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Chapter 19: King Pṛthu's One Hundred Horse Sacrifices

Verse 17 of 41
SB 4.19.17

सो ऽश्वं रूपं च तद्धित्वा तस्मा अन्तर्हितः स्वराट् वीरः स्वपशुमादाय पितुर्यज्ञमुपेयिवान्

so 'śvaṁ rūpaṁ ca tad dhitvā tasmā antarhitaḥ sva-rāṭ vīraḥ sva-paśum ādāya pitur yajñam upeyivān

Synonyms

saḥ—King Indra; aśvam—the horse; rūpam—the false dress of a saintly person; ca—also; tat—that; hitvā—giving up; tasmai—for him; antarhitaḥ—disappeared; sva-rāṭ—Indra; vīraḥ—the great hero; sva-paśum—his animal; ādāya—having taken; pituḥ—of his father; yajñam—to the sacrifice; upeyivān—he came back..

Translation

When Indra saw that the son of Pṛthu 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 Mahārāja Pṛthu, returned the horse to his father's sacrificial arena.

Verse 17 of 41