Text 14] King Prthu’s One Hundred Horse Sacrifices 741
TEXT 13
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word agate fase ata 12311
atrind codito hantum
prthu-putro maha-rathah
anvadhdavata sankruddhas
tistha tistheti cabravit
atrina—by the great sage Atri; coditah—being encouraged; hantum—to
kill; prthu-putrah—the son of King Prthu; maha-rathah—a great hero;
anvadhavata—followed; sankruddhah—being very angry; tistha tistha—just
wail, just wait; iti—thus; ca—also; abravit—he said.
TRANSLATION
When the son of King Prthu was informed by Atri of King Indra’s trick,
he immediately became very angry and followed Indra to kill him, calling,
“Wait! Wait!”
PURPORT
The words tistha tistha are used by a ksatriya when he challenges his
enemy. When fighting, aksatriya cannot flee from the battlefield. However,
when a ksatriya out of cowardice flees from the battlefield, showing his
back to his enemy, he is challenged with the words tistha tistha. A real
ksatriya does not kill his enemy from behind, nor does a real ksatriya turn
his back on the battlefield. According to ksatriya principle and spirit,
one either attains victory or dies in the battlefield. Although King Indra
was very exalted, being the King of heaven, he became degraded due to his
stealing the horse intended for sacrifice. Therefore he fled without observing
the ksatriya principles, and the son of Prthu had to challenge him with the
words tistha tistha.
TEXT 14
d areata ater FA wl Tether |
afd TEAS TR aT a gata eV!
tam tddrsakrtim viksya
mene dharmam Saririnam
