Vayu Purana

कपेश्च पुरुकुत्सश्च सत्यश्चानृहवानृथुः आर्ष्टिषेणोऽमीढश्च भागान्योन्यस्तथैव च ।। २९.

And Purukutsa, Satyavrata, Ṛthu, Ārṣṭiṣeṇa, Amīḍha, Bhāga, and Anyonya, all descendants of Kapi.

कक्षीवश्चैव शिजयस्तथान्ये च महारथाः। रथीतरश्च रुन्दश्च विष्णुवृद्धादयो नृपाः ।। २९.

Also Kakṣīvat, Śijaya, and other great chariot-warriors; Rathītara, Runda, Viṣṇuvṛddha, and other kings.

क्षात्रोपेताः स्मृता ह्येते तपसा ऋषिताङ्गताः । एते राजर्षयः सर्व्वे सिद्धिं सुमहतीङ्गताः। अत ऊर्द्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि अयोर्वंशं महात्मनः ।। २९.

These are remembered as royal sages, born of the warrior class, who became like seers through austerity; all these royal sages attained great success. Now I shall speak further of the lineage of Ayu, the great soul.

उत्तरार्द्धम् -

The northern half—

सूत उवाच ।। पिता सोमस्य वैविप्रा जज्ञेऽत्रिर्भगवानृषिः। सोऽति तस्थौ सर्वलोकान्भगवान्त्स्वेन तेजसा ।। २८.

Sūta said: The father of Soma was the venerable seer Atri, born of Vaivipra; he sustained all the worlds by his own radiance.

कर्मणा मनसा वाचा शुभान्येव समाचरन्। काष्ठकुड्यशिलाभूत ऊर्द्ध्वबाहुर्महाद्युतिः ।। २८.

Performing only auspicious deeds by action, mind, and speech, he stood with arms raised, like a wooden post or stone, possessed of great brilliance.

सुदुश्चरं नाम तपो येन तप्तं महत्पुरा। त्रीणि वर्षसहस्राणि दिव्यानीति हि नः श्रुतम् ।। २८.

He performed a very difficult austerity, known as 'great,' in ancient times; we have heard that it lasted for three thousand divine years.

तस्योर्द्ध्वरेतसस्तत्र स्थितस्यानिमिषस्पृहम्। सोमत्वन्तनुरापेदे महाबुद्धिः स वै द्विजः ।। २८.

While he stood there, with his seed held upwards, unmoving and desiring nothing, Soma, the wise twice-born, was born from him.

ऊर्द्ध्वमाचक्रमे तस्य सोमत्वं भावितात्मनः। सोमः सुस्राव नेत्राभ्यां दश वा द्योतयन् दिशः ।। २८.

From him, whose soul was purified, Soma arose upwards; Soma flowed from his eyes, illuminating ten directions.

तं गर्भं विधिनादिष्टा दश देव्यो दधुस्तदा। समेत्य धारयामासुर्न च ताः समशक्नुवन् ।। २८.

Then, as ordained by the rite, ten goddesses together bore that embryo, but they were unable to sustain it.

स ताभ्यः सहसैवाथ दिग्भ्यो गर्भः प्रभान्वितः। यथावभासयंल्लोकाञ्झीतांशुः सर्वभावनः ।। २८.

Suddenly, that radiant embryo, full of brilliance, departed from those goddesses and from the directions, shining upon the worlds like the moon, the nourisher of all beings.

यदा न धारणे शक्तास्तस्य गर्भस्य ताः स्त्रियः। ततः स ताभिः शीतांशुर्निपपात वसुन्धराम् ।। २८.

When those women were unable to bear that embryo, then, with their help, the moon fell down to the earth.

पतन्तं सोममालोक्य ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः। रथमारोपयामास लोकानां हितकाम्यया ।। २८.

Seeing Soma falling, Brahma, the grandsire of the worlds, placed him upon a chariot, desiring the welfare of the worlds.

स हि देवमयो विप्रा धर्म्मार्थी सत्यसङ्गरः। युक्तो वाजिसहस्रेण सितेनेति हि नः श्रुतम् ।। २८.

Indeed, O sages, that chariot is made of the gods, seeking righteousness and wealth, steadfast in truth, and, as we have heard, is yoked with a thousand white horses.

तस्मिन्निपतिते देवाः पुत्रेऽत्रेः परमात्मनि। तुष्टुवुर्ब्रह्मणः पुत्राः मानसाः सप्त विश्रुताः ।। २८.

When he fell, the gods—the seven renowned mind-born sons of Brahma—praised the son of Atri, the supreme soul.

तत्रैवाङ्गिरसस्तस्य भृगोश्चैवात्मजस्तथा। ऋग्भिर्यजुर्भिर्बहुभिरथर्वाङ्गिरसैरपि ।। २८.

There, Angiras and also the son of Bhrigu, with many hymns from the Rig, Yajur, and Atharva Vedas, offered praise.

ततः संस्तूयमानस्य तेजः सोमस्य भास्वतः। आप्यायमानं लोकांस्त्रीन् भावयामास सर्व्वशः ।। २८.

Then, as Soma, resplendent, was being praised, his radiance, increasing, nourished the three worlds in every way.

समेन रथमुख्येन सागरान्तां वसुन्धराम्। त्रिःसप्तकृत्वो विपुल श्चकाराभिप्रदक्षिणम् ।। २८.

With that chief chariot, he thrice seven times made a vast circumambulation of the earth, reaching to the ocean's edge.

तस्य यच्चापि तत्तेजः पृथिवीमन्वपद्यत। ओषध्यस्ताः समुद्भूतास्तेजसा संज्वलन्त्युत ।। २८.

And whatever of that radiance of his reached the earth, from it the plants arose, indeed shining with his energy.

ताभिर्धार्यत्ययं लोकान् प्रजाश्चापि चतुर्विधाः। पोष्टा हि भगवान् सोमो जगतो हि द्विजोत्तमाः ।। २८.

By those plants, this world and the four kinds of creatures are sustained; for Soma, O best of twice-born, is the nourisher of the universe.

स लब्धतेजास्तपसा संस्तवैस्तैश्च कर्म्मभिः। तपस्तेपे महाभागः पझानां दशतीर्दश ।। २८.

Having obtained radiance through austerity, praise, and those acts, the illustrious one performed austerities for ten tens of thousands of years.

हिरण्यवर्णा या देव्यो धारयन्त्यात्मना जगत्। विभुस्तासाम्भवेत्सोमः प्रख्यातः स्वेन कर्म्मणा ।। २८.

Those goddesses of golden hue, who sustain the world by their own power—the all-pervading Soma became manifest among them, renowned for his own deeds.

ततस्तस्मै ददौ राज्यं ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदां वरः। बीजौषधिषु विप्राणामपाञ्च द्विजसत्तमाः ।। २८.

Then Brahma, the foremost knower of Brahman, granted him sovereignty over seeds, plants, waters, and the best of twice-born sages.

सोऽभिषिक्तो महातेजा महाराज्येन राजराट् । लोकानां भावयामास स्वभावात्तपतां वरः ।। २८.

Thus anointed with great power as king of kings, he, the foremost among the radiant, nourished the worlds by his very nature.

सप्तविंशतिरिन्दोस्तु दाक्षायण्यो महाव्रताः। ददौ प्राचेतसो दक्षो नक्षत्राणीति या विदुः ।। २८.

The twenty-seven daughters of Daksha, famed for their great vows, were given by Prachetas Daksha to Soma; they are known as the Nakshatras.

स तत्प्राप्य महद्राजयं सोमः सोमवतां प्रभुः। समाजज्ञे राजसूयं सहस्रशतदक्षिणम् ।। २८.

Having attained that great sovereignty, Soma, lord of those who possess Soma, performed the Rajasuya sacrifice, with a thousand hundred gifts.

हिरण्यगर्भश्चोद्गाता ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मत्वमेयिवान्। सदस्यस्तत्र भगवान् हरिर्नारायणः प्रभुः । सनत्कुमारप्रमुखैराद्यैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिर्वृतः ।। २८.

There, Hiranyagarbha was the Udgata, Brahma attained the state of Brahman, and the blessed Lord Hari Narayana was the Sadasya, surrounded by the foremost Brahmarshis, headed by Sanatkumara and the others.

दक्षिणामददत्सोमस्त्रील्लोँकानिति नः श्रुतम्। तेभ्यो ब्रह्मर्षिमुख्येभ्यः सदस्येभ्यश्च वै द्विजाः ।। २८.

It is heard by us that Soma gave the southern gift, which is said to be the three worlds, to those foremost among Brahmarshis and to the members of the assembly, O twice-born ones.

तं सिनी च कुहूश्चैव वपुः पुष्टिः प्रभावसुः। कीर्त्तिर्धृतिश्च लक्ष्मीश्च नव देव्यः सिषेविरे ।। २८.

Sinī, Kuhū, Vapuḥ, Puṣṭi, Prabhā, Vasu, Kīrti, Dhṛti, and Lakṣmī—these nine goddesses attended upon him.