Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda — Chapter 91

GnP 1 91.1

अध्याय ९१ प्रारंभ :- व्यास उवाच । अन्यत् कथय मे देव गणेशस्य कथान्तरम । शृण्वतो मे मनोऽत्यन्तमुत्सुकुं भवति प्रभो आविरासीत् कश्यपस्य पुर एवं गजाननः । क्षुद्रघण्टा नूपुराणां रवान् मुखरिताङ्घ्रियुक् कश्यप उवाच । सृष्टिं नानाविधां कर्तुं सामर्थ्यं देहि मे प्रभो । त्वदड्घ्रिकमले भक्तिमविस्मरणमेव च सर्पाः पक्षिगणास्ताभ्यः सर्वमासीच्चराचरम् । एवं दृष्ट्वा स सन्तानं जातं नानाविधां तदा सहस्रनयनस्तावद् भुजोऽसावपि कस्यचित् । भाति बालस्वरूपोऽपि युवा वृद्धोऽपि भासते यतोऽनन्तशक्तिः स शेषो बभूव । धराधारणेऽनेकरूपे च शक्तः । यतोऽनेकधा स्वर्गलोका हि नाना। सदा तं गणेशं नमामो भजामः (४०३५ ) अध्याय ९२ प्रारंभ :- क उवाच । एवं नत्वा च स्तुत्वा च सर्वे ते तु गजाननम् । पुनरूचुर्गणाध्यक्षमध धन्यतमा वयम् यः पठेन्मासमात्रं तु दशवारं दिने दिने । स मोचयेद् बन्धनात्तं राजबद्धं न संशयः लम्बोदरेति नाम्ना च स्थापिता सर्व मानवैः । श्वापदैरखिलैरन्या स्थापिता मूर्तिरुत्तमा सारं सारं प्रगृह्यैव कृतं नाम्ना सहस्रकम् । ततोऽपि सारभूतानि प्रोक्तानि द्वादशैव तु कोटिकन्याप्रदानानि कोटियज्ञं व्रतानि च । तपांसि यानि सर्वाणि तीर्थान्यायतनानि च गणेशनाममहिमा पूर्णो ज्ञातो न तेन च । भृगुरुवाच । एवं ते कथिता राजन्नद्भुतो महिमा मया

adhyāya 91 prāraṃbha :- vyāsa uvāca | anyat kathaya me deva gaṇeśasya kathāntarama | śṛṇvato me mano'tyantamutsukuṃ bhavati prabho āvirāsīt kaśyapasya pura evaṃ gajānanaḥ | kṣudraghaṇṭā nūpurāṇāṃ ravān mukharitāṅghriyuk kaśyapa uvāca | sṛṣṭiṃ nānāvidhāṃ kartuṃ sāmarthyaṃ dehi me prabho | tvadaḍghrikamale bhaktimavismaraṇameva ca sarpāḥ pakṣigaṇāstābhyaḥ sarvamāsīccarācaram | evaṃ dṛṣṭvā sa santānaṃ jātaṃ nānāvidhāṃ tadā sahasranayanastāvad bhujo'sāvapi kasyacit | bhāti bālasvarūpo'pi yuvā vṛddho'pi bhāsate yato'nantaśaktiḥ sa śeṣo babhūva | dharādhāraṇe'nekarūpe ca śaktaḥ | yato'nekadhā svargalokā hi nānā| sadā taṃ gaṇeśaṃ namāmo bhajāmaḥ (4035 ) adhyāya 92 prāraṃbha :- ka uvāca | evaṃ natvā ca stutvā ca sarve te tu gajānanam | punarūcurgaṇādhyakṣamadha dhanyatamā vayam yaḥ paṭhenmāsamātraṃ tu daśavāraṃ dine dine | sa mocayed bandhanāttaṃ rājabaddhaṃ na saṃśayaḥ lambodareti nāmnā ca sthāpitā sarva mānavaiḥ | śvāpadairakhilairanyā sthāpitā mūrtiruttamā sāraṃ sāraṃ pragṛhyaiva kṛtaṃ nāmnā sahasrakam | tato'pi sārabhūtāni proktāni dvādaśaiva tu koṭikanyāpradānāni koṭiyajñaṃ vratāni ca | tapāṃsi yāni sarvāṇi tīrthānyāyatanāni ca gaṇeśanāmamahimā pūrṇo jñāto na tena ca | bhṛguruvāca | evaṃ te kathitā rājannadbhuto mahimā mayā

Beginning of chapter 91: Vyāsa said: Tell me another thing, O god — another story of Gaṇeśa; as I listen, my mind, O Lord, becomes exceedingly eager. Thus Gajānana appeared before Kaśyapa, his feet made vocal by the sound of the little bells and anklets. Kaśyapa said: Grant me the capacity to create creatures of many kinds, O Lord, and devotion to your lotus feet and the not forgetting (of them). Serpents and flocks of birds — from them came the whole moving and unmoving world. Seeing his offspring thus born in many kinds, then — he has a thousand eyes and just as many arms, though he is somebody's (child); he shines in the form of a child, he shines as a youth and as an old man too. Since he is of infinite power, he became Śeṣa, and is able in many forms to bear the earth; since the heavenly worlds are many in many ways — always we bow to and worship that Gaṇeśa. (4035) Beginning of chapter 92: Ka said: Having thus bowed and praised, all of them (spoke) to Gajānana; they spoke again to the lord of the hosts: "Now we are most blessed." Whoever recites (this) for just a month, ten times each day, will free from bondage one who has been imprisoned by a king — there is no doubt. And an image was installed by all men under the name Lambodara; another excellent image was installed by all the beasts. Taking only the essence of the essence, the thousand names were made; and out of those, twelve are declared to be the very essence. The giving of a crore of maidens in marriage, a crore of sacrifices, and observances, and all austerities, and holy fords and shrines — even by (all) that the greatness of Gaṇeśa's name is not fully known. Bhṛgu said: Thus, O king, the wondrous greatness has been told to you by me.

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GnP 1 91.2

ब्रह्मोवाच । एकदा प्रलये वृत्तेऽज्ञापयन्मां गजाननः । सृष्टिं नानाविधां ब्रह्मन् कुरु त्वं हि ममाज्ञया धन्यं तपो नो दानं च ज्ञानं यज्ञश्च पूर्वजाः । अद्य नो दृष्टयो धन्या याभिर्दृष्टो गजाननः

brahmovāca | ekadā pralaye vṛtte'jñāpayanmāṃ gajānanaḥ | sṛṣṭiṃ nānāvidhāṃ brahman kuru tvaṃ hi mamājñayā dhanyaṃ tapo no dānaṃ ca jñānaṃ yajñaśca pūrvajāḥ | adya no dṛṣṭayo dhanyā yābhirdṛṣṭo gajānanaḥ

Brahmā said: Once, when the dissolution had taken place, Gajānana commanded me: "O Brahman, do you produce the manifold creation by my command." — Blessed are our austerity, our giving, our knowledge and our sacrifice, and our forefathers; blessed today are our eyes, by which Gajānana has been seen.

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GnP 1 91.3

अहं प्रकल्पयामास पुत्रान् सप्त हृदा तदा । तेषां नामानि ते वच्मि कश्यपो गोतमोऽपि च एवं वाक्यामृतैस्तेषां स्तुतिभिः परितोषितः । उवाच शृण्वन्तां तेषां गाम्भीर्याद् द्विरदाननः

ahaṃ prakalpayāmāsa putrān sapta hṛdā tadā | teṣāṃ nāmāni te vacmi kaśyapo gotamo'pi ca evaṃ vākyāmṛtaisteṣāṃ stutibhiḥ paritoṣitaḥ | uvāca śṛṇvantāṃ teṣāṃ gāmbhīryād dviradānanaḥ

Then I fashioned seven sons out of my heart. I tell you their names: Kaśyapa, and also Gotama — Thus gratified by the nectar of their words and by their praises, the two-tusked one, out of (his) gravity, spoke while they listened.

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GnP 1 91.4

जमदग्निर्वसिष्ठश्च भरद्वाजोऽत्रिरेव च। विश्वामित्रश्च सप्तैतै सर्वविद्याविशारदाः नैतादृशं मयाऽदर्शि ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादिषु । यत् साक्षाद् दृश्यते सर्वं रूपं मे निर्गुणस्य यत्

jamadagnirvasiṣṭhaśca bharadvājo'trireva ca| viśvāmitraśca saptaitai sarvavidyāviśāradāḥ naitādṛśaṃ mayā'darśi brahmaviṣṇuśivādiṣu | yat sākṣād dṛśyate sarvaṃ rūpaṃ me nirguṇasya yat

Jamadagni and Vasiṣṭha, Bharadvāja and Atri, and Viśvāmitra — these seven, versed in all branches of knowledge. — "Nothing like this was ever shown by me in Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest: that all this which is directly seen is my form, mine who am without qualities."

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GnP 1 91.5

सर्वे मामब्रुवन् ब्रह्मन्नाज्ञापय सुरेश्वर । मया तु कश्यपोऽज्ञायि बुद्धिमांस्तेषु चाधिकः अतितुष्टोऽनया स्तुत्या वरान् दातुमिहागतः । यद्यद्वो वांछितं तत्तद् वृणुध्वमखिलं तु यत्

sarve māmabruvan brahmannājñāpaya sureśvara | mayā tu kaśyapo'jñāyi buddhimāṃsteṣu cādhikaḥ atituṣṭo'nayā stutyā varān dātumihāgataḥ | yadyadvo vāṃchitaṃ tattad vṛṇudhvamakhilaṃ tu yat

All of them said to me: "O Brahman, command us, lord of the gods." But Kaśyapa was recognised by me as the one greater in intelligence among them. — "Exceedingly pleased by this praise, I have come here to grant boons; whatever you desire, choose all of that."

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GnP 1 91.6

मत्कार्यं विविधां सृष्टिं कुर्वित्याज्ञापितस्तदा । असावोमिति मामुक्त्वा जगाम तपसे वनम् एवमुक्तास्तदा तेन विकटेन मुनीश्वर । यस्य यद्वांछितं तत्तद्वव्रुस्तस्माद् गजाननात्

matkāryaṃ vividhāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ kurvityājñāpitastadā | asāvomiti māmuktvā jagāma tapase vanam evamuktāstadā tena vikaṭena munīśvara | yasya yadvāṃchitaṃ tattadvavrustasmād gajānanāt

"Do my work, the manifold creation" — thus was he then commanded; saying to me "Om, (so be it)," he went to the forest for austerity. — Being thus addressed then by that Vikaṭa, O lord of sages, they chose from that Gajānana each whatever he desired.

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GnP 1 91.7

जजापैकाक्षरं मन्त्रं दिव्यवर्षसहस्रकम् । ततः प्रसन्नो भगवान् द्विरदानन ईश्वरः असंख्यत्वात्तद्वराणां नास्ति शक्तिश्चतुर्मुखैः । गदितुं सर्वथा तस्मादुक्तं संक्षेपतो मया

jajāpaikākṣaraṃ mantraṃ divyavarṣasahasrakam | tataḥ prasanno bhagavān dviradānana īśvaraḥ asaṃkhyatvāttadvarāṇāṃ nāsti śaktiścaturmukhaiḥ | gadituṃ sarvathā tasmāduktaṃ saṃkṣepato mayā

He recited the one-syllabled mantra for a thousand divine years; then the Lord, the two-tusked god, became gracious. — Since those boons are beyond counting, even four-faced ones have no power to relate them all; therefore I have told it in brief.

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GnP 1 91.8

चतुर्भुजोऽरविन्दाक्षो महामुकुटमण्डितः । पाशांकुशधरो मालादन्त हस्तः शुभांगदः । सुवर्णमणिरत्नाढयः मुक्तामालालसद्गल: तांस्तान् ददौ वरान्यान्यान् सर्वे वव्रुर्गजाननम् । पुनरप्यवदत् सर्वानिदं स्तोत्रं मम प्रियम् । त्रिसन्ध्यं यः पठेदेतद् विद्यावान् पुत्रवान् भवेत् । आयुरारोग्यमैश्वर्यं यशोवृद्धि जयोदयम् । प्राप्नुयाद्वांछितानर्थानन्ते च परमं पदम् । पुनरूचे गणाधीशः स्तोत्र मेतज्जपेन्नरः । त्रिसन्ध्यं त्रिदिनं तस्य सर्व कार्यं भविष्यति

caturbhujo'ravindākṣo mahāmukuṭamaṇḍitaḥ | pāśāṃkuśadharo mālādanta hastaḥ śubhāṃgadaḥ | suvarṇamaṇiratnāḍhayaḥ muktāmālālasadgala: tāṃstān dadau varānyānyān sarve vavrurgajānanam | punarapyavadat sarvānidaṃ stotraṃ mama priyam | trisandhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhedetad vidyāvān putravān bhavet | āyurārogyamaiśvaryaṃ yaśovṛddhi jayodayam | prāpnuyādvāṃchitānarthānante ca paramaṃ padam | punarūce gaṇādhīśaḥ stotra metajjapennaraḥ | trisandhyaṃ tridinaṃ tasya sarva kāryaṃ bhaviṣyati

Four-armed, lotus-eyed, adorned with a great crown, holding noose and goad, with rosary and tusk in his hands, with fair armlets, rich in gold, gems and jewels, his neck agleam with a pearl garland. — He gave those and other boons; they all chose Gajānana. Again he said to them all: "This hymn is dear to me; whoever recites it at the three junctures of the day becomes learned and possessed of sons. He would obtain long life, health, lordship, increase of fame, the rise of victory, the objects he desires, and at the end the supreme state." Again the lord of the Gaṇas said: whatever man recites this hymn at the three junctures for three days, all his business will be accomplished.

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GnP 1 91.9

सर्पोदरः कोटिसूर्य विलसद्दीप्तिमण्डलः । विकसन्नेत्र विभ्राजच्चारुशुण्डालसन्मुखः यो जपेदष्टदिवसं श्लोकाष्टकमिदं शुभम् । अष्टवारं चतुर्थ्यां तु सोऽष्टसिद्धिमवाप्नुयात्

sarpodaraḥ koṭisūrya vilasaddīptimaṇḍalaḥ | vikasannetra vibhrājaccāruśuṇḍālasanmukhaḥ yo japedaṣṭadivasaṃ ślokāṣṭakamidaṃ śubham | aṣṭavāraṃ caturthyāṃ tu so'ṣṭasiddhimavāpnuyāt

Serpent-bellied, with an orb of radiance blazing like a crore of suns, his face agleam with wide-open eyes and a lovely gleaming trunk. — Whoever recites this auspicious set of eight verses for eight days, eight times on the fourth (lunar day), would attain the eight powers.

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GnP 1 91.11

दृष्ट्वा ननर्त तं देवं कश्यपो हर्षनिर्भरः। नत्वा सम्पूजयामास नानामंगलवस्तुभिः विद्याकामो लभेत् विद्यां पुत्रार्थी पुत्रमाप्नुयात् । वांछितं लभते सर्वमेकविंशति वारतः

dṛṣṭvā nanarta taṃ devaṃ kaśyapo harṣanirbharaḥ| natvā sampūjayāmāsa nānāmaṃgalavastubhiḥ vidyākāmo labhet vidyāṃ putrārthī putramāpnuyāt | vāṃchitaṃ labhate sarvamekaviṃśati vārataḥ

Seeing that god, Kaśyapa, overflowing with joy, danced; having bowed, he worshipped (him) with many auspicious things. — One who desires learning would obtain learning, one who seeks a son would gain a son; by twenty-one recitations one obtains all that is wished for.

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GnP 1 91.12

बद्धांजलिरुवाचेदं सुप्रसन्नो गजाननम् । धन्यो मे जनको माता तपो ज्ञानं वपुश्च दृक् यो जपेत् परया भक्त्या गजाननपरो नरः । एवमुक्त्वा ततो देवः सर्वेषामेव पश्यताम्

baddhāṃjaliruvācedaṃ suprasanno gajānanam | dhanyo me janako mātā tapo jñānaṃ vapuśca dṛk yo japet parayā bhaktyā gajānanaparo naraḥ | evamuktvā tato devaḥ sarveṣāmeva paśyatām

With palms joined, well pleased, he said this to Gajānana: "Blessed are my father, my mother, my austerity, my knowledge, my body and my sight." — The man devoted to Gajānana who recites (this) with the highest devotion... Having spoken thus, the god then, while all were looking on,

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GnP 1 91.13

धन्येयं धरणी तात वीरूद् वृक्ष फलानि च । धन्य एकाक्षरो मन्त्रो येन दृष्टोऽखिलेश्वरः अन्तर्दधेऽखिलाधारः सुमुखोऽसौ गजाननः । ते च चक्रुस्तदा मूर्तिं गणेशस्य शुभाननाम्

dhanyeyaṃ dharaṇī tāta vīrūd vṛkṣa phalāni ca | dhanya ekākṣaro mantro yena dṛṣṭo'khileśvaraḥ antardadhe'khilādhāraḥ sumukho'sau gajānanaḥ | te ca cakrustadā mūrtiṃ gaṇeśasya śubhānanām

"Blessed is this earth, dear one, and the plants, trees and fruits; blessed is the one-syllabled mantra, by which the lord of all has been seen." — He, the support of all, the fair-faced Gajānana, vanished; and they then made an image of Gaṇeśa with an auspicious face.

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GnP 1 91.14

गजाननः प्रसन्नात्मा परमात्मा परात्परः । यत्र कुण्ठाश्चतुर्वेदा वेदान्ता मूकतां गतः प्रतिष्ठाप्य च तां स्थूले प्रासादे रत्ननिर्मिते । सुमुखेति च तस्यास्ते नाम चक्रुः सुविश्रुतम्

gajānanaḥ prasannātmā paramātmā parātparaḥ | yatra kuṇṭhāścaturvedā vedāntā mūkatāṃ gataḥ pratiṣṭhāpya ca tāṃ sthūle prāsāde ratnanirmite | sumukheti ca tasyāste nāma cakruḥ suviśrutam

Gajānana, gracious of soul, the supreme Self, higher than the high, in whom the four Vedas are blunted and the Vedāntas are reduced to muteness. — And having installed that (image) in a large temple built of jewels, they made for it the widely known name "Sumukha."

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GnP 1 91.15

अगोचरो मनस्तर्कै सोऽयं देवो मयेक्षितः । यस्मादाविर्भवन्तीमे हरेशाग्निमुखाः सुराः संपूज्य च नमस्कृत्वा स्वं स्वं स्थानं ययुः सुराः । सर्वै ते मुनयो लोका सर्वकार्यरतास्तदा

agocaro manastarkai so'yaṃ devo mayekṣitaḥ | yasmādāvirbhavantīme hareśāgnimukhāḥ surāḥ saṃpūjya ca namaskṛtvā svaṃ svaṃ sthānaṃ yayuḥ surāḥ | sarvai te munayo lokā sarvakāryaratāstadā

"Beyond the range of mind and reasoning is this god whom I have beheld, since from him these gods—Hari, Īśa, Agni and the rest—come forth." — Having worshipped and made obeisance, the gods went each to his own place; and all those sages and worlds were then intent on all their tasks.

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GnP 1 91.16

पातालानि च सप्तैव भुवनानि चतुर्दश । यत्र तन्निलयं यान्ति सोयं देवो मयेक्षितः केचित्तस्या नाम चक्रुरेकदन्त इति स्फुटम् । गन्धर्वै किन्नरै रम्या स्थापिता मूर्तिरुत्तमा

pātālāni ca saptaiva bhuvanāni caturdaśa | yatra tannilayaṃ yānti soyaṃ devo mayekṣitaḥ kecittasyā nāma cakrurekadanta iti sphuṭam | gandharvai kinnarai ramyā sthāpitā mūrtiruttamā

"The seven nether worlds and the fourteen realms—he in whom they find their dwelling, this is the god whom I have beheld." Some made his name plainly "Ekadanta"; by gandharvas and kinnaras a lovely, excellent image was installed.

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GnP 1 91.17

यो निर्गुणो निराधीशो गुरुगम्यो निराकृतिः । ब्रह्मेति यं विदुः केचित् सोयं देवो मयेक्षितः प्रासादे कांचने श्रेष्ठेऽनेकधा परिपूज्य च । कपिलेति च नामास्याः स्थापयामासुरुत्तमम्

yo nirguṇo nirādhīśo gurugamyo nirākṛtiḥ | brahmeti yaṃ viduḥ kecit soyaṃ devo mayekṣitaḥ prāsāde kāṃcane śreṣṭhe'nekadhā paripūjya ca | kapileti ca nāmāsyāḥ sthāpayāmāsuruttamam

"He who is without qualities, without a superior, to be reached through the teacher, without form, whom some know as Brahman—this is the god whom I have beheld." And having worshipped him in many ways in an excellent golden temple, they established for her (the image) the excellent name "Kapila."

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GnP 1 91.18

क उवाच । एवं वाक्यामृतरसैः परितुष्टो गजाननः । उवाच कश्यपं मम्रं स्तुवन्तं विविधैः स्तवैः गुहयकाश्चारणाः सिद्धा मूर्तिमन्या प्रचक्रिरे । महालये प्रतिष्ठाप्य नेमुश्च पुपुजुश्च ताम्

ka uvāca | evaṃ vākyāmṛtarasaiḥ parituṣṭo gajānanaḥ | uvāca kaśyapaṃ mamraṃ stuvantaṃ vividhaiḥ stavaiḥ guhayakāścāraṇāḥ siddhā mūrtimanyā pracakrire | mahālaye pratiṣṭhāpya nemuśca pupujuśca tām

Ka said: Thus gratified by the nectar-savours of (his) words, Gajānana spoke to Kaśyapa, who was praising him with various hymns. — Guhyakas, cāraṇas and siddhas made another image; installing it in a great shrine, they bowed to it and worshipped it.

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GnP 1 91.19

गणेश उवाच । भक्तेःस्तवादनुष्ठानात् प्रीतस्तेऽहं मुनेऽधुना। वरं वरय मत्तस्त्वं यं यं स्ववनसेच्छसि गजकर्णेति नामास्याश्चक्रुस्ते तु स्फुटार्थकम् । तत् प्रभावाद्विमानस्थाः सर्वे ते दिवमाक्रमत्

gaṇeśa uvāca | bhakteḥstavādanuṣṭhānāt prītaste'haṃ mune'dhunā| varaṃ varaya mattastvaṃ yaṃ yaṃ svavanasecchasi gajakarṇeti nāmāsyāścakruste tu sphuṭārthakam | tat prabhāvādvimānasthāḥ sarve te divamākramat

Gaṇeśa said: "Because of your devotion, your praise and your observance, I am now pleased with you, O sage; choose from me whatever boon you wish for yourself." — They made her name "Gajakarṇā," of evident meaning; by its power they all, mounted in celestial cars, ascended to heaven.

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GnP 1 91.21

यायाः प्रत्यक्षता तत्र स्मरेत्त्वां यत्र चाप्यहम् । तादृशं देहि मे पुत्रं नाम्ना कश्यपनन्दनम् विकटेति च नाम्ना तां पुपूजुस्त्ते ययुर्वनम्। गिरयश्च द्रुमाश्चांन्यां मूर्तिं स्थाप्य प्रपूज्य च

yāyāḥ pratyakṣatā tatra smarettvāṃ yatra cāpyaham | tādṛśaṃ dehi me putraṃ nāmnā kaśyapanandanam vikaṭeti ca nāmnā tāṃ pupūjustte yayurvanam| girayaśca drumāścāṃnyāṃ mūrtiṃ sthāpya prapūjya ca

"...in whatever place there is direct vision of her, and where one remembers you, there I too (am present). Give me such a son, named the delight of Kaśyapa." — Worshipping her under the name "Vikaṭā," they went to the forest; and the mountains and the trees, having installed another image and worshipped it,

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GnP 1 91.22

गणेश उवाच । सर्वं ते वांछितं मत्तो भविताऽऽशु महामुने । भक्तिर्मेऽविस्मृति स्यात्ते संकटे चान्तिकं व्रजे विघ्नाशन इत्येवं नाम कृत्वा स्थितास्तु कौं। तत्प्रसादश्च ते ख्याताः पर्वताश्च द्रुमास्तथा

gaṇeśa uvāca | sarvaṃ te vāṃchitaṃ matto bhavitā''śu mahāmune | bhaktirme'vismṛti syātte saṃkaṭe cāntikaṃ vraje vighnāśana ityevaṃ nāma kṛtvā sthitāstu kauṃ| tatprasādaśca te khyātāḥ parvatāśca drumāstathā

Gaṇeśa said: "Everything you desire shall quickly come to you from me, great sage; may devotion to me and unforgetfulness be yours, and in distress I shall come near." — Having made the name "Vighnāśana," they remained upon the earth; and by his grace those mountains and trees became renowned.

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GnP 1 91.23

करिष्यसि विचित्रां त्वं सृष्टिं मम प्रसादतः । क उवाच । एवमुक्त्वा मुनिं देवस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । कश्यपोऽपि मुदा युक्तो निजस्थानं तदा ययौ सर्वैः पक्षिगणैर्मूर्तिः स्थापिता रत्नकांचनी। गणाधिपेति नाम्ना तैः पूजिता च नमस्कृता

kariṣyasi vicitrāṃ tvaṃ sṛṣṭiṃ mama prasādataḥ | ka uvāca | evamuktvā muniṃ devastatraivāntaradhīyata | kaśyapo'pi mudā yukto nijasthānaṃ tadā yayau sarvaiḥ pakṣigaṇairmūrtiḥ sthāpitā ratnakāṃcanī| gaṇādhipeti nāmnā taiḥ pūjitā ca namaskṛtā

"You shall make the wondrous creation by my grace." Ka said: Having spoken thus to the sage, the god vanished on that very spot; and Kaśyapa too, filled with joy, then went to his own place. — By all the flocks of birds an image of jewels and gold was installed; under the name "Gaṇādhipa" it was worshipped and saluted by them.

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GnP 1 91.24

कदाचित् कश्यपोऽकस्मादशरीर प्रपीडितः । न चालभत् क्वापि शर्म गृहमध्यं ततोऽगमत् सर्वैर्विषधरैरेका स्थापिता गणनायकी । यस्या हूतिः कृता तैस्तु धूमकेतुरिति स्फुटा

kadācit kaśyapo'kasmādaśarīra prapīḍitaḥ | na cālabhat kvāpi śarma gṛhamadhyaṃ tato'gamat sarvairviṣadharairekā sthāpitā gaṇanāyakī | yasyā hūtiḥ kṛtā taistu dhūmaketuriti sphuṭā

Once Kaśyapa was suddenly afflicted by a bodiless (being); he found no relief anywhere, and so he went inside the house. By all the serpents a single Gaṇanāyakī (image) was installed, and the invocation they made of her was clearly "Dhūmaketu."

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GnP 1 91.25

नित्यं नैमित्तिकं काम्यं कर्म ध्यानं च नास्मरत् । तं तथा विह्वलं दृष्ट्वा योषितोऽस्य चतुर्दश सर्वैर्जलाशयैरेका प्रतिमा स्थापिता शुभा। गणाध्यक्षेति नाम्ना सा पूजिता परमोत्सवैः

nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ karma dhyānaṃ ca nāsmarat | taṃ tathā vihvalaṃ dṛṣṭvā yoṣito'sya caturdaśa sarvairjalāśayairekā pratimā sthāpitā śubhā| gaṇādhyakṣeti nāmnā sā pūjitā paramotsavaiḥ

He did not remember the daily, the occasional, or the optional rites, nor meditation. Seeing him so distraught, his fourteen wives (acted). By all the bodies of water one auspicious image was installed; by the name Gaṇādhyakṣā she was worshipped with the highest festivals.

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GnP 1 91.26

दित्यदितिर्दनुः कद्रुर्विनताद्याः पुरः स्थिताः । बुभुजे क्रमशस्तास्तु नानागारेषु कश्यपः कृमिकीटादिनिचयैर्वनस्पत्योषधीगणैः । स्थापिता परमा मूर्तिर्भालचन्द्रेति विश्रुता

dityaditirdanuḥ kadrurvinatādyāḥ puraḥ sthitāḥ | bubhuje kramaśastāstu nānāgāreṣu kaśyapaḥ kṛmikīṭādinicayairvanaspatyoṣadhīgaṇaiḥ | sthāpitā paramā mūrtirbhālacandreti viśrutā

Diti, Aditi, Danu, Kadrū, Vinatā and the others stood before (him); Kaśyapa enjoyed them in turn in various houses. By the hosts of worms, insects and the like, and by the multitudes of trees and herbs, a supreme image was installed, renowned as Bhālacandra.

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GnP 1 91.27

काले यथोक्ते सुषुवे दितार्दैत्याननेकशः। अदितिर्देवगन्धर्वान् दनुश्च दानवानथ अन्यैः सचेतनैरन्या रत्नप्रासादमध्यगा। वैनायकी महामूर्तिः पूजिता भक्तिभावतः

kāle yathokte suṣuve ditārdaityānanekaśaḥ| aditirdevagandharvān danuśca dānavānatha anyaiḥ sacetanairanyā ratnaprāsādamadhyagā| vaināyakī mahāmūrtiḥ pūjitā bhaktibhāvataḥ

At the time stated, Diti bore daityas in great number, Aditi the gods and gandharvas, and Danu the dānavas. By other sentient beings another great Vaināyakī image, set within a jewelled palace, was worshipped in a spirit of devotion.

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GnP 1 91.28

क्रमेण किन्नरा यक्षाः सिद्धचारणगुहयकः । पशवश्च तथारण्या ग्राम्याश्चासन्ननेकशः गजाननाख्यया ख्याता सर्वेषां सर्वकामदा । ते ते जगत्त्रये ख्यातास्तत्तज्जात्या बभूविरे

krameṇa kinnarā yakṣāḥ siddhacāraṇaguhayakaḥ | paśavaśca tathāraṇyā grāmyāścāsannanekaśaḥ gajānanākhyayā khyātā sarveṣāṃ sarvakāmadā | te te jagattraye khyātāstattajjātyā babhūvire

In due order there came to be, in great numbers, kinnaras, yakṣas, siddhas, cāraṇas, guhyakas, and animals both of the forest and of the village. Known by the name Gajānana, granting all wishes to all — those several ones became famed in the three worlds, each by its own kind.

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GnP 1 91.29

पृथिवी पर्वता वृक्षाः समुद्राः सरितो लता। धान्यानि धातवो रत्ना मुक्ताः कृमि पिपीलिकाः सुखिनः स्वस्वकार्येषु दक्षा देव प्रसादतः । प्रत्येकनामकथने न शक्तिर्मम वर्तते

pṛthivī parvatā vṛkṣāḥ samudrāḥ sarito latā| dhānyāni dhātavo ratnā muktāḥ kṛmi pipīlikāḥ sukhinaḥ svasvakāryeṣu dakṣā deva prasādataḥ | pratyekanāmakathane na śaktirmama vartate

The earth, the mountains, the trees, the oceans, the rivers, the creepers, the grains, the metals, the jewels, the pearls, the worms and the ants — (all) happy, and skilled each in his own work, by the grace of the god. I have no power to tell each name one by one.

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GnP 1 91.31

जहर्ष कश्यपो धीमान्नानामन्त्रान् समादिशत् । शोधायित्वा ऋणधनं सिद्धारिचक्रमीक्ष्य च समुद्रमथनाद्यद्वद् रत्नानीव चतुर्दश । एवं संक्षेपतो ब्रह्मन् महिमा तेऽभिवर्णितः

jaharṣa kaśyapo dhīmānnānāmantrān samādiśat | śodhāyitvā ṛṇadhanaṃ siddhāricakramīkṣya ca samudramathanādyadvad ratnānīva caturdaśa | evaṃ saṃkṣepato brahman mahimā te'bhivarṇitaḥ

Wise Kaśyapa rejoiced and imparted various mantras, having reckoned the debt-and-credit (of the syllables) and examined the siddha-and-enemy diagram — as at the churning of the ocean, like fourteen jewels. Thus in brief, O brahman, your greatness has been described.

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GnP 1 91.32

षोडशार्णं च कस्मैचित्तथाऽष्टादशवर्णकम् । एकाक्षरं च कस्मैचिदन्यस्मै च षडक्षरम् विस्तराद् गदितुं शेषा नेशो नेशोप्यहं हरिः। इन्द्रादिमशकानां च जीवानां यक्षरक्षसाम्

ṣoḍaśārṇaṃ ca kasmaicittathā'ṣṭādaśavarṇakam | ekākṣaraṃ ca kasmaicidanyasmai ca ṣaḍakṣaram vistarād gadituṃ śeṣā neśo neśopyahaṃ hariḥ| indrādimaśakānāṃ ca jīvānāṃ yakṣarakṣasām

To one (he gave) a sixteen-syllabled (mantra), and likewise one of eighteen syllables; to one a single-syllabled, and to another a six-syllabled one. To tell it at length neither Śeṣa is able nor Īśa, nor am I, nor Hari — (the mantras) of living beings from Indra down to a mosquito, and of yakṣas and rākṣasas.

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GnP 1 91.33

पंचार्णमष्टाक्षरं च द्वादशाक्षरमेव च । कस्मैचिच्च महामन्त्रं ददौ स मुनिपुंगवः तत्र का गणना कार्या मया सत्यवतीसुत । तस्मात् सर्वेषु कार्येषु पूजनीयो गजाननः

paṃcārṇamaṣṭākṣaraṃ ca dvādaśākṣarameva ca | kasmaicicca mahāmantraṃ dadau sa munipuṃgavaḥ tatra kā gaṇanā kāryā mayā satyavatīsuta | tasmāt sarveṣu kāryeṣu pūjanīyo gajānanaḥ

A five-syllabled one, an eight-syllabled one, and a twelve-syllabled one too; and to one that bull among sages gave the great mantra. What reckoning of that can be made by me, O son of Satyavatī? Therefore in all undertakings Gajānana is to be worshipped.

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GnP 1 91.34

कुर्वन् त्वनुष्ठितं तावद्यावद्देवो निरीक्ष्यते । गजाननोऽखिलाधारः सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकः । यो न पूजयते देवं देवविघ्नविनाशनम् । स दुरात्मा परित्याज्यश्चांडाल इव दूरतः

kurvan tvanuṣṭhitaṃ tāvadyāvaddevo nirīkṣyate | gajānano'khilādhāraḥ sarvasiddhipradāyakaḥ | yo na pūjayate devaṃ devavighnavināśanam | sa durātmā parityājyaścāṃḍāla iva dūrataḥ

And he should keep performing what he has undertaken until the god is beheld. Gajānana is the support of all, the giver of every attainment. He who does not worship the god, the destroyer of the gods' obstacles — that evil-souled man is to be shunned from afar, like a caṇḍāla.

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GnP 1 91.35

एवमाज्ञापयत्तांश्च ते च जग्मुस्तदैव हि । तपसे बहुशो देशान् जेपुः स्वं स्वं मनुं तदा मुनिरुवाच । अनुक्रमेण कथय नामानि द्वादशैव मे । श्रवणात् पठनादेषां सर्वं निर्विघ्नतामियात्

evamājñāpayattāṃśca te ca jagmustadaiva hi | tapase bahuśo deśān jepuḥ svaṃ svaṃ manuṃ tadā muniruvāca | anukrameṇa kathaya nāmāni dvādaśaiva me | śravaṇāt paṭhanādeṣāṃ sarvaṃ nirvighnatāmiyāt

Thus he commanded them, and they went at that very moment to many lands for austerity, and each then muttered his own mantra. The sage said: Tell me in order the twelve names; from hearing and from reciting them everything would become free of obstacles.

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GnP 1 91.36

आसने भोजने देवं निद्रायां जागरेऽपि च । अनन्यभक्त्या देवेशं सस्मरुस्ते गजाननम् ब्रह्मोवाच । सुमुखश्चैकदन्तश्च कपिलो गजकर्णकः। लम्बोदरश्च विकटो विघ्ननाशो गणाधिपः

āsane bhojane devaṃ nidrāyāṃ jāgare'pi ca | ananyabhaktyā deveśaṃ sasmaruste gajānanam brahmovāca | sumukhaścaikadantaśca kapilo gajakarṇakaḥ| lambodaraśca vikaṭo vighnanāśo gaṇādhipaḥ

While sitting, while eating, in sleep and in waking too, with undivided devotion they remembered the god, the lord of gods, Gajānana. Brahmā said: Sumukha and Ekadanta, Kapila, Gajakarṇaka, Lambodara and Vikaṭa, Vighnanāśa, Gaṇādhipa,

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GnP 1 91.37

दिव्यवर्षसहस्रान्ते परितुष्टो गजाननः । आविरासिदनेकात्मा तत्पुरः करूणानिधिः धूम्रकेतुर्गणाध्यक्षो भालचन्द्रो गजाननः । द्वादशैतानि नामानि यः पठेच्छृणुयादपि

divyavarṣasahasrānte parituṣṭo gajānanaḥ | āvirāsidanekātmā tatpuraḥ karūṇānidhiḥ dhūmraketurgaṇādhyakṣo bhālacandro gajānanaḥ | dvādaśaitāni nāmāni yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādapi

At the end of a thousand divine years Gajānana, well pleased, the many-formed treasury of compassion, appeared before him. Dhūmraketu, Gaṇādhyakṣa, Bhālacandra, Gajānana — whoever recites these twelve names, or even hears them,

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GnP 1 91.38

यो यथा ध्यातवान्देवं तादृशस्तत्परोऽभवत् । कस्यचित् पुरतश्चासीन् मेघाभोऽष्टमहाभुजः विद्यारम्भे विवाहे च प्रवेशे निर्गमे तथा। सङ्ग्रामे संकटे चैव विघ्नस्तस्य न जायते

yo yathā dhyātavāndevaṃ tādṛśastatparo'bhavat | kasyacit purataścāsīn meghābho'ṣṭamahābhujaḥ vidyārambhe vivāhe ca praveśe nirgame tathā| saṅgrāme saṃkaṭe caiva vighnastasya na jāyate

As each one meditated on the god, such (a form) did he become intent upon; before one he stood cloud-hued with eight great arms. At the beginning of study, at a marriage, at entering and at going out, in battle and in danger, no obstacle arises for him.

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GnP 1 91.39

कस्यचित्पुरतस्त्वासीच्छशिवर्णश्चतुर्भुजः । अग्रे कस्यचिदारक्तः षड्भुजोऽसौ गणेश्वरः शुक्लाम्बरधरं देवं शशिवर्णं चतुर्भुजम् । प्रसन्नवदनं ध्यायेत् सर्वविघ्नोपशान्तये

kasyacitpuratastvāsīcchaśivarṇaścaturbhujaḥ | agre kasyacidāraktaḥ ṣaḍbhujo'sau gaṇeśvaraḥ śuklāmbaradharaṃ devaṃ śaśivarṇaṃ caturbhujam | prasannavadanaṃ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye

Before one he was moon-coloured and four-armed; before another this Gaṇeśvara was reddish and six-armed. One should meditate on the god who wears white garments, is moon-hued, four-armed and of gracious countenance, for the quelling of all obstacles.

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GnP 1 91.41

दशद्वादशदोर्दण्डो धूम्रवर्णो महन्महः । अष्टादशभुजोऽप्यासीत् कोटिसूर्यसमप्रभः स्वर्णभारसहस्राणि कोटिदानानि यान्यपि । कृच्रासरणि तप्तकृच्रा ।णि पराकेन्दुव्रतानि च

daśadvādaśadordaṇḍo dhūmravarṇo mahanmahaḥ | aṣṭādaśabhujo'pyāsīt koṭisūryasamaprabhaḥ svarṇabhārasahasrāṇi koṭidānāni yānyapi | kṛcrāsaraṇi taptakṛcrā |ṇi parākenduvratāni ca

With ten and with twelve staff-like arms, smoke-coloured, a great radiance; he was also eighteen-armed, with a splendour equal to a crore of suns. Thousands of loads of gold, and gifts by the crore, and kṛcchra and taptakṛcchra penances, and the parāka and lunar vows —

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GnP 1 91.42

तेजोरूपो महाकाय आखुवाहनपृष्टगः । सिंहगो बर्हिगो वापि गजास्यो नैकवक्त्रवान् शतांशमेषां पुण्यस्य तानि नाम्नां न यान्ति च । इमानि प्रातरुत्थाय शुचिर्भूत्वा समाहितः

tejorūpo mahākāya ākhuvāhanapṛṣṭagaḥ | siṃhago barhigo vāpi gajāsyo naikavaktravān śatāṃśameṣāṃ puṇyasya tāni nāmnāṃ na yānti ca | imāni prātarutthāya śucirbhūtvā samāhitaḥ

Of the form of splendour, of vast body, seated on the back of his mouse-mount, or riding a lion or a peacock, elephant-faced, and having many faces. Those (penances and gifts) do not attain even a hundredth part of the merit of these names. Having risen at dawn, having become pure and composed, (one should recite) these.

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GnP 1 91.43

दृष्ट्वा देवं तु ते सर्वे नैकधा तुष्टुवुर्मुदा ।। बद्धांजलिपुटा नम्रा भक्त्या देवं गजाननम यः पठेन्मानवो भक्त्या विघ्ना नो यांति तं नरम् । सिद्ध्यन्ति सर्वकार्याणि मोक्षमन्ते व्रजत्यसौ

dṛṣṭvā devaṃ tu te sarve naikadhā tuṣṭuvurmudā || baddhāṃjalipuṭā namrā bhaktyā devaṃ gajānanama yaḥ paṭhenmānavo bhaktyā vighnā no yāṃti taṃ naram | siddhyanti sarvakāryāṇi mokṣamante vrajatyasau

Seeing the god, all of them praised him joyfully in many ways, with palms joined, bowed low, (praising) the god Gajānana with devotion. Whatever man recites (them) with devotion, obstacles do not approach that man; all his undertakings succeed, and at the end he goes to liberation.

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GnP 1 91.44

सर्वे ऊचुः । यतोऽनन्तशक्तेरनन्ताश्च जीवा। यतो निर्गुणादप्रमेयाद् गुणास्ते। यतो भाति सर्वं त्रिधा भेदभिन्नं। सदा तं गणेशं नमामो भजामः तस्य दर्शनतो लोका देवाः पूता भवन्ति च । अतएव मुने सर्वाः शाक्ताः शैवाश्च वैष्णवाः

sarve ūcuḥ | yato'nantaśakteranantāśca jīvā| yato nirguṇādaprameyād guṇāste| yato bhāti sarvaṃ tridhā bhedabhinnaṃ| sadā taṃ gaṇeśaṃ namāmo bhajāmaḥ tasya darśanato lokā devāḥ pūtā bhavanti ca | ataeva mune sarvāḥ śāktāḥ śaivāśca vaiṣṇavāḥ

All said: He from whom, of endless power, the endless living beings (arise); he from whom, quality-less and immeasurable, the qualities stand; he by whom all this shines, divided by threefold difference — to that Gaṇeśa we always bow, him we worship. And by the sight of him the worlds and the gods become purified; for this very reason, O sage, all Śāktas, Śaivas and Vaiṣṇavas (worship him).

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GnP 1 91.45

यतश्चाविरासीज्जगत् सर्वं वेत्तु स्तथाऽब्जासनो विश्वगो विश्व गोप्ता । तथेन्द्रादयो दैत्यसंघा मनुष्याः । सदा तं गणेशं नमामो भजामः उक्त्वा द्वादश नामानि सर्वकार्याणि कुर्वते । गाणेशा अपि कुर्वन्ति किमत्रापि च कौतुकम्

yataścāvirāsījjagat sarvaṃ vettu stathā'bjāsano viśvago viśva goptā | tathendrādayo daityasaṃghā manuṣyāḥ | sadā taṃ gaṇeśaṃ namāmo bhajāmaḥ uktvā dvādaśa nāmāni sarvakāryāṇi kurvate | gāṇeśā api kurvanti kimatrāpi ca kautukam

He from whom the whole world came forth, and the knower, and likewise the lotus-seated one, the all-pervader, the guardian of the universe; and Indra and the rest, the hosts of daityas, and men — to that Gaṇeśa we always bow, him we worship. Having uttered the twelve names they accomplish all their tasks; even the followers of Gaṇeśa do so — what wonder is there in this?

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GnP 1 91.46

यतो वह्नि भानू भवो भूर्जलं च । यतः सागराश्चन्द्रमा व्योम वायुः । यतः स्थावरा जंगमा वृक्षसंघाः । सदा तं गणेशं नमामो भजामः न सिद्ध्यन्ति हि कार्याणि द्वादशान्यतमस्य ह । उच्चारणं विना ब्रह्मंस्तस्मादेकं समुच्चरेत्

yato vahni bhānū bhavo bhūrjalaṃ ca | yataḥ sāgarāścandramā vyoma vāyuḥ | yataḥ sthāvarā jaṃgamā vṛkṣasaṃghāḥ | sadā taṃ gaṇeśaṃ namāmo bhajāmaḥ na siddhyanti hi kāryāṇi dvādaśānyatamasya ha | uccāraṇaṃ vinā brahmaṃstasmādekaṃ samuccaret

From whom (come) fire and sun, Bhava(?), earth and water; from whom the oceans, the moon, the sky, the wind; from whom the immobile and the moving and the hosts of trees — always we bow to that Gaṇeśa, we worship (him). For actions do not succeed, O brahmin, without the utterance of some one of the twelve (names); therefore let one utter at least one.

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GnP 1 91.47

यतो दानवाः किन्नरा यक्षसंघा । यतश्चारणा वारणाः श्वापदाश्च । यतः पक्षिकीटा यतो वीरुधश्च । सदा तं गणेशं नमामो भजामः दुष्टानां नास्तिकानां च कार्यं यद्यद्धि सिद्ध्यति । तेऽपि बीजं समुच्चार्य मद्ध्यानादपि कुर्वते

yato dānavāḥ kinnarā yakṣasaṃghā | yataścāraṇā vāraṇāḥ śvāpadāśca | yataḥ pakṣikīṭā yato vīrudhaśca | sadā taṃ gaṇeśaṃ namāmo bhajāmaḥ duṣṭānāṃ nāstikānāṃ ca kāryaṃ yadyaddhi siddhyati | te'pi bījaṃ samuccārya maddhyānādapi kurvate

From whom (come) the dānavas, the kinnaras, the hosts of yakṣas; from whom the cāraṇas, the elephants and the beasts of prey; from whom the birds and insects, from whom the creeping plants — always we bow to that Gaṇeśa, we worship (him). Whatever task of the wicked and of the unbelievers succeeds — they too accomplish it by uttering the seed-syllable and by meditation on me.

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GnP 1 91.48

यतो बुद्धिरज्ञाननाशो मुमुक्षो। यतः सम्पदो भक्तसंतोषकः स्युः । यतो विघ्ननाशो यतः कार्यसिद्धिः । सदा तं गणेशं नमामो भजामः एवं ते महिमा सर्वः कथितो लेशतो मुने । उपासनाफलं नाना यथामति निरूपितम्

yato buddhirajñānanāśo mumukṣo| yataḥ sampado bhaktasaṃtoṣakaḥ syuḥ | yato vighnanāśo yataḥ kāryasiddhiḥ | sadā taṃ gaṇeśaṃ namāmo bhajāmaḥ evaṃ te mahimā sarvaḥ kathito leśato mune | upāsanāphalaṃ nānā yathāmati nirūpitam

From whom (comes) wisdom, and destruction of ignorance for one who seeks release; from whom come riches that give satisfaction to the devotee; from whom (comes) removal of obstacles, from whom the accomplishment of an undertaking — always we bow to that Gaṇeśa, we worship (him). Thus his whole greatness has been told to you in brief, O sage; the manifold fruit of his worship has been set forth as far as my understanding goes.

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GnP 1 91.49

यतः पुत्रसम्पद्यतो वांछितार्थो । यतो भक्तिविद्यास्तथाऽनेकरूपाः । यतः शोकमोहौ यतः काम एव । सदा तं गणेशं नमामो भजामः विष्णूनां कथितं यावत् तावत्तव निरूपितम् । सोऽपि नान्तं जगामास्य गणेशोपासनस्य ह

yataḥ putrasampadyato vāṃchitārtho | yato bhaktividyāstathā'nekarūpāḥ | yataḥ śokamohau yataḥ kāma eva | sadā taṃ gaṇeśaṃ namāmo bhajāmaḥ viṣṇūnāṃ kathitaṃ yāvat tāvattava nirūpitam | so'pi nāntaṃ jagāmāsya gaṇeśopāsanasya ha

From whom (comes) wealth of sons, from whom the desired object; from whom devotion and the sciences in their many forms; from whom grief and delusion, from whom desire itself — always we bow to that Gaṇeśa, we worship (him). As much as was told of the Viṣṇus, so much has been set forth for you; even he did not reach the end of this worship of Gaṇeśa.

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GnP 1 91.51

यतो वेदवाचो विकुण्ठा मनोभिः। सदा नेति नेतीति ता यं गृणन्ति । परब्रह्मरूपं चिदानन्दभूतं । सदा तं गणेशं नमामो भजामः ब्रह्मणा सुप्रसन्नेन यो व्यासाय निरूपितः । उपासनाखंडमिदं वर्णितं नृपते मया

yato vedavāco vikuṇṭhā manobhiḥ| sadā neti netīti tā yaṃ gṛṇanti | parabrahmarūpaṃ cidānandabhūtaṃ | sadā taṃ gaṇeśaṃ namāmo bhajāmaḥ brahmaṇā suprasannena yo vyāsāya nirūpitaḥ | upāsanākhaṃḍamidaṃ varṇitaṃ nṛpate mayā

From whom the utterances of the Veda, together with (men's) minds, turn back baffled; whom they always celebrate as 'not this, not this'; whose form is the supreme Brahman, consisting of consciousness and bliss — always we bow to that Gaṇeśa, we worship (him). This Upāsanākhaṇḍa, which was expounded to Vyāsa by Brahmā when he was well pleased, has been recounted by me, O king.

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GnP 1 91.52

यदि ते श्रवणे श्रद्धा तदान्यदपि वर्णने । चरितं गणनाथस्य सोमकांताघनाशनम्

yadi te śravaṇe śraddhā tadānyadapi varṇane | caritaṃ gaṇanāthasya somakāṃtāghanāśanam

If you have faith in hearing, then (there is) still another thing to be recounted: the exploits of Gaṇanātha, which destroyed the sin of Somakānta.

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GnP 1 91.53

सूत उवाच । इति वः कथितं नानाकथान्तरसमन्वितम् । उपासनं गणेशस्य शौनकाद्या महर्षयः

sūta uvāca | iti vaḥ kathitaṃ nānākathāntarasamanvitam | upāsanaṃ gaṇeśasya śaunakādyā maharṣayaḥ

Sūta said: Thus has the worship of Gaṇeśa been told to you, together with various intervening stories, O great sages, Śaunaka and the rest.

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GnP 1 91.54

वेदव्यासाय मुनये ब्रह्मणा यत्समीरितम् । भृगुणा सोमकान्ताय वर्णितं पापनाशनम्

vedavyāsāya munaye brahmaṇā yatsamīritam | bhṛguṇā somakāntāya varṇitaṃ pāpanāśanam

(That) which was declared by Brahmā to the sage Vedavyāsa, (and) which was recounted by Bhṛgu to Somakānta, the destroyer of sin.

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GnP 1 91.55

शृणुयाद्यो गणेशस्य पुराणमिदमुत्तमम् । स सर्वामापदं हित्वा भुक्त्वा भोगाननेकशः

śṛṇuyādyo gaṇeśasya purāṇamidamuttamam | sa sarvāmāpadaṃ hitvā bhuktvā bhogānanekaśaḥ

Whoever should hear this excellent Purāṇa of Gaṇeśa, he, having left behind every misfortune and having enjoyed pleasures in many kinds,

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GnP 1 91.56

पुत्रपौत्रसमायुक्तो ज्ञानविज्ञानसंयुतः । लभते परमां मुक्तिं गणेशस्य प्रसादतः

putrapautrasamāyukto jñānavijñānasaṃyutaḥ | labhate paramāṃ muktiṃ gaṇeśasya prasādataḥ

united with sons and grandsons, endowed with knowledge and discernment, obtains the highest liberation through the grace of Gaṇeśa.

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GnP 1 91.57

न तस्य पुनरावृत्तिः कल्पकोटिशतैरपि । यः श्रावयेद् महाभक्त्या यथोक्तफलभाग् भवेत्

na tasya punarāvṛttiḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi | yaḥ śrāvayed mahābhaktyā yathoktaphalabhāg bhavet

For him there is no return again, even in hundreds of crores of kalpas. He who causes (it) to be heard with great devotion becomes a sharer in the fruit as stated,

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GnP 1 91.92

यथाप्तं सोमकान्तेन शृण्वता परमादरात्।

yathāptaṃ somakāntena śṛṇvatā paramādarāt|

just as it was obtained by Somakānta, who listened with the utmost reverence.

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