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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 19 ]
jaṭilam bhasmanācchannam tasmai bāṇam na muñcati
tam—him; tādṛśa-ākṛtim—in such dress; vīkṣya—after seeing; mene—considered; dharmam—pious or religious; śarīriṇam—having a body; jaṭilam—having knotted hair; bhasmanā—by ashes; ācchannam—smeared all over the body; tasmai—unto him; bāṇam—arrow; na—not; muñcati—he did release.
TRANSLATION
King Indra was fraudulently dressed as a sannyāsī, having knotted his hair on his head and smeared ashes all over his body. Upon seeing such dress, the son of King Pṛthu considered Indra a religious man and pious sannyāsī. Therefore he did not release his arrows.
TEXT 15
वधाभिष्टनं तं भूयो हन्तवेऽत्रिरचोदयत् । जहि यज्ञहनं तात महेन्द्रं विषुधाधमम् ॥१५॥
vadhān nivṛttam tam bhūyo hantave 'trir acodayat jahi yajña-hanam tāta mahendram vibudhādhamam
vadhāt—from killing; nivṛttam—stopped; tam—the son of Pṛthu; bhūyaḥ—again; hantave—for the purpose of killing; atriḥ—the great sage Atri; acodayat—encouraged; jahi—kill; yajña-hanam—one who impeded the performance of a yajña; tāta—my dear son; mahā-indram—the great heavenly King Indra; vibudha-adhamam—the lowest of all demigods.
TRANSLATION
When Atri Muni saw that the son of King Pṛthu did not kill Indra but returned deceived by him, Atri Muni again instructed him to kill the heavenly King because he thought that Indra had become the lowliest of all demigods due to his impeding the execution of King Pṛthu's sacrifice.
TEXT 16
एवं वैन्यमुतः प्रोक्तस्त्वरमाणं विहायसा । अन्द्रवदमिकुद्धो रावणं गृभराठिव ॥१६॥