पुनर्जाता यजस्वेति स प्रत्याहाथ सोऽब्रवीत् । सान्नाहिको यदा राजन् राजन्योऽथ पशु: शुचि: ॥ १४ ॥
punar jata yajasveti sa pratyahatha so ’bravit sannahiko yada rajan rajanyo ’tha pasuh sucih
- punah
- again
- jatah
- have grown
- yajasva
- now you offer the sacrifice
- iti
- thus
- sah
- he, Varuna
- pratyaha
- replied
- atha
- thereafter
- sah
- he, Hariscandra
- abravit
- said
- sannahikah
- able to equip himself with a shield
- yada
- when
- rajan
- O King Varuna
- rajanyah
- the ksatriya
- atha
- then
- pasuh
- the sacrificial animal
- sucih
- becomes purified.
When the teeth grew in again, Varuna came and said to Hariscandra, “Now you can perform the sacrifice.” But Hariscandra then said, “O King, when the sacrificial animal becomes a ksatriya and is able to shield himself to fight with the enemy, then he will be purified.”