Text 6]
Diti Vows to Kill King Indra
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TEXT 5
वाल्मीकिश्च महायोगी वल्मीकादमवत्किल । अगस्त्यश्च वसिष्ठश्च मित्रावरुणयोर्ऋषी ॥ ५ ॥
vālmīkiś ca mahā-yogī valmīkād abhavat kila agastyaś ca vasiṣṭhaś ca mitrā-varuṇayor ṛṣī
vālmīkiḥ—Vālmīki; ca—and; mahā-yogī—the great mystic; valmīkāt—from an anthill; abhavat—took birth; kila—indeed; agastyaḥ—Agastya; ca—and; vasiṣṭhaḥ—Vasiṣṭha; ca—also; mitrā- varuṇayoḥ—of Mitra and Varuṇa; ṛṣī—the two sages.
TRANSLATION
By the semen of Varuṇa, the great mystic Vālmīki took birth from an anthill. Bhṛgu and Vālmīki were specific sons of Varuṇa, whereas Agastya and Vasiṣṭha Rṣis were the common sons of Varuṇa and Mitra, the tenth son of Aditi.
TEXT 6
रेतः सिषिचतुः कुम्भे उर्वश्याः सन्निधौ द्रुतम् । रेवत्यां मित्र उत्सर्गमरिष्टं पिप्पलं व्यधात् ॥ ६ ॥
retaḥ siṣicatuḥ kumbhe urvaśyāḥ sannidhau drutam revatyām mitra utsargam ariṣṭam pippalam vyadhāt
retaḥ—semen; siṣicatuḥ—discharged; kumbhe—in an earthen pot; urvaśyāḥ—of Urvaśī; sannidhau—in the presence; drutam—flown; revatyām—in Revatī; mitraḥ—Mitra; utsargam—Utsarga; ariṣṭam— Ariṣṭa; pippalam—Pippala; vyadhāt—begot.