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SB 9.14.4

Devanāgarī

सोऽयजद् राजसूयेन विजित्य भुवनत्रयम् । पत्नीं बृहस्पतेर्दर्पात् तारां नामाहरद् बलात् ॥ ४ ॥

Text

so ’yajad rājasūyena vijitya bhuvana-trayam patnīṁ bṛhaspater darpāt tārāṁ nāmāharad balāt

Synonyms

saḥ—he, Soma;ayajat—performed;rājasūyena—the sacrifice known as Rājasūya;vijitya—after conquering;bhuvana-trayam—the three worlds (Svarga, Martya and Pātāla);patnīm—the wife;bṛhaspateḥ—of Bṛhaspati, the spiritual master of the demigods;darpāt—out of pride;tārām—Tārā;nāma—by name;aharat—took away;balāt—by force.

Translation

After conquering the three worlds [the upper, middle and lower planetary systems], Soma, the moon-god, performed a great sacrifice known as the Rājasūya-yajña. Because he was very much puffed up, he forcibly kidnapped Bṛhaspati’s wife, whose name was Tārā.

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