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नकुलः सहदेवश्च माद्रीपुत्रौ यशस्विनौ । शामित्रं तौ महावीर्यौ सम्यक्तत्र करिष्यतः॥५-१३९-३६॥
Nakula and Sahadeva, the illustrious sons of Mādrī—both of great vigor—will duly perform there the śāmitra, the appeasing and concluding rite.
english translation
कल्माषदण्डा गोविन्द विमला रथशक्तयः । यूपाः समुपकल्पन्तामस्मिन्यज्ञे जनार्दन॥५-१३९-३७॥
O Govinda, let the spears mounted upon chariots—bright, with shafts marked in variegated hues—be made ready here as the yūpa, the sacrificial posts, for this rite, O Janārdana.
english translation
कर्णिनालीकनाराचा वत्सदन्तोपबृंहणाः । तोमराः सोमकलशाः पवित्राणि धनूंषि च॥५-१३९-३८॥
Barbed arrows, reed-arrows, and iron-tipped shafts—strengthened as though with calf-teeth—shall serve as the soma-vessels; and javelins, together with bows, shall be the purificatory implements in this rite.
english translation
असयोऽत्र कपालानि पुरोडाशाः शिरांसि च । हविस्तु रुधिरं कृष्ण अस्मिन्यज्ञे भविष्यति॥५-१३९-३९॥
Here, swords shall be the kapāla, the sacrificial ladles; heads shall be the puroḍāśa, the offering-cakes; and the oblation of this rite, O Kṛṣṇa, shall be blood.
english translation
इध्माः परिधयश्चैव शक्त्योऽथ विमला गदाः । सदस्या द्रोणशिष्याश्च कृपस्य च शरद्वतः॥५-१३९-४०॥
The fuel and the enclosing sticks shall be spears and bright maces; and the sadasya, the officiants, shall be Droṇa’s disciples, and also Kṛpa Śāradvata.
english translation