At   or   about   that   time   a   sage   named   Chyavauna   of   the lineage   of   Bhrugu   had   resorted   to   the   Himalayan   valley and   settling   on   a   beautiful   peak,   was   lost     in   meditation   (32).  
tæO   cWka   mhaBaga   BagIv|   dEvvcIsm¯    .
vvÓdE   pîpæOaX£   ka|XÓt£   s¤tm¤äOmm¯   ¡ 33¡

tæO

there

c

and

eka

one

mhaBaga

highly fortunate

BagIv|

Bhargava

dEvvcIsm¯

radiating like gods

vvÓdE

served

pîpæOaX£

having eyes like lotus petals

ka|XÓt£

desirous of

s¤t|

son

uäOmm¯

excellent

A   girl   with   eyes   like   the   petals   of   red-lotus   and   of extreme   good   fortune,desiring   an   excellent   son   went  there   and   prostrated   before   Bhargava,who   shone   like a   celestial   (33).  
tm¦¢x|   sa{×y¤pagØy   ka¢lÓd£   ca×yvadyt¯   .
s   tam×yvd¢¹p#:   p¤æOEÔs¤|   p¤æOjÓm¢n         ¡ 34¡

t|

him

§¢x|

sage

sa

she

A×y¤pagØy

having approached

ka¢lÓd£

Kalindi

c

then

A×yvadyt¯

prayed with bowed head

s:

he

ta|

her

A×yvdt¯

told

¢vp#:

the learned one

p¤æOEÔs¤|

desirous of a son

p¤æOjÓm¢n

in the matter of the birth of a son

 
That   girl   of   the   name   `Kalindi',   having   approached   that   sage, with   head   bent   low,   paid   reverence   .That   Brahminical   sage, spoke   the   following   to   her,   in   the   matter   of   a   progeny   to   that   one who   was   desirous   of   bringing   forth   a   (good)   son     (34).  
tv   kXaW   mhaBagE   s¤p¤æO:   s¤mhabl:            .
mhav£yaI   mhatEja   A¢crat¯   s¸¢nÝy¢t          ¡
grEN   s¢ht:   ½£man¯   ma   S¤c:   kmlEXNE   ¡ 35¡

tv

in your

kXaW

womb

mhaBagE

O! One of great good fortune!

s¤p¤æO:

an excellent son

s¤mhabl:

of tremendous prowess

mhav£yI:

of great valour

mhatEja:

of great radiance

A¢crat¯

without delay

s¸¢nÝy¢t

will be born

grEN

poison

s¢ht:

with

½£man¯

illustrious

ma

do not

S¤c:

grieve

kmlEXNE

O! One of eyes like lotus petal!

 
"O!   one   with   eyes   like   the   petals   of   red-lotus   !   O!   very   forturate
one!   May   you   not   grieve   .Soon   there   will   be   born   to   you   an
illustrious   son   of   great   effulgence,   of   great   might,   of good   qualities   and   with   poison   in   his   body'   (35).  
evm¤³a   mhaBaga   A¢stE   ÞvgItE   s¢t     .
¢nDay   cEtaE   n¦ptaW   ¢vï¤ÚlEKEv   s¤p#Ba   ¡ 36¡

ev|	in this manner

u³a	having said

mhaBaga

the highly fortunate one

A¢stE

Asita

ÞvgItE

having gone to his heavenly abode

s¢t	at that time

¢nDay

keeping

cEt:

mind

n¦ptaW

on the king

¢vï¤ÚlEKa

flash of lightning

iv

like

s¤p#Ba

blindingly brilliant

 
Åyvn|   t¤   nmÞk]Ïy   rajp¤æO£   p¢tv#ta         .
p¢tSaEkat¤ra   tÞmat¯   p¤æO|   dEv£   Ûyjayt   ¡ 37¡

Åyvn|

Chyavana

t¤

indeed

nmÞk]Ïy

having worshipped

rajp¤æO£

that princess

p¢tv#ta

chaste

p¢tSaEkat¤ra

smitten by the grief of the death of her husband

tÞmat¯

therefore

p¤æO|

son

dEv£	that noble one

Ûyjayt

gave birth

 
Blessed   by   Chyavana,   when   she   prostrated   before   him,  that princess,   scintillatingly   brilliant   like   the   flash   of  lightning,   though   afflicted   through   the   death   of   her husband   and   even   when   her   husband   Asita   was   in   the   heavenly world,   having   dedicated   her   mind   to   him   and     hence   a chaste   one,   the   chief   queen   of   the   king   and   the   extremely fortunate   one,   gave   birth   to   a   son   (36-37).    
spÏÓya   t¤   grÞtÞyW   däOaE   gBI¢jGa|sya      .
sh   tEn   grENWv   jat:   s   sgraE{Bvt¯   ¡ 38¡

spÏÓya

by the cowife

t¤

indeed

gr:

poison

tÞyW

to her

däO:

was given

gBI¢jGa|sya

for the dissolution of the conception

sh	along with

tEn	because of that

grEN

poison

ev

indeed

jat:

was born

s:

he

sgr:	(by name) Sagara

ABvt¯

became (known as)

 
With   the   intention   of   destroying   her   conception,   she   was administered   poison   by   her   co-wife.   The   child   was   born   along   with that   poison   and   for   that   reason,   he   was   known   as   `Sagara'   (38).  
sgrÞyasm¸Þt¤   Asm¸at¯   tTa|S¤man¯      .
¢dl£paE{|S¤mt:   p¤æOaE   ¢dl£pÞy   Bg£rT:    ¡
Bg£rTat¯   kk¤t¯ÞTÞt¤   rG¤ÞtÞmadjayt   ¡ 39¡

sgrÞy

of Sagara

Asm¸:

(was born) Asamanja

t¤

indeed

Asm¸at¯

from Asamanja

tTa

then

A|S¤man¯

(was born) Amsuman

¢dl£p:

Dilipa

A|S¤mt:

of Amsuman

p¤æO:

son

¢dl£pÞy

of Dilipa

Bg£rT:

(was born) Bhagiratha

Bg£rTat¯

of Bhagiratha

kk¤t¯ÞT:

(was born) Kakutstha

t¤

indeed

rG¤:

Raghu

tÞmat¯

from him (Kakutstha)

Ajayt

was born

 
To   Sagara   was   born   Asamanja   and   from   Asamanja   was   born
Amsuman.   Dilipa   was   the   son   of   Amsuman   and   Bhagiratha   was
the   son   of   Dilipa.   From   Bhagiratha   was   born   Kakutstha   and
from   him   was   born   Raghu   (39).  
rGaEÞt¤   p¤æOÞtEjÞv£   p#v¦Ñ¯D:   p¤âxadk:      .
kÚmaxpadaE{ÔyBväOÞmaÇjatÞt¤   SN:   ¡ 40¡

rGaE:

of Raghu

t¤

indeed

p¤æO:

son

tEjÞv£

the radiant

p#v¦Ñ¯D:

Pravridha

p¤âxadk:

living on human flesh

kÚmaxpad:

with legs which were black

A¢p

also

ABvt¯

was born

tÞmat¯

from him

jat:

was born

t¤

indeed

SN:

Sankhana

To   Raghu   was   born   Pravridha   ,   who   though   was   effulgent, (due   to   a   curse),   had   black   legs   and   subsisted   on   human   flesh and   to   him   was   born   Sankhana   (40).