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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 7]
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, the famous King Hariścandra, one of the exalted persons in history, performed grand sacrifices by sacrificing a man and pleased all the demigods. In this way his dropsy created by Varuṇa was cured.
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विश्वामित्रोऽभवत् तस्मिन् होता चाध्वर्युरात्मवान् । जमदग्निरभूद् ब्रह्मा वसिष्ठोऽयास्यः सामगः ॥२२॥
viśvāmitro 'bhavat tasmin hotā cādhvaryur ātmavān jamadagnir abhūd brahmā vasiṣṭho 'yāsyaḥ sāma-gaḥ
viśvāmitraḥ —the great sage and mystic Viśvāmitra;  abhavat —became;  tasmin —in that great sacrifice;  hotā —the chief priest to offer oblations;  ca —also;  adhvaryuḥ —a person who recites hymns from the  Yajur Veda  and performs ritualistic ceremonies;  ātmavān —fully self-realized;  jamadagniḥ —Jamadagni;  abhūt —became;  brahmā —acting as the chief  brāhmaṇa ;  vasiṣṭhaḥ —the great sage;  ayāsyaḥ —another great sage;  sāma-gaḥ —engaged as the reciter of the  Sāma Veda mantras .
TRANSLATION
In that great human sacrifice, Viśvāmitra was the chief priest to offer oblations, the perfectly self-realized Jamadagni had the responsibility for chanting the mantras from the  Yajur Veda ,  Vasiṣṭha  was the chief brahminical priest, and the sage  Ayāsya  was the reciter of the hymns of the  Sāma Veda .
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तस्मै तुष्टो ददाविन्द्रः शातकौम्भमयं रथम् । शुनःशेफस्य माहात्म्यप्रपरिष्टित् प्रचक्ष्यते ॥२३॥