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King Pṛthu's One Hundred Horse Sacrifices
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evam vainya-sutaḥ proktas tvaramāṇam vihāyasā anvadravad abhikruddho rāvaṇam grdhra-rāḍ iva
evam—thus; vainya-sutaḥ—the son of King Pṛthu; proktaḥ—being ordered; tvaramāṇam—Indra, who was moving hastily; vihāyasā—in the sky; anvadravat—began to chase; abhikruddhaḥ—being very angry; rāvaṇam—Rāvaṇa; grdhra-rāṭ—the king of vultures; iva—like.
TRANSLATION
Being thus informed, the grandson of King Vena immediately began to follow Indra, who was fleeing through the sky in great haste. He was very angry with him, and he chased him just as the king of the vultures chased Rāvaṇa.
TEXT 17
सोऽश्चं रूपं च तद्धित्वा तस्मा अन्तर्हितः स्वराट् । वीरः स्वपशुमादाय पितुर्यज्ञमुपेयिवान् ॥१७॥
so 'śvam rūpam ca tad dhitvā tasmā antarhitaḥ sva-rāṭ vīraḥ sva-paśum ādāya pitur yajñam upeyivān
saḥ—King Indra; aśvam—the horse; rūpam—the false dress of a saintly person; ca—also; tat—that; hitvā—giving up; tasmai—for him; antarhitaḥ—disappeared; sva-rāṭ—Indra; vīraḥ—the great hero; sva-paśum—his animal; ādāya—having taken; pituḥ—of his father; yajñam—to the sacrifice; upeyivān—he came back.
TRANSLATION
When Indra saw that the son of Pṛthu was chasing him, he immediately abandoned his false dress and left the horse. Indeed, he disappeared from that very spot, and the great hero, the son of Mahārāja Pṛthu, returned the horse to his father's sacrificial arena.
TEXT 18
तत्तस्य चाद्भुतं कर्म विचक्ष्य परमर्षयः । नामधेयं ददुस्तस्मै विजिताश्च इति प्रमो ॥१८॥