स एव हि ददौ भागं परोक्षमसुरान् प्रति । यजमानोऽवहद् भागं मातृस्नेहवशानुग: ॥ ३ ॥
sa eva hi dadau bhagam paroksam asuran prati yajamano ’vahad bhagam matr-sneha-vasanugah
- sah
- he (Visvarupa)
- eva
- indeed
- hi
- certainly
- dadau
- offered
- bhagam
- share
- paroksam
- without the knowledge of the demigods
- asuran
- the demons
- prati
- unto
- yajamanah
- performing sacrifice
- avahat
- offered
- bhagam
- share
- matr-sneha
- by affection for his mother
- vasa-anugah
- being compelled.
Although offering clarified butter in the sacrificial fire in the name of the demigods, without the knowledge of the demigods he also offered oblations to the demons because they were his relatives through his mother.