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# Mudgalapurana 2.2: nāradaśāpanivartanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ

Mudgalapurāṇa 2.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.16) — 1 part
- [2.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.40) — 1 part
- [2.2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.61) — 1 part

### nāradaśāpanivartanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ

### [2.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.p1)

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

> Salutations to the venerable Gaṇeśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.1)

mudgala uvāca |  
gaṇeśaṃ manasā dhyātvā sṛṣṭiṃ kartuṃ mano dadhe |  
ādau tasya vidherdehādavidyā sā viniḥmṛtā ||

> Mudgala said: / Having meditated on Gaṇeśa in his mind, he set his mind to creation; / at first, from the body of that Vidhi, Ignorance emerged.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.2)

sā pañcadhā tato bhinnā svayaṃ jātā prajāpate |  
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vismito brahmā manasā duḥkhito'bhavat ||

> She then divided into five forms, arising spontaneously, O Prajāpati; / seeing her, Brahmā was astonished and became sorrowful in mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.3)

avidyābhrāntirūpā'tra hyanantavibhavātmikā |  
raktā kṛṣṇā tathā śvetā nānāścaryamayī babhau ||

> Ignorance here has the nature of delusion, possessing infinite power; / red, black, and white, she shone, full of various wonders.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.4)

trividhānāṃ prasūtiśca jagattrayavimohinī |  
tayā vimohitaṃ viśvaṃ bhrāntiyuktaṃ babhūva ha ||

> She is the mother of the threefold \[qualities\], deluding the three worlds; / deluded by her, the universe became possessed of confusion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.5)

tamo moho mahāmohaḥ śṛṇu dakṣa mahādbhutam |  
tāmisraścāndhatāmisraḥ pañcadhā jagati sthitā ||

> Darkness, delusion, great delusion—listen, O Dakṣa, to this great marvel— / gloom, and blinding gloom: she exists in five ways in the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.6)

tamo'jñānasvarūpaṃ yattena sañchāditaṃ jagat |  
dehasvārthasamāyuktaṃ babhūva bhrāntamānasam ||

> Darkness has the nature of non-knowledge; by it the world is covered over; / bound to bodily self-interest, it became confused in mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.7)

mohaḥ sa kāmanāyuktaṃ karma nānā vinirmame |  
tena viśvaṃ śarīrasya kurute karmabhogadam ||

> Delusion produced diverse actions joined with desire; / by it the universe performs bodily actions that yield experiences \[of karma\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.8)

mahāmohena saṃsṛṣṭaṃ vikarma vividhaṃ prabho |  
tena dehasya bhogārthaṃ pāpāni kurute naraḥ ||

> Through great delusion diverse prohibited acts were created, O lord; / by it man commits sins for the sake of bodily pleasure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.9)

tāmisreṇa phalaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ rogadāridryakādikam |  
tenā''dhivyādhisaṃyuktamabhūdviśvaṃ prapīḍitam ||

> By gloom, the fruit consisting of disease, poverty, and so forth was created; / by it the world became tormented, afflicted by mental and physical illnesses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.10)

andhatāmisrato dakṣa narako yātanātmakaḥ |  
tena svakarmadoṣeṇa yātanāṃ bubhuje jagat ||

> From blinding gloom, O Dakṣa, arose hell consisting of torment; / through that, the world endured torment on account of the fault of its own actions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.11)

eṣā'vidyāgaṇeśānaṃ smṛtvā svārthaparā'bhavat |  
tato brahmā vinindyaināṃ punaḥ sraṣṭuṃ mano dadhe ||

> Remembering the Lord Gaṇeśa, this Ignorance became bent on her own purpose; / then Brahmā, censuring her, set his mind once more to creation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.12)

tatastasya śarīrāttu catuḥputrāḥ prajajñire |  
sanakaśca mahāyogī tathānyaśca sanandanaḥ ||

> Then from his body four sons were born: / Sanaka, the great yogin, and another, Sanandana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.13)

sanātano'pi ca sanatkumāraśca caturthakaḥ |  
teṣāṃ mātṛsvarūpeṇa vidyā jñānātmikā babhau ||

> And Sanātana as well, and Sanatkumāra was the fourth. / In the form of their mother, knowledge consisting of consciousness shone forth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.14)

bodharūpāṃ nirākārāṃ sākṣādātmamayīṃ parām |  
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣayukto'bhūdbrahmā sarvapitāmahaḥ ||

> consisting of awareness, formless, identical with the Supreme Self directly. / Seeing her, Brahmā, the grandfather of all, was filled with joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.15)

sahajasya dharastatra sanakaḥ sambabhau sutaḥ |  
samayogadharo dakṣa pratāpī ca sa nandanaḥ ||

> The son Sanaka was born there holding the natural state; / and that Sanandana was skilled, radiant, and holding the state of equanimity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.16)

jñānayogamayo yogī sanātana iti smṛtaḥ |  
karmayogasvarūpaḥ sanatkumāraḥ sa ābabhau ||

> The yogi composed of the yoga of knowledge was known as Sanātana; / he, Sanatkumāra, shone forth embodying the yoga of action.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.16.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.16.p1)

tān dṛṣṭvā harṣasaṃyukta uvāca jagadīśvaraḥ |  
(

> Seeing them, the Lord of the universe, filled with joy, spoke: / (  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.17)

khaṃ. 2 a. 3 pāna 4) smṛtvā'sṛjata saṃsṛṣṭiṃ gaṇeśaṃ taiḥ kṛtaṃ tathā ||

> Section 2, Chapter 3, page 4) Having remembered, he created creation; and so it was done by them through Gaṇeśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.18)

nānāvidhaṃ yogamārgaṃ sasṛjuste mahaujasaḥ |  
taṃ dṛṣṭvā nābhyanandatsa brahmā provāca tān punaḥ ||

> Those \[sons\] of great splendor created the path of yoga of many kinds. / Seeing that, Brahmā did not rejoice, and spoke to them again:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.19)

alaṃ yogamayīṃ sṛṣṭiṃ mā kurudhvaṃ mahaujasaḥ |  
tatheti te mahābhāgā ūcustaṃ saṃsthitā babhuḥ ||

> "Enough! Do not make a creation composed of yoga, O you of great splendor!" / "So be it," those fortunate ones said to him, and remained still.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.20)

brahmā jñānamayīṃ sṛṣṭiṃ tato dṛṣṭvā cukopa ha |  
koṣāttasya lalāṭādvai śambhuḥ putro babhūva ha ||

> Then Brahmā, seeing the creation composed of knowledge, indeed became angry. / Truly from the wrath of his forehead a son, Śambhu, was born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.21)

tuṣṭāva tejasā dīptaṃ pañcavaktradharaṃ prabhum |  
trinetraṃ daśabāhuṃ taṃ candrarekhāvibhūṣitam ||

> He praised the Lord blazing with splendor, possessing five faces, / three-eyed, ten-armed, adorned with the crescent moon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.22)

ardhanārīnaraṃ prājñaṃ triśūlādisucihnitam |  
jaṭādharaṃ mahākāyaṃ vyāghrebhājinadhārakam ||

> half woman and half man, wise, marked clearly with a trident and other \[symbols\], / wearing matted locks, having a mighty body, wearing tiger and elephant skins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.23)

sahasā jātamātreṇa ruditaṃ śaṅkareṇa ca |  
taṃ brahmā sāntvayāmāsa kiṃ rodiṣi vṛṣadhvaja ||

> Immediately upon being born, a weeping was made by Śaṅkara. / Brahmā comforted him: "Why do you weep, O bull-bannered one?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.24)

brahmāṇamavadadbālaḥ sthānaṃ dehi pitaḥ prabho |  
mahyaṃ nāmāni sarveśa kāryaṃ kathaya vistarāt ||

> The child said to Brahmā: "Give me an abode, O father, O lord! / Give me names, O Lord of all, and explain my task in detail."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.25)

taṃ pratyuvāca dhātā sa rodanādrudrasaṃjñitaḥ |  
śivaḥ sarvasukhādhārastvaṃ jāto'si maheśvara ||

> That Creator replied to him: "Because of weeping, you are named Rudra. / You are born as Śiva, the foundation of all happiness, Maheśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.26)

varadānaprabhāveṇādhunā sarveśvaraḥ prabho |  
sākṣācchaṅkaraveṣeṇa putratāṃ me samāgataḥ ||

> Now, by the power of granting a boon, O lord, Lord of all, / you have attained sonship to me directly in the form of Śaṅkara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.27)

pṛthvī jalaṃ tathā tejo vāyurākāśameva ca |  
candrāḥ sūryo dīkṣito'ṣṭau tava sthānāni śaṅkara ||

> Earth, water, fire, wind, and ether, / moon, sun, and the initiated priest—these eight are your abodes, O Śaṅkara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.28)

aṣṭamūrtidharaḥ śarvaḥ sarvebhyaḥ phaladāyakaḥ |  
tava nāmāni deveśa ekādaśa bhavantu vai ||

> Bearing eight forms, Śarva grants fruit to all. / May your names, O Lord of gods, indeed be eleven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.29)

kuru sṛṣṭiṃ mahādeva dhyātvā devaṃ gajānanam |  
tatheti sṛṣṭimārebhe dhyātvā gaṇapatiṃ śivaḥ ||

> Make creation, O Mahādeva, meditating on the god Gajānana." / Saying "So be it," Śiva, meditating on Gaṇapati, began creation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.30)

rudrānnānāvidhān śambhuḥ sasarja bahutejasaḥ |  
anantānvividhākārānamṛtātmapradhārakān ||

> Śambhu created various Rudras endowed with great splendor, / endless, of diverse forms, possessing an immortal nature.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.31)

tān dṛṣṭvā brahmadevo'pi mā kuruṣva jagatpate |  
janmamṛtyuyutān śambho sṛjasva vividhāṃstathā ||

> Seeing them, Lord Brahmā also \[said\]: "Do not do \[this\], O Lord of the world! / O Śambhu, create various \[beings\] endowed with birth and death!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.32)

tataḥ śivo vidhātāramuvāca na sṛjāmyaham |  
janmamṛtyuyutān devetyuktvā tūṣṇīṃ babhūva ha ||

> Then Śiva said to the Creator: "I will not create / \[beings\] endowed with birth and death, O god!" Having spoken, he fell silent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.33)

tena sthāṇuriti proktaṃ nāma tasya mahātmanaḥ |  
ūrdhvaretāḥ svayaṃ śambhuḥ sthito gaṇapatiṃ bhajan ||

> Therefore, the name Sthāṇu was given to that great-souled one. / Remaining chaste, Śambhu himself stood worshiping Gaṇapati.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.34)

tato brahmā mukhebhyo vai vedān śāstrasamanvitān |  
purāṇāni sasarjā'sau tānuvāca kṛtāñjalīn ||

> Then, truly from his mouths Brahmā created the Vedas along with the scriptures, / and the Purāṇas; and he spoke to them as they stood with folded hands:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.35)

sṛjadhvaṃ vividhāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ tatheti gaṇapaṃ tadā |  
tapasā toṣayāmāsuḥ sasṛjustadvaraiḥ prajāḥ ||

> "Create varied creation!" Saying "So be it," they then pleased the Lord of Gaṇas / with austerity and created offspring through his boons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.36)

karmāṇi vividhānīha sasṛjuḥ paramādarāt |  
tāni dṛṣṭvā vidhātā'sau harṣayukto babhūva ha ||

> They created varied rituals here with supreme reverence. / Seeing them, that Creator became filled with joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.37)

tato yajñaṃ samārebhe brahmā viṣṇumacintayat |  
putrārthaṃ taṃ mahābhāgaṃ so'pi tatputratāṃ gataḥ ||

> Then Brahmā began a sacrifice, and thought upon Viṣṇu / for the sake of a son; and that highly fortunate one attained sonship to him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.38)

yajñāccaturbhujo devo yajñarūpo janārdanaḥ |  
samudbhūtaḥ svayaṃ viṣṇustamuvāca kṛtāñjaliḥ ||

> From the sacrifice, the four-armed god Janārdana, in the form of the sacrifice, / Viṣṇu himself, arose and said to him with folded hands:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.39)

ājñāṃ dehi pitarmāṃ tvaṃ tatastaṃ vidhirabravīt |  
sṛṣṭiṃ kuru gaṇeśa tvaṃ tathā smṛtvā cakāra saḥ ||

> "Give me an order, O father!" Then the Creator said to him: / "Perform creation!" Remembering Gaṇeśa, he did so.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.40)

yajñān karmasamudbhūtāna sasarja vividhān hariḥ |  
nānāphalapradāna pūrṇān kalpavṛkṣāniva prabhuḥ ||

> The Lord, Hari, created various sacrifices born of ritual actions, / bestowing diverse fruits, complete, like wish-fulfilling trees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.40.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.40.p1)

tān dṛṣṭvā harṣito brahmā tataḥ sa sasṛje punaḥ |  
(

> Seeing them, Brahmā was delighted. Then he created again: / (  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.41)

khaṃ. 2 a. 2 pāna 5) tasya dehātsamutpannāḥ putrā daśa mahaujasaḥ ||

> Section 2, Chapter 2, page 5) from his body ten sons of great splendor were born:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.42)

marīcirbhṛguratriśca pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ |  
dakṣa tvamaṅgirāścaiva vasiṣṭho nāradaḥ prabho ||

> Marīci, Bhṛgu, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, / Dakṣa, yourself, and Aṅgiras, Vasiṣṭha, and Nārada, O lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.43)

tānuvāca svayaṃ brahmā sṛjadhvaṃ vividhāḥ prajāḥ |  
omityuktvā yayuḥ sarve tapase vanamuttamam ||

> Brahmā himself said to them: "Create diverse offspring!" / Saying "Om," they all went to an excellent forest for austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.44)

tato nārada ādyantamuvāca pitaraṃ muniḥ |  
nāhaṃ sṛjāmi deveśa bhajāmi gaṇanāyakam ||

> Then the sage Nārada spoke to his father from the very beginning: / "I will not create, O Lord of gods; I worship the leader of the Gaṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.45)

māyāmayaṃ sarvamidaṃ mithyābhūtaṃ bhramātmakam |  
śrāmyejjñātā tadarthaṃ yo mūrkhavannātra saṃśayaḥ ||

> All this is made of māyā, false, consisting of delusion. / A knower who toils for its sake is like a fool; of this there is no doubt."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.46)

tatastaṃ punarapyāha sṛja tvaṃ vividhāḥ prajāḥ |  
antye vayasi deveśaṃ gaṇeśaṃ bhaja putraka ||

> Then \[Brahmā\] said to him once more: "Create diverse offspring! / Worship Gaṇeśa, the Lord of gods, in your final age, my son."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.47)

sa ūce tvaṃ bodhayasi kimarthaṃ māṃ prajāpate |  
mithyābhūtārthamādau kaḥ sṛjati bhrāntisaṃyutaḥ ||

> He said: "Why do you instruct me \[thus\], O Lord of creatures? / Who that is deluded creates for the sake of what is false in the first place?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.48)

tatastaṃ śaptavān brahmā pata tvaṃ śūdrayonitaḥ |  
gandharvaśca tathā bhāvī nānāstrībhogakārakaḥ ||

> Then Brahmā cursed him: "Fall from a Śūdra womb! / And you will become a Gandharva enjoying various women."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.49)

tatastaṃ nāradastātaṃ śaśāpa krodhasaṃyutaḥ |  
apūjyo bhavitā'si tvaṃ vṛthā śapasi māṃ yataḥ ||

> Then Nārada, filled with anger, cursed his father: / "You shall become unworthy of worship, since you curse me in vain!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.50)

tato nārada evā'sau gatvā tapasi saṃsthitaḥ |  
gaṇeśaṃ toṣayāmāsa mantreṇaikākṣareṇa ca ||

> Then that very Nārada, having gone, remained in austerity / and pleased Gaṇeśa with the single-syllable mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.51)

divyavarṣaśate pūrṇe taṃ yayau gaṇapaḥ svayam |  
varaṃ vṛṇu mahābhāga dāsyāmi manasīpsitam ||

> When a hundred celestial years were completed, the Lord of Gaṇas himself went to him: / "Choose a boon, O fortunate one! I shall give what is desired in your mind."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.52)

tatastaṃ stutavān devaṃ gaṇeśaṃ sarvasiddhidam |  
avṛṇocca varaṃ ceti śāpaṃ me vinivartaya ||

> Then he praised that god Gaṇeśa, the giver of all perfections, / and chose a boon, saying: "Turn away my curse!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.53)

tatastaṃ gaṇarājaḥ sa ūcivān bhaktavatsalaḥ |  
pitṛśāpaṃ kathaṃ mithyā karomi vada sāmpratam ||

> Then the king of Gaṇas, who is affectionate to devotees, spoke to him: / "Tell me, how can I make a father's curse false at present?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.54)

mayā varastathā datto brahmaṇe tena satyavāk |  
ataḥ śṛṇu mahābhāga vacanaṃ me sadā hitam ||

> A boon was also given by me to Brahmā, by which he speaks the truth. / Therefore hear, O fortunate one, my word which is always beneficial:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.55)

gandharvo bhavitāsi tvaṃ tatra jñānaṃ vadāmi te |  
sadā strībhiḥ samāyuktaṃ tvāṃ māyā na prabādhate ||

> You will become a Gandharva; there I shall impart knowledge to you. / Though constantly united with women, māyā will not afflict you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.56)

punastvaṃ śūdrayonau ca bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ |  
tatra saṃnyāsibhiḥ saṅgo bhaviṣyati yadā'nagha ||

> Again you will be born in a Śūdra womb, there is no doubt. / There association with renunciants will happen, O sinless one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.57)

tebhyo jñānaṃ samāsādya gamiṣyasi vaneṣu ca |  
tatra vaiṣṇavamārgeṣu tvaṃ saṃsakto bhaviṣyasi ||

> Having obtained knowledge from them, you will go into the forests, / and there you will become devoted to the Vaiṣṇava paths.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.58)

taddehapatanāt bhāvī punastvaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ |  
nārado nā'tra sandehastatra śambhuṃ bhajiṣyasi ||

> From the fall of that body, you will again become Brahmā's son / Nārada, without doubt here; and there you will worship Śambhu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.59)

nārāyaṇamukhāttatra māṃ jñātvā matpriyo mune |  
bhaviṣyasi ca yogendro gāṇapatyo na saṃśayaḥ ||

> Knowing me there from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa, beloved of me, O sage, / you will also become a lord of yogis, a Gāṇapatya, without a doubt."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.60)

ityuktvā gaṇanāthastaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata |  
nāradastaṃ namaskṛtya śāpaṃ bhuktvā divaṃ gataḥ ||

> Having spoken thus, the lord of the gaṇas vanished right there; / having bowed to him and endured his curse, Nārada went to heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.61)

punaḥ sa nārado jātaḥ śivabhaktiparāyaṇaḥ |  
nārāyaṇena saṃjñapto gāṇapatyo babhūva ha ||

> Nārada was born again, wholly devoted to devotion to Śiva; / instructed by Nārāyaṇa, he became a Gāṇapatya indeed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.2.61.c1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.2.61.c1)

oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadāntye purāṇopaniṣadi śrīmanmaudgale mahāpurāṇe dvitīye khaṇḍe ekadantacarite nāradaśāpanivartanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ ||

> Om tat sat. Thus ends the second chapter, named 'The Cessation of Nārada's Curse', in the story of Ekadanta, in the second section of the glorious Maudgala Mahāpurāṇa, the ultimate Purāṇa-Upaniṣad.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala~en-mt.2.2.p1) — English, machine translation

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