[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Vedic ancillary literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc) › [Vedic indices](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani) › [Brihaddevata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani.brhaddevata) › 5.152 # Brihaddevata 5.152 Bṛhaddevatā 5.152 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani.brhaddevata.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. > — Arthur Anthony Macdonell 1904, The Bṛhad-Devatā attributed to Śaunaka (HOS 5–6) - [Previous: 5.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani.brhaddevata.5.151) - [Next: 5.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani.brhaddevata.5.153) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani.brhaddevata.5) ## Translations (2) - [The Bṛhad-Devatā attributed to Śaunaka (HOS 5–6)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani.brhaddevata~en-macdonell.5.30.p2) — Arthur Anthony Macdonell 1904, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani.brhaddevata~en-mt.5.152) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Nitimanjari-dyadvivedin (ed. Sītārāma Jayarāma Jośī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.nitimanjari-dyadvivedin*josi1933.11.152) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani.brhaddevata.5.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani.brhaddevata.5.152) · Pramāṇa