SB 9.7.21

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Ninth Canto, Chapter 7: The Descendants of King Māndhātā

SB 9.7.20

SB 9.7.22

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 21

tataḥ puruṣa-medhena
hariścandro mahā-yaśāḥ
muktodaro 'yajad devān
varuṇādīn mahat-kathaḥ

SYNONYMS

tataḥ—thereafter; puruṣa-medhena—by sacrificing a man in the yajña; hariścandraḥ—King Hariścandra; mahā-yaśāḥ—very famous; mukta-udaraḥ—became free from dropsy; ayajat—offered sacrifices; devān—unto the demigods; varuṇa-ādīn—headed by Varuṇa and others; mahat-kathaḥ—famous in history with other exalted personalities.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, the famous King Hariścandra, one of the exalted persons in history, performed grand sacrifices by sacrificing a man and pleased all the demigods. In this way his dropsy created by Varuṇa was cured.