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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.13.26
tam ūcur vismitās tatra
yajamānam athartvijaḥ
havīḿṣi hūyamānāni
na te gṛhṇanti devatāḥ
SYNONYMS
tam — unto King Ańga; ūcuḥ — said; vismitāḥ — in wonder; tatra — there; yajamānam — to the institutor of the sacrifice; atha — then; ṛtvijaḥ — the priests; havīḿṣi — 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 Ańga: O King, we are properly offering the clarified butter in the sacrifice, but despite all our efforts the demigods do not accept it.
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