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ŚB 9.3.24

Devanagari

सोमेन याजयन् वीरं ग्रहं सोमस्य चाग्रहीत् ।
असोमपोरप्यश्विनोश्‍च्यवन: स्वेन तेजसा ॥ २४ ॥

Text

somena yājayan vīraṁ
grahaṁ somasya cāgrahīt
asoma-por apy aśvinoś
cyavanaḥ svena tejasā

Synonyms

somena — with the soma; yājayan — causing to perform the sacrifice; vīram — the King (Śaryāti); graham — the full pot; somasya — of the soma-rasa; ca — also; agrahīt — delivered; asoma-poḥ — who were not allowed to drink the soma-rasa; api — although; aśvinoḥ — of the Aśvinī-kumāras; cyavanaḥ — Cyavana Muni; svena — his own; tejasā — by prowess.

Translation

Cyavana Muni, by his own prowess, enabled King Śaryāti to perform the soma-yajña. The muni offered a full pot of soma-rasa to the Aśvinī-kumāras, although they were unfit to drink it.