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# Mudgalapurana 2.30: parāśaravarapradānaṃ nāma triṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Mudgalapurāṇa 2.30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.30.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.38) — 2 parts

### parāśaravarapradānaṃ nāma triṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

### [2.30.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.p1)

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

> Homage to the glorious Gaṇeśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.1)

mudgala uvāca |  
āgataṃ gaṇarājaṃ sa dṛṣṭvā harṣasamanvitaḥ |  
nanāma daṇḍavadbhūmau taṃ tuṣṭāva yathāmati ||

> Mudgala said: / Seeing Gaṇarāja arrive, filled with joy, / he prostrated on the ground like a staff and praised him according to his capacity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.2)

vasiṣṭha uvāca |  
adyeyaṃ dharaṇī dhanyā pitarau tapa āśramaḥ |  
vidyāvratādi me dhanyaṃ darśanātte padasya ca ||

> Vasiṣṭha said: / Today this earth is blessed; my parents, my penance, and my hermitage are blessed; / my learning and vows are blessed, because of the sight of your feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.3)

tvaṃ kartā kāraṇaṃ caiva kāraṇānāṃ na saṃśayaḥ |  
gamyāgamyamayaḥ prokto vede vai vedavādibhiḥ ||

> You are the agent and indeed the cause of causes, without doubt; / you are declared in the Veda by the proclaimers of the Veda to consist of both the accessible and the inaccessible.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.4)

sarvarūpaśca sarvaistvaṃ hīnaḥ sarvaprakāśakaḥ |  
yogābhedamayastvaṃ tvāṃ kathaṃ staumi gaṇādhipa ||

> You possess all forms, yet are devoid of all; you illuminate everything; / you consist in the non-duality of yoga. How then may I praise you, O Gaṇādhipa?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.5)

tathā'pi bhaktipāśena yantritastvaṃ gajānana |  
anugrahārthamāyāto nāmarūpadharaḥ prabho ||

> Even so, restrained by the cord of devotion, O Gajānana, / you have arrived bearing name and form in order to bestow grace, O Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.6)

tvaddarśanajabodhena staumi tvāṃ brahmanāyakam |  
vedādibhiḥ sahādyaiśca saṃstutaṃ yogibhiḥ param ||

> Through the understanding born of the sight of you, I praise you, the Lord of Brahman, / the Supreme One who is praised together with the primal Vedas and the like by yogins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.7)

namaste gaṇanāthāya namaste sarvasākṣiṇe |  
sarvākārāya vai tubhyaṃ svasaṃvedyāya te namaḥ ||

> Homage to you, the Lord of the Gaṇas; homage to you, the witness of all; / homage indeed to you of all forms, who are known only through yourself; homage to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.8)

siddhibuddhipate tubhyaṃ siddhibuddhipradāya ca |  
ameyaśaktaye deva deva tubhyaṃ namo namaḥ ||

> O Lord of Siddhi and Buddhi, giver of siddhi and buddhi, / O god of immeasurable power, O god, homage, homage to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.9)

asamprajñātatuṇḍāya samprajñātaśarīriṇe |  
tayoryoge ca yogātmadehāya tu namo namaḥ ||

> To the one whose face is the unitive state beyond thought, whose body is the unitive state with thought, / and whose body is the self of yoga in the union of both: homage, homage!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.10)

śāntiyogaprakāśāya śāntiyogamayāya te |  
yogibhyo yogadātre ca yogeśāya namo namaḥ ||

> To the light of the yoga of peace, to the one who consists of the yoga of peace, / to the giver of yoga to yogins and the Lord of yoga: homage, homage!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.11)

vakratuṇḍāya vai tubhyamekadantadharāya ca |  
brahmākārātmakānāṃ te cihnānāṃ dhāriṇe namaḥ ||

> Homage indeed to you, Vakratuṇḍa, the bearer of a single tusk, / to you who bear the emblems that consist in the form of Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.12)

stuvatastasya harṣeṇa kaṇṭharodhaḥ samābhavat |  
nanarta hṛṣṭaromā vai dehabhānavivarjitaḥ ||

> As he praised him, his throat choked with joy; / his hair stood on end, he danced, completely free from body-consciousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.13)

nimagnaṃ taṃ bhaktirase vīkṣya devo gajānanaḥ |  
tamuvāca mahābhaktaṃ bhāvajño bhāvapūrakaḥ ||

> Seeing him immersed in the nectar of devotion, the god Gajānana, / who knows \[the devotee's\] inner disposition and fulfills it, spoke to that great devotee.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.14)

gaṇeśa uvāca |  
tvayā kṛtamidaṃ vai yat stotraṃ bhaktirasapradam |  
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ dāyakaṃ prabhaviṣyati ||

> Gaṇeśa said: / This hymn of praise made by you, which grants the nectar of devotion, / will be the bestower of dharma, wealth, pleasure, and liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.15)

madīyā bhaktiracalā tavānagha bhaviṣyati |  
smṛtamātraśca te gehaṃ yāsyāmi munisattama ||

> Your devotion to me shall be unwavering, O sinless one; / and the moment I am remembered, I will come to your house, O best of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.16)

evamuktvā gaṇādhīśoṃ'tardadhe mama paśyataḥ |  
so'haṃ taṃ hṛdaye paśyan sthitaḥ śāntisamanvitaḥ ||

> Having spoken thus, the Gaṇādhīśa vanished as I watched; / seeing him in my heart, I remained endowed with peace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.17)

gāṇapatyasvabhāvena mūrtipūjāparāyaṇaḥ |  
vasiṣṭho'haṃ mahābhāgo yogivandyo babhūva ha ||

> Devoted to image worship by virtue of my Gāṇapatya nature, / I, Vasiṣṭha, highly fortunate, became worthy of honor by yogins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.18)

khaṃ. 2 a. 30 pāna 63) vasiṣṭha uvāca |  
etatte kathitaṃ vatsa śāntiyogapradaṃ śubham |  
jñānaṃ tenaiva mārgeṇa gaṇeśaṃ bhaja bhaktitaḥ ||

> Vasiṣṭha said: / This auspicious knowledge that bestows the yoga of peace has been told to you, my child; / worship Gaṇeśa with devotion by that very path.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.19)

evamuktaḥ praṇamyādau muniṃ pautraḥ parāśaraḥ |  
vane gatvā cakārā'sau tapaḥ paramadāruṇam ||

> Addressed thus, the grandson Parāśara, having first bowed down to the sage, / went to the forest and performed exceedingly severe penance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.20)

pitāmahena yajjñānaṃ kathitaṃ yogadaṃ mahat |  
tādṛśaṃ sādhitaṃ tena yogabhūmikrameṇa ca ||

> The great yoga-bestowing knowledge that was spoken by his grandfather, / that he accomplished by degrees through the stages of yoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.21)

tyaktvā bhūmiṃ svayaṃ yogī gāṇapatyo babhūva ha |  
tasya putratvamāpanno vyāso viṣṇuḥ svayaṃ prabhuḥ ||

> The yogin himself, having transcended the \[earthly\] plane, became a Gāṇapatya; / Vyāsa, the Lord Viṣṇu himself, attained the state of being his son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.22)

tathāpi muninā tena patnyā vatsalayā saha |  
tapastaptaṃ mahāghoraṃ gaṇeśasya mahātmanaḥ ||

> Even so, exceedingly dreadful penance directed to the great-souled Gaṇeśa / was performed by that sage together with his affectionate wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.23)

saṅkalpaṃ putrakāmārthaṃ cakāra sa mahāmuniḥ |  
gaṇarājaḥ svayaṃ me vai bhavitā putra uttamaḥ ||

> That great sage made a resolve for the desire of a son: / ‘Gaṇarāja himself shall indeed become my excellent son.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.24)

daśavarṣasahasraistaṃ prasanno gaṇanāyakaḥ |  
varaṃ dātuṃ samāyāto bhaktibhāvena toṣitaḥ ||

> After ten thousand years, the Gaṇanāyaka, being pleased / and delighted by his devotional attitude, arrived to grant a boon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.25)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasotthāya praṇamya prakṛtāñjaliḥ |  
tuṣṭāva susthiro bhūtvā patnyā sākamudāradhīḥ ||

> Seeing him, rising up at once, bowing down with folded hands, / and becoming well-steadied, the noble-minded one praised him together with his wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.26)

parāśara uvāca |  
namaste gajavaktrāya narākārāya te namaḥ |  
narakuñjararūpāya gaṇeśāya namo namaḥ ||

> Parāśara said: / Homage to you, the elephant-faced; homage to you who have a human form; / homage, homage to Gaṇeśa, having the form of man and elephant!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.27)

nirguṇāya guṇādhārarūpiṇe paramātmane |  
parātparāya devāyānādisiddhāya te namaḥ ||

> Homage to the Paramātman who is without attributes, whose form is the support of attributes, / to the god higher than the highest, who is beginningless and eternally realized.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.28)

anantānanadhārāyānantapāṇyaṅghrirūpiṇe |  
anantavibhavāyaiva gakārāya ca te namaḥ ||

> Homage to the bearer of endless faces, whose form has endless hands and feet, / who possesses endless power, and who is the syllable Ga;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.29)

sarvahīnāya devāya māyābhyāṃ varjitāya te |  
sadā brahmamayāyaiva ṇakārāya namo namaḥ ||

> Homage, homage to the god devoid of all \[limitations\], free from the two māyās, / who always consists of Brahman, the syllable ṇa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.30)

tayośca svāmine tubhyaṃ gaṇeśāya namo namaḥ |  
svānandavāsine pūrṇabhuktimuktipradāya te ||

> Homage, homage to you, Gaṇeśa, the master of both \[letters\], / who dwell in Svānanda and grant complete enjoyment and liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.31)

kiṃ staumi devadeveśa vedavedāntakādibhiḥ |  
sampāditaṃ paraṃ brahma tvāmataḥ praṇamāmyaham ||

> How can I praise you, the Supreme Brahman realized by the Veda, Vedānta, and the rest, / O Lord of the gods of gods? Therefore I bow down to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.32)

yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa tadā putro bhava prabho |  
āvayorgaṇanātha tvaṃ tadā me syāt sthiraṃ manaḥ ||

> If you are pleased, O Lord of gods, then become our son, O Lord, / O Gaṇanātha, so that my mind may be steadied.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.33)

asmākaṃ kuladevaśca tvameva gaṇanāyaka |  
brahmabhāvena nityaṃ tvāṃ bhajāmastatra vighnapa ||

> You alone are our family deity, O Gaṇanāyaka; / we constantly worship you as Brahman, O protector from obstacles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.34)

putrabhāvena deveśa bhajeyaṃ saṃsṛtau gataḥ |  
saṃsāraḥ saphalastena brahmarūpo bhavecca me ||

> Having entered worldly life, O Lord of gods, let me worship you as a son; / through that, my worldly existence will be fruitful and become of the nature of Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.35)

śrutvaivaṃ vacanaṃ tasya parāśaramuneridam |  
tamuvāca gaṇādhīśo bhaktaṃ yogadharaṃ param ||

> Hearing this speech of Parāśara the sage, / the Gaṇādhīśa spoke to that devotee, the supreme bearer of yoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.36)

gaṇeśa uvāca |  
tvayā yatprārthitaṃ vipra tatsarvaṃ saphalaṃ bhavet |  
tava putro bhaviṣyāmi gajāsuravadhāya ca ||

> Gaṇeśa said: / All that has been requested by you, O twice-born, shall become fruitful; / I will become your son, and also for the slaying of Gajāsura.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.37)

tvayā stotraṃ kṛtaṃ yacca tatsarvecchitadaṃ bhavet |  
bhuktimuktikaraṃ teṣāṃ paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ nṛṇām ||

> And the hymn of praise made by you shall grant all desires; / it will bestow enjoyment and liberation for those men who recite or hear it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.38)

evamuktvāntardadhe'sau gaṇeśo brahmanāyakaḥ |  
parāśaraḥ prasannātmā sapatnīko babhūva ha ||

> Having spoken thus, Gaṇeśa, the Lord of Brahman, vanished; / and Parāśara, along with his wife, became joyful-minded.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.38.c1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.38.c1)

oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadāntye purāṇopaniṣadi śrīmanmaudgale mahāpurāṇe dvitīye khaṇḍe ekadantacarite parāśaravarapradānaṃ nāma triṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ||

> Om tat sat. Thus ends the thirtieth chapter, named ‘The Bestowal of the Boon on Parāśara’, in the deeds of Ekadanta, in the second section of the glorious Maudgala Mahāpurāṇa, the venerable ultimate Purāṇic Upaniṣad.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.30.38.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.30.38.p2)

khaṃ. 2 a. 31 pāna 64)

> Section 2, chapter 31, page 64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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