किं मारयसि गर्भाण्डम् इति नित्योपवासिनी सा च तं प्राह गर्भाण्डम् एतत् पश्येति कोपना न मारितं विपक्षाणां मृत्युर् एव भविष्यति
Then the ever-fasting Aditi, angered, said to him, 'Why do you call this egg slain? Behold, this egg is here. It is not slain; the death of the adversaries alone will come.'
इत्य् उक्त्वा तं तदा गर्भम् उत्ससर्ज सुरारणिः जाज्वल्यमानं तेजोभिः पत्युर् वचनकोपिता
Having spoken thus, the goddess, incited by her husband's words, released that embryo, blazing with radiance.
तं दृष्ट्वा कश्यपो गर्भम् उद्यद्भास्करवर्चसम् तुष्टाव प्रणतो भूत्वा वाग्भिर् आद्याभिर् आदरात्
Seeing that embryo, shining with the splendor of the rising sun, Kashyapa, bowing with reverence, praised it with primordial words.
संस्तूयमानः स तदा गर्भाण्डात् प्रकटो ऽभवत् पद्मपत्त्रसवर्णाभस् तेजसा व्याप्तदिङ्मुखः
While being thus praised, he then emerged from the egg, manifest, radiant like a lotus petal, his brilliance filling all directions.
अथान्तरिक्षाद् आभाष्य कश्यपं मुनिसत्तमम् सतोयमेघगम्भीरा वाग् उवाचाशरीरिणी
Then, from the sky, a bodiless voice, deep as a rain-cloud, addressed the eminent sage Kashyapa.
मारितंतेपतः प्रोक्तम् एतद् अण्डं त्वयादितेः तस्मान् मुने सुतस् ते ऽयं मार्तण्डाख्यो भविष्यति
'This egg, O sage, has been declared by you as slain; therefore, this son of yours, born of Aditi, will be known as Martanda.'
हनिष्यत्य् असुरांश् चायं यज्ञभागहरान् अरीन् देवा निशम्येति वचो गगनात् समुपागतम्
'He will slay the asuras, those enemies who seize the shares of sacrifice.' Thus spoke the voice from the sky, heard by the gods.
प्रहर्षम् अतुलं याता दानवाश् च हतौजसः ततो युद्धाय दैतेयान् आजुहाव शतक्रतुः
The danavas, their strength destroyed, became filled with incomparable dismay; then Indra summoned the daityas to battle.
सह देवैर् मुदा युक्तो दानवाश् च तम् अभ्ययुः तेषां युद्धम् अभूद् घोरं देवानाम् असुरैः सह
With the gods, filled with joy, the danavas approached; between the gods and asuras, a terrible battle ensued.
शस्त्रास्त्रवृष्टिसंदीप्तसमस्तभुवनान्तरम् तस्मिन् युद्धे भगवता मार्तण्डेन निरीक्षिताः
In that battle, the whole world was set ablaze by showers of weapons and missiles, as they were watched by the blessed Martanda.
तेजसा दह्यमानास् ते भस्मीभूता महासुराः ततः प्रहर्षम् अतुलं प्राप्ताः सर्वे दिवौकसः
Burned by his radiance, the great asuras were reduced to ashes; then all the dwellers of heaven attained unparalleled joy.
तुष्टुवुस् तेजसां योनिं मार्तण्डम् अदितिं तथा स्वाधिकारांस् ततः प्राप्ता यज्ञभागांश् च पूर्ववत्
They praised Martanda, the source of radiance, and also Aditi; thus they regained their rightful domains and their shares of sacrifice as before.
भगवान् अपि मार्तण्डः स्वाधिकारम् अथाकरोत् कदम्बपुष्पवद् भास्वान् अधश् चोर्ध्वं च रश्मिभिः वृतो ऽग्निपिण्डसदृशो दध्रे नातिस्फुटं वपुः
The blessed Martanda too assumed his own dominion; surrounded above and below by rays like clusters of kadamba flowers, he shone like a mass of fire, his form not yet fully distinct.
कथं कान्ततरं पश्चाद् रूपं संलब्धवान् रविः कदम्बगोलकाकारं तन् मे ब्रूहि जगत्पते
'How did the Sun later obtain a form even more beautiful, shaped like a kadamba sphere? Tell me that, Lord of the world.'
त्वष्टा तस्मै ददौ कन्यां संज्ञां नाम विवस्वते प्रसाद्य प्रणतो भूत्वा विश्वकर्मा प्रजापतिः
Tvashtar gave his daughter, named Samjna, to Vivasvat, having propitiated him and bowed before him, O lord of creatures.
त्रीण्य् अपत्यान्य् असौ तस्यां जनयाम् आस गोपतिः द्वौ पुत्रौ सुमहाभागौ कन्यां च यमुनां तथा
The lord of cattle begot three children in her: two sons of great splendor, and a daughter, Yamuna.
यत् तेजो ऽभ्यधिकं तस्य मार्तण्डस्य विवस्वतः तेनातितापयाम् आस त्रींल् लोकान् सचराचरान्
The radiance of Martanda Vivasvat was so intense that he scorched the three worlds, with all their moving and unmoving beings.
तद् रूपं गोलकाकारं दृष्ट्वा संज्ञा विवस्वतः असहन्ती महत् तेजः स्वां छायां वाक्यम् अब्रवीत्
Seeing that form of Vivasvat, shaped like a sphere, Samjna, unable to endure his great radiance, spoke to her own shadow.
अहं यास्यामि भद्रं ते स्वम् एव भवनं पितुः निर्विकारं त्वयात्रैव स्थेयं मच्छासनाच् छुभे
I shall go, blessings to you, to my own father's abode; you must remain here unchanged, by my command, O auspicious one.
इमौ च बालकौ मह्यं कन्या च वरवर्णिनी संभाव्या नैव चाख्येयम् इदं भगवते त्वया
These two sons and this beautiful daughter are to be considered as mine; you must never reveal this to the Lord.
आ कचग्रहणाद् देवि आ शापान् नैव कर्हिचित् आख्यास्यामि मतं तुभ्यं गम्यतां यत्र वाञ्छितम्
O goddess, from the time of the hair-grasping until the curse, I shall never tell you my decision; go wherever you desire.
इत्य् उक्ता व्रीडिता संज्ञा जगाम पितृमन्दिरम् वत्सराणां सहस्रं तु वसमाना पितुर् गृहे
Thus addressed, Saṃjñā, abashed, went to her father's house and dwelt in her father's home for a thousand years.
भर्तुः समीपं याहीति पित्रोक्ता सा पुनः पुनः आगच्छद् वडवा भूत्वा कुरून् अथोत्तरांस् ततः
Repeatedly told by her father to return to her husband, she became a mare and went to the northern Kurus.
तत्र तेपे तपः साध्वी निराहारा द्विजोत्तमाः पितुः समीपं यातायां संज्ञायां वाक्यतत्परा
There, that virtuous one performed austerities without food, O best of twice-born; when Saṃjñā had gone to her father, Chāyā, intent on her words, remained.
तद्रूपधारिणी छाया भास्करं समुपस्थिता तस्यां च भगवान् सूर्यः संज्ञेयम् इति चिन्तयन्
Assuming her form, Chāyā approached Bhāskara; and the blessed Sun, thinking her to be Saṃjñā, was with her.
तथैव जनयाम् आस द्वौ पुत्रौ कन्यकां तथा संज्ञा तु पार्थिवी तेषाम् आत्मजानां तथाकरोत्
In the same way, he begot two sons and a daughter with her; but Saṃjñā made those children earthly.
स्नेहं न पूर्वजातानां तथा कृतवती तु सा मनुस् तत् क्षान्तवांस् तस्या यमस् तस्या न चक्षमे
She did not show the same affection to the children born later as to the former; Manu forgave her, but Yama did not.
बहुधा पीड्यमानस् तु पितुः पत्या सुदुःखितः स वै कोपाच् च बाल्याच् च भाविनो ऽर्थस्य वै बलात् पदा संतर्जयाम् आस न तु देहे न्यपातयत्
Greatly afflicted by his mother and father in many ways, suffering intensely, out of anger and childishness, compelled by fate, he threatened her with his foot but did not strike her body.
पदा तर्जयसे यस्मात् पितुर् भार्यां गरीयसीम् तस्मात् तवैष चरणः पतिष्यति न संशयः
Because you threatened your father's wife, who is most venerable, with your foot, therefore this foot of yours will fall—there is no doubt.
यमस् तु तेन शापेन भृशं पीडितमानसः मनुना सह धर्मात्मा पित्रे सर्वं न्यवेदयत्
Yama, his mind greatly troubled by that curse, reported everything to his father Manu, righteous as he was.