09.035
Library: Story of Trita, his two brothers and the well.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaishampayana; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaishampayana said:)
Vaishampayana said:
तस्मान्नदीगतं चापि उदपानं यशस्विनः। त्रितस्य च महाराज जगामाथ हलायुधः ॥९-३५-१॥
tasmānnadīgataṃ cāpi udapānaṃ yaśasvinaḥ। tritasya ca mahārāja jagāmātha halāyudhaḥ ॥9-35-1॥
[तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; नदी (nadī) - river; गतं (gataṃ) - gone; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; उदपानं (udapānaṃ) - water-well; यशस्विनः (yaśasvinaḥ) - of the glorious one; त्रितस्य (tritasya) - of Trita; च (ca) - and; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; जगाम (jagāma) - went; अथ (atha) - then; हलायुधः (halāyudhaḥ) - Halayudha;]
(Therefore, the river and also the water-well of the glorious one, of Trita, O great king, then Halayudha went.)
Therefore, O great king, Halayudha went to the river and the water-well of the glorious Trita.
तत्र दत्त्वा बहु द्रव्यं पूजयित्वा तथा द्विजान्। उपस्पृश्य च तत्रैव प्रहृष्टो मुसलायुधः ॥९-३५-२॥
tatra dattvā bahu dravyaṃ pūjayitvā tathā dvijān। upaspṛśya ca tatraiva prahṛṣṭo musalāyudhaḥ ॥9-35-2॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given; बहु (bahu) - much; द्रव्यं (dravyaṃ) - wealth; पूजयित्वा (pūjayitvā) - having worshipped; तथा (tathā) - and; द्विजान् (dvijān) - the twice-born (Brahmins); उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having touched; च (ca) - and; तत्रैव (tatraiva) - there itself; प्रहृष्टः (prahṛṣṭaḥ) - joyful; मुसलायुधः (musalāyudhaḥ) - Musalayudha (a name);]
(There, having given much wealth and having worshipped the twice-born, and having touched there itself, Musalayudha was joyful.)
Musalayudha, after giving much wealth and worshipping the Brahmins there, felt joyful after performing the rituals at that very place.
तत्र धर्मपरो ह्यासीत्त्रितः स सुमहातपाः। कूपे च वसता तेन सोमः पीतो महात्मना ॥९-३५-३॥
tatra dharmaparo hyāsīttritaḥ sa sumahātapāḥ। kūpe ca vasatā tena somaḥ pīto mahātmanā ॥9-35-3॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; धर्मपरः (dharmaparaḥ) - devoted to dharma; हि (hi) - indeed; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; त्रितः (tritaḥ) - Trita; सः (saḥ) - he; सुमहातपाः (sumahātapāḥ) - of great penance; कूपे (kūpe) - in the well; च (ca) - and; वसता (vasatā) - living; तेन (tena) - by him; सोमः (somaḥ) - Soma; पीतः (pītaḥ) - drunk; महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great soul;]
(There, indeed, Trita, devoted to dharma, was of great penance. Living in the well, Soma was drunk by the great soul.)
There, Trita, who was devoted to dharma and of great penance, indeed drank Soma while living in the well.
तत्र चैनं समुत्सृज्य भ्रातरौ जग्मतुर्गृहान्। ततस्तौ वै शशापाथ त्रितो ब्राह्मणसत्तमः ॥९-३५-४॥
tatra cainaṃ samutsṛjya bhrātarau jagmaturgṛhān। tatastau vai śaśāpātha trito brāhmaṇasattamaḥ ॥9-35-4॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; च (ca) - and; एनम् (enam) - him; समुत्सृज्य (samutsṛjya) - having abandoned; भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - the two brothers; जग्मतु (jagmatu) - went; गृहान् (gṛhān) - home; ततः (tataḥ) - then; तौ (tau) - they; वै (vai) - indeed; शशाप (śaśāpa) - cursed; अथ (atha) - then; त्रितः (tritaḥ) - Trita; ब्राह्मणसत्तमः (brāhmaṇasattamaḥ) - the best of the Brahmins;]
(There, having abandoned him, the two brothers went home. Then indeed, Trita, the best of the Brahmins, cursed them.)
There, the two brothers left him and went home. Then, Trita, the most esteemed among the Brahmins, cursed them.
जनमेजय उवाच॥
janamejaya uvāca॥
[जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Janamejaya said:)
Janamejaya said:
उदपानं कथं ब्रह्मन्कथं च सुमहातपाः। पतितः किं च सन्त्यक्तो भ्रातृभ्यां द्विजसत्तमः ॥९-३५-५॥
udapānaṁ kathaṁ brahmankathaṁ ca sumahātapāḥ। patitaḥ kiṁ ca santyakto bhrātṛbhyāṁ dvijasattamaḥ ॥9-35-5॥
[उदपानं (udapānaṁ) - well; कथं (kathaṁ) - how; ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman; कथं (kathaṁ) - how; च (ca) - and; सुमहातपाः (sumahātapāḥ) - greatly austere; पतितः (patitaḥ) - fallen; किं (kiṁ) - what; च (ca) - and; सन्त्यक्तः (santyaktaḥ) - abandoned; भ्रातृभ्यां (bhrātṛbhyāṁ) - by the brothers; द्विजसत्तमः (dvijasattamaḥ) - O best of the twice-born;]
(How is the well, O Brahman, and how is the greatly austere one? What has fallen and what has been abandoned by the brothers, O best of the twice-born?)
O Brahman, how is the well and the greatly austere one? What has fallen and what has been abandoned by the brothers, O best of the twice-born?
कूपे कथं च हित्वैनं भ्रातरौ जग्मतुर्गृहान्। एतदाचक्ष्व मे ब्रह्मन्यदि श्राव्यं हि मन्यसे ॥९-३५-६॥
kūpe kathaṁ ca hitvainaṁ bhrātarau jagmaturgṛhān। etadācakṣva me brahmanyadi śrāvyaṁ hi manyase ॥9-35-6॥
[कूपे (kūpe) - in the well; कथं (kathaṁ) - how; च (ca) - and; हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned; एनम् (enam) - this one; भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - the two brothers; जग्मतु: (jagmatuḥ) - went; गृहान् (gṛhān) - home; एतत् (etat) - this; आचक्श्व (ācakṣva) - tell; मे (me) - me; ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman; यदि (yadi) - if; श्राव्यम् (śrāvyam) - worth hearing; हि (hi) - indeed; मन्यसे (manyase) - you think;]
(In the well, how did the two brothers, having abandoned this one, go home? Tell me this, O Brahman, if you think it is worth hearing.)
"How did the two brothers leave him in the well and go home? Please tell me, O Brahman, if you think it is worth hearing."
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaishampayana; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaishampayana said:)
Vaishampayana said:
आसन्पूर्वयुगे राजन्मुनयो भ्रातरस्त्रयः। एकतश्च द्वितश्चैव त्रितश्चादित्यसंनिभाः ॥९-३५-७॥
āsan pūrvayuge rājan munayo bhrātaraḥ trayaḥ। ekataś ca dvitaś caiva tritaś cādityasaṃnibhāḥ ॥9-35-7॥
[आसन् (āsan) - were; पूर्वयुगे (pūrvayuge) - in the previous age; राजन् (rājan) - O king; मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages; भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers; त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three; एकतः (ekataḥ) - Ekata; च (ca) - and; द्वितः (dvitaḥ) - Dvita; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; त्रितः (tritaḥ) - Trita; च (ca) - and; आदित्यसंनिभाः (ādityasaṃnibhāḥ) - like the sun;]
(In the previous age, O king, there were three sage brothers: Ekata, Dvita, and Trita, who were like the sun.)
In a previous era, O king, there were three sage brothers named Ekata, Dvita, and Trita, who shone like the sun.
सर्वे प्रजापतिसमाः प्रजावन्तस्तथैव च। ब्रह्मलोकजितः सर्वे तपसा ब्रह्मवादिनः ॥९-३५-८॥
sarve prajāpatisamāḥ prajāvantastathaiva ca। brahmalokajitaḥ sarve tapasā brahmavādinaḥ ॥9-35-8॥
[सर्वे (sarve) - all; प्रजापतिसमाः (prajāpatisamāḥ) - equal to Prajapati; प्रजावन्तः (prajāvantaḥ) - possessing offspring; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; च (ca) - and; ब्रह्मलोकजितः (brahmalokajitaḥ) - conquerors of the world of Brahma; सर्वे (sarve) - all; तपसा (tapasā) - by penance; ब्रह्मवादिनः (brahmavādinaḥ) - speakers of Brahman;]
(All are equal to Prajapati, possessing offspring, and in the same way, conquerors of the world of Brahma, all by penance, speakers of Brahman.)
All are like Prajapati, having offspring, and similarly, they have conquered the world of Brahma through penance, being speakers of Brahman.
तेषां तु तपसा प्रीतो नियमेन दमेन च। अभवद्गौतमो नित्यं पिता धर्मरतः सदा ॥९-३५-९॥
teṣāṃ tu tapasā prīto niyamena damena ca। abhavadgautamo nityaṃ pitā dharmarataḥ sadā ॥9-35-9॥
[तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; तु (tu) - but; तपसा (tapasā) - by penance; प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased; नियमेन (niyamena) - by discipline; दमेन (damena) - by self-control; च (ca) - and; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; गौतमः (gautamaḥ) - Gautama; नित्यम् (nityam) - always; पिता (pitā) - father; धर्मरतः (dharmarataḥ) - devoted to righteousness; सदा (sadā) - always;]
(Of them, but by penance, pleased by discipline and self-control, Gautama always became the father, always devoted to righteousness.)
Gautama, always devoted to righteousness, became the father, pleased by their penance, discipline, and self-control.
स तु दीर्घेण कालेन तेषां प्रीतिमवाप्य च। जगाम भगवान्स्थानमनुरूपमिवात्मनः ॥९-३५-१०॥
sa tu dīrghena kālena teṣāṃ prītimavāpya ca। jagāma bhagavānsthānamanurūpamivātmanaḥ ॥9-35-10॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; दीर्घेण (dīrghena) - by long; कालेन (kālena) - by time; तेषां (teṣāṃ) - their; प्रीतिम् (prītim) - affection; अवाप्य (avāpya) - having obtained; च (ca) - and; जगाम (jagāma) - went; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord; स्थानम् (sthānam) - place; अनुरूपम् (anurūpam) - suitable; इव (iva) - as if; आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of himself;]
(He, however, having obtained their affection over a long period, went to a place suitable for himself, as if.)
But he, having won their affection over a long time, went to a place that seemed fitting for him.
राजानस्तस्य ये पूर्वे याज्या ह्यासन्महात्मनः। ते सर्वे स्वर्गते तस्मिंस्तस्य पुत्रानपूजयन् ॥९-३५-११॥
rājānas tasya ye pūrve yājyā hy āsan mahātmanaḥ। te sarve svargate tasmiṁs tasya putrān apūjayan ॥9-35-11॥
[राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings; तस्य (tasya) - his; ये (ye) - who; पूर्वे (pūrve) - former; याज्याः (yājyāḥ) - sacrificial priests; हि (hi) - indeed; आसन (āsan) - were; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great soul; ते (te) - they; सर्वे (sarve) - all; स्वर्गते (svargate) - having ascended to heaven; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - when he; तस्य (tasya) - his; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; अपूजयन् (apūjayan) - worshipped;]
(The kings who were his former sacrificial priests indeed were of the great soul. When he ascended to heaven, they all worshipped his sons.)
The kings who were once his sacrificial priests, recognizing his greatness, worshipped his sons after he ascended to heaven.
तेषां तु कर्मणा राजंस्तथैवाध्ययनेन च। त्रितः स श्रेष्ठतां प्राप यथैवास्य पिता तथा ॥९-३५-१२॥
teṣāṃ tu karmaṇā rājaṃstathaivādhyayanena ca। tritaḥ sa śreṣṭhatāṃ prāpa yathaivāsya pitā tathā ॥9-35-12॥
[तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; तु (tu) - but; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by action; राजन् (rājan) - O king; तथा (tathā) - also; एव (eva) - indeed; अध्ययनेन (adhyayanena) - by study; च (ca) - and; त्रितः (tritaḥ) - Trita; सः (saḥ) - he; श्रेष्ठताम् (śreṣṭhatām) - excellence; प्राप (prāpa) - attained; यथा (yathā) - as; एव (eva) - indeed; अस्य (asya) - his; पिता (pitā) - father; तथा (tathā) - so; ॥९-३५-१२॥ (॥9-35-12॥) - (verse number);]
(Of them, but by action, O king, also indeed by study, Trita attained excellence as indeed his father so.)
Among them, O king, Trita achieved excellence through both his actions and studies, just as his father did.
तं स्म सर्वे महाभागा मुनयः पुण्यलक्षणाः। अपूजयन्महाभागं तथा विद्वत्तयैव तु ॥९-३५-१३॥
taṁ sma sarve mahābhāgā munayaḥ puṇyalakṣaṇāḥ। apūjayanmahābhāgaṁ tathā vidvattayaiva tu ॥9-35-13॥
[तं (taṁ) - him; स्म (sma) - indeed; सर्वे (sarve) - all; महाभागा (mahābhāgā) - great souls; मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages; पुण्यलक्षणाः (puṇyalakṣaṇāḥ) - of virtuous characteristics; अपूजयन् (apūjayan) - worshipped; महाभागं (mahābhāgaṁ) - the great soul; तथा (tathā) - thus; विद्वत्तया (vidvattayā) - with wisdom; एव (eva) - indeed; तु (tu) - but;]
(Him indeed all great souls, sages of virtuous characteristics, worshipped the great soul thus with wisdom indeed but.)
All the great sages, who were of virtuous characteristics, worshipped him, the great soul, with wisdom.
कदाचिद्धि ततो राजन्भ्रातरावेकतद्वितौ। यज्ञार्थं चक्रतुश्चित्तं धनार्थं च विशेषतः ॥९-३५-१४॥
kadāciddhi tato rājanbhrātarāvekatadvitau। yajñārthaṃ cakratuścittaṃ dhanārthaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ ॥9-35-14॥
[कदाचित् (kadācit) - once upon a time; हि (hi) - indeed; ततः (tataḥ) - then; राजन् (rājan) - O king; भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - the two brothers; एकतद्वितौ (ekatadvitau) - united; यज्ञार्थम् (yajñārtham) - for the purpose of sacrifice; चक्रतुः (cakratuḥ) - made; चित्तम् (cittam) - mind; धनार्थम् (dhanārtham) - for the purpose of wealth; च (ca) - and; विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially;]
(Once upon a time, then, O king, the two brothers, united, made up their mind for the purpose of sacrifice and especially for the purpose of wealth.)
Once upon a time, O king, the two brothers, united in purpose, decided to focus their minds on performing a sacrifice, particularly with the aim of acquiring wealth.
तयोश्चिन्ता समभवत्त्रितं गृह्य परन्तप। याज्यान्सर्वानुपादाय प्रतिगृह्य पशूंस्ततः ॥९-३५-१५॥
tayoś cintā samabhavat tritaṃ gṛhya parantapa। yājyān sarvān upādāya pratigṛhya paśūṃs tataḥ ॥9-35-15॥
[तयोः (tayoḥ) - of them; चिन्ता (cintā) - thought; समभवत् (samabhavat) - arose; त्रितं (tritaṃ) - Trita; गृह्य (gṛhya) - having taken; परन्तप (parantapa) - O subduer of enemies; याज्यान् (yājyān) - sacrificial animals; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; उपादाय (upādāya) - having accepted; प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received; पशून् (paśūn) - animals; ततः (tataḥ) - then;]
(Of them, a thought arose, having taken Trita, O subduer of enemies, having accepted all sacrificial animals, having received the animals, then.)
A thought arose among them, O subduer of enemies, after taking Trita and accepting all the sacrificial animals, and then receiving the animals.
सोमं पास्यामहे हृष्टाः प्राप्य यज्ञं महाफलम्। चक्रुश्चैव महाराज भ्रातरस्त्रय एव ह ॥९-३५-१६॥
somaṁ pāsyāmahe hṛṣṭāḥ prāpya yajñaṁ mahāphalam। cakruścaiva mahārāja bhrātarastraya eva ha ॥9-35-16॥
[सोमम् (somam) - Soma; पास्यामहे (pāsyāmahe) - we shall drink; हृष्टाः (hṛṣṭāḥ) - delighted; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained; यज्ञम् (yajñam) - sacrifice; महाफलम् (mahāphalam) - great fruit; चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - did; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers; त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(Delighted, we shall drink Soma, having obtained the sacrifice of great fruit. And indeed, O great king, the three brothers did.)
"Delighted, we shall drink Soma after obtaining the great fruit of the sacrifice. O great king, the three brothers indeed did so."
तथा तु ते परिक्रम्य याज्यान्सर्वान्पशून्प्रति। याजयित्वा ततो याज्याँल्लब्ध्वा च सुबहून्पशून् ॥९-३५-१७॥
tathā tu te parikramya yājyānsarvānpashūnprati। yājayitvā tato yājyāṁllabdhvā ca subahūnpaśūn ॥9-35-17॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; तु (tu) - but; ते (te) - they; परिक्रम्य (parikramya) - having circumambulated; याज्यान् (yājyān) - sacrificial animals; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; पशून् (paśūn) - animals; प्रति (prati) - towards; याजयित्वा (yājayitvā) - having sacrificed; ततः (tataḥ) - then; याज्यान् (yājyān) - sacrificial animals; लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained; च (ca) - and; सुबहून् (subahūn) - many; पशून् (paśūn) - animals;]
(Thus, but they, having circumambulated all the sacrificial animals, towards the animals, having sacrificed, then having obtained many sacrificial animals.)
Thus, they circumambulated all the sacrificial animals and then, having performed the sacrifices, obtained many animals.
याज्येन कर्मणा तेन प्रतिगृह्य विधानतः। प्राचीं दिशं महात्मान आजग्मुस्ते महर्षयः ॥९-३५-१८॥
yājyena karmaṇā tena pratigṛhya vidhānataḥ। prācīṃ diśaṃ mahātmāna ājagmuste maharṣayaḥ ॥9-35-18॥
[याज्येन (yājyena) - by the sacrificial act; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by the action; तेन (tena) - by that; प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received; विधानतः (vidhānataḥ) - according to the rule; प्राचीं (prācīm) - eastern; दिशं (diśam) - direction; महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great souls; आजग्मुः (ājagmuḥ) - arrived; ते (te) - they; महर्षयः (maharṣayaḥ) - great sages;]
(By the sacrificial act, by the action, by that, having received according to the rule, the great souls arrived in the eastern direction, they, the great sages.)
The great sages, having performed the sacrificial act and received according to the rule, arrived in the eastern direction.
त्रितस्तेषां महाराज पुरस्ताद्याति हृष्टवत्। एकतश्च द्वितश्चैव पृष्ठतः कालयन्पशून् ॥९-३५-१९॥
tritasteṣāṃ mahārāja purastādyāti hṛṣṭavat। ekataśca dvitaścaiva pṛṣṭhataḥ kālayanpaśūn ॥9-35-19॥
[त्रितः (tritaḥ) - Trita; तेषां (teṣāṃ) - of them; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - in front; याति (yāti) - goes; हृष्टवत् (hṛṣṭavat) - joyfully; एकतः (ekataḥ) - on one side; च (ca) - and; द्वितः (dvitaḥ) - Dvita; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - behind; कालयन् (kālayan) - driving; पशून् (paśūn) - animals;]
(Trita, of them, O great king, goes in front joyfully; on one side and Dvita indeed behind driving animals.)
O great king, Trita joyfully leads them from the front, while Dvita follows behind, herding the animals.
तयोश्चिन्ता समभवद्दृष्ट्वा पशुगणं महत्। कथं न स्युरिमा गाव आवाभ्यां वै विना त्रितम् ॥९-३५-२०॥
tayoś cintā samabhavad dṛṣṭvā paśugaṇaṃ mahat। kathaṃ na syur imā gāva āvābhyāṃ vai vinā tritam ॥9-35-20॥
[तयोः (tayoḥ) - of them; चिन्ता (cintā) - worry; समभवत् (samabhavat) - arose; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - seeing; पशुगणं (paśugaṇam) - herd of animals; महत् (mahat) - great; कथम् (katham) - how; न (na) - not; स्युः (syuḥ) - would be; इमाः (imāḥ) - these; गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows; आवाभ्याम् (āvābhyām) - by us two; वै (vai) - indeed; विना (vinā) - without; त्रितम् (tritam) - third;]
(Of them, worry arose seeing the great herd of animals. How would these cows not be without us two, indeed, the third?)
Seeing the large herd of animals, they both became worried. They wondered how these cows could manage without the two of them, indeed, without a third person.
तावन्योन्यं समाभाष्य एकतश्च द्वितश्च ह। यदूचतुर्मिथः पापौ तन्निबोध जनेश्वर ॥९-३५-२१॥
tāv anyonyaṃ samābhāṣya ekataś ca dvitataś ca ha। yad ūcatur mithaḥ pāpau tan nibodha janeśvara ॥9-35-21॥
[तौ (tau) - they both; अन्योन्यम् (anyonyaṃ) - each other; समाभाष्य (samābhāṣya) - having conversed; एकतः (ekataḥ) - from one side; च (ca) - and; द्विततः (dvitataḥ) - from the other side; च (ca) - and; ह (ha) - indeed; यत् (yat) - what; ऊचतुः (ūcatuḥ) - they both said; मिथः (mithaḥ) - to each other; पापौ (pāpau) - O sinners; तत् (tat) - that; निबोध (nibodha) - listen; जनेश्वर (janeśvara) - O lord of people;]
(They both, having conversed with each other, from one side and from the other side, indeed, what they both said to each other, O sinners, that, listen, O lord of people.)
The two, after conversing with each other from both sides, indeed said to each other, 'O sinners, listen to what we have to say, O lord of people.'
त्रितो यज्ञेषु कुशलस्त्रितो वेदेषु निष्ठितः। अन्यास्त्रितो बहुतरा गावः समुपलप्स्यते ॥९-३५-२२॥
trito yajñeṣu kuśalastrito vedeṣu niṣṭhitaḥ। anyāstrito bahutarā gāvaḥ samupalapsyate ॥9-35-22॥
[त्रितः (tritaḥ) - Trita; यज्ञेषु (yajñeṣu) - in sacrifices; कुशलः (kuśalaḥ) - skilled; त्रितः (tritaḥ) - Trita; वेदेषु (vedeṣu) - in the Vedas; निष्ठितः (niṣṭhitaḥ) - established; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another; त्रितः (tritaḥ) - Trita; बहुतराः (bahutarāḥ) - many; गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows; समुपलप्स्यते (samupalapsyate) - will obtain;]
(Trita is skilled in sacrifices, Trita is established in the Vedas. Another Trita will obtain many cows.)
Trita, skilled in sacrifices and established in the Vedas, will obtain many cows, unlike another Trita.
तदावां सहितौ भूत्वा गाः प्रकाल्य व्रजावहे। त्रितोऽपि गच्छतां काममावाभ्यां वै विनाकृतः ॥९-३५-२३॥
tadāvāṃ sahitau bhūtvā gāḥ prakālya vrajāvahe। trito'pi gacchatāṃ kāmamāvābhyāṃ vai vinākṛtaḥ ॥9-35-23॥
[तदा (tadā) - then; आवां (āvāṃ) - we both; सहितौ (sahitau) - together; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; गाः (gāḥ) - cows; प्रकाल्य (prakālya) - having milked; व्रजावहे (vrajāvahe) - let us go; त्रितः (tritaḥ) - Trita; अपि (api) - also; गच्छतां (gacchatām) - let him go; कामम् (kāmam) - as he wishes; आवाभ्यां (āvābhyāṃ) - by us both; वै (vai) - indeed; विनाकृतः (vinākṛtaḥ) - without;]
(Then, having become together, let us go after milking the cows. Let Trita also go as he wishes, indeed without us both.)
"Then, we both shall go together after milking the cows. Let Trita also go as he wishes, indeed without us."
तेषामागच्छतां रात्रौ पथिस्थाने वृकोऽभवत्। तथा कूपोऽविदूरेऽभूत्सरस्वत्यास्तटे महान् ॥९-३५-२४॥
teṣām āgacchatāṃ rātrau pathi sthāne vṛko'bhavat. tathā kūpo'vidūre'bhūt sarasvatyās taṭe mahān ॥9-35-24॥
[तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; आगच्छताम् (āgacchatām) - coming; रात्रौ (rātrau) - at night; पथि (pathi) - on the path; स्थाने (sthāne) - in the place; वृकः (vṛkaḥ) - wolf; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; तथा (tathā) - thus; कूपः (kūpaḥ) - well; अविदूरे (avidūre) - not far; अभूत् (abhūt) - was; सरस्वत्याः (sarasvatyāḥ) - of Sarasvati; तटे (taṭe) - on the bank; महान् (mahān) - great;]
(Of them coming at night, a wolf appeared on the path. Thus, a great well was not far on the bank of Sarasvati.)
As they were coming at night, a wolf appeared on the path. Similarly, a great well was situated not far from the bank of the Sarasvati.
अथ त्रितो वृकं दृष्ट्वा पथि तिष्ठन्तमग्रतः। तद्भयादपसर्पन्वै तस्मिन्कूपे पपात ह ॥ अगाधे सुमहाघोरे सर्वभूतभयङ्करे ॥९-३५-२५॥
atha trito vṛkaṃ dṛṣṭvā pathi tiṣṭhantamagrataḥ। tadbhayādapasarpanvai tasminkūpe papāta ha ॥ agādhe sumahāghore sarvabhūtabhayaṅkare ॥9-35-25॥
[अथ (atha) - then; त्रितः (tritaḥ) - Trita; वृकम् (vṛkam) - wolf; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; पथि (pathi) - on the path; तिष्ठन्तम् (tiṣṭhantam) - standing; अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front; तत् (tat) - that; भयात् (bhayāt) - out of fear; अपसर्पन् (apasarpan) - moving away; वै (vai) - indeed; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - into that; कूपे (kūpe) - well; पपात (papāta) - fell; अगाधे (agādhe) - bottomless; सुमहाघोरे (sumahāghore) - very terrible; सर्वभूतभयङ्करे (sarvabhūtabhayaṅkare) - frightening to all beings;]
(Then Trita, having seen the wolf standing on the path in front, indeed moved away out of fear and fell into that bottomless, very terrible well, frightening to all beings.)
Then Trita saw a wolf standing in front of him on the path. Out of fear, he moved away and fell into a bottomless, very terrible well that was frightening to all beings.
त्रितस्ततो महाभागः कूपस्थो मुनिसत्तमः। आर्तनादं ततश्चक्रे तौ तु शुश्रुवतुर्मुनी ॥९-३५-२६॥
tritastato mahābhāgaḥ kūpastho munisattamaḥ। ārtanādaṃ tataścakre tau tu śuśruvaturmunī ॥9-35-26॥
[त्रितः (tritaḥ) - Trita; ततः (tataḥ) - then; महाभागः (mahābhāgaḥ) - fortunate; कूपस्थः (kūpasthaḥ) - in the well; मुनिसत्तमः (munisattamaḥ) - best of sages; आर्तनादं (ārtanādam) - cry of distress; ततः (tataḥ) - then; चक्रे (cakre) - made; तौ (tau) - those two; तु (tu) - indeed; शुश्रुवतु (śuśruvatu) - heard; मुनी (munī) - sages;]
(Then the fortunate Trita, the best of sages, who was in the well, made a cry of distress, and those two sages indeed heard it.)
Then the fortunate sage Trita, who was trapped in the well, cried out in distress, and the two other sages heard his cry.
तं ज्ञात्वा पतितं कूपे भ्रातरावेकतद्वितौ। वृकत्रासाच्च लोभाच्च समुत्सृज्य प्रजग्मतुः ॥९-३५-२७॥
taṁ jñātvā patitaṁ kūpe bhrātarāvekatadvitau। vṛkatrāsācca lobhācca samutsṛjya prajagmatuḥ ॥9-35-27॥
[तं (taṁ) - him; ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - knowing; पतितं (patitaṁ) - fallen; कूपे (kūpe) - into the well; भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - the two brothers; एकतद्वितौ (ekatadvitau) - one and the other; वृकत्रासात् (vṛkatrāsāt) - from fear of the wolf; च (ca) - and; लोभात् (lobhāt) - from greed; च (ca) - and; समुत्सृज्य (samutsṛjya) - abandoning; प्रजग्मतुः (prajagmatuḥ) - departed;]
(Knowing him fallen into the well, the two brothers, one and the other, from fear of the wolf and from greed, abandoning, departed.)
Realizing that he had fallen into the well, the two brothers, driven by fear of the wolf and their own greed, decided to abandon him and left.
भ्रातृभ्यां पशुलुब्धाभ्यामुत्सृष्टः स महातपाः। उदपाने महाराज निर्जले पांसुसंवृते ॥९-३५-२८॥
bhrātṛbhyāṃ paśulubdhābhyāmutsṛṣṭaḥ sa mahātapāḥ। udapāne mahārāja nirjale pāṃsusaṃvṛte ॥9-35-28॥
[भ्रातृभ्याम् (bhrātṛbhyām) - by the two brothers; पशुलुब्धाभ्याम् (paśulubdhābhyām) - by the animal hunters; उत्सृष्टः (utsṛṣṭaḥ) - abandoned; सः (saḥ) - he; महातपाः (mahātapāḥ) - great ascetic; उदपाने (udapāne) - in the well; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; निर्जले (nirjale) - waterless; पांसुसंवृते (pāṃsusaṃvṛte) - covered with dust;]
(Abandoned by the two brothers who were animal hunters, he, the great ascetic, was in a waterless well covered with dust, O great king.)
The great ascetic was abandoned by his two brothers, who were hunters, and found himself in a dry well covered with dust, O great king.
बुद्ध्या ह्यगणयत्प्राज्ञो मृत्योर्भीतो ह्यसोमपः। सोमः कथं नु पातव्य इहस्थेन मया भवेत् ॥९-३५-३०॥
buddhyā hy agaṇayat prājño mṛtyor bhīto hy asomapaḥ। somaḥ kathaṁ nu pātavya ihasthena mayā bhavet ॥9-35-30॥
[बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - with wisdom; हि (hi) - indeed; अगणयत् (agaṇayat) - did not count; प्राज्ञः (prājñaḥ) - the wise one; मृत्योर् (mṛtyor) - of death; भीतः (bhītaḥ) - afraid; हि (hi) - indeed; असोमपः (asomapaḥ) - non-drinker of soma; सोमः (somaḥ) - soma; कथम् (katham) - how; नु (nu) - indeed; पातव्य (pātavya) - to be drunk; इहस्थेन (ihasthena) - by one who is here; मया (mayā) - by me; भवेत् (bhavet) - may be;]
(With wisdom, the wise one, indeed afraid of death, did not count the non-drinker of soma. How indeed can soma be drunk by me who is here?)
The wise one, using wisdom, did not consider the non-drinker of soma, being afraid of death. How can I, who am here, drink soma?
स एवमनुसञ्चिन्त्य तस्मिन्कूपे महातपाः। ददर्श वीरुधं तत्र लम्बमानां यदृच्छया ॥९-३५-३१॥
sa evamanusañcintya tasminkūpe mahātapāḥ। dadarśa vīrudhaṃ tatra lambamānāṃ yadṛcchayā ॥9-35-31॥
[स (sa) - he; एवम् (evam) - thus; अनुसञ्चिन्त्य (anusañcintya) - having contemplated; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; कूपे (kūpe) - well; महातपाः (mahātapāḥ) - great ascetic; ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw; वीरुधं (vīrudhaṃ) - a creeper; तत्र (tatra) - there; लम्बमानां (lambamānāṃ) - hanging; यदृच्छया (yadṛcchayā) - by chance;]
(He, having contemplated thus, in that well, the great ascetic saw a creeper hanging there by chance.)
The great ascetic, after contemplating, saw a creeper hanging by chance in that well.
पांसुग्रस्ते ततः कूपे विचिन्त्य सलिलं मुनिः। अग्नीन्सङ्कल्पयामास होत्रे चात्मानमेव च ॥९-३५-३२॥
pāṃsugraste tataḥ kūpe vicintya salilaṃ muniḥ। agnīnsaṅkalpayāmāsa hotre cātmānameva ca ॥9-35-32॥
[पांसुग्रस्ते (pāṃsugraste) - covered with dust; ततः (tataḥ) - then; कूपे (kūpe) - in the well; विचिन्त्य (vicintya) - having thought; सलिलं (salilaṃ) - water; मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage; अग्नीन् (agnīn) - fires; सङ्कल्पयामास (saṅkalpayāmāsa) - imagined; होत्रे (hotre) - for the sacrifice; च (ca) - and; आत्मानमेव (ātmānameva) - himself; च (ca) - and;]
(Then, having thought about the water in the well covered with dust, the sage imagined fires for the sacrifice and himself.)
The sage, contemplating the dusty well, envisioned the fires for the ritual and himself as part of it.
ततस्तां वीरुधं सोमं सङ्कल्प्य सुमहातपाः। ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि मनसा चिन्तयन्मुनिः ॥ ग्रावाणः शर्कराः कृत्वा प्रचक्रेऽभिषवं नृप ॥९-३५-३३॥
tatastāṃ vīrudhaṃ somaṃ saṅkalpya sumahātapāḥ। ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni manasā cintayanmuniḥ ॥ grāvāṇaḥ śarkarāḥ kṛtvā pracakre'bhiṣavaṃ nṛpa ॥9-35-33॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तां (tāṃ) - that; वीरुधं (vīrudhaṃ) - plant; सोमं (somaṃ) - Soma; सङ्कल्प्य (saṅkalpya) - having resolved; सुमहातपाः (sumahātapāḥ) - greatly austere; ऋचः (ṛcaḥ) - hymns; यजूंषि (yajūṃṣi) - sacrificial formulas; सामानि (sāmāni) - chants; मनसा (manasā) - by mind; चिन्तयन् (cintayan) - contemplating; मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage; ग्रावाणः (grāvāṇaḥ) - stones; शर्कराः (śarkarāḥ) - pebbles; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; प्रचक्रे (pracakre) - performed; अभिषवम् (abhiṣavam) - libation; नृप (nṛpa) - O king;]
(Then, having resolved that plant Soma, the greatly austere sage, contemplating the hymns, sacrificial formulas, and chants by mind, made stones and pebbles, and performed the libation, O king.)
Then the greatly austere sage, having resolved upon the Soma plant, contemplated the hymns, sacrificial formulas, and chants in his mind. He made stones and pebbles and performed the libation, O king.
आज्यं च सलिलं चक्रे भागांश्च त्रिदिवौकसाम्। सोमस्याभिषवं कृत्वा चकार तुमुलं ध्वनिम् ॥९-३५-३४॥
ājyaṁ ca salilaṁ cakre bhāgāṁśca tridivaukasām। somasyābhiṣavaṁ kṛtvā cakāra tumulaṁ dhvanim ॥9-35-34॥
[आज्यं (ājyaṁ) - clarified butter; च (ca) - and; सलिलं (salilaṁ) - water; चक्रे (cakre) - made; भागान् (bhāgān) - shares; च (ca) - and; त्रिदिवौकसाम् (tridivaukasām) - of the inhabitants of heaven; सोमस्य (somasya) - of Soma; अभिषवं (abhiṣavaṁ) - libation; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; चकार (cakāra) - produced; तुमुलं (tumulaṁ) - loud; ध्वनिम् (dhvanim) - sound;]
(He made clarified butter and water, and shares for the inhabitants of heaven. Having made a libation of Soma, he produced a loud sound.)
He prepared clarified butter and water, and allocated shares for the gods. After making a libation of Soma, he created a loud sound.
स चाविशद्दिवं राजन्स्वरः शैक्षस्त्रितस्य वै। समवाप च तं यज्ञं यथोक्तं ब्रह्मवादिभिः ॥९-३५-३५॥
sa cāviśad divaṃ rājan svaraḥ śaikṣas tritasya vai। samavāpa ca taṃ yajñaṃ yathoktaṃ brahmavādibhiḥ ॥9-35-35॥
[स (sa) - he; च (ca) - and; अविशत् (aviśat) - entered; दिवम् (divam) - heaven; राजन् (rājan) - O king; स्वरः (svaraḥ) - sound; शैक्षः (śaikṣaḥ) - of the student; त्रितस्य (tritasya) - of Trita; वै (vai) - indeed; समवाप (samavāpa) - obtained; च (ca) - and; तम् (tam) - that; यज्ञम् (yajñam) - sacrifice; यथोक्तम् (yathoktam) - as stated; ब्रह्मवादिभिः (brahmavādibhiḥ) - by the knowers of Brahman;]
(He entered heaven, O king, indeed the sound of the student of Trita; and obtained that sacrifice as stated by the knowers of Brahman.)
He entered heaven, O king, with the sound of the student of Trita; and performed the sacrifice as instructed by the knowers of Brahman.
वर्तमाने तथा यज्ञे त्रितस्य सुमहात्मनः। आविग्नं त्रिदिवं सर्वं कारणं च न बुध्यते ॥९-३५-३६॥
vartamāne tathā yajñe tritasya sumahātmanaḥ। āvignaṃ tridivaṃ sarvaṃ kāraṇaṃ ca na budhyate ॥9-35-36॥
[वर्तमाने (vartamāne) - in the present; तथा (tathā) - thus; यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the sacrifice; त्रितस्य (tritasya) - of Trita; सुमहात्मनः (sumahātmanaḥ) - of the great soul; आविग्नं (āvignaṃ) - unperturbed; त्रिदिवं (tridivaṃ) - the three worlds; सर्वं (sarvaṃ) - all; कारणं (kāraṇaṃ) - cause; च (ca) - and; न (na) - not; बुध्यते (budhyate) - is understood;]
(In the present, thus, in the sacrifice of Trita, the great soul, the three worlds are unperturbed, all causes are not understood.)
In the present sacrifice of the great soul Trita, the three worlds remain unperturbed, and the causes are not understood.
ततः सुतुमुलं शब्दं शुश्रावाथ बृहस्पतिः। श्रुत्वा चैवाब्रवीद्देवान्सर्वान्देवपुरोहितः ॥९-३५-३७॥
tataḥ sutumulaṃ śabdaṃ śuśrāvātha bṛhaspatiḥ। śrutvā caivābravīddevānsarvāndevapurohitaḥ ॥9-35-37॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सुतुमुलं (sutumulaṃ) - very loud; शब्दं (śabdaṃ) - sound; शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard; अथ (atha) - then; बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Bṛhaspati; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; देवान् (devān) - to the gods; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; देवपुरोहितः (devapurohitaḥ) - the priest of the gods;]
(Then Bṛhaspati heard a very loud sound. Having heard it, the priest of the gods indeed said to all the gods.)
Then Bṛhaspati heard a very loud sound and, having heard it, he, the priest of the gods, addressed all the gods.
त्रितस्य वर्तते यज्ञस्तत्र गच्छामहे सुराः। स हि क्रुद्धः सृजेदन्यान्देवानपि महातपाः ॥९-३५-३८॥
tritasya vartate yajñastatra gacchāmahe surāḥ। sa hi kruddhaḥ sṛjedanyāndevānapi mahātapāḥ ॥9-35-38॥
[त्रितस्य (tritasya) - of Trita; वर्तते (vartate) - is being performed; यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - sacrifice; तत्र (tatra) - there; गच्छामहे (gacchāmahe) - let us go; सुराः (surāḥ) - O gods; सः (saḥ) - he; हि (hi) - indeed; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; सृजेत् (sṛjet) - might create; अन्यान् (anyān) - other; देवान् (devān) - gods; अपि (api) - even; महातपाः (mahātapāḥ) - great ascetic;]
(The sacrifice of Trita is being performed there; let us go, O gods. For he, being angry, might even create other gods, the great ascetic.)
"The sacrifice of Trita is taking place there; let us proceed, O gods. For in his anger, the great ascetic might create other gods as well."
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य सहिताः सर्वदेवताः। प्रययुस्तत्र यत्रासौ त्रितयज्ञः प्रवर्तते ॥९-३५-३९॥
tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya sahitāḥ sarvadevatāḥ। prayayustatra yatrāsau tritayajñaḥ pravartate ॥9-35-39॥
[तत् (tat) - that; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; वचनम् (vacanam) - speech; तस्य (tasya) - his; सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - accompanied; सर्वदेवताः (sarvadevatāḥ) - all the gods; प्रययुः (prayayuḥ) - went; तत्र (tatra) - there; यत्र (yatra) - where; असौ (asau) - that; त्रितयज्ञः (tritayajñaḥ) - Trita's sacrifice; प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - is being conducted;]
(Having heard his speech, all the gods, accompanied, went there where Trita's sacrifice is being conducted.)
Upon hearing his words, all the gods went together to the place where Trita's sacrifice was taking place.
ते तत्र गत्वा विबुधास्तं कूपं यत्र स त्रितः। ददृशुस्तं महात्मानं दीक्षितं यज्ञकर्मसु ॥९-३५-४०॥
te tatra gatvā vibudhāstaṁ kūpaṁ yatra sa tritaḥ। dadṛśustaṁ mahātmānaṁ dīkṣitaṁ yajñakarmasu ॥9-35-40॥
[ते (te) - they; तत्र (tatra) - there; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; विबुधाः (vibudhāḥ) - the wise ones; तम् (tam) - that; कूपम् (kūpam) - well; यत्र (yatra) - where; सः (saḥ) - he; त्रितः (tritaḥ) - Trita; ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - saw; तम् (tam) - that; महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - great soul; दीक्षितम् (dīkṣitam) - initiated; यज्ञकर्मसु (yajñakarmasu) - in sacrificial rites;]
(They, having gone there, the wise ones saw that well where Trita was, that great soul initiated in sacrificial rites.)
The wise ones went there and saw the well where Trita, the great soul, was engaged in sacrificial rites.
दृष्ट्वा चैनं महात्मानं श्रिया परमया युतम्। ऊचुश्चाथ महाभागं प्राप्ता भागार्थिनो वयम् ॥९-३५-४१॥
dṛṣṭvā cainaṃ mahātmānaṃ śriyā paramayā yutam। ūcuścātha mahābhāgaṃ prāptā bhāgārthino vayam ॥9-35-41॥
[दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; च (ca) - and; एनम् (enam) - this; महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - great soul; श्रिया (śriyā) - with splendor; परमया (paramayā) - supreme; युतम् (yutam) - endowed; ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said; च (ca) - and; अथ (atha) - then; महाभागम् (mahābhāgam) - fortunate one; प्राप्ताः (prāptāḥ) - arrived; भागार्थिनः (bhāgārthinaḥ) - seekers of fortune; वयम् (vayam) - we;]
(Having seen this great soul endowed with supreme splendor, they then said, "O fortunate one, we have arrived as seekers of fortune.")
Upon seeing this great soul, resplendent with supreme glory, they addressed him, saying, "O fortunate one, we have come seeking fortune."
अथाब्रवीदृषिर्देवान्पश्यध्वं मां दिवौकसः। अस्मिन्प्रतिभये कूपे निमग्नं नष्टचेतसम् ॥९-३५-४२॥
athābravīdṛṣirdevānpaśyadhvaṃ māṃ divaukasaḥ। asminpratibhaye kūpe nimagnaṃ naṣṭacetasam ॥9-35-42॥
[अथ (atha) - then; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage; देवान् (devān) - gods; पश्यध्वम् (paśyadhvam) - see; माम् (mām) - me; दिवौकसः (divaukasaḥ) - O dwellers of heaven; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; प्रतिभये (pratibhaye) - fearful; कूपे (kūpe) - well; निमग्नम् (nimagnam) - submerged; नष्टचेतसम् (naṣṭacetasam) - lost consciousness;]
(Then the sage said to the gods, "See me, O dwellers of heaven, submerged in this fearful well, having lost consciousness.")
Then the sage addressed the gods, "Look at me, O heavenly beings, as I am submerged in this terrifying well, unconscious and lost."
ततस्त्रितो महाराज भागांस्तेषां यथाविधि। मन्त्रयुक्तान्समददात्ते च प्रीतास्तदाभवन् ॥९-३५-४३॥
tatastṛto mahārāja bhāgāṃsteṣāṃ yathāvidhi। mantrayuktānsamadadātte ca prītāstadābhavan ॥9-35-43॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; त्रितः (tṛtaḥ) - Trita; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; भागान् (bhāgān) - shares; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; यथाविधि (yathāvidhi) - according to the rule; मन्त्रयुक्तान् (mantrayuktān) - endowed with mantras; समददात् (samadadāt) - distributed; ते (te) - they; च (ca) - and; प्रीताः (prītāḥ) - pleased; तदा (tadā) - then; अभवन् (abhavan) - became;]
(Then Trita, O great king, distributed their shares according to the rule, endowed with mantras, and they became pleased then.)
Then Trita, O great king, distributed their shares according to the rule, which were endowed with mantras, and they were pleased at that time.
ततो यथाविधि प्राप्तान्भागान्प्राप्य दिवौकसः। प्रीतात्मानो ददुस्तस्मै वरान्यान्मनसेच्छति ॥९-३५-४४॥
tato yathāvidhi prāptānbhāgānprāpya divaukasaḥ। prītātmāno dadustasmai varānyānmanasecchati ॥9-35-44॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; यथाविधि (yathāvidhi) - according to the rule; प्राप्तान् (prāptān) - obtained; भागान् (bhāgān) - shares; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained; दिवौकसः (divaukasaḥ) - the gods; प्रीतात्मानः (prītātmānaḥ) - pleased in mind; ददुः (daduḥ) - gave; तस्मै (tasmai) - to him; वरान् (varān) - boons; यान् (yān) - which; मनसा (manasā) - in mind; इच्छति (icchati) - desires;]
(Then, having obtained the shares according to the rule, the gods, pleased in mind, gave him the boons which he desired in mind.)
Then, as per the rules, the gods, having received their shares, were pleased and granted him the boons he wished for in his heart.
स तु वव्रे वरं देवांस्त्रातुमर्हथ मामितः। यश्चेहोपस्पृशेत्कूपे स सोमपगतिं लभेत् ॥९-३५-४५॥
sa tu vavre varaṁ devāṁstrātumarhatha māmitḥ। yaścehopaspṛśetkūpe sa somapagatiṁ labhet ॥9-35-45॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; वव्रे (vavre) - chose; वरं (varaṁ) - boon; देवान् (devān) - gods; त्रातुम् (trātum) - to protect; अर्हथ (arhatha) - you should; माम् (mām) - me; इतः (itaḥ) - from here; यः (yaḥ) - who; च (ca) - and; इह (iha) - here; उपस्पृशेत् (upaspṛśet) - touches; कूपे (kūpe) - in the well; सः (saḥ) - he; सोमपगतिं (somapagatiṁ) - path to Soma; लभेत् (labhet) - should obtain;]
(He, however, chose a boon: 'O gods, you should protect me from here. Whoever touches the well here should obtain the path to Soma.')
He chose a boon and said, 'O gods, please protect me from this place. Whoever touches the water in this well shall attain the path to Soma.'
तत्र चोर्मिमती राजन्नुत्पपात सरस्वती। तयोत्क्षिप्तस्त्रितस्तस्थौ पूजयंस्त्रिदिवौकसः ॥९-३५-४६॥
tatra cormimatī rājannutpapāta sarasvatī। tayotkṣiptastritastasthau pūjayaṃstridivaukasaḥ ॥9-35-46॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; च (ca) - and; उर्मिमती (urmimatī) - wave-filled; राजन् (rājan) - O king; उत्पपात (utpapāta) - arose; सरस्वती (sarasvatī) - Sarasvati; तया (tayā) - by her; उत्क्षिप्तः (utkṣiptaḥ) - lifted; त्रितः (tritaḥ) - Trita; तस्थौ (tasthau) - stood; पूजयन् (pūjayan) - worshipping; त्रिदिवौकसः (tridivaukasaḥ) - the inhabitants of heaven;]
(There, O king, the wave-filled Sarasvati arose. Lifted by her, Trita stood worshipping the inhabitants of heaven.)
There, O king, the Sarasvati river, filled with waves, arose. Trita, lifted by her, stood worshipping the heavenly beings.
तथेति चोक्त्वा विबुधा जग्मू राजन्यथागतम्। त्रितश्चाप्यगमत्प्रीतः स्वमेव निलयं तदा ॥९-३५-४७॥
tatheti coktvā vibudhā jagmū rājanyathāgatam। tritaścāpyagamatprītaḥ svameva nilayaṃ tadā ॥9-35-47॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; इति (iti) - so; च (ca) - and; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; विबुधाः (vibudhāḥ) - the gods; जग्मुः (jagmūḥ) - went; राजन् (rājan) - O king; यथा (yathā) - as; आगतम् (āgatam) - they came; त्रितः (tritaḥ) - Trita; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अगमत् (agamat) - went; प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased; स्वम् (svam) - his own; एव (eva) - indeed; निलयं (nilayaṃ) - abode; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Thus, having spoken, the gods went, O king, as they came. Trita also went, pleased, to his own abode then.)
Thus, after speaking, the gods departed as they had come, O king. Trita, too, pleased, returned to his own abode at that time.
क्रुद्धः स तु समासाद्य तावृषी भ्रातरौ तदा। उवाच परुषं वाक्यं शशाप च महातपाः ॥९-३५-४८॥
kruddhaḥ sa tu samāsādya tāvṛṣī bhrātarau tadā। uvāca paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ śaśāpa ca mahātapāḥ ॥9-35-48॥
[क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; समासाद्य (samāsādya) - approaching; तौ (tau) - those two; ऋषी (ṛṣī) - sages; भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - brothers; तदा (tadā) - then; उवाच (uvāca) - said; परुषं (paruṣam) - harsh; वाक्यं (vākyaṃ) - words; शशाप (śaśāpa) - cursed; च (ca) - and; महातपाः (mahātapāḥ) - great ascetic;]
(Angry, he, but approaching those two sage brothers then, said harsh words and cursed, the great ascetic.)
In his anger, the great ascetic approached the two sage brothers and then spoke harsh words and cursed them.
पशुलुब्धौ युवां यस्मान्मामुत्सृज्य प्रधावितौ। तस्माद्रूपेण तेषां वै दंष्ट्रिणामभितश्चरौ ॥९-३५-४९॥
paśulubdhau yuvāṃ yasmānmāmutsṛjya pradhāvitau। tasmādrūpeṇa teṣāṃ vai daṃṣṭriṇāmabhitaścarau ॥9-35-49॥
[पशुलुब्धौ (paśulubdhau) - animal-hunters; युवां (yuvāṃ) - you two; यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because; माम् (mām) - me; उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - leaving; प्रधावितौ (pradhāvitau) - ran away; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - in form; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; वै (vai) - indeed; दंष्ट्रिणाम् (daṃṣṭriṇām) - of the fanged ones; अभितः (abhitaḥ) - around; चरौ (carau) - you wander;]
(You two animal-hunters, having left me, ran away. Therefore, you wander around in the form of the fanged ones.)
"You two, who are hunters of animals, left me and ran away. Therefore, you now wander around in the form of those with fangs."
भवितारौ मया शप्तौ पापेनानेन कर्मणा। प्रसवश्चैव युवयोर्गोलाङ्गूलर्क्षवानराः ॥९-३५-५०॥
bhavitārau mayā śaptau pāpenānena karmaṇā। prasavaścaiva yuvayorgolāṅgūlarkṣavānarāḥ ॥9-35-50॥
[भवितारौ (bhavitārau) - will become; मया (mayā) - by me; शप्तौ (śaptau) - cursed; पापेन (pāpena) - by sin; अनेन (anena) - this; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by act; प्रसवः (prasavaḥ) - birth; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; युवयोः (yuvayoḥ) - of you two; गोलाङ्गूल (golāṅgūla) - tail of a cow; ऋक्ष (ṛkṣa) - bear; वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys;]
(You two will be cursed by me due to this sinful act. Indeed, the birth of you two will be as a bear and monkeys with a cow's tail.)
You two are cursed by me for this sinful act. You will be reborn as a bear and monkeys with a cow's tail.
इत्युक्ते तु तदा तेन क्षणादेव विशां पते। तथाभूतावदृश्येतां वचनात्सत्यवादिनः ॥९-३५-५१॥
ityukte tu tadā tena kṣaṇādeva viśāṃ pate। tathābhūtāvadṛśyetāṃ vacanātsatyavādinaḥ ॥9-35-51॥
[इति (iti) - thus; उक्ते (ukte) - having been said; तु (tu) - but; तदा (tadā) - then; तेन (tena) - by him; क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - instantly; एव (eva) - indeed; विशां (viśāṃ) - of men; पते (pate) - O lord; तथा (tathā) - thus; भूतौ (bhūtau) - the beings; अदृश्येताम् (adṛśyetām) - became visible; वचनात् (vacanāt) - from the words; सत्यवादिनः (satyavādinaḥ) - of the truth-speaker;]
(Thus having been said, O lord of men, instantly indeed by him, the beings became visible from the words of the truth-speaker.)
Upon hearing these words, O lord of men, the beings instantly became visible due to the truth-speaker's words.
तत्राप्यमितविक्रान्तः स्पृष्ट्वा तोयं हलायुधः। दत्त्वा च विविधान्दायान्पूजयित्वा च वै द्विजान् ॥९-३५-५२॥
tatrāpyamitavikrāntaḥ spṛṣṭvā toyaṃ halāyudhaḥ। dattvā ca vividhāndāyānpūjayitvā ca vai dvijān ॥9-35-52॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; अपि (api) - also; अमितविक्रान्तः (amitavikrāntaḥ) - immeasurable prowess; स्पृष्ट्वा (spṛṣṭvā) - having touched; तोयम् (toyam) - water; हलायुधः (halāyudhaḥ) - Halayudha (Balarama); दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given; च (ca) - and; विविधान् (vividhān) - various; दायान् (dāyān) - gifts; पूजयित्वा (pūjayitvā) - having worshipped; च (ca) - and; वै (vai) - indeed; द्विजान् (dvijān) - the twice-born (Brahmins);]
(There also, the one with immeasurable prowess, Halayudha (Balarama), having touched the water, and having given various gifts, and having worshipped the twice-born (Brahmins), indeed.)
There, the mighty Balarama, known as Halayudha, also touched the water, offered various gifts, and worshipped the Brahmins with great reverence.
उदपानं च तं दृष्ट्वा प्रशस्य च पुनः पुनः। नदीगतमदीनात्मा प्राप्तो विनशनं तदा ॥९-३५-५३॥
udapānaṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā praśasya ca punaḥ punaḥ। nadīgataṃ adīnātma prāpto vinaśanaṃ tadā ॥9-35-53॥
[उदपानम् (udapānam) - water-well; च (ca) - and; तम् (tam) - that; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; प्रशस्य (praśasya) - praised; च (ca) - and; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; नदीगतं (nadīgataṃ) - gone to the river; अदीनात्मा (adīnātma) - undaunted soul; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - reached; विनशनं (vinaśanam) - destruction; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Having seen the water-well and praised it again and again, the undaunted soul, having gone to the river, then reached destruction.)
Upon seeing the water-well and repeatedly praising it, the undaunted soul went to the river and then met his end.
