Devanagari
एषोऽश्वमेधाञ् शतमाजहारसरस्वती प्रादुरभावि यत्र
अहार्षीद्यस्य हयं पुरन्दर:शतक्रतुश्चरमे वर्तमाने ॥ २४ ॥
Verse text
eṣo ’śvamedhāñ śatam ājahāra
sarasvatī prādurabhāvi yatra
ahārṣīd yasya hayaṁ purandaraḥ
śata-kratuś carame vartamāne
Synonyms
eṣaḥ
—
this King
;
aśvamedhān
—
sacrifices known as aśvamedha
;
śatam
—
one hundred
;
ājahāra
—
will perform
;
sarasvatī
—
the river of the name Sarasvatī
;
prādurabhāvi
—
became manifest
;
yatra
—
where
;
ahārṣīt
—
will steal
;
yasya
—
whose
;
hayam
—
horse
;
purandaraḥ
—
the Lord Indra
;
śata-kratuḥ
—
who performed one hundred sacrifices
;
carame
—
while the last sacrifice
;
vartamāne
—
is occurring.
Translation
At the source of the river Sarasvatī, this King will perform one hundred sacrifices known as aśvamedha. In the course of the last sacrifice, the heavenly King Indra will steal the sacrificial horse.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The King performed a hundred horse sacrifices where the Sarasvatī River appeared. During the last sacrifice, Indra, performer of a hundred sacrifices, stole the horse.