Vayu Purana

अभिशस्ता तु सा भर्त्रा नदी सा बाहुदा कृता । तस्यास्तु गौरिकः पुत्र श्चक्रवर्त्ती बभूव ह ।। २६.

But she was cursed by her husband and became the river Bāhudā; her son Gaurika became a universal monarch.

मान्धाता यौवनाश्वो वै त्रैलोक्यविजयी नृपः। अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमौ श्लोकौ पौराणिकी द्विजाः ।। २६.

Māndhātā, the son of Yuvanāśva, was a king who conquered the three worlds; here, too, the learned recite these two ancient verses.

यावत्सूर्य उदयति यावच्च प्रतितिष्ठति। सर्वं तद्यौवनाश्वस्य मान्धातुः क्षेत्रमुच्यते ।। २६.

As far as the sun rises and as far as it sets, all that is said to be the domain of Yuvanāśva's son Māndhātā.

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमं श्लोकं वंशविदो जनाः । यौवनाश्वं महात्मानं यज्वान ममितौजसम्। मान्धाता तु तनुर्विष्णोः पुराणज्ञाः प्रजक्षते ।। २६.

Here, too, those who know the lineage recite this verse: Yuvanāśva, the great-souled, powerful sacrificer; and Māndhātā, the ancient knowers declare, was an incarnation of Viṣṇu.

तस्य चैत्ररथी भार्य्या शशबिन्दोः सुताऽभवत्। साध्वी बिन्दुमती नाम रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि ।। २६.

His wife was Caitrarathī, daughter of Śaśabindu; she was the virtuous Bindumatī, unmatched in beauty on earth.

पतिव्रता च ज्येष्ठा च भ्रातॄणामयुतस्य सा। तस्यामुत्पादयामास मान्धाता त्रीन् सुतान् प्रभुः ।। २६.

She was devoted to her husband and the eldest among her ten thousand brothers; from her, Māndhātā, the lord, begot three sons.

पुरुकुत्समम्बरीषं मुचुकुन्दञ्च विश्रुतम्। अम्बरीषस्य दायादो युवनाश्वोऽपरः स्मृतः ।। २६.

They were Purukutsa, Ambarīṣa, and the renowned Mucukunda; Ambarīṣa's heir was another Yuvanāśva.

हरितो युवनाश्वस्य हारिताः शूरयः स्मृताः । एते ह्यङ्गिरसः पुत्राः क्षात्रोपेता द्विजातयः ।। २६.

Harita was the son of Yuvanāśva, and the Hāritas are known as heroes; these are sons of Aṅgiras, brāhmaṇas who have taken up the kṣatriya path.

पुरुकुत्सस्य दायादस्त्रसद्दस्युर्महायशाः। नर्मदायां समुत्पन्नः सम्भूतस्तस्य चात्मजः ।। २६.

Purukutsa's heir was Trasaddasyu, of great fame, born on the Narmadā river; Sambhūta was his son.

सम्भूतस्यात्मजः पुत्रो ह्यनरण्यः प्रतापवान्। रावणेन हतो येन त्रिलोकीविजये पुरा ।। २६.

Sambhūta's son was Anaraṇya, mighty in valor; he was slain by Rāvaṇa long ago during the conquest of the three worlds.

त्रसदश्वोऽनरण्यस्य हर्य्यश्वस्तस्य चात्मजः । हर्य्यश्वात्तु दृषद्वत्यां जज्ञे वसुमतो नृपः ।। २६.

Trasadaśva was the son of Anaraṇya, and Haryaśva was his son; from Haryaśva, on the Drṣadvatī river, was born King Vasumat.

तस्य पुत्रोऽभवद्राजा त्रिधन्वा नाम धार्म्मिकः। आसीत् त्रैधन्वनश्चापि विद्वांस्त्रय्यां रणप्रभुः ।। २६.

His son was the righteous king Tridhanvan; and Traidhanvana, learned in the three Vedas, was a master in battle.

तस्य सत्यव्रतो नाम कुमारोऽभून्महाबलः। तेन भार्य्या विदर्भस्य हृता हत्वा दिवौकसः ।। २६.

His son was the mighty prince Satyavrata; he abducted the wife of Vidarbha after slaying the celestial beings.

पाणिग्रहणमन्त्रेषु निष्ठां सम्प्रापितोष्विह। विष्णुवृद्धः सुतस्तस्य विष्णु वृद्धो यतः स्मृतः । एते ह्यङ्गिरसः पुत्राः क्षात्रोपेताः समाश्रिताः ।। २६.

He was excluded from the marriage rites; his son was Viṣṇuvṛddha, called so because he was increased by Viṣṇu; these are sons of Aṅgiras, brāhmaṇas who have taken up the kṣatriya path.

कामाद्बलाच्च मोहाच्च सङ्कर्षणबलेन च। भाविनोऽर्थस्य च बलात् तत्कृतं तेन धीमता ।। २६.

Out of desire, strength, delusion, and the force of Saṅkarṣaṇa, and by the power of destiny, that deed was done by the wise one.

तमधर्म्मेण संयुक्तं पिता त्रयीगुणोऽत्यजत्। अपध्वंसेति बहुशोऽवदत् क्रोधसमन्वितः ।। २६.

His father, endowed with the three Vedic qualities, abandoned him because he was joined with unrighteousness, and repeatedly said in anger, 'Depart!'

पितरं सोऽब्रवीदेकः क्व गच्छामीति वै मुहुः। पिता चैनमथोवाच श्वपाकैः सह वर्त्तय ।। २६.

He repeatedly asked his father, 'Where shall I go?'; and his father replied, 'Live among the outcastes.'

नाहं पुत्रेण पुत्रार्थी त्वयाद्य कुलपांसन। इत्युक्तः स निराक्रामन्नगराद्वचनाद्विभो ।। २६.

I am not one who desires a son through my own son, O stain upon the lineage; thus addressed, he departed from the city at the command of the lord.

न चैनं धारयामास वसिष्ठो भगवानृषिः। स तु सत्यव्रतो धीमाञ्छ्वपाकावसथान्तिकम्। पित्रा मुक्तोऽवसद्वीरः पिता चास्य वनं ययौ ।। २६.

The venerable sage Vasiṣṭha did not restrain him; Satyavrata, wise and steadfast, freed by his father, dwelt near the abode of the outcaste, while his father went to the forest.

तस्मिंस्तु विषये तस्य नावर्षत् पाकशासनः। समा द्वादश संपूर्णास्तेनाधर्म्मेण वै तदा ।। २६.

In his territory, Indra withheld the rains; for twelve full years, because of that unrighteousness, there was drought.

दारांस्तु तस्य विषये विश्वामित्रो महातपाः। संन्यस्य सागरानूपे चचार विपुलं तपः ।। २६.

The great ascetic Viśvāmitra, abandoning his wife in that land, performed intense austerities on the shore of the ocean.

तस्य पत्नी गले बद्ध्वा मध्यमं पुत्रमौरसम्। शिखया भरणार्थाय व्यक्रीणाद्घोशतेन वै ।। २६.

His wife, binding their middle-born natural son by the neck, offered him for sale with a loud cry, in order to provide sustenance.

तं तु बद्धं गले दृष्ट्वा विक्रीतं तं नरोत्तमः। महर्षिपुत्रं धर्म्मात्मा मोक्षयामास सुव्रतः ।। २६.

Seeing him bound by the neck and sold, the righteous, well-disciplined prince, son of a great sage, released him.

सत्यव्रतो महाबुद्धिर्भरणं तस्य चाकरोत् । विश्वामित्रस्य तुष्ट्यर्थमनुकम्पार्थमेव च ।। २६.

Satyavrata, of great intellect, provided for his sustenance, for the satisfaction of Viśvāmitra and out of compassion.

सोऽभवद्घालवो नाम गले बद्धो महातपाः। महर्षिः कौशिकस्तातस्तेन वीर्येण मोक्षितः ।। २६.

He became known as Gālava, bound by the neck, a great ascetic; the sage Kauśika, his father, was freed by that act of valor.

तस्य व्रतेन भक्त्या च कृपया च प्रतिज्ञया। विश्वामित्रकलत्रञ्च बभार विनये स्थितः ।। २६.

By his vow, devotion, compassion, and promise, Satyavrata, steadfast in discipline, supported Viśvāmitra's wife.

हत्वा मृगान् वराहांश्च महिषांश्च वनेचरान्। विश्वामित्राश्रमाभ्याशे तन्मांसमपचत्ततः ।। २६.

Slaying deer, boars, buffaloes, and other forest-dwelling animals near Viśvāmitra's hermitage, he cooked their meat.

उपांशुव्रतमास्थाय दीक्षां द्वादशवार्षिकीम्। पितुर्नियोगातभजन्नृपे तु वनमास्थिते ।। २६.

Observing the upāṃśu vow and undertaking a twelve-year initiation, he served at his father's command while the king resided in the forest.

अयोध्याञ्चैव राज्यञ्च तथैवान्तःपुरं मुनिः। याज्योपाध्यायसंयोगाद्वसिष्ठः परिरक्षितः ।। २६.

The sage Vasiṣṭha, with the assistance of priests and teachers, protected Ayodhyā, the kingdom, and the palace.