Ganesha Purana — Kridakhanda — Chapter 71

GnP 2 71.1

अध्याय ७१ प्रारंभ – क उवाच । अपरस्मिन्दिने ब्रह्मन्राजा भद्रासनं गतः । अमात्यान्वीरमुख्यांश्च वृद्धांश्च सुहृदो द्विजान् अध्याय ७२ प्रारंभ – क उवाच । पूर्वमेव च दूतेन कथितोऽसौ विनायकः । अदित्यै काशिराजेन रथस्थेन सहागतः अध्याय ७३ प्रारंभ :- व्यास उवाच । कथं ब्रह्मञ्शिवगृहे मयूरेश्वर संज्ञितः । अवतीर्णः किमर्थं वा किं च तच्चरितं पितः ०।। भद्रं भद्रकरं यस्य लोकनामलकोपमम् । यस्यामात्यौ महाबुद्धी साम्बश्चैव सुबोधनः कुमुदानि विकासन्ते दिवा यन्मुखचन्द्रतः । अनेकभूषादीप्त्या या नाशयित्वाऽखिलं तमः यानि कर्माणि च मया पुत्रार्थे चरितानि च । ईश्वरार्पणबुद्ध्या चेत्कृतानि स्युर्यदा तदा

adhyāya 71 prāraṃbha – ka uvāca | aparasmindine brahmanrājā bhadrāsanaṃ gataḥ | amātyānvīramukhyāṃśca vṛddhāṃśca suhṛdo dvijān adhyāya 72 prāraṃbha – ka uvāca | pūrvameva ca dūtena kathito'sau vināyakaḥ | adityai kāśirājena rathasthena sahāgataḥ adhyāya 73 prāraṃbha :- vyāsa uvāca | kathaṃ brahmañśivagṛhe mayūreśvara saṃjñitaḥ | avatīrṇaḥ kimarthaṃ vā kiṃ ca taccaritaṃ pitaḥ 0|| bhadraṃ bhadrakaraṃ yasya lokanāmalakopamam | yasyāmātyau mahābuddhī sāmbaścaiva subodhanaḥ kumudāni vikāsante divā yanmukhacandrataḥ | anekabhūṣādīptyā yā nāśayitvā'khilaṃ tamaḥ yāni karmāṇi ca mayā putrārthe caritāni ca | īśvarārpaṇabuddhyā cetkṛtāni syuryadā tadā

Chapter 71 begins — Ka said: On another day, O brahmin, the king went to the auspicious seat, (and summoned) his ministers and the chief of his warriors, and the elders, his friends, and the twice-born. Chapter 72 begins — Ka said: That Vināyaka had already been announced to Aditi by a messenger; he came together with the king of Kāśī, who was mounted in a chariot. Chapter 73 begins — Vyāsa said: How, O brahmin, was he called Mayūreśvara in Śiva's house? And for what purpose did he descend, and what was that deed of his, father? — whose welfare is welfare-making for the worlds, like an āmalaka fruit (in the palm); whose two ministers of great intelligence were Sāmba and Subodhana; from whose moon-face the night-lotuses open by day, and who by the radiance of many ornaments destroyed all the darkness. And whatever deeds have been performed by me for the sake of a son — if they should have been done with the intent of offering them to the Lord, then, at that time...

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

GnP 2 71.2

आकार्य च नमस्कृत्य जगाद हदि संस्थितम् । राजोवाच । विवाहाय तु पुत्रस्य समाहूतो विनायकः ततो मगधराजोऽपि सुतामादाय तां पुरीम् । आययुः सर्वसुहृदो नानादिग्भ्यः समागताः पौरांगनास्तथैवैनं बाला मुग्धाः सयौवनाः । विपर्यस्य निजा भूषा आययुस्तं विलोकितुम् चोरयित्वा कथं यासि सर्वेषां नो मनांसि च । कथं कार्यं करिष्यामो नीतेषु नो मनस्सु च आक्रन्दतस्तानुवाच पुनर्यास्ये वजन्तु हि । चिन्ता न कार्या सत्यं वो ब्रवीमि नानृतं क्वचित् ततः सा तद्वियोगेन धावमाना ययौ पुरः । औत्सुक्यत्वरिता वेद नांचलं पतितं स्वकम् बहुला च कृता कीर्तिः स्थापिता धर्मसेतवः । पौरुषं च तथाऽनेन कृतं नेन्द्रादिभिः कृतम् क उवाच । तस्य दैत्यवधादीनि कर्माण्यस्मै न्यवेदयत् । ततो जहर्षतुरुभौ मुनिपत्नी मुनिश्च सः । ज्ञात्वा पराक्रमं तस्य स्वपुत्रस्य गुणान्बहून् । ढुण्ढिराजेति नाम्ना ता स्थापयामासुरादरात् । ऋत्विग्भिर्ब्राह्मणैरन्यैर्वेदशास्त्रविशारदैः कारयामासतुर्मूर्तिं प्रासादं चातिशोभनम् । विनायकेति नामास्य चक्रतुर्भक्तितत्परौ मयूरेश्वरसंज्ञा च कथं जाता विनायके । एतन्मे सर्वमा- चक्ष्व शृण्वंस्तृप्यामि न क्वचित् साक्षाल्लक्ष्मी स्थिरा यस्य गृहे दर्शनगोचरा । रत्नकांचनमुक्ताभिरनिशं भासयद्दिशः ९।। मुक्तिः स्यादुभयोः पूर्वजन्मकर्मक्षयोऽपि च । गतमायुर्वृथा लोका वनं यास्ये मुदाऽधुना सर्वं प्रकृतिसात्कृत्वा यूयं तद्वाक्यकारिणः । गमिष्येऽहं वनं लोकास्तपस्तप्तुं हिताय वै ततः प्रोचे मुनिश्चक्रपाणिं नृपतिसत्तमम् । संतुष्टः परया भक्त्या प्रश्रयेण दमेन च अनेकजन्मपापानां शमनं पुत्रपौत्रदम् । मुनिरुवाच । मासमात्रं व्रतं कार्यमारभ्य भानुसप्तमी पत्न्या सह विनीतात्मा सूर्यभक्तिपरायणः । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयामास यथेच्छं लक्षसंख्यया नृप उवाच । तुष्टोऽसौ सविता कान्त नमस्कारैश्च भोजनैः । ब्राह्मणानां गवां दानैरुपवासैर्जपैरपि क उवाच । इत्यानिनाय तं बालं समुद्रो नृपमन्दिरम् । दम्पत्योः पुरतः स्थाप्य प्रोच एवं द्विजस्तदा ५ तव पत्न्याऽत्याजि गर्भो दुःसहत्वान्ममोदरे । उग्रो बालस्ततो जातोऽखिललोकभयंकरः ६ यस्य प्रथमशब्देन कम्पितं भुवनत्रयम् । नेत्राभ्यां नेक्षितुं शक्योऽत एवैनमुपानयम् ७ इत्युक्त्वा बालकं मुक्त्वाऽन्तर्दधे सागरस्तदा । तत एनं कराभ्यां सा कटौ दध्रे नृपांगना ८ स्थापयित्वा ददौ प्रेम्णा स्तनपानं मुदान्विता । उभावानन्द युक्तौ तौ दम्पती पुत्रदर्शनात् ९ यथा चिरं योगनिष्ठो लब्ध्वा ब्रह्मामृतं परम् । तत आकारयामास ब्राह्मणान्सुहृदोऽपि च

ākārya ca namaskṛtya jagāda hadi saṃsthitam | rājovāca | vivāhāya tu putrasya samāhūto vināyakaḥ tato magadharājo'pi sutāmādāya tāṃ purīm | āyayuḥ sarvasuhṛdo nānādigbhyaḥ samāgatāḥ paurāṃganāstathaivainaṃ bālā mugdhāḥ sayauvanāḥ | viparyasya nijā bhūṣā āyayustaṃ vilokitum corayitvā kathaṃ yāsi sarveṣāṃ no manāṃsi ca | kathaṃ kāryaṃ kariṣyāmo nīteṣu no manassu ca ākrandatastānuvāca punaryāsye vajantu hi | cintā na kāryā satyaṃ vo bravīmi nānṛtaṃ kvacit tataḥ sā tadviyogena dhāvamānā yayau puraḥ | autsukyatvaritā veda nāṃcalaṃ patitaṃ svakam bahulā ca kṛtā kīrtiḥ sthāpitā dharmasetavaḥ | pauruṣaṃ ca tathā'nena kṛtaṃ nendrādibhiḥ kṛtam ka uvāca | tasya daityavadhādīni karmāṇyasmai nyavedayat | tato jaharṣaturubhau munipatnī muniśca saḥ | jñātvā parākramaṃ tasya svaputrasya guṇānbahūn | ḍhuṇḍhirājeti nāmnā tā sthāpayāmāsurādarāt | ṛtvigbhirbrāhmaṇairanyairvedaśāstraviśāradaiḥ kārayāmāsaturmūrtiṃ prāsādaṃ cātiśobhanam | vināyaketi nāmāsya cakraturbhaktitatparau mayūreśvarasaṃjñā ca kathaṃ jātā vināyake | etanme sarvamā- cakṣva śṛṇvaṃstṛpyāmi na kvacit sākṣāllakṣmī sthirā yasya gṛhe darśanagocarā | ratnakāṃcanamuktābhiraniśaṃ bhāsayaddiśaḥ 9|| muktiḥ syādubhayoḥ pūrvajanmakarmakṣayo'pi ca | gatamāyurvṛthā lokā vanaṃ yāsye mudā'dhunā sarvaṃ prakṛtisātkṛtvā yūyaṃ tadvākyakāriṇaḥ | gamiṣye'haṃ vanaṃ lokāstapastaptuṃ hitāya vai tataḥ proce muniścakrapāṇiṃ nṛpatisattamam | saṃtuṣṭaḥ parayā bhaktyā praśrayeṇa damena ca anekajanmapāpānāṃ śamanaṃ putrapautradam | muniruvāca | māsamātraṃ vrataṃ kāryamārabhya bhānusaptamī patnyā saha vinītātmā sūryabhaktiparāyaṇaḥ | brāhmaṇānbhojayāmāsa yathecchaṃ lakṣasaṃkhyayā nṛpa uvāca | tuṣṭo'sau savitā kānta namaskāraiśca bhojanaiḥ | brāhmaṇānāṃ gavāṃ dānairupavāsairjapairapi ka uvāca | ityānināya taṃ bālaṃ samudro nṛpamandiram | dampatyoḥ purataḥ sthāpya proca evaṃ dvijastadā 5 tava patnyā'tyāji garbho duḥsahatvānmamodare | ugro bālastato jāto'khilalokabhayaṃkaraḥ 6 yasya prathamaśabdena kampitaṃ bhuvanatrayam | netrābhyāṃ nekṣituṃ śakyo'ta evainamupānayam 7 ityuktvā bālakaṃ muktvā'ntardadhe sāgarastadā | tata enaṃ karābhyāṃ sā kaṭau dadhre nṛpāṃganā 8 sthāpayitvā dadau premṇā stanapānaṃ mudānvitā | ubhāvānanda yuktau tau dampatī putradarśanāt 9 yathā ciraṃ yoganiṣṭho labdhvā brahmāmṛtaṃ param | tata ākārayāmāsa brāhmaṇānsuhṛdo'pi ca

Having summoned (them) and made obeisance, he spoke what was set in his heart. The king said: Vināyaka has been invited for my son's marriage. Then the king of Magadha too, taking his daughter, (came) to that city; all the friends came, assembled from the various quarters. Likewise the women of the town, and girls, charming and in their youth, putting their own ornaments on awry, came to gaze at him. "Having stolen the hearts of us all, how do you go away? How shall we do our work, when our minds have been carried off?" To them as they wailed he said: "I shall come again; let them go. No anxiety should be felt: I tell you the truth, never a falsehood anywhere." Then she, running on out of separation from him, went ahead; hastened by her eagerness she did not know that her own garment-hem had fallen. Wide fame was won and dykes of dharma established; and such manly deed was done by him as was not done by Indra and the rest. Ka said: He reported to him his deeds, the slaying of the demons and the rest. Then both rejoiced, the sage's wife and that sage. Knowing the valour of their own son and his many virtues, they reverently established her by the name Ḍhuṇḍhirāja; and with officiating priests, brahmins and others versed in Veda and śāstra, the two had an image made and a most beautiful temple, and, intent in devotion, gave him the name Vināyaka. And how did the designation Mayūreśvara come about for Vināyaka? Tell me all this: hearing it I am never sated. In whose house Lakṣmī stands fast, visible in person, ceaselessly making the quarters bright with jewels, gold and pearls. May there be liberation for both, and also the destruction of the karma of former births. My lifetime has gone in vain; O people, I shall now go gladly to the forest. Having handed everything over to the subjects, you being doers of his word, I shall go to the forest, O people, to practise austerity for (the world's) good. Then the sage, well pleased, spoke to Cakrapāṇi, best of kings, with the highest devotion, with deference and with self-restraint, of that which quells the sins of many births and gives sons and grandsons. The sage said: A vow of just one month is to be performed, beginning on the Sun's seventh day. Together with his wife, humble in spirit, wholly devoted to the Sun, he fed brahmins at will, to the number of a hundred thousand. The king said: That Savitṛ, my dear, is pleased by salutations and by feedings, by gifts to brahmins and gifts of cows, by fasts and by recitations. Ka said: So (speaking), the ocean brought that boy to the king's palace; setting him before the couple, the twice-born then spoke thus: "The embryo was cast off by your wife into my belly, because it was unbearable; from it was born a fierce boy, a terror to all the worlds, at whose first cry the three worlds were shaken. He cannot be looked upon with the eyes — for that very reason I have brought him here." Having said this and let the boy go, the ocean then vanished. Then that royal lady took him with both hands upon her hip, and having set him there she lovingly gave him the breast, filled with joy. Both of them, the husband and wife, were filled with bliss at the sight of their son, as one long fixed in yoga on obtaining the supreme nectar of Brahman. Then he summoned the brahmins and his friends as well.

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

GnP 2 71.3

उत्पाता बहवो जातास्ते च तेन निराकृताः । अदित्यै च मया प्रोक्तं शीघ्रं ते तनयं शुभम् दृष्ट्वा तां मुनिपुत्रोऽपि रथात्स्प्रकन्द्य सत्वरः । आययौ मातुरभ्याशमालिलिंग च तां मुदा क उवाच । त्रेतायुगे महादैत्यः सिन्धुनामाऽभवत्पुरा । स हतस्तेन बलिनाऽवतीर्णेन शिवालये ०।। मुनिरुवाच। मा चिन्तां कुरु राजेन्द्र मा च राज्यं परित्यज । पुत्रस्ते भविता सम्यक् मद्वाक्यान्नात्र संशयः अलंकारान्ददौ तस्मै रत्नकांचननिर्मितान् । वस्त्राणि च महार्हाणि न च जग्राह वै मुनिः विद्वत्सु नैव कमला स्थानं धत्ते कदाचन । तस्मान्नेदं ग्रहीष्यामि कांचनं वसनं शुभम् अध्याय ७४ प्रारंभ – क उवाच । त्यक्ते गर्भे तया सिन्धौ बालोऽजनि महाबलः । तेजस्वी विकरालास्यो दीर्घभालस्त्रिलोचनः १ रक्तकेशजटाभारश्चक्रपाणिस्त्रिशूलभृत् । बालशब्देन तस्याथ चकम्पे भुवनत्रयम् २ आजानुबाहुराक्रान्तुमियेष विष्टपत्रयम् । चुक्षुभे सागरस्तेन यादोभिर्मुनिसत्तम

utpātā bahavo jātāste ca tena nirākṛtāḥ | adityai ca mayā proktaṃ śīghraṃ te tanayaṃ śubham dṛṣṭvā tāṃ muniputro'pi rathātsprakandya satvaraḥ | āyayau māturabhyāśamāliliṃga ca tāṃ mudā ka uvāca | tretāyuge mahādaityaḥ sindhunāmā'bhavatpurā | sa hatastena balinā'vatīrṇena śivālaye 0|| muniruvāca| mā cintāṃ kuru rājendra mā ca rājyaṃ parityaja | putraste bhavitā samyak madvākyānnātra saṃśayaḥ alaṃkārāndadau tasmai ratnakāṃcananirmitān | vastrāṇi ca mahārhāṇi na ca jagrāha vai muniḥ vidvatsu naiva kamalā sthānaṃ dhatte kadācana | tasmānnedaṃ grahīṣyāmi kāṃcanaṃ vasanaṃ śubham adhyāya 74 prāraṃbha – ka uvāca | tyakte garbhe tayā sindhau bālo'jani mahābalaḥ | tejasvī vikarālāsyo dīrghabhālastrilocanaḥ 1 raktakeśajaṭābhāraścakrapāṇistriśūlabhṛt | bālaśabdena tasyātha cakampe bhuvanatrayam 2 ājānubāhurākrāntumiyeṣa viṣṭapatrayam | cukṣubhe sāgarastena yādobhirmunisattama

Many portents occurred, and they were averted by him. And I told Aditi: "Quickly (behold) your auspicious son." Seeing her, the sage's son too leapt down at once from the chariot, came to his mother's side and joyfully embraced her. Ka said: In the Tretā age there was formerly a great demon named Sindhu; he was slain by that mighty one who had descended in Śiva's abode. The sage said: Do not grieve, lord of kings, and do not give up your kingdom; a son will duly be born to you by my word — there is no doubt here. He gave him ornaments made of jewels and gold, and very costly garments, but the sage did not accept them: "Kamalā never takes up her seat among the learned; therefore I shall not take this gold and this fine raiment." Chapter 74 begins — Ka said: When the embryo had been cast off by her into the ocean, a boy of great strength was born, blazing, with a hideous face, broad-browed, three-eyed, with a mass of red matted hair, discus in hand, bearing a trident. Then at that boy's cry the three worlds shook. With arms reaching to his knees, he sought to overrun the triple world; by him the ocean with its sea-creatures was thrown into turmoil, O best of sages.

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

GnP 2 71.4

आनयिष्ये तत्र बहु दिवसा जग्मुरज्जसा । स्वस्थेषु त्रिषु लोकेषु विवाहोऽस्य विचिन्त्यताम् आनन्दाश्रु मुमोचासौ सोऽपि बाष्पं चिरागतः । मुहूर्तमेकभावं तौ गच्छेतां पयसी इव अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । शौनकस्य च संवादं राज्ञा च चक्रपाणिना तत्र स्थितस्तु बालोऽसौ समुद्रमुपशोषयत् । समुद्र उवाच । जीवनाय मम सुतं नेष्य एनं नृपालयम्

ānayiṣye tatra bahu divasā jagmurajjasā | svastheṣu triṣu lokeṣu vivāho'sya vicintyatām ānandāśru mumocāsau so'pi bāṣpaṃ cirāgataḥ | muhūrtamekabhāvaṃ tau gacchetāṃ payasī iva atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam | śaunakasya ca saṃvādaṃ rājñā ca cakrapāṇinā tatra sthitastu bālo'sau samudramupaśoṣayat | samudra uvāca | jīvanāya mama sutaṃ neṣya enaṃ nṛpālayam

"I shall bring (him) there." Many days passed swiftly. "When the three worlds are at ease, let his marriage be considered." She shed tears of joy, and he too, come after long, shed tears; for a moment the two came into a single condition, like two (streams of) milk. Here too they cite this ancient tale, the conversation of Śaunaka with king Cakrapāṇi. But that boy, staying there, dried up the ocean. The ocean said: For the sake of my own life I shall take this son of mine to the king's palace.

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GnP 2 71.5

अमात्या ऊचुः । सम्यगुक्तं महाराज विलम्बो विघ्नकारितः । जातो विवाहकार्येऽस्मिन्गतेऽस्मिन्स विधीयताम् ददौ स्नेहात्स्वस्थचित्ता स्तनपानं मुदाऽदितिः । प्रमृज्य नेत्रे प्रोवाच श्रान्तोऽसि बहुवासरम् । मैथिले विषये राजा गण्डकीन- गरे शुभे । चक्रपाणिरिति ख्यातः साक्षाद्विष्णुरिवापरः ०।। उपवासयुतः पत्न्या मासमात्रं बभूव सः । गोदानं च नमस्कारांश्चक्रे चाकारयद्द्विजैः

amātyā ūcuḥ | samyaguktaṃ mahārāja vilambo vighnakāritaḥ | jāto vivāhakārye'smingate'sminsa vidhīyatām dadau snehātsvasthacittā stanapānaṃ mudā'ditiḥ | pramṛjya netre provāca śrānto'si bahuvāsaram | maithile viṣaye rājā gaṇḍakīna- gare śubhe | cakrapāṇiriti khyātaḥ sākṣādviṣṇurivāparaḥ 0|| upavāsayutaḥ patnyā māsamātraṃ babhūva saḥ | godānaṃ ca namaskārāṃścakre cākārayaddvijaiḥ

The ministers said: Well spoken, great king — delay is what causes obstacles. Now that this business of the marriage has arisen and (the time) is passing, let it be arranged. || Out of affection Aditi, calm in mind, gladly gave (him) her breast to suck; wiping her eyes she said, "You are tired from many days." || In the Maithila country, in the fair city of Gaṇḍakī, there was a king renowned as Cakrapāṇi, like a second Viṣṇu in person. || For a full month he remained fasting together with his wife; he made gifts of cows and salutations, and had them made by brahmins.

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GnP 2 71.6

विनायकप्रसादेन सर्वमव्याकुलं जगत् । दूरस्थानां च सुहृदां प्रेष्यन्ता लग्नपत्रिकः ततो ननाम तां राजा जगौ गद्गदभाषया । राजोवाच । नीत्वा विनायकं देवं यातास्तु बहुवासराः न गुणा वर्णितुं शक्याः शेषेणास्य कदाचन ०।। आवां सिद्धिं ददौ सम्यक् पुत्रस्तव भविष्यति । क उवाच । दिने दिने गर्भवृद्धौ तस्यास्तापोऽभिवर्द्धते

vināyakaprasādena sarvamavyākulaṃ jagat | dūrasthānāṃ ca suhṛdāṃ preṣyantā lagnapatrikaḥ tato nanāma tāṃ rājā jagau gadgadabhāṣayā | rājovāca | nītvā vināyakaṃ devaṃ yātāstu bahuvāsarāḥ na guṇā varṇituṃ śakyāḥ śeṣeṇāsya kadācana 0|| āvāṃ siddhiṃ dadau samyak putrastava bhaviṣyati | ka uvāca | dine dine garbhavṛddhau tasyāstāpo'bhivarddhate

By Vināyaka's grace the whole world is free of trouble. And letters (announcing) the auspicious hour were to be sent to friends living far away. || Then the king bowed to her and spoke with a faltering voice. The king said: Many days have gone by since the god Vināyaka was taken away. His virtues can never be described, even by Śeṣa. || He granted the two of us complete success: "A son shall be born to you." Ka said: Day by day, as her pregnancy grew, her burning increased.

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GnP 2 71.7

दूतांश्च सर्वसंभारान्कर्तुं ग्रामेषु युज्यताम् । क उवाच । इति प्रकृतिवाक्यानि श्रुत्वा लोकाः सभासदः अतो न मातः कोपं त्वं मयि कर्तुमिहार्हसि । वियोगं नास्य सोढुं च न शक्तोऽहं मुनिप्रिये तेजसा लोपयन्मानं लावण्येन च मन्मथम् । मत्या बृहस्पतिं स्कन्दं विक्रमेण बलेन च

dūtāṃśca sarvasaṃbhārānkartuṃ grāmeṣu yujyatām | ka uvāca | iti prakṛtivākyāni śrutvā lokāḥ sabhāsadaḥ ato na mātaḥ kopaṃ tvaṃ mayi kartumihārhasi | viyogaṃ nāsya soḍhuṃ ca na śakto'haṃ munipriye tejasā lopayanmānaṃ lāvaṇyena ca manmatham | matyā bṛhaspatiṃ skandaṃ vikrameṇa balena ca

And let messengers be assigned to prepare all the provisions in the villages. Ka said: Hearing thus the words of the subjects, the people and those seated in the assembly (spoke). || "Therefore, mother, you ought not be angry with me here; and I am not able to bear separation from him, O beloved of the sage." || By his splendour destroying (their) pride, by his beauty Manmatha, by his intelligence Bṛhaspati, and by his prowess and strength Skanda.

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GnP 2 71.8

साधूक्तमिति तत्रोचुस्ततो राजा जहर्ष च । ज्योतिर्विद्भिर्लग्नदिनं निश्चिकाय तदैव सः न तृप्तिरस्ति पीयूषे नौदासिन्यं निधावपि । दिने दिने नवप्रेम वर्धयत्येष नो गृहे येनेयं सकला पृथ्वी क्षणेन वशवर्तिनी । कृता सर्वे च राजानः सेवायां विनियोजिताः

sādhūktamiti tatrocustato rājā jaharṣa ca | jyotirvidbhirlagnadinaṃ niścikāya tadaiva saḥ na tṛptirasti pīyūṣe naudāsinyaṃ nidhāvapi | dine dine navaprema vardhayatyeṣa no gṛhe yeneyaṃ sakalā pṛthvī kṣaṇena vaśavartinī | kṛtā sarve ca rājānaḥ sevāyāṃ viniyojitāḥ

"Well said!" they exclaimed there, and then the king rejoiced; that very moment he fixed the auspicious wedding day with astrologers. || There is no satiety with nectar, nor indifference towards a treasure: day after day he increases fresh love in our house. || He by whom this whole earth was in an instant brought under sway, and all the kings were set to service.

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GnP 2 71.9

प्रेषयामास सुहृदो दूतानाकारितुं शुभान् । सामग्रीं कारयामास दूतैराप्तैर्यथाविधि उत्पाता बहवोऽनेन पुरे नो विनिवारिताः । असंख्याता हता दैत्या देवाश्च मुदमापिताः। तुरंगाणां गजानां च पदातिना जयैषिणाम् । रथानां च न यस्यास्ति संख्यानं जगतीतले

preṣayāmāsa suhṛdo dūtānākārituṃ śubhān | sāmagrīṃ kārayāmāsa dūtairāptairyathāvidhi utpātā bahavo'nena pure no vinivāritāḥ | asaṃkhyātā hatā daityā devāśca mudamāpitāḥ| turaṃgāṇāṃ gajānāṃ ca padātinā jayaiṣiṇām | rathānāṃ ca na yasyāsti saṃkhyānaṃ jagatītale

He sent out messengers to summon the auspicious friends; he had the materials prepared by trusted messengers according to rule. || By him many portents were warded off from our city; countless demons were slain and the gods were made glad. || He whose horses, elephants, victory-seeking foot-soldiers and chariots have no counting on the face of the earth.

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GnP 2 71.11

उपायमानि भूरीणि ददुस्तेऽन्योन्यमादरात्। देवतास्थापनं तौ च चक्रतुः सुमहोत्सवान् क उवाच । एवं स सर्ववृत्तान्तं कथयामास सादरम् । ततोऽदितिस्तु दध्यन्नं भ्रामयित्वाऽत्यजद्बहिः

upāyamāni bhūrīṇi daduste'nyonyamādarāt| devatāsthāpanaṃ tau ca cakratuḥ sumahotsavān ka uvāca | evaṃ sa sarvavṛttāntaṃ kathayāmāsa sādaram | tato'ditistu dadhyannaṃ bhrāmayitvā'tyajadbahiḥ

They gave each other many gifts respectfully; and the two of them performed the installation of the deity with great festivities. || Ka said: Thus he related the whole account with respect. Then Aditi waved curds-and-rice (about the child) and threw it outside.

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GnP 2 71.12

सांगोपांगविवाहं तौ सम्यक्संपाद्य यत्नतः । तोषयामासतुर्विप्रान्सर्वलोकान्धनादिभिः दुष्टदृष्टिनिपातस्य शान्तये बालकोपरि । ततो बालं स नृपतिं निनायाश्रममण्डलम् १।। सेवन्तौ स्वामिकार्यार्थे तृणीकृत्य स्वजीवितम् । यस्यासीत्प्रमदा रम्या नाम्नोग्रा चारुहासिनी

sāṃgopāṃgavivāhaṃ tau samyaksaṃpādya yatnataḥ | toṣayāmāsaturviprānsarvalokāndhanādibhiḥ duṣṭadṛṣṭinipātasya śāntaye bālakopari | tato bālaṃ sa nṛpatiṃ nināyāśramamaṇḍalam 1|| sevantau svāmikāryārthe tṛṇīkṛtya svajīvitam | yasyāsītpramadā ramyā nāmnogrā cāruhāsinī

The two of them, having carefully carried out the marriage with its principal and subsidiary rites, gratified the brahmins and all the people with wealth and the rest, || for the appeasing of the falling of an evil eye upon the child. Then that king led the boy to the circle of hermitages. || The two, serving for their master's business, counting their own lives as straw. He who had a lovely wife, Ugrā by name, of charming smile.

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GnP 2 71.13

विसृज्य सुहृदः सर्वांस्ततो राजा विनायकम् । भूषयामास विविधैर्भूषणैरंशुकैर्वरैः कश्यपो हि बहिर्यातो दृष्ट्वा पुत्रं स भूपतिम् । तौ तं च नेमतुर्भक्त्या बद्धांजलिपुटावुभौ

visṛjya suhṛdaḥ sarvāṃstato rājā vināyakam | bhūṣayāmāsa vividhairbhūṣaṇairaṃśukairvaraiḥ kaśyapo hi bahiryāto dṛṣṭvā putraṃ sa bhūpatim | tau taṃ ca nematurbhaktyā baddhāṃjalipuṭāvubhau

Having dismissed all the friends, the king then adorned Vināyaka with various ornaments and with fine garments. || Kaśyapa indeed came out, and he saw his son and the king; and both of them, with palms joined, bowed to him with devotion.

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GnP 2 71.14

अभ्यज्य भोजयामास स्वाद्वन्नं सह बन्धुभिः । ततो रथं समारुह्य सह तेन नृसत्तमः आलिलिंग मुनिस्तौ च मूर्ध्न्याघ्राय मुदा तदा । उवाच रुद्धकण्ठोऽसावंके कृत्वा विनायकम् ३।। पातिव्रत्य गुणान्द्रष्टुं यान्ति सर्वाः पतिव्रताः । एवं राजा बुधो मान्यः सदा विष्णुपरायणः

abhyajya bhojayāmāsa svādvannaṃ saha bandhubhiḥ | tato rathaṃ samāruhya saha tena nṛsattamaḥ āliliṃga munistau ca mūrdhnyāghrāya mudā tadā | uvāca ruddhakaṇṭho'sāvaṃke kṛtvā vināyakam 3|| pātivratya guṇāndraṣṭuṃ yānti sarvāḥ pativratāḥ | evaṃ rājā budho mānyaḥ sadā viṣṇuparāyaṇaḥ

Having anointed (him), he fed him sweet food together with the kinsmen. Then, mounting the chariot with him, that best of men (set out). || The sage embraced them both and, kissing their heads with joy, he spoke with choked throat, placing Vināyaka in his lap. || All faithful wives go to see the virtues of wifely devotion. Such was the king: wise, honoured, always devoted to Viṣṇu.

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GnP 2 71.15

ययौ वादित्रनिर्घोषैः कश्यपाश्रममुत्तमम् । ततो नागरिकाः सर्वे हित्वा कृत्यानि निर्ययुः काशिराज नोचितं ते बालं नीत्वा विलम्बनम् । शीघ्रमेवानयिष्येऽहमित्युक्त्वा नीतवान्कथम् पुराणश्रवणे सक्तो धर्मशास्त्रपरायणः । सन्तत्या रहितः सोऽथ दुःखमाप दिवानिशम्

yayau vāditranirghoṣaiḥ kaśyapāśramamuttamam | tato nāgarikāḥ sarve hitvā kṛtyāni niryayuḥ kāśirāja nocitaṃ te bālaṃ nītvā vilambanam | śīghramevānayiṣye'hamityuktvā nītavānkatham purāṇaśravaṇe sakto dharmaśāstraparāyaṇaḥ | santatyā rahitaḥ so'tha duḥkhamāpa divāniśam

With the blaring of musical instruments he went to Kaśyapa's excellent hermitage. Then all the townsfolk, dropping their tasks, went out. || "King of Kāśī, delay after taking the boy away is not fitting for you. 'I shall bring him back at once' — saying that, how did you take him?" || Attached to hearing the Purāṇas, wholly given to the books of dharma, but without offspring, he suffered sorrow day and night.

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GnP 2 71.16

भोजनं पठनं निद्रा व्यासंग तत्यजुस्तदा । अकृत्वा स्वस्ववेषं ते त्वरया निर्ययुः पुरात् वियोगेनास्य तप्तानामंगानां मेऽधुना नृप । जाता शीतलता पुण्याद्दर्शनादस्य साम्प्रतम् असत्यं जायते यद्यत्तत्तन्नश्यति तत्क्षणात् । अनेकव्रतदानानि यज्ञांश्च कृतवान्बहून्

bhojanaṃ paṭhanaṃ nidrā vyāsaṃga tatyajustadā | akṛtvā svasvaveṣaṃ te tvarayā niryayuḥ purāt viyogenāsya taptānāmaṃgānāṃ me'dhunā nṛpa | jātā śītalatā puṇyāddarśanādasya sāmpratam asatyaṃ jāyate yadyattattannaśyati tatkṣaṇāt | anekavratadānāni yajñāṃśca kṛtavānbahūn

Then they gave up food, study, sleep and diversion; without arranging their several garments they hurried out of the city. || "O king, of my limbs, scorched by separation from him, coolness has now arisen, from the meritorious sight of him at this moment. || Whatever is untrue, as soon as it arises perishes that very instant." He performed many vows and gifts and many sacrifices.

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GnP 2 71.17

ततो बालसहस्राणि रुरुधुस्तं विनायकम् । अस्मांस्त्यक्त्वा कथं यासि कथं निष्ठुरतां गतः क उवाच । तत ऊचे काशिराजो निपीय मुनिभाषितम् । उपविश्यासने रम्ये प्राप्यानुज्ञां मुनेर्नृपः ततः स राजा कस्मिंश्चित्समये निजभार्यया । आकार्य प्रकृती पौरान्विरक्तो राज्यसंपदि

tato bālasahasrāṇi rurudhustaṃ vināyakam | asmāṃstyaktvā kathaṃ yāsi kathaṃ niṣṭhuratāṃ gataḥ ka uvāca | tata ūce kāśirājo nipīya munibhāṣitam | upaviśyāsane ramye prāpyānujñāṃ munernṛpaḥ tataḥ sa rājā kasmiṃścitsamaye nijabhāryayā | ākārya prakṛtī paurānvirakto rājyasaṃpadi

Then thousands of children held Vināyaka back: "How can you go, leaving us? How have you become so hard-hearted?" || Ka said: Then the king of Kāśī, having drunk in the sage's words, and having obtained the sage's permission, seated on a lovely seat, said (this). || Then that king, at a certain time, together with his own wife, summoning the ministers and townsmen, being disgusted with royal fortune (spoke).

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GnP 2 71.18

गमिष्य इति पूर्वं नः कथं नोक्तं प्रसंगतः। अभुक्त्वाऽस्मद्गृहे यासि कथं तं निजमाश्रमम् नृप उवाच । अस्यैव मायया जाता सत्यता मे मुनीश्वर । मद्गृहं देव देवेन स्वकीयमिति निश्चितम् उवाच सर्वान्दण्डे च कोशं राज्यं त्यजेऽधुना । किमपुत्रस्य राज्येन स्वर्गहीनस्य मेऽधुना

gamiṣya iti pūrvaṃ naḥ kathaṃ noktaṃ prasaṃgataḥ| abhuktvā'smadgṛhe yāsi kathaṃ taṃ nijamāśramam nṛpa uvāca | asyaiva māyayā jātā satyatā me munīśvara | madgṛhaṃ deva devena svakīyamiti niścitam uvāca sarvāndaṇḍe ca kośaṃ rājyaṃ tyaje'dhunā | kimaputrasya rājyena svargahīnasya me'dhunā

"Why did you not tell us beforehand, in the course of talk, 'I shall go'? How do you go to your own hermitage without eating in our house?" || The king said: "By his very magic, O lord of sages, it became true for me; the god determined that my house was his own, O god." || He said to them all: "I now give up the army, the treasury and the kingdom. What is a kingdom to me now, sonless and shut out from heaven?"

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GnP 2 71.19

कश्चिद्बालो दधारास्य पादपद्मं रुदन्मुहुः । कश्चित्स्नेहात्समालिंग्य दधार करपंकजम् अवाप्तकामो देवोऽयं स्वकामवशगो मुने । संपाद्य मम पुत्रस्य विवाहं समुपागतः

kaścidbālo dadhārāsya pādapadmaṃ rudanmuhuḥ | kaścitsnehātsamāliṃgya dadhāra karapaṃkajam avāptakāmo devo'yaṃ svakāmavaśago mune | saṃpādya mama putrasya vivāhaṃ samupāgataḥ

One boy clung to his lotus feet, weeping again and again; another, out of affection, embraced him and held his lotus hand. || "This god, whose wishes are all attained, obedient only to his own will, O sage, has come after accomplishing my son's marriage."

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GnP 2 71.21

यथा पाथोनिधिं सर्वां वर्षाकाले समुद्रगाः । यान्ति हंसा यथा मुक्तासमूहं मरुतो हरिम् ततस्ते भोजनं चक्रुः षड्रसान्नेन सादरम् । दत्त्वाशीर्वचनं तस्मै विससर्ज नृपं मुनिः

yathā pāthonidhiṃ sarvāṃ varṣākāle samudragāḥ | yānti haṃsā yathā muktāsamūhaṃ maruto harim tataste bhojanaṃ cakruḥ ṣaḍrasānnena sādaram | dattvāśīrvacanaṃ tasmai visasarja nṛpaṃ muniḥ

As all the river-streams (go) to the ocean in the rainy season, as geese go to a heap of pearls, as the winds to Hari — || then they ate their meal respectfully, with food of the six flavours; and giving him a blessing, the sage sent the king away.

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GnP 2 71.22

अतिप्रीतियुताः प्रोचुः कथं यासि विनायक । अकस्मात्स्नेहमुत्सृज्य कथं निष्ठुरतां गतः सोऽपि तान्प्रणनामाथ प्रादक्षिण्येन निर्ययौ। प्राप्यानुज्ञां नेत्रयुग्मान्मुंचन्नश्रु सुदुःखितः १ ।। कदाचिदिष्टसिद्धिश्चेत्पुनर्यास्ये निजां पुरीम् । ध्रुवमाज्ञां मम पुनः प्रयच्छताधुना जनाः । एवं श्रुत्वा नृपवचः सर्वे दुःखितमानसाः

atiprītiyutāḥ procuḥ kathaṃ yāsi vināyaka | akasmātsnehamutsṛjya kathaṃ niṣṭhuratāṃ gataḥ so'pi tānpraṇanāmātha prādakṣiṇyena niryayau| prāpyānujñāṃ netrayugmānmuṃcannaśru suduḥkhitaḥ 1 || kadācidiṣṭasiddhiścetpunaryāsye nijāṃ purīm | dhruvamājñāṃ mama punaḥ prayacchatādhunā janāḥ | evaṃ śrutvā nṛpavacaḥ sarve duḥkhitamānasāḥ

Filled with the greatest affection they said: "How can you go, Vināyaka? Suddenly casting off affection, how have you become hard-hearted?" || He too then bowed to them and went out, circling them to the right; having received leave, deeply grieved, shedding tears from both eyes. || "If ever my wish is fulfilled I shall come again to my own city; surely, people, grant me your leave again now." Hearing the king's words thus, all were grieved at heart.

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GnP 2 71.23

क उवाच । रथादवततारासौ दृष्ट्वा तान्नृपसंयुतः । परिश्रान्तान्धावमानान्स्खलतः पततोऽपि च स्मरन्गुणगणं तस्य स्नेहनिर्भरमानसः । शीघ्रं प्रयातो नगरं वाद्यघोषसमन्वितः अश्रुधाराः प्रमुंचंतः प्रोचुस्तं नृपसत्तमम् । पौरा ऊचुः । जननी जनकस्त्वं नः कथं निष्ठुरतां गतः । किमर्थं त्यजसे नस्त्वमपराधं विना प्रभो

ka uvāca | rathādavatatārāsau dṛṣṭvā tānnṛpasaṃyutaḥ | pariśrāntāndhāvamānānskhalataḥ patato'pi ca smaranguṇagaṇaṃ tasya snehanirbharamānasaḥ | śīghraṃ prayāto nagaraṃ vādyaghoṣasamanvitaḥ aśrudhārāḥ pramuṃcaṃtaḥ procustaṃ nṛpasattamam | paurā ūcuḥ | jananī janakastvaṃ naḥ kathaṃ niṣṭhuratāṃ gataḥ | kimarthaṃ tyajase nastvamaparādhaṃ vinā prabho

Ka said: He, together with the king, seeing them exhausted, running, stumbling and even falling, got down from the chariot. || Remembering his host of virtues, his mind brimming with affection, he went quickly to the city amid the sound of music. || Shedding streams of tears they said to that best of kings — the townsmen said: You are our mother and father; how have you become hard-hearted? Why, lord, do you abandon us, who have committed no offence?

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GnP 2 71.24

तानुवाच ततः सर्वान्मुहूर्तं त्वरया जनाः । नृपेण सहितः शीघ्रमागतो नगराद्बहिः सर्वे नागरिका बाला विनायकदिदृक्षयः । आगता ददृशुस्तत्र ततो दुःखितमानसाः विना भवन्तं नो जन्म वृथैव मातरं शिशोः । वयमप्यनुयास्यामो यत्र याति भवान् प्रभो

tānuvāca tataḥ sarvānmuhūrtaṃ tvarayā janāḥ | nṛpeṇa sahitaḥ śīghramāgato nagarādbahiḥ sarve nāgarikā bālā vināyakadidṛkṣayaḥ | āgatā dadṛśustatra tato duḥkhitamānasāḥ vinā bhavantaṃ no janma vṛthaiva mātaraṃ śiśoḥ | vayamapyanuyāsyāmo yatra yāti bhavān prabho

Then he said to them all, "just a moment" — quickly, O people! Together with the king he came swiftly outside the city. || All the townsfolk and the children, wishing to see Vināyaka, came and looked there, and then, grieved at heart (said): || "Without you our birth is as futile as an infant's without a mother; we too shall follow wherever you go, lord."

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GnP 2 71.25

इदानीं प्रार्थये सर्वान्न त्याज्या करुणा मयि । अपराधास्तु क्षन्तव्या मया वः सदने कृताः निरीक्ष्य तं काशिराजं ययुः स्वं स्वं निकेतनम् । अपरेद्युः सर्वपौराः पप्रच्छुस्तं नृपं मुदा क उवाच । एवं वदत्सु लोकेषु नृपेणाथागतो मुनिः । शौनको मुनिशार्दूलो जातवेदा इवापरः

idānīṃ prārthaye sarvānna tyājyā karuṇā mayi | aparādhāstu kṣantavyā mayā vaḥ sadane kṛtāḥ nirīkṣya taṃ kāśirājaṃ yayuḥ svaṃ svaṃ niketanam | aparedyuḥ sarvapaurāḥ papracchustaṃ nṛpaṃ mudā ka uvāca | evaṃ vadatsu lokeṣu nṛpeṇāthāgato muniḥ | śaunako muniśārdūlo jātavedā ivāparaḥ

"Now I entreat you all: compassion towards me is not to be abandoned; and the offences I have committed in your houses must be forgiven." || Having gazed at that king of Kāśī, they went each to his own house. Next day all the townsmen joyfully questioned the king. || Ka said: While the people were speaking thus, the sage came with the king — Śaunaka, tiger among sages, like a second fire.

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GnP 2 71.26

न च त्याज्यः परिचयो यदि वो दर्शनं भवेत् । एवं तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य पौराः सर्वे शुचान्विताः यास्य इत्युक्तवान्देवो नागतः स कथं नृप । त्वं तु निष्ठुरभावेन त्यक्त्वा तं कथमागतः वेदवेदांगशास्त्राणां वक्ता त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतः । शक्रादिसुरवन्द्यो यो भूतभव्यभविष्यवित्

na ca tyājyaḥ paricayo yadi vo darśanaṃ bhavet | evaṃ tadvākyamākarṇya paurāḥ sarve śucānvitāḥ yāsya ityuktavāndevo nāgataḥ sa kathaṃ nṛpa | tvaṃ tu niṣṭhurabhāvena tyaktvā taṃ kathamāgataḥ vedavedāṃgaśāstrāṇāṃ vaktā trailokyaviśrutaḥ | śakrādisuravandyo yo bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyavit

"And acquaintance is not to be given up, if there be a sight of you." Hearing that speech of his, all the townsmen were filled with grief. || "The god said 'I shall go' — how is it, king, that he has not come? And how have you, hard-hearted, left him and come back?" || The expounder of the Vedas, the Vedāṅgas and the śāstras, famed in the three worlds, who is worshipped by Indra and the gods, knower of past, present and future.

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GnP 2 71.27

रोमांचांचितमात्रास्ते प्रोचुर्गदगदया गिरा । जना ऊचुः । न माया मायिनस्तेऽस्ति सर्वस्य जगतः पितुः राजोवाच । अत्यन्तं प्रार्थितो देव उक्तवान्मां मुनिप्रियः। मन्मूर्तिस्थापनं कृत्वा सेवध्वं सर्व एव माम् तं दृष्ट्वा पुरतो राजा ननामोत्थाय चासनात् । स्वासने तमुपावेश्य पुपूज परया मुदा

romāṃcāṃcitamātrāste procurgadagadayā girā | janā ūcuḥ | na māyā māyinaste'sti sarvasya jagataḥ pituḥ rājovāca | atyantaṃ prārthito deva uktavānmāṃ munipriyaḥ| manmūrtisthāpanaṃ kṛtvā sevadhvaṃ sarva eva mām taṃ dṛṣṭvā purato rājā nanāmotthāya cāsanāt | svāsane tamupāveśya pupūja parayā mudā

With their hair bristling all over, they spoke in faltering speech. The people said: There is no deceit in you, the wielder of illusion, the father of the whole world. The king said: Entreated insistently, the god who is dear to the sages said to me, "Having installed an image of me, do you all serve me." Seeing him before him, the king rose from his seat and bowed, and seating him on his own seat, worshipped him with the utmost delight.

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GnP 2 71.28

न पिता त्यजते बालान्सापराधानपि ध्रुवम् । न चन्द्र उष्णतां याति सुवर्णनीलतामपि वियोगो न च सर्वान्तर्यामिणा वः कथंचन । ततस्ते कारयामासुर्मूर्तिं धातुमयीं शुभाम् भुक्तवन्तं च विश्रान्तं पादसंवाहनादिभिः । चक्रपाणिरथोवाच पुण्यं किं फलितं मम

na pitā tyajate bālānsāparādhānapi dhruvam | na candra uṣṇatāṃ yāti suvarṇanīlatāmapi viyogo na ca sarvāntaryāmiṇā vaḥ kathaṃcana | tataste kārayāmāsurmūrtiṃ dhātumayīṃ śubhām bhuktavantaṃ ca viśrāntaṃ pādasaṃvāhanādibhiḥ | cakrapāṇirathovāca puṇyaṃ kiṃ phalitaṃ mama

Surely a father does not abandon his children, even when they are at fault; the moon does not become hot, nor gold blue. And for you there is in no way any separation from him who dwells within all. Then they had a beautiful image made of metal. When he had eaten and had been made to rest with massaging of his feet and the like, then Cakrapāṇi said: What merit of mine has borne fruit?

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GnP 2 71.29

कथं निष्ठुरतां यातः कथं गन्तुं समुत्सुकः । पूर्वमेव न चागाश्चेत्तदा शोको न संभवेत् चतुर्भुजां त्रिनयनां सर्वभूषणभूषिताम् । शूर्पकर्णां गजमुखीं सर्वावयवसुन्दराम् यज्जातं दर्शनं तेऽद्य सर्वपापहरं शुभम् । सर्वकामप्रदं नृणां दुर्लभं पापकर्मणाम्

kathaṃ niṣṭhuratāṃ yātaḥ kathaṃ gantuṃ samutsukaḥ | pūrvameva na cāgāścettadā śoko na saṃbhavet caturbhujāṃ trinayanāṃ sarvabhūṣaṇabhūṣitām | śūrpakarṇāṃ gajamukhīṃ sarvāvayavasundarām yajjātaṃ darśanaṃ te'dya sarvapāpaharaṃ śubham | sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇāṃ durlabhaṃ pāpakarmaṇām

How has he turned harsh, how is he eager to go? If only he had not come before, then this grief would not have arisen. (An image) four-armed, three-eyed, adorned with every ornament, with ears like winnowing baskets, elephant-faced, lovely in every limb. That the sight of you has come about for us today—auspicious, remover of all sin, granting all desires to men, hard to win for doers of evil deeds.

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GnP 2 71.31

जले नष्टे जलचराः कथं जीवन्ति तद्वद । प्राणे गते शरीरेण किं प्रयोजनमस्ति नः प्रासादं परमं कृत्वा पुपूजुस्ते दिने दिने । येन येनैव कामेन पूजयेद्यो विनायकम्

jale naṣṭe jalacarāḥ kathaṃ jīvanti tadvada | prāṇe gate śarīreṇa kiṃ prayojanamasti naḥ prāsādaṃ paramaṃ kṛtvā pupūjuste dine dine | yena yenaiva kāmena pūjayedyo vināyakam

When the water is gone, how do the water-creatures live? Tell us that. When the breath has departed, what use is the body to us? Having built a supreme temple, they worshipped there day after day; with whatever desire a man may worship Vināyaka—

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GnP 2 71.32

कस्तत्र प्रतिकारः स्यादिक्षुश्चेत्स्रवते विषम् । तस्मान्नो नय यत्र त्वं यासि तत्र स्वकिंकरान् तं तं ददाति तस्मै स भक्त्या संपूजितो विभुः । एवं नानामूर्तिधरो भ्राजते स्म विनायकः १ ।। मया वाणी नोक्तपूर्वाऽनृता हासेऽपि कर्हिचित् । क उवाच । एवमाकर्ण्य तद्वाक्यं जहृषे राजसत्तमः

kastatra pratikāraḥ syādikṣuścetsravate viṣam | tasmānno naya yatra tvaṃ yāsi tatra svakiṃkarān taṃ taṃ dadāti tasmai sa bhaktyā saṃpūjito vibhuḥ | evaṃ nānāmūrtidharo bhrājate sma vināyakaḥ 1 || mayā vāṇī noktapūrvā'nṛtā hāse'pi karhicit | ka uvāca | evamākarṇya tadvākyaṃ jahṛṣe rājasattamaḥ

What remedy is there in that case, if the sugarcane oozes poison? Therefore take us, your own servants, wherever you go. —that very thing the Lord grants him, when worshipped with devotion. Thus did Vināyaka shine, bearing manifold forms. Never before have I spoken a false word, not even in jest. Ka said: Hearing that speech, the best of kings rejoiced.

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GnP 2 71.33

तद्वचः परिकर्ण्यासौ प्रोचे गद्गदया गिरा । मुंचन्नेत्राश्रु बहुलं सर्वान्स्त्रीवृद्धबालकान् विश्वेश्वरे स्वनगरं याते सर्वसुरैः सह । दिवोदासे चाविमुक्ते काशिराजे सुखं स्थिते

tadvacaḥ parikarṇyāsau proce gadgadayā girā | muṃcannetrāśru bahulaṃ sarvānstrīvṛddhabālakān viśveśvare svanagaraṃ yāte sarvasuraiḥ saha | divodāse cāvimukte kāśirāje sukhaṃ sthite

Having heard his words, he spoke in a faltering voice, shedding copious tears from his eyes, (addressing) all the women, the aged and the children. When Viśveśvara had gone to his own city together with all the gods, and Divodāsa, the king of Kāśī, dwelt happily in Avimukta—

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GnP 2 71.34

देव उवाच । न खेदः सर्वदा कार्यो न वियोगो मम क्वचित् । सर्वान्तर्यामिणोऽपायहीनस्यानन्दरूपिणः विनायको मुनिं प्राह कश्यपं मातरं च ताम् । अहं ते पुत्रतां यातस्तपसाराधितः पुरा ३।। पुनः प्रोवाच नृपतिं वयं वल्कलधारिणः? । निःस्पृहाः सर्वभोगेषु सर्वभूतहिते रताः

deva uvāca | na khedaḥ sarvadā kāryo na viyogo mama kvacit | sarvāntaryāmiṇo'pāyahīnasyānandarūpiṇaḥ vināyako muniṃ prāha kaśyapaṃ mātaraṃ ca tām | ahaṃ te putratāṃ yātastapasārādhitaḥ purā 3|| punaḥ provāca nṛpatiṃ vayaṃ valkaladhāriṇaḥ? | niḥspṛhāḥ sarvabhogeṣu sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ

The god said: You must not grieve at all; there is nowhere any separation from me, who dwell within all, who am beyond decay and whose nature is bliss. Vināyaka said to the sage Kaśyapa and to that mother of his: I became your son, propitiated of old by your austerity. Again he said to the king: We are wearers of bark garments, free of longing for all enjoyments, devoted to the welfare of all beings.

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GnP 2 71.35

न चित्तस्य समाधानं भवेद्वै चिन्तनेन मे। मम मूर्ति मृदा कृत्वा पूजयन्तु गृहे गृहे भूभारश्च हृतः सम्यग्हतौ दैत्यौ महाबलौ। त्रैलोक्यपीडकौ दुष्टौ देवान्तकनरान्तकौ सृष्टिसंहारकरणे समर्थाः करुणाब्धयः । साधूनां दर्शनरताः समलोष्टाश्मकांचना

na cittasya samādhānaṃ bhavedvai cintanena me| mama mūrti mṛdā kṛtvā pūjayantu gṛhe gṛhe bhūbhāraśca hṛtaḥ samyaghatau daityau mahābalau| trailokyapīḍakau duṣṭau devāntakanarāntakau sṛṣṭisaṃhārakaraṇe samarthāḥ karuṇābdhayaḥ | sādhūnāṃ darśanaratāḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāṃcanā

Indeed no settling of the mind can come about by thinking of me. Let them make an image of me out of clay and worship it in house after house. And the burden of the earth has been removed, the two mighty demons well slain, the wicked tormentors of the three worlds, Devāntaka and Narāntaka. (They are) capable of creating and destroying, oceans of compassion, delighting in the sight of the good, holding clod, stone and gold alike.

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GnP 2 71.36

संकटं वो यदा तु स्यात्स्मर्तव्योऽहं तदा जनाः । साक्षात्कारं प्रदास्यामि नाशयिष्यामि संकटम् देवाश्च साधवश्चैव रक्षिताः स्थापिताः परे । इदानीं तु गमिष्यामि निजलोकं चिरन्तनम्

saṃkaṭaṃ vo yadā tu syātsmartavyo'haṃ tadā janāḥ | sākṣātkāraṃ pradāsyāmi nāśayiṣyāmi saṃkaṭam devāśca sādhavaścaiva rakṣitāḥ sthāpitāḥ pare | idānīṃ tu gamiṣyāmi nijalokaṃ cirantanam

But when trouble comes upon you, then, O people, I am to be remembered: I shall grant a direct appearance, I shall destroy the trouble. The gods and the good have been protected, and the others (i.e. the supreme ones) established; now I shall go to my own age-old world.

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GnP 2 71.37

क उवाच । वचनं तत्समाकर्ण्य ननन्दुः सर्वनागराः । नेमुः प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य जयशब्दै प्रतुष्टुवुः क उवाच। श्रुत्वा वाक्यमुभौ खिन्नौ बाष्पकण्ठौ तमूचतुः । कदा ते दर्शनं देव पुनरावां भविष्यति ६।। तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगेन त्वामहं समुपागतः। दिनानि च व्यतीतानि बहूनि तव दर्शने

ka uvāca | vacanaṃ tatsamākarṇya nananduḥ sarvanāgarāḥ | nemuḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya jayaśabdai pratuṣṭuvuḥ ka uvāca| śrutvā vākyamubhau khinnau bāṣpakaṇṭhau tamūcatuḥ | kadā te darśanaṃ deva punarāvāṃ bhaviṣyati 6|| tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena tvāmahaṃ samupāgataḥ| dināni ca vyatītāni bahūni tava darśane

Ka said: Hearing that speech, all the townsfolk rejoiced; they bowed, circumambulated him, and praised him with shouts of victory. Ka said: Having heard his words, the two, dejected, their throats choked with tears, said to him: When, O god, will there be a sight of you for us two again? On the occasion of a pilgrimage I came to you, and many days have passed in seeing you.

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GnP 2 71.38

गृहीत्वाज्ञां ययुः सर्वे पौराः स्वं स्वं निवेशनम् । विनायकोऽपि शीघ्रं स रथारूढो ययौ पुरः ततः स मातरं प्राह दर्शनं मे भविष्यति । भवान्या मन्दिरे मातः सत्यं मे प्रियभाषितम् क उवाच । पुनस्तौ नेमतुः सम्यग्दम्पती शौनकं मुनिम् । पप्रच्छतुरुपायं तं सन्तानोत्पादने क्षमम्

gṛhītvājñāṃ yayuḥ sarve paurāḥ svaṃ svaṃ niveśanam | vināyako'pi śīghraṃ sa rathārūḍho yayau puraḥ tataḥ sa mātaraṃ prāha darśanaṃ me bhaviṣyati | bhavānyā mandire mātaḥ satyaṃ me priyabhāṣitam ka uvāca | punastau nematuḥ samyagdampatī śaunakaṃ munim | papracchaturupāyaṃ taṃ santānotpādane kṣamam

Having received his permission, all the townsfolk went each to his own dwelling; and Vināyaka too, mounted on his chariot, went swiftly to the city. Then he said to his mother: A sight of me will be had in Bhavānī's temple, mother; the kind word I speak is true. Ka said: Again the couple bowed properly to the sage Śaunaka, and asked him for the means able to produce offspring.

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GnP 2 71.39

काशिराजेन सहितो मातृदर्शनलालसः। स ददर्श परावृत्यं मुखं पौरकुमारकान् एवं श्रुत्वा देववाक्यं पुनर्यावद्वदत्यसौ। तावदन्तर्हितो देवस्ततस्तौ खिन्नमानसौ सर्वव्रततपोयज्ञान्मत्वा दानानि वै वृथा । ततोऽब्रवीन्मुनिः सौरं व्रतं सर्वार्थदं नृणाम्

kāśirājena sahito mātṛdarśanalālasaḥ| sa dadarśa parāvṛtyaṃ mukhaṃ paurakumārakān evaṃ śrutvā devavākyaṃ punaryāvadvadatyasau| tāvadantarhito devastatastau khinnamānasau sarvavratatapoyajñānmatvā dānāni vai vṛthā | tato'bravīnmuniḥ sauraṃ vrataṃ sarvārthadaṃ nṛṇām

Together with the king of Kāśī, longing to see his mother, he turned back and looked at the faces of the townsmen's boys. Having heard the god's words thus, while he was still speaking again, meanwhile the god vanished; then those two, dejected in mind, reckoning all vows, austerities, sacrifices and gifts to be in vain—then the sage told them of the solar vow that grants men every object.

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GnP 2 71.41

एवं तान्स परावृत्य क्षणात्स्वाश्रममाप्तवान् तस्यां मूर्तौ ध्यातमात्रो नित्यं दर्शयते विभुः । स्वात्मानं सर्वगं नानारूपिणं स विनायकः कृत्वाऽभ्युदयिकं श्राद्धं मातृपूजनपूर्वकम् । अभ्यर्च्य गणनाथं च स्वस्तिवाच्य द्विजर्षभान्

evaṃ tānsa parāvṛtya kṣaṇātsvāśramamāptavān tasyāṃ mūrtau dhyātamātro nityaṃ darśayate vibhuḥ | svātmānaṃ sarvagaṃ nānārūpiṇaṃ sa vināyakaḥ kṛtvā'bhyudayikaṃ śrāddhaṃ mātṛpūjanapūrvakam | abhyarcya gaṇanāthaṃ ca svastivācya dvijarṣabhān

Thus, having turned them back, in an instant he reached his own hermitage. In that image the Lord, as soon as he is meditated upon, always shows himself, all-pervading and of many forms—he, Vināyaka. Having performed the ābhyudayika śrāddha, preceded by worship of the Mothers, and having honoured the Lord of the Gaṇas, and having the best of brahmins pronounce the benediction—

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GnP 2 71.42

गृत्समद उवाच । एवं कीर्ते समाख्यातं चरितं ते मया शुभम् । विनायकस्य देवस्य श्रवणात्सर्व सिद्धिदम् सुवर्णकलशै स्थाप्यः सौवर्णं रविमण्डलम् । उपचारैः षोडशभिर्भक्तिभावसमन्वितः

gṛtsamada uvāca | evaṃ kīrte samākhyātaṃ caritaṃ te mayā śubham | vināyakasya devasya śravaṇātsarva siddhidam suvarṇakalaśai sthāpyaḥ sauvarṇaṃ ravimaṇḍalam | upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhirbhaktibhāvasamanvitaḥ

Gṛtsamada said: Thus, O Kīrti, the auspicious deeds of the god Vināyaka have been recounted to you by me, granting every attainment by the mere hearing of them. A golden disc of the sun is to be installed with golden pots, with the sixteen offices of worship, (by one) filled with the feeling of devotion.

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GnP 2 71.43

धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं सर्वोपद्रवनाशनम् । सर्वकामप्रदं सर्वपापसंचयनाशनम् रक्तचन्दनमिश्रैश्च तण्डुलैः कुसुमैरपि । रक्तैर्नानाविधै रत्नैः फलैश्च विविधैरपि

dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ sarvopadravanāśanam | sarvakāmapradaṃ sarvapāpasaṃcayanāśanam raktacandanamiśraiśca taṇḍulaiḥ kusumairapi | raktairnānāvidhai ratnaiḥ phalaiśca vividhairapi

(It is) bestowing wealth, fame and long life, destroying all calamities, granting all desires, destroying the whole mass of sins. With rice grains mixed with red sandal, and with flowers too, red ones, with jewels of many kinds and with various fruits as well—

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GnP 2 71.44

पुनस्ते कथयिष्यामि सिन्धुदैत्यवधाय सः । अवतीर्णः शिवगृहे मयूरेश्वरसंज्ञितः अर्घ्यैर्द्वादशसंख्यैश्च नमस्कारैः परिक्रमैः । स्तुतिभिः प्रार्थनाभिश्च प्रार्थयेत्परमेश्वरम्

punaste kathayiṣyāmi sindhudaityavadhāya saḥ | avatīrṇaḥ śivagṛhe mayūreśvarasaṃjñitaḥ arghyairdvādaśasaṃkhyaiśca namaskāraiḥ parikramaiḥ | stutibhiḥ prārthanābhiśca prārthayetparameśvaram

Again I shall tell you: he, in order to slay the demon Sindhu, descended in Śiva's house under the name Mayūreśvara. With twelve arghya-offerings, with salutations, with circumambulations, with hymns of praise and with prayers, one should petition the supreme Lord.

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GnP 2 71.45

बाल्यात्प्रभृत्यद्भुतानि नानाकर्माणि योऽकरोत् ततो लक्षनमस्कारान्कुर्वीत कारयीत वा । प्रत्यहं लक्षविप्रांस्तु भोजयेत्परया मुदा

bālyātprabhṛtyadbhutāni nānākarmāṇi yo'karot tato lakṣanamaskārānkurvīta kārayīta vā | pratyahaṃ lakṣaviprāṃstu bhojayetparayā mudā

who from childhood onward performed manifold wondrous deeds. Then one should make a hundred thousand salutations, or have them made; and each day one should feed a hundred thousand brahmins with the utmost delight.

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GnP 2 71.46

गामेकां प्रत्यहं दद्याद्वेदज्ञाय कुटुम्बिने । ब्रह्मचर्येण तिष्ठेच्च सपत्नीको नृपोत्तम

gāmekāṃ pratyahaṃ dadyādvedajñāya kuṭumbine | brahmacaryeṇa tiṣṭhecca sapatnīko nṛpottama

Each day he should give a single cow to a householder who knows the Veda; and, together with his wife, he should abide in chastity, O best of kings.

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GnP 2 71.47

दीनान्धकृपणेभ्यश्च दद्यादन्नं दयान्वितः । मासान्ते सर्वसंभारान्ब्राह्मणाय समर्पयेत्

dīnāndhakṛpaṇebhyaśca dadyādannaṃ dayānvitaḥ | māsānte sarvasaṃbhārānbrāhmaṇāya samarpayet

And, filled with compassion, he should give food to the poor, the blind and the wretched; at the month's end he should present all the requisites to a brahmin.

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GnP 2 71.48

एवं व्रते कृते राजन्पुत्रस्ते मत्प्रसादतः । भविष्यति महाख्यातः सूर्यभक्तियुतः शुचिः

evaṃ vrate kṛte rājanputraste matprasādataḥ | bhaviṣyati mahākhyātaḥ sūryabhaktiyutaḥ śuciḥ

When the vow has been performed thus, O king, by my grace there will be a son for you, greatly renowned, pure, endowed with devotion to the Sun.

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GnP 2 71.49

क उवाच । एवं व्रतं समादिश्य शौनकोऽन्तर्हितस्तदा । ततश्चकार नृपतिर्य- थादिष्टं व्रतं तु तत्

ka uvāca | evaṃ vrataṃ samādiśya śaunako'ntarhitastadā | tataścakāra nṛpatirya- thādiṣṭaṃ vrataṃ tu tat

Ka said: Having thus enjoined the vow, Śaunaka then vanished; and thereafter the king performed that vow just as instructed.

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GnP 2 71.53

निजभर्तृद्विजरूपं सवितारं मनोरमम । चकमे कामरूपं तं मदना- ग्निप्रपीडिता

nijabhartṛdvijarūpaṃ savitāraṃ manoramama | cakame kāmarūpaṃ taṃ madanā- gniprapīḍitā

Tormented by the fire of desire, she longed for Savitṛ, charming, in the brahmin form of her own husband, taking on the form she desired.

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GnP 2 71.54

उवाच परितप्तांगी कामो मे बाधते भृशम् । ऋतुं मे देहि भर्तस्त्वं नो चेन्मृत्युर्भवेन्मम

uvāca paritaptāṃgī kāmo me bādhate bhṛśam | ṛtuṃ me dehi bhartastvaṃ no cenmṛtyurbhavenmama

Her limbs burning, she said: Desire afflicts me sorely; grant me my fertile season, husband; if not, my death will follow.

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GnP 2 71.55

सोऽपि वन्ध्यं विनिश्चित्य तत्पतिं कामुकां च ताम् । स्वप्न एव भर्तृरूपी सविता तामृतुं ददौ

so'pi vandhyaṃ viniścitya tatpatiṃ kāmukāṃ ca tām | svapna eva bhartṛrūpī savitā tāmṛtuṃ dadau

And he, having determined that her husband was barren and that she was lovesick, in a dream itself, in the form of her husband, Savitṛ granted her her season.

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GnP 2 71.56

सा प्रबुद्धा ततः प्राह समुत्थाप्य निजं पतिम् । नियमस्थेन किं ब्रह्मंस्त्वया मे ऋतुरर्पितः

sā prabuddhā tataḥ prāha samutthāpya nijaṃ patim | niyamasthena kiṃ brahmaṃstvayā me ṛturarpitaḥ

Then she awoke, roused her own husband, and said: Brahmin, you being fixed in your observance, why was intercourse granted to me by you?

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GnP 2 71.57

स उवाच ततस्तां तु नाहं व्रतमनाः शुभे । उपवासरतः क्षीणो रराम रविभक्तिमान्

sa uvāca tatastāṃ tu nāhaṃ vratamanāḥ śubhe | upavāsarataḥ kṣīṇo rarāma ravibhaktimān

He then said to her: Not I, good lady — my mind was on my vow; given to fasting, emaciated, devoted to the Sun, (how) should I have made love?

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GnP 2 71.58

ततः पुनः प्राह सती नान्यं जाने कथंचन । त्वद्रूपेणैव ध्यायामि सवितारं व्रते स्थिता

tataḥ punaḥ prāha satī nānyaṃ jāne kathaṃcana | tvadrūpeṇaiva dhyāyāmi savitāraṃ vrate sthitā

Then the faithful wife spoke again: I know no other man in any way; standing in the vow, I meditate on Savitṛ in your very form.

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GnP 2 71.59

ऋतुजेन च दग्धाऽहं वह्निनाऽन्तर्गतेन ह । ततः पुनश्चक्रपाणिरूचे तां प्रियभाषिणीम्

ṛtujena ca dagdhā'haṃ vahninā'ntargatena ha | tataḥ punaścakrapāṇirūce tāṃ priyabhāṣiṇīm

"And I have been burnt by the fire born of my season, which has entered within." Then again the discus-bearer spoke to her who spoke so lovingly.

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GnP 2 71.62

१ ।। सूर्यमन्त्रं जपन्नित्यं तन्नामस्मरणं सदा । ततः कदाचित्तत्पत्नी रात्रौ स्वप्ने ददर्श तम १ ।। सा मुमुर्षुश्चन्दनानि सोशीराणि निषेवते । लिलेपांगे च कर्पूरं तापो नास्या शशाम च

1 || sūryamantraṃ japannityaṃ tannāmasmaraṇaṃ sadā | tataḥ kadācittatpatnī rātrau svapne dadarśa tama 1 || sā mumurṣuścandanāni sośīrāṇi niṣevate | lilepāṃge ca karpūraṃ tāpo nāsyā śaśāma ca

Reciting the Sun's mantra daily and always remembering his name — then once his wife saw him at night in a dream. Wishing to die, she resorted to sandal-paste mixed with uśīra, and smeared camphor on her limbs; yet her burning did not subside.

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GnP 2 71.63

न चार्द्रवस्त्रपवनैस्ततः सा सखिभिः सह । तत्याज सिन्धुतीरे तं गर्भं गत्वा महत्तरम्

na cārdravastrapavanaistataḥ sā sakhibhiḥ saha | tatyāja sindhutīre taṃ garbhaṃ gatvā mahattaram

Nor by wet cloths and fannings; then she, together with her companions, went to the bank of the Sindhu and abandoned that fetus, which had grown very great.

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GnP 2 71.64

आययौ साथ विश्रान्ता सखिभिर्निजमन्दिरम् । निवेद्य भर्त्रे त्यक्तं तं गृहकार्यरताऽभवत्

āyayau sātha viśrāntā sakhibhirnijamandiram | nivedya bhartre tyaktaṃ taṃ gṛhakāryaratā'bhavat

Then she, rested, came with her friends to her own house; and having told her husband that (the child) had been abandoned, she busied herself with household work.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GnP 2 71.74

ज्योतिर्विद्भिर्विचार्यास्य सिन्धुरित्यभिधां शुभाम् । राज्ञी चक्रे नृपश्चास्य जातकर्मं यथाविधि ११ कृत्वा ददौ ततो दानमनेकं हर्षनिर्भरः । अनेकेभ्यो द्विजातिभ्यो वस्त्राणि विविधानि च १२ दापयामास नगरे पताकाभिरलंकृते । वाद्यत्सु सर्ववाद्येषु शर्करां च गृहे गृहे १३ गतेषु सर्वलोकेषु रक्तांग इति नाम च । चक्रतुर्दम्पती स्नेहादथामात्यै समूचतुः १४ उग्रायास्तनयश्चायमुग्रमुद्राधरोऽपि च । अयमुग्रेक्षण इति नाम्ना ख्यातो भविष्यति १५ विप्रप्रसादन इति पौरा नाम प्रचक्रिरे । ततः सर्वे पौरजना उपदा विविधास्तदा १६ ददुर्नृपाय सोऽप्येतान्दापयामास तत्क्षणात् । ववृधे बालकः सोऽथ शुक्लपक्षे यथा शशी १७ यथाऽग्निर्वायुवेगेन वर्धते क्षणमात्रतः । तथा स्वतेजसा बालः प्रवृद्धो गगनं स्पृशत् १८ क्रीडन्नेव सदा बालो वृक्षान्गृहगतान्बहून् । उत्पाट्य पातयामास वामहस्ततलेन ह १९ अरण्ये क्रीडता तेन पर्वतांश्चूर्णिता द्रुमाः । उड्डीय चन्द्रहरिणं क्षणं जग्राह कर्हिचित २.७४.२० जलावतारमार्गे तु रुद्धे क्वापि करेणुना । मुष्टिघातेन बिभिदे गण्डमस्या पपात सा २१ एवं तस्याद्भुतं कर्मं दृष्ट्वा लोका विसिस्मिरे । जहर्ष जननी चास्य पिता ज्ञात्वाऽतिमानुषम् २२ एवं प्रवृद्धो बालोऽसौ सिन्धुनामा महाबलः । उवाच पितरं यास्ये तप- स्तप्तुमहं नृप २३ अनुष्ठित्या स्वर्गलोकं भूलोकं च रसातलम् । आक्रमिष्ये वृथायुर्मै गच्छतीति मतिर्मम २४ एवमाकर्ण्य तद्वाक्यमूचतुः पितरौ च तम् । उत्कर्षं स्वस्य पुत्रस्य नित्यं प्रार्थयते पिता २५ जननी सर्वदेवेभ्यो व्रतदानादिनापि च । एवमाज्ञामवाप्यैव नत्वा तौ स ययौ वनम् २६ तत्र भ्रमन्ददर्शाथ कासारं जलजैर्युतम् । तत्र स्थातुं मनश्चक्रे विविक्तमिति हर्षितः २७ एकांगुष्ठेन भूमिष्ठ ऊर्ध्वबाहू रविं स्मरन् । शुक्रोपदिष्टं तं मन्त्रं जपन्पर्वतनिश्चलः २८ दक्षिणे जानुनि सदा वामपादं निधाय च । अंजलिं हृदि विन्यस्य ध्यायन्दिनमणिं तदा २९ शीतवातातपजलवृष्टीनां सहनो दृढः । वायुमात्राशनस्तस्थौ वल्मीकाक्रान्त- विग्रहः २.७४.३० अस्थिमात्रावशिष्टोऽपि जपत्येव महामनुम् । एवं तस्य व्यतीताय शरदां द्विसहस्रकम् ३१ तस्य सिन्धोः शरीरोत्थास्तेपुर्भासो रविं तदा । एवमुग्रं तपो दृष्ट्वा प्रत्यक्षोऽभूद्दिवाकरः ३२ उवाच परमप्रीतोऽनुष्ठानेन तवाधुना । वरं वरय चित्तस्थं दास्यामि जीवितावधि ३३ सिन्धुस्तदाकर्ण्य वचो भाषितं भानुना स्वयम् । देहभावं गतौऽपश्यत्पुरतो भास्करं प्रभुम् ३४ नत्वा तत्पादकमलं बद्धांजलिपुटोऽब्रवीत् । नमस्ते दीननाथाय नमस्ते सर्वसाक्षिणे ३५ नमस्ते त्रिदशेशाय ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवात्मने । नमस्ते विश्ववन्द्याय नमस्ते विश्वहेतवे ३६ नमस्ते वृष्टिबीजाय सस्योत्पादनहेतवे । परब्रह्मस्वरूपाय सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तहेतवे ३७ गुणातीताय गुरवे ग्रुणक्षोभविधायिने । सर्वज्ञाय ज्ञानदात्रे सर्वस्य पतये नमः ३८ धन्यं मे जन्म देवेश वंशो मे जनकोऽपि च । जननी च तपश्चापि यज्जातं तव दर्शनम् ३९ वरदश्चेद्दिनेश त्वं देहि मे सर्वतोऽमृतिम् । तव प्रसादात्संग्रामे जयेयं सर्वदेवताः २.७४.४० वर्तमानाद्देवणान्न मे मृत्युर्भवेदिति । एवं तस्य वराञ्श्रुत्वा परितुष्टो विभावसुः । उवाच निजभक्तं तमनुष्ठानभृशं कृशम ४१ सूर्य उवाच । न भयं विद्यते देवयोनिभ्यो नृभ्य एव च । न तिर्यग्भ्यो न नागेभ्यो न दिवा न निशि क्वचित् ४२ नोषःकाले न सन्ध्यायां मम वाक्याद्भविष्यति । मरणं ते नृपसुत गृहाणामृतभाजनम् ४३ इदं यावत्कण्ठगतं तावन्मृत्युर्न ते भवेत् । निष्काशयेदिदं यस्ते तस्मान्मृत्युर्भविष्यति ४४ देवो योऽवतरेत्कोऽपि धुन्वन्केशाग्रतो दिवम् । यस्यांगुष्ठनखाग्रे स्युर्ब्रह्मांडानां हि कोटयः ४५ स त्वां हनिष्यति विभुरन्यस्मादभयं तव । मद्वरस्य प्रसादेन सवं तृणमयं तव ४६ त्रैलोक्यराजं ते दत्तं नात्र कार्या विचारणा । क उवाच । एवं नानावरान्दत्त्वान्तर्दधे सविता तदा ४७ सोप्यानन्दसमायुक्तो जगाम निजमन्दिरम् । जननी च पिता तस्य मूर्ध्न्याघ्रायापतुर्मुदम् ४८ ऊचतुस्तं तदा पुत्रं विरहाग्नेऽन्नवर्जितौ । चिन्तया कृशतां यातौ पश्य पुत्रदशामिमाम् ४९ तयोः पादौ प्रणम्याह स पुत्रो हर्षनिर्भरः । प्रसन्नः सविता मह्यं त्रैलोक्यस्वामितामदात् २.७४.५० साधयिष्ये तद्वरात्तां न चिन्तां कर्तुमर्हथ ५१ ( ३३२४)

jyotirvidbhirvicāryāsya sindhurityabhidhāṃ śubhām | rājñī cakre nṛpaścāsya jātakarmaṃ yathāvidhi 11 kṛtvā dadau tato dānamanekaṃ harṣanirbharaḥ | anekebhyo dvijātibhyo vastrāṇi vividhāni ca 12 dāpayāmāsa nagare patākābhiralaṃkṛte | vādyatsu sarvavādyeṣu śarkarāṃ ca gṛhe gṛhe 13 gateṣu sarvalokeṣu raktāṃga iti nāma ca | cakraturdampatī snehādathāmātyai samūcatuḥ 14 ugrāyāstanayaścāyamugramudrādharo'pi ca | ayamugrekṣaṇa iti nāmnā khyāto bhaviṣyati 15 vipraprasādana iti paurā nāma pracakrire | tataḥ sarve paurajanā upadā vividhāstadā 16 dadurnṛpāya so'pyetāndāpayāmāsa tatkṣaṇāt | vavṛdhe bālakaḥ so'tha śuklapakṣe yathā śaśī 17 yathā'gnirvāyuvegena vardhate kṣaṇamātrataḥ | tathā svatejasā bālaḥ pravṛddho gaganaṃ spṛśat 18 krīḍanneva sadā bālo vṛkṣāngṛhagatānbahūn | utpāṭya pātayāmāsa vāmahastatalena ha 19 araṇye krīḍatā tena parvatāṃścūrṇitā drumāḥ | uḍḍīya candrahariṇaṃ kṣaṇaṃ jagrāha karhicita 2.74.20 jalāvatāramārge tu ruddhe kvāpi kareṇunā | muṣṭighātena bibhide gaṇḍamasyā papāta sā 21 evaṃ tasyādbhutaṃ karmaṃ dṛṣṭvā lokā visismire | jaharṣa jananī cāsya pitā jñātvā'timānuṣam 22 evaṃ pravṛddho bālo'sau sindhunāmā mahābalaḥ | uvāca pitaraṃ yāsye tapa- staptumahaṃ nṛpa 23 anuṣṭhityā svargalokaṃ bhūlokaṃ ca rasātalam | ākramiṣye vṛthāyurmai gacchatīti matirmama 24 evamākarṇya tadvākyamūcatuḥ pitarau ca tam | utkarṣaṃ svasya putrasya nityaṃ prārthayate pitā 25 jananī sarvadevebhyo vratadānādināpi ca | evamājñāmavāpyaiva natvā tau sa yayau vanam 26 tatra bhramandadarśātha kāsāraṃ jalajairyutam | tatra sthātuṃ manaścakre viviktamiti harṣitaḥ 27 ekāṃguṣṭhena bhūmiṣṭha ūrdhvabāhū raviṃ smaran | śukropadiṣṭaṃ taṃ mantraṃ japanparvataniścalaḥ 28 dakṣiṇe jānuni sadā vāmapādaṃ nidhāya ca | aṃjaliṃ hṛdi vinyasya dhyāyandinamaṇiṃ tadā 29 śītavātātapajalavṛṣṭīnāṃ sahano dṛḍhaḥ | vāyumātrāśanastasthau valmīkākrānta- vigrahaḥ 2.74.30 asthimātrāvaśiṣṭo'pi japatyeva mahāmanum | evaṃ tasya vyatītāya śaradāṃ dvisahasrakam 31 tasya sindhoḥ śarīrotthāstepurbhāso raviṃ tadā | evamugraṃ tapo dṛṣṭvā pratyakṣo'bhūddivākaraḥ 32 uvāca paramaprīto'nuṣṭhānena tavādhunā | varaṃ varaya cittasthaṃ dāsyāmi jīvitāvadhi 33 sindhustadākarṇya vaco bhāṣitaṃ bhānunā svayam | dehabhāvaṃ gatau'paśyatpurato bhāskaraṃ prabhum 34 natvā tatpādakamalaṃ baddhāṃjalipuṭo'bravīt | namaste dīnanāthāya namaste sarvasākṣiṇe 35 namaste tridaśeśāya brahmaviṣṇuśivātmane | namaste viśvavandyāya namaste viśvahetave 36 namaste vṛṣṭibījāya sasyotpādanahetave | parabrahmasvarūpāya sṛṣṭisthityantahetave 37 guṇātītāya gurave gruṇakṣobhavidhāyine | sarvajñāya jñānadātre sarvasya pataye namaḥ 38 dhanyaṃ me janma deveśa vaṃśo me janako'pi ca | jananī ca tapaścāpi yajjātaṃ tava darśanam 39 varadaśceddineśa tvaṃ dehi me sarvato'mṛtim | tava prasādātsaṃgrāme jayeyaṃ sarvadevatāḥ 2.74.40 vartamānāddevaṇānna me mṛtyurbhavediti | evaṃ tasya varāñśrutvā parituṣṭo vibhāvasuḥ | uvāca nijabhaktaṃ tamanuṣṭhānabhṛśaṃ kṛśama 41 sūrya uvāca | na bhayaṃ vidyate devayonibhyo nṛbhya eva ca | na tiryagbhyo na nāgebhyo na divā na niśi kvacit 42 noṣaḥkāle na sandhyāyāṃ mama vākyādbhaviṣyati | maraṇaṃ te nṛpasuta gṛhāṇāmṛtabhājanam 43 idaṃ yāvatkaṇṭhagataṃ tāvanmṛtyurna te bhavet | niṣkāśayedidaṃ yaste tasmānmṛtyurbhaviṣyati 44 devo yo'vataretko'pi dhunvankeśāgrato divam | yasyāṃguṣṭhanakhāgre syurbrahmāṃḍānāṃ hi koṭayaḥ 45 sa tvāṃ haniṣyati vibhuranyasmādabhayaṃ tava | madvarasya prasādena savaṃ tṛṇamayaṃ tava 46 trailokyarājaṃ te dattaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā | ka uvāca | evaṃ nānāvarāndattvāntardadhe savitā tadā 47 sopyānandasamāyukto jagāma nijamandiram | jananī ca pitā tasya mūrdhnyāghrāyāpaturmudam 48 ūcatustaṃ tadā putraṃ virahāgne'nnavarjitau | cintayā kṛśatāṃ yātau paśya putradaśāmimām 49 tayoḥ pādau praṇamyāha sa putro harṣanirbharaḥ | prasannaḥ savitā mahyaṃ trailokyasvāmitāmadāt 2.74.50 sādhayiṣye tadvarāttāṃ na cintāṃ kartumarhatha 51 ( 3324)