Text 18] King Prthu’s One Hundred Horse Sacrifices 743

evam vainya-sutah proktas
tvaramdnam vihdyasa

anvadravad abhikruddho
rdvanam grdhra-rad iva

evam—thus; vainya-sutah—the son of King Prthu; proktah—being or-
dered; tvaramaénam—Indra, who was moving hastily; vihdyasd—in the sky;
anvadravat—began to chase; abhikruddhah—being very angry; ravanam—
Ravana; grdhra-rat—the king of vultures; iva—like.

TRANSLATION

Being thus informed, the grandson of King Vena immediately began to
follow Indra, who was fleeing through the sky in great haste. He was very
angry with him, and he chased him just as the king of the vultures chased
Ravana.

TEXT 17

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so ’§vam riipam ca tad dhitva
tasma antarhitah sva-rat
virah sva-pasum adaya
pitur yajiam upeyivan
sah—King Indra; asvam—the horse; rupam—the false dress of a saintly
person; ca—also; tat—that; hitva—giving up; tasmai—for him; antarhitah—
disappeared; sva-rat—Indra; virah—the great hero; sva-pasum—his animal;
adaya—having taken; pituh—of his father; yajfiam—to the sacrifice;
upeyivan—he came back.

TRANSLATION

When Indra saw that the son of Prthu was chasing him, he immediately
abandoned his false dress and left the horse. Indeed, he disappeared from
that very spot, and the great hero, the son of Maharaja Prthu, returned the
horse to his father’s sacrificial arena.

TEXT 18

THA AWed eA ver wala: |
amet cqert fafrara eft wat eel
