Vayu Purana

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.

सत्यव्रतस्तु बाल्यात्तु भाविनोऽर्थस्य वै बलात्। वसिष्ठेऽभ्याधिकं मन्युं धारयामास मन्युना ।। २६.

Satyavrata, from childhood, due to the force of future events, harbored greater anger against Vasiṣṭha than Vasiṣṭha himself.

पित्रा रुदंस्तदा राष्ट्रात् परित्यक्तं स्वमात्मजम्। न वारयामास मुनिर्वसिष्ठः कारणेन वै ।। २६.

When his father, weeping, abandoned his own son from the kingdom, the sage Vasiṣṭha did not prevent it, for a reason.

पाणिग्रहणमन्त्राणां निष्ठा स्यात् सप्तमे पदे। एवं सत्यव्रतस्तान् वै कृतवान् सप्तमे पदे ।। २६.

The culmination of the marriage mantras is at the seventh step; thus Satyavrata performed them at the seventh step.

जानन् धर्म्मान् वसिष्ठस्तु न च मन्त्रानिहेच्छति। इति सत्यव्रते रोषं वसिष्ठो मनसाकरोत् ।। २६.

Knowing the dharmas, Vasiṣṭha did not wish to recite the mantras; thus, Vasiṣṭha harbored anger in his mind toward Satyavrata.

गुरुर्बुद्ध्या तु भगवान् वसिष्ठः कृतवांस्तदा। न तु सत्यव्रतो बुद्ध्या उपांशुव्रतमस्य वै ।। २६.

The venerable Vasiṣṭha, the guru, acted with wisdom at that time; but Satyavrata did not wisely observe the upāṃśu vow.

तस्मिंश्चोपरते यो यत्पितुरासीन्महामनाः। तेन द्वादशवर्षाणि नावर्षत् पाकशासनः ।। २६.

When he departed, whoever was of great mind in his father's place, for twelve years Indra withheld the rains.

तेन त्विदानीं बहुधा दीक्षां तां दुर्बलां भुवि। कुलस्य निष्कृतिः स्वस्य कृतेयञ्च भवेदिति ।। २६.

Therefore, now, that initiation—having become weak and manifold on earth—serves as atonement for the family and for oneself.

ततो वसिष्ठो भगवान् पित्रा त्यक्तं न्यवारयत्। अभिषेक्ष्याम्यहं राज्ये पश्चादेनमिति प्रभुः ।। २६.

Then the venerable Vasiṣṭha prevented him, who had been rejected by his father, saying, 'I will consecrate him to the kingdom later.'

स तु द्वादशवर्षाणि दीक्षान्तामुद्वहन् बली। अविद्यमाने मांसे तु वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः ।। २६.

But he, strong in resolve, bore the period of initiation for twelve years, while the great-souled Vasiṣṭha had no meat available.

सर्व्वकामदुघां धेनुं संददर्श नृपात्मजः। तां वै क्रोधाच्च मोहाच्च श्रमाच्चैव क्षुधान्वितः ।। २६.

The prince saw the cow that grants all desires; driven by anger, delusion, fatigue, and hunger, he acted thus.