Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 6
GnP 1 6.1
।। अथ षष्ठोऽध्यायः ।। सूत उवाच ।। इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा च्यवनो भृगुनन्दनः । त्वरयास्वमुपादाय कलशं जलसंभृशम्
|| atha ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ || sūta uvāca || iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā cyavano bhṛgunandanaḥ | tvarayāsvamupādāya kalaśaṃ jalasaṃbhṛśam
Now the sixth chapter. Sūta said: Having heard that speech of hers, Cyavana, the delight of Bhṛgu, quickly took up the water-jar filled with water,
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GnP 1 6.2
दुःखित परदुःखेन तूष्णीमेवा गमद्गृहम् । तं भृगुः परिपप्रच्छ विलंबकारिणं सुतम्
duḥkhita paraduḥkhena tūṣṇīmevā gamadgṛham | taṃ bhṛguḥ paripapraccha vilaṃbakāriṇaṃ sutam
and, grieved by another's grief, went home in silence. Bhṛgu questioned that son of his, who had been delayed.
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GnP 1 6.3
भृगुरुवाच ।। किमपूर्वं त्वया दृष्टं लक्ष्यसे च कितो यथा । विलम्बश्च कथं जातो वद पुत्र ममाग्रतः
bhṛguruvāca || kimapūrvaṃ tvayā dṛṣṭaṃ lakṣyase ca kito yathā | vilambaśca kathaṃ jāto vada putra mamāgrataḥ
Bhṛgu said: What extraordinary thing have you seen? And why do you appear as if distressed? And how did the delay come about? Tell (me), son, in my presence.
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GnP 1 6.4
पुत्र उवाच ।। सौराष्ट्र देशे विख्याते दैवते नगरे मुने । सोमकान्त इतिख्यातो राजा राजीवलोचनः
putra uvāca || saurāṣṭra deśe vikhyāte daivate nagare mune | somakānta itikhyāto rājā rājīvalocanaḥ
The son said: In the renowned Saurāṣṭra country, in the city of Daivata, O sage, there was a king known as Somakānta, whose eyes were like lotuses.
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GnP 1 6.5
चक्रे राज्यं बहुतिथं धर्मेण पालयन्प्रजाः । दुर्भगत्वं गतो दैवात् पुत्र राज्यं निवेश्यसः
cakre rājyaṃ bahutithaṃ dharmeṇa pālayanprajāḥ | durbhagatvaṃ gato daivāt putra rājyaṃ niveśyasaḥ
He ruled the kingdom for a long time, protecting his subjects according to dharma. By fate he fell into misfortune, (and) having installed his son in the kingdom (he left).
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GnP 1 6.6
पत्न्यासुधर्मयायुक्तो भर्तुराज्ञा भृतापितः । सुबल ज्ञानगम्याभ्यां प्रकृतिभ्यामिहागतः
patnyāsudharmayāyukto bharturājñā bhṛtāpitaḥ | subala jñānagamyābhyāṃ prakṛtibhyāmihāgataḥ
Accompanied by his wife Sudharmā, ... by his lord's command, he came here with the two ministers Subala and Jñānagamya.
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GnP 1 6.7
गलत्कुष्ठी कृमियुतो विभ्रमन्दुर्गमं सरः । सहस्रभगताप्राप्तो यथेन्द्रो गौतमान्मुनेः
galatkuṣṭhī kṛmiyuto vibhramandurgamaṃ saraḥ | sahasrabhagatāprāpto yathendro gautamānmuneḥ
A man with rotting leprosy, infested with worms, wandering (near) the hard-to-reach lake — he had come to have a thousand sores, as Indra (came to have a thousand marks) from the sage Gautama.
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GnP 1 6.8
क्वसा सुधर्मा चार्वङ्गी क्व गलत्कुष्ठवान्पतिः । इति मे पृच्छतो वृत्तं तदीयं गतवान्क्षणः
kvasā sudharmā cārvaṅgī kva galatkuṣṭhavānpatiḥ | iti me pṛcchato vṛttaṃ tadīyaṃ gatavānkṣaṇaḥ
"Where is that fair-limbed Sudharmā, and where (such) a husband afflicted with rotting leprosy?" — while I was asking thus, their story took up (some) time.
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GnP 1 6.9
तदीयैः करुणावाक्यैर्मनो मे कलिलं त्वभूत् । ततोहं कलशं पूर्णं कृत्वा शीघ्रमुपागतः
tadīyaiḥ karuṇāvākyairmano me kalilaṃ tvabhūt | tatohaṃ kalaśaṃ pūrṇaṃ kṛtvā śīghramupāgataḥ
By their piteous words my mind became troubled. Then, having filled the water-jar, I came quickly (back).
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GnP 1 6.10
सूत उवाच ।। सर्वं चा कथयत्तस्मै तयायत्कथितं वचः । श्रुत्वातच्च पुनः पुत्रं च्यवनं भृगुरब्रवीत्
sūta uvāca || sarvaṃ cā kathayattasmai tayāyatkathitaṃ vacaḥ | śrutvātacca punaḥ putraṃ cyavanaṃ bhṛgurabravīt
Sūta said: And he told him everything, the words that had been spoken by her. And having heard that, Bhṛgu spoke again to his son Cyavana.
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GnP 1 6.11
भृगुरुवाच ।। सर्वानानयतान् शीघ्रं पुत्र गच्छ ममाज्ञया । द्रक्ष्यामि कौतुकं तेषां स्वीयं वा दर्शयामि तान्
bhṛguruvāca || sarvānānayatān śīghraṃ putra gaccha mamājñayā | drakṣyāmi kautukaṃ teṣāṃ svīyaṃ vā darśayāmi tān
Bhṛgu said: Go, son, by my command, (and) bring them all here quickly. I shall see their marvel, or I shall show them my own.
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GnP 1 6.12
सूत उवाच ।। इत्थं स चोदितः पित्रा च्यवनः करुणानिधिः । जगाम सरसो भूमिं सुधर्मां द्रष्टुमुत्सुकः
sūta uvāca || itthaṃ sa coditaḥ pitrā cyavanaḥ karuṇānidhiḥ | jagāma saraso bhūmiṃ sudharmāṃ draṣṭumutsukaḥ
Sūta said: Thus urged by his father, Cyavana, a treasury of compassion, went to the ground of the lake, eager to see Sudharmā.
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GnP 1 6.13
तस्मिन्नेव क्षणेमात्यौ फलकन्दभरान्वितौ । सुबल ज्ञानगम्यौ तावागतौ राजसंनिधिम्
tasminneva kṣaṇemātyau phalakandabharānvitau | subala jñānagamyau tāvāgatau rājasaṃnidhim
At that very moment the two ministers, laden with fruits and roots, Subala and Jñānagamya, arrived in the king's presence.
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GnP 1 6.14
ततऊचे स तु मुनिः सुधर्मां चारुलोचनाम् । पिता मे स्वाश्रमं सर्वानाकारयति सुव्रते
tataūce sa tu muniḥ sudharmāṃ cārulocanām | pitā me svāśramaṃ sarvānākārayati suvrate
Then that sage said to fair-eyed Sudharmā: My father summons you all to his own hermitage, O you of good vows.
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GnP 1 6.15
इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सुधर्मा शोकविह्वला । तदैव सावधानात्तनुःप्राणइवागते
iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sudharmā śokavihvalā | tadaiva sāvadhānāttanuḥprāṇaivāgate
Having heard that speech of his, Sudharmā, overcome with sorrow, at that very moment (revived), her breath returning to her wasted body through (his) care.
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GnP 1 6.16
सुशीला राजपत्नी सा पीत्वा तद्वचनामृतम् । अगमत्सासुचार्वङ्गी प्रकृति द्वय संयुता
suśīlā rājapatnī sā pītvā tadvacanāmṛtam | agamatsāsucārvaṅgī prakṛti dvaya saṃyutā
That good-natured queen, having drunk that nectar of his words, went (there), fair-limbed, together with the two ministers,
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GnP 1 6.17
सोमकान्तेन पतिना मुनि पुत्रसरःसरा । गणेशस्कन्दसहिता शिवेवशिवसंयुता
somakāntena patinā muni putrasaraḥsarā | gaṇeśaskandasahitā śivevaśivasaṃyutā
with her husband Somakānta, preceded by the sage's son (who had come) from the lake — like Śivā (Pārvatī) accompanied by Śiva, together with Gaṇeśa and Skanda.
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GnP 1 6.18
शुशुभे मार्गमध्ये सा वाचस्पतिपुरःसरा । मन्त्रघोषयुतं प्राप भृगोराश्रम मण्डलम्
śuśubhe mārgamadhye sā vācaspatipuraḥsarā | mantraghoṣayutaṃ prāpa bhṛgorāśrama maṇḍalam
She shone on the way, with Vācaspati going before (her); she reached the circuit of Bhṛgu's hermitage, resounding with the chanting of mantras,
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GnP 1 6.19
नानापुष्पलताकीर्णं नानापक्षिविनादितम् । मार्जारानकुलाः श्येनागजागावोमयूरकाः
nānāpuṣpalatākīrṇaṃ nānāpakṣivināditam | mārjārānakulāḥ śyenāgajāgāvomayūrakāḥ
(a hermitage) strewn with many flowers and creepers, made resonant by many birds — where cats, mongooses, hawks, elephants, cows, peacocks,
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GnP 1 6.20
भुजंगा पक्षिणः सिंहाव्याघ्राः क्रीडन्ति यत्र च । न च वायुर्भृशं वाति न सूर्यस्तपते भृशम्
bhujaṃgā pakṣiṇaḥ siṃhāvyāghrāḥ krīḍanti yatra ca | na ca vāyurbhṛśaṃ vāti na sūryastapate bhṛśam
And where serpents and birds, lions and tigers play; and the wind does not blow too hard, nor does the sun burn too fiercely.
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GnP 1 6.21
न वर्षति भृशं मेघो वर्षते च तदिच्छया । विविशुस्ते हर्षयुता मुनिपुत्र पुरःसराः
na varṣati bhṛśaṃ megho varṣate ca tadicchayā | viviśuste harṣayutā muniputra puraḥsarāḥ
The cloud does not rain excessively, but rains at (their) wish. Delighted, they entered, O son of the sage, with (the king) going in front.
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GnP 1 6.22
तत्राद्भुतं व्याघ्रमृगाजिनस्थं ददर्श सूर्यप्रतिमं भृगुं तम् । राजाथ पत्नी प्रकृति द्वयं च ननाम बद्धाञ्जलिरब्रवीच्च
tatrādbhutaṃ vyāghramṛgājinasthaṃ dadarśa sūryapratimaṃ bhṛguṃ tam | rājātha patnī prakṛti dvayaṃ ca nanāma baddhāñjalirabravīcca
There he beheld the wondrous Bhṛgu, seated on a tiger-and-deer skin, like the sun; then the king, his wife, and the two ministers bowed, and with palms joined he spoke.
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GnP 1 6.23
राजोवाच ।। अद्याशिषो मे सफला द्विजेन्द्र द्विजेरिता धर्मचयस्तपोपि । आजन्मतोहं परिपूत एष पितुर्जनन्याश्च सुजीवितं मे
rājovāca || adyāśiṣo me saphalā dvijendra dvijeritā dharmacayastapopi | ājanmatohaṃ paripūta eṣa piturjananyāśca sujīvitaṃ me
The king said: Today, O best of the twice-born, the blessings pronounced by brahmins have borne fruit for me, and my heap of merit and my austerity too. From my birth onward I am wholly purified; my father's and my mother's life, and mine, has been well lived.
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GnP 1 6.24
भवदृशिः संप्रति हन्त्ययैनः पूर्वार्जितैः पुण्यचयौः कृतापि । आगामि कल्याणकरी मुनीन्द्र कालत्रये जन्म करोति पूतम्
bhavadṛśiḥ saṃprati hantyayainaḥ pūrvārjitaiḥ puṇyacayauḥ kṛtāpi | āgāmi kalyāṇakarī munīndra kālatraye janma karoti pūtam
A sage such as you now destroys this sin, even though it was committed—(destroys it) by the heaps of merit acquired earlier; and, bringing about future welfare, O lord of sages, (such a sage) makes birth pure in (all) three times.
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GnP 1 6.25
सौराष्ट्रदेशे खलु देवताख्ये पुरे कृतं राज्यममोघदृष्टे । भीतेन पापाद्विजदेवतादि पूजाकृता नीतिमता मुनीन्द्रः
saurāṣṭradeśe khalu devatākhye pure kṛtaṃ rājyamamoghadṛṣṭe | bhītena pāpādvijadevatādi pūjākṛtā nītimatā munīndraḥ
In the land of Saurāṣṭra, indeed, in the city named Devatā, kingship was exercised, O you of unfailing vision; and by me, fearing sin and following right policy, worship was made to brahmins, gods and the rest, O lord of sages.
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GnP 1 6.26
आकस्मिकं मे दुरितं किमेतत् प्रादुर्बभूवोग्रतरं दुरन्तम् । येनाहमीदृक् कुदशां प्रणीतो जाने न किंचित्प्रतिकारमत्र
ākasmikaṃ me duritaṃ kimetat prādurbabhūvogrataraṃ durantam | yenāhamīdṛk kudaśāṃ praṇīto jāne na kiṃcitpratikāramatra
What is this sudden evil of mine that has arisen, most terrible and hard to end, by which I have been brought to such a wretched state? I know no remedy at all in this matter.
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GnP 1 6.27
अपायतां यान्ति कृता उपाया युष्मत्कृतोपायमुपायमीहे । निर्वैरतां यान्ति हि जातिवैरास्तवाश्रमेवां शरणं प्रपन्नः
apāyatāṃ yānti kṛtā upāyā yuṣmatkṛtopāyamupāyamīhe | nirvairatāṃ yānti hi jātivairāstavāśramevāṃ śaraṇaṃ prapannaḥ
The remedies I have applied come to nothing; I seek as my remedy the remedy made by you. For those hostile by birth become free of enmity (here)—so I have come to your hermitage as my refuge.
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GnP 1 6.28
सूत उवाच ।। श्रुत्वेति वचनं तस्य भृगुस्तु करुणायुतः । उवाच सोमकान्तं तं ध्यानेनालोक्य सुव्रतः
sūta uvāca || śrutveti vacanaṃ tasya bhṛgustu karuṇāyutaḥ | uvāca somakāntaṃ taṃ dhyānenālokya suvrataḥ
The Sūta said: Hearing his words thus, Bhṛgu, filled with compassion, that man of good vows, having looked (into the matter) by meditation, spoke to that Somakānta.
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GnP 1 6.29
भृगुरुवाच ।। उपायं वच्मि नृपते नचिन्तां कर्तुमर्हसि । ममाश्रमगतादुःखं नहिर्विन्दन्ति जन्मिनः
bhṛguruvāca || upāyaṃ vacmi nṛpate nacintāṃ kartumarhasi | mamāśramagatāduḥkhaṃ nahirvindanti janminaḥ
Bhṛgu said: I shall tell (you) the remedy, O king; you should not grieve. Those born (as men) do not find sorrow once they have come to my hermitage.
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GnP 1 6.30
जन्मान्तर कृतं चैव दुरितं ते नृपोत्तम । येने मां गमितोवस्थां कथयिष्ये तदप्यहम्
janmāntara kṛtaṃ caiva duritaṃ te nṛpottama | yene māṃ gamitovasthāṃ kathayiṣye tadapyaham
And the evil done in another birth, O best of kings, by which you have been brought to this condition—that too I shall tell.
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GnP 1 6.31
कुर्वन्तु भोजनं सर्वे चिरकालं बुभुक्षिताः । वनाद्वनान्तरां याताः श्रान्ताः क्लान्ताननाभृशम्
kurvantu bhojanaṃ sarve cirakālaṃ bubhukṣitāḥ | vanādvanāntarāṃ yātāḥ śrāntāḥ klāntānanābhṛśam
Let all take food, hungry as they have long been, having gone from forest to forest, weary, their faces much wilted.
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GnP 1 6.32
सूत उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा स्नापयामास सुतैलाभ्यङ्गपूर्वकम् । भोजयामास चान्नानि षड्रसानि त्वनेकशः
sūta uvāca || ityuktvā snāpayāmāsa sutailābhyaṅgapūrvakam | bhojayāmāsa cānnāni ṣaḍrasāni tvanekaśaḥ
The Sūta said: Having said this, he had (them) bathed, preceded by an anointing with good oil, and had (them) fed with foods of the six flavours, many times over.
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GnP 1 6.33
बुभुजुस्तेपि विश्रान्ता भृगोरमिततेजसः । आज्ञया मुनिवर्यस्य सुस्नाताः सुष्ठ्वलंकृताः
bubhujustepi viśrāntā bhṛgoramitatejasaḥ | ājñayā munivaryasya susnātāḥ suṣṭhvalaṃkṛtāḥ
They too, rested, well bathed and finely adorned, ate at the command of Bhṛgu of measureless splendour, the best of sages.
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GnP 1 6.34
सुषुपुर्मृदुशय्यायां हित्वा चिन्तां दुरत्ययाम् । मुनिना कल्पितायांते स्वराज्यं गमिताइव
suṣupurmṛduśayyāyāṃ hitvā cintāṃ duratyayām | muninā kalpitāyāṃte svarājyaṃ gamitāiva
They slept on a soft bed prepared by the sage, having cast off their unbearable anxiety, as if they had been brought back to their own kingdom.
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