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/ he gave her with humility to Pulastya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.2) tasyāṃ jajñe pulastyādvai viśravā munisattamaḥ | tasya patnyaścatasrastu surūpā vāmalocanāḥ || > In her was born from Pulastya the best of sages, Viśravas; / and he had four wives, beautiful and fair-eyed: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.3) puṣpotkaṭā tathā rākā kaikasī devavarṇinī | jyeṣṭhaṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ tasmāt suṣuve devavarṇinī || > Puṣpotkaṭā, Rākā, Kaikasī, and Devavarṇinī. / Devavarṇinī gave birth from him to the eldest, Vaiśravaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.4) kaikasyajanayatputraṃ rāvaṇaṃ lokarāvaṇam | kumbhakarṇaṃ śūrpaṇakhāṃ putrīṃ taṃ ca bibhīṣaṇam || > Kaikasī gave birth to the son Rāvaṇa, who caused the world to weep, / to Kumbhakarṇa, to the daughter Śūrpaṇakhā, and to Bibhīṣaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.5) rāvaṇaḥ kumbhakarṇaśca pratāpī ca bibhīṣaṇaḥ | tapastepuḥ suvipulaṃ sahastradaśakābdakam || > Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa, and the mighty Bibhīṣaṇa / performed very vast austerities for ten thousand years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.6) prasannaśca tato brahmā varadastān samāyayau | rāvaṇo varayāmāsa rājyaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam || > Then Brahmā was pleased and came to them granting boons; / Rāvaṇa chose kingdom free of thorns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.7) bhūrbhuvaḥsvastrayāṇāṃ sa lokānāṃ balagarvitaḥ | sarvebhyaścāmṛtiṃ tadvadvismṛtau kapimānuṣau || > Proud of his strength over the three worlds—earth, atmosphere, and heaven— / he likewise \[chose\] immunity from death from all beings; monkey and human were forgotten. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.8) kumbhakarṇo'bhavadvāṇyā mohito varamuttamam | ṣaṇmāsanidrayā yuktaṃ vavre taṃ varadaṃ prabhum || > Kumbhakarṇa, deluded by Sarasvatī, chose an excellent boon / endowed with six months of sleep from that boon-giving Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.9) bibhīṣaṇastu dharmātmā svadharmarucidaṃ varam | varayāmāsa dhātāraṃ viṣṇubhaktiṃ subhāvataḥ || > Bibhīṣaṇa, however, righteous in soul, chose from the Creator a boon / imparting delight in his own dharma and devotion to Viṣṇu with sincere disposition. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.10) brahmā datvā varāṃstebhyo yayau sthānaṃ nijaṃ tataḥ | te rakṣaḥpravarā jātāstriṣu lokeṣu viśrutāḥ || > Having given the boons to them, Brahmā then went to his own abode. / They became preeminent rākṣasas renowned in the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.11) jitvā tribhuvanaṃ dakṣa rāvaṇaḥ ṣaṣṭilakṣakam | varṣāṇāṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ sa rājyaṃ cakre sahānujaḥ || > Having conquered the three worlds, O Dakṣa, Rāvaṇa, / together with his younger brothers, ruled for sixty hundred thousand human years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.12) rāmeṇa sa hato duṣṭaḥ kumbhakarṇaśca rāvaṇaḥ | bibhīṣaṇaṃ tato rājye sthāpayāmāsa rāghavaḥ || > That wicked Rāvaṇa and Kumbhakarṇa were slain by Rāma; / Rāghava then established Bibhīṣaṇa upon the throne. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.13) tapastaptvā vaiśravaṇo gaṇeśasya mahātmanaḥ | ekākṣaravidhānena toṣayāmāsa vighnapam || > Having performed austerities, Vaiśravaṇa pleased the Lord of obstacles, / the great-souled Gaṇeśa, through the practice of the single-syllable \[mantra\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.14) daśavarṣasahasraistu prasanno'bhūdgajānanaḥ | bhaktiṃ svacaraṇe tasmai dadau śaṅkaramitratām || > Through ten thousand years Gajānana became pleased; / he gave him devotion to his own feet and friendship with Śaṅkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.15) uttarāśāpatiṃ cakre dhanapālābhidhaṃ tathā | tato deveṣu vikhyātaḥ kuberaḥ prababhūva ha || > He made him guardian of the northern direction, and likewise known as the Guardian of Wealth; / then he became famous among the gods as Kubera. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.16) puṣpotkaṭā viśravaso'janayacca mahodaram | mahāpārśvaṃ prahastaṃ ca kharaṃ kumbhīnasīṃ sutām || > Puṣpotkaṭā bore to Viśravas Mahodara, / Mahāpārśva, Prahasta, Khara, and a daughter, Kumbhīnasī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.17) rākā sañjanayāmāsa triśiraskaṃ ca dūṣaṇam | vidyujjihvaṃ mahākālaṃ viśravastaḥ prajāpate || > Rākā brought forth Triśiras, Dūṣaṇa, / Vidyujjihva, and Mahākāla from Viśravas, O Prajāpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.18) ityete krūrakarmāṇaḥ paulastyā rākṣasā daśa | vikhyātāḥ puruṣaśreṣṭhā rākṣasānāṃ mahābalāḥ || > Thus these ten rākṣasas born of Pulastya, performers of cruel deeds, / were renowned as the foremost men among the rākṣasas, possessed of great power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.19) pulahasya mṛgāḥ sarve putrā vyālāśca daṃṣṭriṇaḥ | piśācā bahavo bhūtāḥ śūkarā hastinastathā || > The sons of Pulaha were all wild beasts, serpents, fanged creatures, / many piśācas, bhūtas, boars, and elephants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.20) anapatyaḥ kratuścātra smṛto vaivasvatāntare | marīceḥ kaśyapaḥ putraḥ sa jāto vai prajāpatiḥ || > Kratu is recorded here as childless in the Vaivasvata interval. / Marīci's son was Kaśyapa, who indeed became a Prajāpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.21) bhṛgoḥ putrastu medhāvī daityācāryo mahāyaśāḥ | svādhyāyanirataḥ kāvyo babhūve ca prajāpate || > Bhṛgu's son was wise, the preceptor of the Daityas, highly renowned, / intent on Vedic study, and became Kāvya, O Prajāpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.22) śaivamārgarato bhūtvā sadā śaṅkarapūjakaḥ | kailāsaṃ prāpa śāntyarthaṃ bodhito'bhūt hareṇa ca || > Devoted to the Śaiva path and always worshipping Śaṅkara, / he reached Kailāsa for the sake of peace and was enlightened by Hara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.23) śāntiyogasya siddhyarthaṃ gaṇeśamabhajat kaviḥ | krameṇa śāntimāpanno gāṇapatyo babhūva saḥ || > For the attainment of the yoga of peace, the sage worshipped Gaṇeśa; / having gradually attained peace, he became a Gāṇapatya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.24) atreḥ putro'bhavat somo'mṛtarūpamayo mahān | arundhatyāṃ vasiṣṭhādvai śaktiḥ putro babhūva ha || > Atri's son was the great Soma, full of the nature of nectar. / From Vasiṣṭha with Arundhatī was born the son Śakti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.25) tasmāt parāśaraḥ sākṣāttaponidhirajāyata | śaṅkarasya sadā bhaktiṃ cakāra paramādarāt || > From him Parāśara, a veritable storehouse of austerities, was born; / he constantly offered devotion to Śaṅkara with supreme reverence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.26) khaṃ. 2 a. 29 pāna 61) vasiṣṭhaṃ yogaśāstrajñaṃ pitāmahamaninditam | svakarmakuśalaṃ śāntamapṛcchacchāntihetave || > \[Khaṇḍa 2, Chapter 29, Page 61\] He asked Vasiṣṭha, who knew the science of yoga, his blameless grandfather, / skilled in his own duties and tranquil, for the sake of peace: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.27) parāśara uvāca | śivo'yaṃ mohahīnaśca neti kartāvyayaḥ smṛtaḥ | kathaṃ brahmaṇi nirmohe bhaven moho bhramapadaḥ || > Parāśara said: / This Śiva is free of delusion and is handed down as the imperishable agent, saying 'neti'. / How can there be delusion, a locus of error, in Brahman devoid of delusion? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.28) mudgala uvāca | parāśaravacaḥ śrutvā vasiṣṭhastamuvāca ha | harṣayuktaḥ svapautrāya śāntiyogaṃ sanātanam || > Mudgala said: / Having heard Parāśara's words, Vasiṣṭha spoke to him, / filled with joy, \[explaining\] the eternal yoga of peace to his grandson. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.29) vasiṣṭha uvāca | śṛṇu putra pravakṣyāmi brahmaṇā kathitaṃ ca me | yogaṃ śāntikaraṃ tubhyaṃ kathayāmi viśeṣataḥ || > Vasiṣṭha said: / Listen, my son, I will tell you what was spoken to me by Brahmā; / I shall explain to you especially the yoga that brings peace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.30) ahaṃ śāntyarthamatyantaṃ bhramito nā labhe ca tām | gato loke pravikhyāte brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ || > I wandered exceedingly for the sake of peace and did not find it; / I went to the world of Brahmā, the Supreme Lord, renowned throughout. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.31) tatra sampūjayantaṃ vai brahmāṇaṃ dṛṣṭavānaham | gaṇeśamūrtiṃ vai putra saṃsthito'haṃ praṇamya tām || > There indeed, my son, I saw Brahmā completely worshipping / an image of Gaṇeśa; having bowed down to it, I remained standing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.32) pūjāvidhiṃ samāpyā'sau sabhāyāṃ samupāgataḥ | tatrā'haṃ vinato bhūtvā hyavadaṃ taṃ mahādyutim || > Having completed the rites of worship, he entered the assembly hall; / there, bowing down, I spoke to him of great splendour: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.33) tvattaḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni jāyante nātra saṃśayaḥ | tvayi nātha pralīyante paraṃ tvatto na vidyate || > From you all beings are born, there is no doubt in this; / in you, O Lord, they dissolve; nothing exists beyond you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.34) tvayā'sau pūjitaḥ kasmāt kaḥ śreṣṭho vada sāmpratam | bahuvarṣamahaṃ bhrānto nā'labhe śāntimuttamām || > Why was this one worshipped by you? Tell me now, who is superior? / For many years I have wandered and have not attained supreme peace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.35) madīyavacanaṃ śrutvā brahmā harṣasamanvitaḥ | jagāda māṃ yathāyogyaṃ pātraṃ dṛṣṭvā pitāmahaḥ || > Hearing my words, Brahmā, the Grandfather, filled with joy, / seeing me as a suitable recipient, spoke to me as was fitting. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.36) brahmovāca | śṛṇu putra mahābhāga gaṇeśo yogaśāntidaḥ | asmākaṃ kuladevaśca sarveṣāṃ so'pi niścitam || > Brahmā said: / Listen, O fortunate son, Gaṇeśa is the giver of the peace of yoga; / he is indeed our family deity, and assuredly of all \[beings\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.37) tasmādvayaṃ samutpannāstena saṃsthāpitāḥ pade | sarvasiddhipradātāraṃ taṃ bhajāmi nirantaram || > From him we have arisen, and by him we are established in our station; / I constantly worship him, the bestower of all perfections. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.38) ante tatraiva līnāśca vayaṃ putra na saṃśayaḥ | tasmādādau gaṇeśānaḥ pūjyo mātā pitā smṛtaḥ || > In the end, my son, we are dissolved into him alone, there is no doubt; / therefore Gaṇeśāna is worshipped first; he is remembered as mother and father. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.39) jyeṣṭharājapadaṃ paśya vedeṣu kathitaṃ suta | tasmājjyeṣṭho na vedeṣvādiḥ sarvebhyo gaṇeśvaraḥ || > Look at the title 'Jyeṣṭharāja' declared in the Vedas, my son; / therefore Gaṇeśvara is not merely senior in the Vedas, but prior to all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.40) ya ādiḥ sa bhavedante kathitaṃ śāstrasammatam | atastatra vayaṃ līnā bhaviṣyāmo na saṃśayaḥ || > That which is at the beginning must also be at the end, so it is agreed in the scriptures; / therefore we shall dissolve into him, there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.41) madhye nānāvidhaḥ so'pi kalāṃśena gajānanaḥ | prakrīḍati kalāṃśāśca vayaṃ tasya smṛtāḥ suta || > In between, he too, Gajānana, of various forms, / plays by a portion of his parts; and we, my son, are remembered as portions of his parts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.42) śāntimicchasi cetputra tāṃ vadāmi samāsataḥ | pañcadhā cittavṛttiṃ tvaṃ tyaktvā śānto bhaviṣyasi || > If you desire peace, my son, I shall declare it concisely: / by abandoning the fivefold mental modification, you will become peaceful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.43) kṣiptaṃ mūḍhaṃ ca vikṣiptamekāgraṃ ca nirodhakam | cintāmaṇiḥ samākhyātastena cittaṃ prakāśitam || > Restless, dull, distracted, one-pointed, and restricted; / Cintāmaṇi has been explained, and by him the mind is illumined. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.44) ahaṃ gaṇeśarūpaścet saṃyogāyogatā ca me | nāsti hyato bhinnabhāvastena bhrāntirgatā bhavet || > If I am of the nature of Gaṇeśa, then for me there is neither union nor disunion; / there is indeed no duality, and by that, delusion will have vanished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.45) jagat subrahma suproktamaiśvaryamatulaṃ budhaiḥ | jānīhi siddhirūpaṃ tvaṃ bhrāntidāyakamañjasā || > The world is well spoken of by the wise as good Brahman, incomparable sovereign power; / know it truly to be the form of perfection (siddhi) that causes delusion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.46) jagadbrahmamayākārā buddhiḥ śāstreṣu kathyate | pañcadhā sā samākhyātā cittarūpā na saṃśayaḥ || > Intellect (buddhi) having the form of the world-Brahman is spoken of in the scriptures; / it is declared to be fivefold, having the nature of the mind, there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.47) tayoḥ prakāśakaṃ bimbaṃ gaṇeśasya mahātmanaḥ | mohitaṃ paśya māyābhyāṃ tadākāraṃ hṛdi sthitam || > Behold the reflection that illumines the two, belonging to the great-souled Gaṇeśa, / deluded by the two Māyās, dwelling in the heart with that very form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.48) bimbabhāvaṃ tyaja tvaṃ vai tadā śāntiṃ gamiṣyasi | cittamaiśvaryamohaśca bimbaṃ naiva pradṛśyate || > Renounce the state of being a reflection; then indeed you will attain peace; / the mind, sovereign delusion, and the reflection are not seen \[in that state\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.49) evamuktvā svayaṃ māṃ sa virarāma pitāmahaḥ | ahaṃ praṇamya taṃ devaṃ prādakṣiṇyena nirgataḥ || > Having spoken thus, the Grandfather himself ceased; / having bowed to that god and circumambulated him, I departed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.50) khaṃ. 2 a. 30 pāna 62) gatvā vanāntaraṃ putra atapaṃ tapa uttamam | ekākṣareṇa mantreṇa dhyātvā japaparāyaṇaḥ || > \[Khaṇḍa 2, Chapter 30, Page 62\] Having gone to another forest, my son, I performed supreme austerities, / intent on recitation, having meditated with the single-syllable mantra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.51) krameṇa yogabhūmīnāṃ bhrāntiṃ tyaktvā mahāmune | cintāmaṇiḥ svayaṃ sākṣādabhavaṃ śāntiyogadhṛk || > By degrees, abandoning the error of the stages of yoga, O great sage, / having grasped the yoga of peace, I myself directly became Cintāmaṇi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.52) tathā'pi gaṇarājasya mantradhyānaṃ mahātmanaḥ | darśanārthaṃ tapaścogramakārṣaṃ ca hitāvaham || > Even so, for the sake of seeing the high-souled Gaṇarāja, / I performed fierce and beneficial penance, devoted to the meditation and recitation of his mantra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.53) pūrṇe varṣaśate vai māṃ yayau devo gajānanaḥ | pratyakṣaṃ mūṣakārūḍho yogaśāntisvarūpadhṛk || > When a hundred years had elapsed, the god Gajānana came before my eyes, / mounted upon a mouse, bearing the form of the peace of yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.53.c1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29.53.c1) oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadāntye purāṇopaniṣadi śrīmanmaudgale mahāpurāṇe dvitīye khaṇḍe ekadantacarite vasiṣṭhatapovarṇanaṃ nāma ekonatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || > Om tat sat. Thus ends the twenty-ninth chapter, named ‘The Description of Vasiṣṭha's Penance’, in the deeds of Ekadanta, in the second section of the glorious Maudgala Mahāpurāṇa, the venerable ultimate Purāṇic Upaniṣad. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala~en-mt.2.29.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.61) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Liṅga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga-anon.70.61) — Sanskrit - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.70.61) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.29) · Pramāṇa