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Library: Enquired by Yudhisthira, Krishna tells the story of Gadi, Vishvamitra, Jamadajni, Kārtavīrya, and Paraśurāma, on the way to Kurukshetra.
वासुदेव उवाच॥
vāsudeva uvāca॥
[वासुदेव (vāsudeva) - Vāsudeva; (a name of Kṛṣṇa) उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vāsudeva said;)
Vāsudeva said:
शृणु कौन्तेय रामस्य मया यावत्परिश्रुतम्। महर्षीणां कथयतां कारणं तस्य जन्म च ॥१२-४९-१॥
śṛṇu kaunteya rāmasya mayā yāvatpariśrutam। maharṣīṇāṃ kathayatāṃ kāraṇaṃ tasya janma ca ॥12-49-1॥
[शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear; कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti; रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma; मया (mayā) - by me; यावत् (yāvat) - as much as; परिश्रुतम् (pariśrutam) - has been heard; महर्षीणाम् (maharṣīṇām) - of the great sages; कथयताम् (kathayatām) - as they narrate; कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause; तस्य (tasya) - of him; जन्म (janma) - birth; च (ca) - and;]
(Hear, O son of Kunti, as much as has been heard by me of Rāma, as narrated by the great sages, the cause and birth of him.)
O son of Kunti, listen to what I have heard about Rāma, as told by the great sages—the reason and the story of his birth.
यथा च जामदग्न्येन कोटिशः क्षत्रिया हताः। उद्भूता राजवंशेषु ये भूयो भारते हताः ॥१२-४९-२॥
yathā ca jāmadagnyena koṭiśaḥ kṣatriyā hatāḥ। udbhūtā rājavaṃśeṣu ye bhūyo bhārate hatāḥ ॥12-49-2॥
[यथा (yathā) - just as; in the manner; as; in which manner; च (ca) - and; जामदग्न्येन (jāmadagnyena) - by Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma); कोटिशः (koṭiśaḥ) - in crores; by the crore; क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - Kṣatriyas; warriors; हताः (hatāḥ) - were slain; killed; उद्भूता (udbhūtā) - arisen; born; राजवंशेषु (rājavaṃśeṣu) - in royal dynasties; ये (ye) - who; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; भारते (bhārate) - in Bhārata (India); हताः (hatāḥ) - were slain; killed;]
(Just as, and, by Jāmadagnya, in crores, Kṣatriyas, were slain; arisen, in royal dynasties, who, again, in Bhārata, were slain.)
Just as Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma) slew crores of Kṣatriyas, those who were born again in royal dynasties in Bhārata were again slain.
जह्नोरजह्नुस्तनयो बल्लवस्तस्य चात्मजः। कुशिको नाम धर्मज्ञस्तस्य पुत्रो महीपतिः ॥१२-४९-३॥
jahnorajahnustanayo ballavastasya cātmajaḥ। kuśiko nāma dharmajñastasya putro mahīpatiḥ ॥12-49-3॥
[जह्नोः (jahnoḥ) - of Jahnu; अजह्नुः (ajahnuḥ) - Ajahnu; तनयः (tanayaḥ) - son; बल्लवः (ballavaḥ) - Ballava; तस्य (tasya) - his; च (ca) - and; आत्मजः (ātmajaḥ) - son; कुशिकः (kuśikaḥ) - Kuśika; नाम (nāma) - by name; धर्मज्ञः (dharmajñaḥ) - knower of dharma; तस्य (tasya) - his; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king;]
(Of Jahnu, Ajahnu (was) the son; Ballava (was) his son and Kuśika by name, knower of dharma, (was) his son, the king.)
Ajahnu was the son of Jahnu; Ballava was his son, and Kuśika, known as a knower of dharma, was his son, the king.
उग्रं तपः समातिष्ठत्सहस्राक्षसमो भुवि। पुत्रं लभेयमजितं त्रिलोकेश्वरमित्युत ॥१२-४९-४॥
ugraṃ tapaḥ samātiṣṭhatsahasrākṣasamo bhuvi। putraṃ labheyamajitaṃ trilokeśvaramityuta ॥12-49-4॥
[उग्रं (ugram) - intense; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; समातिष्ठत् (samātiṣṭhat) - undertook; सहस्राक्षसमः (sahasrākṣasamaḥ) - equal to Indra; भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth; पुत्रं (putram) - son; लभेयम् (labheyam) - may I obtain; अजितम् (ajitam) - unconquered; त्रिलोकेश्वरम् (trilokeśvaram) - lord of the three worlds; इति (iti) - thus; उत (uta) - indeed;]
(Intense austerity he undertook, equal to Indra on earth. A son may I obtain, unconquered, lord of the three worlds, thus indeed.)
He performed intense austerities on earth, equal to Indra, desiring to obtain a son who would be unconquered and the lord of the three worlds, thus indeed.
तमुग्रतपसं दृष्ट्वा सहस्राक्षः पुरंदरः। समर्थः पुत्रजनने स्वयमेवैत्य भारत ॥१२-४९-५॥
tamugratapasaṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasrākṣaḥ puraṃdaraḥ। samarthaḥ putrajanane svayamevaitya bhārata ॥12-49-5॥
[तम् (tam) - him; उग्रतपसं (ugratapasaṃ) - having severe austerity; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; सहस्राक्षः (sahasrākṣaḥ) - the thousand-eyed; पुरंदरः (puraṃdaraḥ) - Purandara (Indra); समर्थः (samarthaḥ) - capable; पुत्रजनने (putrajanane) - in producing a son; स्वयम् (svayam) - himself; एव (eva) - indeed; इत्य (ity) - having gone; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(Having seen him engaged in severe austerity, the thousand-eyed Purandara (Indra), himself capable in producing a son, indeed went, O Bhārata.)
O Bhārata, seeing him performing severe austerities, Indra, the thousand-eyed Purandara, himself, capable of granting a son, went there.
पुत्रत्वमगमद्राजंस्तस्य लोकेश्वरेश्वरः। गाधिर्नामाभवत्पुत्रः कौशिकः पाकशासनः ॥१२-४९-६॥
putratvam agamad rājaṃs tasya lokeśvareśvaraḥ। gādhir nāmābhavat putraḥ kauśikaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ ॥12-49-6॥
[पुत्रत्वम् (putratvam) - state of being a son; अगमत् (agamat) - attained; राजन् (rājan) - O king; तस्य (tasya) - his; लोकेश्वर-ईश्वरः (lokeśvara-īśvaraḥ) - the lord of lords of the world; गाधिः (gādhiḥ) - Gādhi; नाम (nāma) - by name; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; कौशिकः (kauśikaḥ) - Kauśika; पाकशासनः (pākaśāsanaḥ) - Indra (slayer of Pāka);]
(O king, the lord of lords of the world attained the state of being a son; Gādhi by name became his son, Kauśika, Indra (slayer of Pāka).)
O king, the lord of the lords of the world attained sonship; his son, named Gādhi, was born—Kauśika, Indra, the slayer of Pāka.
तस्य कन्याभवद्राजन्नाम्ना सत्यवती प्रभो। तां गाधिः कविपुत्राय सोर्चीकाय ददौ प्रभुः ॥१२-४९-७॥
tasya kanyābhavad rājannāmnā satyavatī prabho। tāṃ gādhiḥ kaviputrāya so ṛcīkāya dadau prabhuḥ ॥12-49-7॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; कन्या (kanyā) - daughter; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; राजन् (rājan) - O king; नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name; सत्यवती (satyavatī) - Satyavati; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord; ताम् (tām) - her; गाधिः (gādhiḥ) - Gadhi; कविपुत्राय (kaviputrāya) - to the son of the sage; सः (saḥ) - he; ऋचीकाय (ṛcīkāya) - to Rcika; ददौ (dadau) - gave; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord;]
(Of him, a daughter was born, O king, by name Satyavati, O lord. Her, Gadhi gave to the son of the sage, to Rcika, he (the lord) gave.)
O king, he had a daughter named Satyavati, O lord. Gadhi gave her to Rcika, the son of the sage.
ततः प्रीतस्तु कौन्तेय भार्गवः कुरुनन्दन। पुत्रार्थे श्रपयामास चरुं गाधेस्तथैव च ॥१२-४९-८॥
tataḥ prītastu kaunteya bhārgavaḥ kurunandana। putrārthe śrapayāmāsa caruṃ gādhe-stathaiva ca ॥12-49-8॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased; तु (tu) - but; कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti; भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - the descendant of Bhṛgu; कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O delight of the Kurus; पुत्रार्थे (putrārthe) - for the sake of a son; श्रपयामास (śrapayāmāsa) - caused to be offered; चरुं (caruṃ) - sacrificial oblation; गाधेः (gādheḥ) - of Gādhi; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; च (ca) - and;]
(Then, pleased but, O son of Kunti, the descendant of Bhṛgu, O delight of the Kurus, for the sake of a son, caused to be offered the sacrificial oblation of Gādhi, in the same way and.)
Then, O son of Kunti, O delight of the Kurus, the descendant of Bhṛgu, being pleased, caused the sacrificial oblation of Gādhi to be offered for the sake of a son, in the same way.
आहूय चाह तां भार्यामृचीको भार्गवस्तदा। उपयोज्यश्चरुरयं त्वया मात्राप्ययं तव ॥१२-४९-९॥
āhūya ca aha tāṃ bhāryām ṛcīkaḥ bhārgavaḥ tadā। upayojyaḥ ca arur ayam tvayā mātrā api ayam tava ॥12-49-9॥
[आहूय (āhūya) - having called; च (ca) - and; अह (aha) - said; तां (tāṃ) - her; भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife; ऋचीकः (ṛcīkaḥ) - Ṛcīka; भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - descendant of Bhṛgu; तदा (tadā) - then; उपयोज्यः (upayojyaḥ) - to be administered; च (ca) - and; अरुः (aruḥ) - offering; अयम् (ayam) - this; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; मात्रा (mātrā) - by (your) mother; अपि (api) - also; अयम् (ayam) - this; तव (tava) - your;]
(Having called and said to her wife, Ṛcīka, the descendant of Bhṛgu, then (said): "This offering is to be administered by you, and this (other) by your mother also.")
Ṛcīka, the Bhārgava, having called his wife, said: "This offering should be administered by you, and this one by your mother as well."
तस्या जनिष्यते पुत्रो दीप्तिमान्क्षत्रियर्षभः। अजय्यः क्षत्रियैर्लोके क्षत्रियर्षभसूदनः ॥१२-४९-१०॥
tasyā janiṣyate putro dīptimān kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ। ajayyaḥ kṣatriyair loke kṣatriyarṣabhasūdanaḥ ॥12-49-10॥
[तस्या (tasyā) - of her; जनिष्यते (janiṣyate) - will be born; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; दीप्तिमान् (dīptimān) - brilliant; क्षत्रियर्षभः (kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ) - bull among kṣatriyas; अजय्यः (ajayyaḥ) - invincible; क्षत्रियैः (kṣatriyaiḥ) - by kṣatriyas; लोके (loke) - in the world; क्षत्रियर्षभसूदनः (kṣatriyarṣabhasūdanaḥ) - destroyer of the bull among kṣatriyas;]
(Of her will be born a son, brilliant, a bull among kṣatriyas; invincible by kṣatriyas in the world, destroyer of the bull among kṣatriyas.)
A brilliant son will be born to her, a foremost among kṣatriyas; he will be invincible to kṣatriyas in the world, and will be the destroyer of the foremost among kṣatriyas.
तवापि पुत्रं कल्याणि धृतिमन्तं तपोन्वितम्। शमात्मकं द्विजश्रेष्ठं चरुरेष विधास्यति ॥१२-४९-११॥
tavāpi putraṃ kalyāṇi dhṛtimantaṃ taponvitam। śamātmakaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ carureṣa vidhāsyati ॥12-49-11॥
[तवापि (tavāpi) - your also; पुत्रं (putraṃ) - son; कल्याणि (kalyāṇi) - O auspicious one; धृतिमन्तं (dhṛtimantam) - steadfast; तपोन्वितम् (taponvitam) - endowed with austerity; शमात्मकं (śamātmakaṃ) - of tranquil nature; द्विजश्रेष्ठं (dvijaśreṣṭham) - best among the twice-born; चरुः (caruḥ) - oblation; एष (eṣa) - this; विधास्यति (vidhāsyati) - will offer;]
(Your also son, O auspicious one, steadfast, endowed with austerity, of tranquil nature, best among the twice-born, this oblation will offer.)
O auspicious one, your son, who is steadfast, endowed with austerity, tranquil in nature, and the best among the twice-born, will offer this oblation.
इत्येवमुक्त्वा तां भार्यामृचीको भृगुनन्दनः। तपस्यभिरतो धीमाञ्जगामारण्यमेव ह ॥१२-४९-१२॥
ityevamuktvā tāṃ bhāryām ṛcīko bhṛgunandanaḥ। tapasyabhirato dhīmāñ jagāmāraṇyameva ha ॥12-49-12॥
[इति (iti) - thus; एवम् (evam) - in this manner; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; ताम् (tām) - her; भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife; ऋचीकः (ṛcīkaḥ) - Ṛcīka; भृगुनन्दनः (bhṛgunandanaḥ) - descendant of Bhṛgu; तपस्य (tapasy) - in austerities; अभिरतः (abhirataḥ) - engaged; धीमान् (dhīmān) - wise; जगाम (jagāma) - went; अरण्यम् (araṇyam) - to the forest; एव (eva) - indeed; ह (ha) - certainly;]
(Thus, having spoken in this manner to his wife, Ṛcīka, the descendant of Bhṛgu, wise and engaged in austerities, indeed went to the forest.)
Having thus spoken to his wife, Ṛcīka, the wise descendant of Bhṛgu, devoted to austerities, certainly went to the forest.
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु तीर्थयात्रापरो नृपः। गाधिः सदारः सम्प्राप्त ऋचीकस्याश्रमं प्रति ॥१२-४९-१३॥
etasminneva kāle tu tīrthayātrāparo nṛpaḥ। gādhiḥ sadāraḥ samprāpta ṛcīkasya āśramaṃ prati ॥12-49-13॥
[एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this; एव (eva) - indeed; काले (kāle) - time; तु (tu) - but; तीर्थयात्रापरः (tīrthayātrāparaḥ) - engaged in pilgrimage; नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king; गाधिः (gādhiḥ) - Gādhi; सदारः (sadāraḥ) - with wife; सम्प्राप्त (samprāpta) - arrived; ऋचीकस्य (ṛcīkasya) - of Ṛcīka; आश्रमं (āśramaṃ) - hermitage; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(But at this very time, the king Gādhi, engaged in pilgrimage, with his wife, arrived at the hermitage of Ṛcīka.)
At that very time, King Gādhi, who was on a pilgrimage with his wife, arrived at the hermitage of Ṛcīka.
चरुद्वयं गृहीत्वा तु राजन्सत्यवती तदा। भर्तुर्वाक्यादथाव्यग्रा मात्रे हृष्टा न्यवेदयत् ॥१२-४९-१४॥
carudvayaṃ gṛhītvā tu rājan satyavatī tadā। bhartur vākyād athāvyagrā mātre hṛṣṭā nyavedayat ॥12-49-14॥
[चरुद्वयं (carudvayam) - two offerings; गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken; तु (tu) - but; राजन् (rājan) - O king; सत्यवती (satyavatī) - Satyavati; तदा (tadā) - then; भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of her husband; वाक्यात् (vākyāt) - from the words; अथ (atha) - then; अव्यग्रा (avyagrā) - unagitated; मात्रे (mātre) - to (her) mother; हृष्टा (hṛṣṭā) - joyful; न्यवेदयत् (nyavedayat) - she reported;]
(Having taken the two offerings, but then, O king, Satyavati, from her husband's words, then unagitated, joyful, reported to her mother.)
O king, Satyavati, taking the two offerings as instructed by her husband, calmly and joyfully reported it to her mother.
माता तु तस्याः कौन्तेय दुहित्रे स्वं चरुं ददौ। तस्याश्चरुमथाज्ञातमात्मसंस्थं चकार ह ॥१२-४९-१५॥
mātā tu tasyāḥ kaunteya duhitre svaṃ caruṃ dadau। tasyāś carum athājñātam ātmasaṃsthaṃ cakāra ha ॥12-49-15॥
[माता (mātā) - mother; तु (tu) - but; तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - her; कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti; दुहित्रे (duhitre) - to (her) daughter; स्वं (svaṃ) - her own; चरुं (caruṃ) - sacrificial oblation; ददौ (dadau) - gave; तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - her; चरुम् (carum) - oblation; अथ (atha) - then; अज्ञातम् (ajñātam) - unknown; आत्मसंस्थं (ātmasaṃstham) - placed in herself; चकार (cakāra) - did; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(Mother but her, O son of Kunti, to (her) daughter, her own oblation gave. Her oblation then unknown, placed in herself, did indeed.)
But the mother, O son of Kunti, gave her own oblation to her daughter. Then she made that oblation, unknown to others, established in herself.
अथ सत्यवती गर्भं क्षत्रियान्तकरं तदा। धारयामास दीप्तेन वपुषा घोरदर्शनम् ॥१२-४९-१६॥
atha satyavatī garbhaṃ kṣatriyāntakaraṃ tadā। dhārayāmāsa dīptena vapuṣā ghoradarśanam ॥12-49-16॥
[अथ (atha) - then; सत्यवती (satyavatī) - Satyavati; गर्भं (garbhaṃ) - embryo; क्षत्रियान्तकरं (kṣatriyāntakaram) - destroyer of Kṣatriyas; तदा (tadā) - at that time; धारयामास (dhārayāmāsa) - bore; दीप्तेन (dīptena) - brilliant; वपुषा (vapuṣā) - with form; घोरदर्शनम् (ghoradarśanam) - terrible to behold;]
(Then Satyavati at that time bore the embryo, the destroyer of Kṣatriyas, with a brilliant and terrible-to-behold form.)
Then Satyavati bore the embryo, who was destined to destroy the Kṣatriyas, and whose form was brilliant and terrifying to behold.
तामृचीकस्तदा दृष्ट्वा ध्यानयोगेन वै ततः। अब्रवीद्राजशार्दूल स्वां भार्यां वरवर्णिनीम् ॥१२-४९-१७॥
tām ṛcīkas tadā dṛṣṭvā dhyānayogena vai tataḥ। abravīd rājaśārdūla svāṃ bhāryāṃ varavarṇinīm ॥12-49-17॥
[ताम् (tām) - her; ऋचीकः (ṛcīkaḥ) - Ṛcīka; तदा (tadā) - then; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; ध्यानयोगेन (dhyānayogena) - by means of meditation-yoga; वै (vai) - indeed; ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; राजशार्दूल (rājaśārdūla) - O tiger among kings; स्वाम् (svām) - his own; भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife; वरवर्णिनीम् (varavarṇinīm) - of excellent complexion;]
(Her, Ṛcīka then having seen by means of meditation-yoga indeed thereupon said, O tiger among kings, his own wife of excellent complexion.)
Ṛcīka, having seen her through meditation, then said to his own wife of excellent complexion, "O tiger among kings."
मात्रासि व्यंसिता भद्रे चरुव्यत्यासहेतुना। जनिष्यते हि ते पुत्रः क्रूरकर्मा महाबलः ॥१२-४९-१८॥
mātrāsi vyaṃsitā bhadre caruvyatyāsahetunā। janiṣyate hi te putraḥ krūrakarmā mahābalaḥ ॥12-49-18॥
[मात्रा (mātrā) - by the mother; असि (asi) - you are; व्यंसिता (vyaṃsitā) - deformed; भद्रे (bhadre) - O auspicious one; चरु (caru) - offering; व्यत्यास (vyatyāsa) - exchange; हेतुना (hetunā) - by the cause; जनिष्यते (janiṣyate) - will be born; हि (hi) - indeed; ते (te) - your; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; क्रूरकर्मा (krūrakarmā) - of cruel deeds; महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - of great strength;]
(By the mother you are deformed, O auspicious one, by the cause of the exchange of the offering; indeed, your son of cruel deeds and great strength will be born.)
O auspicious one, because you have been deformed by your mother due to the exchange of the offering, indeed, a son of great strength and cruel deeds will be born to you.
जनिष्यते हि ते भ्राता ब्रह्मभूतस्तपोधनः। विश्वं हि ब्रह्म तपसा मया तत्र समर्पितम् ॥१२-४९-१९॥
janiṣyate hi te bhrātā brahmabhūta tapodhanaḥ। viśvaṃ hi brahma tapasā mayā tatra samarpitam ॥12-49-19॥
[जनिष्यते (janiṣyate) - will be born; हि (hi) - indeed; ते (te) - your; भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother; ब्रह्मभूतः (brahmabhūtaḥ) - having become Brahman; तपोधनः (tapodhanaḥ) - rich in austerity; विश्वम् (viśvam) - the universe; हि (hi) - indeed; ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman; तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; मया (mayā) - by me; तत्र (tatra) - there; समर्पितम् (samarpitam) - has been offered;]
(Your brother, indeed, will be born, having become Brahman, rich in austerity. Indeed, the universe, Brahman, by austerity, by me, there, has been offered.)
Indeed, your brother, endowed with austerity and having attained the state of Brahman, will be born. Truly, the entire universe as Brahman has been offered there by me through austerity.
सैवमुक्ता महाभागा भर्त्रा सत्यवती तदा। पपात शिरसा तस्मै वेपन्ती चाब्रवीदिदम् ॥१२-४९-२०॥
saivamuktā mahābhāgā bhartrā satyavatī tadā। papāta śirasā tasmai vepantī cābravīdidam ॥12-49-20॥
[सा (sā) - she; एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्ता (uktā) - addressed; महाभागा (mahābhāgā) - greatly fortunate; भर्त्रा (bhartrā) - by her husband; सत्यवती (satyavatī) - Satyavati; तदा (tadā) - then; पपात (papāta) - fell; शिरसा (śirasā) - with (her) head; तस्मै (tasmai) - to him; वेपन्ती (vepantī) - trembling; च (ca) - and; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; इदम् (idam) - this;]
(She, thus addressed, the greatly fortunate Satyavati, by her husband, then fell with her head to him, trembling, and said this.)
Thus addressed by her husband, the greatly fortunate Satyavati then fell at his feet, trembling, and said this.
नार्होऽसि भगवन्नद्य वक्तुमेवंविधं वचः। ब्राह्मणापसदं पुत्रं प्राप्स्यसीति महामुने ॥१२-४९-२१॥
nārho'si bhagavannadya vaktumevaṃvidhaṃ vacaḥ। brāhmaṇāpasadaṃ putraṃ prāpsyasīti mahāmune ॥12-49-21॥
[न (na) - not; अर्हः (arhaḥ) - worthy; असि (asi) - you are; भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one; अद्य (adya) - today; वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak; एवंविधम् (evaṃvidham) - such; वचः (vacaḥ) - words; ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇa) - brāhmaṇa; अपसदं (apasadaṃ) - fallen; outcaste; पुत्रं (putraṃ) - son; प्राप्स्यसि (prāpsyasi) - you will obtain; इति (iti) - thus; महामुने (mahāmune) - O great sage;]
(You are not worthy, O venerable one, today to speak such words. You will obtain a son who is a fallen brāhmaṇa, thus (I say), O great sage.)
O venerable one, today you should not speak such words. You will have a son who is a fallen brāhmaṇa, O great sage.
ऋचीक उवाच॥
ṛcīka uvāca॥
[ऋचीक (ṛcīka) - Ṛcīka (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Ṛcīka said:)
Ṛcīka said:
नैष सङ्कल्पितः कामो मया भद्रे तथा त्वयि। उग्रकर्मा भवेत्पुत्रश्चरुर्माता च कारणम् ॥१२-४९-२२॥
naiṣa saṅkalpitaḥ kāmo mayā bhadre tathā tvayi। ugrakarmā bhavetputraścarurmātā ca kāraṇam ॥12-49-22॥
[नैष (naiṣa) - not this; सङ्कल्पितः (saṅkalpitaḥ) - intended; कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire; मया (mayā) - by me; भद्रे (bhadre) - O auspicious one; तथा (tathā) - thus; त्वयि (tvayi) - in you; उग्रकर्मा (ugrakarmā) - one of fierce deeds; भवेत् (bhavet) - may be; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; चरुः (caruḥ) - offering; माता (mātā) - mother; च (ca) - and; कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause;]
(Not this intended desire by me, O auspicious one, thus in you. One of fierce deeds may be the son; the offering and the mother are the cause.)
O auspicious one, this desire was not intended by me in you. The son may be one of fierce deeds; the offering and the mother are the cause.
सत्यवत्युवाच॥
satyavaty uvāca॥
[सत्यवती (satyavatī) - Satyavati; (proper noun, name of a woman); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Satyavati said;)
Satyavati said:
इच्छँल्लोकानपि मुने सृजेथाः किं पुनर्मम। शमात्मकमृजुं पुत्रं लभेयं जपतां वर ॥१२-४९-२३॥
icchaṃ-l lokān api mune sṛjethāḥ kiṃ punar mama। śamātmaka-mṛjuṃ putraṃ labheyaṃ japatāṃ vara ॥12-49-23॥
[इच्छन् (icchan) - desiring; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; अपि (api) - even; मुने (mune) - O sage; सृजेथाः (sṛjethāḥ) - you could create; किं (kiṃ) - what; पुनः (punar) - then; मम (mama) - my; शमात्मकम् (śamātmakam) - of peaceful nature; ऋजुं (ṛjuṃ) - upright; पुत्रं (putraṃ) - son; लभेयं (labheyaṃ) - may I obtain; जपतां (japatām) - of those who recite; वर (vara) - O best;]
(Desiring, even worlds, O sage, you could create; what then, my of peaceful nature upright son may I obtain, O best of those who recite.)
O sage, you, who could create even worlds if you desired, what then prevents me from obtaining a peaceful and upright son, O best of those who recite?
ऋचीक उवाच॥
ṛcīka uvāca॥
[ऋचीक (ṛcīka) - Ṛcīka (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Ṛcīka said;)
Ṛcīka said:
नोक्तपूर्वं मया भद्रे स्वैरेष्वप्यनृतं वचः। किमुताग्निं समाधाय मन्त्रवच्चरुसाधने ॥१२-४९-२४॥
noktapūrvaṃ mayā bhadre svaireṣvapy anṛtaṃ vacaḥ। kim utāgniṃ samādhāya mantravat carusādhane ॥12-49-24॥
[नोक्तपूर्वम् (noktapūrvam) - not previously spoken; मया (mayā) - by me; भद्रे (bhadre) - O auspicious one; स्वैरेषु (svaireṣu) - among my own; अपि (api) - even; अनृतम् (anṛtam) - falsehood; वचः (vacaḥ) - speech; किम् (kim) - how; उत (uta) - indeed; अग्निम् (agniṃ) - fire; समाधाय (samādhāya) - having established; मन्त्रवत् (mantravat) - with mantras; चरुसाधने (carusādhane) - in the preparation of the oblation;]
(Not previously spoken by me, O auspicious one, even among my own, false speech; how indeed (could I speak) having established the fire with mantras in the preparation of the oblation?)
O auspicious one, I have never before spoken a falsehood, not even among my own people; how then could I utter an untruth, having established the fire with mantras for the preparation of the oblation?
सत्यवत्युवाच॥
satyavaty uvāca॥
[सत्यवती (satyavatī) - Satyavati; (proper noun, name of a woman); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac' - to speak);]
(Satyavati said;)
Satyavati said:
काममेवं भवेत्पौत्रो ममेह तव चैव ह। शमात्मकमृजुं पुत्रं लभेयं जपतां वर ॥१२-४९-२५॥
kāmam evaṃ bhavet pautro mameha tava caiva ha | śamātmaka mṛjuṃ putraṃ labheyaṃ japatāṃ vara ||12-49-25||
[कामम् (kāmam) - desire; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; भवेत् (bhavet) - may be; पौत्रः (pautraḥ) - grandson; मम (mama) - my; इह (iha) - here; तव (tava) - your; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; ह (ha) - surely; शमात्मकम् (śamātmakaṃ) - of peaceful nature; ऋजुं (mṛjuṃ) - upright; पुत्रम् (putram) - son; लभेयं (labheyaṃ) - may I obtain; जपताम् (japatām) - of those who recite; वर (vara) - best;]
(Desire thus may be grandson my here your and indeed surely; of peaceful nature upright son may I obtain of those who recite best.)
May such a grandson be here, mine and yours indeed; may I obtain a son who is peaceful and upright, O best of those who recite.
ऋचीक उवाच॥
ṛcīka uvāca॥
[ऋचीक (ṛcīka) - Ṛcīka (proper noun, name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Ṛcīka said;)
Ṛcīka said:
पुत्रे नास्ति विशेषो मे पौत्रे वा वरवर्णिनि। यथा त्वयोक्तं तु वचस्तथा भद्रे भविष्यति ॥१२-४९-२६॥
putre nāsti viśeṣo me pautre vā varavarṇini। yathā tvayoktaṃ tu vacas tathā bhadre bhaviṣyati ॥12-49-26॥
[पुत्रे (putre) - in the son; नास्ति (nāsti) - there is not; विशेषः (viśeṣaḥ) - distinction; मे (me) - to me; पौत्रे (pautre) - in the grandson; वा (vā) - or; वरवर्णिनि (varavarṇini) - O best-complexioned one; यथा (yathā) - as; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken; तु (tu) - but; वचः (vacaḥ) - word; तथा (tathā) - so; भद्रे (bhadre) - O auspicious one; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be;]
(In the son there is not distinction to me, in the grandson or, O best-complexioned one; as by you spoken but word, so, O auspicious one, will be.)
O best-complexioned lady, there is no distinction for me between my son and my grandson. O auspicious one, as you have spoken, so it will be.
वासुदेव उवाच॥
vāsudeva uvāca॥
[वासुदेव (vāsudeva) - Vāsudeva; (a name of Kṛṣṇa); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Vāsudeva said;)
Vāsudeva said:
ततः सत्यवती पुत्रं जनयामास भार्गवम्। तपस्यभिरतं शान्तं जमदग्निं शमात्मकम् ॥१२-४९-२७॥
tataḥ satyavatī putraṃ janayāmāsa bhārgavam। tapasyabhirataṃ śāntaṃ jamadagniṃ śamātmakam ॥12-49-27॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सत्यवती (satyavatī) - Satyavati; पुत्रं (putraṃ) - son; जनयामास (janayāmāsa) - gave birth; भार्गवम् (bhārgavam) - descendant of Bhṛgu; तपस्यभिरतं (tapasyabhirataṃ) - engaged in austerities; शान्तं (śāntam) - peaceful; जमदग्निं (jamadagniṃ) - Jamadagni; शमात्मकम् (śamātmakam) - embodiment of tranquility;]
(Then Satyavati gave birth to a son, a descendant of Bhṛgu, engaged in austerities, peaceful, Jamadagni, embodiment of tranquility.)
Then Satyavati gave birth to a son, Jamadagni, a descendant of Bhṛgu, who was peaceful, devoted to austerities, and the embodiment of tranquility.
विश्वामित्रं च दायादं गाधिः कुशिकनन्दनः। प्राप ब्रह्मर्षिसमितं विश्वेन ब्रह्मणा युतम् ॥१२-४९-२८॥
viśvāmitraṃ ca dāyādaṃ gādhiḥ kuśikanandanaḥ। prāpa brahmarṣisamitaṃ viśvena brahmaṇā yutam ॥12-49-28॥
[विश्वामित्रं (viśvāmitram) - Viśvāmitra; (proper noun) च (ca) - and; दायादं (dāyādam) - heir; गाधिः (gādhiḥ) - Gādhi; (proper noun) कुशिकनन्दनः (kuśikanandanaḥ) - son of Kuśika; प्राप (prāpa) - obtained; ब्रह्मर्षिसमितं (brahmarṣisamitam) - assembly of Brahmarṣis; विश्वेन (viśvena) - by all; ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by Brahman; युतम् (yutam) - joined;]
(Viśvāmitra and the heir Gādhi, son of Kuśika, obtained the assembly of Brahmarṣis, joined by all and by Brahman.)
Viśvāmitra, the heir Gādhi and son of Kuśika, attained the assembly of Brahmarṣis, united with all and with Brahman.
आर्चीको जनयामास जमदग्निः सुदारुणम्। सर्वविद्यान्तगं श्रेष्ठं धनुर्वेदे च पारगम् ॥ रामं क्षत्रियहन्तारं प्रदीप्तमिव पावकम् ॥१२-४९-२९॥
ārcīko janayāmāsa jamadagniḥ sudāruṇam। sarvavidyāntagaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ dhanurvede ca pāragam ॥ rāmaṃ kṣatriyahantāraṃ pradīptamiva pāvakam ॥12-49-29॥
[आर्चीको (ārcīkaḥ) - descendant of Ṛcīka; जनयामास (janayāmāsa) - gave birth; जमदग्निः (jamadagniḥ) - Jamadagni; सुदारुणम् (sudāruṇam) - very fierce; सर्वविद्या-अन्तगम् (sarvavidyā-antagam) - knower of all knowledge; श्रेष्ठम् (śreṣṭham) - excellent; धनुर्वेदे (dhanurvede) - in the science of archery; च (ca) - and; पारगम् (pāragam) - adept; रामम् (rāmam) - Rāma; क्षत्रिय-हन्तारम् (kṣatriya-hantāram) - destroyer of kṣatriyas; प्रदीप्तम्-इव (pradīptam-iva) - like blazing; पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire;]
(Ārcīka (Jamadagni) gave birth to a very fierce one, knower of all knowledge, excellent, adept in the science of archery; Rāma, destroyer of kṣatriyas, like blazing fire.)
Jamadagni, descendant of Ṛcīka, begot a son who was very fierce, master of all knowledge, excellent and adept in the science of archery—Rāma, the destroyer of kṣatriyas, blazing like fire.
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु कृतवीर्यात्मजो बली। अर्जुनो नाम तेजस्वी क्षत्रियो हैहयान्वयः ॥१२-४९-३०॥
etasminneva kāle tu kṛtavīryātmajo balī। arjuno nāma tejasvī kṣatriyo haihayānvayaḥ ॥12-49-30॥
[एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this; एव (eva) - indeed; काले (kāle) - time; तु (tu) - but; कृतवीर्यात्मजः (kṛtavīryātmajaḥ) - son of Kṛtavīrya; बली (balī) - strong; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; नाम (nāma) - named; तेजस्वी (tejasvī) - brilliant; क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - warrior; हैहयान्वयः (haihayānvayaḥ) - descendant of the Haihayas;]
(But at this very time, the strong son of Kṛtavīrya, named Arjuna, a brilliant warrior, descendant of the Haihayas.)
But at this very time, Arjuna, the powerful and illustrious son of Kṛtavīrya, a Kṣatriya of the Haihaya lineage, appeared.
ददाह पृथिवीं सर्वां सप्तद्वीपां सपत्तनाम्। स्वबाह्वस्त्रबलेनाजौ धर्मेण परमेण च ॥१२-४९-३१॥
dadāha pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ saptadvīpāṃ sapattanām। svabāhvastrabalenājau dharmeṇa parameṇa ca ॥12-49-31॥
[ददाह (dadāha) - burned; पृथिवीं (pṛthivīṃ) - earth; सर्वां (sarvāṃ) - all; सप्तद्वीपां (saptadvīpāṃ) - seven-islanded; सपत्तनाम् (sapattanām) - with cities; स्वबाहु-अस्त्र-बलेन (svabāhu-astra-balena) - by own-arm-weapon-strength; आजौ (ājau) - in battle; धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by righteousness; परमेण (parameṇa) - supreme; च (ca) - and;]
(Burned all the earth with seven islands and cities by the strength of his own arm and weapons in battle, by righteousness and by the supreme, and.)
He burned the entire earth, with its seven islands and cities, by the strength of his own arm and weapons in battle, upholding righteousness and supreme virtue.
तृषितेन स कौरव्य भिक्षितश्चित्रभानुना। सहस्रबाहुर्विक्रान्तः प्रादाद्भिक्षामथाग्नये ॥१२-४९-३२॥
tṛṣitena sa kauravya bhikṣitaś citrabhānunā। sahasrabāhur vikrāntaḥ prādād bhikṣām athāgnaye॥12-49-32॥
[तृषितेन (tṛṣitena) - by the thirsty one; सः (saḥ) - he; कौरव्य (kauravya) - O descendant of Kuru; भिक्षितः (bhikṣitaḥ) - having begged; चित्रभानुना (citrabhānunā) - by Citrabhānu (the Sun); सहस्रबाहुः (sahasrabāhuḥ) - the thousand-armed one; विक्रान्तः (vikrāntaḥ) - the valiant one; प्रादात् (prādāt) - gave; भिक्षाम् (bhikṣām) - alms; अथ (atha) - then; अग्नये (agnaye) - to Agni (the Fire-god);]
(By the thirsty one, he, O descendant of Kuru, having begged by Citrabhānu (the Sun), the thousand-armed, the valiant one, gave alms then to Agni.)
O descendant of Kuru, the thousand-armed valiant one, having begged from Citrabhānu (the Sun) due to thirst, then gave alms to Agni (the Fire-god).
ग्रामान्पुराणि घोषांश्च पत्तनानि च वीर्यवान्। जज्वाल तस्य बाणैस्तु चित्रभानुर्दिधक्षया ॥१२-४९-३३॥
grāmān purāṇi ghoṣāṃś ca pattanāni ca vīryavān। jajvāla tasya bāṇais tu citrabhānur didhakṣayā ॥12-49-33॥
[ग्रामान् (grāmān) - villages; पुराणि (purāṇi) - towns; घोषान् (ghoṣān) - hamlets; च (ca) - and; पत्तनानि (pattanāni) - cities; च (ca) - and; वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - the powerful one; जज्वाल (jajvāla) - set on fire; तस्य (tasya) - his; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows; तु (tu) - but; चित्रभानुः (citrabhānuḥ) - Citrabhanu; दिधक्षया (didhakṣayā) - with the intention to burn;]
(Villages, towns, hamlets and cities, the powerful one, but Citrabhanu set on fire with his arrows, with the intention to burn, his.)
The powerful Citrabhanu, with the intention to burn, set fire to villages, towns, hamlets, and cities with his arrows.
स तस्य पुरुषेन्द्रस्य प्रभावेन महातपाः। ददाह कार्तवीर्यस्य शैलानथ वनानि च ॥१२-४९-३४॥
sa tasya puruṣendrasya prabhāvena mahātapāḥ। dadāha kārtavīryasya śailānatha vanāni ca ॥12-49-34॥
[स (sa) - he; तस्य (tasya) - of him; पुरुषेन्द्रस्य (puruṣendrasya) - of the chief among men; प्रभावेन (prabhāvena) - by the power; महातपाः (mahātapāḥ) - the great ascetic; ददाह (dadāha) - burned; कार्तवीर्यस्य (kārtavīryasya) - of Kārtavīrya; शैलान् (śailān) - mountains; अथ (atha) - and then; वनानि (vanāni) - forests; च (ca) - and;]
(He, by the power of that chief among men, the great ascetic, burned the mountains and then the forests of Kārtavīrya.)
By the power of that chief among men, the great ascetic burned the mountains and forests of Kārtavīrya.
स शून्यमाश्रमारण्यं वरुणस्यात्मजस्य तत्। ददाह पवनेनेद्धश्चित्रभानुः सहैहयः ॥१२-४९-३५॥
sa śūnyam āśrama-āraṇyaṃ varuṇasya ātmajasya tat। dadāha pavanena iddhaḥ citrabhānuḥ saha e-hayaḥ ॥12-49-35॥
[स (sa) - he; शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty; आश्रम् (āśramam) - hermitage; आरण्यम् (āraṇyam) - forest; वरुणस्य (varuṇasya) - of Varuṇa; आत्मजस्य (ātmajasya) - of the son; तत् (tat) - that; ददाह (dadāha) - burned; पवनेन (pavanena) - by wind; इद्धः (iddhaḥ) - kindled; चित्रभानुः (citrabhānuḥ) - the Sun; सह (saha) - together with; ऐहयः (aihayaḥ) - the Haihaya (person);]
(He burned that empty hermitage forest of the son of Varuṇa, kindled by the wind, the Sun together with the Haihaya.)
He, together with the Haihaya, burned down the deserted hermitage forest belonging to the son of Varuṇa, as the Sun, kindled by the wind, blazed forth.
आपवस्तं ततो रोषाच्छशापार्जुनमच्युत। दग्धेऽऽश्रमे महाराज कार्तवीर्येण वीर्यवान् ॥१२-४९-३६॥
āpavastaṃ tato roṣāc chaśāpārjunam acyuta। dagdhe''śrame mahārāja kārtavīryeṇa vīryavān ॥12-49-36॥
[आपवस्तं (āpavastaṃ) - having driven away; ततः (tataḥ) - then; रोषात् (roṣāt) - from anger; शशाप (śaśāpa) - cursed; अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna; अच्युत (acyuta) - O infallible one; दग्धे (dagdhe) - when burnt; आश्रम (āśrame) - hermitage; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; कार्तवीर्येण (kārtavīryeṇa) - by Kārtavīrya; वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - the powerful one;]
(Having driven him away, then, out of anger, he cursed Arjuna, O infallible one. When the hermitage was burnt, O great king, by Kārtavīrya, the powerful one.)
O infallible one, after driving him away, he cursed Arjuna out of anger. O great king, when the hermitage was burnt by the powerful Kārtavīrya.
त्वया न वर्जितं मोहाद्यस्माद्वनमिदं मम। दग्धं तस्माद्रणे रामो बाहूंस्ते छेत्स्यतेऽर्जुन ॥१२-४९-३७॥
tvayā na varjitaṃ mohād yasmād vanam idaṃ mama। dagdhaṃ tasmād raṇe rāmo bāhūṃs te chetsyate'rjuna ॥12-49-37॥
[त्वया (tvayā) - by you; न (na) - not; वर्जितं (varjitam) - abandoned; मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion; यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because; वनम् (vanam) - forest; इदं (idaṃ) - this; मम (mama) - my; दग्धं (dagdham) - burnt; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama; बाहून् (bāhūn) - arms; ते (te) - your; छेत्स्यते (chetsyate) - will cut off; अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna;]
(By you, not abandoned from delusion, because this forest of mine is burnt; therefore, in battle, Rama will cut off your arms, Arjuna.)
Because you, out of delusion, did not abandon this forest of mine and it has been burnt, therefore, Rama will cut off your arms in battle, Arjuna.
अर्जुनस्तु महाराज बली नित्यं शमात्मकः। ब्रह्मण्यश्च शरण्यश्च दाता शूरश्च भारत ॥१२-४९-३८॥
arjunastu mahārāja balī nityaṃ śamātmakaḥ। brahmaṇyaśca śaraṇyaśca dātā śūraśca bhārata ॥12-49-38॥
[अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; (proper noun) तु (tu) - but; (emphatic particle) महाराज (mahārāja) - great king; (maha + rāja) बली (balī) - strong; powerful; नित्यं (nityaṃ) - always; constantly; शमात्मकः (śamātmakaḥ) - of peaceful nature; (śama + ātmaka) ब्रह्मण्यः (brahmaṇyaḥ) - devoted to Brahman; (brahma + nya) च (ca) - and; शरण्यः (śaraṇyaḥ) - protector; giver of refuge; च (ca) - and; दाता (dātā) - giver; donor; शूरः (śūraḥ) - heroic; brave; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; (vocative, addressing the descendant of Bharata);]
(Arjuna but great king strong always of peaceful nature; devoted to Brahman and protector and giver heroic and O Bhārata.)
But Arjuna, O great king, is always strong, of peaceful nature, devoted to Brahman, a protector, a giver, and heroic, O Bhārata.
तस्य पुत्राः सुबलिनः शापेनासन्पितुर्वधे। निमित्तमवलिप्ता वै नृशंसाश्चैव नित्यदा ॥१२-४९-३९॥
tasya putrāḥ subalinaḥ śāpenāsan pitur vadhe। nimittam avaliptā vai nṛśaṁsāś caiva nityadā ॥12-49-39॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; of that one; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; सुबलिनः (subalinaḥ) - powerful; strong; शापेन (śāpena) - by curse; आसन् (āsan) - became; were; पितुर्वधे (pitur vadhe) - for the killing of the father; निमित्तम् (nimittam) - cause; reason; अवलिप्ताः (avaliptāḥ) - arrogant; proud; वै (vai) - indeed; नृशंसाः (nṛśaṁsāḥ) - cruel; ruthless; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; surely; नित्यदा (nityadā) - always; ever;]
(Of him, the sons, powerful, by curse, became for the killing of the father, the cause, arrogant indeed, cruel and indeed always.)
His sons, powerful by nature, became, due to a curse, the cause of their father's death; they were always arrogant and cruel.
जमदग्निधेन्वास्ते वत्समानिन्युर्भरतर्षभ। अज्ञातं कार्तवीर्यस्य हैहयेन्द्रस्य धीमतः ॥१२-४९-४०॥
jamadagnidhenvāste vatsamāninyur bharatarṣabha। ajñātaṃ kārtavīryasya haihayendrasya dhīmataḥ ॥12-49-40॥
[जमदग्नि (jamadagni) - Jamadagni; (a sage's name); धेन्वा (dhenvā) - by the cow; (instrumental singular of dhenu); अस्ते (āste) - remains; dwells; वत्समानिन्युः (vatsamāninyuḥ) - the calf-bringers; (those who bring back the calves); भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O bull among the Bharatas; (epithet for a great person of the Bharata dynasty); अज्ञातं (ajñātaṃ) - unknown; not known; कार्तवीर्यस्य (kārtavīryasya) - of Kārtavīrya; (genitive singular); हैहयेन्द्रस्य (haihayendrasya) - of the lord of the Haihayas; (genitive singular); धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - of the wise; (genitive singular);]
(O bull among the Bharatas, the calf-bringers remain by the cow of Jamadagni. The act was unknown to Kārtavīrya, the wise lord of the Haihayas.)
O best of the Bharatas, the calf-bringers stayed with Jamadagni's cow. Kārtavīrya, the wise lord of the Haihayas, was unaware of this.
ततोऽर्जुनस्य बाहूंस्तु छित्त्वा वै पौरुषान्वितः। तं रुवन्तं ततो वत्सं जामदग्न्यः स्वमाश्रमम् ॥ प्रत्यानयत राजेन्द्र तेषामन्तःपुरात्प्रभुः ॥१२-४९-४१॥
tato'rjunasya bāhūṃstu chittvā vai pauruṣānvitaḥ। taṃ ruvantaṃ tato vatsaṃ jāmadagnyaḥ svamāśramam ॥ pratyānayata rājendra teṣām antaḥpurāt prabhuḥ ॥12-49-41॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna; बाहून् (bāhūn) - arms; तु (tu) - but; छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut off; वै (vai) - indeed; पौरुषान्वितः (pauruṣānvitaḥ) - endowed with manliness; तं (taṃ) - him; रुवन्तं (ruvantaṃ) - crying; ततः (tataḥ) - then; वत्सम् (vatsam) - the calf; जामदग्न्यः (jāmadagnyaḥ) - Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma); स्वम् (svam) - his own; आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage; प्रत्यानयत् (pratyānayat) - brought back; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; अन्तःपुरात् (antaḥpurāt) - from the inner apartments; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord;]
(Then, having cut off Arjuna's arms, indeed endowed with manliness, him crying, then the calf, Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma) brought back to his own hermitage, O king, from their inner apartments, the lord.)
Then, O king, Paraśurāma, having cut off Arjuna's arms, brought back the crying calf from their inner apartments to his own hermitage.
अर्जुनस्य सुतास्ते तु सम्भूयाबुद्धयस्तदा। गत्वाश्रममसम्बुद्धं जमदग्नेर्महात्मनः ॥१२-४९-४२॥
arjunasya sutās te tu sambhūya abuddhayaḥ tadā। gatvā āśramam asambuddham jamadagner mahātmanaḥ ॥12-49-42॥
[अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna; सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons; ते (te) - they; तु (tu) - but; सम्भूय (sambhūya) - having assembled; अबुद्धयः (abuddhayaḥ) - unwise; तदा (tadā) - then; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage; असम्बुद्धम् (asambuddham) - unaware; जमदग्नेः (jamadagneḥ) - of Jamadagni; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - the great-souled;]
(Of Arjuna the sons they but having assembled unwise then having gone to the hermitage unaware of Jamadagni the great-souled.)
But then, the sons of Arjuna, being unwise, gathered together and went to the hermitage of the great-souled Jamadagni, unaware.
अपातयन्त भल्लाग्रैः शिरः कायान्नराधिप। समित्कुशार्थं रामस्य निर्गतस्य महात्मनः ॥१२-४९-४३॥
apātayanta bhallāgraiḥ śiraḥ kāyān narādhipa। samitkuśārthaṃ rāmasya nirgatasya mahātmanaḥ ॥12-49-43॥
[अपातयन्त (apātayanta) - caused to fall; भल्लाग्रैः (bhallāgraiḥ) - with arrow-tips; शिरः (śiraḥ) - head; कायात् (kāyāt) - from the body; नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king; समित्कुशार्थं (samitkuśārtham) - for the sake of the sacrificial grass; रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma; निर्गतस्य (nirgatasya) - departed; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled;]
(They caused the head to fall from the body with arrow-tips, O king, for the sake of the sacrificial grass, of Rāma, departed, of the great-souled.)
O king, they severed the head from the body with arrow-tipped shafts for the sake of the sacrificial grass, when the great-souled Rāma had departed.
ततः पितृवधामर्षाद्रामः परममन्युमान्। निःक्षत्रियां प्रतिश्रुत्य महीं शस्त्रमगृह्णत ॥१२-४९-४४॥
tataḥ pitṛ-vadhāmarṣād rāmaḥ paramam anyumān। niḥ-kṣatriyāṃ pratiśrutya mahīṃ śastram agṛhṇata ॥12-49-44॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; पितृ-वध-अमर्षात् (pitṛ-vadha-amarṣāt) - from anger at the killing of his father; रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama; परमम् (paramam) - supreme; अन्युमान् (anyumān) - wrathful; निः-क्षत्रियां (niḥ-kṣatriyāṃ) - devoid of kṣatriyas; प्रतिश्रुत्य (pratiśrutya) - having vowed; महीम् (mahīm) - the earth; शस्त्रम् (śastram) - weapon; अगृह्णत् (agṛhṇat) - took up;]
(Then, from anger at the killing of his father, Rama, supremely wrathful, having vowed to make the earth devoid of kṣatriyas, took up his weapon.)
Then Rama, enraged by his father's murder, vowed to rid the earth of kṣatriyas and took up his weapon.
ततः स भृगुशार्दूलः कार्तवीर्यस्य वीर्यवान्। विक्रम्य निजघानाशु पुत्रान्पौत्रांश्च सर्वशः ॥१२-४९-४५॥
tataḥ sa bhṛguśārdūlaḥ kārtavīryasya vīryavān। vikramya nijaghānāśu putrānpautrāṃśca sarvaśaḥ ॥12-49-45॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स (sa) - he; भृगुशार्दूलः (bhṛguśārdūlaḥ) - the tiger among the Bhṛgus; कार्तवीर्यस्य (kārtavīryasya) - of Kārtavīrya; वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - powerful; विक्रम्य (vikramya) - having attacked; निजघान (nijaghāna) - he slew; आशु (āśu) - quickly; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; पौत्रान् (pautrān) - grandsons; च (ca) - and; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - all;]
(Then he, the tiger among the Bhṛgus, powerful, of Kārtavīrya, having attacked, quickly slew all the sons and grandsons.)
Then that powerful Bhṛgu hero, having attacked, quickly slew all the sons and grandsons of Kārtavīrya.
स हैहयसहस्राणि हत्वा परममन्युमान्। चकार भार्गवो राजन्महीं शोणितकर्दमाम् ॥१२-४९-४६॥
sa haihayasahasrāṇi hatvā paramamanyumān। cakāra bhārgavo rājanmahīṃ śoṇitakardamām ॥12-49-46॥
[स (sa) - he; हैहय-सहस्राणि (haihaya-sahasrāṇi) - the thousands of Haihayas; हत्वा (hatvā) - having slain; परम-मन्युमान् (parama-manyumān) - possessed of supreme wrath; चकार (cakāra) - made; भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - the descendant of Bhṛgu; राजन् (rājan) - O king; महीं (mahīm) - the earth; शोणित-कर्दमाम् (śoṇita-kardamām) - muddy with blood;]
(He, having slain the thousands of Haihayas, possessed of supreme wrath, the descendant of Bhṛgu, O king, made the earth muddy with blood.)
O king, Bhārgava, filled with supreme wrath, slew the thousands of Haihayas and made the earth muddy with blood.
स तथा सुमहातेजाः कृत्वा निःक्षत्रियां महीम्। कृपया परयाविष्टो वनमेव जगाम ह ॥१२-४९-४७॥
sa tathā sumahātejāḥ kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṃ mahīm। kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo vanam eva jagāma ha ॥12-49-47॥
[स (sa) - he; तथा (tathā) - thus; सुमहातेजाः (sumahātejāḥ) - of great brilliance; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; निःक्षत्रियां (niḥkṣatriyāṃ) - devoid of kṣatriyas; महीम् (mahīm) - the earth; कृपया (kṛpayā) - with compassion; परया (parayā) - supreme; आविष्टः (āviṣṭaḥ) - overcome; वनम् (vanam) - forest; एव (eva) - only; जगाम (jagāma) - he went; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(He thus, of great brilliance, having made the earth devoid of kṣatriyas, overcome with supreme compassion, went only to the forest indeed.)
Thus, he, endowed with great brilliance, after making the earth devoid of kṣatriyas, being overcome by supreme compassion, went to the forest.
ततो वर्षसहस्रेषु समतीतेषु केषुचित्। क्षोभं सम्प्राप्तवांस्तीव्रं प्रकृत्या कोपनः प्रभुः ॥१२-४९-४८॥
tato varṣasahasreṣu samatīteṣu keṣucit। kṣobhaṃ samprāptavāṃstīvraṃ prakṛtyā kopanaḥ prabhuḥ ॥12-49-48॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; वर्षसहस्रेषु (varṣasahasreṣu) - in thousands of years; समतीतेषु (samatīteṣu) - having completely passed; केषुचित् (keṣucit) - in some; क्षोभम् (kṣobham) - agitation; सम्प्राप्तवान् (samprāptavān) - having attained; तीव्रम् (tīvram) - intense; प्रकृत्या (prakṛtyā) - by nature; कोपनः (kopanaḥ) - irascible; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord;]
(Then, after some thousands of years had completely passed, the lord, who was by nature irascible, attained intense agitation.)
Then, after several thousand years had passed, the lord, who was naturally prone to anger, became intensely agitated.
विश्वामित्रस्य पौत्रस्तु रैभ्यपुत्रो महातपाः। परावसुर्महाराज क्षिप्त्वाह जनसंसदि ॥१२-४९-४९॥
viśvāmitrasya pautrastu raibhyaputro mahātapāḥ। parāvasurmahārāja kṣiptvāha janasaṃsadi ॥12-49-49॥
[विश्वामित्रस्य (viśvāmitrasya) - of Viśvāmitra; (genitive case) पौत्रः (pautraḥ) - grandson; (nominative singular) तु (tu) - but; (particle) रैभ्यपुत्रः (raibhyaputraḥ) - son of Raibhya; (nominative singular) महातपाः (mahātapāḥ) - great ascetic; (nominative singular) परावसुः (parāvasuḥ) - Parāvasu; (proper noun, nominative singular) महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; (vocative singular) क्षिप्त्वा (kṣiptvā) - having cast; (absolutive) आह (āha) - said; (third person singular, perfect) जनसंसदि (janasaṃsadi) - in the assembly of people; (locative singular);]
(Of Viśvāmitra the grandson but, the son of Raibhya, the great ascetic Parāvasu, O great king, having cast (something), said in the assembly of people.)
O great king, Parāvasu, the great ascetic, son of Raibhya and grandson of Viśvāmitra, having cast (something), spoke in the assembly of people.
ये ते ययातिपतने यज्ञे सन्तः समागताः। प्रतर्दनप्रभृतयो राम किं क्षत्रिया न ते ॥१२-४९-५०॥
ye te yayātipatane yajñe santaḥ samāgatāḥ। pratardanaprabhṛtayo rāma kiṃ kṣatriyā na te ॥12-49-50॥
[ये (ye) - who; ते (te) - those; ययातिपतने (yayātipatane) - at the fall of Yayāti; यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the sacrifice; सन्तः (santaḥ) - existing; समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - assembled; प्रतर्दनप्रभृतयः (pratardanaprabhṛtayaḥ) - Pratardana and others; राम (rāma) - O Rāma; किं (kiṃ) - whether; क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - Kṣatriyas; न (na) - not; ते (te) - they;]
(Who, those, at the fall of Yayāti, in the sacrifice, existing, assembled, Pratardana and others, O Rāma, whether Kṣatriyas not they.)
O Rāma, were not those who assembled at the sacrifice at the fall of Yayāti, such as Pratardana and others, Kṣatriyas?
मिथ्याप्रतिज्ञो राम त्वं कत्थसे जनसंसदि। भयात्क्षत्रियवीराणां पर्वतं समुपाश्रितः ॥१२-४९-५१॥
mithyāpratijño rāma tvaṃ katthase janasaṃsadi। bhayātkṣatriyavīrāṇāṃ parvataṃ samupāśritaḥ ॥12-49-51॥
[मिथ्या (mithyā) - false; प्रतिज्ञः (pratijñaḥ) - one who has made a vow; राम (rāma) - Rama; त्वम् (tvam) - you; कत्थसे (katthase) - you boast; जनसंसदि (janasaṃsadi) - in the assembly of people; भयात् (bhayāt) - out of fear; क्षत्रियवीराणाम् (kṣatriyavīrāṇām) - of the warrior Kṣatriyas; पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain; समुपाश्रितः (samupāśritaḥ) - having taken refuge;]
(O Rama, you who have made a false vow, you boast in the assembly of people. Out of fear of the warrior Kṣatriyas, you have taken refuge in the mountain.)
O Rama, you are false to your vow and boast in public. Out of fear of the warrior Kṣatriyas, you have taken refuge in the mountain.
स पुनः क्षत्रियशतैः पृथिवीमनुसन्तताम्। परावसोस्तदा श्रुत्वा शस्त्रं जग्राह भार्गवः ॥१२-४९-५२॥
sa punaḥ kṣatriyaśataiḥ pṛthivīmanusantatām। parāvasostadā śrutvā śastraṃ jagrāha bhārgavaḥ ॥12-49-52॥
[स (sa) - he; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; क्षत्रियशतैः (kṣatriyaśataiḥ) - by hundreds of kṣatriyas; पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth; अनुसन्तताम् (anusantatām) - being repopulated; परावसः (parāvasoḥ) - of Parāvasu; तदा (tadā) - then; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; शस्त्रं (śastram) - weapon; जग्राह (jagrāha) - took up; भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - the descendant of Bhṛgu;]
(He again, by hundreds of kṣatriyas, the earth being repopulated, of Parāvasu, then, having heard, weapon took up, the descendant of Bhṛgu.)
Hearing that the earth was being repopulated by hundreds of kṣatriyas, the descendant of Bhṛgu (Paraśurāma) again took up his weapon.
ततो ये क्षत्रिया राजञ्शतशस्तेन जीविताः। ते विवृद्धा महावीर्याः पृथिवीपतयोऽभवन् ॥१२-४९-५३॥
tato ye kṣatriyā rājañśataśastena jīvitāḥ। te vivṛddhā mahāvīryāḥ pṛthivīpatayo'bhavan ॥12-49-53॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - from then; ये (ye) - who; क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - Kṣatriyas; राजन् (rājan) - O king; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds; तेन (tena) - by him; जीविताः (jīvitāḥ) - were given life; ते (te) - they; विवृद्धाः (vivṛddhāḥ) - grown; महावीर्याः (mahāvīryāḥ) - of great strength; पृथिवीपतयः (pṛthivīpatayaḥ) - lords of the earth; अभवन् (abhavan) - became;]
(From then, those Kṣatriyas, O king, by hundreds, by him were given life; they, grown, of great strength, lords of the earth, became.)
From that time, O king, those Kṣatriyas who were revived by him in hundreds grew and became mighty and powerful rulers of the earth.
स पुनस्ताञ्जघानाशु बालानपि नराधिप। गर्भस्थैस्तु मही व्याप्ता पुनरेवाभवत्तदा ॥१२-४९-५४॥
sa punastāñjaghānāśu bālānapi narādhipa। garbhasthaistu mahī vyāptā punarevābhavattadā ॥12-49-54॥
[स (sa) - he; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; तान् (tān) - them; जघान (jaghāna) - killed; आशु (āśu) - quickly; बालान् (bālān) - children; अपि (api) - even; नराधिप (narādhipa) - king; गर्भस्थैः (garbhasthaiḥ) - by those in the womb; तु (tu) - but; मही (mahī) - earth; व्याप्ता (vyāptā) - was filled; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(He again quickly killed them, even the children, O king. But the earth was again filled by those in the womb at that time.)
He again quickly killed them, even the children, O king. But then, the earth was once more filled by those still in the womb.
जातं जातं स गर्भं तु पुनरेव जघान ह। अरक्षंश्च सुतान्कांश्चित्तदा क्षत्रिययोषितः ॥१२-४९-५५॥
jātaṃ jātaṃ sa garbhaṃ tu punareva jaghāna ha। arakṣaṃśca sutānkāṃścittadā kṣatriyayoṣitaḥ ॥12-49-55॥
[जातं (jātam) - born; जातं (jātam) - born; स (sa) - he; गर्भं (garbham) - embryo; तु (tu) - but; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; जघान (jaghāna) - killed; ह (ha) - indeed; अरक्षन् (arakṣan) - did not protect; च (ca) - and; सुतान् (sutān) - sons; कांश्चित् (kāṃścit) - some; तदा (tadā) - then; क्षत्रिययोषितः (kṣatriyayoṣitaḥ) - Kṣatriya women;]
(Born born he embryo but again indeed killed indeed. Did not protect and sons some then Kṣatriya women.)
Every time one was born, he killed the embryo again and again. The Kṣatriya women then did not protect some of their sons.
त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः पृथिवीं कृत्वा निःक्षत्रियां प्रभुः। दक्षिणामश्वमेधान्ते कश्यपायाददत्ततः ॥१२-४९-५६॥
triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivīṃ kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṃ prabhuḥ। dakṣiṇāmaśvamedhānte kaśyapāyādadattataḥ ॥12-49-56॥
[त्रिः (triḥ) - three times; सप्तकृत्वः (saptakṛtvaḥ) - seven times; पृथिवीं (pṛthivīṃ) - earth; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; निःक्षत्रियां (niḥkṣatriyāṃ) - devoid of kṣatriyas; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord; दक्षिणाम् (dakṣiṇām) - gift; अश्वमेध-अन्ते (aśvamedha-ante) - at the end of the aśvamedha; कश्यपाय (kaśyapāya) - to Kaśyapa; अददत्त (adadatta) - gave; ततः (tataḥ) - then;]
(Three times seven times having made the earth devoid of kṣatriyas, the lord then, at the end of the aśvamedha, gave (it) as a gift to Kaśyapa.)
The lord, having made the earth devoid of kṣatriyas twenty-one times, then gave it as a gift to Kaśyapa at the conclusion of the aśvamedha sacrifice.
क्षत्रियाणां तु शेषार्थं करेणोद्दिश्य कश्यपः। स्रुक्प्रग्रहवता राजञ्श्रीमान्वाक्यमथाब्रवीत् ॥१२-४९-५७॥
kṣatriyāṇāṃ tu śeṣārthaṃ kareṇoddiśya kaśyapaḥ। srukpragrahavatā rājañśrīmānvākyamathābravīt ॥12-49-57॥
[क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of the kṣatriyas; तु (tu) - but; शेषार्थम् (śeṣārtham) - for the sake of the remainder; करेण (kareṇa) - with the hand; उद्दिश्य (uddiśya) - having addressed; कश्यपः (kaśyapaḥ) - Kaśyapa; स्रुक्-प्रग्रहवता (sruk-pragrahavatā) - with the ladle in hand; राजन् (rājan) - O king; श्रीमान् (śrīmān) - the illustrious; वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech; अथ (atha) - then; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke;]
(But for the sake of the remainder of the kṣatriyas, having addressed with the hand, Kaśyapa, with the ladle in hand, O king, the illustrious, then spoke the speech.)
But Kaśyapa, illustrious and holding the ladle, addressed the king and spoke these words for the sake of the remaining kṣatriyas.
गच्छ पारं समुद्रस्य दक्षिणस्य महामुने। न ते मद्विषये राम वस्तव्यमिह कर्हिचित् ॥१२-४९-५८॥
gaccha pāraṃ samudrasya dakṣiṇasya mahāmune। na te mad-viṣaye rāma vastavyam iha karhicit ॥12-49-58॥
[गच्छ (gaccha) - go; पारं (pāram) - to the far shore; समुद्रस्य (samudrasya) - of the ocean; दक्षिणस्य (dakṣiṇasya) - of the southern; महामुने (mahāmune) - O great sage; न (na) - not; ते (te) - for you; मद्विषये (mad-viṣaye) - in my domain; राम (rāma) - O Rāma; वस्तव्यम् (vastavyam) - should dwell; इह (iha) - here; कर्हिचित् (karhicit) - at any time;]
(Go to the far shore of the southern ocean, O great sage. O Rāma, you should not dwell here in my domain at any time.)
O great sage, go to the far shore of the southern ocean. O Rāma, you must not stay here in my domain at any time.
ततः शूर्पारकं देशं सागरस्तस्य निर्ममे। सन्त्रासाज्जामदग्न्यस्य सोऽपरान्तं महीतलम् ॥१२-४९-५९॥
tataḥ śūrpārakaṃ deśaṃ sāgarastasya nirmame। santrāsājjāmadagnyasya so'parāntaṃ mahītalam ॥12-49-59॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; शूर्पारकं (śūrpārakam) - Śūrpāraka (name of a place); देशं (deśam) - region; सागरः (sāgaraḥ) - the ocean; तस्य (tasya) - of him; निर्ममे (nirmame) - created; सन्त्रासात् (santrāsāt) - from fear; जामदग्न्यस्य (jāmadagnyasya) - of Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma); सः (saḥ) - he; अपरान्तं (aparāntam) - the western land; महीतलम् (mahītalam) - earth;]
(Then the ocean created the region of Śūrpāraka for him. Out of fear of Jāmadagnya, he (the ocean) (created) the western land (on) the earth.)
Then, out of fear of Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma), the ocean created the region of Śūrpāraka for him, forming the western land on the earth.
कश्यपस्तु महाराज प्रतिगृह्य महीमिमाम्। कृत्वा ब्राह्मणसंस्थां वै प्रविवेश महावनम् ॥१२-४९-६०॥
kaśyapastu mahārāja pratigṛhya mahīmimām। kṛtvā brāhmaṇasaṃsthāṃ vai praviveśa mahāvanam ॥12-49-60॥
[कश्यपः (kaśyapaḥ) - Kaśyapa; (proper noun, name of a sage); तु (tu) - but; however; महाराज (mahārāja) - great king; प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having accepted; having received; महीम् (mahīm) - the earth; land; इमाम् (imām) - this; (feminine accusative singular of idam); कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having established; having made; ब्राह्मणसंस्थाम् (brāhmaṇasaṃsthām) - Brahmin institution; order of Brahmins; वै (vai) - indeed; truly; प्रविवेश (praviveśa) - entered; महावनम् (mahāvanam) - great forest;]
(But Kaśyapa, the great king, having accepted this earth, having established the institution of Brahmins, indeed entered the great forest.)
But Kaśyapa, the great king, after accepting this earth and establishing the order of Brahmins, truly entered the great forest.
ततः शूद्राश्च वैश्याश्च यथास्वैरप्रचारिणः। अवर्तन्त द्विजाग्र्याणां दारेषु भरतर्षभ ॥१२-४९-६१॥
tataḥ śūdrāś ca vaiśyāś ca yathā-svair-apracāriṇaḥ। avartanta dvijāgryāṇāṃ dāreṣu bharatarṣabha ॥12-49-61॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; शूद्राः (śūdrāḥ) - Śūdras; च (ca) - and; वैश्याः (vaiśyāḥ) - Vaiśyas; च (ca) - and; यथा (yathā) - as; स्वैः (svaiḥ) - their own; अप्रचारिणः (apracāriṇaḥ) - not moving about; अवर्तन्त (avartanta) - remained; द्विजाग्र्याणाम् (dvijāgryāṇām) - of the foremost of twice-born; दारेषु (dāreṣu) - with the wives; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O bull among the Bharatas;]
(Then the Śūdras and Vaiśyas, as not moving about in their own way, remained with the wives of the foremost of twice-born, O bull among the Bharatas.)
Then, O best of the Bharatas, the Śūdras and Vaiśyas, without acting independently, remained with the wives of the foremost of the twice-born.
अराजके जीवलोके दुर्बला बलवत्तरैः। बाध्यन्ते न च वित्तेषु प्रभुत्वमिह कस्यचित् ॥१२-४९-६२॥
arājake jīvaloke durbalā balavattaraiḥ। bādhyante na ca vitteṣu prabhutvam iha kasyacit ॥12-49-62॥
[अराजके (arājake) - in a realm without a ruler; जीवलोके (jīvaloke) - in the world of living beings; दुर्बला (durbalā) - the weak; बलवत्तरैः (balavattaraiḥ) - by the stronger; बाध्यन्ते (bādhyante) - are oppressed; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; वित्तेषु (vitteṣu) - among wealth; प्रभुत्वम् (prabhutvam) - sovereignty; इह (iha) - here; कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of anyone;]
(In a realm without a ruler, in the world of living beings, the weak are oppressed by the stronger; and here, among wealth, there is not sovereignty of anyone.)
In a world without a ruler, the strong oppress the weak, and no one truly has sovereignty over wealth here.
ततः कालेन पृथिवी प्रविवेश रसातलम्। अरक्ष्यमाणा विधिवत्क्षत्रियैर्धर्मरक्षिभिः ॥१२-४९-६३॥
tataḥ kālena pṛthivī praviveśa rasātalam। arakṣyamāṇā vidhivat kṣatriyaiḥ dharmarakṣibhiḥ ॥12-49-63॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; कालेन (kālena) - by time; पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth; प्रविवेश (praviveśa) - entered; रसातलम् (rasātalam) - netherworld; अरक्ष्यमाणा (arakṣyamāṇā) - not being protected; विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to rule; क्षत्रियैः (kṣatriyaiḥ) - by kṣatriyas; धर्मरक्षिभिः (dharmarakṣibhiḥ) - by protectors of dharma;]
(Then, by time, the earth entered the netherworld, not being protected according to rule by kṣatriyas, the protectors of dharma.)
Then, as time passed, the earth, no longer protected according to the law by the kṣatriyas, the guardians of dharma, descended into the netherworld.
ऊरुणा धारयामास कश्यपः पृथिवीं ततः। निमज्जन्तीं तदा राजंस्तेनोर्वीति मही स्मृता ॥१२-४९-६४॥
ūruṇā dhārayāmāsa kaśyapaḥ pṛthivīṃ tataḥ। nimajjantīṃ tadā rājaṃstenorvīti mahī smṛtā ॥12-49-64॥
[ऊरुणा (ūruṇā) - by the thigh; धारयामास (dhārayāmāsa) - supported; कश्यपः (kaśyapaḥ) - Kaśyapa; पृथिवीं (pṛthivīṃ) - the earth; ततः (tataḥ) - then; निमज्जन्तीं (nimajjantīṃ) - sinking; तदा (tadā) - at that time; राजन् (rājan) - O king; तेन (tena) - by him; ऊर्वी (ūrvī) - earth; इति (iti) - thus; मही (mahī) - the earth; स्मृता (smṛtā) - is called;]
(By the thigh, Kaśyapa supported the earth then. The sinking earth at that time, O king, by him is thus called 'Urvi', the earth.)
Kaśyapa then supported the earth with his thigh. Therefore, O king, the earth, which was sinking at that time, is called 'Urvi' by him.
रक्षिणश्च समुद्दिश्य प्रायाचत्पृथिवी तदा। प्रसाद्य कश्यपं देवी क्षत्रियान्बाहुशालिनः ॥१२-४९-६५॥
rakṣiṇaś ca samuddiśya prāyācat pṛthivī tadā। prasādya kaśyapaṃ devī kṣatriyān bāhuśālinaḥ ॥12-49-65॥
[रक्षिणः (rakṣiṇaḥ) - protectors; (those who protect); च (ca) - and; समुद्धिश्य (samuddiśya) - having addressed; (having indicated;) प्रायाचत् (prāyācat) - gave; (granted;) पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - the earth; तदा (tadā) - then; प्रसाद्य (prasādya) - having propitiated; (having pleased;) कश्यपम् (kaśyapam) - Kaśyapa; (the sage Kaśyapa;) देवी (devī) - the goddess; (the lady;) क्षत्रियान् (kṣatriyān) - the Kṣatriyas; (warrior class;) बाहुशालिनः (bāhuśālinaḥ) - strong-armed; (possessing strong arms;]
(And having addressed the protectors, then the earth gave (herself). Having propitiated Kaśyapa, the goddess (gave) the strong-armed Kṣatriyas.)
Then, having addressed the protectors, the earth gave herself. The goddess, having pleased Kaśyapa, gave the strong-armed Kṣatriyas.
सन्ति ब्रह्मन्मया गुप्ता नृषु क्षत्रियपुङ्गवाः। हैहयानां कुले जातास्ते संरक्षन्तु मां मुने ॥१२-४९-६६॥
santi brahmanmayā guptā nṛṣu kṣatriyapuṅgavāḥ। haihayānāṃ kule jātās te saṃrakṣantu māṃ mune ॥12-49-66॥
[सन्ति (santi) - are; exist; ब्रह्मन्मया (brahmanmayā) - by those endowed with Brahman; गुप्ता (guptā) - protected; नृषु (nṛṣu) - among men; क्षत्रियपुङ्गवाः (kṣatriyapuṅgavāḥ) - the foremost of Kṣatriyas; हैहयानाम् (haihayānām) - of the Haihayas; कुले (kule) - in the family; जाताः (jātāḥ) - born; ते (te) - they; संरक्षन्तु (saṃrakṣantu) - may protect; माम् (mām) - me; मुने (mune) - O sage;]
(There are, by those endowed with Brahman, protected among men, the foremost of Kṣatriyas; born in the family of the Haihayas, may they protect me, O sage.)
O sage, there are Kṣatriya chiefs among men, protected by those endowed with Brahman, born in the family of the Haihayas; may they protect me.
अस्ति पौरवदायादो विडूरथसुतः प्रभो। ऋक्षैः संवर्धितो विप्र ऋक्षवत्येव पर्वते ॥१२-४९-६७॥
asti pauravadāyādo viḍūrathasutaḥ prabho। ṛkṣaiḥ saṁvardhito vipra ṛkṣavatyeva parvate ॥12-49-67॥
[अस्ति (asti) - there is; exists; पौरवदायादः (pauravadāyādaḥ) - descendant of Paurava; विडूरथसुतः (viḍūrathasutaḥ) - son of Viḍūratha; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord; ऋक्षैः (ṛkṣaiḥ) - by the Ṛkṣas (bears); संवर्धितः (saṁvardhitaḥ) - nourished; raised; विप्र (vipra) - O brāhmaṇa; ऋक्षवत्येव (ṛkṣavatyeva) - indeed in Ṛkṣavatī; पर्वते (parvate) - on the mountain;]
(There is a descendant of Paurava, the son of Viḍūratha, O lord. Nourished by the Ṛkṣas, O brāhmaṇa, indeed on the Ṛkṣavatī mountain.)
O brāhmaṇa, there is a descendant of Paurava, the son of Viḍūratha, O lord, who was raised by the Ṛkṣas on the Ṛkṣavatī mountain.
तथानुकम्पमानेन यज्वनाथामितौजसा। पराशरेण दायादः सौदासस्याभिरक्षितः ॥१२-४९-६८॥
tathānukampamānena yajvanāthāmitaujasā. parāśareṇa dāyādaḥ saudāsasyābhirakṣitaḥ ॥12-49-68॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; अनुकम्पमानेन (anukampamānena) - by the one who is compassionate; यज्वना (yajvanā) - by the sacrificer; अथ (atha) - then; अमितौजसा (amitaujasā) - by the one of immeasurable energy; पराशरेण (parāśareṇa) - by Parāśara; दायादः (dāyādaḥ) - the heir; सौदासस्य (saudāsasya) - of Saudāsa; अभिरक्षितः (abhirakṣitaḥ) - protected;]
(Thus, by the compassionate sacrificer, the one of immeasurable energy, by Parāśara, the heir of Saudāsa was protected.)
Thus, the heir of Saudāsa was protected by Parāśara, the compassionate sacrificer of immeasurable energy.
सर्वकर्माणि कुरुते तस्यर्षेः शूद्रवद्धि सः। सर्वकर्मेत्यभिख्यातः स मां रक्षतु पार्थिवः ॥१२-४९-६९॥
sarvakarmāṇi kurute tasyarṣeḥ śūdravaddhi saḥ। sarvakarmetyabhikhyātaḥ sa māṃ rakṣatu pārthivaḥ ॥12-49-69॥
[सर्वकर्माणि (sarvakarmāṇi) - all actions; कुरुते (kurute) - does; तस्य (tasya) - of him; ऋषेः (ṛṣeḥ) - of the sage; शूद्रवत् (śūdravat) - like a śūdra; हि (hi) - indeed; सः (saḥ) - he; सर्वकर्म (sarvakarma) - all actions; इति (iti) - thus; अभिख्यातः (abhikhyātaḥ) - is called; सः (saḥ) - he; माम् (mām) - me; रक्षतु (rakṣatu) - may protect; पार्थिवः (pārthivaḥ) - O king;]
(All actions does of him of the sage like a śūdra indeed he; all actions thus is called; he me may protect O king;)
He who performs all actions for that sage, like a śūdra, is indeed called 'one who does all actions'; may he protect me, O king.
शिबेः पुत्रो महातेजा गोपतिर्नाम नामतः। वने संरक्षितो गोभिः सोऽभिरक्षतु मां मुने ॥१२-४९-७०॥
śibeḥ putro mahātejā gopatirnāma nāmataḥ। vane saṁrakṣito gobhiḥ so’bhirakṣatu māṁ mune ॥12-49-70॥
[शिबेः (śibeḥ) - of Śibi; (genitive singular) पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; (nominative singular) महातेजा (mahātejā) - of great brilliance; (nominative singular) गोपति: (gopatiḥ) - lord of cows; (nominative singular) नाम (nāma) - named; (nominative singular) नामतः (nāmataḥ) - by name; (ablative singular) वने (vane) - in the forest; (locative singular) संरक्षितः (saṁrakṣitaḥ) - protected; (nominative singular) गोभिः (gobhiḥ) - by cows; (instrumental plural) सः (saḥ) - he; (nominative singular) अभिरक्षतु (abhirakṣatu) - may protect; (optative 3rd person singular) माम् (mām) - me; (accusative singular) मुने (mune) - O sage; (vocative singular);]
(The son of Śibi, of great brilliance, named Gopati by name, protected in the forest by cows, may he protect me, O sage.)
O sage, may the son of Śibi, the illustrious Gopati by name, who was protected by cows in the forest, protect me.
प्रतर्दनस्य पुत्रस्तु वत्सो नाम महायशाः। वत्सैः संवर्धितो गोष्ठे स मां रक्षतु पार्थिवः ॥१२-४९-७१॥
pratardanasya putras tu vatso nāma mahāyaśāḥ। vatsaiḥ saṁvardhito goṣṭhe sa māṁ rakṣatu pārthivaḥ॥12-49-71॥
[प्रतर्दनस्य (pratardanasya) - of Pratardana; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; तु (tu) - but; वत्सः (vatsaḥ) - Vatsa; नाम (nāma) - named; महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - greatly renowned; वत्सैः (vatsaiḥ) - by calves; संवर्धितः (saṁvardhitaḥ) - nourished; गोष्ठे (goṣṭhe) - in the cowshed; सः (saḥ) - he; माम् (mām) - me; रक्षतु (rakṣatu) - may protect; पार्थिवः (pārthivaḥ) - the king;]
(But the son of Pratardana, named Vatsa, greatly renowned, nourished by calves in the cowshed, may that king protect me.)
May the greatly renowned Vatsa, son of Pratardana, who was nourished by calves in the cowshed, protect me, O king.
दधिवाहनपौत्रस्तु पुत्रो दिविरथस्य ह। अङ्गः स गौतमेनापि गङ्गाकूलेऽभिरक्षितः ॥१२-४९-७२॥
dadhivāhanapautrastu putro divirathasya ha। aṅgaḥ sa gautamenāpi gaṅgākūle'bhirakṣitaḥ ॥12-49-72॥
[दधिवाहन (dadhivāhana) - Dadhivāhana; (proper name); पौत्रः (pautraḥ) - grandson; (descendant's son); तु (tu) - but; however; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; दिविरथस्य (divirathasya) - of Diviratha; ह (ha) - indeed; surely; अङ्गः (aṅgaḥ) - Aṅga; (proper name); सः (saḥ) - he; गौतमेन (gautamena) - by Gautama; अपि (api) - also; even; गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - Gaṅgā; (the river Ganges); कूले (kūle) - on the bank; अभिरक्षितः (abhirakṣitaḥ) - protected; guarded;]
(But the grandson of Dadhivāhana, the son of Diviratha indeed, Aṅga, he also was protected by Gautama on the bank of the Gaṅgā.)
Aṅga, the grandson of Dadhivāhana and son of Diviratha, was also protected by Gautama on the bank of the Gaṅgā.
बृहद्रथो महाबाहुर्भुवि भूतिपुरस्कृतः। गोलाङ्गूलैर्महाभागो गृध्रकूटेऽभिरक्षितः ॥१२-४९-७३॥
bṛhadratho mahābāhurbhuvi bhūtipuraskṛtaḥ। golāṅgūlairmahābhāgo gṛdhrakūṭe’bhirakṣitaḥ ॥12-49-73॥
[बृहद्रथः (bṛhadrathaḥ) - Bṛhadratha; (a proper name; 'bṛhat' = great, 'ratha' = chariot) महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; ('mahā' = great, 'bāhu' = arm;) भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth; भूतिपुरस्कृतः (bhūtipuraskṛtaḥ) - preceded by prosperity; ('bhūti' = prosperity, 'puraskṛta' = led by;) गोलाङ्गूलैः (golāṅgūlaiḥ) - by langurs; ('go' = cow, 'lāṅgūla' = tail; refers to langur monkeys;) महाभागः (mahābhāgaḥ) - most fortunate; ('mahā' = great, 'bhāga' = fortune;) गृध्रकूटे (gṛdhrakūṭe) - at Gṛdhrakūṭa; ('gṛdhra' = vulture, 'kūṭa' = peak; a mountain name;) अभिरक्षितः (abhirakṣitaḥ) - protected; ('abhi' = towards, 'rakṣita' = guarded;]
(Bṛhadratha, mighty-armed, on earth, preceded by prosperity, by langurs, most fortunate, at Gṛdhrakūṭa, protected.)
Bṛhadratha, the mighty-armed and most fortunate, was protected by langurs at Gṛdhrakūṭa, being preceded by prosperity on earth.
मरुत्तस्यान्ववाये तु क्षत्रियास्तुर्वसोस्त्रयः। मरुत्पतिसमा वीर्ये समुद्रेणाभिरक्षिताः ॥१२-४९-७४॥
maruttasyānvavāye tu kṣatriyās turvasos trayaḥ। marutpatisamā vīrye samudreṇābhirakṣitāḥ ॥12-49-74॥
[मरुत्तस्य (maruttasya) - of Marutta; अन्ववाये (anvavāye) - in the lineage; तु (tu) - but; क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - Kṣatriyas; तुर्वसः (turvasas) - of Turvasa; त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three; मरुत्पति (marutpati) - lord of the Maruts; समा (samā) - equal; वीर्ये (vīrye) - in heroism; समुद्रेण (samudreṇa) - by the ocean; अभिरक्षिताः (abhirakṣitāḥ) - protected;]
(Of Marutta, in the lineage, but, Kṣatriyas, of Turvasa, three, lord of the Maruts, equal, in heroism, by the ocean, protected.)
But in the lineage of Marutta, three Kṣatriyas of Turvasa, equal to the lord of the Maruts in heroism, were protected by the ocean.
एते क्षत्रियदायादास्तत्र तत्र परिश्रुताः। सम्यङ्मामभिरक्षन्तु ततः स्थास्यामि निश्चला ॥१२-४९-७५॥
ete kṣatriyadāyādās tatra tatra pariśrutāḥ। samyaṅ mām abhirakṣantu tataḥ sthāsyāmi niścalā ॥12-49-75॥
[एते (ete) - these; क्षत्रियदायादाः (kṣatriyadāyādāḥ) - Kṣatriya heirs; तत्र तत्र (tatra tatra) - here and there; परिश्रुताः (pariśrutāḥ) - well-known; सम्यक् (samyak) - properly; माम् (mām) - me; अभिरक्षन्तु (abhirakṣantu) - may protect; ततः (tataḥ) - then; स्थास्यामि (sthāsyāmi) - I shall remain; निश्चला (niścalā) - unmoving;]
(These Kṣatriya heirs, well-known here and there, may properly protect me; then I shall remain unmoving.)
Let these well-known Kṣatriya heirs everywhere properly protect me; then I shall remain steadfast and unmoved.
एतेषां पितरश्चैव तथैव च पितामहाः। मदर्थं निहता युद्धे रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा ॥१२-४९-७६॥
eteṣāṃ pitaraś caiva tathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ। madarthaṃ nihatā yuddhe rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā ॥12-49-76॥
[एतेषाम् (eteṣām) - of these; (genitive plural of etad) पितरः (pitaraḥ) - fathers; ancestors; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; surely; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; likewise; च (ca) - and; पितामहाः (pitāmahāḥ) - grandfathers; मदर्थम् (madartham) - for my sake; निहताः (nihatāḥ) - slain; killed; युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle; रामेण (rāmeṇa) - by Rāma; अक्लिष्टकर्मणा (akliṣṭakarmaṇā) - by one whose actions are unwearied; by the one whose deeds are effortless;]
(Of these, the fathers and likewise the grandfathers, for my sake, were slain in battle by Rāma, whose actions are unwearied.)
The fathers and grandfathers of these were also slain in battle for my sake by Rāma, whose deeds are effortless.
तेषामपचितिश्चैव मया कार्या न संशयः। न ह्यहं कामये नित्यमविक्रान्तेन रक्षणम् ॥१२-४९-७७॥
teṣām apacitiś caiva mayā kāryā na saṃśayaḥ। na hy ahaṃ kāmaye nityam avikrāntena rakṣaṇam ॥12-49-77॥
[तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; अपचितिः (apacitiḥ) - honour; reverence; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; मया (mayā) - by me; कार्या (kāryā) - should be done; न (na) - not; संशयः (saṃśayaḥ) - doubt; न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; अहम् (aham) - I; कामये (kāmaye) - desire; नित्यम् (nityam) - always; अविक्रान्तेन (avikrāntena) - by one not valiant; रक्षणम् (rakṣaṇam) - protection;]
(Of them, honour indeed should be done by me, no doubt. I do not indeed desire protection always by one not valiant.)
I must certainly honour them, without any doubt. For I do not wish to be protected always by someone who is not valiant.
ततः पृथिव्या निर्दिष्टांस्तान्समानीय कश्यपः। अभ्यषिञ्चन्महीपालान्क्षत्रियान्वीर्यसंमतान् ॥१२-४९-७८॥
tataḥ pṛthivyā nirdiṣṭāṃs tān samānīya kaśyapaḥ। abhyaṣiñcan mahīpālān kṣatriyān vīryasaṃmatān ॥12-49-78॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; पृथिव्या (pṛthivyā) - by the earth; निर्दिष्टान् (nirdiṣṭān) - appointed; तान् (tān) - those; समानीय (samānīya) - having brought together; कश्यपः (kaśyapaḥ) - Kaśyapa; अभ्यषिञ्चत् (abhyaṣiñcat) - anointed; महीपालान् (mahīpālān) - kings; क्षत्रियान् (kṣatriyān) - Kṣatriyas; वीर्यसंमतान् (vīryasaṃmatān) - approved for their valor;]
(Then, having brought together those appointed by the earth, Kaśyapa anointed the kings, the Kṣatriyas, approved for their valor.)
Then Kaśyapa gathered those appointed by the earth and anointed as kings the Kṣatriyas who were recognized for their valor.
तेषां पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च येषां वंशाः प्रतिष्ठिताः। एवमेतत्पुरा वृत्तं यन्मां पृच्छसि पाण्डव ॥१२-४९-७९॥
teṣāṃ putrāś ca pautrāś ca yeṣāṃ vaṃśāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ। evam etat purā vṛttaṃ yan māṃ pṛcchasi pāṇḍava ॥12-49-79॥
[तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; च (ca) - and; पौत्राः (pautrāḥ) - grandsons; च (ca) - and; येषाम् (yeṣām) - of whom; वंशाः (vaṃśāḥ) - lineages; प्रतिष्ठिताः (pratiṣṭhitāḥ) - established; एवम् (evam) - thus; एतत् (etat) - this; पुरा (purā) - formerly; वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - happened; यत् (yat) - which; माम् (mām) - me; पृच्छसि (pṛcchasi) - you ask; पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O Pāṇḍava;]
(Of them, sons and grandsons, of whom the lineages are established. Thus, this formerly happened which you ask me, O Pāṇḍava.)
O Pāṇḍava, the sons and grandsons of those whose lineages are established—thus, this is what happened in former times, which you ask me about.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (proper noun, name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said:
एवं ब्रुवन्नेव यदुप्रवीरो; युधिष्ठिरं धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठम्। रथेन तेनाशु ययौ यथार्को; विशन्प्रभाभिर्भगवांस्त्रिलोकम् ॥१२-४९-८०॥
evaṃ bruvanneva yadupravīro; yudhiṣṭhiraṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ variṣṭham। rathena tenāśu yayau yathārko; viśanprabhābhirbhagavāṃstrilokam ॥12-49-80॥
[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; ब्रुवन् (bruvan) - speaking; एव (eva) - indeed; यदुप्रवीरः (yadupravīraḥ) - the foremost of the Yadus; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhishthira; धर्मभृताम् (dharmabhṛtām) - of the upholders of dharma; वरिष्ठम् (variṣṭham) - the most eminent; रथेन (rathena) - by the chariot; तेन (tena) - by that; आशु (āśu) - swiftly; ययौ (yayau) - he went; यथा (yathā) - as; अर्कः (arkaḥ) - the sun; विशन् (viśan) - entering; प्रभाभिः (prabhābhiḥ) - with rays; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Blessed Lord; त्रिलोकम् (trilokam) - the three worlds;]
(Thus, indeed speaking, the foremost of the Yadus, to Yudhishthira, the most eminent of the upholders of dharma, by that chariot swiftly went, as the sun, entering with rays, the Blessed Lord, the three worlds.)
Thus speaking, the foremost of the Yadus swiftly departed in that chariot to Yudhishthira, the most eminent among the upholders of dharma, just as the Blessed Lord, like the sun, enters the three worlds with his rays.
