Vasishtha Frees Kalmashapada

Verse 1 (1.193.1)

ततो दृष्ट्वाश्रमपदं रहितं तैः सुतैर्मुनिः । निर्जगाम सुदुःखार्तः पुनरप्याश्रमात्ततः ॥

tato dṛṣṭvāśramapadaṃ rahitaṃ taiḥ sutairmuniḥ | nirjagāma suduḥkhārtaḥ punarapyāśramāttataḥ

Then, seeing the hermitage bereft of those sons, the sage, sorely afflicted with grief, went out of the hermitage once again.

Verse 2 (1.193.2)

सोऽपश्यत्सरितं पूर्णां प्रावृट्काले नवाम्भसा । वृक्षान्बहुविधान्पार्थ हरन्तीं तीरजान्बहून् ॥

so'paśyatsaritaṃ pūrṇāṃ prāvṛṭkāle navāmbhasā | vṛkṣānbahuvidhānpārtha harantīṃ tīrajānbahūn

He saw a river swollen with the fresh water of the rainy season, O Partha, carrying away many trees of every kind that had grown on its banks.

Verse 3 (1.193.3)

अथ चिन्तां समापेदे पुनः कौरवनन्दन । अम्भस्यस्या निमज्जेयमिति दुःखसमन्वितः ॥

atha cintāṃ samāpede punaḥ kauravanandana | ambhasyasyā nimajjeyamiti duḥkhasamanvitaḥ

Then, O joy of the Kauravas, filled with sorrow, he again fell to thinking: "Let me drown myself in her waters."

Verse 4 (1.193.4)

ततः पाशैस्तदात्मानं गाढं बद्ध्वा महामुनिः । तस्या जले महानद्या निममज्ज सुदुःखितः ॥

tataḥ pāśaistadātmānaṃ gāḍhaṃ baddhvā mahāmuniḥ | tasyā jale mahānadyā nimamajja suduḥkhitaḥ

So the great sage bound himself tightly with cords and, in deep misery, sank beneath the water of that great river.

Verse 5 (1.193.5)

अथ च्छित्त्वा नदी पाशांस्तस्यारिबलसूदन । स्थलस्थं तमृषिं कृत्वा विपाशं समवासृजत् ॥

atha cchittvā nadī pāśāṃstasyāribalasūdana | sthalasthaṃ tamṛṣiṃ kṛtvā vipāśaṃ samavāsṛjat

But the river, O destroyer of hostile armies, cut his bonds, set the sage on dry land and released him, free of his fetters.

Verse 6 (1.193.6)

उत्ततार ततः पाशैर्विमुक्तः स महानृषिः । विपाशेति च नामास्या नद्याश्चक्रे महानृषिः ॥

uttatāra tataḥ pāśairvimuktaḥ sa mahānṛṣiḥ | vipāśeti ca nāmāsyā nadyāścakre mahānṛṣiḥ

Freed from his bonds, the great sage climbed out, and he gave the river the name Vipasha, "the unfettering."

Verse 7 (1.193.7)

सा विपाशेति विख्याता नदी लोकेषु भारत । ऋषेस्तस्य नरव्याघ्र वचनात्सत्यवादिनः । उत्तीर्य च तदा राजन्दुःखितो भगवानृषिः ॥

sā vipāśeti vikhyātā nadī lokeṣu bhārata | ṛṣestasya naravyāghra vacanātsatyavādinaḥ | uttīrya ca tadā rājanduḥkhito bhagavānṛṣiḥ

That river became famous in the worlds as Vipasha, O Bharata, by the word of that truthful seer, O tiger among men. And having come out of it, O king, the blessed seer was still full of sorrow.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (the opening backtick, and the double danda and quote mark that close Wikisource's bracketed passage). Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.167.6*1784).

Verse 8 (1.193.8)

शोके बुद्धिं तदा चक्रे न चैकत्र व्यतिष्ठत । सोऽगच्छत्पर्वतांश्चैव सरितश्च सरांसि च ॥

śoke buddhiṃ tadā cakre na caikatra vyatiṣṭhata | so'gacchatparvatāṃścaiva saritaśca sarāṃsi ca

He gave his mind over to grief and could not stay in any one place; he wandered to mountains, rivers and lakes.

Verse 9 (1.193.9)

दृष्ट्वा स पुनरेवर्षिर्नदीं हैमवतीं तदा । चण्डग्राहवतीं भीमां तस्याः स्रोतस्यपातयत् ॥

dṛṣṭvā sa punarevarṣirnadīṃ haimavatīṃ tadā | caṇḍagrāhavatīṃ bhīmāṃ tasyāḥ srotasyapātayat

Then the seer, seeing once more a river that flowed from the Himalaya, fearsome and full of fierce crocodiles, threw himself into its current.

Verse 10 (1.193.10)

सा तमग्निसमं विप्रमनुचिन्त्य सरिद्वरा । शतधा विद्रुता तस्माच्छतद्रुरिति विश्रुता ॥

sā tamagnisamaṃ vipramanucintya saridvarā | śatadhā vidrutā tasmācchatadruriti viśrutā

That best of rivers, perceiving the brahmin to be like fire, fled from him in a hundred streams, and so she is known as Shatadru, "the hundred-streamed."

Note on the text: Corrected तमग्निसं → तमग्निसमं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara, CE agnisamaṃ).

Verse 11 (1.193.11)

ततः स्थलगतं दृष्ट्वा तत्राप्यात्मानमात्मना । मर्तुं न शक्यमित्युक्त्वा पुनरेवाश्रमं ययौ ॥

tataḥ sthalagataṃ dṛṣṭvā tatrāpyātmānamātmanā | martuṃ na śakyamityuktvā punarevāśramaṃ yayau

Finding himself on dry land there too, he said, "One cannot die by one's own hand," and went back once more toward the hermitage.

Note on the text: Corrected पुवरेवाश्रमं → पुनरेवाश्रमं (misprint in Wikisource; व for न, CE punar evāśramaṃ).

Verse 12 (1.193.12)

स गत्वा विविधाञ्शैलान्देशान्बहुविधांस्तथा । अदृश्यन्त्याख्यया वध्वाथाश्रमेऽनुसृतोऽभवत् ॥

sa gatvā vividhāñśailāndeśānbahuvidhāṃstathā | adṛśyantyākhyayā vadhvāthāśrame'nusṛto'bhavat

After passing through many mountains and many lands, he was followed toward the hermitage by his daughter-in-law, who was called Adrishyanti.

Note on the text: Corrected अदृशन्त्याख्यया → अदृश्यन्त्याख्यया (misprint in Wikisource; dropped य in the name) and आश्रमेनुसृतो → आश्रमेऽनुसृतो (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha before अनुसृतः). The first line is not in the critical edition's main text (CE apparatus 1.167.10*1786); the second answers to 1.167.11ab in a different reading.

Verse 13 (1.193.13)

अथ शुश्राव संगत्या वेदाध्ययननिःस्वनम् । पृष्ठतः परिपूर्णार्थं षड्भिरङ्गैरलङ्कृतम् ॥

atha śuśrāva saṃgatyā vedādhyayananiḥsvanam | pṛṣṭhataḥ paripūrṇārthaṃ ṣaḍbhiraṅgairalaṅkṛtam

Then, close behind him, he heard the sound of Vedic recitation, full in meaning and adorned with the six auxiliary sciences.

Note on the text: Corrected षड्मिरङ्गैः → षड्भिरङ्गैः (misprint in Wikisource; म for भ, CE ṣaḍbhir aṅgair). Corresponds to CE 1.167.11cd–ef.

Verse 14 (1.193.14)

अनुव्रजति कोन्वेष मामित्येवाथ सोऽब्रवीत् । अदृश्यन्त्येवमुक्ता वै तं स्नुषा प्रत्यभाषत ॥

anuvrajati konveṣa māmityevātha so'bravīt | adṛśyantyevamuktā vai taṃ snuṣā pratyabhāṣata

"Who is this that follows me?" he asked. Thus addressed, his daughter-in-law Adrishyanti answered him:

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 1.167.12ab–cd; the second line is in a different reading.

Verse 15 (1.193.15)

शक्तेर्भार्या महाभाग तपोयुक्ता तपस्विनम् । अहमेकाकिनी चापि त्वया गच्छामि नापरः ॥

śakterbhāryā mahābhāga tapoyuktā tapasvinam | ahamekākinī cāpi tvayā gacchāmi nāparaḥ

"O blessed one, I am Shakti's wife, given to austerity, and I follow you, the ascetic. I walk with you all alone; there is no one else."

Note on the text: Corrected शक्तोभार्या → शक्तेर्भार्या (misprint in Wikisource; "Shakti's wife", CE śakter bhāryā). Adrishyanti's reply, unheaded in Wikisource, is given to her. The first line is CE 1.167.12ef; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 16 (1.193.16)

पुत्रि कस्यैष साङ्गस्य वेदस्याध्ययनस्वनः । पुरा साङ्गस्य वेदस्य शक्तेरिव मया श्रुतः ॥

putri kasyaiṣa sāṅgasya vedasyādhyayanasvanaḥ | purā sāṅgasya vedasya śakteriva mayā śrutaḥ

"Daughter, whose is this sound of the Veda being recited with its auxiliaries? Long ago I heard the Veda with its auxiliaries recited just so by Shakti."

Verse 17 (1.193.17)

अयं कुक्षौ समुत्पन्नः शक्तेर्गर्भः सुतस्य ते । समा द्वादश तस्येह वेदानभ्यस्यतो मुने ॥

ayaṃ kukṣau samutpannaḥ śaktergarbhaḥ sutasya te | samā dvādaśa tasyeha vedānabhyasyato mune

"This is the child of your son Shakti, conceived in my womb. He has been reciting the Vedas here for twelve years, O sage."

Verse 18 (1.193.18)

एवमुक्तस्तया हृष्टो वसिष्ठः श्रेष्ठभागृषिः । अस्ति सन्तानमित्युक्त्वा मृत्योः पार्थ न्यवर्तत ॥

evamuktastayā hṛṣṭo vasiṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhabhāgṛṣiḥ | asti santānamityuktvā mṛtyoḥ pārtha nyavartata

Told this by her, Vasishtha, the most eminent of seers, rejoiced; saying, "There is an heir," he turned back from death, O Partha.

Verse 19 (1.193.19)

ततः प्रतिनिवृत्तः स तया वध्वा सहानघ । कल्माषपादमासीनं ददर्श विजने वने ॥

tataḥ pratinivṛttaḥ sa tayā vadhvā sahānagha | kalmāṣapādamāsīnaṃ dadarśa vijane vane

Then, as he was returning with his daughter-in-law, O sinless one, he saw Kalmashapada sitting in the lonely forest.

Verse 20 (1.193.20)

स तु दृष्ट्वैव तं राजा क्रुद्ध उत्थाय भारत । आविष्टो रक्षसोग्रेण इयेषात्तुं तदा मुनिम् ॥

sa tu dṛṣṭvaiva taṃ rājā kruddha utthāya bhārata | āviṣṭo rakṣasogreṇa iyeṣāttuṃ tadā munim

The king, possessed by the fierce rakshasa, sprang up in anger the moment he saw him, O Bharata, and sought to devour the sage then and there.

Verse 21 (1.193.21)

अदृश्यन्ती तु तं दृष्ट्वा क्रूरकर्माणमग्रतः । भयसंविग्नया वाचा वसिष्ठमिदमब्रवीत् ॥

adṛśyantī tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā krūrakarmāṇamagrataḥ | bhayasaṃvignayā vācā vasiṣṭhamidamabravīt

Adrishyanti, seeing that doer of cruel deeds before them, spoke to Vasishtha in a voice shaken with fear:

Verse 22 (1.193.22)

असौ मृत्युरिवोग्रेण दण्डेन भगवन्नितः । प्रगृहीतेन काष्ठेन राक्षसोऽभ्येति दारुणः ॥

asau mṛtyurivogreṇa daṇḍena bhagavannitaḥ | pragṛhītena kāṣṭhena rākṣaso'bhyeti dāruṇaḥ

"O blessed one, here comes a dreadful rakshasa, like Death with his fierce rod, a wooden club gripped in his hand.

Note on the text: Adrishyanti's words (verses 22–24), unheaded in Wikisource, are given to her.

Verse 23 (1.193.23)

तं निवारयितुं शक्तो नान्योऽस्ति भुवि कश्चन । त्वदृतेऽद्य महाभाग सर्ववेदविदां वर ॥

taṃ nivārayituṃ śakto nānyo'sti bhuvi kaścana | tvadṛte'dya mahābhāga sarvavedavidāṃ vara

There is no one else on earth able to hold him back today except you, O blessed one, best of all who know the Vedas.

Note on the text: Corrected स्वदृतेऽद्य → त्वदृतेऽद्य (misprint in Wikisource; स for त, "except you", CE tvad ṛte 'dya).

Verse 24 (1.193.24)

पाहि मां भगवन्पापादस्माद्दारुणदर्शनात् । राक्षसोऽयमिहात्तुं वै नूनमावां समीहते ॥

pāhi māṃ bhagavanpāpādasmāddāruṇadarśanāt | rākṣaso'yamihāttuṃ vai nūnamāvāṃ samīhate

Protect me, lord, from this evil being, terrible to look upon. Surely this rakshasa means to devour the two of us here."

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 1.167.21 in a different reading.

Verse 25 (1.193.25)

माभैः पुत्रि न भेतव्यं राक्षसात्तु कथंचन । नैतद्रक्षो भयं यस्मात्पश्यसि त्वमुपस्थितम् ॥

mābhaiḥ putri na bhetavyaṃ rākṣasāttu kathaṃcana | naitadrakṣo bhayaṃ yasmātpaśyasi tvamupasthitam

"Do not be afraid, daughter; you need have no fear at all of a rakshasa. What you see standing before you is no rakshasa to be feared.

Verse 26 (1.193.26)

राजा कल्माषपादोऽयं वीर्यवान्प्रथितो भुवि । स एषोऽस्मिन्वनोद्देशे निवसत्यतिभीषणः ॥

rājā kalmāṣapādo'yaṃ vīryavānprathito bhuvi | sa eṣo'sminvanoddeśe nivasatyatibhīṣaṇaḥ

This is King Kalmashapada, mighty and renowned on earth. It is he who lives, most terrifying, in this part of the forest."

Verse 27 (1.193.27)

तमापतन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य वसिष्ठो भगवानृषिः । वारयामास तेजस्वी हुङ्कारेणैव भारत ॥

tamāpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya vasiṣṭho bhagavānṛṣiḥ | vārayāmāsa tejasvī huṅkāreṇaiva bhārata

Seeing him rushing upon them, the blessed and mighty seer Vasishtha checked him with nothing more than the sound "hum," O Bharata.

Verse 28 (1.193.28)

मन्त्रपूतेन च पुनः स तमभ्युक्ष्य वारिणा । मोक्षयामास वै शापात्तस्माद्योगान्नराधिपम् ॥

mantrapūtena ca punaḥ sa tamabhyukṣya vāriṇā | mokṣayāmāsa vai śāpāttasmādyogānnarādhipam

Then, sprinkling him with water purified by mantras, he freed the king from that curse and from its hold.

Verse 29 (1.193.29)

स हि द्वादश वर्षाणि वासिष्ठस्यैव तेजसा । ग्रस्त आसीद्ग्रहेणेव पर्वकाले दिवाकरः ॥

sa hi dvādaśa varṣāṇi vāsiṣṭhasyaiva tejasā | grasta āsīdgraheṇeva parvakāle divākaraḥ

For twelve years he had been seized by the power of Vasishtha's son, as the sun is seized by Rahu at the time of an eclipse.

Verse 30 (1.193.30)

रक्षसा विप्रमुक्तोऽथ स नृपस्तद्वनं महत् । तेजसा रञ्जयामास सन्ध्याभ्रमिव भास्करः ॥

rakṣasā vipramukto'tha sa nṛpastadvanaṃ mahat | tejasā rañjayāmāsa sandhyābhramiva bhāskaraḥ

Released by the rakshasa, the king lit up that great forest with his radiance, as the sun colours the clouds of evening.

Note on the text: Corrected न्ध्याभ्रमिव → सन्ध्याभ्रमिव (misprint in Wikisource; the first akshara of सन्ध्या was dropped, CE saṃdhyābhram iva).

Verse 31 (1.193.31)

प्रतिलभ्य ततः संज्ञामभिवाद्य कृताञ्जलिः । उवाच नृपतिः काले वसिष्ठमृषिसत्तमम् ॥

pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñāmabhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ | uvāca nṛpatiḥ kāle vasiṣṭhamṛṣisattamam

Regaining his senses, the king saluted him with joined palms and, when the moment came, spoke to Vasishtha, the best of seers:

Verse 32 (1.193.32)

सौदासोऽहं महाभाग याज्यस्ते मुनिसत्तम । अस्मिन्काले यदिष्टं ते ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते ॥

saudāso'haṃ mahābhāga yājyaste munisattama | asminkāle yadiṣṭaṃ te brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te

"O blessed one, best of sages, I am Saudasa, for whom you perform sacrifices. Tell me what you wish at this time; what shall I do for you?"

Note on the text: The king's words, unheaded in Wikisource, are given to him.

Verse 33 (1.193.33)

वृत्तमेतद्यथाकालं गच्छ राज्यं प्रशाधि वै । ब्राह्मणं तु मनुष्येन्द्र माऽवमंस्थाः कदाचन ॥

vṛttametadyathākālaṃ gaccha rājyaṃ praśādhi vai | brāhmaṇaṃ tu manuṣyendra mā'vamaṃsthāḥ kadācana

"What has happened has happened as its time decreed. Go and rule your kingdom. But, O lord of men, never despise a brahmin."

Note on the text: Wikisource heads this verse वसिष्ठ उवाच (its line marker is misnumbered 1-93-33x), so it is Vasishtha's reply, not the Gandharva's narration.

Verse 34 (1.193.34)

नावमंस्ये महाभाग कदाचिद्ब्राह्मणर्षभान् । त्वन्निदेशे स्थितः सम्यक् पूजयिष्याम्यहं द्विजान् ॥

nāvamaṃsye mahābhāga kadācidbrāhmaṇarṣabhān | tvannideśe sthitaḥ samyak pūjayiṣyāmyahaṃ dvijān

"O blessed one, I will never despise the best of brahmins. Standing firmly by your command, I will honour the twice-born.

Verse 35 (1.193.35)

इक्ष्वाकूणां च येनाहमनृणः स्यां द्विजोत्तम । तत्त्वत्तः प्राप्तुमिच्छामि सर्ववेदविदां वर ॥

ikṣvākūṇāṃ ca yenāhamanṛṇaḥ syāṃ dvijottama | tattvattaḥ prāptumicchāmi sarvavedavidāṃ vara

And I wish to obtain from you, best of the twice-born, best of all who know the Vedas, the means by which I may be free of my debt to the Ikshvakus.

Verse 36 (1.193.36)

अपत्यायेप्सिताय त्वं महिषीं गन्तुमर्हसि । शीलरूपगुणोपेतामिक्ष्वाकुकुलवृद्धये ॥

apatyāyepsitāya tvaṃ mahiṣīṃ gantumarhasi | śīlarūpaguṇopetāmikṣvākukulavṛddhaye

For the offspring I long for, you should go to my queen, who is endowed with virtue, beauty and good qualities, so that the Ikshvaku line may grow."

Verse 37 (1.193.37)

ददानीत्येव तं तत्र राजानं प्रत्युवाच ह । वसिष्ठः परमेष्वासं सत्यसन्धो द्विजोत्तमः ॥

dadānītyeva taṃ tatra rājānaṃ pratyuvāca ha | vasiṣṭhaḥ parameṣvāsaṃ satyasandho dvijottamaḥ

Vasishtha, best of the twice-born, true to his word, answered that great archer king there and then: "I will grant it."

Verse 38 (1.193.38)

ततः प्रतिययौ काले वसिष्ठः सह तेन वै । ख्यातां पुरीमिमां लोकेष्वयोध्यां मनुजेश्वर ॥

tataḥ pratiyayau kāle vasiṣṭhaḥ saha tena vai | khyātāṃ purīmimāṃ lokeṣvayodhyāṃ manujeśvara

Then in due time Vasishtha went back with him to this city, Ayodhya, famed throughout the worlds, O lord of men.

Verse 39 (1.193.39)

तं प्रजाः प्रतिमोदन्त्यः सर्वाः प्रत्युद्गतास्तदा । विपाप्मानं महात्मानं दिवौकस इवेश्वरम् ॥

taṃ prajāḥ pratimodantyaḥ sarvāḥ pratyudgatāstadā | vipāpmānaṃ mahātmānaṃ divaukasa iveśvaram

All his subjects came out joyfully to meet the great-souled king, now freed from sin, as the dwellers of heaven come out to meet their lord.

Verse 40 (1.193.40)

सुचिराय मनुष्येन्द्रो नगरीं पुण्यलक्षणाम् । विवेश सहितस्तेन वसिष्ठेन महर्षिणा ॥

sucirāya manuṣyendro nagarīṃ puṇyalakṣaṇām | viveśa sahitastena vasiṣṭhena maharṣiṇā

After a very long time the lord of men entered his auspicious city together with the great seer Vasishtha.

Verse 41 (1.193.41)

ददृशुस्तं महीपालमयोध्यावासिनो जनाः । पुरोहितेन सहितं दिवाकरमिवोदितम् ॥

dadṛśustaṃ mahīpālamayodhyāvāsino janāḥ | purohitena sahitaṃ divākaramivoditam

The people of Ayodhya beheld their king, with his priest beside him, like the risen sun.

Verse 42 (1.193.42)

स च तां पूरयामास लक्ष्म्या लक्ष्मीवतां वरः । अयोध्यां व्योम शीतांशुः शरत्काल इवोदितः ॥

sa ca tāṃ pūrayāmāsa lakṣmyā lakṣmīvatāṃ varaḥ | ayodhyāṃ vyoma śītāṃśuḥ śaratkāla ivoditaḥ

And he, best of the fortunate, filled Ayodhya with splendour, as the cool-rayed moon risen in autumn fills the sky.

Verse 43 (1.193.43)

संसिक्तमृष्टपन्थानं पताकाध्वजशोभितम् । मनः प्रह्लादयामास तस्य तत्पुरमुत्तमम् ॥

saṃsiktamṛṣṭapanthānaṃ patākādhvajaśobhitam | manaḥ prahlādayāmāsa tasya tatpuramuttamam

That splendid city, its roads sprinkled and swept, adorned with banners and flags, gladdened his heart.

Note on the text: Corrected संसक्तिमृष्टपन्थानं → संसिक्तमृष्टपन्थानं (misprint in Wikisource; "with roads sprinkled and swept", CE saṃsiktamṛṣṭapanthānaṃ). Corresponds to CE 1.168.19, whose second half-line differs.

Verse 44 (1.193.44)

तुष्टपुष्टजनाकीर्णा सा पुरी कुरुनन्दन । अशोभत तदा तेन शक्रेणेवामरावती ॥

tuṣṭapuṣṭajanākīrṇā sā purī kurunandana | aśobhata tadā tena śakreṇevāmarāvatī

Crowded with contented and well-fed people, that city, O joy of the Kurus, shone because of him as Amaravati shines because of Shakra.

Verse 45 (1.193.45)

ततः प्रविष्टे राजर्षौ तस्मिंस्तत्पुरमुत्तमम् । राज्ञस्तस्याज्ञया देवी वसिष्ठमुपचक्रमे ॥

tataḥ praviṣṭe rājarṣau tasmiṃstatpuramuttamam | rājñastasyājñayā devī vasiṣṭhamupacakrame

When the royal seer had entered that splendid city, the queen, at the king's command, approached Vasishtha.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 1.168.21 in a different reading.

Verse 46 (1.193.46)

ऋतावथ महर्षिस्तु संबभूव तया सह । देव्या दिव्येन विधिना वसिष्ठः श्रेष्ठभागृषिः ॥

ṛtāvatha maharṣistu saṃbabhūva tayā saha | devyā divyena vidhinā vasiṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhabhāgṛṣiḥ

Then, in her season, the great seer Vasishtha, most eminent of seers, united with the queen by the divine rite.

Verse 47 (1.193.47)

ततस्तस्यां समुत्पन्ने गर्भे स मुनिसत्तमः । राज्ञाभिवादितस्तेन जगाम मुनिराश्रमम् ॥

tatastasyāṃ samutpanne garbhe sa munisattamaḥ | rājñābhivāditastena jagāma munirāśramam

When the child had been conceived in her, that best of sages, saluted by the king, went back to his hermitage.

Verse 48 (1.193.48)

दीर्घकालेन सा गर्भं सुषुवे न तु तं यदा । तदा देव्यश्मना कुक्षिं निर्बिभेद यशस्विनी ॥

dīrghakālena sā garbhaṃ suṣuve na tu taṃ yadā | tadā devyaśmanā kukṣiṃ nirbibheda yaśasvinī

When after a long time she still had not given birth to the child, the illustrious queen split open her womb with a stone.

Verse 49 (1.193.49)

ततो द्वादशमे वर्षे स जज्ञे पुरुषर्षभः । अश्मको नाम राजर्षिः पौदन्यं यो न्यवेशयत् ॥

tato dvādaśame varṣe sa jajñe puruṣarṣabhaḥ | aśmako nāma rājarṣiḥ paudanyaṃ yo nyaveśayat

Then, in the twelfth year, that bull among men was born: the royal seer named Ashmaka, who founded Paudanya.

Note on the text: Corrected पुरषर्षभः → पुरुषर्षभः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign).