shuuraH ca kR^ita vidyaH ca puurvaiH tulyo asi tejasaa |
pitR^iNaam gatim anvicCha yena ca ashvo apahaaritaH || 1-41-2
2. shuuraH ca kR^ita vidyaH ca= [you are a] brave one, also, completed, education [in warfare]; suh as you are, you; tejasaa= by magnificence; puurvaiH tulyaH asi= with [your] fathers [paternal-uncles,] equal to, you are; pitR^INaam gatim anvicCha= your fathers [paternal-uncles’,] course, you search; ashvaH yena apahaaritaH ca= horse, by whom, stolen, also. – you fin out.
” ‘You are brave one and completed your education in warfare, such as you are, you are a coequal to your paternal-uncles in magnificence, thus you search the course of your paternal uncles, also him by whom the horse is stolen.’ Thus King Sagara started speaking to his grandson Amshuman. [1-41-2]
abhivaadya abhivaadyaan tvam hatvaa vighna karaan api |
siddhaarthaH sa.mnivartasva mama yaj~nasya paaragaH || 1-41-4
4. tvam= you; abhivaadyaan= those that are to be saluted; abhivaadya= on saluting them; vighna karaan hatvaa api= obstructions, causers, killing, even on; siddha arthaH san= achieved, purpose, on becoming; mama yaj~nasya= my, of Vedic-ritual; paara gaH= to other shore, be crossed over; sam nivartasva= well, return – safely come back.
” ‘On saluting them that are worthy for salutations, and on eliminating them that are the causer of obstructions, you shall achieve your purpose of tracking the ritual-horse, and thus you comeback safely and let my Vedic-ritual be crossed over to the other shore of mortality by you.’ Thus king Sagara told his grandson Amshuman. [1-41-4]
sa khaatam pitR^ibhiH maargam antar bhaumam mahaatmabhiH |
praapadyata narashreSTha tena raaj~naa abhicoditaH || 1-41-6
6. nara shreSTha= oh, best one among men – Rama; saH= he, Amshuman; tena raaj~naa abhicoditaH= by him, that king, motivated by; mahaatmabhiH pitR^ibhiH= by great-souled ones, by fathers – paternal-uncles; antar bhaumam khaatam maargam= inside, of earth, hollowed, walkway; praapadyata= he attained – progressed on that path.
“Motivated by the King Sagara, oh, Rama, the best one among men, Amshuman progressed on the walkway that was hollowed out by his great-souled paternal-uncles inside the earth. [1-41-6]
sa tam pradakSiNam kR^itvaa pR^iSTvaa caiva niraamayam |
pitR^iin sa paripapracCha vaaji hartaaram eva ca || 1-41-8
8. saH tam pradakSiNam kR^itvaa= he, him [elephant,] circumambulations, on making; niraamayam pR^iSTvaa caiva= well being, on asking, also, even; saH= he – Amshuman; pitR^iin= about fathers; vaaji hartaaram eva ca= horse, robber, even, also; pari pa pracCha= in detail, enquired.
On circumambulating that elephant in supplication, and even on enquiring after its well-being, he that Amshuman has enquired in detail with it for his paternal-uncles and even about the robber of the ritual-horse. [1-41-8]
teSaam tat vacanam shrutvaa jagaama laghuvikramaH |
bhasma raashii kR^itaa yatra pitaraH tasya saagaraaH || 1-41-12
12. teSaam tat vacanam shrutvaa= of them [elephants,] that, word – common blessing, on hearing; laghu vikramaH= nimble-footed – prince; tasya pitaraH= his, fathers – paternal uncles; saagaraaH= sons of Sagara; yatra= where; bhasma raashii kR^itaa= ash, mound, made as; [tatra=[ to there]; jagaama= he has gone.
“On hearing that common blessing of all the directional-elephants, he that nimble-footed Amshuman has gone to the place where his paternal-uncles, sons of Sagara, were rendered as mounds of ashes. [1-41-12]
visaarya nipuNaam dR^iSTim tato apashyat khaga adhipam |
pitR^iNaam maatulam raama suparNam anila upamam || 1-41-16
16. raama= oh, Rama; tataH= then; nipuNaam dR^iSTim visaarya= expert, glance, on spanning; pitR^iNaam maatulam= fathers’ paternal-uncles’, maternal uncle; khaga adhipam= birds, king of; anila upamam= wind-god, similar to; su parNam= rapid, winged – Garuda; apashyat= he saw.
“Spanning his expert glances, oh, Rama, he then saw the rapid-winged king of birds, namely Garuda, the Eagle-vehicle of Vishnu, who is the maternal uncle of his father and other paternal-uncles, and whose flight will be similar to that of the Wind-god. [1-41-16]
sa ca enam abraviit vaakyam vainateyo mahaabalaH |
maa shucaH puruSavyaaghra vadho ayam loka sammataH || 1-41-17
17. mahaabalaH= great-mighty; saH vainateyaH= he, that son of Vinata – Garuda; enam vaakyam abraviit ca= to him – to Amshuman, sentence, spoke, also; puruSavyaaghra= oh, tigerly-man; maa shucaH= do not, bemoan; ayam vadhaH loka sammataH= this, eradication [of your paternal-uncles,] agreeable [worthwhile] to the worlds.
“That great-mighty son of Lady Vinata, namely Garuda, also spoke this word to Amshuman, ‘do not bemoan, oh, tigerly-man, this eradication of your paternal-uncles is worthwhile to the worlds. [1-41-17]
ga.ngaa himavato jyeSThaa duhitaa puruSarSabha |
tasyaam kuru mahaabaaho pitR^INaam tu jala kriyaam || 1-41-19
19. puruSarSabha= man, the best; himavataH jyeSThaa duhitaa gangaa= Himavanta’s, elder, daughter, Ganga – is there; mahaabaahuH= oh, dextrous one; pitR^INaam tu jala kriyaam= [to your departed] fathers [paternal-uncles,] but, water, oblation; tasyaam kuru in her, [in Ganga waters,] you offer – you have to offer.
” ‘Oh, best one among men, River Ganga is the elder daughter of Himavanta, and oh, dextrous one, you have to offer water-oblation to the departed paternal-uncles of yours in her waters, namely the holy waters of River Ganga. [1-41-19]
bhasma raashii kR^itaan etaan paavayet loka kaa.ntayaa |
tayaa klinnam idam bhasma ga.ngayaa loka kaantayaa |
SaSTim putra sahasraaNi svarga lokam gamiSyati || 1-41-20
20. loka pavanii= world, purifier [Ganga]; bhasma raashii kR^itaan= ash, mounds, made as; etaan plaavayet= them [sons of Sagara,] drifts – to heavens; [paavaet= will purify them]; loka kaantayaa= by worlds, adored; tayaa gangayaa= by her, by Ganga; klinnam idam bhasma= drenched, this, ash; SaSTim putra sahasraaNi= sixty, sons, thousands; svarga lokam gamiSyati= to empyrean, world, she can lead them.
” ‘World purifier River Ganga will drift them who are rendered as mounds of ashes to heaven, and when she who is much adored by all worlds drenches this ash, that River Ganga herself will lead the sixty-thousand sons of Sagara to heaven. [1-41-20]
suparNa vacanam shrutvaa saH a.mshumaan ativiiryavaan |
tvaritam hayam aadaaya punar aayaat mahaayashaaH || 1-41-22
22. ati viiryavaan= highly, braving one; mahaayashaaH= highly renowned one; saH amshumaan= he, Amshuman; suparNa vacanam shrutvaa= great-winged eagle [Garuda’s,] words, on hearing; tvaritam hayam aadaaya= swiftly, horse, on taking along; punaH aayaat= again, came- returned to his grandfather.
“On hearing the words of that great-winged eagle, Garuda, he that highly brave and well-renowned Amshuman swiftly took the horse, and returned to the ritual place of his grandfather, king Sagara. [1-41-22]
sva puram ca agamat shriimaan iSTa yaj~no mahiipatiH |
ga.ngaayaaH ca aagame raajaa nishcayam na adhyagacChata || 1-41-25
25. shriimaan mahiipatiH= fortunate one, land, lord – king Sagara; iSTa yaj~naH= having completed, Vedic-ritual; sva puram= his own, to capital; agamat= arrived; raajaa gangaayaaH aagame ca= king, about Ganga’s, arrival, also; nishcayam na adhyagacChata= decision, not, arrived at.
“On completing the Vedic-ritual King Sagara arrived at his capital, but that king could not arrive at a decision about the arrival of Ganga to the earth. [1-41-25]
agatvaa nishcayam raajaa kaalena mahataa mahaan |
tri.mshat varSa sahasraaNi raajyam kR^itvaa divam gataH || 1-41-26
26. mahaan raajaa= great, king; mahataa kaalena= long, by time – even after; nishcayam a+ gatvaa= resolve, not, getting at – for Ganga’s descent; trimshat varSa sahasraaNi= thirty, years, thousands; raajyam kR^itvaa divam gataH= kingdom, on ruling, to heaven, went to.
“That great king Sagara could not get at any resolve in getting Ganga to earth even after a long time, and on ruling kingdom for thirty-thousand years he went to heaven.” Thus Vishvamitra continued his narration about the ancestors of Rama. [1-41-26]
katham ga.ngaa avataraNam katham teSaa.m jalakriyaa |
taarayeyam katham ca etaan iti ci.ntaaparo abhavat || 1-42-6
6. gangaa ava taraNam katham= Ganga, alighting, how – to make it possible; teSaam jala kriyaa= to them [grandfathers, offering] water, oblation; katham= how – to offer; etaan katham taarayeyam ca= them, how to, cross over [them from this mortal bindings of heaps of ashes,] also; iti= this way; cintaa paraH= to worry, given to; abhavat= he [Dileepa] became.
“Dileepa became worried as to how River Ganga is to be alighted onto earth from heaven, how water-oblations are to be offered for the souls of Sagara’s sons, and how to cross them, the souls, over this mortal world. [1-42-6]
diliipaH tu mahaatejaa yaj~naiH bahubhiH iSTavaan |
tri.mshat varSa sahasraaNi raajaa raajyam akaarayat || 1-42-8
8. mahaa tejaa= great, resplendent; diliipaH tu= Dileepa, on his part; bahubhiH yaj~naiH iSTavaan= numerous, by Vedic rituals, performed; raajaa= king; trimshat varSa sahasraaNi= thirty, years, thousands [thirty thousand years]; raajyam akaarayat= king, kingdom, ruled.
“That great-resplendent king Dileepa on his part performed numerous Vedic-rituals, and he ruled the kingdom for thirty thousand years – to the delight of each of his subjects, but could not find a way to fetch Ganga. [1-42-8]
indralokam gato raajaa sva ar.hjitena eva karmaNaa |
rajye bhagiiratham putram abhiSicya nararSabhaH || 1-42-10
10. naraR^iSabhaH raajaa= best one among men, that king – Dileepa; putram bhagiiratham rajye abhiSicya= son, Bhageeratha, in kingdom, on anointing sva aarjitena karmaNaa eva= self, acquired, by merits of deeds, only; indra lokam gataH= Indra’s, abode, went to.
“That best one among men, namely king Dileepa, on anointing his son Bhageeratha in the kingdom went to the abode of Indra, namely the heaven, only by his self-acquired merits of deeds. [1-42-10]
ma.ntriShu aadhaaya tat rajyam ga~Nga avataraNe rataH|
tapo diirgham samaatiSThat gokarNe raghuna.ndana || 1-42-12
uurdhva baahuH pa.nca tapaa maasa aahaaro jiteindriyaH |
12, 13a. raghunandana= oh, Rama, Raghu’s descendent; [saH= he – Bhageeratha]; ganga avataraNe rataH= alighting, Ganga, interested in; tat rajyam= that, kingdom; [prajaaH ca= people, and – from above verse]; mantriShu aadhaaya= in ministers, on delegating; uurdhva baahuH= with upraised, hands; panca tapaaH=[standing amid] five fires; maasaa ahaaraH= [once in a] month, with sustenance; jite indriyaH= with conquered, senses; gokarNe= at Gokarna [in Himalayas]; diirgham tapaH= long-time – sustained, ascesis; sam aa tiSThat= verily, came, sat tight, – firmed up in.
“Interested in the alighting of River Ganga on earth, oh, Rama, the descendent of Raghu, king Bhageeratha delegated his kingdom to the custody of his ministers and people and firmed up himself in sustained asceticism on Mt. Gokarna in Himalayas, and he practise ascesis standing amid five-fires, upraising his hands, with a monthly sustenance and with his sense conquered. [1-42-12, 13a]
deva yaace ha sa.ntatyai na avasiidet kulam ca naH |
ikSvaakuuNaam kule deva eSa me astu varaH paraH || 1-42-20
20. deva= oh, god; ikSvaakuuNaam kule= in Ikshvaku’s, dynasty; santatyai yaace ha= for offspring, I pray, indeed; naH kulam na avasiidet ca= our, dynasty, not, to dwindle, also; deva= oh, god; eSa me paraH varaH astu= this, mine, other, boon, let it be.
” ‘Oh, god, I indeed pray for offspring in our Ikshvaku dynasty, let not our dynasty dwindle as I am issueless, and oh, god, let this be the other boon to me. [1-42-20]
iyam haimavatii jyeSThaa ga.ngaa himavataH sutaa |
taam vai dhaarayitum raajan haraH tatra niyujyataam || 1-42-23
23. raajan= oh, king; haimavatii= from Himavanta born, or one having snow-broth; iyam gangaa= this, Ganga; himavataH jyeSThaa sutaa= Himavanta’s, elder, daughter; taam dhaarayitum= her, to sustain; [shaktaH= capable one is]; haraH= god Shiva; tatra= there, therefor – in that matter of sustaining Ganga; niyujyataam vai= is to be designated – commissioned, in fact.
” ‘This Ganga is the one with snow-broth, the elder daughter of Himavanta, and oh, king Bhageeratha, god Shiva alone is capable to sustain her force in the course of her alighting onto earth, and in fact, he is to be commissioned for that purpose. [1-42-23]
ga.ngaayaaH patanam raajan pR^ithivii na sahiSyate |
taam vai dhaarayitum raajan na anyam pashyaami shuulinaH || 1-42-24
24. raajan= oh king; gangaayaaH patanam= Ganga’s, downfall; pR^ithivii na sahiSyate= earth, can not, endure; taam dhaarayitum= her [Ganga,] to sustain; raajan, oh, king; shuulinaH= Trident wielder – god Shiva; anyam= any other – other than him; na pashyaami vai= not, I behold, indeed.
” ‘Oh, king Bhageeratha, the earth cannot endure the downfall of Ganga and to sustain Ganga, oh, king, indeed I do not behold none other than the Trident-wielder, god Shiva.’ Thus Brahma spoke to Bhageeratha. [1-42-24]
Sri SitaRamaJeyam.
Aalvaar Emberumaanaar Jeeyar Thiruvadikale Saranam.
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