Canto 9: LiberationChapter 7: The Descendants of King Mandhata

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.7.14

punar jata yajasveti

sa pratyahatha so 'bravit

sannahiko yada rajan

rajanyo 'tha pasuh sucih

SYNONYMS

punah -- again; jatah -- have grown; yajasva -- now you offer the sacrifice; iti -- thus; sah -- he, Varuna; pratyaha -- replied; atha -- thereafter; sah -- he, Hariscandra; abravit -- said; sannahikah -- able to equip himself with a shield; yada -- when; rajan -- O King Varuna; rajanyah -- the ksatriya; atha -- then; pasuh -- the sacrificial animal; sucih -- becomes purified.

TRANSLATION

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

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