Kadru and Vinata; the Births of Aruna and Garuda

Verse 1 (1.16.1)

सौते त्वं कथयस्वेमां विस्तरेण कथां पुनः । आस्तीकस्य कवेः साधोः शुश्रूषा परमा हि नः ॥

saute tvaṃ kathayasvemāṃ vistareṇa kathāṃ punaḥ | āstīkasya kaveḥ sādhoḥ śuśrūṣā paramā hi naḥ

Sauti, tell us this story again, and in full: the story of the wise and virtuous Astika. We long to hear it.

Note on the text: Spaced कवेःसाधोः → कवेः साधोः and हिनः → हि नः (run-together words in Wikisource, as in the critical edition). The first line reads differently in the critical edition.

Verse 2 (1.16.2)

मधुरं कथ्यते सौम्य श्लक्ष्णाक्षरपदं त्वया । प्रीयामहे भृशं तात पितेवेदं प्रभाषसे ॥

madhuraṃ kathyate saumya ślakṣṇākṣarapadaṃ tvayā | prīyāmahe bhṛśaṃ tāta pitevedaṃ prabhāṣase

You tell it sweetly, gentle friend, in smooth syllables and words. We are delighted, my son; you speak just as your father did.

Verse 3 (1.16.3)

अस्मच्छुश्रूषणे नित्यं पिता हि निरतस्तव । आचष्टैतद्यथाऽऽख्यानं पिता ते त्वं तथा वद ॥

asmacchuśrūṣaṇe nityaṃ pitā hi niratastava | ācaṣṭaitadyathā''khyānaṃ pitā te tvaṃ tathā vada

Your father was always intent on giving us what we wished to hear. Tell this story just as your father told it.

Note on the text: Corrected यथाऽऽक्यानं → यथाऽऽख्यानं (misprint in Wikisource; क for ख, as in the critical edition) and spaced तेत्वं → ते त्वं.

Verse 4 (1.16.4)

आयुष्मन्निदमाख्यानमास्तीकं कथयामि ते । यथाश्रुतं कथयतः सकाशाद्वै पितुर्मया ॥

āyuṣmannidamākhyānamāstīkaṃ kathayāmi te | yathāśrutaṃ kathayataḥ sakāśādvai piturmayā

Long-lived one, I will tell you this story of Astika as I heard it from my father when he told it.

Verse 5 (1.16.5)

पुरा देवयुगे ब्रह्मन्प्रजापतिसुते शुभे । आस्तां भगिन्यौ रूपेण समुपेतेऽद्भुतेऽनघ ॥

purā devayuge brahmanprajāpatisute śubhe | āstāṃ bhaginyau rūpeṇa samupete'dbhute'nagha

Long ago, in the age of the gods, O brahmin, the Prajapati had two fair daughters, sisters endowed with wondrous beauty, O sinless one.

Verse 6 (1.16.6)

ते भार्ये कश्यपस्यास्तां कद्रूश्च विनता च ह । प्रादात्ताभ्यां वरं प्रीतः प्रजापतिसमः पतिः ॥

te bhārye kaśyapasyāstāṃ kadrūśca vinatā ca ha | prādāttābhyāṃ varaṃ prītaḥ prajāpatisamaḥ patiḥ

Those two, Kadru and Vinata, were the wives of Kashyapa. Their husband, the equal of Prajapati, was pleased with them and offered them a boon.

Note on the text: = 1.14.6abcd of the critical edition, whose verse 6 has three lines (aligned by hand). From here to verse 23 Wikisource divides the verses differently from the critical edition.

Verse 7 (1.16.7)

कश्यपो धर्मपत्नीभ्यां मुदा परमया युतः । वरातिसर्गं श्रुत्वैवं कश्यपादुत्तमं च ते ॥

kaśyapo dharmapatnībhyāṃ mudā paramayā yutaḥ | varātisargaṃ śrutvaivaṃ kaśyapāduttamaṃ ca te

Kashyapa, filled with great joy, offered a boon to his two lawful wives. When those two heard of the excellent gift of a boon from Kashyapa,

Note on the text: = 1.14.6ef + 1.14.7ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 8 (1.16.8)

हर्षादप्रतिमां प्रीतिं प्रापतुः स्म वरस्त्रियौ । वव्रे कद्रूः सुतान्नागान्सहस्रं तुल्यवर्चसः ॥

harṣādapratimāṃ prītiṃ prāpatuḥ sma varastriyau | vavre kadrūḥ sutānnāgānsahasraṃ tulyavarcasaḥ

the two fine women felt a joy beyond compare. Kadru chose a thousand serpents for her sons, all equal in splendour.

Note on the text: = 1.14.7cd + 1.14.8ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 9 (1.16.9)

द्वौ पुत्रौ विनता वव्रे कद्रूपुत्राधिकौ बले । तेजसा वपुषा चैव विक्रमेणाधिकौ च तौ ॥

dvau putrau vinatā vavre kadrūputrādhikau bale | tejasā vapuṣā caiva vikrameṇādhikau ca tau

Vinata chose two sons who would surpass Kadru's sons in strength, and surpass them too in energy, in body and in valour.

Note on the text: = 1.14.8cdef of the critical edition (aligned by hand); its first half-line reads differently there.

Verse 10 (1.16.10)

तस्यै भर्ता वरं प्रादादीदृशौ ते भविष्यतः । एवमस्त्विति तं चाह कश्यपं विनता तदा ॥

tasyai bhartā varaṃ prādādīdṛśau te bhaviṣyataḥ | evamastviti taṃ cāha kaśyapaṃ vinatā tadā

Her husband granted her the boon: 'You shall have two such sons.' And Vinata said to Kashyapa, 'So be it.'

Note on the text: Corrected प्रादादीदृसौ → प्रादादीदृशौ (misprint in Wikisource; स for श in ईदृशौ). The second half of the first line differs from the critical edition, which has Vinata granted "one and a half" sons.

Verse 11 (1.16.11)

यथावत्प्रार्थितं लब्ध्वा वरं तुष्टाभवत्तदा । कृतकृत्या तु विनता लब्ध्वा वीर्याधिकौ सुतौ ॥

yathāvatprārthitaṃ labdhvā varaṃ tuṣṭābhavattadā | kṛtakṛtyā tu vinatā labdhvā vīryādhikau sutau

Having received the boon just as she had asked, she was content. Vinata felt her wish fulfilled, having won two sons of surpassing strength;

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line = 1.14.10ab (aligned by hand).

Verse 12 (1.16.12)

कद्रूश्च लब्ध्वा पुत्राणां सहस्रं तुल्यवर्चसाम् । धार्यौ प्रयत्नतो गर्भावित्युक्त्वा स महातपाः ॥

kadrūśca labdhvā putrāṇāṃ sahasraṃ tulyavarcasām | dhāryau prayatnato garbhāvityuktvā sa mahātapāḥ

and Kadru too, having won a thousand sons of equal splendour. 'Carry your offspring with care,' said the great ascetic Kashyapa,

Note on the text: = 1.14.10cd + 1.14.11ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 13 (1.16.13)

ते भार्ये वरसंतुष्टे कश्यपो वनमाविशत् । कालेन महता कद्रूरण्डानां दशतीर्दश ॥

te bhārye varasaṃtuṣṭe kaśyapo vanamāviśat | kālena mahatā kadrūraṇḍānāṃ daśatīrdaśa

and leaving his two wives happy with their boons, he went into the forest. After a long time Kadru brought forth a thousand eggs, ten times a hundred,

Note on the text: Dropped a stray speaker line "सौतुरिवाच" (a garbled सौतिरुवाच printed in mid-verse; Sauti is already speaking). = 1.14.11cd + 1.14.12ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 14 (1.16.14)

जनयामास विप्रेन्द्र द्वे चाण्डे विनता तदा । तयोरण्डानि निदधुः प्रहृष्टाः परिचारिकाः ॥

janayāmāsa viprendra dve cāṇḍe vinatā tadā | tayoraṇḍāni nidadhuḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ paricārikāḥ

and Vinata, O best of brahmins, two eggs. Their attendants, full of joy, laid the eggs away

Note on the text: = 1.14.12cd + 1.14.13ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 15 (1.16.15)

सोपस्वेदेषु भाण्डेषु पञ्चवर्षशतानि च । ततः पञ्चशते काले कद्रूपुत्रा विनिःसृताः ॥

sopasvedeṣu bhāṇḍeṣu pañcavarṣaśatāni ca | tataḥ pañcaśate kāle kadrūputrā viniḥsṛtāḥ

in warm, moist vessels for five hundred years. Then, when five hundred years had passed, Kadru's sons came out.

Note on the text: = 1.14.13cd + 1.14.14ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 16 (1.16.16)

अण्डाभ्यां विनतायास्तु मिथुनं न व्यदृश्यत । ततः पुत्रार्थिनी देवी व्रीडिता च तपस्विनी ॥

aṇḍābhyāṃ vinatāyāstu mithunaṃ na vyadṛśyata | tataḥ putrārthinī devī vrīḍitā ca tapasvinī

But from Vinata's two eggs no pair of sons appeared. Then the goddess, the ascetic woman, longing for a son and ashamed,

Note on the text: = 1.14.14cd + 1.14.15ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 17 (1.16.17)

अण्डं बिभेद विनता तत्र पुत्रमपश्यत । पूर्वार्धकायसंपन्नमितरेणाप्रकाशता ॥

aṇḍaṃ bibheda vinatā tatra putramapaśyata | pūrvārdhakāyasaṃpannamitareṇāprakāśatā

Vinata broke open one egg, and there she saw a son. The upper half of his body was formed; the other half was not yet visible.

Note on the text: = 1.14.15cd + 1.14.16ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 18 (1.16.18)

स पुत्रः क्रोधसंरब्धः शशापैनामिति श्रुतिः । योऽहमेवं कृतो मातस्त्वया लोभपरीतया ॥

sa putraḥ krodhasaṃrabdhaḥ śaśāpaināmiti śrutiḥ | yo'hamevaṃ kṛto mātastvayā lobhaparītayā

That son, seized with anger, cursed her, so it is told: 'Mother, since you, overcome by greed, have made me like this,

Note on the text: = 1.14.16cd + 1.14.17ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 19 (1.16.19)

शरीरेणासमग्रेण तस्माद्दासी भविष्यसि । पञ्च वर्षशतान्यस्या यया विस्पर्धसे सह ॥

śarīreṇāsamagreṇa tasmāddāsī bhaviṣyasi | pañca varṣaśatānyasyā yayā vispardhase saha

with a body left incomplete, you shall be a slave for it, for five hundred years, to the very woman you vie with.

Note on the text: = 1.14.17cd + 1.14.18ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 20 (1.16.20)

एष च त्वां सुतो मातर्दासीत्वान्मोचयिष्यति । यद्येनमपि मातस्त्वं मामिवाण्डविभेदनात् ॥

eṣa ca tvāṃ suto mātardāsītvānmocayiṣyati | yadyenamapi mātastvaṃ māmivāṇḍavibhedanāt

And this other son, mother, will free you from slavery, if you do not, by breaking his egg as you broke mine,

Note on the text: = 1.14.18cd + 1.14.19ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 21 (1.16.21)

न करिष्यस्यनङ्गं वा व्यङ्गं वापि तपस्विनम् । प्रतिपालयितव्यस्ते जन्मकालोऽस्य धीरया ॥

na kariṣyasyanaṅgaṃ vā vyaṅgaṃ vāpi tapasvinam | pratipālayitavyaste janmakālo'sya dhīrayā

leave this ascetic too without a body, or maimed. You must wait with patience for the time of his birth,

Note on the text: = 1.14.19cd + 1.14.20ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 22 (1.16.22)

विशिष्टं बलमीप्सन्त्या पञ्चवर्षशतात्परः । एवं शप्त्वा ततः पुत्रो विनतामन्तरिक्षगः ॥

viśiṣṭaṃ balamīpsantyā pañcavarṣaśatātparaḥ | evaṃ śaptvā tataḥ putro vinatāmantarikṣagaḥ

if you want him to have surpassing strength: five hundred years more.' Having cursed Vinata thus, the son rose into the sky.

Note on the text: = 1.14.20cd + 1.14.21ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 23 (1.16.23)

अरुणोऽदृश्यत ब्रह्मन्प्रभातसमये तदा । उद्यन्नथ सहस्रांशुर्दृष्ट्वा तमरुणं प्रभुः ॥

aruṇo'dṛśyata brahmanprabhātasamaye tadā | udyannatha sahasrāṃśurdṛṣṭvā tamaruṇaṃ prabhuḥ

He was Aruna, O brahmin, who was then seen at the hour of dawn. And the rising Sun, the lord of a thousand rays, seeing that Aruna

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). The first line = 1.14.21cd of the critical edition (aligned by hand); the second line, which opens the passage on Aruna becoming the Sun's charioteer (to verse 25), is not in it (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 24 (1.16.24)

स्वतेजसा प्रज्वलन्तमात्मनः समतेजसम् । सारथ्ये कल्पयामास प्रीयमाणस्तमोनुदः ॥

svatejasā prajvalantamātmanaḥ samatejasam | sārathye kalpayāmāsa prīyamāṇastamonudaḥ

blazing with his own radiance and equal to him in splendour, was pleased; and the dispeller of darkness made him his charioteer.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 25 (1.16.25)

सोऽपि तं रथमारुह्य भानोरमिततेजसः । सर्वलोकप्रदीपस्य ह्यमरोऽप्यरुणोऽभवत् ॥

so'pi taṃ rathamāruhya bhānoramitatejasaḥ | sarvalokapradīpasya hyamaro'pyaruṇo'bhavat

And Aruna, mounting the chariot of the Sun of boundless splendour, the lamp of all the worlds, became immortal as well.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (।।'). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 26 (1.16.26)

गरुडोऽपि यथाकालं जज्ञे पन्नगभोजनः । स जातमात्रो विनतां परित्यज्य खमाविशत् ॥

garuḍo'pi yathākālaṃ jajñe pannagabhojanaḥ | sa jātamātro vinatāṃ parityajya khamāviśat

Garuda too, the devourer of serpents, was born in due time. As soon as he was born he left Vinata and flew up into the sky,

Verse 27 (1.16.27)

आदास्यन्नात्मनो भोज्यमन्नं विहितमस्य यत् । विधात्रा भृगुशार्दूल क्षुधितः पतगेश्वरः ॥

ādāsyannātmano bhojyamannaṃ vihitamasya yat | vidhātrā bhṛguśārdūla kṣudhitaḥ patageśvaraḥ

to take the food that the Creator had ordained for him; for the lord of birds was hungry, O tiger among the Bhrigus.