SB 10.74.12

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 74: The Deliverance of Śiśupāla at the Rājasūya Sacrifice

SB 10.74.11

SB 10.74.13

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 12

tatas te deva-yajanaṁ
brāhmaṇāḥ svarṇa-lāṅgalaiḥ
kṛṣṭvā tatra yathāmnāyaṁ
dīkṣayāṁ cakrire nṛpam

SYNONYMS

tataḥ—then; te—they; deva-yajanam—the place for worshiping the demigods; brāhmaṇāḥ—the brāhmaṇas; svarṇa—gold; lāṅgalaiḥ—with plows; kṛṣṭvā—furrowing; tatra—there; yathā-āmnāyam—according to the standard authorities; dīkṣayām cakrire—they initiated; nṛpam—the King.

TRANSLATION

The brāhmaṇa priests then plowed the sacrificial ground with golden plowshares and initiated King Yudhiṣṭhira for the sacrifice in accordance with the traditions set down by standard authorities.