स्वसारौ तद्यवीयस्यौ पुण्या सत्यवती चते
His two younger sisters were the virtuous Satyavati and Cate.
ऊर्जायां तु वसिष्ठस्य वासिष्ठाः सप्त जज्ञिरे
From Urja, Vasistha had seven sons known as the Vasisthas.
जननी सा द्युतिमतः प्राणस्य महिषी प्रियाः
She became the mother of Dyutimat, the beloved chief queen of Prana.
रक्षो गर्त्तोर्द्धबा हुश्च सवनः पवनश्च यः
Raksha, Gartta, Urdhabahu, Savana, and Pavana were born from her.
रत्नो वराङ्ग्यजनयन्मार्कण्डेयी यशस्विनी
Ratna, the illustrious Markandeyi, gave birth to Varangi.
गोत्राणि नामभिस्तेषां वासिष्ठानां महात्मनाम्
The lineages of those great-souled Vasisthas are known by their names.
इत्येष ऋषिसर्गस्तु सानुबन्धः प्रकीर्त्तितः
Thus, the creation of the sages along with their descendants has been described.
ब्रह्मणो मानसः पुत्रस्तस्मात्स्वाहा व्यजायत
From Brahma's mind-born son, Svaha was born.
निर्मथ्यः पवमानस्तु वैद्युतः पावकः स्मृतः
Nirmathya, Pavamana, and Vaidyuta are remembered as forms of Agni.
निर्मथ्यः पवमानस्तु शुचिः सौरस्तु यः स्मृतः
Nirmathya, Pavamana, Shuchi, and Saura are also known as forms of Agni.
पवमानात्मजश्चैव कव्यवाहन उच्यते
Kavyavahana is said to be the son of Pavamana.
देवानां हव्यवाहो ऽग्निः पितॄणां कव्यवाहनः
Among the gods, Agni is the carrier of offerings; among the ancestors, Kavyavahana.
एतेषां पुत्रपौत्रास्तु चत्वारिंशन्न वैव तु
Their sons and grandsons are said to number forty.
विश्रुप्तो लौकिको ऽग्निस्तु प्रथमो ब्रह्मणः सुतः
The first son of Brahma is the worldly Agni, known as Vishrupta.
वैश्वानरः सुतस्तस्य वहन् हव्यं समाः शतम्
His son was Vaishvanara, who carried the offerings for a hundred years.
सोथर्वा लौकिको ऽग्निस्तु दर्पहाथर्वणः स्मृतः
Then Atharva, the worldly Agni, is remembered as Darpaha Atharvana.
तस्मात्स लौकिको ऽग्निस्तु दध्यङ्ङाथर्वणो मतः
From him, the worldly Agni known as Dadhyanga Atharvana is regarded.
स ज्ञेयो गार्हपत्यो ऽग्निस्तस्य पुत्रद्वयं स्मृतम्
He is to be known as the Garhapatya fire, and he is said to have two sons.
द्वितीयस्तु सुतः प्रोक्तः शुको ऽग्निर्यः प्रणीयते
The second son is said to be Śuka, who is the fire that is led forth.
शंस्यस्तु षोडश नदीश्चकमे हव्यवाहनः
Śaṃsi is praised; the fire that bears the oblation desired sixteen rivers.
कावेरीं कृष्णवेणां च नर्मदां यमुनां तथा
Kāverī, Kṛṣṇaveṇā, Narmadā, and also Yamunā,
विपाशां कौशिकीञ्चैव शतद्रूं सरयूं तथा
Vipāśā, Kauśikī, as well as Śatadrū and likewise Sarayū,
तासु षोडशधामानं प्रविभज्य पृथक्पृथक्
Among these, the sixteenfold abodes were distinctly apportioned, each separately.
कृत्तिकाचारिणी धिष्णी जज्ञिरे ताश्च धिष्णयः
The dhiṣṇī who moves among the Kṛttikās was born, and those are called dhiṣṇīs.
इत्येते वै नदीपुत्रा धिष्णीष्वेवं विजज्ञिरे
Thus, these sons of the rivers were indeed born in the dhiṣṇīs in this way.
ताञ्शृणुध्वं समासेन कीर्त्यमानान्यथातथम्
Now hear, in summary, these names as they are rightly declared.
विधीयन्ते यथास्थानं सूत्याहे सवने क्रमात्
They are arranged in their proper places, at the birth-rite, at the offering, in due order.
सम्राडग्नि कृशानुर्यो द्वितीयोंऽतरवेदिकः
The sovereign fire, Kṛśānu, is the second, placed within the altar.
परिषत्पवमानस्तु द्वितीय सो ऽनुदिश्यते
Pariṣat and Pavamāna are the second; thus he is mentioned.
हव्यस्ततो ह्यसंमृष्टः शामित्रे ऽग्नौ विभाव्यते
Then the unswept fire is Havyavāhana, manifest in the Śāmitra fire.