देवर्षिभ्यस्तयोर्जन्म यस्मान्नारदपर्वतौ
Because they were born from the divine sages, they are called Nārada and Parvata.
विनतायाश्च पुत्रौ द्वौ अरुणौ गरुडश्च ह
And from Vinatā were born two sons: Aruṇa and Garuḍa.
व्यवहार्याणि सर्वाणि ऋजुसन्निहितानि च
All the affairs and matters are straightforward and clearly present.
अनेकशिरसां तेषां खेचराणां महात्मनाम्
Among those great-souled beings who move in the sky, many have multiple heads.
तेषां प्रधाना नागानां शेषवासुकितक्षकाः
Among those serpents, the foremost are Śeṣa, Vāsuki, and Takṣaka.
ऐरावतो महापद्मः कंबलाश्वतरावुभौ
Airāvata, Mahāpadma, and both Kaṃbala and Aśvatara are included.
महाकर्णमहानीलौ धृतराष्ट्रबलाहकौ
Mahākarṇa, Mahānīla, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Balāhaka are also named.
सूनामुखो दधिमुखः कालियश्चालिपिण्डकः
Sūnāmukha, Dadhimukha, Kāliya, and Alipiṇḍaka as well.
प्रह्रादस्तु ब्रह्मणाश्च गन्धर्वो ऽथ मणिस्थकः
Prahrāda, Brahmaṇa, Gandharva, and Maṇisthaka are mentioned.
काद्रवेयाः समाख्याताः खशायास्तु निबोधत
These are the Kādraveya serpents; now listen regarding the Khaśāyas.
श्रेष्ठं पश्चिमसंध्यायां पूर्वस्यां च कनीयसम्
The greatest is in the western twilight, and the smallest in the eastern.
चतुर्भुजं चतुष्पादं किञ्चित्स्पन्दं द्विधागतिम्
Four-armed, four-footed, slightly moving, with a twofold gait.
स्वच्छशीर्षं महाकर्णं मुञ्जकेशं महाबलम्
With a clear head, large ears, reed-like hair, and great strength.
रक्तपिङ्गाक्षपादं च स्थूलभ्रूदीर्घनासिकम्
Red and tawny eyes and feet, thick brows, and a long nose.
एवंविधं खशापुत्रं जज्ञे ऽसावतिभीषणम्
Such a son of Khaśā was born, exceedingly terrifying.
त्रिशीर्षं च त्रिपादं च त्रिहस्तं कृष्णलोचनम्
Three-headed, three-footed, three-armed, with dark eyes.
ह्रस्वकायं प्रबाहुं च महाकाय महारवम्
Short-bodied, long-armed, large-bodied, and loud-voiced.
स्थूलौष्ठमष्टदंष्ट्र च जिह्मास्यं शङ्कुकर्णकम्
With thick lips, eight fangs, crooked mouth, and conch-shaped ears.
महास्कन्धं महोरस्कं पृथुघोणं कृशोदरम्
Broad-shouldered, broad-chested, wide-nosed, and thin-bellied.
एवंविधं कुमारं सा कनिष्ठं समसूयत
Such a son, the youngest, she gave birth to.
उपयौगसमर्थाभ्यां शरीराभ्यां व्यवस्थितौ
Both were established in bodies capable of union.
तयोः पूर्वस्तु यः क्रूरो मातरं सो ऽभ्य कर्षत
Of the two, the elder, being fierce, dragged his mother.
न्यषेधयत्पुनर्ह्येनं स्वयं स तु कनिष्ठकः
Then again, he himself restrained him, who was the youngest.
बाहुभ्यां परिगृह्यैनं मातरं सो ऽभ्यभाषयत्
He embraced his mother with both arms and spoke to her.
तौ दृष्ट्वा विकृता कारौ खशां तामभ्यभाषत
Seeing those two deformed hands, he addressed that Khasha woman.
मातुरेव पुनश्चाङ्गे प्रलीयेतां स्वमायया
Let the two again dissolve into the mother's body by their own illusion.
सर्वमाचक्ष्व तत्त्वेन तवैवायं व्यतिक्रमः
Tell me everything truthfully; this transgression is yours alone.
यथाशीला भवेन्माता तथाशीलो भवेत्सुतः
As is the mother's character, so will be the character of the son.
मातॄणां शीलदोषेण तथा रूपगुणैः पुनः
Due to the mother's defect of character, so too are the form and qualities affected.
इत्येवमुक्त्वा भगवान्खशामप्रतिमस्तदा
Having spoken thus, the illustrious Khasha, incomparable at that time,