The Gandharva said : o king, residing in the hermitage, Adrishyanti gave birth to a son who was the perpetuator of Shakti's race and who was like a second Shakti.

O best of the Bharata race, that best of Rishis, that illustrious man (Vasishtha), himself performed the usual birth ceremonies of his grandson.

Because the Rishi Vasishtha had determined to kill himself, but had refrained from doing it as soon as he heard of the conception, the child (when born) was known in the world by the name of Parashara.

That virtuous-minded man (Parashara) knew from the day of his birth Vasishtha as his father and behaved towards him as such.

O son of Kunti, O chastiser of foes the child called the Brahmana Rishi Vasishtha as "father" before his mother Adrishyanti.

Hearing the well explained word "father" uttered sweetly by her son, Adrishyanti with tearful eyes thus spoke to him,

"O child, do not address your father's father as your father. O son, your father was devoured by a Rakshasas in another forest.

O sinless one, he is not your father whom you consider to be (your father). The reverend man is the father of your illustrious father.”

Having been thus addressed, that truthful and excellent Rishi became grieved and that high-souled man resolved to destroy the whole creation.

Seeing him resolved in doing this, that high-souled and greatly ascetic Rishi, that best of all men learned in the Vedas, that son of Mitravaruna, that Rishi acquainted with the positive truth, Vasishtha, prevented him (from accomplishing his desire by arguments). Hear them (now).

Vasishtha said: There was a great king, known by the name of Kritavirya. That best of kings was in the world the disciple of the Veda knowing Bhrigus.

O child, after performing the Soma sacrifice, the king gratified the revivers of the first portions of Yagna (Brahmanas) with large presents of rice and wealth.

some When that best of kings went to heaven, his descendants were in want of wealth.

Knowing that the Bhrigus were rich, those kings all went in the grab of baggers to those best of Bhrigus.

Some of the Bhrigus to save their wealth buried it under the earth and some from the fear of Kshatriyas gave away their wealth to the Brahmanas.

O son, some of the Bhrigus, finding no other alternative, gave their wealth to the Kshatriyas as much as they desired.

(It happened, however) that Kshatriyas, in digging at pleasure a certain house of a Bhrigu, came upon a large treasure.

All those best of Kshatriyas assembled there saw that treasure. Enraged at the supposed deceitful conduct of the Bhrigu, those great men killed them all with their arrows, through they asked for protection. Roaming over the world, they killed even the embryos (that were in the wombs of the Bhriguwomen.)

When they were thus killed, many Bhrigu Women fled in fear and took shelter in the inaccessible mountains of the Himalayas.

One among them, a lady of tapering things, desiring to perpetuate her husband's race, kept a greatly energetic embryo hidden in one of her things.

A Brahmana woman came to know this fact and she went to the Kshatriyas and out of fear reported it to thein.

Thereupon the Kshatriyas went with the intention of destroying that embryo and saw the Brahmana lady blazing in her own splendour.

On this the child in her thing came out tearing open the thigh came out tearing open the thigh and dazzling the eyes of the Kshatriyas like a mid day sun.

Thereupon they (the Kshatriyas), having been deprived of their sight, began to wander over those inaccessible hills. Being very much distressed for the protection of the faultless Brahmana lady in order to get back their sight.

Afflicted with sorrow and looking like fire blown out on account of the loss of sight, those Kshatriyas addressed that illustrious lady with anxious heart.

“When we shall be restored to sight by your grace, we shall go away together with our sinful acts.

O handsome lady, you with your son should show mercy on us. You should favour these kings by granting them their sight.”