अनुकूलं भवेदेवं यदि स्यात्समयो मतः
Let it be agreeable in this way, if the time is considered suitable.
रूपं विवस्वतस्त्वासीत्तिर्यगूर्द्ध्वमधस्तथा
The form of Vivasvat was spread sideways, upwards, and downwards.
तस्मात्ते समचक्रं तु वर्तते रूपमद्भुतम्
Therefore, from you there exists a wondrous, circular form.
ततो ऽभ्युपागमत्त्वष्टा मार्त्तण्डस्य विवस्वतः
Then Tvaṣṭṛ approached Mārtaṇḍa Vivasvat.
तं निर्मूलित तेजस्कं तेजसापहृतेन तु
He saw him deprived of his radiance, his brilliance taken away.
ददर्श योगमास्थाय स्वां भार्यां वडवां तथा
Assuming yogic concentration, he beheld his own wife, Vaḍavā.
अश्वरूपेण मार्त्तण्डस्तां मुखे समभावयत्
Mārtaṇḍa, in the form of a horse, united with her in her mouth.
सा तं निःसारयामास नोभ्यां शुक्रं विवस्वतः
She expelled from both nostrils the semen of Vivasvat.
नासत्यश्चैव दस्रश्च स्मृतौ द्वादशमूर्तितः
Nāsatya and Dasra, from that, are remembered as the twelfth forms.
तां तु रूपेण कान्तेन दर्शयामास भास्करः
The radiant one revealed her in a lovely form.
यमस्तु तेन शापेन भृशं पीडितमानसः
Yama, greatly afflicted in mind by that curse,
सो ऽलभत्कर्मणां तेन शुभेन परमां द्युतिम्
By that virtuous act, he attained supreme splendor.
मनुः प्रजापतिस्त्वेष सावर्णिः स महायशाः
This Manu, the illustrious Sāvarṇi, is the lord of progeny.
मेरुपृष्ठे तपो घोरमद्यापि चरते प्रभुः
Even now, the lord performs severe austerity on the summit of Meru.
त्वष्टा तु तेन रूपेण विष्णोश्चक्रमकल्पयत्
Tvaṣṭā, taking that form, fashioned the discus of Viṣṇu.
यवीयसी तयोर्या तु यमुनाच यशस्विनी
The younger of the two, renowned Yamunā, was born.
यस्तु ज्येष्ठो महातेजाः सर्गो यस्येति सांप्रतम्
The elder, possessed of great brilliance, is the one whose creation is now present.
इदं तु जन्म देवानां शृणुयाद्वा पठेच्च वा
Whoever hears or recites this birth of the gods,
आपदं प्राप्य मुच्येत प्राप्नुयाच्च महद्यशः
Having encountered misfortune, will be freed and attain great fame.
इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे वैवस्वतोत्पत्तिर्नामैकोनषष्टितमोध्यायः
Thus ends the fifty-ninth chapter called 'The Origin of Vaivasvata,' in the third section of the Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa as spoken by Vāyu.
वैवस्वताय महते पृथिवीराज्यमादिशत्
He appointed the great Vaivasvata to the sovereignty of the earth.
इक्ष्वाकुश्च नृगश्चैव धृष्टः शर्यातिरेवच
Ikṣvāku, Nṛga, Dhṛṣṭa, and Śaryāti as well,
करूषश्च पृषध्रश्च नवैते मानवाः स्मृताः
Karūṣa and Pṛṣadhra—these nine are remembered as sons of Manu.
यष्टुं प्रजक्रमे कामं हयमेधेन भूपतिः
The king began to perform the horse sacrifice as he wished.
मित्रावरुणयोरंशे अनलाहुतिमेव यत्
From the portion of Mitra and Varuṇa, Analāhuti was born.
दिव्यासंहनना चैव इला जज्ञ इति श्रुतम्
Ilā, of divine form, was also born, as it is heard.
अनुगच्छस्व भद्रं ते तमिला प्रत्युवाच ह
‘Go forth, may good fortune be yours,’ Tamilā spoke to her.
मित्रावरुणयोरंशे जातास्मि वदतां वर
‘I am born from the portion of Mitra and Varuṇa, O best of speakers,’ she said.
एवमुक्त्वा पुनर्देवी तयोरन्तिकमागमत्
Having spoken thus, the goddess again approached the two.
अंशे ऽस्मिन्युवयोर्जाता देवौ किं करवाणि वाम्
‘Born in your portion, O gods, what shall I do for you?’