Fourteen Worlds
FOURTEEN WORLDSVedic Cosmology

SB 10.74.16

Devanāgarī

अयाजयन् महाराजं याजका देववर्चस: । राजसूयेन विधिवत् प्रचेतसमिवामरा: ॥ १६ ॥

Text

ayājayan mahā-rājaṁ yājakā deva-varcasaḥ rājasūyena vidhi-vat pracetasam ivāmarāḥ

Synonyms

ayājayan—they performed the sacrifice;mahā-rājam—for the great King;yājakāḥ—the sacrificial priests;deva—of demigods;varcasaḥ—possessing the power;rājasūyena—the Rājasūya;vidhi-vat—according to the prescriptions of theVedas;pracetasam—Varuṇa;iva—as;amarāḥ—the demigods.

Translation

The priests, as powerful as gods, performed the Rājasūya sacrifice for King Yudhiṣṭhira in accordance with the Vedic injunctions, just as the demigods had previously performed it for Varuṇa.

← SB 10.74.15Chapter 74SB 10.74.17