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SB 9.7.22

Devanāgarī

विश्वामित्रोऽभवत् तस्मिन् होता चाध्वर्युरात्मवान् । जमदग्निरभूद् ब्रह्मा वसिष्ठोऽयास्य: सामग: ॥ २२ ॥

Text

viśvāmitro ’bhavat tasmin hotā cādhvaryur ātmavān jamadagnir abhūd brahmā vasiṣṭho ’yāsyaḥ sāma-gaḥ

Synonyms

viśvāmitraḥ—the great sage and mystic Viśvāmitra;abhavat—became;tasmin—in that great sacrifice;hotā—the chief priest to offer oblations;ca—also;adhvaryuḥ—a person who recites hymns from theYajur Vedaand performs ritualistic ceremonies;ātmavān—fully self-realized;jamadagniḥ—Jamadagni;abhūt—became;brahmā—acting as the chiefbrāhmaṇa;vasiṣṭhaḥ—the great sage;ayāsyaḥ—another great sage;sāma-gaḥ—engaged as the reciter of theSāma Veda mantras..

Translation

In that great human sacrifice, Viśvāmitra was the chief priest to offer oblations, the perfectly self-realized Jamadagni had the responsibility for chanting the mantras from the Yajur Veda, Vasiṣṭha was the chief brahminical priest, and the sage Ayāsya was the reciter of the hymns of the Sāma Veda.

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