चरमेणाश्वमेधेन यजमाने यजुष्पतिम् । वैन्ये यज्ञपशुं स्पर्धन्नपोवाह तिरोहित: ॥ ११ ॥
caramenasvamedhena yajamane yajus-patim vainye yajna-pasum spardhann apovaha tirohitah
- caramena
- by the last one
- asva-medhena
- by the asvamedha sacrifice
- yajamane
- when he was performing the sacrifice
- yajuh-patim
- for satisfaction of the Lord of yajna, Visnu
- vainye
- the son of King Vena
- yajna-pasum
- the animal meant to be sacrificed in the yajna
- spardhan
- being envious
- apovaha
- stole
- tirohitah
- being invisible.
When Prthu Maharaja was performing the last horse sacrifice (asvamedha-yajna), King Indra, invisible to everyone, stole the horse intended for sacrifice. He did this because of his great envy of King Prthu.