पशोर्निपतिता दन्ता यजस्वेत्याह सोऽब्रवीत् ।
यदा पशोः पुनर्दन्ता जायन्तेऽथ पशुः शुचिः ॥१३॥

paÅ›or nipatitÄ dantÄ
yajasvety Äha so 'bravÄ«t
yadÄ paÅ›oḥ punar dantÄ
jÄyante 'tha paÅ›uḥ Å›uciḥ

 paÅ›oḥ - of the animal; nipatitÄḥ - have fallen out; dantÄḥ - the teeth; yajasva - now sacrifice him; iti - thus; Äha - said (Varuṇa); saḥ - he, HariÅ›candra; abravÄ«t - replied; yadÄ - when; paÅ›oḥ - of the animal; punaḥ - again; dantÄḥ - the teeth; jÄyante - grow; atha - then; paÅ›uḥ - the animal; Å›uciḥ - is purified for being sacrificed.


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

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