वेलासमीपे ऽपहृतो भूमिं चैव प्रवेशितः
Near the shore, it was seized and made to enter the earth.
आसेदुश्च ततस्तस्मिन्खनन्तस्ते महार्मवे
Then they arrived there, digging into that great abyss.
विष्णुं कपिलरूपेण हंसं नारायणं प्रभुम्
They saw Viṣṇu in the form of Kapila, the lord Nārāyaṇa as a sage.
दग्धाः पुत्रास्तदा सर्वेचत्वारस्त्ववशेषिताः
Then all the sons were burned, with only four left remaining.
शूरः पञ्चजनश्चैव तस्य वंशकराः प्रभोः
Śūra and Pañcajana became the progenitors of that lord's lineage.
अक्षयत्वं स्ववंशस्य वाजिमेधशतं तथा
He obtained the imperishability of his own lineage and also a hundred horse sacrifices.
तं समुद्रो ऽश्वमादाय ववन्दे सरितांपतिः
The ocean, having taken the horse, paid homage to the lord of rivers.
तं चाश्वमेधिकं सो ऽश्वं समुद्रात्प्राप्य पार्थिवः
The king, having obtained that sacrificial horse from the ocean—
षष्टिं पुत्रसहस्राणि दग्धान्यस्य रुषा विभो
Sixty thousand sons were burned by his wrath, O lord.
पुत्राणां तु सहस्राणि षष्टिस्तु इति नः श्रुतम्
We have heard that there were indeed sixty thousand sons.
विक्रान्ताः षष्टिसाहस्रा विधिना केन वा वद
Tell me, by what means or by whom did those sixty thousand mighty ones act?
ज्येष्ठा विदर्भदुहिता केशिनी नाम नामतः
The eldest was the daughter of Vidarbha, named Keśinī by name.
अरिष्टनेमिदुहिता रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि
The daughter of Ariṣṭanemi was unrivaled in beauty upon the earth.
एका जनिष्यते पुत्रं वंशकर्त्तारमीप्सितम्
She alone would give birth to a son, the desired continuer of the lineage.
मुनेस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा केशिनी पुत्रमेककम्
Hearing the sage’s words, Keśinī bore a single son.
षष्टिं पुत्रसहस्राणि सुपर्णभगिनी तथा
And Suparṇā, the sister of Garuḍa, gave birth to sixty thousand sons.
अथ काले गते ज्येष्ठा ज्येष्ठं पुत्रं व्यजायत
Then, when the time had passed, the elder wife gave birth to her eldest son.
सुमतिस्त्वपि जज्ञे वै गर्भतुंबं यशस्विनी
Sumati too, illustrious, gave birth to a womb shaped like a jar.
घृतपूर्णेषु कुंभेषु तान्गर्भान्यदधात्ततः
She placed those embryos into jars filled with ghee.
ततो नवसु मासेषु समुत्तस्थुर्यथासुखम्
Then, after nine months, they emerged comfortably.
कालेन महाता चैव यैवनं समुपाश्रिताः
With the passage of great time, they all attained youth.
असमञ्ज इति ख्यातो वर्हिकेतुर्महाबलः
The mighty Varhiketu, known as Asamañja, became renowned.
तस्य पुत्रोंऽशुमान्नाम असमञ्जस्य वीर्यवान्
His son, the valiant Aṃśumān, was born to Asamañja.
दिलीपात्तु महातेजा वीरो जातो भगीरथः
From Dilīpa was born the heroic and radiant Bhagīratha.
इहानीता सुरेशाद्वै दुहितृत्वे च कल्पिता
She was brought here by the lord of the gods and was established as a daughter.
भगीरथस्तु तां गङ्गामानयामास कर्मभिः
Bhagīratha, through his deeds, brought down that Gaṅgā.
भगीरथसुतश्चापि श्रुतो नाम बभूवह
And Bhagīratha’s son was born, named Śruta.
अम्बरीषः सुतस्तस्य सिंधुद्वीपस्ततो ऽभवत्
His son was Ambarīṣa, and from him came Siṃdhudvīpa.
नाभागेरंबरीषस्य भुजाभ्यां परिपालिता
Nābhāga, son of Ambarīṣa, was protected by his arms.
अयुतायुः सुतस्तस्य सिंधुद्वीपस्य वीर्यवान्
Ayutāyu, the valiant, was the son of Siṃdhudvīpa.