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Indra Afflicted by Sinful Reaction
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avaiṣṇavo gurur na syād vaiṣṇavaḥ śva-paco guruḥ
One may be a  brāhmaṇa  in terms of his culture and family and may be expert in Vedic knowledge ( mantra-tantra-viśāradaḥ ), but if he is not a Vaiṣṇava, he cannot be a  guru . This means that an expert  brāhmaṇa  may not be a Vaiṣṇava, but a Vaiṣṇava is already a  brāhmaṇa . A millionaire may very easily possess hundreds and thousands of dollars, but a person with hundreds and thousands of dollars is not necessarily a millionaire. Vṛtrāsura was a perfect Vaiṣṇava, and therefore he was also a  brāhmaṇa .
TEXT 4
श्रीशुक उवाच
वृत्रविक्रमसंविधाः सर्वे देवाः सहर्षिभिः ।
तद्वधायार्थयन्निद्रं नैच्छद् भीतो बृहद्वधात् ॥ ४ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
vṛtra-vikrama-saṁvignāḥ
sarve devāḥ saharṣibhiḥ
tad-vadhāyārthayann indraṁ
naicchad bhīto bṛhad-vadhāt
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca —Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  vṛtra —of Vṛtrāsura;  vikrama —by the powerful activities;  saṁvignāḥ —being full of anxieties;  sarve —all;  devāḥ —the demigods;  saha ṛṣibhiḥ —with the great sages;  tat-vadhāya —for the killing of him;  ārthayan —requested;  indraṁ —Indra;  na aicchat —declined;  bhītaḥ —being afraid;  bṛhat-vadhāt —due to killing a  brāhmaṇa .
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī answered: When all the great sages and demigods were disturbed by the extraordinary power of Vṛtrāsura, they had assembled to ask Indra to kill him. Indra, however, being afraid of killing a  brāhmaṇa , declined their request.