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.
हैहयान् विजघानाशु क्रुद्धो रुद्रः पशून् इव आजहार च लोकेषु कीर्तिं कीर्तिमतां वरः
Rudra, enraged, swiftly destroyed the Haihayas like beasts, and attained fame among people as the foremost of the renowned.
ततः शकांश् च यवनान् काम्बोजान् पारदांस् तथा पह्नवांश् चैव निःशेषान् कर्तुं व्यवसितो नृपः
Then the king resolved to utterly destroy the Śakas, Yavanas, Kāmbojas, Pāradas, and also the Pahnava people.
ते वध्यमाना वीरेण सगरेण महात्मना वसिष्ठं शरणं गत्वा प्रणिपेतुर् मनीषिणम्
As they were being slain by the mighty Sagara, those people sought refuge with the wise Vasiṣṭha and bowed before him.
वसिष्ठस् त्व् अथ तान् दृष्ट्वा समयेन महाद्युतिः सगरं वारयाम् आस तेषां दत्त्वाभयं तदा
Vasiṣṭha, radiant and discerning the time, granted them safety and restrained Sagara from harming them.
सगरः स्वां प्रतिज्ञां तु गुरोर् वाक्यं निशम्य च धर्मं जघान तेषां वै वेषान् अन्यांश् चकार ह
But Sagara, hearing his teacher's words and mindful of his own vow, did not kill them but changed their appearances.
अर्धं शकानां शिरसो मुण्डयित्वा व्यसर्जयत् यवनानां शिरः सर्वं काम्बोजानां तथैव च
He shaved half the heads of the Śakas and released them; he shaved the entire heads of the Yavanas and Kāmbojas in the same way.
पारदा मुक्तकेशाश् च पह्नवाञ् श्मश्रुधारिणः निःस्वाध्यायवषट्काराः कृतास् तेन महात्मना
The Pāradas were made to wear their hair loose, the Pahnava people to keep beards, and all were deprived of Vedic study and ritual by that great soul.
शका यवनकाम्बोजाः पारदाश् च द्विजोत्तमाः कोणिसर्पा माहिषका दर्वाश् चोलाः सकेरलाः
Śakas, Yavanas, Kāmbojas, Pāradas, O best of Brahmins, as well as Koṇisarpas, Māhiṣakas, Darvas, Colas, and Sakeralas—
सर्वे ते क्षत्रिया विप्रा धर्मस् तेषां निराकृतः वसिष्ठवचनाद् राज्ञा सगरेण महात्मना
All these were Kṣatriyas, O Brahmins, but their dharma was taken away by the great king Sagara at Vasiṣṭha's command.
स धर्मविजयी राजा विजित्येमां वसुंधराम् अश्वं प्रचारयाम् आस वाजिमेधाय दीक्षितः
That king, victorious in righteousness, having conquered this earth, set the horse to roam for the Aśvamedha sacrifice, having been consecrated.
तस्य चारयतः सो ऽश्वः समुद्रे पूर्वदक्षिणे वेलासमीपे ऽपहृतो भूमिं चैव प्रवेशितः
As he let the horse wander, it was seized near the southern shore of the eastern ocean and taken into the earth.
स तं देशं तदा पुत्रैः खानयाम् आस पार्थिवः आसेदुस् ते तदा तत्र खन्यमाने महार्णवे
Then the king, with his sons, began to dig that land, and as they dug into the great ocean, they arrived there.
तम् आदिपुरुषं देवं हरिं कृष्णं प्रजापतिम् विष्णुं कपिलरूपेण स्वपन्तं पुरुषं तदा
There they saw the primeval Lord, Hari, Kṛṣṇa, the progenitor, Viṣṇu in the form of Kapila, lying in deep sleep.
तस्य चक्षुःसमुत्थेन तेजसा प्रतिबुध्यतः दग्धाः सर्वे मुनिश्रेष्ठाश् चत्वारस् त्व् अवशेषिताः
As he awoke, his gaze blazing forth, all the great sages were burned up, except for four who remained.
बर्हिकेतुः सुकेतुश् च तथा धर्मरथो नृपः शूरः पञ्चनदश् चैव तस्य वंशकरा नृपाः
Barhiketu, Suketu, the righteous king Dharmaratha, the valiant Pañcanada—these kings became the progenitors of his line.
प्रादाच् च तस्मै भगवान् हरिर् नारायणो वरम् अक्षयं वंशम् इक्ष्वाकोः कीर्तिं चाप्य् अनिवर्तिनीम्
And to him, the blessed Lord Hari Nārāyaṇa granted an unfailing boon: an unbroken lineage for Ikṣvāku and undiminishing fame.
पुत्रं समुद्रं च विभुः स्वर्गे वासं तथाक्षयम् समुद्रश् चार्घम् आदाय ववन्दे तं महीपतिम्
The Lord also granted him a son, the ocean, and everlasting residence in heaven; and the ocean, taking the offering, honored that great king.
सागरत्वं च लेभे स कर्मणा तेन तस्य ह तं चाश्वमेधिकं सो ऽश्वं समुद्राद् उपलब्धवान्
By that act, he attained the name Sāgara; and he recovered the horse for the Aśvamedha from the ocean.
आजहाराश्वमेधानां शतं स सुमहातपाः पुत्राणां च सहस्राणि षष्टिस् तस्येति नः श्रुतम्
He, of great austerity, performed a hundred horse sacrifices, and it is said that he had sixty thousand sons.
सगरस्यात्मजा वीराः कथं जाता महाबलाः विक्रान्ताः षष्टिसाहस्रा विधिना केन सत्तम
How were the mighty and heroic sixty thousand sons of Sagara born, and by what means, O best of the virtuous?