Canto 9, Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Verse 8 (SB 9.4.8)
SB 9.4.8 • मूल श्लोक

यज्ञवास्तुगतं सर्वमुच्छिष्टमृषय: क्‍वचित् । चक्रुर्हि भागं रुद्राय स देव: सर्वमर्हति ॥ ८ ॥

Transliteration

yajña-vāstu-gataṁ sarvam ucchiṣṭam ṛṣayaḥ kvacit cakrur hi bhāgaṁ rudrāya sa devaḥ sarvam arhati

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

yajña-vāstu-gatam — things belonging to the sacrificial arena; sarvam — everything; ucchiṣṭam — remnants; ṛṣayaḥ — the great sages; kvacit — sometimes, in the Dakṣa-yajña; cakruḥ — did so; hi — indeed; bhāgam — share; rudrāya — unto Lord Śiva; saḥ — that; devaḥ — demigod; sarvam — everything; arhati — deserves.

Translation

“The father of Nābhāga said: Whatever the great sages sacrificed in the arena of the Dakṣa-yajña, they offered to Lord Śiva as his share. Therefore, everything in the sacrificial arena certainly belongs to Lord Śiva.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda