Text 36] Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Maharaja 571
iti vyavasitd vipras
tasya rajiiah prajataye
puro-dasam niravapan
Sipi-vistaya visnave
iti-thus; vyavasitah—having decided; viprah—the brahmanas; tasya—his;
rajiah—of the king; prajataye—for the purpose of getting a son; purah-
ddsam—the paraphernalia of sacrifice; niravapan—offered; sipi-vistaya—to
the Lord, who is situated in the sacrificial fire; visnave—to Lord Visnu.
TRANSLATION
Thus for the sake of ason for King Anga, they decided to offer oblations
to Lord Vignu, who is situated in the hearts of all living entities.
PURPORT
According to sacrificial rituals, animals are sometimes sacrificed in the
yajfia arena. Such animals are sacrificed not to kill them but to give them
new life. Such action was an experiment to observe whether the Vedic
mantras were being properly pronounced. Sometimes small animals are
killed in a medical laboratory to investigate therapeutic effect. In a medi-
cal clinic the animals are not revived, but in the yajfia arena, when animals
were sacrificed, they were again given life by the potency of Vedic mantras.
The word Sipi-vistaya appears in this verse. Sipi means the flames of the
sacrifice. In the sacrificial fire if the oblations are offered into the flames,
then Lord Visnuis situated there in the form of the flames. Therefore Lord
Visnu is known as Sipivista.
TEXT 36
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feonaa main frgarer araq 1124!
tasmat purusa uttasthau
hema-maly amalambarah
hiranmayena pdatrena
siddham addaya payasam
tasmat—from that fire; purusah—a person; uttasthau—appeared; hema-
mali-with a golden’ garland; amala-ambarah—in white garments;
