स आवसत्पुष्करनालतन्तू- नलब्धभोगो यदिहाग्निदूत: । वर्षाणि साहस्रमलक्षितोऽन्त: सञ्चिन्तयन् ब्रह्मवधाद्विमोक्षम् ॥ १५ ॥
sa avasat puskara-nala-tantun alabdha-bhogo yad ihagni-dutah varsani sahasram alaksito ’ntah sancintayan brahma-vadhad vimoksam
- sah
- he (Indra)
- avasat
- lived
- puskara-nala-tantun
- in the network of the fibers of a lotus stem
- alabdha-bhogah
- not getting any material comfort (practically starving for all material needs)
- yat
- which
- iha
- here
- agni-dutah
- the fire-god messenger
- varsani
- celestial years
- sahasram
- one thousand
- alaksitah
- invisible
- antah
- within his heart
- sancintayan
- always thinking of
- brahma-vadhat
- from the killing of a brahmana
- vimoksam
- liberation
Always thinking of how he could be relieved from the sinful reaction for killing a brahmana, King Indra, invisible to everyone, lived in the lake for one thousand years in the subtle fibers of the stem of a lotus. The fire-god used to bring him his share of all yajnas, but because the fire-god was afraid to enter the water, Indra was practically starving.