भृशुण्डि

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Purana Encyclopedia

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

BHṚŚUṆḌI : A fisherman. He used to earn his living by theft.

Once when the Mahaṛṣi Mudgala was passing through a forest, Bhṛśuṇḍi stopped him. But in the presence of the Brahmanic effulgence of the Mahaṛṣi, the fisherman was dazed. Mudgala took pity on Bhṛśuṇḍi and advised him to worship Lord Gaṇeśa.

From that time Bhṛśuṇḍi gave up his evil ways, and accepting the advice of Mudgala, started the worship of Gaṇeśa with single-minded devotion. As a result of it, an elephant's trunk began to grow from the middle of his forehead. Bhṛśuṇḍi who thus acquired a shape closely resembling Gaṇeśa, was visited by Indra, mis- taking him for Gaṇapati. (Gaṇeśa: 1.67).


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*4th word in right half of page 141 (+offset) in original book.