SB 4.13.26

SB 4.13.26

Devanagari

तमूचुर्विस्मितास्तत्र यजमानमथर्त्विज: । हवींषि हूयमानानि न ते गृह्णन्ति देवता: ॥ २६ ॥

Verse text

tam ūcur vismitās tatra yajamānam athartvijaḥ havīṁṣi hūyamānāni na te gṛhṇanti devatāḥ

Synonyms

tam unto King Aṅga ; ūcuḥ said ; vismitāḥ in wonder ; tatra there ; yajamānam to the institutor of the sacrifice ; atha then ; ṛtvijaḥ the priests ; havīṁṣi offerings of clarified butter ; hūyamānāni being offered ; na not ; te they ; gṛhṇanti accept ; devatāḥ the demigods .

Translation

The priests engaged in the sacrifice then informed King Aṅga: O King, we are properly offering the clarified butter in the sacrifice, but despite all our efforts the demigods do not accept it.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Surprised, the priests said to the King, the sponsor of the sacrifice, “The devatās do not accept the oblations we have offered.”