Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth OrderChapter 5: Frustration of the Sacrifice of Dakṣa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.5.18

sarva evartvijo dṛṣṭvā

sadasyāḥ sa-divaukasaḥ

tair ardyamānāḥ subhṛśaḿ

grāvabhir naikadhādravan

SYNONYMS

sarve — all; eva — certainly; ṛtvijaḥ — the priests; dṛṣṭvā — after seeing; sadasyāḥ — all the members assembled in the sacrifice; sa-divaukasaḥ — along with the demigods; taiḥ — by those (stones); ardyamānāḥ — being disturbed; su-bhṛśam — very greatly; grāvabhiḥ — by stones; na ekadhāin different directions; adravan — began to disperse.

TRANSLATION

There was a continuous shower of stones, and all the priests and other members assembled at the sacrifice were put into immense misery. For fear of their lives, they dispersed in different directions.

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