03.107
लोमश उवाच॥
lomaśa uvāca॥
[लोमश (lomaśa) - Lomaśa; (proper noun; sage's name); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he spoke);]
(Lomaśa said;)
Lomaśa said.
स तु राजा महेष्वासश्चक्रवर्ती महारथः। बभूव सर्वलोकस्य मनोनयननन्दनः ॥०३-१०७-१॥
sa tu rājā maheṣvāsaś cakravartī mahārathaḥ। babhūva sarvalokasya manonayananandanaḥ॥03-107-1॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; राजा (rājā) - king; महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - great archer; चक्रवर्ती (cakravartī) - universal monarch; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great chariot-warrior; बभूव (babhūva) - became; सर्वलोकस्य (sarvalokasya) - of all people; मनोनयननन्दनः (manonayananandanaḥ) - delighter of mind and eyes;]
(He but king great archer, universal monarch, great chariot-warrior, became of all people delighter of mind and eyes.)
But he, the king, a great archer, universal monarch, and mighty chariot-warrior, became the delight of the minds and eyes of all people. (03-107-1)
स शुश्राव महाबाहुः कपिलेन महात्मना। पितॄणां निधनं घोरमप्राप्तिं त्रिदिवस्य च ॥०३-१०७-२॥
sa śuśrāva mahābāhuḥ kapilena mahātmanā। pitṝṇāṃ nidhanaṃ ghoram aprāptiṃ tridivasya ca॥03-107-2॥
[स (sa) - he; शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; कपिलेन (kapilena) - by Kapila; महात्मना (mahātmanā) - great-souled; पितॄणां (pitṝṇāṃ) - of the ancestors; निधनं (nidhanaṃ) - destruction; घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible; अप्राप्तिं (aprāptiṃ) - non-attainment; त्रिदिवस्य (tridivasya) - of heaven; च (ca) - and;]
(He heard, the mighty-armed, by the great-souled Kapila, the terrible destruction of the ancestors and the non-attainment of heaven.)
He, the mighty-armed, heard from the great-souled Kapila about the terrible destruction of the ancestors and their failure to reach heaven. (03-107-2)
स राज्यं सचिवे न्यस्य हृदयेन विदूयता। जगाम हिमवत्पार्श्वं तपस्तप्तुं नरेश्वरः ॥०३-१०७-३॥
sa rājyaṃ sacive nyasya hṛdayena vidūyatā। jagāma himavatpārśvaṃ tapastaptuṃ nareśvaraḥ ॥03-107-3॥
[स (sa) - he; राज्यं (rājyam) - kingdom; सचिवे (sacive) - to the minister; न्यस्य (nyasya) - having entrusted; हृदयेन (hṛdayena) - with (his) heart; विदूयता (vidūyatā) - afflicted (with grief); जगाम (jagāma) - went; हिमवत्पार्श्वं (himavatpārśvam) - to the side (region) of the Himavat (Himalayas); तपः (tapas) - austerity; तप्तुम् (taptum) - to perform; नरेश्वरः (nareśvaraḥ) - the lord of men (king);]
(He, having entrusted the kingdom to the minister, with a heart afflicted, went to the side of the Himavat (Himalayas) to perform austerity, the lord of men.)
He entrusted the kingdom to his minister and, with a heart full of grief, the king went to the slopes of the Himalayas to undertake austerities. (03-107-3)
आरिराधयिषुर्गङ्गां तपसा दग्धकिल्बिषः। सोऽपश्यत नरश्रेष्ठ हिमवन्तं नगोत्तमम् ॥०३-१०७-४॥
ārirādhayiṣur gaṅgāṃ tapasā dagdhakilbiṣaḥ। so'paśyata naraśreṣṭha himavantaṃ nagottamam ॥03-107-4॥
[आरिराधयिषुः (ārirādhayiṣuḥ) - desiring to propitiate;, गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - Gaṅgā (the river);, तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity;, दग्धकिल्बिषः (dagdhakilbiṣaḥ) - having burnt away sins;, सः (saḥ) - he;, अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw;, नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - O best among men;, हिमवन्तम् (himavantam) - Himavant (the Himalaya);, नगोत्तमम् (nagottamam) - the best of mountains;]
(Desiring to propitiate Gaṅgā, having burnt away sins by austerity, he, O best among men, saw Himavant, the best of mountains.)
Desiring to please Gaṅgā through austerities, with his sins burnt away, he, O best of men, beheld Himavant, the greatest of mountains. (03-107-4)
शृङ्गैर्बहुविधाकारैर्धातुमद्भिरलङ्कृतम्। पवनालम्बिभिर्मेघैः परिष्वक्तं समन्ततः ॥०३-१०७-५॥
śṛṅgair bahuvidhākārair dhātumadbhir alaṅkṛtam। pavanālambibhir meghaiḥ pariṣvaktaṃ samantataḥ ॥03-107-5॥
[शृङ्गैः (śṛṅgaiḥ) - with peaks; बहुविधाकारैः (bahuvidhākāraiḥ) - of many kinds of forms; धातुमद्भिः (dhātumadbhir) - enriched with minerals; अलङ्कृतम् (alaṅkṛtam) - adorned; पवनालम्बिभिः (pavanālambibhiḥ) - hanging in the air; मेघैः (meghaiḥ) - by clouds; परिष्वक्तं (pariṣvaktaṃ) - surrounded; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - on all sides;]
(Adorned with peaks of many kinds of forms, enriched with minerals; surrounded on all sides by clouds hanging in the air.)
It was adorned with peaks of various forms, rich in minerals, and on all sides surrounded by clouds suspended in the air. (03-107-5)
नदीकुञ्जनितम्बैश्च सोदकैरुपशोभितम्। गुहाकन्दरसंलीनैः सिंहव्याघ्रैर्निषेवितम् ॥०३-१०७-६॥
nadī-kuñja-nitambaiś ca sodakair upaśobhitam। guhā-kandara-saṁlīnaiḥ siṁha-vyāghrair niṣevi-tam॥03-107-6॥
[नदीकुञ्जनितम्बैः (nadī-kuñja-nitambaiḥ) - by the banks (slopes) of the thickets by the river; च (ca) - and; सोदकैः (sodakaiḥ) - with water; उपशोभितम् (upaśobhitam) - adorned; गुहाकन्दरसंलीनैः (guhā-kandara-saṁlīnaiḥ) - by those hidden in cave caverns; सिंहव्याघ्रैः (siṁha-vyāghraiḥ) - by lions and tigers; निषेवितम् (niṣevi-tam) - inhabited.;]
(Adorned by river-bank thickets accompanied by water, inhabited by lions and tigers dwelling hidden in cave caverns.)
(It was) adorned with river-bank thickets with water, and inhabited by lions and tigers concealed in cave caverns. (03-107-6)
शकुनैश्च विचित्राङ्गैः कूजद्भिर्विविधा गिरः। भृङ्गराजैस्तथा हंसैर्दात्यूहैर्जलकुक्कुटैः ॥०३-१०७-७॥
śakunaiz ca vicitrāṅgaiḥ kūjadbhiḥ vividhā giraḥ। bhṛṅgarājais tathā haṃsair dātyūhair jalakukkuṭaiḥ ॥03-107-7॥
[शकुनैः (śakunaiḥ) - by birds; च (ca) - and; विचित्राङ्गैः (vicitrāṅgaiḥ) - of varied limbs; with diverse forms; कूजद्भिः (kūjadbhiḥ) - cooing; singing; विविधा (vividhā) - various; गिरः (giraḥ) - voices; sounds; भृङ्गराजैः (bhṛṅgarājaiḥ) - by king-crows; तथा (tathā) - likewise; also; हंसैः (haṃsaiḥ) - by swans; दात्यूहैः (dātyūhaiḥ) - by cranes; जलकुक्कुटैः (jalakukkuṭaiḥ) - by waterfowls; water-cocks;]
(By birds and with various forms, cooing various voices, by king-crows, likewise by swans, by cranes, by waterfowls.)
With birds of various forms cooing diverse notes, and also by king-crows, swans, cranes, and waterfowls. (3-107-7)
मयूरैः शतपत्रैश्च कोकिलैर्जीवजीवकैः। चकोरैरसितापाङ्गैस्तथा पुत्रप्रियैरपि ॥०३-१०७-८॥
mayūraiḥ śatapatraiś ca kokilaiḥ jīvajīvakaiḥ। cakoraiḥ asitāpāṅgais tathā putrapriyair api ॥03-107-8॥
[मयूरैः (mayūraiḥ) - by peacocks; शतपत्रैः (śatapatraiḥ) - by lotuses; च (ca) - and; कोकिलैः (kokilaiḥ) - by cuckoos; जीवजीवकैः (jīvajīvakaiḥ) - by jīvajīvaka birds; चकोरैः (cakoraiḥ) - by chakora birds; असितापाङ्गैः (asitāpāṅgaiḥ) - by those with dark eyes; तथा (tathā) - likewise; पुत्रप्रियैः (putrapriyaiḥ) - by those fond of their offspring; अपि (api) - also;]
(By peacocks, by lotuses, and by cuckoos, by jīvajīvaka birds, by chakora birds, by those with dark eyes, likewise by those fond of their offspring also.)
By peacocks, lotuses, cuckoos, jīvajīvaka birds, chakora birds, those with dark eyes, and also those fond of their offspring. (03-107-8)
जलस्थानेषु रम्येषु पद्मिनीभिश्च सङ्कुलम्। सारसानां च मधुरैर्व्याहृतैः समलङ्कृतम् ॥०३-१०७-९॥
jalasthāneṣu ramyeṣu padminībhiś ca saṅkulam। sārasānāṃ ca madhurair vyāhṛtaiḥ samalaṅkṛtam॥03-107-9॥
[जलस्थानेषु (jalasthāneṣu) - in the pleasant places of water; रम्येषु (ramyeṣu) - delightful; पद्मिनीभिः (padminībhiḥ) - with (by) lotuses; च (ca) - and; सङ्कुलम् (saṅkulam) - crowded; सारसानाम् (sārasānām) - of cranes; च (ca) - and; मधुरैः (madhuraiḥ) - by sweet; व्याहृतैः (vyāhṛtaiḥ) - cries (utterances); समलङ्कृतम् (samalaṅkṛtam) - well adorned;]
(In the pleasant places of water, delightful, crowded with lotuses, and well adorned by the sweet cries of cranes.)
In those beautiful watery spots, thronged with lotuses and adorned by the sweet calls of cranes, the place was most charming. (03-107-9)
किंनरैरप्सरोभिश्च निषेवितशिलातलम्। दिशागजविषाणाग्रैः समन्ताद्घृष्टपादपम् ॥०३-१०७-१०॥
kiṃnarair apsarobhiś ca niṣevitaśilātalam। diśāgaja-viṣāṇāgraiḥ samantād ghṛṣṭapādapam ॥03-107-10॥
[किंनरैः (kiṃnaraiḥ) - by Kiṃnaras; (a class of celestial beings); अप्सरोभिः (apsarobhiḥ) - by Apsarases; (celestial nymphs); च (ca) - and; निषेवित (niṣevita) - frequented; शिलातलम् (śilātalam) - rocky surface; दिशा (diśā) - of the directions; गज (gaja) - elephant; विषाण (viṣāṇa) - tusk; अग्रैः (agraiḥ) - by the tips; समन्तात् (samantāt) - on all sides; घृष्ट (ghṛṣṭa) - rubbed; पादपम् (pādapam) - tree;]
(The rocky surface frequented by Kiṃnaras and Apsarases, tree rubbed on all sides by the tips of the tusks of the elephants of the directions.)
The rocky plateau frequented by Kiṃnaras and Apsarases, and a tree rubbed on all sides by the tips of the tusks of the elephants of the quarters. (03-107-10)
विद्याधरानुचरितं नानारत्नसमाकुलम्। विषोल्बणैर्भुजङ्गैश्च दीप्तजिह्वैर्निषेवितम् ॥०३-१०७-११॥
vidyādharānucaritaṃ nānāratnasamākulam। viṣolbaṇairbhujaṅgaiśca dīptajihvairniṣevitam ॥03-107-11॥
[विद्याधरानुचरितं (vidyādharānucaritam) - followed by Vidyādharas; नाना-रत्न-समाकुलम् (nānā-ratna-samākulam) - filled with various jewels; विष-उल्बणैः (viṣa-ulbaṇaiḥ) - by intensely poisonous; भुजङ्गैश्च (bhujaṅgaiś ca) - and by serpents; दीप्त-जिह्वैः (dīpta-jihvaiḥ) - with blazing tongues; निषेवितम् (niṣevitam) - inhabited;]
(Followed by Vidyādharas, filled with various jewels, inhabited by intensely poisonous serpents with blazing tongues.)
It was followed by Vidyādharas, filled with various jewels, and inhabited by fiercely poisonous serpents with blazing tongues. (03-107-11)
क्वचित्कनकसङ्काशं क्वचिद्रजतसंनिभम्। क्वचिदञ्जनपुञ्जाभं हिमवन्तमुपागमत् ॥०३-१०७-१२॥
kvacit kanaka-saṅkāśam kvacid rajata-samnibham। kvacid añjana-puñjābham himavantam upāgamat ॥03-107-12॥
[क्वचित् (kvacit) - at some places; कनक-सङ्काशम् (kanaka-saṅkāśam) - golden-shining; क्वचित् (kvacit) - at some places; रजत-संनिभम् (rajata-samnibham) - silver-like; क्वचित् (kvacit) - at some places; अञ्जन-पुञ्जाभम् (añjana-puñjābham) - collyrium-mass-like; हिमवन्तम् (himavantam) - the Himavat (Himalaya mountain); उपागमत् (upāgamat) - approached;]
(At some places golden-shining, at some places silver-like, at some places collyrium-mass-like, the Himavat (Himalaya mountain) approached.)
He approached the Himavat (Himalaya mountains), which at places appeared golden, at some places silver, and at some places like a mass of collyrium. (03-107-12)
स तु तत्र नरश्रेष्ठस्तपो घोरं समाश्रितः। फलमूलाम्बुभक्षोऽभूत्सहस्रं परिवत्सरान् ॥०३-१०७-१३॥
sa tu tatra naraśreṣṭhas tapo ghoraṃ samāśritaḥ। phalamūlāmbubhakṣo 'bhūt sahasraṃ parivatsarān ॥03-107-13॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; तत्र (tatra) - there; नरश्रेष्ठः (naraśreṣṭhaḥ) - best among men; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; घोरम् (ghoram) - severe; समाश्रितः (samāśritaḥ) - having undertaken; फलमूलाम्बुभक्षः (phalamūlāmbubhakṣaḥ) - eating fruits, roots and water; अभूत् (abhūt) - became; सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand; परिवत्सरान् (parivatsarān) - years;]
(He but there, best among men, having undertaken severe austerity, eating fruits, roots, and water, became (thus) a thousand years.)
But there, the best among men, undertook severe austerity, subsisting on fruits, roots, and water, for a thousand years. (03-107-13)
संवत्सरसहस्रे तु गते दिव्ये महानदी। दर्शयामास तं गङ्गा तदा मूर्तिमती स्वयम् ॥०३-१०७-१४॥
saṁvatsarasaḥasre tu gate divye mahānadī। darśayāmāsa taṁ gaṅgā tadā mūrtimatī svayam ॥03-107-14॥
[संवत्सरसहस्रे (saṁvatsarasaḥasre) - in a thousand years; तु (tu) - but; गते (gate) - having passed; दिव्ये (divye) - divine; महानदी (mahānadī) - the great river; दर्शयामास (darśayāmāsa) - showed; तं (taṁ) - him; गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - Gaṅgā; तदा (tadā) - then; मूर्तिमती (mūrtimatī) - embodied; स्वयम् (svayam) - herself;]
(In a thousand years but, having passed, the great river showed him Gaṅgā then embodied herself.)
But after a thousand divine years had passed, the great river Gaṅgā herself then revealed her embodied form to him. (03-107-14)
गङ्गोवाच॥
gaṅgovāca॥
[गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - Ganga; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Ganga said.)
Ganga said.
किमिच्छसि महाराज मत्तः किं च ददानि ते। तद्ब्रवीहि नरश्रेष्ठ करिष्यामि वचस्तव ॥०३-१०७-१५॥
kim icchasi mahārāja mattaḥ kiṃ ca dadāni te. tad bravīhi nara-śreṣṭha kariṣyāmi vacas tava ॥03-107-15॥
[किम् (kim) - what; इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; मत्तः (mattaḥ) - from me; किम् (kim) - what; च (ca) - and; ददानि (dadāni) - shall I give; ते (te) - to you; तत् (tat) - that; ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell; नरश्रेष्ठ (nara-śreṣṭha) - O best of men; करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I shall do; वचः (vacas) - word; तव (tava) - your;]
(What do you desire, O great king, from me? And what shall I give to you? That tell, O best of men, I will do your word.)
O great king, what do you wish from me? What shall I give you? Tell me that, O best of men; I will carry out your word. (03-107-15)
लोमश उवाच॥
lomaśa uvāca॥
[लोमश (lomaśa) - Lomaśa; (a proper noun, name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (3rd person singular perfect of √vac, to speak);]
(Lomaśa said;)
Lomaśa said.
एवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच राजा हैमवतीं तदा। पितामहा मे वरदे कपिलेन महानदि ॥ अन्वेषमाणास्तुरगं नीता वैवस्वतक्षयम् ॥०३-१०७-१६॥
evam-uktaḥ pratyuvāca rājā haimavatīṃ tadā। pitāmaha me varade kapilena mahānadi ॥ anveṣamāṇās-turagaṃ nītā vaivasvata-kṣayam ॥03-107-16॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed; प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied; राजा (rājā) - king; हैमवतीं (haimavatīṃ) - to Haimavatī; तदा (tadā) - then; पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - paternal grandfather; मे (me) - my; वरदे (varade) - O giver of boons; कपिलेन (kapilena) - by Kapila; महानदि (mahānadi) - the great river; अन्वेषमाणाः (anveṣamāṇāḥ) - seeking; तुरगम् (turagam) - horse; नीता (nītā) - led; वैवस्वतक्षयम् (vaivasvata-kṣayam) - to the abode of Vaivasvata;]
(Thus addressed, the king replied to Haimavatī then: My paternal grandfather, O giver of boons, by Kapila into the great river, seeking the horse, were led to the abode of Vaivasvata.)
Thus addressed, the king replied to Haimavatī: O giver of boons, my paternal grandfather and his party, seeking the horse, were led by Kapila into the great river and to the abode of Vaivasvata. (03-107-16)
षष्टिस्तानि सहस्राणि सागराणां महात्मनाम्। कापिलं तेज आसाद्य क्षणेन निधनं गताः ॥०३-१०७-१७॥
ṣaṣṭi-stāni sahasrāṇi sāgarāṇāṃ mahātmanām। kāpilaṃ teja āsādya kṣaṇena nidhanaṃ gatāḥ॥03-107-17॥
[षष्टिस्तानि (ṣaṣṭi-stāni) - sixty units; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands; सागराणां (sāgarāṇām) - of Sāgaras; महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled ones; कापिलं (kāpilaṃ) - of Kapila; तेज (teja) - energy; आसाद्य (āsādya) - having approached; क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in an instant; निधानं (nidhanaṃ) - destruction; गताः (gatāḥ) - they went;]
(Sixty thousands of the Sāgaras, the great-souled ones, having approached Kapila's energy, in an instant, to destruction they went.)
Sixty thousand Sāgaras of great soul, upon encountering Kapila's energy, were instantly destroyed. (03-107-17)
तेषामेवं विनष्टानां स्वर्गे वासो न विद्यते। यावत्तानि शरीराणि त्वं जलैर्नाभिषिञ्चसि ॥०३-१०७-१८॥
teṣām evaṃ vinaṣṭānāṃ svarge vāso na vidyate. yāvat tāni śarīrāṇi tvaṃ jalair nābhiṣiñcasi ॥03-107-18॥
[तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; in this way; विनष्टानाम् (vinaṣṭānām) - of the destroyed; perished; स्वर्गे (svarge) - in heaven; वासः (vāsaḥ) - residence; dwelling; न (na) - not; विद्यते (vidyate) - exists; यावत् (yāvat) - so long as; as long as; तानि (tāni) - those; शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies; त्वम् (tvam) - you; जलैः (jalaiḥ) - with waters; न (na) - not; अभिषिञ्चसि (abhiṣiñcasi) - you sprinkle;]
(Of them, thus destroyed, residence in heaven does not exist. As long as those bodies you do not sprinkle with waters.)
For those thus perished, there is no residence in heaven as long as you do not sprinkle those bodies with water. (03-107-18)
स्वर्गं नय महाभागे मत्पितॄन्सगरात्मजान्। तेषामर्थेऽभियाचामि त्वामहं वै महानदि ॥०३-१०७-१९॥
svargaṃ naya mahābhāge mat-pitṝn sagarātmajān। teṣām arthe'bhiyācāmi tvām ahaṃ vai mahānadi ॥03-107-19॥
[स्वर्गं (svargaṃ) - heaven; नय (naya) - lead; महाभागे (mahābhāge) - O greatly fortunate one; मत्पितॄन् (mat-pitṝn) - my fathers; सगरात्मजान् (sagarātmajān) - the sons of Sagara; तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them; अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake; अभियाचामि (abhiyācāmi) - I beseech; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; अहम् (aham) - I; वै (vai) - indeed; महानदि (mahānadi) - O great river;]
(Heaven lead, O greatly fortunate one, my fathers, the sons of Sagara. For their sake I beseech you, I indeed, O great river.)
O great river, O greatly fortunate one, lead my fathers, the sons of Sagara, to heaven. For their sake, I indeed beseech you.
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचो राज्ञो गङ्गा लोकनमस्कृता। भगीरथमिदं वाक्यं सुप्रीता समभाषत ॥०३-१०७-२०॥
etat śrutvā vaco rājño gaṅgā lokanamaskṛtā। bhagīratham idaṃ vākyaṃ suprītā samabhāṣata ॥03-107-20॥
[एतत् (etat) - this; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; वचः (vacaḥ) - words; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - Gaṅgā; लोकनमस्कृता (lokanamaskṛtā) - honored by the worlds; भगीरथम् (bhagīratham) - to Bhagīratha; इदं (idaṃ) - this; वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement; सुप्रीता (suprītā) - well-pleased; समभाषत (samabhāṣata) - addressed;]
(Having heard these words of the king, Gaṅgā, honored by the worlds, well-pleased, addressed this statement to Bhagīratha.)
Hearing the king's words, Gaṅgā—honored by the worlds—happily addressed this speech to Bhagīratha. (03-107-20)
करिष्यामि महाराज वचस्ते नात्र संशयः। वेगं तु मम दुर्धार्यं पतन्त्या गगनाच्च्युतम् ॥०३-१०७-२१॥
kariṣyāmi mahārāja vacas te nātra saṁśayaḥ। vegaṁ tu mama durdhāryaṁ patantyā gaganāccyutam॥03-107-21॥
[करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will do; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; वचः (vacaḥ) - statement; ते (te) - your; न (na) - not; अत्र (atra) - here; संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt; वेगं (vegam) - force; तु (tu) - but; मम (mama) - my; दुर्धार्यं (durdhāryam) - hard to restrain; पतन्त्या (patantyā) - (by that which is) falling; गगनात् (gaganāt) - from the sky; च्युतम् (cyutam) - fallen;]
(I will do, O great king, your statement—here, there is no doubt. But the force of mine, hard to restrain, (is) fallen by the falling (one) from the sky.)
O great king, I will do your command—there is no doubt about it. But my force, which is hard to restrain, has fallen due to the falling (object or person) from the sky. (03-107-21)
न शक्तस्त्रिषु लोकेषु कश्चिद्धारयितुं नृप। अन्यत्र विबुधश्रेष्ठान्नीलकण्ठान्महेश्वरात् ॥०३-१०७-२२॥
na śaktas triṣu lokeṣu kaścid dhārayituṃ nṛpa। anyatra vibudha-śreṣṭhān nīlakaṇṭhān maheśvarāt॥03-107-22॥
[न (na) - not; शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - able; त्रिषु (triṣu) - in the three; लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - worlds; कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone; धारयितुं (dhārayitum) - to bear; नृप (nṛpa) - O king; अन्यत्र (anyatra) - except; विबुधश्रेष्ठात् (vibudha-śreṣṭhāt) - from the best of the gods; नीलकण्ठात् (nīlakaṇṭhāt) - from the blue-throated one; महेश्वरात् (maheśvarāt) - from the great Lord;]
(Not able in the three worlds anyone to bear, O king, except from the best of the gods, from the blue-throated one, from the great Lord.)
O king, in the three worlds, no one is able to bear (it) except the best of the gods, the blue-throated one, Maheshvara. (3-107-22)
तं तोषय महाबाहो तपसा वरदं हरम्। स तु मां प्रच्युतां देवः शिरसा धारयिष्यति ॥ करिष्यति च ते कामं पितॄणां हितकाम्यया ॥०३-१०७-२३॥
taṃ toṣaya mahābāho tapasā varadaṃ haram। sa tu māṃ pracyutāṃ devaḥ śirasā dhārayiṣyati ॥ kariṣyati ca te kāmaṃ pitṝṇāṃ hitakāmyayā ॥03-107-23॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; तोषय (toṣaya) - propitiate; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; तपसा (tapasā) - with austerity; वरदं (varadaṃ) - grantor of boons; हरम् (haram) - Hara; स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; माम् (mām) - me; प्रच्युताम् (pracyutām) - fallen; देवः (devaḥ) - the god; शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head; धारयिष्यति (dhārayiṣyati) - will bear; करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - will accomplish; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - your; कामं (kāmaṃ) - desire; पितॄणां (pitṝṇāṃ) - of the ancestors; हितकाम्यया (hitakāmyayā) - with the wish for benefit;]
(Him propitiate, O mighty-armed, with austerity, the boon-bestowing Hara. He but me fallen, the god, with [his] head will bear. He will accomplish also your desire, of the ancestors, with the wish for benefit. " (03-107-23))
Propitiate him, O mighty-armed, with austerities—the boon-giving Hara. That god will bear me, when I have fallen, upon his head. He will also fulfill your desire for the welfare of your ancestors. (03-107-23)
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचो राजन्महाराजो भगीरथः। कैलासं पर्वतं गत्वा तोषयामास शङ्करम् ॥०३-१०७-२४॥
etat-śrutvā vaco rājan-mahārājo bhagīrathaḥ। kailāsaṃ parvataṃ gatvā toṣayāmāsa śaṅkaram॥03-107-24॥
[एतत् (etat) - this; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; वचः (vacaḥ) - speech; राजन् (rājan) - O king; महाराजः (mahārājaḥ) - great king; भगीरथः (bhagīrathaḥ) - Bhagīratha; कैलासं (kailāsaṃ) - Kailāsa; पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; तोषयामास (toṣayāmāsa) - began to please; शङ्करम् (śaṅkaram) - Śaṅkara (Śiva); ०३-१०७-२४ (03-107-24) -;]
(This having heard speech O king great king Bhagīratha Kailāsa mountain having gone began to please Śaṅkara (Śiva).)
O king, having heard this speech, the great king Bhagīratha went to Mount Kailāsa and began to please Śaṅkara (Śiva). (03-107-24)
ततस्तेन समागम्य कालयोगेन केनचित्। अगृह्णाच्च वरं तस्माद्गङ्गाया धारणं नृप ॥ स्वर्गवासं समुद्दिश्य पितॄणां स नरोत्तमः ॥०३-१०७-२५॥
tatastenā samāgamya kālayogena kenacit। agṛhṇācca varaṃ tasmādgāṅgāyā dhāraṇaṃ nṛpa ॥ svargavāsaṃ samuddiśya pitṝṇāṃ sa narottamaḥ ॥03-107-25॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तेन (tena) - by him; समागम्य (samāgamya) - having met; कालयोगेन (kālayogena) - through the influence of time; केनचित् (kenacit) - by someone; अगृह्णात् (agṛhṇāt) - accepted; च (ca) - and; वरं (varaṃ) - a boon; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from him; गङ्गायाः (gaṅgāyāḥ) - of Gaṅgā; धारणं (dhāraṇam) - sustaining; नृप (nṛpa) - O king; स्वर्गवासं (svargavāsaṃ) - abode in heaven; समुद्धिश्य (samuddiśya) - having in view; पितॄणां (pitṝṇāṃ) - of the ancestors; स (sa) - he; नरोत्तमः (narottamaḥ) - excellent among men;]
(Then by him, having met through the influence of time by someone, and accepted a boon from him, of Gaṅgā sustaining, O king, abode in heaven having in view, of the ancestors, he, excellent among men.)
Then, O king, after meeting someone at the appointed time, he, the best among men, accepted from him the boon of sustaining (bringing) Gaṅgā, having in mind the abode in heaven of his ancestors. (03-107-25)
