232 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 7

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, the famous King Hariscandra, one of the exalted
persons in history, performed grand sacrifices by sacrificing a man
and pleased all the demigods. In this way his dropsy created by
Varuna was cured.

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visvamitro *bhavat tasmin
hota cddhvaryur dtmavan

Jamadagnir abhiid brahma
vasistho ’ydsyah sama-gah

visvdmitrah—the great sage and mystic Visvamitra; abhavat—be-
came; tasmin—in that great sacrifice; hota—the chief priest to offer
oblations; ca—also; adhvaryuh—a person who recites hymns from the
Yajur Veda and performs ritualistic ceremonies; dtmavan—fully self-
realized; jamadagnih—Jamadagni; abhiit—became; brahmé —acting as
the chief brahmana; vasisthah—the great sage; aya€syah—another great
sage; sama-gah—engaged as the reciter of the Sama Veda mantras.

TRANSLATION

In that great human sacrifice, Visvamitra was the chief priest to
offer oblations, the perfectly self-realized Jamadagni had the re-
sponsibility for chanting the mantras from the Yajur Veda,
Vasistha was the chief brahminical priest, and the sage Ayasya was
the reciter of the hymns of the Sama Veda.

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