ayajat - worshiped; yajña-puruṣam - the yajña-puruṣa, the Lord; kratubhiḥ - by performing various sacrifices; bhūri-dakṣiṇaiḥ - giving abundant gifts to the brāhmaṇas; sarva-deva-mayam - the reservoir of all the demigods; devam - the Supreme Lord; sarva-veda-mayam - the ultimate object of all Vedic knowledge; harim - the Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

King Yayāti performed various sacrifices, in which he offered abundant gifts to the brāhmaṇas to satisfy the Supreme Lord, Hari, who is the reservoir of all the demigods and the object of all Vedic knowledge.