तद्रू पमास्थाय सृजत्य जोयः स्थितौ च योऽसौ पुरुषस्वरूपी । रुद्र स्वरूपेण च योत्ति विश्वं धत्ते तथानंतवपुस्समस्तम्
Assuming that very form, He creates; as the Puruṣa, He preserves in existence; as Rudra, He upholds the universe; thus, the infinite-bodied One encompasses all.
पाकाय योग्नित्वमुपैति लोकान्बिभर्त्ति पृथ्वीवपुख्ययात्मा । शक्रादिरूपी परिपाति विश्वमर्केंदुरूपश्च तमो हिनस्ति
For ripening, He becomes fire; He supports the worlds as the earth-formed soul; as Indra and others, He protects the universe; as the sun and moon, He dispels darkness.
करोति चेष्टाश्श्वसनस्वरूपी लोकस्य तृप्तिं च जलान्नरूपी । ददाति विश्वस्थितिसंस्थितस्तु सर्वावकाशं च नभस्स्वरूपी
He acts as the breath of life; as water and food, He satisfies the world; established in the maintenance of the universe, as space, He gives all room.
यस्सृज्यते सर्गकृदात्मनैव यः पाल्यते पालयिता च देवः । विश्वात्मकस्संहृयतेंतकारी पृथक् त्रयस्यास्य च योव्ययात्मा
He who creates creation by Himself, who is the protector and the divine guardian, who is the soul of the universe and the destroyer, and who is the imperishable essence of these three.
यस्मिञ्जगद्यो जगदेतदाद्यो यं चाश्रितोस्मिञ्जगति स्वयंभूः । स सर्वभूतप्रभवो धरित्र्! यां स्वांश्नो पुष्णुर्नृप तेऽवतीर्णः
In whom this world, the first of worlds, abides; whom the self-born has taken refuge in; He, O Earth, the source of all beings, has descended here in a portion of Himself, O king, to nourish you.
कुशस्थली या तव भूप रम्या पुरी पुराभूदमरावतीव । सा द्वारका संप्रति तत्र चास्ते स केशवांशो बलदेवनामा
O king, your delightful city Kuśasthalī, which was once like Amarāvatī, now exists as Dvārakā; there abides that portion of Keśava known as Baladeva.
तस्मै त्वमेनां तनयां नरेंद्र प्रयच्छ मायामनुजाय जायाम् । श्लाघ्यो वेरोसौ तनया तवेयं स्त्रीरत्नभूता सदृशो हि योगः
To him, O king, give this daughter as wife to the illustrious son of your enemy, who is worthy of praise; this jewel among women is a fitting match.
श्रीपराशर उवाच । इतीरितोसौ कमलोद्भवेन भुवं समासाद्य पतिः प्रजानाम् । ददर्श ह्रस्वान् पुरुषान् विरूपानल्पौजसस्स्वल्पविवेकवीर्यान्
Śrī Parāśara said: Thus addressed by the lotus-born, the lord of the people, having reached the earth, saw men who were short, deformed, of little strength, and lacking discernment and valor.
कुशस्थलीं तां च पुरीमुपेत्य दृष्ट्वान्यरूपां प्रददौ स कन्याम् । सीरायुधाय स्फटिकाचलाभवक्षस्थलायातुलधीर्नरेंद्र ः!
Having arrived at that city of Kuśasthalī and seeing it transformed, the wise king gave his daughter—whose breast was like a crystal mountain—to Śīrāyudha.
उच्चप्रमाणामिति तामवेक्ष्य स्वलांगलाग्रेण च तालकेतुः । विनम्रयामास ततश्च सापि बभूव सद्यो वनिता यथान्या
Observing her to be of great stature, Tālaketu touched her with the tip of his plough, and at once she became a woman of ordinary form.
तां रेवतीं रैवतभूपकन्यां सीरायुधोऽसौ विधिनोपयेमे । दत्त्वाथ कन्यां स नृपो जगाम हेमालयं वै तपसे धृतात्मा
Śīrāyudha then duly married Revatī, the daughter of King Raivata; after giving away his daughter, the self-controlled king went to Hemālaya for ascetic practice.
श्रीपराशर उवाच । यावच्च ब्रह्मलोकात्स ककुद्मी रैवतो नाभ्येति तावत्पुण्यजनसंज्ञा राक्षसास्तामस्य पुरीं कुशस्थलीं निजघ्नुः
Śrī Parāśara said: While Kakudmī Raivata had not yet returned from Brahmaloka, the righteous city of Kuśasthalī, so named for its virtuous people, was destroyed by Rākṣasas of the Tamas class.
तच्चास्य भ्रातृशतं पुण्यजनत्रासाद्दिशो भेजे
Because of fear of the Rākṣasas, his hundred brothers scattered in all directions.
तदन्वयाश्च क्षत्रियास्सर्वदिक्ष्वभवन्
And their descendants became Kṣatriyas throughout all regions.
वृष्टस्यापि वार्ष्टकं क्षत्त्रमभवत्
From Vṛṣṭa came the Vārṣṭaka Kṣatriya lineage.
नाभागस्यात्मजो नाभागसंत्रोभवत्
Nābhāga's son was Nābhāgasaṃtra.
तस्याप्यंबरीषः
His son was Ambarīṣa.
अंबरीषस्यापि विरूपोभवत्
Ambarīṣa's son was Virūpa.
विरूपात्पृषदश्वो जज्ञे
From Virūpa was born Pṛṣadaśva.
ततश्च रथीतरः
Then came Rathītara.
अत्रायं श्लोकः । एते क्षत्रप्रसूता वै पुनश्चांगिरसाः स्मृताः । रथीतराणां प्रवराः क्षत्त्रोपेता द्विजातयः इति
Here is a verse: These, born of Kṣatriya lineage, are also remembered as descendants of Aṅgiras; among the Rathītaras, the foremost are those twice-born who have adopted the Kṣatriya order.
क्षुतवतश्च मनोरिक्ष्वाकुः पुत्रो जज्ञे घ्राणतः
From Manu, who was hungry, was born his son Ikṣvāku from his nose.
तस्य पुत्रशतप्रधाना विकुक्षिनिमिदंडाख्यास्त्रयः पुत्रा बभूवुः
His three principal sons were Vikukṣi, Nimi, and Daṇḍa.
शकुनिप्रमुखाः पंचाशत्पुत्राः उत्तरापथरक्षितारो बभूवुः
Fifty sons, headed by Śakuni, became protectors of the northern lands.
चत्वारिंशदष्टौ च दक्षिणापथभूपालाः
And forty-eight were kings of the southern regions.
स चेक्ष्वाकुरष्टकायाश्श्राद्धमुत्पाद्य श्राद्धार्हं मांसमानयेति विकुक्षिमाज्ञापयामास
Ikṣvāku, having performed the śrāddha for his fathers, ordered Vikukṣi: 'Bring meat suitable for the śrāddha.'
स तथेति गृहीताज्ञो विधृतशरासनो वनमभ्येत्यानेकशो मृगान् हत्वा श्रांतोतिक्षुत्परीतो विकुक्षिरेकं शशमभक्षयत् । श्षॐ च मांसमानीय पित्रे निवेदयामास
He, having received the command, said 'so be it,' took up his bow and, entering the forest, killed many animals; exhausted, extremely hungry, and afflicted, Vikukshi ate a hare alone, and bringing the hare's meat, offered it to his father.
इक्ष्वाकुकुलाचार्यो वशिष्ठस्तत्प्रोक्षणाय चोदितः प्राह । अलमनेनामेध्येनामिषेण दुरात्मना तव पुत्रेणैतन्मांसमुपहतं यतोऽनेन शशो भक्षितः
Vasiṣṭha, the preceptor of the Ikṣvāku lineage, was instructed to purify it, but said: 'This meat has been defiled by your wicked son, for he has eaten a hare, and thus it is impure.'
ततश्चासौ विकुक्षिर्गुरुणैवमुक्तश्शशादसंज्ञामवाप पित्रा च परित्यक्तः
Then, having been thus addressed by his teacher, Vikukshi received the name 'Śaśāda' and was abandoned by his father.
पितर्युपरते चासावखिलामेतां पृथ्वीं धर्मतश्शाशास
After his father passed away, he ruled the entire earth righteously.