Chapter 19
तमृत्विज: शक्रवधाभिसन्धितंविचक्ष्य दुष्प्रेक्ष्यमसह्यरंहसम् । निवारयामासुरहो महामतेन युज्यतेऽत्रान्यवध: प्रचोदितात् ॥ २७ ॥
Transliteration
tam ṛtvijaḥ śakra-vadhābhisandhitaṁ vicakṣya duṣprekṣyam asahya-raṁhasam nivārayām āsur aho mahā-mate na yujyate ’trānya-vadhaḥ pracoditāt
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
tam — King Pṛthu; ṛtvijaḥ — the priests; śakra-vadha — killing the King of heaven; abhisandhitam — thus preparing himself; vicakṣya — having observed; duṣprekṣyam — terrible to look at; asahya — unbearable; raṁhasam — whose velocity; nivārayām āsuḥ — they forbade; aho — oh; mahā-mate — O great soul; na — not; yujyate — is worthy for you; atra — in this sacrificial arena; anya — others; vadhaḥ — killing; pracoditāt — from being so directed in the scriptures.
Translation
“When the priests and all the others saw Mahārāja Pṛthu very angry and prepared to kill Indra, they requested him: O great soul, do not kill him, for only sacrificial animals can be killed in a sacrifice. Such are the directions given by śāstra.”