ज्येष्ठा श्रेष्ठा च या राज्ञो महिषीणां च भारत । नाम्ना कृतद्युतिस्तस्यै यज्ञोच्छिष्टमदाद् द्विज: ॥ २८ ॥
jyestha srestha ca ya rajno mahisinam ca bharata namna krtadyutis tasyai yajnocchistam adad dvijah
- jyestha
- the senior
- srestha
- the most perfect
- ca
- and
- ya
- she who
- rajnah
- of the King
- mahisinam
- among all the queens
- ca
- also
- bharata
- O Maharaja Pariksit, the best of the Bharatas
- namna
- by name
- krtadyutih
- Krtadyuti
- tasyai
- unto her
- yajna
- of the sacrifice
- ucchistam
- the remnants of food
- adat
- delivered
- dvijah
- the great sage (Angira).
O Pariksit Maharaja, best of the Bharatas, the remnants of the food offered in the yajna were given by the great sage Angira to the first and most perfect among Citraketu’s millions of queens, whose name was Krtadyuti.