The great sage Bhrigu, the son of Brahma, lived in a secluded abode in the forest with his wife, the beautiful Puloma, whom he loved with all his heart. Puloma's father once promised to give her as a wife to the asura Pulomana; but Bhrigu took her away from her parents' house and married her before the Asura could come for her. And then one day, when Bhrigu left the monastery for the river to take a bath, and left his wife at home alone - and at that time she was expecting a child - it happened that that same Puloman came across their hut in the forest, and entered and saw Puloma.
He immediately fell in love with her, and the beautiful Puloma received the guest kindly and treated him to forest fruits and roots. Then Puloman asked the fire burning in the hearth: “Tell me, O Agni, you, famous for your truthfulness, is this not the maiden who was promised to me as a wife? The treacherous Bhrigu took her from me, but now I will get my bride back if you say that it is she.” And Agni said, saddened: “I am afraid to tell a lie, but I am also afraid of the wrath of the great sage.”
Then Puloman, having lost his mind from love, turned into a boar and, grabbing Puloma, fled with her from Bhrigu’s monastery faster than the wind. And while he was rushing through the forest with Puloma, the child she was carrying under her heart fell out of her womb. He shone like the sun, and the demon, as soon as he saw him, released Puloma, and he himself turned to ashes.
And poor Puloma walked through the forest with the child in her arms, bursting into burning tears, and from her tears the great river Vadhusara was born, which still flows in those places. Bhrigu found his wife and child in the forest and took her to the hermitage. When she told him that Puloman had kidnapped her, Bhrigu asked in anger: “Who told that asura about you who betrayed you?” “Agni betrayed me,” answered Puloma. And then Bhrigu cursed the god of fire: “May you be all-consuming!”
And the son who was born to Puloma, when she was carried through the forest by the asura, Bhrigu named Chyavana, which means the Fallen One. Chyavana, the son of Bhrigu, became a great sage and ascetic and by the power of his asceticism achieved great power in the three worlds.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru