Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 51

GnP 1 51.1

अध्याय ५१ प्रारंभ :- पार्वत्युवाच । तव वाक्यामृतेनाहं पितः प्रीताऽस्मि सांप्रतम्। परन्तु संशयो मेऽस्ति तं नुदस्व हिमालय । तृप्तिं नात न गच्छामि पायं पायं सुधामिव । अधुना ब्रूहि मे देव व्रतं सर्वार्थसिद्धिदम् पाद्याचमनवस्त्राद्यैर्भूषणैश्च महत्तरैः । तोषयित्वा तु तं सम्यगाज्ञया प्रारभेद् व्रतम् तदर्धं वा तदर्धं वा दशांशं होममाचरेत् । ध्यायन् गजाननं देवमहोरात्रमतन्द्रितः उद्वर्तन करे दद्यात्फलं ताम्बूलमेव च । कांचनी दक्षिणां दद्याच्छत्रं व्यंजनचामरे पालयामास वसुधां सागरान्तां स्वतेजसा। गुणैर्यस्य हृता देवा नित्यं यत्सदसि स्थिताः अत्यंत निष्ठुरैर्वाक्यैर्दारापत्यैश्च पीडितः । अप्रष्ट्वा पुत्रदारांस्त्वं गतवान् गहनं वनम् मुक्तास्ते सर्वदुःखेभ्यः प्राप्ताः सिद्धिमनुत्तमाम् । वरदस्य गणेशस्य धर्मार्थकाममोक्षकृत् विश्वरूपमनादिं च सर्वकारणकारणम् । तमाराधय यत्नेन सर्वदुःखाद्वियुंक्ष्यसे शिव उवाच । इति श्रुत्वा भृगोर्वाक्यं कर्दमो हर्षनिर्भरः । चकार सकलं राजा भृगुणा यत्समीरितम् अध्याय ५२ प्रारंभ :- पार्वत्युवाच । नलेनेदं कृतं कस्मात् को नलो त्वद मे पितः । मनो विश्रान्तिमायाति शृण्वन्त्या मे कथानकम् तुंगत्वे मेरुसदृशो गांभीर्ये चोदधेः समः । कदाचिदुपविष्टोऽसौ नलो राजा महामनाः नृप उवाच । ममैव विस्मयो ब्रह्मन् निरीक्ष्य वैभवं स्वकम् । इत्थं ममाभवत्केन पुण्येन तपसाऽपि वा कुरु मूर्तिं गणेशस्य मृन्मयीं चारुदर्शनाम् । पूर्वोक्तविधिना पूजां कुरु शृणु कथानकम् दत्तमानसि दानानि सर्वाणि देवतुष्टये । गणेशस्य महामौल्यं प्रासादं कृतवान्मुदा अध्याय ५३ प्रारंभ :- हिमवानुवाच । इदानीं कथयिष्यामि राज्ञा चन्द्रांगदेन च। सपत्न्या च कृतं ह्येतदिन्दुमत्या शुभानने जवेनाश्वसमारुढो शरचापकरो बली। तादृशैर्वीरनिकरैरमात्यैः सेवकैर्वृतः राक्षसीभयवित्रस्तः प्रविष्टः सलिलं महत् । भवतीभिरिहानीतो यत्पृष्टं तन्निवेदितम् राक्षसी तु जलं प्राश्य तदर्थे तत्सरोगतम् । भक्षयित्वा जलचरान्ना तृप्यत्परमं तदा इहलोके परे वापि न सुखं कुलयोषिताम् । हीनानां स्वामिनां देव यदेतत्स्वामिना सह अध्याय ५४ प्रारंभ :- पार्वत्युवाच । तस्यां तु मूर्छितायां तु किमकुर्वन् जनास्तदा । तन्मे विस्तरतो ब्रूहि हृदयामन्दनं पितः अतीतानागतविदं कथयिष्यति सोऽखिलम् । अनन्तरं हि यत्कार्यं तत्सर्वं विदधामहे वादयामास वाद्यानि शर्करां च गृहेगृहे । प्रेषयामास च तदा हर्षादिन्दुमती शुभा। सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते सत्ये नान्यथा मम भाषितम् । हिमवानुवाच । इत्युक्ता तेन मुनिना व्रतं प्रारभदादरात् अध्याय ५५ प्रारंभ :- हिमवानुवाच । पाताले नागकन्यानामन्यथाऽभून्मतिस्तदा ततोऽमात्यान्पुरस्कृत्य सैन्यान्य प्रेषयच्च तम् । चित्रध्वजपताकाभिरशोभयत सा पुरम् प्रमृज्य नयने सम्यगानन्दाश्रु परिप्लुते । हर्षशोकान्वितौ तौ तु परस्परमथोचतुः ऊचतुः स्व स्व दुःखं तौ शोचन्तौ च पुनः पुनः । पुरोधसा सान्वितौ तौ शयाते स्म सुखं ततः वरदस्य प्रसादेन संप्राप्तं दर्शनं तव

adhyāya 51 prāraṃbha :- pārvatyuvāca | tava vākyāmṛtenāhaṃ pitaḥ prītā'smi sāṃpratam| parantu saṃśayo me'sti taṃ nudasva himālaya | tṛptiṃ nāta na gacchāmi pāyaṃ pāyaṃ sudhāmiva | adhunā brūhi me deva vrataṃ sarvārthasiddhidam pādyācamanavastrādyairbhūṣaṇaiśca mahattaraiḥ | toṣayitvā tu taṃ samyagājñayā prārabhed vratam tadardhaṃ vā tadardhaṃ vā daśāṃśaṃ homamācaret | dhyāyan gajānanaṃ devamahorātramatandritaḥ udvartana kare dadyātphalaṃ tāmbūlameva ca | kāṃcanī dakṣiṇāṃ dadyācchatraṃ vyaṃjanacāmare pālayāmāsa vasudhāṃ sāgarāntāṃ svatejasā| guṇairyasya hṛtā devā nityaṃ yatsadasi sthitāḥ atyaṃta niṣṭhurairvākyairdārāpatyaiśca pīḍitaḥ | apraṣṭvā putradārāṃstvaṃ gatavān gahanaṃ vanam muktāste sarvaduḥkhebhyaḥ prāptāḥ siddhimanuttamām | varadasya gaṇeśasya dharmārthakāmamokṣakṛt viśvarūpamanādiṃ ca sarvakāraṇakāraṇam | tamārādhaya yatnena sarvaduḥkhādviyuṃkṣyase śiva uvāca | iti śrutvā bhṛgorvākyaṃ kardamo harṣanirbharaḥ | cakāra sakalaṃ rājā bhṛguṇā yatsamīritam adhyāya 52 prāraṃbha :- pārvatyuvāca | nalenedaṃ kṛtaṃ kasmāt ko nalo tvada me pitaḥ | mano viśrāntimāyāti śṛṇvantyā me kathānakam tuṃgatve merusadṛśo gāṃbhīrye codadheḥ samaḥ | kadācidupaviṣṭo'sau nalo rājā mahāmanāḥ nṛpa uvāca | mamaiva vismayo brahman nirīkṣya vaibhavaṃ svakam | itthaṃ mamābhavatkena puṇyena tapasā'pi vā kuru mūrtiṃ gaṇeśasya mṛnmayīṃ cārudarśanām | pūrvoktavidhinā pūjāṃ kuru śṛṇu kathānakam dattamānasi dānāni sarvāṇi devatuṣṭaye | gaṇeśasya mahāmaulyaṃ prāsādaṃ kṛtavānmudā adhyāya 53 prāraṃbha :- himavānuvāca | idānīṃ kathayiṣyāmi rājñā candrāṃgadena ca| sapatnyā ca kṛtaṃ hyetadindumatyā śubhānane javenāśvasamāruḍho śaracāpakaro balī| tādṛśairvīranikarairamātyaiḥ sevakairvṛtaḥ rākṣasībhayavitrastaḥ praviṣṭaḥ salilaṃ mahat | bhavatībhirihānīto yatpṛṣṭaṃ tanniveditam rākṣasī tu jalaṃ prāśya tadarthe tatsarogatam | bhakṣayitvā jalacarānnā tṛpyatparamaṃ tadā ihaloke pare vāpi na sukhaṃ kulayoṣitām | hīnānāṃ svāmināṃ deva yadetatsvāminā saha adhyāya 54 prāraṃbha :- pārvatyuvāca | tasyāṃ tu mūrchitāyāṃ tu kimakurvan janāstadā | tanme vistarato brūhi hṛdayāmandanaṃ pitaḥ atītānāgatavidaṃ kathayiṣyati so'khilam | anantaraṃ hi yatkāryaṃ tatsarvaṃ vidadhāmahe vādayāmāsa vādyāni śarkarāṃ ca gṛhegṛhe | preṣayāmāsa ca tadā harṣādindumatī śubhā| satyaṃ bravīmi te satye nānyathā mama bhāṣitam | himavānuvāca | ityuktā tena muninā vrataṃ prārabhadādarāt adhyāya 55 prāraṃbha :- himavānuvāca | pātāle nāgakanyānāmanyathā'bhūnmatistadā tato'mātyānpuraskṛtya sainyānya preṣayacca tam | citradhvajapatākābhiraśobhayata sā puram pramṛjya nayane samyagānandāśru pariplute | harṣaśokānvitau tau tu parasparamathocatuḥ ūcatuḥ sva sva duḥkhaṃ tau śocantau ca punaḥ punaḥ | purodhasā sānvitau tau śayāte sma sukhaṃ tataḥ varadasya prasādena saṃprāptaṃ darśanaṃ tava

Chapter 51 begins. Pārvatī said: Father, I am now delighted by the nectar of your speech; but I have a doubt — dispel it, Himālaya. I reach no satiety, father, drinking it again and again as though it were nectar. Now tell me, god, the vow that grants every aim. Having duly gratified him with water for the feet, water for rinsing, garments and the like, and with still greater ornaments, one should begin the vow with (his) permission. One should perform the fire-oblation with half of that, or half of that again, or a tenth part, meditating untiringly day and night on the elephant-faced god. One should place unguent in (his) hand, and fruit and betel; one should give a golden fee, an umbrella, a fan and a chowrie. He protected the earth to the ocean's limits by his own splendour — he by whose virtues the gods were carried away, who stand ever in his assembly. Afflicted by exceedingly harsh words and by wife and children, without asking your sons and wives you went to the deep forest. They are released from all sorrows and have attained the unsurpassed accomplishment. (The vow) of the boon-giving Gaṇeśa brings about dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation. Him who has the universe for form, who is beginningless, the cause of all causes — worship him with effort and you will be freed from all suffering. Śiva said: hearing Bhṛgu's words thus, Kardama, brimming with joy, the king did all that Bhṛgu had said. Chapter 52 begins. Pārvatī said: Why was this done by Nala, and who was Nala? Tell me, father. My mind comes to rest as I listen to the tale. In loftiness like Meru, in depth equal to the ocean — once that great-minded King Nala was seated. The king said: I myself am astonished, brahmin, beholding my own splendour: by what merit or by what austerity did this come to me? Make an image of Gaṇeśa of clay, fair to look upon; perform the worship by the rule stated before; listen to the story. Gifts were given in thought, all of them, for the god's pleasure; he joyfully built a very costly temple of Gaṇeśa. Chapter 53 begins. Himavān said: Now I shall tell what was done by King Candrāṅgada, and by his wife Indumatī, O fair-faced one. Mounted swiftly on a horse, bearing arrow and bow, strong, surrounded by such throngs of heroes, by ministers and servants; terrified with fear of the demoness he entered the great water. What you ladies asked, when he had been brought here, that has been told. But the demoness, drinking the water, went for his sake into that lake; having devoured the water-creatures she was not at all satisfied then. Neither in this world nor in the next is there happiness for women of good family who are without husbands, O god — this (happiness) that is (only) with the husband. Chapter 54 begins. Pārvatī said: When she had fainted, what did the people do then? Tell me that at length, father, delighting my heart. He who knows past and future will tell it all; and thereafter whatever is to be done, all that we shall do. She had music played and sugar (distributed) in house after house, and then the auspicious Indumatī sent it out in joy. Truly I speak to you, in truth; my speech is not otherwise. Himavān said: thus addressed by that sage, she reverently began the vow. Chapter 55 begins. Himavān said: In Pātāla the minds of the nāga maidens then became otherwise. Then, putting the ministers in front, she sent the troops out to him, and adorned that city with bright banners and flags. Wiping their eyes well, brimming with tears of joy, filled with joy and grief the two then spoke to each other. The two told each their own sorrow, lamenting again and again; accompanied by the chaplain the two then slept happily. By the grace of the boon-giver your sight has been obtained.

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GnP 1 51.2

हिमवानुवाच । निषधेषु महाराजो नलो नामाभवत्पुरा । ब्रह्मण्यो वेदविच्छूरो दानी मानी धनी मुनिः मालवे विषये ख्यातं नगरं कर्णनामकम् । तत्र चन्द्रांगदो राजा बभूवातिपराक्रमी हिमवानुवाच । तदा सर्वे नागरिका नानावाक्यविशारदाः। प्रमृज्य स्वानि चाश्रूणि समादथ्युर्नृपस्त्रियम् मोचयामास राजानं पुपूजुश्च यथाविधि । वस्त्रैराभरणैश्चैव नानारत्नमहाधनैः

himavānuvāca | niṣadheṣu mahārājo nalo nāmābhavatpurā | brahmaṇyo vedavicchūro dānī mānī dhanī muniḥ mālave viṣaye khyātaṃ nagaraṃ karṇanāmakam | tatra candrāṃgado rājā babhūvātiparākramī himavānuvāca | tadā sarve nāgarikā nānāvākyaviśāradāḥ| pramṛjya svāni cāśrūṇi samādathyurnṛpastriyam mocayāmāsa rājānaṃ pupūjuśca yathāvidhi | vastrairābharaṇaiścaiva nānāratnamahādhanaiḥ

Himavān said: Formerly among the Niṣadhas there was a great king named Nala — devoted to brahmins, a knower of the Veda, valiant, generous, honoured, wealthy, sage-like. In the Mālava country there was a famed city named Karṇa; there was a king Candrāṅgada of surpassing valour. Himavān said: Then all the citizens, skilled in various speech, wiping away their own tears, consoled the king's wife. They released the king and worshipped him according to rule, with garments and ornaments and with jewels of many kinds and great worth.

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GnP 1 51.3

केन केन कृतं पूर्वं व्रतमेतन्महीधर । आख्यानं केन वा कस्मै कां कां सिद्धिमितोऽगमत् । एतत्सविस्तरं ब्रूहि संशयच्छेदनाय मे । यश्च पृच्छति यो वक्ति गजानन कथा शुभाः रथी खड्गी शरी चापि निषंगी कवची बली । कृतास्त्रो देवपूज्यश्च त्रिलोकी गमनः शुचिः अणिमादि गुणोपेतः सर्वशास्त्रार्थतत्ववित् । यज्वा दानी महाज्ञानी वेदवेदांगपारगः जना ऊचु:- । मातरुत्तिष्ठ मा शोकं कुरु पुत्रे ननः कृथाः । प्रेतं दहति शोकाश्रु तस्माद्भर्तृहितं कुरु अश्वं मनोजवं दत्त्वा विससर्जुर्नृपं तदा । कासाराद् बहिरागत्य बद्ध्वा चाश्वं महाद्रुमे

kena kena kṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ vratametanmahīdhara | ākhyānaṃ kena vā kasmai kāṃ kāṃ siddhimito'gamat | etatsavistaraṃ brūhi saṃśayacchedanāya me | yaśca pṛcchati yo vakti gajānana kathā śubhāḥ rathī khaḍgī śarī cāpi niṣaṃgī kavacī balī | kṛtāstro devapūjyaśca trilokī gamanaḥ śuciḥ aṇimādi guṇopetaḥ sarvaśāstrārthatatvavit | yajvā dānī mahājñānī vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ janā ūcu:- | mātaruttiṣṭha mā śokaṃ kuru putre nanaḥ kṛthāḥ | pretaṃ dahati śokāśru tasmādbhartṛhitaṃ kuru aśvaṃ manojavaṃ dattvā visasarjurnṛpaṃ tadā | kāsārād bahirāgatya baddhvā cāśvaṃ mahādrume

By whom and by whom was this vow performed of old, O mountain-bearer? And by whom, and to whom, (was) the tale (told), and what accomplishment did he obtain from it? Tell me this in detail, to cut off my doubt. And he who asks, and he who tells, the auspicious tales of Gajānana — (they are blessed). A chariot-fighter, sword-bearer, archer, quiver-bearer, mailed, strong, skilled in weapons, honoured by the gods, moving through the three worlds, pure; endowed with the powers beginning with aṇimā, knowing the true meaning of all the scriptures, a sacrificer, a giver, of great knowledge, master of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas. The people said: Mother, rise, do not grieve, do not (act so) toward your son; tears of grief burn the departed, therefore do what benefits your husband. Then, giving a horse swift as thought, they sent the king off; coming out of the pond and tying the horse to a great tree...

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GnP 1 51.4

शृणोत्यन्योऽपि यो मर्त्यस्त्रयस्ते पुण्यभागिनः । जीवितं सफलं तेषां जन्म ज्ञानं च कर्म च शेषोऽपि मूकतां याति वर्णितुं यद्गुणानपि । न संख्या विद्यतेऽश्वानां गजानां रथिनां तथा अतिक्रान्ता सभा यस्य सुधर्मामतिमानुषीम् । मुष्णाति चक्षुषस्तेजो रविकान्त मरीचिभिः मर्त्येषु न हि दृष्टोऽस्ति चिरजीवी शुभानने । यथा जीर्णं परित्यज्य वासोऽन्यद् गृह्यते जनैः स्नाति यावन्नागरिकैर्दृष्ट: कतिपयैर्नृपः । अपरै प्रतिपत्यैनं पप्रच्छुः को भवानिति

śṛṇotyanyo'pi yo martyastrayaste puṇyabhāginaḥ | jīvitaṃ saphalaṃ teṣāṃ janma jñānaṃ ca karma ca śeṣo'pi mūkatāṃ yāti varṇituṃ yadguṇānapi | na saṃkhyā vidyate'śvānāṃ gajānāṃ rathināṃ tathā atikrāntā sabhā yasya sudharmāmatimānuṣīm | muṣṇāti cakṣuṣastejo ravikānta marīcibhiḥ martyeṣu na hi dṛṣṭo'sti cirajīvī śubhānane | yathā jīrṇaṃ parityajya vāso'nyad gṛhyate janaiḥ snāti yāvannāgarikairdṛṣṭa: katipayairnṛpaḥ | aparai pratipatyainaṃ papracchuḥ ko bhavāniti

And whatever other mortal hears it — those three have a share in merit; their life is fruitful, and their birth, knowledge and action. Even Śeṣa falls dumb in trying to describe his virtues. There is no counting of his horses, elephants and chariot-fighters. His assembly hall surpassed the more-than-human Sudharmā; it steals the eye's power of sight with rays like those of the sunstone. Among mortals no one long-lived has been seen, fair-faced one; just as people cast off a worn garment and take another... While the king was bathing he was seen by a few citizens; others, approaching him, asked, 'Who are you?'

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GnP 1 51.5

ब्रह्मोवाच । एवं तया कृतप्रश्नो हिमवानभ्यभाषत । वरदस्य गणेशस्य नानाजनकृतं व्रतम् धानुष्काणां शस्त्रभृतां अग्निशस्त्रभृतामपि । चकम्पुर्यद् भयाद्देवा इन्द्राद्याः सदिगीश्वराः अतिस्वच्छानि वासांसि रत्नस्तंभाश्रयात्सुते । नीललोहितपीतत्वाच्चित्रतां यान्ति कानिचित् वर्ष्मापि देहिना तद्वत् त्यक्त्वाऽन्यद्गृह्यते शुभम् । अत्याश्चर्यमिदं भद्रे स्वयं मृत्युमुखे स्थितः कुत्रत्यः कुत आयातः किं नामा वद नः प्रभो। इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा पप्रच्छ नृपसत्तमः

brahmovāca | evaṃ tayā kṛtapraśno himavānabhyabhāṣata | varadasya gaṇeśasya nānājanakṛtaṃ vratam dhānuṣkāṇāṃ śastrabhṛtāṃ agniśastrabhṛtāmapi | cakampuryad bhayāddevā indrādyāḥ sadigīśvarāḥ atisvacchāni vāsāṃsi ratnastaṃbhāśrayātsute | nīlalohitapītatvāccitratāṃ yānti kānicit varṣmāpi dehinā tadvat tyaktvā'nyadgṛhyate śubham | atyāścaryamidaṃ bhadre svayaṃ mṛtyumukhe sthitaḥ kutratyaḥ kuta āyātaḥ kiṃ nāmā vada naḥ prabho| iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā papraccha nṛpasattamaḥ

Brahmā said: Questioned thus by her, Himavān spoke: the vow of the boon-giving Gaṇeśa, performed by many kinds of people... (the vow) of bowmen, of weapon-bearers, and of bearers of fire-weapons too — from fear of whom the gods, Indra and the rest along with the guardians of the quarters, trembled. Very clear garments, daughter, by resting against jewel-pillars, take on variegation, becoming blue, red and yellow. So too with the body of embodied beings: one is discarded and another fair one is taken. This is a great marvel, good lady: himself standing in the mouth of death... 'Where do you belong, whence have you come, what is your name? Tell us, lord.' Hearing their words, the best of kings asked (them in turn).

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GnP 1 51.6

हिमवानुवाच । शृणु पार्वति वक्ष्यामि संवादं ते पुरातनम् । सेतिहासं व्रतस्यास्य सर्वसिद्धिकरस्य ह दमयन्तीति भार्याऽऽसीद्यस्य सौंदर्यमन्दिरम् । दमयित्वाऽखिलान्ब्रह्मा सारं प्रगृह्य च अतिसाध्वी महाभागा पतिशुश्रूषणे रता। धर्मशीला व्रतपरा श्वश्रूश्वशुरसेविनी शोचते मृतमपरं स्वयं मरणधर्मवान् । स्वदेहेन वियोगं च न वेत्ति भाविनं जनः इन्दुमत्याः कुमारस्य कुशलं खेदसंयुतः । ततो बुबुधिरे ते तमालिलिंगुर्मुदा जनाः

himavānuvāca | śṛṇu pārvati vakṣyāmi saṃvādaṃ te purātanam | setihāsaṃ vratasyāsya sarvasiddhikarasya ha damayantīti bhāryā''sīdyasya sauṃdaryamandiram | damayitvā'khilānbrahmā sāraṃ pragṛhya ca atisādhvī mahābhāgā patiśuśrūṣaṇe ratā| dharmaśīlā vrataparā śvaśrūśvaśurasevinī śocate mṛtamaparaṃ svayaṃ maraṇadharmavān | svadehena viyogaṃ ca na vetti bhāvinaṃ janaḥ indumatyāḥ kumārasya kuśalaṃ khedasaṃyutaḥ | tato bubudhire te tamāliliṃgurmudā janāḥ

Himavān said: Listen, Pārvatī, I shall tell you an ancient dialogue, together with the legend of this vow that brings every accomplishment. His wife was Damayantī, a very abode of beauty — Brahmā, having subdued all (women) and taken their essence (made her). Exceedingly virtuous, greatly blessed, devoted to serving her husband, righteous in conduct, intent on vows, waiting on her mother- and father-in-law. A man grieves for another who has died, though he himself is subject to death; a person does not know the separation from his own body that is to come. Filled with grief (he asked) about the welfare of Indumatī and of the prince; then they recognised him, and the people joyfully embraced him.

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GnP 1 51.7

कैलासे गिरिवर्ये तु सुखासीनं जगद्गुरुम । क्रीडमानं मुदा देवैर्गन्धर्वैः परमर्षिभिः दमयन्तीति विख्याता यतस्तेनेति निर्मिता । दमयन्त्यै त्रिलोकस्था नारीणां चारुतामदात् गृहकृत्येषु चाव्यग्रा देवतातिथिपूजिका । नाम्ना चेन्दुमति ख्याता सर्वावयवसुन्दरा । धर्मशीलोऽपि नृपतिरमात्यैः प्रार्थितो भृशम् । जीवहिंसां महाघोरां पापार्द्धिं परिवर्जय मदीयं मन्यते सर्वदैवकालवशे स्थितम् । ब्रह्मादिस्थावरान्तं यद्विश्वं साब्धि चराचरम् ऊचुश्च नृप ते भार्या स्नात्वेदानीं गता गृहम् । उपवासव्रतवती कृशा धमनिसंयुता

kailāse girivarye tu sukhāsīnaṃ jagadguruma | krīḍamānaṃ mudā devairgandharvaiḥ paramarṣibhiḥ damayantīti vikhyātā yatasteneti nirmitā | damayantyai trilokasthā nārīṇāṃ cārutāmadāt gṛhakṛtyeṣu cāvyagrā devatātithipūjikā | nāmnā cendumati khyātā sarvāvayavasundarā | dharmaśīlo'pi nṛpatiramātyaiḥ prārthito bhṛśam | jīvahiṃsāṃ mahāghorāṃ pāpārddhiṃ parivarjaya madīyaṃ manyate sarvadaivakālavaśe sthitam | brahmādisthāvarāntaṃ yadviśvaṃ sābdhi carācaram ūcuśca nṛpa te bhāryā snātvedānīṃ gatā gṛham | upavāsavratavatī kṛśā dhamanisaṃyutā

On Kailāsa, best of mountains, (they saw) the world's teacher seated at ease, sporting joyfully with gods, gandharvas and great sages. She was renowned as Damayantī, since she was fashioned by that (subduing); to Damayantī he gave the loveliness of (all) the women in the three worlds. Unflurried in household duties, a worshipper of gods and guests, known by the name Indumatī, beautiful in every limb. Though righteous in conduct, the king was much entreated by his ministers: 'Give up the slaughter of living beings, the greatly terrible sin of the hunt.' He reckons all that is his to stand under the sway of fate and time — the whole universe from Brahmā down to immovable things, with the oceans, moving and unmoving. And they said: 'King, your wife, having bathed, has now gone home; keeping a fasting-vow, thin, with her veins showing.'

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GnP 1 51.8

नत्वा स्तुत्वा महातेजाः परिपप्रच्छ षण्मुखः नानालंकारसंयुक्ता नानामणिविभूषिता । मुक्ताहारलसत्कंठा सद्गुणाढ्या सुशोभना कदाचिद्दैवयोगेन मृगयां क्रीडितुं ययौ । तरक्षुरुरुवाराह मृगपक्षियुतं वनम् ज्ञात्वा तं नश्वरं शोकं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ सुपुत्रिणि । धर्मवान् पुण्यशीलस्ते भर्ता मुक्तिंगतो भवेत् कुमारे जीवमास्थाय जीवमात्रावशेषिता । केचिच्च नगरं गत्वा शुभां वार्तामघोषयन्

natvā stutvā mahātejāḥ paripapraccha ṣaṇmukhaḥ nānālaṃkārasaṃyuktā nānāmaṇivibhūṣitā | muktāhāralasatkaṃṭhā sadguṇāḍhyā suśobhanā kadāciddaivayogena mṛgayāṃ krīḍituṃ yayau | tarakṣururuvārāha mṛgapakṣiyutaṃ vanam jñātvā taṃ naśvaraṃ śokaṃ tyaktvottiṣṭha suputriṇi | dharmavān puṇyaśīlaste bhartā muktiṃgato bhavet kumāre jīvamāsthāya jīvamātrāvaśeṣitā | kecicca nagaraṃ gatvā śubhāṃ vārtāmaghoṣayan

Bowing and praising, the greatly splendid six-faced one asked (his question). Equipped with many ornaments, adorned with many jewels, her throat bright with a pearl necklace, rich in good qualities, most lovely. Once, by the working of fate, he went to enjoy the hunt — to a forest full of hyenas, deer, boars, beasts and birds. Knowing him to be perishable, cast off grief and rise, O mother of a good son; your husband, righteous and of meritorious conduct, will attain liberation. Resting her life upon her son, she was left with nothing but life. And some, going to the city, proclaimed the good news.

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GnP 1 51.9

स्कन्द उवाच । देवदेव जगन्नाथ भक्तानामभयंकर । नानाख्यानानि दिव्यानि श्रुतानि त्वत्प्रसादतः यस्यामात्यो महानासीत् पद्महस्तः पराक्रमी । बुद्ध्या बृहस्पतिसमो नये चांगिरसा समः नीलकंचुक संवीतो नीलोष्णीषोत्तरच्छदः । बद्धगोधांगुलित्राणः शस्त्रिकाखड्गखेटवान् जीवन्यदि भवेत्स्वर्गे तदा यास्यति कर्हिचित् । अतिपुण्यान् मानवोऽपि याति स्वर्गगतः पुनः । अथवा परिपृच्छामो मुनिं कंचिदिहागतम् अत्याप्तजनवाक्येन श्रुत्वा सा नृपमागतम् । आनन्दाब्धौ निमग्नाऽभूद् ब्रह्मज्ञानीव योगवित्

skanda uvāca | devadeva jagannātha bhaktānāmabhayaṃkara | nānākhyānāni divyāni śrutāni tvatprasādataḥ yasyāmātyo mahānāsīt padmahastaḥ parākramī | buddhyā bṛhaspatisamo naye cāṃgirasā samaḥ nīlakaṃcuka saṃvīto nīloṣṇīṣottaracchadaḥ | baddhagodhāṃgulitrāṇaḥ śastrikākhaḍgakheṭavān jīvanyadi bhavetsvarge tadā yāsyati karhicit | atipuṇyān mānavo'pi yāti svargagataḥ punaḥ | athavā paripṛcchāmo muniṃ kaṃcidihāgatam atyāptajanavākyena śrutvā sā nṛpamāgatam | ānandābdhau nimagnā'bhūd brahmajñānīva yogavit

Skanda said: God of gods, lord of the world, giver of fearlessness to the devoted, by your grace many divine tales have been heard. He had a great minister, lotus-handed, valorous, equal to Bṛhaspati in intellect and to Aṅgiras in policy; clad in a blue jacket, with blue turban and upper cloth, wearing a bound leather finger-guard, carrying knife, sword and shield. If he is alive and in heaven, then he will come at some time; through very great merits even a man who has gone to heaven comes again. Or else let us ask some sage who has come here. Hearing from very trusted people that the king had come, she was plunged in an ocean of joy, like a knower of Brahman, a master of yoga.

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GnP 1 51.11

अनुष्ठानेन यस्याथ करस्था सिद्धयो नृणाम् । जायन्ते साधकानां तु वरदस्य प्रसादतः निषसाद सभागेहे नृपमंडलमध्यगः । नृत्यन्त्यप्सरसस्तस्य पुरतश्चारुदर्शनाः निघ्नन् मृगान् वराहांश्च प्रेषयन्नगरं प्रति । भ्रममाणो वने राजा दृष्टो राक्षसपुंगवैः हिमवानुवाच । एवं प्रबोधिता लोकैः क्षणमिन्दुमतीत्मदा । आश्वस्ता सर्ववाक्येन प्रमृज्याश्रूणि वाससा वीथीरासिंचयामास सभाः संपाद्य यत्नतः । स्वात्मानं भूषयामास वासोऽलंकारभूषणैः

anuṣṭhānena yasyātha karasthā siddhayo nṛṇām | jāyante sādhakānāṃ tu varadasya prasādataḥ niṣasāda sabhāgehe nṛpamaṃḍalamadhyagaḥ | nṛtyantyapsarasastasya purataścārudarśanāḥ nighnan mṛgān varāhāṃśca preṣayannagaraṃ prati | bhramamāṇo vane rājā dṛṣṭo rākṣasapuṃgavaiḥ himavānuvāca | evaṃ prabodhitā lokaiḥ kṣaṇamindumatītmadā | āśvastā sarvavākyena pramṛjyāśrūṇi vāsasā vīthīrāsiṃcayāmāsa sabhāḥ saṃpādya yatnataḥ | svātmānaṃ bhūṣayāmāsa vāso'laṃkārabhūṣaṇaiḥ

By whose performance the accomplishments come into the hands of men, of practitioners, by the grace of the boon-giver. He sat in the assembly hall, in the midst of the circle of kings; before him danced apsarases, lovely to see. Killing deer and boars and sending them off to the city, the king, roaming in the forest, was seen by the chief demons. Himavān said: thus admonished by the people, Indumatī was for a moment consoled by all their words, and wiped her tears with her garment. She had the streets sprinkled, and having carefully prepared the halls she adorned herself with garments, ornaments and jewellery.

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GnP 1 51.12

शिव उवाच । साधु पृष्टं त्वया स्कन्द सर्वेषां हितकारकम् । कथयामि तव प्रीत्या महासिद्धिप्रदं भुवि स्तुवन्ति बन्दिनस्तं च ब्रह्मर्षिगणसंयुतम् । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु गौतमौ नृपतिं ययौ चकम्पे राक्षसान् दृष्टवा शीतज्वरयुतो यथा । दरीमुखान् गर्तनेत्रान् व्यादिता स्यान्नभस्पृशः विसर्जयामास तदा लोकान्सर्वान् समागतान् । त्यक्त्वा सौभाग्यचिह्नानि प्रपेदे कृशतां भृशम् गोभूहिरण्यदानाद्यैस्तोषयित्वा द्विजान बहून् । आरार्तिक्यं करे दत्त्वा पतिवत् स्त्रीजनस्य सा

śiva uvāca | sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā skanda sarveṣāṃ hitakārakam | kathayāmi tava prītyā mahāsiddhipradaṃ bhuvi stuvanti bandinastaṃ ca brahmarṣigaṇasaṃyutam | etasminneva kāle tu gautamau nṛpatiṃ yayau cakampe rākṣasān dṛṣṭavā śītajvarayuto yathā | darīmukhān gartanetrān vyāditā syānnabhaspṛśaḥ visarjayāmāsa tadā lokānsarvān samāgatān | tyaktvā saubhāgyacihnāni prapede kṛśatāṃ bhṛśam gobhūhiraṇyadānādyaistoṣayitvā dvijāna bahūn | ārārtikyaṃ kare dattvā pativat strījanasya sā

Śiva said: Well have you asked, Skanda — it brings benefit to all; out of affection for you I shall tell it, the giver of great accomplishment on earth. The bards praise him, together with the throng of brahmin-sages. At that very time Gautama came to the king. He trembled on seeing the demons, as if seized by a chill fever — with cavern-like mouths, pit-like eyes, and gaping jaws that touched the sky. Then she dismissed all the people who had gathered; casting off the marks of a wedded wife, she became utterly emaciated. Having pleased many brahmins with gifts of cows, land, gold and the like, placing the lamp-offering in the hand, as (for) a husband, of the women.

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GnP 1 51.13

विनायकप्रियं तात व्रतानामुत्तमं व्रतम् । सर्वेषां पुरुषार्थानां साधकं कृत्तिकात्मज उत्थाय सादरं राज्ञा स्वासने विनिवेशितः । पूजितः परया भक्त्या तत: पप्रच्छ तं नलः दृष्ट्वा तान् विद्रुताः सर्वे वीराः सेविजना आपि । केचिद्यमक्षयं याता मूर्छिताः केऽपि भूगताः रुदती शोचती तस्थौ श्वसती मूर्छिता मुहुः । ततो द्वादशवर्षान्ते नारदो दिव्यदर्शनः गीतवादित्रघोषेण पुरात्सर उपागमत् । अमात्यास्तु पुरो गत्वा प्रणम्य नृपपुंगवम्

vināyakapriyaṃ tāta vratānāmuttamaṃ vratam | sarveṣāṃ puruṣārthānāṃ sādhakaṃ kṛttikātmaja utthāya sādaraṃ rājñā svāsane viniveśitaḥ | pūjitaḥ parayā bhaktyā tata: papraccha taṃ nalaḥ dṛṣṭvā tān vidrutāḥ sarve vīrāḥ sevijanā āpi | kecidyamakṣayaṃ yātā mūrchitāḥ ke'pi bhūgatāḥ rudatī śocatī tasthau śvasatī mūrchitā muhuḥ | tato dvādaśavarṣānte nārado divyadarśanaḥ gītavāditraghoṣeṇa purātsara upāgamat | amātyāstu puro gatvā praṇamya nṛpapuṃgavam

It is dear to Vināyaka, my son, the best of vows, the accomplisher of all the aims of man, O son of the Kṛttikās. He rose and was respectfully seated by the king on his own seat, and worshipped with the highest devotion; then Nala asked him. On seeing them, all the heroes and the attendants too fled; some went to Yama's abode, and some fell to the ground in a faint. She stood weeping, grieving, sighing, again and again fainting. Then, at the end of twelve years, Nārada of divine appearance approached before the city with the sound of song and instruments; and the ministers, going out to meet him, bowed to that best of kings...

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GnP 1 51.14

विना यज्ञैस्तथा दानैर्जपहोमादिभिर्विना । सर्वसिद्धिकरं स्कन्द पुत्रपौत्रप्रवर्धनम् नल उवाच । स्वामिन्ननुगृहीतस्ते दर्शनेन महामुने । जन्म राज्यं पिता माता कुलं जीवितमद्य मे तत्रैका राक्षसी क्रूरा दृष्ट्वा कामातिसुंदरम् । तं नृपं परिरभ्यैव चुचुंबे काममोहिता आजगाम गृहं तस्या यदृच्छा विचरन्मुनिः । दृष्ट्वा तं विललापाशु वदन्ती भर्तुचेष्टितम् आलिलिंगुर्मुदा सर्वे प्रणेमुश्च यथाक्रमम् । उपविष्टे तु नृपतावुपविष्टास्तदाज्ञया

vinā yajñaistathā dānairjapahomādibhirvinā | sarvasiddhikaraṃ skanda putrapautrapravardhanam nala uvāca | svāminnanugṛhītaste darśanena mahāmune | janma rājyaṃ pitā mātā kulaṃ jīvitamadya me tatraikā rākṣasī krūrā dṛṣṭvā kāmātisuṃdaram | taṃ nṛpaṃ parirabhyaiva cucuṃbe kāmamohitā ājagāma gṛhaṃ tasyā yadṛcchā vicaranmuniḥ | dṛṣṭvā taṃ vilalāpāśu vadantī bhartuceṣṭitam āliliṃgurmudā sarve praṇemuśca yathākramam | upaviṣṭe tu nṛpatāvupaviṣṭāstadājñayā

Without sacrifices, without gifts, without recitation and oblation and the rest, it accomplishes everything, Skanda, and increases sons and grandsons. Nala said: Lord, I have been favoured by the sight of you, great sage; my birth, my kingdom, my father, mother, family and life (are fulfilled) today. There one cruel demoness, seeing that king exceedingly handsome, embraced him and kissed him, deluded by desire. The sage, wandering at will, came to her house; seeing him, she at once lamented, telling of what had befallen her husband. All joyfully embraced him and bowed in due order; and when the king was seated, they sat at his command.

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GnP 1 51.15

राजानं राजपुत्रं वा तन्मन्त्रिणमथापि वा। वशमानयति क्षिप्रं व्रतमेतन्मऽहत्तमम् सफलं स्वागमे हेतुं वद तूर्णं महामुने । गौतम उवाच । ममासीन्महती वांछा दृष्टुं ते वैभवं नृप तस्यामात्यान्भगे कृत्वा भक्षयामास सेवकान् । एतस्मिन्नंतरे राजा पलायनपरो ययौ दुःखं चाकथयत्तस्मै जातं द्वादशवार्षिकम् । निशम्य रुदितं तस्या हर्षयन्मुनिरब्रवीत् सर्वान्कुशलप्रश्नाद्यैस्तोषयित्वा यथाक्रमम् । मानयित्वा तथा लोकान्दत्वा ताम्बूलवाससी

rājānaṃ rājaputraṃ vā tanmantriṇamathāpi vā| vaśamānayati kṣipraṃ vratametanma'hattamam saphalaṃ svāgame hetuṃ vada tūrṇaṃ mahāmune | gautama uvāca | mamāsīnmahatī vāṃchā dṛṣṭuṃ te vaibhavaṃ nṛpa tasyāmātyānbhage kṛtvā bhakṣayāmāsa sevakān | etasminnaṃtare rājā palāyanaparo yayau duḥkhaṃ cākathayattasmai jātaṃ dvādaśavārṣikam | niśamya ruditaṃ tasyā harṣayanmunirabravīt sarvānkuśalapraśnādyaistoṣayitvā yathākramam | mānayitvā tathā lokāndatvā tāmbūlavāsasī

This greatest of vows quickly brings under one's control a king, or a king's son, or his minister. Tell me at once, great sage, the fruitful reason for your coming. Gautama said: I had a great longing to see your splendour, king. Having made away with his ministers, she devoured the servants; and meanwhile the king went off, bent on flight. And she told him the sorrow of twelve years that had come upon her; hearing her weeping, the sage spoke, gladdening her. Having satisfied them all in due order with enquiries after their welfare and the like, and having honoured the people and given them betel and garments...

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GnP 1 51.16

महापापोपपापैश्च बहुजन्मसुसंचितैः । व्रतस्यास्य प्रभावेण तैः पुमान्मुच्यते क्षणात् स्तुवंति देवाः स्वर्गस्था ब्रह्मेन्द्र हरि शूलिनः । धन्योऽसि मर्त्यलोकस्थो मर्त्यैर्देवैश्च शस्यसे कासारमध्ये मग्नोऽभून्नाद्राक्षीद्राक्षसी च तम् । स धृतो नागकन्याभिर्नीतः पातालमन्दिरम् नारद उवाच । क्वापि तिष्ठति ते भर्ता न तं शोचितुमर्हसि । शिरच्छादय नीलेन वाससा कर्णभूषणे स्वयं जगाम शिबिरमिन्दुमत्या नृपोत्तमः । कारयामास स विधिं द्वादशाब्ददृशैर्द्विजैः

mahāpāpopapāpaiśca bahujanmasusaṃcitaiḥ | vratasyāsya prabhāveṇa taiḥ pumānmucyate kṣaṇāt stuvaṃti devāḥ svargasthā brahmendra hari śūlinaḥ | dhanyo'si martyalokastho martyairdevaiśca śasyase kāsāramadhye magno'bhūnnādrākṣīdrākṣasī ca tam | sa dhṛto nāgakanyābhirnītaḥ pātālamandiram nārada uvāca | kvāpi tiṣṭhati te bhartā na taṃ śocitumarhasi | śiracchādaya nīlena vāsasā karṇabhūṣaṇe svayaṃ jagāma śibiramindumatyā nṛpottamaḥ | kārayāmāsa sa vidhiṃ dvādaśābdadṛśairdvijaiḥ

By the power of this vow a man is freed in a moment from the great sins and lesser sins amassed over many births. The gods in heaven praise him — Brahmā, Indra, Hari, the trident-bearer: 'You are blessed; though dwelling in the world of mortals you are extolled by mortals and by gods.' He sank in the middle of the lake, and the demoness did not see him; he was taken hold of by the nāga maidens and brought to a mansion in Pātāla. Nārada said: Your husband is alive somewhere; you should not grieve for him. Cover your head with a blue cloth, (and put on) your ear-ornaments. The best of kings went himself to the camp with Indumatī, and had the rite performed by brahmins who had seen twelve years (of study).

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GnP 1 51.17

भाजनं सर्वसिद्धीनां जायते मानवो भुवि । प्रीतिदं तु गणेशस्य नानेन सदृशं क्षितौ नित्यतृप्तोऽप्यहं तृप्तः पूजां दृष्ट्वा च वैभवम् । इदानीमनुजानीहि गमिष्ये स्वाश्रमं प्रति भूषितो नागकन्याभिर्वस्त्रालंकारभूषणैः । पप्रच्छुर्नागकन्यास्तं कुत आगमनं तव कर्णयोः कुरु भाले त्वं बिभ्रती कुंकुमं शुभम् । वलयानि च करयोः कंठे मंगलसूत्रकम् पुण्याहवाचनं कृत्वा गणेशार्चनपूर्वकम् । संपूज्य शंकरं सम्यग् द्विजांश्च दक्षिणादिभिः

bhājanaṃ sarvasiddhīnāṃ jāyate mānavo bhuvi | prītidaṃ tu gaṇeśasya nānena sadṛśaṃ kṣitau nityatṛpto'pyahaṃ tṛptaḥ pūjāṃ dṛṣṭvā ca vaibhavam | idānīmanujānīhi gamiṣye svāśramaṃ prati bhūṣito nāgakanyābhirvastrālaṃkārabhūṣaṇaiḥ | papracchurnāgakanyāstaṃ kuta āgamanaṃ tava karṇayoḥ kuru bhāle tvaṃ bibhratī kuṃkumaṃ śubham | valayāni ca karayoḥ kaṃṭhe maṃgalasūtrakam puṇyāhavācanaṃ kṛtvā gaṇeśārcanapūrvakam | saṃpūjya śaṃkaraṃ samyag dvijāṃśca dakṣiṇādibhiḥ

A man on earth becomes a vessel of all attainments; it gives pleasure to Gaṇeśa, and there is nothing on earth equal to it. Though ever content, I am (now) content, having seen the worship and the splendour; now grant me leave, I shall go to my own hermitage. Adorned by the nāga maidens with garments, ornaments and jewellery — the nāga maidens asked him: 'Whence is your coming?' Put (ornaments) on your ears, wear the auspicious vermilion on your brow, bangles on your hands, and the auspicious marriage-thread at your throat. Having performed the pronouncement of the auspicious day, preceded by the worship of Gaṇeśa, and having duly worshipped Śaṅkara and the brahmins with fees and the rest...

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GnP 1 51.18

स्कन्द उवाच । तात कस्मिन्भवेन्मासि व्रतमेतन्महोत्तमम्। निधानं कीदृशं चास्य केन वाऽऽचरितं पुरा नल उवाच । वेदवेदांगविद् ब्रह्मन् सर्वशास्त्रप्रवर्तक । दयानिधे क्षणं स्थित्वा छिन्धि मे संशयं मुने कोसि कस्यासि किं तात वद सत्यं नरोत्तम । इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ता जगाद नराधिपः हिमवानुवाच । सर्वज्ञस्य मुनेर्वाक्याद्विश्वस्ता सत्यवादिनः । तत्कालं सर्वमानाय्य हर्षिता सा तथाऽकरोत् बभंज श्रीफलं त्यक्त्वा ततस्तत्पुरतो ययौ। ददर्श तत्रेन्दुमतीमिन्दोः शेषां कलामिव

skanda uvāca | tāta kasminbhavenmāsi vratametanmahottamam| nidhānaṃ kīdṛśaṃ cāsya kena vā''caritaṃ purā nala uvāca | vedavedāṃgavid brahman sarvaśāstrapravartaka | dayānidhe kṣaṇaṃ sthitvā chindhi me saṃśayaṃ mune kosi kasyāsi kiṃ tāta vada satyaṃ narottama | iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā tā jagāda narādhipaḥ himavānuvāca | sarvajñasya munervākyādviśvastā satyavādinaḥ | tatkālaṃ sarvamānāyya harṣitā sā tathā'karot babhaṃja śrīphalaṃ tyaktvā tatastatpurato yayau| dadarśa tatrendumatīmindoḥ śeṣāṃ kalāmiva

Skanda said: Father, in what month should this most excellent vow be (performed)? What is its store (of merit), and by whom was it practised of old? Nala said: Knower of the Veda and the Vedāṅgas, brahmin, promulgator of all the scriptures, treasury of compassion — stay a moment and cut off my doubt, sage. 'Who are you, whose are you, what are you, sir? Speak the truth, best of men.' Hearing that speech of theirs, the king spoke to them. Himavān said: Trusting the words of the omniscient, truthful sage, she at once had everyone summoned and, delighted, did so. He broke and set aside a bel-fruit and then went before him; there he saw Indumatī, like the last remaining sliver of the moon.

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GnP 1 51.19

सर्वमेतन्ममाचक्ष्व यद्यस्ति करुणा मयि । शिव उवाच । नभः शुक्लचतुर्थ्यां तु स्नात्वा गुरुगृहं व्रजेत् । प्रणम्य तं गुरुं पश्चात्पूजयित्वा यथाविधि मुनिरुवाच । साधु पृष्टं महाराज स्थितोऽहं स्नेहभावतः । नागा नृपाश्च देवाश्च यत्ते नाज्ञा विलंघिन: अहं चन्द्रांगदो नाम हेमांगदसुतो बली। मालवे विषये कर्णनगरे वसतिर्मम आकार्यं ब्राह्मणान् सर्वान् संपूज्य नारदं पुरा। संपूज्य सकलांस्तांस्तु ददौ दानान्यनेकशः नीराजयित्वा राजानं युवतीभिः सभर्तृभिः । लाजपुष्पमयीं वृष्टिं ताभिःसाऽकार यत्तदा

sarvametanmamācakṣva yadyasti karuṇā mayi | śiva uvāca | nabhaḥ śuklacaturthyāṃ tu snātvā gurugṛhaṃ vrajet | praṇamya taṃ guruṃ paścātpūjayitvā yathāvidhi muniruvāca | sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ mahārāja sthito'haṃ snehabhāvataḥ | nāgā nṛpāśca devāśca yatte nājñā vilaṃghina: ahaṃ candrāṃgado nāma hemāṃgadasuto balī| mālave viṣaye karṇanagare vasatirmama ākāryaṃ brāhmaṇān sarvān saṃpūjya nāradaṃ purā| saṃpūjya sakalāṃstāṃstu dadau dānānyanekaśaḥ nīrājayitvā rājānaṃ yuvatībhiḥ sabhartṛbhiḥ | lājapuṣpamayīṃ vṛṣṭiṃ tābhiḥsā'kāra yattadā

Tell me all this, if you have compassion for me. Śiva said: On the fourth day of the bright fortnight of Śrāvaṇa one should bathe and go to the guru's house; having bowed to that guru, one should then worship him according to rule. The sage said: Well have you asked, great king; I am staying here out of affection. Nāgas, kings and gods do not transgress your command. I am Candrāṅgada, the strong son of Hemāṅgada; my dwelling is in the Mālava country, in the city of Karṇa. Having summoned all the brahmins, and having first honoured Nārada, she worshipped them all and gave gifts many times over. Having waved the lights before the king with young women accompanied by their husbands, she then had them make a rain of parched grain and flowers.

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GnP 1 51.21

सर्वसिद्धिकरं तात व्रतं गाणेश्वरं गुरो । त्वमेव श्रीगणेशोऽसि दिश कामप्रदं प्रभो वद तत्त्वेन कश्चाहमभवं पूर्वजन्मनि । मुनिरुवाच । गौंडदेशात्परे देशे पुरे पिप्पलसंज्ञिके भक्षिताः सर्वलोका मे मृगयाभिरतस्य ह। सरोजलप्रसादेन जीवंस्तिष्ठामि सांप्रतम् वस्त्रताम्बूल दानेन ददावाज्ञां जनस्य सा । प्रणिपत्य पुनर्देवं मुनिं नारदमादरात् परस्परवियोगाधिं कथयामासतुः शुचा । अनिवार्यप्रकृतिभिः सान्त्वितौ बहुलोक्तिभिः

sarvasiddhikaraṃ tāta vrataṃ gāṇeśvaraṃ guro | tvameva śrīgaṇeśo'si diśa kāmapradaṃ prabho vada tattvena kaścāhamabhavaṃ pūrvajanmani | muniruvāca | gauṃḍadeśātpare deśe pure pippalasaṃjñike bhakṣitāḥ sarvalokā me mṛgayābhiratasya ha| sarojalaprasādena jīvaṃstiṣṭhāmi sāṃpratam vastratāmbūla dānena dadāvājñāṃ janasya sā | praṇipatya punardevaṃ muniṃ nāradamādarāt parasparaviyogādhiṃ kathayāmāsatuḥ śucā | anivāryaprakṛtibhiḥ sāntvitau bahuloktibhiḥ

The vow of Gaṇeśa accomplishes everything, my father, my teacher; you yourself are Śrī Gaṇeśa — grant (me) that which fulfils desire, lord. Tell me truly, who was I in a former birth? The sage said: In a land beyond the Gauḍa country, in a city named Pippala... All the people were devoured by me, who was addicted to hunting; by the grace of the lake-water I remain alive now. With gifts of garments and betel she gave the people leave to go; bowing again to the god and reverently to the sage Nārada, the two told each other with grief the pain of their separation; and the two were consoled with many words by the (grieving) subjects, who could not be restrained.

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GnP 1 51.22

उपदिष्टे व्रते तेन सार्धं गंगातटं व्रजेत् । तडागं वा देवखातं तत्र स्नायाद्यथाविधि त्वमासीः क्षत्रियः पूर्वं दरिद्रो ज्ञानवान् शुचिः। जायापत्यैः सुहृद्भिश्च वाक्शरैस्ताडितो भृशम् इति ता वचनं श्रुत्वा पुनरुचुर्नृपं तदा स्वभर्तृप्राप्तयेऽपृच्छदुपायं राजकन्यका । इन्दुमत्युवाच । कुत्र तिष्ठति मे भर्ता कथं तिष्ठति वा मुने आनयित्वा तु राजानं समारोह्य महागजे । नानालंकारसंयुक्ते पताका छत्र संयुते

upadiṣṭe vrate tena sārdhaṃ gaṃgātaṭaṃ vrajet | taḍāgaṃ vā devakhātaṃ tatra snāyādyathāvidhi tvamāsīḥ kṣatriyaḥ pūrvaṃ daridro jñānavān śuciḥ| jāyāpatyaiḥ suhṛdbhiśca vākśaraistāḍito bhṛśam iti tā vacanaṃ śrutvā punarucurnṛpaṃ tadā svabhartṛprāptaye'pṛcchadupāyaṃ rājakanyakā | indumatyuvāca | kutra tiṣṭhati me bhartā kathaṃ tiṣṭhati vā mune ānayitvā tu rājānaṃ samārohya mahāgaje | nānālaṃkārasaṃyukte patākā chatra saṃyute

When the vow has been taught, one should go with him to the bank of the Ganges; or to a tank or a god-made pool, and there bathe according to rule. You were formerly a kshatriya, poor, possessed of knowledge, pure; by wife, children and friends you were struck sorely with the arrows of speech. Hearing these words, they spoke again to the king then; and the king's daughter asked the means for regaining her own husband. Indumatī said: Where does my husband dwell, and how does he fare, O sage? — and having fetched the king and mounted (him) upon a great elephant fitted with various ornaments and furnished with banner and parasol,

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GnP 1 51.23

श्वेतसर्षपयुक्तेन तिलकल्केन षण्मुख । स्नात्वा धात्रीयुतेनेह कृत्वा नित्यं गृहं व्रजेत् रात्रावपृष्ट्वा सर्वांस्त्वं निर्वेदाद् गहनं वनम् । गतवान्वृक्षवल्लीभिः सिंहव्याघ्रगजैर्मृगैः ता ऊचुः । भवास्माकं पतिरिह सर्वं सेत्स्यति ते प्रियम्। अस्माकं नागकन्यानां भोगश्चातीव दुर्लभः केनोपायेन वेदज्ञ दर्शनं तस्य मे भवेत् । अनुग्रहं कुरु मुने तमुपायं वदस्व मे । व्रतं दानं तपो वापि दुःसाध्यमपि यद्भवेत् पादचारैः परिवृते चतुर्घंटाविराजिते । शतं यष्टिधरास्तस्य वारयन्तो ययुः पुरः

śvetasarṣapayuktena tilakalkena ṣaṇmukha | snātvā dhātrīyuteneha kṛtvā nityaṃ gṛhaṃ vrajet rātrāvapṛṣṭvā sarvāṃstvaṃ nirvedād gahanaṃ vanam | gatavānvṛkṣavallībhiḥ siṃhavyāghragajairmṛgaiḥ tā ūcuḥ | bhavāsmākaṃ patiriha sarvaṃ setsyati te priyam| asmākaṃ nāgakanyānāṃ bhogaścātīva durlabhaḥ kenopāyena vedajña darśanaṃ tasya me bhavet | anugrahaṃ kuru mune tamupāyaṃ vadasva me | vrataṃ dānaṃ tapo vāpi duḥsādhyamapi yadbhavet pādacāraiḥ parivṛte caturghaṃṭāvirājite | śataṃ yaṣṭidharāstasya vārayanto yayuḥ puraḥ

With sesame paste combined with white mustard, O six-faced one, having bathed with (paste) mixed with emblic myrobalan and performed the daily rites, one should go home. At night, without asking anyone, out of despair you went to the dense forest with its trees and creepers, its lions, tigers, elephants and deer. They said: Be our husband here, all that you wish will be accomplished; and the enjoyment of us nāga maidens is exceedingly hard to obtain. By what means, O knower of the Veda, may the sight of him be mine? Show favour, sage, tell me that means, be it vow, gift, or austerity, even if it be hard to accomplish. — surrounded by foot-attendants, resplendent with four bells; a hundred staff-bearers went before him, holding (the crowd) back.

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GnP 1 51.24

उपविश्यासने शुद्धे पूजयित्वा गणाधिपम् । गुरूपदिष्टमार्गेण व्रतं पश्चात्समारभेत् तासामिति वचः श्रुत्वा प्रोवाच नृपसत्तमः । एकपत्नीव्रतं मेऽस्ति मातरस्तत्कथं त्यजे नारद उवाच । व्रतं तु परमं तेऽहं कथयामि समासतः । नभःशुक्लचतुर्थ्यां तदारभेत्परया मुदा अग्नि शस्त्र धराश्चाश्व रथारोहा अनेकशः । सव्य दक्षिणतो राज्ञो गजलक्षं ययुर्लघु

upaviśyāsane śuddhe pūjayitvā gaṇādhipam | gurūpadiṣṭamārgeṇa vrataṃ paścātsamārabhet tāsāmiti vacaḥ śrutvā provāca nṛpasattamaḥ | ekapatnīvrataṃ me'sti mātarastatkathaṃ tyaje nārada uvāca | vrataṃ tu paramaṃ te'haṃ kathayāmi samāsataḥ | nabhaḥśuklacaturthyāṃ tadārabhetparayā mudā agni śastra dharāścāśva rathārohā anekaśaḥ | savya dakṣiṇato rājño gajalakṣaṃ yayurlaghu

Having sat upon a pure seat and worshipped the Lord of the Hosts, one should then begin the vow by the way taught by the guru. Hearing their words, the best of kings said: I hold the vow of one wife, mothers; how shall I abandon it? Nārada said: I shall tell you in brief the supreme vow: one should begin it on the bright fourth of the month of Nabhas (Śrāvaṇa) with the highest joy. Bearers of fire and weapons, and riders of horses and chariots, in great numbers; on the king's left and right a hundred thousand elephants moved lightly.

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GnP 1 51.25

मृदामूर्तिं गणेशस्य चतुर्थ्यां श्रावणस्य तु । प्रत्यहं पूजयेत्कृत्वा यावद् भाद्रचतुर्थिका सेवितं शीतलजलै सरोभिर्जलजादिभिः । आश्रमोऽथ त्वयाऽदर्शि भ्रमता भ्रमता वने तपोनिधेः कौशिकस्य वेदघोषनिनादितः । तत्र गत्वा मुनिं तं त्वं प्रणतो भक्तिभावतः सोमवंशप्रसूतानां राज्ञां धर्मान्ब्रवीमि वः । परद्रव्यं परद्रोहं परदारांस्तथैव च नद्यां तडागे वाप्यां वा दन्तधावनपूर्वकम्। स्नानं प्रभातसमये कुरु संकल्पपूर्वकम् नटा नृत्यांगना वाद्यवादका बन्दिनः पुरः । ततः पश्चाद् गजानीकाः पुरं विविशुरादरात्

mṛdāmūrtiṃ gaṇeśasya caturthyāṃ śrāvaṇasya tu | pratyahaṃ pūjayetkṛtvā yāvad bhādracaturthikā sevitaṃ śītalajalai sarobhirjalajādibhiḥ | āśramo'tha tvayā'darśi bhramatā bhramatā vane taponidheḥ kauśikasya vedaghoṣanināditaḥ | tatra gatvā muniṃ taṃ tvaṃ praṇato bhaktibhāvataḥ somavaṃśaprasūtānāṃ rājñāṃ dharmānbravīmi vaḥ | paradravyaṃ paradrohaṃ paradārāṃstathaiva ca nadyāṃ taḍāge vāpyāṃ vā dantadhāvanapūrvakam| snānaṃ prabhātasamaye kuru saṃkalpapūrvakam naṭā nṛtyāṃganā vādyavādakā bandinaḥ puraḥ | tataḥ paścād gajānīkāḥ puraṃ viviśurādarāt

On the fourth of Śrāvaṇa, having made a clay image of Gaṇeśa, one should worship it every day until the fourth of Bhādra. Then, as you wandered and wandered in the forest, there was seen by you the āśrama of Kauśika, the treasury of austerity, tended with cool waters, with lakes and lotuses, and resounding with the sound of Vedic recitation; going there, you bowed to that sage in a spirit of devotion. I declare to you the duties of kings born in the lunar line: another's property, injury to another, and likewise another's wives (are to be shunned). In a river, a tank, or a pond, first cleaning the teeth, perform the bath at dawn, preceded by the resolve. Actors, dancing women, players of instruments and bards in front; then, after them, the elephant-troops entered the city reverently.

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GnP 1 51.26

ब्रह्मचर्यव्रते स्थित्वा कर्तव्यं व्रतमुत्तमम् । उपवासैकभक्ताभ्यां नक्तेनायाचितेन वा उत्थापितः कौशिकेन दीनानाथ दयावता । दुःखितं त्वां विदित्वा स आशीर्वादमवीवदत् परनिन्दां च नेच्छन्ति नृपाः सौम्याश्च साधवः । अधीतिर्यजनं दानं शरणागतपालनम् शुक्लवासा गृहं गत्वा मृन्मयीं मूर्तिमुत्तमाम् । कुर्याच्चतुर्भुजां सम्यग् गणेशस्य मनोरमाम् सैन्येन रजसा व्याप्ते दिननाथे हतप्रभे । अलंकृते पुरे तस्मिन्न प्राज्ञायत किंचन

brahmacaryavrate sthitvā kartavyaṃ vratamuttamam | upavāsaikabhaktābhyāṃ naktenāyācitena vā utthāpitaḥ kauśikena dīnānātha dayāvatā | duḥkhitaṃ tvāṃ viditvā sa āśīrvādamavīvadat paranindāṃ ca necchanti nṛpāḥ saumyāśca sādhavaḥ | adhītiryajanaṃ dānaṃ śaraṇāgatapālanam śuklavāsā gṛhaṃ gatvā mṛnmayīṃ mūrtimuttamām | kuryāccaturbhujāṃ samyag gaṇeśasya manoramām sainyena rajasā vyāpte dinanāthe hataprabhe | alaṃkṛte pure tasminna prājñāyata kiṃcana

Abiding in the vow of chastity, the excellent vow is to be performed, with fasting, with a single meal, with a night meal, or with unsolicited food. Raised up by Kauśika, who was compassionate to the protectorless and wretched, and knowing you to be sorrowful, he pronounced a blessing. Kings, and gentle good men, do not wish for the censure of others; study, sacrificing, giving, and the protection of those who come for refuge (are their duties). Clad in white, having gone home, one should make with care an excellent, charming, four-armed clay image of Gaṇeśa. When the sun was covered by the dust of the army and its brightness destroyed, nothing at all could be discerned in that adorned city.

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GnP 1 51.27

चतुर्थकाले भुंजीत हविष्यान्नं समाहितः । अक्षरं मधुरं भुंजन् भक्तिमानाचरेद् व्रतम् गजाननो मे देवेशो भविता ते शुभंकरः । श्रुत्वा तदाशिषं सौम्यां प्राप्तोऽसि परमां मुदम् निषिद्धाचरणं नैव विध्यर्थं प्रतिपालनम् । एते धर्मा त्रिवर्णानां याजनादित्रयं द्विजे उपचारैः षोडशभिः पूजयेत् स्थिरचेतसा । एकान्नमेकभुक्तं वा स्वयं कुर्यात्प्रयत्नतः । उपोषणं वा कुर्वीत यावद्भाद्रचतुर्थिका ततः परस्परं नत्वा जग्मुः स्वं स्वं निवेशनम् । मुख्या राजगृहं नीताः पुना राज्ञा प्रपूजिताः

caturthakāle bhuṃjīta haviṣyānnaṃ samāhitaḥ | akṣaraṃ madhuraṃ bhuṃjan bhaktimānācared vratam gajānano me deveśo bhavitā te śubhaṃkaraḥ | śrutvā tadāśiṣaṃ saumyāṃ prāpto'si paramāṃ mudam niṣiddhācaraṇaṃ naiva vidhyarthaṃ pratipālanam | ete dharmā trivarṇānāṃ yājanāditrayaṃ dvije upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ pūjayet sthiracetasā | ekānnamekabhuktaṃ vā svayaṃ kuryātprayatnataḥ | upoṣaṇaṃ vā kurvīta yāvadbhādracaturthikā tataḥ parasparaṃ natvā jagmuḥ svaṃ svaṃ niveśanam | mukhyā rājagṛhaṃ nītāḥ punā rājñā prapūjitāḥ

At the fourth period (of the day) let him eat, collected in mind, food fit for oblation; eating what is sweet and imperishable, full of devotion, let him observe the vow. Gajānana, my lord of gods, will be a doer of good to you: hearing that gentle blessing, you attained the highest joy. There is to be no doing of what is forbidden, and observance is for the sake of the injunction; these are the duties of the three classes, while for the twice-born there are the three beginning with officiating at sacrifices. With the sixteen services one should worship with steady mind; one should oneself, with effort, take a single kind of food or a single meal, or else fast, until the fourth of Bhādra. Then, bowing to one another, they went each to his own dwelling; the chief ones were brought to the king's house and again honoured by the king.

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GnP 1 51.28

जपन् गाणेश्वरीं विद्यां षडानन षडक्षरीम् । द्विचतुरक्षरां वापि तथैवैकाक्षरामपि पृष्टवानसि तं विप्रमुपायं सर्वकामदं । दारिद्र्यनाशकं राजन् भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं शिवम् अधिकं सर्ववर्णानामातिथ्यं परमं मतम् । इति श्रुत्वा नृपवचोऽखिला नागकुमारिकाः गीतवादित्रनृत्याद्यैर्ब्राह्मणानां च भोजनैः । महोत्सवं प्रकुर्वीत विभवे सति शोभने वस्त्र ताम्बूल दानेन तेनाज्ञाता गृहं ययुः । राजाऽथ ब्राह्मणान्भोज्य बुभुजे ज्ञातिभिः सह

japan gāṇeśvarīṃ vidyāṃ ṣaḍānana ṣaḍakṣarīm | dvicaturakṣarāṃ vāpi tathaivaikākṣarāmapi pṛṣṭavānasi taṃ vipramupāyaṃ sarvakāmadaṃ | dāridryanāśakaṃ rājan bhuktimuktipradaṃ śivam adhikaṃ sarvavarṇānāmātithyaṃ paramaṃ matam | iti śrutvā nṛpavaco'khilā nāgakumārikāḥ gītavāditranṛtyādyairbrāhmaṇānāṃ ca bhojanaiḥ | mahotsavaṃ prakurvīta vibhave sati śobhane vastra tāmbūla dānena tenājñātā gṛhaṃ yayuḥ | rājā'tha brāhmaṇānbhojya bubhuje jñātibhiḥ saha

Muttering the Gāṇeśvarī spell of six syllables, O six-faced one, or of two or four syllables, or likewise of one syllable — you asked that brahmin for the means that grants all desires, destroys poverty, O king, and gives enjoyment, liberation and welfare. Hospitality is held to be supreme and highest for all the classes. Hearing thus the king's word, all the young nāga maidens — with song, instrumental music, dance and the like, and with feeding of brahmins, one should hold a great festival, when means are ample and auspicious — dismissed by him with a gift of garments and betel, went home; and the king, having fed the brahmins, ate together with his kinsmen.

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GnP 1 51.29

दशाक्षरामथ स्कन्द द्वादशार्णामथापि वा। नियुतं वाऽयुतं वापि प्रत्यहं जप इष्यते गणेशाराधनं तुभ्यं कथयामास कौशिकः । कौशिक उवाच । व्रतं कुरु गणेशस्य मासमात्रं नराधिप प्रशेपुस्तं वियुक्तस्त्वं बहुधा स्वस्त्रिया भव । बबन्धुर्निगडैस्तं ता दुःखिताः कामविह्वलाः एवं व्रतं कुरु शुभे भर्त्रासह समेष्यसि । पाताले नागकन्या भो रुद्धेन जीविता शुभे ततो रात्रौ सुषुपतुः पर्यंके चारुनिर्मिते । परार्ध्यास्तरणोपेते परिच्छदुपधान्विते

daśākṣarāmatha skanda dvādaśārṇāmathāpi vā| niyutaṃ vā'yutaṃ vāpi pratyahaṃ japa iṣyate gaṇeśārādhanaṃ tubhyaṃ kathayāmāsa kauśikaḥ | kauśika uvāca | vrataṃ kuru gaṇeśasya māsamātraṃ narādhipa praśepustaṃ viyuktastvaṃ bahudhā svastriyā bhava | babandhurnigaḍaistaṃ tā duḥkhitāḥ kāmavihvalāḥ evaṃ vrataṃ kuru śubhe bhartrāsaha sameṣyasi | pātāle nāgakanyā bho ruddhena jīvitā śubhe tato rātrau suṣupatuḥ paryaṃke cārunirmite | parārdhyāstaraṇopete paricchadupadhānvite

Or of ten syllables, O Skanda, or again of twelve syllables; a hundred thousand or ten thousand repetitions each day is desired. Kauśika told you the worship of Gaṇeśa. Kauśika said: Perform the vow of Gaṇeśa for a month only, O lord of men. They cursed him: 'Be you long separated from your own wife in many ways'; those women, grieved and overcome with desire, bound him with fetters. Perform the vow thus, fair one, and you will meet with your husband; in the underworld, O nāga maiden, he is kept alive though confined, fair one. Then at night the two slept upon a beautifully made couch spread with priceless coverings and provided with cushions and coverlets.

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GnP 1 51.31

प्राप्ते प्रोष्ठपदे मासि चतुर्थ्यां तु गजाननम्। सौवर्ण पलमानेन तदर्धांर्धेन वा पुनः दिने दिने मासमात्रं ततः सिद्धिमवाप्स्यसि । मुनिरुवाच । इति श्रुत्वा कौशिकं तं पप्रच्छ भूमिपः पु:न इमं वृत्तान्तमशृणोद्राज्ञी राजीवलोचना । पर्यंकस्था स्वदूतात्सा राक्षसीतोऽवशेषितात् गते मुनौ नभोमासि दिनैः कतिभिरागते । द्विरदाननमूर्तिं सा चकार पार्थिवीं शुभाम् श्रुत्वा विनायकव्रत महिमानं नृपोत्तमः । पत्न्त्याऽभूतं सकलं स्वयं कर्तुं मनो दधे

prāpte proṣṭhapade māsi caturthyāṃ tu gajānanam| sauvarṇa palamānena tadardhāṃrdhena vā punaḥ dine dine māsamātraṃ tataḥ siddhimavāpsyasi | muniruvāca | iti śrutvā kauśikaṃ taṃ papraccha bhūmipaḥ pu:na imaṃ vṛttāntamaśṛṇodrājñī rājīvalocanā | paryaṃkasthā svadūtātsā rākṣasīto'vaśeṣitāt gate munau nabhomāsi dinaiḥ katibhirāgate | dviradānanamūrtiṃ sā cakāra pārthivīṃ śubhām śrutvā vināyakavrata mahimānaṃ nṛpottamaḥ | patntyā'bhūtaṃ sakalaṃ svayaṃ kartuṃ mano dadhe

When the month of Proṣṭhapada has come, on the fourth (one should make an image of) Gajānana, of a gold measure of a pala, or again of a half or a quarter of that. Day by day for a month only — then you will attain success. The sage said: Hearing this, the king asked that Kauśika again. The lotus-eyed queen heard this account, seated on her couch, from her own messenger, who had been left over from the demoness. When the sage had gone, in the month of Nabhas, after some days had passed, she made an auspicious earthen image of the elephant-faced one. Having heard the greatness of the Vināyaka vow, the best of kings set his mind on doing himself all that had been done by his wife.

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GnP 1 51.32

मयूरवाहनं कुर्यादथवा ऽऽखुगतं शुभम् । कृत्वा मंडपिकां तत्र धान्यराशिं प्रकल्पयेत् गजाननं न जानामि तत्स्वरुपं वदस्व मे। ज्ञात्वा तं देवदेवेशं करिष्ये व्रतमुत्तमम् भग्नं निशम्य नृपतिं दुःखिता पतिता भुवि । मूर्छामवाप महतीं सखीभिः परिव्रीजिता पूर्वोक्तविधिना पूजां चकार सुमनोहराम् । दिव्यगन्धैर्दिव्यवस्त्रैर्दिव्यैश्च कुसुमैरपि आगते श्रावणे मासि राजा चन्द्रांगदस्तदा । महोत्सवेन कृतवान् व्रतमेतच्छुभानने

mayūravāhanaṃ kuryādathavā ''khugataṃ śubham | kṛtvā maṃḍapikāṃ tatra dhānyarāśiṃ prakalpayet gajānanaṃ na jānāmi tatsvarupaṃ vadasva me| jñātvā taṃ devadeveśaṃ kariṣye vratamuttamam bhagnaṃ niśamya nṛpatiṃ duḥkhitā patitā bhuvi | mūrchāmavāpa mahatīṃ sakhībhiḥ parivrījitā pūrvoktavidhinā pūjāṃ cakāra sumanoharām | divyagandhairdivyavastrairdivyaiśca kusumairapi āgate śrāvaṇe māsi rājā candrāṃgadastadā | mahotsavena kṛtavān vratametacchubhānane

One should make him peacock-borne, or auspiciously mouse-borne; having made a small pavilion, one should there arrange a heap of grain. 'I do not know Gajānana; tell me his form; knowing him, the lord of the gods of gods, I shall perform the excellent vow.' Hearing that the king was broken, she, grieved, fell to the ground and swooned deeply, and was fanned by her friends. She performed a most lovely worship by the rule stated before, with divine perfumes, divine garments and divine flowers too. When the month of Śrāvaṇa came, King Candrāṅgada then performed this vow with a great festival, O fair-faced one.

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GnP 1 51.33

सौवर्णं राजतं ताम्रं कलशं स्थापयेत्ततः । तस्योपरि न्यसेत्पात्रं रुक्मराजतताम्रकम् इति तेन कृते प्रश्ने जगाद मुनिसत्तमः। अनिर्वाच्यस्वरूपस्य परब्रह्मस्वरुपिणः सिक्ता शीतलतोयेन रुदन्तीभिर्मुहर्मुहुः। उपविष्टा प्ररुदति घ्नंति वक्षः शिरो मुखम् दिव्यैर्नानाविधैश्चैव नैवेद्यैः फलकांचनैः । दीपैः पुष्पांजलीभिश्च प्रक्रमैर्नतिभिः स्तवैः ऋषिरुवाच । एवं पितृवचः श्रुत्वा पार्वती भृशहर्षितः । नभोमासं समासाद्य चकार व्रतमादरात्

sauvarṇaṃ rājataṃ tāmraṃ kalaśaṃ sthāpayettataḥ | tasyopari nyasetpātraṃ rukmarājatatāmrakam iti tena kṛte praśne jagāda munisattamaḥ| anirvācyasvarūpasya parabrahmasvarupiṇaḥ siktā śītalatoyena rudantībhirmuharmuhuḥ| upaviṣṭā prarudati ghnaṃti vakṣaḥ śiro mukham divyairnānāvidhaiścaiva naivedyaiḥ phalakāṃcanaiḥ | dīpaiḥ puṣpāṃjalībhiśca prakramairnatibhiḥ stavaiḥ ṛṣiruvāca | evaṃ pitṛvacaḥ śrutvā pārvatī bhṛśaharṣitaḥ | nabhomāsaṃ samāsādya cakāra vratamādarāt

One should then set up a golden, silver, or copper pot; upon it one should place a vessel of gold, silver, or copper. When this question had been put by him, the best of sages spoke of him whose form is inexpressible, who is of the nature of the supreme Brahman. Sprinkled with cool water by the women weeping again and again, she sat up and wept aloud; they beat their breasts, heads and faces. And with divine offerings of many kinds, with fruits and gold, with lamps, with handfuls of flowers, with circumambulations, prostrations and hymns — the seer said: Hearing thus her father's words, Pārvatī was greatly delighted, and when the month of Nabhas came she performed the vow with reverence.

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GnP 1 51.34

वस्त्रयुग्मेन संवेष्य्म सपात्रं कलशं ततः । पंचपल्लवसंयुक्तं पंचरत्नसमन्वितम् वैकारिकस्वरूपाणि गजाननकृतानि तम् शुशोच परमालापैर्भर्तः कान्तेति जल्पती । क्वगतः प्राणनाथो मे हित्वा मां प्रियवादिनीम् तन्नामस्मरणैर्ध्यानैस्तोषयामास तं विभुम् । गीतवादित्रनृत्याद्यैर्रा तह्मणानां च भोजनै: यथोक्तविधिना मूर्तिं कृत्वा पूजां च यत्नतः । भक्षयन्ती पयोमात्रं ध्यायन्ती द्विरदाननम्

vastrayugmena saṃveṣyma sapātraṃ kalaśaṃ tataḥ | paṃcapallavasaṃyuktaṃ paṃcaratnasamanvitam vaikārikasvarūpāṇi gajānanakṛtāni tam śuśoca paramālāpairbhartaḥ kānteti jalpatī | kvagataḥ prāṇanātho me hitvā māṃ priyavādinīm tannāmasmaraṇairdhyānaistoṣayāmāsa taṃ vibhum | gītavāditranṛtyādyairrā tahmaṇānāṃ ca bhojanai: yathoktavidhinā mūrtiṃ kṛtvā pūjāṃ ca yatnataḥ | bhakṣayantī payomātraṃ dhyāyantī dviradānanam

Then, having wrapped the pot together with its vessel in a pair of cloths, joined with the five sprouts and furnished with the five gems — the modified forms are made by Gajānana. She grieved with utmost lamentation, crying 'Husband! Beloved!': 'Where has the lord of my life gone, leaving me who speak sweetly to him?' By remembrance of his name and by meditations she pleased that mighty one, with song, instrumental music, dance and the like, and with feeding of brahmins. Having made the image by the rule stated and worshipped it with effort, taking only milk and meditating on the elephant-faced one —

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GnP 1 51.35

पीठपूजां पुरा कृत्वा स्थापयेत्तम तं विभुम्। मूलमंत्रैश्च वेदोक्तैः पूर्वोक्तैरपि षण्मुख कौशिक उवाच । यः कर्ता सर्वलोकानां पिता माता जगद्गुरुः । ब्रह्मेन्द्र शिव विष्णूनां ध्येयो यः स गजाननः सर्वावयवसंपूर्णा प्रणतां प्रियकारिणीम् । भर्तृकार्यरतां नित्यं नित्यं चातिथिपूजिकाम् ततश्चंचलता यातं शंकरस्यापि मानसम् । आससादाश्रमं तस्याः पार्वत्याः शूलभृत् स्वयम्

pīṭhapūjāṃ purā kṛtvā sthāpayettama taṃ vibhum| mūlamaṃtraiśca vedoktaiḥ pūrvoktairapi ṣaṇmukha kauśika uvāca | yaḥ kartā sarvalokānāṃ pitā mātā jagadguruḥ | brahmendra śiva viṣṇūnāṃ dhyeyo yaḥ sa gajānanaḥ sarvāvayavasaṃpūrṇā praṇatāṃ priyakāriṇīm | bhartṛkāryaratāṃ nityaṃ nityaṃ cātithipūjikām tataścaṃcalatā yātaṃ śaṃkarasyāpi mānasam | āsasādāśramaṃ tasyāḥ pārvatyāḥ śūlabhṛt svayam

Having first performed the worship of the seat, one should install that mighty one with the root-mantras, those stated in the Veda and those stated before, O six-faced one. Kauśika said: He who is the maker of all the worlds, father and mother, teacher of the world, who is to be meditated on by Brahmā, Indra, Śiva and Viṣṇu — he is Gajānana. Her, complete in every limb, bowed down, doing what pleases, ever devoted to her husband's service and ever a worshipper of guests — thereupon even Śaṅkara's mind came to unsteadiness, and the bearer of the trident himself approached that Pārvatī's āśrama.

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GnP 1 51.36

ध्यात्वा गजाननं देवमावाह्य परया मुदा । आसनं च तथा पाद्यं दद्यादाचमनीयकम् मुनिरुवाच । इति श्रुत्वा तु तद्वाक्यं प्रणिपत्य मुनीश्वरम् । अनुज्ञातस्ततस्तेन गतोऽसि निजमंदिरम् कुत्र भोक्ष्यति मे नाथो निद्रां वा कुत्र यास्यति । कांचनं शयनं हित्वा परार्घ्यास्तरणैर्वृतम् पलमात्रं पयो भुक्त्वा चकार व्रतमुत्तमम् । नभःशुक्लचतुर्थ्यादि चिरनष्टं प्रियाप्तये नारदस्य मुनेर्वाक्याद्यावद्भाद्रचतुर्थिका गणेशस्य चतुर्थ्यां तु संपूर्णे तद्व्रते शुभे। पश्यति स्म हरं देवी वृषारूढं निजाश्रमे

dhyātvā gajānanaṃ devamāvāhya parayā mudā | āsanaṃ ca tathā pādyaṃ dadyādācamanīyakam muniruvāca | iti śrutvā tu tadvākyaṃ praṇipatya munīśvaram | anujñātastatastena gato'si nijamaṃdiram kutra bhokṣyati me nātho nidrāṃ vā kutra yāsyati | kāṃcanaṃ śayanaṃ hitvā parārghyāstaraṇairvṛtam palamātraṃ payo bhuktvā cakāra vratamuttamam | nabhaḥśuklacaturthyādi ciranaṣṭaṃ priyāptaye nāradasya munervākyādyāvadbhādracaturthikā gaṇeśasya caturthyāṃ tu saṃpūrṇe tadvrate śubhe| paśyati sma haraṃ devī vṛṣārūḍhaṃ nijāśrame

Having meditated on the god Gajānana and invoked him with the highest joy, one should offer a seat, and likewise water for the feet and water for rinsing the mouth. The sage said: Having heard that speech and bowed to the lord of sages, then, permitted by him, you went to your own house. 'Where will my lord eat, or where will he go to sleep, having left the golden bed covered with priceless spreads?' Taking only a pala of milk, she performed the excellent vow, beginning from the bright fourth of Nabhas, for the regaining of the beloved long lost, according to the word of the sage Nārada, up to the fourth of Bhādra. And on the fourth of Gaṇeśa, when that auspicious vow was complete, the goddess saw Hara mounted on his bull in her own āśrama.

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GnP 1 51.37

अर्घ्यं रत्नयुतं स्कन्द स्नानं पंचामृतैः शुभम् । सुवासिताभिरद्भिश्च स्नापयेत् परमेश्वरम् । रक्तवस्त्रयुगं दद्यादुपवीतं तथोत्तमम् आरभ्य श्रावणे शुद्धे चतुर्थ्यां व्रतमुत्तमम् । अकरोन्मृन्मयीं मूर्तिं गणेशस्य यथोदिताम् कथं स्नास्यति कान्तो मे हित्वा तैलं सुगंधिकम । लोकानां पालनं कोऽद्य विना तेन करिष्यति उत्थाय प्रणनामास्य पादाम्बुजयुगं मुदा । पूजयामास विधिवच्छंकरं लोकशंकरम्

arghyaṃ ratnayutaṃ skanda snānaṃ paṃcāmṛtaiḥ śubham | suvāsitābhiradbhiśca snāpayet parameśvaram | raktavastrayugaṃ dadyādupavītaṃ tathottamam ārabhya śrāvaṇe śuddhe caturthyāṃ vratamuttamam | akaronmṛnmayīṃ mūrtiṃ gaṇeśasya yathoditām kathaṃ snāsyati kānto me hitvā tailaṃ sugaṃdhikama | lokānāṃ pālanaṃ ko'dya vinā tena kariṣyati utthāya praṇanāmāsya pādāmbujayugaṃ mudā | pūjayāmāsa vidhivacchaṃkaraṃ lokaśaṃkaram

The offering-water with gems, O Skanda, and the auspicious bath with the five nectars; one should bathe the Supreme Lord with well-perfumed waters; one should offer a pair of red garments and likewise an excellent sacred thread. Beginning the excellent vow on the fourth of the bright half of Śrāvaṇa, she made the clay image of Gaṇeśa as prescribed. 'How will my beloved bathe, having given up fragrant oil? Who today, without him, will protect the worlds?' Rising, she joyfully bowed to his pair of lotus feet, and duly worshipped Śaṅkara, the world's benefactor.

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GnP 1 51.38

नानाविधैराभरणैर्भूषयेत् परमेश्वरम् । गंधाक्षतैर्धूपदीपैर्नैवेद्यैर्विविधैरपि स्थाने च वचने मौंने गमने शयने भुजि । ध्यायन्गजाननं देवं प्रायाः सिद्धिमनुत्तमाम् प्रजानां सर्वलोकानां बालानां रंजनं च कः । अस्तं यातो गुणनिधिः प्रताप निधिरद्य किम् उवाच च महादेवं पार्वती प्रेमविह्वला । देव्युवाच । कथं मां त्यज्य गतवान्किं मां विस्मृतवानसि

nānāvidhairābharaṇairbhūṣayet parameśvaram | gaṃdhākṣatairdhūpadīpairnaivedyairvividhairapi sthāne ca vacane mauṃne gamane śayane bhuji | dhyāyangajānanaṃ devaṃ prāyāḥ siddhimanuttamām prajānāṃ sarvalokānāṃ bālānāṃ raṃjanaṃ ca kaḥ | astaṃ yāto guṇanidhiḥ pratāpa nidhiradya kim uvāca ca mahādevaṃ pārvatī premavihvalā | devyuvāca | kathaṃ māṃ tyajya gatavānkiṃ māṃ vismṛtavānasi

One should adorn the Supreme Lord with ornaments of many kinds, with sandal-paste and unhusked grains, with incense and lamps, and with various food-offerings. In standing, in speaking, in silence, in going, in lying down, in eating — meditating on the god Gajānana, you attained the unsurpassed success. 'Who will delight the subjects, all the worlds, and the children? Has the treasury of virtue set today, the treasury of majesty?' And Pārvatī, overcome with love, spoke to Mahādeva. The goddess said: How did you go, abandoning me? Have you forgotten me?

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GnP 1 51.39

वटकापूपलड्डूकशाल्यन्नपायसादिभिः। पंचामृतैर्व्यंजनैश्च भोजयेत् परमेश्वरम् नाना गजरथाश्वाद्यैर्गोधनैर्धनसंचितैः । दासीदासयुतः श्रीमान्जातो व्रतप्रभावतः दिशः शून्याः प्रपश्यामि विना तेन महात्मना । क्वाहं सुखं प्रपश्यामि क्व सुखं सोऽपि यास्यति त्वद्वियोगान्निमेषोऽपि कल्पकल्पोऽभवद्विभो । गणेशस्य व्रतमिदं पित्रादिष्टं कृतं मया

vaṭakāpūpalaḍḍūkaśālyannapāyasādibhiḥ| paṃcāmṛtairvyaṃjanaiśca bhojayet parameśvaram nānā gajarathāśvādyairgodhanairdhanasaṃcitaiḥ | dāsīdāsayutaḥ śrīmānjāto vrataprabhāvataḥ diśaḥ śūnyāḥ prapaśyāmi vinā tena mahātmanā | kvāhaṃ sukhaṃ prapaśyāmi kva sukhaṃ so'pi yāsyati tvadviyogānnimeṣo'pi kalpakalpo'bhavadvibho | gaṇeśasya vratamidaṃ pitrādiṣṭaṃ kṛtaṃ mayā

One should feed the Supreme Lord with vaṭakas, cakes, laḍḍus, fine rice, milk-rice and the like, with the five nectars and with condiments. With many elephants, chariots, horses and the rest, with herds of cattle, with heaped-up wealth, with maidservants and servants, you became prosperous by the power of the vow. 'I see the directions empty without that great one; where shall I see happiness, and where will he too find happiness? By separation from you even a moment has become aeon upon aeon, O lord. This vow of Gaṇeśa, taught by my father, I have performed.'

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GnP 1 51.41

नीराजनं मंत्रपुष्पं दत्वा स्तोत्राण्युदीरयेत् । सहस्रनामभिः स्तुत्वा ब्राह्मणान्पूजयेत्ततः भुक्त्वा भोगान्यथाकामं कालेन निधनं गतः । जातोऽसि निषधे देशे नृपस्त्वं नलनामकः शरणागत गुप्तिं च दीनानां कः करिष्यति । एवं बहुविधं दीना रुदती भृशविह्वला ब्रह्मोवाच । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु हिमवानुपजग्मिवान् । सत्याः करं करे तस्य न्यवेदयत सादरम्

nīrājanaṃ maṃtrapuṣpaṃ datvā stotrāṇyudīrayet | sahasranāmabhiḥ stutvā brāhmaṇānpūjayettataḥ bhuktvā bhogānyathākāmaṃ kālena nidhanaṃ gataḥ | jāto'si niṣadhe deśe nṛpastvaṃ nalanāmakaḥ śaraṇāgata guptiṃ ca dīnānāṃ kaḥ kariṣyati | evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ dīnā rudatī bhṛśavihvalā brahmovāca | etasminneva kāle tu himavānupajagmivān | satyāḥ karaṃ kare tasya nyavedayata sādaram

Having offered the waving of lights and the mantra-flower, one should recite the hymns of praise; having praised with the thousand names, one should then honour the brahmins. Enjoying pleasures at will, in time you went to death, and you have been born in the Niṣadha country as a king named Nala. 'And who will give protection to those who come for refuge, and to the wretched?' Thus in many ways she, wretched, wept, greatly overwhelmed. Brahmā said: At that very time Himavān came near, and reverently placed Satī's hand in his hand.

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GnP 1 51.42

रात्रौ जागरणं कृत्वा गीतनृत्यादि मंगलैः । प्रभाते विमले स्नात्वा नित्यं कृत्वा यथाविधि अतस्त्वय्यचला लक्ष्मी त्रिलोकी जनवन्दिते । इदानीमनुजानीहि यत्पृष्टं तन्निरूपितम् तत्याज त्रोटयित्वा सा भूषणानि च दूरतः । कंकणानि च सर्वाणि बभंज च मुमूर्छ च ततो देवाः सगंधर्वा द्विरदाननमादरात् । पूजयामासुरथ तौ शिवौ शिव करौ सताम्

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā gītanṛtyādi maṃgalaiḥ | prabhāte vimale snātvā nityaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi atastvayyacalā lakṣmī trilokī janavandite | idānīmanujānīhi yatpṛṣṭaṃ tannirūpitam tatyāja troṭayitvā sā bhūṣaṇāni ca dūrataḥ | kaṃkaṇāni ca sarvāṇi babhaṃja ca mumūrcha ca tato devāḥ sagaṃdharvā dviradānanamādarāt | pūjayāmāsuratha tau śivau śiva karau satām

Having kept awake at night with song, dance and other auspicious things, at bright dawn having bathed and performed the daily rites according to rule — 'Therefore Lakṣmī is unmoving in you, O you praised by the people of the three worlds; now give me leave: what was asked has been set forth.' She tore off her ornaments and cast them far away, and she broke all her bracelets and swooned. Then the gods together with the gandharvas reverently worshipped the elephant-faced one, and then those two auspicious ones, who work the welfare of the good.

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

GnP 1 51.43

पूजयेत्पूर्ववद्देवं ततो होमं समाचरेत् । द्रव्यैर्नानाविधैर्हुत्वा कुर्यादाचार्यपूजनम् हिमवानुवाच । एवं गते गौतमे तु व्रतं चक्रे नलो नृपः । तद्वाक्याज्जातविश्वासो मूर्तिं कृत्वा सुशोभनाम् देवदुंदुभयो नेदुः पुष्पवृष्टिः पपात ह। सर्वे गजाननं नत्वा स्तुत्वा च विविधैः स्तवैः

pūjayetpūrvavaddevaṃ tato homaṃ samācaret | dravyairnānāvidhairhutvā kuryādācāryapūjanam himavānuvāca | evaṃ gate gautame tu vrataṃ cakre nalo nṛpaḥ | tadvākyājjātaviśvāso mūrtiṃ kṛtvā suśobhanām devaduṃdubhayo neduḥ puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ papāta ha| sarve gajānanaṃ natvā stutvā ca vividhaiḥ stavaiḥ

One should worship the god as before, and then perform the fire-offering; having offered various substances in the fire, one should perform the honouring of the teacher. Himavān said: When Gautama had gone thus, King Nala performed the vow; faith having arisen in him from that (sage's) word, he made a very beautiful image. The gods' drums sounded, a rain of flowers fell; all bowed to Gajānana and praised him with various hymns.

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

GnP 1 51.44

गोभूतिलहिरण्याद्यं गुरवे तन्निवेदयेत् । अन्येभ्यो ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च प्रदद्याद्भूरिदक्षिणाम् श्रुत्वा कथां गणेशस्य प्रत्यहं पूज्य भक्तित: । अलभत्सर्वकामान्स व्रतस्यास्य प्रभावतः जयशब्दैः शंकरोऽपि तुष्टाव द्विरदाननम् । अर्धांगे पार्वतीं कृत्वा वृषमारुहय सत्वरः

gobhūtilahiraṇyādyaṃ gurave tannivedayet | anyebhyo brāhmaṇebhyaśca pradadyādbhūridakṣiṇām śrutvā kathāṃ gaṇeśasya pratyahaṃ pūjya bhaktita: | alabhatsarvakāmānsa vratasyāsya prabhāvataḥ jayaśabdaiḥ śaṃkaro'pi tuṣṭāva dviradānanam | ardhāṃge pārvatīṃ kṛtvā vṛṣamāruhaya satvaraḥ

(He) should present cows, land, sesame, gold and the rest to the teacher, and should give abundant gifts to other brahmins as well. Having heard the tale of Gaṇeśa and worshipped (him) daily with devotion, he obtained all his desires through the power of this observance. With cries of "Victory!" even Śaṃkara praised the two-tusked one; placing Pārvatī at half his body, he swiftly mounted the bull.