Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 56
GnP 1 56.1
भृगुरुवाच । एवं ते कथितं राजन् माहात्म्यं सकलं मया । पुनश्च शृणु व्यासेन यच्छ्रुतं ब्रह्मणो मुखात् यस्य पत्नी पुण्यशीला नाम्नाऽभूत् पुण्यशालिनी । यस्या रुपेण सदृशी नासीत् त्रैलोक्यमंडले स कदाचिन्नृपोऽमात्यैः संवृतो वीरसत्तमैः । उपविष्टो नृपसभां ददृशे गगनेचरम् ततो दूताः समागम्य शशंसुः नृपतिं तदा । तद्विमानं महाराज पुण्यकृद्देव संयुतम् नानालंकार संयुक्तं सर्वदेवगणैर्युतम् । बद्धांजलिपुटो राजा प्रोवाच बलसूदनम् विमानवरमास्थाय मनोमरुत वेगवत् । मुनिं दृष्टवा च संपूज्य द्विरदाननरूपिणम् शक्र उवाच । हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि कथामेतां पुरातनीम् । यथा तेनापि सादृश्यं गणनाथस्य भक्तितः एकदा कस्यचित् पृष्ठे धावितो योजनावधि । स तु तस्माद्गतो दूरं स्खलित्वा पतितो भुवि अकरोन्मज्जनं तत्र श्रममेव व्यपोहितुम् । ततोऽगच्छन्स्वविषयं ददर्श पथि मुद्गलम् जहास मुनिमुख्योऽसौ दृष्ट्वा तं तु तथाविधम् । पप्रच्छ संयतः कस्माच्छस्त्राणि गलितानि ते ६।। बद्धान्यपि च सर्वाणि पतितानि कुतो वद । इन्द्र उवाच । गणेशतीर्थस्नानेन मुनेरालोकनेन च । ज्ञानवैराग्य युक्तोऽसावब्रवीन् मुद्गरुं वचः ७।। कैवर्तक उवाच । आश्चर्यं परमं मन्ये कुंडस्नानेन मे मतिः । विपरीताभवद् ब्रह्मन् विशेषाद्दर्शनेन ते ८।। बाल्यात् प्रभृति मे दुष्टा बुद्धिः पापरताऽभवत् । असंख्यातानि पापानि कृतान्यद्यावधि प्रभो ९।। इदानीमेव निर्विण्णा मतिर्मे त्वत्प्रसादतः । नादास्ये पुनरेतानि शस्त्राणि पतितानि मे शक्र उवाच । उपदिष्टो मुद्गलेन नामा कैवर्तकस्तदा । निराशो जीविते तस्थौ तस्मिन्नन्तर्हिते मुनौ ९ ।। तस्य नेत्रोद्भवे वह्निर्विद्युद्वद् गगनं गतः । त्रिलोकीमुद्यतो दग्धुं मुनिना वारितो यतः त्वमेव गणनाथोऽसि पूजनीयोऽसि नो मुने । स तु संपूज्यवान्सर्वान् प्रणम्य च विसृज्य च अध्याय ५८ प्रारंभ :- ब्रह्मोवाच । एवं श्रुत्वा शूरसेनो मरुत्वद् वाक्यमुत्तमम् । पुनः पप्रच्छ तं व्यास प्रतिश्रुत्वा कथामृतम् जितेन्द्रियो मिताहारो देवद्विजनिषेवकः । यस्याश्वगजयोधानां रथिनां सर्वधन्विनाम् जनकं कृतवीर्यस्य पितृलोकस्थमब्रवीत् । अपुत्रत्वात् प्रायगतो विद्यते तनयस्तव विलोक्य प्रणिधानेन भ्रुशुंडी स परोक्षवित् । ध्यात्वा गजाननं देवं करे धृत्वा शुभं पयः (२५५८) अध्याय ५९ प्रारंभ :- राजोवाच । कुंभीपाकाद्विनिःसृत्य तेषु यातेषु वै दिवम्। कमुपायं स कृतवान् कृतवीर्यपिता तदा एकदा तेन विचश्य लोभेन पथि घातिताः । द्वादश ब्राह्मणाः शान्तास्त्यक्तास्तेन गुहांतरे सुतः करिष्यते सम्यक्तदा पापात्प्रमोक्ष्यते । राजोवाच । कथं तत्क्रियते ब्रह्मन्कस्मिन्मासे व्रतं शुभे चन्द्रोदयेऽर्घ्यदानेन तिथये मन्त्रपूर्वकम् । गजाननाय पश्चात्तु चन्द्राय च ततः परम् तिलां च भक्षयेन्माघे फाल्गुने घृतशर्कराम् । चैत्रमासे पंचगव्यं वैशाखे शतपत्रिकाम् अध्याय ६० प्रारंभ :- ब्रह्मोवाच । अंगारकचतुर्थ्यास्तु महिमानं महीपते । शृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा कथयामि समासतः धरण्युवाच । भारद्वाजमुनेर्रेतः स्खलितं मयि संगतम् । ततो जातोऽसि रे पुत्र वर्धितोऽसि मया शुभम् चारुशुंडं लसद्दन्तं शूपकर्णं सकुंडलम् । सूर्यकोटिप्रतीकाशं नानालंकारमंडितम् कल्याणकारि मे नाम ख्यातिमेतु जगत्त्रये । दर्शनं मे चतुर्थ्यां ते जातं पुण्यप्रदं विभो ततो विनायको देवो विमानवरमुत्तमम् । प्रेषयामास स्वगणैर्भौममानेतुमन्तिकम्
bhṛguruvāca | evaṃ te kathitaṃ rājan māhātmyaṃ sakalaṃ mayā | punaśca śṛṇu vyāsena yacchrutaṃ brahmaṇo mukhāt yasya patnī puṇyaśīlā nāmnā'bhūt puṇyaśālinī | yasyā rupeṇa sadṛśī nāsīt trailokyamaṃḍale sa kadācinnṛpo'mātyaiḥ saṃvṛto vīrasattamaiḥ | upaviṣṭo nṛpasabhāṃ dadṛśe gaganecaram tato dūtāḥ samāgamya śaśaṃsuḥ nṛpatiṃ tadā | tadvimānaṃ mahārāja puṇyakṛddeva saṃyutam nānālaṃkāra saṃyuktaṃ sarvadevagaṇairyutam | baddhāṃjalipuṭo rājā provāca balasūdanam vimānavaramāsthāya manomaruta vegavat | muniṃ dṛṣṭavā ca saṃpūjya dviradānanarūpiṇam śakra uvāca | hanta te kathayiṣyāmi kathāmetāṃ purātanīm | yathā tenāpi sādṛśyaṃ gaṇanāthasya bhaktitaḥ ekadā kasyacit pṛṣṭhe dhāvito yojanāvadhi | sa tu tasmādgato dūraṃ skhalitvā patito bhuvi akaronmajjanaṃ tatra śramameva vyapohitum | tato'gacchansvaviṣayaṃ dadarśa pathi mudgalam jahāsa munimukhyo'sau dṛṣṭvā taṃ tu tathāvidham | papraccha saṃyataḥ kasmācchastrāṇi galitāni te 6|| baddhānyapi ca sarvāṇi patitāni kuto vada | indra uvāca | gaṇeśatīrthasnānena munerālokanena ca | jñānavairāgya yukto'sāvabravīn mudgaruṃ vacaḥ 7|| kaivartaka uvāca | āścaryaṃ paramaṃ manye kuṃḍasnānena me matiḥ | viparītābhavad brahman viśeṣāddarśanena te 8|| bālyāt prabhṛti me duṣṭā buddhiḥ pāparatā'bhavat | asaṃkhyātāni pāpāni kṛtānyadyāvadhi prabho 9|| idānīmeva nirviṇṇā matirme tvatprasādataḥ | nādāsye punaretāni śastrāṇi patitāni me śakra uvāca | upadiṣṭo mudgalena nāmā kaivartakastadā | nirāśo jīvite tasthau tasminnantarhite munau 9 || tasya netrodbhave vahnirvidyudvad gaganaṃ gataḥ | trilokīmudyato dagdhuṃ muninā vārito yataḥ tvameva gaṇanātho'si pūjanīyo'si no mune | sa tu saṃpūjyavānsarvān praṇamya ca visṛjya ca adhyāya 58 prāraṃbha :- brahmovāca | evaṃ śrutvā śūraseno marutvad vākyamuttamam | punaḥ papraccha taṃ vyāsa pratiśrutvā kathāmṛtam jitendriyo mitāhāro devadvijaniṣevakaḥ | yasyāśvagajayodhānāṃ rathināṃ sarvadhanvinām janakaṃ kṛtavīryasya pitṛlokasthamabravīt | aputratvāt prāyagato vidyate tanayastava vilokya praṇidhānena bhruśuṃḍī sa parokṣavit | dhyātvā gajānanaṃ devaṃ kare dhṛtvā śubhaṃ payaḥ (2558) adhyāya 59 prāraṃbha :- rājovāca | kuṃbhīpākādviniḥsṛtya teṣu yāteṣu vai divam| kamupāyaṃ sa kṛtavān kṛtavīryapitā tadā ekadā tena vicaśya lobhena pathi ghātitāḥ | dvādaśa brāhmaṇāḥ śāntāstyaktāstena guhāṃtare sutaḥ kariṣyate samyaktadā pāpātpramokṣyate | rājovāca | kathaṃ tatkriyate brahmankasminmāse vrataṃ śubhe candrodaye'rghyadānena tithaye mantrapūrvakam | gajānanāya paścāttu candrāya ca tataḥ param tilāṃ ca bhakṣayenmāghe phālgune ghṛtaśarkarām | caitramāse paṃcagavyaṃ vaiśākhe śatapatrikām adhyāya 60 prāraṃbha :- brahmovāca | aṃgārakacaturthyāstu mahimānaṃ mahīpate | śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā kathayāmi samāsataḥ dharaṇyuvāca | bhāradvājamunerretaḥ skhalitaṃ mayi saṃgatam | tato jāto'si re putra vardhito'si mayā śubham cāruśuṃḍaṃ lasaddantaṃ śūpakarṇaṃ sakuṃḍalam | sūryakoṭipratīkāśaṃ nānālaṃkāramaṃḍitam kalyāṇakāri me nāma khyātimetu jagattraye | darśanaṃ me caturthyāṃ te jātaṃ puṇyapradaṃ vibho tato vināyako devo vimānavaramuttamam | preṣayāmāsa svagaṇairbhaumamānetumantikam
Bhṛgu said: Thus, O king, the whole greatness (of it) has been told by you by me; and hear again what was heard by Vyāsa from Brahmā's mouth. — Whose wife, of meritorious conduct, was named Puṇyaśālinī, whose equal in beauty there was not in the circle of the three worlds. — Once that king, surrounded by ministers who were the best of heroes, seated in the royal assembly, saw one moving through the sky. Then the messengers came and reported to the king: "That aerial car, great king, is accompanied by a merit-working god," fitted with various ornaments, attended by all the hosts of gods. With hands folded in a cup the king spoke to the slayer of Bala (Indra) — having mounted the excellent aerial car, swift as mind and wind, and having seen and worshipped the sage who had the form of the elephant-faced one. Śakra said: Well then, I shall tell you this ancient tale, how he too (attained) likeness to the Lord of Hosts through devotion. Once he was driven a yojana at someone's back; he went far from there, stumbled and fell on the ground. He plunged (into the water) there merely to remove his fatigue; then, going to his own country, he saw Mudgala on the road. That chief of sages laughed on seeing him in such a state, and, self-controlled, asked: "Why have your weapons dropped away? Tell why all of them, though fastened, have fallen." Indra said: By bathing in Gaṇeśa's tīrtha and by beholding the sage, he, endowed with knowledge and detachment, spoke (these) words to Mudgala: The fisherman said: I consider it the highest marvel: by bathing in the pool my mind became reversed, O brahman, and especially by the sight of you. From childhood my mind was evil, given to sin; countless sins have been committed (by me) up to today, O lord. Only now has my mind become disgusted (with the world), by your grace; I shall not take up again these weapons of mine that have fallen. Śakra said: Then the fisherman called Nāma, instructed by Mudgala, stood despairing of life when that sage had vanished. The fire arising from his eyes went to the sky like lightning, and, poised to burn the three worlds, was checked by the sage — "You alone are the Lord of Hosts, you are to be worshipped by us, O sage." And he worshipped them all, bowed to them, and dismissed them. Beginning of chapter 58: Brahmā said: Having heard thus the excellent speech of Indra, Śūrasena again asked him, O Vyāsa, having drunk in the nectar of the tale — (he who was) of conquered senses, of measured food, a servant of gods and brahmins — whose (host) of horse-, elephant- and foot-warriors, chariot-fighters and all archers... He said to the father of Kṛtavīrya, who dwelt in the world of the fathers, "Because of sonlessness he has gone to death; a son of yours exists." Observing by concentration, that Bhruśuṇḍī, knower of the unseen, having meditated on the god Gajānana, holding pure water in his hand — Beginning of chapter 59: The king said: When, having come out of Kumbhīpāka, they went to heaven, what expedient did the father of Kṛtavīrya then employ? Once, having deliberated, twelve peaceable brahmins were killed by him on the road out of greed and abandoned by him inside a cave. "He will duly obtain a son; then he will be released from the sin." The king said: How is it done, O brahman, in which month is the vow (to be done), O auspicious one? At moonrise, by the offering of arghya with mantras to the tithi, then to Gajānana, and after that to the moon. And one should eat sesame in Māgha, ghee and sugar in Phālguna, the five cow-products in the month of Caitra, śatapatrikā in Vaiśākha. Beginning of chapter 60: Brahmā said: Hear attentively, O lord of the earth, the greatness of Aṅgāraka-caturthī; I shall tell it in brief. The Earth said: The seed of the sage Bhāradvāja, having been spilled, came into me; from that you were born, O son, and were reared by me auspiciously — with a lovely trunk, a gleaming tusk, winnowing-fan ears with earrings, resembling ten million suns, adorned with various ornaments. "May my welfare-bringing name attain fame in the three worlds; the sight of me has come to you on the fourth, giving merit, O mighty one." Then the god Vināyaka sent an excellent aerial car with his own attendants to bring Bhauma (Mars) near.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 56.2
सोमकान्त उवाच । कथं श्रुतं ब्रह्ममुखाद् व्यासेनामितबुद्धिना । न तृप्तिमधिगच्छामि तन्मे वद महामुने यद्दर्शनं मृत्युलोके भवतां सानुगस्य मे । यस्य ते वशगा लोका ब्रह्मेशानादयः सुराः २ ।। शताश्वमेधतो दृश्यो नान्यथा जायते क्वचित् । न जाने केन पुण्येन सोऽद्य दृष्टोऽखिलैर्जनै दंडकारण्य देशेषु नगरे नंदुराभिधे । एकः कैवर्तको दुष्टो नाम्ना नामैव विश्रुतः न साधु संगमः क्वापि वृथा दृष्टो महामुने । यथा शेवधि सम्पर्को न धातुषु वृथा भवेत् २ । । शक्र उवाच । एवमुक्तो मुद्गलोऽसौ तं जगाद कृपान्वितः । शरणागत संत्यागे रमरन्दोषं विशेषतः गणेशाय नम इति नाममंत्रमुपादिशत् शूरसेन उवाच । केनोपायेन देवेशं यानं ते गगनं व्रजेत् । तमुपायं कुरु विभो वद वा किं करोमि ते शक्र उवाच । ब्रह्मलोकं जगामाशु ददर्श कमलासनम्। दुःखितो नारदाच्छ्रुत्वा वंशविच्छेदमात्मनः अवन्ती नगरे राजन् भारद्वाजो महामुनिः । वेदवेदांगवित्प्राज्ञः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः
somakānta uvāca | kathaṃ śrutaṃ brahmamukhād vyāsenāmitabuddhinā | na tṛptimadhigacchāmi tanme vada mahāmune yaddarśanaṃ mṛtyuloke bhavatāṃ sānugasya me | yasya te vaśagā lokā brahmeśānādayaḥ surāḥ 2 || śatāśvamedhato dṛśyo nānyathā jāyate kvacit | na jāne kena puṇyena so'dya dṛṣṭo'khilairjanai daṃḍakāraṇya deśeṣu nagare naṃdurābhidhe | ekaḥ kaivartako duṣṭo nāmnā nāmaiva viśrutaḥ na sādhu saṃgamaḥ kvāpi vṛthā dṛṣṭo mahāmune | yathā śevadhi samparko na dhātuṣu vṛthā bhavet 2 | | śakra uvāca | evamukto mudgalo'sau taṃ jagāda kṛpānvitaḥ | śaraṇāgata saṃtyāge ramarandoṣaṃ viśeṣataḥ gaṇeśāya nama iti nāmamaṃtramupādiśat śūrasena uvāca | kenopāyena deveśaṃ yānaṃ te gaganaṃ vrajet | tamupāyaṃ kuru vibho vada vā kiṃ karomi te śakra uvāca | brahmalokaṃ jagāmāśu dadarśa kamalāsanam| duḥkhito nāradācchrutvā vaṃśavicchedamātmanaḥ avantī nagare rājan bhāradvājo mahāmuniḥ | vedavedāṃgavitprājñaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ
Somakānta said: How was it heard from Brahmā's mouth by Vyāsa of measureless understanding? I do not attain satisfaction; tell me that, O great sage — that sight of you (has come) to me together with my retinue in the world of mortals, you to whom the worlds are subject, and the gods beginning with Brahmā and Īśāna. You are to be seen (only) by a hundred horse-sacrifices, and never otherwise; I do not know by what merit he has today been seen by all people. In the regions of the Daṇḍaka forest, in a city named Nandurā, there was a single wicked fisherman, famed by the very name Nāma. Nowhere is association with a good man found to be fruitless, O great sage, just as the contact of the elixir with metals is not fruitless. Śakra said: Thus addressed, that Mudgala, filled with compassion, said to him — seeing especially the fault in abandoning one who has come for refuge — he taught (him) the name-mantra "gaṇeśāya namaḥ." Śūrasena said: By what means, O lord of gods, would your vehicle travel the sky? Effect that means, O mighty one, or say what I am to do for you. Śakra said: He quickly went to Brahmā's world and saw the lotus-seated one, grieved, having heard from Nārada of the cutting off of his own line. In the city of Avantī, O king, (there was) the great sage Bhāradvāja, wise, a knower of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, versed in all the śāstras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 56.3
भृगुरुवाच । एवं श्रुत्वा कथां व्यासोऽपृच्छद् ब्रह्माणमादरात् । स चापि कथयामास सादरं पृच्छतेऽनघ आबाल्याच्चौर्य निरतो यौवने जारकर्मकृत्। प्रत्यक्षं दृष्टिविगमाद्भरते च शपत्यपि निराहारो निरीहश्च जितेन्द्रिय गणो वशी । एवं सहस्रवर्षान्ते सा यष्टिः सांकुराऽभवत् २।। ततः प्रतीक्षामकरोन्मुनेरागमनस्य यः । वल्मीकवेष्टित तनुर्लताजाल समन्वितः दुश्चरं मुनिभिः सर्वैरास्थितं तप उत्तमम् । लक्षितं नेत्रमात्रेण यतता मुनिना तदा सदैव दिव्यदेहं तं जगाद मुनिसत्तमः । प्राप्तवन्तं गणेशस्य सारूप्यं करयो गतः ८।। द्विकरं प्रजपंतं च नाम वैनायकं शुभम् । उन्मीलीते तदा नेत्रे मुनिना बोधितस्तु सः ब्रह्मोवाच । एवं पुनः कृतप्रश्नं नृपं प्राह सुरारिहा । शृण्वतां सर्वलोकानां स्मयमान इदं वचः प्रणम्य तमपृच्छत्स वंशविच्छेद कारणम् । मम पुत्रोऽतिधर्मात्मा वदान्यो यज्ञकारकः अग्निहोत्ररतो नित्यं शिष्याध्ययनतत्परः । नदीतीरगतस्तिष्ठन्ननुष्ठानरतो मुनिः
bhṛguruvāca | evaṃ śrutvā kathāṃ vyāso'pṛcchad brahmāṇamādarāt | sa cāpi kathayāmāsa sādaraṃ pṛcchate'nagha ābālyāccaurya nirato yauvane jārakarmakṛt| pratyakṣaṃ dṛṣṭivigamādbharate ca śapatyapi nirāhāro nirīhaśca jitendriya gaṇo vaśī | evaṃ sahasravarṣānte sā yaṣṭiḥ sāṃkurā'bhavat 2|| tataḥ pratīkṣāmakaronmunerāgamanasya yaḥ | valmīkaveṣṭita tanurlatājāla samanvitaḥ duścaraṃ munibhiḥ sarvairāsthitaṃ tapa uttamam | lakṣitaṃ netramātreṇa yatatā muninā tadā sadaiva divyadehaṃ taṃ jagāda munisattamaḥ | prāptavantaṃ gaṇeśasya sārūpyaṃ karayo gataḥ 8|| dvikaraṃ prajapaṃtaṃ ca nāma vaināyakaṃ śubham | unmīlīte tadā netre muninā bodhitastu saḥ brahmovāca | evaṃ punaḥ kṛtapraśnaṃ nṛpaṃ prāha surārihā | śṛṇvatāṃ sarvalokānāṃ smayamāna idaṃ vacaḥ praṇamya tamapṛcchatsa vaṃśaviccheda kāraṇam | mama putro'tidharmātmā vadānyo yajñakārakaḥ agnihotrarato nityaṃ śiṣyādhyayanatatparaḥ | nadītīragatastiṣṭhannanuṣṭhānarato muniḥ
Bhṛgu said: Having heard the tale thus, Vyāsa respectfully asked Brahmā, and he too told it respectfully to the questioner, O sinless one. From boyhood he was given to theft, in youth a doer of adulterous deeds; ... (he lost his sight?) before their eyes, and in respect of maintaining (his) oaths (too). Without food, without effort, with the host of senses conquered, self-controlled: thus at the end of a thousand years that staff sprouted. Then he, whose body was wrapped in an anthill and covered with a net of creepers, waited for the sage's coming. The highest austerity, hard to practise for all sages, was undertaken; it was noticed then by the mere eye of the striving sage. The best of sages declared that he had a divine body forever, having attained likeness to Gaṇeśa, having come to (two) hands — two-handed and muttering the auspicious name of Vināyaka; then, when his eyes were opened, he was awakened by the sage. Brahmā said: Thus the slayer of the gods' foes spoke this word, smiling, to the king who had again put a question, while all the worlds listened. Having bowed, he asked him the cause of the cutting off of his line: "My son is exceedingly righteous, liberal, a performer of sacrifices, ever devoted to the agnihotra, intent on the study of pupils, a sage who dwells on the river bank, given to religious observance."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 56.4
व्यास उवाच । पुनः कथय मे ब्रह्मन गणनाथ कथां पराम् । तृष्णा मे वर्धते भूयः श्रोतुं विघ्नेश सत्कथाम् शपथान्कुरुते मिथ्या परम्हद्भेद कारकान् । ततो निःसारितो ग्रामाद् द्यूतमद्यरतो यतः सोऽपि तं मुनिमानम्य स्वगुरुं करूणायुतम् । आलिलिंग मुदा युक्तस्तनयः पितरं यथा इन्द्र उवाच । कश्चित्स्यादिह संकष्टचतुर्थी व्रतकारकः । विप्रो वा क्षत्रियो वापि नगरे ते नृपोत्तम देवतातिथिभक्तश्च मान्य मानयिता भृशम् । नानाविधप्रयत्नं स पुत्रार्थं कृतवान् विधे एकस्मिन्नेव समये दृष्टा तेनाप्सरोवरा । तां दृष्ट्वा चकमे भोक्तुं भारद्वाजो महामुनिः
vyāsa uvāca | punaḥ kathaya me brahmana gaṇanātha kathāṃ parām | tṛṣṇā me vardhate bhūyaḥ śrotuṃ vighneśa satkathām śapathānkurute mithyā paramhadbheda kārakān | tato niḥsārito grāmād dyūtamadyarato yataḥ so'pi taṃ munimānamya svaguruṃ karūṇāyutam | āliliṃga mudā yuktastanayaḥ pitaraṃ yathā indra uvāca | kaścitsyādiha saṃkaṣṭacaturthī vratakārakaḥ | vipro vā kṣatriyo vāpi nagare te nṛpottama devatātithibhaktaśca mānya mānayitā bhṛśam | nānāvidhaprayatnaṃ sa putrārthaṃ kṛtavān vidhe ekasminneva samaye dṛṣṭā tenāpsarovarā | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā cakame bhoktuṃ bhāradvājo mahāmuniḥ
Vyāsa said: Tell me again, O Brahman, the supreme tale of the Lord of Hosts; my thirst grows the more to hear the good tale of the Lord of Obstacles. He swears false oaths that cause estrangement of others' hearts; therefore he was expelled from the village, being addicted to gambling and liquor. He too, having bowed to that sage, his own compassionate teacher, embraced him with joy, as a son his father. Indra said: Is there here anyone who performs the vow of Saṅkaṣṭa-caturthī — a brahmin or a kṣatriya — in your city, O best of kings? Devoted to gods and guests, honourable and greatly honouring (others), he made efforts of many kinds for the sake of a son, O Vidhi (Brahmā). At one and the same time an excellent apsaras was seen by him; on seeing her, the great sage Bhāradvāja desired to enjoy her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 56.5
ब्रह्मोवाच । अपरां शृणु मे व्यास कथां कौतुकसंयुताम् । शूरसेन प्रभृतिभिरनुभूतां गजाननीम् लोकैर्बहिर्दूरतर गिरि कन्दर कानने । स्थितः कान्तायुतो मार्गे जघान पथिकान्बहून् ० ।। पुनः पद्मासन गतो जजापैकाक्षरं मनुम् । पुरो मूर्तिं प्रतिष्ठाप्य गणेशस्य मनोहराम् १ ।। उपचारैः षोडशभिरपूपुजद्दिनेदिने । आश्रमश्च बभौ वापी सरोवृक्ष लतादिभि मन्मूर्ति दर्शनादत्र न पुनर्जन्मभाग्भवेत् । अपुत्रच्च लभेत् पुत्रान् विद्यार्थी ज्ञानमाप्नुयात् तस्याब्दकृतपुण्येन सम्यग् दत्तेन भूभुज । इदानीं प्रचले देसन्नान्यथाऽघुतपूरूषै तथापि नाभवत्कस्मात्तस्य पुत्रः सुरेश्वर । राज्यं प्रकृतिसात्कृत्वा वायुभक्षः स्थितो वने अकस्मात् कामिनीं दृष्ट्वा कामासक्तोऽभवन्मुनिः । कामबाणाभिभूतः स निपपात महीतले
brahmovāca | aparāṃ śṛṇu me vyāsa kathāṃ kautukasaṃyutām | śūrasena prabhṛtibhiranubhūtāṃ gajānanīm lokairbahirdūratara giri kandara kānane | sthitaḥ kāntāyuto mārge jaghāna pathikānbahūn 0 || punaḥ padmāsana gato jajāpaikākṣaraṃ manum | puro mūrtiṃ pratiṣṭhāpya gaṇeśasya manoharām 1 || upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhirapūpujaddinedine | āśramaśca babhau vāpī sarovṛkṣa latādibhi manmūrti darśanādatra na punarjanmabhāgbhavet | aputracca labhet putrān vidyārthī jñānamāpnuyāt tasyābdakṛtapuṇyena samyag dattena bhūbhuja | idānīṃ pracale desannānyathā'ghutapūrūṣai tathāpi nābhavatkasmāttasya putraḥ sureśvara | rājyaṃ prakṛtisātkṛtvā vāyubhakṣaḥ sthito vane akasmāt kāminīṃ dṛṣṭvā kāmāsakto'bhavanmuniḥ | kāmabāṇābhibhūtaḥ sa nipapāta mahītale
Brahmā said: Hear from me, O Vyāsa, another tale, full of wonder, concerning Gajānana, experienced by Śūrasena and the rest. Far away outside (the reach) of people, in a mountain cave in a forest, he stayed on the road with his wife and killed many travellers. Again, seated in the lotus posture, he muttered the one-syllabled mantra, having installed before him a lovely image of Gaṇeśa. With the sixteen services he worshipped (it) day after day; and the hermitage shone with its step-well, lake, trees, creepers and the rest. "By the sight of my image here one will not again be liable to birth; the sonless would get sons, the seeker of learning would obtain knowledge." By the merit made by him in a year, properly given, O ruler of earth ... now ... (text unclear). Even so, why did he have no son, O lord of gods? Having handed the kingdom over to the ministers, he dwelt in the forest living on air. Suddenly, on seeing a lovely woman, the sage became attached to desire; overcome by desire's arrow he fell to the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 56.6
मध्यदेशेभवद्राजा शूरसेनो महाबली । सहस्राख्य पुरे रम्ये वेदवेदांग पारगः एवं बहुधनो जातो नानालंकरणै स्त्रियम् । भूषयामास ससुतां तोषयामास मायया नृप उवाच । कथं व्रतं तु संकष्टचतुर्थ्या वद मे मुने । किं पुण्यं किं फलं तस्य को विधिः कस्य पूजनम् अस्थिमात्रावशेषोऽसावद्य श्वो वा मरिष्यति । जन्मांतरीयं तस्यैनो येन गच्छेल्लयं प्रभो अतिविह्वलगात्रस्य तस्य रेत प्रचस्खले । प्रविष्टं तस्य तद्रेतः पृथिवीं बिलमध्यतः
madhyadeśebhavadrājā śūraseno mahābalī | sahasrākhya pure ramye vedavedāṃga pāragaḥ evaṃ bahudhano jāto nānālaṃkaraṇai striyam | bhūṣayāmāsa sasutāṃ toṣayāmāsa māyayā nṛpa uvāca | kathaṃ vrataṃ tu saṃkaṣṭacaturthyā vada me mune | kiṃ puṇyaṃ kiṃ phalaṃ tasya ko vidhiḥ kasya pūjanam asthimātrāvaśeṣo'sāvadya śvo vā mariṣyati | janmāṃtarīyaṃ tasyaino yena gacchellayaṃ prabho ativihvalagātrasya tasya reta pracaskhale | praviṣṭaṃ tasya tadretaḥ pṛthivīṃ bilamadhyataḥ
In the Middle Country there was a very mighty king, Śūrasena, in the pleasant city called Sahasra, a master of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas. Thus he became very rich; he adorned the woman with various ornaments and gratified her, together with her daughter, by his magic. The king said: How, then, is the vow of Saṅkaṣṭa-caturthī done? Tell me, O sage: what merit has it, what fruit, what is its procedure, whose worship (does it involve)? He is left with nothing but bones; he will die today or tomorrow; by what means would his sin from another birth come to dissolution, O lord? The seed of him, whose limbs were exceedingly agitated, spilled; and that seed of his entered the earth through a hole.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 56.7
धनवान् रुपवान् दाता होता पाता जनस्य ह । शक्तित्रययुतो मानी षाड्गुण्य परिनिष्ठितः शस्त्र खड्गं च खेटं च पाशान्धनुरनुत्तमम् । दंडं चोभयतो लोहं वहन्पूर्णे महेषुधी। वृक्षाग्रे कोटरे वापि स्थितो मारयते बहून् पुरा केन कृतं चात्र सिद्धिर्यस्मिञ् कृतेऽभवत् । एतत्सर्वं शुनाशीर कृपया वद विस्तरात् तमुपायं दयां कृत्वा वद मे कमलासन । तं प्रापयिष्ये तत्राहं स्ववंशस्य विवृद्धये तत एकः कुमारोऽभूज्जपाकुसुम सन्निभः । तं धरित्री स्नेहवशात् पालयामास सादरम्
dhanavān rupavān dātā hotā pātā janasya ha | śaktitrayayuto mānī ṣāḍguṇya pariniṣṭhitaḥ śastra khaḍgaṃ ca kheṭaṃ ca pāśāndhanuranuttamam | daṃḍaṃ cobhayato lohaṃ vahanpūrṇe maheṣudhī| vṛkṣāgre koṭare vāpi sthito mārayate bahūn purā kena kṛtaṃ cātra siddhiryasmiñ kṛte'bhavat | etatsarvaṃ śunāśīra kṛpayā vada vistarāt tamupāyaṃ dayāṃ kṛtvā vada me kamalāsana | taṃ prāpayiṣye tatrāhaṃ svavaṃśasya vivṛddhaye tata ekaḥ kumāro'bhūjjapākusuma sannibhaḥ | taṃ dharitrī snehavaśāt pālayāmāsa sādaram
Wealthy, handsome, a giver, a sacrificer, a protector of the people; endowed with the three powers, proud, well established in the six (measures of policy). Carrying as weapons a sword and a shield, nooses, an unsurpassed bow, and a staff iron at both ends, with two great quivers full (of arrows), stationed at a treetop or in a hollow, he kills many. By whom was it performed here in the past, in whose performing did success arise? All this, O Śunāśīra (Indra), tell in detail out of kindness. Showing mercy, tell me that means, O lotus-seated one; I shall bring him there for the increase of my own line. Then there was one boy, like a japā flower; and the Earth, out of affection, reared him with care.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 56.8
उपायानां चतुर्णां च चालने चतुरोऽरिहा । चतुर्विध बलोपेतो द्विजदेवेषु भक्तिमान् नानाविधानि वस्तूनि वासांस्याभरणानि च । गृहे संचयते नीत्वा विक्रीणाति पुरान्तरे शक्र उवाच । अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । कृतवीर्यस्य संवादं नारदेन महात्मना एवं सुललितां वाणीं श्रुत्वोचाच तथा विधिः । श्रूयतां तव पुत्रस्य पूर्वजन्म मयेरितम् जनुः स्वं तेन धन्यं सा मनुते पितरौ कुलम् । ततः स सप्तवर्षस्तां पप्रच्छ जननीं निजाम्
upāyānāṃ caturṇāṃ ca cālane caturo'rihā | caturvidha balopeto dvijadeveṣu bhaktimān nānāvidhāni vastūni vāsāṃsyābharaṇāni ca | gṛhe saṃcayate nītvā vikrīṇāti purāntare śakra uvāca | atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam | kṛtavīryasya saṃvādaṃ nāradena mahātmanā evaṃ sulalitāṃ vāṇīṃ śrutvocāca tathā vidhiḥ | śrūyatāṃ tava putrasya pūrvajanma mayeritam januḥ svaṃ tena dhanyaṃ sā manute pitarau kulam | tataḥ sa saptavarṣastāṃ papraccha jananīṃ nijām
Skilled in the deployment of the four expedients, a slayer of foes, possessed of the fourfold army, devoted to brahmins and gods. Goods of many kinds, garments and ornaments he brings and heaps up in his house, and sells them in another city. Śakra said: On this too they relate this ancient tale, the dialogue of Kṛtavīrya with the great-souled Nārada. Having heard such charming speech, Vidhi (Brahmā) spoke thus: "Let the former birth of your son, as told by me, be heard." Through him she deems her own birth blessed, and (so do) her parents and her family. Then he, seven years old, asked his own mother:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 56.9
पृथिवीमंडलं यस्य वशवर्त्यभवत्सदा । नगरं शक्रनगराद्विशिष्टं भाति भूतले यथेष्टं भजते नित्यं विषयान्मन्दिरे निजे । एवं पापसमाचारो हन्त्यरण्ये पशूनपि बभूव बलवान्राजा कृतवीर्यो महीनले । सत्यशीलो वदान्यश्च यज्वा मानी महारथः सामनाम्ना भवेत्पूर्वं तत्रैव नगरेऽन्त्यजः । दुष्कर्माऽतितरां यस्य दर्शनं पुण्यनाशकृत् मयि लोहितिमा कस्मान्मानुषं देहमास्थिते । कश्च मे जनको मातस्तन्ममाचक्ष्व सांप्रतम्
pṛthivīmaṃḍalaṃ yasya vaśavartyabhavatsadā | nagaraṃ śakranagarādviśiṣṭaṃ bhāti bhūtale yatheṣṭaṃ bhajate nityaṃ viṣayānmandire nije | evaṃ pāpasamācāro hantyaraṇye paśūnapi babhūva balavānrājā kṛtavīryo mahīnale | satyaśīlo vadānyaśca yajvā mānī mahārathaḥ sāmanāmnā bhavetpūrvaṃ tatraiva nagare'ntyajaḥ | duṣkarmā'titarāṃ yasya darśanaṃ puṇyanāśakṛt mayi lohitimā kasmānmānuṣaṃ dehamāsthite | kaśca me janako mātastanmamācakṣva sāṃpratam
He, to whose will the circle of the earth was ever subject, whose city shines on earth surpassing Indra's city. He constantly enjoys sense-objects as he pleases in his own palace; thus, of sinful conduct, he kills even beasts in the forest. There was on earth a mighty king, Kṛtavīrya, truthful in conduct, liberal, a sacrificer, proud, a great chariot-warrior. Formerly, in that very city, there was a low-born man named Sāma, an evildoer beyond measure, the sight of whom destroys merit. "Why is there redness in me, who have taken on a human body? And who is my father, mother? Tell me that now."
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GnP 1 56.11
०।। पातिव्रत्य गुणैर्यस्या लज्जां प्राप्ताऽप्यरुंधती । असूया त्यागयोगेनाप्यनसूयाऽभवल्लघुः तत उत्थाय कष्टेन शनै शनैर्ययौ खलः । अपश्यत्पथि गच्छन्स तीर्थं गाणेश्वरं शुभं न संख्या विद्यते राजन् सह्याद्रिविषयासिनाम् । मन्दिरे यस्य सौवर्णाः पर्यंका भाजनानि च सर्वं तदीयमादाय निशि स्वगृहमागतः । माघकृष्णचतुर्थ्यां स उदये शशिनो नृप स उवाच । तर्हि तं मे मुनिं मातदर्शयस्व तपोनिधिम् । ब्रह्मोवाच । तमादाय तदा देवी भारद्वाजं जगाम कुः।
0|| pātivratya guṇairyasyā lajjāṃ prāptā'pyaruṃdhatī | asūyā tyāgayogenāpyanasūyā'bhavallaghuḥ tata utthāya kaṣṭena śanai śanairyayau khalaḥ | apaśyatpathi gacchansa tīrthaṃ gāṇeśvaraṃ śubhaṃ na saṃkhyā vidyate rājan sahyādriviṣayāsinām | mandire yasya sauvarṇāḥ paryaṃkā bhājanāni ca sarvaṃ tadīyamādāya niśi svagṛhamāgataḥ | māghakṛṣṇacaturthyāṃ sa udaye śaśino nṛpa sa uvāca | tarhi taṃ me muniṃ mātadarśayasva taponidhim | brahmovāca | tamādāya tadā devī bhāradvājaṃ jagāma kuḥ|
By whose qualities of wifely devotion even Arundhatī was put to shame; and even Anasūyā became small (before her) through her practice of freedom from envy. Then, rising with difficulty, the rogue went on very slowly; going along the road he saw the auspicious tīrtha of the Lord of Hosts. There is no counting, O king, of those who dwell in the Sahya-mountain region; in whose palace are golden couches and vessels. Taking all that belonged to him, he came at night to his own house, on the fourth of the dark half of Māgha, at the rising of the moon, O king. He said: Then show me, mother, that sage, the treasury of austerity. Brahmā said: Then the goddess Earth, taking him, went to Bhāradvāja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 56.12
नासीदौदुंबरं पात्रं पाकार्थमपि सर्वदा । यस्य द्वादश साहस्रा ब्राह्मणाः पंक्तिभोजिनः गणेशेति गणेशेति पुत्रमाहूय सत्वरम् । अलब्धान्नजलस्तेन सहैव बुभुजे मुदा उवाच प्रणिपत्यैनं त्वद्वीर्यप्रसवं सुतम् । वर्धितं तं पुरोधार्य स्वीकुरुष्व मुनेऽधुना
nāsīdauduṃbaraṃ pātraṃ pākārthamapi sarvadā | yasya dvādaśa sāhasrā brāhmaṇāḥ paṃktibhojinaḥ gaṇeśeti gaṇeśeti putramāhūya satvaram | alabdhānnajalastena sahaiva bubhuje mudā uvāca praṇipatyainaṃ tvadvīryaprasavaṃ sutam | vardhitaṃ taṃ purodhārya svīkuruṣva mune'dhunā
There was not even a fig-wood vessel for cooking, ever, (in the house of) him with whom twelve thousand brahmins ate in rows. Quickly calling his son, "Gaṇeśa! Gaṇeśa!", having obtained no food or water, he ate together with him joyfully. Bowing to him, she said: "This son, the offspring of your virility, has been reared (by me); holding him before you, accept him now, O sage."
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GnP 1 56.13
२।। विमानं वह्निसदृशं नेत्रतेजोहरं परम् । गान श्रवण सक्तास्ते राज्ञा सह सभासदः २।। जपन्तं गणनाथस्य मन्त्रं नामसमन्वितम् । खड्गमुद्यम्य निष्कोशं मुद्गलस्यान्तिकं ययौ सुगन्धा नाम यस्यासीत्पत्नी धर्मपरायणा । पतिव्रता पतिप्राणा त्रैलोक्येऽतिमनोरमा कालेन तव पुत्रोऽसौ पंचत्वमगमन्निशि । चन्द्रोदये चतुर्थ्यां तु कृष्णायामेव भूभुज तदाज्ञया ययौ धात्री स्वधाम रुचिरं तदा । भारद्वाजः सुतं लब्ध्वा मुमुदे चालिलिंग तम्
2|| vimānaṃ vahnisadṛśaṃ netratejoharaṃ param | gāna śravaṇa saktāste rājñā saha sabhāsadaḥ 2|| japantaṃ gaṇanāthasya mantraṃ nāmasamanvitam | khaḍgamudyamya niṣkośaṃ mudgalasyāntikaṃ yayau sugandhā nāma yasyāsītpatnī dharmaparāyaṇā | pativratā patiprāṇā trailokye'timanoramā kālena tava putro'sau paṃcatvamagamanniśi | candrodaye caturthyāṃ tu kṛṣṇāyāmeva bhūbhuja tadājñayā yayau dhātrī svadhāma ruciraṃ tadā | bhāradvājaḥ sutaṃ labdhvā mumude cāliliṃga tam
An aerial car like fire, surpassingly dazzling to the eyes; the members of the assembly, together with the king, were absorbed in listening to the singing. He went, with his sword raised and unsheathed, up to Mudgala, who was muttering the mantra of the Lord of Hosts together with (his) name. His wife, named Sugandhā, was devoted to dharma, faithful to her husband, holding her husband as her life, most lovely in the three worlds. In (due) time that son of yours met his death in the night, at moonrise, on the fourth of the dark half, O ruler of earth. At her command the Earth then went to her own lovely abode; and Bhāradvāja, having obtained a son, rejoiced and embraced him.
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GnP 1 56.14
विह्वलास्ते किं किमिति ज्ञातुं दूतानचोदयन् । ते दूता प्रागमन्द्रष्टुं विमानं सूर्यसन्निभम् कैवर्तको नाम नामा हन्तुं कृतमतिस्तदा । जगलुस्तस्य शस्त्राणि खड्गोऽपि दृढमुष्टितः नानालंकार सुभगा द्विजदेवातिथिप्रिया । एवं तौ दंपती राजन्नपुत्रौ संबभूवतुः अज्ञानकृत संकष्टचतुर्थीव्रत संभवात् । पुण्याद्विनायकं धाम जगाम सुखदं तु सः आघ्राय शिर उत्संगे स्थापयामास तं मुदा । सुमुहूर्ते शुभे लग्ने चकारोपनयं मुनिः
vihvalāste kiṃ kimiti jñātuṃ dūtānacodayan | te dūtā prāgamandraṣṭuṃ vimānaṃ sūryasannibham kaivartako nāma nāmā hantuṃ kṛtamatistadā | jagalustasya śastrāṇi khaḍgo'pi dṛḍhamuṣṭitaḥ nānālaṃkāra subhagā dvijadevātithipriyā | evaṃ tau daṃpatī rājannaputrau saṃbabhūvatuḥ ajñānakṛta saṃkaṣṭacaturthīvrata saṃbhavāt | puṇyādvināyakaṃ dhāma jagāma sukhadaṃ tu saḥ āghrāya śira utsaṃge sthāpayāmāsa taṃ mudā | sumuhūrte śubhe lagne cakāropanayaṃ muniḥ
Agitated, they urged messengers on to learn "what, what is it?" Those messengers went forward to see the sun-like celestial car. Then one named Kaivartaka set his mind on killing (him); his weapons melted away, and the sword too, though gripped in a firm fist. Adorned with many ornaments, fortunate, dear to brahmins, gods and guests — thus, O king, that couple came to be without a son. By the merit arising from the Saṃkaṣṭa-caturthī vow performed (even) in ignorance, he went to Vināyaka's abode, the giver of happiness. Having kissed his head, (the sage) set him joyfully on his lap; at a good moment, in an auspicious lagna, the sage performed his initiation.
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GnP 1 56.15
कस्यचिद्वैश्यपुत्रस्य राजदूतस्य कुण्डिन. । पतितं दृष्टिपातेन तद्विमानं महीतले अन्यथा चाभवद् बुद्धिस्तस्य दुष्टस्य तत्क्षणात् । द्विरदानन भक्तस्य मुद्गलस्य प्रभावतः पुत्रार्थं सर्वदानानि व्रतानि च तपांसि च । चक्रतुर्नियमानन्यान् यज्ञांश्च बहुदक्षिणान् विमानवरमारूढो वीक्ष्यमाणोप्सरो गणैः । वैमानिकैः स्तूयमानो दिव्यपुष्पैरथार्चितः वेदशास्त्राण्युपादिश्य गणेशस्य मनुं शुभम् । उवाच कुर्वनुष्ठानं गणेशप्रीतये चिरम्
kasyacidvaiśyaputrasya rājadūtasya kuṇḍina. | patitaṃ dṛṣṭipātena tadvimānaṃ mahītale anyathā cābhavad buddhistasya duṣṭasya tatkṣaṇāt | dviradānana bhaktasya mudgalasya prabhāvataḥ putrārthaṃ sarvadānāni vratāni ca tapāṃsi ca | cakraturniyamānanyān yajñāṃśca bahudakṣiṇān vimānavaramārūḍho vīkṣyamāṇopsaro gaṇaiḥ | vaimānikaiḥ stūyamāno divyapuṣpairathārcitaḥ vedaśāstrāṇyupādiśya gaṇeśasya manuṃ śubham | uvāca kurvanuṣṭhānaṃ gaṇeśaprītaye ciram
O Kuṇḍina, by the mere glance of a certain vaiśya's son, a royal messenger, that celestial car fell to the surface of the earth. And that very instant the mind of that wicked man became otherwise, through the power of Mudgala, devotee of the elephant-faced one. For the sake of a son the two performed all kinds of gifts, vows and austerities, and other observances, and sacrifices with abundant priestly fees. Mounted on an excellent celestial car, gazed at by hosts of apsarases, praised by the sky-travellers, then worshipped with divine flowers. Having taught (him) the Vedas and the treatises, and the auspicious mantra of Gaṇeśa, he said: "Perform the observance long, for the pleasing of Gaṇeśa."
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GnP 1 56.16
नानातीर्थानि क्षेत्राणि जग्मतुः पुत्रलिप्सया । तथापि नाभवत् पुत्रो जन्मान्तर कृतेनसोः तेनैव पुण्यशेषेण कृतवीर्याभिधो नृपः । तवपुत्र समापेदे पुत्रत्वमधुना भुवि संतुष्टो दास्यते कामान्सर्वांस्तव मनोगतान् । ततः स नर्मदातारे पद्मासनगतो मुनिः
nānātīrthāni kṣetrāṇi jagmatuḥ putralipsayā | tathāpi nābhavat putro janmāntara kṛtenasoḥ tenaiva puṇyaśeṣeṇa kṛtavīryābhidho nṛpaḥ | tavaputra samāpede putratvamadhunā bhuvi saṃtuṣṭo dāsyate kāmānsarvāṃstava manogatān | tataḥ sa narmadātāre padmāsanagato muniḥ
With the longing for a son they went to various sacred fords and holy fields; even so no son was born, because of the sin the two had done in another birth. By that very remnant of merit the king named Kṛtavīrya — your son — has now attained sonship on earth. Pleased, he will grant all the desires that are in your mind. Then that sage, seated in the lotus posture on the bank of the Narmadā, (spoke).
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GnP 1 56.17
६।। दैदीप्यमानं पतितं दुष्टदृष्ट्या महीतले । ततोऽति हर्षितो राजा प्रकृतिद्वयसंयुतः एकदा दुःखितो राजा समाहूय स मन्त्रिणः । राज्यं मुद्रां च कोशं च जनांजनपदास्तथा तदघौघक्षयात्तस्य पुत्र उत्पत्स्यतेऽनघ । इति ब्रह्मवचः श्रुत्वा चकम्पे स नृपोत्तम संनियम्येन्द्रियाण्याशु ध्यायन्हेरंबमन्तरा । जजाप परमं मन्त्रं वायुभक्षो भृशं कृशः
6|| daidīpyamānaṃ patitaṃ duṣṭadṛṣṭyā mahītale | tato'ti harṣito rājā prakṛtidvayasaṃyutaḥ ekadā duḥkhito rājā samāhūya sa mantriṇaḥ | rājyaṃ mudrāṃ ca kośaṃ ca janāṃjanapadāstathā tadaghaughakṣayāttasya putra utpatsyate'nagha | iti brahmavacaḥ śrutvā cakampe sa nṛpottama saṃniyamyendriyāṇyāśu dhyāyanheraṃbamantarā | jajāpa paramaṃ mantraṃ vāyubhakṣo bhṛśaṃ kṛśaḥ
...blazing, fallen upon the ground by an evil glance. Thereupon the king, exceedingly delighted, joined with the two natures. Once the sorrowing king, having summoned his ministers, (entrusted them with) the kingdom, the seal, the treasury, and the people and provinces. "By the wearing away of that flood of sin a son will be born to him, O sinless one" — hearing this speech of Brahmā, that best of kings trembled. Quickly restraining his senses, meditating inwardly on Heramba, he muttered the supreme mantra, feeding on air, exceedingly emaciated.
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GnP 1 56.18
अश्वारुढो ययौ तत्र विमानं द्रष्टुमत्सुकः । मन्यमानो महाभाग्यं स्वजनैः परिवारितः तेभ्यो निवेद्य सर्वं तौ जग्मतुर्वनमुत्तमम । वल्कलाजिनसंवीतौ दम्पती तपआस्थितौ पप्रच्छु पुनरेवासावुपायं पापनाशनम् । कृतवीर्य पितोवाच । ब्रह्महत्या कृतं तस्य पापं नश्येत्कथं विधे एवं वर्षसहस्रं स तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम् । माघकृष्णचतुर्थ्यांतमुदये शशिनोऽमले
aśvāruḍho yayau tatra vimānaṃ draṣṭumatsukaḥ | manyamāno mahābhāgyaṃ svajanaiḥ parivāritaḥ tebhyo nivedya sarvaṃ tau jagmaturvanamuttamama | valkalājinasaṃvītau dampatī tapaāsthitau papracchu punarevāsāvupāyaṃ pāpanāśanam | kṛtavīrya pitovāca | brahmahatyā kṛtaṃ tasya pāpaṃ naśyetkathaṃ vidhe evaṃ varṣasahasraṃ sa tapastepe sudāruṇam | māghakṛṣṇacaturthyāṃtamudaye śaśino'male
Mounted on a horse he went there, eager to see the celestial car, reckoning (it) great good fortune, surrounded by his own people. Having told them everything, the two went to an excellent forest; wrapped in bark and hides, the couple stood in austerity. Again they asked him the means of destroying sin. The father of Kṛtavīrya said: "How, O Ordainer, may the sin of brahmin-slaying committed by him perish?" Thus for a thousand years he practised most terrible austerity, on the fourth of the dark half of Māgha, at the rising of the spotless moon.
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GnP 1 56.19
अनेकवाद्य निर्घोषैः विमानस्यान्तिकं ययौ । ददृशुस्तत्र शक्रं वै नमुरुत्तीर्य यानतः जितेन्द्रियौ जिताहारौ जीर्णपर्णानिलाशिनौ । चक्षुर्मात्रेण लक्ष्यौ तौ दृष्ट्वाऽयं नारदो मुनिः तद्वदस्व दयासिंधो यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुष्करम् । ब्रह्मोवाच । स चेद्व्रतं तु संकष्टचतुर्थीसंज्ञकं तव दर्शयामास रूपं स्वं गणनाथोऽथ दिग्भुजम् । दिव्यांबरं भालचन्द्रं नानायुधलसत्करम्
anekavādya nirghoṣaiḥ vimānasyāntikaṃ yayau | dadṛśustatra śakraṃ vai namuruttīrya yānataḥ jitendriyau jitāhārau jīrṇaparṇānilāśinau | cakṣurmātreṇa lakṣyau tau dṛṣṭvā'yaṃ nārado muniḥ tadvadasva dayāsiṃdho yadyapi syātsuduṣkaram | brahmovāca | sa cedvrataṃ tu saṃkaṣṭacaturthīsaṃjñakaṃ tava darśayāmāsa rūpaṃ svaṃ gaṇanātho'tha digbhujam | divyāṃbaraṃ bhālacandraṃ nānāyudhalasatkaram
With the noise of many instruments he approached the celestial car; there they saw Indra indeed, and having descended from the vehicle they bowed. The two, with senses subdued and food subdued, feeding on withered leaves and on air, discernible only by the eye — seeing them, this sage Nārada (spoke). "Therefore tell it, ocean of compassion, even if it be very hard to do." Brahmā said: "If (he performs) that vow of yours named Saṃkaṣṭa-caturthī..." Then the lord of the Gaṇas displayed his own form, with arms (spread to) the directions, in divine garments, with the moon on his brow, his hands gleaming with various weapons.
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GnP 1 56.21
० ।। धन्येयमद्य धरणी धन्यं जन्म च संपदः । पूर्वजाः सर्वचक्षूंषि धन्यान्यद्य शचीपते ० ।। कुरू मेऽनुग्रहं पूर्णमुद्धरस्व भवार्णवात् । साधवो ह्यनुगृह्णन्ति दीनान् दुष्कृतिनोऽपि च कृतवीर्यो मृत्युलोके श्वःपरश्वो मरिष्यति । यदि तस्य भवेत्पुत्रो नाकलोकप्रदर्शकः तत्सर्वं वद मे स्वामिन्येन पापं लयं व्रजेत् । ब्रह्मोवाच । चतुर्थी भौमवारे तु माघे कृष्णे भवेद्यदि ददर्श रूपं देवस्य स बालः पुरतः स्थितम् । उत्थाय प्रणिपत्यैनं तुष्टाव जगदीश्वरम्
0 || dhanyeyamadya dharaṇī dhanyaṃ janma ca saṃpadaḥ | pūrvajāḥ sarvacakṣūṃṣi dhanyānyadya śacīpate 0 || kurū me'nugrahaṃ pūrṇamuddharasva bhavārṇavāt | sādhavo hyanugṛhṇanti dīnān duṣkṛtino'pi ca kṛtavīryo mṛtyuloke śvaḥparaśvo mariṣyati | yadi tasya bhavetputro nākalokapradarśakaḥ tatsarvaṃ vada me svāminyena pāpaṃ layaṃ vrajet | brahmovāca | caturthī bhaumavāre tu māghe kṛṣṇe bhavedyadi dadarśa rūpaṃ devasya sa bālaḥ purataḥ sthitam | utthāya praṇipatyainaṃ tuṣṭāva jagadīśvaram
Blessed is this earth today, blessed the birth and the riches; blessed today are the ancestors and all eyes, O lord of Śacī. Show me your full favour, lift me out of the ocean of worldly existence; for the good show favour to the wretched, and even to evil-doers. Kṛtavīrya will die in the world of mortals tomorrow or the day after; if he were to have a son who reveals the heavenly world... Tell me all that, O lord, by which sin comes to dissolution. Brahmā said: If the fourth should fall on a Tuesday in the dark half of Māgha... That boy saw the form of the god standing before him; rising and prostrating to him, he praised the lord of the world.
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GnP 1 56.22
कृतवीर्यस्तदा जीवेन्मृतो वा स्वर्गमाप्नुयात् । इत्युक्त्वा नारदो यातः पश्यति स्माद्भुतं भुवि शुभे मुहूर्ते चन्द्रे च कुर्यात्प्रारंभमस्य ह । दन्तधावनपूर्वाणि स्नानानि चैकविंशतिम् । भौम उवाच । नमस्ते विघ्ननाशाय नमस्ते विघ्नकारिणे । सुरासुराणामीशाय सर्वशक्त्युपबर्हिणे
kṛtavīryastadā jīvenmṛto vā svargamāpnuyāt | ityuktvā nārado yātaḥ paśyati smādbhutaṃ bhuvi śubhe muhūrte candre ca kuryātprāraṃbhamasya ha | dantadhāvanapūrvāṇi snānāni caikaviṃśatim | bhauma uvāca | namaste vighnanāśāya namaste vighnakāriṇe | surāsurāṇāmīśāya sarvaśaktyupabarhiṇe
Then Kṛtavīrya would live, or, if dead, would attain heaven. Having said this, Nārada departed; he beholds the marvel on earth. At an auspicious moment and (favourable) moon one should make the beginning of it: twenty-one bathings, preceded by cleaning the teeth. Bhauma said: Homage to you, destroyer of obstacles; homage to you, maker of obstacles; to the lord of gods and demons, the support of all powers.
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GnP 1 56.23
भ्रूशुंडे: पितरौ पुत्रौ तस्य पत्नीं सकन्यकाम् । अग्निज्वालाकुले घोरे कुम्भीपाके ह्यधोमुखान् निरामयाय नित्याय निर्गुणाय गुणच्छिदे । नमो ब्रह्मविदां श्रेष्ठ स्थितिसंहारकारिणे
bhrūśuṃḍe: pitarau putrau tasya patnīṃ sakanyakām | agnijvālākule ghore kumbhīpāke hyadhomukhān nirāmayāya nityāya nirguṇāya guṇacchide | namo brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭha sthitisaṃhārakāriṇe
O Bhrūśuṇḍi: his parents, his sons, his wife together with his daughter, head-downward in the dreadful Kumbhīpāka thronged with flames of fire. To the free of affliction, the eternal, the quality-less, the cutter-off of the qualities, homage — O best of the knowers of Brahman, doer of preservation and destruction.
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GnP 1 56.24
३।। इदं च ते विमानं यत् कथं निपतितं भुवि । एतन्मे संशयं देव छेत्तुमर्हसि सांप्रतम् ३ । । मुद्गल उवाच । विधिप्रयुक्ते दानादौ नाधिकारोऽस्ति कुत्रचित् । तथापि नामजपं कथयामि प्रसादत याम्यदूतैस्ताड्यमानान् क्रन्दन्तो विविधान् रवान् । तेषामाक्रन्दितं श्रुत्वा नारदः करुणानिधिः कुर्वीत नित्यकर्माणि जपेन्मन्त्रं ततः परम् । निराहारो भवेन्मौनि परनिन्दाविवर्जितः । दुष्टकर्म च तांबूलं वर्जयेन्नियमेन च । वर्जयेज्जलपाणं च परद्रोहं च पैशुनम् नमस्ते जगदाधार नमस्त्रैलोक्य पालक । ब्रह्मादये ब्रह्मविदे ब्रह्मणे ब्रह्मरूपिणे
3|| idaṃ ca te vimānaṃ yat kathaṃ nipatitaṃ bhuvi | etanme saṃśayaṃ deva chettumarhasi sāṃpratam 3 | | mudgala uvāca | vidhiprayukte dānādau nādhikāro'sti kutracit | tathāpi nāmajapaṃ kathayāmi prasādata yāmyadūtaistāḍyamānān krandanto vividhān ravān | teṣāmākranditaṃ śrutvā nāradaḥ karuṇānidhiḥ kurvīta nityakarmāṇi japenmantraṃ tataḥ param | nirāhāro bhavenmauni paranindāvivarjitaḥ | duṣṭakarma ca tāṃbūlaṃ varjayenniyamena ca | varjayejjalapāṇaṃ ca paradrohaṃ ca paiśunam namaste jagadādhāra namastrailokya pālaka | brahmādaye brahmavide brahmaṇe brahmarūpiṇe
"And this celestial car of yours — how did it fall to the earth? This doubt of mine, O god, you should now cut away." Mudgala said: In gift-giving and the rest, when enjoined by rule, there is no entitlement anywhere; nevertheless, out of grace, I shall tell of the repetition of the Name. ...being beaten by Yama's messengers, wailing cries of many kinds — hearing their lamentation, Nārada, the treasury of compassion, (acted). One should perform the daily rites and thereafter mutter the mantra; one should be without food, silent, and free from censuring others; and one should by rule avoid evil deeds and betel; and one should avoid drinking water, and injury to others, and slander. Homage to you, support of the world; homage, protector of the three worlds; to the first of Brahman, the knower of Brahman, to Brahman, to him whose form is Brahman.
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GnP 1 56.25
यतवान्कुत्र च भवान्गन्ता वा शंस मे प्रभो । शक्र उवाच । राजन् शृणु महाश्चर्यं कथितं नारदेन मे गजाननस्य परमं सर्वसिद्धिकरं नृणाम् । ततः प्रणाममकरोत् कैवर्तो मुद्गलं मुनिम आगत्य कथयामास तेषां दुःखं भ्रुशुंडये । नारद उवाच । शक्रादयो देवगणा मुनयः कपिलादयः तिलामलककल्केन दिनान्ते स्नानमाचरेत् । एकाक्षरं शडर्णं वा जपेद्वा वैदिकं ममुम् लक्ष्यालक्ष्य स्वरूपाय दुर्लक्षणभिदे नमः । नमः श्रीगणनाथाय परेशाय नमो नमः । इति स्तुतः प्रसन्नात्मा परमात्मा गजाननः
yatavānkutra ca bhavāngantā vā śaṃsa me prabho | śakra uvāca | rājan śṛṇu mahāścaryaṃ kathitaṃ nāradena me gajānanasya paramaṃ sarvasiddhikaraṃ nṛṇām | tataḥ praṇāmamakarot kaivarto mudgalaṃ munima āgatya kathayāmāsa teṣāṃ duḥkhaṃ bhruśuṃḍaye | nārada uvāca | śakrādayo devagaṇā munayaḥ kapilādayaḥ tilāmalakakalkena dinānte snānamācaret | ekākṣaraṃ śaḍarṇaṃ vā japedvā vaidikaṃ mamum lakṣyālakṣya svarūpāya durlakṣaṇabhide namaḥ | namaḥ śrīgaṇanāthāya pareśāya namo namaḥ | iti stutaḥ prasannātmā paramātmā gajānanaḥ
"Where have you gone, and where will you go? Tell me, lord." Śakra said: King, hear the great marvel told to me by Nārada — the supreme (mantra) of Gajānana, which brings men all attainments. Then the fisherman made obeisance to the sage Mudgala. Having come, he told their suffering to Bhrūśuṇḍi. Nārada said: The hosts of gods, Śakra and the rest, and the sages, Kapila and the rest... With a paste of sesame and āmalaka one should bathe at the end of the day; one should mutter the one-syllabled or the six-syllabled, or the Vedic mantra. Homage to him whose own form is both marked and unmarked, the breaker of ill marks; homage to the blessed Gaṇanātha, homage, homage to the supreme lord. Thus praised, Gajānana, the supreme Self, his mind well pleased, (spoke).
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GnP 1 56.26
तदहं कथयिष्ये त्वां शृणुष्वैकमना नृप । नारद उवाच । मृत्युलोकं गतः शक्र भ्रुशुंडेराश्रमं प्रति । गणेशस्य स्वरूपेण तिष्ठतो जपतोऽनिशम् यस्य ते दर्शनं कर्तुं यान्ति हेरम्बरूपिणः । तत्कथं पितरौपत्नी पुत्राःपुत्र्यश्च किंकराः गणेशप्रीतये तस्य नाममन्त्रं यथाविधि । ध्यायेत् स्थिरेण मनसा देवदेवं गजाननम् उवाच श्लक्ष्णया वाचा बालकं संप्रहर्षयन् । गजानन उवाच । तवोग्रतपसा तुष्टो भक्त्या स्तुत्याऽनयाऽपि च
tadahaṃ kathayiṣye tvāṃ śṛṇuṣvaikamanā nṛpa | nārada uvāca | mṛtyulokaṃ gataḥ śakra bhruśuṃḍerāśramaṃ prati | gaṇeśasya svarūpeṇa tiṣṭhato japato'niśam yasya te darśanaṃ kartuṃ yānti herambarūpiṇaḥ | tatkathaṃ pitaraupatnī putrāḥputryaśca kiṃkarāḥ gaṇeśaprītaye tasya nāmamantraṃ yathāvidhi | dhyāyet sthireṇa manasā devadevaṃ gajānanam uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā bālakaṃ saṃpraharṣayan | gajānana uvāca | tavogratapasā tuṣṭo bhaktyā stutyā'nayā'pi ca
That I shall tell you; listen with undivided mind, O king. Nārada said: I went, Śakra, to the world of mortals, to the hermitage of Bhrūśuṇḍi, who abides in the very form of Gaṇeśa, reciting day and night. Those who take the form of Heramba go to have sight of him — how then are his parents, his wife, his sons, his daughters and his servants (in hell)? For Gaṇeśa's pleasure one should (recite) his name-mantra as prescribed; one should meditate with steady mind on Gajānana, god of gods. He spoke with gentle speech, greatly gladdening the boy. Gajānana said: I am pleased by your fierce austerity, and by devotion, and by this praise as well.
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GnP 1 56.27
तद् ध्यानात्तत्स्वरूपस्य दृष्टं कौतुकमद्भुतम् । पूजितस्तेन मुनिना गजानन स्वरुपिणा ६ ।। स्व यष्टिं रोपयामास पुरस्तस्य धरातले । उवाच चैनं संप्रीत्या यावदागमनं मम यमलोके कुम्भिपाके पच्यन्ते तव दोषतः । त्वं चापि ज्ञानसंपन्नः कथं तन्नावबुध्यसे मुहूर्तमात्रेण ततः पूजयेद्गणनायकम् । उपचारैः षोडशभिः नैवेद्यैर्विविधैरपि बालभावेऽपि धैर्याच्च ददामि वांछितान् वरान् । एवमुक्तो भूमिपुत्रो वच ऊचे गजाननम्
tad dhyānāttatsvarūpasya dṛṣṭaṃ kautukamadbhutam | pūjitastena muninā gajānana svarupiṇā 6 || sva yaṣṭiṃ ropayāmāsa purastasya dharātale | uvāca cainaṃ saṃprītyā yāvadāgamanaṃ mama yamaloke kumbhipāke pacyante tava doṣataḥ | tvaṃ cāpi jñānasaṃpannaḥ kathaṃ tannāvabudhyase muhūrtamātreṇa tataḥ pūjayedgaṇanāyakam | upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ naivedyairvividhairapi bālabhāve'pi dhairyācca dadāmi vāṃchitān varān | evamukto bhūmiputro vaca ūce gajānanam
By that meditation, the wondrous marvel of his form was seen. He was worshipped by that sage, (the god) in the form of Gajānana. He planted his own staff in the ground before him, and said to him with great affection, "Until my coming (back)..." "In Yama's world, in Kumbhīpāka, they are being boiled because of your fault; and you, though possessed of knowledge — how do you not perceive it?" Then within a mere muhūrta one should worship the lord of the Gaṇas with the sixteen services and with food-offerings of many kinds. "Even in your childlike condition, because of your firmness, I grant the boons you desire." Addressed thus, the son of Earth spoke words to Gajānana.
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GnP 1 56.28
न वा तं मुनिमापृच्छ्य दर्शनार्थे तवागत । भूमौ सारूप्यता नैव दृष्टाऽन्यत्र शतक्रतो तावज्जपस्व नामेदं यावद्यष्टिश्च सांकुरा । एकासन गतो वायुभक्ष एकाग्रमानसः मोदकापूप शष्कुली लड्डुकैर्वटकैरपि । पायसैर्विविधैरन्नैर्व्यंजनैर्लेह्यचोष्यकैः भौम उवाच । धन्या दृष्टिर्जननमपि मे दर्शनाच्च सुरेश, धन्यं ज्ञानं कुलमपि विभो भूः सशैलाऽद्य धन्या । धन्यं चैतत्सकलमपि तपो येन दृष्टोऽखिलेशो, धन्या वाणी वसतिरपि यया संस्तुतो मूढभावात्
na vā taṃ munimāpṛcchya darśanārthe tavāgata | bhūmau sārūpyatā naiva dṛṣṭā'nyatra śatakrato tāvajjapasva nāmedaṃ yāvadyaṣṭiśca sāṃkurā | ekāsana gato vāyubhakṣa ekāgramānasaḥ modakāpūpa śaṣkulī laḍḍukairvaṭakairapi | pāyasairvividhairannairvyaṃjanairlehyacoṣyakaiḥ bhauma uvāca | dhanyā dṛṣṭirjananamapi me darśanācca sureśa, dhanyaṃ jñānaṃ kulamapi vibho bhūḥ saśailā'dya dhanyā | dhanyaṃ caitatsakalamapi tapo yena dṛṣṭo'khileśo, dhanyā vāṇī vasatirapi yayā saṃstuto mūḍhabhāvāt
Nor, having asked that sage, (did I come); I have come to see you. Nowhere else on earth, O Śatakratu, has such a sameness of form been seen. Recite this Name for as long as it takes the staff to sprout, seated in one seat, feeding on air, with one-pointed mind. With modakas, cakes, śaṣkulīs, laḍḍus and vaṭakas, with milk-rice, with various foods, with condiments, with things to be licked and sucked. Bhauma said: Blessed is my sight, and my birth too, from beholding (you), lord of the gods; blessed my knowledge, and my family too, O mighty one; blessed today is the earth with its mountains; and blessed is all this austerity, by which the lord of all has been seen; blessed my speech and my dwelling too, by which he has been praised, though out of dullness.
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GnP 1 56.29
शक्र उवाच । अहं च नारदं पूज्य विसृज्य च क्षणेन तम् । अत्युत्सुकतया यातो मुनिं दृष्टुं तथाविधम् सायं प्रातर्जलं देहि यष्टिमूले निरन्तरम् पूर्वजानां त्वमुद्धारे यत्नं कुरु महामुने । शक्र उवाच । भ्रूशुंडिरति संतप्तो वाक्यं श्रुत्वा मुनीरितम् । दुःखितः पितृदुःखेन भृशं जज्वाल वह्निवत् । उपायं चिन्तयामास तेषामुद्धारकारकम् । ददौ श्रेयं स संकष्टचतुर्थीं व्रतजं तदा फलैर्नानाविधैः पूग तांबूलैर्दक्षिणादिभिः । एकविंशतिदूर्वाभिर्दीपैश्च कुसुमैरपि यदि तुष्टोऽसि देवेश स्वर्गे भवतु मे स्थिति: । अमृतं पातुमिच्छामि देवैः सह गजानन
śakra uvāca | ahaṃ ca nāradaṃ pūjya visṛjya ca kṣaṇena tam | atyutsukatayā yāto muniṃ dṛṣṭuṃ tathāvidham sāyaṃ prātarjalaṃ dehi yaṣṭimūle nirantaram pūrvajānāṃ tvamuddhāre yatnaṃ kuru mahāmune | śakra uvāca | bhrūśuṃḍirati saṃtapto vākyaṃ śrutvā munīritam | duḥkhitaḥ pitṛduḥkhena bhṛśaṃ jajvāla vahnivat | upāyaṃ cintayāmāsa teṣāmuddhārakārakam | dadau śreyaṃ sa saṃkaṣṭacaturthīṃ vratajaṃ tadā phalairnānāvidhaiḥ pūga tāṃbūlairdakṣiṇādibhiḥ | ekaviṃśatidūrvābhirdīpaiśca kusumairapi yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa svarge bhavatu me sthiti: | amṛtaṃ pātumicchāmi devaiḥ saha gajānana
Śakra said: And I, having honoured Nārada and in a moment dismissed him, went with the greatest eagerness to see the sage of such a kind. "Evening and morning give water at the foot of the staff without ceasing. Make effort, great sage, at the deliverance of your ancestors." Śakra said: Bhrūśuṇḍi, exceedingly tormented, hearing the words uttered by the sage, grieved with grief for his fathers, blazed fiercely like fire, and thought of a means that would bring about their deliverance. Then he gave (as) the blessing the Saṃkaṣṭa-caturthī, born of the vow — with fruits of many kinds, with areca and betel, with priestly fees and the rest, with twenty-one dūrvā shoots, and with lamps and flowers. "If you are pleased, lord of gods, let my dwelling be in heaven; I wish to drink the nectar together with the gods, Gajānana."
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GnP 1 56.31
भ्रुशुंडिं प्रणिपत्याथ तस्य पूजां प्रगृह्य च । चलितः सपरीवारो गन्तुकामोऽमरावतीम् एकासन गतोऽरण्ये जजाप नाममंत्रकम् । पुरोधाय मुनेर्यष्टि वृक्षच्छाया समाश्रितः उवाच पितॄनुद्दिश्य याचन्देवं गजाननम् । भ्रुशुंडिरुवाच। यदि भक्त्या कृतं मेऽस्ति गणनाथ व्रतं तव निवेद्य पूजनं नत्वा क्षमाप्य च ततः पुनः । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेद्भक्त्या शक्त्या वा चैकविंशतिम् अतः सा पुण्यदा नित्यं सर्वसंकष्टहारिणी । कामदा व्रतकर्तॄणां त्वत्प्रसादात् सदाऽस्तु च
bhruśuṃḍiṃ praṇipatyātha tasya pūjāṃ pragṛhya ca | calitaḥ saparīvāro gantukāmo'marāvatīm ekāsana gato'raṇye jajāpa nāmamaṃtrakam | purodhāya muneryaṣṭi vṛkṣacchāyā samāśritaḥ uvāca pitṝnuddiśya yācandevaṃ gajānanam | bhruśuṃḍiruvāca| yadi bhaktyā kṛtaṃ me'sti gaṇanātha vrataṃ tava nivedya pūjanaṃ natvā kṣamāpya ca tataḥ punaḥ | brāhmaṇānbhojayedbhaktyā śaktyā vā caikaviṃśatim ataḥ sā puṇyadā nityaṃ sarvasaṃkaṣṭahāriṇī | kāmadā vratakartṝṇāṃ tvatprasādāt sadā'stu ca
Then, having prostrated to Bhrūśuṇḍi and accepted his worship, he set out with his retinue, wishing to go to Amarāvatī. Seated in one seat in the forest, he recited the name-mantra, setting the sage's staff before him, resorting to the shade of a tree. Referring to his ancestors, entreating the god Gajānana, he spoke. Bhrūśuṇḍi said: If your vow has been performed by me with devotion, O Gaṇanātha... Having presented the worship, having bowed and begged forgiveness, then again one should devotedly feed twenty-one brahmins, or according to one's means. Therefore let it always be a giver of merit, remover of every distress, granting the wishes of those who perform the vow, by your grace.
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GnP 1 56.32
यावत्ते नगराभ्याशे विमानमिदमागतम् । तावद् दूतस्य ते दृष्ट्या कुष्ठिनः पापकारिणः तदा तस्य प्रभावेन शीघ्रमुद्धर पूर्वजान् । एवमुक्त्वा तु तत्तोयं गजाननकरेऽक्षिपत् दश द्वादश वाऽशक्तो दक्षिणाभिः सुतोषयेत् । कथां श्रुत्वा ततः सम्यक् स्वयं भुंजीत वाग्यतः गणेश उवाच । अमृतं पास्यसे सम्यग् देवैः सह धरासुत । मंगलेति च नाम्ना त्वं लोके ख्यातिं गमिष्यसि
yāvatte nagarābhyāśe vimānamidamāgatam | tāvad dūtasya te dṛṣṭyā kuṣṭhinaḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ tadā tasya prabhāvena śīghramuddhara pūrvajān | evamuktvā tu tattoyaṃ gajānanakare'kṣipat daśa dvādaśa vā'śakto dakṣiṇābhiḥ sutoṣayet | kathāṃ śrutvā tataḥ samyak svayaṃ bhuṃjīta vāgyataḥ gaṇeśa uvāca | amṛtaṃ pāsyase samyag devaiḥ saha dharāsuta | maṃgaleti ca nāmnā tvaṃ loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyasi
As soon as this celestial car of yours came near the city, by the glance of your messenger, a leper and a doer of evil... "Then by his power quickly deliver my ancestors" — having said this, he cast that water into Gajānana's hand. Or, if unable, one should satisfy ten or twelve with priestly fees; then, having duly heard the story, one should oneself eat, with speech restrained. Gaṇeśa said: You shall duly drink the nectar together with the gods, son of Earth, and you shall come to renown in the world by the name Maṅgala.
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GnP 1 56.33
पतितं भूमिभागेऽस्मिन्सर्वं ते कथितं नृप । शूरसेन उवाच । तपसा केन वा शक्र गजानन स्वरुपता क्षिप्तमात्रे तदा तोये गजाननप्रसादतः । विमानानि समारुह्य सर्वे ते देवरूपिणः गीतवादित्रघोषेण शेषां रात्रिं ततो नयेत् । एवं व्रतं चैकवर्षं कृतं चेद्यत्नतो नृप अंगारकेति रक्तत्वाद्वसुमत्या यतः सुतः । अंगारकचतुर्थीं ये करिष्यन्ति नरा भुवि
patitaṃ bhūmibhāge'sminsarvaṃ te kathitaṃ nṛpa | śūrasena uvāca | tapasā kena vā śakra gajānana svarupatā kṣiptamātre tadā toye gajānanaprasādataḥ | vimānāni samāruhya sarve te devarūpiṇaḥ gītavāditraghoṣeṇa śeṣāṃ rātriṃ tato nayet | evaṃ vrataṃ caikavarṣaṃ kṛtaṃ cedyatnato nṛpa aṃgāraketi raktatvādvasumatyā yataḥ sutaḥ | aṃgārakacaturthīṃ ye kariṣyanti narā bhuvi
"...it fell on this portion of the earth" — all has been told to you, O king. Śūrasena said: By what austerity, O Śakra, (was won) the state of having Gajānana's own form? The moment the water was cast, by Gajānana's grace, all of them, in the form of gods, mounted the celestial cars. Then one should pass the remainder of the night with the sound of song and instruments. If the vow be thus performed with effort for one year, O king... "Aṅgāraka" because of his redness, since he was the son of Earth; those men on earth who will perform the Aṅgāraka-caturthī...
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GnP 1 56.34
प्राप्ता भ्रुशुंडिना तेन तद्वदस्व मम प्रभो । न हि मे तृप्तिरस्तीह शुण्वतस्तत्कथामृतम् ३ ।। ततो मुनि मुद्गलोऽपि दैवाच्च देशमाययौ । सस्मार च तदा यष्टिं तं च कैवर्तकं यदा सेव्यमाना अप्सरोभिः स्तूयमानाश्च चारणैः । गंधर्वैर्गीयमानास्ते गणेशस्थानमाप्नुवन् सर्वपाप क्षयात्तस्य भविता पुत्र उत्तमः । अन्यं वा चिन्तयेत्कामं यं यं तं प्राप्नुयान्नरः तेषामब्दसमं पुण्यं संकष्टीव्रतसंभवम् । निर्विघ्नता सर्वकार्ये भविष्यति न संशयः
prāptā bhruśuṃḍinā tena tadvadasva mama prabho | na hi me tṛptirastīha śuṇvatastatkathāmṛtam 3 || tato muni mudgalo'pi daivācca deśamāyayau | sasmāra ca tadā yaṣṭiṃ taṃ ca kaivartakaṃ yadā sevyamānā apsarobhiḥ stūyamānāśca cāraṇaiḥ | gaṃdharvairgīyamānāste gaṇeśasthānamāpnuvan sarvapāpa kṣayāttasya bhavitā putra uttamaḥ | anyaṃ vā cintayetkāmaṃ yaṃ yaṃ taṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ teṣāmabdasamaṃ puṇyaṃ saṃkaṣṭīvratasaṃbhavam | nirvighnatā sarvakārye bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
"...attained by that Bhrūśuṇḍi — tell me that, my lord; for I have no satiety here as I hear the nectar of that story." Then the sage Mudgala too came by chance to that country, and he remembered then the staff and that fisherman. Attended by apsarases, praised by cāraṇas, sung of by gandharvas, they reached the abode of Gaṇeśa. By the wearing away of all his sin he shall have an excellent son; or whatever other desire he may think of, that a man shall obtain. Their merit is equal to a year's, arising from the Saṃkaṣṭī vow; there will be freedom from obstacles in every undertaking — no doubt of it.
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GnP 1 56.35
ददर्श भ्रममाणः स सांकशं यष्टिमुत्तमाम् । वल्मीकाक्रान्त देहं च तं च कैवर्तकं मुनिः अन्येऽपि कुंभिपाके च नरा दुष्कृतिनोऽभवन् । तेऽपि सर्वे विमानस्थाः पदं गाणेश्वरं ययुः । सर्वसंकटनाशः स्यात् परचक्राद् भयं न हि । शमीमूले जपंस्तिष्ठन्नुपवास परायणः अवन्तीनगरे राजा भविष्यसि परन्तप । व्रतानामुत्तमं यस्मात्कृतं ते व्रतमुत्तमम्
dadarśa bhramamāṇaḥ sa sāṃkaśaṃ yaṣṭimuttamām | valmīkākrānta dehaṃ ca taṃ ca kaivartakaṃ muniḥ anye'pi kuṃbhipāke ca narā duṣkṛtino'bhavan | te'pi sarve vimānasthāḥ padaṃ gāṇeśvaraṃ yayuḥ | sarvasaṃkaṭanāśaḥ syāt paracakrād bhayaṃ na hi | śamīmūle japaṃstiṣṭhannupavāsa parāyaṇaḥ avantīnagare rājā bhaviṣyasi parantapa | vratānāmuttamaṃ yasmātkṛtaṃ te vratamuttamam
Wandering about, the sage saw the excellent staff with its sprouts, and that fisherman, his body overrun by an anthill. Other men too, evil-doers, were in Kumbhīpāka; all of them too, set in celestial cars, went to Gaṇeśa's station. There would be the destruction of every peril, and no fear from a hostile army. Sitting reciting at the root of a śamī tree, devoted to fasting: "You shall be king in the city of Avantī, O scorcher of foes, since the vow you performed is the best of vows."
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GnP 1 56.36
एवं व्रतस्य महिमा मया ते परिकीर्तितः । यदेकदिनपुण्येन सर्वे सद्गतिं गतः। आचन्द्रोदयपर्यन्तं व्रतमेतत्समाचरेत् । अन्धो मूको जडः पंगुस्तदीप्सितमवाप्नुयात् यस्य संकीर्तनान्मर्त्यः सर्वान् कामानवाप्नुयात् । ब्रह्मोवाच । इति दत्वा वरो देवः पिदधे द्विरदाननः ।
evaṃ vratasya mahimā mayā te parikīrtitaḥ | yadekadinapuṇyena sarve sadgatiṃ gataḥ| ācandrodayaparyantaṃ vratametatsamācaret | andho mūko jaḍaḥ paṃgustadīpsitamavāpnuyāt yasya saṃkīrtanānmartyaḥ sarvān kāmānavāpnuyāt | brahmovāca | iti datvā varo devaḥ pidadhe dviradānanaḥ |
Thus the greatness of the vow has been proclaimed by me to you, since by the merit of a single day all attained a good destination. One should perform this vow up until moonrise. The blind, the mute, the dull, the lame — (each) would obtain what he desires. By reciting whose (name) a mortal obtains all his wishes. Brahmā said: Having given the boon thus, the two-tusked god closed (his speech / concealed himself).
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GnP 1 56.37
६।। उत्साद्य तस्य देहस्थं वल्मीकं मुनिसत्तमः । मंत्रितेन जलेनास्य सिषेचांगं च सर्वशः जन्मावधि कृतं येन संकष्टं व्रतमादरात् । शेषोऽपि तस्य पुण्यस्य संख्या कर्तुं न वै क्षम: दारान् पुत्रान् धनं राज्यं लभते नात्र संशयः । श्रवणादिषु मासेषु घृतलड्डवादिकं पृथक् ततस्तु मंगले देवं स्थापयामास भक्तितः । शुंडामुखं दशभुजं सर्वावयवसुंदरम्
6|| utsādya tasya dehasthaṃ valmīkaṃ munisattamaḥ | maṃtritena jalenāsya siṣecāṃgaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ janmāvadhi kṛtaṃ yena saṃkaṣṭaṃ vratamādarāt | śeṣo'pi tasya puṇyasya saṃkhyā kartuṃ na vai kṣama: dārān putrān dhanaṃ rājyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ | śravaṇādiṣu māseṣu ghṛtalaḍḍavādikaṃ pṛthak tatastu maṃgale devaṃ sthāpayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ | śuṃḍāmukhaṃ daśabhujaṃ sarvāvayavasuṃdaram
Having removed the anthill that stood on his body, the best of sages sprinkled his limbs all over with consecrated water. He by whom the Saṃkaṣṭa vow has been performed with reverence from birth onward — even Śeṣa is not able to make a count of that merit. He obtains wives, sons, wealth, a kingdom; there is no doubt in this. In the months beginning with Śrāvaṇa, ghee-laddus and the like separately. Then on a Tuesday he devotedly installed the god, trunk-faced, ten-armed, beautiful in all his limbs.
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GnP 1 56.38
अतस्तस्य प्रभावेन विमानं प्रचलेन्मम भक्षेयद्वर्षपर्यन्तं तस्य सिद्धिरनुत्तमा । श्रावणे सप्त लड्डूका नभस्ये दधिभक्षणम् प्रासादं कारयामास गजाननमुदावहम् । संज्ञा मंगलमूर्तीति देवदेवस्य सोऽकरोत्
atastasya prabhāvena vimānaṃ pracalenmama bhakṣeyadvarṣaparyantaṃ tasya siddhiranuttamā | śrāvaṇe sapta laḍḍūkā nabhasye dadhibhakṣaṇam prāsādaṃ kārayāmāsa gajānanamudāvaham | saṃjñā maṃgalamūrtīti devadevasya so'karot
Therefore by his power my aerial car would move. If he eats (thus) for a whole year, his attainment is unsurpassed. In Śrāvaṇa, seven laddus; in Bhādrapada, the eating of curds. He had a temple built, one bringing great joy, for the elephant-faced one; and he made the name of the god of gods 'Maṅgalamūrti'.
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GnP 1 56.39
आश्विने चोपवासं च कार्तिके दुग्धपानकम् । मार्गशीर्षे निराहारं पौषे गोमूत्रपानकम् ततोऽभवत् कामदातृ क्षेत्रं सर्वजनस्य तत् । अनुष्ठानात् पूजनाच्च दर्शनात् सर्वमोक्षदम्
āśvine copavāsaṃ ca kārtike dugdhapānakam | mārgaśīrṣe nirāhāraṃ pauṣe gomūtrapānakam tato'bhavat kāmadātṛ kṣetraṃ sarvajanasya tat | anuṣṭhānāt pūjanācca darśanāt sarvamokṣadam
And in Āśvina, fasting; in Kārtika, the drinking of milk; in Mārgaśīrṣa, abstention from food; in Pauṣa, the drinking of cow's urine. Thereafter that sacred field became a granter of wishes for all people, giving complete release through observance, through worship, and through sight (of it).
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GnP 1 56.41
घृतस्य भोजनं ज्येष्ठे आषाढे मधुभक्षणम् । कृतवीर्यपितोवाच । अंगारकचतुर्थ्यां तु विशेषोऽभिहितः कुतः ते गत्वा तेन देहेन तं भौममानयन् बलात् । गणेशस्यान्तिकं राजंस्तद्भुतमिवाभवत्
ghṛtasya bhojanaṃ jyeṣṭhe āṣāḍhe madhubhakṣaṇam | kṛtavīryapitovāca | aṃgārakacaturthyāṃ tu viśeṣo'bhihitaḥ kutaḥ te gatvā tena dehena taṃ bhaumamānayan balāt | gaṇeśasyāntikaṃ rājaṃstadbhutamivābhavat
In Jyeṣṭha, the eating of ghee; in Āṣāḍha, the eating of honey. Kṛtavīrya's father said: But why is a special (rule) declared for the Aṅgāraka Fourth? They went and brought that Bhauma by force, with that very body, into the presence of Gaṇeśa, O king; that was like a marvel.
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GnP 1 56.42
१ ।। उपदिष्ये मुद्गलेन नाम कैवर्तकस्तदा । वल्मीकात् पुनरुत्पन्नं मानयामास तं सुतम् वद त्वं कृपया ब्रह्मन् प्रश्रयावनताय मे । शृण्वतो न च मे तृप्तिर्गजानन कथां शुभाम् ततो भौमोऽभवत् ख्यातः त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे । यतो भौमेन संकष्टचतुर्थी भौमसंयुता
1 || upadiṣye mudgalena nāma kaivartakastadā | valmīkāt punarutpannaṃ mānayāmāsa taṃ sutam vada tvaṃ kṛpayā brahman praśrayāvanatāya me | śṛṇvato na ca me tṛptirgajānana kathāṃ śubhām tato bhaumo'bhavat khyātaḥ trailokye sacarācare | yato bhaumena saṃkaṣṭacaturthī bhaumasaṃyutā
...instructed by Mudgala. The fisherman then, (seeing the child) born again from the anthill, honoured him as his son. Tell me, O brahman, out of compassion, to me who am bowed down in humility; I have no satiety, O Gajānana, in hearing the auspicious tale. Thereafter Bhauma became renowned in the three worlds with all that moves and does not move; for it was through Bhauma that the Saṃkaṣṭa Fourth (came to be) conjoined with Tuesday.
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GnP 1 56.43
चकार नाम कर्मास्य मुद्गलो मुनिरादरात् । भ्रुशुंडीति ततो नृप कृता प्राप्तं च स्वर्गं चामृतपानं सुरैः सह । अतश्चांगारकयुता चतुर्थी प्रथिता भुवि
cakāra nāma karmāsya mudgalo munirādarāt | bhruśuṃḍīti tato nṛpa kṛtā prāptaṃ ca svargaṃ cāmṛtapānaṃ suraiḥ saha | ataścāṃgārakayutā caturthī prathitā bhuvi
The sage Mudgala reverently performed his naming rite: 'Bhruśuṇḍī' — thereafter, O king; and heaven was won, and the drinking of nectar together with the gods. Hence the Fourth conjoined with Aṅgāraka (Mars/Tuesday) is renowned on earth.
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GnP 1 56.44
एकाक्षरं च मन्त्रं च तस्मै प्राहाथ मुद्गल चिन्तिार्थप्रदानेन चिन्तामणिरिति प्रथाम् । प्रयातो मंगलमूर्तिः सर्वानुग्रहकारकः
ekākṣaraṃ ca mantraṃ ca tasmai prāhātha mudgala cintiārthapradānena cintāmaṇiriti prathām | prayāto maṃgalamūrtiḥ sarvānugrahakārakaḥ
And then he uttered to him the single-syllable mantra, O Mudgala. Through the granting of whatever is thought of, (there arose) the fame of the name 'Cintāmaṇi'. Maṅgalamūrti, who shows favour to all, departed.
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GnP 1 56.45
वरानस्मै ददौ पश्चाद्भव त्वं मुनिसत्तमः । इन्द्रादि देवगंधर्वैः सिद्धैरर्च्यतमो भव पारिनेंरात्तु नगरात् पश्चिमे प्रथितोऽभवत् । चिन्तामणिरिति ख्यीतः सर्वविघ्न निवारणः
varānasmai dadau paścādbhava tvaṃ munisattamaḥ | indrādi devagaṃdharvaiḥ siddhairarcyatamo bhava pārineṃrāttu nagarāt paścime prathito'bhavat | cintāmaṇiriti khyītaḥ sarvavighna nivāraṇaḥ
Afterwards he gave him boons: 'Become the best of sages; become most worthy of worship by Indra and the other gods, by gandharvas and siddhas.' To the west of the city Pārinera he became renowned, known as Cintāmaṇi, the averter of all obstacles.
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GnP 1 56.46
यथा गजाननो देवो ध्यातो दृष्टोऽघनाशनः । तथाहि त्वमपि मुने भ्रूशुंडिः प्रथितो भव अधुना सिद्धगंधर्वै पूज्यते स विधूदये । ददाति वांछितानर्थान् पुत्रपौत्रादि संपद
yathā gajānano devo dhyāto dṛṣṭo'ghanāśanaḥ | tathāhi tvamapi mune bhrūśuṃḍiḥ prathito bhava adhunā siddhagaṃdharvai pūjyate sa vidhūdaye | dadāti vāṃchitānarthān putrapautrādi saṃpada
Just as the god Gajānana, when meditated upon and when seen, is a destroyer of sin, so too, O sage, become you renowned as Bhrūśuṇḍi. Nowadays he is worshipped by siddhas and gandharvas at the rising of the moon; he grants the objects desired — sons, grandsons and such prosperity.
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GnP 1 56.47
यस्य ते दर्शनं स्यात्स कृतकृत्यं भवेन्नर । आयुश्च कल्पलक्षं ते भविता मम् वाक्यतः
yasya te darśanaṃ syātsa kṛtakṛtyaṃ bhavennara | āyuśca kalpalakṣaṃ te bhavitā mam vākyataḥ
That man who obtains sight of you shall become one whose purpose is fulfilled; and your lifespan shall be a lakh of kalpas, by my word.
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GnP 1 56.48
एवं बहुविधा तस्मै वरान्यच्छति मुद्गले । ययुरिन्द्रादयो द्रष्टुं मुनयो नारदादयः
evaṃ bahuvidhā tasmai varānyacchati mudgale | yayurindrādayo draṣṭuṃ munayo nāradādayaḥ
While Mudgala was thus granting him boons of many kinds, Indra and the others, and the sages Nārada and the rest, came to see (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 56.49
ऊचुस्तं प्रणिपत्यैव भ्रूशुंडे तव दर्शनात । सार्थकं जन्म नो विद्या पितरौ च तपो यशः
ūcustaṃ praṇipatyaiva bhrūśuṃḍe tava darśanāta | sārthakaṃ janma no vidyā pitarau ca tapo yaśaḥ
Prostrating themselves before him, they said: 'O Bhrūśuṇḍi, by the sight of you our birth, our learning, our parents, our austerity and our fame have been made fruitful.'
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GnP 1 56.53
२ ।। त्यक्तवैरे सिंहमृगै नकुलैर्भुजगोत्तमैः । ततो वर्षशतस्यान्ते प्रसन्नोऽभूद् गजाननः
2 || tyaktavaire siṃhamṛgai nakulairbhujagottamaiḥ | tato varṣaśatasyānte prasanno'bhūd gajānanaḥ
...enmity abandoned, by lions and deer, by mongooses and by the best of serpents. Then, at the end of a hundred years, Gajānana became gracious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 56.54
उवाच मत्स्वरूपस्त्वं किमर्थं तपसे तपः । कृतकृत्योऽसि सायुज्यमायुषोऽन्ते च लप्स्यसे
uvāca matsvarūpastvaṃ kimarthaṃ tapase tapaḥ | kṛtakṛtyo'si sāyujyamāyuṣo'nte ca lapsyase
He said: You are of my own nature; for what purpose do you practise austerity? You have accomplished your task, and at the end of your life you will attain union (with me).
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GnP 1 56.55
इदं क्षेत्र सुविख्यातं नामलेति भविष्यति । अनुष्ठान कृतामत्र नानासिद्धिप्रदं नृणाम्
idaṃ kṣetra suvikhyātaṃ nāmaleti bhaviṣyati | anuṣṭhāna kṛtāmatra nānāsiddhipradaṃ nṛṇām
This sacred field shall become well renowned by the name 'Nāmalā'; here it grants various attainments to men who perform the observance.
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GnP 1 56.57
६। शक्र उवाच । इति ते कथितं सर्वं शूरसेन नृपोत्तम । यत्वया परिपृष्टं मे किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि
6| śakra uvāca | iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ śūrasena nṛpottama | yatvayā paripṛṣṭaṃ me kimanyacchrotumicchasi
Śakra said: Thus all has been told to you, Śūrasena, best of kings, that which you asked of me. What else do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition