तदभिप्रेत्य भगवान् कर्मातिशयमात्मन: । शतक्रतुर्न ममृषे पृथोर्यज्ञमहोत्सवम् ॥ २ ॥
tad abhipretya bhagavan karmatisayam atmanah sata-kratur na mamrse prthor yajna-mahotsavam
- tat abhipretya
- considering this matter
- bhagavan
- the most powerful
- karma-atisayam
- excelling in fruitive activities
- atmanah
- of himself
- sata-kratuh
- King Indra, who had performed a hundred sacrifices
- na
- not
- mamrse
- did tolerate
- prthoh
- of King Prthu
- yajna
- sacrificial
- maha-utsavam
- great ceremonies.
When the most powerful Indra, the King of heaven, saw this, he considered the fact that King Prthu was going to exceed him in fruitive activities. Thus Indra could not tolerate the great sacrificial ceremonies performed by King Prthu.