03.207
आङ्गिरसम्
āṅgirasam
[आङ्गिरसम् (āṅgirasam) - of or related to Ṛṣi Angiras;]
(āṅgirasam – of or related to Ṛṣi Angiras;)
āṅgirasam – pertaining to or derived from Ṛṣi Angiras;
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (proper noun, name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
श्रुत्वेमां धर्मसंयुक्तां धर्मराजः कथां शुभाम्। पुनः पप्रच्छ तमृषिं मार्कण्डेयं तपस्विनम् ॥०३-२०७-१॥
śrutvemāṃ dharmasaṃyuktāṃ dharmarājaḥ kathāṃ śubhām। punaḥ papraccha tam ṛṣiṃ mārkaṇḍeyaṃ tapasvinam ॥03-207-1॥
[श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; इमां (imām) - this (feminine, accusative singular); धर्मसंयुक्तां (dharmasaṃyuktām) - endowed with dharma; धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira); कथां (kathām) - story; शुभाम् (śubhām) - auspicious; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - asked; तम् (tam) - him; ऋषिं (ṛṣiṃ) - sage; मार्कण्डेयं (mārkaṇḍeyam) - Mārkaṇḍeya; तपस्विनम् (tapasvinam) - ascetic;]
(Having heard this story endowed with dharma, Dharmarāja, auspicious, again asked him, the sage Mārkaṇḍeya, the ascetic.)
After hearing this auspicious story associated with dharma, Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira) once again questioned the sage Mārkaṇḍeya, the great ascetic. (3-207-1)
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira (a proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
कथमग्निर्वनं यातः कथं चाप्यङ्गिराः पुरा। नष्टेऽग्नौ हव्यमवहदग्निर्भूत्वा महानृषिः ॥०३-२०७-२॥
katham agniḥ vanaṃ yātaḥ kathaṃ ca api aṅgirāḥ purā. naṣṭe agnau havyam avahat agniḥ bhūtvā mahān ṛṣiḥ ॥03-207-2॥
[कथम् (katham) - how; अग्निः (agniḥ) - Agni (the fire; the fire god); वनम् (vanaṃ) - forest; यातः (yātaḥ) - went; कथम् (katham) - how; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अङ्गिराः (aṅgirāḥ) - Aṅgirā (the sage); पुरा (purā) - formerly; नष्टे (naṣṭe) - when lost; अग्नौ (agnau) - in the fire; हव्यम् (havyam) - oblation; अवहत् (avahat) - he conveyed; अग्निः (agniḥ) - Agni; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; महान् (mahān) - great; ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage;]
(How did Agni go to the forest, and how also did Aṅgirā formerly? When the fire was lost, having become a great sage, Agni conveyed the oblation.)
How did Agni go into the forest, and how did Aṅgirā do so in former times? When the fire was lost, Agni, having assumed the form of a great sage, conveyed the oblation. (3-207-2)
अग्निर्यदा त्वेक एव बहुत्वं चास्य कर्मसु। दृश्यते भगवन्सर्वमेतदिच्छामि वेदितुम् ॥०३-२०७-३॥
agnir yadā tv eka eva bahutvaṃ cāsya karmasu। dṛśyate bhagavan sarvam etad icchāmi veditum ॥03-207-3॥
[अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire; यदा (yadā) - when; त्व (tva) - indeed; एकः (ekaḥ) - one; एव (eva) - just; only; बहुत्वं (bahutvaṃ) - plurality; multiplicity; च (ca) - and; अस्य (asya) - of him; of it; कर्मसु (karmasu) - in actions; in operations; दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen; भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; एतत् (etat) - this; इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire; वेदितुम् (veditum) - to know;]
(Fire when indeed just one, and its plurality in actions is seen. O revered one, all this I desire to know.)
O revered one, I wish to know about all this: how fire, though one, appears as many in its actions. (03-207-3)
कुमारश्च यथोत्पन्नो यथा चाग्नेः सुतोऽभवत्। यथा रुद्राच्च सम्भूतो गङ्गायां कृत्तिकासु च ॥०३-२०७-४॥
kumāraś ca yathotpanno yathā cāgneḥ suto'bhavat। yathā rudrāc ca sambhūto gaṅgāyāṃ kṛttikāsu ca ॥03-207-4॥
[कुमारः (kumāraḥ) - the youth (Skanda, Karttikeya); च (ca) - and; यथा (yathā) - just as; उत्पन्नः (utpannaḥ) - was born; यथा (yathā) - just as; च (ca) - and; अग्नेः (agneḥ) - from Agni; सुतः (sutaḥ) - son; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; यथा (yathā) - just as; रुद्रात् (rudrāt) - from Rudra; च (ca) - and; सम्भूतः (sambhūtaḥ) - was born; गङ्गायाम् (gaṅgāyām) - in the Ganga; कृत्तिकासु (kṛttikāsu) - among the Krittikas; च (ca) - and;]
(And Kumara, just as was born, just as became the son from Agni, just as from Rudra and was born in the Ganga and among the Krittikas and.)
And Kumara was born in the same way—he became the son from Agni, was born from Rudra, in the Ganga and among the Krittikas. (03-207-4)
एतदिच्छाम्यहं त्वत्तः श्रोतुं भार्गवनन्दन। कौतूहलसमाविष्टो यथातथ्यं महामुने ॥०३-२०७-५॥
etadicchāmyahaṃ tvattaḥ śrotuṃ bhārgavanandana। kautūhalasamāviṣṭo yathātathyaṃ mahāmune ॥03-207-5॥
[एतत् (etat) - this; इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire; अहम् (aham) - I; त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you; श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear; भार्गव-नन्दन (bhārgava-nandana) - O descendant of Bhṛgu; कौतूहल-समाविष्टः (kautūhala-samāviṣṭaḥ) - filled with curiosity; यथातथ्यम् (yathātathyam) - as it truly is; महामुने (mahāmune) - O great sage;]
(This I desire I from you to hear, O descendant of Bhṛgu, filled with curiosity, as it truly is, O great sage.)
O descendant of Bhṛgu, O great sage, filled with curiosity, I desire to hear this from you exactly as it truly is. (03-207-5)
मार्कण्डेय उवाच॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca॥
[मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - Mārkaṇḍeya (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Mārkaṇḍeya said;)
Mārkaṇḍeya said.
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। यथा क्रुद्धो हुतवहस्तपस्तप्तुं वनं गतः ॥०३-२०७-६॥
atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam। yathā kruddho hutavahas tapas taptaṃ vanaṃ gataḥ ॥03-207-6॥
[अत्र अपि (atra api) - here also; उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they cite; इमम् (imam) - this; इतिहासम् (itihāsaṃ) - story; पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient; यथा (yathā) - as; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angered; हुतवहः (hutavahaḥ) - the fire; तपः तप्तुम् (tapaḥ taptum) - austerity to practice; वनम् (vanam) - forest; गतः (gataḥ) - went;]
(Here also, they cite this ancient story: as the angered fire went to the forest to practice austerity.)
Here too, they relate this ancient story: how, in anger, Fire went to the forest to perform austerities. (03-207-6)
यथा च भगवानग्निः स्वयमेवाङ्गिराभवत्। सन्तापयन्स्वप्रभया नाशयंस्तिमिराणि च ॥०३-२०७-७॥
yathā ca bhagavān agniḥ svayam eva aṅgirā abhavat। santāpayan sva-prabhayā nāśayan timirāṇi ca ॥03-207-7॥
[यथा (yathā) - just as; च (ca) - and; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord; अग्निः (agniḥ) - Fire; स्वयम् (svayam) - himself; एव (eva) - indeed; अङ्गिरा (aṅgirā) - Angiras (epithet for Agni); अभवत् (abhavat) - became; सन्तापयन् (santāpayan) - burning; स्वप्रभया (sva-prabhayā) - by his own radiance; नाशयन् (nāśayan) - destroying; तिमिराणि (timirāṇi) - darknesses; च (ca) - and;]
(Just as and the Lord Fire himself indeed Angiras became, burning by his own radiance and destroying darknesses.)
Just as the Lord Agni himself became Angiras, burning with his own radiance and destroying darkness.
आश्रमस्थो महाभागो हव्यवाहं विशेषयन्। तथा स भूत्वा तु तदा जगत्सर्वं प्रकाशयन् ॥०३-२०७-८॥
āśramastho mahābhāgo havyavāhaṃ viśeṣayan। tathā sa bhūtvā tu tadā jagatsarvaṃ prakāśayan॥03-207-8॥
[आश्रमस्थः (āśramasthaḥ) - residing in the hermitage; महाभागः (mahābhāgaḥ) - greatly fortunate one; हव्यवाहम् (havyavāham) - the carrier of offerings (fire); विशेषयन् (viśeṣayan) - distinguishing; तथा (tathā) - thus; सः (saḥ) - he; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; तु (tu) - indeed; तदा (tadā) - then; जगत् (jagat) - world; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; प्रकाशयन् (prakāśayan) - illuminating;]
(Residing in the hermitage, the greatly fortunate one, distinguishing the carrier of offerings (fire), thus he, having become, indeed, then, the whole world illuminating.)
While residing in the hermitage, the greatly fortunate one, distinguishing the sacrificial fire, thus at that moment he illumined the entire world. (03-207-8)
तपश्चरंश्च हुतभुक्सन्तप्तस्तस्य तेजसा। भृशं ग्लानश्च तेजस्वी न स किञ्चित्प्रजज्ञिवान् ॥०३-२०७-९॥
tapaś caraṃś ca hutabhuk santaptaḥ tasya tejasā। bhṛśaṃ glānaś ca tejasvī na sa kiñcit prajajñivān॥03-207-9॥
[तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; चरन् (caran) - performing; च (ca) - and; हुतभुक् (hutabhuk) - the fire (Agni); सन्तप्तः (santaptaḥ) - scorched; तस्य (tasya) - by his; तेजसा (tejasā) - splendor; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly; ग्लानः (glānaḥ) - weakened; च (ca) - and; तेजस्वी (tejasvī) - the radiant one; न (na) - not; सः (saḥ) - he; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything; प्रजज्ञिवान् (prajajñivān) - became aware;]
(Performing austerity and the fire, scorched by his splendor, greatly weakened, and the radiant one, he did not become aware of anything.)
Performing austerity, and the fire (Agni) scorched by his energy, he became greatly weakened; that radiant one did not become aware of anything. (03-207-9)
अथ सञ्चिन्तयामास भगवान्हव्यवाहनः। अन्योऽग्निरिह लोकानां ब्रह्मणा सम्प्रवर्तितः ॥ अग्नित्वं विप्रनष्टं हि तप्यमानस्य मे तपः ॥०३-२०७-१०॥
atha sañcintayāmāsa bhagavān havya-vāhanaḥ। anyo'gnir iha lokānāṃ brahmaṇā sampravartitaḥ॥ agnitvaṃ vipra-naṣṭaṃ hi tapyamānasya me tapaḥ॥03-207-10॥
[अथ (atha) - then; सञ्चिन्तयामास (sañcintayāmāsa) - he deliberated; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable; हव्यवाहनः (havya-vāhanaḥ) - Agni; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another; अग्निः (agniḥ) - Agni; इह (iha) - here; लोकानाम् (lokānām) - of the worlds; ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by Brahmā; सम्प्रवर्तितः (sampravartitaḥ) - has been set in motion; अग्नित्वं (agnitvaṃ) - the state of being Agni; विप्रनष्टं (vipra-naṣṭaṃ) - completely lost; हि (hi) - indeed; तप्यमानस्य (tapyamānasya) - of me who is suffering; मे (me) - my; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity;]
(Then the venerable Agni deliberated: 'Another Agni here has been set in motion for the worlds by Brahmā. The state of being Agni is indeed completely lost; the austerity of me who is suffering.' (03-207-10))
Then the venerable Agni thought to himself: 'Brahmā has indeed established another fire for the worlds here. My state as Agni has truly been lost; this is the austerity of my suffering.' (03-207-10)
कथमग्निः पुनरहं भवेयमिति चिन्त्य सः। अपश्यदग्निवल्लोकांस्तापयन्तं महामुनिम् ॥०३-२०७-११॥
katham agniḥ punar ahaṃ bhaveyam iti cintya saḥ। apaśyad agnivat lokān tāpayantam mahāmunim ॥03-207-11॥
[कथम् (katham) - how; अग्निः (agniḥ) - Agni (the fire-god); पुनः (punar) - again; अहं (ahaṃ) - I; भवेयम् (bhaveyam) - might become; इति (iti) - thus; चिन्त्य (cintya) - having thought; सः (saḥ) - he; अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw; अग्निवत् (agnivat) - like Agni (the fire-god); लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; तापयन्तं (tāpayantam) - burning; महामुनिम् (mahāmunim) - the great sage;]
(How Agni again I might become, thus having thought, he saw like Agni the worlds burning, the great sage.)
Thinking, 'How might I become Agni again?', he, the great sage, saw a figure burning the worlds like Agni. (03-207-11)
सोपासर्पच्छनैर्भीतस्तमुवाच तदाङ्गिराः। शीघ्रमेव भवस्वाग्निस्त्वं पुनर्लोकभावनः ॥ विज्ञातश्चासि लोकेषु त्रिषु संस्थानचारिषु ॥०३-२०७-१२॥
sopāsarapcchanairbhītastamuvāca tadāṅgirāḥ। śīghrameva bhavasvāgnistvaṃ punarlokabhāvanaḥ॥ vijñātaścāsi lokeṣu triṣu saṃsthānacāriṣu॥03-207-12॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; उपासर्पत् (upāsarpat) - approached; शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly; भीतः (bhītaḥ) - afraid; तम् (tam) - him; उवाच (uvāca) - said; तत् (tat) - then; अङ्गिराः (aṅgirāḥ) - Aṅgiras (proper noun, sage's name); शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly; एव (eva) - indeed; भव (bhava) - be; स्व (sva) - your; अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire; त्वम् (tvam) - you; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; लोक (loka) - world; भावनः (bhāvanaḥ) - benefactor; विज्ञातः (vijñātaḥ) - known; च (ca) - and; असि (asi) - you are; लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - in the worlds; त्रिषु (triṣu) - in three; संस्थान (saṃsthāna) - abodes; चारिषु (cāriṣu) - which move (moving, mobile);]
(He approached slowly, afraid, said to him then Aṅgiras: “Quickly indeed become (your) fire, you, again benefactor of the world. And known you are in the worlds, in the three moving abodes.” (03-207-12))
He, afraid, approached slowly, and then Aṅgiras said to him: “Quickly, become fire again, you who are the benefactor of the worlds. You are known in the worlds among the three moving abodes.” (03-207-12)
त्वमग्ने प्रथमः सृष्टो ब्रह्मणा तिमिरापहः। स्वस्थानं प्रतिपद्यस्व शीघ्रमेव तमोनुद ॥०३-२०७-१३॥
tvam agne prathamaḥ sṛṣṭo brahmaṇā timirāpahaḥ। svasthānaṃ pratipadyasva śīghrameva tamonuda ॥03-207-13॥
[त्वम् (tvam) - you; अग्ने (agne) - O Agni; प्रथमः (prathamaḥ) - first; सृष्टः (sṛṣṭaḥ) - created; ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by Brahmā; तिमिरापहः (timirāpahaḥ) - remover of darkness; स्वस्थानं (svasthānam) - own place; प्रतिपद्यस्व (pratipadyasva) - attain; शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly; एव (eva) - indeed; तमोनुद (tamonuda) - dispeller of darkness;]
(You, O Agni, first created by Brahmā, remover of darkness, attain your own place quickly indeed, O dispeller of darkness.)
O Agni, you are the first created by Brahmā, the remover of darkness; attain your own place quickly, O dispeller of darkness. (03-207-13)
अग्निरुवाच॥
agnir uvāca॥
[अग्निः (agniḥ) - Agni (the fire god); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Agni said;)
Agni said.
नष्टकीर्तिरहं लोके भवाञ्जातो हुताशनः। भवन्तमेव ज्ञास्यन्ति पावकं न तु मां जनाः ॥०३-२०७-१४॥
naṣṭakīrtirahaṁ loke bhavāñjāto hutāśanaḥ। bhavantameva jñāsyanti pāvakaṁ na tu māṁ janāḥ॥03-207-14॥
[नष्टकीर्तिः (naṣṭakīrtiḥ) - lost fame; अहं (ahaṁ) - I; लोके (loke) - in the world; भवान् (bhavān) - you; जातः (jātaḥ) - born; हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - fire; भवन्तम् (bhavantam) - you (accusative); एव (eva) - only; ज्ञास्यन्ति (jñāsyanti) - will know; पावकम् (pāvakam) - the purifier (fire); न (na) - not; तु (tu) - but; माम् (mām) - me; जनाः (janāḥ) - people;]
(Lost fame I in the world, you born as fire, people will know only you as the purifier, not but me.)
In this world, my fame is lost; you, born as fire, people will know only as the purifier, and not me. (03-207-14)
निक्षिपाम्यहमग्नित्वं त्वमग्निः प्रथमो भव। भविष्यामि द्वितीयोऽहं प्राजापत्यक एव च ॥०३-२०७-१५॥
nikṣipāmy aham agnitvaṃ tvam agniḥ prathamo bhava। bhaviṣyāmi dvitīyo'ham prājāpatyaka eva ca॥03-207-15॥
[निक्षिपाम्यहम् (nikṣipāmi aham) - I deposit; I; अग्नित्वं (agnitvaṃ) - the state of being Agni; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अग्निः (agniḥ) - Agni; प्रथमः (prathamaḥ) - first; भव (bhava) - be; भविष्यामि (bhaviṣyāmi) - I will become; द्वितीयः (dvitīyaḥ) - second; अहम् (aham) - I; प्राजापत्यकः (prājāpatyakaḥ) - pertaining to Prajāpati; एव (eva) - only; च (ca) - and;]
(I deposit the state of being Agni; you, Agni, be first. I will become the second, only pertaining to Prajāpati and.)
I entrust the state of being Agni; you, Agni, become the first. I shall become the second, only as the one related to Prajāpati and. (03-207-15)
अङ्गिरा उवाच॥
aṅgirā uvāca॥
[अङ्गिरा (aṅgirā) - Angiras (name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Angiras said;)
Angiras said.
कुरु पुण्यं प्रजास्वर्ग्यं भवाग्निस्तिमिरापहः। मां च देव कुरुष्वाग्ने प्रथमं पुत्रमञ्जसा ॥०३-२०७-१६॥
kuru puṇyaṃ prajāsvar̥gyaṃ bhavāgnistimirāpahaḥ। māṃ ca deva kuruṣvāgne prathamaṃ putramañjasā॥03-207-16॥
[कुरु (kuru) - do; perform; पुण्यं (puṇyaṃ) - meritorious deed; virtue; प्रजास्वर्ग्यं (prajāsvar̥gyaṃ) - causing offspring to attain heaven; leading progeny to heaven; भव (bhava) - be; become; अग्नि (agni) - O Agni (fire); स्तिमिरापहः (stimirāpahaḥ) - remover of darkness; मां (māṃ) - me; च (ca) - and; देव (deva) - O god; कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - make; do (2nd person imperative singular); अग्ने (agne) - O Agni (addressed vocatively); प्रथमं (prathamaṃ) - first; पुत्रम् (putram) - son; अञ्जसा (añjasā) - with the right (direct, clear) way;]
(Do meritorious deed causing offspring to attain heaven; be, O Agni, remover of darkness. Me also, O god, make O Agni, first son with the right way.)
Perform a meritorious act that brings progeny to heaven; O Agni, remover of darkness, make me, O god, your first son, in the right manner. (03-207-16)
मार्कण्डेय उवाच॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca॥
[मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - Mārkaṇḍeya (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Mārkaṇḍeya said;)
Mārkaṇḍeya said.
तच्छ्रुत्वाङ्गिरसो वाक्यं जातवेदास्तथाकरोत्। राजन्बृहस्पतिर्नाम तस्याप्यङ्गिरसः सुतः ॥०३-२०७-१७॥
tac chrutvāṅgiraso vākyaṃ jātavedās tathākarot। rājan bṛhaspatir nāma tasyāpy aṅgirasah sutaḥ ॥03-207-17॥
[तत् (tat) - that; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; अङ्गिरसः (aṅgirasaḥ) - of Aṅgiras; वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech; जातवेदाः (jātavedāḥ) - Jātavedas (Agni); तथा (tathā) - thus; अकरोत् (akarot) - did (performed); राजन् (rājan) - O king; बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Bṛhaspati; नाम (nāma) - by name; तस्य (tasya) - his; अपि (api) - also; अङ्गिरसः (aṅgirasaḥ) - of Aṅgiras; सुतः (sutaḥ) - son;]
(That having heard the speech of Aṅgiras, Jātavedas thus did. O king, Bṛhaspati by name, his also son of Aṅgiras.)
Having heard Aṅgiras' words, Jātavedas did accordingly. O king, Bṛhaspati by name was also the son of Aṅgiras. (03-207-17)
ज्ञात्वा प्रथमजं तं तु वह्नेराङ्गिरसं सुतम्। उपेत्य देवाः पप्रच्छुः कारणं तत्र भारत ॥०३-२०७-१८॥
jñātvā prathamajaṃ taṃ tu vahnērāṅgirasaṃ sutam। upetya devāḥ papracchuḥ kāraṇaṃ tatra bhārata॥03-207-18॥
[ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known; प्रथमजम् (prathamajam) - first-born; तं (taṃ) - him; तु (tu) - but; वह्नेः (vahnēḥ) - of Agni (the fire); आङ्गिरसं (āṅgirasaṃ) - the descendant of Aṅgiras; सुतम् (sutam) - son; उपेत्य (upetya) - having approached; देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; पप्रच्छुः (papracchuḥ) - asked; कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause; तत्र (tatra) - there; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(Having known him, the first-born, but the son of Agni, descendant of Aṅgiras, having approached, the gods asked the cause there, O Bhārata.)
O Bhārata, having recognized him, the eldest son of Agni and descendant of Aṅgiras, the gods went to him and asked the reason there. (03-207-18)
स तु पृष्टस्तदा देवैस्ततः कारणमब्रवीत्। प्रत्यगृह्णंस्तु देवाश्च तद्वचोऽङ्गिरसस्तदा ॥०३-२०७-१९॥
sa tu pṛṣṭas tadā devais tataḥ kāraṇam abravīt। pratyagṛhṇas tu devāś ca tad vaco'ṅgirasas tadā ॥03-207-19॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - questioned; तदा (tadā) - then; दैव (devaiḥ) - by the gods; ततः (tataḥ) - then; कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the reason; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke; प्रत्यगृह्णन् (pratyagṛhṇan) - they accepted; तु (tu) - but; देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods; च (ca) - and; तत् (tat) - that; वचः (vacaḥ) - speech; अङ्गिरसः (aṅgirasas) - Angiras; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(He but questioned then by the gods then the reason spoke. Accepted but the gods and that speech Angiras then.)
But he, having been questioned at that time by the gods, then spoke the reason. And the gods, along with Angiras, then accepted those words. (03-207-19)
अत्र नानाविधानग्नीन्प्रवक्ष्यामि महाप्रभान्। कर्मभिर्बहुभिः ख्यातान्नानात्वं ब्राह्मणेष्विह ॥०३-२०७-२०॥
atra nānā-vidhān agnīn pravakṣyāmi mahā-prabhān । karmabhiḥ bahubhiḥ khyātān nānātvaṃ brāhmaṇeṣv iha ॥03-207-20॥
[अत्र (atra) - here; नानाविधान् (nānā-vidhān) - of various kinds; अग्नीन् (agnīn) - fires; प्रवक्ष्यामि (pravakṣyāmi) - I shall explain; महाप्रभान् (mahā-prabhān) - of great splendor; कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by many rites; बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many; ख्यातान् (khyātān) - well-known; नानात्वं (nānātvaṃ) - variety; ब्राह्मणेषु (brāhmaṇeṣu) - among Brāhmaṇas; इह (iha) - here;]
(Here, fires of various kinds, of great splendour, I shall explain; by many rites, well-known, variety among Brāhmaṇas here.)
Here I will explain the fires of various kinds and great splendour that are well-known through many rites, and the variety that exists among Brāhmaṇas here. (03-207-20)
