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.
उत्पन्नबुद्धिश्च मातरमब्रवीत्
When his understanding had arisen, he spoke to his mother.
अंब कथयात्र वयं क्व तातोस्माकमित्येवमादिपृच्छंतं माता सर्वमेवावोचत्
‘Mother, tell me—where are we? Where is our father?’ Thus he questioned, and his mother told him everything.
ततश्च पितृराज्यापहरणादमर्षितो हैहयतालजंघादिवधाय प्रतिज्ञामकरोत्
Then, angered by the usurpation of his father's kingdom, he vowed to destroy the Haihayas, Tālajaṅghas, and others.
प्रायशश्च हैहयतालजंघाञ्जघान
He slew most of the Haihayas and Tālajaṅghas.
शकयवनकांभोजपारदपप्लवाः हन्यमानास्तत्कुलगुरुं वसिष्ठं शरणं जग्मुः
The Śakas, Yavanas, Kāmbojas, Pāradas, and Pahlavas, being slain, sought refuge with their family preceptor, Vasiṣṭha.
अथैनान्वसिष्ठो जीवन्मृतकान् कृत्वा सगरमाह
Then Vasiṣṭha, making them as living dead, spoke to Sagara.
वत्सालमेभिर्जीवन्मृतकैरनुमृतैः
‘My child, enough of these living dead and those who have followed them in death.’
एते च मयैव त्वत्प्रतिज्ञापरिपालनाय निजधर्मद्विजसंगपरित्यागं कारिताः
‘These, by me alone, for the sake of upholding your vow, have been made to abandon their own duties and the company of twice-borns.’
तथेति तद्गुरुवचनमभिनंद्य तेषां वेषान्यत्वमकारयत्
So be it—having gladly accepted the words of their teacher, he caused them to adopt different appearances.
यवनान्मुंडितशिरसोर्द्धमुंडिताञ्च्छकान् प्रलंबकेशान् पारदान् पप्लवाञ्श्मश्रुधरान् निस्स्वाध्यायवषट्कारानेतानन्यांश्च क्षत्रियांश्चकार
He made the Yavanas shave their heads, the Shakas shave the tops of their heads, the Paradas wear their hair long, the Pahlavas keep beards, and he made them, and other Kshatriyas, abandon recitation of sacred texts and ritual utterances.
एते चात्मधर्मपरित्यागाद्ब्राह्मणैः परित्यक्ता म्लेच्छतां ययुः
These, having abandoned their own duties, were cast out by the Brahmins and became mlecchas.
सगरोपि स्वमधिष्ठानमागम्य अस्खलितचक्रस्सप्तद्वीपवतीमिमामुर्वीं प्रशशास
Sagara, returning to his own realm, ruled this earth, which encompassed seven continents, with unwavering authority.
श्रीपराशर उवाच । काश्यपदुहिता सुमतिर्विदर्भराजतनया केशिनी च द्वे भार्ये सगरस्यास्ताम्
Śrī Parāśara said: Sagara had two wives—Sumati, daughter of Kāśyapa, and Keśinī, daughter of the king of Vidarbha.
ताभ्यां चापत्यार्थमौर्वः परमेण समाधिनाराधितो वरमदात्
Desiring offspring from them, Sagara worshipped Aurva with supreme concentration, and the sage granted him a boon.
एका वंशकरमेकं पुत्रमपरा षष्टिं पुत्रसहस्राणां जनयिष्यतीति यस्या यदभिमतं तदिच्छया गृह्यतामित्युक्ते केशिन्येकं वरयामास
One would bear a single son who would continue the lineage; the other would bear sixty thousand sons. Whichever was desired, let it be chosen—so said the sage, and Keśinī chose to have one son.
सुमतिः पुत्रसहस्राणि षष्टिं वव्रे
Sumati chose sixty thousand sons.
तथेत्युक्ते अल्पैरहोभिः केशिनी पुत्रमेकमसमंजसनामानं वंशकरमसूत
Having agreed, within a few days Keśinī gave birth to a single son named Asamañjasa, who would continue the lineage.
काश्यपतनयायास्तु सुमत्याः षष्टिं पुत्रसहस्राण्यभवन्
To Sumati, daughter of Kāśyapa, sixty thousand sons were born.
तस्मादसमंजसादंशुमान्नाम कुमारो जज्ञे
From Asamañjasa was born a son named Aṃśumān.
स त्वसमंजसो बालो बाल्यादेवासद्वृत्तोभूत्
But Asamañjasa, even as a child, was of bad conduct from his earliest years.