742 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 19

jatilam bhasmanacchannam
tasmai banam na mujicati

tam—him; tadrsa-akrtim—in such dress; viksya—after seeing; mene—con-
sidered; dharmam—pious or religious; saririnam—having a body; jatilam—
having knotted hair; bhasmana—by ashes; dcchannam—smeared all over the
body; tasmai—unto him; banam—arrow; na—not; mujcati—he did release.

TRANSLATION

King Indra was fraudulently dressed as a sannyasi, having knotted his
hair on his head and smeared ashes all over his body. Upon seeing such
dress, the son of King Prthu considered Indra a religious man and pious
sannyasi. Therefore he did not release his arrows.

TEXT 15

nated dq easier |
we aged ara atk ay URI

vadhan nivrttam tam bhiiyo
hantave ’trir acodayat

Jahi yajria-hanam tata
mahendram vibudhadhamam

vadhat—from killing; nivrttam—stopped; tam—the son of Prthu; bhiyah—
again; hantave—for the purpose of killing; atrih—the great sage Atri;
acodayat—encouraged; jahi—kill; yajfia-hanam—one who impeded the per-
formance of a yajiia; tata~my dear son; maha-indram—the great heavenly
King Indra; vibudha-adhamam-—the lowest of all demigods.

TRANSLATION

When Atri Muni saw that the son of King Prthu did not kill Indra but
returned deceived by him, Atri Muni again instructed him to kill the
heavenly King because he thought that Indra had become the lowliest of
all demigods due to his impeding the execution of King Prthu’s sacrifice.

TEXT 16

a aga: Meera ferera |
waxeaa) wat | Dae ll
