तस्य सत्यव्रत: पुत्रस्त्रिशङ्कुरिति विश्रुत: । प्राप्तश्चाण्डालतां शापाद् गुरो: कौशिकतेजसा ॥ ५ ॥ सशरीरो गत: स्वर्गमद्यापि दिवि दृश्यते । पातितोऽवाक् शिरा देवैस्तेनैव स्तम्भितो बलात् ॥ ६ ॥
tasya satyavratah putras trisankur iti visrutah praptas candalatam sapad guroh kausika-tejasa sasariro gatah svargam adyapi divi drsyate patito ’vak-sira devais tenaiva stambhito balat
- tasya
- of Tribandhana
- satyavratah
- by the name Satyavrata
- putrah
- the son
- trisankuh
- by the name Trisanku
- iti
- thus
- visrutah
- celebrated
- praptah
- had obtained
- candalatam
- the quality of a candala, lower than a sudra
- sapat
- from the curse
- guroh
- of his father
- kausika-tejasa
- by the prowess of Kausika (Visvamitra)
- sasarirah
- while in this body
- gatah
- went
- svargam
- to the heavenly planet
- adya api
- until today
- divi
- in the sky
- drsyate
- can be seen
- patitah
- having fallen down
- avak-sirah
- with his head hanging downward
- devaih
- by the prowess of the demigods
- tena
- by Visvamitra
- eva
- indeed
- stambhitah
- fixed
- balat
- by superior power
The son of Tribandhana was Satyavrata, who is celebrated by the name Trisanku. Because he kidnapped the daughter of a brahmana when she was being married, his father cursed him to become a candala, lower than a sudra. Thereafter, by the influence of Visvamitra, he went to the higher planetary system, the heavenly planets, in his material body, but because of the prowess of the demigods he fell back downward. Nonetheless, by the power of Visvamitra, he did not fall all the way down; even today he can still be seen hanging in the sky, head downward.