ŚB 9.7.10
Devanagari
जात: सुतो ह्यनेनाङ्ग मां यजस्वेति सोऽब्रवीत् ।
यदा पशुर्निर्दश: स्यादथ मेध्यो भवेदिति ॥ १० ॥
यदा पशुर्निर्दश: स्यादथ मेध्यो भवेदिति ॥ १० ॥
Verse text
jātaḥ suto hy anenāṅga
māṁ yajasveti so ’bravīt
yadā paśur nirdaśaḥ syād
atha medhyo bhaved iti
māṁ yajasveti so ’bravīt
yadā paśur nirdaśaḥ syād
atha medhyo bhaved iti
Synonyms
jātaḥ — has been born; sutaḥ — a son; hi — indeed; anena — by this son; aṅga — O Hariścandra; mām — unto me; yajasva — offer sacrifice; iti — thus; saḥ — he, Varuṇa; abravīt — said; yadā — when; paśuḥ — an animal; nirdaśaḥ — has passed ten days; syāt — should become; atha — then; medhyaḥ — suitable for offering in sacrifice; bhavet — becomes; iti — thus (Hariścandra said).
Translation
Thereafter, when the child was born, Varuṇa approached Hariścandra and said, “Now you have a son. With this son you can offer me a sacrifice.” In answer to this, Hariścandra said, “After ten days have passed since an animal’s birth, the animal becomes fit to be sacrificed.”