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ŚB 4.13.26

Devanagari

तमूचुर्विस्मितास्तत्र यजमानमथर्त्विज: ।
हवींषि हूयमानानि न ते गृह्णन्ति देवता: ॥ २६ ॥

Text

tam ūcur vismitās tatra
yajamānam athartvijaḥ
havīṁṣi hūyamānāni
na te gṛhṇanti devatāḥ

Synonyms

tam — unto King Aṅga; ūcuḥ — said; vismitāḥ — in wonder; tatra — there; yajamānam — to the institutor of the sacrifice; atha — then; ṛtvijaḥ — the priests; havīṁṣi — offerings of clarified butter; hūyamānāni — being offered; na — not; te — they; gṛhṇanti — accept; devatāḥ — the demigods.

Translation

The priests engaged in the sacrifice then informed King Aṅga: O King, we are properly offering the clarified butter in the sacrifice, but despite all our efforts the demigods do not accept it.