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Chapter 19: King Pṛthu's One Hundred Horse Sacrifices

Verse 20 of 41
SB 4.19.20

अत्रिः सन्दर्शयामास त्वरमाणं विहायसा कपालखट्वांगधरं वीरो नैनमबाधत

atriḥ sandarśayām āsa tvaramāṇaṁ vihāyasā kapāla-khaṭvāṅga-dharaṁ vīro nainam abādhata

Synonyms

atriḥ—the great sage Atri; sandarśayām āsa—caused to see; tvaramāṇam—going very hastily; vihāyasā—in the sky; kapāla-khaṭvāṅga—a staff with a skull at the top; dharam—who carried; vīraḥ—the hero (King Pṛthu's son); na—not; enam—the King of heaven, Indra; abādhata—killed..

Translation

The great sage Atri again pointed out to the son of King Pṛthu that Indra was fleeing through the sky. The great hero, the son of Pṛthu, chased him again. But when he saw that Indra was carrying in his hand a staff with a skull at the top and was again wearing the dress of a sannyāsī, he still chose not to kill him.

Verse 20 of 41