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VALMIKI RAMAYANA
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BOOK 1: BALA KANDA
SECTION 37
"While god Shiva is undertaking ascesis thus, then the Devas desiring an Army Chief for Deva forces have arrived in the audience of Forefather Brahma, along with Indra and keeping Agni at their fore." Sage Vishvamitra continued his narration to Rama. (1 37 1) "On approaching the Forefather Brahma, oh, Rama, all of the Devas headed by Agni and along with Indra have venerated and then spoke this to him. (1 37 2) Oh, god Brahma, he who has hypothetically given a Chief of Deva Army in the form of his potence that god Shiva is undertaking a supreme ascesis, indeed along with Goddess Uma. (1 37 3)
Looking forward for the welfare of the worlds, oh, knower of the procedures, Brahma, you may order us clearly what is to be done next, as you alone are our ultimate recourse. (1 37 4) "On listening the words of Devas, Brahma, the Forefather of all the worlds, soothingly spoke this to them with sweet words. (1 37 5) What the Daughter of Mountain, namely Goddess Uma, has said that you shall have no posterity in your own wives is true and it cannot be decried, and it is unambiguous too. (1 37 6)
In whom the Agni can procreate an enemy destroying Chief of Deva Armies, such an empyreal Ganga is there. (1 37 7) The elder daughter King of Mountains, namely Ganga, will graciously welcome the offspring from Agni, and that act of Ganga in welcoming the offspring through Agni will also be pleasurable in many ways to the younger daughter of King of Mountains, namely Uma, no doubt about it. So said Brahma to all the Gods. (1 37 8) "On hearing those words of Brahma, oh, Rama, the delight of Raghu s dynasty, all the Gods have praisefully worshipped him, as their ends are achieved at the bidding fair of Brahma. (1 37 9) "On going to that supreme Mountain Kailasa, oh, Rama, which is heaped up with many ores, all of those Gods have assigned the Agni to father a son. (1 37 10)
Oh, Agni, you please coordinate the mission of Gods, oh, great resplendent god of Fire, you may release the potence of Shiva, which you have contained so far, in the daughter of King of Mountains, namely River Ganga. Thus, all Gods have requested the Agni. (1 37 11) "On assuring the Gods that he will do his best, the Agni approached Ganga entreating, Oh, Goddess Ganga, you verily bear pregnancy with the potence of Shiva, since this is the select process of all the Gods. So said Agni to River Ganga. (1 37 12) "On listening that sentence of Agni, River Ganga adopted a divine form readying herself, and on seeing her glorious mien the Agni seeped throughout her. (1 37 13)
"The Agni then drenched River Ganga from all over with the potence of Shiva which he contained so far, oh, Raghu s delight Rama, and every rill and channel of Ganga is replete with it. (1 37 14) River" Ganga then spoke this to the Agni who is in the lead of all Gods, oh, god, I am incapable to bear up the rampant fervour of yours, and while being burnt with the fire of god Shiva compounded with that of yours my life force is very highly tortured. (1 37 15, 16a) "He who consumes fire oblations on behalf of all the Gods, that Agni seeing the miserable condition of River Ganga then spoke this to her, you may lay away that embryo here at the side of Himalayan Mountains. So said Agni to River Ganga. (1 37 16b, 17a)
"Oh, great resplendent Rama, on hearing the words of Agni, oh, charming prince Rama, River Ganga indeed ejected that great radiant embryo of Shiva from all her rills and channels. (1 37 17b, 18a) "Which refulgent embryo with the glitter of molten gold has emerged from River Ganga is there that has reached earth, and from that the silver, and even the gold with its matchless dazzle have emerged. (1 37 18) "In that process, copper and iron are also generated from that combustion of fires of Shiva and Agni, and the residua have become tin and lead, and thus that embryo on reaching the earth has evolved itself into various other elements also. (1 37 19b, 20) "But, just when that embryo is laid down on Himalayan mountains, entire reed garden sprouted on that mountain is made brilliant by that glittering embryo and the reed garden itself has become golden. (1 37 21)
"Oh, tigerly man, from then onwards the gold with its brilliance equalling that of the Agni is renowned by the name of Jaataruupa one that retains its birth time form, and oh, Raghava, everything on the mountain, say grass, trees, climbers, and shrubs, all have become golden. (1 37 22) "Then for the boy who took birth from the embryo deposited in Himalayas, the Maruts along with Indra have arranged Krittika stars to simultaneously suckle him. (1 37 23)
"Those Krittika stars have decided among themselves that this boy shall be the son for all of us, and on making such a best resolve they suckled the just born boy. (1 37 24) "All the Gods have then said, this boy will be renowned in all the three world as Kaartikeya, as Krittika stars have suckled him, with any doubt. (1 37 25) "On hearing that blessing of Gods Krittika stars gave a wash to that excellently auspicious boy who is radiant like fire, and who slid down from the secretion of the womb of Ganga. (1 37 26) "And Gods called that boy, oh, Rama of Kakutstha, whose glow is like that of flaring fire and who is ambidextrous as Skanda for he slid down from the secretions of a womb. (1 37 27)
"Then an unexcelled milk instantly came forth from the breasts of the six Krittika stars, and becoming a six faced one that boy too sucked that milk from the six Krittika stars at the same time. (1 37 28) "On sipping the milk just for one day he became an adolescent boy on that day itself, and even though he is of delicate constitution as a boy, that taskmaster triumphed over the army troops of Rakshasas by his own vigour. (1 37 29) "All of the Devas have then come together under the leadership of Agni and they anointed that highly resplendent boy, Skanda, or Kaartikeya, as the Chief of Deva Army troops. (1 37 30)
"This way, I have vividly narrated the legend of Ganga to you, oh, Rama, like that the Divine and Meritorious legend of the emergence of Kumara, namely Skanda is also narrated. (1 37 31) "He who is a devotee of Kartikeya, oh, Rama of Kakutstha, he thrives with longevity, also with sons, grandsons on this humanly earth in his mortal life, and on its conclusion he becomes one with Skanda on journeying to Skanda s abode. (1 37 32)
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