तदा प्रसन्नो भगवान्देवानाह शुभं वचः
Then, pleased, the Lord spoke auspicious words to the gods.
रोगैश्च पीडिताँल्लोकान्कलिना निर्मितैर्भुवि
The worlds are afflicted by diseases created by Kali on earth.
इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्सूर्यः काशीनगरमागतः
Having spoken thus, the blessed Sun entered the city of Kashi.
सुश्रुतं राजपुत्रं च विप्रवृद्धसमन्वितम् 3.4.9.
Suśruta, along with the prince and venerable Brahmins, was present.
रोगैश्च क्षयितं देहं काल्पमेतत्स्मृतं बुधैः
His body, afflicted by diseases and worn away, was remembered by the wise as being in this condition.
धन्वतरिस्स भगवान्प्रसिद्धोभूत्कलौ युगे
Dhanvantari, the blessed one, became renowned in the Kali age.
सुश्रुतः कल्पवेदं तं धन्वत्तरिविनिर्मितम्
Suśruta learned the science of medicine created by Dhanvantari.
चतुष्षष्टिकलाभिज्ञो रविपूजनतत्परः
He was expert in sixty-four arts and devoted to the worship of the Sun.
त्यक्त्वा प्रतिग्रहं वृत्तिं कारुवृत्तिं गृहीतवान्
Renouncing the acceptance of gifts, he adopted the profession of an artisan.
धातुमूर्तिकलं चैव सर्वकारुकलं तथा
He mastered the arts of working with metals and all crafts.
कलएको मासमात्रे काले तेनैव निर्मितः विश्वकर्मा रविः साक्षान्माघमासे प्रकाशकः
A single art was created by him in just a month's time; Viśvakarma, the Sun himself, revealed it in the month of Māgha.
हेलिनो बहुलैर्यज्ञैस्सन्तुष्टः प्रत्यहं प्रभुः
The Lord was satisfied daily by many sacrifices performed by the Helis.
ज्योतीरूपो महारम्यस्तत्र प्राप्तो रविः स्वयम्
The Sun himself, radiant and exceedingly beautiful, arrived there.
भुक्त्वा स प्रत्यहं स्वामी मासिमासि दिवाकरः 3.4.9.
The Lord, the Sun, ate every day, month by month.
सहस्रायुर्द्विजो भूत्वा त्यक्त्वा प्राणान्रविः स्वयम् तं सूर्यं भज देवेन्द्र स ते कार्यं करिष्यति
Having become a Brahmin with a thousand years of life, the Sun himself relinquished his breath; worship that Sun, O Indra of the gods, he will accomplish your task.
सूर्यमाराधयामास विश्वकर्माणमुत्तमम्
He worshipped the supreme Viśvakarma, the Sun.
तदा प्रसन्नो भगवांस्त्वष्टा तुष्टिकरोजनान्
Then the blessed Tvaṣṭṛ, pleased, brought satisfaction to the people.
बिल्ग्रामे वंगदेशे संभवामि निरुक्तकृत्
In Bil village, in the land of Bengal, I will be born as the creator of Nirukta.
इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्सूर्यो वंगदेशमुपाययौ
Having spoken thus, the blessed Sun went to the land of Bengal.
स पंचाब्दवपुर्भूत्वा पितृमातृपरायणः
He became a youth of five years, devoted to his father and mother.
मृतिमंतौ च पितरौ प्रेतकृत्येन तर्पितौ
And when his parents had died, they were satisfied through the rites for the departed.
जयदेवस्तदा विप्रो भूत्वा वैराग्यवान्भुवि
At that time, Jayadeva, the learned Brahmin, became detached from worldly life.
त्रिविंशाब्दे ततः प्राप्ते केनचिन्मधुरानना
Then, when he reached the age of thirty-three, by someone with a sweet face—
अर्चावसाने भगवाननिरुद्धस्सनातनः 3.4.9.
At the end of the worship, the eternal Lord Aniruddha appeared.
शृणु त्वं भोः सत्यव्रत जयदेवो वपुर्मम
Listen, O Satyavrata! Jayadeva is my very form.
इत्युक्तस्स द्विजस्तूर्णं दृष्ट्वा वैरागरूपिणम्
Thus addressed, the Brahmin quickly saw the embodiment of detachment.
सा तु पद्मावती कन्या मत्वा तं सुंदरं पतिम्
That maiden Padmavati, considering him a handsome husband—
निरुक्तं वैदिकं चांगं कृतवान्स समाधिना षोडशादौ विकारश्च वर्णनाशः पृषोदरे
He mastered the etymology and Vedic limbs through meditation; at the beginning of the sixteenth, there was a change and the destruction of speech among the Pṛṣodaras.
वर्णविकारनाशाभ्यां धातोरतिशयेन यः
By the excess of root transformation and the destruction of speech—
एवं पंचविधान्येव निरुक्तानि स्मृतानि वै
Thus, only five kinds of etymologies are indeed remembered.