Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.220
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3.220.1
श्रुत्वेमां धर्मसंयुक्तां धर्मराजः कथां शुभाम् ।
पुनः पप्रच्छ तमृषिं मार्कण्डेयमिदं तदा ॥ ३.२२०.१ ॥
Having heard this auspicious story, joined with dharma, the king of dharma then asked the sage Mārkaṇḍeya again.
3.220.2
कथमग्निर्वनं यातः कथं चाप्यङ्गिराः पुरा ।
नष्टेऽग्नौ हव्यमहवदग्निर्भूत्वा महाद्युतिः ॥ ३.२२०.२ ॥
How did Agni go to the forest, and how did Aṅgiras go in former times? When the fire was lost, Agni of great brilliance became fire himself and offered the oblation.
3.220.3
अग्निर्यदा चैक एव बहुत्वं चास्य कर्मसु ।
दृश्यते भगवन्सर्वमेतदिच्छामि वेदितुम् ॥ ३.२२०.३ ॥
O venerable one, although Agni is one, his manifoldness is seen in the rites; I wish to know all of this.
3.220.4
कुमारश्च यथोत्पन्नो यथा चाग्नेः सुतोऽभवत् ।
यथा रुद्राच्च संभूतो गङ्गायां कृत्तिकासु च ॥ ३.२२०.४ ॥
How was Kumāra born, and how did he become the son of Agni? How was he produced from Rudra, in the Gaṅgā and among the Kṛttikās?
3.220.5
एतदिच्छाम्यहं त्वत्तः श्रोतुं भार्गवसत्तम ।
कौतूहलसमाविष्टो याथातथ्यं महामुने ॥ ३.२२०.५ ॥
I wish to hear this from you, best of the Bhṛgus; filled with eager curiosity, great sage, I want to know the truth of it.
3.220.6
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
यथा क्रुद्धो हुतवहस्तपस्तप्तुं वनं गतः ॥ ३.२२०.६ ॥
Here too they tell this ancient tradition: how Agni, the bearer of oblations, angry, went to the forest to perform austerity.
3.220.7
यथा च भगवानग्निः स्वयमेवाङ्गेराऽभवत् ।
संतापयंश्च प्रभया नाशयंस्तिमिरावलिम् ॥ ३.२२०.७ ॥
And as the blessed Agni himself became Aṅgiras, heating with his radiance and destroying the rows of darkness.
3.220.8
पुराङ्गिरा महाबाहो चचार तप उत्तमम् ।
आश्रमस्थो महाभागो हव्यवाहं विशेषयन्।
यथाग्निर्भूत्वा तु तदा जगत्सर्वं व्यकाशयत् ॥ ३.२२०.८ ॥
O mighty-armed one, long ago Aṅgiras performed supreme austerity. Dwelling in his hermitage, the greatly fortunate one, distinguishing the bearer of oblations, becoming fire, then lit up the entire world.
3.220.9
तपश्चरंस्तु हुतभुक्संतप्तस्तस्य तेजसा ।
भृशं ग्लानश्चतेजस्वी न च किंचित्प्रजज्ञिवान् ॥ ३.२२०.९ ॥
But the fire, performing austerity, was greatly scorched by his radiance and grew very weak; though brilliant, he perceived nothing at all.
3.220.10
अथ संचिन्तयामास भगवान्हव्यवाहनः ।
अन्योऽग्निरिव लोकानां ब्रह्मणा संप्रकल्पितः ॥ ३.२२०.१० ॥
Then the blessed Havyavāhana reflected: he is like another fire, fashioned for the worlds by Brahmā.
3.220.11
अग्नित्वं विप्रनष्टं हि तप्यमानस् मे तपः ।
कथमग्निः पुनरहं भवेयमिति चिन्त्य सः ॥ ३.२२०.११ ॥
My fire-nature has been utterly destroyed, and my austerity scorches me. How might I become fire again? Reflecting thus, he
3.220.12
अपश्यदग्निवल्लोकांस्तापयन्तं महामुनिम् ।
सोपासर्पच्छनैर्भीतस्तमुवाच तदाङ्गिराः ॥ ३.२२०.१२ ॥
He saw the great sage heating the worlds like fire. Frightened, he slowly approached him; then Aṅgiras spoke to him.
3.220.13
शीघ्रमेव भवस्वाग्निस्त्वं पुनर्लोकभावनः ।
विज्ञातश्चासि लोकेषु त्रिषु संस्थानचारिषु ॥ ३.२२०.१३ ॥
Fire, soon become again the sustainer of the worlds. You shall be known again among the three worlds, among those who move in their own spheres.
3.220.14
त्वमग्ने प्रथमः सृष्टो ब्र्हमणा तिमिरापर्हः ।
स्वस्थानं प्रतिपद्यस्व शीघ्रमेव तमो नुद ॥ ३.२२०.१४ ॥
Fire, you were the first created by Brahmā, the remover of darkness. Quickly go to your own place and drive away the darkness.
3.220.15
नष्टकीर्तिरहं लोके भवाञ्जातो हुताशनः ।
भवन्तमेव ज्ञास्यन्ति पावकं न तु मां जनाः ॥ ३.२२०.१५ ॥
My fame has been lost in the world; you have been born as the offering-fire. People will know you alone as the purifier, not me.
3.220.16
निक्षिपम्यहमग्नित्वं त्वमग्निः प्रथमो भव ।
भविष्यामि द्वितीयोऽहं प्राजापत्यक एव च ॥ ३.२२०.१६ ॥
I relinquish the state of fire; you become the first fire. I shall be the second, and also belonging to Prajāpati.
3.220.17
कुरु पुण्यं प्रजास्वर्ग्यं भवाग्निस्तिमिरापहः ।
मां च देव कुरुष्वाग्ने प्रथमं पुत्रमञ्जसा ॥ ३.२२०.१७ ॥
Perform merit, become the giver of heaven to the creatures; Fire, become the dispeller of darkness. O god, O Fire, readily make me your first son.
3.220.18
तच्छ्रुत्वाङ्गिरसो वाक्यं जातवेदास्तथाऽकरोत् ।
राजन्वृहस्पतिर्नाम तस्याप्यङ्गिरसः सुतः ॥ ३.२२०.१८ ॥
Having heard the speech of Aṅgiras, Jātavedas did so. O king, a son named Bṛhaspati, also a son of Aṅgiras, was born to him.
3.220.19
ज्ञात्वा प्रथमजं तं तु वह्नेरङ्गिरसं सुतम् ।
उपेत्य देवाः पप्रच्छुः कारणं तत्र भारत ॥ ३.२२०.१९ ॥
Knowing that Aṅgiras, the first-born son of Fire, was there, the gods approached him and asked the cause of what had happened, O Bhārata.
3.220.20
स तु पृष्टस्तदा देवैस्तत कारणमब्रवीत् ।
प्रत्यगृह्णन्त देवाश्च तद्वचोऽङ्गिरसस्तदा ॥ ३.२२०.२० ॥
When the gods asked him, he told them the cause; and then the gods accepted the words of Aṅgiras.
3.220.21
तत्रनानाविधानग्नीन्प्रवक्ष्यामि महाप्रभान् ।
कर्मभिर्वहुभिः ख्याताननानार्थान्ब्राह्मणेष्विह ॥ ३.२२०.२१ ॥
Here, among the brahmins, I shall declare the many kinds of greatly radiant fires, renowned for their many rites and serving various purposes.