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# Mudgalapurana 3.28: budhotpattivarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Mudgalapurāṇa 3.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [3.28.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.40) — 1 part

### budhotpattivarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

### [3.28.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.p1)

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

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

### [3.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.1)

śaunaka uvāca |  
sūta tvayā mahākhyānaṃ kathitaṃ sarvasiddhidam |  
śrutvā tṛptiṃ na yāmīhā'mṛtaṃ pītvā yathā naraḥ ||

> Śaunaka said: / "O Sūta, this great narrative which grants all perfections has been told by you; / having heard it, I find no satiety here, just as a man \[finds none\] after drinking nectar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.2)

punastvaṃ vada me brahman bhaveddakṣeṇa saṃśrutam |  
mudgalān munimukhyācca sarveṣāṃ sammataṃ param ||

> Tell me again, O Brahman, what Dakṣa heard / from Mudgala, chief among sages, \[that which is\] approved by all as supreme.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.3)

sūta uvāca |  
sūryasya vālakhilyānāṃ saṃvādaṃ brahmadāyakam |  
śrutvā papraccha taṃ dakṣo mudgalaṃ vinayānvitaḥ ||

> Sūta said: / Having heard the dialogue between the Sun and the Vālakhilyas, which bestows Brahman, / Dakṣa, filled with humility, asked that Mudgala:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.4)

dakṣa uvāca |  
śrutaṃ herambamāhātmyaṃ brahmabhūtapadapradam |  
punastvaṃ vada viprarṣe mahodaracaritrakam ||

> Dakṣa said: / The greatness of Heramba, which grants the state of becoming Brahman, has been heard. / Tell again, O brahmin sage, the deeds of Mahodara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.5)

śrutvā śrutvā na me tṛptirjāyate yogisattama |  
kathāṃ brahmamayīṃ pūrṇāṃ sudhārasasamāṃ parām ||

> Though hearing again and again, no satisfaction arises in me, O best of yogins, / \[from\] the story composed of Brahman, complete, equal to the nectar of immortality, supreme.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.6)

sūta uvāca |  
dakṣasya vacanaṃ śrutvā hṛṣṭaromā mahāyaśāḥ |  
jagāda taṃ prajāpālaṃ yattacchṛṇu hi śaunaka ||

> Sūta said: / Hearing Dakṣa's words, his hair standing on end, the illustrious one / spoke to that protector of subjects; hear that indeed, O Śaunaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.7)

mudgala uvāca |  
yudhiṣṭhireṇa deveśo mānaprada mahodaraḥ |  
ārādhito viśeṣeṇa yogī so'bhūcca pāṇḍavaḥ ||

> Mudgala said: / Mahodara, Lord of the gods and bestower of honor, was worshipped / especially by Yudhiṣṭhira, and that Pāṇḍava became a yogin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.8)

dakṣa uvāca |  
yudhiṣṭhirasya viprarṣe caritraṃ vada sāmpratam |  
prārabhya candravaṃśācca tadantaṃ puṇyadaṃ bhavet ||

> Dakṣa said: / Tell now, O brahmin sage, the life of Yudhiṣṭhira, / beginning from the Lunar dynasty down to its end; it will bestow merit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.9)

mudgala uvāca |  
atrinetrāt samutpannaścandro'mṛtamayaḥ purā |  
tenātitapasā devaḥ sevito gaṇanāyakaḥ ||

> Mudgala said: / Long ago, Chandra, composed of nectar, arose from the eye of Atri. / By him, through intense asceticism, the leader of the Gaṇas was worshipped.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.10)

gaṇeśavaradānena tārāṇāmadhipo'bhavat |  
oṣadhīnāṃ ca viprāṇāṃ yogayuktaḥ pratāpavān ||

> By Gaṇeśa's granting of a boon, he became the sovereign of the stars, / of medicinal plants, and of brahmins, endowed with yoga and full of glory.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.11)

tataḥ sa rājā mohena mohito'titarāṃ vibho |  
gaṇeśabhajanaṃ tyaktvā bhogayukto babhūva ha ||

> Then that king, exceedingly deluded by delusion, O lord, / having abandoned the worship of Gaṇeśa, became devoted to sensual pleasures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.12)

tato vighnena vai candraḥ pīḍito mohasaṃyutaḥ |  
mohena garhitaṃ karma yaccakāra śṛṇuṣva tat ||

> Then Chandra, afflicted by obstacles and united with delusion, / did a despicable deed out of delusion; hear about that.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.13)

khaṃ. 3 a. 28 pāna 60) bṛhaspateśca yā nārī tārā yauvanaśālinī |  
rūpeṇāpratimā tāṃ sa jagṛhe tīrthasaṃśritām ||

> \[Section 3, Chapter 28, Page 60\] The youthful wife of Bṛhaspati, Tārā, / matchless in beauty—he seized her as she was staying at a sacred bathing-place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.14)

mā meti bruvatīṃ tārāṃ hāhākāraṃ prakurvatīm |  
gurupatnīṃ mahāmūrkhaścucumba haṭhasaṃyutaḥ ||

> As Tārā cried, "No, no!" and wailed in distress, / that utter fool forcibly kissed his teacher's wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.15)

vaneṣu parvatadroṇyāṃ nānābhāveṣu so'trijaḥ |  
reme tayā prajāpāla kāmabāṇaprapīḍitaḥ ||

> In forests, in mountain valleys, and in various states, that son of Atri, / afflicted by the arrows of love, sportively dallied with her, O protector of subjects.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.16)

tato bahau gate kāle garbhastasyāṃ vyavardhata |  
na mumoca tadā'pyetāṃ mohayuktaśca candramāḥ ||

> Then, as much time passed, a fetus grew within her; / yet even then, the moon, filled with delusion, did not release her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.17)

bṛhaspatiśca taṃ jñātvā vṛttāntaṃ kṣubhito bhṛśam |  
nānāyatnena candraṃ sa yayāce na dadau śaṭhaḥ ||

> And Bṛhaspati, learning of that event, was greatly agitated; / by various efforts he begged the moon \[for her\], but the rogue did not give \[her back\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.18)

tataśca guruṇā dakṣa śivastena prasāditaḥ |  
śambhuraṅgirasaḥ śiṣyaḥ sa vai krodhayuto'bhavat ||

> Then by the guru, O Dakṣa, Śiva was propitiated. / Śambhu, a disciple of the descendant of Aṅgiras, became full of rage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.19)

devairindrādibhiḥ sarvaiḥ śaṅkaraḥ krodhasaṃyutaḥ |  
hantuṃ candraṃ yayau tatra krodhāruṇavilocanaḥ ||

> Accompanied by all the gods led by Indra, Śaṅkara, filled with wrath, / went there to slay Chandra, his eyes red with fury.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.20)

bhayabhītaḥ śaśī tatra śukraṃ sa śaraṇaṃ yayau |  
tenāpyāṅgirasyaiva vairī sampādito'bhavat ||

> Terrified, the Moon then went to Śukra for refuge; / through him too, an enemy to the descendant of Aṅgiras was procured.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.21)

śukreṇākāritā daityāḥ prahlādapramukhā yayuḥ |  
saṅgrāmāya śivenaiva sasureṇa mahābalāḥ ||

> Summoned by Śukra, the mighty Daityas headed by Prahlāda / went forth to battle with Śiva along with the asuras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.22)

tatasteṣāmabhūdyuddhaṃ tumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam |  
daityānāṃ caiva devānāṃ parasparavināśanam ||

> Then there took place between them a tumultuous battle that made the hair stand on end, / between the Daityas and the gods, causing mutual destruction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.23)

māsamātraṃ mahograṃ tanna śāntimalabhan kadā |  
divārātraṃ devagaṇā daityānāṃ ca gaṇā vibho ||

> For an entire month that exceedingly fierce \[battle lasted\], and neither obtained peace at any time, / day and night, \[neither\] the hosts of gods nor the hosts of Daityas, O lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.24)

tato bṛhaspatirduḥkhāt sasmāra gaṇanāyakam |  
nindayāmāsa cātmānaṃ tathā candraṃ prajāpate ||

> Then Bṛhaspati in grief remembered the leader of the Gaṇas, / and censured himself as well as Chandra, O lord of subjects:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.25)

aho bhrātṛvirodhena mama jñānaṃ gataṃ mahat |  
gato gaṇeśastenā'haṃ vighnayukto'dhunā'bhavam ||

> "Alas! Because of strife with a brother my great wisdom has departed; / Gaṇeśa is gone, and therefore I have now become beset with obstacles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.26)

madarthaṃ devadaityānāmadhunā nāśa āgataḥ |  
kiṃ bhaviṣyati deveśa gajānana namo'stu te ||

> For my sake, destruction has now befallen the gods and the Daityas. / What will happen, O Lord of gods, O Gajānana? Homage unto you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.27)

nirvighnaṃ kuru māṃ ḍhuṇḍhe'dhunā deva dayānidhe |  
devānāṃ caiva daityānāṃ mūlacchedo bhaviṣyati ||

> Make me free of obstacles, O Ḍhuṇḍhi, O god, ocean of compassion, right now; / \[otherwise\] total annihilation will befall both the gods and the Daityas."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.28)

tathā candraḥ sa taṃ devaṃ sasmāra hṛdi bhāvataḥ |  
tato vighnaharaścaiva tayordakṣa babhūva ha ||

> Likewise, Chandra remembered that god in his heart with devotion; / then, O Dakṣa, he became the remover of obstacles for them both.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.29)

tatrā''jagāma deveśo brahmā sarvapitāmahaḥ |  
devānāṃ dānavānāṃ vai jñātvā nāśaṃ dayānvitaḥ ||

> There arrived the lord of gods, Brahmā, the grandfather of all, / filled with compassion, knowing of the destruction of the gods and the Dānavas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.30)

śaṅkarādyāṃśca devān sa prahlādādyāṃśca dānavān |  
vārayāmāsa sarvajño vidhātā sarvabhāvanaḥ ||

> He, the omniscient creator and maker of all, / restrained the gods headed by Śaṅkara and the Dānavas headed by Prahlāda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.31)

brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā saṃsthitā devadānavāḥ |  
praṇamya taṃ vidhātāraṃ baddhāñjalipuṭāḥ puraḥ ||

> Hearing the words of Brahmā, the gods and Dānavas stood still, / bowing before that Creator with folded hands.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.32)

candraṃ tatastiraskṛtya dadau tārāṃ pitāmahaḥ |  
gurave tatra saṃvādaḥ putrārthaṃ ca tayorabhūt ||

> Then the grandfather, rebuking Chandra, gave Tārā / to the guru; and there an argument arose between the two over the child.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.33)

tārāyā udare garbho vā candrasya bṛhaspateḥ |  
na jñāyate devagaṇaistatastāṃ vidhirabravīt ||

> Whether the fetus in Tārā's womb belonged to Chandra or to Bṛhaspati / was not known by the hosts of gods; therefore Brahmā said to her:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.34)

tyaja garbhaṃ mahābhāge kasyāṃ'śo'yaṃ vada snuṣe |  
tathā tayā ca santyakto garbhaḥ sampatito'bhavat ||

> "Release the fetus, O highly fortunate one! Tell, O daughter-in-law, whose portion is this?" / Thus discharged by her, the fetus fell forth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.35)

mahātejomayaṃ putraṃ vīkṣya devā visismire |  
lajjayā'dhomukhī tārā kathayāmāsa naiva tam ||

> Beholding the son endowed with immense splendor, the gods were amazed. / Hanging her head in shame, Tārā did not speak of him at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.36)

tato garbhaḥ svayaṃ tatrovāca brahmāṇamādarāt |  
candrasyā'haṃ na sandehastaṃ tārā'pi tathā'bravīt ||

> Then the child himself said there to Brahmā with respect: / "I am Chandra's, without a doubt." Tārā too spoke likewise of him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.37)

tasya nāma kṛtaṃ devairbudhastena sukarmaṇā |  
candrāya taṃ dadau dhātā sarve svasvālayaṃ yayuḥ ||

> His name was given by the gods as Budha because of that good deed. / The Creator gave him to Chandra, and all departed to their own abodes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.38)

evaṃ purā tārakārthe saṅgrāmastārakāmayaḥ |  
babhūva paramugraśca daityadevavināśakṛt ||

> Thus of old, on account of Tārā, the Tārakāmaya war took place, / most terrible and bringing about the destruction of Daityas and gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.39)

khaṃ. 3 a. 29 pāna 61) budhasya caritaṃ pūrṇaṃ kathitaṃ te prajāpate |  
purūravāstasya putro babhūvā'pi mahāyaśāḥ ||

> \[Section 3, Chapter 29, Page 61\] The complete story of Budha has been told to you, O lord of subjects. / Purūravas was his son, who also became of great renown.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.40)

ilāyāṃ garbhasandānāttasya janma mayā purā |  
kathitaṃ so'pi rājarṣiḥ pitṛtṛptikaro'bhavat ||

> His birth through the implanting of the womb in Ilā was told by me / previously; that royal sage also became one who satisfied his ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.28.40.c1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.28.40.c1)

oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadāntye purāṇopaniṣadi śrīmanmaudgale mahāpurāṇe tṛtīye khaṇḍe mahodaracarite budhotpattivarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ ||

> Om Tat Sat. Thus, in the glorious final Upaniṣad of the Purāṇas, in the glorious Maudgala Mahāpurāṇa, in the third section, in the life of Mahodara, the twenty-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Origin of Budha.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala~en-mt.3.28.p1) — English, machine translation

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