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# Mudgalapurana 3.26: rāmacandracaritaṃ nāma ṣaḍviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Mudgalapurāṇa 3.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [3.26.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.25) — 1 part
- [3.26.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.116) — 1 part

### rāmacandracaritaṃ nāma ṣaḍviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

### [3.26.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.p1)

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

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

### [3.26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.1)

narānarāyaṇāvūcatuḥ |  
śrutasya caiva nābhākhyaḥ putrastasya babhūva ha |  
sindhudvīpastato jajñe jñānī putro mahāyaśāḥ ||

> Nara and Nārāyaṇa said: / Śruta's son was named Nābha; from him was born Sindhudvīpa, a wise son of great renown.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.2)

ayutāyuḥ sutastasya tato ya ṛtuparṇakaḥ |  
sa vai nalasakhastasmādaśvavidyāparāyaṇaḥ ||

> Ayutāyus was his son; from him came Ṛtuparṇa, who was a friend of Nala and devoted to the science of horses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.3)

sarvakāmastato jajñe tasmājjātaḥ sudāsakaḥ |  
saudāsastasya putro'bhūt khyātaḥ kalmāṣapādakaḥ ||

> From him Sarvakāma was born, and from him Sudāsaka was born. / His son was Saudāsa, renowned as Kalmāṣapādaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.4)

kalmāṣapādakṣetre vai vasiṣṭho munisattamaḥ |  
aśmakaṃ janayāmāsa cekṣvākukulavardhakam ||

> In the field of Kalmāṣapāda, Vasiṣṭha, the best of sages, / begot Aśmaka, who increased the lineage of Ikṣvāku.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.5)

aśmakasya ca putro'bhūnmūlako nāma pārthivaḥ |  
sa hi rāmabhayādrājā vanaṃ prāpya suduḥkhitaḥ ||

> And Aśmaka had a son, a king named Mūlaka. / Indeed, out of fear of Rāma, that king went to the forest, deeply sorrowful.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.6)

tatra nārīsvarūpaḥ sannārībhiḥ parirakṣitaḥ |  
nārīkavacanāmā'bhūt karmaṇā tena bho mune ||

> There, assuming the form of a woman, protected by women, / he became known by the name Nārīkavaca because of that deed, O sage!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.7)

tasmācchatarathaścailavilo jajñe ca tatsutaḥ |  
tato viśvasahastasmāt khaṭvāṅgo ḍhuṇḍhimāptavān ||

> From him was born Śataratha, and Ilavila was his son; / from him came Viśvasaha, and from him Khaṭvāṅga attained Ḍhuṇḍhi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.8)

dīrghabāhustatastasmādraghustasmādajo'bhavat |  
putro daśarathastasya kaśyapāṃśaḥ sa vai smṛtaḥ ||

> From him came Dīrghabāhu; from him Raghu; from him Aja was born; / his son was Daśaratha, who is remembered as a portion of Kaśyapa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.9)

tasya bhāryātrayaṃ cāsīdrūpeṇāpratimaṃ mune |  
kausalyā caiva kaikeyī sumitrā dharmasaṃyutā ||

> And he had three wives of peerless beauty, O sage: / Kausalyā, Kaikeyī, and Sumitrā, who was endowed with dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.10)

yauvane pragate prāpa na rājā putramuttamam |  
nānāyatnaṃ cakārā'sau vratatīrthādikaṃ mune ||

> When his youth had passed, the king did not obtain an excellent son. / He made various efforts, O sage, such as vows and pilgrimages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.11)

tato vasiṣṭhaṃ vipreśaṃ sastrīkaḥ śaraṇaṃ yayau |  
pradhāneṣu vinikṣipya rājyaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam ||

> Then, having entrusted the kingdom—freed of all thorns—to his ministers, / he went with his wife to seek refuge with Vasiṣṭha, the lord of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.12)

vasiṣṭhena gaṇeśasya mantro datto daśākṣaraḥ |  
tasmai rājñe tathā caivovāca patnīsamanvitam ||

> A ten-syllabled mantra of Gaṇeśa was given by Vasiṣṭha / to that king, and he also spoke to him along with his wife:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.13)

sūryasya kuladevatvaṃ samprāptaḥ sa gajānanaḥ |  
tasya vaṃśe tvamutpannaḥ kathaṃ vismṛtavāṃśca tam ||

> "That Gajānana became the family deity of the Sun. / You were born in his lineage; why then have you forgotten him?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.14)

tasya vismṛtimātreṇa na siddhiṃ puruṣo labhet |  
paratreha ca vighnena pīḍito'timahādbhutam ||

> Merely by forgetting him, a man cannot attain perfection; / both in the next world and in this one, he is afflicted by obstacles in an exceedingly strange way.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.15)

atastvamapi rājendra gaṇapaṃ bhaja bhāvataḥ |  
na tyājyo'yaṃ mantrarājastyāge hānirbhaviṣyati ||

> Therefore, you too, O foremost of kings, worship Gaṇapa with devotion. / This king of mantras must not be abandoned; abandonment will bring ruin."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.16)

tatheti taṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ sa uktvā natvā yayau vanam |  
tatāpa vai daśarathastapa ugraṃ mahāyaśāḥ ||

> Saying "So be it" to Vasiṣṭha, he bowed and went to the forest. / The highly renowned Daśaratha performed fierce austerities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.17)

vāyumātrāśano bhūtvā'pūjayad gaṇanāyakam |  
patnyā saha vinītātmā'japattaṃ mantramuttamam ||

> Consuming only wind, he worshipped the Lord of Gaṇas; / humble in mind, he chanted that excellent mantra together with his wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.18)

tato varṣaśate pūrṇe prasanno'bhūdgajānanaḥ |  
āyayau taṃ varān dātuṃ mūṣakārūḍha eva saḥ ||

> Then, when a hundred years had passed, Gajānana was pleased. / Mounted upon a mouse, he came to grant him boons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.19)

taṃ dṛṣṭvotthāya sastrīko nanāma sahasā prabhum |  
pūjayāmāsa taṃ devaṃ stutvā stotrairnanāma ca ||

> Seeing him, the king rose with his wife and swiftly bowed to the Lord. / He worshipped that god, praised him with hymns of praise, and bowed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.20)

tatastaṃ gaṇarājo vai jagāda sa nṛpottamam |  
varaṃ brūhi mahābāho dāsye te manasepsitam ||

> Then the King of Gaṇas spoke to that best of kings: / "Choose a boon, O mighty-armed one; I shall grant what your heart desires."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.21)

tatastadvacanaṃ śrutvovāca saṃvinayānvitaḥ |  
prasannātmā daśaratho gaṇeśaṃ sarvasiddhidam ||

> Then, having heard that speech, Daśaratha, with a contented heart / and filled with humility, spoke to Gaṇeśa, the giver of all perfections:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.22)

daśaratha uvāca |  
yadi prasanno deveśa tadā dehi gajānana |  
bhaktiṃ te caraṇe nātha yayā'jñānaṃ na vidyate ||

> Daśaratha said: / "If you are pleased, O Lord of gods, then grant, O Gajānana, / devotion to your feet, O Lord, through which ignorance does not exist.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.23)

anyaddehi gaṇādhīśa putraṃ pṛthulakīrtidam |  
balenāpratimaṃ caiva tava bhaktiparāyaṇam ||

> Grant another boon, O Gaṇādhīśa: a son who brings immense fame, / peerless in strength, and devoted to your worship.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.24)

mayā yatra tapastaptaṃ tatra tvaṃ susthiro bhava |  
pūrayan bhaktibhāvena janānāṃ manasīpsitam ||

> Where I have performed austerities, remain firmly established there, / fulfilling the heartfelt desire of the people through the power of devotion."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.25)

tatheti vai daśarathaṃ jagāda gaṇanāyakaḥ |  
antardhāya svamātmānaṃ yayau svānandamādarāt ||

> "So be it," the Lord of Gaṇas said to Daśaratha; / concealing himself, he departed respectfully to Svānanda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.25.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.25.p1)

tato vasiṣṭhahastena sthāpitā mūrtirādarāt |  
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> Then, an image was respectfully installed by the hand of Vasiṣṭha, / (  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.26)

khaṃ. 3 a. 26 pāna 53) gaṇeśasya ca tatrā''sīt kṣetraṃ sakalasiddhidam ||

> Section 3, Chapter 26, Page 53) and there came to be a sacred place of Gaṇeśa that grants all perfections.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.27)

pūjayitvā daśarathaḥ sastrīkaśca sa vipra tam |  
āyayau nagare'yodhyāyāṃ sarvān sampraharṣayan ||

> Having worshipped him along with his wife, Daśaratha, O brahmin, / returned to the city of Ayodhyā, bringing great joy to everyone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.28)

tato rāvaṇanāśārthaṃ viṣṇumājñāpayat prabhuḥ |  
gaṇeśaḥ sa tu putro'bhūn mune daśarathasya bhoḥ ||

> Then, for the destruction of Rāvaṇa, the Lord Gaṇeśa / commanded Viṣṇu, and he became the son of Daśaratha, O sage!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.29)

caturdhātmānamābhajya vibabhau hariravyayaḥ |  
kausalyāyāṃ samutpanno rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ ||

> Dividing himself fourfold, the imperishable Hari shone forth. / Rāma, the best of weapon-bearers, was born of Kausalyā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.30)

kaikeyyāṃ bharato jajñe sumitrāyāṃ ca lakṣmaṇaḥ |  
śatrughnaścaiva viprendra sarve viṣṇusamā babhuḥ ||

> Bharata was born of Kaikeyī, and Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna / of Sumitrā, O best of brahmins; all shone like Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.31)

tato daśaratho rājā kāmabhogaparāyaṇaḥ |  
sañjātastaṃ na sasmāra vismṛtyā gaṇanāyakam ||

> Then King Daśaratha became devoted to sensual pleasures; / having forgotten him, he did not remember that Lord of Gaṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.32)

tato rāmasya mauñjyādi karma tena kṛtaṃ mune |  
viśvāmitreṇa yajñasya rakṣārthaṃ yācito'bhavat ||

> Then the munja-girdle ceremony and other rites of Rāma were performed by him, O sage; / he was besought by Viśvāmitra for the protection of his sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.33)

sa lakṣmaṇena rāmeṇa yajñastasya prapālitaḥ |  
hataḥ subāhako nāma rākṣaso dāruṇo mune ||

> His sacrifice was protected by Rāma along with Lakṣmaṇa; / the terrible rākṣasa named Subāhuka was slain, O sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.34)

prasanno'bhūn mahāyogī viśvāmitraḥ pratāpavān |  
astravidyāṃ dadau tasmai rāmāya sakalāṃ mune ||

> The great yogi, the glorious Viśvāmitra, was pleased; / he bestowed upon that Rāma the entire science of divine weapons, O sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.35)

tato janakayajñaṃ vai jagāma munikauśikaḥ |  
rāmalakṣmaṇasaṃyuktaḥ pūjito janakena saḥ ||

> Then the sage Kauśika went to Janaka's sacrifice / accompanied by Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, and was honoured by Janaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.36)

māheśvaraṃ dhanustatra sajyaṃ rāmeṇa vai kṛtam |  
ākarṣaṇena mahatā bhagnaṃ madhye mahāmune ||

> There the bow belonging to Maheśvara was strung by Rāma; / by a mighty pull it was broken in the middle, O great sage!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.37)

tato janakabhūpena dattā sītā mahātmane |  
rāmāya prītiyuktena lakṣmaṇāya tathormilā ||

> Then Sītā was given by King Janaka with affection / to the great-souled Rāma, and likewise Urmilā to Lakṣmaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.38)

bhrātṛkanye tato rājñā datte tatra mahāmune |  
bharatāya tathā śatrughnāya bhāvena mānada ||

> Then the two daughters of his brother were given there by the king / to Bharata and Śatrughna with devotion, O honour-giver!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.39)

tato daśaratho rājā kaikeyyā prārthito bhṛśam |  
rāmasya vanavāsārthaṃ rājyārthaṃ bharatasya ca ||

> Then King Daśaratha was urgently petitioned by Kaikeyī / for Rāma's forest-dwelling and for the kingdom for Bharata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.40)

varadānaprabhāvena tatheti sa cakāra ha |  
varṣāṇi vanavāsaṃ sa caturdaśa ca rāghavaḥ ||

> By the power of the granting of the boons, he indeed consented. / Rāghava lived in the forest for fourteen years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.41)

salakṣmaṇaśca sastrīkaścakāra pitṛgauravāt |  
sa tatra nāsike rāmo vāsaṃ cakre praharṣitaḥ ||

> along with Lakṣmaṇa and his wife, out of reverence for his father. / There at Nāsika, Rāma dwelt joyfully.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.42)

tatrātithisvarūpeṇa rāvaṇaśca samāyayau |  
ekākinīṃ ca sītāṃ saṅgṛhya laṅkāṃ yayau khalaḥ ||

> There Rāvaṇa came in the guise of a guest; / seizing Sītā while she was alone, the villain went to Laṅkā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.43)

salakṣmaṇastato rāmo na dadarśa videhajām |  
papāta mūrcchito bhūtvā vilalāpa bhṛśāturaḥ ||

> Then Rāma along with Lakṣmaṇa did not see the daughter of Videha; / having fainted, he fell down and lamented, deeply afflicted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.44)

tato jagāma rāmaśca sītāmanveṣayan vane |  
karṇāṭe tatra śaivaṃ sa kṣatraṃ mukhyaṃ dadarśa ha ||

> Then Rāma went searching for Sītā in the forest; / there in Karṇāṭa, he saw an eminent Śaiva sacred site.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.45)

tatra śambhuṃ sa rāmo vai lakṣmaṇena samanvitaḥ |  
ārādhayan mahābhaktyā māsaṃ vai śaivarūpadhṛk ||

> There, along with Lakṣmaṇa, that Rāma, bearing the appearance of a Śaiva, / worshipped Śambhu with great devotion for a month.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.46)

santuṣṭastatra rāmāya varaṃ prādāt sadāśivaḥ |  
sītāprāptisvarūpaṃ tamupadeśaṃ cakāra saḥ ||

> Satisfied there, Sadāśiva granted a boon to Rāma; / he gave him instruction that would lead to obtaining Sītā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.47)

śiva uvāca |  
śṛṇu rāma mahābhāga tvaṃ vai viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ |  
bhṛgoḥ śāpena jāto'si mānuṣe dehadhārakaḥ ||

> Śiva said: / "Listen, O fortunate Rāma: you are indeed eternal Viṣṇu; / by the curse of Bhṛgu you were born taking a human body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.48)

sītāviyogajaṃ duḥkhaṃ vanavāsaṃ tathā''śritaḥ |  
atastvaṃ gaṇarājaṃ vai bhaja tvaṃ bhaktisaṃyutaḥ ||

> You have undertaken forest-dwelling and the sorrow born of separation from Sītā. / Therefore, worship the King of Gaṇas, endowed with devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.49)

tena jñānaṃ ca te rāma bhaviṣyati purātanam |  
sītāprāptirmahābāho bhavitā nātra saṃśayaḥ ||

> By that, O Rāma, your ancient knowledge will arise; / the recovery of Sītā will come to pass, O mighty-armed one—of this there is no doubt."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.50)

śivasya vacanaṃ śrutvā taṃ papraccha mahāyaśāḥ |  
rāmaḥ paramaśokārto vinayena samanvitaḥ ||

> Hearing Śiva's words, the illustrious  
> Rāma, deeply afflicted by grief, questioned him with humility.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.51)

rāma uvāca |  
vada śambho maheśāna gaṇeśasya svarūpakam |  
kīdṛśo'yaṃ viśeṣeṇa sarvādhīśaśca kathyate ||

> rāma said:  
> Tell me, Śambhu, great lord, of the true nature of Gaṇeśa.  
> What is he like, specifically, who is proclaimed the sovereign of all?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.52)

rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā śaṅkarastamuvāca ha |  
yogaṃ gāṇeśakaṃ pūrṇaṃ bodhayan munisattama ||

> Hearing Rāma's words, Śaṅkara indeed spoke to him,  
> teaching the complete yoga of Gaṇeśa, O best of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.53)

śiva uvāca |  
śṛṇu rāma gaṇeśasya jñānaṃ te kathayāmyaham |  
tena tvaṃ sarvabhāvajñaḥ śāntiṃ pralabhase prabho ||

> Śiva said:  
> Listen, Rāma: I shall tell you the knowledge of Gaṇeśa,  
> by which you, knowing all states of being, shall attain peace, O lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.54)

pañcadhā hṛdi saṃsthā yā buddhiḥ saiva na saṃśayaḥ |  
cittarūpā mahābhāgā prakṛtistasya bho vibho ||

> The intellect that abides in fivefold form within the heart is indeed she, there is no doubt;  
> having the nature of thought, most fortunate one, she is his Prakṛti, O pervasive lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.55)

nānābhramakarī māyā siddhiḥ sarvatra dṛśyate |  
bhramanti sarvalokā vai siddhyarthaṃ mohitāstayā ||

> Māyā, creating various delusions, is seen everywhere as perfection.  
> All worlds indeed wander about, deluded by her for the sake of perfection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.56)

sā tasya prakṛtiḥ proktā vāmabhāge prasaṃsthitā |  
babhūva dakṣiṇāṅge vai buddhirmāyeti kathyate ||

> She is declared to be his Prakṛti, residing on his left side.  
> On his right side arose the intellect, who is called Māyā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.57)

tayoḥ svāmī gaṇeśaḥ sa yogaśāntimayo mataḥ |  
taṃ jñātvā ca vayaṃ rāma śāntiṃ prāptā bhajāmahe ||

> The master of both is that Gaṇeśa, considered to consist of yoga and peace.  
> Knowing him, Rāma, we who have attained peace worship him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.58)

buddhyā yad budhyate rāma tadevaṃ tasya rūpakam |  
yogādisādhane naiva labhyate tacca siddhijam ||

> What is understood through the intellect, Rāma, is just such a form of his;  
> and that born of perfection is not at all obtained through practices such as yoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.59)

māye ca dvividhe tyaktvā bhajasva gaṇanāyakam |  
tena tvaṃ yogamārgajño gaṇeśaśca bhaviṣyasi ||

> Abandoning both kinds of Māyā, worship the leader of the gaṇas.  
> Thereby you will become a knower of the path of yoga, and Gaṇeśa \[himself\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.60)

vighnarājaḥ sa vedeṣu prokto vai vedavādibhiḥ |  
tamanādṛtya vighneśaṃ vighnahīnaḥ kathaṃ bhavet ||

> He is declared in the Vedas by the Vedic teachers to be the king of obstacles.  
> Disregarding that Vighneśa, how could one become free from obstacles?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.61)

vighnādhīnaṃ mahābhāga sakalaṃ vedavarṇitam |  
ato vighnena saṃyuktaṃ hīnaṃ prabhavati prabho ||

> Everything described in the Vedas is subject to obstacles, O fortunate one;  
> therefore, connected with obstacle, it comes forth deficient, O lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.62)

vighnāḥ sattātmakāḥ proktāsteṣāṃ svāmī gaṇeśvaraḥ |  
taṃ bhajasva vidhānena vighnahīno bhaviṣyasi ||

> Obstacles are declared to consist of reality; Gaṇeśvara is their master.  
> Worship him according to the injunctions; you will become free from obstacles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.63)

herambaṃ bhaja bhāvena bhaktimārgaṃ vadāmi te |  
tena tvaṃ labhase devaṃ gaṇeśaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ ||

> Worship Heramba with deep devotion; I tell you the path of devotion.  
> Thereby you will attain the god Gaṇeśa, there is no doubt in this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.64)

svakīyasattayā hīno bhavedvai yadi mānavaḥ |  
hīnastadā samākhyātaḥ parādhīnasvabhāvataḥ ||

> If a human being should be devoid of his own real being,  
> he is then proclaimed deficient, because of his dependent nature.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.65)

dīnānāṃ rakṣakā ye vai īśvarāḥ parameśvarāḥ |  
te dīnapālakāḥ proktā vicāraya mahāmate ||

> The lords, supreme lords, who are protectors of the wretched,  
> are proclaimed guardians of the wretched; reflect on this, O noble-minded one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.66)

dīnārthavācako rāma hervedeṣu viniścitam |  
nātho rambastayoryoge herambaśca prakathyate ||

> Rāma, 'he' is determined in the Vedas to express the meaning of the wretched;  
> 'ramba' means 'protector'; through their union, he is proclaimed Heramba.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.67)

dīnāḥ sattāvihīnāśca sattāyuktāśca pālakāḥ |  
teṣāṃ svāmī sa herambastaṃ bhajasva vidhānataḥ ||

> The wretched are devoid of real being, and the protectors are endowed with real being;  
> Heramba is their master; worship him according to the injunctions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.68)

abhimānaṃ ca dvividhaṃ tyaja tvaṃ rāghava prabho |  
dīnātmakaṃ tathā pūrṇapālanātmakamuttamam ||

> Abandon the twofold pride, O lord Rāghava:  
> that which consists in being wretched, and that noble \[pride\] which consists in complete protection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.69)

dīnā yena kṛtā jīvāḥ pālakāḥ parameśvarāḥ |  
tadadhīnaṃ jagadbrahma matvā taṃ śaraṇaṃ braja ||

> Considering the universe and Brahman to be subject to him  
> by whom living beings were made wretched and the supreme lords protectors, go to him for refuge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.70)

evamuktvā mahādevo rāghavaṃ ca salakṣmaṇam |  
antardhānaṃ jagāmā'pi rāghavastatra saṃsthitaḥ ||

> Having spoken thus to Rāghava accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa,  
> Mahādeva vanished, while Rāghava remained right there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.71)

vidyādhīśapure rāmastatāpa tapa uttamam |  
śivopadiṣṭamantreṇa toṣayāmāsa vighnapam ||

> In the city of the lord of knowledge, Rāma performed supreme austerities;  
> with the mantra taught by Śiva, he propitiated the lord of obstacles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.72)

herambaṃ taṃ sadā rāmo lakṣmaṇaśca viśeṣataḥ |  
pupūja bhaktisaṃyukto nirāhārasamanvitaḥ ||

> Rāma and especially Lakṣmaṇa constantly worshipped that Heramba,  
> endowed with devotion and abstaining from food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.73)

dhyānena tasya devasya svalpakālena ca prabhuḥ |  
rāmaḥ śāntiyuto vipra samabhūd yogasevayā ||

> Through meditation on that god, in a short time the lord  
> Rāma, endowed with peace through practicing yoga, became \[tranquil\], O twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.74)

niścayaṃ tasya rāmasya dṛṣṭvā bhaktaṃ tamāyayau |  
ṣaṇmāsaiśca varaṃ dātuṃ gaṇeśaḥ karuṇānidhiḥ ||

> Seeing the firm resolve of Rāma, his devotee, Gaṇeśa, an ocean of compassion,  
> arrived after six months to grant him a boon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.75)

salakṣmaṇaṃ ca rāmaṃ sa bodhayāmāsa vighnapaḥ |  
tato dhyānaṃ parityajya gaṇapaṃ nematuḥ param ||

> The lord of obstacles awakened Rāma together with Lakṣmaṇa;  
> then, renouncing their meditation, the two bowed deeply to the leader of the gaṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.76)

tatastaṃ pūjayāmāsa rāmo devavaro mune |  
tuṣṭāva sa gaṇādhīśaṃ bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ ||

> Then Rāma, the best of gods, worshipped him, O sage;  
> his neck bowed with devotion, he praised the Gaṇādhīśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.77)

khaṃ. 3 a. 26 pāna 55) rāma uvāca |  
herambāya namastubhyaṃ dīnakartre kṛpālave |  
dīnānāthasvarūpāṇāṃ kartre te vai namo namaḥ ||

> \[Mudgalapurāṇa 3.26 p. 55\] Rāma said:  
> Salutations to you, Heramba, maker of the wretched, compassionate one;  
> salutations, salutations to you, the maker of forms of both the wretched and the masters.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.78)

īśvarāṇāṃ ca dīnānāmabhedāya ca te namaḥ |  
vighneśāya gaṇānāṃ vai pataye te namo namaḥ ||

> Salutations to you, the non-difference between lords and the wretched;  
> salutations, salutations to you, Vighneśa, lord of the gaṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.79)

anādaye ca sarveṣāmādirūpāya te namaḥ |  
antamadhyapratiṣṭhāya lambodara namo namaḥ ||

> Salutations to you who are beginningless and the original form of all;  
> salutations, salutations, O Lambodara, who are the support of the end and the middle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.80)

cintāmaṇe ca cittānāṃ cālakāya namo namaḥ |  
bhedābhedādihīnāya tadākārāya te namaḥ ||

> Salutations, salutations to Cintāmaṇi, the mover of minds;  
> salutations to you who are devoid of difference and non-difference, having their form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.81)

sarvapūjyāya sarvādipūjyāya paramātmane |  
anantāya pareśāya ḍhuṇḍhirājāya te namaḥ ||

> Salutations to you, the supreme self, adorable to all, adored before all,  
> the endless one, the supreme lord, King Ḍhuṇḍhi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.82)

pūrṇāya pūrṇanāthāya svānandasthāya te namaḥ |  
siddhibuddhipradātre ca siddhibuddhivarāya ca ||

> Salutations to you who are full, the master of fullness, abiding in Svānanda,  
> the giver of perfection and intellect, the boon of perfection and intellect.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.83)

samarthānāṃ ca te bhaktihīnānāṃ dainyakāriṇe |  
dīnānāṃ bhaktiyuktānāṃ namaḥ sāmarthyakāriṇe ||

> Salutations to you who cause misery to the powerful who lack devotion,  
> and who bestow power upon the wretched who are endowed with devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.84)

dīnatvaṃ ca samarthatvaṃ tvadadhīnaṃ na saṃśayaḥ |  
ato māṃ rakṣa yogeśa yogeśāya namo namaḥ ||

> Wretchedness and capability are subject to you, there is no doubt;  
> therefore protect me, O lord of yoga; salutations, salutations to the lord of yoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.85)

kiṃ staumi tvāṃ gaṇādhīśa śāntiyogasvarūpiṇam |  
na samarthāśca vedā yaṃ yogīndrāstatra ko'pyaham ||

> How can I praise you, O Gaṇādhīśa, whose nature is peace and yoga?  
> The Vedas and chiefs of yogins are not capable of this; what then am I?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.86)

rāmasya tasya stuvata evaṃ sambhaktibhāvitaḥ |  
romodgamaḥ prādurāsīt kaṇṭharodhastathaiva ca ||

> As that Rāma was praising thus, deeply moved by devotion,  
> horripilation appeared, as well as choking of the throat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.87)

tato bhaktirase magnaṃ rāmaṃ vīkṣya gajānanaḥ |  
jagāda taṃ varaṃ brūhi manasīpsitamādarāt ||

> Then, seeing Rāma immersed in the rasa of devotion, Gajānana  
> said to him with respect: "Ask the boon desired in your mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.88)

tvayā kṛtamidaṃ stotraṃ bhaven matprītivardhanam |  
śāntiyogapradaṃ caiva bhaktilakṣaṇavardhanam ||

> This hymn of praise composed by you will increase my favor,  
> grant peace and yoga, and increase the marks of devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.89)

yadyadicchati tattadvai dāsyāmi stotrapāṭhataḥ |  
śravaṇena na sandehaḥ priyo me sa bhaviṣyati ||

> Whatever one desires, that very thing I shall grant through the recitation of this hymn of praise  
> and through hearing it, there is no doubt; he will become dear to me."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.90)

herambasya vacaḥ śrutvā tamuvāca janārdanaḥ |  
rāmaḥ paramabhāvena bhaktyā ca prakṛtāñjaliḥ ||

> Hearing Heramba's words, Janārdana Rāma,  
> with supreme feeling and devotion, folding his hands, said to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.91)

rāma uvāca |  
yadi prasannabhāvena varado'si gajānana |  
tadā tvadīyapādābje bhaktirbhavatu śāśvatī ||

> Rāma said:  
> If you, Gajānana, with a gracious heart, are a giver of boons,  
> then let there be eternal devotion to your lotus feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.92)

yogaśāntiḥ smṛtirnityaṃ yathā śaṅkarabhāṣitam |  
tathā yogīndravandyaṃ māṃ kuruṣva gaṇapa prabho ||

> May there be the peace of yoga and perpetual remembrance, just as Śaṅkara stated;  
> likewise, make me worthy of worship by the lords of yogins, O lord Gaṇapa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.93)

rāvaṇena hṛtā sītā tadvadhārthaṃ samudyataḥ |  
ahaṃ tatra ca heramba jayaṃ dehi viśeṣataḥ ||

> Sītā has been abducted by Rāvaṇa, and I have set out to slay him;  
> in that matter, O Heramba, grant me victory especially.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.94)

madīyasya ca nāmno vai mahimānaṃ mahādbhutam |  
kuru sarvatra mānyaṃ māṃ kīrtiyuktaṃ gajānana ||

> Make the majesty of my name greatly wondrous,  
> and make me honored everywhere and endowed with fame, O Gajānana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.95)

evaṃ tasya vacaḥ śrutvā herambo rāmamabravīt |  
yathā samprārthitaṃ viṣṇo tathā'stu tava nityadā ||

> Hearing his words thus, Heramba said to Rāma:  
> "Just as was prayed for, O Viṣṇu, so shall it be for you always.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.96)

madīyasmaraṇenaiva sarvaṃ te sulabhaṃ bhavet |  
tava nāmaprabhāveṇa tariṣyanti tu jantavaḥ ||

> Through remembrance of me alone, everything will become easy for you;  
> and by the power of your name, living beings will cross over."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.97)

evamuktvā gaṇeśānoṃ'tardhānaṃ pracakāra ha |  
rāmo lakṣmaṇasaṃyukto'bhavattatraiva saṃsthitaḥ ||

> Having spoken thus, the lord Gaṇeśa indeed vanished;  
> Rāma, accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa, remained right there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.98)

tato'gastyaṃ samānīya rāmo vipendrasattamaiḥ |  
mūrtiṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa herambasya vidhānataḥ ||

> Then, having fetched Agastya together with the best of eminent brahmins,  
> Rāma installed an image of Heramba according to the ritual rules.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.99)

tadādigaṇanāthastu herambaḥ saṃsthito'bhavat |  
vidyādhīśapure vipra bhaktebhyaḥ sarvasiddhidaḥ ||

> From that time on, Heramba, the leader of the gaṇas, remained established  
> in Vidyādhīśapura, O brahmin, bestowing all perfections upon his devotees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.100)

taṃ pūjayitvā rāmaḥ sa śokahīnatayā mune |  
jagāma lakṣmaṇenaiva yukto rakṣovadhāya ca ||

> Having worshipped him, O sage, Rāma, freed from grief  
> and joined by Lakṣmaṇa, departed to slay the rākṣasa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.101)

sugrīvaṃ mitrabhāvena vānaraiḥ sahitaṃ mune |  
kṛtvā ca vālinaṃ hatvā yayau laṅkāṃ mahābalaḥ ||

> Having made Sugrīva an ally along with the monkeys, O sage,  
> and having slain Vālin, the mighty \[Rāma\] set out for Laṅkā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.102)

hanūmadaṅgadādyaiśca sugrīvādyaiśca saṃvṛtaḥ |  
anyairjāmbavadādyaiśca vānarairdevarūpibhiḥ ||

> surrounded by Hanūmat, Aṅgada, and others, by Sugrīva and others,  
> and by others such as Jāmbavat—monkeys who had the forms of gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.103)

khaṃ. 3 a. 27 pāna 56) salakṣmaṇaśca rāmo'yaṃ yuyudhe rākṣasaistataḥ |  
hatvā rākṣasasaṅghān sa kumbhakarṇaṃ jaghāna ca ||

> Then that Rāma, accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa, fought with the rākṣasas;  
> having slain hosts of rākṣasas, he also killed Kumbhakarṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.104)

lakṣmaṇaścendrajetāraṃ mārayāmāsa vegataḥ |  
tato'tikopasaṃyukto rāvaṇo yuyudhe bhṛśam ||

> And Lakṣmaṇa swiftly killed the conqueror of Indra;  
> then, filled with immense rage, Rāvaṇa fought fiercely.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.105)

tena sarve kapīndrāśca hatāḥ sammūrcchitāḥ kṛtāḥ |  
lakṣmaṇo mūrcchitastatra bhṛśaṃ rāmaśca pīḍitaḥ ||

> By him all the monkey chiefs were struck down and knocked unconscious;  
> Lakṣmaṇa fell unconscious there, and Rāma was severely distressed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.106)

śastrāstrāṇi ca rāmasya kuṇṭhitāni viśeṣataḥ |  
tato'tivihvalo rāmaḥ sasmāra gaṇanāyakam ||

> Rāma's weapons and missiles were completely blunted;  
> then, deeply overwhelmed, Rāma remembered the leader of the gaṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.107)

smṛtimātreṇa rāmasya hṛdi cintāmaṇiḥ svayam |  
dadau sphūrtiṃ tathā rāmo jaghāna rāvaṇaṃ mune ||

> Merely upon Rāma's recollection, Cintāmaṇi himself  
> gave inspiration in his heart; thus Rāma killed Rāvaṇa, O sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.108)

svayaṃ buddhipatiḥ sākṣādrāmārthaṃ buddhido'bhavat |  
buddhyadhīnaṃ viśeṣeṇa jagadbrahma mahāmune ||

> The Lord of Intellect himself visibly bestowed intellect for Rāma's sake;  
> for the entire world and Brahman, O great sage, are dependent on intellect.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.109)

tato hatvā mahāvīraṃ rāvaṇaṃ ravivaṃśajaḥ |  
rāmaścakāra laṅkāyāṃ rājānaṃ ca bibhīṣaṇam ||

> Then, having slain the heroic Rāvaṇa, the descendant of the Solar dynasty,  
> Rāma, made Vibhīṣaṇa king in Laṅkā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.110)

yayau sītāṃ vimānena saṅgṛhya nagare svake |  
cakāra rājyamugraṃ vai sadā dharmeṇa dharmavit ||

> Taking Sītā, he went to his own city by aerial chariot;  
> knowing dharma, he ruled the kingdom fiercely and always in accordance with dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.111)

sītayā''saktacittaḥ sa vyasmarat jñānamuttamam |  
gāṇeśaṃ ca tatastasya viyogaḥ sītayā'bhavat ||

> With his mind attached to Sītā, he forgot the supreme knowledge  
> pertaining to Gaṇeśa; then his separation from Sītā came to pass.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.112)

aśvamedhādikaṃ kṛtvā saṃsthito rājyakarmaṇi |  
tato vasiṣṭhayogena punarjñānamavāpa ha ||

> Having performed the horse sacrifice and other rites, he remained engaged in royal duty;  
> then, through the yoga of Vasiṣṭha, he attained that knowledge again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.113)

tataḥ śāntisamāyukto gaṇeśaṃ manasā sadā |  
pupūja bhaktisaṃyukto bahirmūrtidharaṃ mune ||

> Then, endowed with peace, he constantly worshipped Gaṇeśa in his mind  
> with devotion, O sage, as well as the one who assumes an external form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.114)

ante jagāma rāmaḥ sa vikuṇṭhaṃ viṣṇuravyayaḥ |  
tatra taṃ gaṇanāthaṃ so'bhajatānanyacetasā ||

> In the end, that Rāma, the imperishable Viṣṇu, went to Vaikuṇṭha;  
> there he worshipped that lord of the gaṇas with undivided mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.115)

idaṃ rāmacaritraṃ yaḥ śṛṇute bhaktisaṃyutaḥ |  
paṭhedvā bhuktidaṃ tasya muktidaṃ prabhaviṣyati ||

> Whoever hears this deed of Rāma with devotion,  
> or reads it, for him it will bestow worldly enjoyment and liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.116)

ayaṃ mahodarasyaivāvatāraste mahāmune |  
herambākhyastathā proktaḥ śravaṇāt sarvasiddhidaḥ ||

> This incarnation of Mahodara named Heramba  
> has thus been described to you, O great sage; from hearing it, it grants all perfections.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.26.116.c1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.116.c1)

oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadāntye purāṇopaniṣadi śrīmanmaudgale mahāpurāṇe tṛtīye khaṇḍe mahodaracarite rāmacandracaritaṃ nāma ṣaḍviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ ||

> Oṃ tat sat. Thus, in the glorious final Upaniṣad of the Purāṇa, in the venerable Maudgala Mahāpurāṇa, in the third section, in the account of Mahodara, the twenty-sixth chapter, named 'The Life of Rāmacandra'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala~en-mt.3.26.p1) — English, machine translation

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