvānvikurvate
Where geese, herons, hawks, parrots, crows, cuckoos, mynahs and cakravāka birds make their manifold cries.
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GnP 1 5.21
नयत्रशीतोष्णकरांशु संधिर्नानालतापुष्पकुजाश्रितानाम् । क्षुत्तृड्भयं यत्र न चैव मृत्युः स्वर्गे यथा पुण्यवतां द्विजेन्द्राः
nayatraśītoṣṇakarāṃśu saṃdhirnānālatāpuṣpakujāśritānām | kṣuttṛḍbhayaṃ yatra na caiva mṛtyuḥ svarge yathā puṇyavatāṃ dvijendrāḥ
Where, for those sheltering in the various creepers, flowers and trees, there is no contact with the sun's hot or cold rays; where there is no fear of hunger or thirst, nor indeed death — as (it is) in heaven for the meritorious, O best of the twice-born.
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GnP 1 5.22
तत्रगत्वा जलं सर्वे पपुः शीतं श्रमापहम् । स्नात्वा नित्यक्रियां कृत्वा फलानि बुभुजुश्च ते
tatragatvā jalaṃ sarve papuḥ śītaṃ śramāpaham | snātvā nityakriyāṃ kṛtvā phalāni bubhujuśca te
Going there, they all drank the cool water that took away their weariness; and having bathed and performed the daily rites, they ate fruits.
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GnP 1 5.23
सुष्वापचक्षणंराजाकच्छेकोमलवालुके । धर्मपत्नी सुधर्मा च पादसंवाहनेस्थिता
suṣvāpacakṣaṇaṃrājākacchekomalavāluke | dharmapatnī sudharmā ca pādasaṃvāhanesthitā
Weary, the king slept on the soft sand of the shore, and his lawful wife Sudharmā remained rubbing his feet.
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GnP 1 5.24
तस्यानुमतमाज्ञाय द्वावमात्यावगच्छताम् । आद्रतुं कन्दमूलानि फलानि च विसानि च
tasyānumatamājñāya dvāvamātyāvagacchatām | ādratuṃ kandamūlāni phalāni ca visāni ca
Knowing that they had his consent, the two ministers went off to gather bulbs, roots, fruits and lotus-stalks.
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GnP 1 5.25
ददर्श तत्राद्भुतरूपमुग्रं बालं सुधर्मा प्रभयाज्वलन्तम् । उत्कृष्टरूपस्यकृतेस्मरन्तं जातं पुरा बालमितिस्ममेने
dadarśa tatrādbhutarūpamugraṃ bālaṃ sudharmā prabhayājvalantam | utkṛṣṭarūpasyakṛtesmarantaṃ jātaṃ purā bālamitismamene
There Sudharmā saw a boy of wondrous, fierce form, blazing with radiance; and remembering, because of his surpassing beauty, the child born to her long ago, she took him for that child.
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GnP 1 5.26
दृष्ट्वैव सोतं जहृषे सुधर्मा मेने च तं साहितकारिणं च । क्षुब्धं प्रसन्नं हृदयं समीक्ष्यापकारिणं चोपकरं हि वक्ति
dṛṣṭvaiva sotaṃ jahṛṣe sudharmā mene ca taṃ sāhitakāriṇaṃ ca | kṣubdhaṃ prasannaṃ hṛdayaṃ samīkṣyāpakāriṇaṃ copakaraṃ hi vakti
As soon as she saw him Sudharmā rejoiced, and thought him one who would do her good; for on seeing a heart that is troubled but grown serene, one calls even the harm-doer a benefactor.
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GnP 1 5.27
पप्रच्छ तं कश्च कुतश्चयातः कस्यासि पुत्रो जननी च का ते । वदस्व शब्दामृतधारयामे सखेवकर्णौ परतोषयाशु
papraccha taṃ kaśca kutaścayātaḥ kasyāsi putro jananī ca kā te | vadasva śabdāmṛtadhārayāme sakhevakarṇau paratoṣayāśu
She asked him: Who are you, and whence have you come? Whose son are you, and who is your mother? Speak, and quickly delight my ears, as with a stream of the nectar of sound, like a friend.
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GnP 1 5.28
सूत उवाच ।। इतिस्मपृष्टः स जगाद बालस्तां राजपुत्रीं सुधयागिरामे । पिता भृगुर्भामिनि मे पुलोमा माता जलार्थी स्वगृहादिहागाम्
sūta uvāca || itismapṛṣṭaḥ sa jagāda bālastāṃ rājaputrīṃ sudhayāgirāme | pitā bhṛgurbhāmini me pulomā mātā jalārthī svagṛhādihāgām
Sūta said: Thus questioned, the boy spoke to that king's daughter with nectar-sweet speech: My father, lady, is Bhṛgu, my mother Pulomā; I have come here from my own home wanting water.
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GnP 1 5.29
च्यवनः खलु नाम्नाहं पितुराज्ञाकरः शुभे । त्वं च का कतमोयंते कथं वनमिदं गतः
cyavanaḥ khalu nāmnāhaṃ piturājñākaraḥ śubhe | tvaṃ ca kā katamoyaṃte kathaṃ vanamidaṃ gataḥ
"Cyavana indeed is my name, and I do my father's bidding, fair lady. And who are you, and whose (daughter)? How did you come to this forest?"
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GnP 1 5.30
स्रवन्ति कथमंगानि वर्षाकालेगिरेरिव । अति दुर्गन्धता चास्य केन वा वद कर्मणा
sravanti kathamaṃgāni varṣākālegireriva | ati durgandhatā cāsya kena vā vada karmaṇā
"How is it that (his) limbs run (with discharge), like a mountain in the rainy season? And by what deed, tell me, does he have this extreme foulness of smell?"
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GnP 1 5.31
कृमिभार समाकीर्णममुंवासेवसे कथम् । स्वयंचारुतराभूत्वा सुकुमारी सुलोचना
kṛmibhāra samākīrṇamamuṃvāsevase katham | svayaṃcārutarābhūtvā sukumārī sulocanā
"How do you attend upon this man, who is covered over with a mass of worms — you yourself being exceedingly lovely, delicate, and fair-eyed,"
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GnP 1 5.32
चारु प्रसन्नवदना चारुसर्वांगशोभिनी । कच्चित्पूर्वं न पित्रा ते सुहृद्भिर्भ्रातृभिर्द्विजैः
cāru prasannavadanā cārusarvāṃgaśobhinī | kaccitpūrvaṃ na pitrā te suhṛdbhirbhrātṛbhirdvijaiḥ
"with a lovely serene face, beautiful and radiant in every limb? Was this bridegroom not previously recognized by your father, by your friends, your brothers, and the brahmins,"
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GnP 1 5.33
विज्ञातोयं वरः कुष्ठीकृमिभाराकुलोपि च । कथमेनं वृतवती दुर्गमं चागता वनम्
vijñātoyaṃ varaḥ kuṣṭhīkṛmibhārākulopi ca | kathamenaṃ vṛtavatī durgamaṃ cāgatā vanam
"as a leper, and also afflicted with a mass of worms? How is it that you chose him and came to this impassable forest?"
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GnP 1 5.34
सूत उवाच ।। इति पृष्टा सुधर्मा सा मुनिपुत्रेण धीमता । व्याचष्टे सकलं तस्मै शोकहर्षसमन्विता
sūta uvāca || iti pṛṣṭā sudharmā sā muniputreṇa dhīmatā | vyācaṣṭe sakalaṃ tasmai śokaharṣasamanvitā
Sūta said: Thus questioned by the wise son of the sage, that Sudharmā, filled with both grief and joy, related the whole (matter) to him.
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GnP 1 5.35
सुधर्मोवाच ।। सौराष्ट्रदेशे विख्यातं देवताख्यं पुरं महत् । तत्रायं सोमकान्तो मे भर्त्ताराज्यं चकार ह
sudharmovāca || saurāṣṭradeśe vikhyātaṃ devatākhyaṃ puraṃ mahat | tatrāyaṃ somakānto me bharttārājyaṃ cakāra ha
Sudharmā said: In the land of Saurāṣṭra there is a great and renowned city called Devatā; there this Somakānta, my husband, exercised kingship.
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GnP 1 5.36
अतिमानीवदान्यश्च शूरोदृढपराक्रमः । असंख्यातबलोपेतो रिपुराष्ट्रविमर्द्दनः
atimānīvadānyaśca śūrodṛḍhaparākramaḥ | asaṃkhyātabalopeto ripurāṣṭravimarddanaḥ
(He was) exceedingly proud and liberal, a hero of firm valour, endowed with countless forces, a crusher of the realms of his enemies,
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GnP 1 5.37
यज्वाति सुन्दरः श्रीमान्सुहृदानंदकारकः । विवेक्तासर्वकार्याणां नीतिशास्त्रविशारदः
yajvāti sundaraḥ śrīmānsuhṛdānaṃdakārakaḥ | vivektāsarvakāryāṇāṃ nītiśāstraviśāradaḥ
a performer of sacrifices, very handsome, illustrious, a giver of joy to his friends, a discerner of all matters to be done, skilled in the treatises on statecraft.
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GnP 1 5.38
राज्यं स्वं बुभुजे राजा बहुकालं द्विजोत्तम । इमामवस्थां संप्राप्तः पूर्वकर्म विपाकतः
rājyaṃ svaṃ bubhuje rājā bahukālaṃ dvijottama | imāmavasthāṃ saṃprāptaḥ pūrvakarma vipākataḥ
The king enjoyed his own kingdom for a long time, O best of the twice-born; (then) he came to this condition through the ripening of former deeds.
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GnP 1 5.39
अमात्यद्वयसंयुक्तो वनमेतत्समागतः । भ्रमन्तीपृष्ठलग्नास्य पुत्रेराज्यं प्रयच्छतः
amātyadvayasaṃyukto vanametatsamāgataḥ | bhramantīpṛṣṭhalagnāsya putrerājyaṃ prayacchataḥ
Accompanied by two ministers, he came to this forest, after handing over the kingdom to his son; and I, wandering, clung to his back.
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GnP 1 5.40
सुबलज्ञानगम्याभ्यां प्रकृतिभ्यामिहागता । राज्ञोनुज्ञां समादाय फलार्थं तौ वने गतौ
subalajñānagamyābhyāṃ prakṛtibhyāmihāgatā | rājñonujñāṃ samādāya phalārthaṃ tau vane gatau
I came here with the two attendants Subala and Jñānagamya; and those two, having obtained the king's permission, went into the forest for fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 5.41
इहास्मान् राक्षसाः प्रेताभूतानिमृगपक्षिणः । नानाविधाभीषयन्ति कथं नोभक्षयन्तिन
ihāsmān rākṣasāḥ pretābhūtānimṛgapakṣiṇaḥ | nānāvidhābhīṣayanti kathaṃ nobhakṣayantina
Here rākṣasas, ghosts, spirits, beasts and birds of many kinds terrify us; how is it that they do not devour us?
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GnP 1 5.42
नजाने दुःखभोगाय स्थापयन्त्यग्रतोपि च । दुःखस्यान्तं नपश्यामि कर्मणो दुष्कृतस्य च
najāne duḥkhabhogāya sthāpayantyagratopi ca | duḥkhasyāntaṃ napaśyāmi karmaṇo duṣkṛtasya ca
I do not know (why) they even set (us) before them for the enjoying of sorrow. I see no end to sorrow, nor to the evil deed (that caused it).
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GnP 1 5.43
कटुतिक्ताम्ललवणमधुरस्निग्धभोजने । न तथा रुचिरस्याभूत्परीतस्य द्विजातिभिः
kaṭutiktāmlalavaṇamadhurasnigdhabhojane | na tathā rucirasyābhūtparītasya dvijātibhiḥ
In food pungent, bitter, sour, salty, sweet and rich (as of old), his relish — when he was waited upon by the twice-born — was not so great
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GnP 1 5.44
यथेदानीं कन्दमूल कषायाम्लफलादिषु । दरिद्राणां महाहारःपाकोपि भक्षितस्य च
yathedānīṃ kandamūla kaṣāyāmlaphalādiṣu | daridrāṇāṃ mahāhāraḥpākopi bhakṣitasya ca
as it now is in bulbs, roots, astringent and sour fruits and the like. For the poor even a coarse meal is a great feast, and (there is proper) digestion of what is eaten;
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GnP 1 5.45
न तथा श्रीमतां शक्ति रशने पाक एव च । यः शेते कोमले दिव्ये शयनेस्म मनोरमे
na tathā śrīmatāṃ śakti raśane pāka eva ca | yaḥ śete komale divye śayanesma manorame
not so with the rich — neither their capacity for eating nor their digestion. He who used to lie on a soft, divine, delightful bed,
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GnP 1 5.46
इदानीं यत्रकुत्रापि पश्यकाल विपर्ययम् । यस्यदिग्व्यापिनश्चासन्नानापरिमलाः शुभाः
idānīṃ yatrakutrāpi paśyakāla viparyayam | yasyadigvyāpinaścāsannānāparimalāḥ śubhāḥ
now (lies) anywhere at all — behold the reversal brought by time! He who had auspicious perfumes of many kinds that spread through all the quarters,
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GnP 1 5.47
य आनन्दमये सिन्धौ मग्नोभूत्पण्डितैर्वृतः । पूयशोणितदिग्धस्य पूतिगन्धोपिसांप्रतम्
ya ānandamaye sindhau magnobhūtpaṇḍitairvṛtaḥ | pūyaśoṇitadigdhasya pūtigandhopisāṃpratam
who was plunged in an ocean of bliss, surrounded by learned men — he now, smeared with pus and blood, has even a putrid stench.
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GnP 1 5.48
स इदानीं दुःखमये कृमिभिः परिवारितः । कथन्तरेम दुःखाब्धिं नजाने भृगुनन्दन
sa idānīṃ duḥkhamaye kṛmibhiḥ parivāritaḥ | kathantarema duḥkhābdhiṃ najāne bhṛgunandana
He now (is plunged) in an (ocean) of sorrow, encircled by worms. I do not know how we shall cross this sea of sorrow, O son of Bhṛgu.
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GnP 1 5.49
भवपोतइवागाधे मज्जन्तं नौरिवार्णवे
bhavapotaivāgādhe majjantaṃ naurivārṇave
(He is) sinking in the fathomless (sea of) existence as (a man sinks) in the ocean when his boat (is lost) — like a ship (foundering).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain