द्रव्ययज्ञैर्यक्ष्यमाणं दृष्ट्वा भूतानि बिभ्यति । एष माकरुणो हन्यादतज्ज्ञो ह्यसुतृप्ध्रुवम् ॥ १० ॥
dravya-yajnair yaksyamanam drstva bhutani bibhyati esa makaruno hanyad ataj-jno hy asu-trp dhruvam
- dravya-yajnaih
- with animals and other eatable things
- yaksyamanam
- the person engaged in such sacrifices
- drstva
- by seeing
- bhutani
- the living entities (animals)
- bibhyati
- become afraid
- esah
- this person (the performer of sacrifice)
- ma
- us
- akarunah
- who is inhumane and merciless
- hanyat
- will kill
- a-tat-jnah
- most ignorant
- hi
- indeed
- asu-trp
- who is most satisfied by killing others
- dhruvam
- certainly
Upon seeing the person engaged in performing the sacrifice, animals meant to be sacrificed are extremely afraid, thinking, This merciless performer of sacrifices, being ignorant of the purpose of sacrifice and being most satisfied by killing others, will surely kill us