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नारद उवाच । अयं लोकः सुपर्णानां पक्षिणां पन्नगाशिनाम् । विक्रमे गमने भारे नैषामस्ति परिश्रमः॥५-९९-१॥
Nārada said: This is the realm of the Suparṇas—birds that feed on serpents. In exertion, in movement, and in bearing loads, they experience no fatigue.
english translation
वैनतेयसुतैः सूत षड्भिस्ततमिदं कुलम् । सुमुखेन सुनाम्ना च सुनेत्रेण सुवर्चसा॥५-९९-२॥
O Sūta, this lineage has been extended by six sons of Vainateya: Sumukha, Sunāman, Sunetra, and Suvarcasā,
english translation
सुरूपपक्षिराजेन सुबलेन च मातले । वर्धितानि प्रसूत्या वै विनताकुलकर्तृभिः॥५-९९-३॥
—and by Surūpa, the well-formed king of birds, and by Subala too, O Mātali—these were increased through progeny, as founders of Vinatā’s line.
english translation
पक्षिराजाभिजात्यानां सहस्राणि शतानि च । कश्यपस्य ततो वंशे जातैर्भूतिविवर्धनैः॥५-९९-४॥
There were thousands and hundreds of those of royal avian stock, born in the lineage of Kaśyapa, who increased the prosperity of their kind.
english translation
सर्वे ह्येते श्रिया युक्ताः सर्वे श्रीवत्सलक्षणाः । सर्वे श्रियमभीप्सन्तो धारयन्ति बलान्युत॥५-९९-५॥
Indeed, all of them are endowed with śrī (prosperity and auspicious splendor); all bear the mark of Śrīvatsa. All, desiring prosperity, also sustain great powers.
english translation