सोऽश्वं रूपं च तद्धित्वा तस्मा अन्तर्हितः स्वराट् ।
वीरः स्वपशुमादाय पितुर्यज्ञमुपेयिवान् ॥१७॥

so 'Å›vaá¹ rÅ«paá¹ ca tad dhitvÄ
tasmÄ antarhitaḥ svarÄá¹­
vÄ«raḥ sva-paÅ›um ÄdÄya
pitur yajñam upeyivÄn

 saḥ - King Indra; aÅ›vam - the horse; rÅ«pam - the false dress of a saintly person; ca - also; tat - that; hitvÄ - giving up; tasmai - for him; antarhitaḥ - disappeared; sva-rÄá¹­ - Indra; vÄ«raḥ - the great hero; sva-paÅ›um - his animal; ÄdÄya - having taken; pituḥ - of his father; yajñam - to the sacrifice; upeyivÄn - he came back.


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When Indra saw that the son of Pá¹›thu was chasing him, he immediately abandoned his false dress and left the horse. Indeed, he disappeared from that very spot, and the great hero, the son of MahÄrÄja Pá¹›thu, returned the horse to his father’s sacrificial arena.

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