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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 13]
yajña ;  mahā-indreṇa —by King Indra;  vitate —being administered;  brahma-vādibhiḥ —by the saints and  brāhmaṇas  expert in Vedic knowledge;  saḥ —that;  vai —indeed;  tvāṣṭra-vadhaḥ —the killing of Vṛtrāsura, the son of Tvaṣṭā;  bhūyāt —may be;  api —although;  pāpa-cayaḥ —mass of sin;  nṛpa —O King;  nītaḥ —was brought;  tena —by that (the horse sacrifice);  eva —certainly;  śūnyāya —to nothing;  nīhāraḥ —fog;  iva —like;  bhānunā —by the brilliant sun.
TRANSLATION
The horse sacrifice performed by the saintly brāhmaṇas relieved Indra of the reactions to all his sins because he worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead in that sacrifice. O King, although he had committed a gravely sinful act, it was nullified at once by that sacrifice, just as fog is vanquished by the brilliant sunrise.
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स वाजिमेधेन यथोदितेन 
    वितायमानेन मरीचिमिश्रैः । 
    इष्टाधियज्ञं पुरुषं पुराण- 
    मिन्द्रो महानास विधूतपापः ॥२१॥
sa vājimedhena yathoditena  
 vitāyamānena marīci-miśraiḥ  
 iṣṭvādhiyajñam puruṣam purāṇam  
 indro mahān āsa vidhūta-pāpaḥ
saḥ —he (Indra);  vājimedhena —by the  aśvamedha  sacrifice;  yathā —just as;  uditena —described;  vitāyamānena —being performed;  marīci-miśraiḥ —by the priests, headed by Marīci;  iṣṭvā —worshiping;  adhiyajñam —the Supreme Supersoul;  puruṣam purāṇam —the original Personality of Godhead;  indraḥ —King Indra;  mahān —worshipable;  āsa —became;  vidhūta-pāpaḥ —being cleansed of all sinful reactions.