King Śaryāti’s Lineage
King Śaryāti’s Lineage
|| 9.3.1 ||
śrī-śuka uvāca
śaryātir mānavo rājā
brahmiṣṭhaḥ sambabhūva ha
yo vā aṅgirasāṁ satre
dvitīyam ahar ūcivān
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: O King, Śaryāti, another son of Manu, was a ruler completely aware of Vedic knowledge. He gave instructions about the functions to be performed for the second day of the sacrifice by the descendants of Aṅgira.
The Third Chapter describes how Śaryāti’s daughter Sukanyā married the sage named Cyavana, and later in his dynasty Kakudmī’s daughter married Balarāma. Brahmiṣṭhaḥ means he was learned in the Vedas. Thus he gave instructions about the activities for the second day of a sacrifice of Aṅgira.
|| 9.3.2 ||
sukanyā nāma tasyāsīt
kanyā kamala-locanā
tayā sārdhaṁ vana-gato
hy agamac cyavanāśramam
Śaryāti had a beautiful lotus-eyed daughter named Sukanyā, with whom he went to the forest to see the hermitage of the sage Cyavana.
|| 9.3.3 ||
sā sakhībhiḥ parivṛtā
vicinvanty aṅghripān vane
valmīka-randhre dadṛśe
khadyote iva jyotiṣī
While that Sukanyā, surrounded by her friends, was collecting various types of fruits from the trees in the forest, she saw within the hole of an anthill two glowing objects.
|| 9.3.4 ||
te daiva-coditā bālā
jyotiṣī kaṇṭakena vai
avidhyan mugdha-bhāvena
susrāvāsṛk tato bahiḥ
As if induced by providence, the girl ignorantly pierced those two glowworms with a thorn, and then blood began to ooze out.
|| 9.3.5 ||
śakṛn-mūtra-nirodho 'bhūt
sainikānāṁ ca tat-kṣaṇāt
rājarṣis tam upālakṣya
puruṣān vismito 'bravīt
Immediately all the soldiers of Śaryāti could not pass urine and stool. Upon perceiving this, Śaryāti spoke to his associates in surprise.
|| 9.3.6 ||
apy abhadraṁ na yuṣmābhir
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