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?
द्वे भार्ये सगरस्यास्तां तपसा दग्धकिल्बिषे ज्येष्ठा विदर्भदुहिता केशिनी नाम नामतः
Sagara had two wives, their sins burned away by austerity; the elder was Keśinī, daughter of the king of Vidarbha.
कनीयसी तु महती पत्नी परमधर्मिणी अरिष्टनेमिदुहिता रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि
The younger was a great and supremely virtuous wife, the daughter of Ariṣṭanemi, unmatched in beauty on earth.
और्वस् ताभ्यां वरं प्रादात् तद् बुध्यध्वं द्विजोत्तमाः षष्टिं पुत्रसहस्राणि गृह्णात्व् एका नितम्बिनी
Aurva granted them a boon—understand this, O best of twice-born: let one of the wives receive sixty thousand sons.
एकं वंशधरं त्व् एका यथेष्टं वरयत्व् इति तत्रैका जगृहे पुत्रान् षष्टिसाहस्रसंमितान्
Let the other choose a single son who will continue the lineage, as she desires; thus, one accepted the sixty thousand sons.
एकं वंशधरं त्व् एका तथेत्य् आह ततो मुनिः राजा पञ्चजनो नाम बभूव स महाद्युतिः
The other said, 'Let me have one son to continue the line,' and so it was; from her was born the illustrious king named Pañcajana.
इतरा सुषुवे तुम्बीं बीजपूर्णाम् इति श्रुतिः तत्र षष्टिसहस्राणि गर्भास् ते तिलसंमिताः
The other gave birth to a gourd filled with seeds, so it is said; in it were sixty thousand embryos, each the size of a sesame seed.
संबभूवुर् यथाकालं ववृधुश् च यथासुखम् घृतपूर्णेषु कुम्भेषु तान् गर्भान् निदधे ततः
In due time, they developed as they should, growing happily; the embryos were placed in jars filled with ghee.
धात्रीश् चैकैकशः प्रादात् तावतीः पोषणे नृपः ततो दशसु मासेषु समुत्तस्थुर् यथाक्रमम्
Nurses were appointed for each one to nourish them, as many as there were embryos; after ten months, they all emerged in order.
कुमारास् ते यथाकालं सगरप्रीतिवर्धनाः षष्टिपुत्रसहस्राणि तस्यैवम् अभवन् द्विजाः
Those sons, born in due time, increased Sagara's joy; thus, O twice-born, he had sixty thousand sons.
गर्भाद् अलाबूमध्याद् वै जातानि पृथिवीपतेः तेषां नारायणं तेजः प्रविष्टानां महात्मनाम्
Born from the middle of the gourd, the sons of the lord of the earth were endowed with the energy of Nārāyaṇa, having entered those great souls.
एकः पञ्चजनो नाम पुत्रो राजा बभूव ह शूरः पञ्चजनस्यासीद् अंशुमान् नाम वीर्यवान्
One son, named Pañcajana, became a king; Pañcajana's son was the mighty Aṃśumān.
दिलीपस् तस्य तनयः खट्वाङ्ग इति विश्रुतः येन स्वर्गाद् इहागत्य मुहूर्तं प्राप्य जीवितम्
His son was Dilīpa, renowned as Khaṭvāṅga, who, having come from heaven to earth, lived for only a moment.
त्रयो ऽभिसंधिता लोका बुद्ध्या सत्येन चानघाः दिलीपस्य तु दायादो महाराजो भगीरथः
Three worlds were conquered by his resolve, intelligence, and truth; Dilīpa's heir was the great king Bhagīratha.
यः स गङ्गां सरिच्छ्रेष्ठाम् अवातारयत प्रभुः समुद्रम् आनयच् चैनां दुहितृत्वे ऽप्य् अकल्पयत्
He, the lord, brought down Gaṅgā, the best of rivers, led her to the ocean, and even made her his daughter.
तस्माद् भागीरथी गङ्गा कथ्यते वंशचिन्तकैः भगीरथसुतो राजा श्रुत इत्य् अभिविश्रुतः
Therefore, Gaṅgā is called Bhāgīrathī by those who reflect on the lineage; the king, son of Bhagīratha, became renowned as Śruta.
नाभागस् तु श्रुतस्यासीत् पुत्रः परमधार्मिकः अम्बरीषस् तु नाभागिः सिन्धुद्वीपपिताभवत्
Śruta's son was Nābhāga, supremely righteous; Nābhāga's son was Ambarīṣa, who became the father of Sindhudvīpa.
अयुताजित् तु दायादः सिन्धुद्वीपस्य वीर्यवान् अयुताजित्सुतस् त्व् आसीद् ऋतुपर्णो महायशाः
Ayutajit, the valiant heir of Sindhudvīpa, had a son named Ṛtuparṇa, renowned for his great fame.
दिव्याक्षहृदयज्ञो वै राजा नलसखो बली ऋतुपर्णसुतस् त्व् आसीद् आर्तपर्णिर् महायशाः
Ṛtuparṇa, powerful and a friend of Nala, was skilled in the divine science of dice; his son was Ārtaparṇi, famed among kings.
सुदासस् तस्य तनयो राजा इन्द्रसखो ऽभवत् सुदासस्य सुतः प्रोक्तः सौदासो नाम पार्थिवः
Sudāsa was his son, a king and companion of Indra; Sudāsa's son was the king called Saudāsa.
ख्यातः कल्माषपादो वै राजा मित्रसहो ऽभवत् कल्माषपादस्य सुतः सर्वकर्मेति विश्रुतः
The king known as Kalmāṣapāda, also called Mitrasaha, became famous; Kalmāṣapāda's son was renowned as Sarvakarman.