जातकर्मादियोगश्च और्वेण च तथा कृतः । उपवीतादिकं सर्वं जातं तत्र महामुनेः
All the rites beginning with the birth ceremony were performed by Aurva; and all the sacred thread rituals were accomplished there by the great sage.
तत्र वेदादिकं सर्वं पठितं चौर्वयोगतः । अध्याप्य वेदशास्त्राणि ततोऽस्त्रं प्रत्यपादयत्
There, all the Vedas and related knowledge were recited through Aurva's instruction; after teaching the Vedas and sciences, he then imparted the knowledge of weapons.
आग्नेयं तं महाभाग अमरैरपि दुःसहम् । स तेनासुबलेनाजौ बलेन च समन्वितः
He gave him the missile of Agni, which is difficult even for the gods to withstand; with that and his own strength, he became powerful in battle.
हैहयान्वै जघानाशु संक्रुद्धः स्वबलेन च । आजहार च लोकेषु स च कीर्तिमवाप सः
In his wrath, he swiftly struck down the Haihayas with his own might; and thus he attained fame among the people.
ततः शकाः सयवनाः कांबोजाः पल्लवास्तथा । हन्यमानास्तदा ते तु वसिष्ठं शरणं ययुः
Then the Śakas, along with the Yavanas, Kāmbojas, and also the Pallavas, being struck down at that time, sought refuge with Vasiṣṭha.
वसिष्ठोऽपि च तान्कृत्वा समयेन महाद्युतिः । सगरं वारयामास तेषां दत्त्वाऽभयं नृपः
Vasiṣṭha, of great brilliance, having made an agreement with them, restrained Sagara, granting them protection, O king.
सगरः स्वां प्रतिज्ञांतु गुरोर्वाक्यं निशम्य च । धर्मैर्जघान तांश्चैषां विकृतत्वं चकार ह
Sagara, having heard his teacher's words and recalling his own vow, subdued them by righteous means and caused them to be transformed.
अर्द्धंशकनांशिरसो मुंडं कृत्वा विसर्जयत् । यवनानां शिरः सर्वं कांबोजानां तथैव च
He shaved half the heads of the Śakas and released them; as for the Yavanas and Kāmbojas, he shaved all their heads in the same way.
पारदा मुंडकेशाश्च पल्ल्वाः श्मश्रुरक्षकाः । एवं विजित्य सर्वान्वै कृतवान्धर्मसंग्रहम्
He subdued the Pāradas, the shaven-headed, the Pallavas, and the bearded protectors; thus, having conquered all, he established the collection of righteous duties.
सर्वधर्मजयी राजा विजित्येमां वसुंधराम् । आशु संस्कारयामास वाजिमेधाय पार्थिवः
The king, victorious over all duties and having conquered this earth, quickly prepared for the horse sacrifice, O ruler.
तस्य चारयतःसोऽश्वः समुद्रे पूर्वदक्षिणे । वेला समीपेऽपहृतो भूमिं चैव प्रवेशितः
As he was conducting the rite, his horse was taken away near the eastern and southern sea, close to the shore, and led into the earth.
स तं देशं तदा पुत्रैः खानयामास सर्वतः । नाश्वं प्रापुस्तदातेवै खन्यमाने महार्णवे
Then, with his sons, he began to dig all around that region; but even as they dug into the great ocean, they did not find the horse.
तत्रैकमादिपुरुषं ददृशुस्ते त्वरान्विताः । तमादिपुरुषं देवं कपिलं जगतां प्रभुम्
There, in their haste, they saw the Primeval Person—Kapila, the lord of the worlds, that divine First Being.
तस्य चक्षुः समुत्पन्न वह्निना प्रतिबुध्यतः । दग्धाः षष्टि सहस्राणि चत्वारस्तेऽवशेषिताः
As he awoke, fire arose from his eyes; sixty thousand were burned, and only four remained.
हृषीकेतुः सुकेतुश्च तथा धर्मरथोपरः । शूरः पंचजनश्चैव तस्य वंशकरा द्विज
Hṛṣīketu, Suketu, Dharmarathopara, Śūra, and Pañcajana—these, O twice-born, became the progenitors of his line.
प्रादाच्च तस्मै भगवान्हरिः पंचवरान्स्वयम् । वंशं मोक्षं सुकीर्तिञ्च समुद्रं तनयं विभुः
The blessed Hari himself granted him five boons: lineage, liberation, good fame, the ocean, and a son, O mighty one.
सागरत्वं च लेभेथ कर्मणा तेन तस्य वै । तमाश्वमेधिकं सोऽश्वं समुद्रादुपलब्धवान् । आजहाराश्वमेधानां शतं स च महायशाः
By that act, he attained the state of the ocean; he recovered the horse for the sacrifice from the sea, and that illustrious one performed a hundred horse sacrifices.
महादेव उवाच-। गांगं वक्ष्यामि माहात्म्यं यथोक्तं मुनिसत्तम । यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण अघं नश्यति तत्क्षणात्
Mahādeva said: I will tell you the greatness of the Gaṅgā, as declared, O best of sages; by merely hearing it, sin is destroyed at that very moment.
गंगागंगेति योब्रूयाद्योजनानां शतैरपि । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
Whoever utters 'Gaṅgā, Gaṅgā,' even from hundreds of yojanas away, is freed from all sins and goes to the world of Viṣṇu.
चरणाब्जसमुद्भूता गंगा नामेति विश्रुता । पापानां स्थूलराशीनां नाशिनी चेति नारद
She is renowned as Gaṅgā, born from the lotus feet; she is the destroyer of great heaps of sins, O Nārada.
नर्मदा सरयूश्चैव तथा वेत्रवती नदी । तापी पयोष्णी चंद्रा च विपाशा कर्मनाशिनीम्
Likewise, the Narmadā, Sarayū, and the river Vetravatī, Tāpi, Payoṣṇī, Candrā, and Vipāśā are destroyers of karma.
पुष्या पूर्णा तथा दीपा विदीपा सूर्यतेजसा । सहस्रवृषदानात्तु यत्फलं लभते ध्रुवम्
Puṣyā, Pūrnā, Dīpā, and Vidīpā, shining with the radiance of the sun—whatever certain fruit is gained by giving a thousand cows,
तत्फलं समवाप्नोति गंगादर्शनतः क्षणात् । इयं गंगा महापुण्या ब्रह्मघ्नानां विशेषतः
That fruit is instantly obtained by merely seeing the Gaṅgā; this Gaṅgā is supremely holy, especially for those who have slain a brāhmaṇa.
तेषां निरययुक्तानां गंगा पापप्रहारिणी । चंद्र सूर्योपरागे च यत्फलं विद्यतेऽनघ
For those bound to hell, Gaṅgā destroys sin; whatever fruit is gained during a lunar or solar eclipse, O sinless one,
तत्फलं समवाप्नोति गंगादर्शनमात्रतः । यथा सूर्योदये तात तमो गच्छति दूरतः
That fruit is obtained merely by seeing the Gaṅgā; just as, at sunrise, darkness departs far away,
तथा गंगाप्रभावेन विलयं याति पातकम् । मान्येयं सर्वदा लोके पवित्रा पापनाशिनी
So, by the power of Gaṅgā, sin is dissolved; she is always to be honored in the world, pure and the destroyer of sin.
कल्याणरूपा सततं विष्णुना निर्मिता पुरा । दिव्यरूपा तु जननी दीनानां पावनी स्मृता
Ever auspicious in form, she was created long ago by Viṣṇu; the divine mother is known as the purifier of the afflicted.
देवानां च यथा विष्णुस्तथा गंगोत्तमा नदी । ये कुर्वंति नराः स्नानं माघमासे निरंतरम्
Just as Viṣṇu is supreme among the gods, so too is Gaṅgā the foremost among rivers; those men who bathe continually in the month of Māgha—
न तेषां विद्यते दुःखं कल्पानां च शतत्रयम् । यत्र गंगा च यमुना यत्र चैव सरस्वती । तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च मुक्तिभागी न संशयः
For them, there is no suffering for three hundred kalpas; where Gaṅgā, Yamunā, and Sarasvatī are found, there, by bathing and drinking, one surely attains liberation—there is no doubt.
महादेव उवाच-। त्वद्वार्तां प्रियतो ब्रवीमि यदहं सा स्तुस्तुतिस्ते प्रभो यद्भुंजे तव तन्निवेदनमथो यद्यामि सा प्रेष्यता । यच्छांतः स्वपिमि त्वदंघ्रियुगले दंडप्रणामोऽस्तु नः। स्वामिन्यच्च करोमि तेन स भवान्विश्वेश्वरः प्रीयताम्
Mahādeva said: I speak of you with affection; whatever praise I offer is your hymn, O Lord. Whatever I eat is your offering, and wherever I go, I am sent by you. When I sleep peacefully, may my obeisance be at your two feet. Whatever I do, O Lord of all, may you, Viśveśvara, be pleased by that.