Gaṇapati-khaṇḍa · Chapter 26
Sourceनारायण उवाच ।। हरिं स्मरन्मुनिश्रेष्ठो वाक्यं श्रुत्वा च भूभृतः ।। हितं सत्यं नीतिसारं प्रवक्तुसुपचक्रमे ।। १ ।। मुनिरुवाच ।। गृहं गच्छ महाभाग रक्ष धर्मं सनातनम् ।। सर्वसम्पत्स्थिरा शश्वत्स्थिते धर्मे सुनिश्चितम्।।२।। त्वां च दृष्ट्वा निराहारं समानीय गृहं नृप।। तव पूजामकरवं यथाशक्ति विधानतः।।। साम्प्रतं मूर्छितं दृष्ट्वा पादरेणुं शुभाशिषम् ।। अददां चेतयाञ्चक्रे वक्तुमेवोचितं न च ।। ४ ।। नृपस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रणम्य मुनिपुंगवम् ।। रथमन्यं त्वारुरोह युद्धं देहीत्युवाच ह ।।५।। मुनिः कृत्वा च सन्नाहं तं योद्धुमुपचक्रमे ।। राजा तं युयुधे तत्र कोपेनाहतचेतनः ।। ६ ।। कपिलादत्तशस्त्रेण न्यस्तशस्त्रं चकार तम् ।। कपिलादत्तया शक्त्या पुनर्मूर्च्छामवाप च ।। ७ ।। पुनश्च चेतनां प्राप्य राजा राजीवलोचनः ।। मुनिना युयुधे तत्र कोपेन पुनरेव च ।। ८ ।। आग्नेयं योजयामास समरे नृपपुंगवः ।। मुनिर्निर्वापयामास वारुणेन च लीलया ।। ९ ।। नृपेन्द्रो वारुणास्त्रं च चिक्षेप समरे मुनौ ।। वायव्यास्त्रेण स मुनिः शमयामास लीलया ।। १० ।। वायव्यास्त्रं नृपश्रेष्ठश्चिक्षेप समरे तदा ।। गान्धर्वेण मुनिश्रेष्ठः शमयामास तत्क्षणम् ।। ११ ।। नागास्त्रं च नृपश्रेष्ठश्चिक्षेप रणमूर्द्धनि ।। गारुडेन मुनिश्रेष्ठो निजघान क्षणान्मुदा ।। १२ ।। माहेश्वरं महास्त्रं च शतसूर्य्यसमप्रभम् ।। चिक्षेप नृपतिश्रेष्ठो द्योतयन्तं दिशो दश ।।१३।। वैष्णवास्त्रेण दिव्येन त्रिलोकव्यापकेन च ।। मुनिर्निर्वापयामास बहुयत्नेन नारद ।।१४।। मुनिर्नारायणास्त्रं च चिक्षिपे मन्त्रपूर्वकम् ।। शस्त्रं दृष्ट्वा महाराजो ननाम शरणं ययौ ।। १५ ।। ऊर्ध्वं च भ्रमणं कृत्वा क्षणं दीप्त्वा दिशो दश ।। प्रलयाग्निसमं तत्र स्वयमन्तरधीयत ।।१६।। जृम्भणास्त्रं च स मुनिश्चिक्षेप रणमूर्द्धनि ।। निद्रां प्रापत्तेन राजा सुष्वाप च मृतो यथा।।१७।। दृष्ट्वा नृपं निद्रितं तं चार्द्धचन्द्रेण तत्क्षणम् ।। चिच्छेद सारथिं यानं धनुर्बाणं मुनिस्तदा ।। १८।। मुकुटं च क्षुरप्रेण च्छत्रं सन्नाहमेव च ।। अस्त्रं तृणं वाजिगणं विविधे न च भूभृतः ।। १९ ।। मुनिस्तत्सचिवान्सर्वान्नागास्त्रेणैव लीलया ।। निबध्य स्थापयामास प्रहस्य समरस्थले ।।२०।। मुनिस्तं बोधयामास सुमन्त्रेणैव लीलया ।। निबद्धसर्वामात्यानां दर्शयामास भूमिपम् ।। २१ ।। दर्शयित्वा नृपं तांश्च मोचयामास तत्क्षणम्।। नृपेन्द्रमाशिषं कृत्वा गृहं गच्छेत्युवाच ह ।।२२।। राजा कोपात्समुत्थाय शूलमुद्यम्य यत्नतः ।। चिक्षेप तं मुनिश्रेष्ठं मुनिः शक्त्या जघान तम् ।।२३।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे ब्रह्मा समागत्य रणस्थलम् ।। स प्रीतिं जनयामास सुनीत्या च परस्परम् ।।२४।। मुनिर्ननाम ब्रह्माणं सन्तुष्टश्च रणस्थले ।। राजा नत्वा विधिं चर्षिं स्वपुरं प्रययौ तदा ।।२५।। मुनिर्ययौ स्वाश्रमं च स्व लोकं कमलोद्भवः ।। इत्येवं कथितं किंचिदपरं कथयामि ते ।।२६।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे तृतीये गणपतिखण्डे नारदनारायण संवादे जमदग्निकार्तवीर्ययुद्धोपशमवर्णनं नाम षड्विंशोऽध्यायः ।। २६ ।।
nārāyaṇa uvāca || hariṃ smaranmuniśreṣṭho vākyaṃ śrutvā ca bhūbhṛtaḥ || hitaṃ satyaṃ nītisāraṃ pravaktusupacakrame || 1 || muniruvāca || gṛhaṃ gaccha mahābhāga rakṣa dharmaṃ sanātanam || sarvasampatsthirā śaśvatsthite dharme suniścitam||2|| tvāṃ ca dṛṣṭvā nirāhāraṃ samānīya gṛhaṃ nṛpa|| tava pūjāmakaravaṃ yathāśakti vidhānataḥ||| sāmprataṃ mūrchitaṃ dṛṣṭvā pādareṇuṃ śubhāśiṣam || adadāṃ cetayāñcakre vaktumevocitaṃ na ca || 4 || nṛpastadvacanaṃ śrutvā praṇamya munipuṃgavam || rathamanyaṃ tvāruroha yuddhaṃ dehītyuvāca ha ||5|| muniḥ kṛtvā ca sannāhaṃ taṃ yoddhumupacakrame || rājā taṃ yuyudhe tatra kopenāhatacetanaḥ || 6 || kapilādattaśastreṇa nyastaśastraṃ cakāra tam || kapilādattayā śaktyā punarmūrcchāmavāpa ca || 7 || punaśca cetanāṃ prāpya rājā rājīvalocanaḥ || muninā yuyudhe tatra kopena punareva ca || 8 || āgneyaṃ yojayāmāsa samare nṛpapuṃgavaḥ || munirnirvāpayāmāsa vāruṇena ca līlayā || 9 || nṛpendro vāruṇāstraṃ ca cikṣepa samare munau || vāyavyāstreṇa sa muniḥ śamayāmāsa līlayā || 10 || vāyavyāstraṃ nṛpaśreṣṭhaścikṣepa samare tadā || gāndharveṇa muniśreṣṭhaḥ śamayāmāsa tatkṣaṇam || 11 || nāgāstraṃ ca nṛpaśreṣṭhaścikṣepa raṇamūrddhani || gāruḍena muniśreṣṭho nijaghāna kṣaṇānmudā || 12 || māheśvaraṃ mahāstraṃ ca śatasūryyasamaprabham || cikṣepa nṛpatiśreṣṭho dyotayantaṃ diśo daśa ||13|| vaiṣṇavāstreṇa divyena trilokavyāpakena ca || munirnirvāpayāmāsa bahuyatnena nārada ||14|| munirnārāyaṇāstraṃ ca cikṣipe mantrapūrvakam || śastraṃ dṛṣṭvā mahārājo nanāma śaraṇaṃ yayau || 15 || ūrdhvaṃ ca bhramaṇaṃ kṛtvā kṣaṇaṃ dīptvā diśo daśa || pralayāgnisamaṃ tatra svayamantaradhīyata ||16|| jṛmbhaṇāstraṃ ca sa muniścikṣepa raṇamūrddhani || nidrāṃ prāpattena rājā suṣvāpa ca mṛto yathā||17|| dṛṣṭvā nṛpaṃ nidritaṃ taṃ cārddhacandreṇa tatkṣaṇam || ciccheda sārathiṃ yānaṃ dhanurbāṇaṃ munistadā || 18|| mukuṭaṃ ca kṣurapreṇa cchatraṃ sannāhameva ca || astraṃ tṛṇaṃ vājigaṇaṃ vividhe na ca bhūbhṛtaḥ || 19 || munistatsacivānsarvānnāgāstreṇaiva līlayā || nibadhya sthāpayāmāsa prahasya samarasthale ||20|| munistaṃ bodhayāmāsa sumantreṇaiva līlayā || nibaddhasarvāmātyānāṃ darśayāmāsa bhūmipam || 21 || darśayitvā nṛpaṃ tāṃśca mocayāmāsa tatkṣaṇam|| nṛpendramāśiṣaṃ kṛtvā gṛhaṃ gacchetyuvāca ha ||22|| rājā kopātsamutthāya śūlamudyamya yatnataḥ || cikṣepa taṃ muniśreṣṭhaṃ muniḥ śaktyā jaghāna tam ||23|| etasminnantare brahmā samāgatya raṇasthalam || sa prītiṃ janayāmāsa sunītyā ca parasparam ||24|| munirnanāma brahmāṇaṃ santuṣṭaśca raṇasthale || rājā natvā vidhiṃ carṣiṃ svapuraṃ prayayau tadā ||25|| muniryayau svāśramaṃ ca sva lokaṃ kamalodbhavaḥ || ityevaṃ kathitaṃ kiṃcidaparaṃ kathayāmi te ||26|| iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe tṛtīye gaṇapatikhaṇḍe nāradanārāyaṇa saṃvāde jamadagnikārtavīryayuddhopaśamavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaḍviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 26 ||
English translation
Ending of the battle by Brahma Narayana said - "On hearing the words of the king, the best of the sages started speaking to him, reminding himself of the name of the lord, which were quite beneficial, truthful and the full of essence."
The sage said - "O virtuous one, you go back to your house and protect your everlasting dharma because by falling from the dharma, the wisdom remains stable." This is certain.
On hearing the words of the sage the king bowed in reverence to the sage and mounting on the chariot, said, "You allow me to fight."
Thereafter wearing the kavaca, the sage started fighting with him. The king on his part getting enraged fought a fierce battle. The sage on the other hand with the use of these weapons by the sacred cow, relieved the king of all the weapons.
Thereafter, with the use of sakti provided by Kapils, the king again fainted.
Thereafter regaining consciousness, the king having the lotus-like eyes, fought a fierce battle with the sage; then the best of the king used the fire-arrow on the sage in the battle-field which was neutralised by the sage with the use of The king on his part used in the battle-field the Vdrundstra quite playfully.
The king attacked the sage with Vdyavydstra and the sage neutralised it with the use of Gdndharvdstra. The king used serpent-arrow on the sage in the battle-field and the sage in turn, in an instant, shot, a Garuda arrow destroying the weapons of the king.
O Narada, the king then shot Mdhesvardstra on the sage which was the terrific of all and emitted lustre like hundreds of suns illumining the entire universe. The sage on the other hand, neutralised the same with the use of divine Vais navdstra which pervaded the three worlds.
Finding that the king was so sleeping, the sage used the crescent arrow which destroys the king's chariot, the charioteer, the bow and the As a result of the shooting of the arrow, the crown of the king, the chatra, the kavaca the weapons, the quiver and the horses also were cut-off Thereafter the sage with the use of Ndgdstra captured the king as well as his courtiers.
Thereafter Sumantra brought back to the king to sense and showed him the captured courtiers.
Thereafter showing the same to the king he was freed. Blessing him, the sage said, ''You go Thereafter, the sage attacked the king with Ndrdyandstra reciting the mantra. The king throwing away all the weapons, bowed in reverence to the same and took refuge under it.
The weapon started roaming in all the directions in the universe emitting flames of fire like the fire of dissolution out of it.
The sage then used in the battle-field Jrmbhandstra as a result of which the king felt sleepy and he went to sleep as if dead.
Getting enraged the king got up and attacked the sage with a trident which was destroyed by the sage with his sakti.
In the meantime Brahma arrived there and extending nice advise to both of them, he developed love for each other in the mind of both of them.
Getting satisfied in the battle-field, the sage bowed before the king. The king on the other hand bowed in reverence to Brahma as well as the sage and went back to his kingdom while the sage reverted to his abode. Brahma on the other hand also went back to his abode. I have spoken all this to you, what more do you want to listen to from me?
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 117475 (2017-08-08T21:24:19Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n711–n714: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n711/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.