Gaṇapati-khaṇḍa · Chapter 23
Sourceनारायण उवाच ।। इन्द्रश्च गुरुणा सार्द्धं सुरैस्संहृष्टमानसः ।। जगाम शीघ्रं पद्मायै तीरं क्षीरपयोनिधेः ।। कवचं च गले बद्ध्वा सद्रत्नगुटिकान्वितम् ।। मनसा स्तवनं दिव्यं स्मारं स्मरं पुनःपुनः।१।। ते सर्वे भक्तियुक्ताश्च तुष्टुवुः कमलालयाम् ।। साश्रुनेत्राश्च दीनाश्च भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धराः ।। २।। सा तेषां स्तवनं श्रुत्वा सद्यः साक्षाद्बभूव ह ।। सहस्रदलपद्मस्था शतचन्द्रसमप्रभा ।। ३ ।। जगद्व्याप्तं सुप्रभया जगन्मात्रं यया मुने ।। तानुवाच जगद्धात्री हितं सारं यथोचितम् ।। ४ ।। श्री महालक्ष्मीरुवाच।। वत्सा नेच्छामि वो गेहान्गन्तुं नैवं क्षमाऽधुना ।। भ्रष्टान्दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मशापाद्बिभेमि ब्रह्मशापतः ।।५।। प्राणा मे ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे शश्वत्पुत्राधिकं प्रियाः ।। विप्रदत्तं च यत्किञ्चिदुपजीव्यं सदैव च ।। ६ ।। विप्रा ब्रुवन्तु मां तुष्टा यास्यामि भवदाज्ञया ।। न मे पूजां ध्रुवं कर्तुं क्षमास्ते च तपस्विनः ।।७ । गुरुभिर्ब्राह्मणैर्देवैर्भिक्षुभिर्वैष्णवैस्तथा ।। यद्यभाग्यं भवेद्दैवात्ते शप्ताः सन्ति तैस्सदा ।। ८।। नारायणश्च भगवान्बिभेति ब्रह्मशापतः ।। सर्वबीजं च भगवान्सर्वेशश्च सनातनः ।। ९ ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे ब्रह्मन्ब्राह्मणा हृष्टमानसाः।। आजग्मुः सस्मिताः सर्वे ज्वलन्तो ब्रह्मतेजसा।।१०।। अंगिराश्च प्रचेताश्च क्रतुश्च भृगुरेव च ।। पुलहश्च पुलस्त्यश्च मरीचिश्चात्रिरेव च ।। ११।। सनकश्च सनन्दश्च तृतीयश्च सनातनः ।। सनत्कुमारो भगवान्साक्षान्नारायणात्मकः ।। १२ ।। कपिलश्चासुरिश्चैव वोढुः पञ्चशिखस्तथा ।। दुर्वासाः कश्यपोऽगस्त्यो गौतमः कण्व एव च।। १३ ।। और्वः कात्यायनश्चैव कणादः पाणिनिस्तथा ।। मार्कण्डेयो लोमशश्च वसिष्ठो भगवान्स्वयम् ।। १४ ।। ब्राह्मणा विविधैर्द्रव्यैः पूजयामासुरीश्वरीम् ।। देवाश्चारण्यनैवेद्यैरुपहारेण भक्तितः ।। १५ ।। स्तुत्वा मुनीन्द्रास्तां भक्त्या चक्रुराराधनं मुदा ।। आगच्छ देवभवनं मर्त्यं च जगदम्बिके ।। १६ ।। तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा तानुवाच जगत्प्रसूः ।। परितुष्टा गामुकी च निर्भया ब्राह्मणाज्ञया ।। १७ ।। श्रीमहालक्ष्मीरुवाच ।। गृहान्यास्यामि देवानां युष्माकं चाज्ञया द्विजाः ।। येषां गेहं न गच्छामि शृणुध्वं भारतेषु च ।। १८ ।। स्थिरा पुण्यवतां गेहे सुनीतिपथवेदिनाम्।। गृहस्थानां नृपाणां वा पुत्रवत्पालयामि तान् ।। १९ ।। यं यं रुष्टो गुरुर्देवो माता तातश्च बान्धवाः ।। अतिथिः पितृलोकश्च यामि तस्य न मन्दिरम् ।। २० ।। मिथ्यावादी च यः शश्वदनध्यायी च यः सदा ।। सत्त्वहीनश्च दुश्शीलो न गेहं तस्य याम्यहम्।।२१।। सत्यहीनः स्थाप्यहारी मिथ्यासाक्ष्यप्रदायकः ।। विश्वासघ्नः कृतघ्नो यो यामि तस्य न मन्दिरम् ।।२२।। चिन्ताग्रस्तो भयग्रस्तः शत्रुग्रस्तोऽतिपातकी ।। ऋणग्रस्तोऽतिकृपणो न गेहं यामि पापिनाम् ।।२३।। दीक्षाहीनश्च शोकार्त्तो मन्दधीः स्त्रीजितः सदा ।। न याम्यपि कदा गेहं पुंश्चल्याः पतिपुत्रयोः ।। २४ ।। यो दुर्वाक्कलहाविष्टः कलिः शश्वद्यदालये ।। स्त्री प्रधाना गृहे यस्य यामि तस्य न मन्दिरम् ।। २५ ।। यत्र नास्ति हरेः पूजा तदीयगुणकीर्त्तनम् ।। नोत्सुकस्तत्प्रशंसायां यामि तस्य न मन्दिरम् ।। २६ ।। कन्यान्नवेदविक्रेता नरघाती च हिंसकः ।। नरकागारसदृशं यामि तस्य न मन्दिरम् ।। २७ ।। मातरं पितरं भार्यां गुरुपत्नीं गुरुं सुतम् ।। अनाथां भगिनीं कन्यामनन्याश्रयबान्धवान् ।। २८ ।। कार्पण्याद्यो न पुष्णाति सञ्चयं कुरुते सदा ।। तद्गेहान्नरकागारान्यामि तान्न मुनीश्वराः ।। २९ ।। दशनं वसनं यस्य समलं रूक्षमस्तकम् ।। विकृतौ ग्रासहासौ च यामि तस्य न मन्दिरम्।।३०। मूत्रं पुरीषमुत्सृज्य यस्तत्पश्यति मन्दधीः ।। यः शेते स्निग्धपादेन यामि तस्य न मन्दिरम् ।। ३१ ।। अधौतपादशायी यो नग्नः शेतेऽतिनिद्रितः ।। सन्ध्याशायी दिवाशायी यामि तस्य न मन्दिरम् ।। ३२ ।। मूर्ध्नि तैलं पुरो दत्त्वा योऽन्यदङ्गमुपस्पृशेत् ।। ददाति पश्चाद्गात्रे वा यामि तस्य न मन्दिरम् ।। ३३ ।। दत्त्वा तैलं मूर्ध्नि गात्रे विण्मूत्रं यः समुत्सृजेत् ।। प्रणमेदाहरेत्पुष्पं यामि तस्य न मन्दिरम् ।। ३४ ।। तृणं छिनत्ति नखरैर्नखरैर्विलिखेन्महीम् ।। गात्रे पादे मलं यस्य यामि तस्य न मन्दिरम् ।। ३५ ।। स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा ब्रह्मवृत्तिं सुरस्य च ।। यो हरेज्ज्ञानशीलश्च यामि तस्य न मन्दिरम् ।। ३६ ।। यत्कर्म दक्षिणाहीनं कुरुते मूढधीः शठः ।। स पापी पुण्यहीनश्च यामि तस्य न मन्दिरम् ।। ३७ ।। मन्त्रविद्योपजीवी च ग्रामयाजी चिकित्सकः ।। सूपकृद्देवलश्चैव यामि तस्य न मन्दिरम् ।। ३८ ।। विवाहं धर्मकार्यं वा यो निहन्ति च कोपतः ।। दिवामैथुनकारी यो यामि तस्य न मन्दिरम् ।।३९।। इत्युक्त्वा सा महालक्ष्मीरन्तर्द्धानं जगाम ह ।। ददौ दृष्टिं च देवानां गृहे मर्त्ये च नारद ।।४०।। तां प्रणम्य सुराः सर्वे मुनयश्च मुदाऽन्विताः ।। प्रजग्मुः स्वालयं शीघ्रं शत्रुत्यक्तं सुहृद्युतम् ।।४१।। नेदुर्दुन्दुभयः स्वर्गे बभूवुः पुष्पवृष्टयः।। प्रापुर्देवाः स्वराज्यं च निश्चलां कमलां मुने ।। ४२ ।। इत्येवं कथितं वत्स लक्ष्मीचरितमुत्तमम् ।। सुखदं मोक्षदं सारं किं पुनः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ।। ४३ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे तृतीये गणपतिखण्डे नारदनारायणसंवादे गणपतेर्गजास्यत्वकारण लक्ष्मीब्राह्मणविरोधादि लक्ष्मीचरित्रकथनं नाम त्रयोविंशोऽध्यायः ।। २३ ।।
nārāyaṇa uvāca || indraśca guruṇā sārddhaṃ suraissaṃhṛṣṭamānasaḥ || jagāma śīghraṃ padmāyai tīraṃ kṣīrapayonidheḥ || kavacaṃ ca gale baddhvā sadratnaguṭikānvitam || manasā stavanaṃ divyaṃ smāraṃ smaraṃ punaḥpunaḥ|1|| te sarve bhaktiyuktāśca tuṣṭuvuḥ kamalālayām || sāśrunetrāśca dīnāśca bhaktinamrātmakandharāḥ || 2|| sā teṣāṃ stavanaṃ śrutvā sadyaḥ sākṣādbabhūva ha || sahasradalapadmasthā śatacandrasamaprabhā || 3 || jagadvyāptaṃ suprabhayā jaganmātraṃ yayā mune || tānuvāca jagaddhātrī hitaṃ sāraṃ yathocitam || 4 || śrī mahālakṣmīruvāca|| vatsā necchāmi vo gehāngantuṃ naivaṃ kṣamā'dhunā || bhraṣṭāndṛṣṭvā brahmaśāpādbibhemi brahmaśāpataḥ ||5|| prāṇā me brāhmaṇāḥ sarve śaśvatputrādhikaṃ priyāḥ || vipradattaṃ ca yatkiñcidupajīvyaṃ sadaiva ca || 6 || viprā bruvantu māṃ tuṣṭā yāsyāmi bhavadājñayā || na me pūjāṃ dhruvaṃ kartuṃ kṣamāste ca tapasvinaḥ ||7 | gurubhirbrāhmaṇairdevairbhikṣubhirvaiṣṇavaistathā || yadyabhāgyaṃ bhaveddaivātte śaptāḥ santi taissadā || 8|| nārāyaṇaśca bhagavānbibheti brahmaśāpataḥ || sarvabījaṃ ca bhagavānsarveśaśca sanātanaḥ || 9 || etasminnantare brahmanbrāhmaṇā hṛṣṭamānasāḥ|| ājagmuḥ sasmitāḥ sarve jvalanto brahmatejasā||10|| aṃgirāśca pracetāśca kratuśca bhṛgureva ca || pulahaśca pulastyaśca marīciścātrireva ca || 11|| sanakaśca sanandaśca tṛtīyaśca sanātanaḥ || sanatkumāro bhagavānsākṣānnārāyaṇātmakaḥ || 12 || kapilaścāsuriścaiva voḍhuḥ pañcaśikhastathā || durvāsāḥ kaśyapo'gastyo gautamaḥ kaṇva eva ca|| 13 || aurvaḥ kātyāyanaścaiva kaṇādaḥ pāṇinistathā || mārkaṇḍeyo lomaśaśca vasiṣṭho bhagavānsvayam || 14 || brāhmaṇā vividhairdravyaiḥ pūjayāmāsurīśvarīm || devāścāraṇyanaivedyairupahāreṇa bhaktitaḥ || 15 || stutvā munīndrāstāṃ bhaktyā cakrurārādhanaṃ mudā || āgaccha devabhavanaṃ martyaṃ ca jagadambike || 16 || teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā tānuvāca jagatprasūḥ || parituṣṭā gāmukī ca nirbhayā brāhmaṇājñayā || 17 || śrīmahālakṣmīruvāca || gṛhānyāsyāmi devānāṃ yuṣmākaṃ cājñayā dvijāḥ || yeṣāṃ gehaṃ na gacchāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ bhārateṣu ca || 18 || sthirā puṇyavatāṃ gehe sunītipathavedinām|| gṛhasthānāṃ nṛpāṇāṃ vā putravatpālayāmi tān || 19 || yaṃ yaṃ ruṣṭo gururdevo mātā tātaśca bāndhavāḥ || atithiḥ pitṛlokaśca yāmi tasya na mandiram || 20 || mithyāvādī ca yaḥ śaśvadanadhyāyī ca yaḥ sadā || sattvahīnaśca duśśīlo na gehaṃ tasya yāmyaham||21|| satyahīnaḥ sthāpyahārī mithyāsākṣyapradāyakaḥ || viśvāsaghnaḥ kṛtaghno yo yāmi tasya na mandiram ||22|| cintāgrasto bhayagrastaḥ śatrugrasto'tipātakī || ṛṇagrasto'tikṛpaṇo na gehaṃ yāmi pāpinām ||23|| dīkṣāhīnaśca śokārtto mandadhīḥ strījitaḥ sadā || na yāmyapi kadā gehaṃ puṃścalyāḥ patiputrayoḥ || 24 || yo durvākkalahāviṣṭaḥ kaliḥ śaśvadyadālaye || strī pradhānā gṛhe yasya yāmi tasya na mandiram || 25 || yatra nāsti hareḥ pūjā tadīyaguṇakīrttanam || notsukastatpraśaṃsāyāṃ yāmi tasya na mandiram || 26 || kanyānnavedavikretā naraghātī ca hiṃsakaḥ || narakāgārasadṛśaṃ yāmi tasya na mandiram || 27 || mātaraṃ pitaraṃ bhāryāṃ gurupatnīṃ guruṃ sutam || anāthāṃ bhaginīṃ kanyāmananyāśrayabāndhavān || 28 || kārpaṇyādyo na puṣṇāti sañcayaṃ kurute sadā || tadgehānnarakāgārānyāmi tānna munīśvarāḥ || 29 || daśanaṃ vasanaṃ yasya samalaṃ rūkṣamastakam || vikṛtau grāsahāsau ca yāmi tasya na mandiram||30| mūtraṃ purīṣamutsṛjya yastatpaśyati mandadhīḥ || yaḥ śete snigdhapādena yāmi tasya na mandiram || 31 || adhautapādaśāyī yo nagnaḥ śete'tinidritaḥ || sandhyāśāyī divāśāyī yāmi tasya na mandiram || 32 || mūrdhni tailaṃ puro dattvā yo'nyadaṅgamupaspṛśet || dadāti paścādgātre vā yāmi tasya na mandiram || 33 || dattvā tailaṃ mūrdhni gātre viṇmūtraṃ yaḥ samutsṛjet || praṇamedāharetpuṣpaṃ yāmi tasya na mandiram || 34 || tṛṇaṃ chinatti nakharairnakharairvilikhenmahīm || gātre pāde malaṃ yasya yāmi tasya na mandiram || 35 || svadattāṃ paradattāṃ vā brahmavṛttiṃ surasya ca || yo harejjñānaśīlaśca yāmi tasya na mandiram || 36 || yatkarma dakṣiṇāhīnaṃ kurute mūḍhadhīḥ śaṭhaḥ || sa pāpī puṇyahīnaśca yāmi tasya na mandiram || 37 || mantravidyopajīvī ca grāmayājī cikitsakaḥ || sūpakṛddevalaścaiva yāmi tasya na mandiram || 38 || vivāhaṃ dharmakāryaṃ vā yo nihanti ca kopataḥ || divāmaithunakārī yo yāmi tasya na mandiram ||39|| ityuktvā sā mahālakṣmīrantarddhānaṃ jagāma ha || dadau dṛṣṭiṃ ca devānāṃ gṛhe martye ca nārada ||40|| tāṃ praṇamya surāḥ sarve munayaśca mudā'nvitāḥ || prajagmuḥ svālayaṃ śīghraṃ śatrutyaktaṃ suhṛdyutam ||41|| nedurdundubhayaḥ svarge babhūvuḥ puṣpavṛṣṭayaḥ|| prāpurdevāḥ svarājyaṃ ca niścalāṃ kamalāṃ mune || 42 || ityevaṃ kathitaṃ vatsa lakṣmīcaritamuttamam || sukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ sāraṃ kiṃ punaḥ śrotumicchasi || 43 || iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe tṛtīye gaṇapatikhaṇḍe nāradanārāyaṇasaṃvāde gaṇapatergajāsyatvakāraṇa lakṣmībrāhmaṇavirodhādi lakṣmīcaritrakathanaṃ nāma trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 23 ||
English translation
The dwelling places of Lak$mi NarSyana said - Indra was immensely pleased and accompanied with the gods and Brhaspati, he went to the ocean of milk for getting back LaksmI and he had worn the kavaca placing it in a small casket, round his neck and he started reciting the divine stotra again and again in his Similarly, all the people present there offered prayers to LaksmI with their minds filled with devotion and lowering their heads.
Thereafter, hearing the prayer of the people, LaksmI appeared before them who was seated on a thousand petalled lotus having the lustre of hundreds of moons.
O sage, her lustre pervaded the entire universe.
The mother of the universe then spoke to the gods, these words which were beneficial and appropriate besides being the essence of her MahalaksmI said - O son, I do not want to go to you your place. I am unable to go to your abode at the moment because I am afraid of looking at the people who are cursed by the Brahmanas who happen to be my life and are dearer to me than my sons. Therefore I depend upon whatever is given to me by the Brahmanas.
In case the BrShmapas pleasantly ask me to only in that case can I go; otherwise they are inable to adore me even for a moment.
On whomsoever misfortune appears it does so because of the move of destiny. He is thus cursed by his teachers, Brahmanas, gods and ascetics.
Though lord Narayana happens to be the cause of all the causes, the lord of all and is everlasting yet even he feels panicky because of the cmse of the Brahmanas.
O Brahman, at that point of time a group of delightful Brahmanas arrived there, who were shining with divine lustre and wearing a serene smile on the faces.
They included Ahgira, Praceta, Kratu, Bhrgu, Sanandana, Sanatana, Sanatkumara, Kapila the form of Narayana, Asuri, Vodhu, Pahcasikha, Lomasa and Vasistha.
Thereafter all the Brahmanas adored goddess offering many presents. The gods in return offered presents and naivedya with devotion. The sages adored her with devotion and delightfully said, "O mother of the universe, you kindly be graceful to visit the houses of the gods and the humans." On hearing the words of the sages, Laksmi the motlier of the universe with the permission of the Brahmanas thought of coming on earth and said to Brahmanas.
fsjii; i MahalaksmI said - O Brahmanas I am going to the abode of gods with your permission, but I am going to tell you the details about the people whom I shall not visit in the land of Bharata.
You please listen to me.
I shall firmly reside in the houses of the meritorious people and those who move on the noble path and whether they are kings or householders. Living with them, I shall take care of them like a mother.
But I shall not go to the places of the people with whom the teachers, the gods, the parents, the brothers, the guests and the manes, are not rqvg i gij t ^ El W. Wl Those who always speak falsehood, the one who does not study, is untruthful and is of wicked nature, I shall never visit the houses of such people.
Those who are not truthful, betray the trust, give false evidence, are betrayers of the faith and are ungrateful, I do not visit the places of such Those who are extremely worried, panicky, surrounded by the enemies, extremely beautiful, debtors, extremely miserly. I do not visit the houses of such sinners.
Those who are devoid of dfksd, grief-stricken, foolish, defeated by woman, husbands or sons of wicked persons, I do not visit the houses of such people. Those who eat a food of the wicked woman, those who eat the food of a widow, having no son or husband, the one who eats the food of a Sudra and the one who performed yajm of a Sudra, I do not visit the houses of such The one who speaks harsh words, is quarrelsome and the house in which Kali always resides, the one which is dominated by a lady, I never visit such houses.
The places were there is no adoration of gods and no recitation of his name and no prayers are offered to the lord, I do not visit such houses.
Those who sell away their daughters, food, Vedas, are killers of human beings, terrorists and such of the houses whieh are like hell, are never visited by me. O sages, the one who does not maintain properly his parents, teachers, daughter of the teachers and orphan sister or daughter or the relatives who are without any protection because of miserliness and is always engaged in collecting of wealth, such a house is never to be visited by me. Such of the people as have dirty teeth and clothes, dry heads, the one whose mouth get deformed at the time of speaking or laughing, I do not visit the place of such people.
Such foolish people who live near the droppings of refuse and urine, the one who sleeps with wet feet, I do not visit the abodes of such people.
The one who sleeps without washing the feet or sleeps getting unrobed or the one who steeps during the day time or the evening, I do not visit the houses of such people. The one who first applies oil on the head and then on the entire body, I do not visit the place of such people.
Those who after applying oil on the body, drop refuse or ease themselves or bow in reverence or picks up flowers, I do not visit the houses of such people.
The one who breaks the straw with nails and digs the earth with his nails, the one whose body and the feet always remain dirty, I do not visit the house of such people.
The one who being all knowledgeable, usurps the property of others, the houses of such people are never visited by me. Such of the foolish persons who are wicked and perform sacrifice without offering daksind, they are deprived of all the merits and I do not visit the houses of such All the gods, sages then bowed in reverence to her delightfiilly and went back to their respective abodes which had been relieved of the enemies and were filled with friends. O sage, the gods got back their kingdoms and the everlasting LaksmL The drums were beaten in heaven and flowers were rained.
O son, thus I have narrated to you the noble story of goddess Laksmi who bestows all the pleasures and salvation and is the essence of all.
What else do you want to listen to from me?
The one who lives on the application of the knowledge of mantra, the one who performs yajna from village to village, is the vaidyas, the store-keepers and temple priests, I never visit the houses of such people.
The one who destroys some religious ceremony including the performing of marriage in anger or the one who indulges in love-sport during the day time, I do not visit the places of such people.
O Narada, thus speaking Mahalaksmi disappeared from the scene and started gazing at the houses of the gods and the humans.
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 117472 (2017-08-08T21:18:19Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n698–n701: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n698/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.