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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.7.12
sa pratyahatha so 'bravit
SYNONYMS
dantah -- the teeth; jatah -- have grown; yajasva -- now sacrifice; iti -- thus; sah -- he, Varuna; pratyaha -- said; atha -- thereupon; sah -- he, Hariscandra; abravit -- replied; yada -- when; patanti -- fall out; asya -- his; dantah -- teeth; atha -- then; medhyah -- fit for sacrifice; bhavet -- will become; iti -- thus.
TRANSLATION
When the teeth grew, Varuna came and said to Hariscandra, "Now the animal has grown teeth, and you can perform the sacrifice." Hariscandra replied, "When all its teeth have fallen out, then it will be fit for sacrifice."
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