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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

saḥKing Indra; aśvamthe horse; rūpamthe false dress of a saintly person; caalso; tatthat; hitvāgiving up; tasmaifor him; antarhitaḥdisappeared; sva-rāṭIndra; vīraḥthe great hero; sva-paśumhis animal; ādāyahaving taken; pituḥof his father; yajñamto the sacrifice; upeyivānhe 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
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