pitre tena ca tad-guruḥ. coditaḥ prokṣaṇāyāha. duṣṭam etad akarmakam. Vikukṣi offered the remnants of the flesh to King Ikṣvāku, who gave it to Vasiṣṭha for purification. But Vasi&
pitre tena ca tad-guruḥ
coditaḥ prokṣaṇāyāha
duṣṭam etad akarmakam
Vikukṣi offered the remnants of the flesh to King Ikṣvāku, who gave it to Vasiṣṭha for purification. But Vasiṣṭha said that it was polluted, unfit for the śrāddha ceremony.
The guru was Vasiṣṭha. It was polluted because Vikukṣi had already eaten part of the offering.
|| 9.6.9 ||
jñātvā putrasya tat karma
guruṇābhihitaṁ nṛpaḥ
deśān niḥsārayām āsa
sutaṁ tyakta-vidhiṁ ruṣā
When King Ikṣvāku, thus informed by Vasiṣṭha, understood what his son Vikukṣi had done, out of anger he ordered Vikukṣi to leave the country because Vikukṣi had violated the rules.
|| 9.6.10 ||
sa tu vipreṇa saṁvādaṁ
jñāpakena samācaran
tyaktvā kalevaraṁ yogī
sa tenāvāpa yat param
Instituting the instructions give by Vasiṣṭha, Mahārāja Ikṣvāku became renounced and achieved the supreme perfection after giving up his material body.
Ikṣvāku, executing the instructions given by Vasiṣṭha who gave knowledge, became detached.
|| 9.6.11 ||
pitary uparate 'bhyetya
vikukṣiḥ pṛthivīm imām
śāsad īje hariṁ yajñaiḥ
śaśāda iti viśrutaḥ
After his father's disappearance, Vikukṣi returned to the country and thus became the king, ruling the planet earth and worshipped the Lord by performing various sacrifices. Vikukṣi later became celebrated as Saśāda (rabbit eater).
Śāsat means “he protected.”
|| 9.6.12 ||
purañjayas tasya suta
indravāha itīritaḥ
kakutstha iti cāpy uktaḥ
śṛṇu nāmāni karmabhiḥ
The son of Saśāda was Purañjaya, who is also known as Indravāha and sometimes as Kakutstha. Please hear from me how he received different names for different activities.
He was called Purañjaya because he conquered the city of the demons. He was called Indravāha because Indra became his carrier. He was called Kakutsha because he stood on the back of a bull. Hear how these names arose by his activities.
|| 9.6.13 ||
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