श्रीशुक उवाच वृत्रविक्रमसंविग्ना: सर्वे देवा: सहर्षिभि: । तद्वधायार्थयन्निन्द्रं नैच्छद् भीतो बृहद्वधात् ॥ ४ ॥
sri-suka uvaca vrtra-vikrama-samvignah sarve devah saharsibhih tad-vadhayarthayann indram naicchad bhito brhad-vadhat
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- vrtra
- of Vrtrasura
- vikrama
- by the powerful activities
- samvignah
- being full of anxieties
- sarve
- all
- devah
- the demigods
- saha rsibhih
- with the great sages
- tat-vadhaya
- for the killing of him
- arthayan
- requested
- indram
- Indra
- na aicchat
- declined
- bhitah
- being afraid
- brhat-vadhat
- due to killing a brahmana.
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami answered: When all the great sages and demigods were disturbed by the extraordinary power of Vrtrasura, they had assembled to ask Indra to kill him. Indra, however, being afraid of killing a brahmana, declined their request.