Text 4] Indra Afflicted by Sinful Reaction 251

avaisnavo gurur na syad
vaisnavah §va-paco guruh

One may be a brahmana in terms of his culture and family and may be
expert in Vedic knowledge (mantra-tantra-visaradah), but if he is not a
Vaisnava, he cannot be a guru. This means that an expert brahmana may
not be a Vaisnava, but a Vaisnava is already a brahmana. A millionaire
may very easily possess hundreds and thousands of dollars, but a person
with hundreds and thousands of dollars is not necessarily a millionaire.
Vrtrasura was a perfect Vaisnava, and therefore he was also a bradhmana.

TEXT 4

UIA SaTI
vafaandfen: ad za: aefaht: |
TRAM K ASS Atel TENG UI 2 HI

Sri-Suka uvaca
urtra-vikrama-samvignah
sarve devah saharsibhih
tad-vadhayarthayann indram
naicchad bhito brhad-vadhat

Sri-Sukah uvdca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; vrtra—of Vrtrasura;
vikrama—by the powerful activities; sarnvignah—being full of anxi-
eties; sarve—all; devah—the demigods; saha rsibhih—with the great
sages; tat-vadhaya—for the killing of him; a@rthayan—requested; in-
dram—Indra; na aicchat—declined; bhitah—being afraid; brhat-
vadhat—due to killing a braéhmana.

TRANSLATION

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami answered: When all the great sages and
demigods were disturbed by the extraordinary power of Vrtrasura,
they had assembled to ask Indra to kill him. Indra, however, being
afraid of killing a brahmana, declined their request.
