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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.7.22
jamadagnir abhud brahma
SYNONYMS
visvamitrah -- the great sage and mystic Visvamitra; abhavat -- became; tasmin -- in that great sacrifice; hota -- the chief priest to offer oblations; ca -- also; adhvaryuh -- a person who recites hymns from the Yajur Veda and performs ritualistic ceremonies; atmavan -- fully self-realized; jamadagnih -- Jamadagni; abhut -- became; brahma -- acting as the chief brahmana; vasishthah -- the great sage; ayasyah -- another great sage; sama-gah -- engaged as the reciter of the Sama Veda mantras.
TRANSLATION
In that great human sacrifice, Visvamitra was the chief priest to offer oblations, the perfectly self-realized Jamadagni had the responsibility for chanting the mantras from the Yajur Veda, Vasishtha was the chief brahminical priest, and the sage Ayasya was the reciter of the hymns of the Sama Veda.
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