देवसेनापतिस्त्वेष पठ्यते सुरनायकः
He is called the commander of the divine army, the leader of the gods.
प्रमथैर्विधैर्देवस्तथा भूतगणैरपि
The god is also accompanied by Pramathas, Vidhas, and hosts of spirits.
लोकाः सोमपदा नाम मरीचेर्यत्र वै सुताः
The worlds called Somapada, where the sons of Marīci dwell.
श्रुता बर्हिषदो नाम पितरः सोमपास्तु ते
The ancestors known as Barhiṣads, who drink Soma, are renowned there.
अच्छौदं नाम तद्दिव्यं सरो यस्मात्समुत्थिता
That divine lake is called Acchauda, from which they arose.
संभूता मानसी तेषां पितॄन्स्वान्नाभिजानती
A mind-born daughter was born to them, who did not recognize her own ancestors.
अमावसुमिति ख्यातमैलपुत्रं नभश्चरम्
Amāvasu, the son of Ila, who moves in the sky, is thus known.
सा तेन व्यभिचारेण गगने नाप्रजारिणी
Because of that transgression with him, she did not bear offspring in the heavens.
त्रीण्यवश्यद्विमानानि पतन्ती सा दिवश्च्युता
Three certain aerial chariots fell from the sky.
सुसूक्ष्मानपरिव्यक्तानग्नीनग्निष्विवाहितान्
They were extremely subtle, unmanifest, and kindled like fire by fire.
तैरुका सा तु मा भैषी रित्यतो ऽधिष्ठिताभवत्
By them she was reassured, being told, 'Do not fear,' and thus she was established.
ऊचुस्ते पितरः कन्यां भ्रष्टैश्वर्यां व्यतिक्रमात्
The ancestors spoke to the maiden, whose sovereignty had been lost due to transgression.
यैराचरन्ति कर्मणि शरीरैरिह देवताः
By whose bodies here the gods perform actions,
सद्यः फलन्ति कर्माणि देवत्वे प्रेत्य मानुषे
Their deeds bear fruit immediately, whether in divinity or after death in human form.
इत्युक्तया तु पितरः पुनस्ते तु प्रसादिताः
Thus addressed, the ancestors were again appeased by her.
उत्पन्नस्य पृथिव्यां तु मानुषेषु महात्मनः
When the great-souled one is born on earth among humans,
अष्टाविंशे भवित्री त्वं द्वापरे मत्स्ययोनिजा
In the twenty-eighth Dvāpara, you will be born from the womb of a fish.
पराशरस्य दायादमृषिं त्वं जनयिष्यसि
You will give birth to a sage, the heir of Parāśara.
महाभिषस्य पुत्रौ द्वौ शन्तनोः कीर्त्तिवर्द्धनौ
You will bear two sons of Mahābhiṣa, the glory-increasing sons of Śantanu.
चित्राङ्गदं च राजानं सर्वसत्त्वबलान्वितम्
Namely, the king Citrāṅgada, endowed with the strength of all beings,
व्यभिचारात्पितॄणां त्वं प्राप्स्यसे जन्म कुत्सितम्
Because of the ancestors' transgression, you will obtain a reproachable birth.
कन्या भूत्वा ततश्च त्वमिमांल्लोकानवाप्स्यसि
Then, having become a maiden, you will attain these worlds.
अद्रिकायाः सुता मत्स्या सुता जाता ह्यमावसोः
The daughter of Adrikā is Matsyā, and Amāvasu's daughter was born from her.
तस्या राज्ञो हि सा कन्या राज्ञो वीर्येण चैव हि
That king's daughter, indeed, by the king's virility,
एतेषां मानसी कन्या पीवरी नाम विश्रुता
Among these, the mind-born daughter, renowned as Pīvarī,
भविता द्वापरं प्राप्य अष्टाविंशतिमेव तु
Will be born in the very twenty-eighth Dvāpara.
व्यासादरण्यां संभूतो विधूम इव पावकः
Vyāsa was born in the forest, like a smokeless fire.
स तस्यां पितृकन्यायां पीवर्यां जनयद्विभुः
In that daughter of the ancestors, Pīvarī, the mighty one begot offspring.
कृष्णा गौरं प्रभुं शंभुं तथा भूरिश्रुतं च वै
He begot Kṛṣṇa, the fair-complexioned lord Śambhu, and also one greatly learned.
ब्रह्मदत्तस्य चननी महिषी त्वणुहस्य सा
She was the mother of Brahmadatta and the queen of Tvaṇuha.