yaḥ priyārtham utaṅkasya
yaḥ priyārtham utaṅkasya
dhundhu-nāmāsuraṁ balī
sutānām eka-viṁśatyā
sahasrair ahanad vṛtaḥ
To satisfy the sage Utaṅka, the powerful Kuvalayāśva killed a demon named Dhundhu with the assistance of his twenty-one thousand sons.
With the assistance of his twenty-one thousand sons, he killed the demon.
|| 9.6.23-24 ||
dhundhumāra iti khyātas
tat-sutās te ca jajvaluḥ
dhundhor mukhāgninā sarve
traya evāvaśeṣitāḥ
dṛḍhāśvaḥ kapilāśvaś ca
bhadrāśva iti bhārata
dṛḍhāśva-putro haryaśvo
nikumbhas tat-sutaḥ smṛtaḥ
O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, for this reason Kuvalayāśva is celebrated as Dhundhumāra "the killer of Dhundhu". All but three of his sons, however, were burned to ashes by the fire emanating from Dhundhu's mouth. The remaining sons were Dṛḍhāśva, Kapilāśva and Bhadrāśva. From Dṛḍhāśva came a son named Haryaśva, whose son is celebrated as Nikumbha.
|| 9.6.25 ||
bahulāśvo nikumbhasya
kṛśāśvo 'thāsya senajit
yuvanāśvo 'bhavat tasya
so 'napatyo vanaṁ gataḥ
The son of Nikumbha was Bahulāśva, the son of Bahulāśva was Kṛśāśva, the son of Kṛśāśva was Senajit, and the son of Senajit was Yuvanāśva. Yuvanāśva had no sons, and thus he retired from family life and went to the forest.
|| 9.6.26 ||
bhāryā-śatena nirviṇṇa
ṛṣayo 'sya kṛpālavaḥ
iṣṭiṁ sma vartayāṁ cakrur
aindrīṁ te susamāhitāḥ
Yuvanāśva and his one hundred wives were morose. The sages in the forest, however, being very kind to the King, began very attentively performing an Indra-yajña.
|| 9.6.27 ||
rājā tad-yajña-sadanaṁ
praviṣṭo niśi tarṣitaḥ
dṛṣṭvā śayānān viprāṁs tān
papau mantra-jalaṁ svayam
Being thirsty one night, the King entered the arena of sacrifice, and when he saw all the brāhmaṇas lying down, he personally drank the sanctified water meant to be drunk by his wife.
Being thirsty, he drank water sanctified by mantras meant for his wife.
|| 9.6.28 ||
utthitās te niśamyātha
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