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
GAA HEAT TTT SST
TAM TATA TTS TY DA ULM
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
ft gaa = aeafarraaat |
ws TTT FT VaTATT 124
iti putradnurdgena
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;
