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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 13]
TEXT 5
इन्द्र उवाच
ह्रीभृदुमजतैरेनो विश्वरूपवधोद्धवम् । विभक्तमनुगृह्णाद्विर्वृत्यां क माज्म्यहम् ॥ ५ ॥
indra uvāca strī-bhū-druma-jalair eno viśvarūpa-vadhodbhavam vibhaktam anugrhṇadbhir vṛtra-hatyām kva mārjmy aham
indraḥ uvāca —King Indra replied;  strī —by women;  bhū —the earth;  druma —the trees;  jalaiḥ —and water;  enaḥ —this (sin);  viśvarūpa —of Viśvarūpa;  vadha —from the killing;  udbhavam —produced;  vibhaktam —divided;  anugrhṇadbhiḥ —showing their favor (to me);  vṛtra-hatyām —the killing of Vṛtra;  kva —how;  mārjmi —shall become free from;  aham —I.
TRANSLATION
King Indra replied: When I killed Viśvarūpa, I received extensive sinful reactions, but I was favored by the women, land, trees and water, and therefore I was able to divide the sin among them. But now if I kill Vṛtrāsura, another brāhmaṇa, how shall I free myself from the sinful reactions?
TEXT 6
श्रीशुक उवाच
ऋषयस्तदुपाकर्ण्य महेन्द्रमिदमब्रुवन् । याजयिष्याम भद्रं ते हयमेधेन मा स मैः ॥ ६ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca ṛṣayas tad upākarṇya mahendram idam abruvan yājayiṣyāma bhadram te hayamedhena mā sma bhaiḥ