Jamadagni Takes Aim at the Sun

Verse 1 (13.144.1)

यदिदं श्राद्धकृत्येषु दीयते भरतर्षभ । छत्रं चोपानहौ चैव केनैतत्सम्प्रवर्तितम् ॥

yadidaṃ śrāddhakṛtyeṣu dīyate bharatarṣabha | chatraṃ copānahau caiva kenaitatsampravartitam

Best of the Bharatas, at shraddha rites an umbrella and a pair of sandals are given. Who first started this?

Note on the text: Not matched by the aligner; the CE verse 13.97.1 has three lines (a, c, e). Lines 1-2 here = CE 13.97.1a, 1c.

Verse 2 (13.144.2)

कथं चैतत्समुत्पन्नं किमर्थं चैव दीयते । न केवलं श्राद्धकृत्ये पुण्यकेष्वपि दीयते ॥

kathaṃ caitatsamutpannaṃ kimarthaṃ caiva dīyate | na kevalaṃ śrāddhakṛtye puṇyakeṣvapi dīyate

How did it arise, and why is it given? It is given not only at shraddha rites but also at meritorious occasions.

Note on the text: Not matched by the aligner. Line 1 = CE 13.97.1e (third line of the three-line CE verse 13.97.1); line 2 = CE 13.97.2a (recension variant: CE na kevalaṃ śrāddhadharme puṇyakeṣv api dīyate).

Verse 3 (13.144.3)

बहुष्वपि निमित्तेषु पुण्यमाश्रित्य दीयते । एतद्विस्तरतो ब्रह्मञ्श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ॥

bahuṣvapi nimitteṣu puṇyamāśritya dīyate | etadvistarato brahmañśrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ

On many occasions it is given, resting on the merit it brings. I wish to hear this in full, as it truly is.

Note on the text: Not matched by the aligner. Line 1 = CE star passage 13.97.2b*0441_01 (identical); line 2 = CE 13.97.2c (variant: CE rājañ for ब्रह्मञ्).

Verse 4 (13.144.4)

शृणु राजन्नवहितश्छत्रोपानहविस्तरम् । यथैतत्प्रथितं लोके यथा चैतत्प्रवर्तितम् ॥

śṛṇu rājannavahitaśchatropānahavistaram | yathaitatprathitaṃ loke yathā caitatpravartitam

Listen attentively, O king, to the full account of the umbrella and sandals: how it became known in the world and how it was started,

Verse 5 (13.144.5)

यथा चाक्षय्यतां प्राप्तं पुण्यतां च यथागतम् । सर्वमेतदशेषेण प्रवक्ष्यामि नराधिप ॥

yathā cākṣayyatāṃ prāptaṃ puṇyatāṃ ca yathāgatam | sarvametadaśeṣeṇa pravakṣyāmi narādhipa

how it came to be inexhaustible and how it acquired merit. All of this I shall tell you in full, O lord of men.

Verse 6 (13.144.6)

इतिहासं पुरावृत्तमिदं शृणु नराधिप । जमदग्नेश्च संवादं सूर्यस्य च महात्मनः ॥

itihāsaṃ purāvṛttamidaṃ śṛṇu narādhipa | jamadagneśca saṃvādaṃ sūryasya ca mahātmanaḥ

Listen, O lord of men, to this ancient tale, the dialogue between Jamadagni and the great-souled Surya.

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick, the closing quote mark and the doubled danda printed around line 1 (Wikisource marks the line as an addition).

Verse 7 (13.144.7)

पुरा स भगवान्साक्षाद्धनुषा क्रीडति प्रभो । सन्धायसन्धाय शरांश्चिक्षेप किल भार्गवः ॥

purā sa bhagavānsākṣāddhanuṣā krīḍati prabho | sandhāyasandhāya śarāṃścikṣepa kila bhārgavaḥ

Long ago, my lord, the venerable descendant of Bhrigu was playing with his bow; again and again he fitted arrows to the string and shot them.

Verse 8 (13.144.8)

तान्क्षिप्तान्रेणुका सर्वांस्तस्येषून्दीप्ततेजसः । आनीय सा तदा तस्मै प्रादादसकृदच्युत ॥

tānkṣiptānreṇukā sarvāṃstasyeṣūndīptatejasaḥ | ānīya sā tadā tasmai prādādasakṛdacyuta

Renuka gathered all those blazing arrows that he had shot and, bringing them back, handed them to him again and again, O unfailing one.

Verse 9 (13.144.9)

अथ तेन स शब्देन ज्यायाश्चैव शरस्य च । प्रहृष्टः सम्प्रचिक्षेप सा च प्रत्याजहार तान् ॥

atha tena sa śabdena jyāyāścaiva śarasya ca | prahṛṣṭaḥ sampracikṣepa sā ca pratyājahāra tān

Then, delighted by the twang of the bowstring and the sound of the arrow, he shot again, and she brought them back again.

Note on the text: Corrected शब्देनि → शब्देन (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign, CE sa śabdena).

Verse 10 (13.144.10)

ततो मध्याह्नमारूढे ज्येष्ठामूले दिवाकरे । स सायकान्द्विजो मुक्त्वा रेणुकामिदमब्रवीत् ॥

tato madhyāhnamārūḍhe jyeṣṭhāmūle divākare | sa sāyakāndvijo muktvā reṇukāmidamabravīt

Then, when the sun stood at midday in Jyeshtha-mula, the brahmin, having loosed his arrows, said this to Renuka:

Verse 11 (13.144.11)

गच्छानय विशालाक्षि शरानेतान्धनुश्च्युतान् । यावदेतान्पुनः सुभ्रु क्षिपामीति जनाधिप ॥

gacchānaya viśālākṣi śarānetāndhanuścyutān | yāvadetānpunaḥ subhru kṣipāmīti janādhipa

Go, large-eyed one, and bring back these arrows that have left the bow, so that I may shoot them again, fair-browed one. So he said, O lord of men.

Verse 12 (13.144.12)

सा गच्छन्त्यन्तरा छायां वृक्षमाश्रित्य भामिनी । तस्थौ तस्या हि सन्तप्तं शिरः पादौ तथैव च ॥

sā gacchantyantarā chāyāṃ vṛkṣamāśritya bhāminī | tasthau tasyā hi santaptaṃ śiraḥ pādau tathaiva ca

As she went, the lovely woman took shelter in the shade of a tree and stopped there, for her head and her feet were scorched.

Verse 13 (13.144.13)

स्थिता सा तु मुहूर्तं वै भर्तुः शापभयाच्छुभा । ययावानयितुं भूयः सायकानसितेक्षणा । प्रत्याजगाम च शरांस्तानादाय यशस्विनी ॥

sthitā sā tu muhūrtaṃ vai bhartuḥ śāpabhayācchubhā | yayāvānayituṃ bhūyaḥ sāyakānasitekṣaṇā | pratyājagāma ca śarāṃstānādāya yaśasvinī

She stood there for a moment, fearing her husband's curse, then the fair, dark-eyed, glorious woman went again to fetch the arrows, and returned carrying them.

Note on the text: Corrected मूहूर्तं → मुहूर्तं (misprint in Wikisource; CE muhūrtaṃ).

Verse 14 (13.144.14)

सा वै प्रस्विन्नसर्वाङ्गी पद्भ्यां दुःखं नियच्छती । उपाजगाम भर्तारं भयाद्भर्तुः प्रवेपती ॥

sā vai prasvinnasarvāṅgī padbhyāṃ duḥkhaṃ niyacchatī | upājagāma bhartāraṃ bhayādbhartuḥ pravepatī

Drenched with sweat in every limb, enduring the pain in her feet, trembling with fear of her husband, she came to him.

Verse 15 (13.144.15)

स तामृषिस्तदा क्रुद्धो वाक्यमाह शुभाननाम् । रेणुके किं चिरेण त्वमागतेति पुनःपुनः ॥

sa tāmṛṣistadā kruddho vākyamāha śubhānanām | reṇuke kiṃ cireṇa tvamāgateti punaḥpunaḥ

The sage, now angry, said to that fair-faced woman again and again: "Renuka, why have you come so late?"

Verse 16 (13.144.16)

शिरस्तप्तं प्रदीप्तौ मे पादौ चैव तपोधन । सूर्यतेजोनिरुद्धाऽहं वृक्षच्छायां समाश्रिता ॥

śirastaptaṃ pradīptau me pādau caiva tapodhana | sūryatejoniruddhā'haṃ vṛkṣacchāyāṃ samāśritā

My head is scorched and my feet are blazing, ascetic. Held back by the sun's heat, I took shelter in the shade of a tree.

Verse 17 (13.144.17)

एतस्मात्कारणाद्ब्रह्मंश्चिरायैतत्कृतं मया । एतच्छ्रुत्वा मम विभो मा क्रुधस्त्वं तपोधन ॥

etasmātkāraṇādbrahmaṃścirāyaitatkṛtaṃ mayā | etacchrutvā mama vibho mā krudhastvaṃ tapodhana

That is why I have taken so long, brahmin. Hearing this, my lord, do not be angry, ascetic.

Note on the text: Corrected पतोधन → तपोधन (misprint in Wikisource; CE tapodhana). Not matched by the aligner; hand-matched to CE 13.97.16 (recension variant: CE etaj jñātvā mama vibho for एतच्छ्रुत्वा मम विभो).

Verse 18 (13.144.18)

अद्यैनं दीप्तकिरणं रेणुके तव दुःखदम् । शरैर्निपातयिष्यामि सूर्यमस्त्राग्नितेजसा ॥

adyainaṃ dīptakiraṇaṃ reṇuke tava duḥkhadam | śarairnipātayiṣyāmi sūryamastrāgnitejasā

Today, Renuka, I shall bring down this blazing-rayed sun, who causes you pain, with arrows, by the fire of my missiles.

Verse 19 (13.144.19)

स विष्फार्य धनुर्दिव्यं गृहीत्वा च शरान्बहून् । अतिष्ठत्सूर्यमभितो यतो याति ततोमुखः ॥

sa viṣphārya dhanurdivyaṃ gṛhītvā ca śarānbahūn | atiṣṭhatsūryamabhito yato yāti tatomukhaḥ

He stretched his divine bow, took up many arrows, and stood facing the sun, turning toward whichever way it went.

Note on the text: Corrected बहूंन् → बहून् (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara, CE bahūñ).

Verse 20 (13.144.20)

अथ तं प्रेक्ष्य सन्नद्धं सूर्योऽभ्येत्य वचोऽब्रवीत् । द्विजरूपेण कौन्तेय किं ते सूर्योऽपराध्यति ॥

atha taṃ prekṣya sannaddhaṃ sūryo'bhyetya vaco'bravīt | dvijarūpeṇa kaunteya kiṃ te sūryo'parādhyati

Seeing him armed and ready, the Sun came up in the guise of a brahmin, O son of Kunti, and said: "What offence has the sun committed against you?"

Verse 21 (13.144.21)

आदत्ते रश्मिभिः सूर्यो दिवि तिष्ठंस्ततस्ततः । रसं हृतं वै वर्षासु प्रवर्षति दिवाकरः ॥

ādatte raśmibhiḥ sūryo divi tiṣṭhaṃstatastataḥ | rasaṃ hṛtaṃ vai varṣāsu pravarṣati divākaraḥ

Standing in the sky, the sun draws up moisture with his rays from here and there, and then, in the rainy season, the sun pours down what he has taken.

Note on the text: Not matched by the aligner; hand-matched to CE 13.97.20 (recension variant: CE ādatte raśmibhiḥ sūryo divi vidvaṃs tatas tataḥ / rasaṃ sa taṃ vai varṣāsu pravarṣati divākaraḥ).

Verse 22 (13.144.22)

ततोऽन्नं जायते विप्र मनुष्याणां सुखावहम् । अन्नं प्राणा इति यथा वेदेषु परिपठ्यते ॥

tato'nnaṃ jāyate vipra manuṣyāṇāṃ sukhāvaham | annaṃ prāṇā iti yathā vedeṣu paripaṭhyate

From that, brahmin, grain is born, bringing comfort to men; for, as it is recited in the Vedas, food is life-breath.

Verse 23 (13.144.23)

अथाऽभ्रेषु निगूढश्च रश्मिभिः परिवारितः । सप्तद्वीपानिमान्ब्रह्मन्वर्षेणाभिप्रवर्षति ॥

athā'bhreṣu nigūḍhaśca raśmibhiḥ parivāritaḥ | saptadvīpānimānbrahmanvarṣeṇābhipravarṣati

Then, hidden in the clouds and ringed by his rays, he pours rain upon these seven continents, brahmin.

Verse 24 (13.144.24)

ततस्तदौषधीनां च वीरुधां पुष्पपत्रजम् । सर्वं वर्षाभिनिर्वृत्तमन्नं सम्भवति प्रभो ॥

tatastadauṣadhīnāṃ ca vīrudhāṃ puṣpapatrajam | sarvaṃ varṣābhinirvṛttamannaṃ sambhavati prabho

Then all that comes from the herbs and creepers, their flowers and leaves, is born of the rain, and food comes into being, my lord.

Verse 25 (13.144.25)

जातकर्माणि सर्वाणि व्रतोपनयनानि च । गोदानानि विवाहाश्च तथा यज्ञसमृद्धयः ॥

jātakarmāṇi sarvāṇi vratopanayanāni ca | godānāni vivāhāśca tathā yajñasamṛddhayaḥ

All the birth rites, the vows and initiations, the gifts of cows and the weddings, and the prosperity of sacrifices,

Verse 26 (13.144.26)

सत्राणि दानानि तथा संयोगा वित्तसञ्चयाः । अन्नतः सम्प्रवर्तन्ते यथा त्वं वेत्थ भार्गव ॥

satrāṇi dānāni tathā saṃyogā vittasañcayāḥ | annataḥ sampravartante yathā tvaṃ vettha bhārgava

sacrificial sessions and gifts, social bonds and the gathering of wealth: all of these proceed from food, as you well know, descendant of Bhrigu.

Verse 27 (13.144.27)

रमणीयानि यावन्ति यावदारम्भिकाणि च । सर्वमन्नात्प्रभवति विदितं कीर्तयामि ते ॥

ramaṇīyāni yāvanti yāvadārambhikāṇi ca | sarvamannātprabhavati viditaṃ kīrtayāmi te

Whatever is delightful and whatever undertakings there are, all of it comes from food. I tell you only what is well known.

Note on the text: Not matched by the aligner; hand-matched to CE 13.97.26 (recension variant: CE ramaṇīyāni yāvanti yāvad ārambhakāṇi ca / sarvam annāt prabhavati viditaṃ kīrtayāmi te).

Verse 28 (13.144.28)

सर्वं हि वेत्थ विप्र त्वं यदेतत्कीर्तितं मया । प्रसादये त्वां विप्रर्षे किं ते सूर्यो निपात्यते ॥

sarvaṃ hi vettha vipra tvaṃ yadetatkīrtitaṃ mayā | prasādaye tvāṃ viprarṣe kiṃ te sūryo nipātyate

You know all that I have just told you, brahmin. I seek to appease you, brahmin sage: why is the sun to be struck down?