तमृत्विज: शक्रवधाभिसन्धितंविचक्ष्य दुष्प्रेक्ष्यमसह्यरंहसम् । निवारयामासुरहो महामतेन युज्यतेऽत्रान्यवध: प्रचोदितात् ॥ २७ ॥
tam rtvijah sakra-vadhabhisandhitam vicaksya duspreksyam asahya-ramhasam nivarayam asur aho maha-mate na yujyate ’tranya-vadhah pracoditat
- tam
- King Prthu
- rtvijah
- the priests
- sakra-vadha
- killing the King of heaven
- abhisandhitam
- thus preparing himself
- vicaksya
- having observed
- duspreksyam
- terrible to look at
- asahya
- unbearable
- ramhasam
- whose velocity
- nivarayam asuh
- they forbade
- aho
- oh
- maha-mate
- O great soul
- na
- not
- yujyate
- is worthy for you
- atra
- in this sacrificial arena
- anya
- others
- vadhah
- killing
- pracoditat
- from being so directed in the scriptures
When the priests and all the others saw Maharaja Prthu very angry and prepared to kill Indra, they requested him: O great soul, do not kill him, for only sacrificial animals can be killed in a sacrifice. Such are the directions given by sastra.