Mudgalapurana 8.6: ahaṅkārāsurajñānopadeśo nāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāya

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śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

Homage to the glorious Gaṇeśa.

8.6.1

śrīśiva uvāca |
śukraṃ praṇamya nītijñaṃ bhayasaṅkulito'suraḥ |
ahaṅkāro jagādedaṃ vacanaṃ svahitārthakam ||

The glorious Śiva said: / Bowing to Śukra, who is skilled in polity, the asura / Ahaṅkāra, overwhelmed with fear, spoke these words for his own welfare.

8.6.2

ahaṅkāra ucāca |
svāmin me varadānaṃ yanniṣphalaṃ prababhūva tat |
amoghāstramayaṃ kiṃ tvaṃ vada saṃśayakaṃ nuda ||

Ahaṅkāra said:
"O master, why has my boon become fruitless, / though it consisted of unfailing weapons? Tell me, dispelling my doubt.

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dhūmravarṇaḥ samāyāto devapakṣapravardhanaḥ |
māyāmayaḥ kathaṃ so'pi niṣphalaṃ māṃ cakāra ha ||

Dhūmravarṇa has arrived, advancing the side of the gods. / How has he, who is composed of māyā, rendered me fruitless?"

8.6.4

śukra uvāca |
ahaṃ tvaṃ mūrkhabhāvena manyase dhūmravarṇakam |
māyāmayaṃ viśeṣeṇa na jānāsi gajānanam ||

Śukra said:
"Through your foolishness, Ahaṃ, you think Dhūmravarṇa / is merely composed of māyā; you do not know Gajānana in reality.

8.6.5

māyāyuktavihīnatvaṃ tatra naiva pravartate |
yogākāraṃ gaṇeśānaṃ vadante vedavādinaḥ ||

Being associated with māyā or devoid of it does not apply to him at all. / The exponents of the Vedas declare Gaṇeśa to be the embodiment of yoga.

8.6.6

haniṣyati samākruddhastvāmayaṃ dhūmravarṇakaḥ |
atastaṃ tvaṃ gaṇeśānaṃ śaraṇaṃ yāhi daityapa ||

This Dhūmravarṇa, greatly enraged, will slay you; / therefore, go for refuge to that Gaṇeśa, O ruler of Daityas!

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dhūmreṇāvṛtamevaṃ yad dṛśyate na janairyathā |
tathā vastu gaṇeśānaṃ na jānanti śivādayaḥ ||

Just as an object covered with smoke is not seen by people, / so even Śiva and the other gods do not know the real entity that is Gaṇeśa.

8.6.8

varṇā vedasvarūpāśca dhūmrā jātā ivā''babhuḥ |
ajñānatvāttataścāyamavyakto dhūmravarṇakaḥ ||

The letters that embody the Vedas appeared as though covered in smoke / because of ignorance; therefore this unmanifest one is called Dhūmravarṇa.

8.6.9

sahajaṃ brahma yat proktaṃ svādhīnaṃ brahmasu param |
tasya kiṃ varadānasyollaṅghanaṃ durghaṭaṃ bhavet ||

For that innate Brahman which is declared independent, supreme among Brahmans, / how could the transgression of a boon be difficult?

8.6.10

svecchayā varadānaṃ vai saphalaṃ niṣphalaṃ bhavet |
tadeva dhūmravarṇo'yaṃ sahajo neti vācakaḥ ||

By his own will, a boon becomes fruitful or fruitless. / That very innate one is this Dhūmravarṇa, not [limited to] mere words.

8.6.11

avināśipadaṃ yacca gajākhyaṃ brahma kathyate |
tadeva mastakaṃ tasya gaṇeśasya mahātmanaḥ ||

The imperishable state which is called elephant-Brahman— / that very state is the head of that great-souled Gaṇeśa.

8.6.12

nāśarūpaṃ jagat sarvaṃ dehastasya na saṃśayaḥ |
dhūmravarṇastayoryoge dehadhārī babhūva ha ||

The entire universe, which is perishable by nature, is his body—there is no doubt. / In the union of the two, Dhūmravarṇa assumed a physical form.

8.6.13

pañcacittamayī buddhirdakṣiṇāṅge vyavasthitā |
cittabhrāntikarī siddhirvāmāṅge rājate sadā ||

Intellect, consisting of the fivefold mind, resides in his right flank; / perfection, causing delusion of the mind, shines forever in his left flank.

8.6.14

tayoḥ svāmī gaṇeśāno māyābhyāṃ krīḍati prabhuḥ |
taṃ gaccha śaraṇaṃ tāta tadā saukhyamavāpsyasi ||

The master of both, the lord Gaṇeśa, sports with these two māyās. / Go to him for refuge, dear child; then you will obtain happiness.

8.6.15

svasaṃvedyena yogena darśanaṃ tasya jāyate |
yogināṃ gaṇanāthasya tena svānandapālakaḥ ||

Through yoga knowable only to oneself, the vision of him arises; / of that Gaṇanātha of yogins, he is therefore the protector of Svānanda.

8.6.16

na te yaśo mahārāja bhaviṣyati kadācana |
surāsuramayo ḍhuṇḍhiḥ śaraṇaṃ tasya gacchatu ||

No fame will ever come to you, O great king; / Ḍhuṇḍhi is composed of gods and asuras; go to him for refuge.

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surāḥ svargeṣu tenaiva sthāpitā mānavā bhuvi |
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By him alone were the gods established in heaven and human beings on earth; / (

8.6.17

khaṃ. 8 a. 6 pāna 13) asurā vivareṣveva trividhaṃ dharmasaṃyutam ||

Khaṇḍa 8, Adhyāya 6, page 13) and the asuras in the underworlds—a threefold [order] endowed with dharma.

8.6.18

svasvadharmaṃ parityajya lobhayuktāḥ surā'surāḥ |
bhavanti cettadā'yaṃ tu teṣāṃ śāstā bhavatyaho ||

If gods and asuras abandon their respective dharma and become filled with greed, / then, lo, he becomes their chastiser.

8.6.19

devairdaityā jitāḥ sarve pātālaṃ gatya mānada |
tadā tvāṃ sa vinirmāya devavighnaparo'bhavat ||

When all the Daityas had been conquered by the gods and went to the netherworld, O proud one, / he then created you and became intent on causing obstacles to the gods.

8.6.20

tvamapi dharmalopena varṇāśramaparāṅmukhaḥ |
devanāśārthamatyantamudyukto'si khalottama ||

You too, through the destruction of dharma, turned away from the classes and stages of life, / and have become exceedingly eager to destroy the gods, O best of villains!

8.6.21

atastvāṃ hantumevaṃ sa samāyāto gajānanaḥ |
svadharmasthasya te nāśaṃ na kariṣyati vighnapaḥ ||

Therefore Gajānana has come like this to slay you; / but if you abide in your own dharma, the lord of obstacles will not cause your destruction.

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trividhaṃ trividhe bhāve saṃsthitaṃ dharmasaṃyutam |
tadā'yaṃ buddhināthaśca buddhau nityaṃ sthito bhavet ||

When the threefold [order] is established in threefold being and endowed with dharma, / then this lord of intellect remains ever situated in the intellect.

8.6.23

atastasya gaṇeśasya śaraṇaṃ gaccha daityapa |
brahmākāraṃ ca sarvatra surāsurapravartakam ||

Therefore go for refuge to that Gaṇeśa, O ruler of Daityas, / who has the form of Brahman everywhere and sets gods and asuras in motion."

8.6.24

śrīśiva uvāca |
kāvyasya vacanaṃ śrutvā harṣayukto'hamādarāt |
praṇamya taṃ punaḥ prāha saṃśayasyāpanuttaye ||

Śrī Śiva said:
"Hearing the words of Kāvya, Ahaṃ, filled with joy, / respectfully bowed to him and spoke again to remove his doubt.

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ahamuvāca |
śaraṇaṃ dhūmravarṇasya gamiṣyāmi tvadājñayā |
surāsuramayasyaiva tathā'pi nuda saṃśayam ||

Ahaṃ said:
'By your command I will go for refuge to Dhūmravarṇa, / who consists indeed of gods and asuras; even so, dispel my doubt.

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siddhibuddhi samā māyā vidyate naiva niścitam |
prakṛtyā saṃyuto nityaṃ gaṇeśānaḥ prakhelati ||

Certainly there is no māyā equal to Siddhi and Buddhi; / united eternally with Prakṛti, Gaṇeśa sports.

8.6.27

sarvapūjyaśca sarvādau sammato brahmanāyakaḥ |
śrīśabdena samāyuktaḥ kathaṃ śrīrmukhyatāṃ gatā ||

He is worshipful by all, the lord of Brahman, acknowledged first of all; / he is joined with the word Śrī: how has Śrī attained primacy?

8.6.28

siddhiṃ buddhiṃ parityajya śriyaṃ cauṅkārakaṃ tathā |
vikalpena samāgṛhya tiṣṭhate gaṇanāyakaḥ ||

Setting aside Siddhi and Buddhi, the lord of gaṇas remains, / conceptually grasping Śrī and the sound Oṃ.

8.6.29

anye sarve tathā vipra prakṛtyā śrīsvarūpayā |
yuktā bhavanti śāstreṣu kimidaṃ kautukaṃ vada ||

Likewise, O brāhmaṇa, in the scriptures all other [deities] / are joined with Prakṛti in the form of Śrī. Tell me: what is this wonder?

8.6.30

ataḥ śrīryat samā devī vidyate naiva niścitam |
bhāti sarvatra vedeṣu tathauṅkārātmikā parā ||

Therefore, surely no goddess exists equal to Śrī; / she shines everywhere in the Vedas, supreme, having the nature of the syllable Oṃ.'

8.6.31

śukra uvāca |
gakāraḥ siddhirūpaśca ṇakāro buddhivācakaḥ |
tayoḥ svāmī gaṇeśāno yogākāraḥ pradṛśyate ||

Śukra said:
"The syllable 'ga' has the form of Siddhi, and the syllable 'ṇa' designates Buddhi; / the lord of the two is Gaṇeśa, who is seen as the embodiment of yoga.

8.6.32

yathā māyāyutaṃ brahma māyāyā bhinnakaṃ na ca |
māyā saiva sadā brahma brahma māyā na saṃśayaḥ ||

Just as Brahman joined with māyā is not distinct from māyā, / and that very māyā is always Brahman, and Brahman is māyā—there is no doubt—

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tathā siddhiśca buddhiśca gaṇeśo daityanāyaka |
ekarūpo na sandeho yogastenāyamucyate ||

so too are Siddhi, Buddhi, and Gaṇeśa, O leader of Daityas; / they are of one form, there is no doubt; therefore this is called yoga.

8.6.34

siddhirbuddhirgaṇeśāno jñānināṃ trividhaṃ param |
bhāti yogamayaṃ cāpi vicāraya vicakṣaṇa ||

Siddhi, Buddhi, and Gaṇeśa appear to the wise as the supreme triad / and also as composed of yoga; consider this, O discerning one!

8.6.35

ataḥ siddheśca buddheścopāsanaṃ nātra vidyate |
bhinnaṃ gaṇapatestasmāt trividhaṃ nāsti niścitam ||

Therefore, worship of Siddhi and Buddhi does not exist here / as distinct from Gaṇapati; consequently, no triad exists in reality.

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gaṇeśapūjanenaiva trividhaṃ pūjitaṃ bhavet |
prakṛtiḥ puruṣākārastatra naiva pradṛśyate ||

By the worship of Gaṇeśa alone, the triad becomes worshipped; / Prakṛti having the form of Puruṣa is not seen there as separate.

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vāmāṅgaṃ prakṛtyākāraṃ dakṣiṇāṅgaṃ ca pummayam |
siddhiṃ buddhiṃ vijānīhi tayoryoge gaṇeśvaraḥ ||

His left flank has the form of Prakṛti, and his right flank consists of Puruṣa; / know them as Siddhi and Buddhi; in their union stands the lord of gaṇas.

8.6.38

sarveṣāṃ vāmabhāge ca prakṛtiḥ saṃsthitā'bhavat |
gaṇeśasyobhayāṅge tu prakṛtiḥ parikīrtitā ||

In all [other deities], Prakṛti is situated on the left side; / but in both flanks of Gaṇeśa, Prakṛti is proclaimed to reside.

8.6.39

ekarūpadharā māyā siddhibuddhimayī parā |
bhinnabhogārthamānandāt sṛṣṭiṃ kartuṃ manodadhe ||

The supreme Māyā, bearing a single form and consisting of Siddhi and Buddhi, / set her mind to creation out of bliss, for the sake of diverse experience.

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siddheraṅgāt samutpannā śrīḥ sarvaśobhayā yutā |
buddheraṅgāttathauṅkāraprakṛtiḥ prababhūva ha ||

From the limb of Siddhi was born Śrī, endowed with all beauty; / and from the limb of Buddhi arose the Prakṛti of the syllable Oṃ.

8.6.41

tābhyāṃ tapaḥ kṛtaṃ ghoraṃ svasvajñānaprasiddhaye |
yasmai kasmai namo nityaṃ mantraṃ japtvā svamūlakam ||

The two performed fierce tapas for the accomplishment of their respective knowledge, / constantly chanting their root mantra: 'Homage to whomever it may be.'

8.6.42

khaṃ. 8 a. 6 pāna 14) tatastayorhṛdisthaṃ yadbrahma māyāpracālakam |
prasannaṃ jātamatyantaṃ svarūpaṃ svamadarśayat ||

(Khaṇḍa 8, Adhyāya 6, page 14) Then Brahman, which was seated in their hearts and the impeller of māyā, / became exceedingly pleased and revealed its own form.

8.6.43

tata ekākṣaraṃ mantraṃ gaṇeśasya mahātmanaḥ |
dṛṣṭvā tābhyāṃ hṛdisthaṃ svaṃ tejorūpaṃ sukhapradam ||

Then, having seen in their hearts their own single-syllable mantra of the great-souled Gaṇeśa, / luminous and conferring bliss,

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tatastanaiva mantreṇa toṣayāmāsatuḥ param |
gaṇeśaṃ te mahābhāge hyādimāye taponvite ||

the two greatly fortunate primordial Māyās, endowed with tapas, / supremely gratified Gaṇeśa with that very mantra.

8.6.45

divyavarṣasahasreṇa prasanno gaṇanāyakaḥ |
varān dātuṃ samāyātaḥ siddhibuddhisamanvitaḥ ||

After a thousand divine years, the leader of gaṇas was pleased / and arrived, accompanied by Siddhi and Buddhi, to grant boons.

8.6.46

narakuñjararūpaṃ tat dṛṣṭvā vismitamānase |
māye babhūvatustatra vicāraṃ cakraturhṛdi ||

Seeing that form of man and elephant, the two Māyās were astonished in mind / and reflected within their hearts.

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gaṇeśakṛpayā sadyo jñātaṃ jātaṃ mahādbhutam |
tapasograprabhāveṇa jñātaṃ tābhyāṃ rahasyakam ||

By the grace of Gaṇeśa, a great wonder was instantly realized; / through the mighty power of their fierce tapas, the secret was understood by the two.

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siddhibuddhiyutaṃ taṃ te vīkṣya cotthāya satvaram |
praṇematurgaṇeśānaṃ pūjya stotraṃ pracakratuḥ ||

Seeing him accompanied by Siddhi and Buddhi, they rose quickly, / bowed to the lord Gaṇeśa, and, having worshipped [him], uttered a hymn of praise.

8.6.49

śryoṅkārāvūcatuḥ |
namaste gaṇanāthāya sarvasiddhipradāyaka |
siddhibuddhiyutāyaiva gaṇānāṃ pataye namaḥ ||

Śrī and Oṅkāra said: / "Salutations to you, the Lord of Ganas, giver of all perfections! / To the one accompanied by Siddhi and Buddhi, salutations to the Lord of Ganas!

8.6.50

svānandapataye tubhyaṃ kartṝṇāṃ kartṛrūpiṇe |
anāthāya sanāthānāṃ namo nāthāya te namaḥ ||

Salutations to you, the lord of Svānanda, possessing the form of the creator of creators, / without a lord, yet the lord of those who have a lord! Salutations to you!

8.6.51

pareśāya pareṣāṃ ca pālakāya parātmane |
ātmanāmamṛtāyaiva vighneśāya namo namaḥ ||

To the supreme lord, the protector of the highest, the supreme self, / the nectar of selves, to Vighneśa, salutations, salutations!

8.6.52

lambodarāya devāya devadeveśarūpiṇe |
devebhyo devatāṃ dātre gajānanāya te namaḥ ||

To Lambodara, the god having the form of the lord of the god of gods, / the giver of divinity to the gods, to Gajānana, salutations to you!

8.6.53

jyeṣṭharājāya sarveṣāmādipūjyāya ḍhuṇḍhaye |
anāmanāya nityāya sarveśāya namo namaḥ ||

To Jyeṣṭharāja, the first to be worshipped among all, to Ḍhuṇḍhi, / nameless, eternal, the Lord of All, salutations, salutations!

8.6.54

brahmabhyo brahmadātre te brahmaṇe brahmarūpiṇe |
brahmaṇaspataye tubhyaṃ pūrṇayogāya te namaḥ ||

To you who give Brahman to Brahmans, who are Brahman, having the form of Brahman, / to Brahmaṇaspati, to you of complete yoga, salutations!

8.6.55

yogaśāntimayāyaiva cintāmaṇisvarūpiṇe |
anantāyādirūpāya cāntaḥsthāya namo namaḥ ||

To the one consisting of the peace of yoga, having the nature of the wish-fulfilling jewel, / boundless, having the primal form, dwelling within, salutations, salutations!

8.6.56

kiṃ stuvastvāṃ gaṇādhīśa yogaśāntidharaṃ param |
yatra vedādayaḥ śāntiṃ prāptā yogaparāyaṇāḥ ||

How may we praise you, Gaṇādhīśa, the supreme bearer of the peace of yoga, / in whom the Vedas and the rest, intent on yoga, have attained peace?

8.6.57

manovāṇīmayo naiva manovāṇīvivarjitaḥ |
naiva tvaṃ te namo nātha prasanno bhava sarvadā ||

You do not consist of mind and speech, nor are you devoid of mind and speech; / you are not [limited by either]. Salutations to you, O Lord! Be gracious at all times!"

8.6.58

evamuktvā gaṇādhīśaṃ praṇematurmahāsura |
śryauṅkārau tau samutthāpya jagāda gaṇanāyakaḥ ||

Having spoken thus, O great asura, they bowed to Gaṇādhīśa. / Raising the two of them, Śrī and Auṅkāra, the leader of the Ganas said:

8.6.59

śrīgaṇeśa uvāca |
varān brūtaṃ mahābhāge mahāmāye hṛdīpsitān |
dāsyāmi tapasā tuṣṭaḥ stotreṇāhaṃ viśeṣataḥ ||

The venerable Gaṇeśa said: / "Ask for the boons desired in your hearts, O fortunate ones, O great Māyās! / Pleased by your austerity, and especially by your hymn of praise, I shall grant [them].

8.6.60

stotraṃ bhavatkṛtaṃ me vai sarvasiddhipradāyakam |
paṭhate śṛṇvate nityaṃ prabhavedbhuktimuktidam ||

This hymn of praise composed by you for me shall indeed bestow all perfections; / for whoever recites or listens to it daily, it will grant enjoyment and liberation.

8.6.61

brahmabhūyakaraṃ pūrṇaṃ śryoṅkārayaśasānvitam |
mama priyakaraṃ pūrṇaṃ bhaktivardhanakaṃ bhavet ||

It completely brings about identity with Brahman, is endowed with the glory of Śrī and Oṅkāra, / is wholly pleasing to me, and increases devotion."

8.6.62

gaṇeśavacanaṃ śrutvocatuḥśryoṅkārakau param |
gaṇeśabhaktisaṃyukto bhakteśaṃ bhaktavatsalam ||

Having heard the words of Gaṇeśa, the two, Śrī and Oṅkāra, full of devotion to Gaṇeśa, / spoke further to the Lord of devotees, the lover of devotees.

8.6.63

śryauṅkārāvūcatuḥ |
tvayi bhaktiṃ sthiraṃ dehi yogaśāntipradāyikām |
saṅkalpasiddhisāmarthyaṃ dāsyaṃ te pādapadmayoḥ ||

Śrī and Auṅkāra said: / "Grant firm devotion to you, which bestows the peace of yoga, / the power to accomplish intentions, and servitude at your lotus feet.

8.6.64

yathā siddhiśca buddhiśca tvayā sammānite prabho |
tathā''vāṃ te priye nātha kuruṣva gaṇanāyaka ||

Just as Siddhi and Buddhi are honored by you, O Lord, / so make the two of us dear to you, O Lord, O leader of the Ganas!

8.6.65

asmadīyaṃ vaśe sarvaṃ jagadbrahma kuru prabho |
āvābhyāṃ mohitaṃ sarvaṃ bhavatu tvatprasādataḥ ||

Subject the entire universe [and] Brahman to our control, O Lord; / let everything be deluded by the two of us through your grace.

8.6.66

tvadīyabhajanenaiva moho hyasmatkṛtaḥ paraḥ |
nāśaṃ yātu sadā deva nānyathā yogakāribhiḥ ||

Only by devotion to you may this highest delusion wrought by us / always be destroyed, O God, and not otherwise by practitioners of yoga.

8.6.67

śivaviṣṇumukhā devā mohayuktā bhavantu ca |
asmadarthaṃ sadā bhrāntā yatnayuktā bhavantu vai ||

And let the gods, headed by Śiva and Viṣṇu, be filled with delusion; / for our sake let them always be confused and engaged in strivings."

8.6.68

khaṃ. 8 a. 6 pāna 15) śrīgaṇeśa uvāca |
bhavatībhyāṃ vṛtāḥ sarve varāḥ sudurlabhāḥ parāḥ |
dattā mayā viśeṣeṇa mohayetamidaṃ jagat ||

Section 8, Chapter 6, page 15) The venerable Gaṇeśa said: / "All the highest boons chosen by you, which are very difficult to attain, / have been granted by me especially: you may delude this world.

8.6.69

māyābhyāṃ siddhibuddhibhyāṃ racitaṃ vividhaṃ jagat |
brahma nānāvidhaṃ devyau tatrā'haṃ bimbito'bhavam ||

The manifold world has been fashioned by the two Māyās, Siddhi and Buddhi; / in that manifold Brahman, O goddesses, I have become reflected.

8.6.70

bimbaṃ me mohayuktaṃ tannānābhāvaparāyaṇam |
mama bhaktisvabhāvena mohahīnaṃ bhavet sadā ||

That reflection of mine is accompanied by delusion and devoted to various states of being; / by the nature of devotion to me, it shall always become free from delusion.

8.6.71

mama bimbasya bhārye tu saṃśayo na bhaviṣyathaḥ |
tena yukte mahāmāye bandhamokṣau kariṣyathaḥ ||

You two will undoubtedly become the wives of my reflection; / united with it, O great Māyās, you will bring about bondage and liberation.

8.6.72

siddhibuddhiyuto'haṃ tu brahmabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ |
na tatra yogyatā devyau bhavatyormohanātmanoḥ ||

I, however, joined with Siddhi and Buddhi, am eternal, identical with Brahman; / there is no fitness there, O goddesses, for the two of you whose essence is delusion."

8.6.73

evamuktvā gaṇādhīśoṃ'tardhānaṃ vai cakāra ha |
māye taṃ manasā dhyātvā saṃsthite tatra daityapa ||

Having spoken thus, Gaṇādhīśa disappeared. / Meditating upon him in their minds, the two Māyās remained there, O king of the Daityas.

8.6.74

tato gaṇeśabimbaṃ yat patitaṃ tattayorhṛdi |
tena yukte caturdhedaṃ cakraturbhedanātmake ||

Then, that reflection of Gaṇeśa which had fallen into their hearts— / united with it, those two whose nature is differentiation made this [creation] fourfold.

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bāhyasaukhyakarī māyā caturṇāṃ jagatāṃ kila |
brahmaṇāṃ deharūpā ca śrīḥ sarvatra prakīrtitā ||

The Māyā who produces external happiness for the four worlds / and has the form of the body of the Brahmans is proclaimed everywhere as Śrī.

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caturṇāṃ jagatāṃ tadvadbrahmaṇāṃ jñānarūpiṇī |
oṅkārātmakarūpā sā māyā sarvatra saṃsthitā ||

Likewise, the Māyā who has the nature of knowledge for the four worlds of Brahman, / whose form consists of Oṅkāra, is established everywhere.

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tābhyāṃ yukto gaṇeśānaḥ krīḍate vividhe rataḥ |
mohayuktavihīnatvānnānābhedaparāyaṇaḥ ||

United with those two, the lord Gaṇeśa plays, delighting in variety, / devoted to various distinctions because of being accompanied by and free from delusion.

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ataḥ sarveṣu jīveṣu mohiteṣu mahāsura |
mohahīnātmabhāveṣu śryauṅkārau tvādisammatau ||

Therefore, O great asura, when all living beings are deluded / or in states of being free from delusion, Śrī and Auṅkāra are regarded as primal.

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ādau prakṛtimuccārya paścāt puruṣa ucyate |
kṛtaṃ vighneśvareṇaitat jānīhi daityanāyaka ||

Prakṛti is pronounced first, and Puruṣa is spoken after; / know, O leader of the Daityas, that this was arranged by Vighneśvara.

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kutra śrīśabdayuktaśca gaṇeśaḥ paṭhyate budhaiḥ |
tatroṅkārasamāyukto māyābhyāṃ khelanāt paraḥ ||

Where Gaṇeśa is recited by the wise as joined with the word 'Śrī', / there he is united with Oṅkāra, supreme beyond playing with the two Māyās.

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vāmāṅge śrīrdhṛtā tena dakṣiṇāṅge mahāsura |
oṅkāro gaṇanāthasya bimbena brahmarūpiṇā ||

Śrī is held on the left side by him, O great asura, / and Oṅkāra on the right side of the Lord of Ganas through his reflection whose form is Brahman.

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bimbaṃ sarvatra bhāveṣu tadākāraṃ babhūva ha |
ataḥ śivādayaḥ sarve jātāḥ śryoṅkārasaṃyutāḥ ||

The reflection took on that form in all states of being; / therefore Śiva and all the others have come to be accompanied by Śrī and Oṅkāra.

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jīvā śryoṅkārasaṃyuktāḥ paṭhyante vedavādibhiḥ |
ādimāye samākhyāte bimbādhāre vicāraya ||

Living beings are taught by the expounders of the Vedas to be accompanied by Śrī and Oṅkāra; / consider these two primal Māyās as the support of the reflection.

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ataḥ śryoṅkāramohaṃ tvaṃ tyaktvā vighneśvaraṃ bhaja |
siddhibuddhiyutaṃ tāta tena saukhyamavāpsyasi ||

Therefore, having abandoned the delusion of Śrī and Oṅkāra, worship Vighneśvara / who is accompanied by Siddhi and Buddhi, dear one; thereby you will attain happiness.

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iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ dhūmravarṇasya ceṣṭitam |
gacchataṃ śaraṇaṃ daitya śāntidaṃ bhuktimuktidam ||

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bhinnabhāvakare māye śryoṅkārau parikīrtitau |
brahmabhūyamayī proktā siddhirbuddhirvicakṣaṇa ||

Śrī and Oṅkāra are proclaimed as the two Māyās that cause differentiation; / Siddhi and Buddhi, O wise one, are declared to consist of identity with Brahman.

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etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ rahasyaṃ sarvasammatam |
vedaguhyamahaṅkāra gaccha taṃ sarvasiddhaye ||

All this secret, agreed upon by all and hidden in the Vedas, has been told to you, O Ahaṅkāra; / go to him for the attainment of all perfection."

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oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadāntye purāṇopaniṣadi śrīmanmaudgale mahāpurāṇe aṣṭame khaṇḍe dhūmravarṇacarite ahaṅkārāsurajñānopadeśo nāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ ||

"Oṃ Tat Sat." Thus ends the sixth chapter, named "Instruction in Knowledge to the Asura Ahaṅkāra," in the narrative of Dhūmravarṇa, in the eighth section of the venerable Maudgala Mahāpurāṇa, the final Purāṇa-Upaniṣad.

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khaṃ. 8 a. 7 pāna 16)

Section 8, Chapter 7, page 16)