pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: गन्धर्व उवाच तमापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य वसिष्ठो भगवानृषिः। वारयामास तेजस्वी हुकारेणैव भारत॥
English: The Gandharva said : O descendant of Bharata, the illustrious and the effulgent Rishi Vasishtha, seeing him advancing, stopped him by uttering a loud roar.
Sanskrit: मन्त्रपूतेन च पुनः स तमभ्युक्ष्य वारिणा। मोक्षयामास वै शापात् तस्माद् योगान्नराधिपम्॥
English: Sprinkling over him water sanctified by Mantras (incantations), he freed the king from the terrible curse.
Sanskrit: स हि द्वादश वर्षाणि वासिष्ठस्यैव तेजसा। ग्रस्त आसीद् ग्रेहणेव पर्वकाले दिवाकरः॥
English: He (the king) had been overwhelmed by the effulgence of Vasislitha's son as the sun by the planet (Rahu) at the time of an eclipse.
Sanskrit: रक्षसा विप्रमुक्तोऽथ स नृपस्तददू वनं महत्। तेजसा रञ्जयामास संध्याभ्रमिव भास्करः॥
English: Having been thus freed froin the Rakshasas by that Brahmana (Vasishtha) the king illuminated the great forest by his splendour, as the sun illuminates the evening clouds.
Sanskrit: प्रतिलभ्य ततः संज्ञामभिवाद्य कृताञ्जलिः। उवाच नृपतिः काले वसिष्ठमृषिसत्तमम्॥
English: Regaining his consciousness, the king saluted the Rishi with joined hands and he thus spoke to that best of Rishis Vasishtha.
Sanskrit: सौदासोऽहं महाभाग याज्यस्ते मुनिसत्तम। अस्मिन् काले यदिष्टं ते ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते॥
English: "O illustrious Sir, I am the son of Saudasa; O excellent Rishi, I am your disciple. Tell me what is your desire now and what I am to do."
Sanskrit: वसिष्ठ उवाच वृत्तमेतद् यथाकालं गच्छ राज्यं प्रशाधि वै। ब्राह्मणं तु मनुष्येन्द्र भावमंस्थाः कदाचन।॥
English: Vasishtha said: o king of men, my desire has been fulfilled at the proper time. Return to your kingdom and rliic your subjects. Never (again) disregard the Brahmanas.
Sanskrit: राजोवाच नावमंस्ये महाभाग कदाचिद् ब्राह्मणानहम्। त्वनिदेशे स्थितः सम्यक् पूजयिष्याम्यहं द्विजान्॥
English: The King said: O illustrious sir, I shall never again disregard the best Brahmanas. In obedience to your command, I shall properly worship the Brahmanas.
Sanskrit: इक्ष्वाकूणां च येनाहमनृणः स्यां द्विजोत्तम। तत् त्वत्तः प्राप्तुमिच्छामि सर्ववेदविदां वर॥
English: O best of the twice-born, O best of all men learned in the Vedas. I desire to obtain from you that by which I may be freed from the debt I owe to the race of Ikshaku.
Sanskrit: अपत्यमीप्सितं मह्यं दातुमर्हसि सत्तम। शीलरूपगुणोपेतमिक्ष्वाकुकुलवृद्धये॥
English: O excellent man, you should grant me a son, I desire to have, who will posses beauty, accomplishments and good behaviour.
Sanskrit: गन्धर्व उवाच ददानीत्येव तं तत्र राजानं प्रत्युवाच ह। वसिष्ठः परमेष्वासं सत्यसंधो द्विजोत्तमः॥
English: The Gandharva said : The best of the twice born, ever devoted to truth Vasishtha, replied to that great bowman, the king saying, “I will give."
Sanskrit: ततः प्रतिययौ काले वसिष्ठः सह तेन वै। ख्यातां पुरीमिमां लोकेष्वयोध्यां मनुजेश्वर॥
English: O king of men, after sometime, Vasishtha, accompanied by him (the king), went to his capital, known all over the world by the name of Ayodhya.
Sanskrit: तं प्रजाः प्रतिमोदन्त्यः सर्वाः प्रत्युद्गतास्तदा। विपाप्मानं महात्मानं दिवौकस इवेश्वरम्॥
English: The people came out in joy to receive the sinless and the illustrious one, as the celestials do their chief (Indra).
Sanskrit: सुचिराय मनुष्येन्द्रो नगरी पुण्यलक्षणाम्। विवेश सहिस्तेन वसिष्ठेन महर्षिणा॥
English: The accompanied by the great Rishi Vasishtha entered without delay his auspicious capital.
Sanskrit: ददृशुस्तं महीपालमयोध्यावासिनो जनाः। पुरोहितेन सहितं दिवाकरमिवोदितम्॥
English: The citizens of Ayodhya saw the king accompanied by his priest (Vasishtha), as if he were the rising sun.
Sanskrit: स च तां पूरयामास लक्ष्या लक्ष्मीवतां वरः। अयोध्यां व्योम शीतांशुः शरत्काल इवोदितः॥
English: The king, most handsome of all handsome men, filled Ayodhya with the whole sky with his splendour.
Sanskrit: संसिक्तमृष्टपन्थानं पताकाध्वजशोभितम्। मनः प्रह्लादयामास तस्य तत् पुरमुत्तमम्॥
English: His (king's) mind was filled with joy on seeing that excellent city with its well-watered and well-swept streets and with banners and pendants flying all around.
Sanskrit: तुष्टपुष्टजनाकीर्णा सा पुरी कुरुनन्दन। अशोभत तदा तेन शक्रेणेवामरावती॥
English: O descendant of Kuru, that city, full of well-fed and happy men, looked as gay as Amravati with the presence of Indra.
Sanskrit: ततः प्रविष्टे राजर्षों तस्मिंस्तत् पुरमुत्तमम्। राज्ञस्तस्याज्ञया देवी वसिष्ठमुपचक्रमे॥
English: After the royal sage (the king Kalmashapada) had entered that excellent city, the queen at his command, came to Vasishtha.
Sanskrit: ऋतावथ महर्षिः स सम्बभूव तया सह। देव्या दिव्येन विधिना वसिष्ठः श्रेष्ठभागृषिः॥
English: The best of Rishis, Vasishtha, made an agreement with her and he united himself with her according to the highest ordinance.
Sanskrit: ततस्तस्यां समुत्पन्ने गर्भे स मुनिसत्तमः। राज्ञाभिवादितस्तेन जगाम मुनिराश्रमम्॥
English: Thereupon, when the queen conceived by him, that best of Rishis (Vasishtha), receiving the salutation of the king, went away to his hermitage.
Sanskrit: दीर्घकालेन सा गर्भं सुषुवे न तुं तं यदा। तदा देव्यश्मना कुक्षिं निर्विभेद यशस्विनी॥
English: When she had borne the conception for a long time, the illustrious lady tore open her womb with a piece of stone.
Sanskrit: ततोऽपि द्वादशे वर्षं स जज्ञे पुरुषर्षभः। अश्मको नाम राजर्षिः पौदन्यं यो न्यवेशयत्॥
English: Thus was born after a conception of twelve years that best of men, that royal sage, Ashmaka, who founded Pandava (a city).
Sanskrit: गन्धर्व उवाच आश्रमस्था ततः पुत्रमदृश्यन्ती व्यजायता शक्तेः कुलकरं राजन् द्वितीयमिव शक्तिनम्॥
English: The Gandharva said : o king, residing in the hermitage, Adrishyanti gave birth to a son who was the perpetuator of Shakti's race and who was like a second Shakti.
Sanskrit: जातकर्मादिकास्तस्य क्रियाः स मुनिसत्तमः। पौत्रस्य भरतश्रेष्ठ चकार भगवान् स्वयम्॥
English: O best of the Bharata race, that best of Rishis, that illustrious man (Vasishtha), himself performed the usual birth ceremonies of his grandson.
Sanskrit: परासुः स यतस्तेन वसिष्ठः स्थापितो मुनिः। गर्भस्तेन ततो लोके पराशर इति स्मृतः॥
English: Because the Rishi Vasishtha had determined to kill himself, but had refrained from doing it as soon as he heard of the conception, the child (when born) was known in the world by the name of Parashara.
Sanskrit: अमन्यत स धर्मात्मा वसिष्ठं पितरं मुनिः। जन्मप्रभृति तस्मिंस्तु पितरीवान्ववर्तत॥
English: That virtuous-minded man (Parashara) knew from the day of his birth Vasishtha as his father and behaved towards him as such.
Sanskrit: स तात इति विप्रर्षिर्वसिष्ठं प्रत्यभाषत। मातुः समक्षं कौन्तेय अदृश्यन्त्याः परंतपः॥
English: O son of Kunti, O chastiser of foes the child called the Brahmana Rishi Vasishtha as "father" before his mother Adrishyanti.
Sanskrit: तातेति परिपूर्णार्थं तस्य तन्मधुरं वचः। अदृश्यन्त्यश्रुपूर्णाक्षी शृण्वती तमुवाच ह॥
English: Hearing the well explained word "father" uttered sweetly by her son, Adrishyanti with tearful eyes thus spoke to him,
Sanskrit: मा तात तात तातेति ब्रूह्येनं पितरं पितुः। रक्षसा भक्षितस्तात तव तातो वनान्तरे॥
English: "O child, do not address your father's father as your father. O son, your father was devoured by a Rakshasas in another forest.
Sanskrit: मन्यसे यं त तातेति नैष तातस्तवानघ। आर्य एष पिता तस्य पितुस्तव यशस्विनः॥
English: O sinless one, he is not your father whom you consider to be (your father). The reverend man is the father of your illustrious father.”
Sanskrit: स एवमुक्तो दुःखार्तः सत्यवागृषिसत्तमः। सर्वलोकविनाशाय मतिं चक्रे महामनाः॥
English: Having been thus addressed, that truthful and excellent Rishi became grieved and that high-souled man resolved to destroy the whole creation.
Sanskrit: तं तथा निश्चितात्मानं स महात्मा महातपाः। ऋषिर्ब्रह्मविदां श्रेष्ठो मैत्रावरुणिरन्त्यधीः॥ वसिष्ठो वारयामास हेतुना येन तच्छृणु।
English: Seeing him resolved in doing this, that high-souled and greatly ascetic Rishi, that best of all men learned in the Vedas, that son of Mitravaruna, that Rishi acquainted with the positive truth, Vasishtha, prevented him (from accomplishing his desire by arguments). Hear them (now).
Sanskrit: वसिष्ठ उवाच कृतवीर्य इति ख्यातो बभूव पृथिवीपतिः॥ याज्यो वेदविदां लोके भृगूणां पार्थिवर्षभः।
English: Vasishtha said: There was a great king, known by the name of Kritavirya. That best of kings was in the world the disciple of the Veda knowing Bhrigus.
Sanskrit: स तानग्रभुजस्तात धान्येन च धनेन च॥ सोमान्ते तर्पयामास विपुलेन विशाम्पतिः।
English: O child, after performing the Soma sacrifice, the king gratified the revivers of the first portions of Yagna (Brahmanas) with large presents of rice and wealth.
Sanskrit: तस्मिन् नृपतिशार्दूले स्वर्यातेऽथ कथंचन॥ बभूव तत्कुलेयानां द्रव्यकार्यमुपस्थितम्। ते॥
English: some When that best of kings went to heaven, his descendants were in want of wealth.
Sanskrit: भृगूणां तु धनं ज्ञात्वा राजानः सर्व एव याचिष्णवोऽभिजग्मुस्तांस्ततो भार्गवसत्तमान्।
English: Knowing that the Bhrigus were rich, those kings all went in the grab of baggers to those best of Bhrigus.
Sanskrit: भूमौ तु निदधुः केचिद् भृगवो धनमक्षयम्॥ ददुः केचिद् द्विजातिभ्यो ज्ञात्वा क्षत्रियतोभयम्।
English: Some of the Bhrigus to save their wealth buried it under the earth and some from the fear of Kshatriyas gave away their wealth to the Brahmanas.
Sanskrit: भृगवस्तु ददुः केचित् तेषां वित्तं यथेप्सितम्॥ क्षत्रियाणां तदा तात कारणान्तरदर्शनात्।
English: O son, some of the Bhrigus, finding no other alternative, gave their wealth to the Kshatriyas as much as they desired.
Sanskrit: ततो महीतलं तात क्षत्रियेण यदृच्छया।॥ खनताधिगतं वित्तं केनचिद् भृगुवेश्मनि।
English: (It happened, however) that Kshatriyas, in digging at pleasure a certain house of a Bhrigu, came upon a large treasure.
Sanskrit: तद् वित्तं ददृशुः सर्वे समेताः क्षत्रियर्षभाः॥ अवमन्यः ततः क्रोधाद् भृगूस्ताञ्छरणागतान्। निजघ्नुः परमेष्वासाः सर्वास्तान् निशितैः शरैः॥
English: All those best of Kshatriyas assembled there saw that treasure. Enraged at the supposed deceitful conduct of the Bhrigu, those great men killed them all with their arrows, through they asked for protection. Roaming over the world, they killed even the embryos (that were in the wombs of the Bhriguwomen.)
Sanskrit: आगर्भादवकृन्तन्तश्चेरुः सर्वां वसुन्धराम्। तत उच्छिद्यमानेषु भृगुष्वेवं भयात् तदा॥
English: When they were thus killed, many Bhrigu Women fled in fear and took shelter in the inaccessible mountains of the Himalayas.
Sanskrit: भृगुपन्यो गिरिं दुर्गं हिमवन्तं प्रपेदिरे। तासामन्यतमा गर्भ भयाद् दधे महौजसम्॥
English: One among them, a lady of tapering things, desiring to perpetuate her husband's race, kept a greatly energetic embryo hidden in one of her things.
Sanskrit: ऊरुणैकेन वामोरुर्भर्तुः कुलविवृद्धये। तद् गर्भमुपलभ्याशु ब्राह्मणी या भयार्दिता॥
English: A Brahmana woman came to know this fact and she went to the Kshatriyas and out of fear reported it to thein.
Sanskrit: गत्वैका कथयामास क्षत्रियाणामुपहरे। ततस्ते क्षत्रिया जग्मुस्तं गर्भं हन्तुमुद्यता:॥
English: Thereupon the Kshatriyas went with the intention of destroying that embryo and saw the Brahmana lady blazing in her own splendour.
Sanskrit: ददृशुर्ब्राह्मणी तेऽथ दीप्यमानां स्वतेजसा। अथ गर्भः स भित्त्वोर्स ब्राह्मण्या निर्जगाम ह॥
English: On this the child in her thing came out tearing open the thigh came out tearing open the thigh and dazzling the eyes of the Kshatriyas like a mid day sun.
Sanskrit: मुष्णन् दृष्टी: क्षत्रियाणां मध्याह्न इव भास्करः। ततश्चक्षुर्विहीनास्ते गिरिदुर्गेषु बभ्रमुः॥
English: Thereupon they (the Kshatriyas), having been deprived of their sight, began to wander over those inaccessible hills. Being very much distressed for the protection of the faultless Brahmana lady in order to get back their sight.
Sanskrit: ततस्ते मोहमापन्ना राजानो नष्टदृष्टयः। ब्राह्मणी शरणं जग्मुर्दृष्ट्यर्थं तामनिन्दिताम्॥ ऊचुश्चैनां महाभागां क्षत्रियास्ते विचेतसः। ज्योतिःप्रहीणा दुःखार्ताः शान्तार्चिष इवाग्नयः॥
English: Afflicted with sorrow and looking like fire blown out on account of the loss of sight, those Kshatriyas addressed that illustrious lady with anxious heart.
Sanskrit: भगवत्याः प्रसादेन गच्छेत् क्षत्रं सचक्षुषम्। उपारम्य च गच्छेम सहिताः पापकर्मिणः॥
English: “When we shall be restored to sight by your grace, we shall go away together with our sinful acts.
Sanskrit: सपुत्रा त्वं प्रसादं नः कर्तुमर्हसि शोभने। पुनर्दृष्टिप्रदानेन राज्ञः संत्रातुमर्हसि॥
English: O handsome lady, you with your son should show mercy on us. You should favour these kings by granting them their sight.”
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण्युवाच नाहं गृहणामि वस्ताता दृष्टी स्मि रुषान्विता। अयं तु भार्गवो नूनमूरुज: कुपितोऽद्य वः॥
English: The Brahmani said : O children, I have not taken your eyesight, nor am I angry with you. This child of the Bhrigu race is certainly angry with you.
Sanskrit: तेन चढूंषि वस्ताता व्यक्त कोपान्महात्मना। स्मरता निहतान् बन्धूनादत्तानि न संशयः॥
English: O children, there is no doubt your eyesight has been destroyed by this high-souled (Garbha) whose wrath has been kindled on remembering the massacre of his race.
Sanskrit: गर्भानपि यदा यूयं भृगूणां जत पुत्रकाः। तदायमूरुणा गर्भो मया वर्षशतं धृतः॥
English: O children, when you were destroying even the embryos of the Bhrigu race, this child was held by in my thigh for one hundred years.
Sanskrit: षडङ्गश्चाखिलो वेद इमं गर्भस्थमेव ह। विवेश भृगुवंशस्य भूयः प्रियचिकीर्षया॥
English: So that he may do good to the Bhrigu race, the entire Vedas with their six Angas came to him when he was in the womb.
Sanskrit: सोऽयं पितृवधान व्यक्तं क्रोधाद् वो हन्तुमिच्छति। तेजसा तस्य दिव्येन चढूंषि मुषितानि वः॥
English: Being enraged at the slaughter of his fathers; he desires to kill you, it is by his celestials effulgence that your eye-sight has been destroyed.
Sanskrit: तमेव यूयं याचध्वमौर्वं मम सुत्तोत्तमम्। अयं वः प्रणिपातेन तुष्टो दृष्टी: प्रमोक्ष्यति॥
English: O children, therefore, pray to my this excellent son, born of my thigh. Propitiated by your homage and by your bowing down your head to him, he may restore your eye-sight.
Sanskrit: एवमुक्तास्ततः सर्वे राजानस्ते तमूरुजम्। ऊचुः प्रसीदेति तदा प्रसादं च चकार सः॥
English: Having been thus addressed, all the kings addressed that thigh-born child, saying 'Be propitious"; and the child became propitious to them.
Sanskrit: अनेनैव च विख्यातो नाम्ना लोकेषु सत्तमः। स और्व इति विप्रर्षिरूकै भित्त्वा व्यजायत॥
English: As he was born after tearing open his mother's thigh, that excellent Brahmana came to be know throughout the world by the name of Aurva.
Sanskrit: चढूंषि प्रतिलस्वा च प्रतिजग्मुस्ततो नृपाः। भार्गवस्तु मुनिमेने सर्वलोकपराभवम्॥
English: Regaining their eye-sight, the kings returned to their homes) and that descendant of Bhrigu resolved in his mind to overcome the world.
Sanskrit: वसिष्ठ उवाच स चक्रे तात लोकानां विनाशाय महामनाः। सर्वेषामेव कात्स्न्येन मनः प्रवणमात्मनः॥ इच्छन्नपचितिं कर्तुं भृगूणां भृगुनन्दनः। सर्वलोकविनाशाय तपसा महतैधितः॥
English: Vasishtha said : O child, the high-souled man set his heart on the destruction of all creatures. In order to pay homage to his massacred ancestors, the descendant of the Bhrigu race engaged himself in the severest penances with the object of destroying the whole creation.
Sanskrit: तापयामास ताँल्लोकान् सदेवासुरमानुषान्। तपसोग्रेण महता नन्दयिष्यन् पितामहान्॥
English: He afflicted the worlds with the celestials, the Asuras and the men by his greatly serve penances; and he thus gratified his ancestors.
Sanskrit: ततस्तं पितरस्तात विज्ञाय कुलनन्दनम्। पितृलोकादुपागम्य सर्व ऊचुरिदं वचः॥
English: On learning what their son was doing in order to gratify their race, the Pitris all came to him from their region and said.
Sanskrit: पितर ऊचुः और्व दृष्टः प्रभावस्ते तपसोग्रस्य पुत्रका प्रसादं कुरु लोकानां नियच्छ क्रोधमात्मनः॥
English: The Pitris said : O Aurva, O son, fierce you have become by your asceticism. Your power has been seen by us. Be propitious to the worlds; control your anger.
Sanskrit: नानीशैर्हि तदा तात भृगुभिर्भावितात्मभिः। वधो ह्युपेक्षितः सर्वैः क्षत्रियाणां विहिंसताम्॥
English: O child, it was not from incapacity that the self-controlled Bhrigus were all indifferent to their own destruction caused by the murderous Kshatriyas.
Sanskrit: आयुषा विप्रकृष्टेन यदा नः खेद आविशत्। तदास्माभिर्वधस्तात क्षत्रियैरीप्सितः स्वयम्॥
English: O child, when we grew tried with our long life, then it was that we desired our own death at the hands of the Kshatriyas.
Sanskrit: निखातं यच्च वै वित्तं केनचिद् भृगुवेश्मनि। वैरायैव तदा न्यस्तं क्षत्रियान् कोपयिष्णुभिः॥
English: The wealth that the Bhrigus have kept hidden under the earth had been placed there with the object of enraging the Kshatriyas and creating a quarrel with them.
Sanskrit: किं हि वित्तेन नः कार्यं स्वर्गेप्सूनां द्विजोत्तम। यदस्माकं धनाध्यक्षः प्रभूतं धनमाहरत्॥
English: O best of the twice born, of what use could wealth be to us who were desirous of obtaining heaven? Our treasurer (in heaven) has kept large treasures for us.
Sanskrit: यदा तु मृत्युरादातुं न नः शक्नोति सर्वशः। तदास्माभिरयं दृष्ट उपायस्तात सम्मतः॥
English: When we found that death could by no means overtake us all, then, O child, we considered this to be the best means (of destroying us.)
Sanskrit: आत्महा च पुमांस्तात न लोकॉल्लभते शुभान्। ततोऽस्माभिः समीक्ष्यैवं नात्मनाऽऽत्मा निपातितः॥
English: O child, those that commit suicide never attain to the blessed regions. Considering this, we abstained from self-destruction.
Sanskrit: न चैतन्नः प्रियं तात यदिदं कर्तुमिच्छसि। नियच्छेदं मनः पापात् सर्वलोकपराभवात्॥
English: O child, that which you desire to do is not pleasing to us. Therefore, control your mind and abstain from overcoming the whole world.
Sanskrit: मा वधीः क्षत्रियांस्तात न लोकान् सप्त पुत्रका दूषयन्तं तपस्तेजः क्रोधमुत्पतितं जहि॥
English: O child, O son, do not destroy your this anger which stains your ascetic effulgence. i
Sanskrit: और्व उवाच उक्तवानस्मि यां क्रोधात् प्रतिज्ञां पितरस्तदा। सर्वलोकविनाशाय न सा मे वितथा भवेत्॥
English: Arjuna said : O Pitris, the vow I uttered in anger for the destruction of all the worlds must not be in vain.
Sanskrit: वृथारोषप्रतिज्ञो वै नाहं भवितुमुत्सहे। अनिस्तीर्णो हि मां रोषो दहेदग्निरिवारणिम्॥
English: I cannot to be one whose anger and vows are fruitless. This my anger will certainly consume me (if I do not accomplish my vow), as fire consumes the dry wood.
Sanskrit: यो हि कारणतः क्रोधं संजातं क्षन्तुमर्हति। नालं स मनुजः सम्यक् त्रिवर्गं परिरक्षितुम्॥
English: The men, who suppresses his anger excited by a just cause, becomes incapable of duly compassing the Three varga (Dharma, Artha and Kama.)
Sanskrit: अशिष्टानां नियन्ता हि शिष्टानां परिरक्षिता। स्थाने रोषः प्रयुक्तः स्यान्नृपैः सर्वजिगीषुभिः॥
English: The wrath, that the kings, desirous of subjugating the whole world, display, has its use. It serves to restrain the wicked and protect the honest.
Sanskrit: अश्रौषमहमूरुस्थो गर्भशय्यागतस्तदा। आरावं मातृवर्गस्य भृगूणां क्षत्रियैर्वधे॥
English: When I was lying unborn within my mother and other women of the Bhrigu race as they were being massacred by the Kshatriyas.
Sanskrit: संहारो हि यदा लोके भृगुणां क्षत्रियाधमैः। आगर्भोच्छेदनात् क्रान्तस्तदा मां मन्युराविशत्॥
English: O Pitris, when those wretches, the Kshatriyas, were exterminating the Bhrigus together with the unborn children to their race, anger filled my soul.
Sanskrit: सम्पूर्णकोशाः किल मे मातरः पितस्तथा। भयात् सर्वेषु लोकेषु नाधिजग्मुः परायणम्॥
English: My mother and the other women of our race, each in a state of advanced pregnancy and my father also, though exceedingly afflic did not get a protector in all the world.
Sanskrit: तान् भृगूणां यदा दारान् कश्चिन्नाभ्युपपद्यत। माता तदा दधारेयमूरुणैकेन मां शुभा॥
English: When the Bhrigu women did not find a single protector, my blessed mother held me (hidden) in one of her thighs.
Sanskrit: प्रतिषेद्वा हि पापस्य यदा लोकेषु विद्यते। तदा सर्वेषु लोकेषु पापकृन्नोपपद्यते॥
English: If there be a punisher of crimes in the world, no one in all the worlds could dare commit a crime.
Sanskrit: यदा तु प्रतिषेद्धारं पापो न लभते क्वचित्। तिष्ठन्ति बहवो लोकास्तदा पापेषु कर्मसु॥
English: If sin does not find any punisher, then many men live in sinful acts.
Sanskrit: जानन्नपि च यः पापं शक्तिमान् न नियच्छति। ईशः सन् सोऽपि तेनैव कर्मणा सम्प्रयुज्यते॥
English: The man who having power to punish sin, does not do so, knowing that a sin has been committed, is himself defiled by that sin.
Sanskrit: राजभिश्चैश्वरैश्चैव यदि वै पितरो मम। शक्तैर्न शकितास्त्रातुमिष्टं मत्वेह जीवितम्॥ अत एषामहं क्रुद्धो लोकानामीश्वरो ह्ययम्। भवतां च वचो नालमहं समभिवर्तितुम्॥
English: The kings and others, who were capable of protecting my fathers, did not protect them, neglecting to perform their duty by giving themselves up to the pleasures of life. Therefore, I have just cause to be enraged. I am the lord of creation, I am incapable of obeying your command.
Sanskrit: ममापि चेद् भवेदेवमीश्वरस्य सतो महत्। उपेक्षमाणस्य पुनर्लोकानां किल्बिषाद् भयम्॥
English: Capable as I am of punishing this crime, if I abstain from doing it, men will once more have to undergo a similar persecution.
Sanskrit: यश्चाहं मन्युजो मेऽग्निर्लोकानादातुमिच्छति। दहेदेष च मामेव निगृहीतः स्वतेजसा॥
English: The fire of my wrath, which is ready to consume the worlds, if suppressed, will certainly consume me by its own energy.
Sanskrit: भवतां च विजानामि सर्वलोकहितेप्सुताम्। तस्माद् विधध्वं यच्छ्रेयो लोकानां मम चेश्वराः॥
English: O masters, I know you always seek the good of the worlds. Therefore, instruct me as to what may be good to myself or to the worlds.
Sanskrit: पितर ऊचुः य एष मन्युजस्तेऽग्निर्लोकानादातुमिच्छति। अप्सु तं मुञ्च भद्रं ते लोका ह्यप्सु प्रतिष्ठिताः॥
English: The Pitris said : Throw this fire of your wrath which desires to consume the worlds into the waters. That will do you good. The worlds rest on water.
Sanskrit: आपोमयाः सर्वरसाः सर्वमापोमयं जगत्। तस्मादप्सु विमुञ्चमं क्रोधाग्निं द्विजसत्तम॥
English: Every juicy substance is full of water; indeed the whole universe is full of water. Therefore, O best of the twice born, throw this your anger into the waters.
Sanskrit: अयं तिष्ठतु ते विप्र यदीच्छसि महोदधौ। मन्युजोऽग्निर्दहन्नापो लोका ह्यापोमयाः स्मृताः॥
English: O Brahmana, if you desire it, let this fire of your wrath remain in the great ocean, consuming its water, for we have heard the worlds are made of water.
Sanskrit: एवं प्रतिज्ञा सत्येयं तवानघ भविष्यति। न चैवं सामरा लोंका गमिष्यन्ति पराभवम्॥
English: O sinless one, in this way your word will be made true and the worlds with the celestials will not be destroyed.
Sanskrit: वसिष्ठ उवाच ततस्तं क्रोधजं तात और्वोऽग्निं वरुणालये। उत्ससर्ज च चैवाप उपयुङ्क्ते महोदधौ॥
English: Vasishtha said: Thereupon Aurva threw the fire of his wrath into the abode of Varuna (sea) and that fire consumes the waters of the great ocean.
Sanskrit: महद्धयशिरो भूत्वा यत् तद् वेदविदो विदुः। तमग्निमुद्रिद् वक्त्रात् पिबत्यापो महोदधौ॥
English: Assuming a greatly fearful head (that of a horse) and emitting fire from its mouth, it consumes the waters of the great ocean. The men learned in the Vedas call it Vadabamukha.
Sanskrit: तस्मात् त्वमपि भद्रं ते न लोकान् हन्तुमर्हसि। पराशर पराँल्लोकान् जानज्ञानवतां वर॥
English: O Parashara, O foremost of all wise men, you are acquainted with the higher regions, you should not destroy the world.
Sanskrit: गन्धर्व उवाच एवमुक्तः स विप्रर्षिर्वसिष्ठेन महात्मना। न्ययच्छदात्मनः क्रोधं सर्वलोकपराभवात्॥
English: The Gandharva said : Having been thus addressed by the illustrious Vasishtha, the Brahmana Rishi (Parashara) controlled his word destroying wrath.
Sanskrit: ईजे च स महातेजाः सर्ववेदविदां वरः। ऋषी राक्षससत्रेण शाक्तेयोऽथ पराशरः॥
English: But the greatly effulgent Parashara, the son of Shakti, the foremost of all persons learned in the Vedas, performed a great Rakshasas sacrifice.
Sanskrit: ततो वृद्धांश्च बालांश्च राक्षसान् स महामुनिः। ददाह वितते यज्ञे शक्तेर्वधमनुस्मरन्॥
English: Remembering the slaughter of Shakti, the great Rishi began to consume the Rakshasas, young and old, in the sacrifice that he performed.
Sanskrit: न हि तं वारयामास वसिष्ठो रक्षसां वधात्। द्वितीयामस्य मा भाक्षं प्रतिज्ञामिति निश्चयात्॥
English: Vasishtha from his desire of not obstructing this second vow (of his grandson) did not prevent him from destroying the Rakshasas.
Sanskrit: त्रयाणां पावकानां च सत्रे तस्मिन् महामुनिः। आसीत् पुरस्ताद् दीप्तानां चतुर्थ इव पावकः॥
English: The great Rishi (Parashara) sat in that sacrifice before three blazing fires, himself looking a fourth fire.