Shloka 18

सरस्वतीतीर्थानुक्रमः — बलरामस्य तीर्थयात्रा

Sarasvatī Tīrtha Itinerary — Balarāma’s Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

याजयित्वा ततो याज्यॉल्लब्ध्वा तु सुबहून्‌ पशून्‌ । याज्येन कर्मणा तेन प्रतिगृह् विधानत:

Transliteration

yājayitvā tato yājyāl labdhvā tu subahūn paśūn | yājyena karmaṇā tena pratigṛhya vidhānataḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Having then officiated at the sacrifice for the patron, and having received very many cattle as the sacrificial fee, he accepted them in due form, in accordance with the prescribed rules for such a rite.”

Word by Word

याजयित्वाhaving caused (someone) to perform a sacrifice / having officiated

ततःthen; thereafter

याज्यात्from the sacrificer (the patron of the sacrifice)

लब्ध्वाhaving obtained

तुindeed; but

सुबहून्very many

पशून्cattle; animals

याज्येनby/through the sacrificer (patron)

कर्मणाby the act; by the rite

तेनby that; thereby

प्रतिगृह्यhaving accepted/received

विधानतःaccording to rule; duly

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

yājya (sacrificial patron)

paśu (cattle as dakṣiṇā)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes