Text 7] Indra Afflicted by Sinful Reaction 253

$ri-Sukah uvaca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: rsayah—the great
sages; tat—that; upakarnya—hearing; mahd-indram—unto King In-
dra; idam—this; abruvan—spoke; ydjayisyamah—we shall perform a
great sacrifice; bhadram—good fortune; te—unto you; hayamedhena—
by the horse sacrifice; mad sma bhaih—do not be afraid.

TRANSLATION

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: Hearing this, the great sages replied
to King Indra, ‘‘O King of heaven, all good fortune unto you. Do
not fear. We shall perform an aSvamedha sacrifice to release you
from any sin you may accrue by killing the brahmana.”

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hayamedhena purusam
paramatmanam isvaram
istvad ndrayanam devam
moksyase ‘pi jagad-vadhat

hayamedhena—by the sacrifice known as asvamedha; purusam—the
Supreme Person; paramdtmadnam—the Supersoul; iSvaram—the
supreme controller; istvd—worshiping; naéréyanam—Lord Narayana;
devam—the Supreme Lord; moksyase—you will be liberated; api—
even; jagat-vadhat—from the sin for killing the whole world.

TRANSLATION

The rsis continued: O King Indra, by performing an aSvamedha
sacrifice and thereby pleasing the Supreme Personality of God-
head, who is the Supersoul, Lord Narayana, the supreme con-
troller, one can be relieved even of the sinful reactions for killing
the entire world, not to speak of killing a demon like Vrtrasura.
