तस्मान्मां कर्मभिर्विप्रा यजध्वं गतमत्सरा: । बलिं च मह्यं हरत मत्तोऽन्य: कोऽग्रभुक्पुमान् ॥ २८ ॥
tasman mam karmabhir vipra yajadhvam gata-matsarah balim ca mahyam harata matto ’nyah ko ’gra-bhuk puman
- tasmat
- for this reason
- mam
- me
- karmabhih
- by ritualistic activities
- viprah
- O brahmanas
- yajadhvam
- worship
- gata
- without
- matsarah
- being envious
- balim
- paraphernalia for worship
- ca
- also
- mahyam
- unto me
- harata
- bring
- mattah
- than me
- anyah
- other
- kah
- who (is)
- agra-bhuk
- the enjoyer of the first oblations
- puman
- personality.
King Vena continued: For this reason, O brahmanas, you should abandon your envy of me, and, by your ritualistic activities, you should worship me and offer me all paraphernalia. If you are intelligent, you should know that there is no personality superior to me, who can accept the first oblations of all sacrifices.