सा चैनं रसातलं नीतवती
She led him to the netherworld.
रसातलगतश्चासौ भगवत्तेजसाप्यायितात्मवीर्य्यस्सकलगंधर्वान्निजघान
Having entered the netherworld, he, empowered by the Lord's energy, destroyed all the Gandharvas.
पुनश्च स्वपुरमाजगाम
And again, he returned to his own city.
सकलपन्नगाधिपतयश्च नर्मदायै वरं ददुः । यत्तेनुस्मरणसमवेतं नामग्रहणं करिष्यति न तस्य सर्पविषभयं भविष्यतीति
All the lords of serpents granted a boon to Narmadā: whoever, united in remembrance, utters her name shall have no fear of snake venom.
अत्र च श्लोकः
Here is a verse:
नर्मदायै नमः प्रातर्नर्मदायै नमो निशि । नमोस्तु नर्मदे तुभ्यं त्राहि मां विषसर्पतः
Salutations to Narmadā in the morning, salutations to Narmadā at night; salutations to you, Narmadā—protect me from venomous serpents.
इत्युच्चार्याहर्निशमंधकारप्रवेशे वा सर्पैर्न दश्यते न चापि कृतानुस्मरणभुजो विषमपि भुक्तमुपघाताय भवति
By reciting this, day and night, or when entering darkness, one is not bitten by serpents; nor does poison harm those who have performed remembrance.
पुरुकुत्साय संततिविच्छेदो न भविष्यतीत्युरगपतयो वरं ददुः
The lords of serpents granted a boon that Purukutsa's lineage would not be broken.
पुरुकुत्सो नर्मदायां त्रसद्दस्युमजीजनत्
Purukutsa begot Trasaddasyu on Narmadā.
त्रसद्दस्युतस्संभूतोऽनरण्यः यं रावणोदिग्विजये जघान
From Trasaddasyu was born Anaraṇya, whom Rāvaṇa killed during his conquest of the directions.
अनरण्यस्य पृषदश्वः पृषदश्वस्य हर्यश्वः पुत्रोऽभवत्
Anaraṇya's son was Pṛṣadaśva; Pṛṣadaśva's son was Haryaśva.
तस्य च हस्तः पुत्रोऽभवत्
His son was Hasta.
ततश्च सुमनास्तस्यापि त्रिधन्वा त्रिधन्वनस्त्रय्यारुणिः
Then Sumanā was his son, and Tridhanvā was Sumanā's son, and Trayyāruṇi was Tridhanvā's son.
त्रय्यारुणेस्सत्यव्रतः योऽसौ त्रिशंकुसंज्ञामवाप
Trayyāruṇi's son was Satyavrata, who became known as Triśaṃku.
स चंडालतामुपगतश्च
He attained the state of a caṇḍāla.
द्वादशवर्षिक्यामनावृष्ट्यां विश्वामित्रकलत्रापत्यपोषणार्थं चंडालप्रतिग्रहपरिहरणाय च जाह्नवीतीरन्यग्रोधे मृगमांसमनुदिनं बबंध
During a twelve-year drought, for the sustenance of Viśvāmitra's wife and children, and to avoid accepting gifts from caṇḍālas, he daily hunted deer meat at the banyan tree on the bank of the Jahnavi.
स तु परितुष्टेन विश्वामित्रेण सशरीरस्स्वर्गमारोपितः
He was taken to heaven in his body by the greatly pleased Viśvāmitra.
त्रिशंकोर्हरिश्चंद्र स्तस्माच्च रोहिताश्वस्ततश्च हरितो हरितस्य चंचुश्चंचोर्विजयवसुदेवौ रुरुको विजयाद्रु कस्य वृकः
From Triśaṃku came Hariścandra; from him, Rohitāśva; then Harita; from Harita, Caṃcu; from Caṃcu, Vijayavasudeva; from Vijayavasudeva, Ruruka; from Ruruka, Vṛka.
ततो वृकस्य बाहुः योऽसौ हैहयतालजंघादिभिः पराजितॐतर्वत्न्या महिष्या सह वनं प्रविवेश
Then Vṛka's son was Bāhu, who, defeated by the Haihayas, Tāla-jaṃghas, and others, entered the forest with his wife.
तस्याश्चा सपत्न्या गर्भस्तंभनाय गरो दत्तः
And poison was given to his co-wife to prevent conception.
तेनास्य गर्भस्सप्तवर्षाणि जठर एव तस्थौ
By her, his embryo remained in the womb for seven years.
स च बाहुर्वृद्धभावादौर्वाश्रमममीपे ममार
And that Bāhu, due to old age, died near the hermitage of Aurva.
सा तस्य भार्या चितां कृत्वा तमारोप्यानुमरणकृतनिश्चयाऽभूत्
His wife, having prepared the funeral pyre and placed him upon it, resolved to follow him in death.
अथैतामतीतानागतवर्त्तमानकालत्रयवेदी भगवानौर्वस्स्वाश्रमान्निर्गत्याब्रवीत्
Then the venerable Aurva, knower of the threefold time—past, future, and present—came out from his hermitage and spoke to her.
अलमलमनेनासद्ग्राहेणाखिलभूमं डलपतिरतिवीर्यपराक्रमो नैकयज्ञकृदरातिपक्षक्षयकर्त्ता तवोदरे चक्रवर्त्ती तिष्ठति
Enough, enough of this wrongful resolve! Within your womb abides a universal emperor, lord of the whole earth, of immense strength and valor, performer of many sacrifices, destroyer of enemy hosts.
नैवमतिसाहसाध्यवसायिनी भवती भवेत्युक्ता सा तस्मादनुमरणनिर्बंधाद्विरराम
Told thus, 'You must not act so rashly and determinedly,' she abandoned her intention to follow her husband in death.
तेनैव च भगवता स्वाश्रममानीता
By that very sage, she was brought to his hermitage.
तत्र कतिपयदिनाभ्यंतरे च सहैव तेन गरेणातितेजस्वी बालको जज्ञे
There, within a few days, a boy of great brilliance was born from that very embryo.
तस्यौर्वो जातकर्मादिक्रिया निष्पाद्य सगर इति नाम चकार
Aurva performed his birth rites and other ceremonies, and gave him the name Sagara.
कृतोपनयनं चैनमौर्वो वेदशास्त्राण्यस्त्रं चाग्नेयं भार्गवाख्यमध्यापयामास
When his sacred thread was invested, Aurva taught him the Vedas, scriptures, and the Bhārgava missile called Āgneya.