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/ Relate that to me, king of yogins; I cannot be sated with the nectar of your discourse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.1.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.1.p1) mudgala uvāca | ( > Mudgala said: / ( > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.2) khaṃ. 2 a. 3 pāna 6) ekadā nārado dakṣa paryaṭañchaṅkaraṃ gataḥ | tatra sampūjayantaṃ taṃ gaṇeśaṃ sa dadarśa ha || > Khaṇḍa 2, Chapter 3, page 6) Once, O Dakṣa, wandering about, Nārada came to Śaṅkara; / there he saw him worshipping Gaṇeśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.3) mūrtiṃ cintāmaṇeḥ sākṣāt sthāpitāṃ ratnanirmitām | śuṇḍādaṇḍamukhīṃ caiva śaṅkarastāmapūjayat || > An image of Cintāmaṇi itself, installed and made of jewels, / possessing an elephant-trunk face, Śaṅkara worshipped. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.4) taṃ dṛṣṭvā niyame saṃsthaṃ vismito nārado muniḥ | prayayau taṃ namaskṛtya vikuṇṭhe viṣṇumādarāt || > Seeing him engaged in regular observance, the sage Nārada was astonished; / having bowed to him, he reverently went to Viṣṇu in Vaikuṇṭha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.5) taṃ praṇamya mahātejā nārado vinayānvitaḥ | uvāca bhaktisaṃyukto nārāyaṇa namo'stu te || > Bowing to him, Nārada, full of great splendour and endowed with humility, / said, filled with devotion: 'O Nārāyaṇa, homage to you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.6) tvaṃ sākṣājjagatāmīśo nuda me saṃśayaṃ prabho | kailāsamagamaṃ draṣṭumahaṃ śaṅkaramutsukaḥ || > You are manifestly the lord of the worlds; dispel my doubt, O Lord. / Eager to see Śaṅkara, I went to Kailāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.7) tatra so'pi gaṇeśasya mūrtiṃ kṛtvā janārdana | apūjayanmahābhaktyā romāñcitaśarīravān || > There, having fashioned an image of Gaṇeśa, O Janārdana, / even he worshipped it with great devotion, his body bristling with horripilation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.8) aśrupravāhasaṃyuktaṃ premṇā caiva pariplutam | dhyānasthaṃ śaṅkaraṃ dṛṣṭvā maunavānabhavaṃ prabho || > Seeing Śaṅkara established in meditation, bathed in tears / and overflowing with love, I became silent, O Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.9) taṃ praṇamya mahāviṣṇo tvadantikamupāgataḥ | tvaṃ cāpi gaṇarājasya vadase nāmamantrakam || > Having bowed to him, O Mahāviṣṇu, I have come to your presence; / and you too recite the mantra of the name of the king of the gaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.10) śaṅkarānna paraṃ kiñcidavyaktaṃ brahma kathyate | śivo vikārahīnaśca sarvasiddhiprado mataḥ || > Nothing is declared higher than Śaṅkara, the unmanifest Brahman; / and Śiva, devoid of modification, is held to be the bestower of all perfections. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.11) tvaṃ tadīyā mahāśaktiḥ prabho nārāyaṇāhvayā | sadānandasvarūpaśca sarvātmā caiva kathyate || > You are his great power, O Lord, called Nārāyaṇa; / you are called the embodiment of eternal bliss and the Self of all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.12) ko'sau gaṇeśvaro nāma tvaṃ kathaṃ smarasi prabho | viśvanāthaḥ kathaṃ śambhustaṃ pūjayati nityaśaḥ || > Who is this called Gaṇeśvara? Why do you remember him, O Lord? / Why does Śambhu, the lord of the universe, worship him constantly? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.13) enaṃ me saṃśayaṃ deva cchettumarhasi keśava | sarvajñastvaṃ ramānātha śādhi māṃ śiṣyamāgatam || > You ought to sever this doubt of mine, O God, O Keśava. / You are omniscient, O lord of Ramā; instruct me, who have approached as a disciple.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.14) mudgala uvāca | nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā prahṛṣṭaḥ keśavo'bravīt | taṃ gaṇeśasya sambhakteḥ pātraṃ dṛṣṭvā yathārthataḥ || > Mudgala said: / Hearing the words of Nārada, Keśava was delighted and spoke, / seeing him as a truly worthy vessel for sincere devotion to Gaṇeśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.15) nārāyaṇa uvāca | śṛṇu nārada me vākyaṃ saṃśayaṃ kuru mā mune | yogaśāntisvarūpo'yaṃ gaṇeśo nātra saṃśayaḥ || > Nārāyaṇa said: / Listen to my words, O Nārada; do not doubt, O sage. / Gaṇeśa is the very embodiment of the peace of yoga; there is no doubt about this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.16) siddhibuddhipatiḥ sākṣāt svānandākhye pure sthitaḥ | tasya bhaktiprabhāveṇa vayaṃ vai sarvasiddhidāḥ || > The lord of Siddhi and Buddhi resides directly in the city named Svānanda; / through the power of devotion to him, we indeed grant all perfections. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.17) vināyakaḥ sa eko vai vayaṃ nāyakasaṃyutāḥ | bhajāmo bhaktiyuktāstaṃ yogaśāntyarthamādarāt || > He alone is Vināyaka (leaderless), while we have a leader; / filled with devotion, we reverently worship him for the sake of the peace of yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.18) ekadā'haṃ gatastatra kailāse śaṅkarālaye | gaṇeśaṃ pūjayantaṃ taṃ śivaṃ dṛṣṭvā suvismitaḥ || > Once I went there, to Kailāsa, to the abode of Śaṅkara; / seeing Śiva worshipping Gaṇeśa, I was greatly astonished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.19) tasya nityavidhiṃ pūrṇaṃ jātaṃ dṛṣṭvā tamabravam | tvaṃ sākṣānnirvikāraśca mohahīnaḥ sadāśiva || > Seeing his daily rite completed, I said to him: / 'You are directly free from modification and devoid of delusion, O Sadāśiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.20) avyaktaṃ brahma yatproktaṃ brahmādhipatisaṃjñitam | tvameva vedavādeṣu kathaṃ vadasi vighnapam || > That which is called the unmanifest Brahman, designated the lord of Brahman— / that very one is you according to the Vedas; why do you invoke the lord of obstacles? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.21) ko'sau gaṇeśvaro nāma tadvadasva mama prabho | sarvajñastvaṃ sadā śambhuḥ śiṣyaṃ te tārayasva mām || > Who is this called Gaṇeśvara? Tell me that, O Lord. / You are ever-omniscient Śambhu; save me, your disciple.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.22) śiva uvāca | śṛṇu viṣṇo rahasyaṃ me śāntidaṃ yogasevayā | yogapūrṇaṃ gaṇeśākhyaṃ brahmabhūyapadapradam || > Śiva said: / Listen, O Viṣṇu, to my secret, which grants peace through the practice of yoga, / which is full of yoga, named Gaṇeśa, and bestows the state of becoming Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.23) pañcadhā cittavṛttiryā sā buddhiḥ kathyate budhaiḥ | pañcabhedatayā sarvaṃ bhunakti prakṛtiḥ parā || > The fivefold mental activity is called buddhi by the wise; / by its fivefold division, the supreme nature experiences all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.24) tatra mohapradā siddhirnānābhrāntiprakāśikā | sidhyarthaṃ pañcadhā cittaṃ yatnayuktaṃ babhūva ha || > There, siddhi produces delusion, manifesting various errors; / for the sake of perfection, the fivefold mind engaged in effort. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.24.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.24.p1) dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ siddhiḥ sarvatra kathyate | ( > The perfection of dharma, wealth, pleasure, and liberation is proclaimed everywhere; / ( > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.25) khaṃ. 2 a. 3 pāna 7) brahmabhūyakarī sākṣājjānīhi puruṣottama || > Khaṇḍa 2, Chapter 3, page 7) know it as directly effecting the state of becoming Brahman, O highest of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.26) brahmaṇi brahmabhūto yastasya kiṃ bhrāntirucyate | dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ brahmabhūtasya vā vibho || > For one who has become Brahman in Brahman, what error can be spoken of? / Or what of dharma, wealth, pleasure, and liberation for one who has become Brahman, O pervasive Lord? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.27) tasya pañcavidhaṃ cittaṃ nāsti jānīhi niścitam | tadā yogī samākhyāto gaṇeśābhedatāṃ gataḥ || > Know for certain that for him the fivefold mind does not exist; / then he is proclaimed a yogin, having attained non-difference from Gaṇeśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.28) samprajñātasamādhistho gakāraḥ kathyate budhaiḥ | asamprajñātarūpo vai ṇakāro vedavādibhiḥ || > The syllable 'ga' is described by the wise as abiding in samādhi with cognitive awareness; / while the syllable 'ṇa' is described by knowers of the Veda as having the form of samādhi without cognitive awareness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.29) tayoḥ svāmī gaṇeśo'yaṃ śāntiyogamayaḥ sadā | netirūpo'hamavyaktastvaṃ samātmaka ucyase || > The master of these two is this Gaṇeśa, who consists eternally of the yoga of peace; / I am of the nature of 'not this' (neti), unmanifest, and you are said to consist of sameness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.30) yatra kutra pradṛṣṭā vai vayaṃ sarve bhavātmakāḥ | bhavapratyayayogastho gaṇeśaḥ pañcadhā'bhavat || > Wherever we are seen, all of us consist of worldly existence; / abiding in the yoga of the cause of worldly existence, Gaṇeśa became fivefold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.31) sa tu māyāmayaḥ prokto vedeṣu khalu keśava | māyāhīno gaṇeśāna upāyapratyayātmakaḥ || > Indeed, Keśava, he is proclaimed in the Vedas as consisting of māyā; / devoid of māyā, the lord Gaṇeśa consists of the consciousness of the means. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.32) sākṣādgaṇeśarūpe ca māyāyuktaviyuktatā | nāsti tasmātsa vai śāntyā labhyate nānyathā kvacit || > In the manifest form of Gaṇeśa, there is no association with or disassociation from māyā; / therefore, he is attained solely through peace, never otherwise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.33) gaṇeśo'haṃ sadā brahma brahmaṇāṃ patirañjasā | yogo'yaṃ gāṇapatyākhyaḥ kathitaste mayā prabho || > I am Gaṇeśa, eternally Brahman, truly the lord of the Brahmans; / this yoga called Gāṇapatya has been declared to you by me, O Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.34) anena vidhinā jñānaṃ gāṇeśākhyaṃ bhaviṣyati | tyaktvā pañcavidhaṃ cittaṃ bhava cintāmaṇiḥ prabho || > By this method, the knowledge called Gāṇeśa will arise; / having abandoned the fivefold mind, become Cintāmaṇi, O Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.35) evamuktvā mahādevo virarāma ca nārada | mayā te kathitaṃ jñānaṃ gāṇeśākhyaṃ mahāmune || > Having spoken thus, Mahādeva fell silent, O Nārada; / this knowledge called Gāṇeśa has been recounted to you by me, O great sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.36) asmākaṃ padadātā sa brahmabhūyapradastathā | gaṇeśaḥ kuladevaśca tasmāttaṃ prabhajāmahe || > He is the bestower of our status and the granter of the state of becoming Brahman; / Gaṇeśa is our family deity, and therefore we worship him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.37) mudgala uvāca | taṃ viṣṇuṃ praṇipatyā'tha nāradaḥ prayayau muniḥ | tapovanaṃ samāsādya yogābhyāsarato'bhavat || > Mudgala said: / Having bowed to that Viṣṇu, the sage Nārada departed; / reaching a penance grove, he engaged in the practice of yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.38) gaṇeśaṃ manasā dhyāyannajapan mantramuttamam | daśavarṣeḥ prasanno'bhūdgaṇeśastaṃ yayau munim || > Meditating on Gaṇeśa with his mind, he chanted the supreme mantra; / after ten years, Gaṇeśa was pleased and approached the sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.39) taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismito'tyantaṃ nāradaḥ praṇanāma ca | kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā tuṣṭāva gaṇapaṃ muniḥ || > Seeing him, Nārada was exceedingly amazed and bowed down; / with folded hands, the sage praised Gaṇapa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.40) nārada uvāca | namāmi gaṇanāthaṃ taṃ sarvavighnavināśinam | vedāntāgocaraṃ tajjñairgamyaṃ brahmaiva saṃsthitam || > Nārada said: / I bow to that lord of the gaṇas, the destroyer of all obstacles, / beyond the reach of the Vedānta, accessible to knowers of reality, established as Brahman itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.41) manovāṇīvihīnaṃ no manovāṇīmayaṃ na ca | brahmeśānaṃ kathaṃ staumi siddhibuddhipatiṃ param || > Neither devoid of mind and speech, nor consisting of mind and speech; / how can I praise the supreme lord of Brahman, the master of Siddhi and Buddhi? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.42) tvaddarśanena heramba kṛtakṛtyo'hamañjasā | ityuktvā pūjayāmāsa bhaktibhāvasamanvitaḥ || > By the sight of you, O Heramba, I have truly accomplished my purpose.' / Having spoken thus, he worshipped him, endowed with a disposition of devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.43) pūjayitvā gaṇeśānaṃ punastuṣṭāva nāradaḥ | romāñcitaśarīro'sau bhāvayukto mahāmuniḥ || > Having worshipped the Lord of Gaṇas, Nārada praised him again, / that great sage whose hair bristled with joy, filled with devotion: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.44) namo namo gaṇeśāya vighnarājāya te namaḥ | bhaktānāṃ vighnahantre cābhaktānāṃ vighnakāriṇe || > "Salutations, salutations to Gaṇeśa! Salutations to you, King of Obstacles, / the destroyer of obstacles for devotees, and the bringer of obstacles to the non-devoted! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.45) ameyamāyayā caiva saṃyuktāya namo namaḥ | yogarūpāya vai tubhyaṃ yogibhyo mohadāya te || > Salutations, salutations to you who are joined with immeasurable māyā, / to you who are the very embodiment of yoga, who bestow bewilderment upon yogis! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.46) vināyakāya sarveśa namaścintāmaṇe namaḥ | anantamahimādhāra namaste candramaulaye || > Salutations to Vināyaka, Lord of all! Salutations to Cintāmaṇi! / Salutations to you, the support of infinite greatness, who wear the crescent moon on your crown! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.47) ekadantāya devāya māyibhyo mohadāya te | namo namaḥ pareśāya parātparatamāya te || > To the god Ekadanta, who bestows bewilderment upon magicians, / salutations, salutations to you, the supreme lord, the highest beyond the high! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.48) nirguṇāya namastubhyaṃ guṇākārāya sākṣiṇe | mahākhuvāhanāyaiva mūṣakadhvajadhāriṇe || > Salutations to you, without attributes, having the form of attributes, the witness, / whose vehicle is the great rat, who bear the banner of a mouse! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.49) anādaye namastubhyaṃ jyeṣṭharājāya ḍhuṇḍhaye | hartre kartre sadā pātre nānābhedamayāya ca || > Salutations to you, the beginningless, to Jyeṣṭharāja, to Ḍhuṇḍhi, / the destroyer, the creator, the eternal protector, and full of manifold distinctions! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.49.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.49.p1) tvaddarśanasudhāpānāddhataṃ me bhrāntijaṃ mahat | ( > By drinking the nectar of seeing you, destroyed is my great \[…\] born of delusion, / ( > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.50) khaṃ. 2 a. 4 pāna 8) maraṇaṃ bhinnabhāvākhyaṃ gaṇeśo'haṃ kṛtastvayā || > khaṇḍa 2, adhyāya 4, page 8) the death known as the feeling of separateness; I have been made Gaṇeśa by you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.51) na bhinnaṃ paripaśyāmi tvadṛte gaṇanāyaka | śāntidaṃ yogamāsādya prasādātte na saṃśayaḥ || > I perceive nothing as separate from you, O Leader of Gaṇas; / having attained yoga that brings peace through your grace, there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.52) bhaktiṃ dehi gaṇādhīśa parāṃ tvatpādapadmayoḥ | kuru māṃ gāṇapatyaṃ tvaṃ premayuktaṃ ca te padi || > Grant supreme devotion to your lotus feet, O Gaṇādhīśa; / make me a Gāṇapatya, full of love for your state!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.53) ityuktvā virarāmātha taṃ punargaṇapo'vadat | madīyā bhaktiratyantaṃ bhaviṣyati sadā'calā || > Having spoken thus, he fell silent. Then the Lord of Gaṇas spoke to him again: / "My devotion will be yours, exceedingly and ever unshakable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.54) na yogāccalanaṃ kvāpi bhaviṣyati mahāmune | sadā yogīndrapūjyastvaṃ sarvamānyo bhaviṣyasi || > There will never be any wavering from yoga, O great sage; / you will always be revered by lordly yogis and honoured by everyone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.55) tvayā kṛtamidaṃ stotraṃ śāntiyogapradaṃ bhavet | paṭhate śṛṇvate caiva bhuktimuktipradāyakam || > This hymn of praise composed by you shall bestow the yoga of peace; / it shall grant worldly enjoyment and liberation to whoever recites or hears it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.56) ityuktvā tasya hṛdaye yayau līno gajānanaḥ | sadā hṛdi gaṇeśānaṃ paśyati sma muniḥ svayam || > Having spoken thus, Gajānana dissolved into his heart; / the sage himself continually saw the Lord of Gaṇas within his heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.57) ityākhyānaṃ nāradīyaṃ kathitaṃ te prajāpate | śṛṇuyādyaḥ paṭhedvā yaḥ so'pi sadgatimāpnuyāt || > Thus the narrative concerning Nārada has been told to you, O Lord of Creatures; / whoever hears it or recites it shall also attain the good destination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.57.c1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3.57.c1) oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadāntye purāṇopaniṣadi śrīmanmaudgale mahāpurāṇe dvitīya khaṇḍe ekadantacarite nāradabhaktivarṇanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ || > Om tat sat. Thus ends the third chapter, named 'The Description of Nārada's Devotion', in the Ekadanta narrative of the second section in the venerable final Purāṇopaniṣad, the glorious Maudgala Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala~en-mt.2.3.p1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.3) · Pramāṇa