Chapter 19
अत्रि: सन्दर्शयामास त्वरमाणं विहायसा । कपालखट्वाङ्गधरं वीरो नैनमबाधत ॥ २० ॥
Transliteration
atriḥ sandarśayām āsa tvaramāṇaṁ vihāyasā kapāla-khaṭvāṅga-dharaṁ vīro nainam abādhata
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
atriḥ — the great sage Atri; sandarśayām āsa — caused to see; tvaramāṇam — going very hastily; vihāyasā — in the sky; kapāla-khaṭvāṅga — a staff with a skull at the top; dharam — who carried; vīraḥ — the hero (King Pṛthu’s son); na — not; enam — the King of heaven, Indra; abādhata — killed.
Translation
“The great sage Atri again pointed out to the son of King Pṛthu that Indra was fleeing through the sky. The great hero, the son of Pṛthu, chased him again. But when he saw that Indra was carrying in his hand a staff with a skull at the top and was again wearing the dress of a sannyāsī, he still chose not to kill him.”