The Children of Angiras and the Fires Descended from Brihaspati

Verse 1 (3.221.1)

ब्रह्मणो यस्तृतीयस्तु पुत्रः कुरुकुलोद्वह । तस्यापि वसुदा भार्या प्रजास्तस्यां च मे शृणु ॥

brahmaṇo yastṛtīyastu putraḥ kurukulodvaha | tasyāpi vasudā bhāryā prajāstasyāṃ ca me śṛṇu

"Brahma's third son, O upholder of the Kuru line — his wife was Vasuda. Hear from me of the children born to her:

Note on the text: Separated वसुदाभार्या → वसुदा भार्या (word-spacing slip in Wikisource). The wife's name वसुदा and प्रजास्तस्यां च are recension variants of the critical edition's apavasutā … prajās tasyāpi and are kept.

Verse 2 (3.221.2)

बृहत्कीर्तिर्बृहज्ज्योतिर्बृहद्ब्रह्मा बृहन्मनाः । बृहन्मन्त्रो बृहद्भासस्तथा राजन्बृहस्पतिः ॥

bṛhatkīrtirbṛhajjyotirbṛhadbrahmā bṛhanmanāḥ | bṛhanmantro bṛhadbhāsastathā rājanbṛhaspatiḥ

Brihatkirti, Brihajjyoti, Brihadbrahma, Brihanmanas, Brihanmantra, Brihadbhasa, and Brihaspati, O king.

Verse 3 (3.221.3)

प्रजासु तासु सर्वासु रूपेणाप्रतिमाऽभवत् । देवी भानुमती नाम प्रथमाऽङ्गिरसः सुता ॥

prajāsu tāsu sarvāsu rūpeṇāpratimā'bhavat | devī bhānumatī nāma prathamā'ṅgirasaḥ sutā

Among all those children, the first daughter of Angiras was the goddess named Bhanumati, unequalled in beauty.

Verse 4 (3.221.4)

भूतानामेव सर्वेषां यस्यां रागस्तदाऽभवत् । रागाद्रागेति यामाहुर्द्वितीयाऽङ्गिरसः सुता ॥

bhūtānāmeva sarveṣāṃ yasyāṃ rāgastadā'bhavat | rāgādrāgeti yāmāhurdvitīyā'ṅgirasaḥ sutā

The second daughter of Angiras, for whom all beings then felt love, is called Raga because of that love.

Verse 5 (3.221.5)

यां कपर्दिसुतामाहुर्दृश्यादृश्येति देहिनः । तनुत्वात्सा सिनीवाली तृतीयाऽङ्गिरसः सुता ॥

yāṃ kapardisutāmāhurdṛśyādṛśyeti dehinaḥ | tanutvātsā sinīvālī tṛtīyā'ṅgirasaḥ sutā

The third daughter of Angiras, whom embodied beings call the daughter of Kapardin and 'seen and unseen', is Sinivali, so named for her slenderness.

Note on the text: Corrected तुतीया → तृतीया (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel sign, the critical edition reads tṛtīyā).

Verse 6 (3.221.6)

यां तु दृष्ट्वा भगवतीं जनः कुहुकुहायते । एकानंशेति यामाहुश्चतुर्थ्यङ्गिरसः सुता ॥

yāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā bhagavatīṃ janaḥ kuhukuhāyate | ekānaṃśeti yāmāhuścaturthyaṅgirasaḥ sutā

The fourth daughter of Angiras is the blessed one at whose sight people cry out 'kuhu, kuhu', and whom they call Ekanamsha.

Note on the text: Corrected कुहकुहायते → कुहुकुहायते and एकानकेति → एकानंशेति (misprints in Wikisource; the critical edition reads kuhukuhāyate and ekānaṃśeti — the cry 'kuhu' gives the name Kuhu, and Ekanamsha is the epithet). चतुर्थ्यङ्गिरसः सुता is a recension variant of kuhūm aṅgirasaḥ sutām and is kept.

Verse 7 (3.221.7)

पञ्चम्यर्चिष्मती नाम्ना हविर्भिश्च हविष्मती । षष्ठीमङ्गिरसः कन्यां पुण्यामाहुर्महिष्मतीम् ॥

pañcamyarciṣmatī nāmnā havirbhiśca haviṣmatī | ṣaṣṭhīmaṅgirasaḥ kanyāṃ puṇyāmāhurmahiṣmatīm

The fifth is Archishmati by name, called Havishmati as well because of the oblations. The sixth daughter of Angiras they call the holy Mahishmati.

Note on the text: Corrected षष्ठीम्गिरसः → षष्ठीमङ्गिरसः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, the critical edition reads ṣaṣṭhīm aṅgirasaḥ). पञ्चम्यर्चिष्मती नाम्ना and महिष्मतीम् are recension variants of paśyaty arciṣmatī bhābhir and haviṣmatīm and are kept.

Verse 8 (3.221.8)

महामखेष्वाङ्गिरसी दीप्तिमत्सु महीयती । महामतीति विख्याता सप्तमी कथ्यते सुता ॥

mahāmakheṣvāṅgirasī dīptimatsu mahīyatī | mahāmatīti vikhyātā saptamī kathyate sutā

The seventh daughter, Angirasi, who is honoured at the great and radiant sacrifices, is known as Mahamati.

Verse 9 (3.221.9)

बृहस्पतेश्चान्द्रमसी भार्याऽऽसीद्या यशस्विनी । अग्नीन्साऽजनयत्पुण्यान्षडेकां चापि पुत्रिकाम् ॥

bṛhaspateścāndramasī bhāryā''sīdyā yaśasvinī | agnīnsā'janayatpuṇyānṣaḍekāṃ cāpi putrikām

Brihaspati's wife was the illustrious Chandramasi. She bore six holy fires and one daughter as well.

Verse 10 (3.221.10)

आहुतिष्वेव यस्याग्नेर्हविराज्यं विधीयते । सोग्निर्बृहस्पतेः पुत्रः शंयुर्नाम महाप्रभः ॥

āhutiṣveva yasyāgnerhavirājyaṃ vidhīyate | sognirbṛhaspateḥ putraḥ śaṃyurnāma mahāprabhaḥ

The fire to which clarified butter is offered in the libations is Brihaspati's son, the radiant Shamyu.

Note on the text: Corrected पुत्र → पुत्रः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga, the critical edition reads putraḥ).

Verse 11 (3.221.11)

चातुर्मास्येषु यस्येष्टमश्वमेधाग्रभागभूत् । दीप्तिज्वालैरनेकाग्रैरग्निष्टोमोऽथ वीर्यवान् ॥

cāturmāsyeṣu yasyeṣṭamaśvamedhāgrabhāgabhūt | dīptijvālairanekāgrairagniṣṭomo'tha vīryavān

He to whom offering is made in the Chaturmasya rites, who has the foremost share in the horse sacrifice, mighty, with blazing many-pointed flames — he is also the Agnishtoma.

Note on the text: The verse differs from the critical edition's 3.209.3 (yasyeṣṭyām aśvamedhe 'grajaḥ paśuḥ / dīpto jvālair anekābhair agnir eko 'tha vīryavān) as a recension variant and is kept.

Verse 12 (3.221.12)

शंयोरप्रतिमा भार्या सत्या सत्याऽथ धर्मजा । अग्निस्तस्य सुतो दीप्तस्तिस्रः कन्याश्च सुव्रताः ॥

śaṃyorapratimā bhāryā satyā satyā'tha dharmajā | agnistasya suto dīptastisraḥ kanyāśca suvratāḥ

Shamyu's wife was the peerless Satya, truthful and born of Dharma. His son was a blazing fire, and he had three daughters of good vows.

Note on the text: Corrected अग्नितस्य → अग्निस्तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, the critical edition reads agnis tasya).

Verse 13 (3.221.13)

प्रथमेनाज्यभागेन पूज्यते योऽग्निरध्वरे । अग्निस्तस्य भरद्वाजः प्रथमः पुत्र उच्यते ॥

prathamenājyabhāgena pūjyate yo'gniradhvare | agnistasya bharadvājaḥ prathamaḥ putra ucyate

The fire that is worshipped in the sacrifice with the first portion of ghee — that fire, Bharadvaja, is called his first son.

Verse 14 (3.221.14)

पौर्णमासेषु सर्वेषु हविराज्यं ध्रुवोद्यतम् । भरतो नामतः सोग्निर्द्वितीयः शंयुतः सुतः ॥

paurṇamāseṣu sarveṣu havirājyaṃ dhruvodyatam | bharato nāmataḥ sognirdvitīyaḥ śaṃyutaḥ sutaḥ

The fire for which, at all the full-moon sacrifices, the oblation of ghee is raised in the dhruva ladle is named Bharata; he is Shamyu's second son.

Note on the text: पौर्णमासेषु … ध्रुवोद्यतम् is a recension variant of paurṇamāsyeṣu … sruvodyatam and is kept.

Verse 15 (3.221.15)

तिस्रः कन्या भवन्त्यन्या यासां स भरतः पतिः । भारतस्तु सुतस्तस्य भारत्येका च पुत्रिका ॥

tisraḥ kanyā bhavantyanyā yāsāṃ sa bharataḥ patiḥ | bhāratastu sutastasya bhāratyekā ca putrikā

There are three other daughters, whose lord is Bharata. His son is the fire Bharata, and Bharati is his only daughter.

Note on the text: Corrected भरत → भरतः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga, the critical edition reads bharataḥ).

Verse 16 (3.221.16)

भारतो भरतस्याग्नेः पावकस्तु प्रजायते । महानत्यर्थमहितस्तथा भरतसत्तम ॥

bhārato bharatasyāgneḥ pāvakastu prajāyate | mahānatyarthamahitastathā bharatasattama

From the fire Bharata comes Bharata; and Pavaka is born, great and exceedingly honoured, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: पावकस्तु प्रजायते is a recension variant of pāvakas tu prajāpateḥ and is kept.

Verse 17 (3.221.17)

भरद्वाजस्य भार्या तु वीरा वीरश्च पिण्डदः । प्राहुराज्येन तस्येज्यां सोमस्येव द्विजाः शनैः ॥

bharadvājasya bhāryā tu vīrā vīraśca piṇḍadaḥ | prāhurājyena tasyejyāṃ somasyeva dvijāḥ śanaiḥ

Bharadvaja's wife was Vira, and Vira, the giver of the funeral cake, was his son. The brahmins say that he is worshipped with ghee, softly, as Soma is.

Verse 18 (3.221.18)

हविषा यो द्वितीयेन सोमेन सह युज्यते । रथप्रभू रथध्वानः कुम्भरेताः स उच्यते ॥

haviṣā yo dvitīyena somena saha yujyate | rathaprabhū rathadhvānaḥ kumbharetāḥ sa ucyate

The fire that is joined with Soma in the second oblation is called Rathaprabhu, Rathadhvana and Kumbharetas.

Verse 19 (3.221.19)

सरय्वां जनयत्सिद्धिं भानुं भाभिः समावृणोत् । आग्नेयमनयन्मिथ्यं मिथ्यो नामैव कथ्यते ॥

sarayvāṃ janayatsiddhiṃ bhānuṃ bhābhiḥ samāvṛṇot | āgneyamanayanmithyaṃ mithyo nāmaiva kathyate

On Sarayu he begot Siddhi, and he covered the sun with his radiance. Bringing the offering to Agni, he is called by the name Mithya.

Note on the text: The second line (आग्नेयमनयन्मिथ्यं मिथ्यो नामैव कथ्यते) is a recension variant of the critical edition's āgneyam ānayan nityam āhvāneṣv eṣa kathyate and is kept.

Verse 20 (3.221.20)

यस्तु न च्यवते नित्यं यशसा वर्चसा श्रिया । अग्निर्निश्च्यवनो नाम पृथिवीं स्तौति केवलम् ॥

yastu na cyavate nityaṃ yaśasā varcasā śriyā | agnirniścyavano nāma pṛthivīṃ stauti kevalam

The fire that never falls away from glory, splendour or fortune is named Nishchyavana; he praises the earth alone.

Note on the text: Corrected शयसा → यशसा (misprint in Wikisource; transposed aksharas, the critical edition reads yaśasā).

Verse 21 (3.221.21)

विपाप्मा कलुषैर्मुक्तो विशुद्धश्चार्चिषा ज्वलन् । विपापोऽग्निः सुतस्तस्य योज्यः समयकर्मसु ॥

vipāpmā kaluṣairmukto viśuddhaścārciṣā jvalan | vipāpo'gniḥ sutastasya yojyaḥ samayakarmasu

Sinless, freed from impurities, pure and blazing with flame — that is Vipapa, his son, the fire to be employed in rites at their appointed times.

Note on the text: योज्यः is a recension variant of satyaḥ and is kept.

Verse 22 (3.221.22)

आक्रोशतां हि भूतानां यः करोति हि निष्कृतिम् । अग्निः स निष्कृतिर्नाम शोभयत्यभिसेवितः ॥

ākrośatāṃ hi bhūtānāṃ yaḥ karoti hi niṣkṛtim | agniḥ sa niṣkṛtirnāma śobhayatyabhisevitaḥ

The fire that makes amends for beings who cry out in distress is named Nishkriti; when he is tended, he makes all things shine.

Note on the text: Corrected अक्रोशतां → आक्रोशतां (misprint in Wikisource; short vowel turns 'those crying out' into 'those not crying', the critical edition reads ākrośatāṃ).

Verse 23 (3.221.23)

अनुकूजन्ति येनेह वेदनार्ताः स्वयं जनाः । तस्य पुत्रः स्वनो नाम पावकः स रुजस्करः ॥

anukūjanti yeneha vedanārtāḥ svayaṃ janāḥ | tasya putraḥ svano nāma pāvakaḥ sa rujaskaraḥ

His son is the fire named Svana, through whom people racked with pain cry out; he is the bringer of sickness.

Note on the text: Separated सरुजस्करः → स रुजस्करः (word-spacing slip in Wikisource; the critical edition reads sa rujaskaraḥ).

Verse 24 (3.221.24)

यस्तु विश्वस्य जगतो बुद्धिमाक्रम्य तिष्ठति । तं प्राहुरध्यात्मविदो विश्वजिन्नाम पावकम् ॥

yastu viśvasya jagato buddhimākramya tiṣṭhati | taṃ prāhuradhyātmavido viśvajinnāma pāvakam

The fire that pervades the minds of the whole world and abides there is called Vishvajit by those who know the Self.

Note on the text: Corrected विश्वस् → विश्वस्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, the critical edition reads viśvasya).

Verse 25 (3.221.25)

अन्तराग्निः स्मृतो यस्तु भुक्तं पचति देहिनाम् । स यज्ञे विश्वभुङ्नाम सर्वलोकेषु भारत ॥

antarāgniḥ smṛto yastu bhuktaṃ pacati dehinām | sa yajñe viśvabhuṅnāma sarvalokeṣu bhārata

The inner fire that digests the food eaten by embodied beings is known in the sacrifice as Vishvabhuj, throughout all the worlds, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected विश्वभुङ्वाम → विश्वभुङ्नाम (misprint in Wikisource; व for न, the critical edition reads viśvabhuṅ nāma). स्मृतो यस्तु is a recension variant of śrito yo hi and is kept.

Verse 26 (3.221.26)

ब्रह्मचारी यतात्मा च सततं विपुलप्रभः । ब्राह्मणाः पूजयन्त्येनं पाकयज्ञेषु पावकम् ॥

brahmacārī yatātmā ca satataṃ vipulaprabhaḥ | brāhmaṇāḥ pūjayantyenaṃ pākayajñeṣu pāvakam

Chaste and self-controlled, of ever wide radiance — this fire the brahmins worship in the cooked-food sacrifices.

Verse 27 (3.221.27)

प्रथितो गोपतिर्नाम नदी यस्याभवत्प्रिया । तस्मिन्कर्माणि सर्वाणि क्रियन्ते धर्मकर्तृभिः ॥

prathito gopatirnāma nadī yasyābhavatpriyā | tasminkarmāṇi sarvāṇi kriyante dharmakartṛbhiḥ

Renowned as Gopati is the fire whose beloved was a river; in him all rites are performed by those who practise dharma.

Verse 28 (3.221.28)

बडबाग्निः पिबत्यम्भो योसौ परमदारुणः । ऊर्ध्वभागूर्ध्वभाङ्नाम कविः प्राणाश्रितस्तु यः ॥

baḍabāgniḥ pibatyambho yosau paramadāruṇaḥ | ūrdhvabhāgūrdhvabhāṅnāma kaviḥ prāṇāśritastu yaḥ

The mare-fire, utterly terrible, that drinks the waters is named Urdhvabhak, the one whose share lies above — a seer who dwells in the vital breath.

Note on the text: Corrected ऊर्द्व → ऊर्ध्व (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for ध्व, the critical edition reads ūrdhvabhāg). बडबाग्निः is a recension variant of vaḍavāmukhaḥ and is kept.

Verse 29 (3.221.29)

उदग्द्वारं हविर्यस्य गृहे नित्यं प्रदीयते । ततस्तुष्टो भवेद्ब्रह्मा स्विष्टकृत्परमः स्मृतः ॥

udagdvāraṃ haviryasya gṛhe nityaṃ pradīyate | tatastuṣṭo bhavedbrahmā sviṣṭakṛtparamaḥ smṛtaḥ

The fire to whom, in the house, an oblation is ever offered at the northern door, whereby Brahma is pleased, is known as Svishtakrit, the supreme.

Note on the text: ततस्तुष्टो भवेद्ब्रह्मा is a recension variant of tataḥ sviṣṭaṃ bhaved ājyaṃ and is kept.

Verse 30 (3.221.30)

यः प्रशान्तेषु भूतेषु आविर्भवति पावकः । क्रुद्धस्य तु रसो जज्ञे मन्युतीव्रा च पुत्रिका ॥

yaḥ praśānteṣu bhūteṣu āvirbhavati pāvakaḥ | kruddhasya tu raso jajñe manyutīvrā ca putrikā

The fire that becomes manifest among beings who are at peace — from that wrathful one was born Rasa, and a daughter fierce with wrath,

Note on the text: Verses 30–31 are the critical edition's 3.209.22–23, divided differently (unaligned automatically); आविर्भवति and क्रुद्धस्य … मन्युतीव्रा are recension variants of manyur bhavati and krodhasya … manyatī cātha and are kept.

Verse 31 (3.221.31)

स्वाहेति दारुणा क्रूरा सर्वभूतेषु तिष्ठति । त्रिदिवे यस्य सदृशो नास्ति रूपेण कश्चन । अतुलत्वात्कृतो देवैर्नाम्ना कामस्तु पावकः ॥

svāheti dāruṇā krūrā sarvabhūteṣu tiṣṭhati | tridive yasya sadṛśo nāsti rūpeṇa kaścana | atulatvātkṛto devairnāmnā kāmastu pāvakaḥ

Svaha, terrible and cruel, who dwells in all beings. The fire whom no one in heaven equals in beauty was named Kama by the gods, because none could compare with him.

Verse 32 (3.221.32)

संहर्षाद्धारयन्क्रोधं धन्वी स्रग्वी रथे स्थितः । समरे नाशयेच्छत्रूनमोघो नाम पावकः ॥

saṃharṣāddhārayankrodhaṃ dhanvī sragvī rathe sthitaḥ | samare nāśayecchatrūnamogho nāma pāvakaḥ

The fire that, holding his wrath in check with joy, bow in hand and garlanded, standing on his chariot, destroys enemies in battle is named Amogha.

Verse 33 (3.221.33)

उक्थ्यो नाम महाभाग त्रिभिरुक्थैरभिष्टुतः । महावर्षं त्वजनयत्सकामाश्वं हि यं विदुः ॥

ukthyo nāma mahābhāga tribhirukthairabhiṣṭutaḥ | mahāvarṣaṃ tvajanayatsakāmāśvaṃ hi yaṃ viduḥ

The fire named Ukthya, illustrious one, praised with the three Ukthas, begot Mahavarsha, whom they know as Sakamashva."

Note on the text: उक्थ्यो and महावर्षं are recension variants of the critical edition's uktho and mahāvācaṃ and are kept.