श्रीराजोवाच इन्द्रस्यानिर्वृतेर्हेतुं श्रोतुमिच्छामि भो मुने । येनासन् सुखिनो देवा हरेर्दु:खं कुतोऽभवत् ॥ ३ ॥
sri-rajovaca indrasyanirvrter hetum srotum icchami bho mune yenasan sukhino deva harer duhkham kuto ’bhavat
- sri-raja uvaca
- King Pariksit inquired
- indrasya
- of King Indra
- anirvrteh
- of the moroseness
- hetum
- the reason
- srotum
- to hear
- icchami
- I wish
- bhoh
- O my lord
- mune
- O great sage, Sukadeva Gosvami
- yena
- by which
- asan
- were
- sukhinah
- very happy
- devah
- all the demigods
- hareh
- of Indra
- duhkham
- moroseness
- kutah
- from where
- abhavat
- was.
Maharaja Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: O great sage, what was the reason for Indra’s unhappiness? I wish to hear about this. When he killed Vrtrasura, all the demigods were extremely happy. Why, then, was Indra himself unhappy?