तमूचुर्विस्मितास्तत्र यजमानमथर्त्विज: । हवींषि हूयमानानि न ते गृह्णन्ति देवता: ॥ २६ ॥
tam ucur vismitas tatra yajamanam athartvijah havimsi huyamanani na te grhnanti devatah
- tam
- unto King Anga
- ucuh
- said
- vismitah
- in wonder
- tatra
- there
- yajamanam
- to the institutor of the sacrifice
- atha
- then
- rtvijah
- the priests
- havimsi
- offerings of clarified butter
- huyamanani
- being offered
- na
- not
- te
- they
- grhnanti
- accept
- devatah
- the demigods.
The priests engaged in the sacrifice then informed King Anga: O King, we are properly offering the clarified butter in the sacrifice, but despite all our efforts the demigods do not accept it.