SB 9.7.10

TEXT 10

TEXT

जातः सुतो ह्यनेनाङ्ग मां यजस्वेति सो ऽब्रवीत् ।
यदा पशुर्निर्दशः स्याद् अथ मेध्यो भवेदिति ॥ १० ॥

jatah suto hy anenaṅga

mam yajasveti so 'bravit

yada pasur nirdasah syad

atha medhyo bhaved iti

jatah-has been born; sutah-a son; hi-indeed; anena-by this son; aṅga-O Hariscandra; mam-unto me; yajasva-offer sacrifice; iti-thus; sah-he, Varuna; abravit-said; yada-when; pasuh-an animal; nirdasah-has passed ten days; syat-should become; atha-then; medhyah-suitable for offering in sacrifice; bhavet-becomes; iti-thus (Hariscandra said).

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, when the child was born, Varuna approached Hariscandra and said, "Now you have a son. With this son you can offer me a sacrifice." In answer to this, Hariscandra said, "After ten days have passed since an animal's birth, the animal becomes fit to be sacrificed."

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