Text 27] Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Mahārāja
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TEXT 26
तमृत्वर्विस्मितास्तत्र यजमानमथर्त्विजः । हर्वीषि ह्यमानानि न ते गृह्णन्ति देवताः ॥२६॥
tam ūcur vismitās tatra yajamānam athartvijaḥ havīmṣi hūyamānāni na te grhṇanti devatāḥ
tam—unto King Aṅga; ūcuḥ—said; vismitāḥ—in wonder; tatra—there; yajamānam—to the institutor of the sacrifice; atha—then; ṛtvijaḥ—the priests; havīmṣi—offerings of clarified butter; hūyamānāni—being offered; na—not; te—they; grhṇanti—accept; devatāḥ—the demigods.
TRANSLATION
The priests engaged in the sacrifice then informed King Aṅga: O King, we are properly offering the clarified butter in the sacrifice, but despite all our efforts the demigods do not accept it.
TEXT 27
राजन् हर्वीष्यदुष्टानि श्रद्धयाऽऽसादितानि ते । छन्दांस्ययातयामानि योजितानि धृतव्रतैः ॥२७॥
rājan havīmṣy aduṣṭāni śraddhayāsāditāni te chandāmṣy ayāta-yāmāni yojitāni dhṛta-vrataiḥ
rājan—O King; havīmṣi—sacrificial offerings; aduṣṭāni—not polluted; śraddhayā—with great faith and care; āsāditāni—collected; te—your; chandāmṣi—the mantras; ayāta-yāmāni—not deficient; yojitāni—properly executed; dhṛta-vrataiḥ—by qualified brāhmaṇas.
TRANSLATION
O King, we know that the paraphernalia to perform the sacrifice is well collected by you with great faith and care and is not polluted. Our chanting of the Vedic hymns also is not deficient in any way because all the brāhmaṇas and priests present here are expert and are executing the performances properly.