Ganesha Purana — Kridakhanda — Chapter 41
GnP 2 41.1
अध्याय ४१ प्रारंभ :- क उवाच ॥ एवं प्रशंसितो देव्या देवश्च स विनायकः । उवाच पार्वतीं प्रीत्या प्रणिपत्य मुदा युतः अध्याय ४२ प्रारंभ – गृत्समद उवाच । ज्ञात्वा पराक्रमं तस्य वक्रतुण्डस्य दैत्यराट् । आययौ धैर्यमालम्ब्य योद्धुमस्त्रैर्गजाननम् अध्याय ४३ प्रारंभ – गृत्समद उवाच । विजिते तु गणेशेन दैत्ये तस्मिन्दुरासदे । दिक्पाला मुनयश्चैव शशी सूर्यो गुरुः कविः अध्याय ४४ प्रारंभ :- कीर्तिरुवाच । ढुण्ढिराजावतारोऽयं ख्यातस्ते शक्तिसंभवः । दुरासदवधार्थाय त्रिलोकीपालनाय च अध्याय ४५ प्रारंभ – कीर्तिरुवाच । कथं मुने सर्वदेवाः प्रयाता मन्दरं गिरिम । शिवेन च कथं त्यक्ता रम्या वाराणसी पुरी
adhyāya 41 prāraṃbha :- ka uvāca || evaṃ praśaṃsito devyā devaśca sa vināyakaḥ | uvāca pārvatīṃ prītyā praṇipatya mudā yutaḥ adhyāya 42 prāraṃbha – gṛtsamada uvāca | jñātvā parākramaṃ tasya vakratuṇḍasya daityarāṭ | āyayau dhairyamālambya yoddhumastrairgajānanam adhyāya 43 prāraṃbha – gṛtsamada uvāca | vijite tu gaṇeśena daitye tasmindurāsade | dikpālā munayaścaiva śaśī sūryo guruḥ kaviḥ adhyāya 44 prāraṃbha :- kīrtiruvāca | ḍhuṇḍhirājāvatāro'yaṃ khyātaste śaktisaṃbhavaḥ | durāsadavadhārthāya trilokīpālanāya ca adhyāya 45 prāraṃbha – kīrtiruvāca | kathaṃ mune sarvadevāḥ prayātā mandaraṃ girima | śivena ca kathaṃ tyaktā ramyā vārāṇasī purī
Beginning of chapter 41: Ka said: Thus praised by the Goddess, that god Vināyaka, filled with delight, bowed and spoke to Pārvatī with affection. Beginning of chapter 42: Gṛtsamada said: Knowing the prowess of that Vakratuṇḍa, the demon-king, taking hold of his courage, came to fight the elephant-faced one with weapons. Beginning of chapter 43: Gṛtsamada said: When that unassailable demon Durāsada had been conquered by Gaṇeśa, the guardians of the quarters and the sages, and the moon, the sun, Guru and Kavi (Venus)... Beginning of chapter 44: Kīrti said: This incarnation of yours as Ḍhuṇḍhirāja is declared to be born of the Power (Śakti), for the killing of Durāsada and for the protection of the three worlds. Beginning of chapter 45: Kīrti said: How, O sage, did all the gods go to the mountain Mandara? And how was the lovely city Vārāṇasī abandoned by Śiva?
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GnP 2 41.2
गणेश उवाच ॥ देवानां सर्वलोकानां कर्तुं पालनमुत्तमम् । दुरासदं निहन्तुं च हर्तुं भूभारमेव च ज्ञात्वा दुरासदो दैत्यो विनायकमुपागतम् । देवसेनायुतं वीरो निर्ययौ नगराद्बहिः क्रोधसंरक्तनयन उदतिष्ठद्ग्रसन्निव । त्रैलोक्यं तमुवाचाथ देवदेवं दुरासदः चेतसा बहु लज्जन्तौ ज्ञात्वा सामर्थ्यमस्य ह। ततो विनायको मुष्टिं ललाटे दृढमाहनत् शिवं स्मृत्वा च मन्त्रं च वह्निदेवतमादरात् । अभिमन्त्र्य शरं तेन तत्याज स विनायके तेन दग्धांन्जनांज्ञात्वा केशाभ्यां वारिते शुभे । अमात्यानब्रवीद्दैत्यो ज्ञात्वोत्कृष्टं विनायकम् आच्छूरिकासिमत्स्येभनक्रैः खेटककच्छपैः । रुण्डाब्जैश्च वसाफेनैर्मेदकर्दमसंचयै द्वारभूतः पुरस्यास्य यतः पूर्वं दृशिस्तव । दुष्टानां पीडको नित्यं नित्यं मे सान्निधिस्तव प्रशशंतुर्देवदेवं दुरासदरिपुं विभुम् । श्रुतिस्मृतिकृतो मार्गः स्थापितो निहितोऽसुरः स्थिता वाराणसीं त्रातुं षट्पंचाशद्विनायकाः । एकः पंचमुखस्तत्र विश्वेशद्वारि तिष्ठति एकपादः स्थितस्तुण्डनगरे चैकपादतः । स्थितो दैत्यं समाक्रान्त्य वाराणस्यामिति श्रुतम् अमृतं विषरूपं च तत्र किं किं न संभवेत् । अवतारस्य देवस्य विचित्रा गतिरुच्यते तस्य पत्नी सुशीला सा नाम्ना नाम पतिव्रता । धर्मशीला दानपरा पतिवाक्यपरायणा एतन्मे शंस देवर्षे संशयोऽत्र महान्मुने । मुनिरुवाच । द्वादशाब्दमनावष्टौ नष्टे स्थावरजंगमे दिवोदासस्य नापश्यत्किंचिद्रन्ध्रं सदाशिवः । देवान्संप्रेषयामास द्रष्टुं तद्रन्ध्रमादृतः मणिकर्णीं भवानीं वा यो भुंक्ते दण्ड्य एव सः । इति डिण्डीरवं नित्यमकरोन्नृपसत्तमः ध्यानेनातोषयद्देवं सर्वकामैश्च मानवान् । दिक्पालानथ शम्भुश्च प्रेषयामास सत्वरम्
gaṇeśa uvāca || devānāṃ sarvalokānāṃ kartuṃ pālanamuttamam | durāsadaṃ nihantuṃ ca hartuṃ bhūbhārameva ca jñātvā durāsado daityo vināyakamupāgatam | devasenāyutaṃ vīro niryayau nagarādbahiḥ krodhasaṃraktanayana udatiṣṭhadgrasanniva | trailokyaṃ tamuvācātha devadevaṃ durāsadaḥ cetasā bahu lajjantau jñātvā sāmarthyamasya ha| tato vināyako muṣṭiṃ lalāṭe dṛḍhamāhanat śivaṃ smṛtvā ca mantraṃ ca vahnidevatamādarāt | abhimantrya śaraṃ tena tatyāja sa vināyake tena dagdhāṃnjanāṃjñātvā keśābhyāṃ vārite śubhe | amātyānabravīddaityo jñātvotkṛṣṭaṃ vināyakam ācchūrikāsimatsyebhanakraiḥ kheṭakakacchapaiḥ | ruṇḍābjaiśca vasāphenairmedakardamasaṃcayai dvārabhūtaḥ purasyāsya yataḥ pūrvaṃ dṛśistava | duṣṭānāṃ pīḍako nityaṃ nityaṃ me sānnidhistava praśaśaṃturdevadevaṃ durāsadaripuṃ vibhum | śrutismṛtikṛto mārgaḥ sthāpito nihito'suraḥ sthitā vārāṇasīṃ trātuṃ ṣaṭpaṃcāśadvināyakāḥ | ekaḥ paṃcamukhastatra viśveśadvāri tiṣṭhati ekapādaḥ sthitastuṇḍanagare caikapādataḥ | sthito daityaṃ samākrāntya vārāṇasyāmiti śrutam amṛtaṃ viṣarūpaṃ ca tatra kiṃ kiṃ na saṃbhavet | avatārasya devasya vicitrā gatirucyate tasya patnī suśīlā sā nāmnā nāma pativratā | dharmaśīlā dānaparā pativākyaparāyaṇā etanme śaṃsa devarṣe saṃśayo'tra mahānmune | muniruvāca | dvādaśābdamanāvaṣṭau naṣṭe sthāvarajaṃgame divodāsasya nāpaśyatkiṃcidrandhraṃ sadāśivaḥ | devānsaṃpreṣayāmāsa draṣṭuṃ tadrandhramādṛtaḥ maṇikarṇīṃ bhavānīṃ vā yo bhuṃkte daṇḍya eva saḥ | iti ḍiṇḍīravaṃ nityamakaronnṛpasattamaḥ dhyānenātoṣayaddevaṃ sarvakāmaiśca mānavān | dikpālānatha śambhuśca preṣayāmāsa satvaram
Gaṇeśa said: In order to carry out the highest protection of the gods and of all the worlds, and to slay Durāsada, and indeed to remove the burden of the earth... Knowing that Vināyaka had come, the demon Durāsada, that hero, went out of the city accompanied by an army. With eyes reddened by anger he rose up as though devouring (all). Then Durāsada spoke to him, the god of gods. The two, greatly ashamed in mind, having learnt his power — then Vināyaka struck him hard on the forehead with his fist. Remembering Śiva and, reverently, the mantra whose deity is Fire, he charged an arrow with it and released it at Vināyaka. Knowing the people burnt by it, (they) were warded off by the two auspicious hairs. The demon, knowing Vināyaka to be superior, spoke to his ministers. With razors, swords, fish, elephants and crocodiles, with shields and tortoises, with severed heads for lotuses, with foam of fat, with heaps of marrow-mire... Since you have become the gate of this city, your sight is foremost; ever the afflicter of the wicked — may your presence be with me always. They praised the god of gods, the foe of Durāsada, the mighty one. The path laid down by śruti and smṛti was established, the asura destroyed. Fifty-six Vināyakas stood there to guard Vārāṇasī. One of them, five-faced, stands at the gate of Viśveśa. One-footed he stood in the city of Tuṇḍa, and on one foot he stood in Vārāṇasī, having trampled the demon — so it is heard. Nectar and the form of poison (are there): what may not come to pass there? The course of the incarnate god is called wondrous. His wife was of good conduct, (Suśīlā) by name, devoted to her husband, righteous in conduct, given to charity, intent upon her husband's word. Tell me this, O divine seer; my doubt in this matter is great, O sage. The sage said: When for twelve years there was no rain, and the moving and unmoving (creatures) perished... Sadāśiva could see no flaw in Divodāsa; intent (upon it), he sent the gods to look for that flaw. "Whoever enjoys Maṇikarṇī or Bhavānī is surely to be punished" — such a proclamation that best of kings made daily. By his meditation he pleased the god, and men with all their desires. Then Śambhu quickly sent the guardians of the quarters.
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GnP 2 41.3
मातस्त्वां सेवितुं धर्मं कर्तुं कर्म च वैदिकम् । अवतीर्णोऽस्मि सर्वज्ञे यद्र्ंवीमि करोमि तत् अग्निज्वालाभयाद्देवा देवपृष्ठमथागमन् । ततो विनायकोऽमुंचत्पर्जन्यास्त्रं हि सर्ववित् स्थापना च कृताऽस्माकमशक्त्तानां दुरासदे । त्वमेव सृजसे विश्वं त्वमेव फलदायकः उभाभ्यामपि पादाभ्यामुभयत्र स्थितिः कथम् । एवं मे संशयं ब्रह्मन्नुद त्वं सर्वविद्यतः स्वाहास्वधावषट्कारविहीने च धरातले । ब्रह्मवाक्यप्रणुन्नैस्तु देवैः संप्राथिर्तो हरः
mātastvāṃ sevituṃ dharmaṃ kartuṃ karma ca vaidikam | avatīrṇo'smi sarvajñe yadrṃvīmi karomi tat agnijvālābhayāddevā devapṛṣṭhamathāgaman | tato vināyako'muṃcatparjanyāstraṃ hi sarvavit sthāpanā ca kṛtā'smākamaśakttānāṃ durāsade | tvameva sṛjase viśvaṃ tvameva phaladāyakaḥ ubhābhyāmapi pādābhyāmubhayatra sthitiḥ katham | evaṃ me saṃśayaṃ brahmannuda tvaṃ sarvavidyataḥ svāhāsvadhāvaṣaṭkāravihīne ca dharātale | brahmavākyapraṇunnaistu devaiḥ saṃprāthirto haraḥ
Mother, I have descended to serve you and to practise dharma and Vedic rite, O all-knowing one; what I declare, that I do. Out of fear of the flame of fire the gods then went behind the god. Then Vināyaka, the all-knowing, released the rain-weapon. And an establishment was made for us, who were powerless against Durāsada. You alone create the universe, you alone are the giver of fruits. How can there be a standing in both places with both feet? Dispel this doubt of mine, O brahmin, since you know all. And when the surface of the earth was bereft of the utterances svāhā, svadhā and vaṣaṭ, Hara was entreated by the gods, who were urged on by Brahmā's words.
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GnP 2 41.4
एवं ब्रुवति विघ्नेशे सुराः सर्वे तमूचिरे । पुनः स्तुत्वा च नत्वा च जगत्कारणकारणम् करिशुण्डामिता धाराः प्रादुरासंस्ततः क्षणात् । शान्तोऽभूत्तत्क्षणाद्वह्निस्ततो दैत्यो रुषान्वितः समः सर्वेषु भूतेषु कर्मभिर्न च लिप्यसे । त्वदाश्रया चतुर्वर्णा जन्तवश्च त्वदाश्रयाः मुनिरुवाच । किमसाध्यं विश्वरूपे विश्वकर्तरि विश्वपे। विश्वव्यापिनि विश्वेशे ढुण्ढिराजे च शासति महादेव जगन्नाथ करुणालय शंकर। आधास्य मन्दरगिरिं मरीचिस्तु तपस्यति
evaṃ bruvati vighneśe surāḥ sarve tamūcire | punaḥ stutvā ca natvā ca jagatkāraṇakāraṇam kariśuṇḍāmitā dhārāḥ prādurāsaṃstataḥ kṣaṇāt | śānto'bhūttatkṣaṇādvahnistato daityo ruṣānvitaḥ samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu karmabhirna ca lipyase | tvadāśrayā caturvarṇā jantavaśca tvadāśrayāḥ muniruvāca | kimasādhyaṃ viśvarūpe viśvakartari viśvape| viśvavyāpini viśveśe ḍhuṇḍhirāje ca śāsati mahādeva jagannātha karuṇālaya śaṃkara| ādhāsya mandaragiriṃ marīcistu tapasyati
While the Lord of Obstacles was speaking thus, all the gods spoke to him, having again praised and bowed to the cause of the cause of the world. Then in an instant boundless streams issued from the elephant's trunk; that same instant the fire was quenched; then the demon, filled with rage... You are the same in all beings, and you are not stained by actions; the four classes rest on you, and (all) creatures rest on you. The sage said: What is unachievable when the one of universal form, the maker of the universe, the protector of the universe, pervading the universe, the lord of the universe, Ḍhuṇḍhirāja, is ruling? O Mahādeva, lord of the world, abode of compassion, Śaṃkara — but Marīci, supporting Mount Mandara, performs austerity.
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GnP 2 41.5
रजांसि विममेद्भूमेरुडूनि मिहिका अपि । जानीयात्स गुणांस्ते यो विममेत्सागरे जलम् मारुतास्त्रं शीघ्रजवं वृष्टिमारणमासृजत् । चकम्पे धरणी वृक्षा गिरयः पतिता भुवि गवेषयंश्च नानार्थास्तत्तत्कर्मणि योजयन । गवेषणे ढुण्ढिरयं धातुरुक्तो मनीषिभिः विश्वान्तर्यामिणि परे विश्वसंहारकारिणि । सप्तपातालचरणे स्वर्गव्या पिशिरोरुहे अब्दानामयुतं देव वरं दातुं प्रयाहि तम् । मुनिरुवाच । एवं संप्रार्थितो देवैर्महेशः करुणालयः
rajāṃsi vimamedbhūmeruḍūni mihikā api | jānīyātsa guṇāṃste yo vimametsāgare jalam mārutāstraṃ śīghrajavaṃ vṛṣṭimāraṇamāsṛjat | cakampe dharaṇī vṛkṣā girayaḥ patitā bhuvi gaveṣayaṃśca nānārthāstattatkarmaṇi yojayana | gaveṣaṇe ḍhuṇḍhirayaṃ dhāturukto manīṣibhiḥ viśvāntaryāmiṇi pare viśvasaṃhārakāriṇi | saptapātālacaraṇe svargavyā piśiroruhe abdānāmayutaṃ deva varaṃ dātuṃ prayāhi tam | muniruvāca | evaṃ saṃprārthito devairmaheśaḥ karuṇālayaḥ
One might count the dust-motes of the earth, the stars, even the drops of mist; he would know your qualities who could measure out the water in the ocean. He sent forth the wind-weapon, of swift rush, destroyer of the rain. The earth shook; trees and mountains fell to the ground. And searching out the various meanings and applying them to their respective actions — in the sense of 'searching' this root ḍhuṇḍhi is spoken of by the wise. In the supreme inner controller of the universe, the destroyer of the universe, whose feet are the seven nether worlds, whose head-hair is heaven... For ten thousand years, O god — go to him to grant a boon. The sage said: Thus entreated by the gods, Maheśa, the abode of compassion...
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GnP 2 41.6
धन्यं चक्षुर्हि देवानां यद्दृष्टौ चरणौ विभो । इदानीं नो गतं दुःखं प्राप्तं च स्वस्वकं पदम्। तदस्त्रेण महामेघाः क्षयं नीताः क्षणार्द्धतः । पर्वतास्त्रं ततो देव आविश्चक्रे मनोबलात् स आस्ते ढुण्ढिरित्येव संज्ञा राजोत्तराऽस्तु च। तव यद्दर्शनं पूजा ध्यानं स्मरणमेव च सर्वतः पाणिचरणे सर्वतः श्रोत्रचक्षुषि । मनसश्च श्रुतीनां च ब्रह्मादीनां च योगिनाम् सर्वैः सुरगणैः सार्द्धमग्निचन्द्रार्यमादिभिः। वरं दातुं स संप्राप्त मरीचिं तं महामुनिम्
dhanyaṃ cakṣurhi devānāṃ yaddṛṣṭau caraṇau vibho | idānīṃ no gataṃ duḥkhaṃ prāptaṃ ca svasvakaṃ padam| tadastreṇa mahāmeghāḥ kṣayaṃ nītāḥ kṣaṇārddhataḥ | parvatāstraṃ tato deva āviścakre manobalāt sa āste ḍhuṇḍhirityeva saṃjñā rājottarā'stu ca| tava yaddarśanaṃ pūjā dhyānaṃ smaraṇameva ca sarvataḥ pāṇicaraṇe sarvataḥ śrotracakṣuṣi | manasaśca śrutīnāṃ ca brahmādīnāṃ ca yoginām sarvaiḥ suragaṇaiḥ sārddhamagnicandrāryamādibhiḥ| varaṃ dātuṃ sa saṃprāpta marīciṃ taṃ mahāmunim
Blessed indeed is the eye of the gods, in that your feet have been seen, O pervading lord; now our suffering is gone, and each has attained his own station. By that weapon the great clouds were brought to destruction in half an instant; then the god manifested the mountain-weapon by the force of his mind. He abides just as 'Ḍhuṇḍhi' — and let that be his foremost royal name. That seeing of you, worship, meditation and remembrance... Hands and feet on every side, ears and eyes on every side — of mind, of the Vedas, of Brahmā and the rest, and of the yogins. Together with all the hosts of gods, with Agni, Candra, Aryaman and the others, he arrived to grant a boon to that great sage Marīci.
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GnP 2 41.7
दुरासदं हरस्वैनं भूभारं चाखिलेश्वर । क उवाच ॥ इति देववचः श्रुत्वा जहास स विनायकः सर्वत्र पर्वता जाताः कुण्ठतामगमच्च तत् । विलीने मारुतास्त्रे तु रौद्रमस्त्रं ततोऽसृजत् धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां साधनं पुत्रपौत्रदम् । इत्युक्त्वा पुपुजुस्तेऽमुं मन्दारैश्च शमीदलैः अगम्ये तत्त्वतो वायुपृथिवीजलरूपिणि । यस्य रोमांचरन्ध्रेषु ब्रह्माण्डानां हि कोटयः अस्थिमात्रावशिष्टं च ददर्श स सदाशिवः । तस्मिन्क्षणे नागतश्चेत्स तु प्राणान्समुत्सृजेत्
durāsadaṃ harasvainaṃ bhūbhāraṃ cākhileśvara | ka uvāca || iti devavacaḥ śrutvā jahāsa sa vināyakaḥ sarvatra parvatā jātāḥ kuṇṭhatāmagamacca tat | vilīne mārutāstre tu raudramastraṃ tato'sṛjat dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ sādhanaṃ putrapautradam | ityuktvā pupujuste'muṃ mandāraiśca śamīdalaiḥ agamye tattvato vāyupṛthivījalarūpiṇi | yasya romāṃcarandhreṣu brahmāṇḍānāṃ hi koṭayaḥ asthimātrāvaśiṣṭaṃ ca dadarśa sa sadāśivaḥ | tasminkṣaṇe nāgataścetsa tu prāṇānsamutsṛjet
"Destroy this Durāsada and the burden of the earth, O lord of all." Ka said: Hearing this speech of the gods, Vināyaka laughed. Mountains arose everywhere and that (weapon) was blunted; when the wind-weapon had dissolved, he then loosed the Rudra-weapon. (He is) the means to dharma, wealth, pleasure and release, the giver of sons and grandsons — so saying, they worshipped him with mandāra flowers and śamī leaves. In him who is truly unapproachable, whose forms are wind, earth and water, in the pores of whose bristling hairs there are crores of world-eggs... And Sadāśiva saw (him) with nothing but bones remaining: if he did not come at that very moment, he would give up his life-breaths.
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GnP 2 41.8
ऊचे सर्वं करिष्यामि दशायुधधरः प्रभुः । एवमुक्त्वा सुरान्देवो हर्षगद्गदया गिरा तस्मिन्विमुच्यमाने तु वक्रतुण्डोऽप्यवासृजत् । ब्रह्मास्त्रं तन्निवृत्त्यर्थमगात्सैन्यं हि भस्मसात् दूर्वांकुरैर्हरिद्भिश्च श्वेतैश्च कुसुमैरपि । नानापक्वान्ननैवेद्यैः फलैर्बहुविधैरपि भ्रमन्ति पवनोद्भूताः पतंगा इव व्योमनि । संशयो वा वितर्को वा तस्मिन्मातर्न विद्यते तदुत्कटेन तपसा प्रीतोऽसौ गिरिजापतिः । निजं स्वरूपं दत्त्वा च विमानेन निजं पदम्
ūce sarvaṃ kariṣyāmi daśāyudhadharaḥ prabhuḥ | evamuktvā surāndevo harṣagadgadayā girā tasminvimucyamāne tu vakratuṇḍo'pyavāsṛjat | brahmāstraṃ tannivṛttyarthamagātsainyaṃ hi bhasmasāt dūrvāṃkurairharidbhiśca śvetaiśca kusumairapi | nānāpakvānnanaivedyaiḥ phalairbahuvidhairapi bhramanti pavanodbhūtāḥ pataṃgā iva vyomani | saṃśayo vā vitarko vā tasminmātarna vidyate tadutkaṭena tapasā prīto'sau girijāpatiḥ | nijaṃ svarūpaṃ dattvā ca vimānena nijaṃ padam
The lord bearing ten weapons said, "I shall do it all." Having spoken thus to the gods with a voice choked with joy... While that (weapon) was being released, Vakratuṇḍa too loosed the Brahmā-weapon to turn it back; and the army was reduced to ashes. With dūrvā sprouts, with green and with white flowers, with offerings of various cooked foods, and with fruits of many kinds... Raised up by the wind, they wander like insects in the sky. In him, mother, there is neither doubt nor speculation. Pleased by that fierce austerity, that husband of Girijā gave (him) his own form, and by a celestial car (sent him to) his own station.
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GnP 2 41.9
सिंहारूढो ययौ शीघ्रं पुरीं वाराणसीं तदा । तमन्वयुर्देवगणा गिरिजा गिरिशोऽपि च परस्परमयुद्धेतामस्त्रे ते बहुवासरम् । तयोः संघट्टनाद्वह्निर्न्यपतद्धरणीतले रत्नांना निचयैवप्रभोजनस्तमतोषयन् । एवं ते पूजिताः सर्वे सप्तावरणरूपिणः अनेकरूपिणि विभौ प्रभुः कर्तुं चराचरम् । यदिच्छया भवेद्राज्ञि सुधा विषस्वरूपिणी प्रापयामास सहसा गणैर्वादित्रनिस्वनैः । सर्वैर्देवगणैः शम्भुस्तस्थौ गिरिवरे शुभे
siṃhārūḍho yayau śīghraṃ purīṃ vārāṇasīṃ tadā | tamanvayurdevagaṇā girijā giriśo'pi ca parasparamayuddhetāmastre te bahuvāsaram | tayoḥ saṃghaṭṭanādvahnirnyapataddharaṇītale ratnāṃnā nicayaivaprabhojanastamatoṣayan | evaṃ te pūjitāḥ sarve saptāvaraṇarūpiṇaḥ anekarūpiṇi vibhau prabhuḥ kartuṃ carācaram | yadicchayā bhavedrājñi sudhā viṣasvarūpiṇī prāpayāmāsa sahasā gaṇairvāditranisvanaiḥ | sarvairdevagaṇaiḥ śambhustasthau girivare śubhe
Then, mounted on a lion, he went swiftly to the city Vārāṇasī; the hosts of gods followed him, and Girijā, and Giriśa too. Those two weapons fought each other for many days; from their clashing fire fell upon the surface of the earth. With heaps of jewels and with food they pleased him. Thus were all these worshipped, they who have the form of the seven enclosures. In the lord of many forms, the master able to make the moving and unmoving — by whose will, O queen, nectar becomes of the nature of poison. He had (him) brought at once by his attendants, with the sound of musical instruments. With all the hosts of gods Śambhu remained on that auspicious best of mountains.
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GnP 2 41.11
दृष्ट्वा सेनां तु दैत्यस्य सामात्यां सायुधां दृढाम् । नानाविधायुधवतीं गर्जन्तीं घनवन्मुहुः तेनाभियुध्यतां सर्वैर्भुक्त्वा यामि पुना रणम् । ततोऽमात्याः सर्वसैन्यैर्विनायकमयोधयन् अन्ये च भिन्ननामानो व्याप्य वाराणसीं स्थिताः । स्थिते विश्वेश्वरे तत्र सर्वे तत्रैव संस्थिताः कियन्तो ह्यवतारा वै कदा कुत्रेति निश्चितुम् । न शक्यते सुरैः सर्वैः सशेषैरपि सर्वदा यो यो देवो याति काशीं तस्य रन्ध्रं न पश्यति । स्वनाम्ना परिसंस्थाप्य लिंगं तत्रैव तस्थिवान्
dṛṣṭvā senāṃ tu daityasya sāmātyāṃ sāyudhāṃ dṛḍhām | nānāvidhāyudhavatīṃ garjantīṃ ghanavanmuhuḥ tenābhiyudhyatāṃ sarvairbhuktvā yāmi punā raṇam | tato'mātyāḥ sarvasainyairvināyakamayodhayan anye ca bhinnanāmāno vyāpya vārāṇasīṃ sthitāḥ | sthite viśveśvare tatra sarve tatraiva saṃsthitāḥ kiyanto hyavatārā vai kadā kutreti niścitum | na śakyate suraiḥ sarvaiḥ saśeṣairapi sarvadā yo yo devo yāti kāśīṃ tasya randhraṃ na paśyati | svanāmnā parisaṃsthāpya liṃgaṃ tatraiva tasthivān
Seeing the demon's army, firm, with its ministers and its weapons, furnished with weapons of many kinds, roaring again and again like a thundercloud... "Having fought with him and consumed them all, I go again to battle." Then the ministers fought against Vināyaka with all the troops. And others of different names stood pervading Vārāṇasī; when Viśveśvara stood there, all remained right there. How many the incarnations are, and when and where — that cannot be determined by all the gods, even along with Śeṣa, ever. Whatever god goes to Kāśī does not see its flaw; having installed a liṅga under his own name, he remained right there.
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GnP 2 41.12
गुहा विदारयन्सर्वाः स जगर्ज विनायकः । उवाच तं महादैत्यं भ्रान्तोऽस्यद्यापि रे कथम् विनायको गतश्चिन्तामेकाकित्वात्ततः क्षणात् । षट्पंचाशन्मिता मूर्तीश्चकारासौ स्वतेजसा आचन्द्रं स्वाधिकारेषु ब्रह्माद्या मुनयोऽखिलाः। अकुर्वन्सर्वकर्माणि सर्वे लोका यथा पुरा अतस्त्यक्त्वा तु संदेहं कथां शुणु मयेरिताम् । यां श्रुत्वा सर्वधर्मज्ञे मुच्यते पापसंचयात् दिवोदासस्य राज्ये तु सर्वे वर्णाः स्वधर्मिणः । आश्रमस्था द्विजाः सर्वे यथोक्ताचारसंयुताः
guhā vidārayansarvāḥ sa jagarja vināyakaḥ | uvāca taṃ mahādaityaṃ bhrānto'syadyāpi re katham vināyako gataścintāmekākitvāttataḥ kṣaṇāt | ṣaṭpaṃcāśanmitā mūrtīścakārāsau svatejasā ācandraṃ svādhikāreṣu brahmādyā munayo'khilāḥ| akurvansarvakarmāṇi sarve lokā yathā purā atastyaktvā tu saṃdehaṃ kathāṃ śuṇu mayeritām | yāṃ śrutvā sarvadharmajñe mucyate pāpasaṃcayāt divodāsasya rājye tu sarve varṇāḥ svadharmiṇaḥ | āśramasthā dvijāḥ sarve yathoktācārasaṃyutāḥ
Splitting open all the caves, Vināyaka roared. He said to that great demon: "Hey, how is it that you are deluded even now?" Vināyaka fell into anxiety from being alone; then in a moment, by his own radiance, he made fifty-six forms. As long as the moon lasts, Brahmā and the rest and all the sages in their own offices performed all their functions, and all the worlds as before. So, abandoning doubt, hear the tale told by me, on hearing which, O knower of all dharmas, one is released from the mass of sin. In Divodāsa's kingdom all the classes followed their own dharma; all the twice-born abided in their (proper) stages of life, endowed with the prescribed conduct.
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GnP 2 41.13
त्वया बलाद्देवगणा निर्जिताश्व महीभुजः । मुनयो धिक्कृताः सर्वे तदाऽहं नाभवं खल नानालंकारसंयुक्ता नानामालाविभूषिताः । सर्वे दिव्यांगदांगास्ते सर्वे शशिविभूषणाः इति ते सर्वमाख्यातं कीर्ते पृष्टं हि यत्त्वया । ढुण्ढिराजस्यावतारो धर्मकामसुखप्रदः सूर्यवंशोद्भवो राजा दिवोदासोऽभवत्पुरा । वदान्यश्च महामानी मान्यो भूमण्डलेऽखिले गुरुशुश्रुषवः शिष्याः स्त्रिय आसन्पतिव्रताः । धर्मशीला दानपरा व्रतोपवासतत्पराः
tvayā balāddevagaṇā nirjitāśva mahībhujaḥ | munayo dhikkṛtāḥ sarve tadā'haṃ nābhavaṃ khala nānālaṃkārasaṃyuktā nānāmālāvibhūṣitāḥ | sarve divyāṃgadāṃgāste sarve śaśivibhūṣaṇāḥ iti te sarvamākhyātaṃ kīrte pṛṣṭaṃ hi yattvayā | ḍhuṇḍhirājasyāvatāro dharmakāmasukhapradaḥ sūryavaṃśodbhavo rājā divodāso'bhavatpurā | vadānyaśca mahāmānī mānyo bhūmaṇḍale'khile guruśuśruṣavaḥ śiṣyāḥ striya āsanpativratāḥ | dharmaśīlā dānaparā vratopavāsatatparāḥ
"By you the hosts of gods were conquered by force, and the kings; all the sages were reviled — I was not (there) then, O rogue." Endowed with various ornaments, adorned with various garlands, all with divine armlets on their limbs, all wearing the moon as ornament. Thus all has been declared to you, O Kīrti, what you asked: the descent of Ḍhuṇḍhirāja, bestower of dharma, desire and happiness. Formerly there was a king Divodāsa, born of the solar line, generous, of great dignity, honoured in the whole circle of the earth. Pupils were attentive to their teachers, women were devoted to their husbands, of virtuous character, given to giving, intent on vows and fasts.
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GnP 2 41.14
निर्भयेन त्वया दोषा बहवः संचिताः पुरा । तेषां फलमिदानीं त्वं गणेशात्प्राप्तुमर्हसि केचिच्चतुर्भुजाः केचित्षड्भुजा दशहस्तकाः । सिंहारूढा बर्हिगताः केचिन्मूषकवाहनाः दिवोदासबहिर्भावं कथयिष्येऽधुना तव वक्ता बृहस्पतिसमः सर्वज्ञः सर्वदा शिवः । वेदशास्त्रपुराणानां ज्ञानी विज्ञजनप्रियः यतयश्च त्रिषवणा व्रतिनो होममौनिनः । स्नानं सन्ध्यां जपं होमं स्वाध्यायं देवतार्चनम्
nirbhayena tvayā doṣā bahavaḥ saṃcitāḥ purā | teṣāṃ phalamidānīṃ tvaṃ gaṇeśātprāptumarhasi keciccaturbhujāḥ kecitṣaḍbhujā daśahastakāḥ | siṃhārūḍhā barhigatāḥ kecinmūṣakavāhanāḥ divodāsabahirbhāvaṃ kathayiṣye'dhunā tava vaktā bṛhaspatisamaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvadā śivaḥ | vedaśāstrapurāṇānāṃ jñānī vijñajanapriyaḥ yatayaśca triṣavaṇā vratino homamauninaḥ | snānaṃ sandhyāṃ japaṃ homaṃ svādhyāyaṃ devatārcanam
Fearlessly you amassed many faults formerly; now you deserve to receive their fruit from Gaṇeśa. Some were four-armed, some six-armed, some ten-handed; mounted on lions, riding peacocks, some with mice as their vehicles. I shall now relate to you the (matter of) Divodāsa's being outside (the sphere of the gods). The speaker was equal to Bṛhaspati, omniscient, ever auspicious, learned in the Vedas, treatises and Purāṇas, dear to discerning people. And ascetics who bathed at the three junctures, keepers of vows, performing oblations and silence; bathing, the twilight rite, muttered prayer, oblation, private recitation, worship of the deities.
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GnP 2 41.15
उपद्रुतास्त्वया लोकास्त्रैलोक्यवासिनोऽखिलाः । तदर्थमवतीर्णोऽहमुद्धर्तुं त्वां भुवो भरम् सर्वे च युयुधुस्तत्र दारयन्तोऽरिसैनिकान्। केषांचित्त्रोटिताः पादाः केषांचिन्मस्तका अपि कामिनीमोहनतनुर्जितेन्द्रियतया स्थितः । उपकारपरो नित्यं परद्रोहपरांग्मुखः आतिथ्यं वैश्वदेवं च स्वयमेव प्रकुर्वते । गृहस्थाः सर्व एवाष्टौ कर्माणि भक्तितोऽनघाः
upadrutāstvayā lokāstrailokyavāsino'khilāḥ | tadarthamavatīrṇo'hamuddhartuṃ tvāṃ bhuvo bharam sarve ca yuyudhustatra dārayanto'risainikān| keṣāṃcittroṭitāḥ pādāḥ keṣāṃcinmastakā api kāminīmohanatanurjitendriyatayā sthitaḥ | upakāraparo nityaṃ paradrohaparāṃgmukhaḥ ātithyaṃ vaiśvadevaṃ ca svayameva prakurvate | gṛhasthāḥ sarva evāṣṭau karmāṇi bhaktito'naghāḥ
The worlds were oppressed by you, all the dwellers in the three worlds; for that purpose I have descended, to remove you, the burden of the earth. And all fought there, tearing apart the enemy soldiers; the feet of some were severed, and the heads of others too. With a body that bewitched lovely women, he remained with his senses conquered, ever devoted to helping others, averse to injuring others. They perform hospitality and the Vaiśvadeva rite themselves; all the sinless householders (perform) the eight rites with devotion.
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GnP 2 41.16
शरणं याहि रे त्यक्त्वा मानं लज्जां सुदुस्त्यजाम् । यासी सङ्ग्रामशिरसि चेदिदानीं मरिष्यसि केषांचिद्बाहवो भिन्ना जानुजंघोदराणि च । हुंकारेणैव गर्जन्तः केचिच्च शरणं ययुः निस्पृहः परवित्तेषु स्थूललक्ष्यः पराक्रमी । तपसा तस्य तुष्टेन ब्रह्मणा राज्यमुत्तमम् अतो विवर्धते धर्मो वृष्टिश्चानुत्तमाऽभवत् । स्वर्गे देवा मुमुदिरे पितरश्च स्वधाभुजः
śaraṇaṃ yāhi re tyaktvā mānaṃ lajjāṃ sudustyajām | yāsī saṅgrāmaśirasi cedidānīṃ mariṣyasi keṣāṃcidbāhavo bhinnā jānujaṃghodarāṇi ca | huṃkāreṇaiva garjantaḥ kecicca śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ nispṛhaḥ paravitteṣu sthūlalakṣyaḥ parākramī | tapasā tasya tuṣṭena brahmaṇā rājyamuttamam ato vivardhate dharmo vṛṣṭiścānuttamā'bhavat | svarge devā mumudire pitaraśca svadhābhujaḥ
Go for refuge, you! Abandon pride and shame, so hard to give up. If you go to the front of the battle, you will die now. The arms of some were split, and their knees, shins and bellies; roaring with a mere "hum", some went for refuge. Free of longing for others' wealth, of large aims, valorous — Brahmā, pleased by his austerity, (granted him) an excellent kingdom. Thereby dharma increased, and the rain became most excellent; in heaven the gods rejoiced, and the ancestors who eat the svadhā offering.
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GnP 2 41.17
शिवप्राप्तवरात्सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं पीडितं त्वया । एवमुक्त्वा दुष्टबुद्धिं गणेशो रणसंभ्रमः केचित्पलायनपरा ययुर्जीवनहेतवे । केचित्प्रहारं कुर्वन्तो मम्रुः संमुखमेव च काश्यां वृष्टिविहीनायां दत्तं लोकोपकारिणा । सर्वदेवबहिष्कारात्सोऽपि जग्राह बुद्धिमान् न वन्ध्या न च वाऽपुष्पा विधवा वा मृतप्रजा । नावृष्टिर्नातिवृष्टिश्च स्वचक्रं न परं तया
śivaprāptavarātsarvaṃ trailokyaṃ pīḍitaṃ tvayā | evamuktvā duṣṭabuddhiṃ gaṇeśo raṇasaṃbhramaḥ kecitpalāyanaparā yayurjīvanahetave | kecitprahāraṃ kurvanto mamruḥ saṃmukhameva ca kāśyāṃ vṛṣṭivihīnāyāṃ dattaṃ lokopakāriṇā | sarvadevabahiṣkārātso'pi jagrāha buddhimān na vandhyā na ca vā'puṣpā vidhavā vā mṛtaprajā | nāvṛṣṭirnātivṛṣṭiśca svacakraṃ na paraṃ tayā
Because of the boon obtained from Śiva, the whole triple world was afflicted by you. Having spoken thus to the evil-minded one, Gaṇeśa, eager for battle — some, bent on flight, went off to save their lives; some, dealing blows, died facing him. In Kāśī, when it was without rain, (rain) was granted by the benefactor of the world; even so, on account of the exclusion of all the gods, that wise one accepted it. No woman was barren, nor without menses, nor a widow, nor one whose children had died; there was no drought and no excess of rain, no (trouble) from one's own realm or from another's.
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GnP 2 41.18
परशुं तोलयामास ज्वालामालासुशोभितम् । आच्छाद्य भास्करं क्षोभात्प्रलयानलसन्निभः ते तु स्वर्गं गता भेजुर्भोगानप्सरसोऽपि च । वाजिनश्च रथा नागा वाम्य उष्ट्रान्यनेकशः स्वयमेवाभवत्सोऽथ रविरिन्द्रो हुताशनः । मरुच्चन्द्रश्च धर्मेण पालयामास तां पुरीम् शुकाश्च शलभा नासन्मूषका वा कदाचन । एवं च सर्वसस्यानां निष्पत्तिः समपद्यत
paraśuṃ tolayāmāsa jvālāmālāsuśobhitam | ācchādya bhāskaraṃ kṣobhātpralayānalasannibhaḥ te tu svargaṃ gatā bhejurbhogānapsaraso'pi ca | vājinaśca rathā nāgā vāmya uṣṭrānyanekaśaḥ svayamevābhavatso'tha ravirindro hutāśanaḥ | maruccandraśca dharmeṇa pālayāmāsa tāṃ purīm śukāśca śalabhā nāsanmūṣakā vā kadācana | evaṃ ca sarvasasyānāṃ niṣpattiḥ samapadyata
He raised aloft the axe, brilliant with its garland of flames, obscuring the sun in its turbulence, resembling the fire of world-dissolution. But they, having gone to heaven, enjoyed pleasures, and the apsarases too. Horses and chariots and elephants, mares, camels and many others. Then he himself became the sun, Indra, fire, wind and moon, and protected that city according to dharma. There were no parrots, no locusts, and never mice; and thus the ripening of all the crops came about.
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GnP 2 41.19
जवेन हृदये तस्य त्यक्त्वा शस्त्रं कृतान्तवत् । परशुना हतस्तस्य रोमापि न चचाल ह नानाशस्त्राहताः पेतु खण्डदेहा गतासवः । असृग्नद्यः प्रादुरासन्केशशैवलशोभिताः तपसा तस्य संजाता वृष्टिर्लोका इतस्ततः । अविमुक्तं समायाताः प्रशशंसुर्नृपं च तम् विश्वेश्वरं माधवं च ढुण्ढिं भैरवमेव च। दण्डपाणिं गुहं गंगामदृष्ट्वा वा निमज्ज्य वा
javena hṛdaye tasya tyaktvā śastraṃ kṛtāntavat | paraśunā hatastasya romāpi na cacāla ha nānāśastrāhatāḥ petu khaṇḍadehā gatāsavaḥ | asṛgnadyaḥ prādurāsankeśaśaivalaśobhitāḥ tapasā tasya saṃjātā vṛṣṭirlokā itastataḥ | avimuktaṃ samāyātāḥ praśaśaṃsurnṛpaṃ ca tam viśveśvaraṃ mādhavaṃ ca ḍhuṇḍhiṃ bhairavameva ca| daṇḍapāṇiṃ guhaṃ gaṃgāmadṛṣṭvā vā nimajjya vā
Swiftly releasing the weapon at his heart like Death — struck by the axe, not even a hair of his stirred. Struck by various weapons they fell, their bodies in pieces, their breath gone; rivers of blood appeared, adorned with hair for waterweed. Through his austerity rain came about; people from here and there came to Avimukta and praised that king. Viśveśvara and Mādhava and Ḍhuṇḍhi and Bhairava too, Daṇḍapāṇi, Guha, Gaṅgā — without seeing (them) or without bathing.
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GnP 2 41.21
न देवा देवराजो वा दिक्पाला वा न मे परः। यातास्त्वं तु कथं यातो बालभावाद्र् जाधुना चापशस्त्रैरस्थिबकैश्चर्मपेशीसुदर्दुरैः। भल्लकाद्यैः शुशुभिरे मनस्विहृदयप्रियाः आचारं व्यवहारं वा प्रायश्चित्तमसौ नृपः । पण्डितैः कारयामास राजदण्डं न चाददे न पापलेशस्तत्रासीदेवं नृपवरे स्थिते । विना रन्धं न तद्राज्यं जिघ्रक्षति सदाशिवः
na devā devarājo vā dikpālā vā na me paraḥ| yātāstvaṃ tu kathaṃ yāto bālabhāvādr jādhunā cāpaśastrairasthibakaiścarmapeśīsudarduraiḥ| bhallakādyaiḥ śuśubhire manasvihṛdayapriyāḥ ācāraṃ vyavahāraṃ vā prāyaścittamasau nṛpaḥ | paṇḍitaiḥ kārayāmāsa rājadaṇḍaṃ na cādade na pāpaleśastatrāsīdevaṃ nṛpavare sthite | vinā randhaṃ na tadrājyaṃ jighrakṣati sadāśivaḥ
"Neither the gods, nor the king of the gods, nor the guardians of the quarters are beyond me. But how have you come now, O king, out of childishness?" With bows and weapons, with bones and herons(?), with pieces of hide and frogs(?), with bears and the rest, they shone, dear to the hearts of the spirited. This king had conduct, litigation and expiation determined by the learned, and he did not levy the royal penalty. There was not a particle of sin there while that best of kings was established; without a flaw Sadāśiva cannot seize that kingdom.
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GnP 2 41.22
न बिभेम्यन्तकान्मूढ किमर्थं मर्तुमिच्छसि । एवमुक्त्वा ततः कोशान्निष्काश्यासिं महोज्ज्वलम् भुक्त्वागत्य ददर्शाथ सर्वं तद्रणमण्डलम् । सर्वस्मिन्निहते सैन्ये ततो दैत्योऽतिदुःखितः शिवेन मरुतः सर्वे मन्दारगिरिमन्वयुः। नापमृत्युर्न शोको वा नैव दुःखं हि कस्यचित् वाराणसीवियोगेन परितप्तस्ततोऽभवत् । प्रेषयामास विघ्नाय ततोऽष्टावपि भैरवान्
na bibhemyantakānmūḍha kimarthaṃ martumicchasi | evamuktvā tataḥ kośānniṣkāśyāsiṃ mahojjvalam bhuktvāgatya dadarśātha sarvaṃ tadraṇamaṇḍalam | sarvasminnihate sainye tato daityo'tiduḥkhitaḥ śivena marutaḥ sarve mandāragirimanvayuḥ| nāpamṛtyurna śoko vā naiva duḥkhaṃ hi kasyacit vārāṇasīviyogena paritaptastato'bhavat | preṣayāmāsa vighnāya tato'ṣṭāvapi bhairavān
"I do not fear Death, fool; why do you wish to die?" Having said this, then drawing from the sheath a greatly blazing sword — having eaten and come back, he then saw that whole battle-field; and when the entire army had been slain, the demon was exceedingly grieved. Along with Śiva all the Maruts followed to Mount Mandāra. There was no untimely death, no grief, and no sorrow at all for anyone. Then he became tormented by separation from Vārāṇasī; then he sent the eight Bhairavas to create obstruction.
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GnP 2 41.23
क्षुरधारं यदाघातादद्रयश्चूर्णतां ययुः । दैत्यस्तेनाहनद्देवमङकुशेन न्यवारयत् सस्मार मनसा वाक्यं यदुक्तं शूलपाणिना। वरदानस्य समये जयस्ते शक्तिसंभवात् उत्पातास्त्रिविधा नासंस्तस्मिन्राज्य प्रशासति । हाहाकारः शमं यातो नावृष्टिविहितो महान उवाच तान्कारयन्तु राज्येऽस्याणीतु किल्बिषम् । आदास्ये तत एतस्मात्काशीराज्यं न संशयः
kṣuradhāraṃ yadāghātādadrayaścūrṇatāṃ yayuḥ | daityastenāhanaddevamaṅakuśena nyavārayat sasmāra manasā vākyaṃ yaduktaṃ śūlapāṇinā| varadānasya samaye jayaste śaktisaṃbhavāt utpātāstrividhā nāsaṃstasminrājya praśāsati | hāhākāraḥ śamaṃ yāto nāvṛṣṭivihito mahāna uvāca tānkārayantu rājye'syāṇītu kilbiṣam | ādāsye tata etasmātkāśīrājyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
(the axe) razor-edged, by whose blow the mountains were ground to powder — with it the demon struck the god, and (the god) warded it off with his goad. He recalled in his mind the words spoken by the trident-bearer at the time of granting the boon: "Victory is yours because you are born of Śakti." The three kinds of portents did not occur while he governed the kingdom; the cry of woe ceased, and the great (calamity) caused by drought. He said to them: "Let them bring sin about in his kingdom; then from this I shall take the kingdom of Kāśī, without doubt."
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GnP 2 41.24
सोऽसिः परशुघातेन शतधा खण्डितोऽपतत् । भग्नासिर्मल्लयुद्धाय ययौ दैत्यो महाबलः अयमेव भवेत्किं नु बालकः शक्तिसंभवः । यदुत्कटं बलं दृष्टमस्मिंस्त्रैलोक्यसारभृत् पशुपक्षिमनुष्याणां सस्यानि च बहून्यपि । यदा यत्तं प्राणिमात्रं जातानि वृष्टियोगतः जग्मुस्ते त्वरया भद्रे आज्ञां प्राप्य सदाशिवात् । दृष्ट्वा वाराणसीं ते तु विश्रान्ताः स्नानकर्मणा
so'siḥ paraśughātena śatadhā khaṇḍito'patat | bhagnāsirmallayuddhāya yayau daityo mahābalaḥ ayameva bhavetkiṃ nu bālakaḥ śaktisaṃbhavaḥ | yadutkaṭaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭamasmiṃstrailokyasārabhṛt paśupakṣimanuṣyāṇāṃ sasyāni ca bahūnyapi | yadā yattaṃ prāṇimātraṃ jātāni vṛṣṭiyogataḥ jagmuste tvarayā bhadre ājñāṃ prāpya sadāśivāt | dṛṣṭvā vārāṇasīṃ te tu viśrāntāḥ snānakarmaṇā
That sword, from the blow of the axe, fell shattered into a hundred pieces; his sword broken, the mighty demon went to wrestling. "Could this be the very boy born of Śakti? Such fierce strength is seen in him — he holds the essence of the three worlds." Of beasts, birds and men, and many crops too — whenever, every living creature came to be through rain. They went in haste, O good lady, having received the command from Sadāśiva; but on seeing Vārāṇasī they took their rest in the act of bathing.
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GnP 2 41.25
त्यक्त्वायुधानि देवोऽपि ववृधे तादृशो बलात् । ततो युद्धं तयोरासीत्तुमुलं रोमहर्षणम् कालोऽपि नैनं विजयेत्तत्र चान्यस्य का कथा । एवं मनसि कृत्वा स एकाकित्वापपाल च स्वाहास्वधावषट्काराः सर्व आसन्यथा पुरा । ते च देवाः सुखं प्राप्ता ये प्रार्थयन्नृपं पुरा अदृष्ट्वा तस्य दुरितं काशीवासं प्रचक्रिरे। शिवश्चिन्तापरश्चासीदनागच्छत्सु तेषु तत्
tyaktvāyudhāni devo'pi vavṛdhe tādṛśo balāt | tato yuddhaṃ tayorāsīttumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam kālo'pi nainaṃ vijayettatra cānyasya kā kathā | evaṃ manasi kṛtvā sa ekākitvāpapāla ca svāhāsvadhāvaṣaṭkārāḥ sarva āsanyathā purā | te ca devāḥ sukhaṃ prāptā ye prārthayannṛpaṃ purā adṛṣṭvā tasya duritaṃ kāśīvāsaṃ pracakrire| śivaścintāparaścāsīdanāgacchatsu teṣu tat
Abandoning weapons, the god too grew to such (a size) by force; then there was a tumultuous, hair-raising fight between the two. "Even Time could not conquer him there — what then of anyone else?" Having thought thus in his mind, he protected (the city), being alone. The cries svāhā, svadhā and vaṣaṭ were all as before; and those gods who had earlier petitioned the king attained happiness. Not seeing any wrong of his, they took up dwelling in Kāśī; and Śiva became filled with anxiety when they did not return.
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GnP 2 41.26
बाहुभ्यां कूर्पराभ्यां च मुष्टिभ्यां तौ प्रजघ्नतुः । पादाभ्यां जानुजङघाभ्यां पृष्ठाभ्यां च निजघ्नतुः वक्रतुण्डो गतश्चिन्तां न हन्तव्यो रिपुः पलन् । देवेभ्यो न मृतिश्चास्य यथाऽयं शंकरोऽब्रवीत् यं तुष्टुवुः सुराः सर्वे ब्रह्मवाक्यप्रणोदिताः । सोऽपि नानास्तुतिं चक्रे देवानां दर्शनाद्भृशम् ततोऽप्रेषयदादित्यान्रन्धं द्रष्टुं नृपस्य ह । तेऽपि तत्पुण्यमालोक्य स्थिताः काश्यां मुदान्विता
bāhubhyāṃ kūrparābhyāṃ ca muṣṭibhyāṃ tau prajaghnatuḥ | pādābhyāṃ jānujaṅaghābhyāṃ pṛṣṭhābhyāṃ ca nijaghnatuḥ vakratuṇḍo gataścintāṃ na hantavyo ripuḥ palan | devebhyo na mṛtiścāsya yathā'yaṃ śaṃkaro'bravīt yaṃ tuṣṭuvuḥ surāḥ sarve brahmavākyapraṇoditāḥ | so'pi nānāstutiṃ cakre devānāṃ darśanādbhṛśam tato'preṣayadādityānrandhaṃ draṣṭuṃ nṛpasya ha | te'pi tatpuṇyamālokya sthitāḥ kāśyāṃ mudānvitā
With arms and elbows and fists the two struck each other; with feet, knees, shins and backs they struck. Vakratuṇḍa fell into anxiety: "A fleeing enemy must not be killed, and there is no death for him at the hands of the gods, as Śaṃkara said." All the gods praised him, impelled by Brahmā's word; and he too made manifold praise of the gods, greatly moved by seeing them. Then he sent the Ādityas to find a flaw in the king; but they too, beholding his merit, remained in Kāśī, filled with joy.
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GnP 2 41.27
उड्डीय पेततुर्देहे पर्यायेण महास्वनौ। पार्ष्णिघातान्प्रकुर्वन्तौ घातान्कूर्परयोरपि तस्माद्योगात्समास्थास्ये वैराटं रूपमुत्तमम् । ततो वैराटरूपेण स दधार करेण तम् न कार्यं च हरस्यापि न त्याज्येयं पुरीति च। ततश्चतुःषष्टिमिता अप्रेषयत योगिनीः
uḍḍīya petaturdehe paryāyeṇa mahāsvanau| pārṣṇighātānprakurvantau ghātānkūrparayorapi tasmādyogātsamāsthāsye vairāṭaṃ rūpamuttamam | tato vairāṭarūpeṇa sa dadhāra kareṇa tam na kāryaṃ ca harasyāpi na tyājyeyaṃ purīti ca| tataścatuḥṣaṣṭimitā apreṣayata yoginīḥ
Flying up, the two roaring loudly fell upon each other's body in turn, dealing blows with the heels and blows with the elbows as well. "Therefore by that yoga I shall assume the excellent Vairāṭa form." Then in the Vairāṭa form he held him with his hand. "It cannot be done even by Hara, and this city is not to be given up." Then he sent forth sixty-four yoginīs.
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GnP 2 41.28
सक्थ्नोश्च जानुघातांस्तौ स्कन्धाघातान्परस्परम् । लुलुण्ठतुर्धरण्यां तौ धूलिधूसरितौ भृशम् एकपादेन तस्थौ स काशीं तां रक्षितुं बलात् । एकं पादं तु दैत्यस्य दधार मस्तके ततः अणुमात्रमदृष्ट्वैनो दिवोदासस्य ता अपि। स्थिता वाराणसीं प्राप्यं यजन्त्यः शिवमव्ययम्
sakthnośca jānughātāṃstau skandhāghātānparasparam | luluṇṭhaturdharaṇyāṃ tau dhūlidhūsaritau bhṛśam ekapādena tasthau sa kāśīṃ tāṃ rakṣituṃ balāt | ekaṃ pādaṃ tu daityasya dadhāra mastake tataḥ aṇumātramadṛṣṭvaino divodāsasya tā api| sthitā vārāṇasīṃ prāpyaṃ yajantyaḥ śivamavyayam
The two (dealt) blows with the thighs and knees, and blows with the shoulders, upon each other; they rolled about on the ground, thickly grey with dust. He stood on one foot in order to protect that Kāśī by force; and he set one foot upon the demon's head. Not seeing even an atom's worth of sin in Divodāsa, they too, having reached Vārāṇasī, remained there, worshipping the imperishable Śiva.
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GnP 2 41.29
परस्परं जयन्तौ च लपन्तौ साधु साध्विति । एवं बहुदिनं युद्धं दृष्ट्वा देवा विसिस्मिरे उवाच दैत्य रे दैत्य वराच्छैवान्न ते मृतिः। अतोऽस्मिन्नगरे तिष्ठ पर्वतेव सुनिश्चलः ततः संप्रेषयामास दुर्गां दुःखविनाशिनीम् । अदृष्ट्वा तदघं साऽपि तस्थौ ग्रामाद्बहिः किल
parasparaṃ jayantau ca lapantau sādhu sādhviti | evaṃ bahudinaṃ yuddhaṃ dṛṣṭvā devā visismire uvāca daitya re daitya varācchaivānna te mṛtiḥ| ato'sminnagare tiṣṭha parvateva suniścalaḥ tataḥ saṃpreṣayāmāsa durgāṃ duḥkhavināśinīm | adṛṣṭvā tadaghaṃ sā'pi tasthau grāmādbahiḥ kila
Overcoming each other and calling out "well done, well done" — seeing the battle go on thus for many days, the gods were amazed. He said: "Demon, O demon, by the boon from Śiva there is no death for you; therefore stay in this city, quite immovable like a mountain." Then he sent Durgā, the destroyer of sorrow; she too, not seeing any sin of his, stayed outside the village.
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GnP 2 41.31
स्फुटितं मुखमस्याशु धरण्यां पतितस्य ह । द्विमुहूर्तं निपतितो वज्राहत इवाचलः दैत्योऽपि परया भक्त्या तमेव वरमर्थयत् । दैत्य उवाच । एवमेव सदा तिष्ठ स्थाप्य पादं मयि स्थिरम् गता वाराणसीं ते तु नेक्षेरंस्तदघं लघु । स्वस्वनाम्ना प्रतिष्ठाप्य लिंगानि न्यवसन्मुदा
sphuṭitaṃ mukhamasyāśu dharaṇyāṃ patitasya ha | dvimuhūrtaṃ nipatito vajrāhata ivācalaḥ daityo'pi parayā bhaktyā tameva varamarthayat | daitya uvāca | evameva sadā tiṣṭha sthāpya pādaṃ mayi sthiram gatā vārāṇasīṃ te tu nekṣeraṃstadaghaṃ laghu | svasvanāmnā pratiṣṭhāpya liṃgāni nyavasanmudā
His face at once split open as he fell on the ground; he lay fallen for two muhūrtas, like a mountain struck by the thunderbolt. The demon too, with supreme devotion, asked for just that boon. The demon said: "Remain just so forever, setting your foot firmly upon me." But they, having gone to Vārāṇasī, did not see the least sin of his; having installed liṅgas each under his own name, they dwelt (there) with joy.
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GnP 2 41.32
स कथंचित्प्रबुद्धोऽभूत्त्यक्त्वा मूर्छौँ चिरागताम् । तदात्मानमशक्तं स मनुते स्म भृशातुरः मुनिरुवाच । तथेति तमुवाचाथ स्थितः काश्यां विनायकः । एवं दुरासदं जित्वा चकार पृथिवीं शिवाम् ऋषयः प्रेषितः पश्चादुत्सुकेन शिवेन ह । गतास्ते त्वरया ह्रष्टाः शिवेनापि प्रणोदिताः
sa kathaṃcitprabuddho'bhūttyaktvā mūrchau~ cirāgatām | tadātmānamaśaktaṃ sa manute sma bhṛśāturaḥ muniruvāca | tatheti tamuvācātha sthitaḥ kāśyāṃ vināyakaḥ | evaṃ durāsadaṃ jitvā cakāra pṛthivīṃ śivām ṛṣayaḥ preṣitaḥ paścādutsukena śivena ha | gatāste tvarayā hraṣṭāḥ śivenāpi praṇoditāḥ
He somehow awoke, casting off the swoon that had long come upon him; then, greatly afflicted, he thought himself powerless. The sage said: Then Vināyaka, staying in Kāśī, said to him, "So be it." Thus, having conquered the unassailable one, he made the earth auspicious. Afterwards the sages were sent by the eager Śiva; delighted, and urged on by Śiva, they went in haste.
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GnP 2 41.33
आययौ सैन्यमध्ये स दिनान्ते स विनायकः तस्मिन्कृत्वा पुष्पवृष्टिं प्रणम्य संप्रपूज्य च । स्वस्वस्थानं गता देवा मुनयः स्वाश्रमानपि गत्वा तीर्थविधिं कृत्वा स्थित्वा वाराणसीमनु । आशीर्वादाय गच्छन्तः पश्यन्तस्तस्य चेष्टितम्
āyayau sainyamadhye sa dinānte sa vināyakaḥ tasminkṛtvā puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ praṇamya saṃprapūjya ca | svasvasthānaṃ gatā devā munayaḥ svāśramānapi gatvā tīrthavidhiṃ kṛtvā sthitvā vārāṇasīmanu | āśīrvādāya gacchantaḥ paśyantastasya ceṣṭitam
That Vināyaka came into the midst of the army at the end of the day. Having made a rain of flowers upon him, having bowed and worshipped him fully, the gods went each to his own place, and the sages to their own hermitages. Having gone and performed the observance of the sacred ford and stayed along Vārāṇasī, going to give their blessing, beholding his deeds —
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GnP 2 41.34
य इदं शृणुयाद्युद्धं युद्धकाल उपस्थिते । स जयं प्राप्नुयान्मर्त्यो यथा देवो विनायकः अन्ये ये ये तमर्चन्ति पूर्णकामा भवन्ति ते । एवं विनायकस्याथ काश्यां षट्पंचमूर्तयः भक्त्या तान्पूजयामास सर्वान्स धनवस्त्रकैः । नान्वगृह्णंस्तद्धनं ते नैनोऽपि ददृशुर्लघु
ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādyuddhaṃ yuddhakāla upasthite | sa jayaṃ prāpnuyānmartyo yathā devo vināyakaḥ anye ye ye tamarcanti pūrṇakāmā bhavanti te | evaṃ vināyakasyātha kāśyāṃ ṣaṭpaṃcamūrtayaḥ bhaktyā tānpūjayāmāsa sarvānsa dhanavastrakaiḥ | nānvagṛhṇaṃstaddhanaṃ te naino'pi dadṛśurlaghu
Whoever hears this (account of the) battle when a time of battle has come upon him, that mortal will win victory, as did the god Vināyaka. And whatever others worship him, they become fulfilled in all their desires. Thus, then, (there are) the six-and-five forms of Vināyaka in Kāśī. With devotion he worshipped them all with wealth and garments; they did not accept that wealth, nor did they see even a slight fault.
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GnP 2 41.35
तुण्डनाख्ये पुरे चापि एकपादविनायकः । संहृत्य च विराट्रूपं सर्वकामप्रदः स्थितः स्वस्वनाम्ना परिस्थाप्य तेपुस्ते परमं तपः । ततः सर्वेऽमरास्तेन प्रेषिताः कार्यसिद्धये
tuṇḍanākhye pure cāpi ekapādavināyakaḥ | saṃhṛtya ca virāṭrūpaṃ sarvakāmapradaḥ sthitaḥ svasvanāmnā paristhāpya tepuste paramaṃ tapaḥ | tataḥ sarve'marāstena preṣitāḥ kāryasiddhaye
And in the city named Tuṇḍana there is Ekapāda-vināyaka; having withdrawn his vast (cosmic) form, he abides as the giver of all desires. Having established (them) each under his own name, they performed supreme austerity there. Then all the immortals were sent by him for the accomplishment of the task.
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GnP 2 41.36
य इदं वरमाख्यानं शृणयाद्भक्तिमान्नरः । सर्वांन्कामानवाप्नोति गाणेशं पदमेति च। सर्वत्र जयमाप्नोति पुष्टिमारोग्यमेव च तेऽपि नो ददृशुस्तस्य दुष्कर्मं धर्मचारिणः । नायाति कोऽपि काश्यास्तु यो यः संप्रेष्यते मया
ya idaṃ varamākhyānaṃ śṛṇayādbhaktimānnaraḥ | sarvāṃnkāmānavāpnoti gāṇeśaṃ padameti ca| sarvatra jayamāpnoti puṣṭimārogyameva ca te'pi no dadṛśustasya duṣkarmaṃ dharmacāriṇaḥ | nāyāti ko'pi kāśyāstu yo yaḥ saṃpreṣyate mayā
Whatever man, possessed of devotion, hears this excellent narrative obtains all his desires and reaches the state of Gaṇeśa; he obtains victory everywhere, and prosperity and health as well. They too, being practisers of dharma, saw no evil deed of his. "No one at all whom I send comes back from Kāśī."
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GnP 2 41.37
ततश्चिन्तापरो रुद्रो निश्चयं नाध्यगच्छत । मनसा चिन्तयामास कदा द्रक्ष्ये च तां पुरीम्
tataścintāparo rudro niścayaṃ nādhyagacchata | manasā cintayāmāsa kadā drakṣye ca tāṃ purīm
Then Rudra, given over to brooding, could reach no certainty; he pondered in his mind: "When shall I see that city?"
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GnP 2 41.38
दिवोदासस्य राज्ये च यदा पापं भविष्यति । तदैव प्राप्या काशी च नान्यथा च मया क्वचित्
divodāsasya rājye ca yadā pāpaṃ bhaviṣyati | tadaiva prāpyā kāśī ca nānyathā ca mayā kvacit
When in Divodāsa's reign there comes to be sin, only then is Kāśī to be gained by me, and never otherwise.
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GnP 2 41.39
विना ढुण्ढिं माधवं च सर्वे देवा निरर्थकाः। नायान्ति च स्थितास्तत्र काश्यां ध्यानपरायणाः
vinā ḍhuṇḍhiṃ mādhavaṃ ca sarve devā nirarthakāḥ| nāyānti ca sthitāstatra kāśyāṃ dhyānaparāyaṇāḥ
Apart from Ḍhuṇḍhi and Mādhava, all the gods are of no avail; they do not come, but stay there in Kāśī, intent upon meditation.
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