Vayu Purana — Uttarardha — Chapter 28
VaP 2 28.1
उत्तरार्द्धम् - २८ ।।सूत उवाच ।। पिता सोमस्य वैविप्रा जज्ञेऽत्रिर्भगवानृषिः। सोऽति तस्थौ सर्वलोकान्भगवान्त्स्वेन तेजसा
uttarārddham - 28 ||sūta uvāca || pitā somasya vaiviprā jajñe'trirbhagavānṛṣiḥ| so'ti tasthau sarvalokānbhagavāntsvena tejasā
Latter half — 28. Sūta said: The father of Soma, O brahmins, was the blessed seer Atri, who was born (thus); and that blessed one stood above all the worlds by his own fiery splendour.
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VaP 2 28.2
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा शुभान्येव समाचरन्। काष्ठकुड्यशिलाभूत ऊर्द्ध्वबाहुर्महाद्युतिः
karmaṇā manasā vācā śubhānyeva samācaran| kāṣṭhakuḍyaśilābhūta ūrddhvabāhurmahādyutiḥ
By act, by mind, by speech performing only auspicious things, become (motionless) like wood, a wall, or a stone, with arms upraised, of great brilliance,
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VaP 2 28.3
सुदुश्चरं नाम तपो येन तप्तं महत्पुरा। त्रीणि वर्षसहस्राणि दिव्यानीति हि नः श्रुतम्
suduścaraṃ nāma tapo yena taptaṃ mahatpurā| trīṇi varṣasahasrāṇi divyānīti hi naḥ śrutam
he by whom of old that great austerity called 'very hard to practise' was performed for three thousand divine years — so we have heard.
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VaP 2 28.4
तस्योर्द्ध्वरेतसस्तत्र स्थितस्यानिमिषस्पृहम्। सोमत्वन्तनुरापेदे महाबुद्धिः स वै द्विजः
tasyorddhvaretasastatra sthitasyānimiṣaspṛham| somatvantanurāpede mahābuddhiḥ sa vai dvijaḥ
As he stood there with his seed drawn upward, unblinking (in his) longing, that twice-born one of great intellect — his body attained the state of Soma.
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VaP 2 28.5
ऊर्द्ध्वमाचक्रमे तस्य सोमत्वं भावितात्मनः। सोमः सुस्राव नेत्राभ्यां दश वा द्योतयन् दिशः
ūrddhvamācakrame tasya somatvaṃ bhāvitātmanaḥ| somaḥ susrāva netrābhyāṃ daśa vā dyotayan diśaḥ
The Soma-nature of him, whose self was (thus) purified, moved upward; and soma flowed from his two eyes, illuminating the ten directions.
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VaP 2 28.6
तं गर्भं विधिनादिष्टा दश देव्यो दधुस्तदा। समेत्य धारयामासुर्न च ताः समशक्नुवन्
taṃ garbhaṃ vidhinādiṣṭā daśa devyo dadhustadā| sametya dhārayāmāsurna ca tāḥ samaśaknuvan
Then the ten goddesses, appointed by the ordinance, bore that embryo; coming together they held it, yet they were not able (to hold it).
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VaP 2 28.7
स ताभ्यः सहसैवाथ दिग्भ्यो गर्भः प्रभान्वितः। यथावभासयंल्लोकाञ्झीतांशुः सर्वभावनः
sa tābhyaḥ sahasaivātha digbhyo garbhaḥ prabhānvitaḥ| yathāvabhāsayaṃllokāñjhītāṃśuḥ sarvabhāvanaḥ
Then that embryo, endowed with radiance, at once (passing) from them, from the directions, illuminated the worlds as it were, the cool-rayed one, the nourisher of all.
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VaP 2 28.8
यदा न धारणे शक्तास्तस्य गर्भस्य ताः स्त्रियः। ततः स ताभिः शीतांशुर्निपपात वसुन्धराम्
yadā na dhāraṇe śaktāstasya garbhasya tāḥ striyaḥ| tataḥ sa tābhiḥ śītāṃśurnipapāta vasundharām
When those women were not able to hold that embryo, then that cool-rayed one fell from them to the earth.
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VaP 2 28.9
पतन्तं सोममालोक्य ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः। रथमारोपयामास लोकानां हितकाम्यया
patantaṃ somamālokya brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ| rathamāropayāmāsa lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā
Seeing Soma falling, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, set him upon a chariot, out of desire for the welfare of the worlds.
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VaP 2 28.10
स हि देवमयो विप्रा धर्म्मार्थी सत्यसङ्गरः। युक्तो वाजिसहस्रेण सितेनेति हि नः श्रुतम्
sa hi devamayo viprā dharmmārthī satyasaṅgaraḥ| yukto vājisahasreṇa siteneti hi naḥ śrutam
For that (chariot) was made of divine substance, O brahmins, aimed at dharma, true to its engagement, yoked with a thousand white horses — so we have heard.
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VaP 2 28.11
तस्मिन्निपतिते देवाः पुत्रेऽत्रेः परमात्मनि। तुष्टुवुर्ब्रह्मणः पुत्राः मानसाः सप्त विश्रुताः
tasminnipatite devāḥ putre'treḥ paramātmani| tuṣṭuvurbrahmaṇaḥ putrāḥ mānasāḥ sapta viśrutāḥ
When he, the son of Atri, the supreme self, had fallen, the gods praised (him), and the seven renowned mind-born sons of Brahmā,
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VaP 2 28.12
तत्रैवाङ्गिरसस्तस्य भृगोश्चैवात्मजस्तथा। ऋग्भिर्यजुर्भिर्बहुभिरथर्वाङ्गिरसैरपि
tatraivāṅgirasastasya bhṛgoścaivātmajastathā| ṛgbhiryajurbhirbahubhiratharvāṅgirasairapi
and there too the son of Aṅgiras and likewise the son of Bhṛgu — with many Ṛg verses, with Yajus verses, and with the Atharva-Aṅgiras hymns as well.
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VaP 2 28.13
ततः संस्तूयमानस्य तेजः सोमस्य भास्वतः। आप्यायमानं लोकांस्त्रीन् भावयामास सर्व्वशः
tataḥ saṃstūyamānasya tejaḥ somasya bhāsvataḥ| āpyāyamānaṃ lokāṃstrīn bhāvayāmāsa sarvvaśaḥ
Then the swelling radiance of shining Soma, as he was being praised, nourished the three worlds in every way.
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VaP 2 28.14
समेन रथमुख्येन सागरान्तां वसुन्धराम्। त्रिःसप्तकृत्वो विपुल श्चकाराभिप्रदक्षिणम्
samena rathamukhyena sāgarāntāṃ vasundharām| triḥsaptakṛtvo vipula ścakārābhipradakṣiṇam
With that level, foremost of chariots the vast one made circumambulation of the earth, bounded by the ocean, thrice seven times.
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VaP 2 28.15
तस्य यच्चापि तत्तेजः पृथिवीमन्वपद्यत। ओषध्यस्ताः समुद्भूतास्तेजसा संज्वलन्त्युत
tasya yaccāpi tattejaḥ pṛthivīmanvapadyata| oṣadhyastāḥ samudbhūtāstejasā saṃjvalantyuta
And that radiance of his which reached the earth — from it those healing herbs arose, blazing with radiance.
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VaP 2 28.16
ताभिर्धार्यत्ययं लोकान् प्रजाश्चापि चतुर्विधाः। पोष्टा हि भगवान् सोमो जगतो हि द्विजोत्तमाः
tābhirdhāryatyayaṃ lokān prajāścāpi caturvidhāḥ| poṣṭā hi bhagavān somo jagato hi dvijottamāḥ
By them he sustains these worlds and the four kinds of creatures too; for the blessed Soma is the nourisher of the world, O best of the twice-born.
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VaP 2 28.17
स लब्धतेजास्तपसा संस्तवैस्तैश्च कर्म्मभिः। तपस्तेपे महाभागः पझानां दशतीर्दश
sa labdhatejāstapasā saṃstavaistaiśca karmmabhiḥ| tapastepe mahābhāgaḥ pajhānāṃ daśatīrdaśa
He, having obtained radiance by austerity and by those praises and rites, that greatly fortunate one, performed austerity for ten times ten (periods) of the creatures.
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VaP 2 28.18
हिरण्यवर्णा या देव्यो धारयन्त्यात्मना जगत्। विभुस्तासाम्भवेत्सोमः प्रख्यातः स्वेन कर्म्मणा
hiraṇyavarṇā yā devyo dhārayantyātmanā jagat| vibhustāsāmbhavetsomaḥ prakhyātaḥ svena karmmaṇā
The golden-hued goddesses who by themselves sustain the world — Soma became their lord, renowned by his own deed.
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VaP 2 28.19
ततस्तस्मै ददौ राज्यं ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदां वरः। बीजौषधिषु विप्राणामपाञ्च द्विजसत्तमाः
tatastasmai dadau rājyaṃ brahmā brahmavidāṃ varaḥ| bījauṣadhiṣu viprāṇāmapāñca dvijasattamāḥ
Then Brahmā, best of the knowers of brahman, gave him kingship over seeds and herbs, over brahmins and over the waters, O best of the twice-born.
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VaP 2 28.20
सोऽभिषिक्तो महातेजा महाराज्येन राजराट् । लोकानां भावयामास स्वभावात्तपतां वरः
so'bhiṣikto mahātejā mahārājyena rājarāṭ | lokānāṃ bhāvayāmāsa svabhāvāttapatāṃ varaḥ
Consecrated with a great kingship, that one of great splendour, king of kings, foremost of those who give heat, by his own nature caused the worlds to thrive.
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VaP 2 28.21
सप्तविंशतिरिन्दोस्तु दाक्षायण्यो महाव्रताः। ददौ प्राचेतसो दक्षो नक्षत्राणीति या विदुः
saptaviṃśatirindostu dākṣāyaṇyo mahāvratāḥ| dadau prācetaso dakṣo nakṣatrāṇīti yā viduḥ
Dakṣa Prācetasa gave to the moon twenty-seven daughters of his own, women of great vows, whom (people) know as the lunar mansions.
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VaP 2 28.22
स तत्प्राप्य महद्राजयं सोमः सोमवतां प्रभुः। समाजज्ञे राजसूयं सहस्रशतदक्षिणम्
sa tatprāpya mahadrājayaṃ somaḥ somavatāṃ prabhuḥ| samājajñe rājasūyaṃ sahasraśatadakṣiṇam
Having obtained that great kingship, Soma, lord of those who possess soma, performed a Rājasūya sacrifice with a hundred thousand as its priestly fee.
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VaP 2 28.23
हिरण्यगर्भश्चोद्गाता ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मत्वमेयिवान्। सदस्यस्तत्र भगवान् हरिर्नारायणः प्रभुः । सनत्कुमारप्रमुखैराद्यैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिर्वृतः
hiraṇyagarbhaścodgātā brahmā brahmatvameyivān| sadasyastatra bhagavān harirnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | sanatkumārapramukhairādyairbrahmarṣibhirvṛtaḥ
Hiraṇyagarbha was the udgātar; Brahmā attained the office of brahman priest; there as an assessor sat the lord Hari Nārāyaṇa, surrounded by the primal brahman-seers headed by Sanatkumāra.
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VaP 2 28.24
दक्षिणामददत्सोमस्त्रील्लोँकानिति नः श्रुतम्। तेभ्यो ब्रह्मर्षिमुख्येभ्यः सदस्येभ्यश्च वै द्विजाः
dakṣiṇāmadadatsomastrīllo~kāniti naḥ śrutam| tebhyo brahmarṣimukhyebhyaḥ sadasyebhyaśca vai dvijāḥ
Soma gave the three worlds as the fee — so we have heard — to those chief brahman-seers and to the assessors, O twice-born ones.
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VaP 2 28.25
तं सिनी च कुहूश्चैव वपुः पुष्टिः प्रभावसुः। कीर्त्तिर्धृतिश्च लक्ष्मीश्च नव देव्यः सिषेविरे
taṃ sinī ca kuhūścaiva vapuḥ puṣṭiḥ prabhāvasuḥ| kīrttirdhṛtiśca lakṣmīśca nava devyaḥ siṣevire
Sinī and Kuhū, Vapus, Puṣṭi, Prabhā, Vasu, Kīrti, Dhṛti and Lakṣmī — nine goddesses attended upon him.
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VaP 2 28.26
प्राप्यावभृथमव्यग्रः सर्व्वदेवर्षिपूजितः। अतिराजातिराजेन्द्रो दशधातापयद्दिशः
prāpyāvabhṛthamavyagraḥ sarvvadevarṣipūjitaḥ| atirājātirājendro daśadhātāpayaddiśaḥ
Having taken the concluding (avabhṛtha) bath, untroubled, honoured by all the gods and seers, a king beyond kings, an over-lord of kings, he heated the directions tenfold.
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VaP 2 28.27
तदा तत् प्राप्य दुष्प्रापमैश्वर्यमृषिसंस्तुतम्। स विभ्रममतिर्विप्रा विनये विनयो हतः
tadā tat prāpya duṣprāpamaiśvaryamṛṣisaṃstutam| sa vibhramamatirviprā vinaye vinayo hataḥ
Then, having gained that hard-to-gain lordship extolled by the seers, his mind grew unsteady, O brahmins, and his good breeding was destroyed in the matter of discipline.
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VaP 2 28.28
बृहस्पतेः स वै भार्यान्तारां नाम यशस्विनीम्। जहार सहसा सर्व्वानवमत्याङ्गिरःसुतान्
bṛhaspateḥ sa vai bhāryāntārāṃ nāma yaśasvinīm| jahāra sahasā sarvvānavamatyāṅgiraḥsutān
He suddenly carried off Bṛhaspati's wife, the illustrious woman named Tārā, slighting all the sons of Aṅgiras.
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VaP 2 28.29
स याच्यमानो देवैश्च तथा देवर्षिभिश्च ह। नैव व्यसर्जयत्तारां तस्मायाङ्गिरसे तदा
sa yācyamāno devaiśca tathā devarṣibhiśca ha| naiva vyasarjayattārāṃ tasmāyāṅgirase tadā
Though entreated by the gods and likewise by the divine seers, he still did not release Tārā to that son of Aṅgiras then.
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VaP 2 28.30
उशनास्तस्य जग्राह पार्ष्णिमङ्गिरसो द्विजाः। स हि शिष्यो महातेजाः पितुः पूर्वं बृहस्पतेः
uśanāstasya jagrāha pārṣṇimaṅgiraso dvijāḥ| sa hi śiṣyo mahātejāḥ pituḥ pūrvaṃ bṛhaspateḥ
Uśanas took his heel (i.e. became his rear-guard) against the son of Aṅgiras, O twice-born ones; for he of great splendour had formerly been a pupil of Bṛhaspati's father.
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VaP 2 28.31
तेन स्नेहेन भगवान् रुद्रस्तस्य बृहस्पतेः। पार्ष्णिग्राहोऽभवद्देवः प्रगृह्याजगवन्धनुः
tena snehena bhagavān rudrastasya bṛhaspateḥ| pārṣṇigrāho'bhavaddevaḥ pragṛhyājagavandhanuḥ
Out of that affection the lord god Rudra became the rear-guard of that Bṛhaspati, taking up the Ājagava bow.
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VaP 2 28.32
तेन ब्रह्मर्षिमुख्येभ्यः परमास्त्रं महात्मना। उद्दिश्य देवानुत्सृष्टं येनैषां नाशितं यशः
tena brahmarṣimukhyebhyaḥ paramāstraṃ mahātmanā| uddiśya devānutsṛṣṭaṃ yenaiṣāṃ nāśitaṃ yaśaḥ
By him, the great-souled one, a supreme missile was let loose against the chief brahman-seers, aimed at the gods, by which their glory was destroyed.
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VaP 2 28.33
तत्र तद्युद्धमभवत् प्रत्यक्षन्तारकामयम्। देवानां दानवानाञ्च लोकक्षयकरं महत्
tatra tadyuddhamabhavat pratyakṣantārakāmayam| devānāṃ dānavānāñca lokakṣayakaraṃ mahat
There that battle took place before their very eyes, the one about Tārā, great and world-destroying, between the gods and the dānavas.
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VaP 2 28.34
तत्र शिष्टास्त्रयो देवास्तुषिताश्चैव ये स्मृताः। ब्रह्माणं शरणं जग्मुरादिदेवं पितामहम्
tatra śiṣṭāstrayo devāstuṣitāścaiva ye smṛtāḥ| brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmurādidevaṃ pitāmaham
The three gods who survived there, and those recorded as the Tuṣitas, went for refuge to Brahmā, the primal god, the grandfather.
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VaP 2 28.35
ततो निवार्योशनसं रुद्रं ज्येष्ठञ्च शङ्करम्। ददावाङ्गिरसे तारां स्वयमेव पितामहः
tato nivāryośanasaṃ rudraṃ jyeṣṭhañca śaṅkaram| dadāvāṅgirase tārāṃ svayameva pitāmahaḥ
Then, restraining Uśanas and Rudra, and Śaṅkara the eldest, the grandfather himself gave Tārā to the son of Aṅgiras.
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VaP 2 28.36
अन्तर्वत्नीं च तां दृष्ट्वा तारान्ताराधिपाननाम्। गर्भमुत्सृजसे न त्वं विप्रः प्राह बृहस्पतिः
antarvatnīṃ ca tāṃ dṛṣṭvā tārāntārādhipānanām| garbhamutsṛjase na tvaṃ vipraḥ prāha bṛhaspatiḥ
And seeing her pregnant, Tārā whose face was like the lord of the stars, the brahmin Bṛhaspati said: "Will you not let go of the embryo?"
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VaP 2 28.37
मदीयायां तनौ योनौ गर्भो धार्यः कथञ्चन। अथो नावसृजत्तन्तु कुमारं दस्युहन्तमम्
madīyāyāṃ tanau yonau garbho dhāryaḥ kathañcana| atho nāvasṛjattantu kumāraṃ dasyuhantamam
"In no way is the embryo to be carried in a womb that belongs to my body." Then she released the boy, the greatest slayer of brigands.
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VaP 2 28.38
ईषिकास्तम्बमासाद्य ज्वलन्तमिव पावकम्। जातमात्रोऽथ भगवान् देवानामाक्षिपद्वपुः
īṣikāstambamāsādya jvalantamiva pāvakam| jātamātro'tha bhagavān devānāmākṣipadvapuḥ
Coming upon a clump of reeds, like blazing fire, the lord, the moment he was born, outshone the bodily beauty of the gods.
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VaP 2 28.39
ततः संशयमापन्नास्तारामकथयन् सुराः। सत्यं ब्रूहि सुतः कस्य सोमस्याथ बृहस्पतेः
tataḥ saṃśayamāpannāstārāmakathayan surāḥ| satyaṃ brūhi sutaḥ kasya somasyātha bṛhaspateḥ
Then the gods, fallen into doubt, said to Tārā: "Speak the truth: whose son is he — Soma's, or Bṛhaspati's?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 28.40
ह्रीयमाणा यदा देवान्नाह सा साध्वसाधु वा । तदा तां शप्तुमारब्धः कुमारो दस्युहन्तमः
hrīyamāṇā yadā devānnāha sā sādhvasādhu vā | tadā tāṃ śaptumārabdhaḥ kumāro dasyuhantamaḥ
When, out of shame, she would not say to the gods either the good or the bad of it, then the boy, the greatest slayer of foes, set about cursing her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 28.41
सन्निवार्य तदा ब्रह्मा तारां चन्द्रस्य संशयः। यदत्र तथ्यन्तद्ब्रूहि तारे कस्य सुतस्त्वयम्
sannivārya tadā brahmā tārāṃ candrasya saṃśayaḥ| yadatra tathyantadbrūhi tāre kasya sutastvayam
Then Brahmā, restraining (him), (said) to Tārā — the doubt being about the Moon: "What here is true, that tell, O Tārā: whose son is this of yours?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 28.42
सा प्राञ्जलिरुवाचेदं ब्रह्माणं वरदं प्रभुम्। सोमस्येति महात्मानं कुमारन्दस्युहन्तमम्
sā prāñjaliruvācedaṃ brahmāṇaṃ varadaṃ prabhum| somasyeti mahātmānaṃ kumārandasyuhantamam
With palms joined she spoke thus to Brahmā, the boon-granting lord: "(He is) Soma's" — (thus she spoke of) the great-souled boy, the greatest slayer of foes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 28.43
ततः स तमुपाघाय सोमो दाता प्रजापतिः। बुध इत्यकरोन्नाम तस्य पुत्रस्य धीमतः
tataḥ sa tamupāghāya somo dātā prajāpatiḥ| budha ityakaronnāma tasya putrasya dhīmataḥ
Then Soma, the giver, the lord of creatures, having embraced him, made "Budha" the name of that wise son of his.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 28.44
प्रतिपूर्व्वञ्च गमने समभ्युत्तिष्ठते बुधैः। उत्पादयामास तदा पुत्रं वै राजपुत्रिका
pratipūrvvañca gamane samabhyuttiṣṭhate budhaiḥ| utpādayāmāsa tadā putraṃ vai rājaputrikā
And in going he rises up foremost among the wise. Then the king's daughter brought forth a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 28.45
तस्य पुत्रो महातेजा बभूवैलः पुरूरवाः । उर्वश्यां जज्ञिरे तस्य पुत्राः षट् सुमहौजसः
tasya putro mahātejā babhūvailaḥ purūravāḥ | urvaśyāṃ jajñire tasya putrāḥ ṣaṭ sumahaujasaḥ
His son was Aila Purūravas of great splendour; to him were born of Urvaśī six sons of very great might.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 28.46
प्रसह्य धर्षितस्तत्र विवशो राजयक्ष्मणा । ततो यक्ष्माभिभूतस्तु सोमः प्रक्षीणमण्डलः । जगाम शरणायाथ पितरं सोऽत्रिमेव तु
prasahya dharṣitastatra vivaśo rājayakṣmaṇā | tato yakṣmābhibhūtastu somaḥ prakṣīṇamaṇḍalaḥ | jagāma śaraṇāyātha pitaraṃ so'trimeva tu
There, overpowered by force, helpless with the royal consumption — then Soma, afflicted by the consumption, his orb wasted away, went for refuge to his father, to Atri himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 28.47
तस्य तत्पापशमनं चकारात्रिर्महायशाः। स राजयक्ष्मणा मुक्तः श्रिया जज्वाल सर्व्वशः
tasya tatpāpaśamanaṃ cakārātrirmahāyaśāḥ| sa rājayakṣmaṇā muktaḥ śriyā jajvāla sarvvaśaḥ
Atri of great fame performed for him the quelling of that sin; freed from the royal consumption, he blazed on all sides with splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 28.48
एतत्सोमस्य वै जन्म कीर्त्तितं द्विजसत्तमाः। वंशन्तस्य द्विजश्रेष्ठाः कीर्त्यमानं निबोधत
etatsomasya vai janma kīrttitaṃ dvijasattamāḥ| vaṃśantasya dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ kīrtyamānaṃ nibodhata
This birth of Soma has been recounted, O best of the twice-born; now learn his lineage, O foremost of the twice-born, as it is proclaimed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 28.49
धन्यमारोग्यमायुष्यं पुण्यं कल्मषशोधनम्। सोमस्य जन्म श्रुत्वैव सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
dhanyamārogyamāyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ kalmaṣaśodhanam| somasya janma śrutvaiva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
(It is) bringing wealth, health and long life, meritorious, cleansing of stain; merely by hearing the birth of Soma one is released from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition