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title: "Uttara Kanda, Sarga 92"
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# Uttara Kanda, Sarga 92

> तथोक्तवति रामे तु तस्य जन्म तदद्भुतम्।  
> उवाच लक्ष्मणो भूयो भरतश्च महायशाः॥ १॥  
> इला सा सोमपुत्रस्य संवत्सरमथोषिता।  
> अकरोत् किं नरश्रेष्ठ तत्त्वं शंसितुमर्हसि॥ २॥

On Śrī Rāma describing Purūravā’s wonderful birth, Lakṣmaṇa and Bharata, the famous one, said again : ‘O best among men, please tell us what Ilā did after staying a year with the son of Soma (Budha).’ (1-2)

> तयोस्तद् वाक्यमाधुर्यं निशम्य परिपृच्छतोः।  
> रामः पुनरुवाचेमां प्रजापतिसुते कथाम्॥ ३॥

Hearing those sweet words of those two, Lakṣmaṇa and Bharata, who eagerly asked him, Śrī Rāma again described the story of the son of Prajāpati, Ila. (3)

> पुरुषत्वं गते शूरे बुधः परमबुद्धिमान्।  
> संवर्तं परमोदारमाजुहाव महायशाः॥ ४॥

When Ila, had regained manhood for a month, the very wise one and possessed of fame, Budha, invited the very noble Saṁvarta Ṛṣi. (4)

> च्यवनं भृगुपुत्रं च मुनिं चारिष्टनेमिनम्।  
> प्रमोदनं मोदकरं ततो दुर्वाससं मुनिम्॥ ५॥

He also invited Cyavana, the son of Bhṛgu, and the sage Ariṣṭanemi, the humorous Pramodana, Modakara and also the sage Durvāsā. (5)

> एतान् सर्वान् समानीय वाक्यज्ञस्तत्त्वदर्शनः।  
> उवाच सर्वान् सुहृदो धैर्येण सुसमाहितान्॥ ६॥

Budha, skilled in conversation and truthful, addressed them all, who were friendly to him and were full of patience. (6)

> अयं राजा महाबाहुः कर्दमस्य इलः सुतः।  
> जानीतैनं यथाभूतं श्रेयो ह्यत्र विधीयताम्॥ ७॥

That king of long arms is Ila, the son of Kardama : know what happened to him, do whatever is good for him here.’ (7)

> तेषां संवदतामेव द्विजैः सह महात्मभिः।  
> कर्दमस्तु महातेजास्तदाश्रममुपागमत्॥ ८॥

While the Brāhmaṇas conversed with the sages, Kardama, the mighty one, came to that hermitage. (8)

> पुलस्त्यश्च क्रतुश्चैव वषट्कारस्तथैव च।  
> ओङ्कारश्च महातेजास्तमाश्रममुपागमन्॥ ९॥

Pulastya, Kratu and also Vaṣaṭkāra, Oṁkāra, the mighty one, too entered the hermitage. (9)

> ते सर्वे हृष्टमनसः परस्परसमागमे।  
> हितैषिणो बाह्लिपतेः पृथग्वाक्यान्यथाब्रुवन्॥ १०॥

All those, happy at meeting each other, desirous of doing good to the lord of Bāhlīka, then spoke separately. (10)

> कर्दमस्त्वब्रवीद् वाक्यं सुतार्थं परमं हितम्।  
> द्विजाः शृणुत मद्वाक्यं यच्छ्रेयः पार्थिवस्य हि॥ ११॥

Kardama, on his part, said that was best for his son, ‘O Brāhmaṇas, listen to me, which shall be for the welfare of the King. (11)

> नान्यं पश्यामि भैषज्यमन्तरा वृषभध्वजम्।  
> नाश्वमेधात् परो यज्ञः प्रियश्चैव महात्मनः॥ १२॥

‘I do not see any other cure except the pleasure of Rudra with the bull as emblem and no sacrifice other than the Aśvamedha is dearer to Śiva, the noble one. (12)

> तस्माद् यजामहे सर्वे पार्थिवार्थे दुरासदम्।  
> कर्दमेनैवमुक्तास्तु सर्व एव द्विजर्षभाः॥ १३॥

‘Therefore, all of us, bulls among Brāhmaṇas, will perform a Yajña for the sake of the king’. (13)

> रोचयन्ति स्म तं यज्ञं रुद्रस्याराधनं प्रति।  
> संवर्तस्य तु राजर्षिः शिष्यः परपुरंजयः॥ १४॥  
> मरुत्त इति विख्यातस्तं यज्ञं समुपाहरत्।  
> ततो यज्ञो महानासीद् बुधाश्रमसमीपतः॥ १५॥

They (Brāhmaṇas) approved of that sacrifice indeed for the appeasement of God Rudra (Śiva). A Ṛṣi among kings, well-known as Marutta, destroyer of enemies, who was the pupil of Saṁvarta, made necessary arrangements for that sacrifice. A great sacrifice was performed close to the hermitage of Budha. (14-15)

> रुद्रश्च परमं तोषमाजगाम महायशाः।  
> अथ यज्ञे समाप्ते तु प्रीतः परमया मुदा॥ १६॥  
> उमापतिर्द्विजान् सर्वानुवाच इलसंनिधौ।  
> प्रीतोऽस्मि हयमेधेन भक्त्या च द्विजसत्तमाः॥ १७॥

The mighty Rudra was extremely pleased at the completion of the sacrifice. Śiva, the lord of Umā, pleased and happy, spoke to all of them in the presence of Ila: ‘O best among Brāhmaṇas, I am pleased by the horse-sacrifice performed with devotion. (16-17)

> अस्य बाह्लिपतेश्चैव किं करोमि प्रियं शुभम्।  
> तथा वदति देवेशे द्विजास्ते सुसमाहिताः॥ १८॥  
> प्रसादयन्ति देवेशं यथा स्यात् पुरुषस्त्विला।  
> ततः प्रीतो महादेवः पुरुषत्वं ददौ पुनः॥ १९॥

‘What good and auspicious act may I do for the lord of Bāhlīka.’ On the lord of gods speaking thus, those Brāhmaṇas, well-composed, propitiated the lord of gods, Śiva, in a manner that Ilā may turn into a man’. Then pleased, the great lord Śiva granted to Ilā perpetual manhood again. (18-19)

> इलायै सुमहातेजा दत्त्वा चान्तरधीयत।  
> निवृत्ते हयमेधे च गते चादर्शनं हरे॥ २०॥  
> यथागतं द्विजाः सर्वे तेऽगच्छन् दीर्घदर्शिनः।  
> राजा तु बाह्लिमुत्सृज्य मध्यदेशे ह्यनुत्तमम्॥ २१॥  
> निवेशयामास पुरं प्रतिष्ठानं यशस्करम्।  
> शशबिन्दुश्च राजर्षिर्बाह्लिं परपुरंजयः॥ २२॥

‘The powerful Śiva, having granted manhood to Ilā, disappeared; and the horse-sacrifice being completed and Hara having disappeared, all the farsighted Brāhmaṇas went away as they came. The king, Ila, leaving Bāhlīka established the famous and unequalled Pratiṣṭhāna in the central region; Śaśabindu too the conqueror of fortresses of enemies re-established Bāhlīka. (20—22)

> प्रतिष्ठाने इलो राजा प्रजापतिसुतो बली।  
> स काले प्राप्तवाँल्लोकमिलो ब्राह्ममनुत्तमम्॥ २३॥

‘At Pratiṣṭhāna, the king, son of Prajāpati, the powerful one, Ila in time attained the world of Brahmā. (23)

> ऐलः पुरूरवा राजा प्रतिष्ठानमवाप्तवान्।  
> ईदृशो ह्यश्वमेधस्य प्रभावः पुरुषर्षभौ।  
> स्त्रीभूतः पौरुषं लेभे यच्चान्यदपि दुर्लभम्॥ २४॥

The king, Purūravā, son of Ila, obtained Pratiṣṭhāna, such is the power of Aśvamedha, O bull among men, one who was formerly a woman, achieved manhood—all that was difficult to obtain.’ (24)

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