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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 9]
TEXT 6
ब्रह्महत्यामञ्जलिना जग्राह यदपीश्वरः । 
  संवत्सरान्ते तदधं भूतानां स विशुद्धये । 
  मृम्यम्बुद्धमयोषिद्भ्यश्चतुर्धा व्यमजद्धरिः ॥ ६ ॥
brāhma-hatyām añjalinā 
  jagrāha yad apīśvaraḥ 
  saṁvatsarānte tad agham 
  bhūtānām sa viśuddhaye 
  bhūmy-ambu-druma-yoṣidbhyaś 
  caturdhā vyabhajad dhariḥ
brāhma-hatyām—the sinful reaction for killing a brāhmaṇa; 
  añjalinā—with folded hands; jagrāha—assumed the responsibility for; 
  yat api—although; īśvaraḥ—very powerful; saṁvatsara-ante—after 
  one year; tat agham—that sinful reaction; bhūtānām—of the material 
  elements; saḥ—he; viśuddhaye—for purification; bhūmi—unto the 
  earth; ambu—water; druma—trees; yoṣidbhyaḥ—and unto women; 
  caturdhā—in four divisions; vyabhajat—divided; hariḥ—King Indra.
TRANSLATION
Although Indra was so powerful that he could neutralize the sinful reactions for killing a brāhmaṇa, he repentantly accepted the burden of these reactions with folded hands. He suffered for one year, and then to purify himself he distributed the reactions for this sinful killing among the earth, water, trees and women.
TEXT 7
भूमिस्तुरीयं जग्राह स्वातपूरवरेण वै । 
  ईरिणं ब्रह्महत्याया रूपं भूमौ प्रदृश्यते ॥ ७ ॥
bhūmis turīyam jagrāha 
  khāta-pūra-vareṇa vai 
  īriṇam brāhma-hatyāyā 
  rūpam bhūmau pradṛśyate