निशम्य तद् वचस्तस्य भगवान् प्रपितामह: । होतुर्व्यतिक्रमं ज्ञात्वा बभाषे रविनन्दनम् ॥ १९ ॥
nisamya tad vacas tasya bhagavan prapitamahah hotur vyatikramam jnatva babhase ravi-nandanam
- nisamya
- after hearing
- tat vacah
- those words
- tasya
- of him (Manu)
- bhagavan
- the most powerful
- prapitamahah
- the great-grandfather Vasistha
- hotuh vyatikramam
- discrepancy on the part of the hota priest
- jnatva
- understanding
- babhase
- spoke
- ravi-nandanam
- unto Vaivasvata Manu, son of the sun-god.
The most powerful great-grandfather Vasistha, after hearing these words of Manu, understood the discrepancy on the part of the priest. Thus he spoke as follows to the son of the sun-god.