Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13


Sanskrit:

पशोर्निपतिता दन्ता यजस्वेत्याह सोऽब्रवीत् ।यदा पशो: पुनर्दन्ता जायन्तेऽथ पशु: शुचि: ॥ १३ ॥

ITRANS:

paśor nipatitā dantāyajasvety āha so ’bravītyadā paśoḥ punar dantājāyante ’tha paśuḥ śuciḥ

Translation:

When the teeth had fallen out, Varuṇa returned and said to Hariścandra, “Now the animal’s teeth have fallen out, and you can perform the sacrifice.” But Hariścandra replied, “When the animal’s teeth grow in again, then he will be pure enough to be sacrificed.”

Purport: