बर्हिष्मती नाम पुरी सर्वसम्पत्समन्विता । न्यपतन् यत्र रोमाणि यज्ञस्याङ्गं विधुन्वत: ॥ २९ ॥ कुशा: काशास्त एवासन् शश्वद्धरितवर्चस: । ऋषयो यै: पराभाव्य यज्ञघ्नान् यज्ञमीजिरे ॥ ३० ॥
barhismati nama puri sarva-sampat-samanvita nyapatan yatra romani yajnasyangam vidhunvatah kusah kasas ta evasan sasvad-dharita-varcasah rsayo yaih parabhavya yajna-ghnan yajnam ijire
- barhismati
- Barhismati
- nama
- named
- puri
- city
- sarva-sampat
- all kinds of wealth
- samanvita
- full of
- nyapatan
- fell down
- yatra
- where
- romani
- the hairs
- yajnasya
- of Lord Boar
- angam
- His body
- vidhunvatah
- shaking
- kusah
- kusa grass
- kasah
- kasa grass
- te
- they
- eva
- certainly
- asan
- became
- sasvat-harita
- of evergreen
- varcasah
- having the color
- rsayah
- the sages
- yaih
- by which
- parabhavya
- defeating
- yajna-ghnan
- the disturbers of the sacrificial performances
- yajnam
- Lord Visnu
- ijire
- they worshiped
The city of Barhismati, rich in all kinds of wealth, was so called because Lord Visnu’s hair dropped there from His body when He manifested Himself as Lord Boar. As He shook His body, this very hair fell and turned into blades of evergreen kusa grass and kasa [another kind of grass used for mats], by means of which the sages worshiped Lord Visnu after defeating the demons who had interfered with the performance of their sacrifices.