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Chapter 7: The Descendants of King Māndhātā

Verse 14 of 24
SB 9.7.14

पुनर्जाता यजस्वेति स प्रत्याहाथ सो ऽब्रवीत् सान्नाहिको यदा राजन्राजन्यो ऽथ पशुः शुचिः

punar jātā yajasveti sa pratyāhātha so 'bravīt sānnāhiko yadā rājan rājanyo 'tha paśuḥ śuciḥ

Synonyms

punaḥ—again; jātāḥ—have grown; yajasva—now you offer the sacrifice; iti—thus; saḥ—he, Varuṇa; pratyāha—replied; atha—thereafter; saḥ—he, Hariścandra; abravīt—said; sānnāhikaḥ—able to equip himself with a shield; yadā—when; rājan—O King Varuṇa; rājanyaḥ—the kṣatriya; atha—then; paśuḥ—the sacrificial animal; śuciḥ—becomes purified..

Translation

When the teeth grew in again, Varuṇa came and said to Hariścandra, "Now you can perform the sacrifice." But Hariścandra then said, "O King, when the sacrificial animal becomes a kṣatriya and is able to shield himself to fight with the enemy, then he will be purified."

Verse 14 of 24