प्रोवाच प्रांजलिर्वाक्यं हर्ष गद्गदया गिरा
Spoke words with joined palms, his voice trembling with joy.
चमत्कारपुरं क्षेत्रमेतन्मेध्यमपि स्थितम्
This field of Camatkārapura is also established as pure.
तस्माद्वदत यत्कृत्यं मया संसिद्ध्यतेऽधुना
Therefore, tell me what task I should now accomplish.
ते समुद्रं समाश्रित्य निघ्नंति शुभकारिणः
They, taking refuge in the ocean, are destroying the doers of good.
शुभे नाशमनुप्राप्ते ध्रुवं नाशो दिवौकसाम्
When destruction comes to the good, surely destruction comes to the gods.
येन ते गोचरं प्राप्ता दृष्टेर्दानवसत्तमाः
By whom have those excellent Dānavas come within your sight?
अगस्त्य उवाच अहं संवत्सरस्यांते शोषयिष्यामि सागरम्
Agastya said: At the end of a year, I will dry up the ocean.
तस्माद्व्रजत हर्म्याणि यूयं याति हि वत्सरम्
Therefore, you all return to your palaces; a year will pass.
ततो मया समं गत्वा शोषिते वरुणालये
Then, having gone together with me, when Varuṇa's abode is dried up—
ततो देवगणाः सर्वे गताः स्वेस्वे निकेतने ६.३५.
Then all the hosts of gods returned to their own dwellings.
ततः सर्वाणि पीठानि यानि संति धरातले
Then, all the seats that are upon the earth—
अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां तेषु संपूज्य भक्तितः
On the eighth and fourteenth days, they are worshipped with devotion.
विद्यां विशोषिणीनाम समाराधयत द्विजः आकाशचारिणीं चैव देवतां श्रद्धया द्विजः
A twice-born should worship the knowledge called Viśoṣiṇī, and also the goddess who moves in the sky, with faith.
ततः संवत्सरस्यांते प्रसन्ना तस्य देवता
Then, at the end of the year, the goddess became pleased with him.
येन संशोषयाम्याशु समुद्रं देवि वाग्यतः
By which, O goddess, I will swiftly dry up the ocean, having uttered the words.
सा तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय प्रविष्टा सत्वरं मुखे
She, having agreed thus, promptly entered into his mouth.
एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्ताः सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः
Meanwhile, all the gods arrived there, along with Indra.
ततः संप्रस्थितो विप्रो देवैः सर्वैः समाहितः
Then the sage, composed in mind, set out together with all the gods.
अथ गत्वा समुद्रांतं स्तूयमानो दिवालयैः
Having gone to the shore of the ocean, he was praised by the dwellers of heaven.
एषोऽहं सागरं सद्यः शोषयिष्यामि सांप्रतम् ६.३५.
Now I shall immediately dry up the ocean, filled with water.
हेलया प्रपपौ कृत्स्नं ग्राहैः कीर्णं महार्णवम्
With a playful gesture, he drank up the entire great ocean, teeming with aquatic beings.
ततः स्थलोपमे जाते ते दैत्याः सुरसत्तमैः
Then, when it became like dry land, those Daityas fought with the best of the gods.
अथ कृत्वा महद्युद्धं यथा शक्त्यातिदारुणम्
Thereafter, a great and exceedingly fierce battle was fought to the utmost of their power.
ततः प्रोचुः सुराः सर्वे स्तुत्वा तं मुनिसत्तमम्
Then all the gods, having praised that best of sages, spoke as follows:
नैषा वसुमती विप्र समुद्रेण विनाकृता
O sage, this earth was not made without the ocean.
या मयाऽऽराधिता विद्या वर्षंयावत्प्रशोषणी
That knowledge which I worshipped can dry up even a year's rainfall.
एष यास्यति वै पूर्तिं भूयोऽपि वरुणालयः
The abode of Varuṇa will again be filled up.
सगरोनाम भूपालो भविष्यति महीतले
A king named Sagara will be born on the earth.
तस्यैवान्वयवान्राजा भविष्यति भगीरथः
In his lineage, King Bhagiratha will be born.
प्रवाहेण ततस्तस्याः समंतादंभसांनिधिः ६.३५.
Then, by the flow of that river, the ocean will again be filled on all sides.