Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 7
GnP 1 7.1
।। अथ सप्तमोऽध्यायः ।। ऋषय ऊचुः ।। तत्रगत्वा किमकरोत्सोमकान्तो नृपस्तदा । उपायः कथितः को वा भृगुणा सर्ववेदिना
|| atha saptamo'dhyāyaḥ || ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || tatragatvā kimakarotsomakānto nṛpastadā | upāyaḥ kathitaḥ ko vā bhṛguṇā sarvavedinā
Now the seventh chapter. The sages said: Having gone there, what did king Somakānta then do? And what remedy was told by Bhṛgu, the all-knowing?
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GnP 1 7.2
कथयस्व कथामेतां शृण्वतां नो द्विजोत्तम । नतृप्तिमधिगच्छामः पीत्वा त्वद्वचनामृतम्
kathayasva kathāmetāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ no dvijottama | natṛptimadhigacchāmaḥ pītvā tvadvacanāmṛtam
Tell us this story, O best of the twice-born, as we listen; we reach no satiety, though we drink the nectar of your words.
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GnP 1 7.3
सूत उवाच ।। सम्यक्पृष्टं महाभागा यूयं तु ज्ञानसागराः । यः कथां तं नप्रयाति श्रोतावक्ताथवाद्विजाः
sūta uvāca || samyakpṛṣṭaṃ mahābhāgā yūyaṃ tu jñānasāgarāḥ | yaḥ kathāṃ taṃ naprayāti śrotāvaktāthavādvijāḥ
The Sūta said: Well have you asked, O greatly fortunate ones—you who are oceans of knowledge. Whoever, being a listener or a speaker, does not go to a recitation, O twice-born ones;
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GnP 1 7.4
लिख्यमानं वाचयति पुस्तकं हरतेपि वा । नृपृच्छति चयः शिष्यो गुरुः पृष्टो न वक्तिचेत्
likhyamānaṃ vācayati pustakaṃ haratepi vā | nṛpṛcchati cayaḥ śiṣyo guruḥ pṛṣṭo na vakticet
or reads aloud a book while it is being copied, or even steals it; and the pupil who does not ask, and the teacher who, when asked, does not speak—
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GnP 1 7.5
उभौ तौ मूकबधिरौ लोकेदृष्टौ द्विजोत्तमाः । श्रृण्वन्तु कथयिष्यामि सोमकान्त कथामतः
ubhau tau mūkabadhirau lokedṛṣṭau dvijottamāḥ | śrṛṇvantu kathayiṣyāmi somakānta kathāmataḥ
both of these are seen in the world as mute and deaf, O best of the twice-born. Listen: I shall now tell the story of Somakānta.
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GnP 1 7.6
तस्यां रात्र्यां व्यतीतायां दिननाथे तथोदिते । स्नानं सन्ध्यां जपं होमं कृत्वा स भृगुसत्तमः
tasyāṃ rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ dinanāthe tathodite | snānaṃ sandhyāṃ japaṃ homaṃ kṛtvā sa bhṛgusattamaḥ
When that night had passed and the lord of day had risen, that best of the Bhṛgus, having performed his bath, the twilight worship, his muttered prayer and the fire-offering,
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GnP 1 7.7
स्नाताय कृतजप्याय पत्नीप्रकृतिसंयुजे । पूर्वजन्मकथां तस्मै राज्ञे कथितुमारभत्
snātāya kṛtajapyāya patnīprakṛtisaṃyuje | pūrvajanmakathāṃ tasmai rājñe kathitumārabhat
began to tell the king — who had bathed, had done his recitation, and was accompanied by his wife and his ministers — the story of his former birth.
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GnP 1 7.8
भृगुरुवाच ।। कोल्हारनगरे रम्ये विन्ध्याचलसमीपतः । चिद्रूप इति विख्यातो वैश्यो बहुधनो भवत्
bhṛguruvāca || kolhāranagare ramye vindhyācalasamīpataḥ | cidrūpa iti vikhyāto vaiśyo bahudhano bhavat
Bhṛgu said: In the lovely city of Kolhāra, near the Vindhya mountain, there was a merchant known as Cidrūpa, possessed of much wealth.
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GnP 1 7.9
तस्य भार्या तु सुभगा नाम्ना ख्याता सुलोचना । सुशीला दानशीला च पतिवाक्यपरासती
tasya bhāryā tu subhagā nāmnā khyātā sulocanā | suśīlā dānaśīlā ca pativākyaparāsatī
His wife was fortunate, known by the name Sulocanā, of good character, given to charity, a faithful woman devoted to her husband's word.
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GnP 1 7.10
तस्यास्त्वं पुत्रतां यातो भवे पूर्वे नृपोत्तम । कामंद इति ते नाम चक्रतुस्तौ द्विजेरितौ
tasyāstvaṃ putratāṃ yāto bhave pūrve nṛpottama | kāmaṃda iti te nāma cakratustau dvijeritau
You came to be her son in your former existence, O best of kings; the two of them, prompted by brahmins, gave you the name Kāmada.
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GnP 1 7.11
अतिस्नेहं दिवारात्रावतिलालनमेकके । वार्धक्यकाल जेतौ तु पितरौ त्ययि चक्रतुः
atisnehaṃ divārātrāvatilālanamekake | vārdhakyakāla jetau tu pitarau tyayi cakratuḥ
Day and night your parents, in their old age, lavished excessive affection and excessive pampering upon you, their only child.
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GnP 1 7.12
विवाहं चक्रतुस्तातु धनकौतुकमङ्गलैः । मृगाक्षी सुकुमाराङ्गी नाम्ना ख्याता कुटुम्बिनी
vivāhaṃ cakratustātu dhanakautukamaṅgalaiḥ | mṛgākṣī sukumārāṅgī nāmnā khyātā kuṭumbinī
And they arranged your marriage with wealth, festivities and auspicious rites; (your bride was) doe-eyed, of very delicate limbs, known by the name Kuṭumbinī.
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GnP 1 7.13
अनुरक्ता त्वयि सदा द्विजदेवातिथिप्रिया । बभूव योषिद्योषित्सु रत्नभूतादि सुन्दरी
anuraktā tvayi sadā dvijadevātithipriyā | babhūva yoṣidyoṣitsu ratnabhūtādi sundarī
Always devoted to you, fond of brahmins, gods and guests, that beautiful woman became, among women, like a jewel (among things).
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GnP 1 7.14
कुटुम्बिनीति स्वं नाम विदधे सार्थकं तु सा । सप्तपुत्रा पञ्चकन्या पञ्चबाणप्रियानुकिम्
kuṭumbinīti svaṃ nāma vidadhe sārthakaṃ tu sā | saptaputrā pañcakanyā pañcabāṇapriyānukim
She made her own name 'Kuṭumbinī' (householder-woman) meaningful indeed: with seven sons and five daughters — was she not dear to the Five-Arrowed One (Kāma)?
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GnP 1 7.15
ततो बहुतिथे काले पञ्चत्वमगमत्पिता । माता तव सती तेन सहदग्धा दिवङ्गता
tato bahutithe kāle pañcatvamagamatpitā | mātā tava satī tena sahadagdhā divaṅgatā
Then, after a long time, your father met his death, and your mother, a faithful wife, was burned together with him and went to heaven.
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GnP 1 7.16
ततस्त्वंसखिवर्गैस्तद्द्रव्यं नाशितवान्बहु । नीतं नष्टं भक्षितं च विनाशमगवद्धनम्
tatastvaṃsakhivargaistaddravyaṃ nāśitavānbahu | nītaṃ naṣṭaṃ bhakṣitaṃ ca vināśamagavaddhanam
Then you, along with your band of companions, destroyed much of that property: it was carried off, lost, and consumed, and the wealth went to ruin.
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GnP 1 7.17
चिन्तया धर्मपत्नी त्वां निराकृतवती भृशम् । न गृहीतं तु तद्वाक्यं ततो विक्रीतवान् गृहम्
cintayā dharmapatnī tvāṃ nirākṛtavatī bhṛśam | na gṛhītaṃ tu tadvākyaṃ tato vikrītavān gṛham
Out of anxiety your lawful wife rebuked you severely; but her words were not accepted, and thereafter you sold the house.
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GnP 1 7.18
गता सा बालकैः सार्धमनुज्ञाता पितुर्गृहम् । अपत्यपोषणकृते ऋतेत्वां वंशकण्टकम्
gatā sā bālakaiḥ sārdhamanujñātā piturgṛham | apatyapoṣaṇakṛte ṛtetvāṃ vaṃśakaṇṭakam
With the children she went, having taken leave, to her father's house, for the sake of feeding the offspring — leaving you, the thorn of the family.
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GnP 1 7.19
तत उद्धृत्ततांयात उन्मत्त इव मद्यपः । अन्यायकारी नगरे जातोमत्त इव द्विपः
tata uddhṛttatāṃyāta unmatta iva madyapaḥ | anyāyakārī nagare jātomatta iva dvipaḥ
Then you became insolent, like a drunkard out of his senses; you became a doer of wrong in the city, like an elephant in rut.
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GnP 1 7.20
परस्वहारो वनितासुजारो ग्रामेषुचोरोजनतापकारः । द्यूतेषुवीरो वृजिनौघसारो हिंसाविहारो बलहीन शूरः
parasvahāro vanitāsujāro grāmeṣucorojanatāpakāraḥ | dyūteṣuvīro vṛjinaughasāro hiṃsāvihāro balahīna śūraḥ
A seizer of others' goods, a fine adulterer with women, a thief in the villages, a tormentor of people; a hero at dice, a mass of heaped-up sins, taking pleasure in violence, a champion (only) against the weak.
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GnP 1 7.21
ये ये जनास्ते सुखसङ्गतृप्तास्तेभ्यो गृहीत्वा बहुवित्तमादः । निक्षेपतः पितृकतात्सहृद्भ्योमिषात्कुतश्चिनगरस्थितेभ्यः
ye ye janāste sukhasaṅgatṛptāstebhyo gṛhītvā bahuvittamādaḥ | nikṣepataḥ pitṛkatātsahṛdbhyomiṣātkutaścinagarasthitebhyaḥ
Whatever people there were, content in their happy company, from them you took much wealth: from a deposit, from your father's, from friends, on some pretext, from those dwelling in the city.
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GnP 1 7.22
शपथाननृतांश्चकर्थनूनमनृतानां प्रमदा जनेषु साक्ष्यम् । इति सर्वजनाः सुभीतिमापुरुरगात्सद्मगतादिवोग्रवीर्यात्
śapathānanṛtāṃścakarthanūnamanṛtānāṃ pramadā janeṣu sākṣyam | iti sarvajanāḥ subhītimāpururagātsadmagatādivogravīryāt
You surely swore false oaths, and gave false testimony among people — women (too?); thus all people came to great fear, as if from a fierce-powered serpent that had entered the house.
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GnP 1 7.23
असह्यतां तेन जनस्ययातो गोक्षूरकः पायसगोययैव । राज्ञो गृहित्वानुमतिं जनास्ते निर्वापयामासुरतोपुरात्त्वाम्
asahyatāṃ tena janasyayāto gokṣūrakaḥ pāyasagoyayaiva | rājño gṛhitvānumatiṃ janāste nirvāpayāmāsuratopurāttvām
By that, he became unbearable to the people, like the gokṣūraka thorn in milk-rice; so those people, having obtained the king's permission, then expelled you from the city.
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GnP 1 7.24
वनेस्थितस्त्वं बहुजन्तुघाती स्त्रीबालवृद्धान्विनिहंसि नित्यम् । महाजनं वीक्ष्य पलायसे च सिंहं निरीक्ष्येववृकोमृगोवा
vanesthitastvaṃ bahujantughātī strībālavṛddhānvinihaṃsi nityam | mahājanaṃ vīkṣya palāyase ca siṃhaṃ nirīkṣyevavṛkomṛgovā
Living in the forest, you slew many creatures; you constantly killed women, children and old men; but seeing a great throng you fled, as a wolf or a deer does on catching sight of a lion.
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GnP 1 7.25
मत्स्यान्बकान्सारसकुक्कुटांश्च वृकान्मृगान्वानरकोकिलांश्च । हत्वात्सिखड्गान्शशकांश्चगोत्रामुधास्वदेशं वृजिनादपोषः
matsyānbakānsārasakukkuṭāṃśca vṛkānmṛgānvānarakokilāṃśca | hatvātsikhaḍgānśaśakāṃścagotrāmudhāsvadeśaṃ vṛjinādapoṣaḥ
Having killed fish, herons, cranes and fowl, wolves, deer, monkeys and cuckoos, rhinoceroses, hares and cattle to no purpose, you filled your own land with sin.
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GnP 1 7.26
सिंहान्व्याघ्रांश्च जम्बूकान्निःसार्य गिरिगह्वरात् । नानास्थानगताश्चेरान्मेलयित्वा सुदुर्धरान्
siṃhānvyāghrāṃśca jambūkānniḥsārya girigahvarāt | nānāsthānagatāścerānmelayitvā sudurdharān
Having driven lions, tigers and jackals out of the mountain cave, and having assembled thieves, most unruly, who had come from various places —
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GnP 1 7.27
काष्ठैर्लोष्टैश्च पाषाणैश्चकर्थ गृहमुत्तमम् । विशालं क्रोशविस्तारं नानाकौतुक मण्डितम्
kāṣṭhairloṣṭaiśca pāṣāṇaiścakartha gṛhamuttamam | viśālaṃ krośavistāraṃ nānākautuka maṇḍitam
with timbers, clods and stones you built an excellent house, spacious, a krośa in extent, adorned with all manner of curiosities.
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GnP 1 7.28
पित्राभीतेनपत्नी सा प्रापिता बालकैः सह । गुहागतं ते सदनं राजतोजनतोऽपि च
pitrābhītenapatnī sā prāpitā bālakaiḥ saha | guhāgataṃ te sadanaṃ rājatojanato'pi ca
By (your) frightened father that wife (of yours) was brought (to you) together with the children; that dwelling of yours, set in the cave, (was grander) than a king's and than other people's too.
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GnP 1 7.29
नानालंकारवसना बालका अपि तेजसा । देवाङ्गनेव शुशुभे त्वं चचोरसमन्वितः
nānālaṃkāravasanā bālakā api tejasā | devāṅganeva śuśubhe tvaṃ cacorasamanvitaḥ
The children too, in various ornaments and garments, (shone) with splendour; she shone like a woman of the gods, and you were surrounded by thieves.
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GnP 1 7.30
त्वं च मार्गे जनान्दीनान् हत्वा हत्वा गुहां गतः । चोरैः सबालयोषिद्भिर्भासिराजेवतद्गतः
tvaṃ ca mārge janāndīnān hatvā hatvā guhāṃ gataḥ | coraiḥ sabālayoṣidbhirbhāsirājevatadgataḥ
And you, killing and killing wretched people on the road, went to the cave; with the thieves, along with their children and women, you went there shining like a king.
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GnP 1 7.31
कदाचिद् ब्राह्मणो विद्वान् विख्यातोगुणवर्धनः । मध्याह्ने मार्गमध्ये तु त्वयादृष्टः स एककः
kadācid brāhmaṇo vidvān vikhyātoguṇavardhanaḥ | madhyāhne mārgamadhye tu tvayādṛṣṭaḥ sa ekakaḥ
Once a learned brahmin, renowned, Guṇavardhana (by name), was seen by you at midday in the middle of the road, all alone.
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GnP 1 7.32
गृहीत्वा दक्षिणं पाणिं तं विप्रं धृतवानसि । स वेपमानस्त्वद्बुद्धिं जानन्धर्षणयातया
gṛhītvā dakṣiṇaṃ pāṇiṃ taṃ vipraṃ dhṛtavānasi | sa vepamānastvadbuddhiṃ jānandharṣaṇayātayā
Taking hold of his right hand, you seized that brahmin; and he, trembling, knowing your intent from (your) violent handling,
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GnP 1 7.33
ऊचे त्वां स्वांतकं मत्वा मूर्च्छितो जीवितेच्छया । अत्यन्तकरुणावाक्यैर्बोधयं स्वांसहेतुकैः
ūce tvāṃ svāṃtakaṃ matvā mūrcchito jīvitecchayā | atyantakaruṇāvākyairbodhayaṃ svāṃsahetukaiḥ
taking you for his death, and swooning, out of the wish to live spoke to you, informing (you) with words of the utmost pity, urged by his own case.
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GnP 1 7.34
गुणवर्धन उवाच ।। धनवान्सुभगोभूत्वा कथं मां हन्तुमिच्छसि । द्विजं नवोढा भर्तारं शान्तं चानपराधिनम्
guṇavardhana uvāca || dhanavānsubhagobhūtvā kathaṃ māṃ hantumicchasi | dvijaṃ navoḍhā bhartāraṃ śāntaṃ cānaparādhinam
Guṇavardhana said: You who are wealthy and fortunate — why do you wish to kill me, a brahmin, the husband of a newly wedded wife, peaceable and guilty of no offence?
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GnP 1 7.35
दुर्बुद्धिवासनां त्यक्त्वा सद्धर्मेषु मतिं कुरु । प्रथमामेगता कान्ता प्राप्ता कान्ततरापरा
durbuddhivāsanāṃ tyaktvā saddharmeṣu matiṃ kuru | prathamāmegatā kāntā prāptā kāntatarāparā
Give up the habit of evil thinking and turn your mind to the true duties. My first wife died; another, dearer still, was obtained —
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GnP 1 7.36
स्वाचारापरमोदारा साध्वी सर्वगुणाकरा । पितृृणामनृणार्थाय धर्मसन्तानवृद्धये
svācārāparamodārā sādhvī sarvaguṇākarā | pitṛṛṇāmanṛṇārthāya dharmasantānavṛddhaye
of good conduct, most generous, virtuous, a mine of all good qualities — for the sake of being free of debt to the fathers, and for the increase of duty and offspring
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GnP 1 7.37
कृतासाति प्रयत्नेन गार्हस्थंधर्ममिच्छता । मद्विनातद्विनावांहि जन्मनी भवतो वृथा
kṛtāsāti prayatnena gārhasthaṃdharmamicchatā | madvinātadvināvāṃhi janmanī bhavato vṛthā
she was taken with effort by me, who desired the householder's duty. Without me, and without her, the two lives (of ours) are indeed in vain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 7.38
पितामेहि भवत्वं च मातापुत्रोप्यहं तव । जीवदाता भयत्राता पिताशास्त्रे निगद्यते
pitāmehi bhavatvaṃ ca mātāputropyahaṃ tava | jīvadātā bhayatrātā pitāśāstre nigadyate
Be my father, and you (be that); and I am your mother and your son too. He who gives life and shields from fear is called a father in the scriptures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 7.39
दस्यवोपिहि रक्षन्ति द्विजं वा शरणागतम् । द्विजं योग्यं शरण्यं मामतत्स्त्वं मोक्तुमर्हसि
dasyavopihi rakṣanti dvijaṃ vā śaraṇāgatam | dvijaṃ yogyaṃ śaraṇyaṃ māmatatstvaṃ moktumarhasi
Even bandits protect a brahmin, or anyone, who has come for refuge; therefore you ought to release me, a brahmin, fit and deserving of shelter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 7.40
नोचेत्कल्पसहस्रं त्वं निरयान्प्रतिपद्यसे । भोक्तारः सर्व एवैते स्त्रीपुत्राः सुहृदोजनाः
nocetkalpasahasraṃ tvaṃ nirayānpratipadyase | bhoktāraḥ sarva evaite strīputrāḥ suhṛdojanāḥ
If not, you will go to the hells for a thousand aeons. All these — wife, sons, friends, kinsmen — are consumers (of your gains);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 7.41
न पापभागिनस्त्वे ते सुखिनस्त्वत्प्रतारकाः । कियद्भिर्जन्मभिः पापं भोक्ष्यसे नवितर्कये
na pāpabhāginastve te sukhinastvatpratārakāḥ | kiyadbhirjanmabhiḥ pāpaṃ bhokṣyase navitarkaye
they do not share in the sin; happy themselves, they cheat you. Through how many births you will have to consume that sin, I cannot reckon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition