Canto 9: LiberationChapter 7: The Descendants of King Mandhata

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.7.12

danta jata yajasveti

sa pratyahatha so 'bravit

yada patanty asya danta

atha medhyo bhaved iti

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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