jyeSThaa shailendra duhitaa maanayiSyati tam sutam |
umaayaaH tat bahumatam bhaviSyati na sa.mshayaH || 1-37-8
8. jyeSThaa shailendra duhitaa= elder, mountain king, daughter [Ganga]; tam sutam= him, that [prospective] son; maanayiSyati= will welcome graciously; tat= that – act of Ganga in welcoming boy; umaayaaH bahu matam bhaviSyati= to Uma, in many ways, pleasurable, it will be; samshayaH na= doubt, is not there.
” ‘The elder daughter King of Mountains, namely Ganga, will graciously welcome the offspring from Fire-god, and that act of Ganga in welcoming the offspring through Fire-god will also be pleasurable in many ways to the younger daughter of King of Mountains, namely Uma, no doubt about it.’ So said Brahma to all the gods. [1-37-8]
shrutvaa tu agni vaco ga.ngaa tam garbham atibhaasvaram || 1-37-17
utsasarja mahaatejaaH srotobhyo hi tadaa anagha |
17b, 18a. mahaa tejaaH= oh, great-resplendent, Rama; anagha= oh, charming prince; agni vacaH shrutvaa tu= Fire-god’s, words, on hearing, on her part; gangaa= Ganga; tadaa= that way; ati bhaasvaram= highly, refulgent; tam garbham= that, embryo; srotobhyaH utsasarja hi= from her channels [and rills,] ejected, indeed.
“Oh, great-resplendent Rama, on hearing the words of Fire-god, oh, charming prince Rama, River Ganga indeed ejected that great-radiant embryo of Shiva from all her rills and channels. [1-37-17b, 18a]
taamram kaarSNaayasam caiva taikSNyaat eva abhijaayata || 1-37-19
malam tasya abhavat tatra trapu siisakam eva ca |
tat etat dharaNiim praapya naanaa dhaatuH avardhata || 1-37-20
19b, 20. tatra= in that – process; taikSNyaat= from combustion – [kshaara= metallic alkali, element]; taamram= copper; kaarSNaayasam= iron; ca eva= also thus; abhijaayata= are generated; tasya= its – of the semen of Shiva; malam= from residua; trapu= tin; siisakam eva ca= lead, also, thus; abhavat= became; tat etat= that, thus – such as it is – that potence of Shiva; dharaNiim praapya= earth, on reaching; naanaa dhaatuH avardhata= various, elements, evolved as.
“In that process, copper and iron are also generated from that combustion of fires of Shiva and Fire-god, and the residua have become tin and lead, and thus that embryo on reaching the earth has evolved itself into various other elements also. [1-37-19b, 20]
tam kumaaram tato jaatam sa indraaH saha marud gaNaaH |
kSiira sa.mbhaavana arthaaya kR^ittikaaH samayojayan || 1-37-23
23. tataH= then; jaatam tam kumaaram= birthed, him, the son – from the embryo; sa indraaH marut gaNaaH= with, Indra, Wind-gods, assemblages of; saha= at a time – to suckle the baby simultaneously; kSiira sambhaavana arthaaya= milk, to nourish with, for the purpose of – to suckle and nourish; kR^ittikaaH samayojayan= Krittikaa stars, are arranged.
“Then for the boy who took birth from the embryo deposited in Himalayas, the Wind-gods along with Indra have arranged Krittika stars to simultaneously suckle him. [1-37-23]
tataH tu devataaH sarvaaH kaartikeya iti bruvan |
putraH trailokya vikhyaato bhaviSyati na sa.mshayaH || 1-37-25
25. tataH= then; sarvaaH devataaH= all, gods; putraH= this boy; kaartikeya iti= Kaartikeya [son of Krittika-s,] thus; trailokya vikhyaataH bhaviSyati= in three worlds, renowned, he will be; samshayaH na= doubt, is not there; iti bruvan= thus, they said.
“All the gods have then said, ‘this boy will be renowned in all the three world as Kaarthikeya, as Krittika-stars have suckled him, with any doubt.’ [1-37-25]
praadur.hbhuutam tataH kSiiram kR^ittikaanaam anuttamam |
SaNNaam SaD aanano bhuutvaa jagraaha stanajam payaH || 1-37-28
28. tataH= then; kR^ittikaanaam an+uttamam kSiiram== in Krittikaa-stars [breasts,] un, excelling, milk; praadurhbhuutam= instantly came forth; SaNNaam= of six of them, the Krittika stars; stana jam payaH= breat, born, milk; SaDaananaH – SaT aanana= six, faced one – the boy; bhuutvaa= one becoming – six faced boy; [samam= at the same time]; jagraaha= drew out, sucked milk.
“Then an unexcelled milk instantly came forth from the breasts of the six Krittika-stars, and becoming a six-faced one that boy too sucked that milk from the six Krittika-stars at the same time. [1-37-28]
ayodhyaa adhipatiH viiraH puurvam aasiit naraadhipaH |
sagaro naama dharmaatmaa prajaakaamaH sa ca aprajaH || 1-38-2
2. puurvam= once upon a time; ayodhyaa adhipatiH= Ayodhya’s, king; viiraH dharmaatmaa= valiant one, virtue-souled one; sagaraH naama= Sagara, renowned as; nara adhipaH aasiit people’s, king, was there; saH= he was; a + prajaH= without, offspring; prajaa kaamaH ca= offspring, longing for, also.
“Once there was a valiant an virtue-souled king of Ayodhya named Sagara, who is without offspring, as such he was longing for offspring. [1-38-2]
ariSThanemi duhitaa suparNa bhaginii tu saa |
dvitiiyaa sagarasya aasiit patnii sumati sa.mj~nitaa || 1-38-4
4. ariSThanemeH duhitaa= Arishtanemi’s, daughter; suparNa bhaginii tu= Garuda’s, sister, on her part; sumati samj~nitaa= Sumati, indicated by – designated by that name; saa sagarasya= she is of Sagara; dvitiiyaa patnii aasiit= second, wife, was there.
“The daughter of Arishtanemi, namely sage Kashyapa, and who is also the sister of Garuda, the Divine-Eagle-vehicle of Vishnu, is the second wife of Sagara, who is known by the name Sumati. [1-38-4]
atha varSa shate puurNe tapasaa aaraadhito muniH |
sagaraaya varam praadaad bhR^iguH satyavataam varaH || 1-38-6
6. atha varSa shate puurNe= then, years, hundred, on completion of; tapasaa aaraadhitaH= with asceticism, one who is worshipped; satyavataam varaH= among patrons of truth, prominent one; bhR^iguH muniH= Bhrugu, the sage; sagaraaya varam praadaad= to Sagara, boon, bestowed.
“On completion of a hundred years of ascesis, and when the Sage Bhrugu is worshipped with asceticism, that sage who is a prominent one among the patrons of truth bestowed a boon to Sagara. [1-38-6]
muneH tu vacanam shrutvaa keshinii raghuna.ndana |
putram va.msha karam raama jagraaha nR^ipa sa.mnidhau || 1-38-13
13. raghu nandana= oh, Raghu’s, delight Rama; raama= oh, Rama; muneH tu vacanam shrutvaa= of sage, but, words, on listening; keshinii vamsha karam putram= queen Keshini, dynasty, enriching, son; nR^ipa sannidhau jagraaha= king [Sagara,] in the presence of, taken – chosen.
“On listening the words of the sage, oh, Rama, oh, delighter of Raghu’s dynasty, the first queen Keshini has chosen one son who enriches the dynasty in the presence of King Sagara. [1-38-13]]
evam paapa samaacaaraH sajjana pratibaadhakaH || 1-38-21
pauraaNaam ahite yuktaH pitraa nirvaasitaH puraat |
21b, 22a. evam= this way; paapa samaacaaraH= sinister, with practise activity; sajjana prati baadhakaH= goodmen, towards, torturer; pauraaNaam a+ hite yuktaH= of citizens, not, desirable – sadistic thinking, delighted in; such a son; pitraa puraat nirvaasitaH= by father, from city, expatriated.
This way, when that son Asamanja is with sinister activity, a torturer of goodmen, and delighter in the undesirable activities towards citizens, his father king Sagara expatriated him from the city. [1-38-21b, 22a]
tasya putro a.mshumaan naama asama.njasya viiryavaan || 1-38-22
sammataH sarva lokasya sarvasya api priyam vadaH |
22b, 23a. tasya asamanjasya putraH= his, of Asamanja, son; viiryavaan= a valorous one; amshumaan naama= Anshuman, by name; sarva lokasya sammataH= by all, people, acceptable one; sarvasya api priyam vadaH= with all [people,] even, fondly, one who converses with.
But Asamanja’s son is a valorous one, who by name is Anshuman, and who is an acceptable one for all people and who fondly converses with all. [1-38 -22b, 23a]
vishvaamitra vacaH shrutvaa kathaante raghuna.ndana |
uvaaca parama priito munim diiptam iva analam || 1-39-1
1. raghu nandana= Raghu’s delight – Rama; vishvaamitra vacaH shrutvaa= Vishvamitra’s, words – narration, on listening; parama priitaH= highly, rejoiced; katha ante= episode, at the end of; diiptam iva analam= glowing, like, fire; munim= to sage; uvaaca= said to.
On listening the narration of Vishvamitra, Rama, the delighter of Raghu’s dynasty is highly rejoiced, and at the end of the episode he spoke to sage whose glow is fire like. [1-39-1]
tasya tat vacanam shrutvaa kautuuhala samanvitaH |
vishvaamitraH tu kaakutstham uvaaca prahasanniva || 1-39-3
shruuyataam vistaro raama sagarasya mahaatmanaH |
3, 4a. tasya tat vacanam= his – Rama’s, that, sentence; kautuuhala samanvitaH= inquisitiveness, inclusive of; shrutvaa= on listening; vishvaamitraH tu= Vishvamitra, on his part; kaakutsthsam= to the descendent of Kakutstha; prahasan iva uvaaca= smiling, as though, said; mahaatmanaH sagarasya= of great-souled one, Sagara’s; episode; vistaraH shruuyataam= vividly, may be listened; raama= oh, Rama.
On listening the words of Rama that are inclusive of his inquisitiveness, Sage Vishvamitra smilingly spoke to that descendent of Kakutstha, “oh, Rama, let the episode of the great-souled Sagara be listened vividly.” Vishvamitra thus commenced to narrate that episode. [1-39-3, 4a]
tasya ashva caryaam kaakutstha dR^iDha dhanvaa mahaarathaH || 1-39-6
a.mshumaan akarot taata sagarasya mate sthitaH |
6b, 7a. taata= oh, dear sire; kaakutstha= oh, descendant of Kakutstha; dR^iDha dhanvaa= unfaltering, bow – wielder; mahaa rathaH= top-speeded, chariot-rider; such a prince; amshumaan= Amshuman; sagarasya mate sthitaH= in Sagara’s, conviction, abiding by; tasya= its – ritual’s; ashva caryaam= of horse, course of action – from release to retrieval; akarot= managed – escorted.
“Oh, dear sire Rama, the grandson of Sagara and the son of exiled Asamanja is Amshuman, oh, descendant of Kakutstha, which Anshuman’s bow will be unfaltering and who is a top-speeded chariot-rider, and he has escorted ritual-horse released. [1-39-6b, 7a]
tasya parvaNi tam yaj~nam yajamaanasya vaasavaH 1-39-7
raakSasiim tanum aasthaaya yaj~niya ashvam apaaharat |
7b, 8a. vaasavaH= Indra; raakSasiim tanum aasthaaya= demonic, form, on assuming; parvaNi= at auspicious time [ukthya, the day of sacred function]; yaj~nam yajamaanasya= ritual’s, of presiding authority; tasya= his – Sagara’s; tam yaj~niya ashvam apaaharat= that, Vedic-ritual’s, horse, snatched away.
“And on the day of a sacred function called ukthyam, Indra assumed the form of a demon and stole the ritual horse of the chief of the ritual, namely Sagara. [1-39-7b, 8a]
ayam parvaNi vegena yaj~niya ashvo apaniiyate ||1-39-9
hartaaram jahi kaakutstha hayaH ca eva upaniiyataam |
9b, 10a. kaakutstha= oh, decedent of Kakutstha – Sagara; parvaNi= on auspicious day; ayam yaj~niya ashvaH= this, ritual’s, horse; vegena apaniiyate= hastily, being sidetracked – stolen away; hartaaram jahi= who stole it – horse’s thief, you kill; hayasH ca eva upaniiyataam= horse, also, that way, be fetched.
” ‘Oh, Sagara,the descendent of Kakutstha, at this auspicious time the ritual horse is hastily diverted, you kill him who stole the horse, and let that horse be fetched. [1-39-9b, 10a]
eka ekam yojanam putraa vistaaram abhigacChata || 1-39-14
yaavat turaga sa.ndarshaH taavat khanata mediniim |
tam eva haya hartaaram maargamaaNaa mama aaj~nayaa ||1-39-15
14b, 15. putraaH= oh, sons; eka ekam yojanam= one [each prince,] one, yojana – area of earth; vistaaram abhigacChata= square area, you advance – allocate for yourself; mama aaj~nayaa= by my, order; tam haya hartaaram= him, horse, stealer; maargamaaNaa= while searching; turaga samdarshaH yaavat= horse’s, appearance, until; taavat mediniim khanata= till then, earth, you dig out.
” ‘Oh, sons, let each prince advance searching one square yojana of earth, by my order you dig up the earth until the appearance of the horse, while searching for the stealer of that horse. [1-39-14b, 15]
diikSitaH pautra sahitaH sa upaadhyaaya gaNaH tu aham |
iha sthaasyaami bhadram vo yaavat turaga darshanam ||1-39-16
16. diikSitaH aham tu= under vow, I, for my part; such as I am; pautra sahitaH= grand son [Amshuman,] along with; sa upaadhyaaya gaNaH= along with, religious-teachers, congregation; yaavat turaga darshanam= till, horse, appears; iha sthaasyaami= here, I will stay; vaH bhadram= to you all, safe betides.
” ‘As for myself, I will stay here only along with my grandson, namely Amsuman, and with the congregation of religious-teachers till the horse appears, as I am under vow of the ritual.’ Thus Sagara instructed to his sixty thousand sons and stayed back at the ritual place. [1-39-16]
yojanaanaam sahasraaNi SaSTim tu raghuna.ndana |
bibhidur dharaNiim raama rasaa talam anuttamam ||1-39-21
21. raghu nandana= oh, legatee of Raghu’s dynasty; raama= oh, Rama; yojanaanaam SaSTim sahasraaNi tu= yojana-s, thousand, sixty, thus; dharaNiim= of earth; they dug to make it as the; an+uttamam= unsurpassed; rasaa talam= as sixth, subterranean field; bibhiduH= hollowed.
“Oh, Rama, the legatee of Raghu’s dynasty, thus sixty thousand square yojana-s of the earth is dug over, so as to make the earth’s outermost plane as the unsurpassed rasaa tala, the sixth subterranean and the nethermost plane. [1-39-21]
ayam yaj~na haro asmaakam anena ashvo apaniiyate |
iti te sarva bhuutaani hi.msanti sagara aatmajaH ||1-39-26
26. ayam= this one is; [naH= our]; yaj~na haraH= ritual, stealer – hinderer; anena= by this one; asmaakam ashvaH apaniiyate= our, [ritual] horse, is carried off; iti= thus – thinking thus; te sagara aatmajaH= those, Sagara’s, sons; sarva bhuutaani himsanti= all, living beings, they are torturing.
” ‘This one is the destroyer of our ritual… this one has carried off our ritual horse…’ thinking thus and suspecting everyone those sons of Sagara are torturing all the living beings.’ Thus all the gods have appealed to Brahma.” So said Sage Vishvamitra to Rama and others. [1-39-26]
yasya iyam vasudhaa kR^itsnaa vaasudevasya dhiimataH|
mahiShii maadhavasaya sa eShaa sa eva bhagavan prabhuH|| 1-40-2
kaapilam ruupam aasthaaya dhaarayatya anisham dharaam |
tasya kopaagninaa dagdhaa bhaviSya.nti nR^ipaatmajaa || 1-40-3
2, 3. kR^itsnaa iyam vasudhaa= entire, this, earth; eShaa maadhavasaya mahiShii= she is, the consort, of Maadhava; yasya dhiimataH vaasudevasya= whose [to which,] prescient, belongs to Vaasudeva; such Vaasudeva; saH eva bhagavan prabhuH= He, alone, reverential, lord [Vishnu]; anisham dharaam dhaarayatya= eternally, earth, he bears; kaapilam ruupam aasthaaya= sage Kapila’s, semblance of, on donning; nR^ipa aatmajaa= king’s, sons – of Sagara; tasya kopa agninaa dagdhaa= in his [Kapila’s,] fury’s, fire, burnt down; bhaviSyanti= they will be – burnt to ashes.
” ‘To whom this Mother Earth belongs in all her entirety, he is that prescient Vasudeva, and she is also the consort of that Maadhava, and that Vishnu eternally props up Mother Earth. Hence, that reverential Vishnu donning the semblance of Sage Kapila will burn down the sons of emperor Sagara to ashes in a fire of fury. [1-40-2, 3]
parikraa.ntaa mahii sarvaa sattvavantaH ca suuditaaH |
deva daanava rakSaa.msi pishaaca uraga pannagaaH || 1-40-8
na ca pashyaamahe ashvam te ashva hartaaram eva ca |
kim kariSyaama bhadram te buddhiH atra vicaaryataam || 1-40-9
8, 9. sarvaa mahii pari kraantaa= entire, earth is, over, run – trekked; sattvavantaH ca= mighty ones, also; deva daanava rakSaamsi pishaaca uraga pannagaaH= gods, demons, monsters, evil-spirits, fiends, serpents, naga-s; suuditaaH= are eliminated; ashvam= horse; ashva hartaaram eva ca= horse, stealer, like that, also; na pashyaamahe ca= not, we have seen, even; kim kariSyaama= what is, to be done by us; te bhadram= let safe betide you; atra buddhiH vicaaryataam= in that matter, sagacity, be pondered on – give a thought to it.
” ‘Entire earth is trekked and mighty beings like gods, demons, monsters, evil-spirits, fiends, serpents, naga-s are also eliminated, but we have not seen the ritual-horse or its stealer. What we have to do next. Let a thought be given in this matter. Let safeness betide you.’ So said those princes to their father Sagara. [1-40-8, 9]
pitur vacanam aasaadya sagarasya mahaatmanaH |
SaSTiH putra sahasraaNi rasaatalam abhidravan || 1-40-12
12. pituH= father’s; maha atmanaH sagarasya= great-souled one, of Sagara; vacanam aasaadhya= words, on catching up; SaSTiH putra sahasraaNi= sixty, sons, thousand; rasaa talam abhi dravan=to netherworld’s, surface, towards, rushed in.
“On catching up the words of their father, the great-souled Sagara, his sixty thousand sons rushed towards the surface of the rasaa tala, the netherworld. [1-40-12]
uttarasyaam raghushreSTha dadR^ishur hima paaNDuram |
bhadram bhadreNa vapuSaa dhaaraya.ntam mahiim imaam || 1-40-22
22. raghu shreSTha= oh, Rahu dynasty’s, best one – Rama; uttarasyaam= in the northern direction; hima paaNDuram= which elephant is – snow, white; bhadreNa vapuSaa= with an auspicious, body; imaam mahiim dhaarayantam= this, earth, which is bearing; bhadram= Bhadra – named elephant; dadR^ishuH= they beheld.
“In the northern direction, oh, Rama, they beheld Bhadra, a snow-white elephant with an auspicious body bearing northern side of this earth. [1-40-22]
samaalabhya tataH sarve kR^itvaa ca enam pradakSiNam |
SaSTiH putra sahasraaNi bibhidur vasudhaa talam || 1-40-23
23. tataH sarve= then, all; SaSTiH putra sahasraaNi= sixty, sons, thousand; enam= it – elephant; samaalabhya= on touching [reverently]; pradakSiNam kR^itvaa ca= circumambulations [to elephant,] on making, also; vasudhaa talam bibhiduH= earth’s, surface, burrowed.
“On touching that elephant reverently and also circumambulating it, those sixty thousands sons of Sagara further burrowed to the surface of the earth. [1-40-23]
tataH tena aprameyeNa kapilena mahaatmanaa |
bhasma raashii kR^itaaH sarve kaakutstha sagaraatmajaaH || 1-40-30
30b, c. kaakutstha= oh, Rama of Kakutstha; tataH= then; a+prameyeNa= of unimaginable power maha atmanaa= by that great-souled one; tena kapilena= by him, by Kapila; sarve sagara aatmajaaH= all of the, Sagara’s, sons; bhasma raashii kR^itaaH= to ashes, heaps of, rendered as.
“Oh, Rama of Kakutstha, then that great-souled sage Kapila, rather Vishnu with unimaginable power, has rendered all of those sons of Sagara as heaps of ashes by virtue of his ‘hum’ sound.” Thus Sage Vishvamitra is narrating the legend of Sagara to Rama and others. [1-40-30b, c]
Sri Sita Rama Jeyam.
Aalvaar Emberumaanaar Jeeyar Thiruvadikale Saranam.
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