इल्वलो नमुचिश्चैव श्वसृपश् चाजनस् तथा नरकः कालनाभश्च सरमाणस् तथैव च
Ilvala, Namuci, Śvasṛpa, Ajana, Naraka, Kālanābha, and Saramāṇa as well.
कालवीयेश् च विख्यातो दनुवंशविवर्धनाः संह्रादस्य तु दैत्यस्य निवातकवचाः स्मृताः
The renowned Kālavīyas, enhancers of the Danu lineage; and from Saṃhrāda the Daitya came the Nivātakavacas.
अवध्याः सर्वदेवानां गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम् ये हता भर्गम् आश्रित्य त्व् अर्जुनेन रणाजिरे
Invulnerable to all gods, Gandharvas, serpents, and Rākṣasas, they were slain by Arjuna in battle, taking refuge with Bharga.
षट्कन्या जनयामास ताम्रा मारीचबीजतः शुकी श्येनी च भासी च सुग्रीवी गृध्रिका शुचिः
Tāmrā, from the seed of Mārīca, gave birth to six daughters: Śukī, Śyenī, Bhāsī, Sugrīvī, Gṛdhrikā, and Śuci.
शुकी शुकानुलूकांश्च जनयामास धर्मतः श्येनी श्येनांस्तथा भासी कुररानप्यजीजनत्
Śukī, in accordance with righteousness, gave birth to parrots and owls; Śyenī bore hawks, and Bhāsī gave birth to kites, and Kurarī also produced her own kind.
गृध्री गृध्रान्कपोतांश्च पारावतविहंगमान् हंससारसक्रौञ्चांश् च प्लवाञ्छुचिरजीजनत्
Gṛdhrī gave birth to vultures and pigeons, and Pārāvatī to doves and other birds; Haṃsī produced swans, cranes, and krauñcas, and Plavā gave birth to waterfowl.
अजाश्वमेषोष्ट्रखरान् सुग्रीवी चाप्यजीजनत् एष ताम्रान्वयः प्रोक्तो विनतायां निबोधत
Sugrīvī gave birth to goats, horses, sheep, camels, and asses; thus the lineage of Tāmrā is told—now hear of Vinatā.
गरुडः पततां नाथः अरुणश्च पतत्रिणाम् सौदामनी तथा कन्या येयं नभसि विश्रुता
Garuḍa, lord of birds, and Aruṇa, foremost among fliers, were born; Saudāmanī, a daughter renowned in the sky, was also born.
सम्पातिश् च जटायुश्च अरुणस्य सुताव् उभौ सम्पातिपुत्रो बभ्रुश्च शीघ्रगश्चापि विश्रुतः
Sampāti and Jaṭāyu, both sons of Aruṇa, were born; Sampāti's son was Babhrū, and Śīghraga, famed among all, was also born.
जटायुषः कर्णिकारः शतगामी च विश्रुतौ सारसो रज्जुवालश्च भेरुण्डश्चापि तत्सुताः
From Jaṭāyu came Karṇikāra and the renowned Śatagāmī; Sārasa, Rajjuvāla, and Bheruṇḍa were also his sons.
तेषामनन्तमभवत् पक्षिणां पुत्रपौत्रकम् सुरसायाः सहस्रं तु सर्पाणाम् अभवत्पुरा
Their descendants among birds became countless, with sons and grandsons; Surasā, in ancient times, gave birth to a thousand serpents.
सहस्रशिरसां कद्रूः सहस्रं चापि सुव्रत प्रधानास्तेषु विख्याताः षड्विंशतिर् अरिंदम
Kadrū, O virtuous one, bore a thousand serpents with a thousand heads; among them, twenty-six are renowned as leaders, O subduer of foes.
शेषवासुकिकर्कोटशङ्खैरावतकम्बलाः धनंजयमहानीलपद्माश्वतरतक्षकाः
They are Śeṣa, Vāsuki, Karkoṭa, Śaṅkha, Airāvata, Kambala, Dhanaṃjaya, Mahānīla, Padma, Aśvatara, and Takṣaka.
एलापत्त्रमहापद्मधृतराष्ट्रबलाहकाः शङ्खपालमहाशङ्खपुष्पदंष्ट्रशुभाननाः
Elāpatra, Mahāpadma, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Balāhaka, Śaṅkhapāla, Mahāśaṅkha, Puṣpadaṃṣṭra, and Śubhānana.
शङ्कुरोमा च बहुलो वामनः पाणिनस्तथा कपिलो दुर्मुखश्चापि पतञ्जलिरिति स्मृताः
Śaṅkuromā, Bahula, Vāmana, Pāṇina, Kapila, Durmukha, and also Patañjali are remembered among them.
एषामनन्तमभवत् सर्वेषां पुत्रपौत्रकम् प्रायशो यत्पुरा दग्धं जनमेजयमन्दिरे
Their descendants, sons and grandsons, became innumerable; most of them, long ago, were burned in the house of Janamejaya.
रक्षोगणं क्रोधवशा स्वनामानम् अजीजनत् दंष्ट्रिणां नियुतं तेषां भीमसेनादगात्क्षयम्
She gave birth to a host of demons, each bearing their own name, driven by wrath; Bhīmasena destroyed a multitude of those fanged ones.
रुद्राणां च गणं तद्वद् गोमहिष्यो वराङ्गनाः सुरभिर्जनयामास कश्यपात्संयतव्रता
In the same way, Surabhi, steadfast in her vows, gave birth to the hosts of Rudras, as well as cows and buffaloes, from Kaśyapa.
मुनिर्मुनीनां च गणं गणमप्सरसां तथा तथा किंनरगन्धर्वान् अरिष्टाजनयद् बहून्
The sage begot the hosts of sages, and likewise the hosts of Apsarases; Ariṣṭā gave birth to many Kinnaras and Gandharvas.
तृणवृक्षलतागुल्मम् इरा सर्वम् अजीजनत् विश्वा तु यक्षरक्षांसि जनयामास कोटिशः
Irā gave birth to all grasses, trees, creepers, and shrubs; Viśvā produced Yakṣas and Rākṣasas by the millions.
तत एकोनपञ्चाशन् मरुतः कश्यपाद्दितिः जनयामास धर्मज्ञान् सर्वानमरवल्लभान्
Then Diti, knowing righteousness, gave birth to forty-nine Maruts from Kaśyapa, all beloved of the immortals.
दितेः पुत्राः कथं जाता मरुतो देववल्लभाः देवैर्जग्मुश्च सापत्नैः कस्मात्ते सख्यमुत्तमम्
How were the sons of Diti, the Maruts, beloved of the gods, born? And how did they, though rivals of the gods, come to form the highest friendship with them?
पुरा देवासुरे युद्धे हृतेषु हरिणा सुरैः पुत्रपौत्रेषु शोकार्ता गत्वा भूलोकमुत्तमम्
Long ago, in the battle between the gods and the demons, when Hari had taken away the gods along with their sons and grandsons, they were afflicted by grief and went to the highest earthly realm.
स्यमन्तपञ्चके क्षेत्रे सरस्वत्यास्तटे शुभे भर्तुर् आराधनपरा तप उग्रं चचार ह
In the sacred field of Syamantapanchaka, on the auspicious bank of the Sarasvati, devoted to worship of her husband, she undertook severe austerities.
तदा दितिर् दैत्यमाता ऋषिरूपेण सुव्रता फलाहारा तपस् तेपे कृच्छ्रं चान्द्रायणादिकम्
Then Diti, mother of the demons, steadfast in vows and in the form of a sage, sustained herself on fruits and performed rigorous penances such as Chandrayana.
यावद्वर्षशतं साग्रं जराशोकसमाकुला ततः सा तपसा तप्ता वसिष्ठादीनपृच्छत
For more than a hundred years, troubled by old age and sorrow, she endured; then, scorched by austerity, she questioned Vasiṣṭha and others.
कथयन्तु भवन्तो मे पुत्रशोकविनाशनम् व्रतं सौभाग्यफलदम् इहलोके परत्र च
Tell me, O revered ones, a vow that destroys grief for sons and brings the fruit of good fortune in this world and the next.
ऊचुर् वसिष्ठप्रमुखा मदनद्वादशीव्रतम् यस्याः प्रभावादभवत् सुतशोकविवर्जिता
Vasiṣṭha and the others replied: 'The Madana-Dvādaśī vow, by whose power one becomes free from sorrow for sons.'
श्रोतुमिच्छामहे सूत मदनद्वादशीव्रतम् सुतानेकोनपञ्चाशद् येन लेभे दितिः पुनः
We wish to hear, O Sūta, about the Madana-Dvādaśī vow, by which Diti regained forty-nine sons.
यद्वसिष्ठादिभिः पूर्वं दितेः कथितमुत्तमम् विस्तरेण तदेवेदं मत्सकाशान्निबोधत
What was formerly told by Vasiṣṭha and others to Diti, the excellent vow, hear that in detail from me now.