Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 8
GnP 1 8.1
।।अथाष्टमोऽध्यायः ।। भृगुरुवाच ।। इति तेनोदितं वाक्यं मुहुर्ग्लानिं प्रकुर्वतः । करुणायुतमाकर्ण्य नोद्भिन्नं हृदयं तव
||athāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ || bhṛguruvāca || iti tenoditaṃ vākyaṃ muhurglāniṃ prakurvataḥ | karuṇāyutamākarṇya nodbhinnaṃ hṛdayaṃ tava
Then the eighth chapter. Bhṛgu said: Hearing this speech, filled with pathos, uttered by him as he repeatedly grew faint, your heart was not broken open.
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GnP 1 8.2
वज्रात्सारतरं किं नु ब्रह्मणा त्ययि निर्मितम् । हिंसनाद् बहुजन्तूनां मनुष्याणां सहस्रशः
vajrātsārataraṃ kiṃ nu brahmaṇā tyayi nirmitam | hiṃsanād bahujantūnāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ sahasraśaḥ
What harder than a thunderbolt was it that Brahmā fashioned in you? From the killing of many creatures, of men by the thousand,
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GnP 1 8.3
अतिनिष्ठुरतां प्राप्तं कृतघ्नस्येव मानसम् । अवोचस्त्वं ततस्तन्तु कृतान्त इव निष्ठुरः
atiniṣṭhuratāṃ prāptaṃ kṛtaghnasyeva mānasam | avocastvaṃ tatastantu kṛtānta iva niṣṭhuraḥ
your mind had reached utter callousness, like the mind of an ingrate. Then you spoke to him, harsh as Death itself.
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GnP 1 8.4
चोर उवाच ।। किं ते वाक्यचयैर्विप्रः वृथामयि नियोजतैः । अश्रोचरितपाण्डित्यं न्युब्जे कुम्भे यथा जलम्
cora uvāca || kiṃ te vākyacayairvipraḥ vṛthāmayi niyojataiḥ | aśrocaritapāṇḍityaṃ nyubje kumbhe yathā jalam
The thief said: What (use), brahmin, are your heaps of words vainly applied to me? Your learning in scripture and conduct is like water (poured) on an upturned pot.
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GnP 1 8.5
क्वेयं मम मतिर्मूढ क्वोपदेशस्तवाप्ययम् । तत्त्व चिन्तेव मधुपे साम्प्रतं मे न रोचते
kveyaṃ mama matirmūḍha kvopadeśastavāpyayam | tattva cinteva madhupe sāmprataṃ me na rocate
Where is this mind of mine, fool, and where this instruction of yours! Like reflection on truth to a drunkard — it does not please me now.
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GnP 1 8.6
अर्थासक्तय न क्वापि पितृबन्धुविचारणा । यथा कामातुरस्यापि न भीतिर्हृश्च विद्यते
arthāsaktaya na kvāpi pitṛbandhuvicāraṇā | yathā kāmāturasyāpi na bhītirhṛśca vidyate
For those attached to wealth there is nowhere any regard for father or kinsmen, just as even for one sick with lust there is neither fear nor shame.
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GnP 1 8.7
शुद्धिः काके द्यूतकारे सत्यंधैर्यं नपुंसके । कामशान्ति स्त्रियां सर्पे क्षमा दृष्ट्वा त्वया नु किम्
śuddhiḥ kāke dyūtakāre satyaṃdhairyaṃ napuṃsake | kāmaśānti striyāṃ sarpe kṣamā dṛṣṭvā tvayā nu kim
Purity in a crow, truthfulness and steadiness in a gambler, courage in a eunuch, cessation of desire in a woman, forbearance in a snake — have you ever seen any of these?
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GnP 1 8.8
अन्तिके त्वं निसृष्टोसि व्यापाररहितस्य मे । विधात्रा दैवयोगेन न त्वां मुञ्चामि कर्हिचित्
antike tvaṃ nisṛṣṭosi vyāpārarahitasya me | vidhātrā daivayogena na tvāṃ muñcāmi karhicit
You have been handed over into the reach of me, who am without any occupation, by the Creator through the working of fate; I shall not release you on any account.
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GnP 1 8.9
भृगुरुवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा शितिं खड्गं हस्तआदाय दक्षिणे । चकर्ताथ शिरस्तस्य बिडाल इव मौषकम्
bhṛguruvāca || ityuktvā śitiṃ khaḍgaṃ hastaādāya dakṣiṇe | cakartātha śirastasya biḍāla iva mauṣakam
Bhṛgu said: Having spoken thus, taking a sharp sword in his right hand, he then severed his head, as a cat does a mouse's.
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GnP 1 8.10
एवं ते बह्महत्यानां संख्यां कर्तुं न शक्यते । स्त्रीबालवृद्धजन्तूनां हत्यानां च विशेषतः
evaṃ te bahmahatyānāṃ saṃkhyāṃ kartuṃ na śakyate | strībālavṛddhajantūnāṃ hatyānāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
Thus the number of your killings of brahmins cannot be reckoned, and still less that of your killings of women, children, the aged, and animals.
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GnP 1 8.11
संख्यातापरपापानां विभागी जायते यतः । ततो बहुतिथे काले गते कामंदते जरा
saṃkhyātāparapāpānāṃ vibhāgī jāyate yataḥ | tato bahutithe kāle gate kāmaṃdate jarā
Since (only) of other sins that have been counted does an apportioning come about — thereafter, when much time had passed, old age came upon Kāmanda.
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GnP 1 8.12
अगता कफोग्लानिः स्वेदेहोहिक्काथवेपथुः । अभूत्तन्द्रीचोपविष्टे प्रसुप्तेन च सा भवत्
agatā kaphoglāniḥ svedehohikkāthavepathuḥ | abhūttandrīcopaviṣṭe prasuptena ca sā bhavat
There came phlegm and languor, sweating, hiccups, and trembling; and drowsiness came upon him when he sat, and it was there when he slept.
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GnP 1 8.13
अनादरं च चक्रुस्ते पुत्रा दास्योथसेवकाः । सुहृदश्च सुताश्चापि नप्तारोथापि मित्रकाः
anādaraṃ ca cakruste putrā dāsyothasevakāḥ | suhṛdaśca sutāścāpi naptārothāpi mitrakāḥ
And your sons, the maidservants and the attendants treated you with disrespect, and so did your friends and your children, your grandsons and even your companions.
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GnP 1 8.14
एक एवाभवत्तत्र दृष्टआप्तो रहस्यकृत् । अनिवार्य गतिर्विप्रः स चापि प्रेषितस्त्वया
eka evābhavattatra dṛṣṭaāpto rahasyakṛt | anivārya gatirvipraḥ sa cāpi preṣitastvayā
There was there but one trusted intimate, a keeper of secrets, a brahmin whose coming and going was not barred; and he too was sent by you
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GnP 1 8.15
आकारयितुं सर्वांस्तान् मुनीन् काननवासिनः । ते चापि त्वद्भयादेव द्विजवाक्यात्समागताः
ākārayituṃ sarvāṃstān munīn kānanavāsinaḥ | te cāpi tvadbhayādeva dvijavākyātsamāgatāḥ
to summon all those sages who dwelt in the forest; and they too came together, at the brahmin's word, purely out of fear of you.
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GnP 1 8.16
अब्रवीस्तान्नमस्कृत्य मत्तो दानानि गृह्यताम् । ते ब्रुवन्न च गृह्णीमो दानानि पतितस्य ते
abravīstānnamaskṛtya matto dānāni gṛhyatām | te bruvanna ca gṛhṇīmo dānāni patitasya te
Bowing to them you said, "Let gifts be accepted from me." They said, "We do not accept the gifts of you, a fallen man.
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GnP 1 8.17
यजनाध्यापनाद्यौनात्सम्बन्धाद्भाषणादपि । परं सञ्चरते पापं सहयानासनाशनात्
yajanādhyāpanādyaunātsambandhādbhāṣaṇādapi | paraṃ sañcarate pāpaṃ sahayānāsanāśanāt
From sacrificing (for one), teaching (him), marriage connection, association, even from speaking (with him), and from sharing a vehicle, a seat, or food, sin passes over to the other."
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GnP 1 8.18
इति ते भाषणास्त्वां गत्वा च निजमाश्रमम् । सस्नुः सचैलसर्वेपि पावमानीस्ततो जपन्
iti te bhāṣaṇāstvāṃ gatvā ca nijamāśramam | sasnuḥ sacailasarvepi pāvamānīstato japan
Having thus spoken to you and gone to their own hermitage, they all bathed with their garments on, and then recited the Pāvamānī verses.
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GnP 1 8.19
ततोनुतापो मनसि जातः कामंदते भृशम् । आमयात्स्वजनैस्त्यागाद्ब्राह्मणैः परिवर्जनात्
tatonutāpo manasi jātaḥ kāmaṃdate bhṛśam | āmayātsvajanaistyāgādbrāhmaṇaiḥ parivarjanāt
Then remorse arose intensely in Kāmanda's mind — because of the illness, because of being abandoned by his own people, because of being shunned by the brahmins.
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GnP 1 8.20
जीर्णदेवालयोद्धारे भवत्ते मतिरूर्जिता । धनं स्वं विपुलं वीक्ष्य कुप्यरत्नादि संयुतम्
jīrṇadevālayoddhāre bhavatte matirūrjitā | dhanaṃ svaṃ vipulaṃ vīkṣya kupyaratnādi saṃyutam
Then your mind grew strongly set upon the restoration of a ruined temple, when you saw your own abundant wealth, together with base metals, jewels and the rest.
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GnP 1 8.21
ततोनादिः परामूर्तिर्गणेशस्य वने शुभा । जीर्ण देवालये क्षुद्रे स्थिता ते कथिता द्विजैः
tatonādiḥ parāmūrtirgaṇeśasya vane śubhā | jīrṇa devālaye kṣudre sthitā te kathitā dvijaiḥ
Then the brahmins told you of a beginningless, supreme, auspicious image of Gaṇeśa in the forest, standing in a small ruined temple.
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GnP 1 8.22
ततोऽति विस्तृतं दीर्घं चतुस्तोरणसंयुतम् । चतुर्द्वारं सुरुचिरं चतुःशिखर शोभितम्
tato'ti vistṛtaṃ dīrghaṃ catustoraṇasaṃyutam | caturdvāraṃ suruciraṃ catuḥśikhara śobhitam
Then (you built) a temple very broad and long, furnished with four archways, with four doors, most lovely, adorned with four spires,
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GnP 1 8.23
नानास्तम्भभितं नाना वेदिभिः परिवारितम् । मुक्ताप्रवालरत्नाद्यैः रचितं रुचिराङ्गणम्
nānāstambhabhitaṃ nānā vedibhiḥ parivāritam | muktāpravālaratnādyaiḥ racitaṃ rucirāṅgaṇam
supported by many pillars, surrounded by many altars, with a lovely courtyard inlaid with pearls, coral, gems and the like,
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GnP 1 8.24
नानापुष्पद्रुमयुतां नानाफलद्रुमैश्चितम् । चतुर्दिक्षुचारुवारिमयवापी विराजितम्
nānāpuṣpadrumayutāṃ nānāphaladrumaiścitam | caturdikṣucāruvārimayavāpī virājitam
provided with many flowering trees, thick with many fruit trees, resplendent with tanks of clear water on all four sides.
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GnP 1 8.25
प्रासादं निर्मितवतस्तद्द्रव्यं ते व्ययं गतम् । किञ्चित्स्त्रिया च पुत्रैश्च सुहृद्भिर्बन्धुभिर्हृतम्
prāsādaṃ nirmitavatastaddravyaṃ te vyayaṃ gatam | kiñcitstriyā ca putraiśca suhṛdbhirbandhubhirhṛtam
When you had built the palace, that wealth of yours was spent; some was taken away by your wife and by your sons, by friends and by kinsmen.
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GnP 1 8.26
ततो नाति चिरेकाले पञ्चत्वं च गतो भवान् । याम्यदूतैः कशाघातैर्बद्धः सन्ताडितो भृशम्
tato nāti cirekāle pañcatvaṃ ca gato bhavān | yāmyadūtaiḥ kaśāghātairbaddhaḥ santāḍito bhṛśam
Then, after no very long time, you too met with death, and, bound by Yama's messengers, you were beaten severely with lashes of the whip.
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GnP 1 8.27
कण्टकैर्विद्धसर्वाङ्गः शिलायां पोथितोपि च । मज्जितो नरके घोरे पूयशोणितकर्दमे
kaṇṭakairviddhasarvāṅgaḥ śilāyāṃ pothitopi ca | majjito narake ghore pūyaśoṇitakardame
With all your limbs pierced by thorns, and crushed upon a rock as well, you were plunged into a dreadful hell, into a mire of pus and blood.
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GnP 1 8.28
एवं नीतस्तुतैर्दूतैश्चित्रगुप्तयमान्तिके । यमेन पृष्टः किं पुण्यमुतभोक्ष्यसि पातकम्
evaṃ nītastutairdūtaiścitraguptayamāntike | yamena pṛṣṭaḥ kiṃ puṇyamutabhokṣyasi pātakam
Thus brought by those messengers before Citragupta and Yama, you were asked by Yama: "Which will you consume (first)—your merit, or your sin?"
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GnP 1 8.29
त्वमवोचः पुण्यमहं पूर्वं भोक्ष्यामि सूर्यज । ततः सौराष्ट्रदेशे त्वं राजत्वेन विनिर्मितः
tvamavocaḥ puṇyamahaṃ pūrvaṃ bhokṣyāmi sūryaja | tataḥ saurāṣṭradeśe tvaṃ rājatvena vinirmitaḥ
You said: "O son of the Sun, I will consume my merit first." Thereupon you were fashioned (i.e. born) as a king in the land of Saurāṣṭra.
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GnP 1 8.30
इति ते कथितं पूर्वजन्म पापकरं मया । शरणागत कारुण्यात्तपोबल समाश्रयात्
iti te kathitaṃ pūrvajanma pāpakaraṃ mayā | śaraṇāgata kāruṇyāttapobala samāśrayāt
Thus your former birth, productive of sin, has been told by you me—out of compassion for one who has come for refuge, and by resort to the power of (my) austerity.
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GnP 1 8.31
कान्त प्रासादकरणात्सोमकान्तोऽभवोनृपः । कान्तया कान्ततरया भासिकान्त्या शशी यथा
kānta prāsādakaraṇātsomakānto'bhavonṛpaḥ | kāntayā kāntatarayā bhāsikāntyā śaśī yathā
O Kānta, from the building of the palace the king became Somakānta, (shining) with a wife more lovely (than before), with radiant beauty, like the moon.
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GnP 1 8.32
सूत उवाच ।। भृगुणाभिहितं श्रुत्वा सोमकान्तो नृपाधमः । तद्वाक्ये संशयापन्न आसीदश्मेव निष्क्रियः
sūta uvāca || bhṛguṇābhihitaṃ śrutvā somakānto nṛpādhamaḥ | tadvākye saṃśayāpanna āsīdaśmeva niṣkriyaḥ
Sūta said: Having heard what was spoken by Bhṛgu, Somakānta, basest of kings, fell into doubt about his words and remained inert like a stone.
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GnP 1 8.33
वेदशास्त्रार्थविदुषो भूतभाविभवद्विदः । तपस्विनो भृगोर्वाक्ये यतः स संशयं दधौ
vedaśāstrārthaviduṣo bhūtabhāvibhavadvidaḥ | tapasvino bhṛgorvākye yataḥ sa saṃśayaṃ dadhau
Because he harbored doubt about the words of Bhṛgu, the ascetic who knew the meaning of the Vedas and the treatises and who knew past, future, and present—
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GnP 1 8.34
निरगन्क्षणमात्रेण तस्याङ्गात्पक्षिणो भृशम् । नानावर्णाकृतिधरा बभक्षुर्नृपतिं तदा
niragankṣaṇamātreṇa tasyāṅgātpakṣiṇo bhṛśam | nānāvarṇākṛtidharā babhakṣurnṛpatiṃ tadā
in but an instant birds issued forth in great numbers from his body, bearing various colors and shapes, and then they devoured the king.
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GnP 1 8.35
उडीयोड्डीयचञ्चोग्रैर्ददंशुर्नृपशुं दृढैः । उत्कृत्योत्कृत्य मांसानि निजक्षुस्ते मुनिसन्निधौ
uḍīyoḍḍīyacañcograirdadaṃśurnṛpaśuṃ dṛḍhaiḥ | utkṛtyotkṛtya māṃsāni nijakṣuste munisannidhau
Flying up again and again, they bit that beast of a king hard with their fierce, strong beaks, and tearing off his flesh piece by piece they ate it in the sage's presence.
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GnP 1 8.36
ततोतिदुःखित तनुः शरणं पुनरागतः । अवदद्दीनया वाचा भृगुं ज्ञानतपोनिधिम्
tatotiduḥkhita tanuḥ śaraṇaṃ punarāgataḥ | avadaddīnayā vācā bhṛguṃ jñānataponidhim
Then, his body exceedingly afflicted, he came again for refuge and spoke in a piteous voice to Bhṛgu, the treasury of knowledge and austerity.
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GnP 1 8.37
राजोवाच ।। त्वद्वने जातिवैराणां परस्पर भयं न हि । त्वत्समक्षं कथमिमे मृतं मां मारयन्ति च
rājovāca || tvadvane jātivairāṇāṃ paraspara bhayaṃ na hi | tvatsamakṣaṃ kathamime mṛtaṃ māṃ mārayanti ca
The king said: In your forest there is no mutual fear even among those who are enemies by birth; how then do these creatures, before your very eyes, kill me who am (already as good as) dead?
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GnP 1 8.38
त्वत्पाद प्रवणं दीनं सकुष्ठं शरणागतम् । इदानीं मोचय मुने सर्वसत्वा भयङ्कर
tvatpāda pravaṇaṃ dīnaṃ sakuṣṭhaṃ śaraṇāgatam | idānīṃ mocaya mune sarvasatvā bhayaṅkara
Now set free, O sage, terror of all beings, this wretched leprous man who has bowed at your feet and come to you for refuge.
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GnP 1 8.39
सूत उवाच ।। इत्युक्तः पुनरप्याह भृगुस्तं दीनवत्सलः । मद्वाक्यसंशयादित्थमनुभूतं नृपत्यया
sūta uvāca || ityuktaḥ punarapyāha bhṛgustaṃ dīnavatsalaḥ | madvākyasaṃśayāditthamanubhūtaṃ nṛpatyayā
Sūta said: Thus addressed, Bhṛgu, tender toward the wretched, spoke to him again: "Because of your doubt about my words this has been experienced by you, O king."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 8.40
प्रतीकारं वदिष्यामि स्वस्थो भव क्षणं नृप । मम हुंकार मात्रेण गमिष्यन्ति द्विजा इमे
pratīkāraṃ vadiṣyāmi svastho bhava kṣaṇaṃ nṛpa | mama huṃkāra mātreṇa gamiṣyanti dvijā ime
"I shall tell you the remedy; be at ease for a moment, O king. By my mere utterance of 'hum' these birds will depart."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GnP 1 8.41
सूत उवाच ।। द्विजस्य हुंकृतिं श्रुत्वा द्विजाश्चान्तर्हितास्तदा । तुतोष नृपतिश्चापि पत्न्यमात्यसमन्विता
sūta uvāca || dvijasya huṃkṛtiṃ śrutvā dvijāścāntarhitāstadā | tutoṣa nṛpatiścāpi patnyamātyasamanvitā
Sūta said: On hearing the brahmin's utterance of 'hum', the birds then vanished; and the king too was pleased, together with his wife and his ministers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition