यानि रूपाणि जगृहे इन्द्रो हयजिहीर्षया । तानि पापस्य खण्डानि लिङ्गं खण्डमिहोच्यते ॥ २३ ॥
yani rupani jagrhe indro haya-jihirsaya tani papasya khandani lingam khandam ihocyate
- yani
- all those which
- rupani
- forms
- jagrhe
- accepted
- indrah
- the King of heaven
- haya
- the horse
- jihirsaya
- with a desire to steal
- tani
- all those
- papasya
- of sinful activities
- khandani
- signs
- lingam
- the symbol
- khandam
- the word khanda
- iha
- here
- ucyate
- is said.
Whatever different forms Indra assumed as a mendicant because of his desire to seize the horse were symbols of atheistic philosophy.