तच्छ्रुत्वाजुहुवुर्विप्रा: सहेन्द्रं तक्षकं मखे । तक्षकाशु पतस्वेह सहेन्द्रेण मरुत्वता ॥ २१ ॥
tac chrutvājuhuvur viprāḥ sahendraṁ takṣakaṁ makhe takṣakāśu patasveha sahendreṇa marutvatā
- tat
- that
- śrutvā
- hearing
- ājuhuvuḥ
- they performed the ritual of offering oblation
- viprāḥ
- the brāhmaṇa priests
- saha
- along with
- indram
- King Indra
- takṣakam
- the snake-bird Takṣaka
- makhe
- into the sacrificial fire
- takṣaka
- O Takṣaka
- āśu
- quickly
- patasva
- you should fall
- iha
- here
- saha indreṇa
- together with Indra
- marut-vatā
- who is accompanied by all the demigods
Hearing this, the priests then chanted this mantra for offering Takṣaka together with Indra as an oblation into the sacrificial fire: O Takṣaka, fall immediately into this fire, together with Indra and his entire host of demigods!