निवेदिते ततो बाले मरणात्सा न्यवर्त्तत । ततो मासद्वये जाते ववर्द्धौर्वस्य चाश्रमे
After the child was announced, she refrained from dying; then, when two months had passed, the child grew up in Aurva's hermitage.
जातकर्मादियोगश्च और्वेण च तथा कृतः । उपवीतादिकं सर्वं जातं तत्र महामुनेः
The rites beginning with birth ceremony, and all such rituals, were performed by Aurva; all the ceremonies like the investiture with the sacred thread were conducted for the great sage.
तत्र वेदादिकं सर्वं पठितं चौर्वयोगतः । अध्याप्य वेदशास्त्राणि ततोऽस्त्रं प्रत्यपादयत्
There, all the Vedas and related texts were recited through Aurva's instruction; after teaching the Vedic scriptures, he imparted the knowledge of weapons.
आग्नेयं तं महाभाग अमरैरपि दुःसहम् । स तेनासुबलेनाजौ बलेन च समन्वितः
He received the Agneya weapon, O illustrious one, which even the immortals find difficult to withstand; thus he was endowed with both vital strength and martial power.
हैहयान्वै जघानाशु संक्रुद्धः स्वबलेन च । आजहार च लोकेषु स च कीर्तिमवाप सः
Angered, he swiftly slew the Haihayas and others with his own strength; and in the world, he attained fame.
ततः शकाः सयवनाः कांबोजाः पल्लवास्तथा । हन्यमानास्तदा ते तु वसिष्ठं शरणं ययुः
Then the Śakas, along with the Yavanas, the Kāmbojas, and the Pallavas, being slain at that time, sought refuge with Vasiṣṭha.
वसिष्ठोऽपि च तान्कृत्वा समयेन महाद्युतिः । सगरं वारयामास तेषां दत्त्वाऽभयं नृपः
Vasiṣṭha, radiant in splendor, made them agree by a pact; and the king Sagara restrained them, granting them safety.
सगरः स्वां प्रतिज्ञांतु गुरोर्वाक्यं निशम्य च । धर्मैर्जघान तांश्चैषां विकृतत्वं चकार ह
Sagara, hearing his guru's words and recalling his own vow, slew them according to dharma, and caused their transformation.
अर्द्धंशकनांशिरसो मुंडं कृत्वा विसर्जयत् । यवनानां शिरः सर्वं कांबोजानां तथैव च
He made the Śakas half-shaven-headed and released them; he shaved the heads of the Yavanas and likewise the Kāmbojas.
पारदा मुंडकेशाश्च पल्ल्वाः श्मश्रुरक्षकाः । एवं विजित्य सर्वान्वै कृतवान्धर्मसंग्रहम्
The Pāradas became shaven-headed, the Pallavas kept beards; thus, having conquered all, he established the collection of dharma.
सर्वधर्मजयी राजा विजित्येमां वसुंधराम् । आशु संस्कारयामास वाजिमेधाय पार्थिवः
The king, victorious over all dharmas, having conquered this earth, quickly prepared for the horse sacrifice.
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 ocean shore, and entered the earth.
स तं देशं तदा पुत्रैः खानयामास सर्वतः । नाश्वं प्रापुस्तदातेवै खन्यमाने महार्णवे
Then, with his sons, he dug everywhere in that region; but even as the great ocean was being excavated, they did not find the horse.
तत्रैकमादिपुरुषं ददृशुस्ते त्वरान्विताः । तमादिपुरुषं देवं कपिलं जगतां प्रभुम्
There, eager, they saw a primordial person; that primordial deity was Kapila, lord of the worlds.
तस्य चक्षुः समुत्पन्न वह्निना प्रतिबुध्यतः । दग्धाः षष्टि सहस्राणि चत्वारस्तेऽवशेषिताः
His gaze, awakened by fire, arose; sixty thousand were burned, and only four remained.
हृषीकेतुः सुकेतुश्च तथा धर्मरथोपरः । शूरः पंचजनश्चैव तस्य वंशकरा द्विज
Hṛṣīketu, Suketu, Dharmaratha, Śūra, and Paṃcajana—these were the progenitors of his lineage, O twice-born.
प्रादाच्च तस्मै भगवान्हरिः पंचवरान्स्वयम् । वंशं मोक्षं सुकीर्तिञ्च समुद्रं तनयं विभुः
Then the Blessed Lord Hari himself granted him five boons: release for his lineage, liberation, renowned 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; from the ocean, he obtained the horse for the Ashvamedha sacrifice; and that illustrious one performed a hundred Ashvamedha sacrifices.
नारद उवाच- सगरस्यात्मजा वीराः कथं जाता महाबलाः । विक्रांताः षष्टिसाहस्रा विज्ञानेश्वर तद्वद
Narada said: How were the sons of Sagara, the mighty and valiant ones, born? Sixty thousand in number, O Lord of wisdom—please tell me that.
श्रीपार्वतीपतिरुवाच- द्वे पत्न्यौ सगरस्यास्तां तपसा दग्धकिल्बिषे । और्वस्ताभ्यां वरं प्रादात्तोषितो मुनिसत्तमः
The blessed Lord Parvati’s consort said: Sagara had two wives, whose sins were burned away by austerity; the eminent sage Aurva, pleased with them, granted them a boon.
षष्टिंपुत्रसहस्राणि एका वव्रे तरस्विनाम् । एका वंशधरं त्वेकं यथेष्टं वरशालिनी
One asked for sixty thousand energetic sons, and the other, endowed with the power to choose, requested a single son to continue the lineage.
तत्रैका सुषुवे तुंब्यां पुत्रान्शूरान्बहूनथ । ते तु सर्वेऽपि धात्रीभिर्वर्द्धितास्तु यथाक्रमम्
Then one gave birth to many valiant sons in a gourd, and all of them were raised by nurses, each in due order.
कपिलानां तु दुग्धानां तेषां तत्र महात्मनाम्
Those great souls were nourished there with the milk of Kapila cows.
तेनैव दुग्धयोगेन ववृधुस्ते महात्मनः । एकः पंचजनो नाम पुत्रो राजा बभूव ह
By that very nourishment from the milk, those great souls grew; and one son named Panchajana became king.
ततः पंचजनस्यासीदंशुमान्नाम वीर्यवान् । दिलीपस्तनयस्तस्य पुत्रो यस्य भगीरथः
Then Panchajana had a son named Anshuman, powerful and strong; his son was Dilipa, whose son was Bhagiratha.
यस्तु गंगासरिच्छ्रेष्ठामानयामास सुव्रतः । समुद्र मानयित्वैनां दुहितृत्वमकल्पयत्
He, steadfast in his vows, brought down the supreme river Ganga, and, honoring the ocean, established her as his daughter.
नारद उवाच- कथं गंगा समानीता किं तपस्तेन वै कृतम् । तत्सर्वं मे समाचक्ष्व सुव्रतोऽसि दयानिधे
Narada said: How was Ganga brought down? What austerity did he perform? Tell me all of this, for you are steadfast and a treasure of compassion.
महादेव उवाच- पूर्वजानां हितार्थाय गतोऽसौ हैमके गिरौ । तत्र गत्वा तपस्तप्तं वर्षाणामयुतं तदा
Mahadeva said: For the welfare of his ancestors, he went to the golden mountain; there, he performed austerity for ten thousand years.
आदिदेवः प्रसन्नोऽभूद्योऽसौ देवो निरंजनः । तेन दत्ता इयं गंगा आकाशात्समुपस्थिता
The primeval Lord, pure and gracious, was pleased; by him, this Ganga was given, who then descended from the sky.
तत्र विश्वेश्वरो देवो यत्र तिष्ठति नित्यशः । गंगां दृष्ट्वाऽगतां तेन गृहीता जाह्नवी तदा
There, where the Lord of the universe eternally resides, seeing Ganga arrive, he took her—she became known as Jahnavi.