निद्रा ह्याकाशयोनिश्च जलाश्रये प्रवर्तते
Sleep, indeed, has its origin in space and operates with water as its support.
ग्रामाश्च विषयाश्चैव यस्य वीर्यं प्रवर्तितम्
Villages and sense-objects, indeed, are set in motion by his energy.
स कथं देवदेवेशो गर्भमेष्यति चांशुमान्
How can that radiant Lord of the gods enter the womb?
एवं मे संशयो ब्रह्मन्नेष मे विस्मयो महान् 1.157.
Thus, O Brahman, this is my doubt; this is my great wonder.
आश्चर्यं परमं पृच्छे त्वामहं भास्करस्य वै
I ask you about this supreme marvel concerning Bhāskara.
एतदाश्चर्यमाख्यानं कथयस्व महामुने
Tell this wondrous story, O great sage.
इति श्रीभविष्ये महापुराणे ब्राह्मे पर्वणि सप्तमीकल्पे सौरधर्मे सूर्यावतारकथाप्रस्ताववर्णनं नाम सप्तपंचाशदुत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-seventh chapter, named 'Description of the Introduction to the Story of the Descent of the Sun in Sauradharma, in the Seventh Kalpa,' in the Brāhma Parvan of the glorious Bhaviṣya Mahāpurāṇa.
सौरधर्मेषु सूर्योत्पत्तिवर्णनम् सुमंतुरुवाच प्रश्नभारो महांस्तात त्वयोक्तो रश्मिमालिनि
In the Sauradharma section, the description of the origin of the Sun.
भानोः प्रभावश्रवणे यस्य ते मतिरुत्थिता
Sumaṃtu said: O radiant one, you have raised a great question.
सहस्रास्यं सहस्राक्षं सहस्रकिरणं च यम्
Upon hearing of the power of Bhānu, your mind has arisen.
सहस्रजिह्वं भास्वंतं सहस्रमुकुटं प्रभुम्
He who has a thousand faces, a thousand eyes, a thousand rays,
सवनं भवनं चैव हव्यं होतारमेव च
A thousand tongues, shining, a thousand crowns, the Lord—
श्रोत्रियं शूर्पमुसलं प्रोक्षणं दक्षिणायनम्
The libation, the dwelling, the offering, the priest himself,
यूपं समित्स्रुवं दर्वीं मुसलोलूखलानि च
The learned, the winnowing basket, the pestle, the sprinkling, the southern course,
रहस्यानि प्रमाणानि स्थावराणि चराणि च
The sacrificial post, the kindling stick, the ladle, the pestle and mortars as well—
मंत्रयज्ञवहं वह्निभागं भार्गवमेव च
The share of fire that carries the mantras and sacrifices, and that which belongs to Bhargava,
आयुर्वेदविदो विप्रा यजंते शाश्वतं विभुम् 1.158.
The Brahmins who know Ayurveda worship the eternal, all-pervading Lord.
प्राहुर्भावसहस्राणि समतीतान्यनेकशः
They say that thousands of existences have passed, in countless ways.
यत्पृच्छसि महाराज पुण्यां दिव्यां कथां शुभाम्
O great king, the holy, divine, and auspicious story you ask about,
तामहं त्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु सर्वमशेषतः
That I shall tell you; listen to everything in its entirety.
बहुशः सर्वभूतात्मा स्वयं समभिजायते
Again and again, the Self of all beings is born by its own will.
तुष्टो दत्त्वा वरं वीर विरञ्चस्य महात्मनः
When pleased, the mighty Virancha grants a boon, O hero.
स स याति विनाशं वै तत्क्षणादेव भारत
But that is destroyed at once, O Bharata.
जगाम कश्यपाभ्याशे शोकव्याकुलितेक्षणा
She went to Kasyapa, her eyes filled with grief and distress.
आद्यं देवगुरुं विप्रं दिव्यं त्रिषवणांबुभिः
To the primeval sage, the divine preceptor of the gods, radiant with the waters of the three ablutions,
न्यस्तदण्डश्रिया युक्तं बद्धकृष्णाजिनांबरम्
Endowed with the splendor of a renouncer's staff, clad in a black antelope skin garment,
हुताशमिव दीव्यन्तं तपन्तमिव भास्करम् 1.158.
Shining like sacrificial fire, blazing like the sun.
शोकगद्गदया वाचा इदं वचनमब्रवीत्
With a voice choked by sorrow, she spoke these words:
जातोजातो हि मे पुत्रः सद्य एव विनश्यति
Each time a son is born to me, he perishes immediately.
चकार गमने बुद्धिं ब्रह्मलोकं प्रति प्रभो
He resolved to go to the world of Brahma, O Lord.