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शौनक उवाच ॥ सगरस्यात्मजा वीराः कथं जाता महाबलाः ॥ विक्रांताः षष्टिसाहस्रा विधना केन वा वद ॥ १॥
Śaunaka said:— How were the heroic sons of Sagara born? By what means did the sixty thousand of them become valorous?
english translation
सूत उवाच॥ द्वे पत्न्यो सगरस्यास्तां तपसा दग्धकिल्विषे॥ और्वस्तयोर्वरं प्रादात्तोषितो मुनिसत्तमः ॥ २ ॥
Sūta said:— Sagara had two wives. They had wiped off their sins by penance. When Aurva the sage was propitiated by them he granted them a boon.
english translation
षष्टिपुत्रसहस्राणि एका वव्रे तरस्विनाम्॥ एकं वंशकरं त्वेका यथेष्टं वरशालिनी॥ ३॥
One of them chose the boon of sixty thousand sons. The other chose one son who would maintain the line of succession in the race.
english translation
तत्रैवागत्य तां लब्ध्वा पुत्राञ्शूरान्बहूंस्तदा ॥ सा चैव सुषुवे तुम्बं बीजपूर्वं पृथक्कृतम् ॥ ४ ॥
Having received the boon of heroic sons she gave birth to a big gourd of seeds which were separated.
english translation
ते सर्वे हि स्वधात्रीभिर्ववृधुश्च यथाक्रमम् ॥ घृतपूर्णेषु कुम्भेषु कुमाराः प्रीतिवर्द्धनाः ॥ ५ ॥
They were put in jars of ghee and nurtured by nursing maidens. They became princes and enhanced the delight of all.
english translation