तत: पुरुषमेधेन हरिश्चन्द्रो महायशा: । मुक्तोदरोऽयजद् देवान् वरुणादीन् महत्कथ: ॥ २१ ॥
tatah purusa-medhena hariscandro maha-yasah muktodaro ’yajad devan varunadin mahat-kathah
- tatah
- thereafter
- purusa-medhena
- by sacrificing a man in the yajna
- hariscandrah
- King Hariscandra
- maha-yasah
- very famous
- mukta-udarah
- became free from dropsy
- ayajat
- offered sacrifices
- devan
- unto the demigods
- varuna-adin
- headed by Varuna and others
- mahat-kathah
- famous in history with other exalted personalities.
Thereafter, the famous King Hariscandra, one of the exalted persons in history, performed grand sacrifices by sacrificing a man and pleased all the demigods. In this way his dropsy created by Varuna was cured.