तद्वाक्य मुक्तं तं सर्वं यदुक्तं तस्य जायया
All those words spoken by his wife were conveyed.
पुत्र गच्छाम सदनं भानोः परमदुर्लभम्
Son, let us go to the abode of the Sun, which is extremely difficult to attain.
वेधा जगाम भवनमादित्यस्य महात्मनः
The Creator went to the abode of the great-souled Sun.
ते मुहूर्तेन संप्राप्ताः सूर्यलोकं सुवर्चसम्
They arrived in a moment at the radiant world of the Sun.
आदित्यं प्रष्टुमिच्छंति तेजसां राशिमुत्तमम्
They wished to question the Sun, the supreme mass of brilliance.
षट्पदोद्गीतनिनदां साभगैस्तु समीरिताम्
There, the fortunate ones heard the humming of bees and the chanting of the Sāman.
तुष्टुवुः पुरुषव्याघ्रं विततेषु च कर्मसु 1.158.
They praised the tiger among men as he performed the prescribed rites.
घोषेण परमर्षीणां सर्वं तत्र निनादितम्
With the sound of the great sages, everything there resounded.
अष्टादशपुराणज्ञैः सर्वविद्याविशारदैः
There were those who knew the eighteen Purāṇas, experts in all knowledge.
लोकायतिकमुख्यैश्च तुष्टुवुः सूर्यमीरितम्
And the foremost among the Lokāyatikas also praised the Sun as declared.
जपहोमपरान्योग्यान्ददृशुः कश्यपादयः
The sons of Kaśyapa saw those fit for recitation, sacrifice, and worship.
सुरासुरगुरुः श्रीमाञ्छुशुभे वीर मायया
The illustrious teacher of gods and asuras shone forth, O hero, by his own power of illusion.
दक्षः प्रचेताः पुलहो मरीचिश्च द्विजोत्तमः
Dakṣa, Pracetas, Pulaha, and the excellent sage Marīci were there.
दिव्या आत्मांतरिक्षं च वायुस्तेजोबलं मही
The divine soul, the midspace, wind, energy, strength, and earth were present.
प्रकृतिश्च विकाराश्च यच्चान्यत्कारणं महत्
Nature, its transformations, and whatever else is the great cause were there.
लवाश्च ऋतवश्चैव संकल्पप्रणवास्तथा
Moments, seasons, intentions, and sacred utterances as well.
अर्थो धर्मश्च कामश्च मोक्षश्च सविशेषतः 1.158.
Wealth, righteousness, desire, and liberation, each with their distinctions.
वृको विष्णुसुतः पुत्रः पुष्पजो धिषणस्तथा
Vṛka, son of Viṣṇu, and Puṣpaja, as well as Dhiṣaṇa, were present.
मारुतो विश्वकर्मा च अश्वि नावन्यवाहनौ
The wind-god, Viśvakarman, and the twin Aśvins with their new chariots.
जगाम कश्यपो वीर सहादित्या स्वमाश्रमम्
Kaśyapa, the hero, went to his own hermitage along with the Ādityas.
भूतात्मानं महात्मानं दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रकम्
The great soul, the indweller of all beings, divine for a thousand years.
सुराणां शरणं देवश्चासुराणां विनाशनः
He is the refuge of the gods and the destroyer of the asuras.
आददानस्तु तेजांसि त्रैलोक्यस्य नराधिप
O king, seizing the energies of the three worlds,
प्रहत्य दैत्यसंघांश्च सुराणां नादवर्धने
Having struck down the hosts of daityas, he increased the joy of the gods.
सूर्यावतारवर्णनम् सुमंतुरुवाच दक्षः प्रजापतिश्चैव नमस्कारं चकार ह
Description of the incarnation of the Sun.
उपातिष्ठत देवेशं भानुं चर्षिगणैः सह बहुभिः सह गंधर्वैः प्रगायत्सु महीपते
Daksha, the lord of creatures, offered his salutations, and attended upon the lord of gods, Bhanu, together with groups of sages and many Gandharvas as they sang, O king.
एवं ते देवगंधर्वा उपागायंत भक्तितः
Thus, the gods and Gandharvas sang with devotion.
इन्द्रो विवस्वान्पूषा च त्वष्टा च सविता तथा इत्येकादश एवैते द्वादशो विष्णुरुच्यते
Indra, Vivasvan, Pushan, Tvashta, and Savita—these are eleven, and Vishnu is said to be the twelfth.
एवं द्वादशधा जातमंशुमंतं महाद्भुतम्
Thus, the wondrous Aṃśumant was born in twelve forms.
मृगव्याधश्च शर्वश्च मृगांकांको महायशाः
The hunter, Sharva, and the illustrious one bearing the mark of a deer.