अस्मिन्पुरेभिषिच्याथ विसृज्येंद्रादिकान्सुरान्
In this city, after anointing, I released Indra and the other gods.
शिवशर्मा पुरी सौरेः प्रभामंडल मंडिताम्
Śivaśarmā saw the city of Sūrya, adorned with a circle of radiance.
पृष्टौ तेन च तौ तत्र तां पुरीं प्रददर्शतुः
Then, at his back, those two showed him that city.
गणावूचतुः मारीचेः कश्यपाज्जज्ञे दाक्षायण्यां द्विजोष्णगुः
The attendants said: From Marīci and Kaśyapa was born, in Dākṣāyaṇī, the twice-born Uṣṇagu.
भर्तुरिष्टा ततस्तस्माद्रूपयौवनशालिनी 4.1.17.
She was beloved of her husband, and therefore possessed beauty and youth.
आदित्यस्य हि तद्रूपं मंडलस्य तु तेजसा
That form belongs to Āditya, and the brilliance to the orb.
न खल्वयमृतोंऽडस्थ इति स्नेहादभाषत
He did not say, 'This is not nectar within the egg,' out of affection.
तेजस्त्वभ्यधिकं तस्य साऽसहिष्णुर्विवस्वतः
But her radiance exceeded that of Vivasvat, and she could not endure it.
त्रीण्यपत्यानि भो ब्रह्मन्संज्ञायां महसां निधिः
O Brahman, three children were born to Saṃjñā, the repository of greatness.
वैवस्वतं मनुं ज्येष्ठं यमं च यमुनां ततः
Vaivasvata Manu, the eldest, and Yama, and then Yamunā.
मायामयीं ततश्छायां सवर्णां निर्ममे स्वतः
Then he created from himself the shadow, Māyāmayī, Savarṇā.
तवाज्ञाकारिणीं देवि शाधि मां करवाणि किम्
O goddess, who acts according to your command, instruct me—what shall I do?
अहं यास्यामि सदनं त्वष्टुस्त्वं पुनरत्र मे
I will go to the abode of Tvaṣṭṛ; you, meanwhile, remain here for me.
मनुरेष यमावेतौ यमुना यम संज्ञकौ
This Manu, and these two Yamas, Yamunā and Yama, are named after Saṃjñā.
अनाख्येयमिदं वृत्तं त्वया पत्यौ शुचिस्मिते 4.1.17.
O pure-smiling one, this event must not be revealed by you to your husband.
आकचग्रहणान्नाहमाशापाच्च कदाचन
I shall never be seized by the sky, nor by hope.
इत्यादिश्य सवर्णां सा तथेत्युक्ता सवर्णया
Thus instructed, she replied 'so be it' to Savarna.
पितः सोढुं न शक्नोमि तेजस्तेजोनिधेरहम्
Father, I am unable to endure your radiance, for I am born of the source of radiance.
निशम्योदीरितं तस्याः पित्रानिर्भर्त्सिता बहु
Hearing her words, her father harshly rebuked her in many ways.
चिंतामवाप महतीं स्त्रीणां धिक्चेष्टितं त्विति
She fell into great anxiety, thinking, 'Shame on the conduct of women!'
स्वातंत्र्यं न क्वचित्स्त्रीणां धिगस्वातंत्र्यजीवितम्
'There is never independence for women; shame on a life of supposed independence.'
त्यक्तं भर्तृगृहं मौग्ध्याद्धंत दुवृर्त्तया मया
'Out of foolishness and wickedness, I have abandoned my husband's house.'
तत्रास्ति सा सवर्णा वै परिपूर्णमनोरथा
There indeed is Savarna, whose every desire is fulfilled.
ततोति चंडश्चंडाशुः पित्रोरतिभयंकरः
And her father is exceedingly fierce, terrifying in the extreme.
स्फुटं दृष्टं मयाद्येति स्वकरांगारकर्ष(र्प?)णम् ।। 4.1.17.
I have clearly seen today the drawing of burning coals by her own hand.
वयश्च प्रथमं चारु रूपं त्रैलोक्यकांक्षितम्
Her youth is at its prime, her beauty is charming, desired by the three worlds.
पतिश्च तादृक्सर्वज्ञो लोकचक्षुस्तमोपहः
Her husband is such—a knower of all, the eye of the world, dispeller of darkness.
मह्यं श्रेयः कथं वा स्यादिति सा परिचिंत्य च
She pondered, 'How might there be welfare for me?'
उत्तरांश्च कुरून्प्राप चरंती नीरसंतृणम् तपोबलेन तत्पत्युः सहिष्ये तेज इत्यलम्
Then, wandering through the northern Kurus, where the grass is tasteless, she resolved, 'By the power of my husband's austerity, I shall endure his radiance—enough!'
मन्यमानोथ तां संज्ञां सवर्णायां तदा रविः
Then, considering that thought in Savarna, the Sun—