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Jan., 1965] THE PURA峁咥S ON THE AUDUMBARAS 189 Bhrigu thereupon granted the boon and became absorbed
in meditation. Then he exhaled with care and from his breath
issued two charus which he gave them to Satyavat墨 and said
that the reddened charu was to be taken by her mother after
embracing the bo-tree (Asvattha) and the white charu by herself
after embracing a fig-tree (Udumbara). With these words the
sage went away to his destination.
But Salyavat墨 and her mother mistakenly did the opposite
things; in other words, Satyavat墨 embraced the asvattha tree
and partook of the reddened charu, while her mother ate the
white charu.
The sage Bhrigu, who was endowed with divine vision,
came to learn about this contrariety. He arrived there and
said to his daughter-in-law that she whould have a son who
would be endowed with Kshatriya-like behaviour and her
mother's son will be Kshatriya with Brahmanical behaviour.
Satyavat墨 then requested Bhrigu to let her grandson to
be endowed with those qualities.
Granting her prayer, Bhrigu went away.
Thereafter the daughter of G膩dhi gave birth to a valorous
son named Jamadagni in proper time and her mother to Vi艣v膩mitra
to whom penance was wealth. Jamadagni studied the four
Vedas within a very short time and the great soul also acquired
skill in the science of archery by himself. Vi艣v膩mitra also
became an adept in the Vedas and in all sciences of archery
within a short time. Ultimately he became a br膩hma峁嘺 by
dint of his penance.
Now, the most important point to note in this story is that
the mother of Vi艣v膩mitra, in order to have a child, embraced
an audumbara (fig tree). Though the story contains a lot of
miraculous and unbelievable things, the association of Vi艣v膩mitra's
birth with the audumbara tree is useful in explaining the occu-
rrence of his name and figure on coins of the Audumbaras, the
name of the tribe evidently being derived from the udumbara