Text 27] Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Maharaja 565

TEXT 26
Tafifwaet = aaATATAa fer: |
aaife gaara aa weed Sam: URI

tam iicur vismitas tatra
yajamanam athartvijah
havimsi hiyamanani
na te grhnanti devatah
tam—unto King Anga; icuh—said; vismitah—in wonder; tatra—there;
yajamanam-—to the institutor of the sacrifice; atha—then; rtvijah—the
priests; havimsi—offerings of clarified butter; hdyamanani—being offered;
na—not; te—they ; grhnanti—accept; devatah—the demigods.

TRANSLATION

The priests engaged in the sacrifice then informed King Anga: 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

Ty eaPagUTfa TassATeata F |
Saterarrarenes ata Tard: 1201

rajan havimsy adustani
Sraddhayasaditani te

chandamsy ayata-yamani
yojitani dhrta-vrataih

rajan—O King; havimsi—sacrificial offerings; adusfani—not polluted;
Sraddhaya—with great faith and care; asaditani—collected; te—your;
chandamsi—the mantras; ayata-yamani—not deficient; yojitani—properly
executed; dhrta-vrataih—by qualified brahmanas.

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
brahmanas and priests present here are expert and are executing the
performances properly.
