Ganesha Purana — Kridakhanda — Chapter 51
GnP 2 51.1
अध्याय ५१ प्रारंभ :- व्यास उवाच । कथमाराधितस्तेन काशीराजेन विघ्नराट् । कथं च चर्मदेहेन गतः स्थानमनुत्तमम् अध्याय ५२ प्रारंभ :- दूतावूचतुः । प्रेतभूतपिशाचानां लोकोऽयं राजसत्तम । निन्दापैशून्यतास्तेयकृतो यान्त्यत्र भूपते अध्याय ५३ प्रारंभ – ब्रह्मोवाच । पपुरिक्षुरसं पुण्यनिचयैर्लभ्यमंजसा । तन्मध्ये पद्मिनी श्वेता सहस्रदलपद्मयुक् अध्याय ५४ प्रारंभ :- क उवाच । भुक्त्वा शुक्लगृहे देवो यावत्क्रीडति चत्वरे । क्षणं सुष्वाप मध्ये स ततो नागरिका जनाः अध्याय ५५ प्रारंभ : मुनिरुवाच । तयोस्तु गतयोः पश्चान्मोहापन्नो महानृपः । काशिराजो हयारूढो भ्रमति स्म गृहे गृहे
adhyāya 51 prāraṃbha :- vyāsa uvāca | kathamārādhitastena kāśīrājena vighnarāṭ | kathaṃ ca carmadehena gataḥ sthānamanuttamam adhyāya 52 prāraṃbha :- dūtāvūcatuḥ | pretabhūtapiśācānāṃ loko'yaṃ rājasattama | nindāpaiśūnyatāsteyakṛto yāntyatra bhūpate adhyāya 53 prāraṃbha – brahmovāca | papurikṣurasaṃ puṇyanicayairlabhyamaṃjasā | tanmadhye padminī śvetā sahasradalapadmayuk adhyāya 54 prāraṃbha :- ka uvāca | bhuktvā śuklagṛhe devo yāvatkrīḍati catvare | kṣaṇaṃ suṣvāpa madhye sa tato nāgarikā janāḥ adhyāya 55 prāraṃbha : muniruvāca | tayostu gatayoḥ paścānmohāpanno mahānṛpaḥ | kāśirājo hayārūḍho bhramati sma gṛhe gṛhe
[Chapter 51 begins] Vyāsa said: How was the king of obstacles worshipped by that king of Kāśī, and how did he go with a body of flesh and skin to the unsurpassed abode? [Chapter 52 begins] The two messengers said: This, O best of kings, is the world of pretas, bhūtas and piśācas; those who commit slander, backbiting and theft go here, O ruler of the earth. [Chapter 53 begins] Brahmā said: They drank sugarcane juice, easily obtained through accumulations of merit; in the midst of it (was) a white lotus-pool possessing a thousand-petalled lotus. [Chapter 54 begins] Ka said: While the god, having eaten in Śukla's house, was playing in the courtyard, he slept for a moment in the midst (of it); then the townspeople... [Chapter 55 begins] The sage said: After those two had gone, the great king, the king of Kāśī, fell into bewilderment and, mounted on a horse, wandered from house to house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.2
एतन्मे शंस भगवञ्शृण्वंस्तृप्यामि न क्वचित् । क उवाच । सम्यक्शृणु महाबुद्धे कथां पापप्रणाशिनीम् वारंवारं पश्यति स्म विमानागमनं नृपः । सभातो गन्तुकामांस्तान्निषेधति मुहुर्मुहः शृणु राजन्प्रवक्ष्यामि वाक्यं वैनायकं शुभम् । न भक्तस्त्रिषु लोकेषु त्वत्तः प्रतीकरो नृपः। त्वां ध्यायंति दिवारात्रं शृण्वति शृण्वति त्वद्गुणान्वदतेऽनिशम् विश्वोत्पत्तिस्थितिलयहेतुभूतमगोचरम् । यदणुभ्योऽप्यणुतरं स्थूलात्स्थूलतरं च यत् यथा रश्मौ जालगते भ्रमन्ति परमाणवः । तथा भ्रमन्ति गगनेऽनेकरूपाः सुदुःखिनः ततोऽग्रे पश्यति स्मासौ लोकावसुररक्षसाम् । यत्र ते विविधाकारा ऊर्ध्वकेशा भयानकाः दूतौ च तौ नृपं पश्चाद्दर्शयेतां गरीयसीम्। इन्द्रस्य नगरीं रम्यामश्वमेधशतार्जिताम् रत्नकांचनयुक्तानि गृहाणि दीप्तिमन्ति च । रत्नकांचनदानेन तुलादानैश्च कोटिशः सत्यलोकं ततोऽग्रे तौ दर्शयेतां चिरन्तनम् । सत्यव्रता वेदविदो वेदाध्ययनतत्पराः विष्णुलोकं व्रजत्याशु सहस्र पंचयोजनम् । सूर्यचन्द्रप्रकाशानि विश्वकर्मकृतानि च अनेकादित्यसङकाशां ब्रह्माण्डग्राससाहसाम् । प्रसारितमुखां भीमां दृष्ट्वा मूर्छामियान्नृपः चन्द्रपृष्ठे प्रपश्यन्ति कलंकरदिते मुखम् । विलासिनीजना यत्र सर्वदाऽधोगते निशि सहस्रकिरणप्रख्यं तस्यां यत्पद्ममुत्तमम् । तन्मध्ये तस्य देवस्य पर्यंकोतिमनोहरः ततो दूतौ करे धृत्वा तं नृपं पुरतोऽस्न तु । ईक्षेते वागवसरं ततो देवोऽन्वबुध्यत उवाच वचनं पश्चाद्बालरूपी विनायकः । त्वद्गृहेऽनेकधा तात क्रीडता यत्कृतं मया नमामि ते नाथ करारविन्दमनेकहेतिक्षतदैत्यसंघम् । अनेकभक्ताभयदं सुरेश संसारकूपोत्तरणावलम्बम् मुने स्तोत्रं मया तस्मात्प्राप्तं तस्य प्रसादतः । नारदाय मया प्रोक्तं नारदो गौतमाय च भोजनाय समारम्भं कृत्वा मुनिसुतस्य ह । काशिराजगृहं तावदाकारयितुमागताः ते शीघ्रं तद्गृहं याता ज्ञात्वा सुप्तं विनायकम् । अतिष्ठन्सात्त्विकास्तूष्णीं प्रबुद्धः स्याद्यदा विभुः क्वचिच्च पर्यंकगतः क्वचित्सौधगतोऽपि च। क्रीडते हसते क्वापि गृहबालैर्भुनक्ति च यस्य यस्य यथा वांच्छा तथा तां व्यदधाद्विभुः। सुप्रसन्नो महादेवो यथाकल्पद्रुमोऽपि च भुक्त्यर्थं भ्रममाणौ तौ सनकश्च सनन्दनः । पुरीं महोत्सवयुतां विनायकमयीं शुभाम् सुप्रकाशं किरीटं च कुण्डले चांगदे दधत् । दिव्यगन्धं च माल्यं च नागं चन्द्रार्द्धमेव च स्थापितं नाम तस्यापि तत्र तत्ख्यातिमागमत् । अत्र स्नानेन दानेन गणेश पूजनेन च विनायकमचक्षाणः क्व गतो भोक्त्युमित्युत । विहाय मां कथं यातो मिष्ठान्नं भोक्तुमेकशः मिथ्या त्वं भाषसे मन्द बालस्वमसि बुद्धितः । वदिष्यन्ति जनाः सर्वे पच्छेति च ससाक्षिकम् शुक्लः परावृत्तो दीनः सपत्नीको महामनाः । कदन्नभक्षणाद्देवो रुष्टः किं त्विति चिन्तयन् मुनिरुवाच । ततस्तु नगरे गुप्तौ नरान्तकसमीरितौ । आस्तां दूतौ चिरं कालं शूरश्च चपलस्तथा करुणाब्धिर्भवान्ख्यातो दिननाथः पिताऽसि नः । सेककृच्चोपनेता च विद्यादोऽभयदोऽपरः
etanme śaṃsa bhagavañśṛṇvaṃstṛpyāmi na kvacit | ka uvāca | samyakśṛṇu mahābuddhe kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm vāraṃvāraṃ paśyati sma vimānāgamanaṃ nṛpaḥ | sabhāto gantukāmāṃstānniṣedhati muhurmuhaḥ śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi vākyaṃ vaināyakaṃ śubham | na bhaktastriṣu lokeṣu tvattaḥ pratīkaro nṛpaḥ| tvāṃ dhyāyaṃti divārātraṃ śṛṇvati śṛṇvati tvadguṇānvadate'niśam viśvotpattisthitilayahetubhūtamagocaram | yadaṇubhyo'pyaṇutaraṃ sthūlātsthūlataraṃ ca yat yathā raśmau jālagate bhramanti paramāṇavaḥ | tathā bhramanti gagane'nekarūpāḥ suduḥkhinaḥ tato'gre paśyati smāsau lokāvasurarakṣasām | yatra te vividhākārā ūrdhvakeśā bhayānakāḥ dūtau ca tau nṛpaṃ paścāddarśayetāṃ garīyasīm| indrasya nagarīṃ ramyāmaśvamedhaśatārjitām ratnakāṃcanayuktāni gṛhāṇi dīptimanti ca | ratnakāṃcanadānena tulādānaiśca koṭiśaḥ satyalokaṃ tato'gre tau darśayetāṃ cirantanam | satyavratā vedavido vedādhyayanatatparāḥ viṣṇulokaṃ vrajatyāśu sahasra paṃcayojanam | sūryacandraprakāśāni viśvakarmakṛtāni ca anekādityasaṅakāśāṃ brahmāṇḍagrāsasāhasām | prasāritamukhāṃ bhīmāṃ dṛṣṭvā mūrchāmiyānnṛpaḥ candrapṛṣṭhe prapaśyanti kalaṃkaradite mukham | vilāsinījanā yatra sarvadā'dhogate niśi sahasrakiraṇaprakhyaṃ tasyāṃ yatpadmamuttamam | tanmadhye tasya devasya paryaṃkotimanoharaḥ tato dūtau kare dhṛtvā taṃ nṛpaṃ purato'sna tu | īkṣete vāgavasaraṃ tato devo'nvabudhyata uvāca vacanaṃ paścādbālarūpī vināyakaḥ | tvadgṛhe'nekadhā tāta krīḍatā yatkṛtaṃ mayā namāmi te nātha karāravindamanekahetikṣatadaityasaṃgham | anekabhaktābhayadaṃ sureśa saṃsārakūpottaraṇāvalambam mune stotraṃ mayā tasmātprāptaṃ tasya prasādataḥ | nāradāya mayā proktaṃ nārado gautamāya ca bhojanāya samārambhaṃ kṛtvā munisutasya ha | kāśirājagṛhaṃ tāvadākārayitumāgatāḥ te śīghraṃ tadgṛhaṃ yātā jñātvā suptaṃ vināyakam | atiṣṭhansāttvikāstūṣṇīṃ prabuddhaḥ syādyadā vibhuḥ kvacicca paryaṃkagataḥ kvacitsaudhagato'pi ca| krīḍate hasate kvāpi gṛhabālairbhunakti ca yasya yasya yathā vāṃcchā tathā tāṃ vyadadhādvibhuḥ| suprasanno mahādevo yathākalpadrumo'pi ca bhuktyarthaṃ bhramamāṇau tau sanakaśca sanandanaḥ | purīṃ mahotsavayutāṃ vināyakamayīṃ śubhām suprakāśaṃ kirīṭaṃ ca kuṇḍale cāṃgade dadhat | divyagandhaṃ ca mālyaṃ ca nāgaṃ candrārddhameva ca sthāpitaṃ nāma tasyāpi tatra tatkhyātimāgamat | atra snānena dānena gaṇeśa pūjanena ca vināyakamacakṣāṇaḥ kva gato bhoktyumityuta | vihāya māṃ kathaṃ yāto miṣṭhānnaṃ bhoktumekaśaḥ mithyā tvaṃ bhāṣase manda bālasvamasi buddhitaḥ | vadiṣyanti janāḥ sarve paccheti ca sasākṣikam śuklaḥ parāvṛtto dīnaḥ sapatnīko mahāmanāḥ | kadannabhakṣaṇāddevo ruṣṭaḥ kiṃ tviti cintayan muniruvāca | tatastu nagare guptau narāntakasamīritau | āstāṃ dūtau ciraṃ kālaṃ śūraśca capalastathā karuṇābdhirbhavānkhyāto dinanāthaḥ pitā'si naḥ | sekakṛccopanetā ca vidyādo'bhayado'paraḥ
Recount this to me, O lord; listening I am never satisfied. — Ka said: Listen well, O greatly wise one, to the tale that destroys sins. — Again and again the king used to see the coming of the celestial car; repeatedly he forbade those who wished to leave the assembly. — Listen, O king, I shall speak the auspicious word concerning Vināyaka: in the three worlds there is no devotee that is your match, O king; they meditate on you day and night, they listen and listen, and speak of your qualities without cease. — (He is) the imperceptible one who is the cause of the origin, continuance and dissolution of the universe, who is subtler even than the atoms and grosser than the gross. — As motes of dust whirl in a sunbeam fallen through a lattice, so in the sky whirl beings of many forms, deeply wretched. — Then further on he saw the world of asuras and rākṣasas, where they, of various shapes, with hair standing upright, are terrifying. — Then the two messengers showed the king the mighty, lovely city of Indra, won by a hundred horse-sacrifices; the houses gleaming and set with jewels and gold, (won) by gifts of jewels and gold and by scale-weight gifts, by the crore. — Then beyond that the two showed the ancient Satyaloka: (there dwell) men vowed to truth, knowers of the Veda, devoted to Vedic study. — He goes swiftly to Viṣṇu's world, five thousand yojanas (away), (its mansions) shining like sun and moon and made by Viśvakarman. — Seeing her, dreadful, resembling many suns, bold enough to swallow the cosmic egg, with mouth gaping wide, the king fainted. — On the moon's disc they see a face formed by the blemish, where the pleasure-loving folk are always below at night. — In it, the supreme lotus, bright as the thousand-rayed (sun); in the middle of that, that god's exceedingly lovely couch. — Then the two messengers, holding him by the hand, (set) the king in front; they watch for an occasion to speak; then the god awoke. — Afterwards Vināyaka in the form of a child spoke: 'Father, playing in your house in many ways, what has been done by me...' — I bow, O lord, to your lotus-hand that has cut down the host of daityas with many weapons, that gives fearlessness to many devotees, O lord of the gods, the support for climbing out of the well of saṃsāra. — O sage, the hymn was thus obtained by me by his grace; it was spoken by me to Nārada, and by Nārada to Gautama. — Having made the preparations for the meal of the sage's son, they came to the house of the king of Kāśī to invite (him). — They went quickly to that house and, knowing Vināyaka to be asleep, the sāttvika ones stood silent (waiting) for when the lord would awake. — Sometimes he was on the couch, sometimes on the terrace; he plays, he laughs, and here and there he eats with the children of the house. — Whatever anyone's wish was, just so the lord fulfilled it, the great god being well pleased, like the wish-granting tree. — Wandering about for food, those two, Sanaka and Sanandana, (came upon) the auspicious city filled with great festivity and filled with Vināyaka. — Wearing a brilliant diadem, earrings and armlets, divine perfume and a garland, the serpent, and the half-moon. — His name too was established there, and it attained fame there. Here, by bathing, by giving, and by the worship of Gaṇeśa... — Not seeing Vināyaka: 'Where has he gone to eat? Leaving me, how has he gone to eat sweet food by himself?' — 'You speak falsely, dullard; you are a child in understanding. All people will say afterwards, and with witnesses.' — Śukla turned back, wretched, with his wife, high-minded, thinking, 'Is the god angry because of eating bad food?' — The sage said: Then the two messengers dispatched by Narāntaka, Śūra and Capala, remained hidden in the city for a long time. — 'You are renowned as an ocean of compassion, lord of the day; you are our father; one performs the sprinkling and is the initiator, the other is the giver of knowledge and of fearlessness.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.3
कथयामि महाबुद्धे इतिहासं पुरातनम् । यथा निर्वासनो भूपः स्वानन्दभवनं गतः घोरास्याश्च ललज्जिह्वा मेघनादाधरोपमाः। अग्निकुण्डनिभांस्तान्स दृष्ट्वा पप्रच्छ तौ पुनः दिव्यास्तरणसंपन्नो दिव्यधूपैः सुधूपितः। दिव्यनानाकुसुमवान्स्वप्रभै रत्नसंचयैः तानूचे काशिराजस्तु क्रीडन्क्रीडन्नितो गतः । पश्यन्ति स्म ततो लोका गृहेगृहे विनायकम् गृहे गृहे पर्यपृच्छत्क्व गतोऽसौ विनायकः । इदानीं बहिरायातो भुक्त्वा क्रीडितुमुत्सुकः
kathayāmi mahābuddhe itihāsaṃ purātanam | yathā nirvāsano bhūpaḥ svānandabhavanaṃ gataḥ ghorāsyāśca lalajjihvā meghanādādharopamāḥ| agnikuṇḍanibhāṃstānsa dṛṣṭvā papraccha tau punaḥ divyāstaraṇasaṃpanno divyadhūpaiḥ sudhūpitaḥ| divyanānākusumavānsvaprabhai ratnasaṃcayaiḥ tānūce kāśirājastu krīḍankrīḍannito gataḥ | paśyanti sma tato lokā gṛhegṛhe vināyakam gṛhe gṛhe paryapṛcchatkva gato'sau vināyakaḥ | idānīṃ bahirāyāto bhuktvā krīḍitumutsukaḥ
I shall tell, O greatly wise one, an ancient tale: how the (banished?) king went to the mansion of Svānanda. — And they had dreadful mouths, lolling tongues, and lips like thundering clouds; seeing them resembling fire-pits, he questioned the two again. — Furnished with divine spreads, well fumigated with divine incense, having many kinds of divine flowers, with heaps of self-luminous jewels. — The king of Kāśī said to them: 'Playing and playing, he went this way.' Then the people saw Vināyaka in house after house. — In house after house he asked: 'Where has that Vināyaka gone?' 'Just now he came outside, eager to play after eating.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.4
महिमानं परिज्ञाय मुद्गलाज्ज्ञानसागरात् । कायेन मनसा वाचा गणेशे भक्तिमानभूत् केषामिदं पुरं दूतौ गदतं मेऽनुपच्छतः । तावूचतुरयं लोको दुष्टदानवरक्षसाम् भासयन्प्रभया सर्वा दिशो विदिश एव च । व्यजनैर्वीज्यमानः स तत्र शेते विनायकः शुक्लस्य स गृहं यात इति केचित्समूचिरे । ततो जना निनिन्दुस्तं देवं शुक्लमकिंचनम् काशिराजेन सहितो वृथा त्वं पृच्छसे कथम् । एवं निराकृतः सर्वैः पुरवासिजनैरसौ
mahimānaṃ parijñāya mudgalājjñānasāgarāt | kāyena manasā vācā gaṇeśe bhaktimānabhūt keṣāmidaṃ puraṃ dūtau gadataṃ me'nupacchataḥ | tāvūcaturayaṃ loko duṣṭadānavarakṣasām bhāsayanprabhayā sarvā diśo vidiśa eva ca | vyajanairvījyamānaḥ sa tatra śete vināyakaḥ śuklasya sa gṛhaṃ yāta iti kecitsamūcire | tato janā ninindustaṃ devaṃ śuklamakiṃcanam kāśirājena sahito vṛthā tvaṃ pṛcchase katham | evaṃ nirākṛtaḥ sarvaiḥ puravāsijanairasau
Having learned his greatness from Mudgala, the ocean of knowledge, he became devoted to Gaṇeśa in body, mind and speech. — 'Whose city is this, O messengers? Tell me, who am asking you.' The two said: 'This is the world of wicked dānavas and rākṣasas.' — Illuminating with his radiance all the quarters and the intermediate quarters, and fanned with fans, Vināyaka lies there. — Some said, 'He has gone to Śukla's house'; then the people reviled that god (and) the destitute Śukla. — 'Along with the king of Kāśī, why do you ask in vain?' Thus was he rejected by all the townsfolk.
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GnP 2 51.5
गोदानानि महाभक्त्या गजादानान्यनेकशः । रथाश्वगृहधान्यानि दश दानान्यजानपि श्रौतस्मार्तक्रियाहीना अत्र तिष्ठन्ति पापिनः । तदग्रे स ददर्शाथ लोकं गन्धर्वसेवितम् कोटिचन्द्रनिभो नानालंकारो नागभूषणः । रम्भास्तम्भनिभं शुण्डादण्डं रदनसुन्दरम् जना ऊचुः । उष्ट्रस्तु कण्टकान्भुंक्ते हित्वा कोमलपल्लवान् । अस्मानाढयान्विहायासौ दरिद्रस्य गृहं गतः परमं श्रममापन्नो कुटुम्ब्यकिंचनो यथा । केचिदूचुः शुक्लगृहे क्रीडतेऽसौ विनायकः
godānāni mahābhaktyā gajādānānyanekaśaḥ | rathāśvagṛhadhānyāni daśa dānānyajānapi śrautasmārtakriyāhīnā atra tiṣṭhanti pāpinaḥ | tadagre sa dadarśātha lokaṃ gandharvasevitam koṭicandranibho nānālaṃkāro nāgabhūṣaṇaḥ | rambhāstambhanibhaṃ śuṇḍādaṇḍaṃ radanasundaram janā ūcuḥ | uṣṭrastu kaṇṭakānbhuṃkte hitvā komalapallavān | asmānāḍhayānvihāyāsau daridrasya gṛhaṃ gataḥ paramaṃ śramamāpanno kuṭumbyakiṃcano yathā | kecidūcuḥ śuklagṛhe krīḍate'sau vināyakaḥ
Gifts of cows with great devotion, gifts of elephants many times over, chariots, horses, houses, grain, the ten gifts, and goats too. — Sinners devoid of śrauta and smārta rites dwell here. Then beyond that he saw a world frequented by gandharvas. — Resembling a crore of moons, with manifold ornaments, adorned with a serpent, with a trunk like a plantain stalk, beautiful with his tusk. — The people said: 'The camel eats thorns, leaving aside tender shoots; leaving us, the wealthy, he has gone to a poor man's house.' — 'Fallen into extreme toil, like a householder without means' — some said: 'That Vināyaka is playing in Śukla's house.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.6
विनायकप्रीतये स ददात्येव दिने दिने । मिष्टान्नभोजनैर्विप्रांस्तोषयित्वा धनादिभिः रौप्यस्वर्गगृहा यत्र रत्नकांचनभूमयः । नरनार्यः कामरत्यो नृत्यगानविशारदाः दधद्दिव्याम्बरच्छन्नो भालनेत्रः किरीटवान् । कुण्डले चांगदे मुद्रा कटिसूत्रं महाधनम् वृथैवेश्वरतां नीतो राज्ञा बालो यदीश्वरः । स्यादयं चेत्तदा कुर्यात्संतुष्टिं सर्वचेतसाम् ततो हर्षयुतः शुक्लगृहं यातो नृपस्तदा । ददर्श चांगणे तस्य बालं वृषगतं विभुम्
vināyakaprītaye sa dadātyeva dine dine | miṣṭānnabhojanairviprāṃstoṣayitvā dhanādibhiḥ raupyasvargagṛhā yatra ratnakāṃcanabhūmayaḥ | naranāryaḥ kāmaratyo nṛtyagānaviśāradāḥ dadhaddivyāmbaracchanno bhālanetraḥ kirīṭavān | kuṇḍale cāṃgade mudrā kaṭisūtraṃ mahādhanam vṛthaiveśvaratāṃ nīto rājñā bālo yadīśvaraḥ | syādayaṃ cettadā kuryātsaṃtuṣṭiṃ sarvacetasām tato harṣayutaḥ śuklagṛhaṃ yāto nṛpastadā | dadarśa cāṃgaṇe tasya bālaṃ vṛṣagataṃ vibhum
For Vināyaka's pleasure he gives day after day, having gratified brahmins with meals of sweet food and with wealth and the rest. — Where there are silvern heavenly houses with floors of jewels and gold, and men and women (like) Kāma and Rati, skilled in dance and song. — Wearing (them), covered in divine garments, with an eye on the forehead, crowned with a diadem, earrings and armlets, a ring, a waist-cord of great worth. — 'In vain has the boy been raised to lordship by the king; but if he is the Lord, then he would bring satisfaction to the minds of all.' — Then, full of joy, the king went to Śukla's house and saw in his courtyard the lord as a child mounted on a bull.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.7
गणेशदृढभक्तिं स याचते स्म दिने दिने । माघशुक्लचतुर्थ्यां स भौमवारे शुभे दिने अतिसौख्यकरं तं स दृष्ट्वा पप्रच्छ तौ पुनः। केषामिदं पुरं दूतौ गदतं मेऽनुपृच्छतः सिद्धिबुद्धी सिद्धिहेतू पादौ सर्वहतोऽस्य ह। अणिमागरिमाश्वेतचामरैर्वीजितः स्म ह कदन्नं तदपि स्वल्पं कथं भोक्ष्यति बालकः । केचित्सत्पुरुषास्तेषु तमानयितुमुत्सुकाः दृष्ट्वा तं वृषभारूढं त्रिनेत्रमिव चापरम् । प्रणम्य परया भक्त्या बद्धांजलिपुटोऽब्रवीत्
gaṇeśadṛḍhabhaktiṃ sa yācate sma dine dine | māghaśuklacaturthyāṃ sa bhaumavāre śubhe dine atisaukhyakaraṃ taṃ sa dṛṣṭvā papraccha tau punaḥ| keṣāmidaṃ puraṃ dūtau gadataṃ me'nupṛcchataḥ siddhibuddhī siddhihetū pādau sarvahato'sya ha| aṇimāgarimāśvetacāmarairvījitaḥ sma ha kadannaṃ tadapi svalpaṃ kathaṃ bhokṣyati bālakaḥ | kecitsatpuruṣāsteṣu tamānayitumutsukāḥ dṛṣṭvā taṃ vṛṣabhārūḍhaṃ trinetramiva cāparam | praṇamya parayā bhaktyā baddhāṃjalipuṭo'bravīt
Day after day he asked for firm devotion to Gaṇeśa; on the fourth of the bright half of Māgha, on a Tuesday, an auspicious day. — Seeing him, who brings the utmost happiness, he asked the two again: 'Whose city is this, O messengers? Tell me, who am asking you.' — Siddhi and Buddhi, the causes of attainment, are his two feet (?); and he was fanned with white chowries by Aṇimā and Garimā. — 'How will the boy eat that bad food, and that little too?' Some good men among them were eager to bring him. — Seeing him mounted on a bull, like a second three-eyed one, he bowed with supreme devotion and, with palms joined, said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.8
स्नानं चक्रे उषःकाले सन्ध्यां नित्यविधिं तथा । भूषयित्वा तथात्मानं नानालंकरणांशुकैः तावूचतुः । गन्धर्वनगरं चेदं देवस्थानेषु गायकाः। प्राप्नुवन्ति महापुण्यादिदं पुरमनुत्तमम् ज्वालिनी तेजिनी दीप्यमाने चोभयतः स्थिते । दिव्यगन्धेन लिप्तांगो दिव्यमालाविभूषितः इतस्ततः प्रधावन्ति विज्ञातुं विनायकम् । पप्रच्छुर्मार्गगांल्लोकान्क्वचिद्दृष्टो विनायकः नृप उवाच । न बाले साधुचरितं न ज्ञानं स्नेह एव च । विहाय मां कथं भुक्तं मिष्टान्नं विविधं त्वया
snānaṃ cakre uṣaḥkāle sandhyāṃ nityavidhiṃ tathā | bhūṣayitvā tathātmānaṃ nānālaṃkaraṇāṃśukaiḥ tāvūcatuḥ | gandharvanagaraṃ cedaṃ devasthāneṣu gāyakāḥ| prāpnuvanti mahāpuṇyādidaṃ puramanuttamam jvālinī tejinī dīpyamāne cobhayataḥ sthite | divyagandhena liptāṃgo divyamālāvibhūṣitaḥ itastataḥ pradhāvanti vijñātuṃ vināyakam | papracchurmārgagāṃllokānkvaciddṛṣṭo vināyakaḥ nṛpa uvāca | na bāle sādhucaritaṃ na jñānaṃ sneha eva ca | vihāya māṃ kathaṃ bhuktaṃ miṣṭānnaṃ vividhaṃ tvayā
He bathed at dawn, and performed the twilight worship and the daily observance; and having adorned himself with various ornaments and garments. — The two said: 'And this is the city of the gandharvas; singers in the temples of the gods attain this unsurpassed city through great merit.' — Jvālinī and Tejinī stood blazing on both sides; his limbs smeared with divine fragrance, adorned with a divine garland. — They run here and there to find out about Vināyaka; they asked people on the road, 'Has Vināyaka been seen anywhere?' — The king said: 'In a child there is no good conduct, no knowledge, and no affection: how have you eaten various sweet foods leaving me aside?'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.9
आकायं सकलांल्लोकान्ब्राह्मणान्सुहृदोऽपरान् । पूजयामास विविधै रत्नरंशुकसंचयैः सिद्धचारणयक्षाणां गुह्यकानां पुरं महत् । नानाव्रतैस्तथा दानैर्गम्यं पुण्यसमुच्चचैः महिमा प्रथिमादाय स्थिते दृष्टिसमीपतः । जवं गण्डूषपात्रं च छत्रं कांचनरत्नयुक् पृष्ट्वा पृष्ट्वा व्रजन्ति स्म जनास्तद्भक्ति तत्पराः । केचिदुचुः शुक्लगृहं गतः स्यादिति तान्प्रति क उवाच । एवमाकर्ण्य तद्वाक्यमुवाच स विनायकः । यत्र यत्र मया भुंक्ते तत्र भुक्तं त्वयाऽपि च
ākāyaṃ sakalāṃllokānbrāhmaṇānsuhṛdo'parān | pūjayāmāsa vividhai ratnaraṃśukasaṃcayaiḥ siddhacāraṇayakṣāṇāṃ guhyakānāṃ puraṃ mahat | nānāvrataistathā dānairgamyaṃ puṇyasamuccacaiḥ mahimā prathimādāya sthite dṛṣṭisamīpataḥ | javaṃ gaṇḍūṣapātraṃ ca chatraṃ kāṃcanaratnayuk pṛṣṭvā pṛṣṭvā vrajanti sma janāstadbhakti tatparāḥ | keciducuḥ śuklagṛhaṃ gataḥ syāditi tānprati ka uvāca | evamākarṇya tadvākyamuvāca sa vināyakaḥ | yatra yatra mayā bhuṃkte tatra bhuktaṃ tvayā'pi ca
He honoured all the people, brahmins, friends and others, with heaps of various jewels and garments. — The great city of siddhas, cāraṇas, yakṣas and guhyakas, reached by various vows and by gifts and by accumulations of merit. — Mahimā and Prathimā(?) stood near his gaze, holding (them): the water-jar(?), the rinsing-vessel, and the umbrella set with gold and jewels. — Asking and asking, the people went along, intent on devotion to him; some said to them, 'He may have gone to Śukla's house.' — Ka said: Hearing that speech, Vināyaka said: 'Wherever I have eaten, there you too have eaten.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.11
ततो विनायको ज्ञात्वा कालं तस्य महात्मनः । प्रेषयामास दूताभ्यां विमानं द्युतिमत्तरम् सुवर्णरत्नगोदानरथाश्वगजदानतः। गम्यां तीर्थाभिषेकाद्यैः पुण्यैर्नानाविधैरपि तौ दूतावूचतुर्देवमानीतोऽयं तवाज्ञया। प्रणम्य च स्थितौ दूरं तदाज्ञापेक्षकावुभौ तदैनं प्रार्थयामेति राजसास्तु तमब्रुवन् । उत्तिष्ठ याहि रे भौक्तुमन्नं पर्युषितं भवेत् श्रुत्वा वैनायकं वाक्यं जना ऊचुर्नृपं तदा । इदानीं हि त्वया भुक्तं विनायकसमीपतः
tato vināyako jñātvā kālaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ | preṣayāmāsa dūtābhyāṃ vimānaṃ dyutimattaram suvarṇaratnagodānarathāśvagajadānataḥ| gamyāṃ tīrthābhiṣekādyaiḥ puṇyairnānāvidhairapi tau dūtāvūcaturdevamānīto'yaṃ tavājñayā| praṇamya ca sthitau dūraṃ tadājñāpekṣakāvubhau tadainaṃ prārthayāmeti rājasāstu tamabruvan | uttiṣṭha yāhi re bhauktumannaṃ paryuṣitaṃ bhavet śrutvā vaināyakaṃ vākyaṃ janā ūcurnṛpaṃ tadā | idānīṃ hi tvayā bhuktaṃ vināyakasamīpataḥ
Then Vināyaka, knowing the (last) hour of that great soul, sent by his two messengers a most radiant celestial car. — reached through gifts of gold, jewels, cows, chariots, horses and elephants, and through bathing at holy fords and merits of many kinds. — The two messengers said to the god: 'This one has been brought by your command'; and having bowed, both stood at a distance, awaiting his order. — 'Then let us entreat him' — so the rājasic ones said to him: 'Get up, go and eat, the food will grow stale!' — Hearing Vināyaka's words, the people then said to the king: 'Why, just now you have eaten in Vināyaka's presence!'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.12
गणेश उवाच । प्रमोदामोद गत्वा तु काशीराजं धरातले । मद्भक्तमत्रानय ते विमानवरमास्थितम् यत्रेन्द्रभवनं रम्यं दर्शयेतामुभौ नृपम् । नृपो निरीक्ष्य तौ प्रोचे यच्छ्रुतं दृष्टमेव तत् तस्मिन्प्रबुद्धे राजा स प्रणनाम कृतांजलिः । उवाच परमप्रीत्या धन्यो वंशो ममाद्य ह त्वदर्थं नगरे लोकाः कोलाहलं प्रकुर्वते । दरिद्रस्यास्य शुक्लस्य शुक्लभिक्षारतस्य ह कथं मिथ्या भाषसे त्वं वृद्धः सन्नृपसत्तम । ततः प्रकृतिमापन्नो ज्ञातवान्स नृपोऽब्रवीत्
gaṇeśa uvāca | pramodāmoda gatvā tu kāśīrājaṃ dharātale | madbhaktamatrānaya te vimānavaramāsthitam yatrendrabhavanaṃ ramyaṃ darśayetāmubhau nṛpam | nṛpo nirīkṣya tau proce yacchrutaṃ dṛṣṭameva tat tasminprabuddhe rājā sa praṇanāma kṛtāṃjaliḥ | uvāca paramaprītyā dhanyo vaṃśo mamādya ha tvadarthaṃ nagare lokāḥ kolāhalaṃ prakurvate | daridrasyāsya śuklasya śuklabhikṣāratasya ha kathaṃ mithyā bhāṣase tvaṃ vṛddhaḥ sannṛpasattama | tataḥ prakṛtimāpanno jñātavānsa nṛpo'bravīt
Gaṇeśa said: Pramoda and Āmoda, go down to the earth and bring here my devotee, the king of Kāśī, seated in an excellent celestial car. — Where the two showed the king Indra's lovely mansion; the king, looking at them, said: 'What was heard is just what is seen.' — When he awoke, the king bowed with joined palms and said with supreme delight: 'Blessed is my lineage today.' — 'On your account the people in the city are making an uproar — (in the house) of this poor Śukla who lives on plain alms!' — 'How is it that you speak falsely, being an elder, O best of kings?' Then, restored to his natural state, the king, having understood, said:
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GnP 2 51.13
क उवाच । तदाज्ञां प्राप्य तं नत्वा दिवो लोकादुभौ तदा । दिव्यं विमानमादाय काशीराजं समीयतुः अग्निलोकं ततोऽग्रे तौ दर्शयेतां नृपं शुभम् । यत्राग्निहोत्रिणो वह्नितेजसो भान्त्यनेकशः पितरौ जन्म विद्या च तपो दृष्टिः सुतादयः । येन मे दर्शितं ब्रह्म ध्येयं पदयुगं तव पर्याप्तिश्चास्य भिक्षाया जायते न कदाचन । न जलं कोऽपि पिबति तस्य गेहे कथं भवान् । भुक्तवान्कुत्सितं चान्नं कश्यपस्यात्मजोऽपि सन् अज्ञेया ते परा माया योगिनामपि मोहिनी। धन्योऽसि सर्वरूपेण सर्वत्र मानितो यतः
ka uvāca | tadājñāṃ prāpya taṃ natvā divo lokādubhau tadā | divyaṃ vimānamādāya kāśīrājaṃ samīyatuḥ agnilokaṃ tato'gre tau darśayetāṃ nṛpaṃ śubham | yatrāgnihotriṇo vahnitejaso bhāntyanekaśaḥ pitarau janma vidyā ca tapo dṛṣṭiḥ sutādayaḥ | yena me darśitaṃ brahma dhyeyaṃ padayugaṃ tava paryāptiścāsya bhikṣāyā jāyate na kadācana | na jalaṃ ko'pi pibati tasya gehe kathaṃ bhavān | bhuktavānkutsitaṃ cānnaṃ kaśyapasyātmajo'pi san ajñeyā te parā māyā yogināmapi mohinī| dhanyo'si sarvarūpeṇa sarvatra mānito yataḥ
Ka said: Having received his command and bowed to him, the two then took the divine car and came from the heavenly world to the king of Kāśī. — Then beyond that the two showed the king the auspicious world of fire, where many agnihotrins shine with the splendour of fire. — 'Parents, birth, learning, austerity, vision, sons and the rest — (all these come) from him by whom Brahman was shown to me: your two feet are to be meditated on.' — 'His alms are never sufficient; no one even drinks water in his house — how then did you, though the son of Kaśyapa, eat despicable food?' — 'Your supreme māyā, which bewilders even yogins, cannot be known; you are blessed in every form, since you are honoured everywhere.'
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GnP 2 51.14
तत्तेजोधर्षिता लोका मेनिरे प्रलयानलम् । केचिच्च मेनिरे व्यभ्रे विद्युत्पातमिवागतम् ततोऽग्रे दर्शयेतां तौ यमलोकं शुभाशुभम् । यत्र पुण्यकृतो यान्ति तथा पापकृतोऽपि च न ब्रह्मलोके कैलासे शक्रलोकेऽपि वैभवः । एतादृशोऽदर्शि मया नान्यलोकेऽपि कश्चन केचित्तं विविधैर्वाक्यैर्निनिन्दुस्तुष्टुवुः परे । मुनिरुवाच । एवं श्रुत्वा सर्ववाक्यमुवाच कश्यपात्मजः क उवाच । रोमांचांचितगात्रः स ध्यानमेवान्वपद्यत । ततो वैनायकं रूपं स्वयमेवान्वपद्यत
tattejodharṣitā lokā menire pralayānalam | kecicca menire vyabhre vidyutpātamivāgatam tato'gre darśayetāṃ tau yamalokaṃ śubhāśubham | yatra puṇyakṛto yānti tathā pāpakṛto'pi ca na brahmaloke kailāse śakraloke'pi vaibhavaḥ | etādṛśo'darśi mayā nānyaloke'pi kaścana kecittaṃ vividhairvākyairninindustuṣṭuvuḥ pare | muniruvāca | evaṃ śrutvā sarvavākyamuvāca kaśyapātmajaḥ ka uvāca | romāṃcāṃcitagātraḥ sa dhyānamevānvapadyata | tato vaināyakaṃ rūpaṃ svayamevānvapadyata
The people, overpowered by that radiance, took it for the fire of dissolution; and some took it for a lightning-stroke come from a cloudless sky. — Then beyond that the two showed the world of Yama, (which is) fair and foul, where the doers of merit go, and the doers of sin as well. — 'Not in Brahmaloka, on Kailāsa, nor even in Indra's world is there such magnificence as I have seen; nor is there any in any other world.' — Some reviled him with various words, others praised him. The sage said: Having heard all this talk, the son of Kaśyapa said: — Ka said: With his body thrilled with horripilation, he entered upon meditation; and thereupon he himself assumed the form of Vināyaka.
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GnP 2 51.15
तर्कयामासुरपरे पतन्तं रविमण्डलम् । घण्टानां चैव तूर्याणां गन्धर्वाप्सरसां स्वनम् स धर्मः सुकृतां भाति क्रूरो दुष्कृतकर्मणाम् । सुकृतः सर्वभोगांस्तु दुष्कृतो नरकानपि दूतावूच आस्यतां स ततस्तौ च निषेदतुः । तत्तोऽपश्यद्बालरूपं द्विभुजं स विनायकम् देव उवाच । भक्त्योपपादितं चान्नं भुक्तमद्य यथेच्छतः । पदमात्रं हि गन्तुं मे शक्तिस्तृप्तस्य नास्ति च यथा जलं जलं क्षिप्तं जलत्वं प्रतिपद्यते । पुनर्मायाबलेनासौ भिन्नमूर्तिर्नृपोत्तमः
tarkayāmāsurapare patantaṃ ravimaṇḍalam | ghaṇṭānāṃ caiva tūryāṇāṃ gandharvāpsarasāṃ svanam sa dharmaḥ sukṛtāṃ bhāti krūro duṣkṛtakarmaṇām | sukṛtaḥ sarvabhogāṃstu duṣkṛto narakānapi dūtāvūca āsyatāṃ sa tatastau ca niṣedatuḥ | tatto'paśyadbālarūpaṃ dvibhujaṃ sa vināyakam deva uvāca | bhaktyopapāditaṃ cānnaṃ bhuktamadya yathecchataḥ | padamātraṃ hi gantuṃ me śaktistṛptasya nāsti ca yathā jalaṃ jalaṃ kṣiptaṃ jalatvaṃ pratipadyate | punarmāyābalenāsau bhinnamūrtirnṛpottamaḥ
Others supposed it was the sun's orb falling; (and there was) the sound of bells and drums and of gandharvas and apsarases. — That dharma appears (kindly) to the doers of good, cruel to those of evil deeds; to the good it (gives) all enjoyments, to the evil the hells as well. — The two messengers said, 'Be seated'; then those two sat down. Then he saw Vināyaka in the form of a two-armed child. — The god said: 'The food presented with devotion has today been eaten as I pleased; and I, being sated, have not the strength to walk even a step.' — As water thrown into water attains the nature of water, so again, by the power of māyā, that best of kings became of separate form.
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GnP 2 51.16
श्रुत्वाऽन्ये जज्ञिरे यानं गणेशकृपयागतम् । अङ्गणे काशिराजस्य समुत्तीर्णं श्रिया लसत् भुंजते प्राणिनः स्वस्वकर्मभोगाननेकशः । कुम्भीपाके च पच्यन्ते छिद्यन्ते चासिपत्रकैः येन तौ निहतौ दैत्यौ देवान्तकनरान्तकौ । अतिगौरं कोमलांगे हिमकर्पूरसन्निभम् ग्रासमात्रं हि भोक्तुं मे वांछा नास्त्यधुना जनाः । क उवाच । एवं निष्ठुरतां ज्ञात्वा जनास्ते विरसास्तदा स तु तं शिबिकारूढं निनाय निजमन्दिरम् । नानावादित्रनिर्घोषैर्नृत्यैर्गीतैरनेकशः
śrutvā'nye jajñire yānaṃ gaṇeśakṛpayāgatam | aṅgaṇe kāśirājasya samuttīrṇaṃ śriyā lasat bhuṃjate prāṇinaḥ svasvakarmabhogānanekaśaḥ | kumbhīpāke ca pacyante chidyante cāsipatrakaiḥ yena tau nihatau daityau devāntakanarāntakau | atigauraṃ komalāṃge himakarpūrasannibham grāsamātraṃ hi bhoktuṃ me vāṃchā nāstyadhunā janāḥ | ka uvāca | evaṃ niṣṭhuratāṃ jñātvā janāste virasāstadā sa tu taṃ śibikārūḍhaṃ nināya nijamandiram | nānāvāditranirghoṣairnṛtyairgītairanekaśaḥ
Hearing (it), the others realised that the vehicle had come by Gaṇeśa's grace, and had arrived in the courtyard of the king of Kāśī, shining with splendour. Living beings enjoy in many ways the fruits of their own several deeds; they are boiled in Kumbhīpāka and cut with sword-leaves. He by whom those two demons, Devāntaka and Narāntaka, were slain — very fair, tender-limbed, like snow and camphor. "I have no wish now to eat even a mouthful, O people." Ka said: Knowing his obduracy thus, those people then became downcast. But he led him, mounted on a palanquin, to his own palace, with the sounds of many instruments, with dances and songs manifold.
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GnP 2 51.17
आगतौ राजनिकटे प्रमोदामोदसंज्ञकौ । गणौ दिव्याम्बरधरौ दिव्यभूषाविराजितौ अयोघनेन ताड्यन्ते कृत्यन्ते कण्टकैरपि । तामिस्रं चान्धतामिस्रे कृमिकुण्डे सपूयके न शशाक तदा वक्तुं बाष्परुद्धमहागलः । आनन्दाश्रुनदी पूरैरासिंचस्तत्पदद्वयम् ऊचुः परस्परं केचित्कर्तव्यं किं हि बालके । सोऽपि विह्वलतां ज्ञात्वा पुरवासिजनस्य ह शुशुभे बालकोऽतीव देवेषु मदनो यथा । अनुयाति सपत्नीको भक्त्या शुक्लः शनैः शनैः
āgatau rājanikaṭe pramodāmodasaṃjñakau | gaṇau divyāmbaradharau divyabhūṣāvirājitau ayoghanena tāḍyante kṛtyante kaṇṭakairapi | tāmisraṃ cāndhatāmisre kṛmikuṇḍe sapūyake na śaśāka tadā vaktuṃ bāṣparuddhamahāgalaḥ | ānandāśrunadī pūrairāsiṃcastatpadadvayam ūcuḥ parasparaṃ kecitkartavyaṃ kiṃ hi bālake | so'pi vihvalatāṃ jñātvā puravāsijanasya ha śuśubhe bālako'tīva deveṣu madano yathā | anuyāti sapatnīko bhaktyā śuklaḥ śanaiḥ śanaiḥ
The two attendants named Pramoda and Āmoda came near the king, wearing divine garments and resplendent with divine ornaments. (Beings) are struck with iron hammers and cut with thorns too, in Tāmisra and Andhatāmisra, in the worm-pit and the pus-pit. He could not speak then, his great throat choked with tears; with floods of a river of joyful tears he bathed those two feet. Some said to one another, "What is to be done about the boy?" And he too, knowing the distress of the townspeople—the boy shone exceedingly, like Madana among the gods; Śukla with his wife follows behind slowly, slowly, with devotion.
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GnP 2 51.18
दिव्यमाल्यानुलेपाद्यैर्दिव्यदीप्त्या स्मराविव । विनायकस्वरूपौ तौ नत्वा राजा निजासने पात्यन्ते नरके घोरे दुष्कृतः प्राणिनः स तान् । निरीक्ष्यामीलयन्नेत्रे यातं यातमिति ब्रुवन् विज्ञाय तन्महाभक्तिमुत्थाप्यालिंग्य विघ्नराट् । मूर्ध्न्याघ्रातश्च पितृवद्बहुकालगतः सुतः एकोऽनन्तत्वमापेदे घटाकाश इव क्षणात् । जलकुम्भगतो यद्वत्सविताऽनेकरूपवान् परावर्त्य मुखं दृष्टो बालेन व्रीडता भृशम् । कथं प्रयातो दत्त्वाऽस्मै वरं कं च न तोषकम्
divyamālyānulepādyairdivyadīptyā smarāviva | vināyakasvarūpau tau natvā rājā nijāsane pātyante narake ghore duṣkṛtaḥ prāṇinaḥ sa tān | nirīkṣyāmīlayannetre yātaṃ yātamiti bruvan vijñāya tanmahābhaktimutthāpyāliṃgya vighnarāṭ | mūrdhnyāghrātaśca pitṛvadbahukālagataḥ sutaḥ eko'nantatvamāpede ghaṭākāśa iva kṣaṇāt | jalakumbhagato yadvatsavitā'nekarūpavān parāvartya mukhaṃ dṛṣṭo bālena vrīḍatā bhṛśam | kathaṃ prayāto dattvā'smai varaṃ kaṃ ca na toṣakam
With divine garlands and unguents and the rest, with divine radiance, like two Loves — those two of Vināyaka's own form; the king, bowing (to them, seated them) on his own seat. Evil-doing beings are cast into terrible hell; he, looking at them, closed his eyes, saying "Go, go!" Knowing his great devotion, the lord of obstacles raised him up and embraced him, and smelled his head as a father does a son returned after long. The one attained endlessness in an instant, like the space in a pot; as the sun, present in a water-jar, takes many forms. He was seen by the boy, who turned his face away, deeply abashed: "How has he gone, having given him a boon — and which one, that does not satisfy?"
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GnP 2 51.19
उपविश्य प्रपूज्याशु यावत्पृच्छति तौ नृपः । तावत्तावूचतुर्दूतौ सर्वलोकेऽथ ... ततोऽग्रे दर्शयेतां तौ कौबेरं लोकमुत्तमम् । अत्याश्चर्यकरं शक्रलोकादतिवरं परम् देवोऽपि बाष्पकण्ठोऽभूदुभौ रोमांचसंयतौ । उभौ सुखाब्धि संमग्नौ देहातीतौ यथा मुनी प्रतिगृहं गतो नानाक्रीडासक्तोऽभवद्विभुः । क्वचित्सोपान मार्गेषु क्वचिद्दोलागतोऽपि च इत्येवं मनसा तस्मै ददौ सम्पत्तिमुत्तमाम् । कुबेरसम्पदः श्रेष्ठां सर्वाश्चर्यकरीं विभुः
upaviśya prapūjyāśu yāvatpṛcchati tau nṛpaḥ | tāvattāvūcaturdūtau sarvaloke'tha ... tato'gre darśayetāṃ tau kauberaṃ lokamuttamam | atyāścaryakaraṃ śakralokādativaraṃ param devo'pi bāṣpakaṇṭho'bhūdubhau romāṃcasaṃyatau | ubhau sukhābdhi saṃmagnau dehātītau yathā munī pratigṛhaṃ gato nānākrīḍāsakto'bhavadvibhuḥ | kvacitsopāna mārgeṣu kvaciddolāgato'pi ca ityevaṃ manasā tasmai dadau sampattimuttamām | kuberasampadaḥ śreṣṭhāṃ sarvāścaryakarīṃ vibhuḥ
Sitting down and swiftly worshipping them, when the king was about to question the two messengers, they said, "In all the worlds..." Then next the two showed him the excellent world of Kubera, exceedingly wonderful, far better than Śakra's world. The god too had his throat choked with tears; both had their hair bristling; both were plunged in an ocean of bliss, as though beyond the body, like two sages. Going from house to house, the lord became engaged in various games; sometimes on stairways, sometimes riding a swing. Thus in his mind the lord gave him excellent wealth, the best of Kubera's riches, working every wonder.
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GnP 2 51.21
धन्योऽसि जन्मसाफल्यं कृतं पुण्यवता त्वया । त्वद्दर्शनात्क्षिप्रतरं नष्टं पापं तमो महत् प्राप्नुवन्ति महाभागाः कौबेरं लोकमुत्तमम् । ततोऽग्रे दर्शयेतां तौ वारुणं लोकमुत्तमम् तत्क्षान्तं हि त्वया सर्वं शुभं वा यदि वाऽशुभम् । निहता बहवो दैत्या धराभारश्च संहृतः अध्येति क्वापि शास्त्राणि पाठयत्यपि कुत्रचित् । तं दृष्ट्वा स्वगृहं यातं काशिराजेन संयुतम् नापश्यतां पर्णकुटीं चिन्तां परमिकां ययौ । ततस्तु सेवकाः शुक्लं सुगन्धतैलमर्दनैः
dhanyo'si janmasāphalyaṃ kṛtaṃ puṇyavatā tvayā | tvaddarśanātkṣiprataraṃ naṣṭaṃ pāpaṃ tamo mahat prāpnuvanti mahābhāgāḥ kauberaṃ lokamuttamam | tato'gre darśayetāṃ tau vāruṇaṃ lokamuttamam tatkṣāntaṃ hi tvayā sarvaṃ śubhaṃ vā yadi vā'śubham | nihatā bahavo daityā dharābhāraśca saṃhṛtaḥ adhyeti kvāpi śāstrāṇi pāṭhayatyapi kutracit | taṃ dṛṣṭvā svagṛhaṃ yātaṃ kāśirājena saṃyutam nāpaśyatāṃ parṇakuṭīṃ cintāṃ paramikāṃ yayau | tatastu sevakāḥ śuklaṃ sugandhatailamardanaiḥ
"You are blessed; the fruit of birth has been won by you, a meritorious man; by the sight of you sin and great darkness have very swiftly perished." The greatly fortunate attain the excellent world of Kubera; then next the two showed the excellent world of Varuṇa. "All that has been borne patiently by you, whether good or bad; many demons were slain and the burden of the earth removed." Somewhere he studies the scriptures, somewhere he even teaches them. Seeing him go to his own house together with the king of Kāśī, they did not see the leaf-hut, and he fell into the utmost anxiety. Then the servants (attended) Śukla with rubbings of fragrant oil.
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GnP 2 51.22
न जानीवस्तपः किं ते कृतं जन्मान्तरेषु च। परब्रह्मस्वरूपोऽयं बालरूपी विनायकः तीर्थान्न दानतो लभ्यं कुबेरभवनातिगम् । अप्सु सर्वे शुष्कदेहा वसन्ति सुखभोगिनः पालिताः साधुलोकाश्च स्थापिता धर्मसेतवः । तवाज्ञया पुनर्यातः कश्यपं सृष्टिकारकम् जहृषे स गृहस्वामी धन्योऽहमिति चाब्रवीत् । एवं सर्वगृहे राजसहितोऽसौ विनायकः स्नापयित्वाऽप्यलंचक्रुर्भूषणैः कांचनांशुकैः । तथैव तस्य पत्नीं च बलादिव नियोजिताः
na jānīvastapaḥ kiṃ te kṛtaṃ janmāntareṣu ca| parabrahmasvarūpo'yaṃ bālarūpī vināyakaḥ tīrthānna dānato labhyaṃ kuberabhavanātigam | apsu sarve śuṣkadehā vasanti sukhabhoginaḥ pālitāḥ sādhulokāśca sthāpitā dharmasetavaḥ | tavājñayā punaryātaḥ kaśyapaṃ sṛṣṭikārakam jahṛṣe sa gṛhasvāmī dhanyo'hamiti cābravīt | evaṃ sarvagṛhe rājasahito'sau vināyakaḥ snāpayitvā'pyalaṃcakrurbhūṣaṇaiḥ kāṃcanāṃśukaiḥ | tathaiva tasya patnīṃ ca balādiva niyojitāḥ
"We two do not know what austerity you performed in other births. This Vināyaka in the form of a boy is of the nature of the supreme Brahman." What surpasses Kubera's abode is not to be had from pilgrimage or from giving. In the waters all dwell with dry bodies, enjoying happiness. "The good people were protected and the dykes of dharma established; by your command he went again to Kaśyapa, the maker of creation." The householder rejoiced and said, "I am blessed." Thus in every house this Vināyaka, together with the king — having bathed (him) they adorned (him) with ornaments and golden garments, and his wife likewise; they were engaged as if by force.
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GnP 2 51.23
भवतां गृहमागत्य नानालीला अदर्शयत् । देवस्य देवभक्तस्य महिमा नैव गोचरः वापीकूपतडागानां दृश्यन्ते जलदायिनः । ततोऽग्रे दर्शयेतां तौ वायुलोकं सुखावहम् प्रणम्य तं निजं लोकं प्राप्तोऽमुं सर्ववैभवम् । त्वामेव परिचिन्त्याहं विश्रान्तिं न लभे क्वचित क्वचिदभ्यज्यते तैलैः स्नाति क्वापि शुभैर्जलैः । पादप्रक्षालनं क्वापि क्रियते परमादरात् अत्याश्चर्ययुतौ चोभौ पश्यतः सर्वसम्पदः । रत्नकांचनभित्तीश्च मंचान्नानासनानि च
bhavatāṃ gṛhamāgatya nānālīlā adarśayat | devasya devabhaktasya mahimā naiva gocaraḥ vāpīkūpataḍāgānāṃ dṛśyante jaladāyinaḥ | tato'gre darśayetāṃ tau vāyulokaṃ sukhāvaham praṇamya taṃ nijaṃ lokaṃ prāpto'muṃ sarvavaibhavam | tvāmeva paricintyāhaṃ viśrāntiṃ na labhe kvacita kvacidabhyajyate tailaiḥ snāti kvāpi śubhairjalaiḥ | pādaprakṣālanaṃ kvāpi kriyate paramādarāt atyāścaryayutau cobhau paśyataḥ sarvasampadaḥ | ratnakāṃcanabhittīśca maṃcānnānāsanāni ca
"Coming to your house he displayed various sports; the greatness of the god and of the god's devotee is quite beyond perception." Those who give water to step-wells, wells and tanks are seen (there); then next the two showed the wind-world, bestower of happiness. "Having bowed to him he reached his own world, this one with all its splendours. Thinking only of you I find no rest anywhere." Somewhere he is anointed with oils, somewhere he bathes in pure waters; somewhere his feet are washed with the utmost reverence. And both, filled with great wonder, behold all the riches: walls of jewels and gold, couches and manifold seats.
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GnP 2 51.24
यतो विनायको देवस्त्वां चिन्तयति सर्वदा । त्वदर्थं प्रेषितं यानं दिव्यं वैभवसंयुतम् ददते व्यजनं ग्रीष्मे सौशीरं कर्पुरं जलम् । वसन्ति वायुलोके ते स्वेच्छानातिविहारिणः तवादिभावं ज्ञात्वाऽहं मुद्गलं मुनिपुंगवम् । अप्रेषयं तव गृहे तदनुग्रहतस्त्वया उपचारैः षोडशभिः पूज्यते क्वापि भक्तितः । भुज्यते परमान्नेन बालभावाद्यथा तथा मुक्तामणिगणैश्चित्राण्यनेकानि स्थले स्थले । कांचनानि च भाण्डानि वस्त्राण्याच्छादनानि च
yato vināyako devastvāṃ cintayati sarvadā | tvadarthaṃ preṣitaṃ yānaṃ divyaṃ vaibhavasaṃyutam dadate vyajanaṃ grīṣme sauśīraṃ karpuraṃ jalam | vasanti vāyuloke te svecchānātivihāriṇaḥ tavādibhāvaṃ jñātvā'haṃ mudgalaṃ munipuṃgavam | apreṣayaṃ tava gṛhe tadanugrahatastvayā upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ pūjyate kvāpi bhaktitaḥ | bhujyate paramānnena bālabhāvādyathā tathā muktāmaṇigaṇaiścitrāṇyanekāni sthale sthale | kāṃcanāni ca bhāṇḍāni vastrāṇyācchādanāni ca
"Since the god Vināyaka thinks of you always, a divine vehicle endowed with splendour has been sent for you." Those who give fans in summer, and khus-scented and camphored water, dwell in the wind-world, roaming at will. "Knowing your primal disposition, I sent Mudgala, the best of sages, to your house; through his favour, by you..." Somewhere he is worshipped with the sixteen services out of devotion; somewhere he is fed with the finest food, as befits a child's nature. In place after place many wondrous things of pearls and gems, and vessels of gold, and garments and coverings.
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GnP 2 51.25
न यावो दिव्यलोकं त्वां तदाज्ञावशवर्तिनौ । शीघ्रमानयतां काशीराजमित्याह नौ विभुः ततोऽग्रे दर्शयेतां तौ सूर्यलोकं दुरासदम् । पंचाग्निसाधनरताः सूर्यभक्तिपरायणाः प्राप्तं स्थानं मुद्गलेन भक्तेनेदं त्वयाऽपि च । यदगम्यं सदा देवैर्ब्रह्माद्यैर्मुनिपुंगवैः क्वचिन्नानापरिमलैः कस्तूरीचन्दनादिभिः । अर्च्यते सुमनोभिश्च नैवेद्यैर्विविधैरपि । सेव्यते गृहपत्नीभिः शिशुभिः सेवकैरपि भक्ष्याण्यनेकरूपाणि खाद्यानि विविधानि च । दृष्ट्वेत्थं सकलं चौभौ परस्परमभाषताम्
na yāvo divyalokaṃ tvāṃ tadājñāvaśavartinau | śīghramānayatāṃ kāśīrājamityāha nau vibhuḥ tato'gre darśayetāṃ tau sūryalokaṃ durāsadam | paṃcāgnisādhanaratāḥ sūryabhaktiparāyaṇāḥ prāptaṃ sthānaṃ mudgalena bhaktenedaṃ tvayā'pi ca | yadagamyaṃ sadā devairbrahmādyairmunipuṃgavaiḥ kvacinnānāparimalaiḥ kastūrīcandanādibhiḥ | arcyate sumanobhiśca naivedyairvividhairapi | sevyate gṛhapatnībhiḥ śiśubhiḥ sevakairapi bhakṣyāṇyanekarūpāṇi khādyāni vividhāni ca | dṛṣṭvetthaṃ sakalaṃ caubhau parasparamabhāṣatām
"We two do not go to the divine world; we act under his command. 'Bring the king of Kāśī quickly' — so the lord told us." Then next the two showed the hard-to-reach world of the Sun. Those devoted to the practice of the five fires and intent on devotion to the Sun (dwell there). "This station, unreachable ever by the gods, by Brahmā and the rest, and by the best of sages, has been attained by the devotee Mudgala, and by you too." Sometimes he is worshipped with various perfumes, musk and sandal and the rest, and with flowers and with manifold food-offerings; he is attended by the housewives, by children and by servants — foods of many kinds and various eatables. Seeing all this thus, the two spoke to each other.
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GnP 2 51.26
शृण्वत्सु सर्वलोकेषु शुश्राव स वचस्तयोः । अमृताब्धौ निमग्नोऽभूदानन्दाश्रु सृजन्मुहुः अवाप्तकामा मुनयः सर्वे ते सूर्यवर्चसः । निवसन्ति निराबाधा ब्रह्मकल्पशतं नराः क उवाच । पीत्वा वागमृतं तस्य नृपो नत्वा पुनःपुनः । उवाच धैर्यमालम्ब्य तुष्टाव च यथामति भुक्त्वा यथेष्ठं सुष्वाप पादसंवाहनादिभिः । वेदापरायणरतः क्वापि गानरतस्तु सः किमिदं भवनं क्षुद्रं जातमिन्द्रगृहोपमम् । ततः शुक्लोऽब्रवीत्पत्नीं विनायकप्रसादतः
śṛṇvatsu sarvalokeṣu śuśrāva sa vacastayoḥ | amṛtābdhau nimagno'bhūdānandāśru sṛjanmuhuḥ avāptakāmā munayaḥ sarve te sūryavarcasaḥ | nivasanti nirābādhā brahmakalpaśataṃ narāḥ ka uvāca | pītvā vāgamṛtaṃ tasya nṛpo natvā punaḥpunaḥ | uvāca dhairyamālambya tuṣṭāva ca yathāmati bhuktvā yatheṣṭhaṃ suṣvāpa pādasaṃvāhanādibhiḥ | vedāparāyaṇarataḥ kvāpi gānaratastu saḥ kimidaṃ bhavanaṃ kṣudraṃ jātamindragṛhopamam | tataḥ śuklo'bravītpatnīṃ vināyakaprasādataḥ
While all the worlds listened, he heard the speech of those two; he was plunged in an ocean of nectar, shedding tears of joy again and again. All those sages, their desires fulfilled, with the splendour of the sun, dwell unhindered as men for a hundred Brahmā-kalpas. Ka said: Having drunk the nectar of his speech, the king bowed again and again, and taking courage spoke and praised him as best he could. Having eaten as he pleased he slept, with foot-massage and the rest; somewhere he was intent on recitation of the Veda, somewhere on song. "What is this? This mean dwelling has become like Indra's house!" Then Śukla said to his wife, "By Vināyaka's grace..."
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GnP 2 51.27
देहावस्थां पुनर्लब्ध्वा प्रणम्य तौ उवाच सः । धन्यं जन्म च पितरौ निष्ठा भक्तिश्च सम्पदा नाक्षत्रं चन्द्रलोकं च दर्शयेतां नृपं ततः । मुक्ताफलसुवर्णानां दानेन सोमयागतः नृप उवाच । नमामि ते नाथ पदारविन्दं ब्रह्मादिभिर्ध्येयतमं शिवाय । यत्पद्मपाशासिपरश्वधादिचिह्नितं विघ्नहरं निजानाम् शृणोति सत्कथां क्वापि हरेरपि कथां क्वचित् । क्वचिच्च प्रमदानृत्यं पश्यति स्म नृपेण सः सर्वं जानीहि सुभगे न समक्षं महाविभुः । ददाति तु पराक्षेऽसौ अल्पमात्रेण तोषयन्
dehāvasthāṃ punarlabdhvā praṇamya tau uvāca saḥ | dhanyaṃ janma ca pitarau niṣṭhā bhaktiśca sampadā nākṣatraṃ candralokaṃ ca darśayetāṃ nṛpaṃ tataḥ | muktāphalasuvarṇānāṃ dānena somayāgataḥ nṛpa uvāca | namāmi te nātha padāravindaṃ brahmādibhirdhyeyatamaṃ śivāya | yatpadmapāśāsiparaśvadhādicihnitaṃ vighnaharaṃ nijānām śṛṇoti satkathāṃ kvāpi harerapi kathāṃ kvacit | kvacicca pramadānṛtyaṃ paśyati sma nṛpeṇa saḥ sarvaṃ jānīhi subhage na samakṣaṃ mahāvibhuḥ | dadāti tu parākṣe'sau alpamātreṇa toṣayan
Regaining his bodily state and bowing to the two, he said: "Blessed is my birth, and my parents, and my steadfastness and devotion, with (this) fortune." Then the two showed the king the starry sphere and the world of the moon — (attained) by the giving of pearls and gold and by the soma sacrifice. The king said: I bow, O lord, to your lotus feet, most worthy of meditation by Brahmā and the rest, for welfare's sake, marked with the signs of lotus, noose, sword, axe and the rest, removers of obstacles for your own. Somewhere he listens to a good tale, somewhere even to a tale of Hari; and somewhere he watched the dance of women, together with the king. "Know all this, fair lady: the great lord does not give in one's presence, but gives behind one's back, satisfying (one) with the merest trifle."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.28
यद्दुर्लभो मया दृष्टौ चरणौ वां शुभावहौ । विनायकस्वरूपेण प्राप्तौ नेतुं परं स्थलम् प्राप्नुवन्ति महात्मानो लोकमेनं सुपुण्यतः । गोलोकं च ततोऽग्रे तौ दर्शयेतां नृपं तदा यदर्च्यते विष्णुशिवादिभिः सुरैरनेककार्यार्थकरैर्नरैश्च । अनेकशो विघ्नविनाशदक्षं संसारतप्तामृतवृष्टिकारि आरार्तिक्यैश्च विविधैः क्वापि नीराज्यते विभुः । क्वचिच्च पाशहस्तोऽसौ क्रीडते क्षुद्रबालकैः स्वयं दत्तं बहुतरमल्पमेव हि मन्यते । भक्त्योपपादितं स्वल्पं मन्यते बहुलं विभुः
yaddurlabho mayā dṛṣṭau caraṇau vāṃ śubhāvahau | vināyakasvarūpeṇa prāptau netuṃ paraṃ sthalam prāpnuvanti mahātmāno lokamenaṃ supuṇyataḥ | golokaṃ ca tato'gre tau darśayetāṃ nṛpaṃ tadā yadarcyate viṣṇuśivādibhiḥ surairanekakāryārthakarairnaraiśca | anekaśo vighnavināśadakṣaṃ saṃsārataptāmṛtavṛṣṭikāri ārārtikyaiśca vividhaiḥ kvāpi nīrājyate vibhuḥ | kvacicca pāśahasto'sau krīḍate kṣudrabālakaiḥ svayaṃ dattaṃ bahutaramalpameva hi manyate | bhaktyopapāditaṃ svalpaṃ manyate bahulaṃ vibhuḥ
What was hard for me to obtain — I have seen your two auspicious feet: in the form of Vināyaka they have come to lead (me) to the supreme place. Great souls reach this world by great merit; and then the two showed the king Goloka beyond it. (He) who is worshipped by Viṣṇu, Śiva and the other gods, and by men who have many purposes to accomplish; skilled again and again in destroying obstacles, raining nectar on those scorched by saṃsāra. In one place the Lord is waved round with lamps of various kinds; in another, noose in hand, he plays with little children. What he has given himself, though much, he reckons to be little indeed; what is offered with devotion, though slight, the Lord reckons to be much.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.29
इक्षुसागरमध्यस्थं दुर्दर्शं चर्मचक्षुषाम् । यन्निर्गुणं चिदानन्दं परं ब्रह्म सनातनम् गोसहस्राणि ये दद्युर्ब्राह्मणेभ्यो यथाविधि । रोमसंख्यैस्तु कल्पैस्ते गोलोके निवसन्ति हि नमामि ते नाथ मुखारविन्दं त्रिलोचनं वह्निरवीन्दुतारम् । कृपाकटाक्षामृतसेचनेन तापत्रयोन्मूलनदृष्टशक्ति पुराणं वाच्यते क्वापि धर्मशास्त्रं स्मृतिस्तथा। एवं सर्वगृहे भुक्त्वा सर्वेषां कामपूरकः तस्माद्भयेन कामेन स्नेहेन रिपुभावतः । स्मर्तव्यो नमनीयश्च स्तव्यः पूज्यो हिताय च
ikṣusāgaramadhyasthaṃ durdarśaṃ carmacakṣuṣām | yannirguṇaṃ cidānandaṃ paraṃ brahma sanātanam gosahasrāṇi ye dadyurbrāhmaṇebhyo yathāvidhi | romasaṃkhyaistu kalpaiste goloke nivasanti hi namāmi te nātha mukhāravindaṃ trilocanaṃ vahniravīndutāram | kṛpākaṭākṣāmṛtasecanena tāpatrayonmūlanadṛṣṭaśakti purāṇaṃ vācyate kvāpi dharmaśāstraṃ smṛtistathā| evaṃ sarvagṛhe bhuktvā sarveṣāṃ kāmapūrakaḥ tasmādbhayena kāmena snehena ripubhāvataḥ | smartavyo namanīyaśca stavyaḥ pūjyo hitāya ca
Standing in the middle of the ocean of sugar-cane juice, hard to see for eyes of flesh — that which is without qualities, consciousness-and-bliss, the supreme eternal Brahman. Those who give thousands of cows to brahmins according to rule dwell in Goloka for as many kalpas as the (cows') hairs. I bow, O Lord, to your lotus face, three-eyed — fire, sun, moon and star — whose seen power uproots the three torments by the sprinkling of the nectar of its compassionate sidelong glance. In one place a Purāṇa is recited, in another a book of dharma, and likewise a smṛti; thus, having eaten in every house, he is the fulfiller of everyone's desires. Therefore out of fear, out of desire, out of affection, or even out of hostility, he is to be remembered, bowed to, praised and worshipped, for one's welfare.
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GnP 2 51.31
सर्वत्रगमसक्तं च साकारं गुणभोक्तृ च । नानारूपमरूपं च भूभारहरणोद्यतम् सदाचाराः शास्त्रविदः पुराणपाठकाश्च ये। अन्नदानरता यज्ञकर्तारस्तीर्थसेविनः त्वमेव सत्त्वात्मतया बिभर्षि सृजस्यजो राजसतामवाप्य । तमोगुणाधारतया च हंसि चराचरं ते वशगं गणेश यथा चिन्तामणिः कामधेनुर्वाऽखिलकामदा। दीननाथेति यन्नाम कृतं तत्सार्थकं तदा यच्चण्डशब्दात्त्रैलोक्यं कम्पतेऽश्वत्थपत्रवत् । यच्छिरःकम्पतः कम्पं यान्ति देवाः सवासवाः
sarvatragamasaktaṃ ca sākāraṃ guṇabhoktṛ ca | nānārūpamarūpaṃ ca bhūbhāraharaṇodyatam sadācārāḥ śāstravidaḥ purāṇapāṭhakāśca ye| annadānaratā yajñakartārastīrthasevinaḥ tvameva sattvātmatayā bibharṣi sṛjasyajo rājasatāmavāpya | tamoguṇādhāratayā ca haṃsi carācaraṃ te vaśagaṃ gaṇeśa yathā cintāmaṇiḥ kāmadhenurvā'khilakāmadā| dīnanātheti yannāma kṛtaṃ tatsārthakaṃ tadā yaccaṇḍaśabdāttrailokyaṃ kampate'śvatthapatravat | yacchiraḥkampataḥ kampaṃ yānti devāḥ savāsavāḥ
Going everywhere and yet unattached, possessed of form and enjoyer of the qualities, of many forms and formless, intent on removing the burden of the earth. Those of good conduct, knowers of the treatises, reciters of the Purāṇas, devoted to the giving of food, performers of sacrifice, frequenters of holy places. You alone, unborn one, sustain by being of the nature of sattva; you create by taking on the state of rajas; and by being the support of the quality of tamas you destroy; the moving and the unmoving is subject to you, O Gaṇeśa. As the wish-granting gem, or the wish-cow that grants every desire — the name 'Lord of the helpless' that was given (to you) then became meaningful. At whose fierce sound the three worlds tremble like a leaf of the aśvattha tree, at the shaking of whose head the gods along with Indra fall to trembling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.32
तेन मे रङकभूतस्य कृपेयं महती कृता। इत्युक्त्वा स नमस्कृत्य सर्वानालिंग्य प्रेक्ष्य च अप्रतिग्राहका विप्राः परोपकृतिकारिणः । तपस्विनो दानपराः सत्यलोकं व्रजन्ति ते यः शुद्धचेता भजतेऽनिशं त्वामाक्रम्य विघ्ना परिधावसि त्वम् । स त्वां वशे कृत्य सुखं हि शेते वत्सं यथा गौरिव धावसि त्वम् देवदुन्दुभयो नेदुः पुष्पवृष्टिर्गृहे गृहे । दृष्ट्वेत्थं काशिराजाऽसौ भ्रान्त ऊचे निजान्प्रति पराक्रमे बले शब्दे त्रैलोक्ये न समस्तयोः । अयं तु शिबिकामध्ये हन्तव्यो मुनिदेहजः
tena me raṅakabhūtasya kṛpeyaṃ mahatī kṛtā| ityuktvā sa namaskṛtya sarvānāliṃgya prekṣya ca apratigrāhakā viprāḥ paropakṛtikāriṇaḥ | tapasvino dānaparāḥ satyalokaṃ vrajanti te yaḥ śuddhacetā bhajate'niśaṃ tvāmākramya vighnā paridhāvasi tvam | sa tvāṃ vaśe kṛtya sukhaṃ hi śete vatsaṃ yathā gauriva dhāvasi tvam devadundubhayo neduḥ puṣpavṛṣṭirgṛhe gṛhe | dṛṣṭvetthaṃ kāśirājā'sau bhrānta ūce nijānprati parākrame bale śabde trailokye na samastayoḥ | ayaṃ tu śibikāmadhye hantavyo munidehajaḥ
"By him this great favour has been shown to me, who was a beggar" — saying this he bowed, embraced them all, and looked upon them. Brahmins who accept no gifts, who do good to others, ascetics, given to giving — they go to Satyaloka. He who with a pure mind worships you constantly — you run about assailing obstacles; having brought you under his control, he sleeps at ease; you run as a cow runs to its calf. The gods' drums sounded, and there was a rain of flowers in house after house. Seeing it thus, that king of Kāśī, bewildered, said to his own men: In prowess, in strength, in sound, there is no equal to the two of them in the three worlds; but this one in the palanquin, born of a sage's body, must be killed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.33
दूतावूचे त्वारुहतं प्रणिपातपुरः सरम् । पश्चादहं समारोक्ष्ये विमानं मर्त्यदुर्लभम् गव्यूत्यष्टसहस्रेण विस्तीर्णं तावदायतम् । यत्र ब्रह्मा मुनिगणैर्गणै राजर्षिणां परैः येऽन्ये भजन्तः समवाप्य तापान्संसारचक्रे बहुधा भ्रमन्तः । कदापि तेऽनुग्रहमाप्य तेऽपि भजन्ति मानुष्यमवाप्य तेऽपि अयं विनायको बालः सन्निधौ मम तिष्ठति। स कथं सर्वगृहगः पूज्यते सर्वमानवैः यतोऽनेन हता दैत्या बलिनः पूर्वमागताः । तेषां प्रतिकृतिः कार्येत्येवमूचुः परस्परम्
dūtāvūce tvāruhataṃ praṇipātapuraḥ saram | paścādahaṃ samārokṣye vimānaṃ martyadurlabham gavyūtyaṣṭasahasreṇa vistīrṇaṃ tāvadāyatam | yatra brahmā munigaṇairgaṇai rājarṣiṇāṃ paraiḥ ye'nye bhajantaḥ samavāpya tāpānsaṃsāracakre bahudhā bhramantaḥ | kadāpi te'nugrahamāpya te'pi bhajanti mānuṣyamavāpya te'pi ayaṃ vināyako bālaḥ sannidhau mama tiṣṭhati| sa kathaṃ sarvagṛhagaḥ pūjyate sarvamānavaiḥ yato'nena hatā daityā balinaḥ pūrvamāgatāḥ | teṣāṃ pratikṛtiḥ kāryetyevamūcuḥ parasparam
The two messengers said: Mount, you two, with a prostration first; afterwards I shall mount the aerial car hard for mortals to attain, eight thousand gavyūtis broad and as much in length, where Brahmā (dwells) with hosts of sages and with hosts of supreme royal sages. Others who worship (him), having met with torments, wander about in many ways in the wheel of saṃsāra; sometime, obtaining his grace, they too worship, and they too obtain human birth. "This Vināyaka is a child; he stands in my presence. How then does he go to every house and get worshipped by all men? Since by him the mighty demons who came formerly were slain, requital must be made for them" — so they said to one another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.34
अमात्याभ्यां नमस्कृत्य पुत्रं दत्वा तयोः करे। प्रजानां पालनं कार्यं धर्मेण च बलेन च देवर्षीणां दानवानां गन्धर्वाप्सरसां तथा । स्तूयमानो दिवारात्रं सेव्यते भक्तितत्परैः धरारजः कोऽपि मिमीत नाके तारा गणं वारिमुचां च धाराः । नालं गुणानां गणानां हि कर्तुं शेषो विधाता तव वर्षपूगैः गृहे गृहे तु स कथं तिष्ठत्यत्रापि साम्प्रतम् । यो मामाकारयति तं वदामि च पुनः पुनः विद्युद्रूपं समास्थाय गर्जतः स्म महारवौ । तत्तेजसा प्रतिहतचक्षुषा वीरसंचयाः । किमिदं किमिदमिति चुक्रुशुर्भृशविह्वलाः
amātyābhyāṃ namaskṛtya putraṃ datvā tayoḥ kare| prajānāṃ pālanaṃ kāryaṃ dharmeṇa ca balena ca devarṣīṇāṃ dānavānāṃ gandharvāpsarasāṃ tathā | stūyamāno divārātraṃ sevyate bhaktitatparaiḥ dharārajaḥ ko'pi mimīta nāke tārā gaṇaṃ vārimucāṃ ca dhārāḥ | nālaṃ guṇānāṃ gaṇānāṃ hi kartuṃ śeṣo vidhātā tava varṣapūgaiḥ gṛhe gṛhe tu sa kathaṃ tiṣṭhatyatrāpi sāmpratam | yo māmākārayati taṃ vadāmi ca punaḥ punaḥ vidyudrūpaṃ samāsthāya garjataḥ sma mahāravau | tattejasā pratihatacakṣuṣā vīrasaṃcayāḥ | kimidaṃ kimidamiti cukruśurbhṛśavihvalāḥ
Having bowed to the two ministers and placed his son in their hands: "The people must be protected, by dharma and by force." Praised day and night by divine sages, dānavas, gandharvas and apsarases, he is served by those intent on devotion. Someone might measure the dust of the earth, the host of stars in the sky, and the streams of the rain-clouds; but Śeṣa, or the Creator, is not able, even through masses of years, to reckon up the hosts of your excellences. "But how does he stay in house after house, and here as well at the same time? Whoever summons me, him I tell again and again." Taking on the form of lightning, the two roared with a great roar; and the throngs of warriors, their eyes struck blind by that blaze, cried out, sorely bewildered, "What is this? What is this?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.35
मुद्गलेन च तत्प्रोक्तमनुभूतमिदं मया । इत्युक्त्वा चर्मदेहेन रुरोह यानमुत्तमम् यत्रेन्द्र भवनामानि गृह्याणि परिता लसन् । तं दृष्टवा नृपतिर्लोकं विस्मितः प्राह तौ तदा निराकृतेस्ते यदि नाकृतिः स्यादुपासनाकर्मविधिर्वृथा स्यात् । गुणप्रपंचः प्रकृतेर्विलासा जनस्य भोगश्च तथा कथम् स्यात् विना विनायकं यामि कथं भोक्तुं भवद्गृहे । गृहमध्यस्थितं चान्नं भुंजे काश्यपसंयुतः एतस्मिन्नन्तरे प्राप्तौ शिबिकानिकटं तु तौ । वाहाः पलायिताः सर्वे त्यक्त्वा तं च विनायकम्
mudgalena ca tatproktamanubhūtamidaṃ mayā | ityuktvā carmadehena ruroha yānamuttamam yatrendra bhavanāmāni gṛhyāṇi paritā lasan | taṃ dṛṣṭavā nṛpatirlokaṃ vismitaḥ prāha tau tadā nirākṛteste yadi nākṛtiḥ syādupāsanākarmavidhirvṛthā syāt | guṇaprapaṃcaḥ prakṛtervilāsā janasya bhogaśca tathā katham syāt vinā vināyakaṃ yāmi kathaṃ bhoktuṃ bhavadgṛhe | gṛhamadhyasthitaṃ cānnaṃ bhuṃje kāśyapasaṃyutaḥ etasminnantare prāptau śibikānikaṭaṃ tu tau | vāhāḥ palāyitāḥ sarve tyaktvā taṃ ca vināyakam
"And what was told by Mudgala, this I have experienced myself." Having said this, he mounted the excellent vehicle with his body of flesh, where the dwellings of Indra, houses, shone all around. Seeing that world, the king, amazed, then said to the two: If you were without form, if you had no shape, the whole rule of worship and rite would be futile; how then would the manifold of the qualities, the sports of prakṛti, and men's enjoyment come to be? "Without Vināyaka how shall I go to eat in your house? I eat the food placed in the middle of the house, together with Kāśyapa." Meanwhile the two came near the palanquin; all the bearers fled, abandoning that Vināyaka as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.36
अधिष्ठितं तु दूताभ्यां पूजिताभ्यामनेकधा । आरुढस्य च तत्रास्य देहोऽभूद्रविसन्निभः नृप उवाच । धन्योऽस्म्यनुगृहीतोऽस्मि गणेशेन कृपावता । भवद्भ्यां च यतो दृष्टाः स्वर्गलोकाः सुदुर्लभाः सत्संगतिश्चेत्सदनुग्रहः स्यात्सकर्मनिष्ठा सदनुस्मृतिश्च । चित्तस्य शुद्धिर्महती कृपा ते ज्ञानं विमुक्तिश्च न दुर्लभा स्यात् तं भुक्तवन्तं त्यक्त्वैव बहिस्थमत दृष्टवान् । इतस्ततोऽब्रुवंल्लोका दृढविस्मितमानसाः धृतौ विनायकेनोभौ हस्ताभ्यां बलिनौ बलात् । उत्पाटितुं धरण्या स भ्रामयामास तावुभौ
adhiṣṭhitaṃ tu dūtābhyāṃ pūjitābhyāmanekadhā | āruḍhasya ca tatrāsya deho'bhūdravisannibhaḥ nṛpa uvāca | dhanyo'smyanugṛhīto'smi gaṇeśena kṛpāvatā | bhavadbhyāṃ ca yato dṛṣṭāḥ svargalokāḥ sudurlabhāḥ satsaṃgatiścetsadanugrahaḥ syātsakarmaniṣṭhā sadanusmṛtiśca | cittasya śuddhirmahatī kṛpā te jñānaṃ vimuktiśca na durlabhā syāt taṃ bhuktavantaṃ tyaktvaiva bahisthamata dṛṣṭavān | itastato'bruvaṃllokā dṛḍhavismitamānasāḥ dhṛtau vināyakenobhau hastābhyāṃ balinau balāt | utpāṭituṃ dharaṇyā sa bhrāmayāmāsa tāvubhau
(The vehicle) was attended by the two messengers, who had been honoured in many ways; and as he mounted there, his body became like the sun. The king said: I am blessed, I have been favoured by the compassionate Gaṇeśa, and by you two, since heavens so very hard to attain have been seen (by me). If there is the company of the good, there is the grace of the good, steadfastness in works, and constant remembrance of the good; great purity of mind, your compassion, and then knowledge and release would not be hard to attain. Leaving him who had eaten, he then saw him standing outside; the people, their minds fixed in astonishment, spoke this way and that. Both the strong men were seized forcibly by Vināyaka with his two hands; to uproot them from the earth he whirled the two of them about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.37
दिव्यैर्गन्धैरलंकारैस्ताभ्यां संपूजितोंऽशुकैः । गतौ तौ वायुवेगेन दर्शयन्तौ च तौ नृपम् क उवाच। तं पुनर्दर्शयेतां तौ वैकुण्ठं विश्रुतं त्रिषु । लोकेषु तत्र गच्छन्ति वैष्णवा भक्तितत्पराः क उवाच । इति स्तोत्रं समाकर्ण्य परितुष्टो विनायकः । उवाच काशीराजं स वरं वृणु हृदि स्थितम् नानागृहगतो भुंक्ते काशिराजयुतो विभुः । आकर्ण्य वचनं तेषां हसन्नूचे नृपः स तान् करुर्णाद्रमनाः पश्चात्स्थापयामास भूतले। हन्तव्यः पुरुषेणासौ यः पराक्रमतोऽधिकः
divyairgandhairalaṃkāraistābhyāṃ saṃpūjitoṃ'śukaiḥ | gatau tau vāyuvegena darśayantau ca tau nṛpam ka uvāca| taṃ punardarśayetāṃ tau vaikuṇṭhaṃ viśrutaṃ triṣu | lokeṣu tatra gacchanti vaiṣṇavā bhaktitatparāḥ ka uvāca | iti stotraṃ samākarṇya parituṣṭo vināyakaḥ | uvāca kāśīrājaṃ sa varaṃ vṛṇu hṛdi sthitam nānāgṛhagato bhuṃkte kāśirājayuto vibhuḥ | ākarṇya vacanaṃ teṣāṃ hasannūce nṛpaḥ sa tān karurṇādramanāḥ paścātsthāpayāmāsa bhūtale| hantavyaḥ puruṣeṇāsau yaḥ parākramato'dhikaḥ
Honoured by those two with divine perfumes, ornaments and garments, the two went off with the speed of the wind, showing (the worlds) to the king. Ka said: Then those two showed him Vaikuṇṭha, renowned in the three worlds; there go Vaiṣṇavas intent on devotion. Ka said: Hearing this hymn, Vināyaka was well pleased, and said to the king of Kāśī: Choose the boon that is in your heart. "The Lord, together with the king of Kāśī, goes to many houses and eats." Hearing their words, the king laughed and said to them. Then, his mind touched by compassion, he set the two down on the ground: "He who surpasses (another) in prowess is to be slain by a man."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.38
भूतप्रेतपिशाचानां लोकं दुष्कृतकर्मणाम् । यत्र ते विकृताकारा ऊर्ध्वपादा अधोमुखाः सर्वलोकेषु श्रेष्ठं तं नोपमा यस्य विद्यते । शेपो न वर्णने शक्तोऽनेकवक्त्रो न चात्मभूः नृप उवाच । जातं वरस्य कृत्यं मे यत्राहं हि समागतः । इतः पुनर्जन्ममृती न स्यातां तद्विधीयताम् विना मां स कथं यातो भोक्तुं नानागृहानिति । ततो गृहाणि द्वित्रीणि गत्वा राजा हि दृष्टवान् मशके निहते कः स्यात्पुमर्थः पुरुषस्य ह । ततः पप्रच्छ तौ कस्य दूतौ वा कथ्यतामिति
bhūtapretapiśācānāṃ lokaṃ duṣkṛtakarmaṇām | yatra te vikṛtākārā ūrdhvapādā adhomukhāḥ sarvalokeṣu śreṣṭhaṃ taṃ nopamā yasya vidyate | śepo na varṇane śakto'nekavaktro na cātmabhūḥ nṛpa uvāca | jātaṃ varasya kṛtyaṃ me yatrāhaṃ hi samāgataḥ | itaḥ punarjanmamṛtī na syātāṃ tadvidhīyatām vinā māṃ sa kathaṃ yāto bhoktuṃ nānāgṛhāniti | tato gṛhāṇi dvitrīṇi gatvā rājā hi dṛṣṭavān maśake nihate kaḥ syātpumarthaḥ puruṣasya ha | tataḥ papraccha tau kasya dūtau vā kathyatāmiti
(He showed him) the world of ghosts, departed spirits and piśācas, of the doers of evil deeds, where they have deformed shapes, feet upward and heads downward. — That which is the best in all the worlds, for which no comparison exists: Śeṣa is not able to describe it, nor the many-mouthed one, nor the Self-born (Brahmā). The king said: The purpose of my boon is accomplished, since I have come here; let it be so arranged that from here there be no more birth and death (for me). — "How did he go without me to eat in various houses?" Then the king, going to two or three houses, saw (him). — When a mosquito has been killed, what human purpose is there for a man? — Then he asked: "Let it be told whose two messengers you are."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.39
पृष्ठभागमुखाः केचिन्मस्तकाक्षास्तथाऽपरे । हृदि नेत्राः पृष्ठनेत्राः सूक्ष्मकण्ठा महोदराः उर्जंस्नायी झषस्नायी मेषस्नायी तिलान्नदः । गोदो गीताध्ययनवान्प्राणिनां चोपकृच्च यः क उवाच । स्तोत्रेण प्रीतस्तं प्राह तथेति दिव्यदेहिनम् । स्थापयामास निकटे कल्पकोटियुगावधि स्वं च कश्यपपुत्रं च भुक्तवन्तं गृहे गृहे । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे प्राप्तौ स्नात्वा तौ मुनिसत्तमौ स्वशक्त्या तु कृते यत्ने न दोषः पुरुषस्य ह । एवं तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रोचतुः पुरतः स्थितौ
pṛṣṭhabhāgamukhāḥ kecinmastakākṣāstathā'pare | hṛdi netrāḥ pṛṣṭhanetrāḥ sūkṣmakaṇṭhā mahodarāḥ urjaṃsnāyī jhaṣasnāyī meṣasnāyī tilānnadaḥ | godo gītādhyayanavānprāṇināṃ copakṛcca yaḥ ka uvāca | stotreṇa prītastaṃ prāha tatheti divyadehinam | sthāpayāmāsa nikaṭe kalpakoṭiyugāvadhi svaṃ ca kaśyapaputraṃ ca bhuktavantaṃ gṛhe gṛhe | etasminnantare prāptau snātvā tau munisattamau svaśaktyā tu kṛte yatne na doṣaḥ puruṣasya ha | evaṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā procatuḥ purataḥ sthitau
Some have faces on their backs, others eyes in their heads; some have eyes in the chest, eyes in the back, thin throats, huge bellies. — One who eats sinew(?) ... , who eats fish-sinew, sheep-sinew, who gives food of sesame; the giver of cows, one devoted to the study of the Gītā, and one who does good to living beings. Ka said: Pleased by the hymn, he said "so be it" to him of divine body, and kept him near himself for the term of a koṭi of kalpas and yugas. Himself and the son of Kaśyapa having eaten in house after house — in this interval those two best of sages arrived, having bathed. When effort is made according to one's own power, there is no fault for a man. Having heard his words thus, the two standing in front spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.41
कोऽयं लोको दूतवरौ ब्रूतं म इति सोऽब्रवीत् मन्दिराणि प्रभासन्ति रत्नकांचन राजतैः । येषु ना प्रविशत्येव तमोरत्नमरीचिभिः प्राह सोऽपि मुनीन्सर्वान्सर्वकामफलप्रदम् । ज्ञानेन्द्रे मोक्षदं विघ्ननाशनं पावनं परम् यद्यद्गृहं प्रविशतस्तत्र तत्र विनायकम् । पश्यतः स्मरतस्तौ तु यातः स्म बहिरेव च अन्नदः पंचपितरो विख्याता भुवनत्रये । आवां दूतौ गुप्तरूपौ नरान्तकसमीरितौ
ko'yaṃ loko dūtavarau brūtaṃ ma iti so'bravīt mandirāṇi prabhāsanti ratnakāṃcana rājataiḥ | yeṣu nā praviśatyeva tamoratnamarīcibhiḥ prāha so'pi munīnsarvānsarvakāmaphalapradam | jñānendre mokṣadaṃ vighnanāśanaṃ pāvanaṃ param yadyadgṛhaṃ praviśatastatra tatra vināyakam | paśyataḥ smaratastau tu yātaḥ sma bahireva ca annadaḥ paṃcapitaro vikhyātā bhuvanatraye | āvāṃ dūtau guptarūpau narāntakasamīritau
"What world is this, O best of messengers? Tell me" — so he said. There shine mansions of jewels, gold and silver, into which darkness does not enter at all because of the rays of the jewels. He too spoke to all the sages of him who grants the fruit of every desire, who gives liberation in (the state of) the lord of knowledge, the destroyer of obstacles, the supreme purifier. Into whatever house the two entered, there they saw and remembered Vināyaka, and they went out again. The giver of food, the five fathers, renowned in the three worlds. "We two are messengers of concealed form, sent by Narāntaka."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.42
परिवारयुतो लक्ष्म्या यत्र तिष्ठति दैत्यहा । जहर्ष नृपवर्योऽसौ दृष्ट्वा तत्पुण्यसंचयात् यः पठेत्स लभेद्भक्तिं गणेशसन्निधौ नरः । विद्याकामो लभेद्विद्यां त्रिसन्ध्यं यः पठेन्नरः भुक्तं च भुक्तवन्तं च सुप्तं क्रीडन्तमेव च । जपन्तं च पठन्तं च पाठयन्तं च पश्यतः तव विघ्नकरौ देव रक्षितौ कृपया त्वया । भूतं भव्यं भवच्चैव सर्वं जानासि सर्ववित्
parivārayuto lakṣmyā yatra tiṣṭhati daityahā | jaharṣa nṛpavaryo'sau dṛṣṭvā tatpuṇyasaṃcayāt yaḥ paṭhetsa labhedbhaktiṃ gaṇeśasannidhau naraḥ | vidyākāmo labhedvidyāṃ trisandhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ bhuktaṃ ca bhuktavantaṃ ca suptaṃ krīḍantameva ca | japantaṃ ca paṭhantaṃ ca pāṭhayantaṃ ca paśyataḥ tava vighnakarau deva rakṣitau kṛpayā tvayā | bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhavaccaiva sarvaṃ jānāsi sarvavit
(He showed the place) where, together with his retinue and with Lakṣmī, the slayer of the demons dwells; and that best of kings rejoiced on seeing it, through that store of merit. The man who recites this will obtain devotion in the presence of Gaṇeśa; one who desires learning will obtain learning, if a man recites it at the three junctures of the day. They see (him) eaten and having eaten, asleep and playing, muttering and reciting and causing others to recite. "These two makers of obstacles for you, O god, have been protected by you out of compassion; you know everything, past, future and present, O all-knowing one."
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GnP 2 51.43
ततोऽग्रे दर्शयेतां तौ कैलासं गिरिशालयम् । मेरोस्तु शिखरे रम्येऽयुतयोजनविस्तृते पुत्रकामो लभेत्पुत्रांजयकामो लभेज्जयम् । एवं सर्वं समाख्यातं यद्यत्पृष्टं त्वया मुने एवं सर्वत्र तं दृष्ट्वा परस्परमथोचतुः । न स्थलं भोजनार्थाय दृश्यतेऽथात्र निर्मलम् ये ये वैरेण त्वां याता हतास्ते क्षणमात्रतः । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे पौरा विनायकमथाब्रुवन्
tato'gre darśayetāṃ tau kailāsaṃ giriśālayam | merostu śikhare ramye'yutayojanavistṛte putrakāmo labhetputrāṃjayakāmo labhejjayam | evaṃ sarvaṃ samākhyātaṃ yadyatpṛṣṭaṃ tvayā mune evaṃ sarvatra taṃ dṛṣṭvā parasparamathocatuḥ | na sthalaṃ bhojanārthāya dṛśyate'thātra nirmalam ye ye vaireṇa tvāṃ yātā hatāste kṣaṇamātrataḥ | etasminnantare paurā vināyakamathābruvan
Then those two showed ahead Kailāsa, the abode of Śiva; and on the lovely peak of Meru, extended over ten thousand yojanas — one who desires sons obtains sons, one who desires victory obtains victory. Thus all has been related, whatever you asked, O sage. Thus, seeing him everywhere, the two said to each other: "No clean place is to be seen here for eating." "Whoever came against you in enmity, they were slain in a mere moment." In this interval the townspeople then said to Vināyaka:
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GnP 2 51.44
रविचन्द्रप्रकाशानि हर्म्याणि यत्र भान्ति च । यत्र पंचाक्षरजपा रुद्राध्यायजपाश्च ये आख्यानं काशिराजस्य किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि । भृगुरुवाच । इति श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मवाक्यं व्यासो निःसंशयो गिरः यावः शुक्लगृहं कर्ता स नानातिथ्यमादरात् । इत्युक्त्वा तद्गृहं यातो दृष्टस्तत्रापि काश्यपः किमेतौ रक्षितौ देवदुष्टौ लोकभयंकरौ । अनयोरुपकारस्तु कृतोऽपकृतये भवेत्
ravicandraprakāśāni harmyāṇi yatra bhānti ca | yatra paṃcākṣarajapā rudrādhyāyajapāśca ye ākhyānaṃ kāśirājasya kimanyacchrotumicchasi | bhṛguruvāca | iti śrutvā brahmavākyaṃ vyāso niḥsaṃśayo giraḥ yāvaḥ śuklagṛhaṃ kartā sa nānātithyamādarāt | ityuktvā tadgṛhaṃ yāto dṛṣṭastatrāpi kāśyapaḥ kimetau rakṣitau devaduṣṭau lokabhayaṃkarau | anayorupakārastu kṛto'pakṛtaye bhavet
(the world) where mansions shine with the light of sun and moon, where there are those who mutter the five-syllabled mantra and those who recite the Rudra chapter. This is the story of the king of Kāśī; what else do you wish to hear? Bhṛgu said: Having heard Brahmā's speech thus, Vyāsa, freed of doubt, (spoke these) words. "Let us go to Śukla's house; he will offer manifold hospitality with respect." Having said this he went to that house, and there too Kāśyapa was seen. "Why have these two been protected, who are hostile to the gods and terrifying to the world? A benefit done to these two would turn into harm."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GnP 2 51.45
अनेकसाधनरताः पुण्यवन्तो व्रजन्ति ह । तं दृष्टवा प्राह नृपतिर्विनायकप्रसादतः पुनः पप्रच्छ सुमतिर्विस्तरेण कथान्तरम् । व्यास उवाच । शुक्लस्यातिदरिद्रस्य हृतं दारिद्र्यमादरात् अधोमुखौ क्षुधार्तौ तौ यातः स्म नगराद्बहिः। पश्यतः स्म परां मूर्तिं स्फुटां वैनायकीं शुभाम् पन्नगाय पयो दत्तं विषमेव हि जायते । मुनिरुवाच । तानुवाच ततो देवः पूर्वमेवानयोर्मया
anekasādhanaratāḥ puṇyavanto vrajanti ha | taṃ dṛṣṭavā prāha nṛpatirvināyakaprasādataḥ punaḥ papraccha sumatirvistareṇa kathāntaram | vyāsa uvāca | śuklasyātidaridrasya hṛtaṃ dāridryamādarāt adhomukhau kṣudhārtau tau yātaḥ sma nagarādbahiḥ| paśyataḥ sma parāṃ mūrtiṃ sphuṭāṃ vaināyakīṃ śubhām pannagāya payo dattaṃ viṣameva hi jāyate | muniruvāca | tānuvāca tato devaḥ pūrvamevānayormayā
Devoted to many spiritual practices, the meritorious indeed go there. Seeing him, the king spoke, by the grace of Vināyaka. Sumati again asked about the remainder of the story in detail. Vyāsa said: The poverty of the extremely poor Śukla was respectfully taken away. The two, with faces cast down and afflicted by hunger, went outside the city; we saw the supreme, manifest, auspicious form of Vināyaka. Milk given to a serpent becomes nothing but poison. The sage said: Then the god said to them: "Already by me, to these two..."
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GnP 2 51.46
दृष्ट्वा सर्वे देवलोकाः पुण्यदा दर्शनान्नृणाम् । ततोऽग्रेण रविश्चन्द्रः सहस्रयोजनावधि भुक्त्वा कदन्नं तद्गेहे काशिराजं समेत्य च । किं चकार स देवोऽपि काशिराजश्च तद्वद अन्तर्हदि च नेत्रे स्वे निमील्योन्मील्य वा पुनः। अधश्चोर्ध्वं चान्तराले दिक्षु चैव विदिक्षु च अभयं दत्तमधुना विपरीतं कथं भवेत् । इत्युक्त्वाऽमोचयत्तौ स ततो राजाऽब्रवीत्पुनः
dṛṣṭvā sarve devalokāḥ puṇyadā darśanānnṛṇām | tato'greṇa raviścandraḥ sahasrayojanāvadhi bhuktvā kadannaṃ tadgehe kāśirājaṃ sametya ca | kiṃ cakāra sa devo'pi kāśirājaśca tadvada antarhadi ca netre sve nimīlyonmīlya vā punaḥ| adhaścordhvaṃ cāntarāle dikṣu caiva vidikṣu ca abhayaṃ dattamadhunā viparītaṃ kathaṃ bhavet | ityuktvā'mocayattau sa tato rājā'bravītpunaḥ
Having been seen, all the worlds of the gods bestow merit on men by the mere sight of them. Then further ahead, the sun and the moon up to a thousand yojanas. Having eaten bad food in that house and having met the king of Kāśī — what did that god do, and what the king of Kāśī? Tell that. And within the heart, closing his own eyes or opening them again; below and above and in the middle, in the directions and the intermediate directions. "Fearlessness has now been granted; how should the opposite come about?" Saying this he released the two; then the king spoke again.
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GnP 2 51.47
विमानप्रभया याति न च पश्यन्ति किंचन । मेघनादनिभं शब्दं शुश्राव दुःसहं नृपः कथं तौ निहतौ दैत्यौ भूभारश्च कथं हृतः । स्थापितश्च कथं धर्मस्तन्मे शंस यथाविधि तस्थतुस्तौ ततः पश्चाद्ध्यानस्तिमितवीक्षणौ । क्षणमुद्धाट्य नयने विनायकस्वरूपिणम् अपराधानसंख्यातान्क्षान्त्वा तौ मोचितौ रिपू । मरणे जीवने जन्तोरिच्छा ते कारणं मता
vimānaprabhayā yāti na ca paśyanti kiṃcana | meghanādanibhaṃ śabdaṃ śuśrāva duḥsahaṃ nṛpaḥ kathaṃ tau nihatau daityau bhūbhāraśca kathaṃ hṛtaḥ | sthāpitaśca kathaṃ dharmastanme śaṃsa yathāvidhi tasthatustau tataḥ paścāddhyānastimitavīkṣaṇau | kṣaṇamuddhāṭya nayane vināyakasvarūpiṇam aparādhānasaṃkhyātānkṣāntvā tau mocitau ripū | maraṇe jīvane jantoricchā te kāraṇaṃ matā
He travels by the radiance of the aerial car, and they see nothing at all. The king heard an unbearable sound like the roar of thunderclouds. "How were those two demons slain, and how was the burden of the earth removed, and how was dharma established? Relate that to me duly." Then afterwards the two stood with their gaze motionless in meditation; opening their eyes for a moment, (they beheld) him who bears the form of Vināyaka. "Having pardoned their countless offences, the two enemies were released; your will is held to be the cause of a creature's death and life."
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GnP 2 51.48
गिरिवर्यप्रकाशानां भ्रमराणां समन्ततः । कस्य शब्दः श्रूयतेऽयमिति पप्रच्छ तौ नृपः क उवाच । कथयामि समासेन चरितं बालरूपिणः । हृत्वा शुक्लस्य दारिद्र्यं यद्यत्तेन कृतं मुने परस्परं पश्यति स्म सनकस्तं परोऽपि तम् । यं देवं तौ ध्यायतः स्म पश्यतस्तं विनायकम् इत्युक्त्वा मन्दिरं प्राप्तौ काशिराजविनायकौ । नत्वा तौ सर्वलोकाश्च स्वं स्वं भवनमागमन्
girivaryaprakāśānāṃ bhramarāṇāṃ samantataḥ | kasya śabdaḥ śrūyate'yamiti papraccha tau nṛpaḥ ka uvāca | kathayāmi samāsena caritaṃ bālarūpiṇaḥ | hṛtvā śuklasya dāridryaṃ yadyattena kṛtaṃ mune parasparaṃ paśyati sma sanakastaṃ paro'pi tam | yaṃ devaṃ tau dhyāyataḥ sma paśyatastaṃ vināyakam ityuktvā mandiraṃ prāptau kāśirājavināyakau | natvā tau sarvalokāśca svaṃ svaṃ bhavanamāgaman
Of bees shining like the greatest of mountains, all around — "Whose is this sound that is heard?" thus the king asked the two. Ka said: I shall tell in brief the deeds of him who bears the form of a child — whatever was done by him after taking away Śukla's poverty, O sage. They looked at each other, Sanaka at him and the other too at him; the god whom the two were meditating on, that Vināyaka they saw. Having said this, the king of Kāśī and Vināyaka reached the temple; and all the people, having bowed to the two, went each to his own dwelling.
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GnP 2 51.49
कदा द्रक्ष्यामि देवस्य पादपद्ममिति स्फुटम् । ददर्श पुरतो राजा शक्तिं भ्रामरिकां दृढाम् सर्वव्यापी सर्वरूप आविरासीत्तयोः पुरः। दशबाहुः सिंहगतः सिद्धिबुद्धिविराजितः प्रशंसन्तो नृपं नानारूपिणं च विनायकम्
kadā drakṣyāmi devasya pādapadmamiti sphuṭam | dadarśa purato rājā śaktiṃ bhrāmarikāṃ dṛḍhām sarvavyāpī sarvarūpa āvirāsīttayoḥ puraḥ| daśabāhuḥ siṃhagataḥ siddhibuddhivirājitaḥ praśaṃsanto nṛpaṃ nānārūpiṇaṃ ca vināyakam
"When shall I clearly see the lotus feet of the god?" The king saw before him the firm bee-like power (śakti). The all-pervading one, of all forms, became manifest before the two, ten-armed, mounted on a lion, resplendent with Siddhi and Buddhi — (the people) praising the king and Vināyaka of many forms.
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GnP 2 51.51
आश्वास्य निन्यतुस्तं तु दूतावग्रे नृपं तदा । तत आधारशक्तिं स ततोऽप्यतिभयङकराम् कस्तूरीतिलकं दिव्ये वसने दशनप्रभे। सौम्यतेजाः सुमनसां दुष्टानां दुर्निरीक्षणः
āśvāsya ninyatustaṃ tu dūtāvagre nṛpaṃ tadā | tata ādhāraśaktiṃ sa tato'pyatibhayaṅakarām kastūrītilakaṃ divye vasane daśanaprabhe| saumyatejāḥ sumanasāṃ duṣṭānāṃ durnirīkṣaṇaḥ
Having reassured him, the two messengers then led the king onward; then (he beheld) the Supporting Power (Ādhāraśakti), still more terrifying than that. A musk mark, divine garments, the brilliance of teeth; of gentle splendour to the good-hearted, hard for the wicked to look upon.
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GnP 2 51.52
दृष्टवा चकम्पे नृपतिर्भ्रामरीमस्तके स्थिताम् । करालकेशां लम्बोष्ठीं दीर्घजिह्वां प्रभायुताम् त्यक्त्वा भ्रमन्तु तत्त्वज्ञौ प्रणमेतां विनायकम् । बद्ध्वा करपुटं तौ तं तुष्टुवाते महामती
dṛṣṭavā cakampe nṛpatirbhrāmarīmastake sthitām | karālakeśāṃ lamboṣṭhīṃ dīrghajihvāṃ prabhāyutām tyaktvā bhramantu tattvajñau praṇametāṃ vināyakam | baddhvā karapuṭaṃ tau taṃ tuṣṭuvāte mahāmatī
Seeing (her) seated upon the bee, the king trembled — with terrible hair, hanging lips, long tongue, filled with radiance. "Having abandoned (this), let them wander!" — the two knowers of truth bowed to Vināyaka; joining their cupped hands, the two of great understanding praised him.
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GnP 2 51.53
आश्वासितो व्रजन्नग्रे सोऽपश्यत्कामदायिनीम् । आधारशक्तिं संविष्टां योजनायुतविस्तृताम् तौ ऊचतुः । नित्यमद्वैतमपरं परं ब्रह्म सनातनम् । तमेव परया भक्त्या पंचभूतात्मकं विभुम्
āśvāsito vrajannagre so'paśyatkāmadāyinīm | ādhāraśaktiṃ saṃviṣṭāṃ yojanāyutavistṛtām tau ūcatuḥ | nityamadvaitamaparaṃ paraṃ brahma sanātanam | tameva parayā bhaktyā paṃcabhūtātmakaṃ vibhum
Reassured, going onward he saw the granter of desires, the Supporting Power (Ādhāraśakti), seated, extending ten thousand yojanas. The two said: The eternal, non-dual, unsurpassed, supreme, everlasting brahman — him alone, with the highest devotion, the pervading lord who consists of the five elements (we worship).
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GnP 2 51.54
भ्रमन्ति पर्वता यस्याः श्वासवायुविवर्तनात् । वज्रातिनिष्ठुरैर्देहैर्यस्यास्तिष्ठति सा पुरी
bhramanti parvatā yasyāḥ śvāsavāyuvivartanāt | vajrātiniṣṭhurairdehairyasyāstiṣṭhati sā purī
(She) from the turning of whose breath-wind the mountains whirl about; whose city stands there, with bodies harder than adamant.
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GnP 2 51.55
वदतः स्म नृपं दूतौ पश्य स्वानन्दपत्तनम् । यद्ध्यानपरितृप्तोऽसि कोटिसूर्यनिभं शुभम् चराचरगतं सर्वरूपिणं परमेश्वरम् । भ्रमन्ति यस्य रोमाञ्चगता ब्रह्माण्डकोटयः ५४ स कथं स्तवनीयोऽसौ वेदान्तानामगोचरः । आवयोर्वाञ्छितं देव त्वया ज्ञात्वा प्रपूरितम्
vadataḥ sma nṛpaṃ dūtau paśya svānandapattanam | yaddhyānaparitṛpto'si koṭisūryanibhaṃ śubham carācaragataṃ sarvarūpiṇaṃ parameśvaram | bhramanti yasya romāñcagatā brahmāṇḍakoṭayaḥ 54 sa kathaṃ stavanīyo'sau vedāntānāmagocaraḥ | āvayorvāñchitaṃ deva tvayā jñātvā prapūritam
The two messengers said to the king: "Behold the city of Svānanda, by meditation on which you have been fully satisfied, auspicious, like a crore of suns." The supreme Lord, present in the moving and the unmoving, having all forms, in the hair-pores of whose body crores of world-eggs revolve — how is he to be praised, he who is beyond the reach of the Vedāntas? "Our wish, O god, has been known by you and fulfilled."
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GnP 2 51.56
रत्नकांचनसंभिन्ना भाति यत्र गृहाः परे । मुक्तारजतसूर्याश्मनिमिताश्च सहस्रशः न विद्मो महिमानं ते बालरूपधरस्य ह । भूभारहरणार्थाय काश्यपं रूपमुत्तमम्
ratnakāṃcanasaṃbhinnā bhāti yatra gṛhāḥ pare | muktārajatasūryāśmanimitāśca sahasraśaḥ na vidmo mahimānaṃ te bālarūpadharasya ha | bhūbhāraharaṇārthāya kāśyapaṃ rūpamuttamam
where superb houses shine, inlaid with jewels and gold, and thousands made of pearl, silver and sunstone. "We do not know your greatness, you who bear the form of a child; for the removal of the earth's burden (you took) the excellent form of Kāśyapa's son."
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GnP 2 51.57
नीलाश्मकुट्टिमा यत्र पुमांसो यत्र वह्निभाः । यत्र वापीकूपतडागा भान्ति च सरांसि च क उवाच । अन्तर्दधे तु तद्रूमुपभयोः स्तुवतोः पुरः । न पश्यतो यदा रूपं तदा तौ श्रमवर्जितौ
nīlāśmakuṭṭimā yatra pumāṃso yatra vahnibhāḥ | yatra vāpīkūpataḍāgā bhānti ca sarāṃsi ca ka uvāca | antardadhe tu tadrūmupabhayoḥ stuvatoḥ puraḥ | na paśyato yadā rūpaṃ tadā tau śramavarjitau
where the pavements are of blue stone, where the men are like fire, where step-wells, wells, ponds and lakes shine. Ka said: But that form vanished from before the two who were praising him; when they no longer saw the form, then the two became free of weariness.
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GnP 2 51.58
स्वच्छशीताम्बुनीलानि पीतरत्नतटानि च । यदम्बुपानान्न जरा न क्षुद्रोगो नृणां भवेत् प्रासादं परमं कृत्वा मूर्तिं वैनायकीं शुभाम् । ब्रह्मवादित्रघोषैश्च यथा दृष्टं शुभे दिने
svacchaśītāmbunīlāni pītaratnataṭāni ca | yadambupānānna jarā na kṣudrogo nṛṇāṃ bhavet prāsādaṃ paramaṃ kṛtvā mūrtiṃ vaināyakīṃ śubhām | brahmavāditraghoṣaiśca yathā dṛṣṭaṃ śubhe dine
(lakes) blue with clear cool water and with banks of yellow gems, from the drinking of whose water neither old age nor wasting disease befalls men. Having made a supreme temple and an auspicious image of Vināyaka, with recitations of the brahman(-hymns) and the sound of instruments, just as it had been seen, on an auspicious day...
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GnP 2 51.59
आक्रीडा विमला नानावृक्षवल्लीविराजिताः। दिव्यौषध्यो दिवा सूर्यकोटिभा भान्ति यत्र च स्थापयामासतुर्नाम वरदोऽयं विनायकः । गणेशतीर्थमिति च तत्र यत्सर उत्तमम्
ākrīḍā vimalā nānāvṛkṣavallīvirājitāḥ| divyauṣadhyo divā sūryakoṭibhā bhānti yatra ca sthāpayāmāsaturnāma varado'yaṃ vināyakaḥ | gaṇeśatīrthamiti ca tatra yatsara uttamam
Spotless pleasure-groves, adorned with various trees and creepers, and divine herbs, which by day shine like crores of suns. The two established the name: "This is Vināyaka the giver of boons," and "Gaṇeśa-tīrtha" for the excellent lake that is there.
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GnP 2 51.61
यत्रपुष्पवनामोदः श्रमं हन्ति विहारिणाम् । इक्षुसागरतीरं तत्प्राप्योत्तेरुर्मुदा युताः सर्वांन्कामानवाप्नोति हित्वा पापं पुरातनम् । तत्रेयुर्मुनयः सर्वे देवाश्च सदिगीश्वराः
yatrapuṣpavanāmodaḥ śramaṃ hanti vihāriṇām | ikṣusāgaratīraṃ tatprāpyotterurmudā yutāḥ sarvāṃnkāmānavāpnoti hitvā pāpaṃ purātanam | tatreyurmunayaḥ sarve devāśca sadigīśvarāḥ
Where the fragrance of the flowering groves destroys the weariness of those who wander there. Having reached that shore of the ocean of sugar-cane (juice), they crossed it, filled with joy. (There) one obtains all one's desires, having left behind ancient sin. There all the sages went, and the gods together with the guardians of the directions.
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GnP 2 51.62
दृष्ट्वा संपूजितं देवं स्तुत्वा नत्वा ययुः पुनः । मुनिरुवाच । एवं तौ बालरूपस्य प्रभावं द्रष्टुमागतौ
dṛṣṭvā saṃpūjitaṃ devaṃ stutvā natvā yayuḥ punaḥ | muniruvāca | evaṃ tau bālarūpasya prabhāvaṃ draṣṭumāgatau
Having seen the god fully worshipped, having praised and bowed to him, they went away again. The sage said: Thus the two had come to see the power of the one in the form of a child.
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GnP 2 51.63
दृष्टप्रभावौ संतुष्टौ स्वस्थानमापतुः परम् । य इदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या बालस्य चरितं शुभम्
dṛṣṭaprabhāvau saṃtuṣṭau svasthānamāpatuḥ param | ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā bālasya caritaṃ śubham
Having seen his power, satisfied, the two went back to their own supreme abode. Whoever should hear with devotion this auspicious deed of the child—
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GnP 2 51.64
सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति प्रेत्यं ब्रह्ममयो भवेत् । न बालग्रहपीडा स्यात्सर्वत्र विजयी भवेत्
sarvānkāmānavāpnoti pretyaṃ brahmamayo bhavet | na bālagrahapīḍā syātsarvatra vijayī bhavet
—obtains all his desires, and after death becomes one with Brahman. There will be no affliction from the demons that seize children, and he will be victorious everywhere.
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