10 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 1

tatra Sraddha manoh patni
hotaram samaydcata

duhitrartham upégamya
pranipatya payovrata

tatra—in that sacrifice; sraddha—Sraddha; manoh—of Manu;
patni—the wife; hotdram—to the priest performing the yajfia;
samaydcata—begged properly; duhitr-artham—for a daughter;
upagamya—coming near; pranipatya—offering obeisances; payah-
vrata—who was observing the vow of drinking only milk.

TRANSLATION

During that sacrifice, Sraddha, Manu’s wife, who was observing
the vow of subsisting only by drinking milk, approached the priest
offering the sacrifice, offered obeisances to him and begged for a
daughter.

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presito ‘dhvaryuna hota
vyacarat tat samahitah

grhite havisi vaca
vasat-kdram grnan dvijah

presitah—being told to execute the sacrifice; adhvaryund—by the
rtvik priest; hoté—the priest in charge of offering oblations; vyacarat—
executed; tat—that (sacrifice); samahitah—with great attention; grhite
havisi—upon taking the clarified butter for the first oblation; véca —by
chanting the mantra; vasat-kdram—the mantra beginning with the
word vasat; grnan—reciting; dvijah—the brahmana.

TRANSLATION

Told by the chief priest ‘Now offer oblations,”’ the person in
charge of oblations took clarified butter to offer. He then remem-
