ततो गतो ब्रह्मगिरोपहूत ऋतम्भरध्याननिवारिताघ: । पापस्तु दिग्देवतया हतौजा- स्तं नाभ्यभूदवितं विष्णुपत्न्या ॥ १७ ॥
tato gato brahma-giropahuta rtambhara-dhyana-nivaritaghah papas tu digdevataya hataujas tam nabhyabhud avitam visnu-patnya
- tatah
- thereafter
- gatah
- gone
- brahma
- of the brahmanas
- gira
- by the words
- upahutah
- being invited
- rtambhara
- on the Supreme Lord, who maintains truth
- dhyana
- by meditation
- nivarita
- impeded
- aghah
- whose sin
- papah
- the sinful activity
- tu
- then
- dik-devataya
- by the demigod Rudra
- hata-ojah
- with all prowess diminished
- tam
- him (Indra)
- na abhyabhut
- could not overcome
- avitam
- being protected
- visnu-patnya
- by Lord Visnu’s wife, the goddess of fortune
Indra’s sins were diminished by the influence of Rudra, the demigod of all directions. Because Indra was protected by the goddess of fortune, Lord Visnu’s wife, who resides in the lotus clusters of Manasa-sarovara Lake, Indra’s sins could not affect him. Indra was ultimately relieved of all the reactions of his sinful deeds by strictly worshiping Lord Visnu. Then he was called back to the heavenly planes by the brahmanas and reinstated in his position.