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animal's teeth grow in again, then he will be pure enough to be sacrificed."
TEXT 14
पुनर्जाता यजस्वेति स प्रत्याहाथ सोऽब्रवीत् । सान्नाहिको यदा राजन् राजन्योऽथ पशुः शुचिः ॥१४॥
punar jātā yajasveti sa pratyāhātha so 'bravīt sānnāhiko yadā rājan rājanyo 'tha paśuḥ śuciḥ
punaḥ—again; jātāḥ—have grown; yajasva—now you offer the sacrifice; iti—thus; saḥ—he, Varuṇa; pratyāha—replied; atha—thereafter; saḥ—he, Hariścandra; abravīt—said; sānnāhikaḥ—able to equip himself with a shield; yadā—when; rājan—O King Varuṇa; rājanyaḥ—the kṣatriya; atha—then; paśuḥ—the sacrificial animal; śuciḥ—becomes purified.
TRANSLATION
When the teeth grew in again, Varuṇa came and said to Hariścandra, "Now you can perform the sacrifice." But Hariścandra then said, "O King, when the sacrificial animal becomes a kṣatriya and is able to shield himself to fight with the enemy, then he will be purified."
TEXT 15
इति पुत्रानुरागेण स्नेहयन्त्रितचेतसा । कालं वञ्चयता तं तमुक्तो देवस्तमैक्षत ॥१५॥
iti putrānurāgeṇa sneha-yantrita-cetasā kālam vañcayatā tam tam ukto devas tam aikṣata
iti—in this way; putra-anurāgeṇa—because of affection for the son; sneha-yantrita-cetasā—his mind being controlled by such affection;