Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 66
GnP 1 66.1
अध्याय ६६ प्रारंभ :- कौंडिन्य उवाच । धरामात्रासनो तौ तु नभःप्रावारसंयुतैः। दिगम्बरो सर्वधातु संस्पर्शवर्जितावुभौ तावूचतुः । आवयोर्न गृहे किचिच्छपथस्ते द्विजोत्तम । पूजायै गणनाथस्य प्रातर्दूर्वांकुरा हृतः वृणीतं तं वरं शीघ्रं मनसा यं यमिच्छथः । तावूचतुः । जन्मनी यत्र नौ स्यातां तत्र ते दृढभक्तिता न न्यूनं नाघिकं ग्राहयं तस्य भाराच्छुभानने अध्याय ६७ प्रारंभ :- गणा ऊचुः । आज्ञप्ता तेन मुनिना स्वाभिप्रेतार्थसिद्धये । एक दूर्वांकुरं गृह्य शक्रसन्निधिमाययौ न जग्राह भयाद् भर्तुर्न्यूनाधिक विशंकया । स्वर्णकार तुलायां तं दूर्वांकुरमधारयत् अधोमुखो गतश्चिंतां किमेतदिति चिन्तयन् । विष्णुं हरं च सस्मार तत्रारोहणकाम्यया न ब्रह्मा न हरिः शिवेन्द्र मरुतो, नाग्निर्विवस्वान् यमः । शेषो शेष कलानिधिश्च वरुणो, नो चन्द्रमा नाश्विनो । नो वाचामधिपो न चैव गरुडो, नो यक्षराण् नांगिरा । माहात्म्यं परिवेद देव निगमैः रज्ञातरूपस्य ते अशेष वर्णने शेषो नेशो नेशो हरीश्वरौ। त्रैलोक्यं तुलया यस्याः पत्रेणैवाऽभवत्समम् विमानवरमारूढा दिव्यवस्त्रानुलेपिनः । याता वैनायकं धाम केचित्तद्रूपधारिणः अध्याय प्रारंभ ६८ :- शूरसेन उवाच । अन्यां कथय शक्र त्वं गणनाथ कथां पुनः । कृतवीर्यस्य जनकः किं चकार ततः परम् संततिस्तव पुत्रस्य भविष्यति न संशयः । पितोवाच । तदा तथैव लिखितं ब्रह्मणा कथितं यथा तद्वियोगेन शोचामि गतार्थं निर्धनो यथा । उक्तं च तेन मे वाक्यं पुत्रार्थं कुर्विदं व्रतम् दूर्वासमर्पणफलं श्वेतदूर्वा फलं पृथक् । एतद्व्रतं महाभाग भाग्यात् प्राप्तं त्वयाऽनघ अध्याय ६९ प्रारंभ :- शूरसेन उवाच । ब्रह्मणा कथमादिष्टं कृतवीर्यांस सिद्धिदम् । तन्ममाचक्ष्व संकष्ट चतुर्थी व्रतमुत्तमम् विस्तरेण मम ब्रूहि प्रणयात् परिपृच्छते । ब्रह्मोवाच । नित्यकर्म समाप्याथ निशायामुदये विधाः एतावानस्य ० पाद्यम् । लंबोदर नमस्तेऽस्तु रत्नयुक्तं फलान्वितम् । अयं गृहाण देवेश संकटं मे निवारय । त्रिपादूर्ध्वेत्यर्घ्यम् विघ्नांधकारसंहारकारक त्रिदशाधिपः । दीपं गृहाण देवेश संकटं मे निवारय । ब्राह्मणोऽस्येति दीप: ( गणाधिपत्य नमः नमस्काराः । एवं स्तुवीत विधिवत प्रणमेत पुनः पुनः । प्रदक्षिणां प्रकुर्वीत यथा शक्त्यैकविंशतिम् भालचन्द्र नमस्तुभ्यं नमः परशुधारिणे । विघ्नाधिप नमस्तुभ्यं सर्वविद्याप्रदायक इति देवार्घः चन्द्राय सप्तवारं तु मंत्रेणानेन पार्थिव । क्षारोदार्णव संभूत अत्रिगोत्र समुद्भव । गृहाणार्घ्यं मया दत्तं रोहिण्या सहितः शशिन् । चंद्रार्घमंत्र अध्याय ७० प्रारंभ :- राजोवाच । व्रतं पुरा कृतं केन भुवि केन प्रकाशितम् । किं पुण्यं कि फलं चास्य करुणाद्वद मे प्रभो इति चिन्ताकुलाया मे गतान्यब्दानि भूरिशः । ततो मे दैवयोगात्तु लोमशो मुनिरागतः जानुमध्ये करं कृत्वा गणेशं हृदि चिन्तयेत् । द्विजातीनां च यच्छेषं भोक्तव्यं सह बांधवैः
adhyāya 66 prāraṃbha :- kauṃḍinya uvāca | dharāmātrāsano tau tu nabhaḥprāvārasaṃyutaiḥ| digambaro sarvadhātu saṃsparśavarjitāvubhau tāvūcatuḥ | āvayorna gṛhe kicicchapathaste dvijottama | pūjāyai gaṇanāthasya prātardūrvāṃkurā hṛtaḥ vṛṇītaṃ taṃ varaṃ śīghraṃ manasā yaṃ yamicchathaḥ | tāvūcatuḥ | janmanī yatra nau syātāṃ tatra te dṛḍhabhaktitā na nyūnaṃ nāghikaṃ grāhayaṃ tasya bhārācchubhānane adhyāya 67 prāraṃbha :- gaṇā ūcuḥ | ājñaptā tena muninā svābhipretārthasiddhaye | eka dūrvāṃkuraṃ gṛhya śakrasannidhimāyayau na jagrāha bhayād bharturnyūnādhika viśaṃkayā | svarṇakāra tulāyāṃ taṃ dūrvāṃkuramadhārayat adhomukho gataściṃtāṃ kimetaditi cintayan | viṣṇuṃ haraṃ ca sasmāra tatrārohaṇakāmyayā na brahmā na hariḥ śivendra maruto, nāgnirvivasvān yamaḥ | śeṣo śeṣa kalānidhiśca varuṇo, no candramā nāśvino | no vācāmadhipo na caiva garuḍo, no yakṣarāṇ nāṃgirā | māhātmyaṃ pariveda deva nigamaiḥ rajñātarūpasya te aśeṣa varṇane śeṣo neśo neśo harīśvarau| trailokyaṃ tulayā yasyāḥ patreṇaivā'bhavatsamam vimānavaramārūḍhā divyavastrānulepinaḥ | yātā vaināyakaṃ dhāma kecittadrūpadhāriṇaḥ adhyāya prāraṃbha 68 :- śūrasena uvāca | anyāṃ kathaya śakra tvaṃ gaṇanātha kathāṃ punaḥ | kṛtavīryasya janakaḥ kiṃ cakāra tataḥ param saṃtatistava putrasya bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | pitovāca | tadā tathaiva likhitaṃ brahmaṇā kathitaṃ yathā tadviyogena śocāmi gatārthaṃ nirdhano yathā | uktaṃ ca tena me vākyaṃ putrārthaṃ kurvidaṃ vratam dūrvāsamarpaṇaphalaṃ śvetadūrvā phalaṃ pṛthak | etadvrataṃ mahābhāga bhāgyāt prāptaṃ tvayā'nagha adhyāya 69 prāraṃbha :- śūrasena uvāca | brahmaṇā kathamādiṣṭaṃ kṛtavīryāṃsa siddhidam | tanmamācakṣva saṃkaṣṭa caturthī vratamuttamam vistareṇa mama brūhi praṇayāt paripṛcchate | brahmovāca | nityakarma samāpyātha niśāyāmudaye vidhāḥ etāvānasya 0 pādyam | laṃbodara namaste'stu ratnayuktaṃ phalānvitam | ayaṃ gṛhāṇa deveśa saṃkaṭaṃ me nivāraya | tripādūrdhvetyarghyam vighnāṃdhakārasaṃhārakāraka tridaśādhipaḥ | dīpaṃ gṛhāṇa deveśa saṃkaṭaṃ me nivāraya | brāhmaṇo'syeti dīpa: ( gaṇādhipatya namaḥ namaskārāḥ | evaṃ stuvīta vidhivata praṇameta punaḥ punaḥ | pradakṣiṇāṃ prakurvīta yathā śaktyaikaviṃśatim bhālacandra namastubhyaṃ namaḥ paraśudhāriṇe | vighnādhipa namastubhyaṃ sarvavidyāpradāyaka iti devārghaḥ candrāya saptavāraṃ tu maṃtreṇānena pārthiva | kṣārodārṇava saṃbhūta atrigotra samudbhava | gṛhāṇārghyaṃ mayā dattaṃ rohiṇyā sahitaḥ śaśin | caṃdrārghamaṃtra adhyāya 70 prāraṃbha :- rājovāca | vrataṃ purā kṛtaṃ kena bhuvi kena prakāśitam | kiṃ puṇyaṃ ki phalaṃ cāsya karuṇādvada me prabho iti cintākulāyā me gatānyabdāni bhūriśaḥ | tato me daivayogāttu lomaśo munirāgataḥ jānumadhye karaṃ kṛtvā gaṇeśaṃ hṛdi cintayet | dvijātīnāṃ ca yaccheṣaṃ bhoktavyaṃ saha bāṃdhavaiḥ
Chapter 66 begins. — Kauṇḍinya said: But those two, whose seat was the bare earth, who wore the sky for a wrap, naked, both abstaining from the touch of any metal — / The two said: "There is nothing in our house; that is your oath, O best of the twice-born. In the morning dūrvā shoots were taken for the worship of the lord of hosts." / "Choose quickly that boon which each of you wishes in his mind." The two said: "In whatever births we two may have, may there be firm devotion to you in them." / "Neither less nor more than that weight is to be accepted, O fair-faced one." / Chapter 67 begins. — The Gaṇas said: Commanded by that sage for the accomplishment of his intended purpose, he took a single dūrvā shoot and came into Indra's presence. / Out of fear of his master he did not take it, doubting whether it was less or more; he placed that dūrvā shoot on the goldsmith's balance. / He went with face downcast, sunk in worry, thinking "What is this?"; and he called to mind Viṣṇu and Hara, wishing (the other pan) to rise there. / Not Brahmā, not Hari, Śiva, Indra, the Maruts, not Agni, the Sun, Yama, not Śeṣa, ... nor the moon, nor Varuṇa, nor the moon, nor the Aśvins, nor the lord of speech, nor Garuḍa, nor the king of the Yakṣas, nor Aṅgiras — knows fully your greatness, O god, whose form is not known by the scriptures. / In describing (it) without remainder Śeṣa is unable, unable are Hari and Īśvara — (that dūrvā) by whose single leaf alone the three worlds became equal on the balance. / Mounted on excellent celestial cars, wearing divine garments and unguents, some went to Vināyaka's abode bearing his form. / Chapter 68 begins. — Śūrasena said: Tell, O Indra, yet another tale of the lord of hosts. What did Kṛtavīrya's father do after that? / "Offspring will come to your son, there is no doubt." The father said: Then it was written just so, as Brahmā had declared. / "Through separation from him I grieve, like a penniless man whose wealth is gone; and this word was spoken to me by him: perform this vow for the sake of a son." / "The fruit of offering dūrvā, and separately the fruit of white dūrvā — this vow, O greatly fortunate, sinless one, has been obtained by you through good fortune." / Chapter 69 begins. — Śūrasena said: How was that granter of success enjoined upon Kṛtavīrya by Brahmā? Tell me that best of vows, the Saṅkaṣṭa-caturthī; / speak to me in detail, since I ask out of affection. Brahmā said: Having completed the daily rites, then at night at (the moon's) rising, the injunctions ... / This much for the water for the feet: "Homage be to you, O pot-bellied one. Receive this, endowed with jewels and with fruits, O lord of gods; ward off my distress" — with "tripād ūrdhva..." the arghya. / "O you who destroy the darkness of obstacles, lord of the thirty (gods), receive the lamp, O lord of gods; ward off my distress" — with "brāhmaṇo'sya" the lamp. / "Homage to the lord of hosts" — the salutations. Thus let him praise as prescribed and bow again and again; let him make circumambulations, twenty-one as he is able. / "Homage to you, Bhālacandra, homage to the axe-bearer; homage to you, lord of obstacles, bestower of all knowledge" — thus the arghya to the god. / And to the moon seven times with this mantra, O king: "O you arisen from the salt ocean, born in Atri's lineage, receive the arghya given by me, O moon, together with Rohiṇī" — the moon-arghya mantra. / Chapter 70 begins. — The king said: By whom was this vow performed of old, by whom was it made known on earth? What merit and what fruit has it? Out of compassion tell me, O lord. / Many years passed for me thus afflicted with worry; then, by the conjunction of fate, the sage Lomaśa came to me. / Placing the hand between the knees, let him meditate on Gaṇeśa in the heart; and what is left over from the twice-born is to be eaten together with kinsmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.2
अयाचितभुजौ नित्यं जलेनैवाखिलाः क्रिया: । द्विजरूपधरोऽपश्यत् कुर्वाणौ सत्वशुद्धये तमुवाचाश्रया शक्र देहि मे कांचनं शुभम् । याचितुं त्वां समायाता भर्तृवाक्यात् सुरेश्वर इन्द्र उवाच । श्रुत्वाऽख्यानं तु संकष्टचतुर्थ्यां राजसत्तमः । दूर्वाख्यानं तु संश्रुत्वा चिन्ताविष्टो नृपोऽभवत् इन्द्र उवाच । सत्यलोके सुखासीनं सर्वज्ञं चतुराननम् । कृतवीर्यपिता गत्वा पप्रच्छ प्रणतो नृपः उमापुत्राय नमः ब्रह्मोवाच । पुरा स्कन्दे गते चैव पार्वत्यैव कृतं व्रतम् । चतुर्ष्वपि च मासेषु शिववाक्येन पार्थिव
ayācitabhujau nityaṃ jalenaivākhilāḥ kriyā: | dvijarūpadharo'paśyat kurvāṇau satvaśuddhaye tamuvācāśrayā śakra dehi me kāṃcanaṃ śubham | yācituṃ tvāṃ samāyātā bhartṛvākyāt sureśvara indra uvāca | śrutvā'khyānaṃ tu saṃkaṣṭacaturthyāṃ rājasattamaḥ | dūrvākhyānaṃ tu saṃśrutvā cintāviṣṭo nṛpo'bhavat indra uvāca | satyaloke sukhāsīnaṃ sarvajñaṃ caturānanam | kṛtavīryapitā gatvā papraccha praṇato nṛpaḥ umāputrāya namaḥ brahmovāca | purā skande gate caiva pārvatyaiva kṛtaṃ vratam | caturṣvapi ca māseṣu śivavākyena pārthiva
The two, who never begged with (outstretched) arms, performing all their rites with water alone — assuming the form of a brahmin he saw them doing (this) for the purification of their being. / Āśrayā said to him: "Indra, give me fine gold; I have come to beg of you at my husband's word, O lord of gods." / Indra said: ... Having heard the tale on the Saṅkaṣṭa-caturthī, the best of kings — having heard the tale of the dūrvā, the king became filled with anxiety. / Indra said: Going to the omniscient four-faced one, seated at ease in Satyaloka, Kṛtavīrya's father, the king, bowed and asked (him). / Homage to Umā's son. — Brahmā said: Formerly, when Skanda had gone away, the vow was performed by Pārvatī herself, and in four months too, at Śiva's word, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.3
गृहं च माक्षिकापुंजैर्मशकैरभितो वृतम् । मूर्तिं च गणनाथस्य पूजितां पुष्पपल्लवैः इन्द्र उवाच । किमर्थं त्वमिहायाता यद्याज्ञा प्रेषिता भवेत् । मया संप्रेषितं स्याचे जातरूपं स्वशक्तितः अपुत्रस्य गतिर्नास्ति पुत्रो मे भविता कथम् । स्वप्ने ददर्श पितरं कार्तवीर्यस्तथा विधिः कृतवीर्य उवाच । देवदेव जगद्धातः प्रणतार्तिनिवारण । वर्तते हदये यन्मे पृच्छामि त्वां वदस्व तत् अघनाशनाय नमः पंचमे मासि दृष्टस्तु कार्तिकेयो ह्यपर्णया । अगस्त्येन कृतं पूर्वं समुद्रं पातुमिच्छता
gṛhaṃ ca mākṣikāpuṃjairmaśakairabhito vṛtam | mūrtiṃ ca gaṇanāthasya pūjitāṃ puṣpapallavaiḥ indra uvāca | kimarthaṃ tvamihāyātā yadyājñā preṣitā bhavet | mayā saṃpreṣitaṃ syāce jātarūpaṃ svaśaktitaḥ aputrasya gatirnāsti putro me bhavitā katham | svapne dadarśa pitaraṃ kārtavīryastathā vidhiḥ kṛtavīrya uvāca | devadeva jagaddhātaḥ praṇatārtinivāraṇa | vartate hadaye yanme pṛcchāmi tvāṃ vadasva tat aghanāśanāya namaḥ paṃcame māsi dṛṣṭastu kārtikeyo hyaparṇayā | agastyena kṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ samudraṃ pātumicchatā
And the house was surrounded on every side by swarms of flies and by mosquitoes; and (he saw) the image of the lord of hosts worshipped with flowers and shoots. / Indra said: "For what purpose have you come here? If a command has been sent, gold would be sent by me according to my power." / "For a man without a son there is no (good) course; how shall a son be mine?" Kārtavīrya saw his father in a dream, and likewise the injunction. / Kṛtavīrya said: "God of gods, upholder of the world, remover of the affliction of those who bow — what is in my heart, that I ask you: tell it." / Homage to the destroyer of sin. — "In the fifth month Kārtikeya was indeed seen by Aparṇā. It was formerly performed by Agastya when he wished to drink up the ocean."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.4
अनन्यभक्त्या ताभ्यां च तत्पराभ्यां ददर्श सः । तावूचे श्रूयतां वाक्यं यन्मया प्रोच्यतेऽनयोः आश्रयोवाच । दूर्वांकुरस्य तुलया यद् भवेत् कांचनं सुर। तद् गृहीष्ये शचीर्भर्त न्यूनं न च वाधिकम् सगद्गदाभ्यां कंठाभ्यां नोचतुस्तौ परस्परम् । आलिलिंगतुरन्योन्यं प्रेमविह्वल चेतसा आपत्सु वर्तमानानां नृणां व्याकुलचेतसाम् । चिन्तया व्यग्रमनसां वियोगे सुहृदां तथा एकदन्ताय नमः त्रिषु मासेषु विघ्नेश प्रसादात् पीतवानमुम् । षण्मासावधि राजेन्द्र दमयन्त्या पुरा कृतम्
ananyabhaktyā tābhyāṃ ca tatparābhyāṃ dadarśa saḥ | tāvūce śrūyatāṃ vākyaṃ yanmayā procyate'nayoḥ āśrayovāca | dūrvāṃkurasya tulayā yad bhavet kāṃcanaṃ sura| tad gṛhīṣye śacīrbharta nyūnaṃ na ca vādhikam sagadgadābhyāṃ kaṃṭhābhyāṃ nocatustau parasparam | āliliṃgaturanyonyaṃ premavihvala cetasā āpatsu vartamānānāṃ nṛṇāṃ vyākulacetasām | cintayā vyagramanasāṃ viyoge suhṛdāṃ tathā ekadantāya namaḥ triṣu māseṣu vighneśa prasādāt pītavānamum | ṣaṇmāsāvadhi rājendra damayantyā purā kṛtam
He saw those two, devoted with undivided devotion and intent upon him. He said to them: "Let the word which I speak to these two be heard." / Āśrayā said: "Whatever gold equals a dūrvā shoot on the balance, that I shall take, O husband of Śacī — not less and not more." / With voices choked the two said nothing to each other; they embraced one another, their minds overwhelmed with love. / Of men beset by calamities, with agitated hearts, their minds distracted by worry, and in separation from friends — / Homage to the one-tusked. — "In three months, by the grace of the lord of obstacles, he drank it up. For six months it was formerly performed by Damayantī, O king of kings."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.5
मिथिलधिपतेः कीर्ती श्रुत्वाहं क्षुधितो भृशम् । तृप्तिकामः समायातो न स तृप्तिं समाकरोत् तस्मिन् दूर्वांकुरे भक्त्या दत्ते ते नाथ भक्तितः । प्रशशाम द्विजस्यास्य तत्क्षणाज्जठरानलः शक्र उवाच । दूतैनां नय शीघ्रं त्वं कुबेरभवनं प्रति । स दास्यति सुवर्णं च दूर्वांकुरमितं शुभम् ततः पुत्रं करे धृत्वा पर्यंकेऽस्थापयत् पिता । उवाच च त्वया पुत्र पुत्रार्थं बहुधा श्रमः दुर्लभं प्राप्तये नृणां कार्यसिद्धिः कथं भवेत् । अर्थसिद्धिः कथं नित्यं पुत्रसौभाग्यसम्पदा इभवक्त्राय नमः नलमन्वेषयन्त्या तु ततो दृष्टो नलस्तया । प्रद्युम्नस्य सुतं राजंश्चित्रलेखाऽनयत्पुरा
mithiladhipateḥ kīrtī śrutvāhaṃ kṣudhito bhṛśam | tṛptikāmaḥ samāyāto na sa tṛptiṃ samākarot tasmin dūrvāṃkure bhaktyā datte te nātha bhaktitaḥ | praśaśāma dvijasyāsya tatkṣaṇājjaṭharānalaḥ śakra uvāca | dūtaināṃ naya śīghraṃ tvaṃ kuberabhavanaṃ prati | sa dāsyati suvarṇaṃ ca dūrvāṃkuramitaṃ śubham tataḥ putraṃ kare dhṛtvā paryaṃke'sthāpayat pitā | uvāca ca tvayā putra putrārthaṃ bahudhā śramaḥ durlabhaṃ prāptaye nṛṇāṃ kāryasiddhiḥ kathaṃ bhavet | arthasiddhiḥ kathaṃ nityaṃ putrasaubhāgyasampadā ibhavaktrāya namaḥ nalamanveṣayantyā tu tato dṛṣṭo nalastayā | pradyumnasya sutaṃ rājaṃścitralekhā'nayatpurā
"Having heard the fame of the lord of Mithilā, being exceedingly hungry, I came desiring satisfaction, but he did not bring about my satisfaction. / When that dūrvā shoot was given by you with devotion, O lord, out of devotion, the fire in this brahmin's belly was quenched that very moment." / Indra said: "Messenger, take her quickly to Kubera's dwelling; he will give gold measured by the dūrvā shoot, auspicious (as it is)." / Then the father took his son by the hand and set him on the couch, and said: "By you, son, much toil has been undergone for the sake of a son." / "How may men attain what is hard to attain, how may success in one's undertaking come about? How may success in wealth come constantly, along with the good fortune of sons?" / Homage to the elephant-faced. — "As she was searching for Nala, Nala was then seen by her; formerly Citralekhā brought Pradyumna's son, O king."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.6
कर्मणा दांभिकेनैव सत्वं न परिरक्ष्यते । मम तृप्तिकरं किंचिद् गृहे चेदस्ति दीयताम् गणा ऊचुः । आज्ञया देवराज्यस्य देवदूतस्तया सह । प्रायात् कुबेरभवनं शक्रस्य वचनात्तदा क्रियते चाहमप्येकमुपायं वच्मि तेऽनघ । मृत्युलोकादागतेन कथितं नारदेन मे सर्वसंकष्टनाशार्थं कार्यं कि मानवैः प्रभो। ब्रह्मोवाच । शृणु राजन् प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वसिद्धिप्रदं व्रतम् मूषकवाहनाय नम क्व गतः केन नीतो वा इति शोचन्तमाकुलम । प्रद्युम्नं पुत्रशोकार्तं रुक्मिणी प्रत्यभाषत
karmaṇā dāṃbhikenaiva satvaṃ na parirakṣyate | mama tṛptikaraṃ kiṃcid gṛhe cedasti dīyatām gaṇā ūcuḥ | ājñayā devarājyasya devadūtastayā saha | prāyāt kuberabhavanaṃ śakrasya vacanāttadā kriyate cāhamapyekamupāyaṃ vacmi te'nagha | mṛtyulokādāgatena kathitaṃ nāradena me sarvasaṃkaṣṭanāśārthaṃ kāryaṃ ki mānavaiḥ prabho| brahmovāca | śṛṇu rājan pravakṣyāmi sarvasiddhipradaṃ vratam mūṣakavāhanāya nama kva gataḥ kena nīto vā iti śocantamākulama | pradyumnaṃ putraśokārtaṃ rukmiṇī pratyabhāṣata
"By an act done merely out of ostentation one's being is not preserved. If there is anything in the house that can satisfy me, let it be given." / The Gaṇas said: By the command of the king of the gods, the divine messenger went with her to Kubera's dwelling then, at Indra's word. / "It shall be done; and I too will tell you one means, O sinless one; it was told to me by Nārada, who had come from the world of the dead." / "What is to be done by men, O lord, for the destruction of all distress?" Brahmā said: Listen, O king, I shall declare the vow that grants every attainment. / Homage to the mouse-rider. — "Where has he gone, or by whom was he carried off?" — to Pradyumna, thus grieving and distraught, stricken with sorrow for his son, Rukmiṇī replied.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.7
दम्पती ऊचतुः । चक्रवर्ती नृपो योऽसौ तेन तृप्तिर्न ते कृता । आवाभ्यां तु दरिद्राभ्यां कि देयं तृप्तिकारकम् अस्यै दूर्वांकुरमितं जातरूपं प्रदीयताम् । इन्द्रेण प्रेषिता साध्वी मुनिपत्नी मया सह । प्रापिता भवनं तेऽद्य यामि देव नमोऽस्तु ते तदैवाहं गतः पुत्र ब्रह्मणः सदनं प्रति यस्यानुष्ठानमात्रेण चिन्तितं प्राप्नुयान्नरः । ओषधीभिः शुक्लतिलैर्दिवा स्नायात् प्रसन्नधीः विनायकाय नमः शृणु पुत्र प्रवक्ष्यामि यद्व्रतं स्वस्य मन्दिरे । शम्बरेण पुराऽऽनीते बालके त्वयि षड्दिने
dampatī ūcatuḥ | cakravartī nṛpo yo'sau tena tṛptirna te kṛtā | āvābhyāṃ tu daridrābhyāṃ ki deyaṃ tṛptikārakam asyai dūrvāṃkuramitaṃ jātarūpaṃ pradīyatām | indreṇa preṣitā sādhvī munipatnī mayā saha | prāpitā bhavanaṃ te'dya yāmi deva namo'stu te tadaivāhaṃ gataḥ putra brahmaṇaḥ sadanaṃ prati yasyānuṣṭhānamātreṇa cintitaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ | oṣadhībhiḥ śuklatilairdivā snāyāt prasannadhīḥ vināyakāya namaḥ śṛṇu putra pravakṣyāmi yadvrataṃ svasya mandire | śambareṇa purā''nīte bālake tvayi ṣaḍdine
The husband and wife said: "That king who is an emperor — even by him your satisfaction was not accomplished. What then can be given by us two, who are poor, that would give satisfaction?" / "Let gold measured by a dūrvā shoot be given to her." / "Sent by Indra, the virtuous wife of the sage has been brought to your house today along with me; I go, O god, homage to you." / "Just then, my son, I went to Brahmā's abode." / "By the mere performance of which a man obtains what he has thought of — let him bathe by day with herbs and white sesame, with a serene mind." / Homage to Vināyaka. — "Listen, son, I shall tell the vow (that was performed) in his own house, when you, a child, had formerly been carried off by Śambara, on the sixth day."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.8
नदी नद जलैरब्धिरसंख्यैर्यो न पूर्यते । बिन्दुमात्रेण पयसा स कथं पूर्यते वद कुबेर उवाच । अत्याश्चर्यमहं मन्ये मुनिः शक्रस्तथाऽऽश्रया। मोहाविष्टा न जानन्ति दूर्वांकुरमितं कियत् पप्रच्छाहं नमस्कृत्य ब्रह्माणं सर्ववेदिनम्। कथं मे भविता पुत्रः सन्ततिः कमलासन संकल्पं कारयेत् सम्यग् ध्यात्वा देवं गजाननम् । गणेशं पूजयेद् भक्त्या मन्त्रैरागमसंभवैः ईशपुत्राय नमः त्वद्वियोगजदुःखेन हृदयं में व्यदूयत । कदा द्रक्ष्याम्यहं पुत्रमपूर्वमतिसुंदरम्
nadī nada jalairabdhirasaṃkhyairyo na pūryate | bindumātreṇa payasā sa kathaṃ pūryate vada kubera uvāca | atyāścaryamahaṃ manye muniḥ śakrastathā''śrayā| mohāviṣṭā na jānanti dūrvāṃkuramitaṃ kiyat papracchāhaṃ namaskṛtya brahmāṇaṃ sarvavedinam| kathaṃ me bhavitā putraḥ santatiḥ kamalāsana saṃkalpaṃ kārayet samyag dhyātvā devaṃ gajānanam | gaṇeśaṃ pūjayed bhaktyā mantrairāgamasaṃbhavaiḥ īśaputrāya namaḥ tvadviyogajaduḥkhena hṛdayaṃ meṃ vyadūyata | kadā drakṣyāmyahaṃ putramapūrvamatisuṃdaram
"The ocean, which is not filled by the countless waters of rivers and streams — tell me, how is it filled by a mere drop of water?" / Kubera said: "I hold it a great marvel that the sage, and Indra, and Āśrayā, being overcome by delusion, do not know how much a dūrvā shoot amounts to." / "Bowing, I asked Brahmā, the knower of all: how shall a son, offspring, be mine, O lotus-seated one?" / "Let him duly make the resolve, having meditated upon the elephant-faced god; let him worship Gaṇeśa with devotion, with mantras drawn from the Āgamas." / Homage to Īśa's son. — "By the pain born of separation from you my heart was tormented: when shall I see my son, unequalled and most beautiful?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.9
द्विज उवाच । भक्त्या दत्तं स्वल्पमपि बहुतृप्तिकरं मम । अभक्त्या वाऽथ दम्भेन बहु दत्तं वृथा भवेत् कांचनं तेन किं वा स्याद् बहुलं किं न याचितम् । गणा ऊचुः । एवमेव ददौ तस्यै बहुलं कांचन सह कथितं तेन षंकष्टचतुर्थी व्रतमुत्तमम् । क उवाच । अस्मिन् व्रते कृते पाप क्षये जाते नृपोत्तम कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्थ्यां च निशि चन्द्रोदयेऽपि च । नृप उवाच । कथं संपूजयेद् ब्रह्मन् देवदेवं गजाननम् सर्वसिद्धिप्रदाय नमः अन्यस्त्रीणां सुतं दृष्ट्वा मम चेतसि जायते । ममापि पुत्रो भविता सावनेन प्रमाणतः
dvija uvāca | bhaktyā dattaṃ svalpamapi bahutṛptikaraṃ mama | abhaktyā vā'tha dambhena bahu dattaṃ vṛthā bhavet kāṃcanaṃ tena kiṃ vā syād bahulaṃ kiṃ na yācitam | gaṇā ūcuḥ | evameva dadau tasyai bahulaṃ kāṃcana saha kathitaṃ tena ṣaṃkaṣṭacaturthī vratamuttamam | ka uvāca | asmin vrate kṛte pāpa kṣaye jāte nṛpottama kṛṣṇapakṣe caturthyāṃ ca niśi candrodaye'pi ca | nṛpa uvāca | kathaṃ saṃpūjayed brahman devadevaṃ gajānanam sarvasiddhipradāya namaḥ anyastrīṇāṃ sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā mama cetasi jāyate | mamāpi putro bhavitā sāvanena pramāṇataḥ
The brahmin said: "Even a little given with devotion brings me much satisfaction; but much given without devotion, or out of ostentation, becomes fruitless." / "What then would be the use of the gold? Why was a large amount not asked for?" The Gaṇas said: Just so he gave her abundant gold, and along with it he told her the excellent Saṅkaṣṭa-caturthī vow. / Ka (Brahmā) said: When this vow has been performed and sin has been destroyed, O best of kings — on the fourth of the dark fortnight, and at night at the rising of the moon too. / The king said: How, O brahmin, should one worship the elephant-faced god of gods? / Homage to the giver of every attainment. — "Seeing the son of other women, it arises in my mind: I too shall have a son, by that means, according to (scriptural) authority."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.10
लंबोदराय नमः
laṃbodarāya namaḥ
Homage to the pot-bellied one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 66.11
पूजितो गणनाथस्तैस्तत एकोऽवशिष्यते । द्विज उवाच । भक्त्या दत्तः स एकोऽपि तृप्तये स्यात् प्रदीयताम् नाभवत्तुलया तस्य पर्याप्तं तत्तु हाटकम् । वणिक् तुला समानीता तत्रापि नाभवत् समम् गृहाण पुस्तकं चैतद्यथावत् कुरु च व्रतम् । यावदब्दं समाप्येत तावत् सिद्धि विनायकः शुचौ देशे गोमयेन लिप्ते मंडपिकान्विते । तत्र पीठं गणेशस्य पूजयेत् कुंकुमाक्षतैः वक्रतुंडाय नमः तेनोपदिष्टं संकष्टचतुर्थीव्रतमुत्तमम् । सर्वचिन्ताहरं पुत्र चतुर्वारं कृतं मया
pūjito gaṇanāthastaistata eko'vaśiṣyate | dvija uvāca | bhaktyā dattaḥ sa eko'pi tṛptaye syāt pradīyatām nābhavattulayā tasya paryāptaṃ tattu hāṭakam | vaṇik tulā samānītā tatrāpi nābhavat samam gṛhāṇa pustakaṃ caitadyathāvat kuru ca vratam | yāvadabdaṃ samāpyeta tāvat siddhi vināyakaḥ śucau deśe gomayena lipte maṃḍapikānvite | tatra pīṭhaṃ gaṇeśasya pūjayet kuṃkumākṣataiḥ vakratuṃḍāya namaḥ tenopadiṣṭaṃ saṃkaṣṭacaturthīvratamuttamam | sarvacintāharaṃ putra caturvāraṃ kṛtaṃ mayā
"The lord of hosts was worshipped by them; thereafter one (shoot) remains over." The brahmin said: "Let that one too, given with devotion, serve for satisfaction — let it be given." / That gold did not prove sufficient on the balance for it; a merchant's scale was brought, and there too it did not become equal. / "Take this book and perform the vow properly; until a year is completed, so long Vināyaka (grants) success." / "In a clean place smeared with cow-dung and provided with a small pavilion, there let him worship Gaṇeśa's seat with saffron and unhusked grains." / Homage to the crooked-trunked. — "By him was taught the excellent Saṅkaṣṭa-caturthī vow, which removes all anxiety, my son; it has been performed by me four times."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.12
कौंडिन्य उवाच । विरोचना ददौ तस्मै श्रुत्वा वाक्यं तदीरितम् । एकं दूर्वांकुरं भक्त्या तेन तृप्तोऽभवद्द्विजः तैलकारतुलायां तु दूर्वांकुर समं न च । धटोबद्धस्ततस्तत्र हाटकं दत्तमेकतः प्रसन्नो भविता देवः सर्वसंकष्टहारकः । तस्मिन् प्रसन्ने पुत्रस्ते भविता नात्र संशयः स्थापयेत् कलशं तत्र पंचरत्नसमन्वितम् । तस्योपरि न्यसेत्पात्रं सौवर्णकलशान्वितम् मोदकप्रियाय नमः तत्प्रसादात् त्वमायातो हत्वा शम्बरमाहवे । त्वमप्येतत् कुरु व्रतं ततो ज्ञास्यसि तं सुतम
kauṃḍinya uvāca | virocanā dadau tasmai śrutvā vākyaṃ tadīritam | ekaṃ dūrvāṃkuraṃ bhaktyā tena tṛpto'bhavaddvijaḥ tailakāratulāyāṃ tu dūrvāṃkura samaṃ na ca | dhaṭobaddhastatastatra hāṭakaṃ dattamekataḥ prasanno bhavitā devaḥ sarvasaṃkaṣṭahārakaḥ | tasmin prasanne putraste bhavitā nātra saṃśayaḥ sthāpayet kalaśaṃ tatra paṃcaratnasamanvitam | tasyopari nyasetpātraṃ sauvarṇakalaśānvitam modakapriyāya namaḥ tatprasādāt tvamāyāto hatvā śambaramāhave | tvamapyetat kuru vrataṃ tato jñāsyasi taṃ sutama
Kauṇḍinya said: Virocanā, having heard the word he spoke, gave him a single dūrvā shoot with devotion, and by it the brahmin was satisfied. / But on the oil-maker's balance too it was not equal to the dūrvā shoot; then the scale was fastened up there, and gold was placed on one side. / "The god, the remover of all distress, will be pleased; and when he is pleased a son will be yours — there is no doubt here." / "Let him set a pot there furnished with the five gems; upon it let him place a vessel together with a golden pot." / Homage to the lover of modakas. — "By his grace you came (back), having slain Śambara in battle; you too perform this vow, and then you will know that son."
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GnP 1 66.13
शाल्यन्नं पायसान्नं च नाना पक्वान्नमेव च । व्यंजनानि च सर्वाणि लेह्यचोष्यान्यनेकधा दूर्वांकुरोऽपरत्रापि यातिपत्रमधस्तदा । अन्यदन्यद्दधौ तत्र कुबेरः कांचनं बहु इत्युक्त्वाऽन्तर्हितस्तस्य पुत्रस्य जनको नृप । जजागार ततो राजा कृतवीर्यस्तु वै बली तदभावे तु रौप्यं वा ताम्रं वैणवमेव च । तस्योपरि न्यसेद्वस्त्रं क्षौमं वा शक्तिसंयुतः विघ्नविध्वंसकर्त्रे नमः ब्रह्मोवाच । प्रद्युम्नेन कृतं पूर्वं गणनाथ सुतोषकम् । श्रुतो बाणासुरपुरे निरुद्धो नारदात् पुरा
śālyannaṃ pāyasānnaṃ ca nānā pakvānnameva ca | vyaṃjanāni ca sarvāṇi lehyacoṣyānyanekadhā dūrvāṃkuro'paratrāpi yātipatramadhastadā | anyadanyaddadhau tatra kuberaḥ kāṃcanaṃ bahu ityuktvā'ntarhitastasya putrasya janako nṛpa | jajāgāra tato rājā kṛtavīryastu vai balī tadabhāve tu raupyaṃ vā tāmraṃ vaiṇavameva ca | tasyopari nyasedvastraṃ kṣaumaṃ vā śaktisaṃyutaḥ vighnavidhvaṃsakartre namaḥ brahmovāca | pradyumnena kṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ gaṇanātha sutoṣakam | śruto bāṇāsurapure niruddho nāradāt purā
Rice cooked, milk-rice, and many kinds of cooked dishes, and all the side-dishes, things to be licked and sucked, in many forms. Even then the dūrvā-sprout (outweighed them): the other pan went down. Kubera placed there one thing after another, much gold. Having said this he vanished — (he was) the father of that son, O king; then the king Kṛtavīrya, the mighty, awoke. In the absence of that, (let it be) silver, or copper, or of bamboo; upon it one should place a cloth, or linen, according to his capacity. Homage to the shatterer of obstacles. Brahmā said: Formerly this (vow), which greatly pleases the Lord of the Gaṇas, was performed by Pradyumna, when he had heard from Nārada that Aniruddha was held captive in the city of Bāṇāsura.
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GnP 1 66.14
विरोचना ददौ कल्प्य तस्मिन् दूर्वांकुरे च तम् । गृहीत्वा ब्राह्मणस्तं तु बभक्ष परया मुदा तच्चापि नाभवत्तेन समं दूर्वांकुरेण च । सर्व कोशगतं द्रव्यं दत्तं तेन गिरीन्द्रवत् ददर्श पुस्तकं हस्ते स्वप्नार्थान् परिसस्मरे तस्योपरि लिखेद्यन्त्रमागमोक्तविधानतः । तत्र मूर्तिं गणेशस्य सौवर्णी लक्षणान्विताम् विश्ववंद्याय नमः उद्धवस्याज्ञया कृष्णः कृतवान् व्रतमुत्तमम् । भीतः ईश्वरसंग्रामादेकवारं यथाविधि
virocanā dadau kalpya tasmin dūrvāṃkure ca tam | gṛhītvā brāhmaṇastaṃ tu babhakṣa parayā mudā taccāpi nābhavattena samaṃ dūrvāṃkureṇa ca | sarva kośagataṃ dravyaṃ dattaṃ tena girīndravat dadarśa pustakaṃ haste svapnārthān parisasmare tasyopari likhedyantramāgamoktavidhānataḥ | tatra mūrtiṃ gaṇeśasya sauvarṇī lakṣaṇānvitām viśvavaṃdyāya namaḥ uddhavasyājñayā kṛṣṇaḥ kṛtavān vratamuttamam | bhītaḥ īśvarasaṃgrāmādekavāraṃ yathāvidhi
Virocanā, having prepared it, placed it there on (the pan against) the dūrvā-sprout; and the brahmin took it and devoured it with the greatest delight. But that too did not turn out equal to the dūrvā-sprout; all the goods that were in the treasury were given by him, (heaped) like a great mountain. He saw the book in his hand and remembered the matters of his dream. Upon it one should inscribe the diagram according to the rule stated in the Āgama; there (should be set) an image of Gaṇeśa, golden, endowed with the (proper) marks. Homage to him who is worshipped by the whole world. At Uddhava's bidding Kṛṣṇa performed the excellent vow, once, according to rule, being afraid of battle with Īśvara.
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GnP 1 66.15
तथापि नाभवत्साम्यं तेन दुर्वांकुरेण तत् । पत्नीमाहूय तां प्राह कुबेरः कौतुकान्वितः मुमोचाश्रूणि नेत्राभ्यां शोकानन्दपरिप्लुतः । पितुर्वियोगाच्छोकार्तः पुस्तकाप्तेश्च हर्षितः एकदंतं महाकायं तप्तकांचनसन्निभम् । लंबोदर विशालाक्षं ज्वलत् पावकलोचनम् अमरेशाय नमः गत्वा स शोणितपुरं जित्वा बाणासुरं मृधे । आनीतः उषया सार्द्धमनिरुद्धः क्षणान्नृपः
tathāpi nābhavatsāmyaṃ tena durvāṃkureṇa tat | patnīmāhūya tāṃ prāha kuberaḥ kautukānvitaḥ mumocāśrūṇi netrābhyāṃ śokānandapariplutaḥ | piturviyogācchokārtaḥ pustakāpteśca harṣitaḥ ekadaṃtaṃ mahākāyaṃ taptakāṃcanasannibham | laṃbodara viśālākṣaṃ jvalat pāvakalocanam amareśāya namaḥ gatvā sa śoṇitapuraṃ jitvā bāṇāsuraṃ mṛdhe | ānītaḥ uṣayā sārddhamaniruddhaḥ kṣaṇānnṛpaḥ
Even so it did not become equal to that dūrvā-sprout. Kubera, filled with wonder, called his wife and said to her... He shed tears from both eyes, overwhelmed with grief and joy: grieving from the separation from his father, and gladdened by the obtaining of the book. (One should meditate on him) single-tusked, huge-bodied, resembling molten gold, pot-bellied, large-eyed, with eyes blazing like fire. Homage to the lord of the immortals. Having gone to the city of Śoṇita and conquered Bāṇāsura in battle, he brought back Aniruddha together with Uṣā in a moment, O king.
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GnP 1 66.16
तृप्तिश्च परमा तेन प्राप्ता तत् क्षणमात्रतः । आलिलिंग त्रिशिरसं तृप्तो हर्षाद् द्विजस्तदा कुरु मद्वाक्यतः सुभ्रु धटारोहणमग्रतः । न समं चेत् समारोक्ष्ये निजसत्त्वरिरक्षया तावत्तस्या गतामात्याः परिवार्याब्रुवन्नृपम् । अमात्या ऊचुः । जहि प्रमादं राजंस्त्वं सावधानमना भव आखुपृष्ठसमारूढं चामरैर्वीजितं गणैः । शेषयज्ञोपवीतं च चिन्तयेत्तं गजाननम् गजकर्णाय नमः मयाऽपि सृष्टिकामेन कृतमेतत् नृपोत्तम । कृता नानाविधा सृष्टिर्र्ततस्यास्य प्रभावतः
tṛptiśca paramā tena prāptā tat kṣaṇamātrataḥ | āliliṃga triśirasaṃ tṛpto harṣād dvijastadā kuru madvākyataḥ subhru dhaṭārohaṇamagrataḥ | na samaṃ cet samārokṣye nijasattvarirakṣayā tāvattasyā gatāmātyāḥ parivāryābruvannṛpam | amātyā ūcuḥ | jahi pramādaṃ rājaṃstvaṃ sāvadhānamanā bhava ākhupṛṣṭhasamārūḍhaṃ cāmarairvījitaṃ gaṇaiḥ | śeṣayajñopavītaṃ ca cintayettaṃ gajānanam gajakarṇāya namaḥ mayā'pi sṛṣṭikāmena kṛtametat nṛpottama | kṛtā nānāvidhā sṛṣṭirrtatasyāsya prabhāvataḥ
And through it he attained the highest satisfaction in that very instant; then the brahmin, satisfied, embraced Triśiras out of joy. "At my word, fair-browed one, mount the scale-pan first; if it is not equal, I shall mount it myself, to protect my own being (or: my honour)." Meanwhile her ministers came, surrounded the king and spoke. The ministers said: Cast off your negligence, O king; become attentive of mind. One should meditate on that elephant-faced one, mounted on the back of a mouse, fanned with yak-tail whisks by the gaṇas, having Śeṣa for his sacred thread. Homage to the elephant-eared one. By me too, when I desired to create, this was performed, O best of kings; and by its power creation of many kinds was made.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.17
तत्याज कुत्सितं रूपं प्रकटोऽभूद् गजाननः । चतुर्भुजोऽरविन्दाक्षः शुंडादंड विराजितः पतिव्रताऽऽज्ञया तस्य धटमारुरुहे तदा। न समा साऽपि तेनासीत्ततः सर्वां पुरी ददौ त्यज शोकं वदास्मान्किं कारणं शोककारकम् । अस्मानपि समाविष्टस्त्वच्छोकाच्छोक उत्कटः ध्यानम् । आगच्छ देवदेवेश संकटान्मां निवारय । यावद्व्रतं समाप्येत तावत्त्वं सन्निधौ भव नागयज्ञोपवीतिने नमः अन्यैर्देवासुरनरैः कृतं विघ्नोपशांतये । ऋषिभिर्दानवैर्यक्षैः किन्नरोरगराक्षसैः
tatyāja kutsitaṃ rūpaṃ prakaṭo'bhūd gajānanaḥ | caturbhujo'ravindākṣaḥ śuṃḍādaṃḍa virājitaḥ pativratā''jñayā tasya dhaṭamāruruhe tadā| na samā sā'pi tenāsīttataḥ sarvāṃ purī dadau tyaja śokaṃ vadāsmānkiṃ kāraṇaṃ śokakārakam | asmānapi samāviṣṭastvacchokācchoka utkaṭaḥ dhyānam | āgaccha devadeveśa saṃkaṭānmāṃ nivāraya | yāvadvrataṃ samāpyeta tāvattvaṃ sannidhau bhava nāgayajñopavītine namaḥ anyairdevāsuranaraiḥ kṛtaṃ vighnopaśāṃtaye | ṛṣibhirdānavairyakṣaiḥ kinnaroragarākṣasaiḥ
He abandoned his repulsive form and became manifest as the Elephant-faced, four-armed, lotus-eyed, resplendent with the staff of his trunk. Then at the command of that devoted wife she mounted the scale-pan; but she too was not equal to it; then he gave the whole city. "Give up your grief; tell us what the cause is that produces the grief. Because of your grief a violent grief has entered us too." Meditation: Come, O God of gods' lord, ward me from distress; as long as the vow is being completed, so long be present (here). Homage to him whose sacred thread is a serpent. By others too — gods, demons and men — it was performed for the quelling of obstacles, and by seers, dānavas, yakṣas, kinnaras, serpents and rākṣasas.
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GnP 1 66.18
कमलं परशुं मालां दन्तं करतलैर्दधत् । महार्ह मुकुटो राजत्यर्णकुंडल मंडितः धटमध्ये कुबेरोऽसौ न चोर्ध्वं जायतेंऽकुरः । श्रुत्वा दूतमुखादिन्द्रो गजारूढः समाययौ इन्द्र उवाच । श्रुत्वा वाक्यममात्यानां कार्तवीर्यो जगाद तान् । मया स्वप्ने पिता दृष्टस्तेन मे विह्वलं मनः सहस्रशीर्षेत्यावाहनम् । गणाधीश नमस्तेऽस्तु सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायक । आसनं गृहयतां देव संकटान्मां निवारय भालचन्द्राय नमः आपद्यपि च कष्टायां कुर्यात्तच्छांतये व्रतम् । नानेन सदृशं लोके सर्वसिद्धिकरं व्रतम्
kamalaṃ paraśuṃ mālāṃ dantaṃ karatalairdadhat | mahārha mukuṭo rājatyarṇakuṃḍala maṃḍitaḥ dhaṭamadhye kubero'sau na cordhvaṃ jāyateṃ'kuraḥ | śrutvā dūtamukhādindro gajārūḍhaḥ samāyayau indra uvāca | śrutvā vākyamamātyānāṃ kārtavīryo jagāda tān | mayā svapne pitā dṛṣṭastena me vihvalaṃ manaḥ sahasraśīrṣetyāvāhanam | gaṇādhīśa namaste'stu sarvasiddhipradāyaka | āsanaṃ gṛhayatāṃ deva saṃkaṭānmāṃ nivāraya bhālacandrāya namaḥ āpadyapi ca kaṣṭāyāṃ kuryāttacchāṃtaye vratam | nānena sadṛśaṃ loke sarvasiddhikaraṃ vratam
Holding in his palms a lotus, an axe, a rosary and his tusk; with a most precious crown he shines, adorned with ear-ornaments. This Kubera (sat) in the midst of the scale-pan, and yet the sprout did not rise upward. Hearing (of it) from a messenger's mouth, Indra came, mounted on his elephant. Indra said: Hearing the words of the ministers, Kārtavīrya said to them: "My father was seen by me in a dream; because of that my mind is agitated." The invocation is with the verse "sahasraśīrṣā...". O lord of the gaṇas, homage be to you, giver of every attainment; accept a seat, O god, ward me from distress. Homage to him who has the moon on his brow. Even in calamity and in hardship one should perform the vow for its quelling; there is no vow in the world like this, which brings all attainments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.19
दिव्यवस्त्र परीधानो दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनः । उवाच तौ प्रसन्नात्मा दम्पती स गजाननः स्वकीयद्रव्यसहितो धटमारुरुहे स्वयम् । दूर्वांकुरो न चोर्ध्वं स तथापि समजायत पुस्तकं चैव संकष्ट चतुर्थीव्रतबोधकम् । दत्तं मम करे तेन पिदधे तत्क्षणाच्च सः पुरुष एवे ० आसनम् । उमापुत्र नमस्तेस्तु नमस्ते मोदकप्रिय । पाद्यं गृहाण देवेश संकटं मे निवारय परशुधारिणे नमः तपोदानं जपस्तीर्थं मन्त्रो विद्या न च क्वचित् । इमां श्रुत्वा कथां राजन् स्वयं भुंजीत वाग्यतः
divyavastra parīdhāno divyagandhānulepanaḥ | uvāca tau prasannātmā dampatī sa gajānanaḥ svakīyadravyasahito dhaṭamāruruhe svayam | dūrvāṃkuro na cordhvaṃ sa tathāpi samajāyata pustakaṃ caiva saṃkaṣṭa caturthīvratabodhakam | dattaṃ mama kare tena pidadhe tatkṣaṇācca saḥ puruṣa eve 0 āsanam | umāputra namastestu namaste modakapriya | pādyaṃ gṛhāṇa deveśa saṃkaṭaṃ me nivāraya paraśudhāriṇe namaḥ tapodānaṃ japastīrthaṃ mantro vidyā na ca kvacit | imāṃ śrutvā kathāṃ rājan svayaṃ bhuṃjīta vāgyataḥ
Homage to the lord of obstacles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 66.20
विघ्नाधिपाय नमः
vighnādhipāya namaḥ
Clad in divine garments, anointed with divine perfumes, that Elephant-faced one, gracious in spirit, spoke to the two, husband and wife: "He himself mounted the scale-pan together with his own possessions, and yet the dūrvā-sprout did not go up. And a book, which teaches the vow of the Fourth (that removes) distress, was placed in my hand by him, and that instant he hid himself." The seat (is offered) with "puruṣa eva...". Homage to you, son of Umā; homage to you, lover of modaka-sweets; accept water for the feet, O lord of gods; ward off my distress. Homage to the wielder of the axe. Austerity, giving, muttered prayer, pilgrimage, mantra, knowledge — nowhere (is there an equal). Having heard this story, O king, one should eat oneself, keeping silence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.21
मुक्तिर्वा दीयतां देव दुस्तराद् भवसागरात् । न चावां चित्तयोरन्यरपेक्षितमिभानन तत्रागतौ सनगरौ धटमारुहतां तदा । तथापि नोर्ध्वमगमत्तदा दूर्वांकुरं स्फुटम् प्रबुद्धोहं यदामात्या हस्ते दृष्टं च पुस्तकम् । आश्चर्यं हर्षशोकैश्चाप्यश्रु मुंचामि नान्यथा गंगादि सर्वतीर्थेभ्यः आहृतं तोयमुत्तमम् । गृहाणाचमनीयार्थं संकटं मे निवारय । तस्माद्विराळ० आचमनीयम् विद्याप्रदाय नमः कार्यं बह्वल्पमासैस्तु सिद्ध्यते नात्र संशयः । बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन नान्यतस्याच्छीघ्रसिद्धिदम्
muktirvā dīyatāṃ deva dustarād bhavasāgarāt | na cāvāṃ cittayoranyarapekṣitamibhānana tatrāgatau sanagarau dhaṭamāruhatāṃ tadā | tathāpi nordhvamagamattadā dūrvāṃkuraṃ sphuṭam prabuddhohaṃ yadāmātyā haste dṛṣṭaṃ ca pustakam | āścaryaṃ harṣaśokaiścāpyaśru muṃcāmi nānyathā gaṃgādi sarvatīrthebhyaḥ āhṛtaṃ toyamuttamam | gṛhāṇācamanīyārthaṃ saṃkaṭaṃ me nivāraya | tasmādvirāl̤a0 ācamanīyam vidyāpradāya namaḥ kāryaṃ bahvalpamāsaistu siddhyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | bahunātra kimuktena nānyatasyācchīghrasiddhidam
"Or let liberation be given, O god, from the ocean of existence, hard to cross; nothing else is desired in the minds of us two, O elephant-faced one." Having come there with their city, they then mounted the scale-pan; even so the dūrvā-sprout plainly did not go up. "When I awoke, O ministers, a book was seen in my hand; it is a marvel — hence I shed tears from joy and grief alike, not otherwise." This excellent water has been brought from all the sacred fords, the Gaṅgā and the rest; accept it for rinsing the mouth, ward off my distress. Water for rinsing (is offered) with "tasmād virāṭ...". Homage to the giver of knowledge. A task great or small is accomplished within months — there is no doubt here. What use is much speaking here? Nothing else gives success so swiftly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.22
कौंडिण्य उवाच । इति तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य तथेत्युक्त्वा गजाननः । पुनरालिंग्य पिदधे भक्तं त्रिशिरसं मुदा ततस्ते तत उत्तेरुः शिवविष्णुधनेश्वराः । वरुणेन्द्राग्नि मरुतः कौंडिन्यमभितो ययुः अमात्या ऊचुः । यः पिता सर्वलोकानां मनुष्योरगरक्षसाम् । स एव पितृरूपेण परितुष्टो गजानन पयो दधि घृतं चैव शर्करामधुसंयुतम् । पंचामृतं गृहाणेदं संकटं मे निवारय नोपदेश्यमभक्ताय नास्तिकाय शठाय च। देयं पुत्राय शिष्याय भक्तियुक्ताय साधवे
kauṃḍiṇya uvāca | iti tadvākyamākarṇya tathetyuktvā gajānanaḥ | punarāliṃgya pidadhe bhaktaṃ triśirasaṃ mudā tataste tata utteruḥ śivaviṣṇudhaneśvarāḥ | varuṇendrāgni marutaḥ kauṃḍinyamabhito yayuḥ amātyā ūcuḥ | yaḥ pitā sarvalokānāṃ manuṣyoragarakṣasām | sa eva pitṛrūpeṇa parituṣṭo gajānana payo dadhi ghṛtaṃ caiva śarkarāmadhusaṃyutam | paṃcāmṛtaṃ gṛhāṇedaṃ saṃkaṭaṃ me nivāraya nopadeśyamabhaktāya nāstikāya śaṭhāya ca| deyaṃ putrāya śiṣyāya bhaktiyuktāya sādhave
Kauṇḍinya said: Hearing that speech of his, the Elephant-faced one said "So be it," and embracing him again, joyfully concealed his devotee Triśiras. Then Śiva, Viṣṇu and the lord of wealth rose up from there; Varuṇa, Indra, Agni and the Maruts went round about Kauṇḍinya. The ministers said: He who is the father of all worlds, of men, serpents and rākṣasas — he himself, in the form of your father, is well pleased, O Elephant-faced one. Milk, curds and ghee, together with sugar and honey — accept this five-fold ambrosia; ward off my distress. It is not to be taught to one without devotion, nor to an unbeliever, nor to a rogue; it should be given to a son, to a pupil, to one endowed with devotion, to a good man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.23
एतस्मात्कारणाद् दूर्वाभारोऽस्मै दीयते मया । असंख्य भक्षणाद्यो न तृप्तिं देवः समाययौ देवा देवर्षयश्चैव सिद्धविद्याधरोरगाः । दिनान्ते समनुप्राप्ते स्वं नीडमिव पक्षिणः उपायमवदत्ते स सन्तत्यै राजसत्तम । अन्यथा पुस्तकं क्व त्यं स्वप्नार्थः क्व प्रमाभवेत मन्त्रैः पंचामृतम् । नर्मदा चंद्रभागा च गंगासंगमजैर्जलैः । स्नापितोऽसि मया भक्त्या संकटं मे निवारय । यत्पुरुषेणेति स्नानम् मम प्रियोऽसि राजेन्द्र धर्मिष्टः क्षत्रियर्षभः । कार्य कर्ताऽसि लोकानामुपदिष्टमथो व्रतम्
etasmātkāraṇād dūrvābhāro'smai dīyate mayā | asaṃkhya bhakṣaṇādyo na tṛptiṃ devaḥ samāyayau devā devarṣayaścaiva siddhavidyādharoragāḥ | dinānte samanuprāpte svaṃ nīḍamiva pakṣiṇaḥ upāyamavadatte sa santatyai rājasattama | anyathā pustakaṃ kva tyaṃ svapnārthaḥ kva pramābhaveta mantraiḥ paṃcāmṛtam | narmadā caṃdrabhāgā ca gaṃgāsaṃgamajairjalaiḥ | snāpito'si mayā bhaktyā saṃkaṭaṃ me nivāraya | yatpuruṣeṇeti snānam mama priyo'si rājendra dharmiṣṭaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ | kārya kartā'si lokānāmupadiṣṭamatho vratam
"For this reason a load of dūrvā is given by me to him; the god did not attain satisfaction by eating countless (offerings)." The gods and divine seers, the siddhas, vidyādharas and serpents (departed), as birds at day's end to their own nest. He told them the means for offspring, O best of kings — otherwise, where would that book be, where would the truth of the dream be? The five-fold ambrosia (is offered) with the mantras. With waters born of the Narmadā, the Candrabhāgā and the confluence of the Gaṅgā you have been bathed by me with devotion; ward off my distress. The bathing (is done) with "yat puruṣeṇa...". You are dear to me, O lord of kings, most righteous, a bull among kṣatriyas; you will be a doer of deeds for the worlds; and so the vow has been taught (to you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.24
दूर्वांकुरेण चैकेन स तृप्तिं परमां ययौ। इति ते कथितः सम्यगाश्रये महिमा शुभः। दूर्वासमर्पणभवः श्रवणात् सर्वकामदः नमस्कृत्य मुनिं सर्वे प्रोचुरुद्विग्नचेतसः । सर्व ऊचुः । वृजिनं विलयं यातं दर्शनात्तव भो मुने विना प्रसादं स्वप्नोऽपि विपर्ययमुदाहृतः । इन्द्र उवाच । इत्यमात्यवचः श्रुत्वा सावधानमना नृपः इभवक्त्र नमस्तुभ्यं गृहाण परमेश्वर । वस्त्रयुग्यं गणाध्यक्ष संकटं मे निवारय । तं यज्ञमिति वस्त्रम् तस्मात् सर्वव्रतेष्वेतत् कर्तव्यं प्रथमं त्वया । सिद्धिं यास्यंति कार्याणि नान्यथा भाषितं मया
dūrvāṃkureṇa caikena sa tṛptiṃ paramāṃ yayau| iti te kathitaḥ samyagāśraye mahimā śubhaḥ| dūrvāsamarpaṇabhavaḥ śravaṇāt sarvakāmadaḥ namaskṛtya muniṃ sarve procurudvignacetasaḥ | sarva ūcuḥ | vṛjinaṃ vilayaṃ yātaṃ darśanāttava bho mune vinā prasādaṃ svapno'pi viparyayamudāhṛtaḥ | indra uvāca | ityamātyavacaḥ śrutvā sāvadhānamanā nṛpaḥ ibhavaktra namastubhyaṃ gṛhāṇa parameśvara | vastrayugyaṃ gaṇādhyakṣa saṃkaṭaṃ me nivāraya | taṃ yajñamiti vastram tasmāt sarvavrateṣvetat kartavyaṃ prathamaṃ tvayā | siddhiṃ yāsyaṃti kāryāṇi nānyathā bhāṣitaṃ mayā
And with a single dūrvā-sprout he attained the highest satisfaction. Thus the auspicious greatness has been rightly told to you, O Āśrayā — (the greatness) arising from the offering of dūrvā, which by the mere hearing grants every wish. All of them, bowing to the sage, spoke with agitated minds. All said: Our sin has gone to dissolution by the sight of you, O sage; without (your) grace even a dream is declared to turn out contrary. Indra said: Hearing thus the ministers' speech, the king, attentive of mind... O elephant-faced one, homage to you; accept, O supreme lord, this pair of garments, O overseer of the gaṇas; ward off my distress. The garment (is offered) with "taṃ yajñam...". Therefore in all vows this must first be done by you; your undertakings will reach success — I have not spoken otherwise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.25
इतिहासमिमं भक्त्या शृणुते श्रावयेच्च यः। स पुत्र धनकामाढ्यः परत्रेह च मोदते पूर्वपुण्यभवादग्रे कल्याणं नो भविष्यति । तव पत्न्याहृतं सत्त्वं सर्वेषामद्य नः स्फुटम् आहूय परिपप्रच्छ पंडितान् सुहृदोऽपि च । वदन्तु पुस्तकस्यार्थं प्रसादात्तस्य भो द्विजाः विनायक नमस्तुभ्यं नमः परशुधारिणे । उपवीत गृहाणेदं संकटान्मे निवारय । तस्मा ० यज्ञोपवीतम् यदा यदा पश्यति कार्यमुद्यतं, नारी नरो वा विदधातु सद्र्॥तम् । सिद्ध्यन्ति कार्याणि मनीषितानि, किं दुर्लभं विघ्नहरे प्रसन्ने
itihāsamimaṃ bhaktyā śṛṇute śrāvayecca yaḥ| sa putra dhanakāmāḍhyaḥ paratreha ca modate pūrvapuṇyabhavādagre kalyāṇaṃ no bhaviṣyati | tava patnyāhṛtaṃ sattvaṃ sarveṣāmadya naḥ sphuṭam āhūya paripapraccha paṃḍitān suhṛdo'pi ca | vadantu pustakasyārthaṃ prasādāttasya bho dvijāḥ vināyaka namastubhyaṃ namaḥ paraśudhāriṇe | upavīta gṛhāṇedaṃ saṃkaṭānme nivāraya | tasmā 0 yajñopavītam yadā yadā paśyati kāryamudyataṃ, nārī naro vā vidadhātu sadr||tam | siddhyanti kāryāṇi manīṣitāni, kiṃ durlabhaṃ vighnahare prasanne
Whoever with devotion listens to this story or causes it to be heard, he is rich in sons and wealth and rejoices here and hereafter. "From the merit produced before, good fortune will come to us in the future; the strength taken from your wife is today plainly (the strength) of us all." He summoned the learned men and his friends too and questioned them: "Tell the meaning of the book, O brahmins, by his grace." Homage to you, Vināyaka; homage to the wielder of the axe; accept this sacred thread; ward me from distress. The sacred thread (is offered) with "tasmāt...". Whenever, woman or man, one sees a task undertaken, let one perform it (as prescribed); the desired undertakings succeed — what is hard to obtain when the remover of obstacles is pleased?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.26
गजानने लभेद् भक्तिं निष्कामो मुक्तिमाप्नुयात् । गणा ऊचुः । श्रुत्वापीत्थमितीहासमाश्रया संशयं पुनः महिमानं न जानीमो दूर्वांकुरसमुद्भवम् । एक दूर्वांकुर तुलां त्रैलोक्यमपि नालभत् त ऊचुः पुस्तकं दृष्ट्वा तस्यार्थं सर्वसंसदि । द्विजा ऊचुः । ब्रह्मणः कृतवीर्यस्य संवादोऽत्र महान्नृप ईशपुत्र नमस्तुभ्यं नमो मूषकवाहन । चन्दनं गृहयतां देव संकटं मे निवारय । तस्माद्यज्ञादिति चंदनम् सूत उवाच । इत्थं स श्रुत्वा विधिवन्नृपोत्तमो, व्रतं चकाराखिल दुःखशान्तये। व्रतप्रभावाज्जितवान्स वैरिणो बुभोज राज्यं स सुतैरकंटकम
gajānane labhed bhaktiṃ niṣkāmo muktimāpnuyāt | gaṇā ūcuḥ | śrutvāpītthamitīhāsamāśrayā saṃśayaṃ punaḥ mahimānaṃ na jānīmo dūrvāṃkurasamudbhavam | eka dūrvāṃkura tulāṃ trailokyamapi nālabhat ta ūcuḥ pustakaṃ dṛṣṭvā tasyārthaṃ sarvasaṃsadi | dvijā ūcuḥ | brahmaṇaḥ kṛtavīryasya saṃvādo'tra mahānnṛpa īśaputra namastubhyaṃ namo mūṣakavāhana | candanaṃ gṛhayatāṃ deva saṃkaṭaṃ me nivāraya | tasmādyajñāditi caṃdanam sūta uvāca | itthaṃ sa śrutvā vidhivannṛpottamo, vrataṃ cakārākhila duḥkhaśāntaye| vrataprabhāvājjitavānsa vairiṇo bubhoja rājyaṃ sa sutairakaṃṭakama
One would obtain devotion to the Elephant-faced one; one free of desire would attain liberation. The gaṇas said: Even having heard the story thus, Āśrayā (had) doubt again. "We do not know the greatness that arises from a dūrvā-sprout: even the three worlds did not match the balance of one dūrvā-sprout." They spoke, having looked at the book, of its meaning in the whole assembly. The brahmins said: Here, O great king, is the great dialogue of Brahmā and Kṛtavīrya. Homage to you, son of Īśa; homage to the mouse-borne one; accept sandal-paste, O god; ward off my distress. Sandal (is offered) with "tasmād yajñāt...". The Sūta said: Thus, having heard it duly, that best of kings performed the vow for the quelling of every sorrow; by the power of the vow he conquered his enemies and enjoyed his kingdom with his sons, free of thorns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.27
प्रपेदे हृदि तं ज्ञात्वा कौंडिन्यः पुनरब्रवीत् । आश्रये शृणु मे वाक्यं संशयस्यापनुत्तये गजानन शिरस्थस्य त्वया भक्त्याऽर्पितस्य च । जनीयान् महिमानं कः सम्यग् दूर्वांकुरस्य ह। यज्ञदान व्रत तपः स्वाध्यायोऽपि न तत्समः चतुर्थी सर्व संकष्ट नाशिन्यत्र निरूपिता। चन्द्रोदये गणेशस्य पूजा प्रोक्ता सविस्तरा घृतकुंकुम संयुक्तास्तन्दुलाः सुमनोहराः । अक्षतास्ते नमस्तुभ्यं संकटं मे निवारय । अक्षतः
prapede hṛdi taṃ jñātvā kauṃḍinyaḥ punarabravīt | āśraye śṛṇu me vākyaṃ saṃśayasyāpanuttaye gajānana śirasthasya tvayā bhaktyā'rpitasya ca | janīyān mahimānaṃ kaḥ samyag dūrvāṃkurasya ha| yajñadāna vrata tapaḥ svādhyāyo'pi na tatsamaḥ caturthī sarva saṃkaṣṭa nāśinyatra nirūpitā| candrodaye gaṇeśasya pūjā proktā savistarā ghṛtakuṃkuma saṃyuktāstandulāḥ sumanoharāḥ | akṣatāste namastubhyaṃ saṃkaṭaṃ me nivāraya | akṣataḥ
Knowing that (doubt) in her heart, Kauṇḍinya spoke again: "O Āśrayā, hear my words for the removal of doubt. Who could rightly know the greatness of the dūrvā-sprout that rests on the Elephant-faced one's head, offered by you with devotion? Sacrifice, giving, vows, austerity, even Vedic recitation, are not its equal." Here the Fourth (day), destroyer of all distress, has been set forth; at moonrise the worship of Gaṇeśa has been declared in detail. Rice-grains, very lovely, mixed with ghee and saffron — these unbroken grains (are offered) to you, homage; ward off my distress. (This is) the unbroken rice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 66.28
यद्ब्रवीमि हृदिस्थस्य मया ज्ञातस्य तेऽनघे। एकं दूर्वांकुरं गृहय गच्छ शीघ्रं बिडौजसम् गजाननैकभक्तस्य जपतस्तपतोऽनिशम् । तवापि महिमानं को जानीयात्सर्वदेहिनः अंगारकचतुर्थ्यास्तु महिमा बहुशोऽपि च । तिथिदेव विधूनां च अर्घ्यदानं समंत्रकम् चंपकं मल्लिकादूर्वां पुष्पजातिरनेकशः । गृहाण त्वं गणाध्यक्ष संकटं मे निवारय । तस्मादश्वेति पुष्पम्
yadbravīmi hṛdisthasya mayā jñātasya te'naghe| ekaṃ dūrvāṃkuraṃ gṛhaya gaccha śīghraṃ biḍaujasam gajānanaikabhaktasya japatastapato'niśam | tavāpi mahimānaṃ ko jānīyātsarvadehinaḥ aṃgārakacaturthyāstu mahimā bahuśo'pi ca | tithideva vidhūnāṃ ca arghyadānaṃ samaṃtrakam caṃpakaṃ mallikādūrvāṃ puṣpajātiranekaśaḥ | gṛhāṇa tvaṃ gaṇādhyakṣa saṃkaṭaṃ me nivāraya | tasmādaśveti puṣpam
"What I say, O sinless one, (concerns) what is in your heart and is known to me: take one dūrvā-sprout and go quickly to Indra. Who could know the greatness even of you, who are devoted solely to the Elephant-faced one, reciting and practising austerity day and night, (and who are the greatness) of all embodied beings?" And the greatness of the Fourth falling on a Tuesday is manifold; and (there is) the offering of arghya to the deity of the lunar day, with mantras. Campaka, jasmine, dūrvā, and flowers of many kinds — accept them, O overseer of the gaṇas; ward off my distress. The flowers (are offered) with "tasmād aśvāḥ...".
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GnP 1 66.29
वदाशीर्वचनं पूर्वं पश्चाद्याचस्व कांचनम् । दूर्वांकुरेण तुलितं गृहीत्वा सदिहानय एवमुक्त्वा मुनिं सर्वे पूर्वं पूज्य गजाननम् । सर्वे सभार्य पुपूजुस्तुष्टुवुर्ननृतुर्जगुः एकविंशति विप्राणां भोजनं चैव पूजनम् । नाना दानानि तेभ्यश्च देयानीति निरूपितम् लम्बोदर महाकाय धूम्रकेतो सुवासितम् । धूपं गृहाण देवेश संकटं मे निवारय । यत्पुरुषमिति धूपः
vadāśīrvacanaṃ pūrvaṃ paścādyācasva kāṃcanam | dūrvāṃkureṇa tulitaṃ gṛhītvā sadihānaya evamuktvā muniṃ sarve pūrvaṃ pūjya gajānanam | sarve sabhārya pupūjustuṣṭuvurnanṛturjaguḥ ekaviṃśati viprāṇāṃ bhojanaṃ caiva pūjanam | nānā dānāni tebhyaśca deyānīti nirūpitam lambodara mahākāya dhūmraketo suvāsitam | dhūpaṃ gṛhāṇa deveśa saṃkaṭaṃ me nivāraya | yatpuruṣamiti dhūpaḥ
"Speak first a word of blessing, and afterwards ask for gold; take what is weighed against a dūrvā-sprout and bring it here." Having so spoken to the sage, all of them first worshipped the Elephant-faced one; all with their wives worshipped him, praised him, danced and sang. The feeding and honouring of twenty-one brahmins, and various gifts to be given to them, have been prescribed. O pot-bellied, huge-bodied, smoke-bannered one, accept this fragrant incense, O lord of gods; ward off my distress. The incense (is offered) with "yat puruṣam...".
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GnP 1 66.31
गणा ऊचुः । इति वाणीं तस्य श्रुत्वा गृहीत्वैकं तदाश्रया । दूर्वांकुरं ययौ शक्रं भर्तुर्वाक्यपरायणा एवं संतोष्य सर्वे ते देवदेवं गजाननम् । मुनिं च समनुज्ञाप्य ययुः स्वं स्वं निकेतनम् न दृष्टं न श्रुतं लोके भविष्यत्युपकारकम् । श्रवणात् स्मरणाच्चापि संकष्टहरणं नृणाम् मोदकापूपलड्डूक पायसं शर्करान्वितम् । पक्वान्नं सघृतं देव नैवेद्यं प्रतिगृहयताम् । चन्द्रमा मनस इति नैवेद्यम्
gaṇā ūcuḥ | iti vāṇīṃ tasya śrutvā gṛhītvaikaṃ tadāśrayā | dūrvāṃkuraṃ yayau śakraṃ bharturvākyaparāyaṇā evaṃ saṃtoṣya sarve te devadevaṃ gajānanam | muniṃ ca samanujñāpya yayuḥ svaṃ svaṃ niketanam na dṛṣṭaṃ na śrutaṃ loke bhaviṣyatyupakārakam | śravaṇāt smaraṇāccāpi saṃkaṣṭaharaṇaṃ nṛṇām modakāpūpalaḍḍūka pāyasaṃ śarkarānvitam | pakvānnaṃ saghṛtaṃ deva naivedyaṃ pratigṛhayatām | candramā manasa iti naivedyam
The gaṇas said: Hearing this speech of his, Āśrayā then took one dūrvā-sprout and went to Śakra, intent upon her husband's word. Having thus satisfied the God of gods, the Elephant-faced one, and having taken leave of the sage, they all went each to his own dwelling. Nothing so beneficial has been seen or heard in the world, nor will be: it removes men's distress by the mere hearing and remembering of it. Modaka-sweets, cakes, laḍḍus, milk-rice with sugar, cooked food with ghee — accept this offering of food, O god. The food-offering (is presented) with "candramā manasaḥ...".
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GnP 1 66.32
आश्रयाऽपि ततो ज्ञात्वा दूर्वामहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । विश्वस्त भर्तृवाक्ये सा दूर्वाभिः प्रत्यपूजयत् इन्द्र उवाच । श्रुत्वा तत्पंडितमुखाद्राजा सर्वजनश्च ह । आश्चर्यानन्दसंयुक्तः पुपूजे स द्विजोत्तमान् नारिकेल फलं द्राक्षां रसालं दाडिमं शुभम् । फलं गृहाण देवेश संकटान्मे निवारय । नाभ्या आसीदिति फलम्
āśrayā'pi tato jñātvā dūrvāmahātmyamuttamam | viśvasta bhartṛvākye sā dūrvābhiḥ pratyapūjayat indra uvāca | śrutvā tatpaṃḍitamukhādrājā sarvajanaśca ha | āścaryānandasaṃyuktaḥ pupūje sa dvijottamān nārikela phalaṃ drākṣāṃ rasālaṃ dāḍimaṃ śubham | phalaṃ gṛhāṇa deveśa saṃkaṭānme nivāraya | nābhyā āsīditi phalam
Then Āśrayā too, knowing the supreme greatness of the dūrvā and having become confident in her husband's word, worshipped (him) in return with dūrvā-grasses. Indra said: Hearing that from the mouth of the learned men, the king and all the people, filled with wonder and joy, honoured those best of brahmins. Coconut fruit, grapes, mango, auspicious pomegranate — accept the fruit, O lord of gods; ward me from distress. The fruit (is offered) with "nābhyā āsīt...".
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GnP 1 66.33
विघ्नेश्वरं सर्वदेवं सर्वैर्दुर्वाभिरर्चितम् । प्रणनाम च कौंडिन्यं भर्तारं सत्यवादिनम् वस्त्रालंकाररत्नानि धनं धान्यं ददौ बहु । अत्रिमाहूय राजाऽपि गुरुं निजकुलस्य च क्रमुकैला लवंगादि नागवल्लीदलानि च । तांबूलं गृह्यतां देव संकटं मे विनाशय । इति तांबूलम्
vighneśvaraṃ sarvadevaṃ sarvairdurvābhirarcitam | praṇanāma ca kauṃḍinyaṃ bhartāraṃ satyavādinam vastrālaṃkāraratnāni dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ dadau bahu | atrimāhūya rājā'pi guruṃ nijakulasya ca kramukailā lavaṃgādi nāgavallīdalāni ca | tāṃbūlaṃ gṛhyatāṃ deva saṃkaṭaṃ me vināśaya | iti tāṃbūlam
She bowed to Vighneśvara, the god of all gods, worshipped with all the dūrvā-grasses, and to her husband Kauṇḍinya, the speaker of truth. He gave garments, ornaments, jewels, much wealth and grain; and the king too, having summoned Atri, the preceptor of his own line... Areca-nut, cardamom, cloves and the rest, and betel leaves — accept the betel, O god; destroy my distress. Thus the betel.
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GnP 1 66.34
उवाच सुप्रसन्ना सा स्वात्मानं निन्दती भृशम् । आश्रयोवाच । मादृशी नैव दृष्टाऽस्ति याते वाक्ये संशया सुमुहूर्ते ततोऽगृह्णात् परिपूज्य यथाविधि । देवं विनायकं तं च विद्यातेकाक्षरां शुभाम् सर्वप्रीतिकरं देव हिरण्यं सर्वसिद्धये । दक्षिणार्थं गृहाणेदं संकटं मे विनाशय । सप्तास्यासन्निति दक्षिणाम्
uvāca suprasannā sā svātmānaṃ nindatī bhṛśam | āśrayovāca | mādṛśī naiva dṛṣṭā'sti yāte vākye saṃśayā sumuhūrte tato'gṛhṇāt paripūjya yathāvidhi | devaṃ vināyakaṃ taṃ ca vidyātekākṣarāṃ śubhām sarvaprītikaraṃ deva hiraṇyaṃ sarvasiddhaye | dakṣiṇārthaṃ gṛhāṇedaṃ saṃkaṭaṃ me vināśaya | saptāsyāsanniti dakṣiṇām
She spoke, well pleased, reproaching herself greatly. (Then) the refuge(?) said: "No woman like me has ever been seen; when your word came there was doubt (in me)." Then at an auspicious moment, having worshipped fully according to rule, (she/he) received that god Vināyaka and the auspicious one-syllabled science. "O god, (here is) gold that gives all delight, for the accomplishment of all things; receive this as the priest's fee, destroy my distress" — with the words "there were seven," (he gave) the fee.
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GnP 1 66.35
विशेषविदुषां स्वामिनि विशेषविदुषा त्वया । सम्यक् कृतं मम विभो सर्वभूत दयावता जजाप मन्त्रं तमनन्यभक्त्या, ध्यायन् गणेशं विजितेन्द्रियः स। व्रतं च चक्रे गणनाथतुष्ट्यै, सुताप्तये संकटनाशनं तत् ततो दुर्वांकुरान् गृह्य विशत्येकं च भक्तितः । एभिर्नामपदेर्देवमर्चयेत्सुसमाहितः
viśeṣaviduṣāṃ svāmini viśeṣaviduṣā tvayā | samyak kṛtaṃ mama vibho sarvabhūta dayāvatā jajāpa mantraṃ tamananyabhaktyā, dhyāyan gaṇeśaṃ vijitendriyaḥ sa| vrataṃ ca cakre gaṇanāthatuṣṭyai, sutāptaye saṃkaṭanāśanaṃ tat tato durvāṃkurān gṛhya viśatyekaṃ ca bhaktitaḥ | ebhirnāmapaderdevamarcayetsusamāhitaḥ
"O lord of those who know particulars, by you who know particulars it has been rightly done for me, O mighty one, compassionate to all beings." He, with senses subdued, recited that mantra with undivided devotion, meditating on Gaṇeśa; and he performed the vow that destroys distress, to please the Lord of Hosts, in order to obtain a son. Then, taking twenty-one dūrvā shoots with devotion, one should worship the god with these name-formulas, well concentrated.
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GnP 1 66.36
तत्क्षमस्वापराधं मे त्वामहं शरणागता । ततः प्रातः समुत्थाय दूर्वा आदाय सत्वरौ कर्पूरानलसंयुक्तं शेषाघौघविनाशनम् । नीराजनं गृहाणेश संकटान्मां विमोचय । नीराजनम्
tatkṣamasvāparādhaṃ me tvāmahaṃ śaraṇāgatā | tataḥ prātaḥ samutthāya dūrvā ādāya satvarau karpūrānalasaṃyuktaṃ śeṣāghaughavināśanam | nīrājanaṃ gṛhāṇeśa saṃkaṭānmāṃ vimocaya | nīrājanam
"Therefore forgive my offence; I have come to you for refuge." Then, rising at dawn, the two quickly took dūrvā grass. "Joined with camphor-flame, destroying the whole mass of remaining sins — receive this lamp-waving, O Lord; release me from distress" — (this is) the lamp-waving.
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GnP 1 66.37
स्नात्वा देवं समभ्यर्च्य दूर्वार्पणमकुर्वताम् । अनन्यभक्त्या ज्ञात्वा तौ दूर्वामाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् चम्पकाशोक बकुलः पारिजातभवैः शुभैः । पुष्पांजलिं गृहाणेमां संकटान्मां विमोचय । यज्ञेनेति पुष्पांजलिः
snātvā devaṃ samabhyarcya dūrvārpaṇamakurvatām | ananyabhaktyā jñātvā tau dūrvāmāhātmyamuttamam campakāśoka bakulaḥ pārijātabhavaiḥ śubhaiḥ | puṣpāṃjaliṃ gṛhāṇemāṃ saṃkaṭānmāṃ vimocaya | yajñeneti puṣpāṃjaliḥ
Having bathed and worshipped the god, the two made the offering of dūrvā, having learned, with undivided devotion, the excellent greatness of dūrvā. "With auspicious (flowers) grown of campaka, aśoka, bakula and pārijāta — receive this handful of flowers; release me from distress" — with the (verse beginning) "yajñena," the handful of flowers.
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GnP 1 66.38
सायंप्रातर्देवदेवं पूजयन्तौ निरन्तरम् । त्यक्त्वा यज्ञव्रतं दानं ज्ञात्वा देवो गजाननः त्वमेव विश्वं सृजसीभवक्त्र त्वमेव विश्वं परिपासि देव । त्वमेव विश्वं हरसेऽखिलेश त्वमेव विश्वात्मक आविभासि
sāyaṃprātardevadevaṃ pūjayantau nirantaram | tyaktvā yajñavrataṃ dānaṃ jñātvā devo gajānanaḥ tvameva viśvaṃ sṛjasībhavaktra tvameva viśvaṃ paripāsi deva | tvameva viśvaṃ harase'khileśa tvameva viśvātmaka āvibhāsi
The two worshipping the God of gods continually, evening and morning, having given up sacrifice, vow and gift — the god Elephant-faced, knowing (this), (was pleased). "You alone create the universe, O elephant-faced one; you alone protect the universe, O god; you alone withdraw the universe, O Lord of all; you alone, whose self is the universe, shine forth."
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GnP 1 66.39
कृपया परयाविष्टः स्वधाम प्रत्यपादयत् । गणा ऊचुः । अगाधं वर्णितं दूर्वामाहात्म्यमिदमुत्तमम् इति स्तुतिः । नमामि देवं गणनाथमीशं विघ्नेश्वरं विघ्नविनाशदक्षम्। भक्तार्तिहं भक्तिविमोक्षदक्षं, विद्याप्रदं वेदनिधानमाद्यम्
kṛpayā parayāviṣṭaḥ svadhāma pratyapādayat | gaṇā ūcuḥ | agādhaṃ varṇitaṃ dūrvāmāhātmyamidamuttamam iti stutiḥ | namāmi devaṃ gaṇanāthamīśaṃ vighneśvaraṃ vighnavināśadakṣam| bhaktārtihaṃ bhaktivimokṣadakṣaṃ, vidyāpradaṃ vedanidhānamādyam
Filled with the highest compassion, he granted (them) his own abode. The Gaṇas said: "This unfathomable, excellent greatness of dūrvā has been described." Thus the hymn of praise: "I bow to the god, the Lord of Hosts, the ruler, the Lord of Obstacles, skilled in destroying obstacles, remover of his devotees' distress, skilled in granting devotion and release, giver of knowledge, the treasury of the Vedas, the primal one."
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GnP 1 66.41
दूर्वेति स्मरणात् पापं त्रिविधं विलयं व्रजेत् । तत् स्मृतो स्मर्यते देवो यतः सोऽपि गजाननः ये त्वामसंपूज्य गणेश नूनं वांछंति मूढा विहितार्थसिद्धिम् । त एव नष्टा नियतं हि लोके ज्ञातो मया ते सकल प्रभावः
dūrveti smaraṇāt pāpaṃ trividhaṃ vilayaṃ vrajet | tat smṛto smaryate devo yataḥ so'pi gajānanaḥ ye tvāmasaṃpūjya gaṇeśa nūnaṃ vāṃchaṃti mūḍhā vihitārthasiddhim | ta eva naṣṭā niyataṃ hi loke jñāto mayā te sakala prabhāvaḥ
By remembering "dūrvā," threefold sin goes to dissolution; for when it is remembered, the god Elephant-faced too is remembered thereby. "Those fools who, O Gaṇeśa, without worshipping you, desire the accomplishment of their intended aim — they alone surely perish in the world; your whole power is known to me."
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GnP 1 66.42
इति चिंतामणि क्षेत्रमहिमा वर्णितः स्फुटम् । श्रवणात् कीर्तनात् ध्यानाद् भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदः प्रार्थना । आचार्यस्त्वं द्विजाध्यक्ष सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायक । वायन् गृह्यतां ब्रह्मन् संकटान्मां निवारय
iti ciṃtāmaṇi kṣetramahimā varṇitaḥ sphuṭam | śravaṇāt kīrtanāt dhyānād bhuktimuktiphalapradaḥ prārthanā | ācāryastvaṃ dvijādhyakṣa sarvasiddhipradāyaka | vāyan gṛhyatāṃ brahman saṃkaṭānmāṃ nivāraya
Thus the greatness of the Cintāmaṇi holy site has been plainly described; through hearing, reciting and meditating (on it), it grants the fruits of enjoyment and liberation. The petition: "You are the teacher, O chief of the twice-born, giver of all attainments; let the offering be accepted, O brahmin; ward off my distress."
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GnP 1 66.43
एतस्मात् कारणाद्यानं त्रयाणां प्रेषितं शुभम् । रासभस्य मुखाद् दूर्वा गता देवे वृषस्य च फलपुष्पाक्षतैर्युक्तं जलं ते दक्षिणान्वितम् । विशेषार्घ्यं मया दत्तं संकटान्मां निवारय
etasmāt kāraṇādyānaṃ trayāṇāṃ preṣitaṃ śubham | rāsabhasya mukhād dūrvā gatā deve vṛṣasya ca phalapuṣpākṣatairyuktaṃ jalaṃ te dakṣiṇānvitam | viśeṣārghyaṃ mayā dattaṃ saṃkaṭānmāṃ nivāraya
For this reason the auspicious vehicle was sent for the three. The dūrvā went to the god from the mouth of the donkey and of the bull. "Water joined with fruit, flowers and unbroken grains, together with a fee — a special libation has been given by me; ward off my distress."
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GnP 1 66.44
चांडाल्या शीतनाशाय त्वानीता तृणभारतः । वायुना प्रबलेनापि गता दूर्वां गजानने इति षोडशोपचारैर्मन्त्रेणानेन पूजयेत् । ॐ नमो हेरंब मदमोदित मम संकटं निवारय स्वाहा । इन्द्रादिलोकपालांश्च समन्तात् पूजयेत् सुधीः
cāṃḍālyā śītanāśāya tvānītā tṛṇabhārataḥ | vāyunā prabalenāpi gatā dūrvāṃ gajānane iti ṣoḍaśopacārairmantreṇānena pūjayet | oṃ namo heraṃba madamodita mama saṃkaṭaṃ nivāraya svāhā | indrādilokapālāṃśca samantāt pūjayet sudhīḥ
By a Caṇḍāla woman it was brought from a load of grass to dispel cold; and by the strong wind the dūrvā went to the Elephant-faced one. Thus one should worship with the sixteen services with this mantra: "Oṃ, homage to Heramba, delighted with rapture, ward off my distress, svāhā." And the wise one should worship Indra and the other world-guardians all around.
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GnP 1 66.45
यतस्तस्य प्रिया दूर्वा संतुष्टोऽसौ विनायकः । निष्पापत्वात् त्रयाणां स सान्निध्यं दत्तवान्निजम् पक्वमुद्गतिलैर्युक्तान् मोदकान् घृतपाचितान् । भक्ष्यान्यन्यानि ताम्बूलं यथाशक्ति प्रकल्पयेत्
yatastasya priyā dūrvā saṃtuṣṭo'sau vināyakaḥ | niṣpāpatvāt trayāṇāṃ sa sānnidhyaṃ dattavānnijam pakvamudgatilairyuktān modakān ghṛtapācitān | bhakṣyānyanyāni tāmbūlaṃ yathāśakti prakalpayet
Since dūrvā is dear to him, that Vināyaka was pleased; because the three were free of sin, he granted them his own presence. One should prepare, as far as one is able, sweetmeats made with cooked mung beans and sesame, fried in ghee, other edibles, and betel.
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GnP 1 66.46
गन्धमात्रेण दूर्वायाः संतुष्टो जायते विभुः । प्रसंगेन तु भक्त्या वा किं पुनर्मस्तकार्पणात् ततो दूर्वांकुरान्गृह्य विंशत्येकं च भक्तितः । एभिर्नामपदैर्देवमर्चयेत् सुसमाहितः
gandhamātreṇa dūrvāyāḥ saṃtuṣṭo jāyate vibhuḥ | prasaṃgena tu bhaktyā vā kiṃ punarmastakārpaṇāt tato dūrvāṃkurāngṛhya viṃśatyekaṃ ca bhaktitaḥ | ebhirnāmapadairdevamarcayet susamāhitaḥ
The Lord becomes pleased by the mere scent of dūrvā, whether (offered) incidentally or with devotion — how much more when it is placed on his head! Then, taking twenty-one dūrvā shoots with devotion, one should worship the god with these name-formulas, well concentrated.
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GnP 1 66.47
ब्रह्मोवाच । इति दूतमुखाद्राज्ञा स श्रुतो महिमा तदा । दूर्वाया मुनिभिः सर्वैर्न दृष्टो न च संश्रुतः गणाधिप नमस्तुभ्यमुमापुत्राभयप्रद । एकदन्तेभवक्त्रेति तथा मूषकवाहन
brahmovāca | iti dūtamukhādrājñā sa śruto mahimā tadā | dūrvāyā munibhiḥ sarvairna dṛṣṭo na ca saṃśrutaḥ gaṇādhipa namastubhyamumāputrābhayaprada | ekadantebhavaktreti tathā mūṣakavāhana
Brahmā said: Thus the king then heard from the messenger's mouth that greatness of dūrvā, which had not been seen nor heard of by all the sages. "O lord of hosts, homage to you, son of Umā, giver of fearlessness; O one-tusked, O elephant-faced, and likewise O mouse-borne one."
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GnP 1 66.48
स्नात्वा दूर्वांकुरान् गृह्य पुपूजुस्ते विनायकम् । सेवकाश्चापि दूर्वाभिरानर्चुः श्रीगजाननम् विनायकेश पुत्रेति सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायक । लम्बोदर नमस्तुभ्यं वक्रतुंडाघनाशन
snātvā dūrvāṃkurān gṛhya pupūjuste vināyakam | sevakāścāpi dūrvābhirānarcuḥ śrīgajānanam vināyakeśa putreti sarvasiddhipradāyaka | lambodara namastubhyaṃ vakratuṃḍāghanāśana
Having bathed and taken dūrvā shoots, they worshipped Vināyaka; and the attendants too honoured the glorious Elephant-faced one with dūrvā. "O Vināyaka, O Lord, O son, giver of all attainments; homage to you, pot-bellied one, curved-trunked destroyer of sin."
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GnP 1 66.49
आसन्सर्वे दिव्यदेहास्तेजसा सूर्यवर्चसः । शृण्वन्तो देववाद्यानां नानारावान् समन्ततः विघ्नविध्वंसकर्त्रेति विश्ववन्द्यामरेश्वर । गजवक्त्र नमस्तुभ्यं नागयज्ञोपवीतिने
āsansarve divyadehāstejasā sūryavarcasaḥ | śṛṇvanto devavādyānāṃ nānārāvān samantataḥ vighnavidhvaṃsakartreti viśvavandyāmareśvara | gajavaktra namastubhyaṃ nāgayajñopavītine
They all became of divine body, in splendour bright as the sun, hearing on every side the many sounds of the gods' instruments. "To the destroyer of obstacles, honoured by the universe, lord of the immortals; homage to you, elephant-faced one, who wears a serpent as sacred thread."
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GnP 1 66.51
नरा नागरिकाः केचिदागतास्तं महोत्सवम् । द्रष्टुं दूर्वाभिरानर्चुरेकविंशतिभिः पृथक एवं संपूजयेद्देवं दूर्वाभिश्च पृथक् पृथक् । यदुद्दिश्य कृतं सम्यग् यथाशक्तिप्रपूजनम्
narā nāgarikāḥ kecidāgatāstaṃ mahotsavam | draṣṭuṃ dūrvābhirānarcurekaviṃśatibhiḥ pṛthaka evaṃ saṃpūjayeddevaṃ dūrvābhiśca pṛthak pṛthak | yaduddiśya kṛtaṃ samyag yathāśaktiprapūjanam
Some townsmen who had come to see that great festival honoured him with twenty-one dūrvā each. Thus one should worship the god with dūrvā, each one separately; whatever the purpose for which the worship is properly performed to the best of one's ability —
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GnP 1 66.52
भुक्त्वा भोगांश्च ते सर्वे गाणेशस्थानमागमन् । विमानं चापि चलितमूर्ध्वं तत् पुण्यपुंजतः तेन तुष्टो भवाशु त्वं हृत्स्थान्कामान्प्रपूरय । विघ्नान्नाशय मे सर्वान् दुष्टांश्च समुपस्थितान्
bhuktvā bhogāṃśca te sarve gāṇeśasthānamāgaman | vimānaṃ cāpi calitamūrdhvaṃ tat puṇyapuṃjataḥ tena tuṣṭo bhavāśu tvaṃ hṛtsthānkāmānprapūraya | vighnānnāśaya me sarvān duṣṭāṃśca samupasthitān
And they all, having enjoyed pleasures, came to Gaṇeśa's abode; and the aerial car too moved upward through that accumulation of merit. "By that be quickly pleased; fulfil the desires that are in my heart; destroy all my obstacles and the wicked ones who have come upon me."
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GnP 1 66.53
तस्माद् गणेश भक्तेन कार्यं दूर्वाभिरर्चनम् । न करोति नरो यस्तु प्रमादात्ताभिरर्जनम् त्वत्प्रसादेन सर्वाणि कार्याणीह करोम्यहम् । शत्रूणां बुद्धिनाशं च मित्राणामुदयं कुरु
tasmād gaṇeśa bhaktena kāryaṃ dūrvābhirarcanam | na karoti naro yastu pramādāttābhirarjanam tvatprasādena sarvāṇi kāryāṇīha karomyaham | śatrūṇāṃ buddhināśaṃ ca mitrāṇāmudayaṃ kuru
Therefore a devotee of Gaṇeśa should perform worship with dūrvā. But the man who out of negligence does not perform worship with them — "By your grace I do all my tasks here; bring about the destruction of my enemies' wits and the rise of my friends."
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GnP 1 66.54
स चांडालस्तु विज्ञेयो नरकान् प्राप्नुयाद बहून् । न तन्मुखं निरीक्षेत कदाचिदपि मानव इति विज्ञाप्य देवेशं प्रणिपत्य पुनः पुनः । ततो होमं प्रक्रुर्वीत शतभ्रष्टोत्तरं व्रती
sa cāṃḍālastu vijñeyo narakān prāpnuyāda bahūn | na tanmukhaṃ nirīkṣeta kadācidapi mānava iti vijñāpya deveśaṃ praṇipatya punaḥ punaḥ | tato homaṃ prakrurvīta śatabhraṣṭottaraṃ vratī
— he is to be known as a Caṇḍāla, and he will attain many hells; a man should never look at his face. Having thus informed the Lord of gods and bowed down again and again, the observer of the vow should then perform the fire-oblation, one hundred and eight (times).
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GnP 1 66.55
यस्तु दूर्वाभिरर्चेत्तं देवदेवं गजाननम् । तस्य दर्शनतोऽन्योऽपि पापी शुद्धिमवाप्नुयात् मोदकैर्वाणकं कार्यं व्रतसंपूर्णहेतवे । लड्डूकैर्वटकाद्यैर्वा त्रिसप्तफलसंयुतम्
yastu dūrvābhirarcettaṃ devadevaṃ gajānanam | tasya darśanato'nyo'pi pāpī śuddhimavāpnuyāt modakairvāṇakaṃ kāryaṃ vratasaṃpūrṇahetave | laḍḍūkairvaṭakādyairvā trisaptaphalasaṃyutam
But he who worships that God of gods, the Elephant-faced, with dūrvā — even another sinner attains purity by the sight of him. For the completion of the vow the offering-gift should be made with sweetmeats, or with laḍḍus, fritters and the like, together with twenty-one fruits.
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GnP 1 66.56
अलाभे बहु दूर्वाणामेकयैवाभि पूजयेत् । तेनापि कोटिगुणिता कृता पूजा न संशयः रक्तवस्त्रेण संछाद्य स्वाचार्याय निवेदयेत । गणाधिप नमस्तुभ्यं सर्वसंकल्पसिद्धिद
alābhe bahu dūrvāṇāmekayaivābhi pūjayet | tenāpi koṭiguṇitā kṛtā pūjā na saṃśayaḥ raktavastreṇa saṃchādya svācāryāya nivedayeta | gaṇādhipa namastubhyaṃ sarvasaṃkalpasiddhida
When many dūrvā shoots are not to be had, one may worship with a single one; even by that, worship is made a crore-fold — there is no doubt. Having covered (the offering) with a red cloth, one should present it to one's own teacher: "Homage to you, O lord of the hosts, giver of the fulfilment of every intention."
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GnP 1 66.57
ब्रह्मोवाच । इति नानाविधो राजन् महिमा कथितस्तव। सेतिहासस्तु दूर्वाणां श्रवणात्पापनाशनः वायनस्य प्रदानेन संकटान्मां निवारय । इति वायनमंत्रः । कथां श्रुत्वा ततः पुण्यां दद्यादर्घ्यं समाहितः
brahmovāca | iti nānāvidho rājan mahimā kathitastava| setihāsastu dūrvāṇāṃ śravaṇātpāpanāśanaḥ vāyanasya pradānena saṃkaṭānmāṃ nivāraya | iti vāyanamaṃtraḥ | kathāṃ śrutvā tataḥ puṇyāṃ dadyādarghyaṃ samāhitaḥ
Brahmā said: Thus, O king, the manifold greatness (of the dūrvā) has been told to you; and the legend of the dūrvā grasses destroys sin by the mere hearing. "By the gift of the vāyana, keep distress away from me" — this is the vāyana-mantra. Then, having heard the meritorious story, let him with collected mind offer the arghya.
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GnP 1 66.58
नाख्येयो दुष्टबुद्धेस्तु प्रिये पुत्रे निवेदयेत् । इन्द्र उवाच । इति ब्रह्ममुखाच्छुत्वा परमाख्यानमुत्तमम तिथीनामुत्तमे देवि गणेशप्रिय वल्लभे । संकटं हर मे देवि गृहाणार्घ्यं नमोऽस्तु ते
nākhyeyo duṣṭabuddhestu priye putre nivedayet | indra uvāca | iti brahmamukhācchutvā paramākhyānamuttamama tithīnāmuttame devi gaṇeśapriya vallabhe | saṃkaṭaṃ hara me devi gṛhāṇārghyaṃ namo'stu te
It is not to be told to one of evil mind; it may be imparted to a beloved son. Indra said: Thus having heard from Brahmā's mouth the supreme, excellent narrative — "O best among the lunar days, O goddess dear and beloved to Gaṇeśa, take away my distress, O goddess, receive the arghya, homage to you."
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GnP 1 66.59
ननन्द परमप्रीतो ननाम कमलासनम । तदाज्ञया ययौ स्थानं स्वकीयं विस्मयान्वितः इति तिथ्यर्घः । लंबोदर नमस्तुभ्यं सततं मोदकप्रिय । संकटं हर मे देव गृहाणार्घ्यं नमोऽस्तु ते
nananda paramaprīto nanāma kamalāsanama | tadājñayā yayau sthānaṃ svakīyaṃ vismayānvitaḥ iti tithyarghaḥ | laṃbodara namastubhyaṃ satataṃ modakapriya | saṃkaṭaṃ hara me deva gṛhāṇārghyaṃ namo'stu te
He rejoiced, greatly pleased, and bowed to the lotus-seated one; by his permission he went to his own abode, filled with wonder. This is the arghya to the lunar day. "Homage to you, O pot-bellied one, ever fond of modakas; take away my distress, O god, receive the arghya, homage to you."
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GnP 1 66.61
ततः क्षमापयेद्देवं ततो विप्रांश्च भोजयेत् । स्वयं भुंजीत तच्छेषं ब्राह्मणभ्यो यदर्पितम्
tataḥ kṣamāpayeddevaṃ tato viprāṃśca bhojayet | svayaṃ bhuṃjīta taccheṣaṃ brāhmaṇabhyo yadarpitam
Then he should beg the god's pardon, and then feed brahmins; he himself should eat the remainder of what was offered to the brahmins.
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GnP 1 66.62
सप्तग्रासान् मौनयुक्तो यथाशक्त्या यथासुखम् । इत्थं कुर्यात्तु मासेषु चतुर्ष्वपि विधानतः
saptagrāsān maunayukto yathāśaktyā yathāsukham | itthaṃ kuryāttu māseṣu caturṣvapi vidhānataḥ
(He should eat) seven mouthfuls, keeping silence, according to his ability and his ease. In this way he should act, according to the rule, in all four months.
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