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Chapter 1: King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman

Verse 15 of 38
SB 9.1.15

प्रेषितो ऽध्वर्युणा होता व्यचरत्तत्समाहितः गृहीते हविषि वाचा वषट्कारं गृणन्द्विजः

preṣito 'dhvaryuṇā hotā vyacarat tat samāhitaḥ gṛhīte haviṣi vācā vaṣaṭ-kāraṁ gṛṇan dvijaḥ

Synonyms

preṣitaḥbeing told to execute the sacrifice; adhvaryuṇāby the ṛtvik priest; hotāthe priest in charge of offering oblations; vyacaratexecuted; tatthat (sacrifice); samāhitaḥwith great attention; gṛhīte haviṣiupon taking the clarified butter for the first oblation; vācāby chanting the mantra; vaṣaṭ-kāramthe mantra beginning with the word vaṣaṭ; gṛṇanreciting; dvijaḥthe brāhmaṇa..

Translation

Told by the chief priest "Now offer oblations," the person in charge of oblations took clarified butter to offer. He then remembered the request of Manu's wife and performed the sacrifice while chanting the word "vaṣaṭ."

Verse 15 of 38
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