दर्शनात्तस्य चाभक्ष्यो भक्ष्यो भवति निश्चितः द्विजस्तु तत्फलं गृह्य भूमिग्राममुपाययौ ।।3.4.8.
By seeing it, what was inedible becomes edible, certainly; the twice-born took that fruit and went to the village.
नृपतिस्तत्र चागत्य द्विजमाह प्रसन्नधीः
The king arrived there and spoke to the twice-born with a pleased mind.
इति श्रुत्वा प्रांशुशर्मा तत्फलं वत्समुंडवत्
Hearing this, Pramshu Sharma took the fruit, which was like a calf's head.
तदा तु स कलिर्भूपस्तं विप्रं ताड्य वेतसैः
Then Kali, the king, struck the Brahmin with canes.
प्रातःकाले रवौ प्राप्ते प्रांशुशर्मा सुदुःखितः
At dawn, when the sun appeared, Pramshu Sharma was deeply distressed.
तदा प्रसन्नो भगवान्रविः साक्षात्सनातनः
Then the blessed Sun, eternal, became pleased.
शृणु विप्र महाभाग कालरूपो हरिः स्वयम्
Hear, O fortunate Brahmin, Hari himself is the form of Time.
कलिर्विश्वसमूहानां मृत्यवे रचितस्तथा कलिञ्जरं च नगरं तत्रोष्य मुदितो भव
Kali was created for the death of all beings; and Kaliñjara is the city, dwell there joyfully.
इत्युक्त्वा रक्षणं कृत्वा तस्य विप्रस्य भास्करः
Having said this, Bhaskara protected that Brahmin.
सपादशतवर्षं च द्विजस्तत्र वसन्रविम्
The twice-born lived there for one hundred and twenty-five years, worshipping the Sun.
स वै भाद्रपदे मासि सूर्यो भूत्वायुताब्दकम् इति ते कथितं विप्र यथा जीवस्तमब्रवीत् ।। 3.4.8.
In the month of Bhadrapada, the Sun became ten thousand years old; thus, O Brahmin, I have told you as Jivasta spoke.
आगत्य भास्करो देवः पूर्णिमायां तु भाद्रके
The god Bhaskara arrived on the full moon day in Bhadra.
शिवदत्तस्य तनयो विष्णुशर्मेति विश्रुतः
Śivadatta's son, renowned as Viṣṇuśarman.
चतुर्वर्णान्नरान्विप्र समाहूय हरेर्गृहे
O brāhmaṇa, he summoned men of the four varṇas to the house of Hari.
शृणु तत्कारणं शिष्य विश्वकारण कारकः देवान्ससर्ज लोकार्थे तस्मात्सर्वेश्वरोऽभवत्
Listen, O disciple, to that reason: the maker of all causes, for the sake of the worlds, created the gods; thus he became the Lord of all.
पूर्वं हि सकलान्देवान्पूजयित्वा नरः शुचिः
Formerly, after worshipping all the gods, the pure man—
इति श्रुत्वा तु ते सर्वे प्रशस्य बहुधा हि तम्
Having heard this, they all praised him in many ways.
इति ते कथितं विप्र विष्णुस्वामी यथाभवत्
Thus, O brāhmaṇa, has it been told to you how Viṣṇusvāmin came to be.
स्वर्वेश्या मंजुघोषायां मुनिमेधाविना भुवि
On earth, in the land of Svarveśyā, in Maṃjughoṣā, by the sage Medhāvin—
पितृमातृपरित्यक्तः स बालः श्रद्धयान्वितः
That boy, abandoned by father and mother, was endowed with faith.
सूर्यमण्डलमध्यस्था सावित्री नाम देवता 3.4.8.
In the midst of the solar orb is the goddess named Sāvitrī.
प्रसन्ना तपसा तस्य प्रादुर्भूता सनातनी
Pleased by his austerity, the eternal one appeared.
लक्षवर्षसहस्राणि मासि मासि तथाश्विने
For hundreds of thousands of years, month by month, likewise in the month of Āśvina—
त्वं सूर्यं भज देवेन्द्र स ते कार्यं करिष्यति
You, O Indra of the gods, worship the Sun; he will accomplish your task.
प्रत्यक्षमगमत्तत्र वचः प्राह सुरान्प्रति भवामि सत्यदेवस्य विप्रस्य तनयः शुभः
She became manifest there before their eyes and spoke these words to the gods: 'I shall become the auspicious son of Satyadeva, the brāhmaṇa.'
जित्वा पाखंडिनो विप्रान्मांसभक्षणतत्परान्
Having defeated the heretics, O brāhmaṇas, who were intent on eating flesh—
मत्स्यमांसाशना विप्रा मृगमेषाजकाशनाः
Brāhmaṇas eating fish and meat, eating deer, sheep, and goats—
कलिनाऽधर्ममित्रेण रक्षितास्ते द्विजातयः
Those twice-born were protected by Kali, the friend of unrighteousness.
बलाच्च स्तंभनं चक्रुस्तदा विष्णुप्रियो द्विजः
By force they performed binding; then that brāhmaṇa dear to Viṣṇu—
संजीव्य दर्शयामास ते दृष्ट्वा विस्मितास्तदा
Reviving them, he showed them; seeing this, they were amazed at that time.