SB 8.18.21
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 21
- taṁ narmadāyās taṭa uttare baler
- ya ṛtvijas te bhṛgukaccha-saṁjñake
- pravartayanto bhṛgavaḥ kratūttamaṁ
- vyacakṣatārād uditaṁ yathā ravim
SYNONYMS
tam — Him (Vāmanadeva); narmadāyāḥ — of the River Narmadā; taṭe — on the bank; uttare — northern; baleḥ — of Mahārāja Bali; ye — who; ṛtvijaḥ — the priests engaged in ritualistic ceremonies; te — all of them; bhṛgukaccha-saṁjñake — in the field named Bhṛgukaccha; pravartayantaḥ — performing; bhṛgavaḥ — all the descendants of Bhṛgu; kratu-uttamam — the most important sacrifice, named aśvamedha; vyacakṣata — they observed; ārāt — nearby; uditam — risen; yathā — like; ravim — the sun.
TRANSLATION
While engaged in performing the sacrifice in the field known as Bhṛgukaccha, on the northern bank of the Narmadā River, the brahminical priests, the descendants of Bhṛgu, saw Vāmanadeva to be like the sun rising nearby.