श्रीशुक उवाच एवं सञ्चोदितो विप्रैर्मरुत्वानहनद्रिपुम् । ब्रह्महत्या हते तस्मिन्नाससाद वृषाकपिम् ॥ १० ॥
sri-suka uvaca evam sancodito viprair marutvan ahanad ripum brahma-hatya hate tasminn asasada vrsakapim
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- evam
- thus
- sancoditah
- being encouraged
- vipraih
- by the brahmanas
- marutvan
- Indra
- ahanat
- killed
- ripum
- his enemy, Vrtrasura
- brahma-hatya
- the sinful reaction for killing a brahmana
- hate
- was killed
- tasmin
- when he (Vrtrasura)
- asasada
- approached
- vrsakapim
- Indra, who is also named Vrsakapi.
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: Encouraged by the words of the sages, Indra killed Vrtrasura, and when he was killed the sinful reaction for killing a brahmana (brahma-hatya) certainly took shelter of Indra.