Harivamsha — Chapter 8
HV 8.1
वृष्णिवंशप्रसङ्गेन कथ्यमानं पुरातनम् नित्यः सर्वगतः सूक्ष्मः शाश्वतः पुरुषोत्तमः । यत्रोत्पन्नो महात्मा स हरिर् वृष्णिकुले प्रभुः ॥ ह्व्_७।५६ सर्वासुरविनाशाय सर्वलोकहिताय च । विवस्वान् कश्यपाज् जज्ञे दाक्षायण्याम् अरिंदम तस्य भार्याभवत् संज्ञा त्वाष्ट्री देवी विवस्वतः सुरेणुर् इति विख्याता त्रिषु लोकेषु भामिनी
vṛṣṇivaṃśaprasaṅgena kathyamānaṃ purātanam nityaḥ sarvagataḥ sūkṣmaḥ śāśvataḥ puruṣottamaḥ | yatrotpanno mahātmā sa harir vṛṣṇikule prabhuḥ // HV_7.56 sarvāsuravināśāya sarvalokahitāya ca | vivasvān kaśyapāj jajñe dākṣāyaṇyām ariṃdama tasya bhāryābhavat saṃjñā tvāṣṭrī devī vivasvataḥ sureṇur iti vikhyātā triṣu lokeṣu bhāminī
(what is) ancient, being told in connection with the lineage of the Vṛṣṇis — eternal, all-pervading, subtle, everlasting is the Supreme Person, in which (family) that great-souled Hari, the lord, was born in the Vṛṣṇi clan, (HV 7.56) for the destruction of all asuras and for the welfare of all the worlds. Vivasvān was born of Kaśyapa from Dākṣāyaṇī, O subduer of foes. Vivasvān's wife was Saṃjñā, the daughter of Tvaṣṭṛ, a goddess famed in the three worlds as Sureṇu, that lovely woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 8.2
सा वै भार्या भगवतो मार्तण्डस्य महात्मनः भर्तृरूपेण नातुष्यद् रूपयौवनशालिनी संज्ञा नाम स्वतपसा दीप्तेनेह समन्विता
sā vai bhāryā bhagavato mārtaṇḍasya mahātmanaḥ bhartṛrūpeṇa nātuṣyad rūpayauvanaśālinī saṃjñā nāma svatapasā dīpteneha samanvitā
She indeed, the wife of the blessed great-souled Mārtaṇḍa, was not pleased with her husband's form, though she herself was endowed with beauty and youth — she named Saṃjñā, here endowed with her own blazing austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.3
आदित्यस्य हि तद्रूपं मार्तण्डस्य स्वतेजसा गात्रेषु परिदग्धं वै नातिकान्तम् इवाभवत्
ādityasya hi tadrūpaṃ mārtaṇḍasya svatejasā gātreṣu paridagdhaṃ vai nātikāntam ivābhavat
For that form of Āditya Mārtaṇḍa, scorched all over in its limbs by his own heat, was as if not very pleasing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.4
न खल्व् अयं मृतो ऽण्डस्थ इति स्नेहाद् अभाषत अजानन् काश्यपस् तस्मान् मार्तण्ड इति चोच्यते
na khalv ayaṃ mṛto 'ṇḍastha iti snehād abhāṣata ajānan kāśyapas tasmān mārtaṇḍa iti cocyate
"Surely this one within the egg is not dead" — so, out of affection, Kāśyapa said, not knowing; hence he is called Mārtaṇḍa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.5
तेजस् त्व् अभ्यधिकं तात नित्यम् एव विवस्वतः येनातितापयामास त्रींल् लोकान् कश्यपात्मजः
tejas tv abhyadhikaṃ tāta nityam eva vivasvataḥ yenātitāpayāmāsa trīṃl lokān kaśyapātmajaḥ
But the heat of Vivasvān was always excessive, my dear, by which that son of Kaśyapa scorched the three worlds exceedingly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.6
त्रीण्य् अपत्यानि कौरव्य संज्ञायां तपतां वरः आदित्यो जनयामास कन्यां द्वौ च प्रजापती
trīṇy apatyāni kauravya saṃjñāyāṃ tapatāṃ varaḥ ādityo janayāmāsa kanyāṃ dvau ca prajāpatī
Three offspring, O Kauravya, did Āditya, best of the burning ones, beget in Saṃjñā: a daughter and two lords of creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.7
मनुर् वैवस्वतः पूर्वं श्राद्धदेवः प्रजापतिः यमश् च यमुना चैव यमजौ संबभूवतुः
manur vaivasvataḥ pūrvaṃ śrāddhadevaḥ prajāpatiḥ yamaś ca yamunā caiva yamajau saṃbabhūvatuḥ
First, Manu Vaivasvata, Śrāddhadeva, the lord of creatures; and Yama and Yamunā were born as twins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.8
श्यामवर्णं तु तद्रूपं संज्ञा दृष्ट्वा विवस्वतः असहन्ती तु स्वां छायां सवर्णां निर्ममे ततः मायामयी तु सा संज्ञा तस्याश् छाया समुत्थिता
śyāmavarṇaṃ tu tadrūpaṃ saṃjñā dṛṣṭvā vivasvataḥ asahantī tu svāṃ chāyāṃ savarṇāṃ nirmame tataḥ māyāmayī tu sā saṃjñā tasyāś chāyā samutthitā
But seeing that this form of Vivasvat was dark-hued, Saṃjñā, unable to bear it, then fashioned her own shadow, of like colour; and that shadow, made of illusion, arose from Saṃjñā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.9
प्राञ्जलिः प्रणता भूत्वा छाया संज्ञां नरेश्वर उवाच किं मया कार्यं कथयस्व शुचिस्मिते स्थितास्मि तव निर्देशे शाधि मां वरवर्णिनि
prāñjaliḥ praṇatā bhūtvā chāyā saṃjñāṃ nareśvara uvāca kiṃ mayā kāryaṃ kathayasva śucismite sthitāsmi tava nirdeśe śādhi māṃ varavarṇini
With palms joined and bowing, O lord of men, the Shadow said to Saṃjñā: "What is to be done by me? Tell me, bright-smiling one. I stand at your command; instruct me, fair-hued lady."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.10
अहं यास्यामि भद्रं ते स्वम् एव भवनं पितुः त्वयेह भवने मह्यं वस्तव्यं निर्विशङ्कया
ahaṃ yāsyāmi bhadraṃ te svam eva bhavanaṃ pituḥ tvayeha bhavane mahyaṃ vastavyaṃ nirviśaṅkayā
"I shall go—blessings on you—to my own father's house; and you must dwell here in this house for me, without any hesitation."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.11
इमौ च बालकौ मह्यं कन्या चेयं सुमध्यमा संभाव्यास् ते न चाख्येयम् इदं भगवते त्वया
imau ca bālakau mahyaṃ kanyā ceyaṃ sumadhyamā saṃbhāvyās te na cākhyeyam idaṃ bhagavate tvayā
"And these two boys and this slender-waisted girl are to be cared for by you as mine; and this must not be told by you to the lord (my husband)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.12
आ कचग्रहणाद् देवि आ शापान् नैव कर्हिचित् आख्यास्यामि मतं तुभ्यं गच्छ देवि यथासुखम्
ā kacagrahaṇād devi ā śāpān naiva karhicit ākhyāsyāmi mataṃ tubhyaṃ gaccha devi yathāsukham
"Until (I am) seized by the hair, O goddess, until (I am) cursed, I shall never at any time disclose your intention. Go, goddess, as you please."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.13
समाधाय सवर्णां तु तथेत्य् उक्ता तया च सा त्वष्टुः समीपम् अगमद् व्रीडितेव मनस्विनी
samādhāya savarṇāṃ tu tathety uktā tayā ca sā tvaṣṭuḥ samīpam agamad vrīḍiteva manasvinī
Having instructed Savarṇā, and being answered by her with "so be it," that spirited woman went into her father Tvaṣṭṛ's presence, as if ashamed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.15
पितुः समीपगा सा तु पित्रा निर्भर्त्सिता शुभा भर्तुः समीपं गच्छेति नियुक्ता च पुनः पुनः ॥ ह्व्_८।१४ चिन्ताम् अवाप महतीं स्त्रीणां धिक् चेष्टितं त्व् इति । निनिन्द बहुधात्मानं स्त्रीत्वं चातिनिनिन्द सा ॥ स्थातव्यं न क्वचित् स्त्रीणां धिग् अस्वातन्त्र्यजीवितम् । शैशवे यौवने वार्द्धे पितृभर्तृसुताद् भयम् ॥ त्यक्तं भर्तृगृहं मौग्ध्याद् बत दुर्वृत्तया मया । अविज्ञातापि वेधायाम् अथ पत्युर् निकेतनम् ॥ तत्रास्ति सा सवर्णा वै परिपूर्णमनोरथा । नष्टं भर्तृगृहं मौग्ध्याच् छ्रेयो ऽत्र न पितुर् गृहे । अगच्छद् वडवा भूत्वाच् छाद्य रूपम् अनिन्दिता कुरून् अथोत्तरान् गत्वा तृणान्य् एव चचार सा
pituḥ samīpagā sā tu pitrā nirbhartsitā śubhā bhartuḥ samīpaṃ gaccheti niyuktā ca punaḥ punaḥ // HV_8.14 cintām avāpa mahatīṃ strīṇāṃ dhik ceṣṭitaṃ tv iti | nininda bahudhātmānaṃ strītvaṃ cātinininda sā || sthātavyaṃ na kvacit strīṇāṃ dhig asvātantryajīvitam | śaiśave yauvane vārddhe pitṛbhartṛsutād bhayam || tyaktaṃ bhartṛgṛhaṃ maugdhyād bata durvṛttayā mayā | avijñātāpi vedhāyām atha patyur niketanam || tatrāsti sā savarṇā vai paripūrṇamanorathā | naṣṭaṃ bhartṛgṛhaṃ maugdhyāc chreyo 'tra na pitur gṛhe | agacchad vaḍavā bhūtvāc chādya rūpam aninditā kurūn athottarān gatvā tṛṇāny eva cacāra sā
But the fair one, having come to her father, was rebuked by her father and directed again and again: "Go to your husband's presence." She fell into great worry, thinking, "Fie on the doings of women!" She reproached herself much and reproached womanhood exceedingly. "There is nowhere for women to stay; fie on a life without independence! In childhood, in youth, in old age, there is fear from father, husband, and son. Alas, the husband's house was abandoned by me out of folly, ill-behaved as I was—and even undetected by the Creator, (I left) my husband's dwelling. There that Savarṇā is, with her desires all fulfilled. Through folly the husband's house is lost; here in my father's house there is no good either." So the blameless one went, becoming a mare, concealing her form; and having gone to the northern Kurus, she fed there only on grass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 8.16
द्वितीयायां तु संज्ञायां संज्ञेयम् इति चिन्तयन् आदित्यो जनयामास पुत्रम् आत्मसमं तदा
dvitīyāyāṃ tu saṃjñāyāṃ saṃjñeyam iti cintayan ādityo janayāmāsa putram ātmasamaṃ tadā
And on the second Saṃjñā, thinking "this is Saṃjñā," the Sun then begot a son equal to himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.17
पूर्वजस्य मनोस् तात सदृशो ऽयम् इति प्रभुः मनुर् एवाभवन् नाम्ना सावर्ण इति चोच्यते
pūrvajasya manos tāta sadṛśo 'yam iti prabhuḥ manur evābhavan nāmnā sāvarṇa iti cocyate
"He is like the earlier-born Manu," (thought) the lord, my dear; so he became Manu indeed, and by name he is called Sāvarṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.18
संज्ञा तु पार्थिवी तात स्वस्य पुत्रस्य वै तदा चकाराभ्यधिकं स्नेहं न तथा पूर्वजेषु वै
saṃjñā tu pārthivī tāta svasya putrasya vai tadā cakārābhyadhikaṃ snehaṃ na tathā pūrvajeṣu vai
But Saṃjñā (the second, the earthly one), my dear, then showed greater affection to her own son, and not so much to the earlier-born ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.19
मनुस् तस्याः क्षमत् तत् तु यमस् तस्या न चक्षमे तां वै रोषाच् च बाल्याच् च भाविनो ऽर्थस्य वा बलात् पदा संतर्जयामास संज्ञां वैवस्वतो यमः
manus tasyāḥ kṣamat tat tu yamas tasyā na cakṣame tāṃ vai roṣāc ca bālyāc ca bhāvino 'rthasya vā balāt padā saṃtarjayāmāsa saṃjñāṃ vaivasvato yamaḥ
Manu bore that from her, but Yama did not bear it from her; out of anger and out of childishness—or by the force of what was destined—Yama Vaivasvata threatened Saṃjñā with his foot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.20
तं शशाप ततः क्रोधात् सवर्णा जननी तदा चरणः पतताम् एष तवेति भृशदुःखिता
taṃ śaśāpa tataḥ krodhāt savarṇā jananī tadā caraṇaḥ patatām eṣa taveti bhṛśaduḥkhitā
Then in anger Savarṇā, his (supposed) mother, deeply pained, cursed him: "Let this foot of yours fall off!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.21
यमस् तु तत् पितुः सर्वं प्राञ्जलिः प्रत्यवेदयत् भृशं शापभयोद्विग्नः संज्ञावाक्यैर् विवेजितः शापो निवर्तेद् इति च प्रोवाच पितरं तदा
yamas tu tat pituḥ sarvaṃ prāñjaliḥ pratyavedayat bhṛśaṃ śāpabhayodvignaḥ saṃjñāvākyair vivejitaḥ śāpo nivarted iti ca provāca pitaraṃ tadā
But Yama, with palms joined, reported all that to his father, greatly agitated by fear of the curse and shaken by Saṃjñā's words; and he then said to his father, "May the curse be turned back."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.22
मात्रा स्नेहेन सर्वेषु वर्तितव्यं सुतेषु वै सेयम् अस्मान् अपाहाय यवीयांसं बुभूषति
mātrā snehena sarveṣu vartitavyaṃ suteṣu vai seyam asmān apāhāya yavīyāṃsaṃ bubhūṣati
"A mother should behave with affection toward all her sons; but she, setting us aside, wishes to favour the younger one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.24
तस्या मयोद्यतः पादो न तु देहे निपातितः बाल्याद् वा यदि वा मोहात् तद् भवान् क्षन्तुम् अर्हति ॥ ह्व्_८।२३ यस्मात् ते पूजनीयाहं तर्जितास्मि त्वया सुत । तस्मात् तवैष चरणः पतिष्यति न संशयः । अपत्यं दुरपत्यं स्यान् नाम्बा कुजननी भवेत् । शप्तो ऽहम् अस्मि लोकेश जनन्या तपतां वर तव प्रसादाच् चरणो न पतेन् मम गोपते
tasyā mayodyataḥ pādo na tu dehe nipātitaḥ bālyād vā yadi vā mohāt tad bhavān kṣantum arhati // HV_8.23 yasmāt te pūjanīyāhaṃ tarjitāsmi tvayā suta | tasmāt tavaiṣa caraṇaḥ patiṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | apatyaṃ durapatyaṃ syān nāmbā kujananī bhavet | śapto 'ham asmi lokeśa jananyā tapatāṃ vara tava prasādāc caraṇo na paten mama gopate
"My foot was raised against her, but it was not brought down on her body; whether from childishness or from confusion, you should forgive that." "Because I, who am to be honoured by you, was threatened by you, my son, therefore this foot of yours shall fall—there is no doubt. Let the child be a bad child, (but) let the mother not be a bad mother." "I have been cursed, lord of the world, by my mother, O best of the burning ones; by your grace may my foot not fall, O lord of cattle."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 8.27
असंशयं पुत्र महद् भविष्यत्य् अत्र कारणम् यस् त्वं धर्मपरो नित्यं धर्मं संत्यक्तवान् इमम् । येन त्वाम् आविशत् क्रोधो धर्मज्ञं सत्यवादिनम् ॥ ह्व्_८।२५ युक्तम् एव हि ते कर्तुं तव मातृवचो ऽनघ । न शक्यम् एतन् मिथ्या तु कर्तुं मातृवचस् तव कृमयो मांसम् आदाय यास्यन्ति तु महीतले ॥ ह्व्_८।२६ तव पादान् महाप्राज्ञ ततः संप्राप्स्यसे सुखम् । कृतम् एवं वचस् तथ्यं मातुस् तव भविष्यति शापस्य परिहारेण त्वं च त्रातो भविष्यसि
asaṃśayaṃ putra mahad bhaviṣyaty atra kāraṇam yas tvaṃ dharmaparo nityaṃ dharmaṃ saṃtyaktavān imam | yena tvām āviśat krodho dharmajñaṃ satyavādinam // HV_8.25 yuktam eva hi te kartuṃ tava mātṛvaco 'nagha | na śakyam etan mithyā tu kartuṃ mātṛvacas tava kṛmayo māṃsam ādāya yāsyanti tu mahītale // HV_8.26 tava pādān mahāprājña tataḥ saṃprāpsyase sukham | kṛtam evaṃ vacas tathyaṃ mātus tava bhaviṣyati śāpasya parihāreṇa tvaṃ ca trāto bhaviṣyasi
"Without doubt, my son, there will be some great cause in this, that you, ever devoted to dharma, have abandoned this dharma—whereby anger entered you, who know dharma and speak truth. It is indeed proper for you to carry out your mother's word, sinless one; but your mother's word cannot be made false: worms shall take away flesh from your foot, O greatly wise one, and go into the earth, and thereafter you shall attain ease. Thus your mother's word will have been made true, and by this averting of the curse you too will be saved."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 8.29
आदित्यश् चाब्रवीत् संज्ञां किमर्थं तनयेषु वै तुल्येष्व् अभ्यधिकः स्नेहः क्रियते ऽति पुनः पुनः सा तत् परिहरन्ती स्म नाचचक्षे विवस्वतः ॥ ह्व्_८।२८ आत्मानं स समाधाय योगात् तथ्यम् अपश्यत । मूर्धजेषु च जग्राह सा चात्मानं शशंस ह । आत्मानं गोपयामास संयोगात् तस्य नैव तु । तां शप्तुकामो भगवान् नाशाय कुरुनन्दन मूर्धजेषु च जग्राह समये ऽतिगते तु सा । ततः सर्वं यथावृत्तम् आचचक्षे विवस्वतः विवस्वान् अथ तच् छ्रुत्वा क्रुद्धस् त्वष्टारम् अभ्यगात्
ādityaś cābravīt saṃjñāṃ kimarthaṃ tanayeṣu vai tulyeṣv abhyadhikaḥ snehaḥ kriyate 'ti punaḥ punaḥ sā tat pariharantī sma nācacakṣe vivasvataḥ // HV_8.28 ātmānaṃ sa samādhāya yogāt tathyam apaśyata | mūrdhajeṣu ca jagrāha sā cātmānaṃ śaśaṃsa ha | ātmānaṃ gopayāmāsa saṃyogāt tasya naiva tu | tāṃ śaptukāmo bhagavān nāśāya kurunandana mūrdhajeṣu ca jagrāha samaye 'tigate tu sā | tataḥ sarvaṃ yathāvṛttam ācacakṣe vivasvataḥ vivasvān atha tac chrutvā kruddhas tvaṣṭāram abhyagāt
And the Sun said to Saṃjñā: "Why is greater affection shown, again and again, among sons who are equal?" She, evading it, did not tell Vivasvat. Composing himself, he saw the truth by yoga, and he seized her by the hair; and she then declared herself. She had concealed herself, but not from his union (with the truth). Wishing to curse her to destruction, O delight of the Kurus, the lord seized her by the hair; and she, when the appointed limit had been passed, then told Vivasvat everything as it had happened. Hearing that, Vivasvat went in anger to Tvaṣṭṛ.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 8.30
त्वष्टा तु तं यथान्यायम् अर्चयित्वा विभावसुम् निर्दग्धुकामं रोषेण सान्त्वयामास वै तदा
tvaṣṭā tu taṃ yathānyāyam arcayitvā vibhāvasum nirdagdhukāmaṃ roṣeṇa sāntvayāmāsa vai tadā
But Tvaṣṭṛ, having honoured that radiant one as was proper, then appeased him, who in his rage wished to burn (everything) up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.31
तवातितेजसाविष्टम् इदं रूपं न शोभते असहन्ती स्म तत् संज्ञा वने चरति शाड्वलम्
tavātitejasāviṣṭam idaṃ rūpaṃ na śobhate asahantī sma tat saṃjñā vane carati śāḍvalam
"This form (of hers), pervaded by your excessive heat, does not shine; unable to bear it, Saṃjñā roams in the grassy forest."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.32
द्रष्टा हि तां भवान् अद्य स्वां भार्यां शुभचारिणीम् नित्यं तपस्य् अभिरतां वडवारूपधारिणीम् । पर्णाहारां कृशां दीनां जटिलां मलधारिणीम् । हस्तिहस्तपरिक्लिष्टां व्याकुलां पद्मिनीम् इव । श्लाघ्यां योगबलोपेतां योगम् आस्थाय गोपते
draṣṭā hi tāṃ bhavān adya svāṃ bhāryāṃ śubhacāriṇīm nityaṃ tapasy abhiratāṃ vaḍavārūpadhāriṇīm | parṇāhārāṃ kṛśāṃ dīnāṃ jaṭilāṃ maladhāriṇīm | hastihastaparikliṣṭāṃ vyākulāṃ padminīm iva | ślāghyāṃ yogabalopetāṃ yogam āsthāya gopate
For you shall see her today, your own wife of fair conduct, ever devoted to austerity, wearing the form of a mare, feeding on leaves, thin, wretched, matted-haired, bearing dirt, like a lotus plant crushed by an elephant's trunk and disordered, (yet) praiseworthy, endowed with the power of yoga, having taken to yoga, O lord of rays.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.37
अनुकूलं तु ते देव यदि स्यान् मम तन् मतम् रूपं निर्वर्तयाम्य् अद्य तव कान्तम् अरिंदम ॥ ह्व्_८।३३ रूपं विवस्वतश् चासीत् तिर्यगूर्ध्वसमं तु वै । तेनासौ संभृतो देवो रूपेण तु विभावसुः ॥ तस्मात् त्वष्टुः स वै वाक्यं बहु मेने प्रजापतिः । समनुज्ञातवांश् चैव त्वष्टारं रूपसिद्धये । ततो ऽभ्युपगमात् त्वष्टा मार्तण्डस्य विवस्वतः भ्रमिम् आरोप्य तत् तेजः शातयामास भारत ॥ ह्व्_८।३४ कृतवान् अष्टमं भागं न व्यशातयद् अव्ययम् ॥ यत् सूर्याद् वैष्णवं तेजः शातितं विश्वकर्मणा । त्वष्टैव तेजसा तेन विष्णोश् चक्रम् अकल्पयत् ॥ त्रिशूलं चैव शर्वस्य शिबिकां धनदस्य च । शक्तिं गुहस्य देवानाम् अन्येषां च वरायुधम् ॥ तत् सर्वं तेजसा तेन विश्वकर्मा ह्य् अकल्पयत् । ततो निर्भासितं रूपं तेजसा संहृतेन वै कान्तात् कान्ततरं द्रष्टुम् अधिकं शुशुभे तदा ॥ ह्व्_८।३५ मुखे निर्वर्तितं रूपं तस्य देवस्य गोपतेः । ततःप्रभृति देवस्य मुखम् आसीत् तु लोहितम् ॥ मुखरागं तु यत् पूर्वं मार्तण्डस्य मुखच्युतम् । आदित्या द्वादशैवेह संभूता मुखसंभवाः ॥ धातार्यमा च मित्रश् च वरुणो ऽंशो भगस् तथा । इन्द्रो विवस्वान् पूषा च पर्जन्यो दशमस् तथा । ततस् त्वष्टा ततो विष्णुर् अजघन्यो जघन्यजः ॥ हर्षं लेभे ततो देवो दृष्ट्वादित्यान् स्वदेहजान् । गन्धैः पुष्पैर् अलंकारैर् भास्वता मुकुटेन च ॥ एवं संपूजयामास त्वष्टा वाक्यम् उवाच ह ॥ गच्छ देवेश स्वां भार्यां कुरूंश् चरति चोत्तरान् । वडवारूपम् आस्थाय वने चरति शाड्वले ॥ तां तथारूपम् आस्थाय स्वां भार्यां शुभलीलया । ददर्श योगम् आस्थाय स्वां भार्यां वडवां ततः अधृष्यां सर्वभूतानां तेजसा नियमेन च ॥ ह्व्_८।३६ वडवावपुषा राजंश् चरन्तीम् अकुतोभयाम् । सो ऽश्वरूपेण भगवांस् तां मुखे समभावयत् मैथुनाय विवेष्टन्तीं परपुंसो विशङ्कया
anukūlaṃ tu te deva yadi syān mama tan matam rūpaṃ nirvartayāmy adya tava kāntam ariṃdama // HV_8.33 rūpaṃ vivasvataś cāsīt tiryagūrdhvasamaṃ tu vai | tenāsau saṃbhṛto devo rūpeṇa tu vibhāvasuḥ || tasmāt tvaṣṭuḥ sa vai vākyaṃ bahu mene prajāpatiḥ | samanujñātavāṃś caiva tvaṣṭāraṃ rūpasiddhaye | tato 'bhyupagamāt tvaṣṭā mārtaṇḍasya vivasvataḥ bhramim āropya tat tejaḥ śātayāmāsa bhārata // HV_8.34 kṛtavān aṣṭamaṃ bhāgaṃ na vyaśātayad avyayam || yat sūryād vaiṣṇavaṃ tejaḥ śātitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā | tvaṣṭaiva tejasā tena viṣṇoś cakram akalpayat || triśūlaṃ caiva śarvasya śibikāṃ dhanadasya ca | śaktiṃ guhasya devānām anyeṣāṃ ca varāyudham || tat sarvaṃ tejasā tena viśvakarmā hy akalpayat | tato nirbhāsitaṃ rūpaṃ tejasā saṃhṛtena vai kāntāt kāntataraṃ draṣṭum adhikaṃ śuśubhe tadā // HV_8.35 mukhe nirvartitaṃ rūpaṃ tasya devasya gopateḥ | tataḥprabhṛti devasya mukham āsīt tu lohitam || mukharāgaṃ tu yat pūrvaṃ mārtaṇḍasya mukhacyutam | ādityā dvādaśaiveha saṃbhūtā mukhasaṃbhavāḥ || dhātāryamā ca mitraś ca varuṇo 'ṃśo bhagas tathā | indro vivasvān pūṣā ca parjanyo daśamas tathā | tatas tvaṣṭā tato viṣṇur ajaghanyo jaghanyajaḥ || harṣaṃ lebhe tato devo dṛṣṭvādityān svadehajān | gandhaiḥ puṣpair alaṃkārair bhāsvatā mukuṭena ca || evaṃ saṃpūjayāmāsa tvaṣṭā vākyam uvāca ha || gaccha deveśa svāṃ bhāryāṃ kurūṃś carati cottarān | vaḍavārūpam āsthāya vane carati śāḍvale || tāṃ tathārūpam āsthāya svāṃ bhāryāṃ śubhalīlayā | dadarśa yogam āsthāya svāṃ bhāryāṃ vaḍavāṃ tataḥ adhṛṣyāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tejasā niyamena ca // HV_8.36 vaḍavāvapuṣā rājaṃś carantīm akutobhayām | so 'śvarūpeṇa bhagavāṃs tāṃ mukhe samabhāvayat maithunāya viveṣṭantīṃ parapuṃso viśaṅkayā
"But if it be agreeable to you, O god, if that plan of mine be approved, I shall today refashion your form into a lovely one, O subduer of foes." // 8.33 Now the form of Vivasvat was equal crosswise and upward; by that form was this god, the radiant one, constituted. Therefore Prajāpati thought much of Tvaṣṭṛ's word, and gave Tvaṣṭṛ leave for the perfecting of his form. Then, upon that consent, Tvaṣṭṛ set the splendour of Mārtaṇḍa Vivasvat upon the lathe and pared it down, O Bhārata. // 8.34 He made (of it) an eighth part; the imperishable (portion) he did not pare away. That Vaiṣṇava splendour which was pared from the sun by Viśvakarman — with that very splendour Tvaṣṭṛ fashioned the discus of Viṣṇu, and the trident of Śarva, and the palanquin of the giver of wealth, the spear of Guha, and the choicest weapon of the other gods: all that Viśvakarman fashioned with that splendour. Then the form, made to shine with the splendour thus drawn in, lovelier than lovely to look upon, shone exceedingly. // 8.35 The form was refashioned upon the face of that god, the lord of rays; from that time on the god's face was red. But that facial glow of Mārtaṇḍa which had earlier fallen from his face — from it here the twelve Ādityas came to be, sprung from the face: Dhātṛ and Aryaman and Mitra and Varuṇa, Aṃśa and Bhaga likewise, Indra, Vivasvat and Pūṣan, and Parjanya the tenth, then Tvaṣṭṛ, then Viṣṇu, not the least though born last. Then the god took joy, seeing the Ādityas born of his own body. With perfumes, flowers, ornaments, and a shining crown Tvaṣṭṛ honoured him thus, and spoke these words: "Go, lord of gods, to your own wife; she roams among the northern Kurus; having taken the form of a mare she roams in the grassy wood." Then, having taken a like form, with fair sport, he saw his own wife; having resorted to yoga he then saw his wife the mare, unassailable by all beings through her splendour and her observance, // 8.36 roaming in the body of a mare, O king, fearless from every quarter. He, the lord, in the form of a horse, impregnated her at the mouth as she turned away from the coupling out of suspicion that he was another male.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 8.38
सा तन् निरवमच् छुक्रं नासिकाया विवस्वतः देवौ तस्याम् अजायेताम् अश्विनौ भिषजां वरौ
sā tan niravamac chukraṃ nāsikāyā vivasvataḥ devau tasyām ajāyetām aśvinau bhiṣajāṃ varau
She expelled that semen from her nostril, O Vivasvat's (wife); (yet) two gods were born of her, the Aśvins, best of physicians.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 8.40
नासत्यश् चैव दस्रश् च स्मृतौ द्वाव् अश्विनाव् इति मार्तण्डस्यात्मजाव् एताव् अष्टमस्य प्रजापतेः ॥ ह्व्_८।३९ संज्ञायां जनयामास वडवायां स भारत । तां तु रूपेण क्रान्तेन दर्शयामास भास्करः सा तु दृष्ट्वैव भर्तारं तुतोष जनमेजय
nāsatyaś caiva dasraś ca smṛtau dvāv aśvināv iti mārtaṇḍasyātmajāv etāv aṣṭamasya prajāpateḥ // HV_8.39 saṃjñāyāṃ janayāmāsa vaḍavāyāṃ sa bhārata | tāṃ tu rūpeṇa krāntena darśayāmāsa bhāskaraḥ sā tu dṛṣṭvaiva bhartāraṃ tutoṣa janamejaya
The two Aśvins are remembered as Nāsatya and Dasra; these two are the sons of Mārtaṇḍa, the eighth Prajāpati. // 8.39 He begot them upon Saṃjñā while she was in mare-form, O Bhārata. And the Sun showed himself to her in his surpassing form; and she, on merely seeing her husband, was pleased, O Janamejaya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.41
यमस् तु कर्मणा तेन भृशं पीडितमानसः धर्मेण रञ्जयामास धर्मराज इमाः प्रजाः
yamas tu karmaṇā tena bhṛśaṃ pīḍitamānasaḥ dharmeṇa rañjayāmāsa dharmarāja imāḥ prajāḥ
But Yama, his mind sorely pained by that deed, being the king of dharma, gladdened these creatures with dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.42
स लेभे कर्मणा तेन शुभेन परमद्युतिः पितॄणाम् आधिपत्यं च लोकपालत्वम् एव च
sa lebhe karmaṇā tena śubhena paramadyutiḥ pitṝṇām ādhipatyaṃ ca lokapālatvam eva ca
By that auspicious deed he of supreme splendour obtained the lordship over the fathers, and world-guardianship as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.43
मनुः प्रजापतिस् त्व् आसीत् सावर्णः स तपोधनः भाव्यः सो ऽनागते तस्मिन् मनुः सावर्णिके ऽन्तरे
manuḥ prajāpatis tv āsīt sāvarṇaḥ sa tapodhanaḥ bhāvyaḥ so 'nāgate tasmin manuḥ sāvarṇike 'ntare
And (another son) was Manu the Prajāpati, Sāvarṇa, rich in austerity; he is to come to be in that future Sāvarṇika interval.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.45
मेरुपृष्ठे तपो नित्यम् अद्यापि स चरत्य् उत भ्राता शनैश्चरश् चास्य ग्रहत्वं स तु लब्धवान् ॥ ह्व्_८।४४ नासत्यौ यौ समाख्यातौ स्वर्वैद्यौ तु बभूवतुः । रेवन्तो ऽपि तथा राजन्न् अश्वानां शान्तिदो ऽभवत् । त्वष्टा तु तेजसा तेन विष्णोश् चक्रम् अकल्पयत् तद् अप्रतिहतं युद्धे दानवान्तचिकीर्षया
merupṛṣṭhe tapo nityam adyāpi sa caraty uta bhrātā śanaiścaraś cāsya grahatvaṃ sa tu labdhavān // HV_8.44 nāsatyau yau samākhyātau svarvaidyau tu babhūvatuḥ | revanto 'pi tathā rājann aśvānāṃ śāntido 'bhavat | tvaṣṭā tu tejasā tena viṣṇoś cakram akalpayat tad apratihataṃ yuddhe dānavāntacikīrṣayā
Even today he practises austerity constantly on the ridge of Meru; and his brother Śanaiścara obtained the status of a planet. // 8.44 The two who were called Nāsatyas became the physicians of heaven; and Revanta too, O king, became the giver of well-being to horses. And Tvaṣṭṛ with that splendour fashioned Viṣṇu's discus, unobstructable in battle, out of a wish to make an end of the Dānavas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.46
यवीयसी तयोर् या तु यमी कन्या यशस्विनी अभवत् सा सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा यमुना लोकभावनी
yavīyasī tayor yā tu yamī kanyā yaśasvinī abhavat sā saricchreṣṭhā yamunā lokabhāvanī
And the younger of the two, the glorious maiden Yamī, she became the best of rivers, the Yamunā, who sustains the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 8.48
मनुर् इत्य् उच्यते लोके सावर्ण इति चोच्यते द्वितीयो यः सुतस् तस्य स विज्ञेयः शनैश्चरः ॥ ह्व्_८।४७ ग्रहत्वं स तु लेभे वै सर्वलोकानुपूजितम् । य इदं जन्म देवानां शृणुयाद् धारयेत वा आपदं प्राप्य मुच्येत प्राप्नुयाच् च महद् यशः
manur ity ucyate loke sāvarṇa iti cocyate dvitīyo yaḥ sutas tasya sa vijñeyaḥ śanaiścaraḥ // HV_8.47 grahatvaṃ sa tu lebhe vai sarvalokānupūjitam | ya idaṃ janma devānāṃ śṛṇuyād dhārayeta vā āpadaṃ prāpya mucyeta prāpnuyāc ca mahad yaśaḥ
He is called Manu in the world, and he is also called Sāvarṇa; the second son of his is to be known as Śanaiścara. // 8.47 And he obtained planethood, honoured by all the worlds. Whoever should hear or hold in mind this birth of the gods, would, on meeting with calamity, be freed from it, and would obtain great fame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition