Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 7.57
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7.57.1
तां श्रुत्वा दिव्यसङ्काशां कथामद्भुतदर्शनाम् ।
लक्ष्मणः परमप्रीतो राघवं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ ७.५७.१ ॥
Having heard that story, divine in its resemblance and wondrous to behold, Lakṣmaṇa, greatly delighted, spoke these words to Rāghava.
7.57.2
निक्षिप्तदेहौ काकुत्स्थ कथं तौ द्विजपार्थिवौ ।
पुनर्देहेन संयोगं जग्मुर्देवसम्मतौ ॥ ७.५७.२ ॥
O Kākutstha, how did those two, a brahmin and a king, who had laid down their bodies, come again into union with a body, approved by the gods?
7.57.3
तस्य तद्भाषितं श्रुत्वा रामः सत्यपराक्रमः ।
तां कथां कथयामास वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः ॥ ७.५७.३ ॥
Having heard his words, Rāma of true valor related that story of the great-souled Vasiṣṭha.
7.57.4
यस्तु कुम्भो रघुश्रेष्ठ तेजःपूर्णो महात्मनोः ।
तस्मिंस्तेजोमयौ विप्रौ सम्भूतावृषिसत्तमौ ॥ ७.५७.४ ॥
O best of the Raghus, from that pot full of the energy of the great-souled ones, two brahmins made of radiance, the best of sages, were born.
7.57.5
पूर्वं समभवत्तत्र ह्यगस्त्यो भगवानृषिः ।
नाहं सुतस्तवेत्युक्त्वा मित्रं तस्मादपाक्रमत् ॥ ७.५७.५ ॥
First there arose the venerable sage Agastya. Saying, 'I am not your son,' he departed from Mitra.
7.57.6
तद्धि तेजस्तु मित्रस्य उर्वस्याः पूर्वमाहितम् ।
तस्मिन्समभवत्कुम्भे तत्तेजो यत्र वारुणम् ॥ ७.५७.६ ॥
That energy belonged to Mitra, previously deposited in Urvaśī; in that very pot where the energy of Varuṇa was, that energy came into being.
7.57.7
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य मित्रावरुणसम्भवः ।
वसिष्ठस्तेजसा युक्तो जज्ञे इक्ष्वाकुदैवतम् ॥ ७.५७.७ ॥
After some time, Vasiṣṭha, born of Mitra and Varuṇa and endowed with radiance, was born as the deity of the Ikṣvāku line.
7.57.8
तमिक्ष्वाकुर्महातेजा जातमात्रमनिन्दितम् ।
वव्रे पुरोधसं सौम्य वंशस्यास्य भवाय नः ॥ ७.५७.८ ॥
Ikṣvāku, of great radiance, chose him, blameless from the moment of birth, as family priest, gentle one, for the welfare of this lineage of ours.
7.57.9
एवं त्वपूर्वदेहस्य वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः ।
कथितो निर्गमः सौम्य निमेः शृणु यथा ऽभवत् ॥ ७.५७.९ ॥
Thus has been told the emergence of Vasiṣṭha, the great-souled one of unprecedented body. Now listen, gentle one, to how it came to be concerning Nimi.
7.57.10
दृष्ट्वा विदेहं राजानमृषयः सर्व एव ते ।
तं च ते योजयामासुर्यागदीक्षां मनीषिणः ॥ ७.५७.१० ॥
Seeing the king bodiless, all those sages, the wise ones, joined him to the initiation for the sacrifice.
7.57.11
तं च देहं नरेन्द्रस्य रक्षन्ति स्म द्विजोत्तमाः ।
गन्धैर्माल्यैश्च वस्त्रैश्च पौरभृत्यसमन्विताः ॥ ७.५७.११ ॥
The best of the twice-born guarded the king's body, together with the townsfolk and servants, with fragrances, garlands and garments.
7.57.12
ततो यज्ञे समाप्ते तु भृगुस्तत्रेदमब्रवीत् ।
आनयिष्यामि ते चेतस्तुष्टो ऽस्मि तव पार्थिव ॥ ७.५७.१२ ॥
Then, when the sacrifice was completed, Bhṛgu said there: "O king, I will bring back your mind; I am pleased with you."
7.57.13
सुप्रीताश्च सुराः सर्वे निमेश्चेतस्तथाब्रुवन् ।
वरं वरय राजर्षे क्व ते चेतो निरूप्यताम् ॥ ७.५७.१३ ॥
All the gods, greatly pleased, spoke thus to Nimi: O royal sage, choose a boon. Determine where your mind is set.
7.57.14
एवमुक्तः सुरैः सर्वैर्निमेश्चेतस्तदाब्रवीत् ।
नेत्रेषु सर्वभूतानां वसेयं सुरसत्तमाः ॥ ७.५७.१४ ॥
When all the gods had spoken thus, Nimi then said: O best of gods, may I dwell in the eyes of all beings.
7.57.15
बाढमित्येव विबुधा निमेश्चेतस्तदा ऽब्रुवन् ।
नेत्रेषु सर्वभूतानां वायुभूतश्चरिष्यसि ॥ ७.५७.१५ ॥
Then the gods said to Nimi: Very well. You will move about in the eyes of all beings, having become wind.
7.57.16
त्वत्कृते च निमिष्यन्ति चक्षूंषि पृथिवीपते ।
वायुभूतेन चरता विश्रमार्थं मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ ७.५७.१६ ॥
O lord of the earth, because of you the eyes blink, for you, moving as wind, pause again and again for rest.
7.57.17
एवमुक्त्वा तु विबुधाः सर्वे जग्मुर्यथागतम् ।
ऋषयो ऽपि महात्मानो निमेर्देहं समाहरन् ॥ ७.५७.१७ ॥
Having spoken thus, all the gods went away the way they had come; and the great-souled sages gathered together the body of Nimi.
7.57.18
अरणिं तत्र निक्षिप्य मथनं चक्रुरोजसा ।
मन्त्रहोमैर्महात्मानः पुत्रहेतोर्निमेस्तदा ॥ ७.५७.१८ ॥
There, having placed the fire-stick, the great-souled ones churned it with force; with mantras and oblations, then, for the sake of a son of Nimi.
7.57.19
अरण्यां मथ्यामानायां प्रादुर्भूतो महातपाः ।
मथनान्मिथिरित्याहुर्जननाज्जनको ऽभवत् ।
यस्माद्विदेहात्सम्भूतो वैदेहस्तु ततः स्मृतः ॥ ७.५७.१९ ॥
When the fire-stick was being churned, the great ascetic Mithi appeared. From the churning he was called Mithi, and from his birth he became Janaka. Because he was born from Videha, he is remembered as Vaideha.
7.57.20
एवं विदेहराजश्च जनकः पूर्वको ऽभवत् ।
मिथिर्नाम महातेजास्तेनायं मैथिलो ऽभवत् ॥ ७.५७.२० ॥
Thus Janaka, king of Videha, became the first of that line. Mithi by name, of great radiance, was his progenitor; through him this one became Maithila.