Ganesha Purana — Kridakhanda — Chapter 11

GnP 2 11.1

अध्याय ११ प्रारंभ :- कश्यप उवाच । अयं तु मद्गृहे कोऽपि हयवतीर्णः परः पुमान् । अनिर्वाच्य गुणो हीनो गुणैस्त्रिभिरनावृतः अध्याय १२ प्रारंभ – क उवाच । ततस्तु सप्तमे वर्षे प्रवृत्तेऽसौ विनायकः । स्नात्वा नित्यविधिं कृत्वा मुकुटभ्राजिमस्तकः अध्याय १३ प्रारंभ – दूता ऊचुः । विनायकं रथस्थंतमाज्ञां प्राप्य गता वयम् । सर्वे रवे तदा दृष्टः कृतान्तसदृशस्तु सः अध्याय १४ प्रारंभ :- क उवाच । ततः प्रभात उत्थाय शौचं कृत्वा यथाविधि । चकार मज्जनं सोऽथ सन्ध्यां चक्रे यथाविधि अध्याय १५ प्रारंभ :- क उवाच । अपरस्मिन्दिने राजा लोकैः सह सभां ययौ । विनायकेन सहितो मित्रामत्य समन्वितः

adhyāya 11 prāraṃbha :- kaśyapa uvāca | ayaṃ tu madgṛhe ko'pi hayavatīrṇaḥ paraḥ pumān | anirvācya guṇo hīno guṇaistribhiranāvṛtaḥ adhyāya 12 prāraṃbha – ka uvāca | tatastu saptame varṣe pravṛtte'sau vināyakaḥ | snātvā nityavidhiṃ kṛtvā mukuṭabhrājimastakaḥ adhyāya 13 prāraṃbha – dūtā ūcuḥ | vināyakaṃ rathasthaṃtamājñāṃ prāpya gatā vayam | sarve rave tadā dṛṣṭaḥ kṛtāntasadṛśastu saḥ adhyāya 14 prāraṃbha :- ka uvāca | tataḥ prabhāta utthāya śaucaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi | cakāra majjanaṃ so'tha sandhyāṃ cakre yathāvidhi adhyāya 15 prāraṃbha :- ka uvāca | aparasmindine rājā lokaiḥ saha sabhāṃ yayau | vināyakena sahito mitrāmatya samanvitaḥ

Beginning of chapter 11: Kaśyapa said: But this one who has dismounted from the horse in my house is some supreme Male, of indescribable quality, devoid of qualities, unveiled by the three guṇas. Beginning of chapter 12: Ka said: Then, when his seventh year had begun, that Vināyaka, having bathed and performed the daily rite, his head shining with a crown... Beginning of chapter 13: The messengers said: Having received the order, we went to Vināyaka as he stood in his chariot; then he appeared to us all like Death himself. Beginning of chapter 14: Ka said: Then, rising at dawn, having performed the purifications as prescribed, he bathed and then performed the sandhyā rite as prescribed. Beginning of chapter 15: Ka said: On the next day the king went to the assembly along with the people, together with Vināyaka and accompanied by his friends and ministers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 2 11.2

एतद्विरोधं यः कुर्यात् स पदभ्रंशतामियात्। एतस्याद्भुत कर्माणि शृणु मे गदतः सुर तस्यानुज्ञापदं वायुर्युगान्त सदृशो ववौ । आन्दोलयन्सर्वलोकं भ्रामयन् कुधरान्भृशम् असंख्यसूर्यसंकाशमसंख्येन्द्र सुसेवितम् । असंख्यकेशसंयुक्तं नानाब्रह्मांडरोमकम् अद्भुतान्यप्यसंख्यानि वक्त्राणि नयनानि च । दृष्ट्वा दुर्दर्शरूपाणि जगत्क्षोभकराणि ते क उवाच । एवं स्तुत्वा च नत्वा च संपूज्य स्वांकुशं ददौ । कल्पवृक्षं च दास्यौ द्वे विनायक इति स्फुटम् आयुधानि च चत्वारि सिंहारूढो दधार सः । अंकुशं परशुं पद्मं पाशं सर्वभयापहम् श्रीमतां दर्शनं नोऽद्य जातं पुण्यवशान्नृप । पुरोहितस्य मे न त्वं वृत्तान्तं किं गृहीतवान् उत्पातो जायते तत्र यत्र मे बालको भवेत् । अतोऽयं यत्नतो रक्ष्यः पक्ष्मणीव कनीनिकाम् मम नैवाभवत्प्राप्तिः सहसा तस्य तस्य या । ज्ञातुं तदस्त्रसामर्थ्यं तोलयित्वाऽक्षिपच्च सः ब्राह्मणेश्वरयोरत्र शपथो मे निशाचरौ । पुरोहितस्य पुत्रोऽयं विवाहार्थं समाह्रतः दूतांस्तां वूचतुः सर्वं वृत्तान्तमनुपूर्वशः । वधं पितुः काश्यपेयात्तस्य श्वासान्निपातनम् सर्वे निशाचराः स्वामिन् मृतास्तद्भीतितोऽनघ । वयं तव प्रसादेन जीवन्तस्त्वां समागताः तत्रयोऽभून्महासेना नीरेवं सोऽदिशत्तदा । यस्य दृष्टिगतो दैत्याः स तु तेन निहन्यताम् वैश्यास्तं ददृशुः सर्वे रुद्रं संहारकारकम् । शूद्रास्तं हरिरूपेण नृपरूपेण चालुकन ततो व्याकुलितो लोको रजसाच्छादितोऽखिलः । प्रासादा वृक्षसंख्याश्च पतिता वसुधातले ततोऽग्रतो रथो यातस्त्वरया नृपतेर्गृहम् ततः प्रस्वापयामास कृतसन्ध्याविधिं च तम् । पर्यंके रुचिरे दीपवितानपरिशोभिते होमं चकार समिधं स्थाप्य कृष्णाजिनं शुभम् । निधाय दंडम् चिक्रीड बालकः स विनायकः आज्ञामात्रेण ते तात कथं नायामि तेऽन्तिकम् । इत्युक्त्वा त्वरया यायाद्धर्मदत्तपुरःसरः रजसाऽव्यापि सकलं नीहारेणेव पर्वताः । गजो यातो राजगजान्मत्तान् हन्तुं महाबलः वस्त्रालंकारकुसुमैर्नाना नैवेद्य संचयैः । भोजयामास विधिवत् सिद्धिबुद्धि उभे ददौ अभ्यंगं कुरु तैलेन सुगंधेन महामते । अंगं ते मर्दयिष्यामि तैलमुद्वर्तनं तथा गच्छन्स ददृशे बाल: सिंहारूढो धृतायुधः । अनेकवीरसंयुक्तो देवैरिव शतक्रतुः तानुवाच ततः सर्वान्बालकस्य गुणान्बहून् । गुणवन्तं प्रधानं तं पुरस्कृत्य महाशयम् देवतास्थापनस्यापि हरिद्रामंडपस्य च । विवाहोपस्करार्थं च ज्योतिःशास्त्र विशारदैः उत्सृजन्मुखतो ज्वालाः साम्बरं पत्तनं दहन् । यथा हनुमता दग्धा नगरीं पुच्छवह्नितः आस्ते तूष्णीमिदानीं किं न जानेऽवापि कारणम् । एवं शोचन्दुर्गमुच्चै रुरोह सह तेन सः ततो द्वेधाऽभवद्दैत्यो गतासुरभवत्क्षणात । तदेकं शकलं तस्य गगने स तु चिक्षिपे महाभाग्ये जनानां मे येन ते सन्निधिः कृतः । एवमुक्त्वाऽऽरुरोहाश्वं सिंहयानं विनायकः

etadvirodhaṃ yaḥ kuryāt sa padabhraṃśatāmiyāt| etasyādbhuta karmāṇi śṛṇu me gadataḥ sura tasyānujñāpadaṃ vāyuryugānta sadṛśo vavau | āndolayansarvalokaṃ bhrāmayan kudharānbhṛśam asaṃkhyasūryasaṃkāśamasaṃkhyendra susevitam | asaṃkhyakeśasaṃyuktaṃ nānābrahmāṃḍaromakam adbhutānyapyasaṃkhyāni vaktrāṇi nayanāni ca | dṛṣṭvā durdarśarūpāṇi jagatkṣobhakarāṇi te ka uvāca | evaṃ stutvā ca natvā ca saṃpūjya svāṃkuśaṃ dadau | kalpavṛkṣaṃ ca dāsyau dve vināyaka iti sphuṭam āyudhāni ca catvāri siṃhārūḍho dadhāra saḥ | aṃkuśaṃ paraśuṃ padmaṃ pāśaṃ sarvabhayāpaham śrīmatāṃ darśanaṃ no'dya jātaṃ puṇyavaśānnṛpa | purohitasya me na tvaṃ vṛttāntaṃ kiṃ gṛhītavān utpāto jāyate tatra yatra me bālako bhavet | ato'yaṃ yatnato rakṣyaḥ pakṣmaṇīva kanīnikām mama naivābhavatprāptiḥ sahasā tasya tasya yā | jñātuṃ tadastrasāmarthyaṃ tolayitvā'kṣipacca saḥ brāhmaṇeśvarayoratra śapatho me niśācarau | purohitasya putro'yaṃ vivāhārthaṃ samāhrataḥ dūtāṃstāṃ vūcatuḥ sarvaṃ vṛttāntamanupūrvaśaḥ | vadhaṃ pituḥ kāśyapeyāttasya śvāsānnipātanam sarve niśācarāḥ svāmin mṛtāstadbhītito'nagha | vayaṃ tava prasādena jīvantastvāṃ samāgatāḥ tatrayo'bhūnmahāsenā nīrevaṃ so'diśattadā | yasya dṛṣṭigato daityāḥ sa tu tena nihanyatām vaiśyāstaṃ dadṛśuḥ sarve rudraṃ saṃhārakārakam | śūdrāstaṃ harirūpeṇa nṛparūpeṇa cālukana tato vyākulito loko rajasācchādito'khilaḥ | prāsādā vṛkṣasaṃkhyāśca patitā vasudhātale tato'grato ratho yātastvarayā nṛpatergṛham tataḥ prasvāpayāmāsa kṛtasandhyāvidhiṃ ca tam | paryaṃke rucire dīpavitānapariśobhite homaṃ cakāra samidhaṃ sthāpya kṛṣṇājinaṃ śubham | nidhāya daṃḍam cikrīḍa bālakaḥ sa vināyakaḥ ājñāmātreṇa te tāta kathaṃ nāyāmi te'ntikam | ityuktvā tvarayā yāyāddharmadattapuraḥsaraḥ rajasā'vyāpi sakalaṃ nīhāreṇeva parvatāḥ | gajo yāto rājagajānmattān hantuṃ mahābalaḥ vastrālaṃkārakusumairnānā naivedya saṃcayaiḥ | bhojayāmāsa vidhivat siddhibuddhi ubhe dadau abhyaṃgaṃ kuru tailena sugaṃdhena mahāmate | aṃgaṃ te mardayiṣyāmi tailamudvartanaṃ tathā gacchansa dadṛśe bāla: siṃhārūḍho dhṛtāyudhaḥ | anekavīrasaṃyukto devairiva śatakratuḥ tānuvāca tataḥ sarvānbālakasya guṇānbahūn | guṇavantaṃ pradhānaṃ taṃ puraskṛtya mahāśayam devatāsthāpanasyāpi haridrāmaṃḍapasya ca | vivāhopaskarārthaṃ ca jyotiḥśāstra viśāradaiḥ utsṛjanmukhato jvālāḥ sāmbaraṃ pattanaṃ dahan | yathā hanumatā dagdhā nagarīṃ pucchavahnitaḥ āste tūṣṇīmidānīṃ kiṃ na jāne'vāpi kāraṇam | evaṃ śocandurgamuccai ruroha saha tena saḥ tato dvedhā'bhavaddaityo gatāsurabhavatkṣaṇāta | tadekaṃ śakalaṃ tasya gagane sa tu cikṣipe mahābhāgye janānāṃ me yena te sannidhiḥ kṛtaḥ | evamuktvā''rurohāśvaṃ siṃhayānaṃ vināyakaḥ

Whoever opposes this will come to fall from his station. Hear from me as I tell of his wondrous deeds, O god. At his word of command the wind blew like the end of an age, tossing the whole world and violently whirling the mountains. (Him) resembling countless suns, well served by countless Indras, possessed of countless hairs, the various world-eggs being his body-hairs — and countless wondrous faces and eyes: seeing those forms, hard to look upon, that shake the world, they (trembled). Ka said: Having thus praised, bowed and worshipped, he gave his own goad, and the wish-granting tree, and the two handmaids — Vināyaka, clearly. And, mounted on the lion, he bore the four weapons: the goad, the axe, the lotus, and the noose that removes all fear. "By our merit the sight of the illustrious has come to us today, O king; did you not receive the report about my priest?" "A portent arises wherever my boy is; therefore he is to be guarded with effort, as the eyelid guards the pupil." "That which was his I never obtained all at once." To find out the power of that weapon he weighed it and hurled it. "Here is my oath by the brahmin and by the Lord, you night-walkers: this is the priest's son, brought here for the marriage." The two told the messengers the whole account in order: the killing of the father by Kaśyapa's son, and his felling by his breath. "All the night-walkers, lord, died of fear of him, O sinless one; we, by your grace, remain alive and have come to you." There was there a great army; thus did he then command: "Whatever demons come within his sight, let them be slain by him." All the vaiśyas saw him as Rudra the destroyer; the śūdras saw him in Hari's form and in a king's form. Then the world was thrown into confusion, wholly covered with dust; palaces and numbers of trees fell to the ground. Then the chariot went ahead in haste to the king's house. Then, when he had performed the sandhyā rite, she put him to sleep on a lovely couch adorned with lamps and a canopy. He made the fire-offering, having set out the firewood and the auspicious black antelope skin; setting down his staff, that boy Vināyaka played. "At your mere command, father, how should I not come to your side?" Saying this he went in haste, with Dharmadatta in front. Everything was pervaded by dust, as the mountains by mist. The elephant of great strength went out to kill the king's maddened elephants. With garments, ornaments, flowers and various heaps of food-offerings she duly fed (him), and gave both Siddhi and Buddhi. "Have an oil-rubbing with fragrant oil, O great-minded one; I shall massage your body and rub in the oil." As he went, the boy was seen mounted on a lion, bearing weapons, accompanied by many heroes, as Indra by the gods. Then he told them all the boy's many virtues, putting that virtuous, foremost, magnanimous one in front. For the installation of the deities and for the turmeric pavilion and for the marriage equipment, together with those versed in the science of the stars... Emitting flames from his mouth, burning the city up to the sky, as the city was burnt by Hanumān with the fire of his tail. "He sits silent now; I do not know the reason." Grieving thus, he climbed high up the fortress along with him. Then the demon became two and in a moment was lifeless; one fragment of him he flung into the sky. "Great is the good fortune of my people, by which you have made your presence here." Saying this, Vināyaka mounted the horse, the lion-vehicle.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 2 11.3

विरजा राक्षसी घोरा हन्तुमेनं समागता । सा हता तेन बालेन पतिता हि द्वियोजना दंडाजिने कुंडले च कांचने रत्नसंयुते । बिभ्रत्कमंडलुं दर्भान्कौशेयं पीतमुत्तमम् ईश्वरीय कृपायोगात् सिंहवृन्दाद् गजा इव । त्रैलोक्ये तु पुमान्नास्ति यो युध्येत्सह तेन वै निशम्य कीर्तिं तत्रत्यो ब्राह्मणो वेदशास्त्रवित् । धर्मदत्त इति ख्यातो मुनिपुत्रदिदृक्षया अहं हि कश्यपं यात आकारयितुमन्तिकम् । विवाहस्य च सिद्ध्यर्थं पुत्रस्तेनेह योजितः

virajā rākṣasī ghorā hantumenaṃ samāgatā | sā hatā tena bālena patitā hi dviyojanā daṃḍājine kuṃḍale ca kāṃcane ratnasaṃyute | bibhratkamaṃḍaluṃ darbhānkauśeyaṃ pītamuttamam īśvarīya kṛpāyogāt siṃhavṛndād gajā iva | trailokye tu pumānnāsti yo yudhyetsaha tena vai niśamya kīrtiṃ tatratyo brāhmaṇo vedaśāstravit | dharmadatta iti khyāto muniputradidṛkṣayā ahaṃ hi kaśyapaṃ yāta ākārayitumantikam | vivāhasya ca siddhyarthaṃ putrasteneha yojitaḥ

Virajā, a dreadful rākṣasī, came to kill him; slain by that boy she fell, two yojanas long. Staff and antelope skin, and golden earrings set with jewels; bearing a water-pot, darbha grasses, and excellent yellow silk. By the working of the Goddess's grace, as elephants (flee) from a pride of lions — in the three worlds there is no man who could fight with him. Hearing his fame, a brahmin of that place, knower of Veda and śāstra, known as Dharmadatta, out of a desire to see the sage's son... "For I have gone to Kaśyapa, to invite him near; and for the accomplishment of the marriage his son was engaged here by him."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 2 11.4

उद्धतश्चैव धुन्धुश्च दैत्यौ परम दुर्मदौ । शुकरूपधरावेनं निहन्तुं समुपागतौ कस्तूरीतिलकं चन्द्रं ललाटे क्षीणतेजसम् । मुक्ताफलमयीं मालां कंठे नाभौ फणीश्वरम् क उवाच । इत्थं निशम्य तद्वाक्यं जगदे स नरान्तकः । किं वा वदथ बालिश्यात् क्व बालः क्व नरान्तकः आगतो नृपवर्यस्य काशिराजस्य वेश्म सः । राज्ञा संमानितः सोऽथ प्रपच्छ नृपसत्तमम् प्रस्थितोऽनेन यावच्च तावद्राक्षसमद्भुतम् । अरिष्टानां समूहं च न दृष्टं न च वै श्रुतम्

uddhataścaiva dhundhuśca daityau parama durmadau | śukarūpadharāvenaṃ nihantuṃ samupāgatau kastūrītilakaṃ candraṃ lalāṭe kṣīṇatejasam | muktāphalamayīṃ mālāṃ kaṃṭhe nābhau phaṇīśvaram ka uvāca | itthaṃ niśamya tadvākyaṃ jagade sa narāntakaḥ | kiṃ vā vadatha bāliśyāt kva bālaḥ kva narāntakaḥ āgato nṛpavaryasya kāśirājasya veśma saḥ | rājñā saṃmānitaḥ so'tha prapaccha nṛpasattamam prasthito'nena yāvacca tāvadrākṣasamadbhutam | ariṣṭānāṃ samūhaṃ ca na dṛṣṭaṃ na ca vai śrutam

Uddhata and Dhundhu, two demons of extreme arrogance, taking the form of parrots came to kill him. A musk mark, the moon on his forehead with its light dimmed, a garland of pearls on his neck, the lord of serpents at his navel. Ka said: Hearing that speech thus, Narāntaka said: "What are you saying out of childishness? Where is a boy, where is Narāntaka?" He came to the dwelling of that best of kings, the king of Kāśī; honoured by the king, he then questioned that best of kings. "While he set out with this one, such a wondrous rākṣasa and such a mass of ill omens has neither been seen nor heard of."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 2 11.5

पक्षे धृत्वा पोथितौ तौ शिलायां गतजीवितौ । निपेततुर्धरापृष्ठे विशालौ सर्वदृग्गतौ रोदसी कम्पयन्नुच्चैर्जगर्जासौ स्वलीलया । मेघस्वन इति भ्रान्त्या चातका व्याददुर्मुखम् किं कर्तव्यं पतंगेन प्रलयानल सन्निधौ । मेरुगिरिः पतेत्किं वा खनता मूषकेन च क्वासौ महाबलः पुत्र कश्यपस्य वदस्व मे । ततो लोका जगुरयं क्रीडते बालकैः सह आदावनेन निहतो धूम्राक्षो राक्षसाधिपः । जघनश्च मनुश्चापि सहस्रार्द्धयुतो हतः

pakṣe dhṛtvā pothitau tau śilāyāṃ gatajīvitau | nipetaturdharāpṛṣṭhe viśālau sarvadṛggatau rodasī kampayannuccairjagarjāsau svalīlayā | meghasvana iti bhrāntyā cātakā vyādadurmukham kiṃ kartavyaṃ pataṃgena pralayānala sannidhau | merugiriḥ patetkiṃ vā khanatā mūṣakena ca kvāsau mahābalaḥ putra kaśyapasya vadasva me | tato lokā jagurayaṃ krīḍate bālakaiḥ saha ādāvanena nihato dhūmrākṣo rākṣasādhipaḥ | jaghanaśca manuścāpi sahasrārddhayuto hataḥ

Holding them by the wing he crushed the two on a rock; lifeless, huge, they fell on the surface of the earth in the sight of all. Shaking heaven and earth, he roared loudly in his play; mistaking it for the sound of clouds, the cātaka birds opened their mouths. "What can a moth do in the presence of the fire of dissolution? Or will Mount Meru fall because a mouse digs at it? Where is that mighty son of Kaśyapa? Tell me." Then the people said: "He is playing with the boys. At the outset Dhūmrākṣa, the lord of rākṣasas, was slain by him; and Jaghana and Manu too were slain, together with five hundred."

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GnP 2 11.6

तथैव चित्रगन्धर्वो जले नक्रत्वमागतः । एतस्य स्पर्शमात्रेण गतो दिव्यशरीरताम् उत्छलन्त्यो महानद्यः सिषिचुर्व्योममंडलम् । तदाननन्दतुरुभावदितिः कश्यपोऽपि च ततःश्चाज्ञापयद्दैत्यान् काशिराजपुरीं प्रति । लुंठनं यत्र कर्तव्यं येन व्यग्रो भवेन्नृपः तत उत्थाय विप्रोऽसौ पाणौ धृत्वाऽवदच्च तम् । मम मित्र सुतस्त्वं हि श्रुता कीर्तिर्मया तव यो व्योम नीतवानेनं नगरे दन्तुरो हतः । विघंटो बालरूपश्च विधूलश्च महाबलः

tathaiva citragandharvo jale nakratvamāgataḥ | etasya sparśamātreṇa gato divyaśarīratām utchalantyo mahānadyaḥ siṣicurvyomamaṃḍalam | tadānanandaturubhāvaditiḥ kaśyapo'pi ca tataḥścājñāpayaddaityān kāśirājapurīṃ prati | luṃṭhanaṃ yatra kartavyaṃ yena vyagro bhavennṛpaḥ tata utthāya vipro'sau pāṇau dhṛtvā'vadacca tam | mama mitra sutastvaṃ hi śrutā kīrtirmayā tava yo vyoma nītavānenaṃ nagare danturo hataḥ | vighaṃṭo bālarūpaśca vidhūlaśca mahābalaḥ

Likewise Citragandharva, who in the water had become a crocodile, by the mere touch of this one attained a divine body. The great rivers, leaping up, sprinkled the vault of the sky; then both Aditi and Kaśyapa rejoiced. And then he commanded the demons against the city of the king of Kāśī: "Plundering is to be done there, by which the king will become distracted." Then that brahmin rose, took him by the hand and said to him: "You are my friend's son; your fame has been heard by me." He who carried this one to the sky — Dantura was slain in the city, and Vighaṇṭa in the form of a child, and mighty Vidhūla.

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GnP 2 11.7

हाहाहूहूतुम्बुरूणां सत्वसंशोधनाय सः । जहार पंचायतनं पंचधा स्वयमप्यभूत् धन्या वयं पूर्वजा न इत्यात्मानं प्रशंसतुः। एतस्मिन्समये काशीराजोऽप्याश्रममभ्यगात् तस्मिन् व्यग्रे सोऽपि भवेत् कश्यपस्य सुतोऽपि च । नो चेदुभौ निहन्तव्यौ सर्वैः सर्वप्रयत्नतः अतस्त्वां स्वगृहे नेतुमागतोऽहं न संशयः । पुनीहि पादरजसा सर्वं नः सफलीकुरू पतंगश्चैव नगरे वातरूपधरो हतः । कूटो नाम हतोऽनेन द्वारि पाषाणरूपधृक

hāhāhūhūtumburūṇāṃ satvasaṃśodhanāya saḥ | jahāra paṃcāyatanaṃ paṃcadhā svayamapyabhūt dhanyā vayaṃ pūrvajā na ityātmānaṃ praśaṃsatuḥ| etasminsamaye kāśīrājo'pyāśramamabhyagāt tasmin vyagre so'pi bhavet kaśyapasya suto'pi ca | no cedubhau nihantavyau sarvaiḥ sarvaprayatnataḥ atastvāṃ svagṛhe netumāgato'haṃ na saṃśayaḥ | punīhi pādarajasā sarvaṃ naḥ saphalīkurū pataṃgaścaiva nagare vātarūpadharo hataḥ | kūṭo nāma hato'nena dvāri pāṣāṇarūpadhṛka

For the purification of the natures of Hāhā, Hūhū and Tumburu, he carried off the fivefold shrine and himself became fivefold. "Blessed are we; our ancestors were not (so)" — thus the two praised themselves. At this time the king of Kāśī too came to the hermitage. "When he is distracted, and Kaśyapa's son too — otherwise both are to be slain by all with every effort." "Therefore I have come to take you to my own house, without doubt; purify (it) with the dust of your feet, make us all fruitful." And Pataṅga too was slain in the city, taking the form of wind; and the one named Kūṭa was slain by him, having taken the form of a stone at the door.

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GnP 2 11.8

सर्वेषां च समक्षं वो निहता पंच राक्षसाः । एवं मुनिवचः श्रुत्वा बभाण बलवृत्रहा परस्परालिंगनेन मुमुदुस्तेऽखिलास्तदा । न्यविशन्तासने सर्वे नमस्कृत्य परस्परम् ततो ददौ महार्हाणि तेभ्यो रत्नान्यनेकशः । वस्त्राणि च विशिष्टानि शस्त्राणि विविधानि च परब्रह्मस्वरूपोऽसि परमात्मा परात्परः । भूभारहरणार्थाय जातोऽसि कश्यपालये कामक्रोधावपि हतौ खरवेषधरावुभौ । गजरूपधरः कुंडो हतोऽनेन निशाचरः

sarveṣāṃ ca samakṣaṃ vo nihatā paṃca rākṣasāḥ | evaṃ munivacaḥ śrutvā babhāṇa balavṛtrahā parasparāliṃganena mumuduste'khilāstadā | nyaviśantāsane sarve namaskṛtya parasparam tato dadau mahārhāṇi tebhyo ratnānyanekaśaḥ | vastrāṇi ca viśiṣṭāni śastrāṇi vividhāni ca parabrahmasvarūpo'si paramātmā parātparaḥ | bhūbhāraharaṇārthāya jāto'si kaśyapālaye kāmakrodhāvapi hatau kharaveṣadharāvubhau | gajarūpadharaḥ kuṃḍo hato'nena niśācaraḥ

"And in the sight of you all, five rākṣasas were slain." Hearing the sage's words thus, the slayer of Bala and Vṛtra spoke. Then they all rejoiced with mutual embraces; all sat down on seats, saluting one another. Then he gave them many exceedingly precious jewels, and excellent garments and weapons of various kinds. "You are the very form of the supreme Brahman, the Supreme Self, higher than the highest; to remove the earth's burden you have been born in Kaśyapa's house." Kāma and Krodha too were slain, both wearing the guise of donkeys; and Kuṇḍa, a night-walker, taking the form of an elephant, was slain by him.

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GnP 2 11.9

इन्द्र उवाच । न दृष्टोऽस्य गुणोत्कर्षस्तावन्मान्यो भवेत्कथम् । क उवाच । ततो दिदेश वायुं स नयैनं व्योममंडलम् स्वाद्वन्नं भोजयामास मुनिस्तं षड्रसैर्नृपम् । विश्रान्तं परिपप्रच्छ किमागमनकारणम् ते तं तदा नमस्कृत्य ययुः काशीशपत्तनम् । परस्परं समूचुस्ते दिक्चक्रं व्याप्य सेनया क्रीडामानुषरूपोऽसि जाने त्वां तत्वतोऽर्भक । ततो विनायकः प्राह किमर्थं त्वमिहागतः यानि चान्यान्यरिष्टानि नाशयिष्यति बालकः । इदानीं निश्चयः कार्यो विवाहस्य द्विजैः सह

indra uvāca | na dṛṣṭo'sya guṇotkarṣastāvanmānyo bhavetkatham | ka uvāca | tato dideśa vāyuṃ sa nayainaṃ vyomamaṃḍalam svādvannaṃ bhojayāmāsa munistaṃ ṣaḍrasairnṛpam | viśrāntaṃ paripapraccha kimāgamanakāraṇam te taṃ tadā namaskṛtya yayuḥ kāśīśapattanam | parasparaṃ samūcuste dikcakraṃ vyāpya senayā krīḍāmānuṣarūpo'si jāne tvāṃ tatvato'rbhaka | tato vināyakaḥ prāha kimarthaṃ tvamihāgataḥ yāni cānyānyariṣṭāni nāśayiṣyati bālakaḥ | idānīṃ niścayaḥ kāryo vivāhasya dvijaiḥ saha

Indra said: The excellence of his qualities has not been seen; how then should he be honoured so much? Ka said: Then he commanded the Wind: "Carry him to the vault of heaven." The sage fed that king sweet food of the six flavours; when he had rested, he asked him the reason for his coming. Then they, saluting him, went to the city of the lord of Kāśī; they said to one another, filling the circle of the quarters with their army: "You are of human form in play; I know you as you truly are, O child." Then Vināyaka said: "For what purpose have you come here?" "And whatever other ill omens there are, the boy will destroy them; now the decision about the marriage should be made together with the brahmins."

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GnP 2 11.11

अकालः प्रलयः किं नु प्रारब्धो लोकनाशनः । इत्येवं भृशसंविग्ना ऋषयश्च चकम्पिरे क उवाच । एवं मुनिवचः श्रुत्वा जगाद नृपसत्तमः । क्षमापराधं मे ब्रह्मन्राज्याकुलित चेतसः अन्यथा मम दंड्स्य तस्याहं प्राणनाशकृत् । एवं तेन समादिष्टः दैत्या जग्मुर्दिशो दश धूलिमुद्धूल यद्भिस्तैर्बालकैरनुगैर्बली। मार्गे तु गच्छतस्तस्य नरान्तक समीरितौ क उवाच । एवमाकर्ण्य तद्वाक्यममात्यावूचतुर्नृपम् । अयं बालः पुरे यावद्वर्तते नृपसत्तम्

akālaḥ pralayaḥ kiṃ nu prārabdho lokanāśanaḥ | ityevaṃ bhṛśasaṃvignā ṛṣayaśca cakampire ka uvāca | evaṃ munivacaḥ śrutvā jagāda nṛpasattamaḥ | kṣamāparādhaṃ me brahmanrājyākulita cetasaḥ anyathā mama daṃḍsya tasyāhaṃ prāṇanāśakṛt | evaṃ tena samādiṣṭaḥ daityā jagmurdiśo daśa dhūlimuddhūla yadbhistairbālakairanugairbalī| mārge tu gacchatastasya narāntaka samīritau ka uvāca | evamākarṇya tadvākyamamātyāvūcaturnṛpam | ayaṃ bālaḥ pure yāvadvartate nṛpasattam

"Has an untimely dissolution, destroying the worlds, begun?" — thus greatly agitated, the sages trembled. Ka said: Hearing the sage's words thus, the best of kings said: "Forgive my offence, brahmin, my mind being distracted by the kingdom; otherwise I would be the destroyer of the life of him who deserves my punishment." Thus commanded by him, the demons went in the ten directions. The mighty one, with those boys as attendants who raised up the dust — and as he went along the road, the two sent by Narāntaka... Ka said: Hearing that speech thus, the two ministers said to the king: "As long as this boy remains in the city, O best of kings..."

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GnP 2 11.12

बटुं नेतु समायातो महाशक्त्या प्रभंजनः । न चासनं त्वस्य चलं रोम वा समपद्यत ॥ पुत्रस्य मे विवाहोऽस्ति त्वामाकारयितुं प्रभो । आगतोऽहं मुने जातः कृतार्थस्तव दर्शनात् विनायकस्तेन राज्ञा रथस्थेन गतः पुरीम् । नानाध्वज पताकाभिश्चित्रितां रंगमालया कामसंज्ञश्च क्रोधश्च द्वावेतौ राक्षसाधमौ । परस्परं युध्यमानौ हन्तुमन्तिकमागतौ तावद्विवाहो न भवेदिति नो भाति निश्चितम् । अस्मिन्स्थिते महोत्पाता भविष्यन्ति दिनेदिने

baṭuṃ netu samāyāto mahāśaktyā prabhaṃjanaḥ | na cāsanaṃ tvasya calaṃ roma vā samapadyata || putrasya me vivāho'sti tvāmākārayituṃ prabho | āgato'haṃ mune jātaḥ kṛtārthastava darśanāt vināyakastena rājñā rathasthena gataḥ purīm | nānādhvaja patākābhiścitritāṃ raṃgamālayā kāmasaṃjñaśca krodhaśca dvāvetau rākṣasādhamau | parasparaṃ yudhyamānau hantumantikamāgatau tāvadvivāho na bhavediti no bhāti niścitam | asminsthite mahotpātā bhaviṣyanti dinedine

Prabhañjana came with great force to carry off the lad; but neither did his seat stir nor a hair (of his). "My son's marriage is at hand; to invite you, lord, I have come, O sage; I have become fulfilled by the sight of you." Vināyaka went with that king, who was in his chariot, to the city, made bright with many banners and flags and with rows of theatres. And those two lowest of rākṣasas named Kāma and Krodha, fighting each other, came near in order to kill (him). "Until then the marriage will not take place — so it seems certain to us; while he stays here, great portents will occur day after day."

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GnP 2 11.13

भग्ने वायौ तु संप्राह शुष्माणं पाकशासनः । दहैनं त्वं बटुं शीघ्रं द्रष्टव्या शक्तिनरद्य ते चल शीघ्रं विवाहं त्वं संपाद्य पुनरेव हि । न श्लाघ्यो लोकवर्येषु विना चैवागमं तव वाद्यैर्दुंदुभिनिर्घोषैः पूजाद्रव्यैरनेकधा । अमात्या नागराश्चैव प्रतिजग्मुर्विनायकम् युध्यमानौ निपतितौ बालके दुष्टमानसौ । खररूपौ यथा वह्निं पतंगाविव दुर्मदौ पक्षे मासे गते राजन्विवाहं कर्तुमर्हसि । ओमित्युक्ते नृपेणाथ जग्मुः सर्वे निजालये

bhagne vāyau tu saṃprāha śuṣmāṇaṃ pākaśāsanaḥ | dahainaṃ tvaṃ baṭuṃ śīghraṃ draṣṭavyā śaktinaradya te cala śīghraṃ vivāhaṃ tvaṃ saṃpādya punareva hi | na ślāghyo lokavaryeṣu vinā caivāgamaṃ tava vādyairduṃdubhinirghoṣaiḥ pūjādravyairanekadhā | amātyā nāgarāścaiva pratijagmurvināyakam yudhyamānau nipatitau bālake duṣṭamānasau | khararūpau yathā vahniṃ pataṃgāviva durmadau pakṣe māse gate rājanvivāhaṃ kartumarhasi | omityukte nṛpeṇātha jagmuḥ sarve nijālaye

When the Wind had been broken, the Chastiser of Paka (Indra) said to Śuṣmin (the Fire): "Burn up this student quickly; today your power must be seen." — "Go quickly and, having accomplished the wedding, (come) back again; you are not to be praised among the best of men unless you come." — With music, with the booming of kettle-drums, with articles of worship of many kinds, the ministers and the townsmen went out toward Vināyaka. — The two fighting boys of evil mind fell down, ass-shaped, ill-maddened, like moths (falling) into fire. — "When a fortnight and a month have passed, O king, you may perform the wedding." When the king had said "So be it," all went to their own dwellings.

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GnP 2 11.14

तदाज्ञां शिरसा गृहय जगाम तमुषर्बुधः । निर्दहन्निव त्रींल्लोकान्प्रलयानलसन्निभः अहमेव समायातोऽतस्त्वां नेतुं महामुने । मुनिरुवाच । नाहमेष्ये नृपश्रेष्ठ चातुर्मास्यरतोऽधुना उपचारैः षोडशभिर्भक्त्या सर्वेप्यपूजयन् । राजानं च ततो जग्मुर्नगरीमन्तराऽखिलः ततस्ते बालकाः सर्वे दुद्रुवुस्ते दिशोदश । ततो विनायको धृत्वा तयोः पादौ बलेन सः राजा विनायकश्चापि भुक्त्वा सुषुपतुः सुखम् । ततो निशीथे संप्राप्ते सुप्ते सर्वजने मुने

tadājñāṃ śirasā gṛhaya jagāma tamuṣarbudhaḥ | nirdahanniva trīṃllokānpralayānalasannibhaḥ ahameva samāyāto'tastvāṃ netuṃ mahāmune | muniruvāca | nāhameṣye nṛpaśreṣṭha cāturmāsyarato'dhunā upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhirbhaktyā sarvepyapūjayan | rājānaṃ ca tato jagmurnagarīmantarā'khilaḥ tataste bālakāḥ sarve dudruvuste diśodaśa | tato vināyako dhṛtvā tayoḥ pādau balena saḥ rājā vināyakaścāpi bhuktvā suṣupatuḥ sukham | tato niśīthe saṃprāpte supte sarvajane mune

Taking that command upon his head, the Fire (uṣarbudha) went (there), as if consuming the three worlds, resembling the fire of universal dissolution. — "Therefore I myself have come to fetch you, great sage." The sage said: "I shall not come, best of kings, for I am now devoted to the four-month vow." — With the sixteen services all of them worshipped (him) with devotion; and then they all went into the city with the king. — Then all those boys ran off in the ten directions; thereupon Vināyaka forcibly seized the feet of those two. — The king and Vināyaka too, having eaten, slept happily; then, when midnight came and all the people were asleep, O sage—

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GnP 2 11.15

भस्मीकर्तुं द्रुमान्सर्वान्शोषयन्सर्वसागरान् । तं दहन्तं जनान्सर्वान्दृष्ट्वा कश्यपनन्दनः पुत्रं नय समर्थं मे यदीच्छसि जनाधिप । राजोवाच । पुत्रमाज्ञापय मुने गमिष्यावो जवान्वितौ तस्मिन्प्रविष्टे प्रासादान्रुरुहुर्योषितोऽखिलाः । काश्चिद्द्रष्टुं बहिर्याता व्यस्तालंकरणाम्बराः भ्रामयामास बहुधा पोथयामास भूतले । ततस्तौ पतितौ भूमौ व्यसू लोका व्यलोकयन् ज्वालामुखो व्याघ्रमुखो दारुणोऽथ त्रयोऽसुराः । इच्छन्तोऽपचितिं पूर्वं हतानां दैत्यरक्षसाम्

bhasmīkartuṃ drumānsarvānśoṣayansarvasāgarān | taṃ dahantaṃ janānsarvāndṛṣṭvā kaśyapanandanaḥ putraṃ naya samarthaṃ me yadīcchasi janādhipa | rājovāca | putramājñāpaya mune gamiṣyāvo javānvitau tasminpraviṣṭe prāsādānruruhuryoṣito'khilāḥ | kāściddraṣṭuṃ bahiryātā vyastālaṃkaraṇāmbarāḥ bhrāmayāmāsa bahudhā pothayāmāsa bhūtale | tatastau patitau bhūmau vyasū lokā vyalokayan jvālāmukho vyāghramukho dāruṇo'tha trayo'surāḥ | icchanto'pacitiṃ pūrvaṃ hatānāṃ daityarakṣasām

(He came) to reduce all the trees to ashes, drying up all the oceans. — Seeing him burning all those people, the son of Kaśyapa (said): "Send my capable son, O ruler of men, if you wish it." The king said: "Command your son, sage; we two shall go together, swiftly." — When he had entered, all the women climbed up onto the palaces; some came outside to see (him), their ornaments and garments in disarray. — He whirled (them) about repeatedly and dashed (them) on the ground; then those two fell to the earth lifeless, and the people looked on. — Then Jvālāmukha, Vyāghramukha and Dāruṇa, three demons, wishing revenge for the Daityas and Rākṣasas slain before—

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GnP 2 11.16

तत्क्षणादगिलद्रोगी भेषजं गुटिकामिव । मिलिते तादृशे वह्नौ क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः एवं नृपवचः श्रुत्वा मुनिः पुत्रमथाब्रवीत् । वचोनुरोधाद्राज्ञोऽस्य प्रेषये त्वाम् विनायक अनादृतपितृभ्रातु भर्तृमातृ सुहृज्जनाः । त्यक्त्वा भोजनपात्रं च भुक्तवन्त पतिं च काः समकम्पत् त्रिभुवनं पतद्देहरवात्तदा । लोकवार्तासु विश्वासं धर्मदत्तोऽन्वपद्यत संपूर्णां नगरीं दग्धुमाद्य ऐच्छत्तदाऽसुरः । दारुणो वायुरूपेण तत्सहायार्थमुद्यतः

tatkṣaṇādagiladrogī bheṣajaṃ guṭikāmiva | milite tādṛśe vahnau krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ evaṃ nṛpavacaḥ śrutvā muniḥ putramathābravīt | vaconurodhādrājño'sya preṣaye tvām vināyaka anādṛtapitṛbhrātu bhartṛmātṛ suhṛjjanāḥ | tyaktvā bhojanapātraṃ ca bhuktavanta patiṃ ca kāḥ samakampat tribhuvanaṃ pataddeharavāttadā | lokavārtāsu viśvāsaṃ dharmadatto'nvapadyata saṃpūrṇāṃ nagarīṃ dagdhumādya aicchattadā'suraḥ | dāruṇo vāyurūpeṇa tatsahāyārthamudyataḥ

That very instant he swallowed (it), as a sick man swallows a medicine pill. — When such a fire had joined (him), his eyes red with rage— — Hearing the king's words thus, the sage then said to his son: "In deference to this king's request I send you, Vināyaka." — Disregarding fathers, brothers, husbands, mothers and friends, abandoning their eating vessels — and some their husbands while eating — (they ran out). — The three worlds shook then at the sound of the falling body; Dharmadatta came to put faith in the common talk. — Then that demon wished to burn the whole city, and Dāruṇa, in the form of wind, made ready to help him.

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GnP 2 11.17

सहस्रलोचनो लोकांल्लोचनैः सर्वलोचनैः । तावद्ददर्श तं तत्र सहस्राधिकलोचनम् विद्यमाने तु महति दुःखे विरहजे तव । तामाज्ञां शिरसा वन्द्य चरणावुभयोरपि एका निरुद्धा सर्वैः सा ध्यात्वा देवं विनायकम् । भक्त्या निमील्य नयने जहौ प्राणांस्तदद्भुतम् दृष्ट्वा तस्य महत्कर्म प्रत्यक्षेण महामुनिः । ततो ययौ धर्मदत्तस्तेन साकं पुरःसरः व्याघ्रास्यो भक्षितुं तत्र पलायनपरानभूत् । एवं ते निश्चयं कृत्वा प्राक्रोशन् सुमहास्वनैः

sahasralocano lokāṃllocanaiḥ sarvalocanaiḥ | tāvaddadarśa taṃ tatra sahasrādhikalocanam vidyamāne tu mahati duḥkhe virahaje tava | tāmājñāṃ śirasā vandya caraṇāvubhayorapi ekā niruddhā sarvaiḥ sā dhyātvā devaṃ vināyakam | bhaktyā nimīlya nayane jahau prāṇāṃstadadbhutam dṛṣṭvā tasya mahatkarma pratyakṣeṇa mahāmuniḥ | tato yayau dharmadattastena sākaṃ puraḥsaraḥ vyāghrāsyo bhakṣituṃ tatra palāyanaparānabhūt | evaṃ te niścayaṃ kṛtvā prākrośan sumahāsvanaiḥ

The Thousand-eyed one (looked at) the worlds with his eyes, with all his eyes; and just then he saw there that one who had more than a thousand eyes. — "While your great grief born of separation still exists—" — Reverencing that command with his head, and the feet of them both— — She alone, hemmed in by all of them, meditated on the god Vināyaka and with devotion closed her eyes and gave up her life — a marvel that! — Seeing his great deed with his own eyes, the great sage— then Dharmadatta went, with him going before. — Tiger-face was there to devour them, and they were intent on flight; having thus made up their minds, they cried out with very loud shouts.

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GnP 2 11.18

असंख्यशीर्षमुकुटमनन्तश्रोत्रसंयुतम् । अनन्त हस्तचरणमनन्तोदारविक्रमम् मातापित्रोर्बहिरगाद्राज्ञा चारोपितो रथे। सोऽपि नत्वा तयोः पादौ स्वयमारुरुहे रथम् लाजवर्षेः पुष्पवर्षैर्ववर्षुस्तं कुमारिकाः । विमानस्था देवगणा ददृशुस्तं महोत्सवम् ददर्श कुंजरं मत्तं गूढरूपं महाबलम् । इतस्ततो विद्रवन्तं जनं हन्तुं समुद्यतम् त्रैलोक्यं कम्पितं सर्वं तदा संशयितं भृशम् । प्रलयः परचक्रं वा किमागतमिति ब्रुवन्

asaṃkhyaśīrṣamukuṭamanantaśrotrasaṃyutam | ananta hastacaraṇamanantodāravikramam mātāpitrorbahiragādrājñā cāropito rathe| so'pi natvā tayoḥ pādau svayamāruruhe ratham lājavarṣeḥ puṣpavarṣairvavarṣustaṃ kumārikāḥ | vimānasthā devagaṇā dadṛśustaṃ mahotsavam dadarśa kuṃjaraṃ mattaṃ gūḍharūpaṃ mahābalam | itastato vidravantaṃ janaṃ hantuṃ samudyatam trailokyaṃ kampitaṃ sarvaṃ tadā saṃśayitaṃ bhṛśam | pralayaḥ paracakraṃ vā kimāgatamiti bruvan

(He saw him) with countless heads and crowns, endowed with endless ears, with endless hands and feet, of endless noble valour. — He went out to his mother and father, and was set upon the chariot by the king; he too, bowing to the feet of them both, himself mounted the chariot. — The maidens showered him with rains of parched grain and rains of flowers; the hosts of gods, seated in their aerial cars, watched that great festival. — He saw a rutting elephant of hidden form and great strength, rushing this way and that, bent on killing people. — The whole triple world was shaken then and greatly beset with doubt, people saying: "Is this the dissolution, or an enemy army come upon us?"

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GnP 2 11.19

शशिसूर्याग्निनयनं शिखाव्याप्तनभस्तलम् । सप्तपातालचरणं सप्तलोकैकमस्तकम् आजगामादितिस्तं च प्रावदन्नृपसत्तमम् । अयं मे बालको राजन् रक्षणीयो निरन्तरम् ब्राह्मणाः परमात्मानं पश्यन्ति स्म विनायकम् । क्षत्रियास्तं महावीरं पश्यन्ति स्म रणोत्सुकम् इतस्ततो महावीराः पलायनपरा ययुः । कोलाहलो महानासीज्जनानां तत्र धावताम् व्याघ्रास्यः सुमहाकाय स्थाप्योष्ठं धरणीतले । पूर्वं परं च गगने मध्ये जिह्वा नदी इव

śaśisūryāgninayanaṃ śikhāvyāptanabhastalam | saptapātālacaraṇaṃ saptalokaikamastakam ājagāmāditistaṃ ca prāvadannṛpasattamam | ayaṃ me bālako rājan rakṣaṇīyo nirantaram brāhmaṇāḥ paramātmānaṃ paśyanti sma vināyakam | kṣatriyāstaṃ mahāvīraṃ paśyanti sma raṇotsukam itastato mahāvīrāḥ palāyanaparā yayuḥ | kolāhalo mahānāsījjanānāṃ tatra dhāvatām vyāghrāsyaḥ sumahākāya sthāpyoṣṭhaṃ dharaṇītale | pūrvaṃ paraṃ ca gagane madhye jihvā nadī iva

(He saw him) with moon, sun and fire for eyes, his crest-flames filling the vault of the sky, with the seven nether worlds for his feet and the seven worlds for his single head. — Aditi came and said to that best of kings: "This boy of mine, O king, must be guarded continually." — The brahmins were seeing Vināyaka as the Supreme Self; the kshatriyas were seeing him as a great hero eager for battle. — Here and there the great warriors went off, intent on flight; there was a great uproar of the people running there. — Tiger-face, of enormous body, setting his lip on the surface of the earth — the lower and the upper (lip) in the sky, and in the middle his tongue like a river—

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GnP 2 11.21

आमूलाग्राद्यथा वृक्षे भवन्त्यौदुम्बराणि वै । औदुम्बरे वा मशकः संख्यातीता भवन्ति हि यथा नयसि पुत्रं मे तथाऽत्र त्वं समानय । ओमित्युक्त्वाऽदितिं राजा प्रणिपत्य विसृज्य ताम् यस्य यस्य यथा भावस्तादृशंसोऽभ्यवीक्षत । यथा रक्ते सितेपीते स्फटिकस्तादृशाकृतिः गजयुद्धं महाघोरं प्रासादस्था व्यलोकयन् । बभज्जुरश्वशालां ते दृष्ट्वा बद्धान् हयानपि तथा ददाह नगरीं दुष्टोऽसौ मुखवह्नितः । दग्धा वृक्षा लतारामाः प्रासादनिचयास्तदा

āmūlāgrādyathā vṛkṣe bhavantyaudumbarāṇi vai | audumbare vā maśakaḥ saṃkhyātītā bhavanti hi yathā nayasi putraṃ me tathā'tra tvaṃ samānaya | omityuktvā'ditiṃ rājā praṇipatya visṛjya tām yasya yasya yathā bhāvastādṛśaṃso'bhyavīkṣata | yathā rakte sitepīte sphaṭikastādṛśākṛtiḥ gajayuddhaṃ mahāghoraṃ prāsādasthā vyalokayan | babhajjuraśvaśālāṃ te dṛṣṭvā baddhān hayānapi tathā dadāha nagarīṃ duṣṭo'sau mukhavahnitaḥ | dagdhā vṛkṣā latārāmāḥ prāsādanicayāstadā

Just as figs grow on a fig tree from root to tip, or as gnats on a fig are beyond counting— — "As you take my son, so bring him back here." Saying "So be it" to Aditi, the king bowed to her and took his leave of her. — Whatever each one's disposition was, so did he see him — just as a crystal takes on the appearance of red, white, or yellow. — Standing on the palaces they watched the terrible elephant-fight; and seeing (it) they broke down the horse-stable and the tethered horses too. — Thus that wicked one burned the city with the fire of his mouth; then trees, creepers, gardens and masses of palaces were burnt.

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GnP 2 11.22

तथैवैकैकरोमांचं संख्यातीतांडसंयुतम् । पश्यंस्तत्रैवैकतरं भ्रान्तः शक्रो विवेश ह सह तेन ययौ शीघ्रं रथेनानिलरंहसा । गच्छता रथमार्गेण राज्ञा प्राप्ता महाटवी एक एव पुमान्यद्वत् पिता भ्राता च शालकः । ततो विनायकोऽपश्यत् पुरमध्ये महासुरौ उद्बंधना हया याता गजाश्च ककुभो दश । धर्मदत्तो गृहीत्वा तं गृहान्तर्गन्तुमुद्यतः कोलाहलो महानासीन्मुख हस्तरवस्तथा । हित्वा सर्वाणि कार्याणि विद्रवन्ति जना दिशः

tathaivaikaikaromāṃcaṃ saṃkhyātītāṃḍasaṃyutam | paśyaṃstatraivaikataraṃ bhrāntaḥ śakro viveśa ha saha tena yayau śīghraṃ rathenānilaraṃhasā | gacchatā rathamārgeṇa rājñā prāptā mahāṭavī eka eva pumānyadvat pitā bhrātā ca śālakaḥ | tato vināyako'paśyat puramadhye mahāsurau udbaṃdhanā hayā yātā gajāśca kakubho daśa | dharmadatto gṛhītvā taṃ gṛhāntargantumudyataḥ kolāhalo mahānāsīnmukha hastaravastathā | hitvā sarvāṇi kāryāṇi vidravanti janā diśaḥ

Likewise (he saw) upon each single body-hair countless world-eggs; and while gazing at just one of them there Śakra entered it, bewildered. — He went off quickly with him in the chariot, swift as the wind; as the king went by the chariot-road, a great forest was reached. — Just as one and the same man is father, brother and brother-in-law— — Then Vināyaka saw the two great demons in the middle of the city. — The horses broke their tethers and fled, and the elephants, in the ten directions; Dharmadatta, taking hold of him, made ready to go inside the house. — There was a great uproar, and likewise the noise of the (elephant's) mouth and trunk; abandoning all their tasks, the people fled in all directions.

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GnP 2 11.23

पश्यति स्म स तन्मध्ये त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् । अरण्यकदलीकोश पत्रे पत्रे यथा फलम् नरान्तक पितृव्यस्य स्थानं तच्चातिसुन्दरम् । रौद्रकेतोर्बली भ्राता धूम्राक्षो नाम नामतः विघटं दन्तुरं रन्तुं समाह्वयत सादरम् । तौ त्यौ दुष्टमनसौ बालकैः समुपागतौ आस्फाल्य तत्करं बालो रुरोह करिणं बलात् । बिभेद गंडं सृणिना वारंवारं विनायकः नगराद्बहिरायान्तं व्याघ्रास्यो ग्रसते नरम् । तदेव भोजनं तस्य बालकाश्चोपदंशकाः

paśyati sma sa tanmadhye trailokyaṃ sacarācaram | araṇyakadalīkośa patre patre yathā phalam narāntaka pitṛvyasya sthānaṃ taccātisundaram | raudraketorbalī bhrātā dhūmrākṣo nāma nāmataḥ vighaṭaṃ danturaṃ rantuṃ samāhvayata sādaram | tau tyau duṣṭamanasau bālakaiḥ samupāgatau āsphālya tatkaraṃ bālo ruroha kariṇaṃ balāt | bibheda gaṃḍaṃ sṛṇinā vāraṃvāraṃ vināyakaḥ nagarādbahirāyāntaṃ vyāghrāsyo grasate naram | tadeva bhojanaṃ tasya bālakāścopadaṃśakāḥ

In the midst of that he was seeing the triple world with all that moves and moves not, as (there is) a fruit in leaf after leaf of the wild plantain's sheath. — That most beautiful place belonged to his paternal uncle Narāntaka. — Raudraketu's strong brother, Dhūmrākṣa by name, respectfully summoned Vighaṭa and Dantura to play; those two of evil mind came along with the boys. — Slapping its trunk the boy forcibly mounted the elephant; Vināyaka split its temple again and again with the goad. — Tiger-face devoured any man coming out of the city; that alone was his food, and the boys were his relish.

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GnP 2 11.24

असंख्यातं जगत्तत्र पश्यति स्म शचीपतिः। बभ्राम भ्रान्तचित्तोऽसौ नालभन्निर्गमं ततः दशवर्षसहस्रं स तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम् । सहस्रकिरणं नित्यं नित्यमाराधयन्मुदा आलिंगितुं कृतोद्योगौ तेन ज्ञातौ दुराशयौ । आलिंग्य चूर्णयामास पुष्पं हस्तगतं यथा असृकप्रवाह परितो निपपात महीतले । स गजो बृंहितं कृत्वा सर्वलोकभयावहम् केचिद्विस्त्रस्तवसना विवस्त्रा चापरे ययुः । स्त्रियः कूर्पासकाः काश्चित्काश्चित्पत्यंशुका ययुः

asaṃkhyātaṃ jagattatra paśyati sma śacīpatiḥ| babhrāma bhrāntacitto'sau nālabhannirgamaṃ tataḥ daśavarṣasahasraṃ sa tapastepe sudāruṇam | sahasrakiraṇaṃ nityaṃ nityamārādhayanmudā āliṃgituṃ kṛtodyogau tena jñātau durāśayau | āliṃgya cūrṇayāmāsa puṣpaṃ hastagataṃ yathā asṛkapravāha parito nipapāta mahītale | sa gajo bṛṃhitaṃ kṛtvā sarvalokabhayāvaham kecidvistrastavasanā vivastrā cāpare yayuḥ | striyaḥ kūrpāsakāḥ kāścitkāścitpatyaṃśukā yayuḥ

Śacī's lord was seeing there a countless world. — He wandered with bewildered mind and found no way out from it. — For ten thousand years he practised most severe austerity, constantly worshipping the Thousand-rayed one with joy. — Those two of evil intent, making an effort to embrace him, were recognised by him; embracing (them) he crushed (them) like a flower held in the hand. — Surrounded by a flood of blood, that elephant fell on the ground, having trumpeted a cry that brought terror to all the world. — Some went with their clothes fallen loose, others went naked; some women went in bodices, some in their husbands' cloths.

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GnP 2 11.25

ततो ननाम मूर्ध्नाऽसावेदं भग्नमनोरथः। प्रार्थयामास देवेशं तदा शक्रो गजाननम् प्रार्थयन्सर्वसंहारकरमायुधमुत्तमम् । त्रयाणां भुवनानां स इच्छन्वश्यत्वमात्मनः त्यक्तौ भूमिगतौ तौ तु रेजतुर्दशयोजनौ। काशिराजश्च लोकाश्च दृष्ट्वाऽश्चर्यं तु मेनिरे पतता तेन भग्नानि विस्तीर्णेनायतेन च । संख्यातीतान्यगाराणि सर्वोपस्करवन्ति च व्याघ्रास्य विवरं मत्वा विविशुर्जीवितेच्छया। अन्यानाकारयन् त्यस्तानभक्षयतसोऽसुरः

tato nanāma mūrdhnā'sāvedaṃ bhagnamanorathaḥ| prārthayāmāsa deveśaṃ tadā śakro gajānanam prārthayansarvasaṃhārakaramāyudhamuttamam | trayāṇāṃ bhuvanānāṃ sa icchanvaśyatvamātmanaḥ tyaktau bhūmigatau tau tu rejaturdaśayojanau| kāśirājaśca lokāśca dṛṣṭvā'ścaryaṃ tu menire patatā tena bhagnāni vistīrṇenāyatena ca | saṃkhyātītānyagārāṇi sarvopaskaravanti ca vyāghrāsya vivaraṃ matvā viviśurjīvitecchayā| anyānākārayan tyastānabhakṣayataso'suraḥ

Then he bowed with his head, his desire thwarted; then Śakra prayed to Gajānana, the lord of gods, — praying for the supreme weapon that destroys everything, wishing for himself mastery of the three worlds. — Those two, cast down and lying on the ground, ten yojanas long, shone (there); and the king of Kāśī and the people, seeing it, thought it a wonder. — By that broad and long (body) falling, countless houses with all their furnishings were shattered. — Taking Tiger-face's opening for a cave, they entered it in their desire to live; that demon called others too, and devoured them as they were flung (in).

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GnP 2 11.26

शक्र उवाच। भूभारहरणार्थं यो जातः कश्यपनन्दनः । अचिन्त्यो महिमा यस्य किमु वर्ण्यो भवेन्मम वृक्षस्कन्धालम्बिपादोऽधोमुखो धूममापिबन् । एवं बहुगते कालेऽमोघं शस्त्रमुपस्थितम् मुमचुः पुष्पवर्षाणि देवास्तस्मिन्नभोगताः । साधु साध्विति शब्दैश्च जयशब्दैश्च केचन चकम्पे पृथिवी सर्वा सपर्वत वनाकरा । ततोऽन्धकारे विगते तत्रेयुर्नागराजनाः अकाले प्रलये प्राप्ते काशिराजो विनायकम् । सर्वं विहाय राज्यं स्वं स्त्रीपुत्रादिस्ववस्तु सः

śakra uvāca| bhūbhāraharaṇārthaṃ yo jātaḥ kaśyapanandanaḥ | acintyo mahimā yasya kimu varṇyo bhavenmama vṛkṣaskandhālambipādo'dhomukho dhūmamāpiban | evaṃ bahugate kāle'moghaṃ śastramupasthitam mumacuḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi devāstasminnabhogatāḥ | sādhu sādhviti śabdaiśca jayaśabdaiśca kecana cakampe pṛthivī sarvā saparvata vanākarā | tato'ndhakāre vigate tatreyurnāgarājanāḥ akāle pralaye prāpte kāśirājo vināyakam | sarvaṃ vihāya rājyaṃ svaṃ strīputrādisvavastu saḥ

Śakra said: "He who was born as Kaśyapa's son to remove the burden of the earth, whose greatness is unthinkable — how could it be described by me?" — With his feet hooked to a tree-trunk, head downward, drinking smoke — thus, when much time had passed, the unfailing weapon presented itself. — The gods in the sky released showers of flowers upon him; some (cried) "Well done, well done!" and some cried "Victory!" — The whole earth trembled with its mountains, forests and mines; then, when the darkness had passed, the townspeople came there. — When an untimely destruction had come, the king of Kāśī (approached) Vināyaka, abandoning everything — his own kingdom, his wife, sons and his own possessions.

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GnP 2 11.27

निर्गमं देहि देवेश कुक्षेरत्यन्तविस्तरात् । अदृष्टपाराद्वर्षाणि द्वादश भ्रमता मया प्रेषितं भानुना तस्मै राक्षसाय तपस्यते । व्योमव्यापी यस्य तेजो ददर्श स विनायकः मुनयश्चैव देवाश्च तुष्टुवुस्तं विनायकम् । मायामानुषरूपेण चरन्तं बाललीलया भीतभीता महारौद्रे मृते तस्मिन् निरीक्ष्य तम् । बालं तु बलिनो गत्वा तस्मादुत्तारयन्बलात् स्कन्धे गृहीत्वा भ्रमते नानास्थाने गृहे गृहे । अतिदुःखेन संतप्तस्तेजसा चैव शुष्मिणः

nirgamaṃ dehi deveśa kukṣeratyantavistarāt | adṛṣṭapārādvarṣāṇi dvādaśa bhramatā mayā preṣitaṃ bhānunā tasmai rākṣasāya tapasyate | vyomavyāpī yasya tejo dadarśa sa vināyakaḥ munayaścaiva devāśca tuṣṭuvustaṃ vināyakam | māyāmānuṣarūpeṇa carantaṃ bālalīlayā bhītabhītā mahāraudre mṛte tasmin nirīkṣya tam | bālaṃ tu balino gatvā tasmāduttārayanbalāt skandhe gṛhītvā bhramate nānāsthāne gṛhe gṛhe | atiduḥkhena saṃtaptastejasā caiva śuṣmiṇaḥ

"Grant me an exit, lord of gods, from your belly of such immense extent, whose far shore I have not seen, wandering twelve years." — It was sent by the Sun to that Rākṣasa who was practising austerity. — Vināyaka saw him whose splendour filled the sky. — Sages and gods alike praised that Vināyaka, who moved about with a boy's play in an illusory human form. — Terrified in that great terror, seeing him dead— — Then the strong ones came and forcibly lifted the boy out of it. — Taking (him) on his shoulder he roams to various places, from house to house. — Scorched by extreme pain and by the heat of Śuṣmin (Fire)—

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GnP 2 11.28

तव कुक्षौ मयाऽदर्शि भुवनानि चतुर्दश । स्थाने स्थाने विभक्तानि प्रतिरोमांचमेकराट शीघ्रमुड्डीय जग्राह गरुत्मानीव पन्नगम् । तदा विस्मयमापेदे काशिराजो महामनाः शक्रादीनामजेयौ यौ तावनेन हि चूर्णितौ । तथो वीथीरतिक्रम्य रथो यातोऽग्रतोऽग्रतः धर्मदत्तः पुनश्चैनं कटावेवाभ्यधारयत् । गृहमध्ये निनायाशु पुनरुत्पात शंकया कथं मया बाल एष सर्वारिष्टप्रवर्तकः । सर्वस्वहारको मौढ्याद् दुर्निमित्तस्य कारणम्

tava kukṣau mayā'darśi bhuvanāni caturdaśa | sthāne sthāne vibhaktāni pratiromāṃcamekarāṭa śīghramuḍḍīya jagrāha garutmānīva pannagam | tadā vismayamāpede kāśirājo mahāmanāḥ śakrādīnāmajeyau yau tāvanena hi cūrṇitau | tatho vīthīratikramya ratho yāto'grato'grataḥ dharmadattaḥ punaścainaṃ kaṭāvevābhyadhārayat | gṛhamadhye nināyāśu punarutpāta śaṃkayā kathaṃ mayā bāla eṣa sarvāriṣṭapravartakaḥ | sarvasvahārako mauḍhyād durnimittasya kāraṇam

"In your belly I have seen the fourteen worlds, distributed place by place upon each single body-hair, sole king." — Flying up swiftly he seized (him), as Garuḍa seizes a serpent. — Then the high-minded king of Kāśī was filled with amazement: those two, unconquerable by Śakra and the rest, had been crushed by him! — Then the chariot, passing the streets, went on and on ahead. — Dharmadatta again held him at his very hip and quickly carried him inside the house, again out of fear of a portent: — "How (have I taken in) this boy who sets in motion every calamity, who through my folly carries off all my property, the cause of ill omen?"

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GnP 2 11.29

समष्टिव्यष्टिरूपाणि महाविस्तारवन्ति च । दृष्टानि तव रूपाणि सुसौम्यानीतराणि च तर्कयामास मनसि लाभे हानौ च जीवने । नास्ति दैवातिरेकेण निमित्तं भुवनत्रये ततोऽन्यावसुरौ दृष्टौ हन्तुमेनं समीयतुः । पतंग विद्युतौ(विधुलौ) नाम्ना वात्यारूपौ महाबलौ निवृत्तेस्वनिमित्ते स द्विजातिभ्यो ददौ धनम् । पूजयामास चैवैनमुपचारैः पृथक्पृथक् विनैनं किमहं ब्रूमामदित्यै कश्यपाय च । निरस्तानि च पूर्वाणि महारिष्टान्यनेन हि

samaṣṭivyaṣṭirūpāṇi mahāvistāravanti ca | dṛṣṭāni tava rūpāṇi susaumyānītarāṇi ca tarkayāmāsa manasi lābhe hānau ca jīvane | nāsti daivātirekeṇa nimittaṃ bhuvanatraye tato'nyāvasurau dṛṣṭau hantumenaṃ samīyatuḥ | pataṃga vidyutau(vidhulau) nāmnā vātyārūpau mahābalau nivṛttesvanimitte sa dvijātibhyo dadau dhanam | pūjayāmāsa caivainamupacāraiḥ pṛthakpṛthak vinainaṃ kimahaṃ brūmāmadityai kaśyapāya ca | nirastāni ca pūrvāṇi mahāriṣṭānyanena hi

"Collective and individual forms, and forms of vast extent — your forms have been seen (by me), the very gentle ones and the others." — He reflected in his mind upon gain and loss in life: "There is no cause in the three worlds apart from fate." — Then two other demons were seen, and they came together to kill him: Pataṃga and Vidyut by name, in the form of whirlwinds, of great strength. — When the ill omens had ceased, he gave wealth to the twice-born, and he also honoured him with services, one by one. — "Without him what shall I say to Aditi and to Kaśyapa? And the great calamities of before have been driven off by him!"

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GnP 2 11.31

दैत्यदानवपूर्णानि सुरमानववन्ति च । यक्षरक्षःपिशाचादि चतुराकरवन्ति च उर्ध्वं गतं तदैवाशु रवं कृत्वा भयानकम् । धूम्राक्षे पतितं तत्तु स तदैव द्विधाऽभवत् प्रावारनिचया भान्ति गगने पक्षिसन्निभाः । केषांच्चिन्मस्तकात् पेतुरुष्णिवाणि दिशोदश दक्षिणार्थं धर्मदत्तो ननाम दंडवत्क्षितौ । उवाच च प्रसन्नात्मा हर्षगद्गदया गिरा तयोपि दहनो वायु सहायः समुपागमत् । कुम्भैश्च मृन्मयैः पात्रैः सिषिचुः सेवकास्तदा

daityadānavapūrṇāni suramānavavanti ca | yakṣarakṣaḥpiśācādi caturākaravanti ca urdhvaṃ gataṃ tadaivāśu ravaṃ kṛtvā bhayānakam | dhūmrākṣe patitaṃ tattu sa tadaiva dvidhā'bhavat prāvāranicayā bhānti gagane pakṣisannibhāḥ | keṣāṃccinmastakāt peturuṣṇivāṇi diśodaśa dakṣiṇārthaṃ dharmadatto nanāma daṃḍavatkṣitau | uvāca ca prasannātmā harṣagadgadayā girā tayopi dahano vāyu sahāyaḥ samupāgamat | kumbhaiśca mṛnmayaiḥ pātraiḥ siṣicuḥ sevakāstadā

"(Your forms) are full of Daityas and Dānavas, and contain gods and men, and Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, Piśācas and the rest, and the four sources of birth." — It went upward at once, swiftly, making a fearful roar; and when it fell upon Dhūmrākṣa, he at that very moment became two. — Masses of upper garments appear in the sky, looking like birds; from the heads of some, turbans fell in the ten directions. — For the sake of the gift Dharmadatta bowed to the ground like a rod, and with a serene mind said, in a voice choked with joy— — By her too the burning Wind came as an ally; and then the servants poured water with jars and clay vessels.

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GnP 2 11.32

विकराल महोरूपमुपसंहर विश्वकृत् । गतो मोहं स्मृतिर्लब्धा प्रसादान्निखिलेश्वर गंडशैला द्रुमास्ताभ्यां खंडाभ्यां चूर्णिता भ्रशम् । धनुः पंचशतं पृथ्वी पदद्भ्यां व्यापिता तदा कोलाहलो महानासीन्न प्राज्ञायत किंचन । रथोऽपि गगनं गन्तुमुद्यतस्तम्भितोऽमुना मम भाग्यं तु फलितं यद्दृष्टं चरणाम्बुजम् । जगदीशो जगत्कर्ता जगत्साक्षीजगद्गुरु: तत्पत्न्यो निर्ययुर्हित्वा व्रीडां बालयुता बहिः। अवतीर्य ततो राजा विह्वलोऽधः समाययौ

vikarāla mahorūpamupasaṃhara viśvakṛt | gato mohaṃ smṛtirlabdhā prasādānnikhileśvara gaṃḍaśailā drumāstābhyāṃ khaṃḍābhyāṃ cūrṇitā bhraśam | dhanuḥ paṃcaśataṃ pṛthvī padadbhyāṃ vyāpitā tadā kolāhalo mahānāsīnna prājñāyata kiṃcana | ratho'pi gaganaṃ gantumudyatastambhito'munā mama bhāgyaṃ tu phalitaṃ yaddṛṣṭaṃ caraṇāmbujam | jagadīśo jagatkartā jagatsākṣījagadguru: tatpatnyo niryayurhitvā vrīḍāṃ bālayutā bahiḥ| avatīrya tato rājā vihvalo'dhaḥ samāyayau

"Withdraw your huge and most terrible form, maker of the universe! I fell into a swoon, and by your grace, lord of all, my memory has been regained." — Boulders and trees were utterly pulverised by those two fragments. — The earth was then covered for five hundred bow-lengths by their feet. — There was a great uproar; nothing at all could be made out. — The chariot too, when it made ready to go into the sky, was checked by him. — "My good fortune has borne fruit, in that I have seen your lotus feet, lord of the world, maker of the world, witness of the world, teacher of the world." — His wives came out, abandoning modesty, together with the boy; and the king, getting down, came below in agitation.

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GnP 2 11.33

कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या वाचा त्वां शरणं गतः । प्राकृतं दर्शय विभो रूपं ते भक्तवत्सल ततस्तस्य सुतौ ख्यातौ जघनो मनुरेव च । शुश्रूषायां रतौ तस्य पितरं वीक्ष्य तादृशम् निःसार मनुजाः पेतु सद्यो जाता इवात्रनीम् । ततोऽतिबलिनौ ज्ञात्वा दधार शिखयोरुभौ मम वाक्यादिहायात उद्धर्तुं मम पूर्वजान् । एवं ब्रुवन्नेव मुनिः स्वासने सन्निवेशितः अश्वाश्वतर वीराश्च रथनाग पदातयः । निर्ययुर्नगरात्सर्वे पौराश्च सहगोधना

kāyena manasā buddhyā vācā tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ | prākṛtaṃ darśaya vibho rūpaṃ te bhaktavatsala tatastasya sutau khyātau jaghano manureva ca | śuśrūṣāyāṃ ratau tasya pitaraṃ vīkṣya tādṛśam niḥsāra manujāḥ petu sadyo jātā ivātranīm | tato'tibalinau jñātvā dadhāra śikhayorubhau mama vākyādihāyāta uddhartuṃ mama pūrvajān | evaṃ bruvanneva muniḥ svāsane sanniveśitaḥ aśvāśvatara vīrāśca rathanāga padātayaḥ | niryayurnagarātsarve paurāśca sahagodhanā

"With body, mind, intellect and speech I have gone to you for refuge; show your natural form, mighty one, lover of your devotees." — Then his two well-known sons were Jaghana and Manu, both devoted to serving him, seeing their father in such a state. — The men fell down without strength, as if just born. — Then, knowing them both to be very strong, he held the two by their topknots. — "At my word he has come here to deliver my ancestors." Even while saying this, the sage was seated on his own seat. — Horses, mules, warriors, chariots, elephants and foot-soldiers, and all the citizens with their cattle, went out from the city.

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GnP 2 11.34

क उवाच। एवं यावत्प्रार्थयते स्वात्मानं तावदेव सः । सभामध्यगतं तं च ददर्श ब्रह्मचारिणम् क्रोधाविष्टौ ददृशतुस्तं विनायकमन्तिके । दुद्रुवतुः प्रसार्यैवं वक्त्रं कालान्तकोपमम् एकेन मुष्टिना देवो भ्रामयित्वा बलाच्चिरम् । तत्याज स धरापृष्ठे व्यसूतौ ददृशे जनः विनायकेन देवेन पूजितो बहुभक्तितः । ततोऽतिशुशुभे बालः सिद्धिबुद्धियुतो भृशम् विनायकः काशिराजं काशिराजो विनायकम् । गवेषयामास तदा वर्तमानजनक्षये

ka uvāca| evaṃ yāvatprārthayate svātmānaṃ tāvadeva saḥ | sabhāmadhyagataṃ taṃ ca dadarśa brahmacāriṇam krodhāviṣṭau dadṛśatustaṃ vināyakamantike | dudruvatuḥ prasāryaivaṃ vaktraṃ kālāntakopamam ekena muṣṭinā devo bhrāmayitvā balācciram | tatyāja sa dharāpṛṣṭhe vyasūtau dadṛśe janaḥ vināyakena devena pūjito bahubhaktitaḥ | tato'tiśuśubhe bālaḥ siddhibuddhiyuto bhṛśam vināyakaḥ kāśirājaṃ kāśirājo vināyakam | gaveṣayāmāsa tadā vartamānajanakṣaye

Ka (Brahmā) said: While he was thus praying for himself, at that very moment he saw the brahmacārin present in the midst of the assembly. — Filled with rage, those two saw Vināyaka close by; they rushed at him, thus stretching wide a mouth like death the destroyer. — With a single fist the god whirled (him) about forcibly for a long time and flung him on the surface of the earth; the people saw the two lifeless. — He was worshipped by the god Vināyaka with much devotion; thereupon the boy, joined with Siddhi and Buddhi, shone exceedingly. — Vināyaka (sought) the king of Kāśī, and the king of Kāśī (sought) Vināyaka; so he searched, while the destruction of the people was going on.

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GnP 2 11.35

पश्यतां सर्वलोकानां साष्टांगं प्रणनाम तम्। अतिविस्मितचित्तोऽसौ लज्जाहर्षसमन्वितः बटुमानीय पितरं कथं घातितवानसि । इत्यूचतुः काशिराजं रोषाविष्टौ निशाचरौ तर्कयामास देवोऽयं कश्यपस्य सुतो बली। यतोऽनेन हतावेतावसुरौ योजनायतौ गंगागौरियुतो यद्वच्छूलपाणिस्त्रिलोचनः । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र जृम्भा नाम्न्यागता शुभा सर्वेषु लोकेषु गतेषु मध्ये स व्याघ्रतुंडोननिमील तुंडम् । यावन्न तुंडे विशति स्म देवो विनायकोऽनन्त गुणो महात्मा

paśyatāṃ sarvalokānāṃ sāṣṭāṃgaṃ praṇanāma tam| ativismitacitto'sau lajjāharṣasamanvitaḥ baṭumānīya pitaraṃ kathaṃ ghātitavānasi | ityūcatuḥ kāśirājaṃ roṣāviṣṭau niśācarau tarkayāmāsa devo'yaṃ kaśyapasya suto balī| yato'nena hatāvetāvasurau yojanāyatau gaṃgāgauriyuto yadvacchūlapāṇistrilocanaḥ | etasminnantare tatra jṛmbhā nāmnyāgatā śubhā sarveṣu lokeṣu gateṣu madhye sa vyāghratuṃḍonanimīla tuṃḍam | yāvanna tuṃḍe viśati sma devo vināyako'nanta guṇo mahātmā

While all the worlds looked on, he prostrated before him with all eight limbs; his mind utterly amazed, filled with shame and joy. "Having brought the boy, how is it that you killed (our) father?" — so the two night-roaming (demons), possessed by rage, said to the king of Kāśī. The god reflected: "This is the mighty son of Kaśyapa, since by him these two asuras, a league in length, were slain" — like the trident-bearing three-eyed one accompanied by Gaṅgā and Gaurī. In the meantime a fair (demoness) named Jṛmbhā came there. When all the worlds had gone, in the midst of them the tiger-snouted one kept his snout open, until the god Vināyaka, of endless qualities, the great-souled one, entered the snout.

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GnP 2 11.36

शृण्वस्तु सर्वदेवेषु नुनाव ब्रह्मचारिणम् । जातं मुनिगृहे शान्तं क्रीडामानुषरूपिणम् रक्षितोऽसि पुरा पित्रा मम पूर्वं नरान्तकात् । तं मारयित्वा यत्नेन कथं जीवसि रे नृप अस्मिन्वयसि कस्यापि नेदृशं वीक्ष्यते बलम् । एतावद् दुष्टसामर्थ्यं काशिराजोऽप्यनन्दत पीताम्बरधरा चारूकंकणा चारुभूषणा। अतिदुष्टमनाः सा तु पत्नी धूम्राक्षरक्षसः उदयेतु रवेर्जाते ददर्शाथ विनायकः । व्याघ्रास्यं दग्धनगरं जनपूर्णं च तन्मुखम्

śṛṇvastu sarvadeveṣu nunāva brahmacāriṇam | jātaṃ munigṛhe śāntaṃ krīḍāmānuṣarūpiṇam rakṣito'si purā pitrā mama pūrvaṃ narāntakāt | taṃ mārayitvā yatnena kathaṃ jīvasi re nṛpa asminvayasi kasyāpi nedṛśaṃ vīkṣyate balam | etāvad duṣṭasāmarthyaṃ kāśirājo'pyanandata pītāmbaradharā cārūkaṃkaṇā cārubhūṣaṇā| atiduṣṭamanāḥ sā tu patnī dhūmrākṣarakṣasaḥ udayetu raverjāte dadarśātha vināyakaḥ | vyāghrāsyaṃ dagdhanagaraṃ janapūrṇaṃ ca tanmukham

While all the gods listened, he praised the celibate boy, born in a sage's house, tranquil, wearing a human form in play. "You were formerly protected by my father from Narāntaka; having killed him with effort, how do you live, O king? At such an age such strength is seen in no one" — such was the wicked one's power; the king of Kāśī too rejoiced. Clad in yellow garments, with lovely bracelets and lovely ornaments, but exceedingly evil-minded, she was the wife of the demon Dhūmrākṣa. When the sun had risen, Vināyaka then saw the tiger-faced one, the burnt city, and that mouth full of people.

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GnP 2 11.37

शक्र उवाच । जाने न त्वाऽनन्तशक्तिं परेशं, विश्वात्मानं विश्वबीजं गुणेशम् । विश्वाभासं विश्ववन्द्यं त्रिसत्यं, त्रेधाभूतं जन्मरक्षार्तिहेतुम् क उवाच । इत्याकर्ण्य नृपो वाक्यं चकम्पे भृशविह्वलः । तर्कयामास मनसि कथमानीतवानहम् अवप्लुत्य रथात्तस्मात्तं ननाम विनायकम्। उवाच च महायोगिन्बालस्यापि न ते कृतिः सोवाच मधुरां वाचं निधानमिदमुत्तमम् । इत्यरिष्टानि जायन्ते तानि नश्यन्त यत्नतः वह्निं च निकटे वीक्ष्य विवेश तन्मुखं बलात् । तस्मिन्गते निजास्ये तु न्यमीलयत् सोऽसुरः

śakra uvāca | jāne na tvā'nantaśaktiṃ pareśaṃ, viśvātmānaṃ viśvabījaṃ guṇeśam | viśvābhāsaṃ viśvavandyaṃ trisatyaṃ, tredhābhūtaṃ janmarakṣārtihetum ka uvāca | ityākarṇya nṛpo vākyaṃ cakampe bhṛśavihvalaḥ | tarkayāmāsa manasi kathamānītavānaham avaplutya rathāttasmāttaṃ nanāma vināyakam| uvāca ca mahāyoginbālasyāpi na te kṛtiḥ sovāca madhurāṃ vācaṃ nidhānamidamuttamam | ityariṣṭāni jāyante tāni naśyanta yatnataḥ vahniṃ ca nikaṭe vīkṣya viveśa tanmukhaṃ balāt | tasmingate nijāsye tu nyamīlayat so'suraḥ

Śakra said: I do not (fully) know you, of endless power, the supreme lord, the self of all, the seed of all, the lord of the qualities, the light of all, worshipped by all, thrice-true, become threefold, the cause of birth, protection and destruction. Ka said: Hearing this speech, the king trembled, deeply overwhelmed; he reflected in his mind, "How is it that I brought (him)?" Leaping down from that chariot he bowed to Vināyaka and said, "O great yogin, yours is not the doing of a child." He spoke sweet words: "This is the highest treasure. Thus do ill omens arise, and they perish through effort." And seeing fire near at hand, he entered that mouth by force; when he had entered, the asura shut his own mouth.

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GnP 2 11.38

एकं नित्यं सच्चिदानन्दनरूपं, सर्वाध्यक्षं कारणातीतमीशम् । चेष्टाहेतुं स्थावरे जंगमे च । वांछापूरं सर्वगं त्वाऽभिवन्दे नन्दनं कश्यपस्यैनमपस्मारमिव स्थितम् । क्रुद्धो नरान्तकश्चेन्मे बलाद्राज्यं ग्रहीष्यति ब्रह्मादिज्ञानविषया कुतः स्याच्चर्मचक्षुषः । जगदुत्पादकोऽनेकरूपोऽस्य वन हेतवे कथंचारू भवेद्भोगो मातापित्रोरमुष्य वै । एवमुक्त्वा स्त्रियः सर्वा उवाच च विनायकम् आस्यं गह्वरसंकाशं सर्वसंहरणेच्छया। दारितुं बालकस्तत्र ववृधेऽतीव तत्क्षणात्

ekaṃ nityaṃ saccidānandanarūpaṃ, sarvādhyakṣaṃ kāraṇātītamīśam | ceṣṭāhetuṃ sthāvare jaṃgame ca | vāṃchāpūraṃ sarvagaṃ tvā'bhivande nandanaṃ kaśyapasyainamapasmāramiva sthitam | kruddho narāntakaścenme balādrājyaṃ grahīṣyati brahmādijñānaviṣayā kutaḥ syāccarmacakṣuṣaḥ | jagadutpādako'nekarūpo'sya vana hetave kathaṃcārū bhavedbhogo mātāpitroramuṣya vai | evamuktvā striyaḥ sarvā uvāca ca vināyakam āsyaṃ gahvarasaṃkāśaṃ sarvasaṃharaṇecchayā| dārituṃ bālakastatra vavṛdhe'tīva tatkṣaṇāt

I salute you, the one, the eternal, whose form is being-consciousness-bliss, the overseer of all, the lord beyond causation, the cause of motion in the immobile and the moving, the fulfiller of wishes, the all-pervading — this son of Kaśyapa, who stayed as though in a fit. "If Narāntaka, enraged, seizes my kingdom by force — how could one with eyes of flesh have as his object the knowledge of Brahmā and the rest? He is the producer of the world, of many forms; for his sake... How indeed could the enjoyment of his mother and father be pleasant?" Having spoken thus to all the women, he also said to Vināyaka... (The demon opened) his mouth, resembling a cavern, wishing to devour everything; to split it the boy there grew exceedingly great in that instant.

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GnP 2 11.39

सर्वेशानं सर्वविद्यानिधानं, सर्वात्मानं सर्वबोधावभासम् । सर्वातीतं वाङ्मनोगोचरं त्वां, सर्वावासं सर्वविज्ञानमीडे तदा मे रक्षिता कः स्यात्ततः शपथमारभत् । नृप उवाच । एतदर्थं मयाऽनीतो नैवायमर्भकः क्वचित् न संख्या वर्तते स्वामिन्नवताराणां च ते विभो महद्भाग्यं मम विभो यज्जातं तव दर्शनम् । परिश्रान्तोऽसि देवेश नानादुष्टविनाशनात् पाटयामास तद्देहं व्याघ्रदेहेन रोदसी । अभूच्चटचटा शब्दो वंशानां पाट्यतामिव

sarveśānaṃ sarvavidyānidhānaṃ, sarvātmānaṃ sarvabodhāvabhāsam | sarvātītaṃ vāṅmanogocaraṃ tvāṃ, sarvāvāsaṃ sarvavijñānamīḍe tadā me rakṣitā kaḥ syāttataḥ śapathamārabhat | nṛpa uvāca | etadarthaṃ mayā'nīto naivāyamarbhakaḥ kvacit na saṃkhyā vartate svāminnavatārāṇāṃ ca te vibho mahadbhāgyaṃ mama vibho yajjātaṃ tava darśanam | pariśrānto'si deveśa nānāduṣṭavināśanāt pāṭayāmāsa taddehaṃ vyāghradehena rodasī | abhūccaṭacaṭā śabdo vaṃśānāṃ pāṭyatāmiva

I praise you, the lord of all, the treasury of all knowledge, the self of all, the shining forth of all awareness, transcending all, (yet) within reach of speech and mind, the dwelling of all, all-knowledge. "Who then would be my protector?" — thereupon he began to swear an oath. The king said: It was not for this purpose that I brought this child anywhere. "There is no counting, O lord, of your incarnations, O mighty one; great is my fortune, O lord, that the sight of you has come about. You are wearied, lord of gods, from destroying many wicked ones." With his tiger-body he tore that body (asunder), (and) heaven and earth—there arose a crackling sound, as of bamboos being split.

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GnP 2 11.41

चकार नाम शक्रोऽथ स्मरणात्सर्व सिद्धिदम् । जयशब्दैर्नमःशब्दैर्वाद्यशब्दैरनेकधा न विघ्नं कुरुतं तत्र नीयतां बालको हययम् । इत्यस्य वचन्ताते स मुनिपुत्रो जगाद तम् ततो ददर्श बालोऽसौ दैत्यं पाषाणरूपिणम् । ततोऽहनत् परशुना शतधा सोऽभवत्तदा ओमित्युक्ते ततस्तेन विषहस्ता समादधे । तैलेन चरणौ तस्य विषोत्कर्षं विधायिना वायुना भ्रमति स्मैतद्दूरे देशे पपात च । अर्धेन पतता तेन चूर्णितं गहनं वनम्

cakāra nāma śakro'tha smaraṇātsarva siddhidam | jayaśabdairnamaḥśabdairvādyaśabdairanekadhā na vighnaṃ kurutaṃ tatra nīyatāṃ bālako hayayam | ityasya vacantāte sa muniputro jagāda tam tato dadarśa bālo'sau daityaṃ pāṣāṇarūpiṇam | tato'hanat paraśunā śatadhā so'bhavattadā omityukte tatastena viṣahastā samādadhe | tailena caraṇau tasya viṣotkarṣaṃ vidhāyinā vāyunā bhramati smaitaddūre deśe papāta ca | ardhena patatā tena cūrṇitaṃ gahanaṃ vanam

Then Śakra made (for him) a name that grants all attainments by mere remembrance, with shouts of victory, cries of homage, and sounds of music in many ways. "Do not make an obstacle there; let the boy be brought..." — at the end of his words the sage's son said to him. Then that boy saw the demon in the form of a stone; then he struck him with an axe and he became a hundred pieces. When "Om" had been uttered, thereupon (she) with poison in her hand set about (it), with oil that was to draw out the poison, (rubbing) his two feet. By the wind it was whirled about and fell in a distant region; as that half fell, the dense forest was pulverised.

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GnP 2 11.42

गन्धर्वगीतनिनदैरप्सरोनृत्यनिःस्वनैः । व्याप्तमासीत्पुष्पवर्षंस्तदा व्योम धरातलम् कथं बद्ध्वा शत्रुहस्ते शिशुं मां त्वं प्रयच्छसि । अदितिं कश्यपं वापि वदिष्यसि किमुत्तरम् तस्माद्विनिःसृतो भीमो दंष्ट्रादशनभासुरः । श्मश्रुलो दीर्घकायश्च पुरुषः पिंगलो महान् ममर्द जृम्भती जृम्भा लोकास्तां साधु मेनिरे । सा सिषेवे भावदुष्टा शुभभावा पतिं यथा अपरं चाभवत् क्रीडागृहं बालमुदावहम् । उदतिष्ठंस्ततो लोका अपरानप्यबोधयन्

gandharvagītaninadairapsaronṛtyaniḥsvanaiḥ | vyāptamāsītpuṣpavarṣaṃstadā vyoma dharātalam kathaṃ baddhvā śatruhaste śiśuṃ māṃ tvaṃ prayacchasi | aditiṃ kaśyapaṃ vāpi vadiṣyasi kimuttaram tasmādviniḥsṛto bhīmo daṃṣṭrādaśanabhāsuraḥ | śmaśrulo dīrghakāyaśca puruṣaḥ piṃgalo mahān mamarda jṛmbhatī jṛmbhā lokāstāṃ sādhu menire | sā siṣeve bhāvaduṣṭā śubhabhāvā patiṃ yathā aparaṃ cābhavat krīḍāgṛhaṃ bālamudāvaham | udatiṣṭhaṃstato lokā aparānapyabodhayan

With the sounds of gandharvas' songs and the noises of apsarases' dancing, and with showers of flowers, sky and earth's surface were then filled. "How can you bind me, a child, and hand me over into an enemy's hand? What answer will you give to Aditi, or to Kaśyapa?" Out of it came a terrible man, gleaming with tusks and teeth, bearded, long-bodied, tawny and huge. Yawning, Jṛmbhā crushed (them); the people thought well of her; she, evil in intent, served (him) as a wife of good intent serves her husband. And there came to be another play-house, delightful to the boy; then the people rose up and woke others too.

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GnP 2 11.43

प्रतिकूलवहा नद्य आसन्पूर्ववहाः शुभाः । प्रसन्नमासीद्दिक्चक्रं ववुर्वाताः सुखावहाः क्रुद्धश्चेत्कश्यपस्त्वां हि कुर्याद् भस्म न संशयः । एवं वदति तस्मिंस्तु बालके मुनिनन्दने ततस्ते बालकाः सर्वे लोकाश्चान्येऽपि दुद्रुवुः । तं चापि न्यहनन्मुष्ट्या स चापि न्यपतद्भुवि ततस्तस्य शरीरस्य दाह एवाभवन्महान् । ततो ज्ञानेन बुद्ध्वा तां दुष्टभावां निशाचरीम् ततोऽग्निमपिबत्सर्वं पादाघातादचूर्णयत् । विदारणमहाकायं ज्वालासुरयुतं तदा

pratikūlavahā nadya āsanpūrvavahāḥ śubhāḥ | prasannamāsīddikcakraṃ vavurvātāḥ sukhāvahāḥ kruddhaścetkaśyapastvāṃ hi kuryād bhasma na saṃśayaḥ | evaṃ vadati tasmiṃstu bālake muninandane tataste bālakāḥ sarve lokāścānye'pi dudruvuḥ | taṃ cāpi nyahananmuṣṭyā sa cāpi nyapatadbhuvi tatastasya śarīrasya dāha evābhavanmahān | tato jñānena buddhvā tāṃ duṣṭabhāvāṃ niśācarīm tato'gnimapibatsarvaṃ pādāghātādacūrṇayat | vidāraṇamahākāyaṃ jvālāsurayutaṃ tadā

The rivers that had flowed contrary now flowed auspiciously eastward; the circle of the directions became clear, and pleasant winds blew. "If Kaśyapa is angered he will surely reduce you to ashes, no doubt." As the boy, the sage's son, was speaking thus, thereupon all those boys and the other people too fled. And he struck him with his fist, and he too fell to the ground; then there arose a great burning of his body. Then, knowing by his knowledge that night-roaming (demoness) to be evil in intent, he drank up all the fire and pulverised with a kick of his foot the great-bodied Vidāraṇa, together with Jvālāsura.

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GnP 2 11.44

प्रदक्षिणार्चिषः शान्ता आसन्सर्वत्र वह्नयः । ततः प्रसन्नः शक्राय ददावभयमेकराट् भक्षितुं तं समायातौ बिडालो मूषकं यथा । प्रसार्य वदनं बालो घोरं शब्दमथाकरोत् असंमत जना बालं भगवन्तं धृताकृतिम् । ततो राजा हष्टमना रथादुत्तीर्य बालकम् नारिकेल फलेनाशु मस्तके तां जघान सः । ततः सा पतिता भूमौ निजरूपं समास्थिता एवं निहत्य तान्दुष्टान् योगमायाबलेन सः। अजीवयन्मृतान् सर्वान्नगरं च यथा पुरा

pradakṣiṇārciṣaḥ śāntā āsansarvatra vahnayaḥ | tataḥ prasannaḥ śakrāya dadāvabhayamekarāṭ bhakṣituṃ taṃ samāyātau biḍālo mūṣakaṃ yathā | prasārya vadanaṃ bālo ghoraṃ śabdamathākarot asaṃmata janā bālaṃ bhagavantaṃ dhṛtākṛtim | tato rājā haṣṭamanā rathāduttīrya bālakam nārikela phalenāśu mastake tāṃ jaghāna saḥ | tataḥ sā patitā bhūmau nijarūpaṃ samāsthitā evaṃ nihatya tānduṣṭān yogamāyābalena saḥ| ajīvayanmṛtān sarvānnagaraṃ ca yathā purā

The fires everywhere became calm, their flames turning rightward; then the sole sovereign, well pleased, granted Śakra freedom from fear. The two came to devour him, as a cat (comes) to a mouse; the boy, opening his mouth, then made a fearsome sound. The people, not consenting, (saw) the Lord, the boy who had taken (that) form; then the king, glad at heart, descended from the chariot (and took) the boy. With a coconut he swiftly struck her on the head; then she fell to the ground and assumed her own form. Having thus slain those wicked ones by the power of his yoga-māyā, he brought all the dead back to life, and the city as it was before.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 2 11.45

भविता न भयं क्वापि तव शक्र रणाजिरे । पठस्व स्तोत्रमेतत्त्वं त्रिसन्ध्यं भक्तितत्परः चकम्पे च त्रिभुवनं तौ च निश्वासयोगतः । संप्राप्तौ मेघपटलं वात्ययैव यथा तृणम अन्तःप्रवेशयामास स्वयमादाय सत्वरम् । रत्नवर्णमये स्वीय आसने चोपवेश्य तम् असृक् प्रवाह मध्ये सा विस्तीर्णा योजनद्वयम् । धर्मदत्तश्च लोकाश्च तदाश्चर्ययुता बभुः । अकार्षीच्च जगर्जाशु केसरीव विनायकः । सर्वलोकाश्च राजा च ततस्तं तुष्टुवुर्मुदा

bhavitā na bhayaṃ kvāpi tava śakra raṇājire | paṭhasva stotrametattvaṃ trisandhyaṃ bhaktitatparaḥ cakampe ca tribhuvanaṃ tau ca niśvāsayogataḥ | saṃprāptau meghapaṭalaṃ vātyayaiva yathā tṛṇama antaḥpraveśayāmāsa svayamādāya satvaram | ratnavarṇamaye svīya āsane copaveśya tam asṛk pravāha madhye sā vistīrṇā yojanadvayam | dharmadattaśca lokāśca tadāścaryayutā babhuḥ | akārṣīcca jagarjāśu kesarīva vināyakaḥ | sarvalokāśca rājā ca tatastaṃ tuṣṭuvurmudā

"There will be no fear for you anywhere, Śakra, on the field of battle; recite this hymn at the three junctures of the day, wholly intent in devotion." And the three worlds trembled, and those two, by the force of (his) breath, were carried up to the bank of clouds, as a blade of grass by a whirlwind. Taking (him) up himself, he quickly brought (him) inside, and seating him on his own jewel-hued seat — in the midst of the stream of blood, it (she) was spread out two yojanas. And Dharmadatta and the people were filled with wonder at that. And Vināyaka did (it) and at once roared like a lion. Then all the people and the king praised him with joy.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 2 11.46

अन्योऽपि यः पठेद्भक्त्या श्लोकत्रयमिदं नरः । स सर्वानाप्नुयात् कामान् सर्वत्र विजयी भवेत् मुहुर्तद्वितये जाते व्यस्तौ द्वौ तौ निपेततुः। नरान्तकस्य नगरे जघनो मनुरेव च उपचारैः षोडशभिः प्रपूज्य च यथाविधि । महार्हवस्त्राभरणैर्दिव्यैश्चैव सुगन्धिभिः पूजयामास विधिवद्भोजयामास तं पुनः । पक्वान्नं विविधं स्वादुरसैः षड्रभिः समन्वितम् नमोऽनन्तशक्ते गुणानामधीश । नमोऽरिष्टहन्त्रे नमः सृष्टिकर्त्रे । नमो विश्वपात्रे नमो विघ्नहन्त्रे । नमो ज्ञानदात्रे । नमोऽज्ञानहन्त्रे

anyo'pi yaḥ paṭhedbhaktyā ślokatrayamidaṃ naraḥ | sa sarvānāpnuyāt kāmān sarvatra vijayī bhavet muhurtadvitaye jāte vyastau dvau tau nipetatuḥ| narāntakasya nagare jaghano manureva ca upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ prapūjya ca yathāvidhi | mahārhavastrābharaṇairdivyaiścaiva sugandhibhiḥ pūjayāmāsa vidhivadbhojayāmāsa taṃ punaḥ | pakvānnaṃ vividhaṃ svādurasaiḥ ṣaḍrabhiḥ samanvitam namo'nantaśakte guṇānāmadhīśa | namo'riṣṭahantre namaḥ sṛṣṭikartre | namo viśvapātre namo vighnahantre | namo jñānadātre | namo'jñānahantre

Any other man too who recites these three verses with devotion will obtain all his desires and be victorious everywhere. When two muhūrtas had passed, those two, torn apart, fell down. In Narāntaka's city ... slew ... and Manu indeed. Having worshipped (him) duly with the sixteen attendances, and with most costly garments and ornaments, divine and fragrant, he worshipped (him) according to rule, and again fed him cooked food of many kinds, endowed with the six delicious flavours. Homage to you of endless power, overlord of the qualities! Homage to the slayer of calamity, homage to the maker of creation! Homage to the sustainer of the universe, homage to the destroyer of obstacles! Homage to the giver of knowledge! Homage to the destroyer of ignorance!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 2 11.47

ततः शक्रो नमस्कृत्य वरं प्राप्य शुभावहम् । ततः सर्वे नमस्कृत्य स्वं स्वं स्थानं ययुर्मुदा गिरिशीर्षे गंडशैलो महावातेरितौ यथा। पतद्भ्यां तच्छरीराभ्यां चूणितानि गृहाणि च परमाह्लादसंयुक्त स्तुष्टाव च ननाम च । अन्नं च षड्रसं नाना पक्वान्नं व्यंजनान्वितम् अस्मिन्नवसरे देवाः पुष्पवर्षं प्रचक्रिरे । नीराजनं लाजवर्षमंगनाः पूजनानि च अकालप्रलयाद्देव वीतिहोत्राज्जगत्पते । लीलवतारदैत्योभ्यो रक्षिता लीलया त्वया

tataḥ śakro namaskṛtya varaṃ prāpya śubhāvaham | tataḥ sarve namaskṛtya svaṃ svaṃ sthānaṃ yayurmudā giriśīrṣe gaṃḍaśailo mahāvāteritau yathā| patadbhyāṃ taccharīrābhyāṃ cūṇitāni gṛhāṇi ca paramāhlādasaṃyukta stuṣṭāva ca nanāma ca | annaṃ ca ṣaḍrasaṃ nānā pakvānnaṃ vyaṃjanānvitam asminnavasare devāḥ puṣpavarṣaṃ pracakrire | nīrājanaṃ lājavarṣamaṃganāḥ pūjanāni ca akālapralayāddeva vītihotrājjagatpate | līlavatāradaityobhyo rakṣitā līlayā tvayā

Then Śakra, having made obeisance and obtained the boon that brings good fortune — then all, having made obeisance, went joyfully each to his own place. As two boulders on a mountain peak driven by a great wind: by those two bodies falling, the houses too were crushed to powder. Filled with the highest gladness, he praised and bowed. And food of the six flavours, various cooked dishes with condiments. On this occasion the gods made a rain of flowers; (there was) the waving of lamps, a rain of parched grain, and the women's acts of worship. "O god, lord of the world, from untimely destruction by fire — by you, who take incarnation in play, (the world) was protected in play from the demons."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 2 11.48

मुखहस्त रवा आसन् हाहाकारो महानभूत् । किमिदं किमिदं दूता धावमाना ययुस्तदा सुहृद्भिर्भोजयामास परमान्नमनेकधा । ततो नानाफलान्याशु ददौ तेभ्यो नराधिपः ततः स काशिराजस्तमाकारयितुमागमत् । रथोपरि निवेश्यैनं वाद्यघोषसमन्वितः कस्य सामर्थ्यमेतावद्वन्हिं पातुं महाबलम् । भूगोलसदृशास्यं को हन्यादन्यो महासुरम्

mukhahasta ravā āsan hāhākāro mahānabhūt | kimidaṃ kimidaṃ dūtā dhāvamānā yayustadā suhṛdbhirbhojayāmāsa paramānnamanekadhā | tato nānāphalānyāśu dadau tebhyo narādhipaḥ tataḥ sa kāśirājastamākārayitumāgamat | rathopari niveśyainaṃ vādyaghoṣasamanvitaḥ kasya sāmarthyametāvadvanhiṃ pātuṃ mahābalam | bhūgolasadṛśāsyaṃ ko hanyādanyo mahāsuram

There were cries with hands to mouths; a great wailing arose. "What is this? What is this?" — the messengers then went running. Together with his friends he had (them) fed with excellent food in many forms; then the ruler of men quickly gave them various fruits. Then that king of Kāśī came to fetch him; seating him upon the chariot, accompanied by the sound of music. "Whose is such power, to drink up the mighty fire? Who else could slay the great demon whose mouth is like the globe of the earth?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 2 11.49

मृतौ धूम्राक्षतनयौ श्रुत्वा सम्यग् व्यलोकयन् । सचेतनौ च तौ दृष्ट्वा सावधानावकुर्वत ततोऽष्टांगं च ताम्बूलं रत्नकांचनसंयुतम्। ततः स्वयं बुभोजाशु शिशुभिः परिवारितः गन्धर्वा गानसहिता नत्यन्त्यप्सरसः पुरः । निनाय स्वगृहं राजा विनायकमनामयम् मृतानां जीवनं को नु त्वदन्यः कर्तुमुत्सहेत् । त्वमेव जननी देव त्वमेव जनकोऽविता

mṛtau dhūmrākṣatanayau śrutvā samyag vyalokayan | sacetanau ca tau dṛṣṭvā sāvadhānāvakurvata tato'ṣṭāṃgaṃ ca tāmbūlaṃ ratnakāṃcanasaṃyutam| tataḥ svayaṃ bubhojāśu śiśubhiḥ parivāritaḥ gandharvā gānasahitā natyantyapsarasaḥ puraḥ | nināya svagṛhaṃ rājā vināyakamanāmayam mṛtānāṃ jīvanaṃ ko nu tvadanyaḥ kartumutsahet | tvameva jananī deva tvameva janako'vitā

Hearing that the two sons of Dhūmrākṣa were dead, they looked carefully; and seeing them still conscious, they made them attentive. Then betel with its eight ingredients, together with jewels and gold; then, surrounded by the children, he himself quickly ate. Gandharvas with their singing, apsarases dancing before (him); the king led Vināyaka, unharmed, to his own house. "Who other than you would venture to bring the dead to life? You alone are the mother, O god, you alone the father and protector."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 2 11.51

स गच्छति स्यन्दनेन काशीराजेन संयुतः । एवं दूता निशम्यैनं नरान्तकमथाब्रुवन् स्वयं तदाज्ञया राजा सुष्वाप प्रियया सह । अत्याप्तांश्चतुरः स्थाप्य जागराय तदन्तिके सिद्धिबुद्धियुतो भाति गंगोमाभ्यां यथा शिवः । नानाबन्दि स्तूयमानः प्रविवेश नृपालयम् स्वं स्वं वाहनमारूढाः सर्वे वीराः सहस्रशः । सुखेन मन्दिरं गत्वा नित्यकर्मा करोन्मुदा

sa gacchati syandanena kāśīrājena saṃyutaḥ | evaṃ dūtā niśamyainaṃ narāntakamathābruvan svayaṃ tadājñayā rājā suṣvāpa priyayā saha | atyāptāṃścaturaḥ sthāpya jāgarāya tadantike siddhibuddhiyuto bhāti gaṃgomābhyāṃ yathā śivaḥ | nānābandi stūyamānaḥ praviveśa nṛpālayam svaṃ svaṃ vāhanamārūḍhāḥ sarve vīrāḥ sahasraśaḥ | sukhena mandiraṃ gatvā nityakarmā karonmudā

"He is going by chariot, together with the king of Kāśī" — thus the messengers, having heard, then told Narāntaka. At his own bidding the king slept with his beloved, having stationed four most trusted men beside him to keep watch. Joined with Siddhi and Buddhi he shines as Śiva does with Gaṅgā and Umā; praised by many bards he entered the king's palace. All the heroes, in their thousands, each mounted on his own conveyance, having gone in comfort to the dwelling, joyfully performed the daily rites.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 2 11.52

पितृव्यं निहतं श्रुत्वा सापराधं नरान्तकः । ऋषिपुत्रं तथा यान्तं काशीराजेन संयुतम् एवंबालचरित्रं यः शृणुयाज्जगदीशितुः । सर्वान् कामानवाप्नोति नारिभिर्बाध्यते क्वचित् स्वं स्वं च मन्दिरं याता सर्वे पौरा निरामयाः । वाद्यत्सु सर्ववाद्येषु तुष्टुवुर्बन्दिनो नृपम्

pitṛvyaṃ nihataṃ śrutvā sāparādhaṃ narāntakaḥ | ṛṣiputraṃ tathā yāntaṃ kāśīrājena saṃyutam evaṃbālacaritraṃ yaḥ śṛṇuyājjagadīśituḥ | sarvān kāmānavāpnoti nāribhirbādhyate kvacit svaṃ svaṃ ca mandiraṃ yātā sarve paurā nirāmayāḥ | vādyatsu sarvavādyeṣu tuṣṭuvurbandino nṛpam

Hearing that his paternal uncle had been slain along with his offence, Narāntaka (heard) also that the sage's son was going along with the king of Kāśī. Whoever hears in this way the childhood deeds of the ruler of the world obtains all desires and is nowhere afflicted by women. And all the townsfolk, unharmed, went each to his own dwelling; while all the instruments played, the bards praised the king.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 2 11.53

क्रोधेनारक्तनयनः पुरः पश्यन्निशाचरान् । अज्ञापयात्तमानेतुं सहस्रप्रमितांस्तदा काशिराजोऽथ विप्रेभ्यो ददौ दानान्यनेकशः । स्वस्ति वाच्य पुपूजाशु देवांस्तं च विनायकम्

krodhenāraktanayanaḥ puraḥ paśyanniśācarān | ajñāpayāttamānetuṃ sahasrapramitāṃstadā kāśirājo'tha viprebhyo dadau dānānyanekaśaḥ | svasti vācya pupūjāśu devāṃstaṃ ca vināyakam

His eyes reddened with rage, looking at the night-roamers before him, he then ordered a thousand of them to bring him. Then the king of Kāśī gave many gifts to the brahmins; having had the benediction pronounced, he quickly worshipped the gods and that Vināyaka.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 2 11.54

धृत्वाऽनेयो मुनेः पुत्रो युद्धकृच्चेत्स हन्यताम् । काशीराजरथो वापि शीघ्रं गच्छन्तु राक्षसाः उपायनानि देवाय नानालोका ददुस्तदा । विनायकोऽपि विप्रेभ्यो ददौ तानि यदृच्छया

dhṛtvā'neyo muneḥ putro yuddhakṛccetsa hanyatām | kāśīrājaratho vāpi śīghraṃ gacchantu rākṣasāḥ upāyanāni devāya nānālokā dadustadā | vināyako'pi viprebhyo dadau tāni yadṛcchayā

"The sage's son is to be seized and brought; if he gives fight, let him be killed — or the chariot of the king of Kāśī as well. Go swiftly, rākṣasas!" Then various people gave presents to the god; and Vināyaka too gave them away to brahmins as he pleased.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 2 11.55

आज्ञामात्रेण ते जग्मुस्त्वरया वातरंहसः। काश्यपेयं च नृपतिं ददृशुस्ते च तौ च तान् अमात्यानां च वीराणामंशकानि ददौ नृपः । विसृज्य सर्वान् भुक्त्वा तौ सुखेन स्वापनीयतुः

ājñāmātreṇa te jagmustvarayā vātaraṃhasaḥ| kāśyapeyaṃ ca nṛpatiṃ dadṛśuste ca tau ca tān amātyānāṃ ca vīrāṇāmaṃśakāni dadau nṛpaḥ | visṛjya sarvān bhuktvā tau sukhena svāpanīyatuḥ

At the mere command they went in haste, swift as the wind; and they saw the son of Kaśyapa and the king, and those two saw them. And the king gave shares to the ministers and the heroes; dismissing all, the two ate and then slept comfortably.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 2 11.56

ततो विनायकश्चक्रे भीमशब्दं भयावहम् । ततो निशाचराः पेतुस्त्यक्ता प्राणांस्तु केचन य इदं शृणुयाद् भक्त्या नगरीमोक्षणं नरः । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति नारिष्टैर्बाध्यते क्वचित्

tato vināyakaścakre bhīmaśabdaṃ bhayāvaham | tato niśācarāḥ petustyaktā prāṇāṃstu kecana ya idaṃ śṛṇuyād bhaktyā nagarīmokṣaṇaṃ naraḥ | sarvānkāmānavāpnoti nāriṣṭairbādhyate kvacit

Then Vināyaka made a dreadful, terrifying sound; thereupon the night-roamers fell, and some gave up their lives. The man who hears with devotion this deliverance of the city obtains all his desires and is nowhere afflicted by calamities.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 2 11.57

केचित्पलायिताः केचिद् भग्नपादाः प्रपेदिरे । केषांच्चिन्मस्तका भिन्नाः केचिच्छीर्णोदराः शरैः

kecitpalāyitāḥ kecid bhagnapādāḥ prapedire | keṣāṃccinmastakā bhinnāḥ kecicchīrṇodarāḥ śaraiḥ

Some fled; some fell down with their legs broken; some had their heads split open; some had their bellies torn apart by arrows.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 2 11.58

भग्नास्या भग्ननेत्राश्च भग्नोरुबाहवः परे । प्रपलाय्य गता ये तु आगतास्ते नरान्तकम्

bhagnāsyā bhagnanetrāśca bhagnorubāhavaḥ pare | prapalāyya gatā ye tu āgatāste narāntakam

Others had their faces broken, their eyes broken, their thighs and arms broken; but those who ran away and escaped came to Narāntaka.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GnP 2 11.59

उदन्त सर्वमाचख्युर्विनायककृतं तदा

udanta sarvamācakhyurvināyakakṛtaṃ tadā

They then reported the whole news of what Vināyaka had done.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain