श्रीराजोवाच कथं त आसुरं भावमपोह्यौत्पत्तिकं गुरो । इन्द्रेण प्रापिता: सात्म्यं किं तत्साधु कृतं हि तै: ॥ २० ॥
sri-rajovaca katham ta asuram bhavam apohyautpattikam guro indrena prapitah satmyam kim tat sadhu krtam hi taih
- sri-raja uvaca
- King Pariksit said
- katham
- why
- te
- they
- asuram
- demoniac
- bhavam
- mentality
- apohya
- giving up
- autpattikam
- due to birth
- guro
- my dear lord
- indrena
- by Indra
- prapitah
- were converted
- sa-atmyam
- to demigods
- kim
- whether
- tat
- therefore
- sadhu
- pious activities
- krtam
- performed
- hi
- indeed
- taih
- by them.
King Pariksit inquired: My dear lord, due to their birth, the forty-nine Maruts must have been obsessed with a demoniac mentality.