तं नर्मदायास्तट उत्तरे बले- र्य ऋत्विजस्ते भृगुकच्छसंज्ञके । प्रवर्तयन्तो भृगव: क्रतूत्तमं व्यचक्षतारादुदितं यथा रविम् ॥ २१ ॥
tam narmadayas tata uttare baler ya rtvijas te bhrgukaccha-samjnake pravartayanto bhrgavah kratuttamam vyacaksatarad uditam yatha ravim
- tam
- Him (Vamanadeva)
- narmadayah
- of the river Narmada
- tate
- on the bank
- uttare
- northern
- baleh
- of Maharaja Bali
- ye
- who
- rtvijah
- the priests engaged in ritualistic ceremonies
- te
- all of them
- bhrgukaccha-samjnake
- in the field named Bhrgukaccha
- pravartayantah
- performing
- bhrgavah
- all the descendants of Bhrgu
- kratu-uttamam
- the most important sacrifice, named asvamedha
- vyacaksata
- they observed
- arat
- nearby
- uditam
- risen
- yatha
- like
- ravim
- the sun
While engaged in performing the sacrifice in the field known as Bhrgukaccha, on the northern bank of the Narmada River, the brahminical priests, the descendants of Bhrgu, saw Vamanadeva to be like the sun rising nearby.