इत्यामन्त्र्य क्रतुपतिं विदुरास्यर्त्विजो रुषा स्रुग्घस्ताञ्जुह्वतो ऽभ्येत्य स्वयम्भूः प्रत्यषेधत
ity āmantrya kratu-patiṁ vidurāsyartvijo ruṣā srug-ghastāñ juhvato 'bhyetya svayambhūḥ pratyaṣedhata
Synonyms
iti—thus; āmantrya—after informing; kratu-patim—King Pṛthu, the master of the sacrifice; vidura—O Vidura; asya—of Pṛthu; ṛtvijaḥ—the priests; ruṣā—in great anger; sruk-hastān—with the sacrificial ladle in hand; juhvataḥ—performing the fire sacrifice; abhyetya—having begun; svayambhūḥ—Lord Brahmā; pratyaṣedhata—asked them to stop..
Translation
My dear Vidura, after giving the King this advice, the priests who had been engaged in performing the sacrifice called for Indra, the King of heaven, in a mood of great anger. When they were just ready to put the oblation in the fire, Lord Brahmā appeared on the scene and forbade them to start the sacrifice.