सोऽयजद् राजसूयेन विजित्य भुवनत्रयम् । पत्नीं बृहस्पतेर्दर्पात् तारां नामाहरद् बलात् ॥ ४ ॥
so ’yajad rajasuyena vijitya bhuvana-trayam patnim brhaspater darpat taram namaharad balat
- sah
- he, Soma
- ayajat
- performed
- rajasuyena
- the sacrifice known as Rajasuya
- vijitya
- after conquering
- bhuvana-trayam
- the three worlds (Svarga, Martya and Patala)
- patnim
- the wife
- brhaspateh
- of Brhaspati, the spiritual master of the demigods
- darpat
- out of pride
- taram
- Tara
- nama
- by name
- aharat
- took away
- balat
- by force.
After conquering the three worlds (the upper, middle and lower planeary systems), Soma, the moon-god, performed a great sacrifice known as the Rajasuya-yajna. Because he was very much puffed up, he forcibly kidnapped Brhaspati’s wife, whose name was Tara.