SB 4.19.19

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Fourth Canto - Chapter 19: King Pṛthu's One Hundred Horse Sacrifices

SB 4.19.18 - SB 4.19.20

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 19

upasṛjya tamas tīvraṁ

jahārāśvaṁ punar hariḥ

caṣāla-yūpataś channo

hiraṇya-raśanaṁ 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.

SB 4.19.18 - SB 4.19.20