तस्यै भर्ता वरं प्रादादीदृसौ ते भविष्यतः। एवमस्त्विति तं चाह कश्यपं विनता तदा
To her, the husband granted the boon: 'Such sons will be born to you.' Vinatā then said to Kaśyapa, 'So be it.'
यथावत्प्रार्थितं लब्ध्वा वरं तुष्टाभवत्तदा। कृतकृत्या तु विनता लब्ध्वा वीर्याधिकौ सुतौ
Having obtained the boon as she had wished, Vinatā was satisfied; having gained two sons superior in might, she felt accomplished.
कद्रूश्च लब्ध्वा पुत्राणां सहस्रं तुल्यवर्चसाम्। धार्यौ प्रयत्नतो गर्भावित्युक्त्वा स महातपाः
And Kadrū, having obtained a thousand sons equal in splendor, was told by the great ascetic, 'Both of you must carefully bear your pregnancies.'
ते भार्ये वरसंतुष्टे कश्यपो वनमाविशत्
With their wishes fulfilled by the boons, Kaśyapa's two wives entered the forest.
जनयामास विप्रेन्द्र द्वे चाण्डे विनता तदा। तयोरण्डानि निदधुः प्रहृष्टाः परिचारिकाः
At that time, O best of Brāhmaṇas, Vinatā laid two eggs; their attendants, delighted, placed the eggs for safekeeping.
सोपस्वेदेषु भाण्डेषु पञ्चवर्षशतानि च। ततः पञ्चशते काले कद्रूपुत्रा विनिःसृताः
For five hundred years, in vessels kept warm and moist, after that time, the sons of Kadrū emerged.
अण्डाभ्यां विनतायास्तु मिथुनं न व्यदृश्यत। ततः पुत्रार्थिनी देवी व्रीडिता च तपस्विनी
From the two eggs of Vinatā, no offspring appeared; then, the goddess, desiring a son and feeling ashamed, undertook austerities.
अण्डं बिभेद विनता तत्र पुत्रमपश्यत। पूर्वार्धकायसंपन्नमितरेणाप्रकाशता
Vinatā broke open one egg and saw a son within, but his body was only half-formed, while the other part remained unmanifest.
स पुत्रः क्रोधसंरब्धः शशापैनामिति श्रुतिः। योऽहमेवं कृतो मातस्त्वया लोभपरीतया
That son, enraged with anger, cursed her, saying: 'Because you, mother, driven by greed, have done this to me—'
शरीरेणासमग्रेण तस्माद्दासी भविष्यसि। पञ्च वर्षशतान्यस्या यया विस्पर्धसे सह
'Since my body is incomplete, you shall become a slave for five hundred years to her with whom you contend.'
एष च त्वां सुतो मातर्दासीत्वान्मोचयिष्यति। यद्येनमपि मातस्त्वं मामिवाण्डविभेदनात्
'But, mother, this son of yours will release you from slavery, if you do not, as you did with me, break open his egg prematurely.'
न करिष्यस्यनङ्गं वा व्यङ्गं वापि तपस्विनम्। प्रतिपालयितव्यस्ते जन्मकालोऽस्य धीरया
'You must not make him, O ascetic lady, either incomplete or deformed; you must patiently await the time of his birth.'
विशिष्टं बलमीप्सन्त्या पञ्चवर्षशतात्परः। एवं शप्त्वा ततः पुत्रो विनतामन्तरिक्षगः
'Desiring a son of superior strength, you must wait beyond five hundred years.' Having thus cursed her, the son departed into the sky.
अरुणोऽदृश्यत ब्रह्मन्प्रभातसमये तदा। `उद्यन्नथ सहस्रांशुर्दृष्ट्वा तमरुणं प्रभुः
Then Aruṇa appeared, O Brāhmaṇa, at the break of dawn; seeing him, the radiant lord of a thousand rays rose up.
स्वतेजसा प्रज्वलन्तमात्मनः समतेजसम्। सारथ्ये कल्पयामास प्रीयमाणस्तमोनुदः
Blazing with his own brilliance, equal in splendor to himself, the dispeller of darkness, pleased, appointed him as charioteer.
सोऽपि तं रथमारुह्य भानोरमिततेजसः। सर्वलोकप्रदीपस्य ह्यमरोऽप्यरुणोऽभवत्
He too, ascending the chariot of the sun of immeasurable energy, became Aruṇa, the immortal charioteer of the illuminator of all worlds.
गरुडोऽपि यथाकालं जज्ञे पन्नगभोजनः। स जातमात्रो विनतां परित्यज्य खमाविशत्
Garuda too was born in due time, the devourer of serpents; as soon as he was born, he left Vinatā and entered the sky.
आदास्यन्नात्मनो भोज्यमन्नं विहितमस्य यत्। विधात्रा भृगुशार्दूल क्षुधितः पतगेश्वरः
Desiring to obtain the food destined for him by the Creator, O tiger among the Bhṛgus, the hungry lord of birds set out.
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु भगिन्यौ ते तपोधन। अपश्यतां समायान्तमुच्चैः श्रवसमन्तिकात्
At that very time, O possessor of austerities, those two sisters saw Uccaiḥśravas approaching from nearby.
यं तु देवगणाः सर्वे हृष्टरूपमपूजयन्। मथ्यमानेऽमृते जातमश्वरत्नमनुत्तमम्
All the hosts of gods, delighted, worshipped him, the supreme horse-gem, born during the churning of the nectar.
अमोघबलमश्वानामुत्तमं जविनां वरम्। श्रीमन्तमजरं दिव्यं सर्वलक्षणपूजितम्
Unfailing in strength among horses, foremost among the swift, resplendent, ageless, divine, and honored with all auspicious marks.
कथं तदमृतं देवैर्मथितं क्व च शंस मे। `कारणं चात्र मथने संजातममृतात्परम्।।' यत्र जज्ञे महावीर्यः सोऽश्वराजो महाद्युतिः
'How was that nectar churned by the gods? Tell me where and for what reason that churning, superior even to nectar, took place, where that mighty, radiant lord of horses was born.'
ज्वलन्तमचलं मेरुं तेजोराशिमनुत्तमम्। आक्षिपन्तं प्रभां भानोः स्वशृङ्गैः काञ्चनोज्ज्वलैः
Blazing, the immovable Meru, the supreme mass of brilliance, with its golden, shining peaks, cast forth rays like the sun.
कनकाभरणं चित्रं देवगन्धर्वसेवितम्। अप्रमेयमनाधृष्यमधर्मबहुलैर्जनैः
Adorned with golden ornaments, wondrous, attended by gods and gandharvas, immeasurable, unassailable by people full of unrighteousness.
व्यालैरावारितं घोरैर्दिव्यौषधिविदीपितम्। नाकमावृत्य तिष्ठन्तमुच्छ्रयेण महागिरिम्
Encircled by fearsome serpents and illuminated by celestial herbs, there stood a great mountain, towering high, as if covering the heavens.
अगम्यं मनसाप्यन्यैर्नदीवृक्षसमन्वितम्। नानापतगसङ्घैश्च नादितं सुमनोहरैः
Inaccessible even to thought by others, adorned with rivers and trees, and resounding with the delightful cries of many kinds of birds.
तस्य शृङ्गमुपारुह्य बहुरत्नाचितं शुभम्। अनन्तकल्पमद्वन्द्वं सुराः सर्वे महौजसः
Ascending its beautiful peak, encrusted with many gems, all the mighty gods, free from enmity and of endless duration, gathered there.
ते मन्त्रयितुमारब्धास्तत्रासीना दिवौकसः। अमृताय समागम्य तपोनियमसंयुताः
There, seated, the dwellers of heaven began their deliberation, united in ascetic discipline, having assembled for the sake of ambrosia.
तत्र नारायणो देवो ब्रह्माणमिदमब्रवीत्। चिन्तयत्सु सुरेष्वेवं मन्त्रयत्सु च सर्वशः
There, as the gods pondered and conferred among themselves, the god Nārāyaṇa spoke these words to Brahmā.
देवैरसुरसङ्घैश्च मथ्यतां कलशोदधिः। भविष्यत्यमृतं तत्र मथ्यमाने महोदधौ
Let the gods and hosts of asuras churn the ocean with a mountain; when the great ocean is churned, ambrosia will arise there.