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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 18]
served;  jihmaḥ —deceitful;  mṛga-hā —a hunter;  iva —like;  mṛga-ākṛtiḥ —in the form of a deer.
TRANSLATION
O King Parikṣit, as the hunter of a deer becomes like a deer by covering his body with deerskin and serving the deer, so Indra, although at heart the enemy of the sons of Diti, became outwardly friendly and served Diti in a faithful way. Indra's purpose was to cheat Diti as soon as he could find some fault in the way she discharged the vows of the ritualistic ceremony. However, he wanted to be undetected, and therefore he served her very carefully.
TEXT 59
नाध्यगच्छद्वतच्छिद्रं तत्परोऽथ महीपते । चिन्तां तीव्रां गतः शक्रः केन मे स्याच्छिवं त्विह ॥५९॥
nādhyagacchad vrata-cchidram   tat-paro 'tha mahī-pate   cintām tīvrām gataḥ śakraḥ   kena me syāc chivam tv iha
na —not;  adhyagacchat —could find;  vrata-chidram —a fault in the execution of the vow;  tat-paraḥ —intent upon that;  atha —thereupon;  mahī-pate —O master of the world;  cintām —anxiety;  tīvrām —intense;  gataḥ —obtained;  śakraḥ —Indra;  kena —how;  me —my;  syāt —can there be;  śivam —well-being;  tu —then;  iha —here.
TRANSLATION
O master of the entire world, when Indra could find no faults, he thought, “How will there be good fortune for me?” Thus he was full of deep anxiety.
TEXT 60
एकदा सा तु सन्ध्यायामुच्छिष्टा व्रतकर्शिता । अस्पृष्ट्वार्यधौताङ्घ्रिः सुध्वाप विधिमोहिता ॥६०॥