Note:   The   sons   of   Diti   were   known   as   Daityas   i.e.   Asuras  or  the
           wicked   ones.   The   sons   of   Aditi  were  known  as   Aditeyas,
           i.e.  the   gods.
 

uÅcW:½va   hy½E¿aE   m¢NrÏn|  c  kaWÞt¤Bm¯  .
ud¢t¿°r½E¿   saEmdEvÞtTWv   c            ¡ 44¡

uÅcW:½va:

Uchaisravas

hy½E¿:

superior horse

m¢NrÏn|

the best of gems

c

and

kaWÞt¤Bm¯

Kaustubha

ud¢t¿n¯

came up

nr½E¿

O! Foremost among men!

saEmdEv:

Somadeva (the moon god)

tTa

likewise

ev

indeed

c

also

O!   Best   among   men!   The   jewel   among   horses   Uchaisravas,
the   gem   of   the   first   water   Kaustubha   and   in   the   same   way,
the   lunar   orb   also   arose   therefrom     (44).
 
t¤rg|   dEvrajay   kaWÞt¤B|   kESvay   c   .
mhadEvay   saEm|   t¤   kÚpyamas¤r£ára:    ¡
DÓvÓt¢rmIhatEja   laEkrXNtÏpr:           .
Aay¤vIdmyaE   ram   tTa   saDarN:   Þm¦t: ¡ 45¡

t¤rg|

horse

dEvrajay

for Lord Indra

kaWÞt¤B|

Kaustubha

kESvay

to Kesava (Lord Vishnu)

c

and

mhadEvay

to Mahadeva (Lord Siva)

saEm|

the moon

t¤

however

kÚpyamas¤:

gave away

iIára:

the gods

DÓvÓt¢r:

Dhanwantari

mhatEja:

of great effulgence

laEkrXNtÏpr:

intent on the welfare of the universe

Aay¤vIdmy:

the essence of the science of life (Ayurveda system)

ram

O! Rama!

tTa	as that was so

saDarN:

common for all

Þm¦t:

considered

 
The   gods   then   made   over   the   horse   to   the   chief   of   the   gods
Indra,   the   gem   Kaustubha   to   Lord   Vishnu   and   the   moon   to
Lord   Siva.   O!   Rama!   while   that   was   so,   Dhanwantari   of
great   effulgence   and   intent   on   the   welfare   of   the   universe
and   the   personification   of   the   science   of   life   was   deemed
as   common   for   all   (45).
 
s¤ras¤raà   gÓDvaI:   XaEByamas¤rØb¤¢Dm¯   ¡ 46¡

s¤ra:

the gods

As¤ra:

demons

c

and

gÓDvaI:

the Gandharvas

XaEByamas¤:

agitated

AØb¤¢Dm¯

the (milky) ocean

Thereafter   the   gods,   the   demons   and   the   Gandharvas   further
agitated   the   (milky)   ocean   (46).
 
ttaE   d£GIN   kalEn   caEÏp°a   kmlalya   .
At£v   ãps|p°a   p#TmE   vy¢s   ¢ÞTta     ¡ 47¡

tt:	thereafter

d£GIN

after a long

kalEn

time

c

and

uÏp°a

appeared

kmlalya

seated on a lotus

At£v

very

ãps|p°a

beautiful

p#TmE

prime

vy¢s

in age

¢ÞTta

was

After   considerable   interval   came   forth   the   one   seated   on   the
lotus   (Lakshmi),   exquisitely   charming   and   in   the   prime
of   her   youth   (47).
 
svaIBrNp¥NaIÄñ£   svIlXNl¢Xta    .
mkzaÄñd¢cæOaÄñ£   n£lk¢·tm¥DIja   ¡ 48¡

svaIBrNp¥NaIÄñ£

fully decked with ornaments on all parts of her body

svIlXNl¢Xta

possessed of all auspicious features on her person

mkzaÄñd¢cæOaÄñ£

scintillatingly lovely with a diadem and amulet

n£lk¢·tm¥DIja

wih dark and curly tresses

She   was   fully   decked   with   all   ornaments   on   all   parts   of
her   body,   was   possessed   of   all   auspicious   features   on   her
person,   scintillatingly   beautiful   with   a   diadem,   dark   and
curly   tresses   and   amulets   enhancing   her   charm   (48).
 
tçOhazksÄðaSa   m¤³aBrNB¥¢xta       .
ct¤B¤Ija   mhadEv£   pîhÞta   vranna  ¡ 49¡

tçOhazksÄðaSa

skin like that of molten gold

m¤³aBrNB¥¢xta

decked with pearl ornaments

ct¤B¤Ija

with four hands

mhadEv£

that superior goddess

pîhÞta

holding a lotus in one hand

vranna

with an inexplainably beautiful face

Dazzling   like   molten   gold   and   decked   in   pearl   ornaments,
she   was   possessed   of   four   hands,   that   great   goddess,   holding
a   lotus   in   one   hand   and   appearing   exceedingly   lovely   (49).
 
sa   c   dEv£   tTaEÏp°a   pîa   ½£laIkp¥¢jta   .
sa   pîa   pînaBÞy   yyaW   vXÞTl|   hrE:     ¡ 50¡

sa

that one

c

and

dEv£

goddess

tTa	in that manner

uÏp°a

emerged

pîa

Padma

½£:	illustrious (Lakshmi)

laEkp¥¢jta

worshipped by all the worlds

sa

she

pîa	born of lotus (Lakshmi)

pînaBÞy

of the one with a lotus arising from his navel

yyaW	took her place

vXÞTl|

on the chest

hrE:	of Hari (Vishnu)

 
Having   thus   emerged,   that   goddess,   worshipped   by   all   the 
worlds,   was   Padma,   in   other   words,   born   of   a   lotus   (Lakshmi).
That   deity   attained   the   chest   region   of   Srihari   (Vishnu)   who
had   a   lotus   growing   from   his   navel   (50).