Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 19 Verse 19

Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order | Chapter 19: King Pṛthu's One Hundred Horse Sacrifices

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.19.19

upasṛjya tamas tīvraḿ

jahārāśvaḿ punar hariḥ

caṣāla-yūpataś channo

hiraṇya-raśanaḿ vibhuḥ

SYNONYMS

upasṛjya — creating; tamaḥ — darkness; tīvram — dense; jahāra — took away; aśvam — the horse; punaḥ — again; hariḥ — King Indra; caṣāla-yūpataḥ — from the wooden instrument where the animals were sacrificed; channaḥ — being covered; hiraṇya-raśanam — tied with a gold chain; vibhuḥ — very powerful.

TRANSLATION

My dear Vidura, Indra, being the King of heaven and very powerful, immediately brought a dense darkness upon the sacrificial arena. Covering the whole scene in this way, he again took away the horse, which was chained with golden shackles near the wooden instrument where animals were sacrificed.

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