स तु द्वादश वर्षाणि तां दीक्षाम् अवहद् बली अविद्यमाने मांसे तु वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः
He, strong in resolve, endured that vow for twelve years, though there was no meat available for the great-souled Vasiṣṭha.
सर्वकामदुघां दोग्ध्रीं स ददर्श नृपात्मजः तां वै क्रोधाच् च मोहाच् च श्रमाच् चैव क्षुधान्वितः
The prince saw a cow that yielded every desire; driven by anger, delusion, exhaustion, and hunger, he seized her.
देशधर्मगतो राजा जघान मुनिसत्तमाः तन्मांसं स स्वयं चैव विश्वामित्रस्य चात्मजान्
The king, following the custom of the land, killed her, O best of sages, and he himself, along with the sons of Viśvāmitra, ate that flesh.
भोजयाम् आस तच् छ्रुत्वा वसिष्ठो ऽप्य् अस्य चुक्रुधे
He caused them to eat it; hearing this, Vasiṣṭha too became angry with him.
पातयेयम् अहं क्रूर तव शङ्कुम् असंशयम् यदि ते द्वाव् इमौ शङ्कू न स्यातां वै कृतौ पुनः
I would surely cast you down, cruel one, with this stake, unless these two stakes of yours are not made again.
पितुश् चापरितोषेण गुरुदोग्ध्रीवधेन च अप्रोक्षितोपयोगाच् च त्रिविधस् ते व्यतिक्रमः
By your father's displeasure, by the killing of the sacred cow, and by eating what was not properly purified, your transgression is threefold.
एवं त्रीण्य् अस्य शङ्कूनि तानि दृष्ट्वा महातपाः त्रिशङ्कुर् इति होवाच त्रिशङ्कुस् तेन स स्मृतः
Thus, seeing his three stakes, the great ascetic said, 'Triśaṅku'; thus he became known as Triśaṅku.
विश्वामित्रस्य दाराणाम् अनेन भरणं कृतम् तेन तस्मै वरं प्रादान् मुनिः प्रीतस् त्रिशङ्कवे
By him, the support of Viśvāmitra's wives was accomplished; therefore, the pleased sage granted Triśaṅku a boon.
छन्द्यमानो वरेणाथ वरं वव्रे नृपात्मजः सशरीरो व्रजे स्वर्गम् इत्य् एवं याचितो वरः
When pressed to choose a boon, the prince asked for this: 'May I go to heaven in this very body.' Thus he requested the boon.
अनावृष्टिभये तस्मिन् गते द्वादशवार्षिके पित्र्ये राज्ये ऽभिषिच्याथ याजयाम् आस पार्थिवम्
When the twelve-year drought ended and the fear of famine had passed, he was consecrated in his father's kingdom and then performed the royal sacrifice.
मिषतां देवतानां च वसिष्ठस्य च कौशिकः दिवम् आरोपयाम् आस सशरीरं महातपाः
In the sight of the gods and of Vasiṣṭha, Kauśika, the great ascetic, raised him bodily to heaven.
तस्य सत्यरथा नाम पत्नी कैकेयवंशजा कुमारं जनयाम् आस हरिश्चन्द्रम् अकल्मषम्
His wife, named Satyarathā, born of the Kaikeyi lineage, bore him a son, Hariścandra, free from sin.
स वै राजा हरिश्चन्द्रस् त्रैशङ्कव इति स्मृतः आहर्ता राजसूयस्य सम्राड् इति ह विश्रुतः
That king was indeed Hariścandra, known as the son of Triśaṅku; he performed the Rājasūya sacrifice and was renowned as a universal sovereign.
हरिश्चन्द्रस्य पुत्रो ऽभूद् रोहितो नाम पार्थिवः हरितो रोहितस्याथ चञ्चुर् हारित उच्यते
Hariścandra had a son named Rohita, a prince; from Rohita came Harita, and from Harita, Cañcu, who is called Hārita.
विजयश् च मुनिश्रेष्ठाश् चञ्चुपुत्रो बभूव ह जेता स सर्वपृथिवीं विजयस् तेन स स्मृतः
Vijaya, best of sages, was born as the son of Cañcu; he conquered the whole earth, and thus he is known as Vijaya.
रुरुकस् तनयस् तस्य राजा धर्मार्थकोविदः रुरुकस्य वृकः पुत्रो वृकाद् बाहुस् तु जज्ञिवान्
His son was Ruruka, a king skilled in righteousness and wealth; Ruruka's son was Vṛka, and from Vṛka was born Bāhu.
हैहयास् तालजङ्घाश् च निरस्यन्ति स्म तं नृपम् तत्पत्नी गर्भम् आदाय और्वस्याश्रमम् आविशत्
The Haihayas and Tālaṅghas expelled that king; his wife, carrying a child, entered the hermitage of Aurva.
नासत्यो धार्मिकश् चैव स ह धर्मयुगे ऽभवत् सगरस् तु सुतो बाहोर् यज्ञे सह गरेण वै
He was righteous and virtuous, and lived in the age of righteousness; Sagara, the son of Bāhu, was conceived together with poison.
और्वस्याश्रमम् आसाद्य भार्गवेणाभिरक्षितः आग्नेयम् अस्त्रं लब्ध्वा च भार्गवात् सगरो नृपः
Having reached Aurva's hermitage, protected by the Bhārgava, King Sagara obtained the fiery weapon from Bhārgava.
जिगाय पृथिवीं हत्वा तालजङ्घान् सहैहयान् शकानां पह्नवानां च धर्मं निरसद् अच्युतः क्षत्रियाणां मुनिश्रेष्ठाः पारदानां च धर्मवित्
He conquered the earth, having slain the Tālaṅghas and Haihayas, and, O best of sages, the righteous Sagara expelled the Śakas, Pahlavas, Kṣatriyas, and Pāradas from their dharma.
कथं स सगरो जातो गरेणैव सहाच्युतः किमर्थं च शकादीनां क्षत्रियाणां महौजसाम्
How was Sagara born together with poison, O sinless one? And for what reason did he expel the mighty Śakas and other Kṣatriyas?
धर्मान् कुलोचितान् राजा क्रुद्धो निरसद् अच्युतः एतन् नः सर्वम् आचक्ष्व विस्तरेण महामते
Angry, the righteous king expelled the Śakas and others from the customs proper to their line; O wise one, tell us all this in detail.
बाहोर् व्यसनिनः पूर्वं हृतं राज्यम् अभूत् किल हैहयैस् तालजङ्घैश् च शकैः सार्धं द्विजोत्तमाः
Formerly, the kingdom of Bāhu, who was addicted to vice, was taken away by the Haihayas, Tālaṅghas, and Śakas, O best of twice-born.
यवनाः पारदाश् चैव काम्बोजाः पह्नवास् तथा एते ह्य् अपि गणाः पञ्च हैहयार्थे पराक्रमन्
The Yavanas, Pāradas, Kāmbojas, and Pahlavas also, these five groups fought on behalf of the Haihayas.
हृतराज्यस् तदा राजा स वै बाहुर् वनं ययौ पत्न्या चानुगतो दुःखी तत्र प्राणान् अवासृजत्
Then King Bāhu, deprived of his kingdom, went to the forest, followed by his wife in sorrow, and there he gave up his life.
पत्नी तु यादवी तस्य सगर्भा पृष्ठतो ऽन्वगात् सपत्न्या च गरस् तस्यै दत्तः पूर्वं किलानघाः
His wife, a Yādava woman, was pregnant and followed him; previously, poison had been given to her by a co-wife, O sinless one.
सा तु भर्तुश् चितां कृत्वा वने ताम् अभ्यरोहत और्वस् तां भार्गवो विप्राः कारुण्यात् समवारयत्
She prepared her husband's funeral pyre in the forest and was about to ascend it, but Aurva, the Bhārgava sage, restrained her out of compassion.
तस्याश्रमे च गर्भः स गरेणैव सहाच्युतः व्यजायत महाबाहुः सगरो नाम पार्थिवः
In his hermitage, her son was born together with the poison, a mighty-armed prince named Sagara.
और्वस् तु जातकर्मादींस् तस्य कृत्वा महात्मनः अध्याप्य वेदशास्त्राणि ततो ऽस्त्रं प्रत्यपादयत्
Aurva performed the birth rites and other ceremonies for that great-souled one, taught him the Vedas and scriptures, and then bestowed upon him the weapon.
आग्नेयं तु महाभागा अमरैर् अपि दुःसहम् स तेनास्त्रबलेनाजौ बलेन च समन्वितः
That fiery weapon, O blessed one, is unbearable even to the immortals; with the power of that weapon and his own strength, he went forth to battle.