pitary uparate putrÄ
yÄcamÄnÄya no daduḥ
triviá¹£á¹apaá¹ mahendrÄya
yajña-bhÄgÄn samÄdaduḥ
pitari - when their father; uparate - passed away; putrÄḥ - the sons; yÄcamÄnÄya - although requesting from them; no - not; daduḥ - returned; triviá¹£á¹apam - the heavenly kingdom; mahendrÄya - unto Mahendra; yajña-bhÄgÄn - the shares of ritualistic ceremonies; samÄdaduḥ - gave.
Rajī conquered the kingdom of heaven, and therefore when Indra, the heavenly king, begged Rajī’s sons to return it, they refused. Because they had not taken the heavenly kingdom from Indra but had inherited it from their father, they considered it their paternal property. Why then should they return it to the demigods?