राजा तद् यज्ञसदनं प्रविष्टो निशि तर्षित: । दृष्ट्वा शयानान् विप्रांस्तान् पपौ मन्त्रजलं स्वयम् ॥ २७ ॥
raja tad-yajna-sadanam pravisto nisi tarsitah drstva sayanan viprams tan papau mantra-jalam svayam
- raja
- the King (Yuvanasva)
- tat-yajna-sadanam
- the arena of sacrifice
- pravistah
- entered
- nisi
- at night
- tarsitah
- being thirsty
- drstva
- seeing
- sayanan
- lying down
- vipran
- all the brahmanas
- tan
- all of them
- papau
- drank
- mantra-jalam
- water sanctified by mantras
- svayam
- personally.
Being thirsty one night, the King entered the arena of sacrifice, and when he saw all the brahmanas lying down, he personally drank the sanctified water meant to be drunk by his wife.