Vayu Purana

असूत तपसा सा तु मनुं ज्येष्ठं विवस्वतः। यमौ पुनरसूतासौ यमञ्च यमुनाञ्च ह ।। २२.

By her austerity, she gave birth to Manu, the eldest son of Vivasvat; and again she bore the twins, Yama and Yamunā.

सा तु गत्वा कुरून् देवी वडवारूपधारिणी। सवितुश्चाश्वरूपस्य नासिकाभ्यां तु तौ स्मृतौ ।। २२.

That goddess, assuming the form of a mare, went to the land of the Kurus; and from the nostrils of Savitṛ, who had taken the form of a horse, those two were remembered as born.

असूत सा महाभागा त्वन्तरिक्षेऽश्विनौ किल। नासत्यञ्चैव दस्रञ्च मार्त्तण्डस्यात्मजावुभौ ।। २२.

She, the illustrious one, gave birth in the sky to the Aśvins—Nāsatya and Dasra—both sons of Mārttaṇḍa.

ऋषय ऊचुः।। कस्मान्मार्त्तण्ड इत्येष विवस्वानुच्यते बुधैः। किमर्थं साऽश्वरूपा वै नासिकाभ्यामसूयत। एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामस्तत्त्वं विब्रूहि पृच्छताम् ।। २२.

The sages said: Why is Vivasvān called Mārttaṇḍa by the wise? For what reason did she, in the form of a mare, give birth through the nostrils? We wish to know this truth; please explain it to us who ask.

सूत उवाच।। चिरोत्पन्नमतिर्भिन्नमण्डं त्वष्ट्रा विदारितम्। दृष्ट्वा गर्भवधाद्भीतः कश्यपो दुःशितोऽभवत् ।। २२.

Sūta said: When the egg, long conceived, was split apart by Tvaṣṭṛ, seeing the embryo destroyed, Kaśyapa became distressed out of fear.

अण्डे द्विधाकृते त्वण्डं दृष्ट्वा त्वष्टारमब्रवीत्। नैतदण्डं भवान्नूनं मार्त्तण्डस्त्वं भवानघ ।। २२.

When the egg was divided in two, seeing this, he said to Tvaṣṭṛ: 'Surely, this is not the egg; you are Mārttaṇḍa, O sinless one.'

न खल्वयं मृतोऽण्डे च इति स्नेहात् पिताऽब्रवीत्। तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा नामान्वर्थमुदाहरत् ।। २२.

Out of affection, the father said, 'He is not dead in the egg.' Hearing those words, the name was given accordingly.

यन्मार्त्तण्डो भवेत्युक्तः पित्राऽण्डे वै द्विधा कृते। तस्माद्विवस्वान्मार्त्तण्डः पुराणज्ञैर्विभाष्यते ।। २२.

Because the father said, 'You are Mārttaṇḍa,' when the egg was split in two, therefore Vivasvān is called Mārttaṇḍa by those who know the ancient lore.

ततः प्रजाः प्रवक्ष्यामि मार्त्तण्डस्य विवस्वतः। विजज्ञे सवितुः संज्ञाभार्यायान्तु त्रयं पुरा ।। २२.

Now I will tell of the offspring of Mārttaṇḍa, Vivasvān; formerly, three were born from Saṃjñā, the wife of Savitṛ.

मनुर्यवीयान् सावर्णिः संज्ञायाञ्च तथाश्विनौ। शनैश्चरश्च सप्तैते मार्त्तण्डस्यात्मजाः स्मृताः ।। २२.

Manu, the younger Sāvarṇi, and the Aśvins from Saṃjñā, and also Śanaiścara—these seven are remembered as the sons of Mārttaṇḍa.

विवस्वान् कश्यपाज्जज्ञे दाक्षायण्यां महायशाः। तस्य भार्याऽभवत्त्वाष्ट्री महादेवी विवस्वतः। सुरेणुरिति विख्याता पुनः संज्ञेति विश्रुता ।। २२.

Vivasvān, of great fame, was born from Kaśyapa and Dākṣāyaṇī; his wife was the daughter of Tvaṣṭṛ, the great goddess of Vivasvān, known as Sureṇu and later as Saṃjñā.

सा तु भार्या भगवतो मार्त्तण्डस्यातितेजसः। नातुष्यद्भर्तृरूपेण रूपयौवनशालिनी ।। २२.

She was the wife of the blessed Mārttaṇḍa, of immense brilliance, but though endowed with beauty and youth, she was not pleased with her husband's form.

आदित्यस्य हि तद्रूपं मार्त्तण्डस्य हि तेजसा। गोत्रेषु प्रतिरुद्धं वै नाति कान्तमिवाभवत् ।। २२.

For the form of Āditya, Mārttaṇḍa, by his radiance, was restrained among the lineages and did not appear very pleasing.

न खल्वयं मृतो ह्यण्डे इति स्नेहात्तमब्रवीत् । अज्ञानः कश्यपः स्नेहान्मार्त्तण्ड इति चोच्यते ।। २२.

Out of affection, the father said, 'He is not dead in the egg'; Kaśyapa, out of ignorance and affection, is said to have called him Mārttaṇḍa.

तेजस्त्वभ्यधिकं तस्य नित्यमेव विवस्वतः। येनापि तापयामास त्रील्लोँकान् कश्यपात्मजः ।। २२.

The radiance of Vivasvān was always excessive, by which the son of Kaśyapa caused the three worlds to burn.

त्रीण्यपत्यानि संज्ञायां जनयामास वै रविः । द्वौ सुतौ तु महावीर्यौ कन्यां कालिन्दिमेव च ।। २२.

Ravi begot three children on Saṃjñā: two sons of great might, and a daughter, Kālindī.

मनुर्विवस्वतो ज्येष्ठः श्राद्धदेवः प्रजापतिः। ततो यमो यमी चैव यमजौ संबभूवतुः ।। २२.

Manu, the eldest son of Vivasvat, the lord of progeny and the god of the Śrāddha rite; then Yama and Yamī, the twins, were born.

शान्तवर्णन्तु तद्रूपं दृष्ट्वा संज्ञा विवस्वतः। असहन्ती स्वकां जायां सवर्णां निर्ममे पुनः ।। २२.

Seeing that tranquil form, Vivasvat lost consciousness; unable to endure her own wife, Savarṇā was created again.

महीमयी तु सा नारी तस्याश्छायासमुद्गता। प्राञ्जलिः प्रयता भूत्वा पुनः संज्ञामभाषत ।। २२.

That woman, composed of earth, arose from her shadow; with joined palms and devotion, she again addressed Saṃjñā.

वदस्व किं मया कार्यं सा संज्ञा तामथाब्रवीत्। अहं यास्यामि भद्रन्ते स्वमेव भवनं पितुः ।। २२.

"Tell me, what should I do?" she asked. Saṃjñā then replied: "I will go, with your blessing, to my father's own house."

त्वयेह भवने मह्यं वस्तव्यं निर्विशङ्कया। इमौ च बालकौ मह्यं कन्या च वरवर्णिनी ।। २२.

"You must remain here in my place, without fear, in this house; these two sons and my daughter of excellent complexion are entrusted to you."

भर्त्रे वै नैवमाख्येयमिदं भगवते त्वया। एवमुक्ताब्रवीत् संज्ञां संज्ञायाः पार्थिवी तु सा ।। २२.

"This must never be revealed to the lord, my husband, by you." Thus instructed, the earth-born woman spoke to Saṃjñā.

आकाशग्रहणाद्देवि आशयं नैव कर्हिचित्। आख्यास्यामि मतं तुभ्यं गच्छ देवि स्वमालयम् ।। २२.

"O goddess, from grasping the sky, one never attains the goal; I will follow your instructions. Go, goddess, to your own abode."

समाधाय च तां संज्ञा तथेत्युक्ता तया च सा। त्वष्टुः समीपमगमद्व्रीडितेव तपस्विनी ।। २२.

Having agreed to this, Saṃjñā, thus addressed by her, went to Tvaṣṭṛ, the ascetic, feeling ashamed.

पिता तामागतां दृष्ट्वा क्रुद्धः संज्ञामथाब्रवीत्। भर्तुः समीपं गच्छ त्वं मा जुगुप्स दिवाकरम् ।। २२.

Her father, seeing her arrive, angrily said to Saṃjñā: "Go to your husband; do not despise the radiant one."

सैवमुक्ता तदा पित्रा नियुक्ता च पुनः पुनः। वर्षाणान्तु सहस्रं वै वसति स्म पितुर्गृहे ।। २२.

Thus addressed and repeatedly instructed by her father, she dwelt in her father's house for a thousand years.

भर्तुः समीपं गच्छ त्वं नियुक्ता च पुनः पुनः। अगमद्वडवा भूत्वाच्छाद्य रूपमनिन्दिता। उत्तरान् सा कुरून् गत्वा तृणान्यथ चचार सा ।। २२.

Again and again commanded to return to her husband, she became a mare, concealing her form, and went to the northern Kurus, where she grazed on grass.

द्वितीयायान्तु संज्ञायां संज्ञेयमिति चिन्त्यताम्। आदित्यो जनयामास पुत्रावादित्यवर्चसौ ।। २२.

From the second Saṃjñā, let it be considered thus, the Sun begot two sons endowed with the radiance of the Sun.

पूर्वजस्य मनोस्तुल्यौ सादृश्येन तु तौ प्रभू । श्रुतश्रवं तु धर्म्मज्ञं श्रुतकर्म्माणमेव च ।। २२.

Both were equal in likeness to the elder Manu; one was Śrutaśravas, wise in righteousness, and the other was Śrutakarman.