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# Mudgalapurana 2.8: dattacaritaṃ nāmā'ṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ

Mudgalapurāṇa 2.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.30) — 1 part
- [2.8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.56) — 1 part
- [2.8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.81) — 1 part
- [2.8.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.86) — 1 part

### dattacaritaṃ nāmā'ṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ

### [2.8.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.p1)

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

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

### [2.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.1)

mudgala uvāca |  
evaṃ dattasayogena yogabhūmiṃ samācaran |  
nānāceṣṭāyuto dakṣa avadhūtaḥ prakāśate ||

> Mudgala said: / In this way, Datta, progressing through the stages of yoga through his practice, / manifested as an avadhūta engaging in various behaviors, O Dakṣa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.2)

govadbhakṣaṇasaṃyuktaḥ paśuvatpakṣivatkadā |  
mūtrādidehaceṣṭāṃ sa cakāra munisattamaḥ ||

> Sometimes he ate like a cow, sometimes behaved like a beast, like a bird; / that best of sages performed bodily functions like urination \[in public\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.3)

sahajāvasthayā yukto babhūvānte'trisambhavaḥ |  
tatrāntaryāmitāṃ jñātvā khedayukto babhūva ha ||

> In the end, Atri’s son became established in the innate natural state. / Realizing the state of being the inner controller there, he became filled with distress.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.4)

vyaktāvyaktasametyādinānābrahmasusaṃsthitaḥ |  
yogena na sa śānto'bhūdyayau svapitaraṃ tataḥ ||

> Though established in various Brahmans through union with the manifest, unmanifest, and so forth, / he did not find peace through yoga; then he went to his father.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.5)

praṇamya bhagavānatriṃ datto yogisamāvṛtam |  
sākṣādbrahmamayaṃ pūrṇaṃ prāñjaliḥ purato'bhavat ||

> Bowing to the divine Atri, who was surrounded by yogins, / full, and identical to Brahman in visible form, Datta stood before him with folded hands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.6)

khaṃ. 2 a. 8 pāna 19) atriṇā mānitaḥ so'pi niṣasādāsane svayam |  
uvāca brahmaputraṃ tamatriṃ vinayasaṃyutaḥ ||

> (Section 2, Chapter 8, Page 19) Honored by Atri, he too sat down on a seat, / and full of humility spoke to that son of Brahmā, Atri.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.7)

datta uvāca |  
svāminnānāvidhaṃ brahma mayā yogena sādhitam |  
tatropādhiḥ samādṛṣṭa upādhirahito'bhavam ||

> Datta said: / O master, various aspects of Brahman have been attained by me through yoga; / there, when conditioning was seen, I became free of conditioning.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.8)

upādhiṃ nirupādhiṃ ca tyaktvā sāmye'hamāsthitaḥ |  
tattyaktvā tūryabhūto'haṃ sahaje saṃsthito'bhavam ||

> Leaving aside the conditioned and the unconditioned, I remained in equanimity. / Leaving that aside, having attained the fourth state, I remained established in the innate natural state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.9)

tatra dṛṣṭvā mahāyogin svādhīnatvaṃ sadā prabho |  
tena śāntivihīno'haṃ kiṃ karomi vadasva bhoḥ ||

> Perceiving absolute self-dependence there always, O great yogin, O lord, / I am devoid of peace because of that; tell me, sir, what shall I do?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.10)

sahajānna paraṃ brahma labhyate yogasevayā |  
ato māṃ śāntiyogaṃ tvaṃ kathayasva mahāmune ||

> No Brahman higher than the innate state is obtained through the practice of yoga. / Therefore, O great sage, explain to me the yoga of peace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.11)

dattasya vacanaṃ śrutvā brahmaputro mahātapāḥ |  
atristūvāca taṃ putraṃ śāntimicchantamādarāt ||

> Hearing Datta’s words, the son of Brahmā of great asceticism, / Atri, spoke respectfully to his son who was longing for peace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.12)

śṛṇu putra pravakṣyāmi śāntiyogaṃ sanātanam |  
brahmaṇā kathitaṃ me taṃ yena śānto'hamañjasā ||

> Listen, my son, I shall describe to you the eternal yoga of peace, / which was told to me by Brahmā, and by which I swiftly became peaceful.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.13)

asmākaṃ kuladeva tvaṃ prāpto gaṇapatiḥ prabhuḥ |  
sa vai śivādidevānāṃ kuladevaḥ prakīrtitaḥ ||

> The lord Gaṇapati has been attained by you as our family deity; / he is indeed proclaimed as the family deity of Śiva and the other gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.14)

śāntiyogasvarūpaṃ tvaṃ taṃ jānīhi mahāmate |  
bhajasva suprayatnena tadā śāntimavāpsyasi ||

> Know him, O wise one, to be the very form of the yoga of peace; / worship him with great effort, and then you will attain peace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.15)

gaṇeśātsarvamutpannaṃ tena saṃsthāpitaṃ suta |  
tasyārādhanamātreṇa kṛtakṛtyāḥ śivādayaḥ ||

> Everything has arisen from Gaṇeśa; by him it is sustained, my son. / Merely by worshiping him, Śiva and the others have accomplished their purpose.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.16)

nāmarūpātmakaṃ sarvaṃ jagadbrahma prakathyate |  
tadeva śaktirūpākhyaṃ brahmāsadrūpakaṃ param ||

> The entire universe consisting of name and form is proclaimed as Brahman; / that very reality is called the nature of power, while the supreme Brahman has the nature of non-existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.17)

tatrāmṛtamayaṃ sauramātmākāreṇa saṃsthitam |  
sadrūpaṃ tadvijānīhi brahma vede prakīrtitam ||

> Therein, know that which is immortal, solar, situated in the form of the Self, / having the nature of existence (sat), to be the Brahman proclaimed in the Veda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.18)

tayorabhedato brahma samaṃ sarvatra saṃsthitam |  
sadasanmayamevaṃ ca viṣṇuṃ jānīhi vedataḥ ||

> Through the non-difference of the two, Brahman stands equal everywhere. / Know thus from the Veda that Viṣṇu consists of both existence and non-existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.19)

tebhyo vilakṣaṇaṃ turyaṃ neti rūpaṃ prakīrtitam |  
nirmohaśivasaṃjñaṃ ca svādhīnaṃ brahma tad budhaiḥ ||

> Distinct from them, the fourth, having the form of 'not this' (neti), is proclaimed. / That Brahman, free from delusion, named Śiva, and self-dependent, \[is praised\] by the wise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.20)

caturṇāṃ brahmaṇāṃ yoge svānandaḥ kathyate budhaiḥ |  
sa tu māyāmayaḥ sākṣādgaṇeśo vedavādibhiḥ ||

> In the union of the four Brahmans, Svānanda is declared by the wise. / But that is Gaṇeśa himself, consisting of māyā, \[as declared\] by the teachers of the Veda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.21)

antarbāhyā kriyā sarvā brahmākārā pradṛśyate |  
karmayogaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ saṃyogaḥ karmaṇāṃ suta ||

> Every action, internal and external, is seen to have the form of Brahman; / that is to be known as karmayoga, the conjunction of actions, O son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.22)

jñānātmacakṣuṣā jñānaṃ yadyadbhavati yoginām |  
teṣāmabhedako yogo jñānayogaḥ prakīrtitaḥ ||

> Whatever knowledge arises for yogins through the eye that is the Self of knowledge, / the yoga that brings non-difference among them is proclaimed as jñānayoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.23)

jñānānāṃ karmaṇāṃ caivābhedayogaḥ samātmakaḥ |  
ānandātmakarūpo yaṃ dvaidhanāśe sa āpyate ||

> The yoga of non-difference between knowledges and actions is equitable; / this form, consisting of bliss, is attained when duality is destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.24)

svecchayā karmayogaśca dhṛto yena mahātmanā |  
svecchayā jñānayogaśca svecchayānandayogakaḥ ||

> The great-souled one by whom the yoga of action was assumed by his own will, / by his own will the yoga of knowledge, and by his own will the yoga of bliss;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.25)

svecchayā sa tribhirhīnaḥ sahajākhyaḥ prakathyate |  
sadā svādhīnarūpaśca svecchayā krīḍati svayam ||

> Devoid of all three by his own will, he is proclaimed the innate one. / Always being self-determined, he plays by his own will himself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.26)

brahmabhūtātmako yogaḥ svānandākhyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ |  
tatra svādhīnatā tredhā parādhīnakatā kutaḥ ||

> The yoga consisting in becoming Brahman is proclaimed as Svānanda; / there, self-determination is threefold—how could there be dependence on another?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.27)

brahmaṇi brahmabhūtasya svataḥ parata eva ca |  
utthānaṃ nāsti saṃyogāt svasvarūpiṇi yogataḥ ||

> For one who has become Brahman in Brahman, whether from oneself or from another, / there is no arising out of contact, because of yoga in his own true nature.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.28)

svānande sutasaṃyogo jagatāṃ brahmaṇāṃ bhavet |  
sarvābhedena yogo'yaṃ tasmānmāyāsamanvitaḥ ||

> In Svānanda, there may be contact of the worlds and of the Brahmans, O son; / this yoga is through non-differentiation from all, and is therefore accompanied by māyā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.29)

ayogātmakayogaśca sadā saṃyogavarjitaḥ |  
jagatāṃ brahmaṇāṃ tatra praveśo'to na vidyate ||

> And the yoga consisting of non-yoga is always devoid of contact; / therefore, there is no entry into it for the worlds or for the Brahmans.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.30)

sadā nirmāyiko yogaḥ svasaṃvedyavivarjitaḥ |  
svakīyā bhedahīnatvānnirvṛttiryogibhirdhṛtā ||

> Always free from māyā, this yoga is devoid of what can be known by oneself; / one's own cessation is maintained by yogins through the absence of differentiation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.30.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.30.p1)

brahma brahmaṇi saṃsthaṃ yannāgataṃ na gataṃ punaḥ |  
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> Brahman established in Brahman, which has neither come nor gone again, / (  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.31)

khaṃ. 2 a. 8 pāna 20) svānandanāśato labhyaṃ brahmabhūyamayogakam ||

> khaṇḍa 2, adhyāya 8, page 20) is to be attained by the destruction of Svānanda—the state of becoming Brahman, devoid of yoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.32)

brahmasvānandavāsī sa gaṇeśaḥ kathyate budhaiḥ |  
na svānandātmakaḥ prokto vede vai vedavādibhiḥ ||

> Gaṇeśa dwelling in the Svānanda of Brahman is spoken of by the wise; / he is not proclaimed as consisting of Svānanda in the Veda by teachers of the Veda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.33)

krīḍātmakagaṇeśānaḥ svānandaḥ parikīrtitaḥ |  
saṃyogātmakarūpeṇa svasvarūpiṇi tiṣṭhati ||

> The lord of Gaṇas, consisting of play, is proclaimed as Svānanda; / in the form of contact, he abides in his own nature.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.34)

krīḍāhīno gaṇeśāno yogarūpaḥ prakīrtitaḥ |  
nirānandātmakatvena sadā brahmaṇi saṃsthitaḥ ||

> De-void of play, the lord of Gaṇas is proclaimed as the form of yoga; / having the nature of non-bliss, he is always established in Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.35)

saṃyogāyogayoścaiva tayornāśe gaṇeśvaraḥ |  
śāntiyogātmakaḥ prokto yogibhiryogasevayā ||

> Upon the destruction of both—of contact and non-yoga—the lord of Gaṇas / is proclaimed by yogins through the practice of yoga as consisting of the yoga of peace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.36)

pūrṇayogātmakastatra gaṇeśaḥ parikīrtitaḥ |  
māyāyuktavihīnatvaṃ bhrāntimātraṃ prakīrtitam ||

> There Gaṇeśa is proclaimed as consisting of complete yoga; / being joined with māyā or devoid of it is proclaimed as mere delusion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.37)

pañcacittasvarūpāṃ tvaṃ buddhiṃ jānīhi putraka |  
tatra mohakarī siddhirbhrāntidā moharūpiṇī ||

> Know intellect to consist of the fivefold mind, O dear son; / therein perfection causes delusion, granting confusion and consisting of delusion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.38)

dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ siddhirbhinnā pradṛśyate |  
brahmabhūtamayī siddhiḥ kathitā yogibhistathā ||

> The perfection of dharma, material wealth, desire, and liberation is seen to be distinct; / and the perfection consisting of becoming Brahman has been taught by yogins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.39)

pañcadhā cittavṛttiryā tatra yadbimbitaṃ suta |  
tadeva gaṇarājasya rūpaṃ bimbātmakaṃ param ||

> That which is reflected in the fivefold mental modification, O son— / that alone is the supreme reflected form of Gaṇarāja.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.40)

dharmārthakāmamokṣeṣu brahmabhūteṣu yatsmṛtam |  
aiśvaryaṃ mohadaṃ janturyatra bhramati lālasī ||

> The sovereignty remembered in dharma, wealth, desire, liberation, and in becoming Brahman, / which causes delusion, wherein the eager living being wanders:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.41)

pañcaiśvaryeṣu yadbimbaṃ tadeva gaṇapasya ca |  
jīvaṃ jānīhi putra tvaṃ śāntiyogasya sevayā ||

> That reflection in the five sovereignties alone is the individual soul / of Gaṇapa; know this, O son, through the practice of the yoga of peace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.42)

pañcacittapraṇāśe va pañcaiśvarye layaṃ gate |  
adhunā gaṇarājastvaṃ bhavitā'si na saṃśayaḥ ||

> Upon the destruction of the five minds, or when the five sovereignties have dissolved, / you will now become Gaṇarāja, without doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.43)

tyajāvadhūtamārgaṃ tvaṃ bhava mukhyo'vadhūtakaḥ |  
avadhūya mahaccittaṃ mahadaiśvaryamādarāt ||

> Abandon the path of the Avadhūta; become the foremost Avadhūta, / having cast aside with respect the great mind and the great sovereignty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.44)

ataḥ śāntiṃ bhajasva tvaṃ dattayogena sattvaram |  
dadāmi te mahāmantraṃ gaṇeśasya vidhānataḥ ||

> Therefore, swiftly resort to peace through the yoga given \[to you\]; / I give you the great mantra of Gaṇeśa according to the injunctions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.45)

tata ekākṣaraṃ mantraṃ dadau putrāya bhāvataḥ |  
atriryogavidāṃ śreṣṭhastaṃ praṇamya yayāvajaḥ ||

> Then, with devotion, he gave the single-syllable mantra to his son; / Atri, the best of knowers of yoga, having bowed down to him, the unborn one departed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.46)

sākṣādviṣṇusvarūpaśca datto yogavidāṃ varaḥ |  
gaṅgāyā dakṣiṇe tīre pūjayāmāsa vighnapam ||

> Datta, the very form of Viṣṇu and the best among knowers of yoga, / worshipped the lord of obstacles on the southern bank of the Gaṅgā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.47)

tyaktvā bhūmisvarūpaṃ sa śāntimāsthāya yogavit |  
abhajattaṃ subhāvena gaṇapaṃ hṛdi cintayan ||

> Having cast off his earthly form and resorted to peace, the knower of yoga / worshipped him with pure devotion, meditating on Gaṇapa in his heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.48)

mahāyogī svayaṃ datto varṣeṇaikena śaunaka |  
śāntiṃ prāpto viśeṣeṇa gāṇapatyo babhūva ha ||

> The great yogin Datta himself, O Śaunaka, in one year / especially attained peace and became indeed a Gāṇapatya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.49)

taṃ draṣṭuṃ gaṇapastatra yayau bhaktaṃ nijecchayā |  
bhaktavātsalyato deva āśrame sukhaśāntide ||

> Gaṇapa went there by his own will to see that devotee; / out of affection for his devotee, the god \[came\] to the hermitage that bestows happiness and peace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.50)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasotthāya praṇanāma kṛtāñjaliḥ |  
tuṣṭāva susthiro bhūtvā vighneśaṃ kuladaivatam ||

> Seeing him, he arose swiftly, bowed with joined palms, / and becoming well-composed, praised Vighneśa, his family deity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.51)

śrīdatta uvāca |  
namo gaṇapate tubhyaṃ namo yogasvarūpiṇe |  
yogibhyo yogadātre ca śāntiyogātmane namaḥ ||

> Śrī Datta said: / Salutations to you, O Gaṇapati! Salutations to the one whose form is yoga! / To the giver of yoga to yogins, and salutations to the self consisting of the yoga of peace!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.52)

siddhibuddhipate tubhyaṃ pañcacittapradhāraka |  
nānāvihāraśīlāya gaṇeśāya namo namaḥ ||

> To the lord of perfection and intellect, to the sustainer of the five minds, / to Gaṇeśa whose nature is manifold play, salutations, salutations!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.53)

siddhidātre namastubhyaṃ nānaiśvaryapradāyine |  
mohahantre mohakartre herambāya namo namaḥ ||

> Salutations to you, the giver of perfections, the granter of manifold sovereignties, / the destroyer of delusion, the creator of delusion, to Heramba, salutations, salutations!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.54)

svānandavāsine tubhyaṃ saṃyogābhedadhāriṇe |  
nānāmāyāvihārāya vighneśāya namo namaḥ ||

> To the dweller in Svānanda, the bearer of non-difference in contact, / playing with manifold māyā, to Vighneśa, salutations, salutations!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.55)

sāṅkhyāya brahmaniṣṭhāya bodhahīnāya dhīmate |  
parādutthānarūpāya videhāya namo namaḥ ||

> To the follower of Sāṅkhya, devoted to Brahman, devoid of intellect, wise, / having the form of arising beyond, bodiless, salutations, salutations!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.56)

bodhāya sarvarūpāya dehadehimayāya ca |  
svata utthānarūpāya prakṛtipralayāya te ||

> To awareness, having all forms, consisting of the body and the embodied soul, / having the form of arising from oneself, the dissolution of nature—to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.56.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.56.p1)

sāhaṅkārāya devāya jagadīśāya te namaḥ |  
(

> To the god accompanied by ego, to the lord of the universe, salutations to you! / (  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.57)

khaṃ. 2 a. 8 pāna 21) mahate bindurūpāya jagadrūpāya te namaḥ ||

> khaṇḍa 2, adhyāya 8, page 21) To the great one, having the form of the drop, having the form of the universe, salutations to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.58)

nādātmakaguṇeśāya nānāveṣapradhāriṇe |  
brahmaṇe sṛṣṭikartre te pitāmaha namo'stu te ||

> To the lord of qualities consisting of sound, bearer of various guises, / to Brahman, the creator of the world, to you, O Grandfather, let there be salutations!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.59)

haraye pālakāyaiva nānādehadharāya te |  
saṃhartre śaṅkarāyaiva karmākārāya bhānave ||

> To Hari the protector, bearer of various bodies, / to Śaṅkara the destroyer, to the sun having the form of action;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.60)

śaktaye ca kriyāmūrte devamānavarūpiṇe |  
nāgāsuramayāyaiva ḍhuṇḍhirājāya te namaḥ ||

> And to energy, the embodiment of activity, having the form of gods and men, / consisting of serpents and asuras, to Ḍhuṇḍhirāja, salutations to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.61)

sthāvarāya namastubhyaṃ jaṅgamāya namo namaḥ |  
jagadrūpāya devāya brahmaṇe te namo namaḥ ||

> Salutations to you, the unmoving; to the moving, salutations, salutations! / To the god having the form of the universe, to Brahman, salutations, salutations to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.62)

kiṃ staumi tvāṃ gaṇādhīśa yogākāreṇa saṃsthitam |  
vedādayaḥ samarthā na tvāmataḥ praṇamāmyaham ||

> How can I praise you, O Gaṇādhīśa, who are established in the form of yoga? / The Vedas and others are not capable; therefore, I bow down to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.63)

dhanyo deho madīyodya pitarau kulameva ca |  
vidyāyogastapaścaiva tvadaṅghriyugadarśanāt ||

> Blessed is my body today, my parents, and my family, / and my knowledge, yoga, and austerity, from seeing your two feet!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.64)

ityuktvā bhaktibhāvena sampluto'sau mahāmuniḥ |  
nanarta hṛṣṭaromāsāvānandāśru sṛjanmuhuḥ ||

> Having spoken thus, inundated with feelings of devotion, that great sage / danced with hair bristling, repeatedly shedding tears of joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.65)

tatastaṃ svakare dhṛtvā gaṇanāthaḥ sa sasvaje |  
uvāca yoginaṃ pūrṇaṃ vacanaṃ paramādbhutam ||

> Then, holding him with his own hand, Gaṇanātha embraced him, / and spoke supremely wondrous words to the perfected yogin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.66)

śrīgaṇeśa uvāca |  
dhanyo'si datta yogīndro jāto'si madanugrahāt |  
tvaṃ pūrṇāṃ labhase śāntimacalāṃ mayi sarvadā ||

> The blessed Gaṇeśa said: / Blessed are you, Datta! You have become a king of yogins through my grace; / you attain complete, immovable peace in me at all times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.67)

na bhedaste kadācitte bhaviṣyati mahāmune |  
tvatprītisampravṛddhyarthamatra sthāsyāmi niścalaḥ ||

> There will never be any difference for you, O great sage; / for the sake of increasing affection for you, I shall remain here motionless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.68)

gāṇeśajñānamāhātmyaṃ tvayātreśca mukhācchrutam |  
sākṣātkārakaraṃ tasmād vijñānakṣetrakaṃ tvidam ||

> The greatness of the knowledge of Gaṇeśa was heard by you from the mouth of Atri; / therefore, this field of realization brings about direct perception.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.69)

vijñānagaṇapo dattanāmnākhyāto bhavāmyaham |  
darśanācchāntisandātā bhaviṣyāmyatra mānada ||

> I shall become known by the name 'Vijñānagaṇapa Datta'; / by seeing me here, I will grant peace, O honor-giver.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.70)

atra vāsaṃ prakurvanti madarthaṃ bhaktisaṃyutāḥ |  
śāntiyogaṃ sadā tebhyo dāsyāmi tava sannidhau ||

> Those endowed with devotion who make their residence here for my sake— / I shall always give them the yoga of peace in your presence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.71)

purā'tra tu śivenaiva jñānaṃ sākṣātkṛtaṃ param |  
vijñāneśvaranāmeti sa mayā śaṅkaraḥ kṛtaḥ ||

> “Formerly, supreme knowledge was directly realized right here by Śiva; / he, Śaṅkara, was named ‘Vijñāneśvara’ by me.  
> 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.72)

tasyātra sannidhau sthitvā tvayā jñānaṃ prasādhitam |  
ataḥ śaṅkaramitratvaṃ prāpto'si madanugrahāt ||

> Having remained here in his presence, knowledge was accomplished by you; / therefore, through my grace, you have attained friendship with Śaṅkara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.73)

tvayā kṛtamidaṃ stotraṃ yogaśāntipradaṃ bhavet |  
paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ nṝṇāṃ brahmabhūyakaraṃ tathā ||

> This hymn of praise composed by you will grant yoga and peace, / and likewise will bring about identity with Brahman for men who recite or listen to it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.74)

dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ dāyakaṃ prabhaviṣyati |  
sarvasiddhipradaṃ caiva sarvebhyo jñānadāyakam ||

> It will have the power to grant dharma, wealth, desire, and liberation; / it will bestow all perfections and bestow knowledge to all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.75)

ityuktvāntardadhe tatra gaṇeśo bhaktavatsalaḥ |  
dattaḥ khinnaśca taṃ dhyātvā tasthau tatra prajāpate ||

> Having spoken thus, Gaṇeśa, affectionate to his devotees, disappeared there. / And Datta, dejected, meditating upon him, remained there, O Prajāpati.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.76)

tatastatkṛpayā tena svātmā tatra samarpitaḥ |  
yogābhedamayatvena jāta ātmanivedakaḥ ||

> Then, by his grace, his own self was offered there by him; / by virtue of consisting of the non-difference of yoga, he became one who offers himself (ātmanivedaka).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.77)

datto bhakto gaṇeśaśca svāmī tasyeti nāśitam |  
svāminyasau sevako'pi tadākāreṇa saṃsthitaḥ ||

> The notion that 'Datta is the devotee and Gaṇeśa is his master' was destroyed; / the servant stood in the master, taking his very form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.78)

iyaṃ bhaktirgaṇeśasyātmanivedanarūpiṇī |  
dattena sādhitā mukhyā śāntiyogaprayatnataḥ ||

> This devotion to Gaṇeśa, consisting of self-offering (ātmanivedana), / the foremost one, was accomplished by Datta through effort in the yoga of peace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.79)

etasminnantare tatra prakaṭo'bhūt svayaṃ śivaḥ |  
vijñāneśvaranāmā'sau dattaṃ taṃ pariṣasvaje ||

> Meanwhile, Śiva himself became manifest there; / bearing the name Vijñāneśvara, he embraced Datta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.80)

aho datta mahābhāga mama mitratvamāgataḥ |  
atraivainaṃ gaṇeśānamadhyāyaṃ yogasevayā ||

> \[Śiva said:\] 'Oh, highly fortunate Datta! You have attained friendship with me! / Right here, through the practice of yoga, I meditated upon this Lord of the Gaṇas.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.81)

tato dattaṃ puraskṛtya śaṅkaro brāhmaṇaiḥ saha |  
gaṇeśaṃ sthāpayāmāsa gaṅgāyā dakṣiṇe taṭe ||

> Then, having honored Datta, Śaṅkara, along with brāhmaṇas, / established Gaṇeśa on the southern bank of the Gaṅgā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.81.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.81.p1)

vijñānagaṇarājeti nāma cakre maharṣibhiḥ |  
(

> With the great sages, he gave \[him\] the name Vijñānagaṇarāja. / (  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.82)

khaṃ. 2 a. 8 pāna 22) kṣetraṃ tadādervikhyātaṃ babhūva gaṇapasya tat ||

> Section 2, Chapter 8, page 22) From that time on, that holy place of Gaṇapa became famous.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.83)

vijñānanāmakaṃ puṇyaṃ śāntiyogaphalapradam |  
sarvasiddhikaraṃ kṣetraṃ yātrākāri janasya ca ||

> The holy place named Vijñāna grants the fruit of the yoga of peace; / it brings all perfections and serves the people who make pilgrimages \[there\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.84)

jyeṣṭhaśuklacaturthyāṃ taiḥ sthāpito gaṇanāyakaḥ |  
atastatra mahotsāhastaddine kurvate narāḥ ||

> On the fourth day of the bright half of Jyeṣṭha, Gaṇanāyaka was established by them; / therefore, on that day, men celebrate a great festival there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.85)

yogibhirdevagandharvaiḥ siddhairnāgaiśca mānuṣaiḥ |  
nānājanaistathā dakṣasevitaṃ kṣetramuttamam ||

> By yogins, gods, gandharvas, siddhas, nāgas, and humans, / and likewise by diverse people, this excellent sacred place was attended, O Dakṣa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.86)

etaddattasya māhātmyaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti narottamaḥ |  
paṭhedvā bhavitā tasya sarvasiddhirna saṃśayaḥ ||

> Whatever excellent person listens to or recites this greatness of Datta, / all perfection will be his, without doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.86.c1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.8.86.c1)

oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadāntye purāṇopaniṣadi śrīmanmaudgale mahāpurāṇe dvitīye khaṇḍe ekadantacarite dattacaritaṃ nāmā'ṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ ||

> Om tat sat. Thus ends the eighth chapter, named 'The Life of Datta,' in the deeds of Ekadanta, in the second section of the glorious Maudgala Mahāpurāṇa, an Upaniṣad of the Purāṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala~en-mt.2.8.p1) — English, machine translation

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