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मार्कण्डेय उवाच॥

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca॥

[मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - Mārkaṇḍeya (a proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]

(Mārkaṇḍeya said;)

Mārkaṇḍeya said.

ब्रह्मणो यस्तृतीयस्तु पुत्रः कुरुकुलोद्वह। तस्यापवसुता भार्या प्रजास्तस्यापि मे शृणु ॥०३-२०८-१॥

brahmaṇo yas tṛtīyas tu putraḥ kurukulodvaha। tasyāpa-vasutā bhāryā prajās tasyāpi me śṛṇu॥03-208-1॥

[ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - of Brahmā; यः (yaḥ) - who; तृतीयः (tṛtīyaḥ) - third; तु (tu) - however; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; कुरुकुलोद्वह (kurukulodvaha) - O foremost of the Kuru lineage; तस्य (tasya) - his; अपवसुता (apavasutā) - Apavasu's daughter; भार्या (bhāryā) - wife; प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - children; तस्यापि (tasyāpi) - of her also; मे (me) - to me; शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear;]

(Of Brahmā, who (was) the third, however, (the) son, O foremost of the Kuru lineage, his wife (was) Apavasu's daughter. The children of her also, to me hear.)

O foremost of the Kuru lineage, the third son of Brahmā — his wife was Apavasu's daughter. Hear from me also of her children. (03-208-1)

बृहज्ज्योतिर्बृहत्कीर्तिर्बृहद्ब्रह्मा बृहन्मनाः। बृहन्मन्त्रो बृहद्भासस्तथा राजन्बृहस्पतिः ॥०३-२०८-२॥

bṛhajjyoitirbṛhatkīrtirbṛhadbrahmā bṛhanmanāḥ। bṛhanmantro bṛhadbhāsastathā rājanbṛhaspatiḥ॥03-208-2॥

[बृहज्ज्योतिः (bṛhaj-jyotiḥ) - great light; बृहत्कीर्तिः (bṛhat-kīrtiḥ) - great fame; बृहद्ब्रह्मा (bṛhad-brahmā) - great Brahman; बृहन्मनाः (bṛhan-manāḥ) - having a great mind; बृहन्मन्त्रः (bṛhan-mantraḥ) - great mantra; बृहद्भासः (bṛhad-bhāsaḥ) - of great radiance; तथा (tathā) - thus; likewise; राजन् (rājan) - O king; बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Bṛhaspati;]

(Great light; great fame; great Brahman; having a great mind; great mantra; of great radiance; thus, O king, Bṛhaspati.)

O king, Bṛhaspati is called great light, great fame, great Brahman, of great mind, great mantra, and of great radiance. (03-208-2)

प्रजासु तासु सर्वासु रूपेणाप्रतिमाभवत्। देवी भानुमती नाम प्रथमाङ्गिरसः सुता ॥०३-२०८-३॥

prajāsu tāsu sarvāsu rūpeṇāpratimābhavat। devī bhānumatī nāma prathamāṅgirrasaḥ sutā॥03-208-3॥

[प्रजासु (prajāsu) - among the beings; तासु (tāsu) - among those; सर्वासु (sarvāsu) - among all; रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - by beauty; अप्रतिमा (apratimā) - unrivaled; अभवत् (abhavat) - she became; देवी (devī) - the goddess; भानुमती (bhānumatī) - Bhānumatī; नाम (nāma) - by name; प्रथमाङ्गिरसः (prathamāṅgirasaḥ) - of Prathama-Aṅgiras; सुता (sutā) - daughter;]

(Among the beings, among those, among all, by beauty unrivaled she became. The goddess, Bhānumatī by name, daughter of Prathama Aṅgiras.)

Among all those beings, she became unrivaled in beauty. The goddess named Bhānumatī was the daughter of Prathama Aṅgiras. (03-208-3)

भूतानामेव सर्वेषां यस्यां रागस्तदाभवत्। रागाद्रागेति यामाहुर्द्वितीयाङ्गिरसः सुता ॥०३-२०८-४॥

bhūtānāmeva sarveṣāṃ yasyāṃ rāgastadābhavat। rāgādrāgeti yāmāhurdvitīyāṅgirasaḥ sutā ॥03-208-4॥

[भूतानामेव (bhūtānām eva) - of beings indeed; सर्वेषां (sarveṣām) - of all; यस्यां (yasyām) - in whom; रागः (rāgaḥ) - attachment; passion; तदा (tadā) - then; अभवत् (abhavat) - arose; was; रागात् (rāgāt) - from attachment; रागः (rāgaḥ) - attachment; passion; इति (iti) - thus; याम् (yām) - whom; आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say; द्वितीया (dvitīyā) - the second; second daughter; अङ्गिरसः (aṅgirasaḥ) - of Aṅgiras; सुता (sutā) - daughter;]

(Of all beings indeed, in whom attachment then arose; from attachment (is) 'Rāgā', thus whom they say, the second Aṅgiras's daughter.)

Attachment then arose among all beings in her; because of this attachment, she is called 'Rāgā', whom they call the second daughter of Aṅgiras. (03-208-4)

यां कपर्दिसुतामाहुर्दृश्यादृश्येति देहिनः। तनुत्वात्सा सिनीवाली तृतीयाङ्गिरसः सुता ॥०३-२०८-५॥

yāṃ kapardisutām āhur dṛśyādṛśyeti dehinaḥ। tanutvāt sā sinīvālī tṛtīyāṅgirasaḥ sutā ॥03-208-5॥

[याम् (yām) - whom; कपर्दिसुताम् (kapardisutām) - Kāparda's daughter; आहुः (āhuḥ) - they call; दृश्य-अदृश्य-इति (dṛśya-adṛśya-iti) - 'visible-invisible' thus; देहिनः (dehinaḥ) - embodied beings; तनुत्वात् (tanutvāt) - due to thinness; सा (sā) - she; सिनीवाली (sinīvālī) - Sinīvālī; तृतीयाङ्गिरसः (tṛtīyāṅgirasaḥ) - third of Angiras; सुता (sutā) - daughter;]

(Whom (they) call Kāparda's daughter, 'visible-invisible,' embodied beings; due to thinness, she (is) Sinīvālī, the third daughter of Angiras.)

Embodied beings call her Kāparda's daughter, 'the visible-invisible.' Because of her thinness, she is Sinīvālī, the third daughter of Angiras. (03-208-5)

पश्यत्यर्चिष्मती भाभिर्हविर्भिश्च हविष्मती। षष्ठीमङ्गिरसः कन्यां पुण्यामाहुर्हविष्मतीम् ॥०३-२०८-६॥

paśyaty arciṣmatī bhābhir havirbhiś ca haviṣmatī। ṣaṣṭhīm aṅgirasaḥ kanyāṃ puṇyām āhur haviṣmatīm ॥03-208-6॥

[पश्यति (paśyati) - sees; अर्चिष्मती (arciṣmatī) - radiant (feminine); भाभिः (bhābhiḥ) - by radiances; हविर्भिश्च (havirbhiś ca) - and by oblations; हविष्मती (haviṣmatī) - possessing offerings (feminine); षष्ठीम् (ṣaṣṭhīm) - the sixth; अङ्गिरसः (aṅgirasaḥ) - of the Angirases; कन्यां (kanyāṃ) - maiden; पुण्याम् (puṇyām) - auspicious; आहुः (āhuḥ) - they call; हविष्मतीम् (haviṣmatīm) - Haviṣmatī (proper name of a girl);]

(Sees (the) radiant one by radiances and by oblations (the) offering-possessing one; (the) sixth of the Angirases, (the) auspicious maiden, they call Haviṣmatī.)

She, radiant with brightness and oblations, the sixth auspicious maiden of the Angirases, is called Haviṣmatī. (03-208-6)

महामखेष्वाङ्गिरसी दीप्तिमत्सु महामती। महामतीति विख्याता सप्तमी कथ्यते सुता ॥०३-२०८-७॥

mahāmakheṣvāṅgirasī dīptimatsu mahāmatī। mahāmatīti vikhyātā saptamī kathyate sutā ॥03-208-7॥

[महामखेष्वाङ्गिरसी (mahāmakheṣvāṅgirasī) - daughter of the great sacrificer Aṅgiras; दीप्तिमत्सु (dīptimatsu) - among the radiant ones; महामती (mahāmatī) - Mahāmatī (name); महामतीति (mahāmatīti) - as 'Mahāmatī'; विख्याता (vikhyātā) - famous; सप्तमी (saptamī) - seventh; कथ्यते (kathyate) - is said; सुता (sutā) - daughter;]

(The daughter of the great sacrificer Aṅgiras, among the radiant ones, Mahāmatī; as 'Mahāmatī' she is famous, the seventh daughter is said (thus).)

Mahāmatī, the daughter of the great sacrificial priest Aṅgiras among the radiant ones, is known as Mahāmatī; she is said to be the seventh daughter. (03-208-7)

यां तु दृष्ट्वा भगवतीं जनः कुहुकुहायते। एकानंशेति यामाहुः कुहूमङ्गिरसः सुताम् ॥०३-२०८-८॥

yāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā bhagavatīṃ janaḥ kuhukuḥāyate। ekānaṃśeti yām āhuḥ kuhū maṅgirasaḥ sutām॥03-208-8॥

[याम् (yām) - whom; तु (tu) - but; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; भगवतीम् (bhagavatīm) - the divine (goddess); जनः (janaḥ) - person; कुहुकुहायते (kuhukuḥāyate) - is bewildered; एकानंशेति (ekānaṃśeti) - as 'Ekānanshā' (one non-part); याम् (yām) - whom; आहुः (āhuḥ) - they call; कुहूम् (kuhūm) - Kuhū; अङ्गिरसः (aṅgirasaḥ) - Aṅgiras; सुताम् (sutām) - daughter;]

(But whom, having seen the divine (goddess), the person is bewildered; whom they call 'Ekānanshā', Kuhū, the daughter of Aṅgiras.)

But seeing that goddess, a person becomes bewildered; her whom they call 'Ekānanshā'—she is called Kuhū, the daughter of Aṅgiras. (03-208-8)