Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 10


Sanskrit:

जात: सुतो ह्यनेनाङ्ग मां यजस्वेति सोऽब्रवीत् ।यदा पशुर्निर्दश: स्यादथ मेध्यो भवेदिति ॥ १० ॥

ITRANS:

jātaḥ suto hy anenāṅgamāṁ yajasveti so ’bravītyadā paśur nirdaśaḥ syādatha medhyo bhaved iti

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.”

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