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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.6.27
SYNONYMS
raja -- the King (Yuvanasva); tat-yajna-sadanam -- the arena of sacrifice; pravishtah -- entered; nisi -- at night; tarshitah -- being thirsty; drishtva -- seeing; sayanan -- lying down; vipran -- all the brahmanas; tan -- all of them; papau -- drank; mantra-jalam -- water sanctified by mantras; svayam -- personally.
TRANSLATION
Being thirsty one night, the King entered the arena of sacrifice, and when he saw all the brahmanas lying down, he personally drank the sanctified water meant to be drunk by his wife.
PURPORT
Yajnas performed by brahmanas according to Vedic ritualistic ceremonies are so potent that the sanctifying of water by Vedic mantras can bring about the desired result. In this instance, the brahmanas sanctified the water so that the King's wife might drink it in the yajna, but by providence the King himself went there at night and, being thirsty, drank the water.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness