Text 15] The Descendants of King Mandhata 227

animal’s teeth grow in again, then he will be pure enough to be
sacrificed.”

TEXT 14

GASA THEN T TITTY AISA |
AAMC TATA TTA TI DA LVI

punar jata yajasveti
sa pratyahatha so ’bravit
sdnnahiko yada rajan
rajanyo ‘tha pasuh sucih

punah—again; jatah—have grown; yajasva—now you offer the
sacrifice; iti—thus; sah—he, Varuna; pratyaha—replied; atha—
thereafter; sah—he, Harigcandra; abravit—said; sannahikah—able to
equip himself with a shield; yada—when; rajan—O King Varuna; rd-
Janyah—the hksatriya; atha—then; pasuh—the sacrificial animal;
Sucih—becomes purified.

TRANSLATION

When the teeth grew in again, Varuna came and said to
Hariscandra, ‘‘Now you can perform the sacrifice.” But
Hariscandra then said, ‘““O King, when the sacrificial animal be-
comes a ksatriya and is able to shield himself to fight with the
enemy, then he will be purified.”

TEXT 15

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iti putrdnurdgena
sneha-yantrita-cetasa
kalam vajicayata tam tam

ukto devas tam aiksata

iti—in this way; putra-anuragena—because of affection for the son;
sneha-yantrita-cetasa—his mind being controlled by such affection;
