Mudgalapurana 1.3: pārvatīdehatyāgo nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ

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śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

Salutation to the venerable Gaṇeśa.

1.3.1

sūta uvāca |
śṛṇudhvaṃ munayaḥ sarve sthirīkṛtya manaścalam |
vighneśabhaktihīnā ye vighnākrāntā bhavanti te ||

Sūta said: / “Listen, all you sages, steadying your unsteady minds! / Those who are devoid of devotion to Vighneśa become beset by obstacles.

1.3.2

dakṣo'bhūt svagṛhaṃ gatvā krodhāmarṣasamanvitaḥ |
na kiñcit sukhavān viprāḥ śūlayukto yathā naraḥ ||

Having gone to his own home, Dakṣa became filled with wrath and resentment; / he had no happiness at all, O Brahmins, just like a man pierced by a spear.

1.3.3

śikṣāṃ śivasya kartuṃ sa hṛdi vyavasito'bhavat |
na kiñcitprāptavāṃstatra vicāraṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ ||

In his heart he resolved to punish Śiva; / deeply aggrieved, he could find no proper plan therein.

1.3.4

etasminnantare tatra nārado divyadarśanaḥ |
ājagāma mahātejā dakṣeṇaiva susatkṛtaḥ ||

In the meantime, Nārada of divine appearance, / possessed of great splendor, arrived there and was duly honored by Dakṣa.

1.3.5

āsanaṃ pādyamarghyaṃ ca datvā samyak prapūjitaḥ |
pṛṣṭaḥ sa kuśalaṃ praśnaiḥprasanno nārado'bravīt ||

Having been offered a seat, water for the feet, and the respectful offering, he was thoroughly worshiped; / asked about his welfare with inquiries, pleased Nārada spoke:

1.3.6

nārada uvāca |
dakṣa kiṃ duḥkhitastvaṃ te mukhaṃ mlānatayā yutam |
kathayasva mahātejāḥ prajāpatipatirbhavān ||

Nārada said: / “Dakṣa, why are you aggrieved? Your face is filled with dejection. / Tell me, O greatly splendid one; you are the lord of the Prajāpatis.”

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dakṣa uvāca |
śṛṇu nārada yenāhaṃ duḥkhito mlānatāṃ gataḥ |
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Dakṣa said: / “Listen, Nārada, to that by which I am aggrieved and have fallen into dejection; / (

1.3.7

khaṃ. 1 a. 3 pāna 6) śivenāsatkṛtastatra sabhāyāṃ sarvasannidhau ||

Section 1, chapter 3, page 6) I was disrespected by Śiva there in the assembly in the presence of all.

1.3.8

darpaṇaivāvṛtaḥ śambhustasya darpahṛtiḥ katham |
tādṛśaṃ brūhi me śīghraṃ sarvārthajña vicakṣaṇa ||

Śambhu is veiled by pride; how may his pride be taken away? / Tell me that quickly, O wise one who knows all matters!”

1.3.9

nārada uvāca |
bṛhaspatisavaṃ dakṣa kuru tvaṃ sarvabhāvanaḥ |
yajñabhāgavihīnaṃ taṃ tatra śambhuṃ kuruṣva bhoḥ ||

Nārada said: / “Perform the Bṛhaspatisava sacrifice, Dakṣa, you who cherish all beings; / and there, make Śambhu excluded from any sacrificial share, O sir!

1.3.10

yajñabhāgena hīno'yaṃ devapaṅktibahiṣkṛtaḥ |
piśāceśo bhavecchambhurdevatvaṃ tatra saṃhṛtam ||

Excluded from a sacrificial share and banished from the row of gods, / Śambhu will become merely the lord of goblins, his divinity stripped away.

1.3.11

prajāpatipatiḥ sākṣādbhavānsarvatra sammataḥ |
kariṣyasi yathā pūrvaṃ paścādvai tādṛśaṃ bhavet ||

You are indeed the manifest lord of the Prajāpatis, approved everywhere; / as you act first, so it will turn out afterwards.

1.3.12

evaṃ paramparāprāptaṃ tasyaiśvarya prakāśitam |
iti me manasi prāptaṃ yathecchasi tathā kuru ||

Thus his sovereignty, inherited by succession, will be exposed. / This has occurred to my mind; do as you wish.”

1.3.13

ityuktvā nāradastasmād gato brahmāṇḍamaṇḍale |
vīṇāgānarato bhūtvā yogī brahmaṇi tatparaḥ ||

Having spoken thus, Nārada departed from there into the realm of the universe, / delighting in singing with his vīṇā, a yogi intent upon Brahman.

1.3.14

dakṣo'pi harṣito jātaḥ satyaṃ mānitavānabhūt |
bṛhaspatisavaṃ kartuṃ samārebhe sa tatkṣaṇāt ||

Dakṣa too became delighted and considered it the truth; / at that very moment he undertook to perform the Bṛhaspatisava sacrifice.

1.3.15

tatrājagāma bhagavān viṣṇurdevavaraḥ prabhuḥ |
ājagmurdevagandharvā nānāvāhanaśobhitāḥ ||

There arrived the blessed Viṣṇu, the best of the gods, the Lord; / the gods and Gandharvas arrived, adorned with various mounts.

1.3.16

tatrājagmurdvijāḥ sarve nānātattvārthakovidāḥ |
jāmātaraḥ sapatnīkāḥ kaśyapapramukhāstathā ||

There arrived all the twice-born, skilled in the meaning of various fundamental truths, / and the sons-in-law headed by Kaśyapa, accompanied by their wives.

1.3.17

yathoddiṣṭaṃ cakārāsau dakṣaḥ paramaharṣitaḥ |
gaṇanāthavihīnaṃ taṃ yajñaṃ śaṅkaravarjitam ||

Dakṣa, exceedingly delighted, performed [the sacrifice] as instructed— / that sacrifice devoid of the Lord of Gaṇas and destitute of Śaṅkara.

1.3.18

gaṇeśasyāsmṛtirjātā sarveṣāṃ bhāvigauravāt |
dadhīcipramukhāstatra śaivāḥ krodhena pūritāḥ ||

By the power of destiny, all of them forgot Gaṇeśa; / the Śaivas there, headed by Dadhīci, were filled with anger.

1.3.19

dadhīcistatra tūvāca krodhāveśasamanvitaḥ |
śṛṇu dakṣa mahāprājña hitaṃ vacanamuttamam ||

Dadhīci, filled with a surge of wrath, spoke there: / “Listen, Dakṣa of great intellect, to these excellent, beneficial words!

1.3.20

śaṅkareṇa vihīno'yaṃ yajño naiva praśobhate |
prāṇahīno yathā dehastathaivāsau na rājate ||

Bereft of Śaṅkara, this sacrifice does not shine at all; / just as a body bereft of breath, so indeed it does not look splendid.

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iti śrutvā vacastasya dakṣo roṣasamanvitaḥ |
uvāca garvamohena śāpenaiva vimohitaḥ ||

1.3.22

śivo'śivarūpaśca piśācānāmadhīśvaraḥ |
varṇāśramavihīnatvānna yogyo yajña karmaṇi ||

“Śiva has an inauspicious form and is the lord of goblins; / because he is devoid of caste and stage of life, he is not fit for the rites of sacrifice.

1.3.23

yatra lakṣmīpatiḥ sākṣād bhagavānmaṅgalālayaḥ |
tatra kiṃ nyūnatāṃ yāti mithyāvācaṃ tu mā vada ||

Where the Lord, the husband of Lakṣmī, the direct abode of auspiciousness, is present, / what deficiency could occur there? Do not speak false words!”

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śrutvā tasya vacaḥ krūraṃ dadhīciḥ punarabravīt |
śivanindāṃ karoṣi tvamajñānena vimohitaḥ ||

Hearing his cruel words, Dadhīci spoke again: / “You revile Śiva, deluded by ignorance!

1.3.25

yajñanāśo bhaved dakṣa śaṅkaradveṣatastava |
na siddhiṃ labhase tvaṃ tu naṣṭabhāgyo na saṃśayaḥ ||

Because of your hatred of Śaṅkara, Dakṣa, the destruction of your sacrifice will occur; / you will not attain success, your fortune destroyed—of this there is no doubt.

1.3.26

atra ye brāhmaṇādyā vai varṇā nānā samāgatāḥ |
sarve kaliyuge pāpāḥ pākhaṇḍāśca bhavantu te ||

The various castes, beginning with the Brahmins, who have assembled here— / may all of them become sinners and heretics in the Kali age!

1.3.27

svadharmahīnatāṃ prāpya narake'nte pacantu vai |
viṣṇuḥ pramodayukto'tra sa vai pākhaṇḍa kārakaḥ ||

Falling away from their own dharma, may they cook in hell at the end! / Viṣṇu, who rejoices here, is truly the instigator of heresy.

1.3.28

kalau devo bhavennityaṃ pākhaṇḍānāṃ sahāyavān |
pākhaṇḍapriyavajjantuḥ kalau malakaraḥ sadā ||

In the Kali age, the god will constantly be an ally of heretics; / like a creature dear to heretics, he will always cause impurity in the Kali age.

1.3.29

śivahīne tathā yajñe mukhyo jāto hi keśavaḥ |
vedabāhyaṃ svayaṃ karma kurute tena śāpitaḥ ||

Since Keśava has become chief in a sacrifice bereft of Śiva, / he himself performs a rite outside the Vedas, and is therefore cursed by me!”

1.3.30

sarve devāśca śīghraṃ hi bhavitāraḥ parājitāḥ |
munayo duḥkhasaṃyuktā evaṃ śaptvā gato muniḥ ||

"And all the gods will soon be defeated, / and the sages joined with grief!" Having cursed thus, the sage departed.

1.3.31

tamanuprayayuḥ sarve śaivāḥ paramadhārmikāḥ |
gautamo gālavaścaiva vāmadevo dvitastritaḥ ||

All the most righteous Śaivas followed after him: / Gautama and Gālava, Vāmadeva, Dvita, Trita,

1.3.32

mārkaṇḍeyo hyagastyādyāḥ krodhayuktā maharṣayaḥ |
yajño'yaṃ nāvalokyo vai vedabāhyakriyātmakaḥ ||

Mārkaṇḍeya, Agastya and others, the great sages filled with wrath, [saying:] / "This sacrifice, consisting of rites outside the Veda, is surely not to be looked upon!"

1.3.33

khaṃ. 1 a. 3 pāna 7) viṣṇunānye tataḥ sarve sāntvitāḥ saṃsthitāḥ pade |
devatā munayo varṇā draṣṭuṃ yajñaṃ praharṣitāḥ ||

Then all the others were consoled by Viṣṇu and remained in their place; / the deities, sages, and castes were overjoyed to see the sacrifice.

1.3.34

bhṛgvādimunibhistatra yajñārambhaḥ kṛto'bhavat |
yathāvidhi yathābhāgaṃ devāstatrāśritā makhe ||

The commencement of the sacrifice was made there by Bhṛgu and other sages; / in accordance with rule and according to their shares, the gods were accommodated at that sacrifice.

1.3.35

dakṣo hṛṣṭo'bhavat tatra yajamānaḥ sumandadhīḥ |
vedakalpānusāreṇa munayastanvire makham ||

Dakṣa, the patron of the sacrifice, of very dull intellect, rejoiced there; / following the Vedic ritual prescriptions, the sages performed the sacrifice.

1.3.36

etasminnantare tatra kailāse nārado gataḥ |
śivayā saha śambhuṃ ca praṇato'bhūtsa bhāvikaḥ ||

In the meantime, Nārada went to Kailāsa; / he, a devoted soul, bowed down to Śambhu along with Śivā.

1.3.37

satīṃ prati prahasyāha nāradaḥ kalahapriyaḥ |
devi dakṣādhvare kasmād gamanaṃ na kṛtaṃ tvayā ||

Laughing, Nārada, who delights in conflict, said to Satī: / "O goddess, why have you not gone to Dakṣa's sacrifice?

1.3.38

hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanāḥ sarve mahotsavasumoditāḥ |
bhaginyastatra te rejuḥ patibhiḥ saha moditāḥ ||

"All the people are cheerful and well-fed, highly delighted by the great festival; / your sisters shine there, rejoicing with their husbands.

1.3.39

pitṛbhartṛgṛhe strīṇāṃ mānāmānaṃ na vidyate |
ityuktvā nāradastasmātprayayau kautukī muniḥ ||

"In the house of a father or a husband, there is no question of honor or dishonor for women." / Having spoken thus, Nārada, the mischievous sage, departed from there.

1.3.40

gate munau satī tatra mānase duḥkhitā bhṛśam |
śaṅkaraṃ praṇipatyāha hṛdayena vidūyatā ||

When the sage had gone, Satī became deeply grieved in her mind; / bowing down to Śaṅkara, she spoke with an aching heart:

1.3.41

nīlakaṇṭha namastubhyaṃ śaṅkarāya śivāya ca |
saguṇāya mṛḍāyaiva nirguṇāya namo namaḥ ||

"O blue-throated one, salutations to you, to Śaṅkara and Śiva! / To Mṛḍa, with attributes and without attributes, salutations, salutations!

1.3.42

gantumicchā tvayā sārdhamasti me dakṣamandire |
tatra yajñotsavo nātha prasīda prārthaye vibho ||

"I have a desire to go along with you to Dakṣa's house; / a sacrificial festival is taking place there, O Lord; be pleased, I beg you, O all-pervading one!"

1.3.43

evaṃ śrutvā bhāratīṃ tāṃ satī śambhuḥ subodhayan |
smayamānaśca tāmūce kimidaṃ bhāṣase priye ||

Hearing those words, Śambhu, advising Satī / and smiling, said to her: "What is this you are saying, beloved?

1.3.44

maddveṣī janako dakṣastava tena nimantritaḥ |
nāhaṃ tasmānna gantavyaṃ viparītaṃ bhaviṣyati ||

"Your father Dakṣa hates me; by him / I was not invited. Therefore, you should not go; disaster will ensue.

1.3.45

bhavatī ca mahāmāyā māyiko'haṃ na saṃśayaḥ |
sṛja tvaṃ munidevādīnatra yajñaṃ karomyaham ||

"You are the great Māyā, and I am the master of Māyā, without a doubt; / create the sages, gods, and others, and I shall perform a sacrifice here."

1.3.46

śrutvā śambhuvaco ramyaṃ hṛdayena vidūyatā |
uvāca duḥkhitā devī mamājñāṃ dehi śaṅkara ||

Hearing Śambhu's charming words with an aching heart, / the goddess, grieved, said: "Give me permission, O Śaṅkara!"

1.3.47

na kiñciduktavān śambhustadā devī piturgṛhe |
na prayojanamājñāyā vicāryaivaṃ jagāma ca ||

Śambhu said nothing at all. Then the goddess, reflecting, / "There is no need for permission to go to one's father's house," departed.

1.3.48

etajjñātvā mahā''ścaryaṃ vismitena śivena ca |
bhāvi yadbhavitā tadvai vimānaṃ preṣitaṃ varam ||

Knowing this great marvel, by the astonished Śiva— / knowing that what is destined to be must be—an excellent aerial chariot was sent.

1.3.49

vimānamāsthāya śaktirājagāma vihāyasā |
piturgṛhaṃ mahābhāgā mānitā sarvabandhubhiḥ ||

Mounting the aerial chariot, the fortunate Śakti went through the sky / to her father's house, honored by all her kinfolk.

1.3.50

mātrā pitrā svasṛbhistu satkṛtā harṣitātmabhiḥ |
dakṣastatra pramodena jagāda tanayāṃ prati ||

Welcomed by her joyful mother, father, and sisters, / Dakṣa spoke with delight there to his daughter:

1.3.51

āgatā tvaṃ mahābhāge yajño'yaṃ śobhitastvayā |
śrutvā pitṛvaco ramyaṃ taṃ sā provāca duḥkhitā ||

"You have arrived, O fortunate one; this sacrifice is graced by you!" / Hearing the pleasant words of her father, she, distressed, spoke to him.

1.3.52

satyuvāca |
śobhayāmi kathaṃ yajñaṃ nāhūtā bhavatātra bhoḥ |
anāhūtā'gatā cāhaṃ tvadīye yajanālaye ||

Satī said: / "How do I grace the sacrifice, sir, since I was not invited here by you? / And yet, uninvited, I have come to your sacrificial enclosure."

1.3.53

tataḥ sa kupito dakṣa uvāca śṛṇu putrike |
madīyo bahulo doṣastena tvāṃ dattavānbhramāt ||

Then Dakṣa, angered, said: "Listen, daughter! / Great was my fault, by which, through delusion, I gave you

1.3.54

piśācabhūtarājāya pitrā me kathitaṃ kṛtam |
varṇāśramavihīnāya vṛtheśvarapadāya ca ||

"to the king of Piśācas and Bhūtas, doing what was told by my father, / [to one] devoid of caste and stage of life, having vainly the title of supreme lord.

1.3.55

tasya doṣeṇa devi tvaṃ nāhūtā yajñakarmaṇi |
svāgataṃ te tathāpyadya tiṣṭha tvaṃ matsamīpagā ||

"Because of his fault, O goddess, you were not invited to the sacrificial rite; / nevertheless, welcome to you today; stay near me!"

1.3.56

sūta uvāca |
piturvacanamākarṇya śivanindāyutaṃ mahat |
krodhasantaptagātrā sā paśyantī yajñamandiram ||

Sūta said: / Hearing her father's words full of great revilement of Śiva, / her limbs burned with fury, and beholding the sacrificial hall,

1.3.57

arudrabhāgasaṃyuktaṃ yajñaṃ dṛṣṭvā cukopa ha |
uvāca kiṃ kṛtaṃ tāta vedabāhyakriyātmakaḥ ||

and seeing the sacrifice devoid of a portion for Rudra, she indeed became enraged. / She said: "What have you done, father? It consists of rites outside the Veda!

1.3.58

rudrabhāgavihīno'yaṃ yajño naiva phalapradaḥ |
śivanindāṃ karoṣi tvaṃ hyaśivo'si na saṃśayaḥ ||

"This sacrifice, devoid of a share for Rudra, will yield no fruit whatsoever! / You revile Śiva; you are truly inauspicious, no doubt!

1.3.59

khaṃ. 1 a. 4 pāna 8) śiveti dvyakṣaraṃ brahma nigurṇaṃ guṇadhāraṇam |
na jānāsi yatastvaṃ bhostenāhaṃ duḥkhitā bhṛśam ||

"The two-syllabled 'Śi-va' is Brahman, without attributes, the bearer of all attributes; / because you do not recognize this, sir, I am deeply grieved.

1.3.60

tava dehāta samudbhūto mama dehastvayaṃ pitaḥ |
na yogyaḥ śivanindāyāḥ kāraṇāt taṃ tyajāmyaham ||

"This body of mine, born from your body, O father, / is not fit [to live] because of the revilement of Śiva; I abandon it!"

1.3.61

ityuktvā sā hṛdi dhyāne nītvā taṃ śaṅkaraṃ prabhum |
yogāgninā samujjvālya dehaṃ dhāmni gatā'bhavat ||

Having spoken thus, having drawn Lord Śaṅkara into meditation within her heart, / and having consumed her body with the fire of yoga, she went to her abode.

1.3.62

punaḥ svamāyayā devī himācalasutā'bhavat |
śivadhyānaparā sākṣāttaṃ lebhe sā punaḥ patim ||

Again, by her own illusion, the goddess became the daughter of the Himālaya; / devoted to meditation on Śiva, she obtained him again as her husband before her eyes.

1.3.63

tapastaptaṃ sutīvraṃ yattena cātmavaśena sā |
lebhe mudaṃ śivenāpi pārvatī premavihvalā ||

Because of the intensely severe austerity she practiced, and by subduing herself, / Pārvatī, overwhelmed with love, attained joy together with Śiva.

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oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadāntye purāṇopaniṣadi śrīmanmaudgale mahāpurāṇe prathame khaṇḍe vakratuṇḍacarite pārvatīdehatyāgo nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ ||

Oṃ tat sat. Thus ends the third chapter, named 'The Abandonment of the Body by Pārvatī,' in the story of Vakratuṇḍa in the first section of the glorious and supreme Mudgalapurāṇa, an Upaniṣad of the Purāṇas.