Canto 9: LiberationChapter 7: The Descendants of King Māndhātā

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.7.11

nirdaśe ca sa āgatya

yajasvety āha so 'bravīt

dantāḥ paśor yaj jāyerann

atha medhyo bhaved iti

SYNONYMS

nirdaśe — after ten days; ca — also; saḥhe, Varuṇa; āgatya — coming there; yajasva — now sacrifice; iti — thus; āha — said; saḥhe, Hariścandra; abravīt — replied; dantāḥ — the teeth; paśoḥ — of the animal; yat — when; jāyeran — have appeared; atha — then; medhyaḥ — fit for being sacrificed; bhavet — will become; iti — thus.

TRANSLATION

After ten days, Varuṇa came again and said to Hariścandra, "Now you can perform the sacrifice." Hariścandra replied, "When an animal grows teeth, then it becomes pure enough to be sacrificed."

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