Brihaddevata 5.152

5.152

kumbhe tvagastyaḥ saṃbhūto jale matsyo mahādyutiḥ.
udiyāya tato'gastyaḥ śamyāmātro mahāyaśāḥ ..152..

149. a Of these two Adityas, when they saw the nymph Urvasi at a sacrificial session, the semen was effused b. It fell into a jar containing water that stood overnight. sattre ns, satre ABm'.- tatkumbhe hrrns, tah kumbhe m'k, ta kumbhe f, taskambhe b, kumbhe tu r. - nyapatad hm`rs, hyapatad fkr' r' r' n, dyapatad b. b a The following passage (149-155 ab) is quoted by Sayana on Rg-veda vii. 33. 11 (translated by Sieg, Sagenstoffe, p. 105 f.). Cp. Nirukta v. 13: tasya darsanan mitravarunayo retas caskanda; also Sarvanukramani i. 166: mitravarunayor diksitayor urvasim apsarasam drstva vasativare kumbhe reto 'patat. Cp. above, v. 99. 150. Now at that same moment two vigorous ascetics, the seers Agastya a and Vasistha, there came into being. a On the story of the birth of Agastya see Sieg, Sagenstoffe, pp. 105-108. B 151. Now the semen having fallen in various ways-in a jar, in water, on the ground-the sage Vasistha, best of seers, was produced on the ground a; patite sukre mrfkn, patitam retah bs. - kalase 'tha m bkr, kalase ca s. - sambhuta rsi0 m'rs, sambabhuvarsi ° n, sa babhuvarsi ° bk, sa bhuvarsi ° f. - This sloka is found in B and m± only. a As this does not agree with 149 and 155, we probably have a later addition in these three lines (151, 152 b). B 152. while Agastya was produced in the jar, (and) Matsya a, of great brilliance, in the water. Then Agastya, of great glory, arose being the length of a peg (samya). 1 mahadyutih brs, mahamunih n, mahah fk, bhavanmahan m'. - mahayasah A, mahatapah Bns.-152 ab is found in B and m1 only.-The end of the varga is here marked by 30 in hm'fk, not in bd. a Cp. Sieg, Sagenstoffe, p. 106, note 2.