SanskritIASTMeaning
यत्र यूपाः मणि-मयाःyatra yūpāḥ maṇi-mayāḥwhere jewel-studded sacrificial posts
चित्याः च अपि हिरण्मयाःcityāḥ ca api hiraṇmayāḥand golden altar-mounds,
शोभा-अर्थम् विहिताः तत्रśobhā-artham vihitāḥ tatrawere set up there for beauty,
न तु दृष्टान्ततः कृताःna tu dṛṣṭāntataḥ kṛtāḥand not made according to [the usual] pattern;
यत्र इष्ट्वा सः गतः सिद्धिम्yatra iṣṭvā saḥ gataḥ siddhimwhere, having performed [sacrifice], he attained perfection
सहस्र-अक्षः शची-पतिःsahasra-akṣaḥ śacī-patiḥthe thousand-eyed husband of Shachi [Indra];
यत्र भूत-पतिः सृष्ट्वा सर्व-लोकान्yatra bhūta-patiḥ sṛṣṭvā sarva-lokānwhere the lord of beings, having created all worlds,
सनातनःsanātanaḥeternal,
उपास्यते तिग्म-तेजाःupāsyate tigma-tejāḥis worshipped, fiercely radiant,
वृतः भूतैः सहस्रशःvṛtaḥ bhūtaiḥ sahasraśaḥsurrounded by beings by the thousands;
यूपाyūpāoriginal form "yūpā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मणिमयाश्maṇimayāśoriginal form "maṇimayāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चित्याश्cityāśoriginal form "cityāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चापिcāpioriginal form "cāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शोभार्थंśobhārthaṃoriginal form "śobhārthaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विहितास्vihitāsoriginal form "vihitās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यत्रेष्ट्वाyatreṣṭvāoriginal form "yatreṣṭvā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सिद्धिंsiddhiṃoriginal form "siddhiṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सहस्राक्षःsahasrākṣaḥoriginal form "sahasrākṣaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शचीपतिःśacīpatiḥoriginal form "śacīpatiḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भूतपतिःbhūtapatiḥoriginal form "bhūtapatiḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सर्वलोकान्sarvalokānoriginal form "sarvalokān", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तिग्मतेजाtigmatejāoriginal form "tigmatejā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वृतोvṛtooriginal form "vṛto", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here the holiness of the place deepens: it partakes both of Indra, who attained perfection, and of the Lord of beings, the Creator of the worlds. It is telling that the posts there are set up "for beauty, not by pattern": where the highest is performed, even the outward form surpasses the ordinary measure. Thus scripture shows the incomparable source of the material; and further, the highest of ascetics at this sacrifice follow.