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# Mudgalapurana 3.47: brahmayajñe vedanirṇayo nāma saptacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Mudgalapurāṇa 3.47

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [3.47.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.56) — 1 part
- [3.47.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.70) — 1 part

### brahmayajñe vedanirṇayo nāma saptacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

### [3.47.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.p1)

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

> Salutations to the blessed Gaṇeśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.1)

śrīśuka uvāca |  
tatra nānākathāṃ cakrurnānāmatavikāsinīm |  
svasvabuddhyā viśeṣeṇa mukhyāḥ prahlāda ādarāt ||

> Śrī Śuka said:  
> There they held various discourses, illuminating diverse doctrines,  
> chiefly by their own intellect, O Prahlāda, with deep respect.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.2)

kecidāhurvidhātāraṃ viṣṇuṃ śaktiṃ śivaṃ ravim |  
brahmarūpaṃ gaṇeśānaṃ nānāmataparāyaṇāḥ ||

> Some proclaimed the Creator, Viṣṇu, the Goddess, Śiva, or the Sun,  
> while others, devoted to various doctrines, proclaimed Gaṇeśa, the form of Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.3)

kecidannaṃ ca prāṇaṃ ca manovijñānakaṃ tathā |  
ānandaṃ so'hamekaṃ vai caitanyaṃ bindukaṃ pare ||

> Some spoke of food, vital breath, mind, and consciousness,  
> bliss, the solitary 'I am He', consciousness, while others spoke of the point (bindu).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.4)

bodhamātmānameke ca sāṅkhyaṃ karma tathā'pare |  
samamavyaktarūpaṃ te āhurbrahma tathā'param ||

> Some spoke of awareness and the Self, others of Sāṅkhya and karma;  
> they called the unmanifest form equal, and yet others spoke of Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.5)

svasaṃvedyaṃ tathā kecinnivṛttiṃ śāntirūpakam |  
yogamadhyātmarūpaṃ ta āhurvedaparāyaṇāḥ ||

> Some called it self-cognized, others called it cessation, having the form of peace;  
> those devoted to the Vedas called it yoga, having the form of the inner Self.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.6)

asatyaṃ satyameke ca pūrṇānandaṃ tathā'sura |  
sahajaṃ ca paraṃ brahma vādayuktā babhūvire ||

> Some spoke of non-truth, some of truth, and others of complete bliss, O Asura;  
> they engaged in debate over the innate, supreme Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.7)

khaṃ. 3 a. 47 pāna 102) niścayastatra daityeśa na babhūva mataiṣiṇām |  
svasvajñānasamāyuktā vādaṃ cakrurapaṇḍitāḥ ||

> Section 3, Chapter 47, page 102) No conclusion was reached there among the seekers of doctrines, O lord of the Daityas;  
> endowed with their own views, the unlearned engaged in dispute.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.8)

tato vādasya śāntyarthamavocad viṣṇuravyayaḥ |  
sarvān samāgatāṃstatra sarvajñaḥ śaṅkareritaḥ ||

> Then, for the sake of calming the debate, the imperishable Viṣṇu spoke;  
> prompted by Śaṅkara, the all-knowing one addressed all who had assembled there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.9)

śrīviṣṇuruvāca |  
vedā gurusvarūpāśca sarveṣāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ |  
tairyat sampāditaṃ deva munayaḥ sarva āgatāḥ ||

> The blessed Viṣṇu said:  
> The Vedas have the nature of the Guru for all; of this there is no doubt.  
> Whatever is established by them, O god, all the sages have arrived \[to hear\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.10)

sampādyatāṃ viśeṣeṇa brahmaṇo niścayārthinaḥ |  
sukhaṃ tadeva sarveṣāṃ sarvamānyaṃ bhaviṣyati ||

> Let it be established especially by those seeking certainty regarding Brahman;  
> that very happiness will be universally accepted by everyone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.11)

vedaiḥ svānubhavaṃ gītaṃ yāthātathyaṃ munīśvarāḥ |  
ato vedaiśca sarveṣāṃ jñānaṃ sañjāyate param ||

> Their own direct experience has been sung by the Vedas truthfully, O best of sages;  
> therefore, supreme knowledge arises for all through the Vedas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.12)

yogādibhirjanāḥ kecin munayo devarākṣasāḥ |  
sākṣādrūpaṃ ca tadbrahma kurvate nātra saṃśayaḥ ||

> Some people, sages, gods, and rākṣasas, through yoga and the like,  
> perceive that Brahman directly; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.13)

tathāpi vedasammānyaṃ vacasteṣāṃ na vidyate |  
vedānāṃ na samo viprā yogajñaḥ kutra dṛśyate ||

> Nevertheless, their word is not universally respected like the Vedas.  
> Where is a knower of yoga seen equal to the Vedas, O Brahmins?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.14)

sampūrṇayogino vedā ataste guravo matāḥ |  
mahābhāgāḥ smaradhvaṃ tvāṃstadā niḥsaṃśayo bhavet ||

> The Vedas are complete yogins; therefore they are considered your teachers.  
> O fortunate ones, remember them; then all doubt will cease.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.15)

tato munigaṇāḥ sarve yogino devanāyakāḥ |  
sādhu sādhu samūcustaṃ viṣṇuṃ buddhimatāṃ varam ||

> Then all the hosts of sages, the yogins, and the leaders of the gods  
> said, ‘Excellent, excellent!’ to that Viṣṇu, the foremost among the wise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.16)

tataḥ śaṅkaramukhyaistaiḥ saṃsmṛtāḥ kāryasiddhye |  
sāṅgāḥ samāyayurvedā oṅkāreṇa samanvitāḥ ||

> Then they, headed by Śaṅkara, remembered them for the accomplishment of their purpose;  
> accompanied by their auxiliary limbs, the Vedas arrived together with the syllable Oṃ.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.17)

tān dṛṣṭvā sahasotthāya devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ pare |  
praṇamya pūjayāmāsuḥ kṛtāñjalipuṭāḥ puraḥ ||

> Seeing them, the gods, along with the hosts of sages and others, suddenly stood up;  
> having bowed down, they worshipped them with joined hands before them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.18)

āsaneṣu samāsīnāḥ soṅkārā vedamukhyakāḥ |  
ūcustān śivamukhyān vai prahṛṣṭamanaso'bhavan ||

> Seated upon seats, the principal Vedas accompanied by the syllable Oṃ  
> spoke to those gods headed by Śiva, their minds overjoyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.19)

vedā ūcuḥ |  
kimarthaṃ smaraṇaṃ devā munayaśca kṛtaṃ janāḥ |  
asmākaṃ brūta kāryaṃ tat kariṣyāmo na saṃśayaḥ ||

> The Vedas said:  
> Why has this remembrance been made by you, O gods, sages, and people?  
> Tell us that task; we shall carry it out, of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.20)

vedānāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā śivastānabravīdvacaḥ |  
vinayena viśeṣajño niścayārthaṃ hitaiṣiṇām ||

> Hearing the words of the Vedas, Śiva spoke these words,  
> he who is discerning in modesty, for the certainty of those desiring welfare.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.21)

śiva uvāca |  
brahmayajñaḥ samārabdho'smābhiḥ sarvairhitepsubhiḥ |  
tatra vādasamāyuktā na tadantaṃ labhāmahe ||

> Śiva said:  
> A sacrifice of Brahman has been undertaken by all of us who desire our welfare;  
> engaged in dispute therein, we do not reach its conclusion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.22)

ato bhavatsmṛtirvedāḥ kṛtā'smābhirviśeṣataḥ |  
niścayaṃ guravo yūyaṃ vadadhvaṃ bhedanāśakam ||

> Therefore, remembrance of you, O Vedas, has been made especially by us.  
> As our teachers, pronounce a conclusion that destroys all division.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.23)

yogino na bhavantīha kadāpi ca bhavatsamāḥ |  
bhavadvacaḥpramāṇena yogajñā vayamapyuta ||

> Yogins here can never be equal to you;  
> by the authority of your word, we too are knowers of yoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.24)

śivasya vacanaṃ śrutvā vedāstatra jagurvacaḥ |  
devān munīn janān sarvān dīnapā asureśvara ||

> Hearing the words of Śiva, the Vedas, protectors of the humble,  
> spoke words there to the gods, the sages, and all the people, O lord of the Asuras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.25)

vedā ūcuḥ |  
brahmayajñasya pāraṃ vai gamiṣyāmaḥ kathaṃ vayam |  
akṣarātmakadehatvāttathāpi kathayāmahe ||

> The Vedas said:  
> How indeed shall we reach the further shore of the sacrifice of Brahman,  
> since our bodies consist of syllables? Nevertheless, we shall speak.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.26)

na vayaṃ brahmarūpāśca brahmajñāḥ kiñcidapyaho |  
yogamārgabalenaiva vadiṣyāmo yathātatham ||

> We are not the form of Brahman, nor are we knowers of Brahman to any degree, alas!  
> Only by the power of the path of yoga shall we speak truly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.27)

pratyekaniścayaṃ devāḥ śṛṇuta brahmadhāraṇam |  
yena saṃśayasaṃhīnā gamiṣyatha parāṃ gatim ||

> O gods, hear the particular ascertainment and the conception of Brahman,  
> by which, free from doubt, you will attain the supreme goal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.28)

brahma nānāvidhaṃ proktaṃ mayā yogabalena ca |  
prajñānādimahāvākyaisteṣu yogo viśiṣyate ||

> Manifold Brahman has been declared by me through the power of yoga;  
> among the great sayings such as 'Consciousness is Brahman', yoga is supreme.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.29)

sarvabrahmasuyogasya sthānaṃ yogātmakaṃ bhavet |  
yoge brahmāṇi sarvāṇi tadākārāṇi varṇitam ||

> The locus of the true union with all Brahman consists of yoga;  
> in yoga, all Brahmans are described as having that very form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.30)

na yogāt paramaṃ brahma yogaśāntyā pralabhyate |  
brahmaṇaspatireko'yaṃ mayā prokto gaṇeśvaraḥ ||

> There is no supreme Brahman apart from yoga; it is attained through the peace of yoga.  
> This Gaṇeśvara alone has been declared by me to be Brahmaṇaspati.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.31)

brahmaṇāṃ sakalānāṃ ca pātṛpālayitṛtvataḥ |  
taṃ bhajadhvaṃ suraśreṣṭhā munayo bhaktisaṃyutāḥ ||

> Because he is the protector and preserver of all Brahmans,  
> worship him with devotion, O best of gods and sages!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.32)

khaṃ. 3 a. 47 pāna 103) bhavanti brahmabhūtāḥ sarve janāstena niścitam |  
evamuktvā bahvṛcastu tūṣṇīmbhāvadharo'bhavat ||

> Section 3, Chapter 47, page 103) Through him, all people certainly become merged in Brahman.  
> Having spoken thus, the Ṛgveda fell silent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.33)

tato yajuḥ svayaṃ sākṣādavocat sarvasaṃsadi |  
brahmapradaṃ ca vacanaṃ tatra svānubhavātmakam ||

> Then the Yajurveda himself spoke directly in the entire assembly,  
> uttering words that bestow Brahman and consist of direct self-realization.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.34)

yajuruvāca |  
nānāvidhaṃ mayā brahma varṇitaṃ yogasevayā |  
mahāvākyaiśca sarvajñāḥ kramārthaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ ||

> The Yajurveda said:  
> Through the practice of yoga, Brahman has been described by me in manifold ways,  
> and through the Great Sayings, O all-knowing ones, for the sake of gradual realization; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.35)

tatra yogasvarūpākhyamāntyaṃ brahma viśiṣyate |  
sarvabrahmasuyogena yogastena prakathyate ||

> Among these, the final Brahman, known as having the nature of yoga, is preeminent;  
> because of the true union of all Brahmans, it is called yoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.36)

tadeva gaṇarājaśca bhaktaiḥ samprārthitaḥ purā |  
yogaprāptyarthamatyantaṃ tena sākārako'bhavat ||

> That very \[Brahman\] is the Lord of Gaṇas, who was beseeched of old by devotees  
> for the sake of attaining the highest yoga; on that account He assumed a form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.37)

gaṇaḥ samūharūpākhyaḥ samūhā brahmarūpiṇaḥ |  
teṣāṃ svāmī na sandehastaṃ bhajadhvaṃ vidhānataḥ ||

> A gaṇa is called a totality, and totalities consist of Brahman;  
> He is undeniably their master; worship Him according to the prescribed rules.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.38)

annānāṃ sakalānāṃ ca sadaikānekarūpiṇām |  
samūhe brahma jñātavyamannātmakamiti śrutiḥ ||

> In the totality of all kinds of food, which always have one and many forms,  
> Brahman is to be known as consisting of food; so states the Śruti.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.39)

nānāvidhāni ca brahmāṇyevaṃ bho daivatarṣayaḥ |  
jñātavyāni vicāreṇa gaṇarūpāṇi niścitam ||

> In this manner, O divine sages, the manifold Brahmans  
> are certainly to be known through inquiry as having the nature of gaṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.40)

ato gaṇeśabhaktyā vai sakalaṃ sulabhaṃ bhavet |  
brahmabhūyapradaḥ prokto mayā yogena yogapaḥ ||

> Therefore, through devotion to Gaṇeśa, everything becomes easy to attain;  
> the guardian of yoga who bestows the state of Brahman has been proclaimed by me through yoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.41)

ityuktvā virarāmā'tha yajuryogavidāṃ varam |  
uvācā'tha tataḥ sāma brahma nirṇayakāraṇam ||

> Having spoken thus, the Yajurveda, the best among knowers of yoga, fell silent.  
> Then the Sāmaveda spoke, providing the ascertainment of Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.42)

sāma uvāca |  
yogasevanasāmarthyāt samartho'haṃ ca varṇane |  
kiñcit śṛṇuta deveśā brahmaṇo munayo vacaḥ ||

> The Sāmaveda said:  
> Through the power of practicing yoga, I am able to describe \[it\];  
> listen, O lords of gods and sages, to a brief statement about Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.43)

proktāni nānā brahmāṇi mahāvākyādibhirmayā |  
pātrabhedārthamatyantaṃ jñātavyaṃ yogasevayā ||

> Manifold Brahmans have been declared by me through the Great Sayings and the like;  
> this is to be understood through the practice of yoga for the purpose of distinguishing different recipients.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.44)

tatra śāntipradaṃ brahma yogākhyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ |  
bhavati brahmaṇāṃ yogo yatra tena ca yogakaḥ ||

> Among them, the Brahman called yoga undeniably bestows peace;  
> that wherein the union of Brahmans takes place is called yoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.45)

nāsti yogāt paraṃ brahma śāntimārgeṇa labhyate |  
tadeva munayo devā gaṇeśo nātra saṃśayaḥ ||

> There is no Brahman higher than yoga, and it is attained through the path of peace;  
> that very \[Brahman\], O sages and gods, is Gaṇeśa; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.46)

manovāṇīmayaṃ devā mayā yadyat prakīrtitam |  
gakārākṣarasambhūtaṃ jñātavyaṃ vibudhaiḥ sadā ||

> Whatever has been celebrated by me as consisting of mind and speech, O gods,  
> is to be known by the wise as always originating from the syllable 'ga'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.47)

manovāṇīvihīnaṃ yadvarṇyate vividhaṃ tathā |  
ṇakārākṣaragaṃ sarvaṃ niścitaṃ yogasevayā ||

> Whatever is variously described as devoid of mind and speech  
> is certainly situated in the syllable 'ṇa' through the practice of yoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.48)

tayoḥ svāmī gaṇeśāno yogākāraḥ prakīrtitaḥ |  
taṃ bhajadhvaṃ viśeṣeṇa brahmabhūtapadapradam ||

> Lord Gaṇeśa, proclaimed as having the form of yoga, is the master of both;  
> worship Him particularly, who grants the state of becoming Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.49)

nānābhāvena yuktāstaṃ bhajante taddadāti saḥ |  
evamuktvā mahāyogī virarāma sa sāmagaḥ ||

> He grants whatever people endowed with various dispositions worship Him for.  
> Having spoken thus, that great yogin, the singer of the Sāman, fell silent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.50)

tato'tharvā mahāyogī jagāda sakalāṃstadā |  
brahmayajñasya vettā'sau prahlāda śṛṇu tadvacaḥ ||

> Then the great yogin Atharvan, the knower of the Brahmayajña, addressed them all;  
> O Prahlāda, listen to his words.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.51)

atharvā uvāca |  
ātmā'hamiti vākyādyairbrahma nānāvidhaṃ mayā |  
sampāditaṃ ca yogena tadevopādhisaṃyutam ||

> Atharvan said:  
> Through statements such as 'I am the Ātman,' Brahman of manifold kinds  
> was established by me through yoga, as that very \[Brahman\] endowed with limiting adjuncts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.52)

yogākhyaṃ paramaṃ brahma tadyogena pralabhyate |  
saṃyogāyogahīno'yaṃ yogo brahma sutiṣṭhati ||

> The supreme Brahman named yoga is attained through that yoga;  
> devoid of conjunction and disjunction, this yoga stands firmly as Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.53)

śāntistatra samākhyātā yoge yogavidāṃ varaḥ |  
sa eva gaṇanāthastu sarvaśāntiprado'bhavat ||

> Peace is declared to be therein, in yoga, \[by\] the best among knowers of yoga;  
> that very Lord of Gaṇas has become the bestower of all peace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.54)

eka eva gaṇeśāno jagatāṃ brahmaṇāṃ svayam |  
īśaḥ samūharūpāṇāṃ yogarūpastataḥ smṛtaḥ ||

> Gaṇeśa alone is Himself the Lord of the worlds and of the Brahmans  
> consisting of totalities; therefore He is remembered as having the nature of yoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.55)

sarveṣāmādirūpo'yaṃ yogākāraḥ prabhāvataḥ |  
madhye nānāvidhaḥ svāṃśairjagat subrahma suprabhuḥ ||

> By His might, He is the primal form of all, having the nature of yoga;  
> in the middle, the excellent Lord is manifold, through His own parts, as the world and the good Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.56)

ante svayaṃ tathā tiṣṭhettenādau pūjito'bhavat |  
sarvapūjyaśca deveśā munayo niścayārthinaḥ ||

> At the end, He Himself remains likewise; therefore He was worshipped in the beginning,  
> and He is worthy of worship by all, O lords of gods and sages seeking certainty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.56.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.56.p1)

ya ādiḥ soṃ'tarūpastu bhavate sarvasammate |  
(

> That which is the beginning, that becomes the form of the end, as accepted by all; / \[  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.57)

khaṃ. 3 a. 48 pāna 104) madhye māyāvihāreṇa bhedābhedayuto'bhavat ||

> Section 3, Chapter 48, Page 104\] in the middle, through the play of māyā, He became possessed of difference and non-difference.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.58)

atastaṃ yogarūpākhyaṃ bhajadhvaṃ yogasevayā |  
bhaviṣyatha brahmabhūtā brahmayajñasya pāragāḥ ||

> Therefore, worship Him who is known as having the nature of yoga through the practice of yoga;  
> you will become absorbed in Brahman, having crossed to the further shore of the Brahmayajña.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.59)

evamuktvā mahāyogī virarāma mahāmate |  
atharvā sarvayogajñastatroṅkāro'bravīdvacaḥ ||

> Having spoken thus, O great-minded one, the great yogin Atharvan, knower of all yoga, fell silent;  
> then the Oṅkāra spoke these words.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.60)

oṅkāra uvāca |  
caturvedapracuro'haṃ mayā yogasya sevayā |  
brahma sākṣāt kṛtaṃ devāstena yogimato'bhavam ||

> The Oṅkāra said:  
> I am abundant across the four Vedas; through the practice of yoga,  
> Brahman has been directly perceived by me; therefore, O gods, I became acknowledged by yogins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.61)

mayopadeśitā vedāḥ sādhayāmāsuranvaham |  
yogaṃ brahmapradaṃ tena brahmajñāḥ sarvasammatāḥ ||

> Instructed by me, the Vedas daily practiced  
> the yoga that bestows Brahman; therefore they are universally accepted as knowers of Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.62)

yogāt paraṃ na vidyeta brahma sarvatra sammatam |  
jagat subrahma suproktaṃ yogena brahma śāśvatam ||

> No Brahman higher than yoga is known; this is universally agreed;  
> the world is well spoken of as Brahman, and Brahman is eternal through yoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.63)

tadeva gaṇarājo vai niścito yogibhiḥ sadā |  
saṃyogāyogabhāvena krīḍate yogarūpadhṛk ||

> That very \[Brahman\] is indeed determined by yogins always to be the Lord of Gaṇas;  
> bearing the form of yoga, He plays in states of conjunction and disjunction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.64)

siddhirbhrāntimayī māyā buddhirbhrāntidharā matā |  
tayoḥ svāmī gaṇeśāno māyābhyāṃ khelate vibhuḥ ||

> Siddhi is considered to be māyā consisting of delusion, and buddhi to be holding delusion;  
> the all-pervading Lord Gaṇeśa is their master, playing with the two māyās.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.65)

bhukteḥ siddhistathā mukteḥ siddhirbrahmapradāyinī |  
cittaṃ pañcavidhaṃ buddhistayoryogena labhyate ||

> Siddhi is the bestower of Brahman through enjoyment as well as through liberation;  
> the mind is fivefold, and the intellect is attained through their union.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.66)

svasaṃvedyātmakaṃ brahma vedeṣu kathitaṃ param |  
sarvasaṃyogarūpākhyaṃ tatrā'yaṃ dṛśyate svayam ||

> The supreme Brahman, known only to oneself, is declared in the Vedas;  
> it is called the form of all conjunction, and therein He Himself is seen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.67)

tena svānandavāsī ca māyāyuktaḥ prakīrtitaḥ |  
ayoge darśanaṃ tasya jāyate na kadācana ||

> Therefore He is celebrated as dwelling in Svānanda and joined with māyā;  
> His vision never occurs in the absence of yoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.68)

nirmāyikastataḥ proktastayoryogena labhyate |  
gakāraścaiva saṃyogo ṇakāro'yoga ucyate ||

> Therefore He is spoken of as devoid of māyā, and He is attained through the union of both;  
> the syllable 'ga' is conjunction, and the syllable 'ṇa' is said to be disjunction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.69)

tena nāmnā samākhyāto gaṇeśo vedavādibhiḥ |  
taṃ bhajadhvaṃ viśeṣeṇa brahmībhūtasya kāraṇāt ||

> By that name He is proclaimed as Gaṇeśa by the expounders of the Veda;  
> worship Him especially for the sake of becoming Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.70)

brahmabhūtā dvijā devā bhaviṣyatha na saṃśayaḥ |  
evamuktvā tadoṅkārastūṣṇīmāsīn mahāmate ||

> O twice-born ones, O gods, you will become absorbed in Brahman; of this there is no doubt.  
> Having spoken thus, O great-minded one, the Oṅkāra then fell silent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.47.70.c1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.47.70.c1)

oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadāntye purāṇopaniṣadi śrīmanmaudgale mahāpurāṇe tṛtīye khaṇḍe mahodaracarite brahmayajñe vedanirṇayo nāma saptacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ||

> Om tat sat. Thus ends the forty-seventh chapter, named 'The Ascertainment of the Vedas in the Brahmayajña,' in the story of Mahodara, in the third section of the glorious and final Purāṇa-Upaniṣad, the venerable Maudgala Mahāpurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala~en-mt.3.47.p1) — English, machine translation

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