Mudgalapurana 5.11: lambodarabrahmavarṇanaṃ nāma ekādaśo'dhyāyaḥ

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śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

Reverence to the glorious Gaṇeśa.

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mudgala uvāca |
naidhruvo yogamārgeṇa śamadamaparāyaṇaḥ |
śāntiṃ prāptaḥ krameṇaiva yogivandyo babhūva ha ||

Mudgala said: / By means of the path of yoga, devoted to self-restraint and tranquility, / Naidhruva attained peace gradually indeed and became worshipful to yogins.

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tataḥ so'pi gaṇādhīśaṃ na mumoca tatāpa saḥ |
tapaḥ sevāparo bhūtvā gāṇapatyapriyārthataḥ ||

Then he did not leave Gaṇādhīśa; he performed / ascetic penance, devoted to service, for the sake of becoming dear to Gāṇapatyas.

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evaṃ tasya tapo jñātvā taṃ yayau sa gajānanaḥ |
taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasotthāya praṇanāma kṛtāñjaliḥ ||

Knowing his ascetic penance in this manner, that Gajānana went to him. / Seeing him, [Naidhruva] immediately rose up and bowed with folded hands.

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pupūja bhaktisaṃyuktaḥ sāśrunetro mahāyaśāḥ |
saromāñcaḥ pratuṣṭāva sūktairgāṇeśakaiḥ prabhum ||

Endowed with devotion, his eyes filled with tears, the highly renowned one worshipped; / his hair standing on end, he praised the Lord with Gaṇeśa hymns.

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tatastuṣṭo gaṇādhīśastasmai bhaktiṃ dadau dṛḍhām |
gāṇapatyapriyaṃ kṛtvāṃ'tardhānaṃ sa cakāra vai ||

Then, pleased, Gaṇādhīśa gave him firm devotion; / making him dear to Gāṇapatyas, he vanished.

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tadādi naidhruvo yogī gāṇapatyo babhūva ha |
bhajate gaṇanāthaṃ so'dhunā sarvatra sammataḥ ||

From that time on, the yogin Naidhruva became a Gāṇapatya; / he worships Gaṇanātha, accepted everywhere now.

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iti te kathitaṃ dakṣa caritraṃ sarvadaṃ param |
lambodarasya māhātmyaṃ sarvaśāntipradaṃ prabho ||

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krodhāsuracaritraṃ tattathā te kathitaṃ mayā |
na saṃśayo bhavettasmai śravaṇāt krodhaśāntidam ||

The account of Krodhāsura has also thus been told to you by me; / there should be no doubt that from hearing it, it pacifies anger.

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svasvakhaṇḍeṣu sarvatra paścimāntadigantare |
munibhiḥ sthāpito lambodaraścaiva gajānanaḥ ||

In their respective realms, everywhere, in the westernmost direction, / Lambodara, Gajānana, was installed by the sages.

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tasya darśanamātreṇa yathepsitaphalaṃ labhet |
samudratīrasaṃsthasya mūṣakārūḍhakasya vai ||

By merely beholding him, stationed on the seashore, / mounted upon a mouse, one attains one's desired fruit.

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evaṃ lambodarasyāṃśā anantā vividhāḥ smṛtāḥ |
svasvadharmaprarakṣārthaṃ janebhyaḥ sarvadāḥ prabho ||

In this way, the various portions of Lambodara are remembered as endless, / which always protect their own respective dharmas for the people, O lord.

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teṣāṃ caritrakoṭyaṃśo vaktuṃ naiva praśakyate |
brahmādibhirmahābhāga tatra ko'haṃ narākṛtiḥ ||

Even a ten-millionth part of their exploits cannot be spoken / by Brahmā and others, O fortunate one; who am I there, possessing human form?

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jagadbrahmakriyārthaṃ sa yācitastaiḥ purā prabho |
śaktirūpāvatāraṃ ca dhṛtvā sarvārthado'bhavat ||

Formerly implored by them for the sake of the world's Brahminic rites, O lord, / having assumed an incarnation in the form of Śakti, he bestowed all aims.

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mahiṣāsuranāśārthaṃ yācito māyayā purā |
vighnarājaḥ svayaṃ so'pi babhūve dharmapālakaḥ ||

Formerly implored by Māyā for the destruction of Mahiṣāsura, / even Vighnarāja himself became the protector of dharma.

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māyākaravināśāya śeṣaputro babhūva ha |
lambodaraḥ svayaṃ sākṣāt sa vai mūṣakagaḥ smṛtaḥ ||

For the destruction of Māyākara, he became the son of Śeṣa; / Lambodara himself is remembered as being mounted on a mouse.

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sāvarṇimanunā caivā''rādhito gaṇanāyakaḥ |
babhūva vai tatra lambodaraḥ śaktivināyakaḥ ||

And propitiated by Sāvarṇi Manu, Gaṇanāyaka / became Lambodara, Śaktivināyaka, in that situation.

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brahma nānāvidhaṃ vede kathitaṃ tu prajāpate |
jagatteṣāṃ tathā bhinnaṃ vihārārthaṃ babhūva ha ||

Many kinds of Brahman are spoken of in the Veda, O Prajāpati; / the world became diverse for their sport.

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teṣu svānandabhāvena sthito'yaṃ brahmadhārakaḥ |
saṃyogābhedayogena sa vai lambodaraḥ smṛtaḥ ||

Standing in them with the disposition of Svānanda, this bearer of Brahman, / through the union of nondifferentiation, is remembered as Lambodara.

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saṃyogābhedayogena samādhinā prajāpate |
nānāvidhaṃ jagadbrahma bhavannaśyati tadgatam ||

Through the union of nondifferentiation, through samādhi, O Prajāpati, / the world-Brahman of many kinds, while coming into being, dissolves into that.

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teṣāṃ bhedā gaṇeśena tathā sṛṣṭāśca pālitāḥ |
hṛtāstena samākhyāto vede sa brahmavācakaḥ ||

Their differences are likewise created, sustained, and destroyed / by Gaṇeśa; therefore, he is declared in the Veda as the expression of Brahman.

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bhedā asatyarūpāśca teṣāṃ brahma prakathyate |
śaktirjānīhi tāṃ lambodarameva gajānanam ||

The differences are unreal in nature, and their Brahman is proclaimed; / know that Śakti to be Lambodara alone, Gajānana.

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samutpannāstadudarādante tatra gatā babhuḥ |
bhedā lambodarastena samākhyāto hyasanmayaḥ ||

Originated from his belly, they shone, having entered there at the end; / therefore, Lambodara is proclaimed as consisting of the real.

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idaṃ lambodarā''khyānaṃ kathitaṃ te prajāpate |
śravaṇāt paṭhanāt sarvadāyakaṃ sarvasammatam ||

This narrative of Lambodara has been told to you, O Prajāpati; / through hearing and reciting it, it grants everything and is accepted by all.

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śrotumicchasi kiṃ bhūyastadvadasva prajāpate |
kathayiṣyāmi te bhāvaṃ prabho jñātvā gaṇeśvare ||

What do you wish to hear further? Speak that, O Prajāpati; / knowing your devotion to the Lord of Gaṇas, O lord, I shall tell you.

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oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadāntye purāṇopaniṣadi śrīmanmaudgale mahāpurāṇe pañcame khaṇḍe lambodaracarite lambodarabrahmavarṇanaṃ nāma ekādaśo'dhyāyaḥ ||

Om tat sat. Thus ends the eleventh chapter, named 'Description of Lambodara-Brahman', in the deed of Lambodara, in the fifth section of the glorious and venerable Maudgala Mahāpurāṇa, a Purāṇic Upaniṣad.

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