Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 81
GnP 1 81.1
अध्याय ८१ प्रारंभ :- क उवाच । रामस्तु वपनं कृत्वा स्नात्वा सम्यग्विधानतः । उत्थान श्राद्धमकरोद् ब्राह्मणैः कथितं यथा जमदग्नेर्हृदि शरमहनद् दृढमोजसा । एकविंशतिकान् बाणान् मातुरंगेऽहनद्रुषा मुनिः प्रोचे यदा त्वं मे स्मरणं वै करिष्यसि । एहि दत्तात्रेय इति तदा मां द्रक्ष्यसेऽनघ वृषोत्सर्गं च कृत्वानेकादशदिने द्विजः । सपिंडीकरणं चैव द्वादशे कृतवान् द्वयोः अध्याय ८२ प्रारंभ :- व्यास उवाच । कथं रामो बाल एव कृतवीर्यसुतेन ह। एकाकी बहुसैन्येन सहस्रभुजशालिना नमो निर्गुणायामलज्ञानहेतोर्निराकार साकार नित्याय तेऽस्तु । नमो देववेदात्तशास्त्रातिगाय। नमोऽव्यक्तव्यक्तात्मने सत्स्वरूप तर्पणं तद्दशांशेन तद्दशांशेन भोजनम् । ब्राह्मणानां महाभक्त्या प्रसन्नो भविता भुवि ददर्श रामोऽकस्मात्तं न्यमीलयत चाक्षिणी। तत्तेजसा प्रतिहते तत्तस्तुष्टाव तं द्विजः सोऽहं त्वं हि मया दृष्टोऽनुग्राहात्तव विघ्नप । किमन्यद्वरये देव भक्तिं देहि निजां दृढाम् गजाननस्य देवस्य संक्षेपेण मया सुत । निखिलेन न शेषोऽपि क्षमो वक्तुं मुनीश्वर अध्याय ८३ प्रारंभ :- मुनिरुवाच । कस्मिन् स्थाने तपोऽकारि रामेण परमाद्भुतम् । तन्मे कथय लोकेश तृप्तिं मे नास्ति शण्वतः वेदाध्ययननिष्ठांश्च तपोऽनुष्ठानकारिणः । अग्निहोत्ररतानन्यान् कारागारेऽक्षिपद् द्विजान् एवं संप्रार्थ्य तेपुस्ते दुष्करं तप उत्तमम् । पत्रभक्ष्या वायुभक्ष्या निराहारा जलाशिनः तदाऽस्य नाशो भविता यत्नं कुरूत तत्र वै । नभोवाणी समाकर्ण्य सर्वे हर्षसमन्विताः स्थाणुं तं स्थाणुभूतं च ध्याननिश्चललोचनम् । ध्यायन्तं मनसा ब्रह्म जपन्तं निष्परिग्रहम् वसन्तं प्रतिलभ्यैव सहायं सकलं सुराः । क उवाच । एवमुक्त्वा गतः कामो यत्रास्तेऽसौ सदाशिवः अध्याय ८४ प्रारंभ :- क उवाच । एवमुक्त्वा गतः कामः सुरकार्यार्थसिद्धये । अपश्यच्छंकरं स्थानं वृक्षवल्लीसमाकुलम् कामस्तु भयसंत्रस्तो लीनः क्वापि न गृहयते । इन्द्रादीनां स सस्मार स्मृतास्ते नात्र ते ययुः क उवाज । इति तस्या वचः श्रुत्वा स्वाङ्घ्रिस्थशिरसो मुने । जगाद हास्यवदनो वह्निं संहृत्य शंकरः अध्याय ८५ प्रारंभ :- क उवाच । शिवस्यालिंगनाद् भिल्ली मदनानलदीपिता । नाप क्वापि सुखं देवी निर्जले शफरी यथा भ्रष्टस्थाना मुनिसुराः श्रुत्वा मदनचेष्टितम् । कैलासं पुनरायातास्तत्र क्रीडारतं हरम् त्वमेव जायसे मूलं क्रोधस्य जगदीश्वर । यत्र तत्र भवेत्तेजस्तत्तद्रूपं तवैव च तत्र यत्र ययौ वह्निः शर्म लेभे न तत्र वै। उषस्युत्थाय गंगायां तुलासंस्थे दिवाकरे एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र नारदो दिव्यदर्शनः । कैलासं गिरिशं दृष्टुं गच्छन्मार्गे ददर्श तम्
adhyāya 81 prāraṃbha :- ka uvāca | rāmastu vapanaṃ kṛtvā snātvā samyagvidhānataḥ | utthāna śrāddhamakarod brāhmaṇaiḥ kathitaṃ yathā jamadagnerhṛdi śaramahanad dṛḍhamojasā | ekaviṃśatikān bāṇān māturaṃge'hanadruṣā muniḥ proce yadā tvaṃ me smaraṇaṃ vai kariṣyasi | ehi dattātreya iti tadā māṃ drakṣyase'nagha vṛṣotsargaṃ ca kṛtvānekādaśadine dvijaḥ | sapiṃḍīkaraṇaṃ caiva dvādaśe kṛtavān dvayoḥ adhyāya 82 prāraṃbha :- vyāsa uvāca | kathaṃ rāmo bāla eva kṛtavīryasutena ha| ekākī bahusainyena sahasrabhujaśālinā namo nirguṇāyāmalajñānahetornirākāra sākāra nityāya te'stu | namo devavedāttaśāstrātigāya| namo'vyaktavyaktātmane satsvarūpa tarpaṇaṃ taddaśāṃśena taddaśāṃśena bhojanam | brāhmaṇānāṃ mahābhaktyā prasanno bhavitā bhuvi dadarśa rāmo'kasmāttaṃ nyamīlayata cākṣiṇī| tattejasā pratihate tattastuṣṭāva taṃ dvijaḥ so'haṃ tvaṃ hi mayā dṛṣṭo'nugrāhāttava vighnapa | kimanyadvaraye deva bhaktiṃ dehi nijāṃ dṛḍhām gajānanasya devasya saṃkṣepeṇa mayā suta | nikhilena na śeṣo'pi kṣamo vaktuṃ munīśvara adhyāya 83 prāraṃbha :- muniruvāca | kasmin sthāne tapo'kāri rāmeṇa paramādbhutam | tanme kathaya lokeśa tṛptiṃ me nāsti śaṇvataḥ vedādhyayananiṣṭhāṃśca tapo'nuṣṭhānakāriṇaḥ | agnihotraratānanyān kārāgāre'kṣipad dvijān evaṃ saṃprārthya tepuste duṣkaraṃ tapa uttamam | patrabhakṣyā vāyubhakṣyā nirāhārā jalāśinaḥ tadā'sya nāśo bhavitā yatnaṃ kurūta tatra vai | nabhovāṇī samākarṇya sarve harṣasamanvitāḥ sthāṇuṃ taṃ sthāṇubhūtaṃ ca dhyānaniścalalocanam | dhyāyantaṃ manasā brahma japantaṃ niṣparigraham vasantaṃ pratilabhyaiva sahāyaṃ sakalaṃ surāḥ | ka uvāca | evamuktvā gataḥ kāmo yatrāste'sau sadāśivaḥ adhyāya 84 prāraṃbha :- ka uvāca | evamuktvā gataḥ kāmaḥ surakāryārthasiddhaye | apaśyacchaṃkaraṃ sthānaṃ vṛkṣavallīsamākulam kāmastu bhayasaṃtrasto līnaḥ kvāpi na gṛhayate | indrādīnāṃ sa sasmāra smṛtāste nātra te yayuḥ ka uvāja | iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā svāṅghristhaśiraso mune | jagāda hāsyavadano vahniṃ saṃhṛtya śaṃkaraḥ adhyāya 85 prāraṃbha :- ka uvāca | śivasyāliṃganād bhillī madanānaladīpitā | nāpa kvāpi sukhaṃ devī nirjale śapharī yathā bhraṣṭasthānā munisurāḥ śrutvā madanaceṣṭitam | kailāsaṃ punarāyātāstatra krīḍārataṃ haram tvameva jāyase mūlaṃ krodhasya jagadīśvara | yatra tatra bhavettejastattadrūpaṃ tavaiva ca tatra yatra yayau vahniḥ śarma lebhe na tatra vai| uṣasyutthāya gaṃgāyāṃ tulāsaṃsthe divākare etasminnantare tatra nārado divyadarśanaḥ | kailāsaṃ giriśaṃ dṛṣṭuṃ gacchanmārge dadarśa tam
Beginning of chapter 81. Ka said: Rāma, having shaved and bathed duly according to the rule, performed the concluding śrāddha as the brahmins had told him. — He struck the arrow firmly, with force, into Jamadagni's heart; twenty-one arrows he shot in fury at his mother's limbs. — The sage said: "When you remember me and say 'Come, Dattātreya,' then you shall see me, O sinless one." — And the twice-born, having performed the release of a bull on the eleventh day, on the twelfth performed the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa for the two. Beginning of chapter 82. Vyāsa said: How did Rāma, a mere boy and alone, (fight) with Kṛtavīrya's son who had a great army and shone with a thousand arms? — Homage to you, the quality-less, the cause of pure knowledge, formless and with form, eternal; homage to you who go beyond the gods, the Vedas and the handed-down treatises; homage to you whose self is unmanifest and manifest, O you whose nature is being. — Libation with a tenth part of that, and feeding of brahmins with a tenth part of that, with great devotion: (thus) he will be favourable on earth. — Rāma suddenly saw him and closed his eyes; when (his sight) was struck back by that radiance, the twice-born then praised him. — "I am that one, and you have indeed been seen by me through your favour, O lord of obstacles; what else should I ask, O god? Grant me firm devotion to yourself." — Of the god Elephant-Faced I have spoken in brief, my son; not even Śeṣa is able to tell it in full, O lord of sages. Beginning of chapter 83. The sage said: In what place did Rāma perform that most wonderful austerity? Tell me that, O lord of the world; I have no satiety in hearing. — And those devoted to Vedic study, performers of austerity, and others intent on the fire-offering — he cast those twice-born into prison. — Having thus prayed, they practised the excellent, hard austerity: eating leaves, feeding on air, without food, drinking water. — "Then his destruction will come about; make effort in that." Hearing the voice from the sky, all were filled with joy. — Him (Śiva) motionless as a tree-stump, his eyes unmoving in meditation, meditating on Brahman with his mind, reciting, without possessions, dwelling (there) — the gods, having obtained him as their whole helper... Ka said: Having spoken thus, Kāma went where that Sadāśiva was. Beginning of chapter 84. Ka said: Having spoken thus, Kāma went to accomplish the gods' purpose; he saw Śaṃkara's place, thick with trees and creepers. — But Kāma, terrified with fear, hid; he was not caught anywhere. He remembered Indra and the others, and though remembered they did not go there. — Ka said: Hearing that speech of hers, whose head was at his feet, O sage, Śaṃkara, drawing back the fire, spoke with a smiling face. Beginning of chapter 85. Ka said: From Śiva's embrace the Bhil woman was set ablaze by the fire of love; the goddess found ease nowhere, like a small fish out of water. — The sages and gods, fallen from their stations, hearing of Kāma's doing, came again to Kailāsa, (and saw) Hara there absorbed in play. — "You yourself become the root of anger, O lord of the world; wherever there is fiery power, that form too is yours alone." — There, wherever the fire went, it found no relief there. Rising at dawn on the Gaṅgā, when the sun stood in Libra — At that moment Nārada, of divine aspect, going to see Kailāsa and its mountain-lord, saw him on the road.
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GnP 1 81.2
विश्रान्तिस्थानमारभ्य मन्त्राग्निमुभयोरदात् । तदैव प्रययौ तं तु दत्तात्रेयं मुनिं प्रति अजयत्तं महावीरं तन्मे कथय विस्तरात् । क उवाच । एकस्मिन् दिवसे रामो मातरं परिपृष्टवान् क उवाच । मयूरेश्वरनाम्ना यत्क्षेत्रं ख्यातं चतुर्युगे । यत्रावतीर्णो देवेशो मयूरारूढ एव सः सिंह शार्दूलजुष्टं च पक्षिश्वापदसंयुतम् । स्वयं च निर्ममे मायावाटिकां तत्क्षणेन सः पतिता जलमध्ये सा शीतलोशीरशालिनी। न शर्म लेभे तत्रापि स्थले निद्रां न चालभत्
viśrāntisthānamārabhya mantrāgnimubhayoradāt | tadaiva prayayau taṃ tu dattātreyaṃ muniṃ prati ajayattaṃ mahāvīraṃ tanme kathaya vistarāt | ka uvāca | ekasmin divase rāmo mātaraṃ paripṛṣṭavān ka uvāca | mayūreśvaranāmnā yatkṣetraṃ khyātaṃ caturyuge | yatrāvatīrṇo deveśo mayūrārūḍha eva saḥ siṃha śārdūlajuṣṭaṃ ca pakṣiśvāpadasaṃyutam | svayaṃ ca nirmame māyāvāṭikāṃ tatkṣaṇena saḥ patitā jalamadhye sā śītalośīraśālinī| na śarma lebhe tatrāpi sthale nidrāṃ na cālabhat
Beginning from the resting-place he gave the fire of the mantra to both; and just then he set out toward that sage Dattātreya. — "He conquered that great hero: tell me that in detail." Ka said: One day Rāma questioned his mother. — Ka said: The holy field renowned in the four ages by the name Mayūreśvara, where the lord of gods descended, mounted upon a peacock — (a place) frequented by lions and tigers, filled with birds and beasts of prey; and he himself in that very instant fashioned an illusory garden. — She fell into the midst of the water, which was rich with cool uśīra root; yet even there she found no ease, nor did she get sleep on land.
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GnP 1 81.3
कुवेषं शिष्य सहितं श्वहस्तं मलिनं कृशम् । ध्यानेनालोक्य तं रामो ननाम मुनिपुंगवम् राम उवाच । यस्मादिन्द्रादयो देवा बिभ्यति त्रासकम्पिताः । अनन्तं यस्य सैन्यं तच्चतुरंगसमन्वितम् कमलासुर नामानमहनद् दैत्यपुंगवम् । यस्मान् मयूरमारूढो मयूरेश इति स्फुटम् सरोवराणि भूरीणि सुधारूपजलानि च । अनेक कुसुमान् वृक्षा नागव्यूतिसुगन्धिभिः कर्पुरचन्दनं तस्या अधिकं तापमादधे । न शीतलपदार्थोऽस्याः कोऽपि संतोषमादधे
kuveṣaṃ śiṣya sahitaṃ śvahastaṃ malinaṃ kṛśam | dhyānenālokya taṃ rāmo nanāma munipuṃgavam rāma uvāca | yasmādindrādayo devā bibhyati trāsakampitāḥ | anantaṃ yasya sainyaṃ taccaturaṃgasamanvitam kamalāsura nāmānamahanad daityapuṃgavam | yasmān mayūramārūḍho mayūreśa iti sphuṭam sarovarāṇi bhūrīṇi sudhārūpajalāni ca | aneka kusumān vṛkṣā nāgavyūtisugandhibhiḥ karpuracandanaṃ tasyā adhikaṃ tāpamādadhe | na śītalapadārtho'syāḥ ko'pi saṃtoṣamādadhe
Ill-clad, accompanied by disciples, with a dog in hand, dirty and lean — perceiving him through meditation, Rāma bowed to that best of sages. — Rāma said: He of whom Indra and the other gods are afraid, trembling with terror, whose army is endless, complete with its four divisions — (and who) slew the foremost of demons named Kamalāsura; and because he is mounted on a peacock he is plainly called Mayūreśa. — There were many lakes with waters like nectar, and trees with many blossoms, fragrant for a league around (or: fragrant with nāga flowers). — Camphor and sandal increased her burning the more; no cool thing gave her any satisfaction.
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GnP 1 81.4
बद्धांजलिपुटोऽतिष्ठद्यामार्धं तत्पुरो द्विजः । दत्तात्रेयोऽपि सर्वज्ञो बुद्ध्वा तस्याशयं मुनिः कथं विजेष्ये तं मातरुपायं मेऽखिलं वद । एकविंशतिवारं च कथं निःक्षत्रियां धराम् संस्तुतो देवमुनिभिर्लोके तां ख्यातिमागमत् । तत्रानुष्ठानमकरोदवाप परशुं ततः जम्ब्वाम्रबदरी वृक्षान् सुपक्वफलशालिनः । तथैव रम्भा पनसा नारिकेलीः सखर्जुरी: एवं बहुतिथे काले सास्थिचर्मावशोषिता। ततो गिरिशमागम्य गिरिजा गिरमब्रवीत्
baddhāṃjalipuṭo'tiṣṭhadyāmārdhaṃ tatpuro dvijaḥ | dattātreyo'pi sarvajño buddhvā tasyāśayaṃ muniḥ kathaṃ vijeṣye taṃ mātarupāyaṃ me'khilaṃ vada | ekaviṃśativāraṃ ca kathaṃ niḥkṣatriyāṃ dharām saṃstuto devamunibhirloke tāṃ khyātimāgamat | tatrānuṣṭhānamakarodavāpa paraśuṃ tataḥ jambvāmrabadarī vṛkṣān supakvaphalaśālinaḥ | tathaiva rambhā panasā nārikelīḥ sakharjurī: evaṃ bahutithe kāle sāsthicarmāvaśoṣitā| tato giriśamāgamya girijā giramabravīt
With palms joined the twice-born stood before him for half a watch. Dattātreya too, the all-knowing sage, having understood his intent — "How shall I conquer him, mother? Tell me the whole means," and how twenty-one times (he was to make) the earth free of kṣatriyas. Praised by gods and sages, he attained that fame in the world. There he performed the observance, and from it obtained the axe. Rose-apple, mango and jujube trees laden with well-ripened fruit, and likewise plantains, jackfruits, coconuts along with dates. Thus, after a long time, she, dried up to bone and skin — then Girijā came to Giriśa and spoke a word.
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GnP 1 81.5
उवाच राममामन्त्र्य ज्ञातं तव प्रयोजनम् । अथापि पृच्छे विज्ञातुं किमर्थं त्वमिहागतः करिष्ये वद तत्सर्वं त्वत्प्रसादाज्जयो भवेत्। अतुला मम कीर्तिश्च सर्वलोकेषु विश्रुता स्वयं परशुरामोऽभून्नाम्ना ख्यातस्त्रिविष्टपे । इतिहासं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु तं मुनिसत्तम एलालवंग मारीच वृक्षानन्याननेकशः । अगृहयमाणो गन्धोऽसौ हरनासापुरं ययौ न त्वं मृशसि मां देव कामवस्थां गताऽस्मि ह । दग्धोऽपि मदनो मह्यमत्यन्तं पीडयत्यहो
uvāca rāmamāmantrya jñātaṃ tava prayojanam | athāpi pṛcche vijñātuṃ kimarthaṃ tvamihāgataḥ kariṣye vada tatsarvaṃ tvatprasādājjayo bhavet| atulā mama kīrtiśca sarvalokeṣu viśrutā svayaṃ paraśurāmo'bhūnnāmnā khyātastriviṣṭape | itihāsaṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu taṃ munisattama elālavaṃga mārīca vṛkṣānanyānanekaśaḥ | agṛhayamāṇo gandho'sau haranāsāpuraṃ yayau na tvaṃ mṛśasi māṃ deva kāmavasthāṃ gatā'smi ha | dagdho'pi madano mahyamatyantaṃ pīḍayatyaho
Addressing Rāma he said: "Your purpose is known; yet still I ask, in order to learn — for what have you come here?" "Tell me, and I shall do all of it; by your grace let there be victory, and let my incomparable fame be renowned in all the worlds." He himself became Paraśurāma, famed by that name in heaven. "I shall relate the old story; hear it, best of sages." Cardamom, clove, pepper trees and many others besides — that fragrance, not to be held back, went to the city of Hara's nose. "You do not regard me, god; I have come to the state of desire, alas! Though burnt, Madana torments me exceedingly, alas!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.6
क उवाच । स उवाच ततो रामो वृत्तान्तमादितः स्फुटम् । राम उवाच । कृतवीर्यात्मजो राजा पितुराश्रममागतः मातोवाच । विजयस्ते भवेत्पुत्र शंकराराधनं कुरु । तुष्टे तस्मिन्महादेवे सर्वं सेत्स्यति वांछितम् तारकोनाम दैत्योऽभून्महाबल पराक्रमः । दिव्यवर्षसहस्रं स तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम् उषःकाले हरोऽपश्यज्ज्योत्स्ना जलयं मनोहरम् । अनेक फलपुष्पाढ्यं कामकाननमद्भुतं नानोपायाः कृतास्तस्य शान्तये न च साऽभवत् । येनोपायेन शान्तिः स्यात्स तं कुरु मम प्रभो
ka uvāca | sa uvāca tato rāmo vṛttāntamāditaḥ sphuṭam | rāma uvāca | kṛtavīryātmajo rājā piturāśramamāgataḥ mātovāca | vijayaste bhavetputra śaṃkarārādhanaṃ kuru | tuṣṭe tasminmahādeve sarvaṃ setsyati vāṃchitam tārakonāma daityo'bhūnmahābala parākramaḥ | divyavarṣasahasraṃ sa tapastepe sudāruṇam uṣaḥkāle haro'paśyajjyotsnā jalayaṃ manoharam | aneka phalapuṣpāḍhyaṃ kāmakānanamadbhutaṃ nānopāyāḥ kṛtāstasya śāntaye na ca sā'bhavat | yenopāyena śāntiḥ syātsa taṃ kuru mama prabho
Ka said: He spoke — then Rāma (told) the account plainly from the beginning. Rāma said: The king, son of Kṛtavīrya, came to my father's hermitage. The mother said: "May victory be yours, son; perform the worship of Śaṃkara. When that Mahādeva is pleased, every wish will be accomplished." There was a demon named Tāraka, of great strength and prowess; for a thousand divine years he practised most fearsome austerity. At dawn Hara saw a lovely moonlit stretch of water, and a wondrous pleasure-grove rich with many fruits and flowers. Various means were employed to appease her, and she was not appeased. "By whatever means there may be appeasement, do that for me, O lord."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.7
भोजितः परमान्नेन नानापक्वान्नशालिना । भुक्तः स सेनया सार्धं कामधेनुमयाचत इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा रामः कैलासमाययौ । प्रणम्य मातृचरणावाशिषं प्रतिगृहय च ततः प्रसन्नो ब्रह्माऽस्मै ददौ सर्वांभयं द्विज । देवर्षियक्षगन्धर्वोरगराक्षसहस्ततः तदैव भेदयामास मानसं शूलिनस्तु सः । स्वीयामशोकवनिकां धिक्च के मनसा शिवः इति वाक्यं समाकर्ण्य प्रियायाः प्रियकृद्धरः । रहस्येतां करे कृत्वा पर्यंके पर्यवेशयत्
bhojitaḥ paramānnena nānāpakvānnaśālinā | bhuktaḥ sa senayā sārdhaṃ kāmadhenumayācata iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāmaḥ kailāsamāyayau | praṇamya mātṛcaraṇāvāśiṣaṃ pratigṛhaya ca tataḥ prasanno brahmā'smai dadau sarvāṃbhayaṃ dvija | devarṣiyakṣagandharvoragarākṣasahastataḥ tadaiva bhedayāmāsa mānasaṃ śūlinastu saḥ | svīyāmaśokavanikāṃ dhikca ke manasā śivaḥ iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya priyāyāḥ priyakṛddharaḥ | rahasyetāṃ kare kṛtvā paryaṃke paryaveśayat
He was fed with excellent food, furnished with many kinds of cooked dishes; he ate together with his army, and then asked for the wish-granting cow. Hearing that speech, Rāma went to Kailāsa, having bowed at his mother's feet and received her blessing. Then Brahmā, pleased, granted him safety from all, O twice-born — from gods, sages, yakṣas, gandharvas, serpents and rākṣasas. At that very moment he caused a division in the mind of the trident-bearer — his own aśoka grove, and "fie!" ... Śiva in his mind. Hearing this speech, Hara, who does his beloved's pleasure, secretly took her by the hand and seated her on the couch.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.8
यदा न दत्ता पित्रा मे बलान्नेतुं मनो दधे । सा ताडिताऽथ सुषुवे सैनिकानां गणान् बहून् तत्रापश्यन्महादेवं रत्नसिंहासनेस्थितम् । बद्धांजलिपुटो रामो नत्वा तुष्टाव तं तदा तच्छस्त्रास्त्रगणान् मृत्युर्न ते क्वापि भवेदिति । उत्पत्स्यते यदा स्कन्दस्ततस्ते मरणं भवेत देहभावं गतो देवश्चिन्तयामास कारणम । कृतं केन तपोविघ्नं कृतमेतद्वनं शुभम् रेमे तया यथेष्टं स मदनेन वशीकृतः। मृतेनापि कृतं तेन महत्कार्यं सुरेरितम्
yadā na dattā pitrā me balānnetuṃ mano dadhe | sā tāḍitā'tha suṣuve sainikānāṃ gaṇān bahūn tatrāpaśyanmahādevaṃ ratnasiṃhāsanesthitam | baddhāṃjalipuṭo rāmo natvā tuṣṭāva taṃ tadā tacchastrāstragaṇān mṛtyurna te kvāpi bhavediti | utpatsyate yadā skandastataste maraṇaṃ bhaveta dehabhāvaṃ gato devaścintayāmāsa kāraṇama | kṛtaṃ kena tapovighnaṃ kṛtametadvanaṃ śubham reme tayā yatheṣṭaṃ sa madanena vaśīkṛtaḥ| mṛtenāpi kṛtaṃ tena mahatkāryaṃ sureritam
When she was not given (in marriage) by my father, he set his mind on carrying her off by force. Then, being struck, she brought forth many troops of soldiers. There he saw Mahādeva seated on a jewelled lion-throne; with palms joined Rāma bowed and then praised him. "By those hosts of weapons and missiles death shall not come to you anywhere; when Skanda is born, then your death shall come." The god, having assumed bodily condition, considered the cause: "By whom has this obstruction to austerity been made, this lovely grove created?" Mastered by Kāma, he took his pleasure with her as he wished. Though dead, he accomplished a great task, urged on by the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.9
तैर्भग्नो बलिभी राजा ससैन्योऽगान्निजालयम् । कामधेनुर्गता स्वर्गं ततो राजा रुषान्वितः राम उवाच । नमो देव देवेश गौरीश शम्भो । नमो विश्वकर्त्रे नमो विश्वभर्त्रे । नमो विश्वहर्त्रे नमो विश्वभर्ते । नमो विश्वधाम्ने नमःश्चन्द्रधाम्ने इति तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य बलगर्वसमायुतः । तारकोऽपीडयल्लोकांस्त्रैलोक्ये वसतो मुने अकस्माद्रचितं केन दुष्टेनेदं गतायुषा । आबद्ध्य भ्रुकुटीं रोषादारक्त नयनोदरः अनंगेन समो नैव धन्वीति यश आष्तवान् । तयोस्तु क्रीडतो याताः षष्टिसाहस्रवत्सराः
tairbhagno balibhī rājā sasainyo'gānnijālayam | kāmadhenurgatā svargaṃ tato rājā ruṣānvitaḥ rāma uvāca | namo deva deveśa gaurīśa śambho | namo viśvakartre namo viśvabhartre | namo viśvahartre namo viśvabharte | namo viśvadhāmne namaḥścandradhāmne iti tadvākyamākarṇya balagarvasamāyutaḥ | tārako'pīḍayallokāṃstrailokye vasato mune akasmādracitaṃ kena duṣṭenedaṃ gatāyuṣā | ābaddhya bhrukuṭīṃ roṣādārakta nayanodaraḥ anaṃgena samo naiva dhanvīti yaśa āṣtavān | tayostu krīḍato yātāḥ ṣaṣṭisāhasravatsarāḥ
Broken by those mighty ones, the king went with his army to his own dwelling; the wish-cow went to heaven, and then the king was filled with rage. Rāma said: Homage, god, lord of gods, lord of Gaurī, Śambhu! Homage to the maker of the universe, homage to its supporter, homage to its destroyer, homage to its sustainer, homage to him who is the abode of all, homage to him whose abode is the moon. Hearing that speech, Tāraka, filled with pride in his strength, oppressed the worlds and those dwelling in the three worlds, O sage. "By what wicked creature, whose life-span is finished, has this been contrived so suddenly?" — knitting his brows in anger, the insides of his eyes reddened. He won the fame that "there is no archer equal to Anaṅga"; and while those two played, sixty thousand years passed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.11
नाहं तत्र स्थितो ब्रह्मन् पश्चादागत्य दृष्टवान् । मन्त्राग्निा तु दग्धौ तौ मातुर्वांक्यादिहागतः गुणत्रयप्रबोधाय गुणातीताय ते नमः । नमः प्रपंचविदुषे प्रपंचरहिताय ते सर्वान् राज्ञोऽथ नागांश्च वशे कृत्वा दिवं ययौ । इन्द्रादयस्तदा देवा हिमाचल गुहां गताः विमानानि समारूढाः कार्यसिद्धीच्छया सुराः । शिवेन ददृशे तावन् मदनोऽति लघुः कृशः ज्ञात्वा तूष्णीं स्थितास्तत्र चिन्ताव्याकुलचेतसः । तारकासुरभीतास्ते पुनर्गह्वरमागता
nāhaṃ tatra sthito brahman paścādāgatya dṛṣṭavān | mantrāgniā tu dagdhau tau māturvāṃkyādihāgataḥ guṇatrayaprabodhāya guṇātītāya te namaḥ | namaḥ prapaṃcaviduṣe prapaṃcarahitāya te sarvān rājño'tha nāgāṃśca vaśe kṛtvā divaṃ yayau | indrādayastadā devā himācala guhāṃ gatāḥ vimānāni samārūḍhāḥ kāryasiddhīcchayā surāḥ | śivena dadṛśe tāvan madano'ti laghuḥ kṛśaḥ jñātvā tūṣṇīṃ sthitāstatra cintāvyākulacetasaḥ | tārakāsurabhītāste punargahvaramāgatā
"I was not present there, O brahman; I came afterwards and saw. Those two were burnt by the fire of a mantra; at my mother's word I have come here." "Homage to you, who awaken the three guṇas and who are beyond the guṇas; homage to you who know the manifold world and who are free of the manifold world." Then, having brought all kings and nāgas under his sway, he went to heaven; then Indra and the other gods went to a cave of the Himālaya. Mounted on their aerial cars, the gods, desiring the accomplishment of their purpose — meanwhile Kāma was seen by Śiva, very slight and thin. Realising this they remained silent there, their minds troubled with anxiety; afraid of the demon Tāraka, they came back to the cavern.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.12
दत्तात्रेयं विना नान्यो वक्ता कार्योत्र कर्मणि । कृते कर्मणि सर्वस्मिंस्त्रयोदशदिनावधि क उवाच । इति स्तोत्रं समाकर्ण्य परितुष्टो महेश्वरः । उवाच राममामन्त्र्य तृप्तो वाक्यामृतेन ते तद् भयान्नाभवत् क्वापि यजनं पूजनं तथा। अहमेवेश्वरो देवो ब्राह्मणः कुलदेवता उद्घाटयंस्तृतीयं स नेत्रं दग्धं मनोभवम् । चकम्पे पृथिवी सर्वा स्वर्गः पातालमेव च कदा वधो भवेदस्य कदा स्थानानि याम च । करिष्यति कदा शम्भुरस्माकं दुःखनाशनम्
dattātreyaṃ vinā nānyo vaktā kāryotra karmaṇi | kṛte karmaṇi sarvasmiṃstrayodaśadināvadhi ka uvāca | iti stotraṃ samākarṇya parituṣṭo maheśvaraḥ | uvāca rāmamāmantrya tṛpto vākyāmṛtena te tad bhayānnābhavat kvāpi yajanaṃ pūjanaṃ tathā| ahameveśvaro devo brāhmaṇaḥ kuladevatā udghāṭayaṃstṛtīyaṃ sa netraṃ dagdhaṃ manobhavam | cakampe pṛthivī sarvā svargaḥ pātālameva ca kadā vadho bhavedasya kadā sthānāni yāma ca | kariṣyati kadā śambhurasmākaṃ duḥkhanāśanam
"Apart from Dattātreya there is no other instructor in this work to be done; when the whole rite has been performed, for thirteen days..." Ka said: hearing this hymn Maheśvara was well pleased, and addressing Rāma he said, "I am satisfied by the nectar of your words." Out of fear of him no sacrifice and no worship took place anywhere: "I alone am the lord, the god, the brahman, the family deity." Opening his third eye, he burnt up Manobhava; the whole earth trembled, and heaven and the underworld as well. "When will his slaying come about, and when shall we go to our stations? When will Śambhu bring about the destruction of our sorrow?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.13
पश्चाद्राजा निहंतव्यः कृतवीर्यात्मजो बलि । एकविंशतिवारं च कार्या नि:क्षत्रिया मही वरं वृणीष्व मत्तस्त्वं यं यं कामयसे हृदि । जानामि जामदग्न्यं त्वां रेणुकातनयं द्विज अहं नमस्य पूज्यश्च नान्यो जगति वर्तते । यश्चान्यान् प्रणमेत् क्वापि पूजयेद्वा कदाचन मा जहीति ब्रुवन्देवा यावत्तावत्स नेत्रजः । चकार भम्मसात् कामं भस्ममात्रावशेषितम् इति चिन्तार्णवे मग्ना यावद् ब्रह्मादयः सुराः । तावदूचे सुराचार्यो वाक्यं मे शृणुतानघाः
paścādrājā nihaṃtavyaḥ kṛtavīryātmajo bali | ekaviṃśativāraṃ ca kāryā ni:kṣatriyā mahī varaṃ vṛṇīṣva mattastvaṃ yaṃ yaṃ kāmayase hṛdi | jānāmi jāmadagnyaṃ tvāṃ reṇukātanayaṃ dvija ahaṃ namasya pūjyaśca nānyo jagati vartate | yaścānyān praṇamet kvāpi pūjayedvā kadācana mā jahīti bruvandevā yāvattāvatsa netrajaḥ | cakāra bhammasāt kāmaṃ bhasmamātrāvaśeṣitam iti cintārṇave magnā yāvad brahmādayaḥ surāḥ | tāvadūce surācāryo vākyaṃ me śṛṇutānaghāḥ
"Afterwards the mighty king, son of Kṛtavīrya, is to be slain, and twenty-one times the earth is to be made free of kṣatriyas." "Choose a boon from me, whatever you desire in your heart; I know you, son of Jamadagni, child of Reṇukā, O twice-born. I am the one to be saluted and worshipped; no other exists in the world; and whoever should anywhere bow down to others or ever worship them..." While the gods were saying "do not slay him," that (fire) born from the eye reduced Kāma to ashes, leaving only ash. While Brahmā and the gods were sunk in this ocean of anxiety, the preceptor of the gods spoke: "Hear my word, sinless ones."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.14
इत्थमाज्ञापयन्मह्यं जननी रेणुका मम । इत्यर्थमिह संप्राप्तस्तस्मात्कुरु कृपां मयि राम उवाच । कार्तवीर्येण दुष्टेन कामधेनुमपेक्षतां । जमदग्तिर्हतो रोषाद् अपराधं विना प्रभो स दण्ड्यस्ताडनीयः स्याद् गच्छेद्वा यमसादनम् । एवं सर्वेषु लोकेषु ख्यापयामास दूततः ततो भिल्ली महेशानं प्रार्थयामास सादरम् । नमस्कृत्वांजलिं बद्ध्वा त्रैलोक्यहितकाम्यया प्रेषयन्त्वखिला वह्निं रूपान्तरधरं हरम् । स हरं बोधयित्वाशु भवत्कार्यं भविष्यति
itthamājñāpayanmahyaṃ jananī reṇukā mama | ityarthamiha saṃprāptastasmātkuru kṛpāṃ mayi rāma uvāca | kārtavīryeṇa duṣṭena kāmadhenumapekṣatāṃ | jamadagtirhato roṣād aparādhaṃ vinā prabho sa daṇḍyastāḍanīyaḥ syād gacchedvā yamasādanam | evaṃ sarveṣu lokeṣu khyāpayāmāsa dūtataḥ tato bhillī maheśānaṃ prārthayāmāsa sādaram | namaskṛtvāṃjaliṃ baddhvā trailokyahitakāmyayā preṣayantvakhilā vahniṃ rūpāntaradharaṃ haram | sa haraṃ bodhayitvāśu bhavatkāryaṃ bhaviṣyati
"Thus did my mother Reṇukā command me; for this purpose I have come here — therefore show me favour." Rāma said: "By the wicked Kārtavīrya, who coveted the wish-cow, Jamadagni was slain in rage, without any offence (on his part), O lord. He deserves punishment, he should be beaten, or he should go to Yama's abode." Thus he had it proclaimed in all the worlds by a messenger. Then the Bhil woman reverently entreated Maheśāna, bowing with joined palms, desiring the welfare of the three worlds. "Let all send Fire, who takes another form, to Hara; having quickly awakened Hara, your purpose will come about."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.15
ब्रह्मोवाच । इति रामवचः श्रुत्वा रेणुकायाः सखा मुनिः । शोकसंविग्नहृदयो राममूच इदं वचः रेणुका ताडिता बाणैः समन्ताज्जननी मम। एकविंशतिसंख्याकैर्भुक्त्वाऽपि सेनया सह ततः सर्वे जना रिक्ता जाता: सज्जनवर्जिताः । निःस्वाध्यायवषट्कारा यज्ञदानविवर्जिताः त्रैलोक्यदाहकं वह्निमुपसंहर शंकर । ब्रह्मलब्धवरो दैत्यस्तारकोऽति महाबली ततस्ते वह्निमाकार्य तुष्टुवुर्विविधैः स्तवैः । देवा ऊचुः । त्वत्तो यज्ञक्रिया ब्रह्मन् संस्काराः सर्व एव हि
brahmovāca | iti rāmavacaḥ śrutvā reṇukāyāḥ sakhā muniḥ | śokasaṃvignahṛdayo rāmamūca idaṃ vacaḥ reṇukā tāḍitā bāṇaiḥ samantājjananī mama| ekaviṃśatisaṃkhyākairbhuktvā'pi senayā saha tataḥ sarve janā riktā jātā: sajjanavarjitāḥ | niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkārā yajñadānavivarjitāḥ trailokyadāhakaṃ vahnimupasaṃhara śaṃkara | brahmalabdhavaro daityastārako'ti mahābalī tataste vahnimākārya tuṣṭuvurvividhaiḥ stavaiḥ | devā ūcuḥ | tvatto yajñakriyā brahman saṃskārāḥ sarva eva hi
Brahmā said: Hearing Rāma's words thus, the sage, the friend of Reṇukā, his heart shaken with grief, spoke this word to Rāma. "My mother Reṇukā was struck all over with arrows, twenty-one in number, even though he had eaten together with his army." Then all people became empty, bereft of good men, without recitation and without the vaṣaṭ-call, devoid of sacrifice and gift-giving. "Withdraw the fire that burns the three worlds, Śaṃkara; the demon Tāraka, who has received a boon from Brahmā, is exceedingly mighty." Then they summoned Fire and praised him with various hymns. The gods said: "From you, brahman, come the sacrificial acts and indeed all the sacraments."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.16
दत्तात्रेय उवाच । यद्गृहे भुक्तमत्यंतं तेन नेष्टा विरोधिता। यदि दुष्टेन साऽकारि द्रष्टा तत्फलमन्तिकात् जहि तं दुष्टनृपतिमिति मात्रा नियोजितः । त्वामहं शरणं यात उपायं वद तद्वधे उच्छिन्नकुलधर्मांश्च स्वाचाररहिताः खलाः । मुनयः साधवः सर्वे गिरिगह्वरमाश्रिताः आक्रान्तं तेन त्रैलोक्यं निःस्वाध्यायं निराहुति । स्थानच्युताः सुरा सर्वे त्वां दृष्ट्वा तपसि स्थितम् अपां त्वमसि हेतुश्च देवानां मुखमेव च । अग्निहोत्रप्रणेता त्वं गार्हपत्यादिनामभिः
dattātreya uvāca | yadgṛhe bhuktamatyaṃtaṃ tena neṣṭā virodhitā| yadi duṣṭena sā'kāri draṣṭā tatphalamantikāt jahi taṃ duṣṭanṛpatimiti mātrā niyojitaḥ | tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ yāta upāyaṃ vada tadvadhe ucchinnakuladharmāṃśca svācārarahitāḥ khalāḥ | munayaḥ sādhavaḥ sarve girigahvaramāśritāḥ ākrāntaṃ tena trailokyaṃ niḥsvādhyāyaṃ nirāhuti | sthānacyutāḥ surā sarve tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā tapasi sthitam apāṃ tvamasi hetuśca devānāṃ mukhameva ca | agnihotrapraṇetā tvaṃ gārhapatyādināmabhiḥ
Dattātreya said: In whose house one has eaten much, enmity with him is not desirable; if it was done by that wicked one, the witness (sees) its fruit close at hand. "Slay that wicked king" — so I was charged by my mother; I have come to you for refuge: tell me the means of his slaying. Villains, with the duties of their lineage cut off and devoid of proper conduct; all sages and good men have taken shelter in mountain caverns. The three worlds are overrun by him, without recitation, without oblation; all the gods are fallen from their stations, seeing you established in austerity. You are the cause of the waters and the very mouth of the gods; you are the conveyor of the agnihotra, under names such as Gārhapatya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.17
इदानीं तु तयोः सम्यगौर्ध्वदेहिकमाचर । ब्रह्मोवाच । तत आश्रममागत्य दत्तात्रेययुतस्तु सः त्रिःसप्तवारं तेनैव कुर्यां निःक्षत्रियां महीम् । क उवाच । एवं विदिततत्वार्थो महादेवो जगाद् तम् देवं ते प्रार्थयामासुः कथं दैत्यो विवर्द्धितः । विना त्वां शरणं शम्भो यामः कं जगदीश्वरम् त्वरया काममामन्त्र्य देहभावाय तेऽनघ । अप्रेषयन्स वै भस्म जातः श्रेष्ठापराधतः त्वमेव पिबसीशाब्धि वारि नित्यं महत्तरम् । त्वमेव पचसे नृणाम् जठरे षड्रसानपि
idānīṃ tu tayoḥ samyagaurdhvadehikamācara | brahmovāca | tata āśramamāgatya dattātreyayutastu saḥ triḥsaptavāraṃ tenaiva kuryāṃ niḥkṣatriyāṃ mahīm | ka uvāca | evaṃ viditatatvārtho mahādevo jagād tam devaṃ te prārthayāmāsuḥ kathaṃ daityo vivarddhitaḥ | vinā tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ śambho yāmaḥ kaṃ jagadīśvaram tvarayā kāmamāmantrya dehabhāvāya te'nagha | apreṣayansa vai bhasma jātaḥ śreṣṭhāparādhataḥ tvameva pibasīśābdhi vāri nityaṃ mahattaram | tvameva pacase nṛṇām jaṭhare ṣaḍrasānapi
"But now perform properly the funeral rites for those two." Brahmā said: Then, having come to the hermitage together with Dattātreya, he... "By that very means may I make the earth free of kṣatriyas thrice seven times." Ka said: Thus, knowing the true state of the matter, Mahādeva spoke to him. They entreated the god: "How has the demon grown so great? Without you as refuge, Śambhu, to what lord of the world shall we go?" "In haste they summoned Kāma for the sake of (Śiva's) embodiment, O sinless one, and sent him; he became ash through his offence against the highest one." "You alone, lord, constantly drink the vast waters of the ocean; you alone cook the six flavours in the bellies of men."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.18
रामश्चकार भक्त्यैव पित्रोरुत्तरकर्म तत् । दत्तात्रेयोक्तमन्त्रैः स द्वितीयदिवसावधि आलोक्य प्रणिधानेन जयोपायं सुखावहम् । षडक्षरं महामन्त्रं द्विरदाननतोषकम् निर्माता रक्षिता धाता संहर्ता जगतां विभो । दावानलो वनमिव दहतेऽस्मान्स दर्पतः इदानीं देव रक्षास्मांस्त्वामेव शरणं गतान् । विख्यातस्त्रिषु लोकेषु शरणागत पालकः त्वमेव सर्वजन्तूनां सन्धौ सन्धौ विचेष्टसे । त्वया त्यक्तं प्रेतसंज्ञां लभते दह्यते त्वया
rāmaścakāra bhaktyaiva pitroruttarakarma tat | dattātreyoktamantraiḥ sa dvitīyadivasāvadhi ālokya praṇidhānena jayopāyaṃ sukhāvaham | ṣaḍakṣaraṃ mahāmantraṃ dviradānanatoṣakam nirmātā rakṣitā dhātā saṃhartā jagatāṃ vibho | dāvānalo vanamiva dahate'smānsa darpataḥ idānīṃ deva rakṣāsmāṃstvāmeva śaraṇaṃ gatān | vikhyātastriṣu lokeṣu śaraṇāgata pālakaḥ tvameva sarvajantūnāṃ sandhau sandhau viceṣṭase | tvayā tyaktaṃ pretasaṃjñāṃ labhate dahyate tvayā
With devotion Rāma performed that after-death rite for his parents, with the mantras spoken by Dattātreya, until the second day. Having discerned by concentration the means of victory that brings happiness — the six-syllabled great mantra that gratifies the elephant-faced one. "Maker, protector, upholder and destroyer of the worlds, O lord: like a forest fire a forest, he burns us in his arrogance. Now, god, protect us, who have come to you alone for refuge; you are renowned in the three worlds as the guardian of those who come for refuge." "You alone stir in every joint of all creatures; what is abandoned by you receives the name 'corpse' and is burnt by you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.19
चक्रे तदाऽब्रवीद्राम: कदायाति भवान्पुनः कथयामास रामाय जपं कुरु प्रयत्नतः । लक्षमात्रं च होमं च दशांशेन समाचार यदि ते संजिहीर्षा स्यात् संहरस्व स्वयं जगत् । नोचेत् संहर दैत्यं त्वं तारकं सर्वपीडकम् क्षमस्व कृपणानां त्वं देवानां शरणैषिणाम् । अपराधं महादेव करुणाकर शंकर हेतुस्त्वमसि देवेश जन्तूनां प्राणधारणे। त्वयाद्भिश्च विना नान्नं पक्तुं शक्यं न च क्वचित् । त्वमेव ब्रह्मा रुद्रश्च सूर्यश्चानेक रूपधृक्
cakre tadā'bravīdrāma: kadāyāti bhavānpunaḥ kathayāmāsa rāmāya japaṃ kuru prayatnataḥ | lakṣamātraṃ ca homaṃ ca daśāṃśena samācāra yadi te saṃjihīrṣā syāt saṃharasva svayaṃ jagat | nocet saṃhara daityaṃ tvaṃ tārakaṃ sarvapīḍakam kṣamasva kṛpaṇānāṃ tvaṃ devānāṃ śaraṇaiṣiṇām | aparādhaṃ mahādeva karuṇākara śaṃkara hetustvamasi deveśa jantūnāṃ prāṇadhāraṇe| tvayādbhiśca vinā nānnaṃ paktuṃ śakyaṃ na ca kvacit | tvameva brahmā rudraśca sūryaścāneka rūpadhṛk
(he) did (it); then Rāma said: "When will you come again?" He told Rāma: "Perform the recitation with effort — a full hundred thousand — and the fire-offering with a tenth of that." "If you have a wish to destroy, then destroy the world yourself; if not, destroy the demon Tāraka, the oppressor of all. Forgive, O Mahādeva, mine of compassion, Śaṃkara, the offence of the wretched gods who seek refuge. You are the cause, lord of gods, of the maintenance of creatures' breath; without you and without water food cannot be cooked anywhere. You alone are Brahmā and Rudra and the Sun, bearing many forms."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.21
कृत्वा कर्म व्रजत्येव भिक्षितुं स दिने दिने । अशौचिनो न भोक्तव्यमन्नमित्यभिचिन्तयन् गजाननो देवदेवः सर्वकार्यं करिष्यति । इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रणम्य भवमादरात् एवं स्थितेषु मुनिषु तेनाज्ञातेषु दैत्यराट् । ऐन्द्रं पदं समास्थाय ब्रह्माणं समताडयत् उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ देवानां रक्षणं कृतमद्य मे। पादयोः पतितायास्ते वचसा प्रणयेन च अतस्त्वां प्रार्थयामोऽद्य त्रिलोक्या उपकारक । त्रैलोक्याक्रमणं तेन तारकेण कृतं विभो
kṛtvā karma vrajatyeva bhikṣituṃ sa dine dine | aśaucino na bhoktavyamannamityabhicintayan gajānano devadevaḥ sarvakāryaṃ kariṣyati | iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā praṇamya bhavamādarāt evaṃ sthiteṣu muniṣu tenājñāteṣu daityarāṭ | aindraṃ padaṃ samāsthāya brahmāṇaṃ samatāḍayat uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha devānāṃ rakṣaṇaṃ kṛtamadya me| pādayoḥ patitāyāste vacasā praṇayena ca atastvāṃ prārthayāmo'dya trilokyā upakāraka | trailokyākramaṇaṃ tena tārakeṇa kṛtaṃ vibho
Having done the rite he goes out to beg day after day, thinking "the food of one in a state of impurity must not be eaten." "The elephant-faced god of gods will accomplish the whole task." Hearing that speech, having reverently bowed to Bhava — while the sages were staying thus, unnoticed by him, the demon-king took his seat on Indra's throne and struck Brahmā. "Arise, arise; the protection of the gods is my task today — by the words and the love of her who has fallen at your feet. Therefore we entreat you today, benefactor of the three worlds: the overrunning of the three worlds has been done by that Tāraka, O lord."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.22
गृहीत्वाऽऽज्ञां गतो यावत्तावद् व्याघ्रः समाययौ आज्ञां गृहीत्वा रामोऽसावचलायां भ्रमन्भ्रमन् । कृष्णाया उत्तरे देशेऽपश्यत्स्थानमनुत्तमम् विष्णुस्ततोऽगमत् क्षीरसागरं निद्रितुं मुने । त्यक्त्वा कैलासमगमच्छंकरोपि गुहान्तरम् तत आलिंग्य सहसा भिल्लीमंकमथानयत् । वृषभारुह्य च तया सार्द्धं कैलासमागमत् जानासि तन्नभोवाणीं कामस्यापि च तां गतिम् । पार्वतीहरयोर्बोधं चिरंक्रीडानिमग्नयोः
gṛhītvā''jñāṃ gato yāvattāvad vyāghraḥ samāyayau ājñāṃ gṛhītvā rāmo'sāvacalāyāṃ bhramanbhraman | kṛṣṇāyā uttare deśe'paśyatsthānamanuttamam viṣṇustato'gamat kṣīrasāgaraṃ nidrituṃ mune | tyaktvā kailāsamagamacchaṃkaropi guhāntaram tata āliṃgya sahasā bhillīmaṃkamathānayat | vṛṣabhāruhya ca tayā sārddhaṃ kailāsamāgamat jānāsi tannabhovāṇīṃ kāmasyāpi ca tāṃ gatim | pārvatīharayorbodhaṃ ciraṃkrīḍānimagnayoḥ
Having received the command he went, and meanwhile a tiger came. Having received the command, this Rāma, wandering and wandering on the mountain, saw an unsurpassed place in the region north of the Kṛṣṇā. Then Viṣṇu went to the ocean of milk to sleep, O sage; Śaṃkara too left Kailāsa and went into a cave. Then he suddenly embraced the Bhil woman and drew her onto his lap, and mounting his bull he came with her to Kailāsa. "You know that voice from the sky, and also the fate of Kāma — the awakening of Pārvatī and Hara, long sunk in love-play."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.23
मातर्मातः क्व याम्यद्येत्येवं चुक्रोश तद् भयात् । आविराभूत्तदा माता रेणुका मम वाक्यतः नानावृक्षलताजालैरभिरामं सुसिद्धिदम् । तत्राकरोदनुष्ठानं यथोक्तं तेन शम्भुना दिक्पाला दिग्गजाश्चापि नानागह्वरमाश्रिताः । तेषां स्थानेऽस्थापयत्स दैत्यानन्यांश्च दैत्यराट् कुरु गत्वाऽन्यरूपेण भिक्षां याचस्व तत्र वै। एवं कृते जगत्कार्यमस्माकं च भविष्यति
mātarmātaḥ kva yāmyadyetyevaṃ cukrośa tad bhayāt | āvirābhūttadā mātā reṇukā mama vākyataḥ nānāvṛkṣalatājālairabhirāmaṃ susiddhidam | tatrākarodanuṣṭhānaṃ yathoktaṃ tena śambhunā dikpālā diggajāścāpi nānāgahvaramāśritāḥ | teṣāṃ sthāne'sthāpayatsa daityānanyāṃśca daityarāṭ kuru gatvā'nyarūpeṇa bhikṣāṃ yācasva tatra vai| evaṃ kṛte jagatkāryamasmākaṃ ca bhaviṣyati
"Mother, mother, where shall I go now?" — thus he cried out from fear of it. Then my mother Reṇukā appeared at my word. (The place was) delightful with thickets of many trees and creepers and granting good success; there he performed the observance as told him by that Śambhu. The guardians of the quarters and the elephants of the quarters too took shelter in various caverns; in their places the demon-king installed demons and others. "Go in another form and beg for alms there; when this is done, the world's purpose and ours will be accomplished."
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GnP 1 81.24
असंपूर्णशिरोमात्रा पुत्रस्नेहवशेन हि । यदि द्वादश रात्रात्साऽऽहूता स्याद् भार्गवेण तु इन्द्रियाणां च मनसो वृत्तिं स्थाप्य गजानने । आवर्तयन् महामन्त्रमेकांगुष्ठस्थितो द्विजः अचलामचलस्तिष्ठन् पालयामास वै प्रजाः। गर्जते स्वस्वभावेन कम्पतेऽथ त्रिविष्टपम् ब्रह्मोवाच । इति देववचः श्रुत्वा काषायवसनो द्विजः । भूत्वा शुष्माययौ तत्र यत्रास्तां पार्वतीश्वरौ
asaṃpūrṇaśiromātrā putrasnehavaśena hi | yadi dvādaśa rātrātsā''hūtā syād bhārgaveṇa tu indriyāṇāṃ ca manaso vṛttiṃ sthāpya gajānane | āvartayan mahāmantramekāṃguṣṭhasthito dvijaḥ acalāmacalastiṣṭhan pālayāmāsa vai prajāḥ| garjate svasvabhāvena kampate'tha triviṣṭapam brahmovāca | iti devavacaḥ śrutvā kāṣāyavasano dvijaḥ | bhūtvā śuṣmāyayau tatra yatrāstāṃ pārvatīśvarau
With only her head incomplete, through the power of love for her son — if she should be summoned by the Bhārgava within twelve nights. Having fixed the activity of his senses and mind upon the elephant-faced one, the twice-born, standing on one big toe, kept repeating the great mantra. The unmoving one, standing upon the mountain, protected the people; it roars by its own nature, and then heaven trembles. Brahmā said: Hearing this speech of the gods, the twice-born became clad in ochre robes and went swiftly there where Pārvatī and the Lord were.
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GnP 1 81.25
आगता स्यात्सा संपूर्णा सर्वावयवशोभिनी । उवाच तं किमाहूता वद बाल प्रयोजनम् जुहाव तर्पयामास भोजयामास वै द्विजान् । दशांशेन दशांशेन दशांशेन यथाक्रमम् तत इन्द्रादयो देवास्तुष्टवुर्गिरिगह्वरे । गिरिशं गिरिजानाथं गिरा गंभीरया मुदा क्रीडासक्तौ बहिः स्थित्वा भिक्षां देहीत्युवाच सः । त्रिवारं प्लुतशब्देन द्वाभ्यामपि श्रुतः स्वनः
āgatā syātsā saṃpūrṇā sarvāvayavaśobhinī | uvāca taṃ kimāhūtā vada bāla prayojanam juhāva tarpayāmāsa bhojayāmāsa vai dvijān | daśāṃśena daśāṃśena daśāṃśena yathākramam tata indrādayo devāstuṣṭavurgirigahvare | giriśaṃ girijānāthaṃ girā gaṃbhīrayā mudā krīḍāsaktau bahiḥ sthitvā bhikṣāṃ dehītyuvāca saḥ | trivāraṃ plutaśabdena dvābhyāmapi śrutaḥ svanaḥ
She would have come whole, radiant in all her limbs. She said to him: "Tell me, child, for what purpose have I been summoned?" He made the oblations, gave the libations, and fed the twice-born, each with a tenth part, a tenth, a tenth, in due order. Then Indra and the other gods, in the mountain cavern, joyfully praised with deep-voiced speech Giriśa, the lord of Girijā. While the two were absorbed in love-play, standing outside he said "Give alms!" — three times, with drawn-out sound; the cry was heard by both.
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GnP 1 81.26
आलिलिंग तदा स्नेहाद्रामं स्नुतपयोधरा । दत्तात्रेयः पुनरगात् षष्टे च दिवसे मुनिः ततः प्रसन्नो भगवानाविरासीद् गजाननः । चतुर्भुजो महाकायो महामायोऽति सुन्दरः देवा ऊचुः । देवाधिभूमिगगनेन शशिस्वरूप। वाय्वग्निरूप यजमान जलस्वरूप । त्वं स्थावरानथ चरान् सृजसेऽवसीश । त्वं सर्वमेव हरसे निजयेच्छयेश ऊचतुर्विस्मितौ तौ तु परस्परमुभौ वचः । परिधत्तां शुके स्वे स्वे कुतोऽत्रायं समागतः
āliliṃga tadā snehādrāmaṃ snutapayodharā | dattātreyaḥ punaragāt ṣaṣṭe ca divase muniḥ tataḥ prasanno bhagavānāvirāsīd gajānanaḥ | caturbhujo mahākāyo mahāmāyo'ti sundaraḥ devā ūcuḥ | devādhibhūmigaganena śaśisvarūpa| vāyvagnirūpa yajamāna jalasvarūpa | tvaṃ sthāvarānatha carān sṛjase'vasīśa | tvaṃ sarvameva harase nijayecchayeśa ūcaturvismitau tau tu parasparamubhau vacaḥ | paridhattāṃ śuke sve sve kuto'trāyaṃ samāgataḥ
Then, her breasts flowing with milk, out of affection she embraced Rāma. Dattātreya went off again, and on the sixth day the sage… Then the Lord Gajānana, well pleased, appeared: four-armed, of huge body, of great māyā, exceedingly beautiful. The gods said: "O you who are, together with the divine earth and sky, of the form of the moon; of the form of wind and fire; the sacrificer; of the form of water — you create the unmoving and the moving beings and protect (them), O Lord; you carry away everything by your own will, O Lord." And those two, both amazed, spoke words to each other: "Let each put on his own garment — from where has this one come here?"
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GnP 1 81.27
अपश्यद्रेणुकां तत्र तादृशीं राममब्रवीत् । मध्यएव किमाहूता न्यूनदेहा समागता नागयज्ञोपवीती च नानालंकार शोभितः। मुकुटी कुंडली भ्राजच्चारुगंडो लसन्मुखः तन्नोचितं त्वयि परे परदुःखहारिन्। स्वीयं यशःपरगतं बहुधाऽद्य कर्तुम् । तन्नाशयैनमथवा सकलान् मुनींश्च । देवान् द्वयोश्च भजनं परिविष्टचित्तान् किमस्मै च प्रदातव्यमिति चिन्तां च चक्रतुः । उमांजलावधाद्वीर्यमशक्ता तस्य धारणे
apaśyadreṇukāṃ tatra tādṛśīṃ rāmamabravīt | madhyaeva kimāhūtā nyūnadehā samāgatā nāgayajñopavītī ca nānālaṃkāra śobhitaḥ| mukuṭī kuṃḍalī bhrājaccārugaṃḍo lasanmukhaḥ tannocitaṃ tvayi pare paraduḥkhahārin| svīyaṃ yaśaḥparagataṃ bahudhā'dya kartum | tannāśayainamathavā sakalān munīṃśca | devān dvayośca bhajanaṃ pariviṣṭacittān kimasmai ca pradātavyamiti cintāṃ ca cakratuḥ | umāṃjalāvadhādvīryamaśaktā tasya dhāraṇe
He did not see Reṇukā there in such a form, (and) said to Rāma: "Why was she summoned in the very middle (of the rite)? She has come with an incomplete body." — And (Gajānana), wearing a serpent for a sacred thread, adorned with various ornaments, crowned, with earrings, with shining lovely cheeks and a radiant face. "So it is not fitting for you, O supreme one, remover of others' suffering, to make your own glory, which has gone over to another, manifold today. Therefore destroy this one — or else (destroy) all the sages and the gods, whose minds are absorbed in the worship of the two." And they pondered: "What is to be given to him?" Umā, unable to hold it, placed the semen in the water.
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GnP 1 81.28
सपिंडीकरणादूर्ध्वं यद्याहूता तदाऽखिला। आगता स्याद्रेणुकेयं तव स्नेहाद्द्विजर्षभ मुक्ताप्रवालमालाभिर्भ्राजद्वक्षा महाभुजः । परशुं कमलं दन्तं मोदकांश्च दधद्भुजैः कं वा व्रजेम शरणं त्वदृते गिरीश । कं बा भजेम भगवंस्त्वदृते महेश । कं वा वदेम वृजिनार्दन पार्वतीश । को वाऽवितुं प्रभवति त्वदृतेऽखिलेश जानती भाविनं चार्थं ददौ सा भिक्षुकाय तत् । भूमौ त्यक्तं दहेदेतत् त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्
sapiṃḍīkaraṇādūrdhvaṃ yadyāhūtā tadā'khilā| āgatā syādreṇukeyaṃ tava snehāddvijarṣabha muktāpravālamālābhirbhrājadvakṣā mahābhujaḥ | paraśuṃ kamalaṃ dantaṃ modakāṃśca dadhadbhujaiḥ kaṃ vā vrajema śaraṇaṃ tvadṛte girīśa | kaṃ bā bhajema bhagavaṃstvadṛte maheśa | kaṃ vā vadema vṛjinārdana pārvatīśa | ko vā'vituṃ prabhavati tvadṛte'khileśa jānatī bhāvinaṃ cārthaṃ dadau sā bhikṣukāya tat | bhūmau tyaktaṃ dahedetat trailokyaṃ sacarācaram
"If she was summoned after the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, then this Reṇukā would have come whole and complete, out of affection for you, O bull among brahmins." — His chest shining with garlands of pearl and coral, mighty-armed, bearing in his hands the axe, the lotus, the tusk and the modaka sweets. "To whom else shall we go for refuge but you, O Lord of the mountain? Whom shall we worship, O Bhagavān, but you, O Maheśa? To whom shall we speak, O crusher of sin, lord of Pārvatī? Who is able to protect, apart from you, O Lord of all?" Knowing what was to come, she gave that to the mendicant; if left upon the ground it would burn up these three worlds with all that moves and does not move.
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GnP 1 81.29
राम उवाच । बालभावाद् भयाद् ब्रह्मन् स्वभावान्मातरित्यहम् । उक्तवान् मुनिशार्दूल दृष्टवानीदृशीमिमाम् पुष्करं पुष्करे धृत्वा भामयन् स्वेच्छया विभुः । प्रभया भासयन् सर्वा दिशो विदिश एव च क उवाच । एवं ते तुष्टुवुर्यावच्छुश्रुवुस्तावदेव हि । नभोवाणीं सर्वदेवा हरपुत्रो यदा भवेत् हरवीर्यमित्यपि यद्वह्निः शापभयात्तयोः । गर्भवाननलो जातो लज्जावानपि तापवान्
rāma uvāca | bālabhāvād bhayād brahman svabhāvānmātarityaham | uktavān muniśārdūla dṛṣṭavānīdṛśīmimām puṣkaraṃ puṣkare dhṛtvā bhāmayan svecchayā vibhuḥ | prabhayā bhāsayan sarvā diśo vidiśa eva ca ka uvāca | evaṃ te tuṣṭuvuryāvacchuśruvustāvadeva hi | nabhovāṇīṃ sarvadevā haraputro yadā bhavet haravīryamityapi yadvahniḥ śāpabhayāttayoḥ | garbhavānanalo jāto lajjāvānapi tāpavān
Rāma said: "Out of childishness, out of fear, O brahmin, and by nature, I said 'Mother', O tiger among sages; (and so) I have seen her in this state." — Holding a lotus upon a lotus, the mighty Lord whirled it at will, lighting up with his radiance all the directions and the intermediate directions. Ka said: They praised him thus for just so long as they heard the voice from the sky — all the gods (heard): "When there shall be a son of Hara…" And since Agni, out of fear of the curse of those two, (took) Hara's semen, Anala became pregnant, both ashamed and burning.
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GnP 1 81.31
ततः परेह्नि पाथेयं श्राद्धं पुण्याहवाचनम् । ददौ दानान्यनेकानि ब्राह्मणेभ्यो यथार्हतः राम उवाच। सहस्रादित्य संकाश नमस्ते जगदीश्वर । नमस्ते सर्वविद्येश सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायक कैलासं देवनिलयमापुरिन्द्रादयः सुराः । नापश्यच्छंकरं तत्र ददृशुः पुरतोऽमरः स्नातुं यावत्स शौचादि कुरुते तावदेव ह। आगताः षट् स्त्रियस्तत्र स्नातुमूर्जे समाहिताः
tataḥ parehni pātheyaṃ śrāddhaṃ puṇyāhavācanam | dadau dānānyanekāni brāhmaṇebhyo yathārhataḥ rāma uvāca| sahasrāditya saṃkāśa namaste jagadīśvara | namaste sarvavidyeśa sarvasiddhipradāyaka kailāsaṃ devanilayamāpurindrādayaḥ surāḥ | nāpaśyacchaṃkaraṃ tatra dadṛśuḥ purato'maraḥ snātuṃ yāvatsa śaucādi kurute tāvadeva ha| āgatāḥ ṣaṭ striyastatra snātumūrje samāhitāḥ
Then on the following day (he performed) the provision-offering, the śrāddha and the proclaiming of the auspicious day, and gave many gifts to the brahmins according to their desert. Rāma said: "O you who resemble a thousand suns, homage to you, Lord of the world; homage to you, lord of all knowledge, giver of all attainments." Indra and the other gods reached Kailāsa, the dwelling of the gods; they did not see Śaṃkara there — the immortals saw before them… While he was performing the purificatory rites in order to bathe, just then six women came there, intent on bathing in the month of Ūrja.
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GnP 1 81.32
जमदग्निर्दिव्यदेहो ब्रह्मलोकमथागमत् । तस्थौ सा रेणुका भूमौ स्थाने स्थाने च तादृशी विघ्नानां पतये तुभ्यं विघ्ननिवारण । सर्वान्तर्यामिणे तुभ्यं नमः सर्वप्रियंकर मूलप्रकृतिरूपां तामुमां सर्वे विजिज्ञपुः । तारके तारकज्ञानप्रदे तारय तारकात् अग्निना यत्समुत्सृष्टं गंगेयं च हरप्रिया । धारयिष्यति शक्ता चेज्जलरूपा सुशीतला
jamadagnirdivyadeho brahmalokamathāgamat | tasthau sā reṇukā bhūmau sthāne sthāne ca tādṛśī vighnānāṃ pataye tubhyaṃ vighnanivāraṇa | sarvāntaryāmiṇe tubhyaṃ namaḥ sarvapriyaṃkara mūlaprakṛtirūpāṃ tāmumāṃ sarve vijijñapuḥ | tārake tārakajñānaprade tāraya tārakāt agninā yatsamutsṛṣṭaṃ gaṃgeyaṃ ca harapriyā | dhārayiṣyati śaktā cejjalarūpā suśītalā
Jamadagni then went with a divine body to Brahmā's world; that Reṇukā remained on the earth, in such a form at place after place. "To you, lord of obstacles, averter of obstacles; to you, the inner controller of all — homage, O maker of all that is dear." All of them made their plea to Umā, who is the very form of the root Prakṛti: "O saviouress, giver of the knowledge that saves, save (us) from Tāraka." And that which was released by Agni — this Gaṅgā, beloved of Hara, will bear it, if she is able, being of the form of water and very cool.
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GnP 1 81.33
पूरयत्यखिलान् कामान् जनानां भक्तिकारिणाम् । माहात्म्यं विस्तृतं तस्याः स्कान्दे प्रोक्तं विशेषतः भक्तप्रियाय देवाय नमो ज्ञानस्वरूपिणे । नमो विश्वस्यकर्त्रे ते नमस्तत्पालकाय च त्रैलोक्यपीडकाद् दुष्टात् पदभ्रष्टान् मुनीन सुरान् । तथा विचिन्त्यतां मातस्तस्य नाशो भवेद्यथा शिववीर्यं च तत्ताभिः प्राशितं षड्विभागतः । तस्मिन्नेव क्षणे सोऽग्निरन्तर्द्धि समपद्यत
pūrayatyakhilān kāmān janānāṃ bhaktikāriṇām | māhātmyaṃ vistṛtaṃ tasyāḥ skānde proktaṃ viśeṣataḥ bhaktapriyāya devāya namo jñānasvarūpiṇe | namo viśvasyakartre te namastatpālakāya ca trailokyapīḍakād duṣṭāt padabhraṣṭān munīna surān | tathā vicintyatāṃ mātastasya nāśo bhavedyathā śivavīryaṃ ca tattābhiḥ prāśitaṃ ṣaḍvibhāgataḥ | tasminneva kṣaṇe so'gnirantarddhi samapadyata
She fulfils all the desires of the people who practise devotion; her greatness is told at length, and in particular in the Skānda (Purāṇa). "Homage to the god who loves his devotees, whose very nature is knowledge; homage to you, the maker of the universe, and homage to its protector." "(Save us) from the wicked one who torments the three worlds, who has cast the sages and gods down from their stations; so, Mother, let it be considered how his destruction may come about." And that semen of Śiva was swallowed by them in six portions; in that very instant that fire vanished.
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GnP 1 81.34
अतिविस्तारभीत्याऽत्र न प्रोक्तं मुनिसत्तम निवारय महाविघ्नं तपोनाशकरं मम। क उवाच । इति स्तुतिं समाकर्ण्य सौम्यतेजा गजाननः मातस्त्वां प्रणमाम देवजननीं त्रैलोक्यरक्षाकरे । शर्वाणि त्रिपुरे परात्परकले ब्रह्मादिभिः संस्तुते । त्वं वेदैरनिरूपिते कुरु जगत् कल्याणमीश प्रिये । स्वेच्छोपात्तसुविग्रहे सुरहरे वैश्वादि भूतेऽनघे अंकुशानि च यातानि दूरदेशं गतेऽनले । परिधाय स्ववस्त्रांस्तास्ततो याता निजं गृहम्
ativistārabhītyā'tra na proktaṃ munisattama nivāraya mahāvighnaṃ taponāśakaraṃ mama| ka uvāca | iti stutiṃ samākarṇya saumyatejā gajānanaḥ mātastvāṃ praṇamāma devajananīṃ trailokyarakṣākare | śarvāṇi tripure parātparakale brahmādibhiḥ saṃstute | tvaṃ vedairanirūpite kuru jagat kalyāṇamīśa priye | svecchopāttasuvigrahe surahare vaiśvādi bhūte'naghe aṃkuśāni ca yātāni dūradeśaṃ gate'nale | paridhāya svavastrāṃstāstato yātā nijaṃ gṛham
For fear of excessive length it is not told here, O best of sages. "Ward off the great obstacle that destroys my austerity." Ka said: Hearing this praise, Gajānana, of gentle splendour, (spoke)… "Mother, we bow to you, mother of the gods, protectress of the three worlds, O Śarvāṇī, O Tripurā, higher than the highest, praised by Brahmā and the rest; you who are not defined by the Vedas — do good to the world, O beloved Lady; you who take on a fair body by your own will, remover (of the gods' troubles), O sinless one who became the All." And the goads went (?), when Anala had gone to a distant region; and they, having put on their own clothes, then went to their own homes.
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GnP 1 81.35
उवाच रामं संभ्रान्तं स्वस्यैव तिग्मतेजसा । गणेश उवाच । यं ध्यायसि दिवारात्रौ मन्त्रं जप्त्वा षडक्षरम् क उवाच । एवं संप्रार्थिता देवी विश्वमाता जगाद तान्। नभोवाणी मया ज्ञाता शंकरः शं करिष्यति ददृशुः पतयस्तासां मुखान्यत्युज्ज्वलानि च । गर्भिण्य इति ते ज्ञात्वा ज्ञानदृष्ट्या मुनीश्वराः
uvāca rāmaṃ saṃbhrāntaṃ svasyaiva tigmatejasā | gaṇeśa uvāca | yaṃ dhyāyasi divārātrau mantraṃ japtvā ṣaḍakṣaram ka uvāca | evaṃ saṃprārthitā devī viśvamātā jagāda tān| nabhovāṇī mayā jñātā śaṃkaraḥ śaṃ kariṣyati dadṛśuḥ patayastāsāṃ mukhānyatyujjvalāni ca | garbhiṇya iti te jñātvā jñānadṛṣṭyā munīśvarāḥ
He spoke to Rāma, who was bewildered by his own fierce splendour. Gaṇeśa said: "I am he whom you meditate upon day and night, reciting the six-syllabled mantra…" Ka said: Thus entreated, the Goddess, mother of the universe, said to them: "The voice from the sky is known to me; Śaṃkara will bring about good." Their husbands saw their faces exceedingly bright; and those lords of sages, knowing by the eye of knowledge that they were pregnant…
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.36
वरं दातुं समायातः सोऽहं राम तवाधुना । वरं वृणीष्व मत्तस्त्वं यद्यद् वांछसि चेतसा सहैव यान्तु सर्वेऽपि मया यत्र स शंकरः । परं नियममास्थाय कुरुते परमं तपः बहिश्चक्रुर्गृहात् सर्वा न प्रदर्श्यं मुखं त्विदम् । ताः समेत्य पुनर्गगां तीरे शर सुशोभिते
varaṃ dātuṃ samāyātaḥ so'haṃ rāma tavādhunā | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva mattastvaṃ yadyad vāṃchasi cetasā sahaiva yāntu sarve'pi mayā yatra sa śaṃkaraḥ | paraṃ niyamamāsthāya kurute paramaṃ tapaḥ bahiścakrurgṛhāt sarvā na pradarśyaṃ mukhaṃ tvidam | tāḥ sametya punargagāṃ tīre śara suśobhite
"I have now come to give you a boon, Rāma; choose from me whatever boon you wish in your heart." "Let all of them go along with me to where that Śaṃkara is; having taken up a supreme observance, he is performing supreme austerity." They all left the house — "but this face is not to be shown"; and they, having come together, went again to the bank of the Gaṅgā, lovely with reeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.37
ब्रह्मांडानामनेकानां सृष्टा पाताऽपहारकः । नैव जान्नन्ति मे रूपं ब्रह्माद्या मुनयोऽपि च इत्युक्त्वा सर्वदेवान्सा भिल्लीवेशमधारयत् । यां दृष्ट्वा परमो योगी कामबाणार्दितो भवेत् मुमुचुः स्व स्व गर्भं ताः शुद्धाः स्नाता गृहान्ययुः । षट्सु तासु प्रयातासु स्वं स्वं गर्भं विमुच्य वै
brahmāṃḍānāmanekānāṃ sṛṣṭā pātā'pahārakaḥ | naiva jānnanti me rūpaṃ brahmādyā munayo'pi ca ityuktvā sarvadevānsā bhillīveśamadhārayat | yāṃ dṛṣṭvā paramo yogī kāmabāṇārdito bhavet mumucuḥ sva sva garbhaṃ tāḥ śuddhāḥ snātā gṛhānyayuḥ | ṣaṭsu tāsu prayātāsu svaṃ svaṃ garbhaṃ vimucya vai
"(I am) the creator, protector and destroyer of the many universes; neither Brahmā and the rest nor even the sages know my form." Having spoken thus to all the gods, she took on the guise of a Bhil woman, on seeing whom even the highest yogi would be stricken by the arrow of desire. They released, each her own foetus; purified and bathed, they went to their houses. When those six had departed, each having released her own foetus…
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.38
राजर्षयश्च सर्वेऽपि सोऽहं ते दर्शनं गताः । राम उवाच । योऽप्रमेयोऽखिलाधार: सृष्टिसंहारकारकः देवा अपि तदा केजिज्जाता मदनविह्वलाः । उर्वशी मेनका रम्भा पूर्वचित्ती रतिस्तथा षण्मुखो द्वादशभुजो बालस्तत्र व्यजायत । तस्य हुंकारमात्रेण निपेतुर्भानि रवाद्भुवि
rājarṣayaśca sarve'pi so'haṃ te darśanaṃ gatāḥ | rāma uvāca | yo'prameyo'khilādhāra: sṛṣṭisaṃhārakārakaḥ devā api tadā kejijjātā madanavihvalāḥ | urvaśī menakā rambhā pūrvacittī ratistathā ṣaṇmukho dvādaśabhujo bālastatra vyajāyata | tasya huṃkāramātreṇa nipeturbhāni ravādbhuvi
And all the royal sages too — "I am he": they went for the sight of you. Rāma said: "He who is immeasurable, the support of all, the maker of creation and destruction…" Then even some of the gods became overcome with desire: Urvaśī, Menakā, Rambhā, Pūrvacittī and Rati as well. A boy with six faces and twelve arms was born there; at his mere roar the stars fell to the earth from his cry.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.39
यो न वेदैर्न तपसा न यज्ञैर्र्कतसंचयैः। न दानैर्नैव योगैश्च जनानां दृष्टिगोचरः लज्जिता तां निरीक्ष्यैव सर्वावयवसुन्दराम् । ते देवा सा च गिरिजा प्राप्ता ब्रह्मन् शिवान्तिकम् चकम्पे धरणी सर्वा शेषः पातालमेव च । द्रुमा उन्मीलिताः सूर्यो नीहाराच्छादितोऽभवत्
yo na vedairna tapasā na yajñairrkatasaṃcayaiḥ| na dānairnaiva yogaiśca janānāṃ dṛṣṭigocaraḥ lajjitā tāṃ nirīkṣyaiva sarvāvayavasundarām | te devā sā ca girijā prāptā brahman śivāntikam cakampe dharaṇī sarvā śeṣaḥ pātālameva ca | drumā unmīlitāḥ sūryo nīhārācchādito'bhavat
He who does not come within the range of people's sight by the Vedas, nor by austerity, nor by sacrifices, nor by accumulations of rites, nor by gifts, nor by yogic disciplines. Ashamed at the mere sight of her, beautiful in every limb, those gods and she, the mountain's daughter, came into Śiva's presence, O brahmin. The whole earth shook, and Śeṣa and the netherworld too; the trees were torn up, and the sun became covered with mist.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.41
गणेश उवाच । भविता मम भक्तिस्ते दृढा राम द्विजोत्तम् । प्रलोभितस्यापि वरैर्न ते बुद्धिः सुविह्वला ददृशुः सर्वदेवास्ते भिल्ली चापि त्रिलोचनम् । तत ऊचेऽखिलान्देवानुमोपायं सुखावहम् अतिदीप्ततरं बालं दुर्दशं बलवत्तरम् । प्रणिधानेन तं ज्ञात्वा तूष्णीं कैलासमाययौ
gaṇeśa uvāca | bhavitā mama bhaktiste dṛḍhā rāma dvijottam | pralobhitasyāpi varairna te buddhiḥ suvihvalā dadṛśuḥ sarvadevāste bhillī cāpi trilocanam | tata ūce'khilāndevānumopāyaṃ sukhāvaham atidīptataraṃ bālaṃ durdaśaṃ balavattaram | praṇidhānena taṃ jñātvā tūṣṇīṃ kailāsamāyayau
Gaṇeśa said: "Your devotion to me will be firm, Rāma, best of brahmins; though tempted with boons, your mind is not shaken." All those gods, and the Bhil woman too, saw the three-eyed one. Then Umā told all the gods a plan that would bring happiness. Knowing by concentrated meditation that boy, exceedingly blazing, hard to look upon, exceedingly strong, he went silently to Kailāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.42
परशुं मे गृहाण त्वं सर्वशत्रुनिबर्हणम् । नाम ते परशुरामेति त्र्यलोक्ये ख्यातिमेष्यति देहातीत इवास्तेऽसौ तपोनिष्ठः सदाशिवः । एतस्य देहभावार्थं कामं विज्ञापयन्तु च उवाच पार्वतीं शम्भुं वृत्तांतं सर्वमेव च । जहर्ष पृथिवी सर्वां ज्ञात्वा तं गिरिशात्मजम्
paraśuṃ me gṛhāṇa tvaṃ sarvaśatrunibarhaṇam | nāma te paraśurāmeti tryalokye khyātimeṣyati dehātīta ivāste'sau taponiṣṭhaḥ sadāśivaḥ | etasya dehabhāvārthaṃ kāmaṃ vijñāpayantu ca uvāca pārvatīṃ śambhuṃ vṛttāṃtaṃ sarvameva ca | jaharṣa pṛthivī sarvāṃ jñātvā taṃ giriśātmajam
"Take from me this axe that annihilates all enemies; your name, 'Paraśurāma', will attain fame in the three worlds." "That Sadāśiva, fixed in austerity, abides as if beyond the body; so let them inform Kāma, for the sake of his coming to bodily feeling." He told Pārvatī and Śambhu the whole story; the whole earth rejoiced, knowing him to be the son of the mountain's lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.43
क उवाच । एवं तस्मै वरं दत्त्वा परशुं च गजाननः । पश्यतां सर्वलोकानामन्तर्धानं ययौ तदा तेनेषुणा यदा विद्धः एकनिष्ठः सदाशिवः । यास्यते देहभावं स तदा कार्यं भविष्यति देवदुन्दुभयो नेदुर्गन्धर्वां जगुरद्भुतम् । नारद उवाच । आगच्छता मया दृष्टो गौरि मार्गे तवात्मजः
ka uvāca | evaṃ tasmai varaṃ dattvā paraśuṃ ca gajānanaḥ | paśyatāṃ sarvalokānāmantardhānaṃ yayau tadā teneṣuṇā yadā viddhaḥ ekaniṣṭhaḥ sadāśivaḥ | yāsyate dehabhāvaṃ sa tadā kāryaṃ bhaviṣyati devadundubhayo nedurgandharvāṃ jaguradbhutam | nārada uvāca | āgacchatā mayā dṛṣṭo gauri mārge tavātmajaḥ
Ka said: Having thus given him a boon and the axe, Gajānana then vanished while all the worlds looked on. When Sadāśiva, fixed on the One, is pierced by that arrow (of Kāma), he will come to bodily feeling; then the task will be accomplished. The gods' drums sounded, the Gandharvas sang wondrously. Nārada said: "As I was coming, Gaurī, I saw your son on the road."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.44
रामो स्थापयामास महागणपतिं तदा । ब्राह्मणैर्वेदवेदांगशास्त्रविद्भिः समं मुदा । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयामास दत्त्वा दानान्यनेकशः ततो देवाः सर्व एव कामं सस्मरुरुत्कटम् । समागतं तमूचुस्ते स्वकार्य कृतनिश्चयाः षण्मुखो द्वादशभुजो सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभः । गंगातीरे निपतितस्त्यक्तस्ते षण्मुखो नु किम्
rāmo sthāpayāmāsa mahāgaṇapatiṃ tadā | brāhmaṇairvedavedāṃgaśāstravidbhiḥ samaṃ mudā | brāhmaṇānbhojayāmāsa dattvā dānānyanekaśaḥ tato devāḥ sarva eva kāmaṃ sasmarurutkaṭam | samāgataṃ tamūcuste svakārya kṛtaniścayāḥ ṣaṇmukho dvādaśabhujo sūryakoṭisamaprabhaḥ | gaṃgātīre nipatitastyaktaste ṣaṇmukho nu kim
Then Rāma installed Mahāgaṇapati, joyfully, together with brahmins versed in the Vedas, the Vedāṅgas and the śāstras; he fed the brahmins and gave gifts of many kinds. Then all the gods intensely called Kāma to mind; and when he came they, resolved upon their own purpose, spoke to him. "Six-faced, twelve-armed, of splendour like ten million suns — the six-faced one has fallen on the bank of the Gaṅgā; was he then abandoned by you?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.45
प्रासादं कारयामास रत्नस्तंभयुतं दृढम् । संपूज्य तं परिक्रम्य प्रणिपत्य गजाननम् प्रार्थयामासुरपरे स्वकार्याय मनोभवम् । विभुस्त्वमसि लोकानां चरेषु स्थावरेषु च कोटिकन्दर्पशोभाढ्यो गर्जितक्षोभिताखिलः । कथं निष्ठुरताऽकारि गौरि सुन्दरबालके
prāsādaṃ kārayāmāsa ratnastaṃbhayutaṃ dṛḍham | saṃpūjya taṃ parikramya praṇipatya gajānanam prārthayāmāsurapare svakāryāya manobhavam | vibhustvamasi lokānāṃ careṣu sthāvareṣu ca koṭikandarpaśobhāḍhyo garjitakṣobhitākhilaḥ | kathaṃ niṣṭhuratā'kāri gauri sundarabālake
He had a temple made, sturdy and furnished with jewelled pillars; having worshipped, circumambulated and bowed down to Gajānana… The others made their plea to Manobhava (Kāma) for their own purpose: "You are the lord of the worlds, among moving and unmoving beings alike." "Rich in the beauty of ten million Kandarpas, having shaken everything with his roar — how was such harshness shown, Gaurī, towards the beautiful boy?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 1 81.46
रामः प्रसन्नमनसा प्रययौ निजमन्दिरम् । ततो रामो जुहावोच्चैः कार्तवीर्यं धरापतिम् त्वयैव जायते सृष्टिस्त्वया व्याप्तमिदं जगत् । अबला कामिनः सर्वे त्वयैव बलवत्तराः क उवाच । इत्युक्त्वाऽन्तर्हिते तस्मिन्गौरी बालकमभ्यगात्
rāmaḥ prasannamanasā prayayau nijamandiram | tato rāmo juhāvoccaiḥ kārtavīryaṃ dharāpatim tvayaiva jāyate sṛṣṭistvayā vyāptamidaṃ jagat | abalā kāminaḥ sarve tvayaiva balavattarāḥ ka uvāca | ityuktvā'ntarhite tasmingaurī bālakamabhyagāt
Rāma went to his own dwelling with a glad mind. Then Rāma loudly challenged Kārtavīrya, lord of the earth. "By you alone is creation born; by you this world is pervaded; all lovers are without strength, and by you alone are they made stronger." Ka said: Having said this, when he had vanished, Gaurī approached the boy.
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GnP 1 81.47
युद्धे तु शातयामास राज्ञो बाहुसहस्रकम् । निःक्षत्रियां च पृथिवीं चक्रे त्रिसप्तवारतः त्वया विना वृथा सर्वं जगत् स्थावरजंगमम् । अतस्त्वयैव कर्तव्यं सर्वेषां कार्यमुत्कटम्
yuddhe tu śātayāmāsa rājño bāhusahasrakam | niḥkṣatriyāṃ ca pṛthivīṃ cakre trisaptavārataḥ tvayā vinā vṛthā sarvaṃ jagat sthāvarajaṃgamam | atastvayaiva kartavyaṃ sarveṣāṃ kāryamutkaṭam
In battle he struck off the king's thousand arms, and he made the earth free of kṣatriyas thrice seven times. "Without you the whole world, moving and unmoving, is in vain; therefore the pressing task of them all is to be done by you alone."
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GnP 1 81.48
ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ पृथ्वीं यज्ञं कृत्वा सदक्षिणम् । पुपूजुस्तं तदा लोका ज्ञात्वा विष्णुं तमीश्वरम काम उवाच । यद्यप्यहं विसामग्रिस्यथा युष्मत् प्रसादतः । करिष्यामि वचः कार्यमादेह पतनावधि
brāhmaṇebhyo dadau pṛthvīṃ yajñaṃ kṛtvā sadakṣiṇam | pupūjustaṃ tadā lokā jñātvā viṣṇuṃ tamīśvarama kāma uvāca | yadyapyahaṃ visāmagrisyathā yuṣmat prasādataḥ | kariṣyāmi vacaḥ kāryamādeha patanāvadhi
He gave the earth to the brahmins, having performed a sacrifice with its fees; then the people worshipped him, knowing him to be Viṣṇu, the Lord. || Kāma said: Although I am (only) equipped thus(?), yet by your favour I shall carry out the word and the task, up to the falling of my body.
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GnP 1 81.49
दृष्ट्वा पराक्रमं तस्य सर्वदेवातिगं दृढम । एवं नानाविधो ब्रह्मन् महिमा ते निरूपितः सुमं धनुर्मरालाज्येषुः कटाक्षोऽथ योषितः । विजेष्येऽथापि सकलानमरान् छंकरावधि
dṛṣṭvā parākramaṃ tasya sarvadevātigaṃ dṛḍhama | evaṃ nānāvidho brahman mahimā te nirūpitaḥ sumaṃ dhanurmarālājyeṣuḥ kaṭākṣo'tha yoṣitaḥ | vijeṣye'thāpi sakalānamarān chaṃkarāvadhi
Seeing his prowess, firm and surpassing all the gods... || Thus, O brahman, your greatness of many kinds has been set forth. || A flower is my bow, ... my bowstring, my arrow the sidelong glance of women; yet I shall conquer all the immortals, up to Śaṃkara himself.
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GnP 1 81.51
उपासनाखंडमिदं शृणुयान्मासवो भुवि । सर्वांन्कामानवाप्नोति गणेशं धाम चाप्नुयात् मोहितुं शंकरं देवं देवानां कार्यसिद्धये
upāsanākhaṃḍamidaṃ śṛṇuyānmāsavo bhuvi | sarvāṃnkāmānavāpnoti gaṇeśaṃ dhāma cāpnuyāt mohituṃ śaṃkaraṃ devaṃ devānāṃ kāryasiddhaye
Whoever on earth should hear this Upāsanā section obtains all his desires and attains the abode of Gaṇeśa. || (Then, in order) to bewilder the god Śaṃkara, for the accomplishment of the gods' purpose...
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GnP 1 81.52
यथेष्टं रमते तत्र यावदाभूत संप्लवम्
yatheṣṭaṃ ramate tatra yāvadābhūta saṃplavam
He takes his pleasure there as he wishes, until the dissolution of created beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain