Devanagari
निशम्य तद् वचस्तस्य भगवान् प्रपितामह: ।
होतुर्व्यतिक्रमं ज्ञात्वा बभाषे रविनन्दनम् ॥ १९ ॥
Verse text
niśamya tad vacas tasya
bhagavān prapitāmahaḥ
hotur vyatikramaṁ jñātvā
babhāṣe ravi-nandanam
Synonyms
niśamya
—
after hearing
;
tat vacaḥ
—
those words
;
tasya
—
of him (Manu)
;
bhagavān
—
the most powerful
;
prapitāmahaḥ
—
the great-grandfather Vasiṣṭha
;
hotuḥ vyatikramam
—
discrepancy on the part of the hotā priest
;
jṣātvā
—
understanding
;
babhāṣe
—
spoke
;
ravi-nandanam
—
unto Vaivasvata Manu, son of the sun-god.
Translation
The most powerful great-grandfather Vasiṣṭha, after hearing these words of Manu, understood the discrepancy on the part of the priest. Thus he spoke as follows to the son of the sun-god.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The most powerful great-grandfather Vasiṣṭha, after hearing these words of Manu and understanding the discrepancy on the part of the hotā, spoke as follows to the son of the sun-god, Manu.
Prapitāmahaḥ means Vasiṣṭha.