tataḥ - thereafter; puruṣa-medhena - by sacrificing a man in the yajña; hariścandraḥ - King Hariścandra; mahā-yaśāḥ - very famous; mukta-udaraḥ - became free from dropsy; ayajat - offered sacrifices; devān - unto the demigods; varuṇa-ādīn - headed by Varuṇa and others; mahat-kathaḥ - famous in history with other exalted personalities.

Thereafter, the famous King Hariścandra, one of the exalted persons in history, performed grand sacrifices by sacrificing a man and pleased all the demigods. In this way his dropsy created by Varuṇa was cured.