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SB 9.1.15

Devanāgarī

प्रेषितोऽध्वर्युणा होता व्यचरत् तत् समाहित: । गृहीते हविषि वाचा वषट्कारं गृणन्द्विज: ॥ १५ ॥

Text

preṣito ’dhvaryuṇā hotā vyacarat tat samāhitaḥ gṛhīte haviṣi vācā vaṣaṭ-kāraṁ gṛṇan dvijaḥ

Synonyms

preṣitaḥ—being told to execute the sacrifice;adhvaryuṇā—by theṛtvikpriest;hotā—the priest in charge of offering oblations;vyacarat—executed;tat—that (sacrifice);samāhitaḥ—with great attention;gṛhītehaviṣi—upon taking the clarified butter for the first oblation;vācā—by chanting themantra;vaṣaṭ-kāram—themantrabeginning with the wordvaṣaṭ;gṛṇan—reciting;dvijaḥ—thebrāhmaṇa..

Translation

Told by the chief priest “Now offer oblations,” the person in charge of oblations took clarified butter to offer. He then remembered the request of Manu’s wife and performed the sacrifice while chanting the word “vaṣaṭ.”

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