Devanagari
वाल्मीकिश्च महायोगी वल्मीकादभवत्किल ।
अगस्त्यश्च वसिष्ठश्च मित्रावरुणयोऋर्षी ॥ ५ ॥
Verse text
vālmīkiś ca mahā-yogī
valmīkād abhavat kila
agastyaś ca vasiṣṭhaś ca
mitrā-varuṇayor ṛṣī
Synonyms
vālmīkiḥ
—
Vālmīki
;
ca
—
and
;
mahā-yogī
—
the great mystic
;
valmīkāt
—
from an anthill
;
abhavat
—
took birth
;
kila
—
indeed
;
agastyaḥ
—
Agastya
;
ca
—
and
;
vasiṣṭhaḥ
—
Vasiṣṭha
;
ca
—
also
;
mitrā-varuṇayoḥ
—
of Mitra and Varuṇa
;
ṛṣī
—
the two sages.
Translation
By the semen of Varuṇa, the great mystic Vālmīki took birth from an anthill. Bhṛgu and Vālmīki were specific sons of Varuṇa, whereas Agastya and Vasiṣṭha Ṛṣis were the common sons of Varuṇa and Mitra, the tenth son of Aditi.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Vālmīki took birth from an anthill. Agastya and Vaśiṣṭha were the sons of both Varuṇa, the ninth son, and Mitra, the tenth son of Aditi.
The normal sons of Mitra will be explained in the next verse. Sons of common birth from both Mitra and Varuṇa were the sages Agastya and Vaśiṣṭha.